Alex, why didn't you mention that Sinclair paid for the appearance at the NPC? That's not just a small omission, but a huge one. It turns it from a you got be kidding me story to a I see, this has no real value news wise story. Or am I missing something here?

Still getting the coffee in the system.

For not pandering to the public on this issue.

This is a pet issue with me as I've spent the better part of two years dealing with noisy upstair neighbors. Two pairs. Both renters. The first was a rowdy crew of constructions guys given to loud stomping, slamming doors, blaring music, and general noises so loud my dining room chandelier literally shook every night. Of course they went to bed late and got up at 5am to make the whole experience a total delight for me and my girlfriend. We tried to handle it in a civilized and diplomatic way. Being nice did nothing, letters from the home owners association did nothing. By the time I sued them they had left.

The tenants up there now are not as bad but they like to go at it around 1 am several times a week with the woman literally screaming at the top of her lungs for several minutes. It seems she enjoys the rough stuff. Again, politely talking to them and sending civil letters did nothing. Finally I broke down and called the police. Something I didn't want to have to do. So far they have stopped but we'll see how it continues to play out.

Frankly, it just seems like most people don't give two shits about their fellow neighbors. I feel like peaceful enjoyment of one's home is paramount in finding happiness. Home is where one should be able to retreat and reenergize. To meditate and find solace if need be. When your home becomes a place to avoid, life as you know it becomes unbearable.

I'm not surprised to hear that physical problems follow sustained levels of loud noise. Everytime I get awoken to the couple from above my blood pressure races and all I can think of is how I would like to exact revenge. That's not a good place to be in one's head, and I have better things to do. I totally get where a guy would lose it like the guy who attacked the car alarm. It shouldn't be so hard to get a little peace, but more and more I'm finding it really is.

If we who cared just killed one prick everyday, soon their numbers would be reduced.

-- rrecroc

I like where you're going with that, and don't think in my head I haven't crushed some of these miserable bastards heads in. It's amazing to me to think that some days I actually envy people who are deaf.

Are there people who actually use this term in real life when discussing politics? Are there actually people who think using this term will do anything but undermine their credibility and arguments?

Does that means the terrorists have won?

mean

I can't tell anymore if I'm reading Joan's actual posts or the salon parody version. They really nailed her on the concern trolling on Obama. You would have to have never read her previous posts during the nomination process to take anything she says about Obama seriously.

I'll tell you why I think it's a bad idea. The world series is the biggest event of the year for baseball, and they're letting a glorified exhibition determine what is a huge benefit for the future home team. They are letting a game where players have never played together or been managed together have an effect on their game's most important series. That just seems silly to me.

I think injecting competitiveness into the series is fine. It's too bad the powers that be couldn't have found a different way to do it. More to the point, it's too bad the players couldn't muster the natural competitive enthusiasm players of others generations did naturally so this home field advantage idea never would have even been thought necessasry.

Or should I say Electro Robot? Do you have a job? I think you post a letter in every thread, and must have limitless time to read every post, letter, response and response to your response? Must be nice.

A MacGyver movie scored to the tunes of ABBA?

A homeowner who has seen the value of his home plummet and now owes more than his or her loan has two choices the way I see it. Either continue to pay your monthly mortgage on what is basically a distressed property or let the bank foreclose and take the hit to your credit.

You can't refinance on a property with no equity(unless there's a new exotic loan out there I'm missing) and with property values falling so far down it is probable many properties won't ever recover their previous high value. This is a problem that will persist for a while, and though the government is getting involved, the problem is too widespread to be stopped at this point.

There is enough blame to go around. From the shady loan officers/banks/real estate industry to the homeowners. There are many hard lessons coming down to a pretty big number of people relatively speaking, and whether anything like this happens again will depend on how those lessons are absorbed.

You seem concerned about Obama.

Was this article a subtle continuation of Pork Week.

But is there anything awful, venal, and inhumane this guy won't try to do? Always does the wrong thing for the world, without fail. All I can say is- what an asshole.

Has sucks written all over it. More high concept shit from the crank em out studio mill. Wilson himself will probably disown this when career picks up steam in a few years. That is if he has the chance to break out of the stereotype ghetto.