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I think that people should stop writing
critiques of
comments on
a review of
a movie most of us haven't seen.
Wait, I just wrote a
judgment of
the critiques of
the comments on
the review of
the movie...
BTW, some say you can't judge a book by the cover, but I says sometime you can...
I think Ron Paul was a taint for the most part, but he was the only one to talk serious issues and strategy. He was invaluable in the debates.
I wish there would be 20+ candidates and the first national election would narrow it to two. The we could all vote for our lessor of two evils.
I think run-off elections with a none-of-the-above option would really reshape politics in this country. The problem is that the only politicians supporting this would be the ones who would benefit from it, and the ones who would benefit from it can't get elected until it's this way.
And I know, it would be expensive. But c'mon! What's democracy worth?
I mean, if the car gets a flat, I know I'm probably going to be changing it. After all, I have upper body strength and she can make babies. But a women **pretending** that she needs me to open the pickle jar?
When my wife wants me to stop what I'm doing to hook up some electronic thing she wants to use (and with her doctorate, could figure out herself), I don't feel flattered, I feel like she thinks her immediate want is more important than what I was doing.
And to think, some women might be doing this just to make us feel better? Like we're pack mules that are only happy when we can serve our masters?
How insulting to everyone!
Fuck consumer confidence. Right in its unfounded ear.
Foreclosures outnumber homes sold in some states.
Way to be brave.
Stop being confident, you taints! I bought a house I could afford, on a fixed interest rate, and people are talking about using my tax money to bail them and their banks out.
Why bail out college educated people who accepted terms they understood?
Why not bail out people with huge student loans instead? People take those out when they are 17 or 18, and before they have a college education. After all,some countries have free college education. What country gives you a free McMansions?
More people are croaking from being too fat than being too thin. I'm all for weight requirements for jockeys and models, as a labor issue. I also recognize that there are such things as eating disorders, but most people (most Americans anyway) are fffffat!
Skinny models may make women *feel* bad about themselves, but they don't seem to be bullying women into skiping the drive-thru...
The only thing I ever EVER though W got right was putting tariffs on imported steel for a while. That was way back, though. Of all the anti-labor/anti-environment/anti-non-billionaire stuff Bush has pulled, she picks the one thing he actually made a pitiful attempt at mitigating?
On protectionism: I'm all for businesses having to compete globally, as long as the competitors have equitable wages, worker safety, and environmental standards. The so-called Free Trade agreements could have been great tools to bring these changed about in Mexico and China. But it was never about "liberalizing trade." It was about dodging minimum wages and child labor laws.
It's worked great for me so far. I'm a guitarist and guitar instructor, so I'm service-based and idea-based, and somewhat un-downsizable... as long as the factory-workers whose kids study with me can afford the lessons...
Let's not get too excited here. They said "revisit" NAFTA not "pull the fuck out" as Bush did with Kyoto.
I agree. I just don't give a rat's ass what people reading the net think. Just don't care. I think commenters are the worst, but News about the News, Award shows that give award shows awards, and blogs about blogs are just so inbred.
You're right. I'm not reading or writing any more comments. Or watching news about news, or reading comics about comics.
We all know these are fake, right? Advice letters are fake. Like pro wrestling. Fake. They are a neat writing exercise for the supposed "advice" columnist. We all know that, right?
It seems these days the TV news reports on the TV news. (Should we show the V-Tech killer's video?). The blogs all blog about blogging. Now the comic writers write about writing comics...
I would comment on the commentors, but that would be a bit self indulgent...
Posters here seem to be dwelling on how poorly he said these things. But even if he had said them beautifully, they are scary as hell!
Keep America on the offense?
Islamic Terroists? (Other terrorists don't count?)
All of the commitments serve the first (keeping America at war with brown-skin people)?
I don't care how well he can or can't say this stuff. That's scary as shit!
...for acting.
Eddie Murphy and What's-her-face (fiona) are terrible! Even as voice-over talent they are just embarrassing.
The animation really helps though.
I thought Patch Adams was really good though.
KIDDING! JUST KIDDING!!!
Wow. I totally felt that way when I moved a couple a years ago. Seriously, the wife and I started drinking more and everything. We're settling in a bit more now, and really digging it.
Rastas
If people got better mileage, they'd just drive more. Until it is way cheaper to ride the bus, the gas will get used.
We are totally f__kt. Most of our cities are designed for cars, not people.
Move within walking distace of your job. You can't afford gas in the future.
I dig the optimism. Save some gas. Be a tourist in your own town. The best thing about that is when you find something great you can go back to it mid-winter.
Keep it on the cheap for experiences that are deep!
Rastas