Dr. Tom

Actually, he asked for it. I was only too happy to oblige him. It's good to see he's done a bang-up job thus far.

That sounds reasonable.

Good riddance. Christ, he was annoying.

I can't tell you how many people used to email me and complain about my x/10 rating system. For some reason, dividing that x of 10 by two to get the ***** equivalent was too much for some people...

I think you'd have to pay people to get behind that one, bub. If you want me to contribute $10 to your cause, you have to give me $500.

I think she'd be a good choice, Sass. Not only would she look good in the outfit (which has to be a consideration for the part, let's be real), but she's capable of pulling off the physical presence that's required of the part.

I could see Pearce as Hal Jordan, but not as Superman. Good god no. Wonder Woman is supposed to be a *warrior*, so you need someone who can have an imposing presence. Reese Witherspoon does not have that.

Not anymore.

Absolutely. I'm completely ready to label anyone who raises a stick at an American soldier or civilian a terrorist. Anyone who's in any way aided the terrorists should meet the same fate. We shouldn't differentiate between terrorists and the pieces of subhuman sewage who help them do their dirty work. Personally, I'd prefer Napalm pits, because that sounds awesome. But shooting everyone like that in the head would be fine with me, also. As long as they all end up dead, I'm not going to quibble overmuch about the means.

There you go, kids. The past is the past. Ever forward. There are still plenty of terrorists in the world, and plenty of ignorant fuckheads are still harboring and helping them. In other words, we still have a lot of people to kill.

It's gotten out of hand, Slapnuts. Not in this thread, but in Iraq. I watched the video. I thought about it for a while, and decided that I should. I have a strong stomach, so it didn't make me physically ill. It made me very, very angry that there are pieces of subhuman shit who do things like this. Capturing innocent people who are only there to improve your ass-backwards shithole country and then killing them is barbaric and stupid. For a long time, I believed in the Iraq invasion, and in our purpose there afterwards. Spreading democracy to a part of the world that sorely needed it was a great idea. Somewhere along the way, that idea turned into the mess we're now faced with. I'm almost ready to side with Mike and say fuck Iraq and fuck the Iraqis: they don't deserve our blood or our democracy, as they've gone to great lengths to show. Almost. I think there's still something we can do. Something to get rid of the terrorists and leave us with the decent, honest Iraqis who want freedom, who want to forget about the decades of torture and abuse under the Hussein regime. Step 1: Take all captured Iraqi and other terrorists and toss them into a big ditch. Step 2. Pour in generous quantities of Napalm. Step 3: Repeat steps 1 and 2 as often as necessary. If you point a gun, a knife -- hell, if you point a fucking TWIG at an American soldier or civilian-- then you're a terrorist and you're getting thrown in a ditch. Fuck you, Habib, here comes the Napalm. Say hi to Allah after you're finished being disintegrated. Next, round up all the pieces of shit who have accepted even one goddamn penny from the terrorists to plant mines, or do anything that's even had the chance to bring harm to an American, and throw them in a ditch, too. Add Napalm. Fuck 'em. You're either with us or against us. If you're with us, then you'll have a democratic system of government and finally be free of despots. If you're against us, then you get tossed in a ditch and burned alive. Those are your choices. If we do that, we'll be left with the kind of people we went over there to free in the first place. And if the rest of the world bristles at it, fuck them, too.

Chris Rock has it right: Ashton should try to "punk" Suge Knight. And if I were a multi-multimillionaire having dinner with my wife and have some random jackass got in my grill and started mouthing off, I'd just deck him. Fuck it, you can always write him a check...

I voted no. I might disagree with him and think he's a terminal cretin, but we don't ban people for being terminal cretins. Yet.

Yawn. See my replies the other 4500 times these threads have cropped up. Don't kids read anymore?

Let's form cliques? Bah. I have a better idea... LET'S FORM VOLTRON~!

"We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them."- President George W. Bush. Al Queda and Bin Laden and 911 had NOTHING, I repeat NOTHING to do with Iraq OR Saddam. No Al Queda cells in Iraq. No training camps. No funding. Sadddam and Bin Laden don't even KNOW each other. They've been photographed together. We know they met a few times in the mid-1990s. Israeli intelligence confirms this. We know Saddam gave bin Laden money in the mid-1990s. Again, Israeli intelligence confirms this. There have been Al'Qaeda training grounds in nothern Iraq. You were saying... ?

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For somone who supposedly webmasters a Literacy Network, he sure seems incapable of reading...

Peachy. That's also completely irrelevant. The "point" was made that these terrorists are fighting for a cause they believe in, and damn our filthy souls for getting in their way if we disagree with that cause. The Nazis were also fighting for a cause they believed in. THAT is the extent of the comparison. Should we not have interfered with their plans, either? Because I don't have any sympathy for terrorists. I have no sympathy for worthless rabble to try to kill American soldiers. I have no sympathy for people who murder their daughters because they committed the "crime" of being raped. I have no sympathy for people who let schoolgirls die in a burning building because their ankles would show in public if they were let out. I have only enmity for people like that. The filth we have captured are not soldiers, they're terrorists. And we should throw them in a ditch, pour in the napalm, and find another group to kill. And if some of them get beaten or humiliated along the way, good. Fuck 'em. I am, however, completely opposed to torture under any circumstances. But, so far, I have seen no evidence of actual torture, just humiliation and a few beatings. And after things like September 11th, I just can't find a tear to shed for some piece of shit terrorist who got whacked with a stick a few times.

Hitler and the Nazis were fighting for a cause they believed in, too. Should we not have fought them? It's precisely that kind of thinking that causes so many problems. That ninny way of thinking leads to terrorists being relabeled as "freedom fighters." No, they're fucking terrorists. They're not soldiers, they're thugs, and except for a few isolated incidents, we have not been treating them like the worthless thugs they are.

People: Use your judgment. Nik's guidelines were clear and very well thought-out. "HHH wants to work with Edge this summer" is not a spoiler. Things that are more specific, and come out closer to the event at hand, might very well be spoilers. "HHH beats Benoit with the Pedigree tonight" is a spoiler, and it should be treated as such. Downhome: I remember I had to make a post called "Posting Spoilers" because you were calling for people to get BANNED for posting a spoiler without warning. What Nik is doing is trying to make this forum "safe" for those who don't want to see things spoiled, a position I would think you'd appreciate a little more. He laid out for you what a rumor was vs. a spoiler. You seem a sharp tack, so I'm sure you'll figure it out. I think Nik's guidelines are perfectly fine. Anyone with further quibbles should take them up with me.

I guess this isn't sport-specific. Baltimore Orioles: Cal Ripken Jr. Besides The Streak, Ripken had over 3000 hits, over 400 HR, and was a tremendous ambassador for the game of baseball when it needed one most. When fan apathy was highest after the 1994 strike, Ripken brought people to the ballparks in droves as he chased and passed Lou Gehrig's record, often signing autographs for hours after the game. A class act, a great player, and an easy first-ballot HOFer. Baltimore Ravens: Ray Lewis. A case could be made for JAMAL~! but Ray has the larger body of work so far. He's a dominating force on defense, strong enough to fight past most blocks, and fast enough to catch running backs in the open field. He's also been an excellent leader of the Ravens's great defense, and has personally taken several younger players under his wing and straightened them out. Rockin' Ray is considered by many to be the best MLB who ever stapped onto the field, and he's now coached by a guy who was a pretty dashed good one.

Birthday salutations and all that.

Jesus Christ. You're a fucking disgusting waste of sperm and egg. So now the President WANTS soldiers to torture and demean Iraqi POWs and ENJOYS it? No, you chronic fuckhead. All he can do is demonize the people responsible and make sure they're punished appropriately. Even in an organization like the US military, there are bound to be some bad seeds, and some jackasses who get off on the misery of others. They'll be dealt with. But the President had nothing to do with Iraqis getting tortured, and it's both reprehensible and monumentally stupid of you to suggest that he did. Fuckhead.

Lou Pinella is at bat, and former ump Steve Palermo is calling balls and strikes. Palermo rings Pinella up on a called third strike. Pinella: "Where the hell was that one at?" Palermo: "Don't end a sentence with a preposition." Pinella: "Ok, where the hell was that one at, you asshole?"