SuperJerk

A lot of people, myself included, had never even heard of Kanye before Katrina.

Here's some candidate news... Kerry assessing impact of 'botched joke' on '08 prospects Like 2 years ago, Kerry is the last one to realize he's in trouble. Vilsack blasts McCain's call for more troops in Iraq I'm not sure what foriegn policy credibility Vilsack brings to the table, but his plan is interesting. Officials: Bayh to take first step in 2008 bid next week I'll reassess his chances of actually getting the nomination once we get a firm answer from Hillary and Obama. There's different combinations of candidates that will get different outcomes as to who the nominee will, and there's no absolute as to who could just roll in and crush everyone. Edwards, Bayh, Obama, Hillary are the contenders, and all have their own strengths and weaknesses. Biden, Dodd, Vilsack, and Kerry would be better off just staying home. The Democrats almost never nominate the early frontunner in non-incumbent primaries (Humphrey in 76, Hart in 88, Cuomo in 92). On the Republican side, its a 2 man race. Usually the GOP goes with the early frontrunner, but both McCain and Guiliani have equal claim to that title. They'll crowd out every other candidate in the field, with Brownback and Romney jockeying to get enough attention to get the VP slot. Pataki probably won't run if Guiliani's running. The odds are against Bill Owens and Mike Huckabee running as well. There's different combinations of who can beat who in the general election, with Guiliani having the best chances of any of the 16 people I've mentioned. If I had to pull 2 tickets out of my ass this minute based purely on likelihood, I'd say McCain/Romney and Hillary/Bayh. Which, of course, means it probably won't happen. There's still a remote chance Hillary won't run, the Republican see reason and nominate Guilinai, or Al Gore gets into the race.

Oh...snap.

I want to wear one of these t-shirts to work.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/30/GOP...n.ap/index.html Basically trying to guilt women into not get abortions during the second trimester. I don't agree wth their premise that life begins at conception, but I'm not really opposed to their desire to restrict abortion during the third trimester (which is perfectly in keeping with the Roe V. Wade decision). But, as if the decision isn't hard enough, now they want to throw in misinformation just to confuse things.

Yeah, all of it.

When I was still watching wreslting, I'd often record the broadcast on a DVDRW, and then transfer the 15-30 minutes of the show I was interested in keeping onto a VHS tape. Not the best system, but I actually prefer the picture quality of a VHS in SLP/6 hour record to the picture quality of a DVDR in SLP/6 hour record. I have a cabinet full of VHS tapes which I am planning on going through and figuring out what to discard when I have the free time next summer. Thanks to affordable releases of my favorite shows on DVD, I have already eliminate dozens of VHS tapes from my collection. right, I am planning on getting a dvd recorder, and if I was home to tape the shows I could record it in either the 1 hour or 2 hour mode (depending on legnth) i assuming you can pause a recording to cut the commericials right? but if I was out id have to use the cheaper mode I suppose on RAW and sd I really need to stop taping shows. I did when I didnt have avcr from the begin of this year thru october, but now Ive got one and this bad habit continues. I mean its not like Ill ever watch these tapes, unless something memorable happened on one of em. Pausing is not a problem. With a normal TV transmission, there's really no point in using the 1 hour mode, because the 2 hour mode captures the standard image quality just fine.

I'm surprised no one else has mentioned this... Senator-elect, Bush have unfriendly chat on Iraq There's a more sorid version of the story floating about teh internets where Webb later said he'd wanted to slug Bush. Jim Webb looks a little like Chris Benoit in that picture. In a side note, George Will wrote a pretty sad column attacking Webb over this incident, but for some reason spent the bulk of the article attacking Webb because of his poor semantics. And, ironically, uses a synonym for "peasant" to attack someone he is essentially accusing of class warfare. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...6112901267.html

Nah, that was probably just an unintended side benefit.

Are we focusing on the "M" shaped thick black line? Cuz I don't get the significance...

Canadian pop star Robin Sparkles on the set of Let's Go to the Mall **Googles "Robin Sparkles Let's Go to the Mall"** Oh. My. Gawd.

What the hell is that in DrVenkman's sig?

Perhaps this disaster was God's way of keeping Katina and the Waves from ever getting back together. The Lord works in mysterious ways.

Getting credit for winning World War II gives you all kinds of credibility and political capital to which there is no modern day equivalent, and residential debates were unheard of until 1960.

To my knowledge, no one has said that about Obama's book. I have every faith Obama really believes everything he says, but speeches and boks are controlled situations. These books are mostly meaningless anyways. They tell what the candidate wants to do, but 90% of the president's time is spent dealing with unforseen situations or reacting to crises. You can't really get a feel for how he'll do with that from a book. Giving speeches is probably one of the worst ways to determine if someone can be a good president. Martin Sheen gave some really great speeches on "The West Wing," but that doesn't mean I want to elect him to anything.

I have the Donner Cut, and watched it last night.

Kid Rock is to music what Pam Anderson is to acting.

When I was still watching wreslting, I'd often record the broadcast on a DVDRW, and then transfer the 15-30 minutes of the show I was interested in keeping onto a VHS tape. Not the best system, but I actually prefer the picture quality of a VHS in SLP/6 hour record to the picture quality of a DVDR in SLP/6 hour record. I have a cabinet full of VHS tapes which I am planning on going through and figuring out what to discard when I have the free time next summer. Thanks to affordable releases of my favorite shows on DVD, I have already eliminate dozens of VHS tapes from my collection.

Rather than getting into another argument over the politics of the Katrina disaster, I'll instead mention that "When The Levee Breaks" is one of my favorite songs on Led Zeppelin IV.

Yes, you're right about that. There's a difference between a book, a speech, and a debate, though. Books by politicans are often ghost written using the politicians notes, and speeches are usually written by professional writers as well. While a debate is something you can rehearse for, there is no way to prepare for every situation. It is different than an interview or Q&A session, because you must defend your own ideas, and also articulate a substantive critique of what the other person is saying. It tests your ability to communicate and persuade in a hostile environment unlike any other circumstance a voter would have a chance to witness. If Obama actually wants the job, it is his responcibility to persuade us he should get it. He will probably not get the nomination because of his inexperience. However, the act of running will set him up nicely for a run in 2012 or 2016, both in terms of the experience it will give him, but also in terms of building up name recognition for the future.

I think the northern abolitionist press gave Lincoln quite a bit of publicity. Despite his denials he wanted to ban all slavery, Lincoln was one of the abolitionist's rising stars. The thing about the 1850s is that slavery was the "War on Terror" of their day. Slavery was the issue that defined everything else, and the Republican Party wouldn't even exist had it not been.

And your source is...? Not the link you posted. Actually the story on the link changed if you notice that the new story is posted after I posted it here. http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5731068 hows that? Okay, but I'm a little skeptical of the stripper's account. Let's look at her timeline of events: -officers jump out shooting. There was no cause, no argument, no warning. I mean the story read, and yes, this might be the reporter's fault, like that is the only thing that happened.

I must learn more about this "Nextwave."

And your source is...? Not the link you posted.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/29/pow...iraq/index.html