SuperJerk

I dunno about that. What's to stop a President late in his 1st term from vetoing something in order to play to a critical part of his base in order to help his re-election? You'd hope a President wouldn't play games like that, but there's no guarantee. Well, then permit Congress to override the President's veto in this case. You do make a good point. I only say allow the President because he is the only one who can claim a national mandate for his leadership. -=Mike Yes, let's give Congress and the President absolute power. Brilliant. Not absolute power. Under that scenario, the Congress could vote itself absolute power, then override the president's veto, and the Supreme Court's ruling that the law is unconstitutional. No thanks.

I dunno about that. What's to stop a President late in his 1st term from vetoing something in order to play to a critical part of his base in order to help his re-election? You'd hope a President wouldn't play games like that, but there's no guarantee. Well, then permit Congress to override the President's veto in this case. You do make a good point. I only say allow the President because he is the only one who can claim a national mandate for his leadership. -=Mike Yes, let's give Congress and the President absolute power. Brilliant.

Saddam at least WANTED people to think he had WMDs.

Nobody I'd heard of. The art has a nice quasi-painted look to it, but is essentially stiff and lifeless.

I agree with the notion they need a wrestler on there. I'd watch Surreal Life to see someone power-bomb Omarosa through a table.

I'm not interested in debating the Clinton record, but his accomplishments far excede your perception that he was useless. Um, no.

I hate to admit it, but Mike's got a point.

Exactly. And it extends post-war as well and into fiction. Would Raiders of the Lost Ark have worked as well if the Soviets were the villains? Indy would have been dead. The Russians didn't mess around. Bullet to the head, next person. They were pretty bad with James Bond. Well, James Bond > Indiana Jones. Yeah, I said it. At least Indiana Jones never slept with Grace Jones, or used a Duran Duran song as his theme music.

And so, with the question answered, this thread has now achieved its goal without a flame-war erupting.

^I was talking about the Toyota Prius.^ "Fugly" isn't a strong enough of a word to describe it. You're right. In fact, we should redistribute his hard-earned wealth to the TRULY needy. Better yet, cancel his tax cut and use it to reduce the deficit.

I picked up a copy of "Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith" graphic novel today. There's no big surprises, since the plot was leaked months ago. The way the plot is laid out makes Anakin's turn seem logical, and of course, the irony of the fact that the reason he turned (to prevent Padme's death), caused the very thing he was trying to prevent. Given Obi-Wan's distaste for blasters, General Grievous's death seems rather odd...then again, I guess Obi-Wan pulling a blaster is the last thing you'd expect to happen. I'm curious to see how Qui-Gon's conversation with Yoda will play out in the actual film, as here it was too brief and didn't really explain much. That's kind of the problem with comic adaptations, they're usually brief and some changes can be made to the film at the last minute that don't get included in the print adaptations. No mention of who "Sifo-Dias" was, although my theory has always been that it was just another name used by Sidious, since he was orchestrating the entire Clone War and had the ability to easily impersonate a Jedi if he needed to. There's alot of explanation missing, although I'm sure most people should be smart enough to figure things out themselves (even if there's people out there who haven't figured out that Palpatine was Sidious all along). Also, I have a hard time believing it took them from the end of this story until A NEW HOPE to get the Death Star built. Maybe they were already working on the second before the first one was destroyed. In the graphic novel, Obi-Wan utters the line: "The Sith now rule the galaxy as they did before the Republic." Kind of makes me wish they'd make an Episode Zero, showing the original downfall of the Sith. Knowing the definite story really increased my appreciation for the prequels as a whole, as the story really does fit together well. And, best of all, I never saw Jar Jar once.

Picked it up today. Definitely a good read.

The Episode III graphic novel came out today. Although its an abbreviated verison of the movie, its a pretty good read. THIS MOVIE WILL RULE.

That generalization is unfair. They drive Ford trucks, too.

Anybody told the Katie Vick story yet?

I'll say one thing about Hogan vs. Austin: That match sure would've sucked ass.

Susan Hanafee apparently doesn't have much of an imagination. I can think of 10 things WAY more cowardly than that.

Holy shit! They make a hybrid SUV? I didn't know that. Toyota's hybrid is ugly as sin, but those Hondas really do look sharp. Anyone know how well those things have been selling? And, more importantly, when is an American car company going to produce a hybrid?

There's libel and slander laws, of course, but was that really the case here?

One of my professors once told me that the main difference between Hitler and Stalin was that Hitler took his show on the road.

Wow. That's the best fantasy booking I've ever fucking read. This man is the future of TSM. Indeed.

They need tag belts on each show to give midcarders with no programs an excuse to be on TV.

Benoit looks like an Oompa-Loompa on steriods, but he's still one of the best in the business. edit: Why are we talking about Benoit all of a sudden?

My thoughts exactly.