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I'd say that a chemical factory poisoning a water supply by dumpng waste in it is not only provable, but would also constitute a "change in the environment". Air pollution is also very real, and very man made. It cannot be proved that the damage is terribly long-lived. When you put it THAT way, I can't argue. We haven't been keeping records long enough to kno for sure.

The US embargo killed their tourism industry dead. But why? OTHER countries go there regularly. In fact, WE are just about the only country that doesn't deal with Cuba. While I don't doubt that we're huge --- if I'm supposed to take other economies seriously, then I can't sit there and assume that a country's tourism would be dead if only we refused to visit. -=Mike The wealtiest country in the world, which is less than 100 miles away, forbids its citizens from visiting your island. I'd say that's enough to kill a tourism industry.

Stacy? She's been around for a while. How awesome would it be to be married to a former stripper? The only thing better than a lap dance is a lap dance followed by actual sex.

I think Saddam just wanted people to think he had them.

I'd say that a chemical factory poisoning a water supply by dumpng waste in it is not only provable, but would also constitute a "change in the environment". Air pollution is also very real, and very man made.

All of which can be produced more efficiently by other countires, evidently. The US embargo killed their tourism industry dead.

Robot, if a party finds winning majorities nearly impossible for over 40 years --- even with a politician everybody seems to think is the best ever (yet who could never churn out 50% of the vote) --- the problem they have with issues is the only explanation. It defies logic to assume that a party that only managed to gain a majority due to WaterGate since 1964 has just been besieged by horrible candidates that they happily CHOSE (I was saying Kerry was a horrid candidate way back in April). 1) I've revised my original statement to state what I really meant. 2) Clinton would have gotten over 50% if it hadn't been a 3-way race. Polls at the time showed Perot cut into both candidate's support. 3) If you did an issue by issue poll, the Democrat's would have a better average than the Republicans when it comes to being in the mainstream. Although, I'll admit, the gap is probably narrowing. When the national security debate isn't decided on a careful cross-examination of people's positions, but who looks like less of a pussy, then it ceases to be a real issue and becomes a question of character. I believe that elections are decided not on ideology, but on who looks the most decisive. Enough people vote for personality, rather than policy, to make it the deciding factor in elections. Frist has it in the bag. I'd almost put money on him being the nominee.

I think they're lucky to get me to watch 4/2.

Which sounds about as good as being a doctor from a Mexican University. This is an incredibly ignorant statement to make. Cuba's known to have a fantastic educational system, and the University of Havana is the pinnacle of that. Umm, according to whom? I've not seen ANY figures backing that up in years. If you can find something clever Castro said, feel free. I've not heard anything profound from him ---- ever. What sort of figures are you looking for? I'll be more than happy to research it. I'd actually like to see an independent survey of Cuban education. I have not seen one. Well, it obviously isn't exactly what you're looking for but this may be close. That shows it's by far not even close to what the level of education usually is in a 3rd world country, so saying it'd be comparable to a doctorate from a university in Mexico is untrue. Well, the study seems solid, so I have no complaints. The question I have is --- why is th economy so utterly in the shitter? The only country who doesn't deal with them is the US. There is no way us ALONE can keep an economy in the toilet. Why are Castro's policies so horrendously underutilizing what seems to be a benefit of the country's? -=Mike Cuba has nothing to offer but mostly nice weather. You can't exactly export that.

I think you're all operating under the false premise that ideology decides elections.

Fucking prick.

I was wrong. She wasn't a reporter. --from It's True! It's True! Doesn't say she was a stripper, though. edit: There's at least 3 or 4 other fan sites that report that she was former stripper. All I know is that she wasn't one when they met.

She was a reporter when they first met, which was shortly after he won the Olympics. I don't no where this "stripper" nonsense got started, but she is fine as hell. If you want to see what she looks like, there's three good sources: -pictures in Angle's book. -interviewed in "The Mania of Wrestlemania". -putting her middle finger in Steve Austin's face at "Unforgiven" 2001 and yelling "Fuck you" during the main event. edit: I'm wrong. She wasn't a reporter.

You're wrong. edit: No, you're not, because you DID add the part about the 14th Amendment. My mistake.

Well, it's official.

Do they still do that stupid casting call feature? Sometimes it was good, like when they recommended Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor (this was a few years back), but mostly it as stupid. Of course, they were usually going more for resemblance than acting ability. Sometimes it was so bad I thought it was a joke. The worst is when they said Steve Austin should play Captain America, or Robert DeNiro as Wolverine.

Yes, but according to Triple H, Rob Van Dam isn't a main-event player because he is missing that piece of the puzzle that allows wrestling fans to connect with him. edit: If anyone has a link to the entire interview from late last month, I'd appreciate it.

Seems like too big of a gamble to me. Especially when the war was sold as being as an issue of national security. Iraq could end up being an even bigger threat than before.

I've actually read Chomsky. Impossible to get through poli. sci without being subjected to him. Mike, you'd have loved the college I went to. I took a ton of Poli. Sci. classes for my major, and we only had to read/read about folks like Machiavelli, Plato, Socrates, Keynes, Locke, Hobbes, etc. (i.e. people who actually mattered)...but no Chomsky.

Well, I can understand the wanting to mostly cover Marvel and DC, but do they have to completely kiss their butts all the time? They used to run negative articles/reviews about both companies that, but the last few issues I read it seemed more like a PR book for the two. Wizard totally stepped over the line a few years back by willingly participating the the "Sentry" conspiracy. Anyone else know for sure if they still feature a price guide?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky

Option A: Saddam Hussein, ruthless dictator who has never attacked us but really hates us and may develop WMDs at some point in the future even though the embargo was working. Option B: Iraq ran by democratically elected Islamic extremists who really hate us and may develop WMDs at some point in the future uninhibited by any UN embargos. Can't say I prefer one to the other, to be honest.

Yeah, I guess its that time of year again. Were any celebrities there, TonyJaymzV1? (And by "celebrity" I mean sci-fi actors, famous creators, or Playmates I might have heard of.)

I'll make no secret about the fact that I think "Wizard" started to completely prostitute itself to Marvel and DC a few years ago. However, every once in a while I'll pick up an issue just to see what stuff they're covering. I almost bought an issue tonight at the mall because I'm thinking about selling huge chunks of my collection on Ebay. I noticed two things right away though. First, the cover price was almost $6. Second, it was awfully thin. Since it was in a plastic bag I couldn't check, but did they take out the monthly price guide or something? The thought that that's what they might have done was enough to keep me from shelling out the $6. Can anyone answer this question for me? Anyone else want to share what they think of the publication as a whole?

Your mother could earn top dollar at public schools nowadays, especially doing Spec. Ed. The Blue Valley School District in Johnson County, Kansas (probably the wealthiest county in the entire state) starts people at $33,000 a year. That's considered pretty high. Our family health insurance plan is expensive as hell, though. I don't know what the minimum salary in your area is, but in the KC metro area the average to start is about $29,000 with just a Bachelor's.