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I think so, yeah. It would take a massive ideological realignment in the country, and a concerted effort to understand the world in a fundamentally different manner than we do now. But I think it's possible. The fact is, we really cannot keep going the way we're going. As long as we stay on this path the threats that are already manifesting themselves (terrorism, climate change, economic collapse) are only going to intensify and newer, more dangerous threats are certain to arise. The past 30 years of interventionism have produced little more than mass human rights abuses and deep-seated resentment toward us in all corners of the globe. Something has to change. The problem isn't that we're fighting al-qaeda, it's that we're fighting al-qaeda in totally stupid and unproductive ways. Messing around in Pakistan and destabilizing that already unstable country even more is a bad, bad, bad idea. A complete power vacuum in a country with nuclear weapons would be a much worse threat to global peace than al-qaeda could ever hope to be.

Drink lots of water before bed. I've also found that getting up, taking a multivitamin, and then going back to sleep for 2-3 hours can have some mitigating effects as well.

So what. It doesn't matter if they "meant well"--the road to hell etc etc. And the British Imperialists thought that they were bringing the light of civilization to the dark places of the globe and lifting the swart races up. This regional/international distinction is some real bullshit. American, Mexico, and (to some extent) the Indians all constituted separate "nations" at the time. Thus any interaction between them was, by definition, "inter-national." And, really, is there really a difference between snatching land from your nearest neighbors in an act of imperialist aggression and snatching land from people on the other side of the globe in an act of imperialist aggression? The topic of this discussion is American Imperialism/Hegemony, not "the history of every other world power." I'm sure if you made a thread called "British Imperialism" XC would be right there, posting a litany of awful human rights abuse committed in the name of the Crown. You're an idiot.

Why'd you put scare quotes around school?

Someday you're going to walk past a playground, see a kid brick a free throw, and immediately crumple to the ground while sobbing convulsively.

Have you blacked it out in your memory, or something?

The only guy on Facebook/CBS Sports bracket thing with a thus-far perfect bracket has Mizzou winning the whole thing. Perhaps he is a psychic?

You guys are fags. Anyways... Montell Jordan- "This Is How We Do It" - This thing's on quite a Cinderella run. I never would have pegged it as lite 8 material when this thing started Fiona Apple - "Criminal" - "Regulate" is probably a better song, but I'm throwing this a pity vote as a sign of thanks for that music video. Oh Fiona.... Smashing Pumpkins- "1979" - Meh. Blind Melon- "No Rain" - Bleh. What a boring bracket. Skee-Lo- "I Wish" - I hope this wins. Dr. Dre (ft. Snoop Doggy Dogg)- "Nuthin But a G Thang" - The Red Hot Chili Peppers fucking suck. It's a real black mark on this tourney that they've made it this far. New Radicals- "You Get What You Give" - Spite vote Meat Loaf- "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)"

I don't think that's what they're going for. Enlighten us. I think his point is that dudes who can be found walking around in a field wearing fluorescent sunglasses and baggy pants with exotic patterns on them probably aren't going for the "just rolled out of bed" look.

Having less blood on your hands than, say, King Leopold or Stalin is hardly something to be commended for. Listen, I don't disagree that America has done some good in the world. That's undeniable. But to simply brush all the shady shit we've done in Latin America/SE Asia/The Middle East/Africa aside and say, "Well we've done some questionable things in the past, but on the whole we're pretty great!" (which is what it seems like you and smitty are doing) is, I think, somewhat problematic.

Our track record of propping up brutal military juntas is pretty unmatched as well. I guess we just have to take the sour with the sweet?

Fiona Apple seems a little out of place.

It's not misleading at all!

I sincerely hope that you actually didn't call someone's opinion "dead wrong." Is it okay to call their opinion "hateful," "bigoted," and "harmful to the progress of a happy, healthy society"? Or is that verboten, too?

I think it's wrong to think about this stuff in terms of nationalism and national culture. It's not "American Hegemony," it's "Multinational Capitalist Hegemony." I mean, there's obv. some overlap, but they're not one and the same.

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I've come in dead last the few times I've gone in the last couple years. One time I almost came in third, but then my stupid asshole friend got three strikes in the 10th frame and ended up beating me by one point.

No such thing You're so wrong. Oh yeah. That's the good stuff.

I'd travel back to the first Suicide practices in a loft in New York City in 1974. I would work on the organ sounds with much patience. Then I'd go to when Captain Beefheart started up his first band. I'd tell him, "Don't do it that way. You'll never make a dime." Then, if I had time left, I'd go to Jamaica during the great soundclashes. Afterward, I would come back, and tell everyone, "I was there."

Everything I've posted relating to this tournament has been 100% earnest. edit: In fact, almost everything I post in this forum is 100% earnest. I try to keep irony as far away from music appreciation as I possibly can.

"Kiss From a Rose" lost?!? You guys suck. The Spaghetti Incident? Montell Jordan- "This Is How We Do It" Deee-Lite- "Groove Is In The Heart" Warren G. (ft. Nate Dogg)- "Regulate" Fiona Apple- "Criminal" Get a Grip Nirvana- "Heart Shaped Box" - I really wish I could just abstain from voting for either these. No Doubt- "Don't Speak" - I guess this is what I'm rooting for to win this region now. R.E.M.- "Losing My Religion" Tom Cochrane- "Life Is A Highway" - I'd be fine with this going to the final four, too. Armageddon: The Album Skee-Lo- "I Wish" - Anyone who votes for Soundgarden here is a fucking idiot. 2Pac- "California Love" Dr. Dre (ft. Snoop Doggy Dogg)- "Nuthin But A G Thang" Red Hot Chili Peppers- "Under the Bridge" Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell New Radicals- "You Get What You Give" Sinead O'Connor- "Nothing Compares 2 U" - With Seal out this is now the song I'm rooting for to win the whole thing. It better not lose to Faith No More! Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories- "Stay" Meat Loaf- "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)"

C'mon man. You've seen pictures of me. You know I'm not that hip IRL.