Big Ol' Smitty

[kkktookmybabyaway] Hippie. [/kkktookmybabyaway]

How could they have possibly gotten a random sample for that poll? Did they go into Fallujah and Sadr City?

I disagree. I think if he exposes fraud that its worthwhile. Just like he crusaded for safe cars back in the day, perhaps now he is going to work for a more transparent vote. And (theoretically) how sweet would it be if he used the money given to him by Republicans to expose fraud perpetrated by them?

Someone left this message for all the conservatives around here:

I already use whey and I'm already quite lean. I just want to pack on more muscle really. I'm 6'1 155 lbs.

Bringin' that content, ain't ya, my man?

For what? Not talking about urinating on and dismembering corpses?

"Scientists know for certain that human activities are changing the composition of Earth's atmosphere. Increasing levels of greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide (CO2 ), in the atmosphere since pre-industrial times have been well documented. There is no doubt this atmospheric buildup of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is largely the result of human activities. It's well accepted by scientists that greenhouse gases trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere and tend to warm the planet. By increasing the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, human activities are strengthening Earth's natural greenhouse effect. The key greenhouse gases emitted by human activities remain in the atmosphere for periods ranging from decades to centuries. ...the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stated there was a "discernible" human influence on climate; and that the observed warming trend is "unlikely to be entirely natural in origin." In the most recent Third Assessment Report (2001), IPCC wrote "There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities." The IPCC states that even the low end of this warming projection "would probably be greater than any seen in the last 10,000 years, but the actual annual to decadal changes would include considerable natural variability." Source: United States EPA

Yeah, who gives a fuck about election fraud? Yeah, except the CEO of Diebold said that he was "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes for the president" in an August 2003 fund-raising letter. http://www.verifiedvoting.org/article.php?id=2334

Nader/Camejo Challenge Electronic Voting Results in New Hampshire Washington, DC:The Nader/Camejo campaign has filed a challenge to the voting results in New Hampshire after receiving numerous complaints from voting rights activits. Below is Nader's letter to New Hampshire requesting a recount. Also, below is Nader's view on electronic voting without a paper trial. In addition, the Nader/Camejo campaign offered our campaign to poll watchers who wanted to be credentialed to be inside to monitor electronic voting. Hundreds of democracy activists in Maryland working with TrueVoteMD.org were credentialed to monitor polling through the Populist Party which was created by Nader-Camejo supporters in Maryland. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- November 5, 2004 Via fax: 603-271-6316 To The Secretary of State of New Hampshire: The Nader/Camejo campaign requests a hand recount of the ballots in the presidential election in New Hampshire. Numerous voting rights activists have requested that we seek a recount of this vote. We have received reports of irregularities in the vote reported on the AccuVote Diebold Machines in comparison to exit polls and trends in voting in New Hampshire. These irregularities favor President George W. Bush by 5% to 15% over what was expected. Problems in these electronic voting machines and optical scanners are being reported in machines in a variety of states. We are requesting that the state undertake this recount or a statistically significant sample audit of these vote counts. We would like to make sure every vote counts and is counted accurately. Sincerely, Ralph Nader Paperless Electronic Voting A bedrock of democracy is making sure that every vote counts. The counting of votes needs to be transparent so people can trust that their vote is counted as they cast it. Paperless electronic voting on touch screen machines does not provide confidence to ensure votes are counted the way voters intend. The software on which votes are counted is protected as a corporate trade secret and the software is so complex that if malicious code was embedded no analysis could discover it. Further, because there is no voter verified paper record, it is not possible to audit the electronic vote for accuracy, nor is it possible to conduct an independent recount. This Primary Day six million voters will be voting on paperless electronic voting machines. This is a grotesquely designed, over-complicated expensive system fraught with the potential for mistakes and undetected fraud. On July 23, 2003 the Johns Hopkins Information Security Institute reviewed the electronic voting system in Maryland and found that it had security “far below even the most minimal security standards . . . .” Johns Hopkins computer security experts concluded: “If we do not change the process of designing our voting systems, we will have no confidence that our election results will reflect the will of the electorate.” Computers are inherently subject to programming error, equipment malfunction, and malicious tampering. If we are to ensure fair and honest elections, and retain voter confidence in our democratic process, we need to ensure that there are no such questions. Therefore, it is crucial that any computerized voting system provide a voter-verifiable paper audit trail and that random audits of electronic votes be conducted on Election Day. Paperless electronic voting machines make it impossible to safeguard the integrity of our vote thereby threatening the very foundation of our democracy. The seller of the machines, the Diebold Corporation, is a supplier of money to one of the major party candidates, George W. Bush. The CEO and top officers of Diebold are major contributors to the Bush campaign. This does not pass the smell test. Voters should report immediately any suspected malfunctions and deficiencies at voting precincts around the country to their Board of Elections. And voters should urge their legislators to require a voter verified paper ballot trail for random audits and independent recounts. source: http://www.votenader.org/media_press/index.php?cid=400

It is nearly impossible for me to gain any weight at all. I take protein shakes, eat like hell, and lift regularly. I don't think the weight gain with creatine would be a problem. The liver stuff Brian mentioned concerns me though.

Sure thing, bro.

They ratified recently.

I guess you could throw Egypt and Croatia on that list too.

I was just responding to an assertion that most industrialized countries haven't ratified the treaty. The US, Australia, and Switzerland are the only ones on the list of non-ratifiers that I saw. Unless you count Indonesia--semi-industrialized I guess.

Most Iraqi people's lives are probably less stable right now than they were under Saddam's regime. That doesn't mean that his regime was good. Hopefully democracy will emerge and people's lives will end up being better than they were under Saddam.

I've hit a plateau in my strength training and I'm thinking about using creatine. Anybody had any good/bad experiences with this supplement? My girlfriend (who seems to want me to remain skinny) thinks it's a gateway to steroid use.

Will do. Thanks.

From what I understand, a lot of racists and other great folks lobbied Darwin to use the term "survival of the fittest" so that they could apply it in a social context--to further their racist goals.

Actually, we'd settle for deporting all of the blithering morons to Europe, so we can laugh at them from afar. -=Mike The fact that there are so many people like him, Mike, makes me question Darwin's whole theory about how natural selection is meant to weed out the weak Actually, that's not what natural selection is all about. Biological "fitness" is not the same thing as "strength."

Thanks, bro. The only problem is now when I go there she's never home!

Right now, the Saddam regime probably seems preferable because of the stability. In the long run, though, a non-authoritarian government would certainly be preferable to almost everyone in Iraq except for the elite few who benefited from Saddam's regime. Hopefully, this is what will take shape in Iraq. It may be a while, though.

I think most of the civilian population has been evacuated from Fallujah.

I totally agree with this. But I don't think black people are clamoring for an end to AA. I certainly can't speak for them, though.