Jobber of the Week

It all depends, Mike. I await to see the guys' approval levels shoot back up. At this rate, the only thing people give him high marks for is trust that he'll handle Iraq correctly. GWB is the Democrats' most valuable player when it comes to getting votes and contributions.

What's with these RNC ads? Some people are attacking the President (OMG and nobody attacked Clinton, ever.) in his fight against the terrorists. Now, I don't know where he gets off talking about how Democratcs are trying to politicize 9/11 when he practically used 9/11 as a crutch to get in a fight with Iraq.

What a heartwarming story.

"Well, they're bombing us. We're makin' PROGRESS!"

He's too much of a Democrat for the socially conservative money running the state GOP. It's like a reverse situation of what Dean was talking about Southerners before all the stereotypes appeared. California's Republican party, when it could stop fighting, endorsed shoving gays back in the closet and aboloshing all forms of gun control and abortion. The McClintocks and Simons cause everyone to vote for the Democrats instead.

Aww but I like em. And all the GOOD phone books start with "AABALAT, Z"

This is not unusual. I have a svchost.exe taking up 17MB right now.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/11/18/samesex....ling/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/11/18/samesex....ling/index.html Now this whole fight for an amendment ban gets interesting... Also, why did I type "turns over" instead of "overturns"? Sigh..... I need sleep

Yeah, sure. Meanwhile, this appeared in the paper yesterday. For our friends screaming about the courts deciding everything: ---- How the press distorted the Massachusetts decision Andrew Koppelman The Massachusetts same-sex marriage decision was a big news story. Unfortunately, almost every major paper got it wrong. Here is a sample of the headlines: "In Mass., Same-Sex Marriage Ban Lifted." "Gays Have Right to Marry, SJC Says in Historic Ruling." "Gay Marriage Ban Rejected." "Mass. High Court Backs Gay Marriage." The truth is that the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in Goodridge vs. Dept. of Public Health did not decree that same sex couples were entitled to marry. It said that they were entitled to "the protections, benefits and obligations of civil marriage." And the court did not require that marriage licenses be issued to the couples who were asking for them. It delayed any remedy for 180 days to allow the Massachusetts Legislature to act. The court did not explain what the Legislature was supposed to do, but the delay makes no sense unless the Legislature has some choice other than to grant the right to marry (which the court could easily have done itself). The opinion is full of language about the importance of the right to marry, but none of that appears in the court's final order. The Legislature could almost certainly satisfy the court by following the lead of Vermont and California, which have created separate domestic partnership statuses for gay couples with all the rights and responsibilities, but not the label, of marriage. (On Thursday, Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly interpreted the opinion exactly that way.) That type of law is something most Americans can live with. About two-thirds of Americans are strongly opposed to same-sex marriage, polls show, but the label of "marriage" is all that many really care about. When they are asked about merely giving gay couples all the same legal rights as married couples, the split is a third in favor, a third against and a third who are undecided. After the Vermont Supreme Court declared that gay couples had to have the rights, but not necessarily the label, the Legislature acted and the sky didn't fall. Recently, when California followed Vermont's lead (with no prodding from any court) by legalizing domestic partnerships, the national press barely noticed. Massachusetts legislators appear to be under the impression that the court has left them no options, but this misreads the decision. Once it is understood that nothing happened in Massachusetts that hadn't already happened in two other states, the story is merely about a continuing trend. The misreporting stems from several sources. The Massachusetts court's opinion is vague and easily misunderstood. Activists on both sides, each for their own reasons, interpreted the opinion in the most extreme possible way. The press wanted striking headlines. And President Bush, who immediately denounced the decision for violating the principle that "marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman," hopes to capitalize on a backlash that will not materialize if the decision is understood. Bush is the largest beneficiary of the misunderstanding. He has been handed an issue that will energize his fundamentalist supporters and could split the Democrats in 2004. It will not be the first time that misinformation has helped Bush. Who knows how much support the Iraq war would have gotten if 69 percent of Americans did not believe, on the basis of Bush's misleading insinuations, that Saddam Hussein was responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks? There are powerful, principled arguments for legalizing same-sex marriage. It would end a severe form of discrimination, challenge gender stereotypes and give recognition to many families who are already functioning very well. But it makes sense for gay rights activists to wait. Attitudes toward gays have been liberalizing for a long time. After a decade or two, objections to gay marriage may have dissipated. Pushing the issue now invites backlash. Hawaii and Alaska amended their state constitutions to bar gay marriages after courts in those states seemed to be about to recognize them. The misunderstanding of the Massachusetts decision has invigorated a movement to amend the U.S. Constitution to prohibit both same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships. Don't kick a hornet's nest, particularly when winter is coming and the hornets are going to die anyway. Andrew Koppelman, professor of law at Northwestern University School of Law, is the author of "The Gay Rights Question in Contemporary American Law" (Yale University Press, 1996) and "Antidiscrimination Law and Social Equality" (University of Chicago Press, 2002). This article first appeared in the Chicago Tribune. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...EDG9R377091.DTL

LOL. Someone mentioned the California Republican Party and then talked about the democrats being unstructured. The state GOP has to either keep a close eye on this Arnold thing (and he's already started to bite at them a little suggesting this bond) and learn how to be electable or they'll go back to losing. If this was a regular election, Arnold would have not made it past the primary.

Well, there's only one thing left to do:

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I always blamed Quick Reply for this. The moment it takes to load the Add Reply screen would filer out a lot of stupid posts as people actually sit and think about them for a moment.

http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/fugitiv...ter/review.html Hey, check it:

Read the spoiler and: Spoiler (Highlight to Read): Well, that was dumb. FFX's ending was arguably it's greatest moment. How in the hell did they explain that Tidus is alive and well considering that he never really was born in the first place?

Wow, Tommy Fierro visits these boards? And JAxl, I'm sure they'll find something new someday, but they need to change the way the show works fundamentally. My guess is the kayfabe "backstage" needs to become a whole universe. Nobody believes contract signgings, arrests, and so on going out in the middle of the ring with bigscreen music video and fireworks. Although they keep trying to channel the spirit of "Attitude" (which isn't a good idea in the first place) the show feels overscripted. Tell me you don't roll your eyes when a contract is "signed in blood", an authority figure tells the police what to do (such as Bischoff leaving Kane's paddywagon unsecured), or for that matter a bunch of cops follow McMahon out to his theme music and then arrest someone because he told them to.

Edit: Nevermind, I fixed it. And yes, Dick Gephardt *IS* the ONE MAN SOUND MACHINE

http://www.msnbc.com/news/997195.asp?0cv=CB10 More on their arguement at that link. This is mostly a thread for discussion when it pops up. I may be here or not for it.

Whoa. If the whole Senate thing backfires, he could serve on the International Coalition of Pancakes.

Finally, a burial we can all get behind.

Did anyone see Biff Henderson traveling with the Dean campaign on Letterman? A Jimmy Dean reference, a healthcare rant that lasts 7 seconds because Henderson got bored, a check-up, etc. HENDERSON: Bush spits (video), he trips (video), he hits his head getting into a helicopter (video.) Admit it: he's a goofball. DEAN: The evidence is he's a little weird.

I retract that. It was more Mike's reaction, like a devout Christian complaining about that "Dog is my co-pilot" bumper sticker on my neighbor's car down the street, that sent me into the giggles.

Hamilton, Ontario. *BADA-BOOM!* Okay, only the Canadians are going to get that one.. Eh, I'll probably go then. I have a WM ticket to sell. I can't go to that, but this is way closer.

No, I'm not. I'm a realist who's not having a fit over something so stupid. Let's talk about real assholes: The real terrorists that caused the real thing, the people that used the tragedy to get ahead (announcing dead relatives that don't exist for money, stealing from the site of the underground mall, etc.) This isn't tasteful but to have a conniption about it is pathetic and what programming like "The O'Reilly Factor" is for.

OMG NEVER FORGET (GIANT FLAG WAVING GIF HERE) This is the funniest thing since that Jesus making the You Da Man gesture. Your taking offense to it makes it even more funnier.