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Did they all pass? The charge was that he would raise gas 50 cents if given the chance, when he's simply voted yes to raise it 4 and a half cents on the eleven different occasions it's been brought up. For all we know, he might just want to raise it eighteen cents. He could just want to raise it nine cents. Or maybe he actually just wants to raise it four and a half cents. Well, the hidden message is that he's somehow unpatriotic or loathe of the military. But if we were to gauge on funding for things like Patriot missile systems and Trident subs and whatever, Cheney would be almost as loathe. True, but if the message is "vote for us because we're pro-military and he isn't," and it seems the shoe does fit... I mean, I've been hearing about how Kerry's whole campaigning has been revolving around "Vote for me because I'm not George Bush" and how he really has no plan. Seems to me Bush is doing the same thing. There's no other reason to run a negative campaign ad other than to say "Vote for me because at least I'm not like this guy."

^ And this has what to do with Rebellion 2002?

Good answer, but it doesn't seem that Mike is running on your level: Yup. Now, it could be that he just simply read question 2 and didn't see questions 1 or 3, and made an approving "Yup" after reading that one alone, but I don't really know.

You guys need to start wearing more Armani. Because Yves Saint Laurent is too French.

Two questions: Appearantly there's still photos out there of someone allegedly "nearly beaten to death." If that winds up being the case, isn't THAT torture? Also, when your average American woman gets raped, is that humiliation?

You know, Mike, I'm usually with ya when you're talking with whichever Kamui or Hunger or whoever that complains about the use of the bomb on Japan. But the internment camps can't be downplayed. Look at the relocation and treatment of Americans from Japan. What we did to our own people, who are supposed to be protected by our rights. People who downplay what Bush has done to civil liberties and say it's nowhere near as bad as it used to be, they have a point that can be argued for. People who downplay something like the Japanese American internment, however, must be clueless. That exactly IS what it used to be!

But they're accusing him of having crippled the war on terror because of past actions. And if that's the case, then so did Cheney.

I said near news. I didn't say no news, which is all that cable in the classroom stuff.

Daybreak, Live From..., Saturday (on now), and other "anchor at the desk introduces recorded piece, one after another with the occasional chat to a live person" style shows would be the hard news. Fox's equivelant would be StudioB, I guess, and that's the only show I can watch before Bill, Sean, and Greta come in and the stupidity meter starts reaching "High." The not quite news shows on CNN would be the likes of Anderson Cooper 360, InsidePolitics (mostly just interviews with people who know how to spin), Crossfire. NewsNight straddles both ends which is probably why I don't like it. I don't have opinions of American Morning or Paula Zahn Now as I don't watch either. Lou Dobbs used to be to the right during his "Moneyline" program, but since then it's switched to "Lou Dobbs Tonight" and he's become a huge protectionist in the wake of the current economy, the show is now basically a 60minute shame-fest directed towards companies that are outsourcing.

Oh my god, Mike is so blind when it comes to Bush.. *cries* Okay, maybe you've had your TV off the past two months, so go to georgewbush.com and you'll see them there. That stupid ad about the gas taxes being raised 50 cents (not true, he voted to raise gas taxes by a smaller amount many times it popped up, and they simply added them together) and that recent one with all the military weaponry, which accuses him of voting down stuff when at the time even Cheney wasn't approving of most of those either. And they've been running this for 7 weeks or so all over the place. They even show up here in Cali where it's already a foregone conclusion Kerry will win because Bush has such a huge war chest.

^^ My guess is that's probably on talk shows like Crossfire, right? The difference between CNN and Fox, and the reason I watch CNN, is that there isn't stupid opinions like that in the middle of the actual hard news programs. Well, that and the hosts don't shout down and jump to conclusions with the guests. "So we should leave ourselves open for another 9/11?" "No, but we should examine our policy to see what it is that makes the rest of the world..." "Okay, we should leave ourselves open for another 9/11..."

This guy's column goes on about the Spidey ads and stuff, but I like what he said in this part:

So you believe CNN did pressure them not to put it up? Because even Fox doesn't know for sure, but still wants to sue over it anyway.

Pac... Er, sorry, SBC Park hasn't hosted anything other attractions than Giants games and XFL football to my knowledge, though everyone still talks about how pretty and beautiful it is, etc. I wouldn't know, only Giants game I attended live was at the Stick and against a team I can't remember. I think the A's need to move off the third-tier Action 36 channel onto something better before we talk about new ballparks. I mean, at least the local UPN and WB stations would be SOMETHING.

Oh come on. I was expecting worse. There's so many worse looking drug addicts out there and THIS is worth all the "Damn!" and vomit emoticons?

Decent show, wouldn't pay $20. Probably worth eBay prices.

I'm not just talking about this war, I'm talking about future wars as well. Unless of course you only plan to abolish POW rights when fighting Middle East wars because when it's those people then they're not worth it.

That's just embarassed? Sodomized with a broomstick is embarassed? Having your head placed at some other guys private parts is embarassed? I suppose any rape would just be "inappropriate touching," too?

And that's always much more worthwhile than the American lives that would go wasted in the additional fighting.

Napalm, maybe? But if Cancer Marney decree says that captured prisoners will be treated like dirt and likely killed, people would be more likely to just go ahead and fight. If you don't believe that surrendering works, go back to last year and check out that long line of Iraqis walking from checkpoint to checkpoint alongside the traveling caravan to Baghdad.

Wait a minute, I thought that in neocon world almost all mass media is essentially a liberal talk show? Anyway, they have enough money to run for a few years with no profits at all.

Not sure if someone messed with the code, but certain stuff on the board is now centered (now reading list at the bottom, logo at the top) and it's screwing up the size of the tables, which now are as wide as your browser window.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...2003EDT0838.DTL You know, they really do work hard to perpetuate the negative reaction and stereotype they receive.

I suspect it was because Gore had that midget troll travelling around with him saying that movie studios needed censorship and regulation. Looking at Eisner's other contributions (Florida Republican congressperson, SoCal Demo congressperson [which MECHA ties like our old friend Cruz], etc, I suspect Eisner just throws a little handy donation out to whoever would be better for business. Now, when it comes to buying congresspeople through lobbying (witness some of the more crazy proposals on countering piracy that's resulted through that) they're a lot more blatant.