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    Campaign 2008

    How do Obama's "non-answers" make you want to vote for McCain? I mean non-answers are annoying, but not as bad as the WRONG answers. It just comes down to policies to me and on the two biggest issues McCain basically wants to follow the current Bush strategies; "Surge is Working" & "Cut taxes for the wealthy" Now if those are policies you are in favor of, then ok I understand your vote for McCain. I am not really THAT excited about Obama. To me he is basically another member of the democratic establishment, but he happens to have some intagibles that draw people to him over other politicians. Also it is important that a Democrat gets into the whitehouse in 2008 because they don't have enough of a majority for veto overrides so a lot of the "haven't got anything accomplished" rhetoric will dissapear when there is someone in the whitehouse that signs bills that pass the House & Senate into law, rather then throwing down a veto.
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    MMA Comments that Don't Warrant a Thread

    Marion Barber......REALLY?
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    NFL Offseason Thread

    Redskins w/ five preseason games......
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    Real World Awards

    Irene from Seattle is Burnim & Murray public enemy #1 last time I checked. She left the show because of the way producers tried to manipulate people and situations, and then the editors cut and pasted clips to make it look like she was leaving because of "lyme disease" I think another reason the show changed is because it seems like the first four or so seasons featured a bunch of people that had somewhat of a life outside of reality-TV, they were either attending school, in a career, and were still doing that stuff while taping. It was a more accurate potrayal of people actually living their lives, but they just happened to be sharing a house with six strangers. Everyone had other things going on. Now the show is basically casted by wannabe actors/actresses that probably got laughed out of the audition room for actual tv shows and someone pointed them in the direction of the MTV-Reality Show casting room. It's like they are all thinking that "Real World" will launch a career in the industry.
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    Real World Awards

    Yeah and how in the blue hell did Danny/Melinda win best "romance" Danny was and still comes off like a douchebag most of the time and Melinda is just, well she is hot, but she never developed much more then that on the show. I didn't even think they had the best "romance" of their own cast. (Wes & Johanna). Out of the nominees I would have given it to Colhutta and Kellyanne.
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    4,000 dead Americans

    As silly as that kind of logic is, it is actually a pretty accurate account of what McCain has said on the campaign trail. On more than one occassion he has talked about keeping a large presence in Iraq and how it is ok as long as we are "not taking casualties" and then he points to other countries around the world, as if every post-war torn country will offer the same situation and variables when ALREADY Iraq has shown to be nothing like Germany and/or Japan post-WWII.
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    Gas Price Check...

    $3.53/gallon Sacramento, CA
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    UFC Fight Night - Florian v. Lauzon

    If Alexander isn't dove onto by the ref, he is probably taking 2-3 more clean shots to the face before getting rescued 2-3 seconds later anyway. He was flat on his back and not in any position to defend himself. Recovering after the fact is irrelevent really.
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    Huge Chunk of Ice Breaks Off of Antarctica

    I think regardless of "OMG Global Warmning...it's the end of the world, yo" it is a good idea to cut down on emissions period. Look, Los Angeles has a cloud of smog that sits over the city, as a lot of other cities do I would imagine. Now, regardless of "Global Warmning" how is THAT a good thing? Pollution and Waste being dumped into our waterways, how is THAT a good thing? Whether these types of problems are solved because of people acknowleding "global warming" or just because people want to get serious about cleaning up our breathing air/drinking water/food supplies is irrelevent to me, I just want the stuff cleaned up and monitored better. And this is probably what I don't understand the most about the "conservative" position on the matter. I know most of them don't believe in "Global Warmning" perse, but it seems as if they take it a step further and refuse to acknowledge any problems with pollution in general, as if they afraid that acknowleding anything means they are giving in to Global Warmning rhetoric.
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    Elite XC Saturday March 29th. San Jose, CA

    Showtime always replays the shows but at very random times.
  11. Frank Shamrock vs. Cung Le is the Main Event. Joey Villasenor will be fighting Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos is also on the card. I haven't been able to find any other match listings.... This event is taking place in San Jose which is about 2.5 hours from me. I checked ticketmaster, and tickets are still available from $30 - $75. I am thinking about going.
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    PlayStation 3

    The PS2 was also a lot of people's first DVD player at the time as well. It was a selling point at the time.
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    UFC Fight Night - Florian v. Lauzon

    Houston Alexander has some work ahead of him, the starpower he gained from the vicious KO of Jardine is fading fast considering the way he has been KO'd in his last couple of fights. Joe Lauzon looked good against Florian. Joe's seems like he is going to have a great career ahead of him. Nate Diaz is an animal. You can never count the guy out until the ref is waving his hands because the guy finds ways out of any situation it seems.
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    PlayStation 3

    I dunno about most other PS3 owners, but personally I haven't had any complaints about the gaming thus far....most of the games I own/have owned have been worth the money. The exclusives like Uncharted, Ratchet & Clank, Resistance, Devil May Cry 4 have been very good games. I mean I think the "no good games" hype is sort of misguided at this point.
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    This Week in Baseball 3/30 - 4/6

    I get the feeling the A's are going to be losing a lot of 1-0, 2-0, 2-1 type games this season. Their pitching could be something to contend with but the lineup is just so green. When Chavez finally gets back and if he decides to stop underachieving the middle of the lineup might be ok, but the rest are just so green, I feel like I am watching a mix of the Rivercats and Ports dressed up in A's gear.
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    This Week in Baseball 3/30 - 4/6

    Kind of dissapointing to see the A's getting their 3rd At-Bats of the game and are still whiffing at 90mph fastballs.....jesus.
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    This Week in Baseball 3/30 - 4/6

    I just bought some $13 bleacher seats for this Saturday in Oakland.....A's/Indians. C.C. Sabathia vs. Dana J. Eveland..... It's pet adoption day, first 15k get an A's pet calendar....WHOOHOO!!!
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    The OaO Gwar Thread

    Meaaaaaaaaaaat.....................Sandwich..............
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    Elite XC Saturday March 29th. San Jose, CA

    IMO, Shamrock lost because he went out there with something to prove, rather then to just use his all-around superior skills to win the fight. Considering he almost knocked out Cung Le fighting Cung Le's type of fight. It is almost like Shamrock was trying to slowly spin a web to catch Cung Le in, but on the way to that his arm got broken. I mean it is Shamrock's fault he didn't press the action in rounds 1 & 2.
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    4,000 dead Americans

    The bolded one continues today and will probably continue forever as long as our elected officials refer to all of our Iraq problems as "Al Qaeda"
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    WWE Raw (3/31)

    It's on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crtk3VsszvA LOL. Triple H is the first to come out. Nice how most of the legends were no sold by the crowd. The four horsemen got cheers but probably because people recognize the name "four horsemen" over the actual wrestlers themselves.
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    The Legacy Of Ric Flair

    He has wrestled virtually the same match the last fifteen years, however before that point, yeah he basically deserves all the praise he gets.
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    4,000 dead Americans

    Well that and which network could offer the most video game-like "missles dropping on Iraqi cities" presentation.
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    4,000 dead Americans

    Not if their coverage during the run up to the war is any indication of their new-found "investigative journalism"
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    Elite XC Saturday March 29th. San Jose, CA

    Yeah I read earlier about the Diaz situation.....fuck it I am not going anymore. Instead I will go to Oakland to see The A's vs. Indians next Saturday($15 bleacher tickets)
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