NoCalMike

If Bush would have said something in his speech along the lines of "In today's climate we are divided on our view of the war on Iraq, but one thing we all can be supportive of, is our troops efforts" then the Democrats would have applauded and you know it. It is the fact that once again Bush wants to tie "support of the troops" in with whether or not someone is willing to sign more war funding bills and whether or not they agree the surge is working. It has little to do with "support the troops" Honestly, I think the guy still thinks it's 2004. It is a sad fact, but "support our troops" is such a meaningless throw-away slogan now-a-days.

How come everyone hates G4? Or is it just the way they rate games!?!

Anyone have a clue when Robbie Lawler is defending his title?

It's not really a mini-diet, I will still be doing the diet once I start the gym, however I wanted to start the diet before I started the gym to see how my body reacts to the diet. Also, the diet might be adjusted once I start the gym.

With Tank, it is basically; Survive the initial flurry of punches and then Tank is gassed and barely standing on his own.

Weeds is Great.

Yeah, on pretty much every other broadcast channel. But it wasn't on Fox. I think some Fox affiliates did show it. According to my program guide it was on my local Fox. I just never actually flipped it to Fox to check for sure.

I think maybe that scientist is responsible for figuring out how to make living tissue able to thrive on a terminator exo-skeleton. The Terminator was all busted up going into that scene and when he comes out of bathtub of blood it seems like he has brand new skin. Maybe!?!

Why doesn't the government pass a law that stops allowing them to borrow from the Social Security trust fund or just raise the 90k tax cap they have on it. We have a progressive tax system, that is the way it is, someone making 30k should not be paying the same rate of social security taxes as someone making a million dollars annually. And about HSAs, yeah they sound great, until you actually have to go to the hospital for something and twenty plus years of savings is virtually wiped out for something as simple as a broken leg, x-rays, cast, and cast removal.....I sometimes think people don't understand how expensive it truly is to go to the hospital. That is why it was something like over 70% of all bankruptcy claims were filed due to people not being able to afford medical costs. An HSA is not a bad idea for something like perscription drugs, or for simple doctor visits, but any type of trip to the ER or Hospital and someone makes under 100k a year couldn't save enough in their entire life to afford the costs. Everytime I hear a republican say "fix social security" what comes out of their mouth seems more like "get rid of social security" and they are just being ingenuine about what they really want to say. We might not need "socialized medicine" but what I am NOT HEARING from any candidate is how we can get the cost of insurance and/or health insurance down to the point where almost everyone can afford it. And I am not talking about the rag-tag version where it is just a piece of paper that says "insured" yet when you actually need to use it, your co-pays are $100 or more.

Anyone else amused how Bush basically changed the purpose behind the surge to "cut down the violence in Iraq" and then looked even more stupid when he said "a year ago people though it would be impossible to cut down the violence" Reaaaaaaaaaally? I believe people said that Iraq's political process needed to step up and whether it did or not would be the true measure of whether the surge is/was working. Nobodies argument for or against the surge had soley to do with cutting the violence down. But again, typical of this administration, when things aren't turning out in your favor.....move the goalpost.

I'd assume we are borrowing a lot more from China to fund the Occupation of Iraq, unless you deem that a worthy cause!?! EDIT: So for those that are watching it....should we just keep discussion of the SOTU in this thread, or give it's own thread....since there will be a Democratic response, it is almost like a debate, so I think it is ok to keep the discussion in here........anyone?

I don't understand why Hillary and Obama are not more forward in their criticism of the war, and/or why they don't try to disspell more of the myths of the war. If I were them I would call the Republicans on constantly referring to Iraq as "fighting Al Qaeda" or maybe say something about our troops lives not being worth it to act as police in the middle of a religious war. It is things like that the make me afraid that if they are elected, there is just going to be more of the same when it comes to the occupation. I would be more excited for Obama over Hillary.

Sandusky's rant may have come off sounding a bit over-zealous, but I do agree with most of his points. I mean, after the last four years of garbage we have had the Democratic candidates(well the ones with a chance to win) still seem timid to talk about getting our of Iraq, getting rid of the Patriot Act, illegal wire-tapping etc etc etc.....issues that are really no brainers for anyone that is to be considered a "liberal" Which is why it still needs to be explained to people that there is a difference between a "liberal" and a "democrat" That pretty much sums it up. Would I rather have Obama or Hillary as President over McCain/Romney/Guliani/Huckabee etc.....YES. Am I excited and/or motivated at the thought of one of them as our President? No.

So, the router setup is still a complete failure, yet I managed to get the internet working with the network cable hooked up through the router....how did I do this you ask? Well instead of hooking the cable to the port marked "internet" like the instructions say.....I hooked it into one of the ports that is used for "other devices" and now the internet flows free like a river through my computer.....GO FIGURE!?! (I wonder if the internet port was just fried or something!?!) So if I am lucky, now that the internet is working, it means the PS3 and Wii connections will work because I am hoping that all that was preventing them from working in the first place was a lack of an internet connection.......so I guess there is a chance I can get the router to work independently and despite of the fact that the actual router software doesn't want to cooperate....*crossing fingers* The funniest part of all this is that I am surfing the web at the exact same time the router setup is telling me "no internet connection detected" haha.

Try and direct some towards a cemetary and see if it re-animates the dead.

I understand that diets don't work because they are a short-term fix, but I already stated about three times that I am also joining a gym starting March 1st, and I am not using the gym for short term results. When I work carbs back into my diet, I am still going to be going to the gym, which is a complete life-style change to my current "get home from work and sit around and do nothing but watch movies/tv, play video games, surf the net, eat, shit, sleep" routine. So regardless of my diet, the gym is something that will be a constant forever, or at least as long as I can afford it which currently there is no reason to worry about. And my sister also has a degree in nutrition science and is a registered nutritionist, so I know about the cons of a diet like a low-carb diet, but like I said already, it is not going to be a life-changing thing. It is a way to drop a 10-15 pounds before I start going to the gym.

I don't think Lesnar becoming a good MMA fighter is impossible he has some legit credentials. It is more the way Dana White promotes Lesnar as if it is foregone conclusion that he is the next big thing in MMA, that kind of irritates me. On a more frustrating note: I just realized I am attending something on Feb 2nd in which they tickets have already been purchased for and are non-refundable for. So I will be unable to host the show at my house.....sorry to those who usually come out. I will definately be hosting the March PPV though....

Oh wow, seriously? That sounds kind of amazing. Which interviews were these? EDIT: Nevermind, found them. I haven't found them......link(s) please???

From what I have heard from Beck, he is another one of your typical right-wingers who wants to come off as your "average everyday guy" but some of the things he lets slip out of mouth don't fit that kind of profile unless racist, bigot, homophobe are part of the definition.

I don't think it is so much that diets themselves don't work, I think either one, people don't supplement them with excersizing, two, people lose the desired amount of weight and then stop the diet altogether and go back to their bad eating habits, or lastly, don't even stick to the diet and/or "cheat" Plenty of people I know have dieted and had a lot of success, the problem is once they get to the desired weight they figured they were "done" and just went back to the old way of eating, so it isn't the diet itself that didn't work, rather the mindset that a diet is something that expires one day. I am going to be supplementing this with excersize. Going to the gym 3-4 times a week is 3-4 more times then I do now, and like I said, that is going to continue beyond any diet I am doing. It's not like I am just saying "I won't eat bread, but other then that I am throwing caution to the wind"

Well going to the gym 3-4 days a week is going to be a lifestyle change in itself, as I do plan of keeping my gym membership regardless of what diet I am on or not on. I mean, I will probably always keep some sort of altered diet once I lose the desired amount of weight, but I am not saying that I will never eat ice cream again, or never eat garlic bread again. I do plan on working carbs back into my diet in moderation once I start the gym because I know you do need energy to work out. I think they do sell vitamin pills that give you energy.

Any of the PS3 owners have Resistence? It got really good reviews, but I missed it because I didn't have a PS3 until last November. The preview for Resistence 2 looks ridiculously awesome, and I kind of want to play through the first one to get a good idea of the storyline/characters......any idea how much it is selling for used? Is it compatible with the usb headphones?

Whatever happened to parents just explaining that movies/music/art/videogames/entertainment can be used as escapism, but it is not something to go out and emulate. That talk seemed to work for me, as I was never really not allowed to watch/list to anything when I was a kid. I mean that explanation of course is an over-simplification of things, but that is how you might tell a youngster, and if they have a brain, they can naturally put the pieces together as they grow older. I mean, I grew up watching the most brainless action movies, some violent & gory as fuck horror movies, listened to all the music that was deemed "the devil" and I turned out fine just like the other 99.99999999% of folks that do/did.......

So did anyone else watch it last night? I think the show is getting better, and I really like how they are starting to incorporate Skynet in it's infancy into the show.

Am I the only one that thinks the Eliminator looks easier then the old version?