NoCalMike

Bwahaha, I didn't even look at some of the reply dates.....my bad.

Ermm.....Savage is probably the most batshit of the group, but Sean Hannity's radio show is the most gawd awful. I mean it contains absolutely zero substance to it, and is filled with the "I'm a good american because....." rhetoric. Maybe I am biased because I tend to like more policy-driven political talk shows such as Thom Hartmann.

Is there already software for the router loaded on the computer, or are you using a different computer now? I have a linksys and it runs without the software being installed/properly setup.......you can visit my router nightmare in this forum, a few threads down....

I flip between Michael "Savage" Weiner and Peter B. Collins on the drive home from work. Complete polar opposites, so it is quite hilarious to listen to the contrast.

I just read this thread and the story for the first time, I have some questions, but they probably aren't fair questions to be asked after only reading one chapter worth.........so is anymore written?

SUpposedly there is going to be a free song pack released in celebration of St. Patricks Day. http://kotaku.com/364932/ghiii-sets-dropki...e-for-st-pattys

There is no UFC 85 thread yet, so I will just mention it here, Shogun Rua has injured his knee again and is out of UFC 85 vs. Liddell.....

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.

This sucks. My wife's mom is dying of cancer too. (colon). A couple of years ago she was doing chemo regularly, and it seemingly worked for awhile, but in the last year or so the cancer came back and spread and she just wants to let it be because she can't stand the way the chemo makes her sick for days on end(and the fact that the latest round wasn't stopping the spread of the cancer anyway). Her father is pretty shaken up at the thought of losing his wife, and my wife is pretty sad too. Just having lost my grandmother a few days ago, I hope the rest of 2008 gets better on the family front.

So, anyone else catch the season finale? I thought the "big ending" was a little underwhelming, especially since most of the violence was off-screen. I hope the show gets picked up for a second season.

This reminds me of Dave Atell's "Insomniac" That show wasn't entirely about drinking, but he did a lot of it, and it was also about what went on at various cities from dawn until dusk.

Sadly the same thing can be said about many more states other then Ohio.

I guess the question is, has the surge accelerated the end of Iraqi Conflict? Are we getting out sooner because of it? Also, is the success of the surge something that can be sustained without the current number of troops staying in Iraq for long term commitments. I guess that is why liberals tend to want more political progress/reconciliation because without that, sure we can just keep a huge number of troops in the region in order to keep the violence at lower levels but when does it end? When does America's financial and military commitment end?

Agreed, the earlier parts were better than the later parts Indeed. Hai. Ja. Si. Ya. Duh.

Well plus it's not like the majority of fighters in the UFC are making this huge outrageous paycheck.

Well not to mention that most Democrats were looking out for their own political careers, and too afraid of being called "weak on terror" Lets not forget, the climate was a lot different in 2002/2003, the Bush administration and national media were having a wonderful time blurring the line between Al Qaeda and Iraq, voting for the authorization of force was the popular thing to do to look like you were a real tough guy that was going to "take it to the terrorists" It took guts for the few, back then to actually stand up and do the politically UNPOPULAR thing to do, which is what Obama did. I am sure a lot of Democrats felt that they could vote for the authorization, and then possibly there still wouldn't be an actual war when all was said and done, and that way they could win on both ends because then they could say they voted to be tough, but the war was avoided anyway, well the eggs is on their face now. And this whole "in the know" thing, honestly, how in the hell do you know how "in the know" he was or was not?

Sweet, thanks.

Well if there is room for me I will join, even though I am late to the game.....my username is "nocalmike" Thanks. EDIT: Oh, and if I am joined up in time, I am picking Hendo.

Well I just registered there the other day cause someone at work told me about it. It is basically a website that offers MMA fantasy. With "fake money" you can bet on the fights, who will win, and then even how they will win/what round/ko/decision etc etc..... I was wondering if anyone on here would be interested in making a TSM league on there, if there is enough interest I will start one for us ASAP... If we hurry soon enough we can get it started before Saturday to use UFC 82 as our first event..... If there is already a league on there for us, then erase this message and send me the link to join....lol.

Well all indications/rumors point to Kimbo Slice vs. Ken Shamrock if Shamrock wins his upcoming fight for Elite XC. Now, for the MMA hardcore fan, the match is a little bit fluffy because Shamrock really has no business taking heavyweight punches to the face anymore, let alone even fighting after all the punishment he has taken over the years, and then Kimbo Slice will has his second fight in a row where he beats down a "big name" that was over the hill and possibly going through the motions for a pay day.........but............ To the casual MMA fans, Kimbo Slice vs. Ken Shamrock on CBS would be motherfucking huge!!! This is great news for the world of MMA. EDIT: Oh, and it's not like Elite XC doesn't have a pretty fucking good roster of fighters to display. Add that to getting nationalized television exposure.....WOW.

Because the Republicans have done such a great job combatting terrorism so far? No one in their right mind would trust Obama over McCain in that scenario unless we're completely ignoring everything that actually matters now. That's one of those arguments that is so irrational, I don't even know where to begin. Do I attack the "no one in their right mind" part as being a variation on an argument from incredulity; or do I go after the complete arrogance of Marvin for not only claiming he knows what "everything that actually matters now" is but it is so obvious that he need not define it? Decisions, decisions. I thought it was pretty obvious it was John Mccain's experience. Who would want someone with almost no foreign policy and war experience in that situation? Experience is worthless if it doesn't provide you with good judgement. For example, John McCain's experience told him it was a good idea to invade Iraq. Obama's experience told him it was a bad idea. McCain may have more experience, but Obama has better judgement. Obama was a state senator at the time, hardly in the position to know enough about the invasion of Iraq in 2003 to pass judgment one way or the other 5 years later when hindsight is 20/20. I doubt he was getting briefings on that matter or had any access to information about it that the people in the HR and Senate had. And if he had been in the Senate at the time, he may have voted for it anyway despite partisan politics since some democrats that did vote for the Resolution given the intelligence reports that were presented to them at the time. He's fooling a lot of casual voters with his "I did not vote for the Iraq war" crap, which isn't a lie but only because he wasn't eligible to vote for it. Most people who have been pulled into his following probably have no idea he was in the Illinois State Senate in 2003 or probably think that state senators had some say in the war. So if I am voting for Obama because he is fooling me, then at least I have the excuse of being fooled, however you are voting for McCain who really isn't fooling anyone with his poor judgement on the war from the beginning and flip-flopping on key issues, so what exactly is your excuse? Oh and I love this notion that he was "hardly in any position to know enough about....etc" Fuck that noise, plenty of people were opposing the potential invasion during the run up to Iraq and being quite vocal about it, not to mention other nations, and all the protesting the actual citizens of America were doing that was going largely ignored by the media because they were too busy cheerleading for the "with us or against us" administration. All this utter bullshit about "everyone was for the war in 2002, and now they are trying to monday morning QB" is just more revisionist history trying to be peddled. There were people damn angry with what was about to go down, but they were being attacked and labeled "unamerican" "terrorist sympathizers" "soft on terror" etc etc etc.....

Funny stuff....

I think the general consensus on Lloyd as a Redskins was that he was a lazy player that didn't want to have to earn his spot on the WR corps. In San Francisco he was the #1 by default cause everyone else sucked. As Redskins he was competing against Moss and Randal El for catches, which means he had to work and prove himself more in training camp and practice, and he didn't like it. Now me personally, I think Lloyd kind of got shafted a little bit and felt he was very capable as a #2. However I am not part of the coaching staff, and hey his numbers as part of the Redskins speak for themselves, especially that the Skins could sign waiver wire guys that seemed to immediately show the ability to come in and be effective, yet Lloyd never found his groove. Lloyd is the type of WR that could dissapear from the league or have a comeback year in 2007. It is up to him.

I do agree, however now that we are down to a single HD-brand of disc, that means their main competitor will be regular DVD, which costs $5-15 less per DVD. If this keeps blu-ray from truely taking off, then I would expect the price of blu-ray discs to start dropping because if in order for blu-ray related products/accessories to sell, people will have to agree that blu-ray discs are affordable in the first place. I was looking at Wal-Mart.com the other day and there was a good amount of Blu-ray discs available for $19 which is a standard price for a lot of regular dvds. I hope the tend continues at a more rapid pace.... Also, as a new(er) owner of a blu-ray player another side effect is that I am not really buying regular DVDs anymore because the bigger I grow my DVD collection the more I will have to potentially have to replace. I don't plan on replacing 90% of my regular DVDs anyway, but movies like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Die Hard, I would be willing to upgrade to Blu-Ray, but not at the current price. The current price of the Die Hard trilogy on Blu-Ray is $109.00 FUCK. 90 bucks for all 4 die hard movies on Amazon. I've found that Amazon.com has some really great deals on Blu-Ray so far. And I actually ended up getting a PS3 after I got my 1080p LCD as soon as I heard that HD-DVD was going down and the thing that has impressed me most about it is the media streaming options. You set up DLNA through Windows Media Player (might only be for the Vista version of WMP, not sure if XP supports it) and you can stream all your photos, music, and videos to the tv in real time. It even works for more 'exotic' codecs like XVID (for all your TV show pirating needs... if you're unethical and down with that of course...) which is something that I thought there's no way in hell that Sony would do. I'm actually so impressed with the 'openness' of the PS3 so far. Only thing is, those are the bare bones editions of the films. When I upgrade I want the ultimate editions, just formatted in blu-ray. If you don't mind bare bones editions though, then yeah that is a good deal. Of course, the ultimate edition trilogy is out of print anyhow, so that deal you posted above might be the best current available thing, but I have a funny feeling they will re-release the Ultimate editions on blu-ray. Not that I am the pickiest DVD buyer but the Die Hard Ultamite edition trilogy is a really cool set.