Dr. Zaius

Unless someone put Bush in charge of Scotland Yard, I don't see how he could possibly take credit for this.

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The airports being backed up like crazy are being reported on every channel. This avoided tragedy is a good reminder that travelling is still dangerous and the inconveniences we face really are necessary to keep people safe.

Everyone agrees the Democrats suck, but we can't agree on why. On the one hand you've got people who say the Democrats suck because they've abandoned middle American values and only represent the fringe elements of society or the left. On the other hand, you've got people who say the Democrats aren't liberal enough, and are in the pockets of big corporations and special interest groups. Both groups can't be right.

Is that why RNC Chair Ken Mehlman declined to endorse Alan Schlesinger's campaign yesterday?

Time magazine is parroting the RNC's party line. http://www.time.com/time/nation/printout/0...1224692,00.html I'm still scratching my head wondering why the Republicans think running on an issue 60% of the country disagrees with them on is a plus. Democrats are out there talking about how the war was a mistake and we need to withdraw to save lives, and all the Republicans can do is point there fingers and say, "Dirty Liberal!" over and over again. Even more hilariuos is how, when asked by Chris Matthews if he'd do, the head of the RNC declinded to endorse CT's Republican nominee. And I am to believe that my own Senator wants to make a campaign out of who his opponent wants to see win the CT race?

People are still resentful that she was ever popular in the first place. 7 years ago you couldn't turn on the TV without someone talking about how great she was. I think there's a underlying disgust lying dormant whenever that much adoration is thrust upon anyone that festers until an inevitable backlash. Of course, she probably never asked to be the object of idolization she became for those few years, but she certainly didn't shun the unwarranted attention, either. She was given something she didn't deserve, and people feel validated by watching her publicly self-destruct.

I really got my hopes up this week because I thought Steel was holding his stupid niece's decapitated head.

For a comic published in the late 70s, the story had balls the size of church bells. It hasn't withstood the test of time because its been ripped off so many times since then. How so? Woman gets taken over by alien species/entity, becomes all powerful, kills things. I don't see how that would be such a big deal, even in the seventies. And where was it ripped off? I'm not trying to sound like I'm attacking you or anything -- I'm really curious. Except the "woman" was actually a beloved character who dated back almost to the beginning of the company, she killed 5 billion people, then she gets cured, but then has to fight for her life and ultimately commits suicide in front of her lover's eyes because she knew she could never really be normal ever again. X-Men comics have been recycling the Phoenix concept and basic storyline for the last 25 years, and make reference to it about every 5 issues.

You mean, like, every rapper who has ever lived?

Norm Chomsky is a son of a bitch. Did I ever tell you about the time Chomsky took me out to go get a drink with him? We go off looking for a bar and we can't find one. Finally Chomsky takes me to a vacant lot and says, "Here we are." We sat there for a year and a half — until sure enough, someone constructs a bar around us. Well, the day they opened we ordered a shot, drank it, and then burned the place to the ground. Chomsky yelled over the roar of the flames, "Always leave things the way you found 'em!" To Norm Chomsky!

LOL... Yeah compare Iraq to Vietnam. Good one. When exactly did North Vietnam surrender? I cant recall them ever surrending, and that war went what, 12 years? Iraq fell in like 20 days. And if you cant see the good in having a democratically elected govt in the Middle East, then I'm just going to have to judge you as a near sighted tool that cannot possibly comprehend a bigger picture. No one ever said the two were exactly alike, but your knowledge of the Vietnam War seems to be limited. The purpose of the Vietnam War wasn't to make North Vietnam surrender, but to stop the Viet Cong insurgency on the behalf of the South Vietnamese government. You don't think there's any resemblance to Iraq whatsoever? But, hey, big picture, right? The continuation of the war is only making the problem worse because the elected Iraqi government is only seen as more and more of a pawn of the U.S. the longer we stay over there helping them. We've done so much damage over there that the Iraqi people will never accept a government that they think favors the U.S., even if they voted for it.

For a comic published in the late 70s, the story had balls the size of church bells. It hasn't withstood the test of time because its been ripped off so many times since then.

This thread is already headed for the classics.

I heard Ned Lamont used his personal fortune to finance the making of Ishtar.

Should I ask?

The fact that he thinks Lamont's a bad candidate makes me feel better about Lamont.

Um, yeah... John McCain's probably not the best example to use considering what the conservatives did to him in 2000. Also, saying the nomination of a successful telecommunication entrepenuer is a sign that the Democratic Party has been taken over by "Ultra Socialist Whack Jobs" probably isn't a good way to convince people you have the slightest idea of what you're talking about, either.

Facts and reason are no substitute for calling people "far-left Defeat-ocrats", though.

Actually, I'm pretty sure they are both the evils now. By definition, being the "lesser of 2 evils" still makes you evil.

I watch MSNBC purely for the fact that their liberal jackass/conservative jackass ratio is the closest to 1:1.

I'm proud to live in a country where the two major parties take turns being the lesser of 2 evils.

I posted this link in the Lieberman thread, but thought it belonged here as well. http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/09/iraq.poll/index.html

More evidence that anyone who opposes the war is part of the "far left."

Yeah, well look how well the "I'm not George Bush" platform worked for Al Gore and John Kerry. You're right, because I just saw on TV that the President's job approval rating is 51%. Now I'm going down to the movie theater and see "Shrek 2," and then when I get home I'm going to watch the newest episode of "Arrested Development" on Fox. Oh, that's right! I forgot its not 2004 anymore!