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Chmee

For once, Ide like to see a president do a state of the union, and begin with "please hold all applause untill the end of my speech." I'd rather them go back to what they did starting with Jefferson up to Woodrow Wilson (who ended the practice) of just sending a written message. http://ww...

Chmee

You are paying so much for Gas for the same reasons I am paying too much... Yes, supply and demand. Sure, government regulations plays a factor and or course they also take their cut directly in taxes but as far as the recently fluctations, mostly supply and demand. So that EXXON can make 10.2 BILL...

Chmee

Ah yes, but see, you didn't want to buy it from Saddam, hence changing the resource holder. They couched it terms of freeing the people of tyranny and the rest, but given you don't give a shit about people living under tyranny anywhere else, there has to be a catalyst and pardon my knee-jerk assump...

Chmee

Bit broader use of the term than usual, but I don't know the economic term for "militarily changing a resource holder". I am guessing you are talking about Iraq here. I don't know to what extent securing our oil supply was a reason in the decision making of those who chose to invade. They...

Chmee

Zaelath wrote:So, it's cheaper to get oil from the middle east, but only if you put your fingers in your ears and pretend there's no opportunity costs. Interesting.

What opportunity costs in particular are you referring to?

Chmee

I find the argument that we should reduce our dependence on foreign oil to be unpersuasive. It basically boils down to saying that we need to be isolationist regarding trade in energy. As is probably not surprising to anyone that has read many of my posts here, an isolationist trade policy strikes m...

Chmee

It's so fucking sad that I have to sit here wondering if we'll ever have a government free of this stupidity that actually does their fucking job. Mencken and O'Rourke said it better than I, so I'll just quote them. The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking...

Chmee

Despite the various times it has been killed already, the broadcast flag is back up before a senate commitee. https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy?JServSessionIdr006=rb08nna2q1.app2a&cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=205 Hollywood Plants Its Flags In Our Homes On Tuesday January 24th, the S...

Chmee

Truant wrote:
Chmee wrote:
miir wrote:Mo'Zart, mothafucka!
If Wolfy Were Alive, He'd Be Playing in a Ska Band.
You don't think he'd be a Neoclassical Shredder? Melting faces for the masses?

UNLEASH THE FURY?

Could be, I was just making an obscure reference though. Its a song by Undercover S.K.A.

Chmee

miir wrote:Mo'Zart, mothafucka!

If Wolfy Were Alive, He'd Be Playing in a Ska Band.

Chmee

I got this DVD for Christmas and I have been playing it quite a bit since then and it really is quite good. The good Dr. is an amazing piano player and he has a solid band backing him up at this concert (it also has three bonus tracks of a solo performance he did in 1986). Highly recommended.

Chmee

Congratulations!

Chmee

Marb definately meant deficit. Only an idiot would believe that the US had no debt in the 90s. And by the way, even in 1900 the US had debt in the billions. Just wanted to make sure no one got the wrong impression from it. Also, the only reason I said at least 1940 was that was as far back as the t...

Chmee

Marbus wrote: Remember that we had a surplus, NO DEBT, before Bushie took over...

This is incorrect. For a few years (1998-2001) we had no deficit, meaning for that particular year receipts were greater than spending. But we most assuredly still had debt, The U.S. government has had debt since at least 1940.

Chmee

Drolgin Steingrinder wrote:The Joss Whedon introduction on the DVD, is that the bit that was shown at the fan screenings? Where he basically talks about how the movie isn't finished just yet but how it would never have been made at all if it hadn't been for the fans?

Not 100 percent sure but I think that is the case.

Chmee

It was written and recorded first by Bob Dylan. The Dead may have performed it live, but to my knowledge never recorded it. Hendrix was the first person to record a cover of it. I didn't check referrence books, but this is how I know it. (legal disclaimer in case I'm wrong) Aside: I'd really be int...

Chmee

All Along the Watchtower by whoever sings it you can't be serious. if so, holy fucking god, i am at a loss. you need to be banned from this forum. Ermmmm well Bob Dylan who wrote it...did a pretty good job of singing it as well as Hendrix...:P Unsuprisingly, quite a few people have covered it. http...

Chmee

Ok, I'll bite... WTF? He might be smart, but the people ponying up for that are fucktards. Actually, especially for the people that did it early, it was probably a pretty good deal. They mentioned this a few weeks back on the This Week in Tech podcast and the host said that an associate of his that...

Chmee

I love Christmas music but I rarely listen to the radio so I am mostly listening to it by choice on CDs or my MP3 player and can control the repitition etc. (I also have like 40+ christmas CDs so I have a fair variety to pick from).

Chmee

http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/200 ... in-f.shtml

Chmee

Jesse Walker over at Reason magazine had an interesting column on this. http://www.reason.com/links/links121905.shtml Money quote: This remained the standard American Christian view until 2004, when the religious right suddenly discovered the so-called War on Christmas, represented by the shocking f...

Chmee

Personally, I think the whole hunt to try to determine political bias in the media is kind of silly these days. There are so many news sources available from so many points of view that it really is kind of moot. Almost equally futile is trying to determine the validity of something based off the fu...

Chmee

As someone said in the comments over at Reason's Hit and Run blog recently.

"Which party is more corrupt?"
"Whichever one is currently in power."

Chmee

I saw the Lynch version 20 years ago in the theatre when it was initially released and wasn't impressed and haven't seen it since. I thought the sci-fi version was pretty good though (I have not watched Children of Dune yet). Maybe I'll try to see the original again at some point and see if my opini...

Chmee

Phhhpt!

It doesn't really get any better than Louis Armstrong and Ray Charles

Billy Holiday, Earl Scruggs and Frank Sinatra aren't exactly slackers either (althought I don't listen to any of them nearly as much as Louis and Ray).

Chmee

Oh, and are the movie timeline after the show stops? Seems like the first episode in the series (Serenity) kinda collide with the start of the movie (saw the first 9 min). The first few minutes of the movie is a flashback, the movie mostly takes place a bit (thinking like 6-9monthish) after the end...

Chmee

Siji wrote:There's music worth buying these days?

Yes.

Chmee

I got it yesterday. Currenty have a mastermind on Champion called Mr Machiavelli.

Chmee

Voronwë wrote:quick anybody name a product that competes with iPod.

without using google.

Creative Zen Touch. No clue how it compares market share wise but I have had mine for almost a year now and have been very happy with it.

Chmee

Nick wrote:Feel free to miss the point of what actually happens buddies.

http://www.chomsky.info/books/dissent01.htm

If I want to know what actually happened, Chomsky's babblings are pretty far down the list of where I would look.

Chmee

Well, given the way things went down with Beta and VHS, we can expect Blu-Ray to triumph despite delivering less features to the comsumer. :razz: Why, that wasn't what happened with Beta and VHS. There were different features of both that their proponents liked. It is not at all unreasonable that, ...

Chmee

Pherr the Dorf wrote:Devo does a lot of movie/cartoon themes, have for years (go monkey go from powerpuff girls is classic Devo)

Yeah, Mutato Muzika is the company that several of them work at that does mostly movie/tv/commercials. Their (strange) web site is http://www.mutato.com

Chmee

Oh come on now. We all know we're just sucking the Saudis dry, and once their oil is depleted, we'll kick them to the curb and start hanging out with our new bestest buddy Iraq! Letting them put you over a barrel and fuck your ass silly while you scream for more in between begging them to let you p...

Chmee

What is Serenity? I have not watched TV much for the last couple years. :( Serenity is the movie continuation of Joss Wedon's series Firefly. Firefly was cancelled after only 14 episodes sadly, but has done very well with its DVD release so they made a movie. If it does well then they plan on makin...

Chmee

Wash and Book's deaths were certianly bummers. I like all the crew so it was sad seeing any of the go. Like Winnow said though I think Wash's death did end up making the last part of the movie more intense (in part because of its very pointlessness, happening after they just get past the big danger...

Chmee

Great, great movie.

Chmee

Who is responsible for the health woes of smokers?

The smoker.

Chmee

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050926/ap_ ... NlYwM3MTY-

He played Maxwell Smart in the old series Get Smart (a great show, they really should release it on DVD). He also did the voices for Tennessee Tuxedo and Inspector Gadget.

Chmee

Listen to Ray Charles version for best results.

Chmee

I can't wait for the episode where him and Lana finally do it, only there is drama cause his super-jizz catapults her into orbit! If you have never read it, Niven's musings on the difficulty of kryptonian/human sexual interaction is pretty amusing. Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex http://www.larryniv...

Chmee

Stragi wrote: Acutally Ted Kennedy is a republican fucktard.

Huh?

Chmee

I nominate myself to be one of the orignal members of the new VeeshanVault Supreme Court to decide these matters. Make it 6 or 8 members. Lets vary the backgrounds to keep it fair. Liberal: Winnow Conservative: Moderate: Communist: Atheist: God Fearing Christian: Neocon: Even on the VV Supreme Cour...

Chmee

On the whole thing about supplies and stuff. The Gov. of La is to blame. She wouldn't allow the Red Cross to go in and hand it out and kept them out of the state for 2 days. The Florida National Guard and Alabama's were there flying black hawks and others dropping supplies in NO, till she bitched a...

Chmee

When all levels of government spend days just staring at each other waiting to see if anyone will take charge, you have bumbling that extends well beyond the White House, or even Washington. The White House (the president in particular) is at the top of the leadership chain. It doesn't extend beyon...

Chmee

funny though, when it is affluent people's beach homes in Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Florida, you don't hear one word about how the government shouldn't be in the business of disaster relief. Well, it depends on what you term disaster relief. But there certainly have been a fair amount...

Chmee

Who are you going to punish at the voting booth? I haven't seen a single politician from any party or any state actually do a goddamn thing. Even the mayor of New Orleans is just standing around crying into cameras for media time. Roll up your fucking sleeves and pitch in you fucking whiner. Punish...

Chmee

Good article. Balko in general is excellent, I read his blog pretty regularly. He has posted there pretty extensively this last week regarding the Katrina aftermath.

Chmee

this just in...Bush nominated ROBERTS to succeed as chief justice...despite his qualifications...hes very young, inexperienced and hasn’t served on the supreme court, wouldnt it be much more appropriate if a senior judge to the court was nominated It seems a little strange to send the newcomer stra...

Chmee

Also, Glenn Reynolds over at instapundit has a huge set of links of places to make donations (note that some of the links are the blogs that are suggesting the various charities to give to).

edit:

Oops, forgot the link.

http://instapundit.com/archives/025235.php

Chmee

Amazon has a link up now to donate to the red cross. http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/paypage/PELYGQVJ8Q7IB/002-5893394-8196818 I wish I had known that earlier, I went to http://www.redcross.org/ and went through their page there (which is sponsored by yahoo). When I did the final submit it timed ou...

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