yep, new campaign ad's on tv basically links the owning of an suv to the need for lots of gas, to that money going to countries that supply that gas, to the terrorists who get funding from those same countries.. so, based on this - what kind of car do you drive?
do you think that we american's have a moral or ethical responsibility to self-reduce our need for oil, and reduce just in general all the "materialistic" things in life to which we feel entitled?.
i drive a geo prizm - 35 mpg - because of our environment (and plus i'm just a cheap ass!
Kim Jong, is just as "evil" as Saddam if not more
* Saddam hates Americans for continuous interferance in the region. As long as we continue to interfere, he will oppose us. Since our need for oil doesn't appear to be drying up....
* Kim Jong does not particularly care for us one way or the other. He would like a unified Korean peninsula, and he certainly wants to protect NK against foreign aggression, but that appears to be the extent of his world interest.
Who is more of a threat?
yep, new campaign ad's on tv basically links the owning of an suv to the need for lots of gas, to that money going to countries that supply that gas, to the terrorists who get funding from those same countries.. so, based on this - what kind of car do you drive?
do you think that we american's have a moral or ethical responsibility to self-reduce our need for oil, and reduce just in general all the "materialistic" things in life to which we feel entitled?.
i drive a geo prizm - 35 mpg - because of our environment (and plus i'm just a cheap ass!
4 wheel drive is necessary sometimes
That's why the gods gave us Subaru. Good cars, and all are AWD. Never had a problem with my wife's Forrester in the worst Ohio winters.
And that WRX is tre chic!
yep, new campaign ad's on tv basically links the owning of an suv to the need for lots of gas, to that money going to countries that supply that gas, to the terrorists who get funding from those same countries.. so, based on this - what kind of car do you drive?
do you think that we american's have a moral or ethical responsibility to self-reduce our need for oil, and reduce just in general all the "materialistic" things in life to which we feel entitled?.
i drive a geo prizm - 35 mpg - because of our environment (and plus i'm just a cheap ass!
from all I've read the ads primary purpose was to show the hypocrisy of the government sponsored anti-drug ads
Well, if that's true, I fear she has missed her mark. 21st Century Americans just don't seem to 'get' sarcasm/satire.
And making sure that power isn't in the hands of someone as evil as Saddam
Why do Muslim fundies hate Americans? Because they perceive us as intruding on their way of life.
Why do we intrude on their way of life? Because they have oil, and we want it!
If we didn't need oil, and the entire Mid-East could be left to their own devices....do you think any of them would be as much trouble as they are now? There would be no meaningful dictatorships, because they'd have no money to buy weapons with!
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fascinating read - it's an article on the mmorpg industry, and sony in particular.. (beware, of course, as sony is likely to run 'star wars: galaxies' the exact same way):.
The following quote from the thread is notably damning:
Sony and other commercial online game products create a rewards feedback loop that makes the addictive qualities of the game much, much worse. You get just enough artificially scarce rewards to keep you hooked. The company must know at some level that this increases the chances that an addictive personality will be hooked, and that's another permanent $12.95 a month income to the company.
Sound familiar?
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fascinating read - it's an article on the mmorpg industry, and sony in particular.. (beware, of course, as sony is likely to run 'star wars: galaxies' the exact same way):.
Alright, I'll throw a bone out for discussion, and why I posted this here...
Everquest and other MMORPGs are generally considered 'addictive'. Not in a chemical way, of course.
It's a behavioral addiction. Like kleptomania, sex, etc. You CAN live without it, but at the same time, you can't realize that.
And the parellels to something else are erie....
It's weird how easily we can fall into such traps - or, perhaps, should it be said, it is uncanny how well large corporations understand human nature, and can take advantage of it for profit?
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fascinating read - it's an article on the mmorpg industry, and sony in particular.. (beware, of course, as sony is likely to run 'star wars: galaxies' the exact same way):.
Fascinating read - it's an article on the MMORPG industry, and Sony in particular.
(Beware, of course, as Sony is likely to run 'Star Wars: Galaxies' the exact same way):
'nother funny.
fairly long read, but there are some real good ones here: .
thread here
'Nother funny.
Fairly long read, but there are some real good ones here:
If I were to tell you the true story behind the unmaking of that ring...that ring!...you would think me mad. Horrors such as are scribed in ancient tomes of eldritch evil cannot compare to the terror...the cruel, cold, braincrushing terror!...that we felt in the lair of that foul spirit which raimed itself in arachnid form, that vile scavenger, that horrid arcane leech lingering at the border's of Sauron's Black Land...
-The Ring-Journal of an Anonymous Hobbit, by H.P. Lovecraft
Or....
Eowyn felt her heart flutter when she saw him. His raven hair flew in the breeze off the plain, and his piercing eyes caught her gaze as if by magic. He bore a kingly attitude; surely he was a prince. Her mind turned to forbidden things, things which would be forbidden to the King's niece, but surely allowed for a free shieldmaiden. She knew that she was made to love this ranger.
- Mark of the King, by Danielle Steele
Or maybe....
"Gandalf, Gandalf! Take the ring!
I am too small to carry this thing!"
"I can not, will not hold the One.
You have a slim chance, but I have none.
I will not take it on a boat,
I will not take it across a moat.
I cannot take it under Moria,
that's one thing I can't do for ya.
I would not bring it into Mordor,
I would not make it to the border."
-excerpt from Dr. Suess's FOTR
Then again...
The King of the Nazgul (KotN) fingered the safety buckle that secured the shortsword in it's scabbard. It was modeled after the Gladius design, making it wholly inadequate for going up against Elven armour, but it was perfectly suited for being jammed in the collarbone of a Hobbit 'merc, without calling too much attention to it's owner. His XO, "Camel" Khamul had used a similar weapon in numerous CoIN missions in North Gondor, where he had been sent to disrupt "Elrond's" supply fellowships sneaking down the Is-ild-ur trail.
The KotN smiled, even without a head. This mission was almost going to be a mead-run. Taking out a squad of sleeping halflings was going to be easier than slaying Wyvyrns sitting on a tarmac...
-Hunt for the Ring, Tom Clancy
et al.
Quite entertaining.
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just...... just click it..... fans outraged by new character in 'return of the king'
so...it's 1am here (give or take), and i'm browsing the web some.
doorbell rings.. at 1am.. police coming to bust my enormous mp3 collection?
hey, i'm paranoid!.
Ummm...gee...thanks for the inspirational speech.
NOW I'm all paranoid 'they' are "casing the joint" again....
so...it's 1am here (give or take), and i'm browsing the web some.
doorbell rings.. at 1am.. police coming to bust my enormous mp3 collection?
hey, i'm paranoid!.
Well that is normally the beginning of some police report when they discover your body in some ditch somewhere, beaten and robbed of everything you ever owned.
Is that actually that common, though?
Even if she did have a boyfriend or group of friends waiting to rob someone...would going up to complete strangers' houses, in the middle of the night, in a foot of snow, when the temperature is well below freezing, be such a good idea? You'd think there would be easier ways to rob someone....
In any case, I'm still alive, haven't been arrested (so I'm guessing I wasn't being framed for some bizarre killing spree or something).
I guess things really were just as they seemed, and I simply helped a complete stranger out.
Which is....kinda weird, too. But...in a different way.
