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Congrats! It looks great. Of course I'm biased though That's a nice, clean setup with the dbox. Have you jumped it yet?

Why would I be surprised? It's a habit. But I think that the intent IS to help the rest of us. A collapsed banking system would be seriously problematic (not that I think they handled that one well). But why is it ok for us to throw money at industry with no strings attached but when the taxpayer demands something for our money, then it's a problem? Either way it's "socialism". Prior to last November, I could always count on your cynicism to be complimented by equal amounts of humor. I miss those days. Regardless, I don't think we can have the discussion if we don't agree on the definition of "nationalism". I don't consider temporary public/private partnerships to be "nationalism". I agree that any such action is distasteful because it's been proven that our government is typically very inefficient. However, when our government, by comparison to the performance of the industry in question IS ACTUALLY the more responsible party, then we have a serious problem and drastic measures may be in order. I'm a freak. I know it. I don't think that corporations are people. I don't think that money is speech. And I do think that giving money to public officials in exchange for "access" is bribery.

Too late. Industry "persons" already have too much control via "acce$$" to legislators as facilitated through their (albeit recently reduced) reserves of "free $peech".

You certainly won't get an argument from me with that statement. I couldn't possibly agree more.

I seem to recall quite a lot of claims of that over the last 8 years... You're both right, it just got much uglier over the last 8 years. We have a government of, by and for the people. It's just that in 1886 the definition of what is meant by "people" changed.

I was going to leave a compliment, but that second one makes me think that it's all greenscreen

"Ignorance" is the enemy. The more people know, and this applies to everything (with the possible exception of the ingredients in chorizo) the better off we'll all be.

I don't. That's why I "bleated" when the Bushies were violating the NPT and "bleated" even more with regard to Guantanamo. And as a matter of fact, I'm still "bleating" about it, hoping that we hold them responsible for their violations. Putting some of them in prison would go a long way towards healing some of the wounds they caused this nation. Double standards help the few and harm the many.

No, they/we don't. And I don't believe that he implied that they did. International law only works if it applied equally. Giving out passes for war crimes or NPT violations through "Jungle law" is one of the main reasons there are people willing to blow themselves up in order to disrupt our lives.

That rhetoric was right after Israel's rampage in Gaza. I thought that this was a very interesting article.

Not that you would want to in all instances, but you can read the ingredient list of each of those fares without having to consult the Merck Index

I agree, besides, considering the globalized nature of those companies, I don't see how it would even be possible. We might be able to nationalize our oil reserves but not the companies. Of course you'd have to shake all of the oil money out of Congress's DNA and I don't think that's possible without some torch and pitchfork driven "change".

Actually, I'm pretty sure that both old/depressing and contemporary British foods are better for you than the typical American diet. After we had kids I started paying more attention to the nutrition labels on the food we bought. Bread is a great example. They're getting better these days with the recent push back towards whole grains, but I was and still am amazed at how hard it is to buy a loaf of bread in which High Fructose Corn syrup isn't the second or third ingredient on the list. Actually, HFCS is a major contributor to much of the food you see on the shelves. In addition, we here in the US have a severe tendency to process the nutrition out of food. The upside/downside, depending on your point of view, is that bad food is cheap. A 1000 calorie cheeseburger will cost you much less than a healthy salad.

Who'd-a-thunk it?!?!? Republicans, researching the Constitution with regard to executive powers! Change isn't on the way....IT'S HERE

Ori does have a valid point, that launching rockets from a site like the school grounds, is problematic. And I don't know what people can do about individuals who run onto their property, fire off a few rounds, and then flee the scene within a few minutes. Where he and I differ is on the response. It's an issue to that needs to be dealt with but coming back the next day and bombing that site in the daylight, hours(days?) later and thrashing it with non-discriminate weaponry, is not a responsible response. It's an example of collective punishment and therefore, a war crime. Video and free press are only a problem to those who can't stand scrutiny. edited to add: Israel's response is answering a war crime with a war crime. Blame needs to be assigned appropriately and honestly if the scrutiny is to be productive.

But then I'd have to click on the link and listen to/read/watch whatever it was that she said. I'm helping to "let the market sort it out"

I can't change how you perceive things like this. I see video of the IDF using WP, not as a smokescreen on the battlefield (which is considered acceptable) but as a very crudely targeted weapon over one of the most densely populated places on the planet. With the weaponry we've given the IDF there is absolutely no reason for them to use white phosphorus, fleschettes, or cluster bombs in any of their campaigns. Period.

Thanks, I was looking for a reason to get back on topic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRuzEs9Y5KE

I guess I'm a fluke then because I haven't had any problems to speak of using the current version of windows... BEER!!!!!!! Sorry, just having fun. Go with what works.

True to a certain extent except that when I had Windows running stably on the Mac is was as a virtual OS (not a good idea for video editing however). If you choose your more expensive PC option then you have to reformat the hard drive and install an older Windows OS before you can take advantage of the decent hardware. And you still won't have as solid an OS for day to day computing as you do with Leopard. Simply put, I want my computer to do what I want it to do. And the only solution I've found to date is to get one that will run both operating systems. I'll admit I'm a bit biased at this point. I gave Microsoft about a decade and a half to come up with a good product. I used to enjoy geeking and tweaking. Now I just want my computer to work. Sorry for the long, slightly off topic verbosity. I'm an asshole and I approved this message

I think the issue is Vegas vs. iMovie and iDVD, FCE etc. I have Vegas Movie studio on my very old home PC. When dealing with SD video it's fast and render times are zippy. On the Mac, in both iMovie and FCE it's the render times that have been killing me. But the final product is VERY nice when using their iDVD templates. I'm assuming that all of the additional eye candy is what's increasing the render times. As for the Mac vs. PC issue, I'm a newbie Mac owner and a Mac beats the crap out of a PC most of the time. I've even had my macbook running Windows more stably that my PC can. Unfortunately, HD video seems to necessitate that I use Windows. I'm leaning towards Macbook using Bootcamp for Windows(XP Pro)/Vegas. We're moving to the Vegas Pro/VASST template workflow at the DZ so that seems to make sense for compatibility reasons.

Well, when you're right, you're right. And you couldn't possibly get more right! Sending a link to Michelle Malkin and making references to media bias is completely appropriate By the way, didn't click on it. I won't give her the $0.001 that it might generate.

I understand the point you're trying to make but what's the chance that the news is going to show you what you wish to see in this instance? If given the choice to tell the story about 100,000 Muslims praying peacefully in their homes or Mosques or the 10 who are burning American flags and dancing in the street, which do you think the media will choose? The appeal to the rubbernecker will win out every time.

Thank you for that... I really do appreciate a voice of reason in the wilderness. Far too many seem to be willing to make excuses for those who do not believ e in peace. And thank YOU Jeanne, for acknowledging the difference between a religion and its fanatical fringe element.