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At 7 AM? Anyhow, if I remember correctly that's exactly what the closing scene last year was...minus Audrey of course. Speaking of Chloe, was anyone else kinda surprised by her ex-husband? He looked totally like the kinda guy who routine makes a gun with his index finger and thumb. I've got the season finale of Lost tomorrow night, and then I'll be back to nothing but the occasional game or movie till October. Actually, I might carry that streak till January and just wait for next season's Lost to come out on DVD. The cliffhanger nature of it is similar to 24, and 24 has me spoiled with the "no missed weeks, no reruns" thing. I wish the producers of Lost would take notice of the dedicated viewership of 24 and follow suit. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I've still got my fingers crossed for exactly that next season. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Several reasons: 1. The vast amount of data they would have would make it financially ridiculous to do much else with it. a) The government has a LOT of idle computing power. b) Many things would not take much computing power. For instance, a search of the last 60 days for all instances of string 365-867-5309...let's see who suspect x talked to. OK, persons A thru M talked to suspect x more than 5 times in that time frame...let's search for all instances of string A through M in the last 60 days and see if there are any other correlations. Hey, 70% of them also talked to persons P, R, S, and T. Let's see if persons P thru T were doing anything similar to whatever we suspect person X was doing. See how an unwarranted search of persons not suspected of a crime led to people suddenly being the subject of further investigation? It'd be relatively light on the computer end, and it puts the cart in front of the horse in that searches are supposed to follow warrants which are supposed to follow probable cause. See above for one example. There are plenty of things they could do with such data that would circumvent a right to being secure in one's person, house, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures. I'm not particularly trusting of the government. It seems to me that if you give them an inch, they'll usually take a couple of miles. Perhaps you trust them more than me. It doesn't require much competence to run a query for some particular string of numbers in a database. It should require probable cause and a warrant issued by a judge for the government to search for details of a person's life. Such systems were set in place for a reason and should not be circumvented just because technology allows. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

The issues raised in that article appear to be that the constitutionality of the executive branch actions are questionable at best, and the Administration isn't respecting the checks and balances of our system, including congressional oversight. And those people are surprised? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Why do you believe that's all they're doing with them? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I'd rather be milked then pumped. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

LOL! Umm, Gia...I'm pretty sure Remi is a sub. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Porn party...everyone's gotta dress (or undress) like a porn star. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

They only report accidents for which a police report was filed, and for all I know they may miss some of those too. Still, I thought it was a pretty handy tool...it saved me a bad purchase. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

HA HA HA!!! Look at Remtard getting all huffy! (not that I disagree with the sentiment...I'm still confused on how a thread that's rightly about sex, blowjobs, sammiches, and beer turned into something about religion and politics). Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Fine. Get off of dz.com...you can post later after you've finished washing and ironing my laundry. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Pansy Ass! So you won't hold my balls? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I just want to be held. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Not if the information being leaked deals with illegal actions by our government. Then it's pretty much apples and apples. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Perhaps more than you think. I know of at least one other with a very similar design to the one blown up this morning, and I live right next to an operating power station as well as a bunch of mothballed reactors, including a couple that never did operate... Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

For the last couple months I've been shopping for a car to give my daughter for her graduation. I think (hope!) my search is over and I'll be buying a 99 Toyota Camry with 46,000 miles on it tonight, but there have been a couple highlights in this process. One was an 02 Civic with 45,000 miles on it. The guy I talked to totally gave me the "little ol' lady" bit, telling me he was selling it for his mom, she's had it for a few years and taken immaculate care of it, etc. I asked him for the VIN so I could CarFax it, and he gave it to me... It had been totalled and salvaged TWICE (most recently in February of this year), and the odometer had been rolled back. Lesson learned - the 20ish bucks for unlimited carfax checks is money well spent. This past Saturday I was at a dealership working with a saleslady who knew I wasn't going to buy on the spot but that I would be buying something within the next few days. She treated me well and after showing me what they had we swung by her office for a business card so I could call her if I decided on one of their cars. As she sat down at her desk I noticed another salesman approaching me from behind me and to my left. I thought, "Ah shit, here comes the closer" and tried to appear engaged with her so that he might leave me be...instead he walked up, slapped me on the ass and gave a little pinch! I turned around VERY quickly and he was holding one hand out to shake, with his other arm up in the air obvious waiting for the one-armed-man-hug thing, and he said "Hey! How's it going man?" This was one sales tactic I was DEFINITELY not accustomed to, and I glanced back at the saleslady...her eyes were bulging, her breath obviously held, and her jaw was on the floor. . I looked back at the guy, he stepped toward me, I stepped back and said, "Uh wow...friendly dealership you've got here!" I then had front row seats for the most amazing transformation, as he realized I wasn't whatever buddy he thought I was, but rather was a customer. His facial expression turned to and he started to sputter as I said, "So, you treat all your customers this way?" I then heard the saleslady exhale behind me, followed promptly by hysterical laughter. The guy said, "Oh, you're not........Oh SHIT!!!" and took off for the other end of the showroom. Me and the saleslady laughed for a few minutes till he came back and begged her not to say anything, as he was he afraid he'd get fired for grabbing a customer's ass. I still think I should call them back and ask them if forgetting about the sexual harassment will get me a good discount. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

On that note, I watched Baghdad ER last night on HBO. It was really, really good. Anyone else catch it? Anyhow, thanks for your service. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

They may be ugly, but we sure could use the electricity. Why'd they shut that plant down? Probably the same reason as all the others...1950's horror movies convinced the American public that radiation causes people to glow in the dark, grow a second and third head, etc, and Silkwood didn't help matters. The ignorance has propogated itself for decades without the nuclear industry doing much of anything to counter it, so there dwindles our most viable source of environmentally friendly energy. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I'm ok with this method...less lethal is better than more lethal. I don't understand why you think "the US shouldn't even BE there..." is "drivel", as our absence would make the whole question irrelevant, but I suppose that's a topic for another thread. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

That doesn't even make sense. Where did I imply I know what is best for everyone else? And what makes you think I subscribe to "the liberal mind set?" Then you obviously haven't been paying attention. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

LMFAO! This from a guy whose most frequent source is newsmax! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

That reminds me of one that luckily only happened with me, not to me. I was seeing a girl who'd made it quite clear that she liked restraints and light pain. She'd never heard of, much less experienced, dripped hot wax. One night while fooling around I said, "Hey, I think you'll like this", not thinking about how drunk and unsteady I was. I tried to drip a little melted wax on one of her ass cheeks, but instead it went right between the two...she bucked kinda hard, upsetting what little balance I had with that carefully tipped candle in my hand, and ALL of the melted wax in it poured down the crack of her ass. Funny how "Oops, sorry about that" just doesn't seem to cover a swollen, burnt anus. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

You could have been getting drunker with a bunch of skydivers and a jump pilot, and our margaritas would have had the ice you were supposed to pick along the way, but NOOOOOOO....you'd rather blow us off and be entertained by domestic squabbles! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Unfortunately I read that from bottom to top. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)