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I couldn't in good conscience support either of those liberal fucktards, so I voted for freedom. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

That's a bit of a stretch don't you think? Hussein had been in power for a long time and wasn't getting any younger. If he had aspirations of becoming the next Hitler, what was he waiting for? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I'd definitely say this is true. We have a whole different set of values. Care to elaborate? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

You guys are getting your excuses together already? It doesn't debunk PK's claim without some reference to how many times the machines with "0" on them had been used. It'd be perfectly reasonable for them to read 0 if they were new machines. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

LOL - the version I saw before had another couple seconds on the end. The gal that walks up to take the drink away from him turns on the guys laughing/videoing and she looks uber-pissed. Damn fun police! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

88%...I had fun in my early 20's. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Not including the non-partisan races, I tossed 5 votes to Libertarian candidates, 3 to Republicans, and the remainder (10-ish) to Democrats. Although the Democrats got a majority of my election votes, I'm sure they were in direct opposition to my votes on each and every ballot measure. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Not really, the Thoreau, Kafka, and Nietzsche references make the edit a bit too obvious. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Thinking Problem, A Case Study: "It started out innocently enough. I began to think at parties. Now and then -- to loosen up. Inevitably, though, one thought led to another, and soon I was more than just a social thinker. I began to think alone -- "to relax," I told myself -- but I knew it wasn't true. Thinking became more and more important to me, and finally I was thinking all the time. That was when things began to sour at home. One evening I had turned off the TV and asked my wife about the meaning of life. She spent that night at her mother's. I began to think on the job. I knew that thinking and employment don't mix, but I couldn't stop myself. I began to avoid friends at lunchtime so I could read Thoreau and Kafka. I would return to the office dizzied and confused, asking, "What is it exactly we are doing here?" One day the boss called me in. He said, "Listen, I like you, and it hurts me to say this, but your thinking has become a real problem. If you don't stop thinking on the job, you'll have to find another job." This gave me a lot to think about. I came home early after my conversation with the boss. "Honey," I confessed, "I've been thinking ..." "I know you've been thinking," she said, "and I want a divorce!" "But honey, surely it's not that serious." "It is serious," she said, lower lip aquiver. "You think as much as college professors, and college professors don't make any money, so if you keep on thinking, we won't have any money!" "That's a faulty syllogism," I said impatiently. She exploded in tears of rage and frustration, but I was in no mood to deal with the emotional drama. "I'm going to the library," I snarled as I stomped out the door. I headed for the library, in the mood for some Nietzsche. I roared into the parking lot with NPR on the radio and ran up to the big glass doors... They didn't open. The library was closed. To this day, I believe that a Higher Power was looking out for me that night. As I sank to the ground, clawing at the unfeeling glass, whimpering for Zarathustra, a poster caught my eye. "Friend, is heavy thinking ruining your life?" it asked. You probably recognize that line. It comes from the standard Thinker's Anonymous poster. Which is why I am what I am today: a recovering thinker. I never miss a TA meeting. At each meeting we watch a non-educational video; last week it was "Porky's." Then we share experiences about how we avoided thinking. Since the last meeting. I still have my job, and things are a lot better at home. Life just seemed... easier, somehow, as soon as I stopped thinking. I think the road to recovery is nearly complete for me. Today, I registered to vote as a Republican. " "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

So after all the rhetoric, haranguing, and borderline personal attacks, I'm curious how many opinions were swayed by conversations in this forum. Did you start out this campaign cycle expecting to vote one way and then go another based at least in part on knowledge gained here? Did you consider this to be just a partisan sparring ring that didn't affect your vote? Did you vote the way you expected to, but feel more confident in your choice based on things you learned here? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

It's not so hard for me, considering that those tens of thousands are an infinitesimally small chain in the infinite number of "accidents" that have/continue to occur. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Here's one of Ally & Szosa chilling, and one of Gracie "smiling" while laying on her back. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

When I'm playing geologist instead of document monkey, I end up on sites that are typically 30-45 miles from anything remotely resembling a town, and I get reasonable reception with US Cellular (though often only analog). Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I never thought I'd be jealous of a monkey. BBBBbbbbrrrRRRRUUUUUuuunnnNSssKEEEEeeeeeeee Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Friends in the room never bothered me, even when they were doing the same thing. Further details omitted. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Politicians aside, this wasn't a massive scale military masturbation. We were fighting against someone, not by ourselves. Do you think there's no chance the Iraqi forces would have killed them for collaborating with an invading force? Additionally, what duty would require those inspectors to sit in harm's way when their own governing agency was opposed to the conflict? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

A lie again, they were gone before we got there, so says and embedded CNN reporter this morning. This story was reported just after Bagdad fell and is nothing new and no more than a political hack job. The reason these supplies, (powders only!) are missins is because France, Russia, Japan and Germany were under bribes to stop the invasion at the UN level and it gave Iraq time to move them as they had done before. The munitions were under UN control pre-invasion. The munitions are no longer controlled post-invasion. The critical factor of change was the UN evacuation. The UN evacuated due to an imminent US invasion. The loss of control of the munitions is obviously and directly attributable to US invasion. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Bwa ha ha! Yeah, because Ann's all about being rational and logical...she never poisons the well or makes a personal attack. LOL Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

...:9:0 2 tandems (1 puker ) 7 RW jumps Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Bump... Weather forecast is partly cloudy & upper 50's, with winds in the teens on Saturday and single digits on Sunday. Anyone planning on coming that hasn't already told me? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

LOL - that was the first thing I thought as well. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I've been in there for the last 3 hours. You're all retarded. That'll teach me to leave the room. And I'm not retarded...I rode the short bus because it was cooler! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I could care less who wins between St. Louis and Houston, or who wins the World Series for that matter, as long as the Yankees' season ends tonight. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Left to do some work, can no longer get back in. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Just click the "quote" button like you're going to reply to this post, and look at what it shows. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)