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My mom works for the state and gets election day off so she can vote early and often.

Single and happy. Or maybe I'm just a narcissist.

I believe the problem was that she wasn't retouched. So she had some wrinkles? Whatever, at least she has a normal 40-something woman face and not a hot botox mess like Nicole Kidman.

I think he's dating 19 year old twins now. Who look exactly like the previous girlfriends. Go figure.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 03:36 PM) Honestly, there is a reason why you don't see the guns issue discussed much in here or elsewhere in regards to politics. its because no one wants to touch the issue. Not since the crime bill in the 90's has anyone really tried to make federal-level changes to the laws. Its like the plague - no one wants to get near it. So, basically, the guns issue shouldn't really effect your decision on a President. It just isn't likely to matter. Court actions and local ordinances are more likely to have an effect. Yeah, I had one person actually say to me (in all seriousness) that he couldn't vote for Obama because he would take away his guns. I wanted to try to explain to him the very unlikely nature of this, but I figured I could just use the oxygen instead of wasting it.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 02:17 PM) See: - Gay marriage - FISA - Factory farms - War hawk on Afghanistan - Universal health care - and now offshore drilling I'll second the "I'm more liberal than Obama." I took guns off the list, because I don't know his policy on them.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 02:11 PM) That. If Jerrell had listened to TG and taken care of the bust line issues, and just used white toole instead of the ugly gray, he's in the finale. Why do people continue to ignore TG's suggestions? I don't know, but they'll get their comeuppance since he's the guest judge on the finale. Mwahaha.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 02:51 PM) I told my wife about giving this thread the gay, she said "tell them based on the wedding gowns they did last night he was the right one to go home." But his bridesmaid dress was better than Korto's I thought. It was a pure bulls*** challenge, designed to save Kenley's skin. Although Jerrell did have some execution issues throughout the season--but he was the most fashion forward, conceptually interesting of the designers. I'm just mad Kenley didn't get kicked off last week.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 12:46 PM) From the quotes on the radio, he was doing it mainly because of renters. The landlords get the eviction notice, but never bother to tell their tenants. Then, 120 days later, the police show up at the rental property and kick the tenants out. genius, Please tell me how that is fair. I support what is being done here until the rules can be fixed/ followed. That actually happened to a friend of mine. They woke up, got served and told they needed to vacate. Although the other big problem out here is landlords not paying water bills, so the city was threatening to shut off the water to all of the affected apartments. Huge issue--since the tenants weren't responsible for the water bills.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 12:51 PM) What kind of tea? We'll see who the true hot beverage elitist is! Also, Yeah I've been kind of bored and pissed at the whole season. I realize they are picking these people based off of more than talent, and some of the people they picked I felt were purposeful rehashes of past characters. Leatherlady sucks and should've been kicked off right away. Yeah, this season has been disappointing--there are some major issues with construction that people shouldn't be making at that level. And Kenley rips off other designers so much it's sick. Ugh. Right now I am sipping some organic Himalayan tea I got as a gift from some tea gardens out in CA. Usually I go for Stash English breakfast tea or Green/White infusion. No sugar and a splash of non-fat milk.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 10:30 AM) I watch project runway. I also drink coffee. I suppose I am an elitist. How bulls*** was last night? I'm still mad. Oh, and I drink tea. I think we all can admit I'm the elitist queen around here. . .

QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 07:31 PM) Sarah Vowell omg I love her. Assasination Vacation is one of my favorite works of nonfiction. I will have to check that one out on the internets. Gracia LF and Bmags.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 04:13 PM) I'm the better looking one. Got it.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 04:08 PM) I believe that the "elitist" label is the dumbest political attack that I've ever heard (Hillary's campaign coined that slogan btw). I WANT the people running for high office in this country to be smarter than me. When? That's been around for much longer than this political cycle. I remember my college roommate got me a Proud Member of the Intellectual Elite button around the time I went to grad school.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 04:09 PM) Balta? You see how upset it makes me? I can't even tell you two apart.

Balta that article really get to the heart of what drives me the most nuts about Sarah Palin. I'll admit it, I'm kind of an intellectual elite. I think that the country should be governed by highly educated and knowledgeable people. So, I'll take the right's label as an elitist with pride. And I look at Sarah Palin and it just frustrates me so much that this woman who seems to pride herself on ignorance and being outside these educated circles. Sometimes being educated means being out of touch with people--I'll admit that. But her whole cutesy, folksy attitude is such an affront to me. I am so proud to be well educated. To have a deep understanding about statistics, neuroscience, cognitive science. I work just as hard at my job to be well educated as a Joe Sixpack working at a construction site. We finally have reached the point where we can put a woman candidate up in a viable ticket (sorry Geraldine), and we pick this gorgeous non-threatening mess of a woman. We pick a woman that is in no danger of showing a man up in foreign policy or economic knowledge. We pick a woman who is PROUD of her ignorance. What the f*** kind of role model is that? We pick a woman who thinks she can win a debate by attacking her opponent and winking--WINKING. What is that teaching girls about how to debate--how to express themselves? We pick a woman that would rather resort to personal attacks and cliche slogans than an actual substantial debate. What kind of role model is that? Let's say that a male candidate pulled the winking and gibberish that she did. There is no way he would be taken seriously. NO f***ING WAY. I am so incredibly upset that it is this woman who is proud of her ignorance and would rather rely on her cutesy folksy self than her knowledge and credentials is there. I think of all the generations of intelligent, capable women who were DENIED this opportunity and I don't even know what to think. I know this probably comes off as crazy feminist gibberish (just like my Hillary supporting moments did) to a vast majority of this board. But dear god. If I am ever blessed with kids, I would be so ashamed to offer them Sarah Palin as a role model. I want my children, girls and boys, to have role models who rely on the contents of their minds and souls and not populist panderings. I want a Virginia Woolf, a Marie Curie, f*** it--a Hillary, a Shakespeare's sister to portray what it means to be a woman. /rant

I voted tie (I'm probably voting for Obama or 3rd party candidate), although it was more of a no-winner situation than a tie. If that makes sense. I thought both of them had some fumbles. Obama still came across as rather distant and McCain came off as kind of a jerk (That one, loaded with goodies, etc). Neither won anything, but neither hugely screwed up.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 03:20 PM) oh I know. just a very random one. what was he thinking that got him to say prisoners instead of Americans? Probably something about how he was a POW or something? Who knows.

I hope the Rays crush the s*** out of the Red Sox. God I hate the Red Sox. I hate them.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 03:05 PM) This may be the oddest comment form McCain yet: "Across this country, this is the agenda i have set before my fellow prisoners and the same standards of clarity and candor must now be applied to my opponent." American's are now POWs? It was just a slip.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 7, 2008 -> 03:31 PM) Ok, party politics aside, at this point in the race with less than 28 days to go, what is the poll gap marker that tells you a candidate cant win that state? That's pretty poorly worded, so let me elaborate. If McCain is +5 in a state, is that a toss up? An uphill battle? Locked down for McCain? What if it's +3 or +10? We have said for a while to wait until we are closer to the election to see what states will really do on Nov 4th. Well, we are int he crunch. I set the number as +6 for a "lock" and +3 to +5 a uphill battle. Less than +3 is toss up. Well, here's the thing. I think that the actual number that would be considered a "toss-up" is going to vary state to state. The (political) population of Virginia is much different than, say Minnesota. To get all nerdy on you guys, I think you need to be VERY conservative in calling one of the real grid-locked states (say OH and VA) because I imagine there is just a ton of variation relative to "safe" states. Honestly, I don't see the variation changing that much now until the election. I think that's probably why a meta-polling site like 358 is the most accurate, you're comparing multiple samples (and importantly, their variances). The mere fact of how unstable these polls in general are, suggest to me that there is not a lot of predictability in how the election will turn out. But, admittedly, I'm using my knowledge about means and variances here more than the actual polling numbers.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 8, 2008 -> 11:24 AM) McCain Says Obama Asked for Money for an "Overhead Projector"... Right Idea, Wrong Name I'm going to take a guess and it wasnt an "overhead projector" that Obama was asking for. Just to modernize an aging theater. Oh the horror! I'd rather have a new projection system at Adler than do seal DNA research in Alaska. I guess that depends, for me, on the research objective of the seal research. In general, the public is far more likely to fund the Adler project than basic research--so which needs public funds more?

Tom Brokaw.

Basically. It's very Mel Brooks.

Just for funsies: http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/narcis...tobecomeleaders Sorry, my browser won't let me hotlink.