Rex Kickass

Vote here. No discussion allowed. Polls close 2/8/2007. When Rex gets around to it.

Vote here. No discussion allowed. Polls close 2/8/2007. When Rex gets around to it.

Vote here. No discussion allowed. Polls close 2/8/2007. When Rex gets around to it.

Yes.

And its all being done via Drudge. What happens when you are a news organization that runs with a false story that says Obama was schooled in a fundamentalist madrassah as a child? Obama stops talking to you.

It's a year out.

He also supports teaching creationism on an equal weight with evolution.

People who believe in Democracy don't use decrees. They use Presidential Signing Statements.

Stupid me, I don't think that hurts him.

Mike Huckabee on a Federal Hate Amendment.

Mike Huckabee is the only social conservative that I think has a serious chance. McCain if he can get past the next year without getting too tied to Iraq. Tommy Thompson, maybe.

Ever done postcrossing.com? You send postcards to random people and other random people send you postcards, kinda cool.

The Republicans allow closure on the Minimum Wage issue, the filibuster was broken 87-10 today. I wonder if this is why....

Girls, you're all pretty.

Ailing Castro Begins 750,000 last words.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jan 30, 2007 -> 07:26 AM) I'm finding some irony in them having a web site. I hope it's hosted for free. Cyber-squatting. Minus the food thing, I'm thinking of trying that right after I buy a new external hard drive Can you get on-line with a Commodore VIC20 or do I have to give them my Commodore 64 As of 2001, you could still connect your VIC20 with 300 baud acoustic modem to Compuserve.

Just one more day to get your nomination in, PM me ASAP.

QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 29, 2007 -> 04:38 PM) Has anyone read The Tipping Point? I'm interested in reading it after this article. He has a couple more articles on his website that I haven't read yet. Probably will start though. I've read it. Interesting point, but it takes about 6 seconds to figure it out.

Today, the President saber rattled Iran with "stern repercussions" about military action. Ari Fleischer contradicts Scooter Libby's testimony during his perjury trial. Fierce battle between Iraqi military and Iraqi insurgents. Hamas and Fatah seem to be on the verge of bringing a civil war to the Palestinian region. Top story on CNN: #2 Story on Fox News: #2 Story on MSNBC: Barbaro, a retired racehorse, is being put down. Top story on Fox News: Plans of a party in Miami when Castro dies. Top Story on MSNBC: Windows Vista is being released.

Kappy's a bit of a surprise. Make that 86!

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Jan 29, 2007 -> 01:28 PM) The difference is, we are talking about their exisitance of the GOVERNMENT, while they are talking about the existance of a NATION. BIG difference. If YOU are the Government, it's not a BIG difference to YOU.

I heart Kerouac.

QUOTE(NUKE @ Jan 29, 2007 -> 08:32 AM) Yeah, like negotiating with the North Koreans worked SOOOOOOOO well huh? /rolly Actually we didn't negotiate. We shut them out. Then they made nukes. Now we'll talk again. Notice a pattern here?

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Jan 29, 2007 -> 12:53 AM) It was an AP story from a staff writer in SD, where it happened. Local politician with a local story, the affiliation is always mentioned. I don't expect it to be mentioned prominently if it made national wires, but locally, it is news. Pick up the Trib or Sun-Times. If it mentions a state senator, it also mentions the party, right away. Not at the last paragraph of the story. Sloppiness, agenda, bias, whatever it is, it is wrong. AP will offer several versions of the same story on the wire. One for SD papers and stations, another for national papers and stations. I'd be surprised if the SD version of the story wasn't organized differently.

Iran wants nuclear weapons because it wants to be a regional power. Important to a country with limited resources - because regional influence can get you a lot of economic benefits down the road. It also wants to be able to pursue its own agenda without other states' influence and pressure. Nuclear weapons do, to a large degree, ensure that this can happen. It also most likely views nuclear weapons as a tool to get to the table. The US refused to negotiate with North Korea since 2001. Not even talk to them. That would be "nuclear blackmail." Might have been but our option was to let them go nuclear. And now our position in the region is compromised. We're now forced to deal with the North Korean state in terms more favorable to North Korea than we would like. Iran sees this and is acting upon it. Iran's President may be a hot head, but the folks that actually run the country are not. You don't stay in power with an incredibly oppressive regime for nearly 30 years by doing stupid things like invite nuclear oblivion on your state - no matter what you say you believe.