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QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Sep 12, 2005 -> 05:16 PM) 40 Year-Old Virgin was HILARIOUS. The whole waxing scene was priceless. What he was calling the Asian wax lady had me rolling. The movie as a whole was hilarious. The poker scene at the beginning...priceless. What I like about that movie is that there were so many parts that were actually subtle.

If you can't laugh at bathroom humor, what can you laugh at?

Nothing. At least right now. It's smart for them to do it NOW, before the bankruptcy laws change.

I think this is just hilarious. And I'd think it was hilarious if it was Kofi Annan too.

I am glad to see the President actually claim responsibility for something.

George Bush talking to reporters about his "we didn't expect the levies to break" comment. Here are some newspaper covers from that "critical moment."

Wing Nuts. I brought that here. Just so ya know.

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Sep 11, 2005 -> 07:01 PM) I read the Newsweek piece and NY Times article and neither make me want to blame the President. I see many breakdowns over the whole situation and not really one entity to blame. I'd like to think that we would be ready for anything, but I just can't see how anybody was or could have been truly ready for this. The night after the hurricane many believed New Orleans had been spared. The next day, it was evident there would be widespread flooding and people who were left in New Orleans headed to the Superdome and the Convention Center if they could get there. Remember the day of the hurricane, only 8,000 or 9,000 people had come to the Superdome. Within a couple of days that number was estimated at 24,000. The convention center was not originally a shelter and people started flocking to it after the fact. The next day is when reports of lawlessness began (more than looting grocery stores) but I don't think anyone thought it would be as bad as it got. I don't recall any other disaster where the lawlessness ruled like this. I don't think anyone realized how compromised local authorities were or that the National Guard lost 20 rescue vehicles and their command center in the flooding. I think we all saw this tradgedy grow in front of our eyes. With the uncertainty of who was in charge (state vs. Federal - note they didn't know), I can understand the confusion. I can understand that the federal government didn't want to just push the state government aside and take over without it being requested. The fact that it was difficult to get relief there because the whole state of Mississippi was difficult to get through because of storm damage and the route from Mobile to New Orleans along the coast was practically impossible to get through made getting supplies there much more difficult and took time. To me all of these things explain what happened. Does this mean that they cannot learn from this? Hell no. Does it mean that perhaps some people could have done much better and their jobs may be in jeopardy? Sure I think investigating what happened is a good and necessary thing. But flaming the situation right now trying to blame everone doesn't help fix the problems we have now. From what I've read, the Governor of Louisiana declared a state of emergency before the hurricane. With the Presidents acknowledgement the Sunday before the hurricane hit, primary responsibility then became FEMA's. Do I think that everyone responsible should be held accountable? Absolutely. Dems and Republicans alike. But I think so many people that just see this as a partisan attack are missing the point. The president was elected to lead the country. That's exactly what he didn't do here. And he seemed to have no clue about any of what was happening. And he didn't seem to give a s***. Perception is reality in politics. If this had been a disaster like this and Bush had even looked like he was trying, this wouldn't be so much of an issue. But he just seemed pissed to leave Texas.

I was scheduling music for the Oldies station I worked on at the time. Streaming the last day of WNBC on the internet (from 1988) while I was running Selector. I heard something on the overhead radio about a plane hitting the World Trade Center from our wacky DJs. There was no TV in the studio, so they didn't know THAT much yet. I decided to see the wreckage so I walked into the breakroom and saw the second plane hit. I started in full freakout mode - plotting to gas up the car and drive somewhere, anywhere to just get away from this. My boss finds me. "We need you now, we're doing local emergency coverage on all six stations - and you're going to run the show." So I did. For four hours. Then I had to do a five hour airshift after we went back to music and be the "happy DJ." I couldn't react for nine hours. I went to bed numb. And I didn't know the whereabouts of three friends in New York City. Fortunately, they were all OK.

I get to meet John Kerry today.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 12:00 PM) The only way you could do something like that would be to create like an international division where there were enough teams in Europe or some other place that when you traveled you could stay over for a while and play other teams. If there is one team in Europe, it would be a nightmare for traveling. But I am pretty sure they are talking about having like a series or two out there and I think that would be pretty cool. I'd of course use the Drays and maybe get a team like the Yanks or someone of that magnitude (in fan distinction) to go out there and watch the game. Drays would probably profit quite a bit from it so I'm sure they'd be up for it. How would it be such a travel nightmare? The flight from New York or Boston to LA is about as long as a flight from NY or Boston to London.

Ditto that, although Synchronicity is a close second.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 10, 2005 -> 07:07 AM) What?!? No Police fans on this entire board? That was my favorite song from Outlandos d'Amour. Back when Sting HAD a sense of humor.

I'm excited. Found "Pocket Revolution" by dEUS online this week. This album won't be released in the states.

But the names stop at W.

The concept of the Trinity didn't make its first appearance in the bible until the fifth century. The bible is CONSTANTLY being changed - sometimes in small, seemingly inconsequential ways today that turn out to be huge years and years from now.

A hurricane Kirstie Alley would make me flee the continent. *shudder*

Hmmm The London Devil Rays. Me likey!

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 10:06 PM) I look more towards economic/social policy and other things when I vote. Seeking to codify discrimination against a group of citizens in the constitution IS social policy.

I should say that those are paraphrase marks, not quotation marks.

you know the first time i saw the david/goliath icon, i thought david was holding a spleen or something. not a slingshot.

Read the first post. He issued a press release late last night saying that "even though I support it, I'm vetoing it."

QUOTE(SpringfieldFan @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 03:33 PM) I don't mean to say all our kids will turn gay, but the lack of respect for the value of human lives in this gratfication age cannot be healthy, and cannot lead to real happiness. SFF Ahh, the children. Always the last refuge... As the resident gaybo on this board, (Despite my unusual affection for Bea Arthur) I can honestly say that offering equal rights and responsibilities to all human beings at the federal and state level is not "gratification." I can also I didn't choose to be gay - those feelings and that sexuality chose me. Try being the fat gay guy and see how easy that is. We aren't talking about forcing churches to do anything. We're talking about governments conferring the same rights and responsibilities to all domestic partnerships regardless of sex. Same sex, oppposite sex, whatever. Equal rights for everyone means equal rights for everyone. There is no room for gray area here. It also means equal responsibility. Meaning that same sex couples with kids that split up one of those mommies or daddies would also be responsible for child support for example. The word marriage is bad because it has religious context, but its only fair and its only right to give the same rights and responsibilities to heterosexuals and homosexuals alike when it comes to the government.

QUOTE(knightni @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 01:37 PM) The term "marriage" is a relgious term. Homosexuality is against most churches' beliefs. Civil unions would be the way to avoid the majority of conflict by the churches. Would different sex couple's civil unions be referred to as civil unions as well? Then I got no problem with it. Equal rights are equal rights.

I'm told Seether is absolutely god awful live.