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QUOTE(Texsox @ Jan 10, 2005 -> 05:20 PM) I wonder what an acceptable amount of error is in a national election? Zero is obviously an impossibility. Two much and elections are questionable. .05% 1%? I wonder if there are tolerances established. Some of the error is relatively minor. I'll bet we all have friends who have moved and not sent in a change of address and just went back and voted in their old precinct. Perhaps mail in absentee ballots were filled out by friends and relations, etc. I seriously doubt there is a possibility to rig an election on a national or state scale before the election. It happens more than you might realize. Kennedy won the Presidency in 1960 thanks to the "Lake Michigan" and cemetery vote in Illinois and some creative voter turnout in Texas. A big part of the final Bush victory in Florida in 2000 had to do with a combination of votes that did not meet criteria to be a valid vote (i.e. absentee ballots returned after the deadline, in some cases even signed and dated after the election) and other votes that met the criteria to a larger extent being disqualified. Other races have been attempted to be stolen by voter intimidation and harrassment too, from both sides of the aisle unfortunately. Those means include supplying specific districts with not enough machinery, ballots or broken voting machines, challenging every voter's right to cast a ballot, etc. There are lots of ways to swing an election on the dirty side. And sadly "hacking" black box voting is extremely easy. Without a paper trail to proved who people voted for, when they voted for them - it increases doubt in the system.

Shouldn't capitalists believe that the market should determine the cost? After all, lawyers are just working hard to make theirs, why should anyone control that?

The problems in this election were pretty specific. Long lines - up to 12 hours - in some precincts in Ohio. Buggy voting machines that were recording votes for one candidate instead of the selected candidate. Lack of paper trail. Some evidence of vote tampering. This election, like most, suffered from a mixture of negligence and fraud. 95% sure that it didn't make a difference, but we owe it to ourselves to get elections right, every time.

No argument there. It is, at least partially, a manifestation of watching a "culture grab" of sorts... but this has different effects, depending on the region, Western Europe - where the local economy is less likely to be affected by it - tends to regard with a quiet disdain. In less well off circumstances, the reaction tends to be more violent - because this culture grab affects their economy more directly and less appetizingly. Like most omnibus reform bills, there are things in Patriot which contain value. Unfortunately, there's a lot that is contrary to the principles of freedom on which we stand.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Jan 10, 2005 -> 12:43 PM) I hope they do "Dancing Queen" or "S.O.S."!!! That is the funniest thing I've read in days....

Can bleeding heart liberals get their own group too?

Us bleeding hearts welcome it with open arms. Even from wing nuts

Good. Its nice to see news organizations hold people responsible for poor reporting.

QUOTE(hi8is @ Jan 9, 2005 -> 09:57 PM) high school, i always wonder what high school is like. i graduated high school at the ripe old age of 15... i was about 1 month into my sophmore year when i started going to community college. needless to say, i got into pretty much everything at a young age... sex, drugs, rock and roll... i think at about 16, every possible ounce of innocence had been lost in me.... whenever i get the chance, i always try to tell people i see in high school who "hate" it to enjoy it as much as they can... i always wonder what my life would be like if i would have not chose to go to college so soon... i also wonder what my life would be like if i would have stuck in school and had better guidance to get me there.... i mean, s***... i could be a 22 year old with a masters degree! heh High school did suck. I haven't kept touch with a single person from HS. Maybe its because they wouldn't talk to me when I went to school with them. However, college was high up on the awesomeness factor. There were a couple years where the music that mattered to me mattered to others too, and people thought I was cool for what I found important - which at the time was mostly music. I think mostly, though, it was because I had awesome friends - which is something I didn't have before. After I left school, it took a while to find my place. Hated Kansas and Indiana and Northern Michigan, liked Lansing, MI and Europe and loving life right now in New Jersey. Even though I'm not a huge fan of my job, my life right now is actually satisfying, and the best part is when I get home from work, I'm home from work.

QUOTE(hi8is @ Jan 9, 2005 -> 11:34 PM) i thought oceans 12 was pretty cool... i normally dont like run of the mill star studed action packed flicks, but this one i thought was at least worth a watch.... nothing id watch again, nothing id buy, nothing id put on a top films list... but for a light hearted good time temperary 90 minute distraction... sure it was cool. i think i wanna see white noise just to see how s***ty it really is =D heh Wait, the movie was action packed? I wish someone would have woken me up for that part.

Growing up Gotti premieres tomorrow (Monday) night. Watch it, Victoria needs to keep her kids in hair gel.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jan 9, 2005 -> 10:26 PM) These were the two that came immediately to mind. However, was Ashleeee's performance a song in any sense of the word? And an extra :puke for using Spanish for U2. I guess they still haven't found what I'm looking for . . . Actually it was italian I believe. I still like what I've heard from this album.... but then again after listening to the Pop album, its hard not to feel every other song they did was grammy worthy.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jan 9, 2005 -> 10:29 PM) BTW, I thought tis was a network decision, not the FCC. The comment I read was they did not rule on things before they hit the airwaves. That's correct. The FCC will not define community standards before the community does. Unfortunately, the FCC defines community offense from form letters sent via the interweb. As a broadcaster, I can say that the FCC has a long history of screwing over the people when it comes to the airwaves that belong to them. Fining a swear word is a higher priority than making sure that communities are adequately represented by the broadcast outlets that service them. It was terrible during the Clinton administration, and hasn't gotten any better since. Although - to some Senators credit, on both sides of the aisle, they have started to talk about the appropriateness of deregulation and its effect on television and radio product.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jan 9, 2005 -> 10:28 PM) Maybe if Bea Arthur was in the locker room I'd be one excited guy.

All I know about "24" is this dude is now going on three days without sleeping, eating or pooping. He's some super dude or something.

You can detach your corneas sneezing, but it usually doesn't cause any harm keeping your eyes open. I've done it and I still have at least 20% vision

All this needless drama... Seriously, is this livejournal or something?

QUOTE(Mr. Zero @ Jan 9, 2005 -> 05:40 PM) Now what made me think you were a teenager??? For the record, I have NEVER seen anyone call another poster gay on this site. I've seen people call other things gay, but not as a personal attack. Gay is a new term. It came along like 4 or 5 years ago. I've called myself gay here many times. That's not an insult. But I remember the word meaning homosexual at least 6 or 7 years ago.... so I think you're wrong on that point.

*Insert random "It Takes a Village..." joke here*

QUOTE(qwerty @ Jan 9, 2005 -> 04:32 AM) I just tried it. You'd be surprised where you can fit your foot sometimes.

The song I hear in my head when I watch your Childo gif is by far the worst song I've ever heard. It might be the visual though.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jan 9, 2005 -> 03:59 PM) Apple Pie with Cheddar cheese on top sounds nasty. It's awesome. Trust me.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Jan 9, 2005 -> 09:30 AM) Dennis Miller was very funny in his day, but his day is pretty much long gone. I enjoy Denis Leary a lot, but I wouldn't really put him in my top 5. Chappelle's Show is great, but I don't really enjoy him as a standup. Dennis Miller stopped being funny when he decided to be partisan about his anger... that and most comedians that get so self-absorbed in their "style" stop being funny after too long. Al Franken used to be real funny too, but he stopped being funny right around the time he decided to be a radio host. Although, he still tries really hard. Just not funny. Has anyone read "Naked Pictures of Famous People" by Jon Stewart? That book is freakin hysterical.

Bob Newhart Woody Allen - the stuff he came up with in the 60s is just phenomenal. Lewis Black

This game wasn't about who wanted to win more, but instead who wanted to lose less. I'm just sad because nobody gets to hear the San Diego Super Chargers song now.