Yay, go Tywo! Most underrated series on this site.

At 10/28/08 09:43 PM, Reticence wrote: I'm on the left..That sexy guy you see

Are you really tall or is your ex a midget? :P

At 10/29/08 08:27 AM, XaosLegend wrote: So I keep hearing these lame arguements that raising taxes on people that make more than 250k a year is a redistribution of wealth like communism or something.

The whole idea where you tax people who don't make as much less (or not at all) and tax those who make more for more comes straight out of Marxism. They think if you make more then that means you use more of the country's resources and thus should be taxed more. That's wrong. Flat tax is the way to go.

Were the bush tax cuts to the wealthy a redistribution of wealth or not? (wealthy people's taxes were reduced, thereby reducing government revenue then they cut social programs that can be seen as valueble to the lower and middle classes, a form of their "wealth")

Because taxes were lower, wealthy people could afford to pay themselves less and still make as much money. This makes it possible for them to use that extra cash to hire new employees or raise wages. I'm missing the part where that's communism. Looks like capitalism at its finest.

Isn't every government program and revenue scheme a redistribution of wealth? Police forces decide to fine everyone the same amount regardless of income for traffic violations, is this not a redistribution of wealth upwards as the penalty is near meaningless if you make more than a couple hundred thousand a year?

Just because you make more doesn't mean you should pay more for a ticket. That's like saying poor people should pay less to go to the movies because they make less.

when the government funds the military which protects all of us is that a communistic redistribution of wealth?

I don't see how giving money to our troops is communistic. Please explain.

If you tweak the capital gains tax and wealthy people become exponentially more wealthy is this not a redistribution of wealth upward?

And the wealthy are the ones who hire new employees and raise wages, thus passing the extra money right back down the line.

At 10/28/08 04:01 AM, Redface wrote: (pictured right) Is a hottie, ain't she?

I also went to high school for her, so this is kind of exciting.

She's the hottest girl in Connecticut? She's really not that cute.

At 10/28/08 01:05 AM, catman03 wrote: My god...I honsetly can't tell if you're a total asshole or if you really are just that ignorant. What we're trying to tell you is not "a crock of shit," it's true! The vast majority of poor people are poor because they can't help it. Seriously. Talk to ANYONE. It's as close to a fact as you can get. Putting in a effort really doesn't count for shit in life unless you have the resources you need and the people to help you get somewhere. Are you saying we shouldn't help starving people in Africa? Do you think it's their fault that they're like that? It's the exact same thing. I don't know if you're trying to sound arrogant and spoiled, but you do. You need to realize that life sucks and that many people really are stuck in poverty. I'm really having a hard time responding to this actually, because I honestly don't understand how anyone could believe that those who are poor are such because of their own fault and that effort is all that's required in life. That's a very naive and idyllic view of life that in reality turns out to be blatantly false.

We're talking about what's best for America, not Africa. Africa sucks and if you're poor, then you stay poor. America is different. If you want to be successful in life then you try hard in school, get scholarships/student loans to go to college, and then get a decent salary job. When applying for a job they won't look at your bank account and say, "Oh, this guy is poor. We only give good jobs to rich people because this is America." No, if you're qualified for the job and better than everyone else applying, then you get the job.

I'm also not sounding arrogant and spoiled. I'm sounding like someone who actually did something with my life instead of blaming society for keeping me down. World of difference.

What, are you saying we shouldn't try to make things better because everyone isn't completely screwed over yet? The system DOESN'T work. So go ahead, call me whiny, say me and everyone else who agrees with me is just "bitching." But the point remains that the economy sucks, nobody has health care, and something needs to be done.

I have health care. Hell, even my friend who lives in a trailer park has health care. I believe only 15% of the country is without health care. That's a hell of a lot different than "nobody has health care". Also, you are being a whiny bitch by saying society is keeping you down. If you spent some time hitting the books in school instead of messing around then you'd be fine.

Who should then? This is the modern age, we're not gonna have some Robin Hood save the world for us. Those who make more than ten times the national average income should be willing to give up at least some of their massive fortune to help the next generation achieve a better quality of life, and if they aren't I think the government has every right to "steal it from them."

No one should have the right to steal out money. That's the point I was trying to make. If someone wants to donate their money, then great. If someone doesn't wan to, then that's also fine.

Ugh...I'm not a loser. I don't "want something for nothing." I am doing something with my life, and part of that does include discussing with other people alternatives to the current system that could potentially be of greater benefit to the American people. Your Ad Hominem also does nothing to further your point, which seems to be simply that everyone who is screwed over, and everyone who cares that others are screwed over is automatically a whiny loser who doesn't do anything and mooches off of the government. This is obviously false. I can't believe you actually hold these opinions, I'm almost praying that you are just a troll.

...erm, I never said everyone who is starting out in life is a whiny bitch. I said those who complain about not being able to do anything better are whiny bitches because of the complaining part. If you didn't complain then you'd just be a normal person who I wouldn't mind. If you complain about how society is keeping you down then yes, you are a whiner.

Also, I know a guy who's 28 and enrolled in some classes at a local community college. He told me that he wants McCain in office because he only makes $30k now, but he's looking towards the future when he knows he'll be making $250k+ a year, and he doesn't want his money being stolen then. I believe wholeheartedly that he will succeed in life because it's his goal to. Do you see the difference between that guy and you?

So because SOME poor people have SOME of the things necessary to survive, that means that everyone must be doing fine? You can't just ignore all the world's problems and hope they magically go away.

We're talking about the US, not the world. Our poor people are fat. There's no such thing as a fat poor person by definition, yet we have them. Yes, we're doing just fine over here. Other countries aren't as fortunate, but as far as I'm concerned, they can help themselves for the time being.

You are an idiot. I know I seem like a hypocrite after pointing out your own ad hominem, but that's really what it comes down to. Poor people are not poor because they don't try. Not everyone even has the opportunity to go to school, let alone the incredibly small percentage of Americans that can actually afford to attend college. Not everyone can get a scholarship, and student loans often push people even further into debt. Everyone is not as privileged as you are, and getting a roommate does not solve everything.

Then enroll in the army and get college for free.

At 10/28/08 06:55 PM, Envy wrote:

At 10/28/08 09:16 AM, cHunter wrote: This is my hard day at the office look.

Do you put on ties then untie them before you play guitar every time?

Nah, I just had to dress up and give a speech that day and when I got home I didn't feel like changing.

Did I miss the punchline?

At 10/28/08 02:14 PM, Rig wrote: They'll be announced on Friday, I believe...

You'll be announced Friday.

pwnt

At 10/28/08 12:46 PM, Kibbl3s wrote: cant wait to see this whole thing put together

samesies

I want to see if it all works out. ^_^

This is my hard day at the office look.

At 10/28/08 02:03 AM, S3C wrote: No shit. But what the hell does posting a link to a music theory article have to do with making "real music" ?

I was just kidding because I actually know nothing about making music.

At 10/28/08 12:19 AM, Quarl wrote: I fixed your problem.

Real music doesn't come from the "Consonance and dissonance". It comes from the soul n' shit. Wikipedia is flawed.

At 10/27/08 11:38 PM, MaestroRage wrote: stuff

Ah, that makes sense.

At 10/27/08 11:39 PM, Cebster wrote: i can tell that he has some concept of musical theroy. With that being said it safe to assume that if a song wins its preobally going to be a Good song.

Is it sad that I'm still not sure what music theory is?

rhetorical question

At 10/27/08 07:09 PM, TitaniumTeen wrote: DUDE do you know how evil you sound?!?! You sya this like people WANT to be lower class I mean COME ON ppl dont want to be they are because this society dosent allow ppl to head upwards, i mean once you become an adult its like you have a stunted economic growth unless of cource you invent somthing or inhearite.

How do I sound evil? The people that fuck around when they grow up and don't take schooling seriously usually end up fucking up their whole life. Those who go to college and actually learn something can succeed. People are in the lower class because they want to be.

Don't try to say that people are there because society won't let them rise. That's a crock of shit. You just need to put forth some effort and you'll make it.

And what can we afford now?

Enough to get by and to go to school part time. After graduating from college that someone in the lower class can go and do something with their life instead of just bitching about how the system is flawed.

The successful should be willing to give money to help those who can't support themselves

They should, but the government shouldn't be the one to steal it from them. That's just sick.

The vast majority of middle and lower class persons are born that way, and thus are economically forced to stay that way.

Spoken like a true loser who wants something for nothing. Go do something with your life rather than bitch about how life isn't fair.

People always talk about people "mooching" off the government, but they do that because they really need the help. Things are tough all over.

Our poor have cell phones and TVs. No, they are doing just fine.

and so getting a minor, curable disease can literally be the difference between making the rent or not

Someone living like that are living that way because they never tried to do better. Anyone can do well in school, get scholarships and student loans, and go to college. Anyone can. If someone literally has that little money then maybe they shouldn't have their own place. Maybe they should get a roommate.

At 10/27/08 10:07 PM, Thimbles wrote: Serious question; What is it or who is it?

I'm not sure, but eye love it!

At 10/27/08 08:45 PM, Cebster wrote: HMMMMM..... So lets set aside the fact that its a possibility that someone can make an alternate account to rack in more votes because its ultimately impossible to stop, in fact This ideology wouldn't be any different then a contestant asking his NG friends to judge. The only reason i feel that the scoring system is valid is because the final decision is up to MaestroRage. For all we know the judges have absolutely no knowledge of music and vote on preference, but in the end The maestro has already taken a deeper look at every song and wouldn't allow a bad choice to win, no matter how many votes it has. Im not saying that any one song is bad but you always have to take into account how much time and effort is put into a song.

So you're saying no matter who actually gets voted to win, maestro's fav wins?

Also, saying something's not good because the author didn't spend a lot of time on it is like saying, "z0mg this game is amazing because it's been in development for thee years lolol." We all know that was not the case with Daikatana. Length spent working on a piece in no way correlates to its quality in my opinion.

At 10/27/08 11:45 AM, MaestroRage wrote: YOU'RE NOT ONE OF THEM ARE YOU >:(!!!?

Disqualified

If I come in anything but last then I think it's safe to assume I alted. :P

But noez, I don't have alts. All the good names are taken. :3

At 10/23/08 02:12 AM, ColdReaver wrote: Here's what I got not quite finished yet but I'm getting there

Woah, just noticed you posted that. Yours looks fucking sick, dude! :D

At 10/27/08 01:54 AM, MaestroRage wrote: open judging. Any person who didn't compete is allowed to help judge. Judges give in their top 10 entries in relevant order. So their first is who they think should win, second is second place, etc etc etc.

Can't a system like that be abused fairly easy if a guy has alts or something like that?

At 10/27/08 03:25 AM, ShortMonkey wrote: That's looking pretty good. I think it needs a background though - maybe you can add some cool effects in like Lightning bolts from the guitar strums. Also, love how it flashes - that was an awesome idea! Nice work so far! :D

Alright, I'll get working on a proper background soon. And yeah, the flashing turned out a lot better than I had expected. ^_^

At 10/27/08 03:09 AM, life wrote:

At 10/27/08 03:07 AM, life wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/lit/dare/

This video always makes me sad for some reason.

I sure hope Stamper used a stunt cock. :3

At 10/27/08 02:53 AM, Hunter2091 wrote: that come from smoking half smoked ciggerets off the street, from ashtrays, local parks etc.

My mom's cousins son drank from a friend's coke bottle and died. It's very rare something like that could happen, however.

Why do I doubt he actually will staple his balls?

Boner achieved.

Be a bad ass, get mutton chops.

At 10/27/08 12:03 AM, Devilleboi wrote: showcase their horribly embarassing dancing as well.

More like completely bad ass dancing.

It's really not that hard to watch them all. I've seen them all myself.

At 10/26/08 09:49 PM, catman03 wrote: You say that like it's a bad thing. Maybe that's true (I don't know) but regardless I believe that his plans will economically stimulate America and help the middle and lower classes. Communist does not necessarily mean bad.

It is a terrible idea. Giving money to middle and lower class citizens does nothing but make them want to stay that way. The government should be creating opportunity for them, not taxes for the successful.

It's my long held belief that someone is poor because they chose to be. In my high school, I saw all the people who never worked hard in class and always goofed off when they should have been working completely fail at life. One guy I know was the senior homecoming king, failed all his classes, and now is supporting his family on a minimum wage job. He's a loser because he chose to be a loser from the start. I sure as hell don't want my tax dollars going to support him.

Hardly. What's the alternative? Health care provided by the private sector under a free market economy? Self-serving health care corporations would then be free to jack up the prices and nobody would get health care. They would also refuse health care to many of the people who need it the most. Hell, that's how it works now and it clearly sucks. Plus, with the continual deregulation of the private sector things are bound to only get worse. Government controlled health care is the best way to go.

Health care is fine currently. Also, where has government controlled health care worked? I know of a Canadian family who take a trip to America every time they need some sort of surgery done because under their government controlled health care it'd take monthsy. I read about people all over who have to wait horrendous amounts of time for surgery because the government controls it all. It's just a bad idea for the government to be in charge of that.

At 10/26/08 10:58 PM, dj-Nate wrote: Gawd.. I've never been in a MAC before.. How does the whole judging system work?

Each song is assigned a number. Now, lets say there were 20 submissions. Maestro goes and runs a program with the code:

Print Rand(20)

Then the submission with the corresponding number wins. It's a very delicate procedure.

At 10/26/08 10:13 PM, BigFuzzyKitten wrote: the question won't be if Obama will win, but by how much.

Oh, why do I doubt that.