Bush's war czar, Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, said, on "All Thinngs Considered" (you know what that is if you listen to NPR, as we all ought to): "I think it makes sense to certainly consider it [a draft.]

CNN: War Czar suggests a draft

Webophiliac?
I dunno. Memorize might work, but that's up to him.

Seriously? That's cool.

I dunno if it's just me, but when you walk out of a movie like that you think to yourself: "I WISH someone would come and mess with me!"

Such a good film.

At 8/6/07 07:38 PM, Imperator wrote: Maybe it's just me, but I don't understand the need for a separate bill specifically designed for gays.

There's hate crime legislation for every other group. Lots of those mandate additional sentences, annd that's just further protection for victims and a sign to criminals that what they do will be taken seriously.

This bill should most certainly be approved.

Saw the Bourne Ultimatum last night. It was pretty good, about as good as the first and second ones, and it ends nicely, too.

I highly, highly reccomend it.

At 8/2/07 11:11 AM, Elfer wrote: He was in his senior year of college. He wasn't being bullied and picked on, he was just nuts.

And it had been determined that he was nuts WAY before he killed people...yet he was still allowed to buy a gun under a legal loophole, one that so many deluded people would support. I mean, after all, we can't sue gun dealers anymore! What gives!?

At 8/2/07 10:22 PM, Me-Patch wrote: Prostitution, gambling, and drugs aren't necesseraly illegal because of ancient jewish laws.

More than that, those things are illegal because of our cultural norms which have evolved over time...

And, naturally, certain things, even if regulated, can be detrimental.

At 8/2/07 07:04 PM, SevenSeize wrote:

At 8/2/07 02:44 PM, RydiaLockheart wrote: August 13th? Holy crap, that's early. But when do you guys end school?

We get out like May 14th. :-)

But. But. But, how?

Seriously, May 14th must wreak hell on the kids trying to take AP tests. But when do you guys start, by the way?

At 8/1/07 04:05 PM, reviewer-general wrote:

At 8/1/07 01:37 AM, HighlyIllogical wrote: I just saw a great show on GSN (I saw a commercial for it elsewhere) called Without Prejudice.

Great, great show. Watch it, seriously.

Yeah, that was pretty sweet.

Which one did you see?

I saw the one with the girl with one leg. I know that sounds rude, but it was pretty memorable. And the African American attorney who went to Amherst College (an incredibly tough and expensive school, so the guy has got to be smart or have connections).

I was hoping that the girl with one leg won it, honestly. My reasons are beyonnd that single factor though. The attorney makes quite a bit more than she does, and he's had lots of opportunity and taken advantage of it (rightfully so!).

Oversensitivity is silly, especially when the objectionable object is merely silly or, really, just a trifling little thing. A billboard depicting a woman's rear is perfectly benign.

At 7/29/07 04:30 PM, MegalomaniacVirus wrote: NATO and it's forces have been useless to us ever since the end of the Cold War.

NATO is a strategic alliance. Today, Russia is involved in NATO, as are numerous non-member states. It's a useful diplomatic tool and provides us with a large group of supporters if the US takes a rational, unavoidable action (given some consultation prior to the act).

I just saw a great show on GSN (I saw a commercial for it elsewhere) called Without Prejudice.

Great, great show. Watch it, seriously.

At 7/31/07 02:51 PM, Elfer wrote: I mean that you won't die of some sort of biological failure.

Who are we to separate biological and psychological?

At 7/31/07 01:41 AM, Bolo wrote: The US has both more people, and a higher rate of HIV, compared relatively with the UK.

While that percentage difference is quite negligible, based on that number, one would rationally prefer to live in the UK.

Again, what the fuck are you talking about? How does wealth = obesity? I think they just eat healthier meals over there...

Very, very poor nations don't really have obesity problems. That's pretty clear. He's just extended this fact to make it wrong...the UK and US have similar GDP per capita, so the obesity rates will be pretty high (owing that the GDPs per capita are high in both nations).

I'm not defending him, though.

Are sex changing surgeries TRULY elective (in the sense of being unecessary)? Or do they serve a legitimate purpose?

Sexual reassignment is medically legitimate, and I most certainly support the choices of others to alter their physiological gender as they so wish.

I just can't see how people get off with telling people how to control their own bodies.

At 7/29/07 08:23 PM, cellardoor6 wrote: - There are 400,000 firearm crimes in the US annually.

Proved us right...that's one HELL of a lot of crimes!

- There are 2 million defensive uses of firearms by law-abiding citizens in the US annually.

I've rebutted this falsehood numerous times.

Ok, Hitler was a brilliant politician...his insanity, criminality and evil nature doesn't take away from that, especially considering that being a politician isn't necessarily a good thing.

Hitler did nothing good for Germany.

At 7/31/07 12:44 AM, Der-Lowe wrote:

Another guy, meaner than me, made him drink his urine, by convincing him that it was whiskey.
Ah, good memories.

Hey man, at list piss is sterile. I wouldn't be that cruel, naturally, but, you know, at least he didn't drink the pale ale of American Pie fame.

At 7/28/07 08:35 PM, cellardoor6 wrote: The US is the only first world nation to BORDER A 3rd WORLD NATION.

Yeah...South Korea (North Korea). Germany (Poland). Finland (next to Russia, but close enough).

The US is the only first world nation to have its own unique set of problems.

The U.K. has many, many, many of the same problems we have...

Guns are used defensively 2 MILLION times a year in the US by law-abiding citizens,

Your source is just so damn credible compared to the the FBI.

Um actually it would be higher, facts don't lie.

Your facts certainly do.

At 7/28/07 09:52 PM, IllustriousPotentate wrote:

But you gotta get with the technology. Ban buttons are far more easy to use.

That is the absolute greatest little picture based animation thing I've ever seen.

At 7/27/07 05:58 PM, BeFell wrote: Best Movie Ever.

I just saw it yesterday (the 27th)...
It really was the best movie ever.

And Maggie said "sequel."

Why do they torture? They don't do that much. Most of it is just exported.

At 7/28/07 12:31 AM, JMHX wrote: Look at what happened when FOIA was invoked for the Tillman documents and you can easily see why Republicans are hesitant to wave their private documents around.

I can see why they're doing it, but I certainly find open access laws to be key, and I think it's impossibly wrong to block their passage, assuming the law is reasonable.

At 7/28/07 12:53 AM, Memorize wrote:

So far no proof of any wrong-doing all coupled with speculation.

It's pretty darn likely that Karl had a hand in all of this sort of wrong-doing.

Would it suprise me? No. Is he guilty of anything? Yeah, probably. But we don't know yet.

At 7/27/07 03:47 PM, reviewer-general wrote:

At 7/26/07 08:03 PM, SevenSeize wrote: School starts here August 13th.

Damn. School HERE doesn't start until Spetember 2nd. I feel lucky now.

We start on August 29, but end on June 21. When do you guys end?

At 7/27/07 04:05 AM, cellardoor6 wrote:

The topic starter only repeated a common misconception about Mormons, he hasn't exuded complete and utter idiocy similar to what you have...

Chill out, Cellar...seriously.

I've had trouble finding reliable (i.e medical, criminological, etc.) sources on bigamy/polygamy, etc.
Anyone have any?

At 7/25/07 10:46 PM, Bolo wrote: For some reason, I found this bizarrely funny.

I find it ridiculously sad, for the fate of our way of life, that is.

It's scary, actually.

And pretty funny, in a pathetic way.

If we look at what Pericles himself did, then I dunno. By his own definition, I would say that I'm not necessarily a patriot. By my own standards, and by our dear friend Thomas Jefferson's, then most certainly.

Fli, you're right on the money with that.

It's sad but true.

And yet the children of the wealthy who have Bs go to college...

All students should be elligible for low cost student loans and high value grants (from the government if they show promise).