^Haha.
Yes, but politics are driving me insane. Just an hour ago I turned on MSNBC just to find four people bickering about McCain, Obama, and Obama's wife. And this is five months before the general election? I can't wait until television is deluged with "Obama sucks because..." and "McCain sucks because..." commercials.
"Let me [...] warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the Spirit of Party, generally."
--George Washington in his farewell address
Wow, I wonder what George Washington would think of this country if he were to see it right now. 😞
He would probably want to go drink some beer.
Sonic Classic wrote:He would probably want to go drink some beer.
I dunno, I think George Washington would be too shocked by these fangled moving pictures and horseless carriages to worry about the state of the country.
rock_nog wrote:I dunno, I think George Washington would be too shocked by these fangled moving pictures and horseless carriages to worry about the state of the country.
You know, I'm torn on this whole strong versus weak parties business. On the one hand, I very much believe in individualism and weak parties are an ingrained part of California's political culture. I'm registered as a decline-to-state (read: independent) voter and I don't really like political parties for the most part. I have long respected Washington's warnings in his farewell address.
On the other hand, comparative political analysis has empirically shown that strong party systems lead to more focus on the issues and platforms, less special interest power, and less room for patronage and corruption. For the US, the last two things aren't a big deal, since we have checks and balances against that (although campaign finance is still a grey area), but the rest is relevant. So I'm not sure what to think anymore.
Was this post too thought-out and technical for this forum? If so, my apologies... I've been studying for finals all week, and my stuff in Political Economy of Development and California Politics keeps popping into my head.
Icey wrote:
more focus on the issues and platforms, less special interest power, and less room for patronage and corruption.
Gee, it's a good thing we don't have problems with those. 🙄
Beldaran wrote:Gee, it's a good thing we don't have problems with those. 🙄
I said the last two aren't really a big problem - patronage and corruption. Those things literally cripple economies of about 2/3rds of the countries in the world. Are the a problem here - yeah, but usually it gets reported and handled. It certainly doesn't cripple us like in other nations.
The other things, I do think we have huge problems with. Which is why I only mentioned the last two as not being major.
oh man...
WE had a HUGE storm sweep through montreal on tuesday. (they say it was a bunch of mini tornados) Man...it was scary. And no, I'm not just talking about the intense wind and the rain making my windows look like I was in a car wash.
the main thing that freaked me out was that we just got power back about 12:00 noon today!
I can deal without power for about a day, but almost TWO FREAKIN DAYS?!? I WAS SOOO ZETTA BORED YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE IT. I couldn't do anything productive at all! Oh, and my DS ran out of juice the morning after, so I had pretty much nothing to do.
*SIGH* oh well, at least it's back now.
Hey, has archibaldo been on lately? I know he's not too far from the area, so I want to know if he's alright too.
Wow, sounds like one big storm.
And I think Archibaldo was one pretty recently, but I'm not sure.
Aegix Drakan wrote:oh man...WE had a HUGE storm sweep through montreal on tuesday. (they say it was a bunch of mini tornados) Man...it was scary. And no, I'm not just talking about the intense wind and the rain making my windows look like I was in a car wash.
the main thing that freaked me out was that we just got power back about 12:00 noon today!
I can deal without power for about a day, but almost TWO FREAKIN DAYS?!? I WAS SOOO ZETTA BORED YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE IT. I couldn't do anything productive at all! Oh, and my DS ran out of juice the morning after, so I had pretty much nothing to do.
*SIGH* oh well, at least it's back now.
Hey, has archibaldo been on lately? I know he's not too far from the area, so I want to know if he's alright too.
It's good to hear that America isn't taking the modern marvels of the Internet for granted... 😛
Okay, something's been bugging me. piceconn_lolz has created tons of alternate accounts here. So why hasn't one of the admins here just IP banned him already?
It's called proxies. And dynamic IP (DHCP).
Banning anyone from anything is nearly impossible.
Oh. Well, at least we know he's going to get the "Most notorious banned member" award at the superlatives this year. Unless Glenn gets it from April Fool's Day, which he had no part in. 😊
Ah yes, the Superlatives. 😊 We need to organize them well in advance for their September premier. It's not like Pineconn_lolz is that much of a dangerous member, even though he started was seems to be a false scare about the ZC source code. Seriously, the ZC source file is corrupt. :eyebrow:
Has it already been that long since the superlatives? I guess my mind is slipping pretty bad then.
Pineconn wrote:It's good to hear that America isn't taking the modern marvels of the Internet for granted... 😛
uhm...what...I don't get it...
*/me is from Canada, as I'm sure a lot of people would know by now*
So umm, how about the NBA Playoffs game 4 last night? Pretty ridiculous. Not that I care about basketball at all, but that was a pretty big upset.
The NBA is rigged.
What makes it any different than any of the other big sports?
I am hoping that Garnett will get a ring but I dont really like NBA all too much.
Woo, got a couch today! My apartment is finally really starting to feel like home.
rock_nog wrote:Woo, got a couch today! My apartment is finally really starting to feel like home.
D: My apartment doesn't have a couch. The absence of a couch never really phased me.
I dunno, it's something to sprawl out on, and it's nice for entertaining guests. Plus, my living room just looks so much less barren now.
Congrats on the couch!
im so fucking bored
Bah, a new wave of marketing has begun. Last night, I had this dream where I bought a Little Ceasar's Hot & Ready cheese pizza for $5. This morning, I woke up with this intense craving for a $5 Little Ceasar's Hot & Ready cheese pizza. Those bastards!
I see that the dream inducing nanobots have gotten to you too.
Yup... Guess we finally know what that whole chemtrail conspiracy was all about.