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Post by PoolMan on Nov 3, 2004 18:09:25 GMT -5
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Post by dajaymann on Nov 3, 2004 20:35:38 GMT -5
I very nearly took the audio to that PSA and ran it over the air on my radio station last night. Only thing that stopped me was pure laziness. And the fact that it would probably fly over the heads of my core audience, which is usually 12 year old girls.
But hey, Friday Night Eighties is coming up day after tomorrow, perhaps it will be more appropriate then!
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Post by PoolMan on Nov 4, 2004 14:15:31 GMT -5
Hehehe... ah, 80's nostalgia is lost on the youth of today.
"I wasssss once a maaaaaan! Once a maaaaaan!"
I LOVE the Cheat Commandos on Homestar Runner. If that's not the best parody of GI Joe EVER, I don't know what is.
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Post by Ms. Jellybean on Nov 5, 2004 7:46:57 GMT -5
Where do you go to school, Ms Jellybean? Here, Bush was mocked mercilessly. Which is odd because my Thermodynamics prof did an informal survey this morning...with a third of the class asleep, half the class raised their hands to say they voted for Bush. So the school seems overwhelmingly pro-Bush, but everything leading up to the election has been anti-Bush. Meh. I'm just at some small-town high school in Southeast North Carolina, and most people are still at the stage where they parrot everything their parents say... Though for what it's worth, Kerry did win the school-wide election. It's just the people I have classes with that are Bush supporters. Sadly, though, we will have to deal with Bush yet another four years. I cringe. |
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Post by DocD83 on Nov 5, 2004 8:21:10 GMT -5
I cringe too--I'm just cringing a lot less than if Kerry won.
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Post by Hucklebubba on Nov 5, 2004 17:51:00 GMT -5
Inepti tude. I would be pleased as punch if somebody would give me a nice rationale--preferably composed of small, non-enlightened words compatible with a backward Conservative--as to why Bush is Satan. EDIT: If you could put it in storybook form, that'd be great. |
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Post by Head Mutant on Nov 5, 2004 18:01:24 GMT -5
I would be pleased as punch if somebody would give me a nice rationale--preferably composed of small, non-enlightened words compatible with a backward Conservative--as to why Bush is Satan. Oh yeah. This'll end well. |
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Post by Magill on Nov 5, 2004 19:30:51 GMT -5
Kerry supporter though I may be, I don't think Bush is Satan. I do think he is a poor President. I also do not think that every Bush supporter cannot understand big words or is a non-enlightened backward conservative.
I don't have time to write up my reasons now, but I will do so over the weekend.
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Post by dajaymann on Nov 5, 2004 19:46:11 GMT -5
The gods-honest truth (and this is coming from a big, flaming Democrat) is that I really don't think I'm any worse off than I was 4 years ago, and I really don't think Bush is doing that awful of a job domestically. Now, I think his foreign policy is a bit whack, especially the situation in Iraq, and it's very sad that we lost 1000 US troops to resolve what amounts to a personal grudge on the President's part. But here, I'm doing fine, and I believe that Bush's tax cuts have affected me somewhat positively. And I'm totally middle-class. Actually, I'm closer to the lower end of the middle-class spectrum. Of course, I also understand that such things are cyclical. It's been observed that in 2008 we will pretty much be guaranteed a Democratic president, just because of the humongous national debt that G. W. has amassed. And only Democrats seem to be able to deal with such things, for some reason.
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Post by Hucklebubba on Nov 7, 2004 0:32:03 GMT -5
In retrospect, I think I may have put a bit more spleen into that last post than I really needed to. I was cranky, y'see, 'cause I'd just finished reading one of about a dozen functionally identical post-election articles by various pompous ass columnists crediting the Republican win to the ignorance of the masses. Took it a mite personal, I reckon. Plus, flagrant elitism gives me hives. Elitism itself is fine, you understand, but it should always be veiled in some way.
Let this be a lesson kids: Never post angry.
The question regarding Bush's extreme lack of popularity with certain sectors was motivated over time by observations made while walking around the campus of SMS. As I admire the liberal propaganda...er, "discourse" littering adorning the sidewalks, and listen to classroom discussions about how Bush is simply evil and Kerry is altruism made manifest, I can't seem to shake this vibe that a lot of the students are Bush bashers simply because lot of the other students are Bush bashers.
Hey, now I'm being elitist! Oh, the sweet irony.
Incidentally, if my semi-apology has failed to sate anyone, let me know, so I can switch to plan B. That's where I start talking all low and sexy.
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Post by funkymartini on Nov 7, 2004 0:57:44 GMT -5
^^I don't think anyone believes that Kerry is 'altruism made manifest', or even a particularly good candidate. In fact most of my american friends are of the 'John Kerry is a douche bag, but I'm voting for him anyway because he's still better than the alternative' camp.
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Post by DocD83 on Nov 7, 2004 1:03:26 GMT -5
I get a lot of the same, though I was watching the Daily Show instead of reading. I never saw their audience more depressed than on election night and the day after.
But those are the FUN posts!
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Post by MarsNeedsTowels on Nov 7, 2004 2:12:22 GMT -5
When it comes to politics, i'm neither here nor there, which is why I identify with the Canadian Green party. I'm also a liberal Christian, however I wasn't offended when Kerry said that faith should not be legislated. In such a multicultural country it shouldn't.
I'm for gay marriages in the eyes of the state, but it should not be forced upon the church to sanctify such unions.
I'm quite against abortions as a human being, I think the general acceptance of the process is abhorrent and makes me sick to be labeled human.
I think terrorism is a problem but the solution does not involve invading random middle eastern nations, Bush dropped the ball majorly on this one and the only reason he hasn't paid for it is because of the lack of terrorist attacks on US soil.
Tax and spend is better than borrow and spend in my opinion, Bush's debt management leaves much to be desired.
Being a Canadian definitely made this a tough choice, if Kerry won his protectionism would hurt the Canadian economy, especially on the softwood lumber and beef issues. If Bush won, his foreign policy would hurt Canadian relations with the US or possibly force Canada into a costly joint homefront protection effort. This is one of those elections where I feel "Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos." is certainly appropriate.
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Post by Ms. Jellybean on Nov 10, 2004 11:03:39 GMT -5
An article sent to me by my friend from Kuro5hin.org... I laughed so hard...
Former alcoholic and functional illiterate George W. Bush has won re-election and will retain his office as 43th President of the United States of America, despite a proven inability to pronounce the word "nuclear".
The final tally of electoral votes was updated live throughout election day, 02 November 2004, by Andrew Tanenbaum of Electoral-Vote.com, where he stayed up all night hopefully tabulating the votes, only to sob bitterly at the sheer monstrous ratf---ery of it all. He then asked to be excused to the bathroom, from which a single gunshot was later heard.
George Bush ran with Dick Cheney, soulless oil-fired robot and current Vice President of the United States. Mr. Cheney's main qualifications include playing thermonuclear chicken with the USSR and inadvertently fathering a very confused lesbian.
The pair beat out Sen. John F. Kerry and his runningmate Sen. John Edwards through fear-mongering and the time-honored tradition of banking on American stupidity.
They presented a plan throughout three Presidential Debates and one Vice-Presidential Debate to build an America that is dominated by fear, owned by corporations, and loathed worldwide.
They believe the U.S. can have a stronger economy through the technique of giving the idle rich all the money, a health care plan based on the idea of not caring for anyone's health, an energy plan co-authored by the House of Saud, and a strong presence as the world's resented playground bully.
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Post by PoolMan on Nov 10, 2004 11:21:09 GMT -5
Let this be a lesson kids: Never post angry. Or drunk. Let me tell you. That's where I start talking all low and sexy. Ah Bubba. I've never regretted introducing you to this board. |
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