US political nonsense

Prettysenshi · Post by **Prettysenshi** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:10 pm

I voted for him today!! Yay me, I helped

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:11 pm

Yaaay! That makes me so happy.

Also, for anyone interested in politics there's a good site listing the connections between politicians and special interest groups. If you look at a particular bill, you can see how someone voted right next to how much money they got from said special interest groups. So far it's on a federal level and California. They're working on getting it going for other states. But yeah, you can also see all kinds of stuff on individual legislators, what interests support them, etc. The REALLY nice thing is that it all includes the actual dollar values from 'donations', lobbyests, and the like.

http://www.maplight.org/

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:18 am

Exit Giuliani and Edwards.

KWill · Post by **KWill** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:21 am

yeahduff wrote:Exit Giuliani and Edwards.

I've been hearing that Ron Paul was going to do well in Florida from this guy on another forum. Seeing that he hasn't fills me with unearthly joy. =D

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:25 am

A prerequisite for being a Ron Paul supporter is to have a tenuous grasp on reality.

KWill · Post by **KWill** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:31 am

One of the common arguments the guy tossed at us was "But he does well at universities."

I'm going to leave that statement as it is and not interpret it.

Laemkral · Post by **Laemkral** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:46 am

KWill wrote:One of the common arguments the guy tossed at us was "But he does well at universities."

I'm going to leave that statement as it is and not interpret it.

Know what else goes over well at universities? Binge drinking and bong hits. I don't trust the opinion of any of my fellow college students without first confirming that everything they know about life they learned from MTV.

On an off topic but related note, one of my callers said "Change the radio station and put on some real music." Guns and Roses was paying at the time. She wanted a rap station playing your standard recycled club rap noise. I just about had a fit on the spot, and she was promptly bad mouthed by all of the other callers the next day who had heard about it.

KWill · Post by **KWill** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:49 am

Laemkral wrote:On an off topic but related note, one of my callers said "Change the radio station and put on some real music." Guns and Roses was paying at the time. She wanted a rap station playing your standard recycled club rap noise. I just about had a fit on the spot, and she was promptly bad mouthed by all of the other callers the next day who had heard about it.

It's funny how people assume to be able to judge whether something is real music or not based on something so trivial as taste.

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:00 pm

KWill wrote:
Laemkral wrote:On an off topic but related note, one of my callers said "Change the radio station and put on some real music." Guns and Roses was paying at the time. She wanted a rap station playing your standard recycled club rap noise. I just about had a fit on the spot, and she was promptly bad mouthed by all of the other callers the next day who had heard about it.
It's funny how people assume to be able to judge whether something is real music or not based on something so trivial as taste.

Can't tell if that barb's double-sided, but that's how I read it.

KWill · Post by **KWill** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:06 pm

yeahduff wrote:Can't tell if that barb's double-sided, but that's how I read it.

Damn internet and the mistranslation of tone... I should have figured.

What I'm basically saying is taste is not and never will be a means to qualify something as music. Me hating country music doesn't mean it's not music, nor has it any influence on how "good" it is.

So, to clarify, the jab was in direction of the caller that didn't consider a music style she didn't like as "real music" and not at Laem.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:08 pm

yeahduff wrote:Exit Giuliani and Edwards.

I heard about Giuliani... I thought Edwards was staying in through Feb 5th?

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:09 pm

Guess he either ran out of money or made a deal with either Hils or Bambam.

KWill wrote:
yeahduff wrote:Can't tell if that barb's double-sided, but that's how I read it.
Damn internet and the mistranslation of tone... I should have figured.

What I'm basically saying is taste is not and never will be a means to qualify something as music. Me hating country music doesn't mean it's not music, nor has it any influence on how "good" it is.

So, to clarify, the jab was in direction of the caller that didn't consider a music style she didn't like as "real music" and not at Laem.

Guess I shoulda made clear I'm insisting on my interpretation regardless of what you meant. You deserve no blame.

Grabmygoblin · Post by **Grabmygoblin** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:34 pm

yeahduff wrote:Bambam

I hadn't heard that nickname, love it

I think Edwards will endorse Obama shortly since they seem to be buddybuddy already. the fact that he didn't announce his endorsement with his exiting speech has me suprised, but then again he may be waiting till after super tuesday (why, I have no idea.)

from what I've seen, Ron Paul supporters are just the "Loose Change" lunatics.

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:53 pm

I keep seeing Ron Paul yard signs around.

It's kinda creeepy. But I suspect it's just that Ron Paul supporters may be more likely to put signs in their yard. I cling to that hope.

Laemkral · Post by **Laemkral** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:22 pm

Hillary Clinton will be coming to SDSU on Friday for a Town Hall meeting dealy thing at the campus basketball arena.

I'm gonna go out of curiosity's sake.

Ahaugen · Post by **Ahaugen** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:35 pm

Laemkral wrote:Hillary Clinton will be coming to SDSU on Friday for a Town Hall meeting dealy thing at the campus basketball arena.

I'm gonna go out of curiosity's sake.

go in your fatigues, they'll put you right up front

Laemkral · Post by **Laemkral** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:38 pm

ahaugen wrote:
Laemkral wrote:Hillary Clinton will be coming to SDSU on Friday for a Town Hall meeting dealy thing at the campus basketball arena.

I'm gonna go out of curiosity's sake.
go in your fatigues, they'll put you right up front

I am by law not allowed to do that.

And I just remembered that I'll totally be out doing ROTC stuff during this whole thing.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:13 am

Chelsea Clinton showed up at UMSL a couple days back. They've got their daughter in on the act too now.

Noise Monkey · Post by **Noise Monkey** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:52 pm

...are there actually wild animals in there?

Phact0rri · Post by **Phact0rri** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:52 pm

MixedMyth wrote:I keep seeing Ron Paul yard signs around. It's kinda creeepy. But I suspect it's just that Ron Paul supporters may be more likely to put signs in their yard. I cling to that hope.

they need to poll how many supporters for candidates would volunteer lawn space.