I’ve seen those before Van, problem is that pressurizing them takes more energy than charging a battery. Of course, beyond the energy use they’d be more environmentally friendly than having lots of car batteries.
What we need is a near limitless energy supply that doesn’t create any harmful emmisions.
Rhettro – The downside I had heard about the Geothermal (it’s always something) is that when the water comes back up as steam, it is permeated with heavy metals … and not the “One way ticket to midnight” variety.
This was the complaint about them in Hawaii where they seemed at first to beth answer. Then, over time everything downwind started dieing. In one case it was a dairy farm. While the cows hadn’t died, the pasture they had been grazing in did. Then everyone wondered how contaminated the milk had become. The energy company and the government quickly bought all the cattle and made some restitution to the farmer and IF the cows and there milk were ever tested for heavy metal poisoning – those results were never released.
Oh, and as the Wiki article mentioned – they may cause earthquakes.
JJ, there’s no such thing as a free lunch. LOL. Name the the energy tech and there is a down side one cannot ignore. That being said, I think that the geothermal shows the best promise in terms of not using vast quantities of resourses and taping into the near limitless energy potential of earth’s hot core.
Rhet – I do think Geothermal could be a good source of power.
As far as the “deadly emmission” part of it … that is easily dealt with through modern technology. Building a facility similur to those they build around the equipment that is use d to “de-commision” chemical warheads and shells.
All it would require would be an energy company that was willing to spend the money needed to build and operate the facility in the safest manor currently technically possible … and then NOT be looking for new ways to cut corners every quarter in order to squeeze a few more pennies worth of profit out of the facility for benefit of their stock holders.
Oh yeh, now I remember why this won’t work. :(
” … and then NOT be looking for new ways to cut corners every quarter in order to squeeze a few more pennies worth of profit out of the facility for benefit of their stock holders.”
True, true from nuclear power plants to lollipop plants, the issues remain the same. LOL
It’s pretty cool to go “off the grid” in the car isn’t Ed? Which is one of the reasons I don’t really care for satellite radio, why pay for someone else’s music stream when you can download stuff ala carte from the internet?
You had bozos in your car, Ed? Clearly, you need an aromatic tree to hang from your mirror.
Yes, I envy you guys with your fancy cap mp3-players. My options are:
terrestrial radio
CDs
or crappy-sounding iPod FM tuner
Reading that Wiki article on “free energy” and the theortists that are trying to figure out a way to release it …
I am reminded of those wacky guys who theorized that if they could simple release the energy that was being used to hold electrons around the nucleus of an atom … they would have an unlimited amount of power! Because even though atoms are small … there are zillions of them all around us.
So they took just a few pounds of uranium and figured out how to split the electrons away from the atoms in that stuff and when they did so, sure enough those microscopic particles gave off their energy. A LOT of energy.
BOOOM, the atomic bomb.
Some where down the road they will undoubtably discover, within a few moments time, that Zero-point energy makes a fantastic desert topping … AND a dandy hole in the space/time continuem.
Leann every where is shit to live in… I live every… I sleep in the minds of my listerns… I dream of new places… I hope that all will trip with me some day. http://www.12vtheater.com
Leann – I suspect that in the heat of battle, Sherman (who was standing a liiiiiittle too close to the cannon fire) had a sudden, futuristic vision of trying to make the commute between Dalton and Downtown Atlanta. The result was his his single minded determination to burn that puppy to the ground.
Alas, I fear only time will clear up the bozo infection that has come to Texas. The Republicans appear to be promising more of the same, and the Democrats are simply promising everything. Neither option looks particularly thrifty.
Did anyone see that episode of Dexter’s Lab, where he gets bitten by a clown and gets infected with clown virus? Pretty close to the feelings I have about clowns. Other than “Killer Klowns from Outer Space.”
There was this really interesting Coast to Coast this weekend. Its about the Men in the US and how they are less and less manly. Not like homosexual, but less driven and…well…manly…
Coast to Coast was a staple of work when I was Night Auditor, in fact the first Night Audit job I had the guy training me almost used it as part of the training program. Some nights informative, others down right weird, but never ever boring. But some of those guests you honestly have to wonder what drugs they are on.
Leann, I think you’re mistaking symbols for actions. Personally I could walk into just about any restaurant down South and not get harassed too much. In fact actually most racial tensions are highest in cities. This is all based on my interactions. Not based on any statistical information. Just purely based on my anecdotal observations.
While most people have the popular opinion that racists are people that carry Confederate flags and where a hoods as they dance around a burning cross. Personally I find the biggest and worst racist is the person that holds low expectations of another person. Especially people that judge others purely based on their accents or their chosen professions.
I am all for helping out the disenfranchised and for evening the playing field. Unfortunately our society has adopted an attitude of excuses. These excuses that led to a form of entitlement ans sadly resentment on all sides. The Liberal racism of low expectations is a dirty subject. One that most people don’t want to acknowledge but explains why we have many of the problems we do. I think that all people should be held to the same standards and that all people should have the same opportunities. Truth is I’m neither liberal nor conservative. I find both parties repugnant.
The Liberals want to censor anything that might offend a minority.
The Conservatives want to censor any that isn’t promoting their religious groups or attacks their corporate agenda.
I think the big reason why people down South still cling to their “heritage” and waved that Confederate flag is because every time they turn the TV there made fun of by Larry the Cable Guy. Just because you have a Southern accent or you like NASCAR does not mean you’re a moron. Some of the things I hear people say amaze me. People think that the second you leave the safety of the suburbs you’ll be tied to a tree and raped like Ned Beatty. Unfortunately, popular media doesn’t like to reflect the ugly truth.
These things are true:
1. Most black people are killed by black people.
2. There are more blacks in prison than in college.
The ugly truth is that corporations found out a long time ago that they could make more money selling Air Jordans and “50 Cent” albums to white kids then they can inspiring the black youth of America.
I’m hoping that Obama will change our attitudes and expectations of both Whites and Blacks. Someday hopefully we can get rid of that ugly confederate flag on the rooftop of the Capitol building in Atlanta because that little piece of cloth is the real problem in our country.
Now the you’re probably forming at the mouth let me just say that I don’t believe Atlanta is any more racist than Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, or New York. Atlanta is just a whole lot prettier than those cities and the waitresses are a lot nicer regardless of their color.
we’re back from NY.
we drank, we saw, we ate. NY will never be the same
Hugh sez: that hotel room will never be the same
:) lol, no it won’t.
methinks a world with less manly men would suck. and I mean suck in a bad way
Hugh sez: my baby loves her manly men
:) I do. Manly and a gentlemen.. nothing is manlier than a real gentleman. Confident and assured of himself, treat a lady like a lady. Thats what I think of when I think manly… a confident gentleman.
Hugh sez: than what are you doing with me
oh please, whatevar Hugh :)
Hugh sez: :)
Well we need to go to bed, back to work tomorrow :(
Stock market awaits Hugh, and I have an FTP folder full of photos to be retouched :(
wait I have a political question/comment before I go…
I vote exclusively liberal… for me the things I care about are supported by all democratic candidates. There are certain social issues that to me are what I vote on. So when I say I vote for Hilary, I just choose her as the democratic candidate, I feel as a woman I want to support the woman candidate. Its important to me as a woman who makes 75 cents to a mans dollar, that a woman achieves the highest position in our society. That is an issue that is important to me.
But when I say I support Hilary, I by no means hate Obama. I love Obama, and if Obama wins the democratic nomination I will for sure be voting for him. So I don’t understand the hatred for Hilary among democratic voters…. is everyone else really voting for the person they like over the issues?
This confuses me… Because for me… I want a strong democratic candidate to win over the republican candidate to assure that the social issues that matter to me are upheld.. but the more I talk to people the more I think I am the only 1 who thinks this way
Like I believe you can interchange McCain for Clinton for Huchabee for Obama for whomever in reality.. no candidate is too far from the middle. Its not liek HEad of State where there is 1 candidate speaking entirely everything I believe in.. but I have to step back and decide what matters to me, and what matters to me is that these social issues continue to be inportant.. Clinton by no means is a perfect candidate, neither is Obama, neither truly says 100% what I feel on everything. But I am a woman, and I am sick of women being pushed aside and we deserve our chance at running this country, that is whats important to me. I don’t think Clinton is “better” than Obama, I don’t think Obama is evil. I love Obama, I’m in Illinois for Gods sake.. Obama is the bomb, yo. I used to see him at the grocery store every week and he would talk to my mom :)
ok thats it… if anyone cares to comment please do, if you care to not, then don’t :)
Deadpan is a democracy after all ;)
Hugh sez: who left th soapbox out again??? Didn’t I tell you people???
Issues, most certainly. But, and I’m sure we’ll hear it again this campaign cycle as we do with every other, character matters as well. A candidate can say anything, but can you trust him/her to follow through. For that matter, is what their promising even possible?
So far, I’m not seeing any choices that fit. Love or Hate doesn’t really enter the equation.
And, to be clear, character is different from personality. A candidate can come across with a likeable personality, but still be of questionable character.
I also have to question somewhat the $.75 vs. $1.00 assertion. It may be the case that if you take all the men and all the women in the country, you may come up with such a ratio. However, in my experience, for doing the same work in the same environment, women make as much or more as their male counterparts. When I graduated engineering school, the women in my class were getting the highest offers. Make no mistake, they were all deserving and I begrudged them nothing for it – I certainly got a good enough offer myself.
The problem I see tends to be that women are more likely to enter a field, like teaching, that “society” views as worth less in terms of salary. I do think theres a case to be made that we’ve got problems when we pay some thug who can throw/hit/dunk a ball millions of dollars to be an ass an generally bad role model for our kids, yet for our teachers, police, and military – not so much.
Alright, this has gotten way to heavy for breakfast. Quick, send in the clowns!
Re: Hillary – I don’t “hate” her. I dislike her as a candidate for the same reason I dislike McCain. Their track records these past few years indicates to me that they will say anything so I don’t know how I could possible “judge them on the issues.”
Frankly … I see these two as the exact same candidate with the only real differrence being in which special interest and corporations they will owe their election to.
That being said, if it came down to an election between the two I would choose Hilary.
Reguardless of what the far right claims, both parties spend our tax dollars at the same rate. So, if given the choice between billions being given to Haliburton, Blackwater, and Exxon/Mobil vs. billions going to Humana, Alternative energy companies and Public Broadcasting … I’ll take the later.
If nothing else, the heathcare companies are still headquartered in the US so they pay more back to us in taxes AND they are accountable to our Government.
Haliburton is getting millions of dollars a day from the US government and to say “thanks” they recently moved their corporate headquarters to Dubi (sp) where the US now has NO authority to make them show ANY of their records on how they are spending that money.
Yeh, we’ve had eight years of giving our tax dollars to that sort of corporation … if that is the way it ha to be then I’m ready to give a completely different set of corporations a try.
Say … does anyone have the desire/skilz to start a “Deadpan Backroom” or “Deadpan Soapbox” blog?
Somewhere Deadpan members could go and post our long, “heavy” thoughts. We can still talk about anything here but in the instance of soapbox posts like mine above … I could have just said “I have some thoughts on this and they are here ..” and then post a link.
Then those that are interested could click on over. That would also allow Jack to avoid having to read any of these in the GJB comments.
I’m just thinking that with the approach of the US election … the need to express these thoughts may be on the increase. Do we want to leave them here or do we want to create a room for them?
New research shows that first born children get about 3,000 more hours of quality time with parents between ages 4 and 13 than the next sibling gets when they pass through the same age range. The study provides a possible explanation for why older children tend to get more education, make more money and score higher on IQ tests. The researchers used data from the American Time Use Survey, a federal government study involving 21,000 people.
It has been 40 million years since the waters around Antarctica have been warm enough to sustain populations of sharks and most fish, but they may return this century due to the effects of global warming. If they do, the effect on Antarctic ecology cold b e serious, according to researchers from the University of Rhode Island. URI biology professors analyzed the physiological adaption and metabolism of sharks and other warm-water predators and concluded an increase of just a few degrees Celsius could make Antarctic waters hospitable to some species.
Oh dear lord all kinds of conversation that I managed to miss.
#1: Jack/Trucker: Please don’t ever rant like that and end it with “Go Obama.” While you’re right in some degree, Leann left Atlanta for a VERY good reason which you probably haven’t figured out yet, so I would really just drop the topic. Trust me on this one buddy. Just trust me. And what I get out of his platform is a sense of civic and personal responsibility, so the “get over it” response (which you probably didn’t make, its very early and I need to be to work soon and will still be asleep) doesn’t really fly.
#2 Andrea: I hate Hilary Clinton because she has more scandal attached to her name than her husband and Nixon combined. She says she’s been tested, it’s because Republicans have plenty to sling at her. They WANT her as the Dem candidate. Because McCain is attacking Obama the same way Clinton is. And Clinton’s loosing. If that continues through the General Election, Obama’s practically all ready won. If he can just knock her out in Texas and Ohio that is. Then this thing is pracitically over. Unless she wins, in which case the nomination will be deadlocked till the election, and by then the GOP will have had enough time to swing enough independents there way that it won’t matter WHICH candidate is chosen. The Dems will lose to pure apathy and impatience.
I can’t say anything else, I have to shower and go to work… *sigh*
On Hillary: I quite like Hillary, and if she gets the nomination I will most certainly vote for her. It is just that my views are more in line with Obama, so he gets my support for now. My wife is a registered democrat and she voted for Hillary in the primary. I lean pretty liberal on social issues and conservative on financial issues and I don’t like the all or nothing attitudes of either party. Democrats historically want to solve all the nations ills with some inefficient government financed program. Republicans think that cutting taxes solves everything. I don’t buy into either of those philosophies. My take is that any large group of people can be corrupt, be that corporations, unions, organized religions or government. So just being different shouldn’t earn any of those groups special protection and I feel like whatever party I vote for leads to corruption in the groups that individual party favors.
da Dickie, a forensic psychologist at Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky, conducted a survey of men seeking casual work in Ottawa, Canada. Her as yet unpublished research shows that 42 per cent admitted either to having raped an adult, or having had sex with a minor at least five years younger than themselves. Raymond Knight, a psychologist at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, obtained similarly disturbing results while conducting research into the roots of abuse against women (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol 989, p 72). In a sample of blue-collar American men, 36 per cent admitted to having done at least one of the following: using or threatening force in an attempt to obtain sex from a woman; having or attempting to have sex with a woman who was too drunk or high to say no; or plying a woman with drink or drugs to that end. Such behaviour is not the preserve of working-class men: some studies suggest that about 15 per cent of women attending US colleges fall victim to rape or attempted rape, committed by privileged young me.
I remember reading that and finding it all rather depressing.
I think that “Manly Men” is the wrong term. More like, emasculation (wow, spelt it right on the first try) of men.
Look at advertising for example. Men are nearly always dumb-asses in commercials. Its rather irritating.
RE: Politics….Look how Obama does in traditionally red states. He kills it! Now those are going to be the ones we want the most voter turn out. If Hillary is the nominee then she won’t draw those folks as well as Obama will and while I am sure we’d still win the popular vote, we all know that does not guarantee anything. We need a decisive victory to squash any shenanagans.
Van: And those aren’t “Manly Men” (see Andrea’s post for a good description) they are sexually repressed and not able to grow up in a socially natural environment. When you homogenize the upbringing and don’t take into account the difference in genders you get f’ed up adults.
morning pan :) rolling into “work” at almost 11am.. for shame! Hey, I had to unpack from NY and do our laundry. Try on the bounty I purchased whilst in NY. I love shopping in NY.
good comments people- I think my point was more that I dont understand how anyone can see Clinton or Obama as the enemy when McCain or whatever republican is the enemy in my mind.. no offense to the Deadpan republicans :)
As a democrat, I look at Obama and Clinton and think we are all democrats, I find this whole race fascinating, like Obamas speech when he spoke so eloquently about the history being made with this race of the 1st viable black and female candidates. I think it is so cool. BUT if some chance Clinton makes it, all the Clinton haters, are they going to vote for McCain? Is your hatred of Hilary so strong that you cannot see past the person and look at the core issues of the party they represent? That was my question- cause that boggles my mind. I am voting for Clinton or Obama in the general election, no matter which one makes it, and I am not upset either way. I chose Clinton in the primary for my own personal feelings as a woman, but not because I thought Clinton was better than Obama. I really had to just step back and say to myself, you are a woman, you are a feminist, this is a female candidate who COULD make it, how can I not vote for that? Being the feminist I am?
I’m not getting into the woman issue, about making more money or whatever, that is too sensitive a topic for me. i feel very strongly on it and I don’t want to bring that here :)
so, I agree with j0e.. maybe we should have a “deep thoughts” area :)
Todays Reason to Drink:
February 20, 2008
The Metropolitan Museum of Art first opened today. If you’re not in the USA, then celebrate with some absinthe, which influenced artists such as Degas, Manet, van Gogh, and Picasso.
I see myself as a democrat first, a feminist 2nd. When I considered the primary, i knew I would vote democrat, my feminism drove my selection of Clinton.
So I am a democrat first,and will always be a democrat first, and that is more important to me than arguing Obama’s or Clintons merits or records or anything.
“When you homogenize the upbringing and don’t take into account the difference in genders you get f’ed up adults.”
I couldn’t agree more Jeremy. I feel like I could write a thesis about this, but I’ll spare the Dead Pan for now. I might as well throw this inflammatory thought I had while reading through today’s post.
“I feel the vast majority of men would be serial rapists if they didn’t have a conscience and empathy for their fellow humans and it is up to parents and society at large to instill these values and champion these values.”
Wow! Seems like this week’s comment board has taken a mighty heavy turn. Jack might have to cherry pick the funny ones.
Hey, I totally let Huckabee do me.
I was just an under age little kid at the time though and he had candy and video games so my judgement might have been a little cloudy.
I don’t consider myself a loyalist democrat, I think both parties have a lot to answer for and if anything is going to happen in this country thats good it has to be a result of people coming together. But I guess I could be a fucktard.
I almost wish I’d have started this thing wishing for Ron Paul. Because I could have given up by now, not having my hopes all up and shit. *lol*
Honestly I see the next one, Ohio goes to Obama and Texas to Hilary in such a slim margin that it almost doesn’t matter. And then it goes deadlocked straight to the convention. Which isn’t great, but so be it.
As for the other conversation, my wife is five years younger than me. And I’m not so sure how I feel about her repeatedly asking for me to “insert another one.” Makes me wish *I* was a black guy.
… um, the previous comment was posted totally as satire and is not meant to impugn the good image of the deadpan, it’s members or the video game industry …
As for the alternative posting location for the longer/heavier topics, we could try breathing some new life into Jack’s place over at the Farpoint Forums.
I have no problem with the heavy stuff appearing on this page.
The podcast and the comments have always been about diversity of content and themes, serious and silly side-by-side.
And fuck, it’s election year. . . . this shit is going to be on all of our minds. It’s perfectly acceptable to have serious sociological discussions alongside pictures of a giant, inflatable dog’s ass.
You don’t have to worry about Hillary winning the nomination. In order to come close she would have to beet Obama by over 65% in Texas. That simply isn’t going to happen. The sad part is as soon as this portion of the elections over the momentum and energy may leave the race. I know you’ll save on ani-acids but this kind of serious discussion of politics involving multiple points of view is seriously absent from our nation.
Dear Rhetto,
The biggest turnoff for me about Hillary Clinton is her sense of entitlement. All throughout the election process I got the feeling that she was bored and just wanted to be president. I don’t believe in nepotism. I barely believe in incumbency. I got the feeling that she was going to do what she wanted regardless of campaign promises. It was exactly the feeling George W. Bush gave me.
Some may argue that it’s wrong to base votes on feelings. Considering that most politicians just do what they want once they are elected, I put a lot of stock in my gut instinct about people.
Dearly Leann,
Personally, I would never want to go toe to toe with you over the South. I will say that the South, like much of America is a complete enigma once you scratch the surface. I was raised to believe one thing about people from certain locations. Those stereotypes were fortified by media, family, and even my public school education. When I actually hung out in those areas I start to find that down is up and up is down. You may very well be right. I simply can’t ignore what I’ve experienced firsthand. I would love to hear personal experiences. Perhaps there might be a pod cast where you can talk about personal experiences and interactions you’ve had. As well as may be discuss your life and philosophy. If only there were such a pod cast… :)
Actually by continuing to win even a 40% margin and not dropping out, she forces this thing to go to the convention, where the Super Delegates will decide who wins. Because its not possible for either of them to get the 2000+ delegates needed to win the nomination from state contests. And once you get to the convention, things can become tricky. I mean I trust the guys we sent as delegates are capable of making a good case, and our governor (who is female) backs Obama but all the mayors are on Hillary’s side. Also I heard today there is some process where she can “poach” delegates from Obama, but if she were to do that it would have seriously negative implications for the Democratic party.
As some have said, at this point she can’t win, she can only make Obama loose. And considering the only argument McCain can bring against Obama is the same she’s making, and she’s loosing for it, that would be a damn shame. For once in our lifetime I think we’ve found a guy that would be worth having as President. (I liked Reagan, but that was ages ago)
As for taking this to the Farpoint Forums… Take it from a guy who just spent four days arguing with the mods over whether or not to allow religious or political discussion to take place there. Trust me, it isn’t happening. At least for now, until poor Scott can find a job and we can all hammer out a system where people are clear on their personal responsibilities and theres a platform for the mods to work with. Which we’re still in the process of doing, but taking our time for Scott. I did mention though that the Deadpan comments board was a shining example of people being able to legitimately discuss and handle these topics, and they took that as a good point.
As for Leann, I keep telling you guys, the only way we’re getting a new show is if we kill the dog. It’s the only way. Maybe even the cat.
I’ve seen those before Van, problem is that pressurizing them takes more energy than charging a battery. Of course, beyond the energy use they’d be more environmentally friendly than having lots of car batteries.
What we need is a near limitless energy supply that doesn’t create any harmful emmisions.
This is my candidate for solving that:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Geothermal_System
If we had lots of power plants like this, our cars could use whatever. We could charge electric cars or use electrolysis to create hydrogen.
Man, where are all the Canadians? Did they get President’s Day off or something? LOL
What’s this President’s day thing?
Just another Monday here…
Morning Pan!
Happy Family Day Monday (here in Alberta anyway).
for today’s news, this is going too far for a tattoo in my mind.
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2008/02/18/4856133-sun.html
G’day Pan.
Rhettro – The downside I had heard about the Geothermal (it’s always something) is that when the water comes back up as steam, it is permeated with heavy metals … and not the “One way ticket to midnight” variety.
This was the complaint about them in Hawaii where they seemed at first to beth answer. Then, over time everything downwind started dieing. In one case it was a dairy farm. While the cows hadn’t died, the pasture they had been grazing in did. Then everyone wondered how contaminated the milk had become. The energy company and the government quickly bought all the cattle and made some restitution to the farmer and IF the cows and there milk were ever tested for heavy metal poisoning – those results were never released.
Oh, and as the Wiki article mentioned – they may cause earthquakes.
It’s just ALWAYS something isn’t it?
JJ, there’s no such thing as a free lunch. LOL. Name the the energy tech and there is a down side one cannot ignore. That being said, I think that the geothermal shows the best promise in terms of not using vast quantities of resourses and taping into the near limitless energy potential of earth’s hot core.
And we’re back! I wonder if the same power outage that struck my office building also struck the servers.
Jack is feeling powerless.
Rhet – I do think Geothermal could be a good source of power.
As far as the “deadly emmission” part of it … that is easily dealt with through modern technology. Building a facility similur to those they build around the equipment that is use d to “de-commision” chemical warheads and shells.
All it would require would be an energy company that was willing to spend the money needed to build and operate the facility in the safest manor currently technically possible … and then NOT be looking for new ways to cut corners every quarter in order to squeeze a few more pennies worth of profit out of the facility for benefit of their stock holders.
Oh yeh, now I remember why this won’t work. :(
” … and then NOT be looking for new ways to cut corners every quarter in order to squeeze a few more pennies worth of profit out of the facility for benefit of their stock holders.”
True, true from nuclear power plants to lollipop plants, the issues remain the same. LOL
There is ALWAYS a Chinese manufacturer able to make those lollipops for 1 penny less/per dozen – utilizing the cheaper, “lead-based” sugar.
Well, lead is a good reflector of radiation.
mmmmmmm. . . . leadipops. . .
I am going to Atlanta tomarrow does any one need me to pick up all thing?
Maybe some tickets to Prog Power 9?
http://progpowerusa.com/site/
Looks like they don’t go on sale until March 1st. Never mind.
Reminded of the lead codpiece that Deckard wears in ‘Do Androids..’
Can’t see much or future for nuclear power unless they crack fusion or develop better fast breeder reactors…Uranium reserves would be used up quickly.
Of course there is always Thorium:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium
Some postulate 1000 years of uranium reserves.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/060224.html
Here’s one that JJ might like.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-point_energy
I’m pretty sure the odds of destroying the entire universe are low. Math is power!
Just another work day here in Texas as well, though traffic was a bit lighter.
The only sign of presidents are commercials from the bozos left and right now burdening my airwaves.
At least I don’t have to worry about them in the car anymore :)
It’s pretty cool to go “off the grid” in the car isn’t Ed? Which is one of the reasons I don’t really care for satellite radio, why pay for someone else’s music stream when you can download stuff ala carte from the internet?
*GreasyJellyBeanReminder*GreasyJellyBeanReminder*GreasyJellyBeanRemi
nder*GreasyJellyBeanReminder*GreasyJellyBeanReminder*GreasyJellyBean
Reminder*
You had bozos in your car, Ed? Clearly, you need an aromatic tree to hang from your mirror.
Yes, I envy you guys with your fancy cap mp3-players. My options are:
terrestrial radio
CDs
or crappy-sounding iPod FM tuner
bumper trucks in Wildwood Florida… God I hate driving in Florida
Here’s a $70 option Jack.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8629406&type=product&id=1194051280982
Thanks, Rhett! Food for thought.
As is an isolated David Lee Roth vocal track:
http://www.chunklet.com/index.cfm?section=blogs&ID=313
Dear Mr. Trucker:
Just burn that city to the ground please.
Kthanks
Leann – that’s been done to death.
Rhet – Either you have waaaay too much time on your hands or you simply know too much!
Reading that Wiki article on “free energy” and the theortists that are trying to figure out a way to release it …
I am reminded of those wacky guys who theorized that if they could simple release the energy that was being used to hold electrons around the nucleus of an atom … they would have an unlimited amount of power! Because even though atoms are small … there are zillions of them all around us.
So they took just a few pounds of uranium and figured out how to split the electrons away from the atoms in that stuff and when they did so, sure enough those microscopic particles gave off their energy. A LOT of energy.
BOOOM, the atomic bomb.
Some where down the road they will undoubtably discover, within a few moments time, that Zero-point energy makes a fantastic desert topping … AND a dandy hole in the space/time continuem.
I can’t wait to see the “NOVA” episode. :)
I love Atlanta…. :( I go there for vaction… I am going to a Con there on March 23rd… Wifey likes too…
Atlanta rocks… plus I like Phenix too but I got a only load to there in two years of driving…
Mr. Trucker:
I lived in Atlanta for almost 5 years…….nice place to visit, SHIT place to live.
Trust me.
J0e: Are we speaking of the night the lights went out?
It’s hole in space/time!
It’s a dessert topping!
Leann every where is shit to live in… I live every… I sleep in the minds of my listerns… I dream of new places… I hope that all will trip with me some day.
http://www.12vtheater.com
My home is Cleveland. You see Atlanta is big step up. Plus less Racism.
Leann – I suspect that in the heat of battle, Sherman (who was standing a liiiiiittle too close to the cannon fire) had a sudden, futuristic vision of trying to make the commute between Dalton and Downtown Atlanta. The result was his his single minded determination to burn that puppy to the ground.
Justa JOe rolf…. dude!!! :D
I will just spend the night sleeping next to the projects off Bouldercrest.
Alas, I fear only time will clear up the bozo infection that has come to Texas. The Republicans appear to be promising more of the same, and the Democrats are simply promising everything. Neither option looks particularly thrifty.
I live a mile from Riverfront Park in Spokane. It’s a nice view but some nights you’d think we were being bombed from the fireworks and celebrations…
“bozo infection” — now that’s funny every time you say it.
Never underestimate the “creepiness” of clowns.
“Bozo Infection”, the upcoming after school special from Superstation WGN and Scott Sigler.
Okay Ed, that has NEW levels of “wrong-ed ness”
Morning pan
Did anyone see that episode of Dexter’s Lab, where he gets bitten by a clown and gets infected with clown virus? Pretty close to the feelings I have about clowns. Other than “Killer Klowns from Outer Space.”
Mornin Pan,
Coffee guuuuud
I’m a coffee zombie.
caaaaaaaaaaffeine!
coffee BEEEEEAAAAANS
RE: Your Beans
All we want to do is
brew your beans!
java got an idea…
We’re not unreasonable,
I mean, no one’s gonna drink your chai.
Maybe that’s OK for now but someday you’ll be out of cream and cups.
If life hands you beans you got to make French Roast.
Mr. Trucker:
You ARE kidding about the racism thing in Atlanta right?
I mean the rebel flag per capita is overwhelming there. You DO know that right?
I heard ole Neil put her down.
Did you hear something?
http://bunny.frozenreality.co.uk/index.php?id=1101
We’re not unreasonable….where else but Deadpan can you get a mashup of zombies and fresh ground roast.
We come complete with a twist of lime :)
on a stick…
…machine wrapped, with butter…
I can feel my cholesterol level rising just by read those comments.
http://tinyurl.com/27vfw4
Lots of things are hidden beneath the most placid of surfaces.
Oh, man, Pan…
There was this really interesting Coast to Coast this weekend. Its about the Men in the US and how they are less and less manly. Not like homosexual, but less driven and…well…manly…
Here is the book they were talking about: http://tinyurl.com/3yex63
If y’all want to listen to it, let me know, I’ll upload it and email the link.
Well makes a change from blaming chemical pollution for men being less manly.
Coast to Coast was a staple of work when I was Night Auditor, in fact the first Night Audit job I had the guy training me almost used it as part of the training program. Some nights informative, others down right weird, but never ever boring. But some of those guests you honestly have to wonder what drugs they are on.
Actually Van, that is what they are talking about as well.
Nerf machine guns are so cool
http://gizmodo.com/357952/nerf-vulcan-ebf+25-fully-automatic-toy-dart-gun-rambo-juniors-weapon-of-choice
Home early. Fox has the pink eye. So to the doctor to get eyedrops which he shall despise.
Now THIS is some funny shit:
http://www.catsandbeer.com/music/the-top-10-rap-songs-white-people-love
I hope Fox feels better soon, JB.
lol
thx for the list, Jack.
JB: I hope Fox feels better soon.
Is it Foxnews or News about Fox? You decide!
Hope the little guy feels better soon.
I was going to say, that was some pretty white rap. LOL I’m by no means an expert however.
Good news for those rebelling against `the man’:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7253542.stm
Kick Apple where it hurts the most or something.
cough
Leann, I think you’re mistaking symbols for actions. Personally I could walk into just about any restaurant down South and not get harassed too much. In fact actually most racial tensions are highest in cities. This is all based on my interactions. Not based on any statistical information. Just purely based on my anecdotal observations.
While most people have the popular opinion that racists are people that carry Confederate flags and where a hoods as they dance around a burning cross. Personally I find the biggest and worst racist is the person that holds low expectations of another person. Especially people that judge others purely based on their accents or their chosen professions.
I am all for helping out the disenfranchised and for evening the playing field. Unfortunately our society has adopted an attitude of excuses. These excuses that led to a form of entitlement ans sadly resentment on all sides. The Liberal racism of low expectations is a dirty subject. One that most people don’t want to acknowledge but explains why we have many of the problems we do. I think that all people should be held to the same standards and that all people should have the same opportunities. Truth is I’m neither liberal nor conservative. I find both parties repugnant.
The Liberals want to censor anything that might offend a minority.
The Conservatives want to censor any that isn’t promoting their religious groups or attacks their corporate agenda.
I think the big reason why people down South still cling to their “heritage” and waved that Confederate flag is because every time they turn the TV there made fun of by Larry the Cable Guy. Just because you have a Southern accent or you like NASCAR does not mean you’re a moron. Some of the things I hear people say amaze me. People think that the second you leave the safety of the suburbs you’ll be tied to a tree and raped like Ned Beatty. Unfortunately, popular media doesn’t like to reflect the ugly truth.
These things are true:
1. Most black people are killed by black people.
2. There are more blacks in prison than in college.
The ugly truth is that corporations found out a long time ago that they could make more money selling Air Jordans and “50 Cent” albums to white kids then they can inspiring the black youth of America.
I’m hoping that Obama will change our attitudes and expectations of both Whites and Blacks. Someday hopefully we can get rid of that ugly confederate flag on the rooftop of the Capitol building in Atlanta because that little piece of cloth is the real problem in our country.
Now the you’re probably forming at the mouth let me just say that I don’t believe Atlanta is any more racist than Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, or New York. Atlanta is just a whole lot prettier than those cities and the waitresses are a lot nicer regardless of their color.
Yes we can!!! Obama in 2008!
Okay time for more Boob and Zardzo jokes.
I just happened to click on Comics Radar and heard their reply to my recapping them months ago. Weird coincidence.
if you recapping a recap could it make my itunes explode in a giant feedback loop. Or would it be like trying to look it to mirrors in a changing room
Hey I got a review by a writer that thinks my work doesn’t suck. If you try long enough eventually you can find somebody who likes your story.
http://sambear.livejournal.com/295884.html
eyedrops and kids are teh_suck. Definitely a job for two strong people.
Beer + trivia = fun :)
Does anyone play EVE Online?
And once you really use the muscle and get the job done it feels as though you are administering a dose of torture…
Psyching up to do major revision and expansion on the original “Really Big Things” to prepare for re-recording and Podiobook release.
Rest assured, you will be the first to know.
JohnBoze: Congratulations! Best wishes on your writing. Or, as writers and fans say on Twitter to encourage each other: GO, EAGLE, GO!
Considering the amount of violent crime perpetrated by men, maybe a world with less manly men is the way to go.
Of course it could end up like that Richard Cowper novel (OBSCURE SCIFI AUTHOR ALERT!!!!) where women switch roles as the men become less manly.
It would of course help to get the author right…Edmund Cooper.
hi pan
we’re back from NY.
we drank, we saw, we ate. NY will never be the same
Hugh sez: that hotel room will never be the same
:) lol, no it won’t.
methinks a world with less manly men would suck. and I mean suck in a bad way
Hugh sez: my baby loves her manly men
:) I do. Manly and a gentlemen.. nothing is manlier than a real gentleman. Confident and assured of himself, treat a lady like a lady. Thats what I think of when I think manly… a confident gentleman.
Hugh sez: than what are you doing with me
oh please, whatevar Hugh :)
Hugh sez: :)
Well we need to go to bed, back to work tomorrow :(
Stock market awaits Hugh, and I have an FTP folder full of photos to be retouched :(
boo
wait I have a political question/comment before I go…
I vote exclusively liberal… for me the things I care about are supported by all democratic candidates. There are certain social issues that to me are what I vote on. So when I say I vote for Hilary, I just choose her as the democratic candidate, I feel as a woman I want to support the woman candidate. Its important to me as a woman who makes 75 cents to a mans dollar, that a woman achieves the highest position in our society. That is an issue that is important to me.
But when I say I support Hilary, I by no means hate Obama. I love Obama, and if Obama wins the democratic nomination I will for sure be voting for him. So I don’t understand the hatred for Hilary among democratic voters…. is everyone else really voting for the person they like over the issues?
This confuses me… Because for me… I want a strong democratic candidate to win over the republican candidate to assure that the social issues that matter to me are upheld.. but the more I talk to people the more I think I am the only 1 who thinks this way
Like I believe you can interchange McCain for Clinton for Huchabee for Obama for whomever in reality.. no candidate is too far from the middle. Its not liek HEad of State where there is 1 candidate speaking entirely everything I believe in.. but I have to step back and decide what matters to me, and what matters to me is that these social issues continue to be inportant.. Clinton by no means is a perfect candidate, neither is Obama, neither truly says 100% what I feel on everything. But I am a woman, and I am sick of women being pushed aside and we deserve our chance at running this country, that is whats important to me. I don’t think Clinton is “better” than Obama, I don’t think Obama is evil. I love Obama, I’m in Illinois for Gods sake.. Obama is the bomb, yo. I used to see him at the grocery store every week and he would talk to my mom :)
ok thats it… if anyone cares to comment please do, if you care to not, then don’t :)
Deadpan is a democracy after all ;)
Hugh sez: who left th soapbox out again??? Didn’t I tell you people???
:)
sorry
going to bed now
night pan
Issues, most certainly. But, and I’m sure we’ll hear it again this campaign cycle as we do with every other, character matters as well. A candidate can say anything, but can you trust him/her to follow through. For that matter, is what their promising even possible?
So far, I’m not seeing any choices that fit. Love or Hate doesn’t really enter the equation.
And, to be clear, character is different from personality. A candidate can come across with a likeable personality, but still be of questionable character.
I also have to question somewhat the $.75 vs. $1.00 assertion. It may be the case that if you take all the men and all the women in the country, you may come up with such a ratio. However, in my experience, for doing the same work in the same environment, women make as much or more as their male counterparts. When I graduated engineering school, the women in my class were getting the highest offers. Make no mistake, they were all deserving and I begrudged them nothing for it – I certainly got a good enough offer myself.
The problem I see tends to be that women are more likely to enter a field, like teaching, that “society” views as worth less in terms of salary. I do think theres a case to be made that we’ve got problems when we pay some thug who can throw/hit/dunk a ball millions of dollars to be an ass an generally bad role model for our kids, yet for our teachers, police, and military – not so much.
Alright, this has gotten way to heavy for breakfast. Quick, send in the clowns!
Morning Pan!
How are we this fine, feathered morning?
-now to read past posts
Ok, the latest posts were too heavy for me, won’t comment on any of them :)
Managed to get sneak preview passes so the hubby and I are going to see Vantage Point tonight. Looks like it could be a good movie.
Good Morning All.
The Smarty Hotties® – Woot for your NY trip !!!!
Re: Hillary – I don’t “hate” her. I dislike her as a candidate for the same reason I dislike McCain. Their track records these past few years indicates to me that they will say anything so I don’t know how I could possible “judge them on the issues.”
Frankly … I see these two as the exact same candidate with the only real differrence being in which special interest and corporations they will owe their election to.
That being said, if it came down to an election between the two I would choose Hilary.
Reguardless of what the far right claims, both parties spend our tax dollars at the same rate. So, if given the choice between billions being given to Haliburton, Blackwater, and Exxon/Mobil vs. billions going to Humana, Alternative energy companies and Public Broadcasting … I’ll take the later.
If nothing else, the heathcare companies are still headquartered in the US so they pay more back to us in taxes AND they are accountable to our Government.
Haliburton is getting millions of dollars a day from the US government and to say “thanks” they recently moved their corporate headquarters to Dubi (sp) where the US now has NO authority to make them show ANY of their records on how they are spending that money.
Yeh, we’ve had eight years of giving our tax dollars to that sort of corporation … if that is the way it ha to be then I’m ready to give a completely different set of corporations a try.
Say … does anyone have the desire/skilz to start a “Deadpan Backroom” or “Deadpan Soapbox” blog?
Somewhere Deadpan members could go and post our long, “heavy” thoughts. We can still talk about anything here but in the instance of soapbox posts like mine above … I could have just said “I have some thoughts on this and they are here ..” and then post a link.
Then those that are interested could click on over. That would also allow Jack to avoid having to read any of these in the GJB comments.
I’m just thinking that with the approach of the US election … the need to express these thoughts may be on the increase. Do we want to leave them here or do we want to create a room for them?
Any thoughts?
In the news:
New research shows that first born children get about 3,000 more hours of quality time with parents between ages 4 and 13 than the next sibling gets when they pass through the same age range. The study provides a possible explanation for why older children tend to get more education, make more money and score higher on IQ tests. The researchers used data from the American Time Use Survey, a federal government study involving 21,000 people.
- What about only children like me and my hubby?
Penguins beware…
It has been 40 million years since the waters around Antarctica have been warm enough to sustain populations of sharks and most fish, but they may return this century due to the effects of global warming. If they do, the effect on Antarctic ecology cold b e serious, according to researchers from the University of Rhode Island. URI biology professors analyzed the physiological adaption and metabolism of sharks and other warm-water predators and concluded an increase of just a few degrees Celsius could make Antarctic waters hospitable to some species.
- Calgary Sun
Or families with skewed sex ratios in children (3 girls and 1 boy for example) where the boy gets doted on more.
Ha, Ha – Calgary beat Arizona in hockey… (all together) We are the champions…
All right, paper read, no to get back to work…
Oh dear lord all kinds of conversation that I managed to miss.
#1: Jack/Trucker: Please don’t ever rant like that and end it with “Go Obama.” While you’re right in some degree, Leann left Atlanta for a VERY good reason which you probably haven’t figured out yet, so I would really just drop the topic. Trust me on this one buddy. Just trust me. And what I get out of his platform is a sense of civic and personal responsibility, so the “get over it” response (which you probably didn’t make, its very early and I need to be to work soon and will still be asleep) doesn’t really fly.
#2 Andrea: I hate Hilary Clinton because she has more scandal attached to her name than her husband and Nixon combined. She says she’s been tested, it’s because Republicans have plenty to sling at her. They WANT her as the Dem candidate. Because McCain is attacking Obama the same way Clinton is. And Clinton’s loosing. If that continues through the General Election, Obama’s practically all ready won. If he can just knock her out in Texas and Ohio that is. Then this thing is pracitically over. Unless she wins, in which case the nomination will be deadlocked till the election, and by then the GOP will have had enough time to swing enough independents there way that it won’t matter WHICH candidate is chosen. The Dems will lose to pure apathy and impatience.
I can’t say anything else, I have to shower and go to work… *sigh*
On Hillary: I quite like Hillary, and if she gets the nomination I will most certainly vote for her. It is just that my views are more in line with Obama, so he gets my support for now. My wife is a registered democrat and she voted for Hillary in the primary. I lean pretty liberal on social issues and conservative on financial issues and I don’t like the all or nothing attitudes of either party. Democrats historically want to solve all the nations ills with some inefficient government financed program. Republicans think that cutting taxes solves everything. I don’t buy into either of those philosophies. My take is that any large group of people can be corrupt, be that corporations, unions, organized religions or government. So just being different shouldn’t earn any of those groups special protection and I feel like whatever party I vote for leads to corruption in the groups that individual party favors.
Knights in shining armour..they really should be a law against them.
Matte armour is all the rage these days.
Dear Mr. Trucker:
Thank you for your diatribe.
All I need to say to you is, duly noted, and spoken like a guy from Cleveland.
I would like to let you know I was born in nowhere Tennessee, raised in Alabama, and lived in Georgia for about 5 years.
It doesn’t get much more Southern than that right there.
So I speak confidently when I say, I know more about the South and its heritage than you ever will (not that I am proud of that sad fact)
Please don’t try to go toe to toe with me on this one, seriously.
kthanks
I suppose the problem with manly men, is that llike a lot of things in life you get a lot of bad with all the macho crap.
So for every gentleman there are 9 who would use mental/physical violence in a relationship.
From a New Scientist editorial:
da Dickie, a forensic psychologist at Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky, conducted a survey of men seeking casual work in Ottawa, Canada. Her as yet unpublished research shows that 42 per cent admitted either to having raped an adult, or having had sex with a minor at least five years younger than themselves. Raymond Knight, a psychologist at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, obtained similarly disturbing results while conducting research into the roots of abuse against women (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol 989, p 72). In a sample of blue-collar American men, 36 per cent admitted to having done at least one of the following: using or threatening force in an attempt to obtain sex from a woman; having or attempting to have sex with a woman who was too drunk or high to say no; or plying a woman with drink or drugs to that end. Such behaviour is not the preserve of working-class men: some studies suggest that about 15 per cent of women attending US colleges fall victim to rape or attempted rape, committed by privileged young me.
I remember reading that and finding it all rather depressing.
It is depressing Van, it’s more depressing when you find out that something like 1 in 5 or so women have been sexually abused. That’s unexceptable.
Moving offices so won’t be on much today. Have fun kiddies! :)
I think that “Manly Men” is the wrong term. More like, emasculation (wow, spelt it right on the first try) of men.
Look at advertising for example. Men are nearly always dumb-asses in commercials. Its rather irritating.
RE: Politics….Look how Obama does in traditionally red states. He kills it! Now those are going to be the ones we want the most voter turn out. If Hillary is the nominee then she won’t draw those folks as well as Obama will and while I am sure we’d still win the popular vote, we all know that does not guarantee anything. We need a decisive victory to squash any shenanagans.
Van: And those aren’t “Manly Men” (see Andrea’s post for a good description) they are sexually repressed and not able to grow up in a socially natural environment. When you homogenize the upbringing and don’t take into account the difference in genders you get f’ed up adults.
…at least In My Opinion.
morning pan :) rolling into “work” at almost 11am.. for shame! Hey, I had to unpack from NY and do our laundry. Try on the bounty I purchased whilst in NY. I love shopping in NY.
good comments people- I think my point was more that I dont understand how anyone can see Clinton or Obama as the enemy when McCain or whatever republican is the enemy in my mind.. no offense to the Deadpan republicans :)
As a democrat, I look at Obama and Clinton and think we are all democrats, I find this whole race fascinating, like Obamas speech when he spoke so eloquently about the history being made with this race of the 1st viable black and female candidates. I think it is so cool. BUT if some chance Clinton makes it, all the Clinton haters, are they going to vote for McCain? Is your hatred of Hilary so strong that you cannot see past the person and look at the core issues of the party they represent? That was my question- cause that boggles my mind. I am voting for Clinton or Obama in the general election, no matter which one makes it, and I am not upset either way. I chose Clinton in the primary for my own personal feelings as a woman, but not because I thought Clinton was better than Obama. I really had to just step back and say to myself, you are a woman, you are a feminist, this is a female candidate who COULD make it, how can I not vote for that? Being the feminist I am?
I’m not getting into the woman issue, about making more money or whatever, that is too sensitive a topic for me. i feel very strongly on it and I don’t want to bring that here :)
so, I agree with j0e.. maybe we should have a “deep thoughts” area :)
so no more deep thoughts from me…..
Jeremy, I concur
Speaking of NY:
Todays Reason to Drink:
February 20, 2008
The Metropolitan Museum of Art first opened today. If you’re not in the USA, then celebrate with some absinthe, which influenced artists such as Degas, Manet, van Gogh, and Picasso.
ok crap 1 more thought I forgot to put in that:
I see myself as a democrat first, a feminist 2nd. When I considered the primary, i knew I would vote democrat, my feminism drove my selection of Clinton.
So I am a democrat first,and will always be a democrat first, and that is more important to me than arguing Obama’s or Clintons merits or records or anything.
Oh and really speaking of NY
*swoooooon*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdm-hrS_tZY
oh I could be on you tube all damn day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocPqjjEtl6A&feature=related
this guy appears to have videos for almost the whole damn concert
oo I wonder if I appear in any of the videos
oh wait.. I am supposed to be working aren’t I?
One of my most favoritist Twiling Singers songs ever ever ever
as done by the gutter twins:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDTBrTDkUzc&feature=related
Twiling Singers?
who am I?
ok 1 more than I need to get to work, my files finished downloading but I can’t tear myself away from you tube
here they are in Paris last night *swooooooon*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzHEz3hHFVs
“When you homogenize the upbringing and don’t take into account the difference in genders you get f’ed up adults.”
I couldn’t agree more Jeremy. I feel like I could write a thesis about this, but I’ll spare the Dead Pan for now. I might as well throw this inflammatory thought I had while reading through today’s post.
“I feel the vast majority of men would be serial rapists if they didn’t have a conscience and empathy for their fellow humans and it is up to parents and society at large to instill these values and champion these values.”
Wow! Seems like this week’s comment board has taken a mighty heavy turn. Jack might have to cherry pick the funny ones.
Poop!
Er, oops:
[falsetto]Poop![/falsetto]
LOL
I agree from now on all comments must be amusing or dirty or preferably both
so ummm…. uhhhh….
boobs!
*runs*
heh, she said “Runs” after I said “Poop”
TEB needs to makes some puns – pronto!
Here’s a mix of Politics and Funneh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gwqEneBKUs
So all of last night’s posts were about Hillary Clinton’s boobs?
Bill and Chelsea?
I would feel Hilary up
I totally would :)
is that bad?
eeeewwwww!!!!
you think thats bad, I would full on make out with Mrs Obama.. she is a hottie. Obama is a hottie. I would go Lawinsky on him if I was his intern :)
alright, I’ve worked almost 2 whole hours, time for a break!
going to find some lunch, stop by a retouching job, go by the dry cleaners and other assorted errands
be back in a bit
If you are up for a challenge:
http://www.pinholeday.org/
Hey, I totally let Huckabee do me.
I was just an under age little kid at the time though and he had candy and video games so my judgement might have been a little cloudy.
I don’t consider myself a loyalist democrat, I think both parties have a lot to answer for and if anything is going to happen in this country thats good it has to be a result of people coming together. But I guess I could be a fucktard.
I almost wish I’d have started this thing wishing for Ron Paul. Because I could have given up by now, not having my hopes all up and shit. *lol*
Honestly I see the next one, Ohio goes to Obama and Texas to Hilary in such a slim margin that it almost doesn’t matter. And then it goes deadlocked straight to the convention. Which isn’t great, but so be it.
As for the other conversation, my wife is five years younger than me. And I’m not so sure how I feel about her repeatedly asking for me to “insert another one.” Makes me wish *I* was a black guy.
… um, the previous comment was posted totally as satire and is not meant to impugn the good image of the deadpan, it’s members or the video game industry …
http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/20/wtf_jumper_slide.jpg
Poop!
Someone should be sliding out headfirst. ;)
LOL
you guys are funny
Rhett are you going to get that slide for your kids next party?
back to work for me :(
“Honey! The dog ate the kids again! Better get the hose. You kids just stay right there. Right there, don’t move. Suzy, stop rolling in it…”
I think I’ll pass on the dog slide. LOL
Its the Goatsie ride!!!!
Just say no, to Goatse.
Somehow, I just can’t quite picture Nancy Reagan pulling off that line.
As for the alternative posting location for the longer/heavier topics, we could try breathing some new life into Jack’s place over at the Farpoint Forums.
I have no problem with the heavy stuff appearing on this page.
The podcast and the comments have always been about diversity of content and themes, serious and silly side-by-side.
And fuck, it’s election year. . . . this shit is going to be on all of our minds. It’s perfectly acceptable to have serious sociological discussions alongside pictures of a giant, inflatable dog’s ass.
Sorry about the inflatable dog’s ass. To make up for it, I’ve attached a picture of a squirt gun with a batman theme.
http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/517/img6yn.jpg
Dear Dubshack,
You don’t have to worry about Hillary winning the nomination. In order to come close she would have to beet Obama by over 65% in Texas. That simply isn’t going to happen. The sad part is as soon as this portion of the elections over the momentum and energy may leave the race. I know you’ll save on ani-acids but this kind of serious discussion of politics involving multiple points of view is seriously absent from our nation.
Dear Rhetto,
The biggest turnoff for me about Hillary Clinton is her sense of entitlement. All throughout the election process I got the feeling that she was bored and just wanted to be president. I don’t believe in nepotism. I barely believe in incumbency. I got the feeling that she was going to do what she wanted regardless of campaign promises. It was exactly the feeling George W. Bush gave me.
Some may argue that it’s wrong to base votes on feelings. Considering that most politicians just do what they want once they are elected, I put a lot of stock in my gut instinct about people.
Dearly Leann,
Personally, I would never want to go toe to toe with you over the South. I will say that the South, like much of America is a complete enigma once you scratch the surface. I was raised to believe one thing about people from certain locations. Those stereotypes were fortified by media, family, and even my public school education. When I actually hung out in those areas I start to find that down is up and up is down. You may very well be right. I simply can’t ignore what I’ve experienced firsthand. I would love to hear personal experiences. Perhaps there might be a pod cast where you can talk about personal experiences and interactions you’ve had. As well as may be discuss your life and philosophy. If only there were such a pod cast… :)
Dear Trucker
U use big wordz
Actually by continuing to win even a 40% margin and not dropping out, she forces this thing to go to the convention, where the Super Delegates will decide who wins. Because its not possible for either of them to get the 2000+ delegates needed to win the nomination from state contests. And once you get to the convention, things can become tricky. I mean I trust the guys we sent as delegates are capable of making a good case, and our governor (who is female) backs Obama but all the mayors are on Hillary’s side. Also I heard today there is some process where she can “poach” delegates from Obama, but if she were to do that it would have seriously negative implications for the Democratic party.
As some have said, at this point she can’t win, she can only make Obama loose. And considering the only argument McCain can bring against Obama is the same she’s making, and she’s loosing for it, that would be a damn shame. For once in our lifetime I think we’ve found a guy that would be worth having as President. (I liked Reagan, but that was ages ago)
As for taking this to the Farpoint Forums… Take it from a guy who just spent four days arguing with the mods over whether or not to allow religious or political discussion to take place there. Trust me, it isn’t happening. At least for now, until poor Scott can find a job and we can all hammer out a system where people are clear on their personal responsibilities and theres a platform for the mods to work with. Which we’re still in the process of doing, but taking our time for Scott. I did mention though that the Deadpan comments board was a shining example of people being able to legitimately discuss and handle these topics, and they took that as a good point.
As for Leann, I keep telling you guys, the only way we’re getting a new show is if we kill the dog. It’s the only way. Maybe even the cat.