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Entertainment has gotten better in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

I'm not one of those people who is nastalgic for the good old days. That's because looking at a beloved old movie, book, or computer game usually leads to the destruction of that good memory. We remember things being better than they really were. One of my guilty pleasures in life is comic books. I have comic books from the 50s, 60s, 70s, and of course contemporary ones. The golden age of comics wasn't. Simplistic plots, poor artwork, and cliched premises were the norm. Today's comic

Battlestar Galactic pretty good after all in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

At first I detested the new Battlestar Galactica. Starbuck a girl? Way too much sex, not enough substance. The show has come along nicely since then. I'm really enjoying it.

Misconceptions about Liberals in Democrat JoeUser Forums

Draginol wrote an essay outlining what he seems to think are misconceptions about conservatives. That's fine and good but there is no shortage of misconceptions about American liberals. ...let me count the ways... Liberals like to spend other people's money. No, the difference is that liberals are just not nearly as money-conscious as conservatives. We make life choices that don't lead to material wealth. Just because we tend to choose careers that involve enr

Kerry's plan helps Americans in Democrat JoeUser Forums

If and when Kerry wins the election, the world will not come to an end as some right-wingers seem to think. Kerry's positions are fairly straight forward unless you're a Republican where it all gets fuzzy. I think that's a result of putting ones hands over ones ears and yelling "I can't hear you!" Kerry on Iraq: Work harder to internationalize the situation and with a better team is likely to get more international support. Then begin a phased pull-out of American forces over

What Kerry/Bush did 35 years ago is a distraction in Democrat JoeUser Forums

Does anyone really care that much about what Bush or Kerry was doing 35 years ago? Yes, it looks like the CBS memos are forged . So what though, it doesn't change the fact that Bush was a goof off during his National Guard time. But will that change anybody's vote? I doubt it. What do these two men offer for our future? Bush wants to solve

How to beat Bush in Democrat JoeUser Forums

George W. Bush is going down this Fall. Well...at least if Kerry is smart enough to put together a campaign strategy based on statistical analysis. Bush is very vulnerable but not in the ways Kerry seems to think. Kerry already has the votes of progressives such as myself. We're all motivated to remove Bush. He d

Smallville: Legacy in TV Shows JoeUser Forums

Summary: Lionel seems to be coming closer to learning Clark's secret, and goes to Dr. Swann for help. Meanwhile, it seems that Jonathan is somehow communicating with Jor-El, and the consequences of the deal the two of them made are coming to the forefront. Thoughts: Blech. Nothing special. It has Christopher Reeve in it which is good. But it just

Two Americas on a collision course in Politics JoeUser Forums

Bush and the Republicans have betrayed their own neo-con brethren. And for what? Do they think progressive America is gullible enough not to see their clumsy attempts to buy their votes? Prescription drug benefit? How about just a big government hand out to the drug companies? Help for farmers? More like subsidies for agribusiness. Tax cuts to stimulate the economy? More like a huge hand out to rich people to cover their losses from when they screwed the pooch d

Frustrated in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Sigh.

Smallville: Whisper in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

I hate Lana Lang. There, I said it. I just can't stand her character. The Lana-less portion of the episode was excellent though. This season has really picked up steam since the return from "the break". Last week's episode was great too. In this episode, a freak accident causes Clark to temporarily lose his vision. During that time, his super hearing power makes its first appearance. Clark can now, when he concentrates, hear things from incredible distances. The main story

How materialism has changed the American way of life in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

We live in a society that has increasing access to information but seemingly less willing to actually make use of that information. Every 4 years politicians will argue that things aren't as good as they were in some past golden age in an effort to win the election. Nowhere is this myth propagated more than in the area of standard of living. People are told by unscrupulous politicians that today you need two wage earners to make ends m

Mad Cow Disease in United States in Pure Technology JoeUser Forums

Mad cow disease has arrived in the United States. The US of A is the world's largest exporter of beef and with countries quickly moving to temporarily suspend imports of American beef, the US cattle industry could be in very very big trouble. Should we worry? I do only because I will feel bad for the people who lose their jobs. On the other hand...it will be very interesting to see how this happened in the first place. Mad cow dis

LOTR: Return of the King quick thoughts in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

Saw Return of the King Today. I very much enjoyed it. It could have used a little editing to weed out some scenes that needed to be tightened up and the pacing at times was slow. But wow. What a masterpiece of movie making. LOTR will go down as the greatest movie trilogy of all time. It is simply astoundingly good. The crap that was Matrix Reloaded helps remind us how even the best of concepts can go terribly bad and so the excellence of Return of the King shouldn't be taken for grant

The problem with rich people in Politics JoeUser Forums

The problem with rich people in the United States is that too many of them think buy into the line that they are truly self-starters. That they "did it on their own". No American "does it on their own". Being rich means, first and foremost, that you happened to be lucky enough to be born in the United States. Think about what the United States provides a would-be rich person... The world's largest single language common market</

Justice League: Episode Guide in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

Justice League Episode Guide I'm starting from season 2 because this was the season when they started targeting adults. The results have been amazing. Smarter stories, better dialog, and more interesting characters. It's not that season 1 was "bad" but it was a kid's show with "standard kiddie plots". Season 2 <div align="

Reply to VASECTOMIES in Politics JoeUser Forums

How are men controlling women's right to reproduce?

Reply to Rich people and their tax bitching in Politics JoeUser Forums

The problem with rich people is that they think their wealth is purely because of themselves. I wonder why there aren't very many successful people in the Congo. Perhaps just maybe the government involved matters.

Reply to Why Israel is a threat to world peace in Politics JoeUser Forums

Zerg: "To be truely Jewish you must be able to trace you Jewish blood back to Abraham, it must be uninterupted and must be on your mother's side, Jews are one of the many Tribes/Nations which make up the people of the Middle East, along with Arabs and Persians, these can then be divided up into sub - groups such as Palestinians. So these people in the main do have a direct connection to the land in which they now reside. Other than that the rest of your argument spot on. " Oh come on, A

Reply to Why Israel is a threat to world peace in Politics JoeUser Forums

The problem from the Arab perspective is that Israel, as a nation, is only Israel in name. They are as much Israel as the new game company called Atari has in common with the original Atari. It is like they decided to install a European colony and brought back an age old trademark name for its brand name strength and labeled it. Then they brought in millions of Europeans who had, over the centuries, living in Europe, chosen to be Jews. Why should Arabs have to put up with that

Reply to Smallville: Shattered in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

I agree that part was interesting. How did Lex harm his brother?

Reply to Rich people and their tax bitching in Politics JoeUser Forums

dd: I don't think entrepreneurs are representative of the top 10%. Most wealthy people are people who hired in at relatively large corporations. They don't work significantly harder than anyone else.

Reply to Rich people and their tax bitching in Politics JoeUser Forums

I see none of you have addressed the basic problem: Rich people don't generate wealth. The people actually doing the labor generate that wealth. Why should some Harvard graduate who gets in a cush job in sales at Citibank make $300k per year while the minions in the mail room make 1/10th? Market forces? Fine. Whatever. But the system has a nice counter balance - taxes. The infrastructure that allows for guys to make that $300k a year comes at a price in an urban society -- someone needs

Reply to The Mac user credibility problem in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

How's Cairo coming along?

Rich people and their tax bitching in Politics JoeUser Forums

What is it with rich people and their greed? Obviously it takes some sort of love of money to make someone work so hard at accumulating material wealth. But they lose sight of the bigger picture: Life. You really see that when they bitch about taxes. Oh, the poor rich guy who makes $300,000. He's going to lose half of it to taxes. Oh boo-hoo. That's only $150,000 left. How can he live on that? Tax moaners, especially on the right, give l

Smallville: Shattered in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

In my opinion Shattered was the best episode of the season. It had the strongest characters of the show doing what they do best. Synopsis: Lex gets the proof he needs that his father and Morgan Edge murdered Lex's grandfather. Rather than offing him, his father puts into motion a series of events that makes Lex look like he's crazy and ultimately does make Lex crazy (through a combination of false premises and drugs). Lex turns to Clark for help and Clark, the