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Smallville: Magnetic in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

Dear Producers of Smallville, We don't like Lana. She is not a compelling character. She was never a compelling character. We do not see why the character of Clark is interested in her when Chloe, the other female interest, is so much more....well...interesting. Your episode with the boy who became Magneto was an interesting but the fact remains, we don't care if Clark and Lana are together. We know they won't be together and so any build up is a false one. Sincerely,

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

Oh right, those evil Arabs. Disliking having foreigners moving in and taking lands that their families have lived on for generations is so uncharacteristic for people. The Arabs aren't the ones who have wiped out millions of people for being the wrong race, Andrew. You of all people should recognize that people don't appreciate foreigners moving in and taking their lands at gun point. Did I excuse Palestinian terrorism? Nope. It's evil wrong vile inhumane . But arguing

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

Excuse me but did you read the article or is your reptialian neo-conservative brain incapable of such lofty things? Did I say that Palestine was ever an autonomous state? No. Did I imply it? No. What I said is that the peoples who are losing their lands to settlers have lived in that area, regardless of what it was called for generations. The settlers moving in, the "jews", by contrast, are mostly foreigners from Russia, Europe and the United States who have no historical basis

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

Some people say that Israel gets treated like a second class citizen in the family of nations. That's probably true. But it isn't without reason. I read the pro-Israel articles posted here and using the power of JoeUser , I'm taking advantage of the equal time this site provides to give a different point of view. The nation of Israel was a

The Gutting of the Middle Class in Politics JoeUser Forums

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. It's a cliché. One that Republicans despise and have put forth considerable effort to disprove. They disprove it through a perversion of statistics. "Statistics can be used to prove anything that's remotely true." said the philosopher Homer. Homer Simpson that is. Bush got some good news on the economic front. That is, what we are told. A closer look reveals a mere continuation of th

Smallville: Relic in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

This week's Smallville raises a bunch of new questions about the Superman universe. That was basically what the episode was about other than showing a bunch of necking by the characters. So what questions are raised? 1) Why was Jorel sent to Earth? 2) What does the medallion mean going forward? 3) Who killed Lex Luthor's Grand father? 4) How did the Luthor's succeed given that Luthor's grand father was a crook and a murderer? 5) Is Jorel good

Smallville: Perry in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

Lately I've been watching "Smallville beginnings" where they show episode 1 shows. The plots may have been far fetched with the freak of the week stuff. But the use of characters was much more interesting back then. It is easy to forget what a compelling character Chloe is and how much potential there is for Pete. Then you see this season's episodes which tend to have stronger plots but a poorer use of the characters and a gene

Justice League Rocks! in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

Did anybody see the episode of Justice League last weekend? It now airs at 10pm EST on Cartoon Network. It is not a kiddie show any more that is certain. This past episode, "A better world", had Superman lobotomizing enemies (when they were

Reply to The Politics of Gaming... in Press Room JoeUser Forums

What do profits have to do with anything? The person who creates a thing can decide whatever price they choose.

Reply to Nuclear Energy in Pure Technology JoeUser Forums

My understanding is that most newer designs produced almost no nuclear waste.

Reply to JoeUser and Cascading Style Sheets in Software Development JoeUser Forums

So far no page stalling. It does take way too long to save a comment or save a post. But at least now the pages load pretty well.

Reply to DesktopX 2 Public Gamma in Press Room JoeUser Forums

Without the UN who is going to clean up the mess the Americans make?

Reply to How much sleep is really needed in Misc JoeUser Forums

Somehow it doesn't surprise me that someone whose blog lists the word coffee in it has insomnia! ;)

Smallville: Slumber in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

New people move next door to Kent's. An adult man and a teenage daughter who has been in coma for like 6 years. Somehow though she is able to get into Clark's dreams. Turns out the uncle was drugging her to stay her guardian so that he could control the estate. Not a bad plot. A few things though. First, where is Pete Ross? Remember him? The kid who knows Clark's secret? You'd think he and Clark would do investigating together. Nope, doesn't even occur to Clark. Instead, he and Lana in

Reply to ANZAC To Third in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

I'm not in the "Metaverse" but I really enjoy reading the stories of the different empires. They seem to have taken on a life of their own. Kudos to you!

Reply to iTunes and the music industry in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

That's because the cost to develop for the Mac is high and the benefits relatively low. Most companies don't hae the luxury to support multiple platforms. The Mac platform is what? 1/20th the size fo the PC market, if that? Why spend X on the Mac for Y dollars when X spent on the PC will generate >20Y?

The Bush Doctrine will spell doom to American hegemony in Politics JoeUser Forums

Mackubin Owens writes in this week's National Review an article that tries to convince people of the validity of the so-called "Bush Doctrine". His thesis could be described as follows: American predominance as a hegemonic world power is not just good for the United States but for the world. American hegemonic power promotes global stability because no oth

Smallville: Extinction in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

This week's Smallville was pretty good. Acknowledging the "freak of the week" concept, the show introduced a vigilante who is out to kill all the meteor freaks before they can do anything. When Clark saves Lex Luthor, now identified as a meteor freak himself due to unnaturally good health, the freak executioner learns Clark's vulnerability after a scuffle brings causes some kryptonite to fall out of the killer's backpack. Armed with this knowledge, the killer makes kryptonite b

Smallville: Phoenix in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

The second episode of this season of Smallville starts where Exile left off. Bo Kent and Red Kryptonite infected Clark battling it out at the top of a building. Good clark wins the day and just like with Superman 3 where evil Superman is able to "turn good again" and all is forgiven, much the same is true here. But this episode has some troubling idiocies. For one thing, when Clark's parents are held at gun point, Clark literally

Why the left hates Bush in Politics JoeUser Forums

I love it when right wingers make up all kinds of imagined reasons why so many Americans just despise George W. Bush. Let me dumb it down for them: We don't like Bush because he's such a complete and utter idiot that every time he speaks we cringe at the embarrassment that this half-wit is the leader of our country. We also are still peeved that Bush is only President because some some dummies in Palm Beach Florida couldn't fill out a ballo

Smallville: Exile in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

I've been waiting for months for the Smallville season premiere and now that's it's come, I don't know what to think. Clark Kent, the Man of Steel, is now a criminal. There's no "reset" in the episode. I can't fathom what the writers were thinking. When we left young 16 year old Clark Kent, he had accidentally blown up the family barn and in the process killed Ma Kent's unborn child. Depressed, he purposely put on a red Kryptonite ring. This is key because he knew what this would do to

It's the right that's been naive about Iraq in Politics JoeUser Forums

I love how some on the right try to say that "liberals" secretly wished Saddam was back in power. Apparently, in the right wing universe, not toppling Saddam in the exact manner that the right had in mind equals being a buddy of Saddam. Meanwhile, they'll paint the entire left with the broad stroke of craziness and naiveté because a few loonies went over to Iraq to act as human shields. Balderdash! Th

Reply to Trust in the free market? It may not be good for your health in Politics JoeUser Forums

CFCs were banned by the government in response to the outcries of a tiny minority of citizens who were aware of what was happening. They weren't banned due to "market forces". People didn't stop purchasing products with CFCs. People didn't refuse to purchase cars that used leaded gas. No, people turned to their government to put a stop to leaded gas and CFCs. If we had "let the market decide" we'd be doomed now. It wasn't consumer purchasing choices that led to the banning, it

Trust in the free market? It may not be good for your health in Politics JoeUser Forums

Thanks to some bad luck and the free market, we nearly destroyed our planet in the 20th century. No, I'm not talking about atomic bombs, I"m talking about how we seriously nearly died. Hardly anyone knows about it because it's not "sexy" news. One man named Mr. Thomas Midgley invented two things in his illustriious (disastrous) career: 1) Chlorofluorocarbons and 2) Leaded Gasoline

You don't like taxes eh? Remember, life ain't fair.. in Politics JoeUser Forums

On raining evenings such as tonight I visit favorite websites like JoeUser and time after time I see Draginol (webmaster of JoeUser) sharing his right wing techie thoughts of the world. Hey, good for him. It's a free country and it's his site. I'm delighted that JoeUser.com is now open to others to contribute to it. I can still get the pure, unadulterated Draginol stuff on his home page . Even better, thank goodness, that