CNN enters the virtual world of Second Life

Actually, it might be a good thing. If things like the financial scams make it to mainstream American news, it might prod LL into banning the activity once and for all.

That's because the U.S.A. hasn't existed except in name only since then. That silly old Constitution was such a nuisance.

/me has made his political statement of the day and hides before it starts getting heated.

I remember that. The Clinton News Network.

F**K CNN.

:\ the 'clintons' (remember, only -one- was prez at the time :| ) had a very nice anti-terrorism program going on. t'was only after the supreme court decided another bushie was prez that the program was thrown out in whole and 9-11 happened. pardon if that's considered 'opinion', but actually... IT'S NOT.

I do wish people would get their facts straight...sigh. Apparently any falsehood is considered ok as long as it is a slap at Bush. It really gets tiresome.

Now, we were told in 92, that they were a package deal, vote for one you get both. This is where the Hillarycare fiasco came from.

No..that was a CoPresidency.

thats hot =P

Huh?

The least constitutional Presidency was that of Lincoln.

http://www.slate.com/id/2059132/

Rivaled by Roosevelt

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/internment1.html

And don't forget Nixon

http://watergate.info/

While there are some definite problems in the Bush Administration, claiming the USA no longer exists and Presidential abuse of power it is somehow unprecedented is basically untrue.

/me applauds Colette.

/the founding fathers applaud colette then too.

(then they mumble 'where's the f***ing country i left behind??'

Ok, you have me. I didn't think anyone would take my comment that the USA no longer exists literally. I'm terrified at the direction we're heading but we aren't there yet. My real terror is with the American people and how complacent we've become. I guess I should therefore be grateful someone worse than Bush isn't in power.

Just because there is a precedence for abuse of power doesn't make it right.

re: 'the good german', 'it can't happen here', etc etc...

no no NO NO ((((HANDSOVEREARS))))ICAN'THEARYOUUUUUUUUU

...

sigh. wonders about what planet/continent/region i was born in... maybe none really better... but wonders nonetheless.

p.s. wondering since the crib, seeing helicopters in the jungles of 'nam... gee when can i get my certified gold 'for-life-god-blessed-amercan' gold card?? wheeeeeeee

'YEEE'CAN'T DO THAT T'ME, I'M'N'MERICAN!!'

'oh well -here,- we don't call this... TORTURE.'

have fun watching 'saw IV'.

sleep well...

Stop panicking, the correction will happen Next year, the democrats will get in and they will have 8 years to run the country into the ground their way. It's the natural cycle.

insensical: yyyyyeah gee, everyone is f***ed up in exactly the same way. die now. relieve yourself the agony...

sensible: nnnnnnnooooo... not everything/everybody/every party is f***ed up. you may not like everything done within a chosen party... but practically, 80% right is better than 10% wrong. the 'lip service' -is- important. israel was -disappointed- that only -98%- of the populace turned out last election. feel so red-white-and-blue proud now?????? add up the electoral college numbers and do the math...

the original 1700s' revolution didn't even take a third of the colonial 'population' to revolt. do your history, too....

Yeah, you're pretty much right there. I'm actually very conservative in many ways but I don't see either party as being conservative. To me my decision over which party to choose comes down to which one shows more support to me as a gay man. That makes it an open and shut case for me. Beyond that I don't see too much difference between the parties. Neither is for small government. Only difference in that sense is what each defines small government as.

In 1 year and 2 months we will have someone new to complain about.

About this "Bush the Dictator" attitude, I think people are focused on the wrong things.

The biggest change in Presidential Power since World War 2 is the ability to wage conflict of indefinite length without a declaration of war.

Its become no longer politically expedient to declare wars.

How can the bill of rights stand when the separation of powers has been willingly overturned?

it's just a question of how they steal our money and who the give it to. One side favors Big Business running rampant while the other fosters the Welfare-Nanny State. In the end, the average citizen gets the finger.

yah, sure... and -this- is equal in terms...

"Want to get a glimpse at how much emphasis the administration is putting on research into solving energy issues? Take a look[...]"

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/11/12/10595/639

whew, let's put this in alphabetical terms.... "nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny"...

okay, that's only 10X10 nanny's for the argument (how much the u.s. gov't spends vs. energy independence - and that's not even enough). yah, yowze, sign my tax mon up for the losing game...

And this, friends, is why the Star Wars prequels matter. How does a Republic become an Empire? When it is manipulated by fear.

lollollol) as much as i wish g.l. had pre-assessed the prequils, this one aspect i did love about them (and found them rather precognizant, even if the rest of the country decided not to notice that 'pointed point'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w9EksAo5hY

Except part of the fear in this case is Senators and Representatives afraid they wont be re-elected.

Fixed: And, if you read the comments, nobody actually uses SL.. Somebody should tell the +47k online BOTS now that they're wasting their time

did this thread just skip a groove again??

nanny nanny nanny nanny nanny nany nany nany nany nany nany nany nany nany nany nany nany nany nany nany nany nany nany nany nany nany nany nany nany nany iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq iraq....


waste of effing money, period, period, PERIOD. no 'comparing how many lives lost in which/that war'... nobody is blinded by that b.s. anymore. stop it. NOW.

fuel your own car on your own blood....