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October 29, 2004
Cat x 2
Cats appear to be mildly helpful in saving lives, too. This cat raised the alarm in a house that a fire had started by "constantly meowing." Meows aren't really very loud, but I suppose this was a very urgent meowing...
What's strange though, is how the fire supposedly started - sunlight bounced off a fishbowl and focused on a table, causing it to burst into flames. Uh huh...
Posted by Edwin at 04:43 PM | Comments (3)
20 Questions
Do you guys remember playing 20 questions? You know that game you play on long car rides where your friend/sibling thinks of an "animal, vegetable, or mineral" and you try to guess what it is asking only "yes" or "no" questions, and inevitably you quit because your sister didnt actualy think of an animal, a vegetable, or a mineral, but instead some abstract concept, such as "the number 2" or "a sense of fufillment" and usualy someone ends up in tears. Well now you can experiance all that fun and horror online and even better, against a robot at www.20q.net. Think of anything and this artificial intelligence with guess what it is after only 20 questions. Can you stump it?
Posted by Noah at 12:49 PM | Comments (0)
Lassie x 10
Dogs are pretty cool. This one was able to call 911 for her owner after she had a fall and can apparently even warn her owner about oncoming seizures just from her sense of smell.
Posted by Edwin at 12:17 PM | Comments (0)
Tech Passion for Fashion
In case your friends don't know you're a big nerd. Pronounce it. It's no longer metrosexual. It's Technosexual or MetroTech. Whichever makes more sense.
Now comes two newcomers in the Fall Lineup:
tempo time tags by vessel :.
Here we have the clip on Digital watch. Because we all know you're too cool to where a watch on your wrist. The rotational movement of the gears in the watch do no good for your CTS.
Koyono's BlackCoat-T :.
This T-shirt has a zippered pocket right between your teets so you can keep your beloved gadgets where you've always had them in your mind. Close to your heart. Always and Forever. While having a zipper in the middle of your T-shirt is pretty gay, this is better than the pants they were going to release.
You can see more pictures of the Shirt in action here
Posted by Bryant at 12:02 AM | Comments (0)
October 28, 2004
Tell Everyone to Vote for Bush
Congratulations to the Red Sox for winning the World Series. After 86 years, They have finally won the World series again.
What do the players have to say now that they won the world series?
Kurt Shilling says, "Tell everybody to vote. And vote Bush next week."
So remember to vote for Bush Next week. Kurt Shilling says so.
Posted by Bryant at 03:56 PM | Comments (0)
Election Implications
REAL NEWS POST. ABC news has aquired a tape from a supposed terrorist. it warns of an attack soo large that 9/11 will look small by comparison. ABC is sketchy on releasing the tape. It could shift the election, should it be shown? what does this mean? is the country safer or more insecure with Bush?
interesting the tape states that the attack is coming because we got rid of the Taliban... didnt they attack us first????
Posted by Jesse at 01:40 PM | Comments (2)
One Finger Victory Salute
i love posts with videos... better than having to read... here is our commander and cheif showing off his extensive knowledge of sign language...
Posted by Jesse at 01:32 PM | Comments (0)
Screw the Bones, Where's the Ring?
scientist finds ancient fossilized hobbit bones in indonesia... bilbo baggins unavailable for comment...
Posted by Jesse at 12:11 AM | Comments (0)
October 27, 2004
Beaner Rocket
If you live in that Northern Virgina area and along 7 out to Leesburg around 9-9:20 in the morning, this is a car you might see along the way...
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Posted by Hux at 07:23 PM | Comments (2)
Total Eclipse of the Moon
If you're bored and baseball is too slow for you. Go outside and look up. Chances are you'll be amazed by what you don't see. The planet earth and our only moon are scheduling to come into alignment tonight so you can see the effect of the earth's penumbra and umbra.
Here's a viewer's guide that will explain what you're seeing.
For those of you who can't stand the idea of going outside: There will be a webcast put on by the University of North Dakota.
The Eclipse will begin at 8:00PM Eastern Standard Time.
At 10:23, the moon will be in full shadow.
The eclipse should end at about 11:45 PM EST.
Remember, this is the last time to not see the moon till 2007.
Posted by Bryant at 02:58 PM | Comments (0)
October 26, 2004
Wow Wisconsin
Let's hear it for Wisconsin! Our college football team is 8-0, the election went to my alma mater today, and a hunter has created gum to mask the breath of deer hunters. I am sooooo proud of my states' great inventions.
Posted by Jesse at 08:02 PM | Comments (1)
Brain Replacement Chips
They have now developed chips that can replace parts of the brain. What's worrying is that the scientist says that "there's no reason why this approach couldn't be used to replace any region of the brain." How about the whole brain itself? Would you be willing to trade in your brain for immortality?
Posted by Edwin at 02:18 PM | Comments (1)
Ashlee's tribute to Milli Vanilli
For those of you who actually stayed up and watched all of Saturday Night Live last saturday, you were treated to some great comedy. Except it wasn't Will Ferrel or Horatio Sanz making everyone laugh, It was Ashlee Simpson.
Her first performance went as planned, she lip synced the song well. Apparently it went so well, that whoever was in the back room queing up the lip sync CD, decided to play it again. The problem here was that poor little Ashlee wasn't ready to lip sync her first song again. Not knowing what to do, she did a little jig and a hoe down while her song continued to play.
After that gaffe, she went on to say that's the problem with live performances. You just don't know what's going to happen. Now her Dad/Manager is coming to her defense saying that she was only lip syncing that night because of her acid reflux. Apparently it had made her stupid and her voice bad.
Posted by Bryant at 09:50 AM | Comments (2)
REVIEW: Verizon Wireless EV-DO
For those of you that need to be connected away from the office, and loath having to try and hunt for that wireless hotspot at a Starbucks or Borders, a wireless alternative to WIFI may already be here.
I was able to test Verizon Wireless's new EVDO network card today and I was very impressed.
Background :.
What I have been using to connect wirelessly was the bluetooth connection on my cell phone to connect at the standard data rate of 19.2K . While this was good enough for occasionally checking information from the web, it was painfully too slow to do any work.Today I had to set up a laptop to work in a location without a WiFi hotspot, but that needed to connect at broadband speeds. I had seen Verizon's display kiosk in the store and had previously assumed that the wireless offerings would connect at ISDN speeds, however after reading their website today I was astonished. They claim speed bursts of up to 2.5 Mbps with average connection speed of 300-500K. That is faster than what I get on my cable modem at home.
Whenever wireless companies claim something I have learned to accept that in real life half will do. I get half the battery life on my cell phone. My wireless Access point doesn't come close to reaching half of what it says it can do. So although I was incredibly reluctant, I decided to give EVDO a shot and see what it could do.
Purchasing :.
Getting signed up was incredibly easy. The access card was $150 dollars after a $150 mail in rebate, If I had opted for a two year contract it comes down to $100 dollars after a $150 dollar mail in rebate. There was an activation fee and a contract that locks in at $80 a month for unlimited use. I thought this price was fair considering how much cell phone bills and cable modem bills are. The whole process of signing up and getting the PCMCIA card from the store took about 15 minutes.Installation :.
The most difficult part about installation was getting the CD-ROM drive to load on the Dell X200. In order to use the network, you need to install connection software. The connection software installation took about 5 minutes and was pretty easy to set up. This connection software was intelligent enough to know when you were on WiFi and when you weren't so that it could use EVDO only when necessary.Use :.
Connecting to the network takes all of a few seconds and then you're ready to go. At first, I was surprised at how fast google.com, cnn.com and other sites loaded. Then I remembered, their speed claims. So I decided to take it for a spin. I was able to download software from websites at about 200Kbps and I was able to stream a 300Kbps Windows Media Video file no problem. This is when I got really excited. I disconnected the laptop and walked around the office with it. No dead spots. The wireless had full coverage everywhere in the office. The connection software also came with VPN capabilities, but I didn't get to test that out. Instead I used Citrix to connect to our server and it worked perfectly.Overall :.
I'm hoping that more people will start using this and that we'll see the price of the service come down to a more manageable $50-$60 within a year. Perhaps by then there will be phones that allow you to connect through the phone so you don't have to buy the expensive PCMCIA Adapter. Then you could add the service on as and add-on to your normal service.This was the first time in a long time that a new service has exceeded my expectations. Perhaps its because I haven't seen any crazy ad blitzes yet that over hype this new technology. At the same time, I'm curious as to why they haven't pushed this technology more. At $80 dollars a month for unlimited use, it sure beats paying for T-Mobile Wifi Access and for cable modem at home. You get unlimited high speed internet with great coverage. Will wardriving soon become an ancient art form?
Service is available in the following cities:
• Washington, DC
• San Diego, CA
• Las Vegas, NV
• New York, NY
• Philadelphia, PA
• Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL
• Atlanta, GA
• Los Angeles, CA
• Austin, TX
• Kansas City, MO
• Baltimore, MD
• Tampa, FL
• West Palm Beach, FL
• Milwaukee, WI
Posted by Bryant at 12:40 AM | Comments (0)
October 25, 2004
Back in Business
If you're seeing this message this means we're back in business. We were down for a little bit this weekend. Hope you all had a great weekend.
Hope we don't mess up again.
Posted by Bryant at 07:28 PM | Comments (0)
October 21, 2004
Step up to the Plate
Congratulations to the Red Sox. They've done the impossible and now they're headed off to the World Series.
During Game 3, they had these Mastercard commercial that shows Red Sox Fans telling how much they would give up for tickets to see the Red Sox in the World Series.
We had people giving up their first born, two months salary, their car, their COMPUTER.
Well now the Red sox are headed to the World series and I think its time for these people to step up. Here are some world series tickets on ebay.
Anyone want to give that guy 5600 for his first born so he can go to the World Series? Last time I checked you can't paypal children.
If you want to get your tickets from a more "legitimate" source. Here's information about the Ticket Sale going on today
Posted by Bryant at 11:52 AM | Comments (0)
GO USA
Well I usually don't follow any sort of gymnastics, but I thought I should mention that Paul Hamm gets to keep his gold medal.
Posted by Hux at 11:50 AM | Comments (0)
Harsh Words
Yesterday, John Kerry and his wife pushed out some harsh words:
"Well, you know, I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good," Heinz Kerry said. "But I don't know that she's ever had a real job — I mean, since she's been grown up. So her experience and her validation comes from important things, but different things." - Teresa Heinz
First. That comes in a little harsh for a woman who inherited the Heinz fortune. Second, It's just not true. Laura Bush taught in public schools in Texas from 1968 to 1977, the year she married George W. Bush.
"Once again, the Bush administration proves that it is the 'do as we say, not as we do' White House," the campaign said in a statement issued in Pittsburgh where Kerry was campaigning. - John Kerry on Dick Cheney Getting a flu shot
I'm sorry. Isn't Cheney an ideal candidate for a flu shot? He's old as time, people kept thinking he was going to die over the past 4 years, he's had heart surgeries. And why isn't it ok for Cheney to get a Flu shot when Clinton just got one?
Posted by Bryant at 10:08 AM | Comments (2)
Even Conservatives have trouble with the monkey man
So I've been meaning to post this all week.
So all my research into this paper has shown that it is an arch-conservative newspaper that has endorsed every Republican candidate for the last 40 years. And while its good that they aren't supporting Bush, it does kinda suck that they decided to not back Kerry (but at least they, the paper, are sticking with there guns).
I like this quote: "Bush has failed to deliver on his promise to be a compassionate conservative."
and this one:
But we are unable to endorse President Bush for re- election because of his mishandling of the war in Iraq, his record deficit spending, his assault on open government and his failed promise to be a ``uniter not a divider'' within the United States and the world.
Posted by Hux at 10:01 AM | Comments (0)
October 20, 2004
One of these days...
One of these days John Kerry will learn how to Catch.
He should just run from the cameras whenever there's a ball around
Posted by Bryant at 10:56 AM | Comments (1)
October 19, 2004
Silly Pumpkins
In the spirit of the season. Thanks Chris.
Posted by Bryant at 05:09 PM | Comments (0)
Halloween Transformer Style
more costume ideas abound, this time we are going old school with transformers.
best one? starscream in my opinion. and she is girl?
Posted by Jesse at 01:42 PM | Comments (3)
You want to be VP Pretty Boy?
I guess today is video day:
Here's Edwards getting his hair perfect. Making sure every hair is in place with gobs of hairspray. And then he pulls out a compact?
If we have to vote on who's more man, Cheney or Edwards, Who would win?
This is almost as bad as Kerry making home movies of himself.
Posted by Bryant at 12:54 PM | Comments (0)
Spook-tacular
in all our election mumbojumbo i feel like we have overlooked halloween, so i give you this.
our friends at msnbc have decided to show off the most distrubing holloween costumes of the year...
why isnt PETA all over this?
more of my favorites dracula frankenstien
Posted by Jesse at 12:49 PM | Comments (0)
If I was gay I would jones for Jon Stewart
Last friday Jon Stewart went on crossfire, a show that I actually don't watch, so I don't know much about it. But I guess its suppossed to be a debate show. Anyways, the two host bring Jon Stewart on to I guess try and raise the ratings and expect him to be little clown boy. Instead he takes them to town for being clown boys themselves. Its gooood.
here it is. Jon Stewart on Crossfire
On another note... you all should check out Crossballs on Comedy Central.
Posted by Hux at 12:39 PM | Comments (3)
Can't Wait
Looks Like Family Guy will return to Fox in March:
Here's the title list of upcoming Family Guy episodes:
#4ACX01 - North by North Quahog
#4ACX02 - Fast Times at Buddy Cianci High
#4ACX03 - Don't Make Me Over
#4ACX04 - Blind Ambition
#4ACX05 - Stewie B. Goode (Part I)
#4ACX06 - Bango Was His Name Oh (Part II)
#4ACX07 - Stu & Stewie's Excellent Adventure (Part III)
#4ACX08 - The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire
#4ACX09 - Petarded
#4ACX010 - Brian the Bachelor
#4ACX011 - 8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter
#4ACX012 - Breaking Out Is Hard to Do
#4ACX013 - Model Misbehavior
I can't wait.
Posted by Bryant at 01:45 AM | Comments (0)
I hope the packers lose
FOOTBALL + ELECTION
The Washington Redskins have proved to be a time-tested election predictor. In the previous 15 elections, if the Washington Redskins have lost their last home game prior to the election, the incumbent party has lost the White House. When they have won, the incumbent has stayed in power.
This election year, that deciding game takes place on Sunday, October 31 ... vs. Green Bay.
Posted by Bryant at 12:53 AM | Comments (0)
October 18, 2004
Hero
everytime us celular drops one of my calls i feel like this....
Posted by Jesse at 09:44 PM | Comments (0)
A beautiful marriage
Starting next week, Virginia's Smart Tag will finally be compatible on the EZ-Pass system which seems to have taken over the entire eastern seaboard. Now we will be able to drive from West Virginia to Maine without stopping, rolling down our windows, and opening our wallets.
While this is good progress, Why can't they expand this to Gas Stations and Fast Food Lines? McDonalds could know your order as you pull into the line, you could just confirm the order they show on your screen and continue to pick up your order.
You could pull into a mobil and pay for your gas without worrying about generating extra static electricity by pulling out your wallet, thereby saving lives.
There you go Faster Fast Food and Saving Lives? Isn't this worth it? Anyone listening?
Posted by Bryant at 11:10 AM | Comments (0)
Airplane Safety
I went home for the weekend on a flight on United Airlines. I've become accustomed to ignoring the preflight safety announcement, but this time I decided to pull out the placard in the seat pocket in front of me and follow along.
Perhaps United is following Southwest's footsteps in trying to make their safety announcements more amusing, or perhaps they just have bad artists that draw their laminated safety manuals. here are some of my favorites:
When Air masks fall, be sure to put your own damn mask on before assisting any small 30 year old dwarfs wearing moccassins around you.
In the Event of a water landing, remove your seat cushion, and go into the water. when the first seat cushion becomes wet and , go in and get another seat cushion, and proceed to take the exact same pose in the water, being careful not to disturb the waves at all.
If you are Jeff Foxworthy, or look like him from certain angles, we will need your muscle power in taking apart the plane. In the Event of a water landing look for a flotation device in the shape of a large red donut with a line through it.
In the event that the Pilot gets high and lands in a field. Make sure to get the hell out and use the hole that Jeff Foxworthy Made for you. Don't bother to take your hair curlers out. This is an emergency. Remember, Always Men and people with Deformed heads first, then women. We'll leave the children in the plane.
Posted by Bryant at 10:01 AM | Comments (1)
October 15, 2004
Popemobile Upgrade
Ferrari is making the Pope a new ride. and its a forumla one car...
Posted by Jesse at 02:05 PM | Comments (0)
Why not to pre-order Halo 2
I remember back in my sophomore year in high school, I learned about this new technology called an mp3. At first only available on select 1337 hacker forums, then people started writing servers so you could download mp3s through IRC. Then people wrote servers that allowed you to download mp3s through AOL chat rooms and AOL's file store page. This was back in the day when CD writers were in their infancy, the fastest internet connections coming into homes were screaming 56K USRobotics modems and the only way to play mp3s was by taking up most of the processor power on your pentium 150 mmx.
Then I went to College. So did Sean Fanning. We both had broadband internet connections and a craving for Mp3s. He introduced Napster. Then the college LAN started to have a whole lot more value for people as we went through napster, gnutella, bear share, audiogalaxy, and kazaa. Through this whole mess, college students were able to build up substantial music collections that filled up their shiny new ipods that had 40 gig hard drives.
Video Codecs compressed videos to ridiculously small sizes, Processor power made playing full motion video on your brand new flat screen monitor an attractive option for dorm rooms, hard drive space increased so that you can record movies and TV's on your 400 gig hard drive, if you run out of space, use your CD-R or even your DVD-R drive. Now people were filling out binders of cd-rs and DVD-R's of movies. If they really liked the movie, they could go out and print out labels for the disc and for a case.
Enter in higher power home electronics. Now we have CD and DVD players that play mp3s and DIVX. The xbox entered the home market with Off the shelf x86 hardware that included a DVD player, hard drive, internet connection, and HDTV connectors. Through a little bit more of ingenuity, mod chips were made that allow you to run whatever software you want on these xboxen. Xbox Media Center allows you to stream movies, mp3s, news, weather, IMDB information straight to your TV.
So does this add value to the XBOX? Should Microsoft embrace custom software developments for the Xbox? At least its the most advanced game platform and they can make fat profits on games. Maybe not any more.
For geeks around the world, November 9th was to be their new independence day. 3 years in the making, Halo 2 will ben released to the shelves. It is probably the most highly anticipated game on a platform. It has made waves of crowds cheer at gaming conventions, people applaud it when the ad comes on in movie theater previews. Now you can download it for free, before its available for general release. With File sharing technology such as Bittorrent, Lots of bandwidth pumping into homes in the form of Cable Modems, Plenty of Hard drive space, DVD Burners dropping to 50 dollars, DVD-R's dropping to 50 cents a piece. Average joes with access to Google can download Halo 2.
Microsoft is taking the harsh stance that the RIAA took of threatening people with fines up to $100,000 for downloading the file. The MPAA has taken a different approach of bombarding us with ads on why movie pirating is bad. Does this signal the end of the Media Distribution system as we know it?
Currently, I can download TV shows without ADs in HDTV quality a few hours after it shows up on broadcast. I can download DVD quality movies after they come off the screen and before they hit the store shelves. I could listen to music straight for weeks and never hear the same song twice. I can get games for free and play them before they hit shelves with a >$50 sticker price. I can download any version of any software and use it for free. You can download books online and read them without paying for them, I can download answers to homeworks, I can download papers. It's coming to the point where I can do whatever I want to do for free, I don't order a newspaper, I read all my news online.
TV producers, Recording Artists, Movie makers are going to have to embrace this new distribution web and ditch NBC, RCA, and Miramax. Finally the new winners of all of this will be the media empires will be the end users. We'll be able to exercise more control over what we see, the quality of what we see, and not have stuff fed down our throats from a select elite.
I can't wait.
Posted by Bryant at 11:28 AM | Comments (0)
Senator Gone
As long as we're getting information from local papers today:
Posted by Bryant at 10:20 AM | Comments (0)
Interesting articles from Doonesbury
Well it looks like the paper in Crawford Texas (where the leader of the surprisingly less freeworld has a ranch) has decided to see the error of its ways and endorse a one Sen/ John Kerry for president. Read about it here in Bush's hometown newspaper.
Here's another article on why conservatives really shouldn't vote for a one Pres. Bush this time around.
Posted by Hux at 10:13 AM | Comments (4)
TV channels and other things
So the other week I was over at our wonderful leader's house, watching TV. This is one of the channels that our Wonderful Leader gets.
Glad its aimed for kids. It's a friggen Spongebob square pants channel.
Also here is our wonderful leader hard at work.
As you can see, our job is fairly stressful.
Posted by Hux at 10:01 AM | Comments (0)
These Guys want to make voting machines
I went to the ATM yesterday because Chick-Fil-A told me I needed to exchange cold hard cash for their delectable chicken delicacies. So I walked up to the drive through ATM next door and everything went well. This was until I decided, even though I asked for 40 dollars, I didn't want all of it. Fortunately, This screen below reminded me to take all my money. Thank you Diebold. I can't wait till they make voting machines.
Posted by Bryant at 09:56 AM | Comments (0)
October 14, 2004
t-shirts
Anyone interested in a T-shirt?? If so, leave a comment. The more who want one the cheaper they are.
if a large number of people want a different front I'll probably change it.
click read more for the shirt image.
leave a comment or email me @ bryant(at)HuxUnlimited[dot]com with your order
FRONT
BACK
Posted by Hux at 07:10 PM | Comments (0)
DNC Election Manual: Charge Voter Intimidation, Even if None Exists
This has been distributed in several states by the Democratic National Committee
Posted by Bryant at 12:11 PM | Comments (1)
What does my Phone Number mean?
on this site you can enter any phone number and the site will tell you all the word combos your number makes. Therefore when someone asks for your number you can them a word to remember instead of a string of digits. This tool has helped me never to forget Noah's parent number yet sadly my cell phone number makes absolutely no words!
Posted by Jesse at 12:04 PM | Comments (2)
October 13, 2004
Was it Bro or Manzere
men are getting implants? i always thougt men wanted smaller breasts, no one wants man boobs. or well..
Posted by Jesse at 07:59 PM | Comments (7)
Check out my hot ride
In college, having a car is usually enough to make you attractive (well, perhaps not in my case). In the grown-up world, though, sometimes you need to bring out the firetruck to impress women.
Posted by Edwin at 06:51 PM | Comments (0)
Absurdly Cute Eggs
Check out some dancing and singing eggs. I have to admit, some of the transfomation animations are pretty cool...
Posted by Edwin at 06:39 PM | Comments (0)
Are you lonesome tonight...
Everyone these days uses AIM. Although AOL seems to be dying, its free Instant Messenger Service seems to be the only thing going well for it. AIM is used to connect millions of people to make dirty jokes, awkward conversation, and to distract you from real work.
Now you can play a joke on your friends or on yourself if you're lonely, and have a computer program talk to them and have them send you the transcript of the conversation in an email.
You can choose between Stacey, Ashley, Jenny, Andy, Matt, or Steve. You can make them 15, 17, 18, 21, or 35. They can be from California, New York, Florida, Ohio, Texas, Washington, Arizona. Oh the possibilities.
Try it out here at the Chatting AIM Bot.
Posted by Bryant at 10:05 AM | Comments (1)
Joke Time
A cop is out on a friday night and he decides to check out the local "lovers lane"
He gets there about a quarter to midnight and there's only one car. As he looks in he sees a guy in the front seet reading the paper, and a HHHOOOTTTT girl in the back knitting.
"what the hell is this" he thinks, and watches for a few more minutes. Five minutes later theyre still there, the guy reading the paper and the girl knitting.
Finally he goes over and knocks on the window. The guy rolls it down, looks at the cop and says "is there a problem officer?"
"What the hell are you two doing?" the cop asks. "Well officer," the guy says, "Im reading and she's knitting."
"Listen wiseass," the cop says. "What's going on? How old are you two."
click on read more for the rest.
The guy says "well, I'm 23," then he checks his watch and says "and she'll be 18 in about 7 minutes."
Posted by Hux at 09:30 AM | Comments (0)
October 12, 2004
More Kerry
We've had too much video lately on the canidates so i give you a radio ad that you just gotta listen to.... helps to explain some of kerry's policies...
this one is for you noah...
Posted by Jesse at 09:42 PM | Comments (0)
So Thats Why Money Needs to be Laundered
An Iowan psychiatrist paid a parking ticket with money that had been smeared in human excrement. reminds me of a very famous penny sketch from upright citizens brigade that i watched at bryants house once....
kinda odd that a man with a graduate level degree would do this...
Posted by Jesse at 12:47 PM | Comments (3)
New JibJab
So those people over at jibjab have put out another shockwave video... its pretty good.
so go watch it.
since I can't get the direct link to work .. you'll just have to click on the link on their main page.
Posted by Hux at 12:08 PM | Comments (2)
That lil rosy Iraqi situation
This is an intersting letter from a Wall Street Journal reporter on the status of Iraq.
Just so you know, Wall Street Journal is a pretty respectable paper and is very very independant.
some excerpts:
"So now my most pressing concern every day is not to write a kick-ass story but to stay alive and make sure our Iraqi employees stay alive. In Baghdad I am a security personnel first, a reporter second."
"The problem is so serious that the U.S. military has allocated $6 million dollars to buy out 30,000 cops they just trained to get rid of them quietly."
"Iraqis say that thanks to America they got freedom in exchange for
insecurity. Guess what? They say they'd take security over freedom any day, even if it means having a dictator ruler."
"I heard an educated Iraqi say today that if Saddam Hussein were allowed to run for elections he would get the majority of the vote. This is truly sad."
Posted by Hux at 09:41 AM | Comments (6)
Cheat Sheet
Section 5, pages 4-5 of the binding "Memorandum of Understanding" that was negotiated and agreed upon by both political campaigns states:
"No props, notes, charts, diagrams, or other writings or other tangible things may be brought into the debate by either candidate.... Each candidate must submit to the staff of the Commission prior to the debate all such paper and any pens or pencils with which a candidate may wish to take notes during the debate, and the staff or commission will place such paper, pens and pencils on the podium..."
So why did Kerry grab in his pocket? What did he bring to the debate?
Posted by Bryant at 09:24 AM | Comments (3)
Is That A Wire Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?
Was soon to be ex president George W. Bush wearing a wire during the presidential debate?....
I don't know how much coverage this is getting in America, but here in the U.K. many people are curious what that strange bulge was, visible on Bush's back during his debate with John Kerry. Bush, a man reknowned for his inability to form coherent sentences, may have been a puppet to White House aides during the debates if these allegations are true. Salon.com and Britain's own The Guardian report. Tom Jones, a bulge expert, was unavailable to comment.
Posted by Noah at 06:12 AM | Comments (4)
October 11, 2004
mangled HIStory
It seems like some people never learned that Napoleon wasn't just a short, dead dude. And that Caesar was more than a salad dressing dude. These are also from the net, so I'm sure you all might have seen them, but still.
More writings from people who probbaly didn't get a 1600.
Delegates from the original thirteen states formed the Contented Congress. Thomas Jefferson, a Virgin, and Benjamin Franklin were two singers of the Declaration of Independence. Franklin had gone to Boston carrying all his clothes in his pocket and a loaf of bread under each arm. He invented electricity by rubbing cats backwards and declared "a horse divided against itself cannot stand." Franklin died in 1790 and is still dead.
The pyramids are a range of mountains between France and Spain. The Egyptians built the pyramids in the shape of a huge triangular cube. The inhabitants of Egypt were called mummies. Ancient Egypt was inhabited by mummies, and they all wrote in hydraulics. They lived in the Sarah Dessert and traveled by Camelot. The climate of the Sarah is such that the inhabitants have to live elsewhere, so certain areas of the dessert are cultivated by irritation. Early Egyptian women often wore a garment called a calasiris. It was a sheer dress which started beneath the breasts which hung to the floor. The Egyptians built the Pyramids in the shape of a huge triangular cube. The Pramids are a range of mountains between France and Spain.
The Bible is full of interesting caricatures. In the first book of the Bible, Guinesses, Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree. One of their children, Cain, asked "Am I my brother's son?" God asked Abraham to sacrifice Issac on Mount Montezuma. Jacob, son of Issac, stole his brother's birthmark. Jacob was a partiarch who brought up his twelve sons to be partiarchs, but they did not take to it. One of Jacob's sons, Joseph, gave refuse to the Israelites.
Pharaoh forced the Hebrew slaves to make bread without straw. Moses led them to the Red Sea, where they made unleavened bread, which is bread made without any ingredients. Afterwards, Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten commandments.
Eventually, the Ramons conquered the Geeks. History call people Romans because they never stayed in one place for very long. At Roman banquets, the guests wore garlic in their hair. Julius Caesar extinguished himself on the battlefields of Gaul. The Ides of March murdered him because they thought he was going to be made king. Dying, he gasped out: "Tee hee, Brutus." Nero was a cruel tyranny who would torture his poor subjects by playing the fiddle to them. Nero was a cruel tyrany who would torture his poor subjects by playing the fiddle to them.
Rome came to have too many luxuries and baths. At Roman banquets, the guests wore garlics in their hair. They took two baths in two days , and that's the cause of the fall of Rome. Rome was invaded by ballbearings, and is full of fallen arches today.
Without the Greeks we wouldn't have history. The Greeks invented three kinds of columns -- Corinthian, Doric, and Ironic. They also had myths. A myth is a female moth. One myth says that the mother of Achilles dipped him in the River Stynx until he became intollerable. Achilles appears in The Illiad, by Homer. Homer also wrote the Oddity, in which Penelope was the last hardship that Ulysses endured on his journey. Actually, Homer was not written by Homer but by another man of that name.
The Renaissance was an age in which more individuals felt the value of their human being. Martin Luther was nailed to the church door at Wittenburg for selling papal indulgences. He died a horrible death, being excommunicated by a bull. It was the painter Donatello's interest in the female nude that made him the father of the Renaissance. It was an age of great inventions and discoveries. Gutenberg invented the Bible. Sir Walter Raleigh is a historical figure because he invented cigarettes. Another important invention was the circulation of blood. Sir Francis Drake circumcised the world with a 100-foot clipper.
The greatest writer of the Renaissance was William Shakespear. Shakespear never made much money and is famous only because of his plays. He lived at Windsor with his merry wives, writing tragedies, comedies, and errors. In one of Shakespear's famous plays, Hamlet rations out his situation by relieving himself in a long soliloquy. In another, Lady Macbeth tries to convince Macbeth to kill the King by attacking his manhood. Romeo and Juliet are an example of a heroic couplet. Writing at the same time as Shakespear was Miguel Cervantes. He wrote Donkey Hote. The next great author was John Milton. Milton wrote Paradise Lost. Then his wife died and he wrote Paradise Regained.
During the Renaissance America began. Christopher Columbus was a great navigator who discovered America while cursing about the Atlantic. His ships were called the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Fe. Later, the Pilgrims crossed the Ocean, and this was known as Pilgrims Progress. When they landed at Plymouth Rock, they were greeted by the Indians, who came down the hill rolling their war hoops before them. The Indian squabs carried porpoises on their back. Many of the Indian heroes were killed, along with their cabooses which proved very fatal to them. The winter of 1620 was a hard one for the settlers. Many people died and many babies were born. Captain John Smith was responsible for all this.
Meanwhile in Europe, the enlightenment was a reasonable time. Voltare invented electricity and also wrote a book called Candy. Gravity was invented by Isaac Walton. It is chiefly noticeable in the Autumn, when the apples are falling off the trees.
Bach was the most famous composer in the world. and so was Handel. Handel was half German, half Italian, and half English. He was very large. Bach died from 1750 to the present. Beethoven wrote music even though he was deaf. He was so deaf he wrote loud music. He took long walks in the forest even when everyone was calling for him. Beethoven expired in 1827 and later died for this.
France was in a very serious state. The French Revolution was accomplished before it happened. The Marseillaise was the theme song of the French Revolution, and it catapulted into Napoleon. During the Napoleonic Wars, the crowned heads of Europe were trembling in their shoes. Then the Spanish gorillas came down from the hills and nipped at Napoleon's flanks. Napoleon became ill with bladder problems and was very tense and unrestrained. He wanted an heir to inherit his power, but since Josephine was a baroness, she couldn't bear children.
The sun never set on the British Empire because the British Empire is in the East and the sun sets in the West. Queen Victoria was the longest queen. She sat on a thorn for 63 years. Her reclining years and finally the end of her life were exemplatory of a great of a great personality. Her death was the final event which ended her reign.
Posted by Hux at 10:14 AM | Comments (1)
mangled English
First off. Sorry about the last post I did that is no longer up.
Second off I've found some writings that are just bad enough to to be pretty much eligible for the bulwer-lytton fiction contest. (which is a contest for the worst first sentance of a novel). Anyways these were perported to be from high school english papers, but I can seem myself writing some of them.
The following are actual winning analogies in the "worst
analogies ever written in a high school essay" contest
The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't.
McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty Bag filled with vegetable soup.
They lived in a typical suburban neighborhood with picket fences that resembled Nancy Kerrigan's teeth.
He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it.
She caught your eye like one of those pointy hook latches that used to dangle from screen doors and would fly up whenever you banged the door open again.
From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie, surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city and "Jeopardy" comes on at 7pm instead of 7:30.
Her hair glistened in the rain like nose hair after a sneeze.
Her eyes were like two brown circles with big black dots in the center.
Bob was as perplexed as a hacker who means to access T:\flw.quid55328.com\aaakk/ch@ung but gets T:\flw.quidaaak/ch@ng by mistake.
The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease.
Her date was pleasant enough, but she knew that if her life was a movie this guy would be burried in the credits as something like "Second Tall Man."
Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36pm traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19pm at a speed of 35 mph.
The politician was gone but unnoticed, like the period after the Dr. on a Dr. Pepper can.
John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met.
The thunder was ominous-sounding, much like the sound of a thin sheet of metal being shaken backstage during the storm scene in a play.
His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants in a drier without "Cling-Free."
He was as tall as a six-foot three-inch tree.
The red brick wall was the color of a brick-red crayola crayon.
Posted by Hux at 09:40 AM | Comments (25)
October 08, 2004
Caffeine High
Late night? Then consider using caffeine tablets in your next drink to give you that extra edge. There's also the option of caffeine soap, but usually if you need that much caffeine you're probably not showering much. It's a good thing caffeine isn't addictive - oh wait, it is.
Posted by Edwin at 09:17 AM | Comments (1)
October 07, 2004
Guy Rules
So I also found these on the web.
Sent them around the office, so I thought I would share them all with you all.
RULES:
1. Under no circumstances may two men share an umbrella.
2. Any man who brings a camera to a bachelor party may be legally killed and eaten by his fellow partygoers.
3. When you are queried by a buddy's wife, girlfriend, mother, father, priest, shrink, dentist, accountant, or dog walker, you need not and should not provide any useful information whatsoever as to his whereabouts. You are permitted to deny his very existence.
4. Unless he murdered someone in your immediate family, you must bail a friend out of jail within 12 hours.
5. You may exaggerate any anecdote told in a bar by 50% without recrimination; beyond that, anyone within earshot is allowed to call bulls*t!
(Exception: When trying to pick up a girl, the allowable exaggeration rate rises to 400%)
6. If you've known a guy for more than 24 hours, his sister is off-limits forever.
7. The minimum amount of time you have to wait for another guy who's running late is five minutes. For a girl, you are required to wait 10 minutes for every point of hotness she scores on the classic 1-10 babe scale.
8. Complaining about the brand of free beer in a buddy's refrigerator is forbidden. You may gripe if the temperature is unsuitable.
9. No man is ever required to buy a birthday present for another man. In fact, even remembering a friend's birthday is strictly optional and slightly gay.
10. Agreeing to distract the ugly friend of a hot babe that your buddy is trying to hook up with is your legal duty. Should you get carried away with your good deed and end up having sex with the beast, your pal is forbidden to speak of it, even at your bachelor party.
11. Before dating a buddy's ex, you are required to ask his permission and he in return is required to grant it.
12. Women who claim they "love to watch sports" must be treated as spies until they demonstrate knowledge of the game and the ability to pick a buffalo wing clean.
13. The universal compensation for buddies who help you move is beer.
14. A man must never own a cat or like his girlfriend's cat.
15. When stumbling upon other guys watching a sports event, you may always ask the score of the game in progress, but you may never ask who's playing.
16. When your girlfriend/wife expresses a desire to fix her whiney friend up with your pal, you may give her the go-ahead only if you'll be able to warn your buddy and give him time to prepare excuses about joining the priesthood.
17. It is permissible to consume a fruity chick drink only when you're sunning on a tropical beach... and it's delivered by a topless supermodel... and it's free.
18. Unless you're in prison, never fight naked.
19. A man in the company of a hot, suggestively dressed woman must remain sober enough to fight.
20. If a buddy is outnumbered, out-manned, or too drunk to fight, you must jump into the fight.
(Exception: If within the last 24 hours his actions have caused you to think, "What this guy needs is a good ass-whoopin," then you may sit back and enjoy.)
21. Phrases that may not be uttered to another man while weightlifting:
"Yeah, baby, push it!"
"C'mon, give me one more! Harder!"
"Another set and we can hit the showers."
"Nice ass, are you a Sagittarius?"
"What kind of cologne are you wearing?"
"Here hold my Orange Mocha Frappuccino"
22. If you compliment a guy on his six-pack, you better be referring to his beer.
23. Never join your girlfriend/wife in dissing a buddy, except when she's withholding sex pending your response.
24. Never talk to a man in the bathroom unless you're on equal footing: both urinating or both waiting in line. In all other situations, a nod is all the conversation you need.
25. If a buddy is already singing along to a song in the car, you may not, unless you are gay.
Anybody have any other?
Posted by Hux at 05:13 PM | Comments (0)
Cock Soup
While frittering away the day at work, I came across these wonderful examples of engrish food.
Wonder if the soup Nazi ever said "No cock for you".
or
Does anybody else notice how small those cocks are?
How would you all like to taste my big milkly chocolet nuts?
After a nice day of work, there's nothing I like sitting down to then a butt bread sandwhich.
Sounds like an interesting porn story.
Do you think that mini-dickmans is jealous of Meurisse's big nuts?
"Please mommy can I have some more improved shit mix? Because the old shit mix tasted like... well shit."
Posted by Hux at 04:26 PM | Comments (1)
new poster
hey guess what I've now moved up from random commenter to an actual poster with an icon and everything... THANKS BRYANT.
anyways I saw this and was like whoa...
Where was this guy in my youth?
So I'm wondering if he aquired these all legitmately or not?
ALSO fyi- I CAN'T SPELL... that's why I write code.
Posted by Hux at 12:49 PM | Comments (6)
October 06, 2004
Catapult
Ever want your own catapult? These models will likely serve you quite nicely. The mini version may be more appropriate for your kids.
Posted by Edwin at 11:38 PM | Comments (1)
Rodney Dangerfield Dies at Age 82
A comic legend passed this week and in honor make sure you watch one of his quality movies this weekend...
Posted by Jesse at 11:10 PM | Comments (0)
The Campaigns Drag on.
Insert your own comments.
Posted by Bryant at 02:20 PM | Comments (0)
Maybe You Weren't Paying Attention
'I will never cede America's security to any institution or any other country.'
-John KerryBryant I know you were "fiddling around with the wireless settings on [your]laptop and [growing] disinterested" during the presidential debate, but had you been paying closer attention, perhaps you would have heard Kerry's full quote, not just the tiny bit that republicans have latched onto and misinterpreted. It was that you weren't paying attention right? You weren't deliberately trying to mislead the readers of this site with "pathetic scaremongering" were you?
Posted by Noah at 01:05 PM | Comments (0)
Vice Presidential Debates
A non-partisan and nonsensical comic strip about the recent vice presidential debates was recently posted at my favorite online comic: Achewood.
Posted by Noah at 12:24 PM | Comments (1)
Permission Slip
We've never criticized his patriotism. What we've questioned is his judgment.
And his judgment's flawed, and the record's there for anybody who wants to look at it.
In 1984, when he ran for the Senate he opposed, or called for the elimination of a great many major weapons systems that were crucial to winning the Cold War and are important today to our overall forces.
When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and occupied it in 1990 and '91, he stood up on the floor of the Senate and voted against going in to liberate Kuwait and push Saddam Hussein back to Iraq.
The problem we have is that, if you look at his record, he doesn't display the qualities of somebody who has conviction.
And with respect to this particular operation, we've seen a situation in which, first, they voted to commit the troops, to send them to war, John Edwards and John Kerry, then they came back and when the question was whether or not you provide them with the resources they needed -- body armor, spare parts, ammunition -- they voted against it.
I couldn't figure out why that happened initially. And then I looked and figured out that what was happening was Howard Dean was making major progress in the Democratic primaries, running away with the primaries based on an anti-war record. So they, in effect, decided they would cast an anti-war vote and they voted against the troops.
Now if they couldn't stand up to the pressures that Howard Dean represented, how can we expect them to stand up to Al Qaida?
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We heard Senator Kerry say the other night that there ought to be some kind of global test before U.S. troops are deployed preemptively to protect the United States. That's part of a track record that goes back to the 1970s when he ran for Congress the first time and said troops should not be deployed without U.N. approval. Then, in the mid-'80s, he ran on the basis of cutting most of our major defense programs. In 1991, he voted against Desert Storm.
It's a consistent pattern over time of always being on the wrong side of defense issues.
A little tough talk in the midst of a campaign or as part of a presidential debate cannot obscure a record of 30 years of being on the wrong side of defense issues.
And they give absolutely no indication, based on that record, of being wiling to go forward and aggressively pursue the war on terror with a kind of strategy that will work, that will defeat our enemies and will guarantee that the United States doesn't again get attacked by the likes of Al Qaida.
Posted by Bryant at 10:28 AM | Comments (0)
October 05, 2004
Gmail Releases new features
I've been using Gmail for a while now. While I've enjoyed not worrying about the maximum size of my webmail, I've also missed using a real email client like Outlook or Ximian. I've been forwarding all of my email accounts to gmail and have been enjoying having a centralized spam filtered place for my email, but it gets to be a pain when i'm on my laptop and i'm offline. Gmail now makes that better by offering email forwarding.
In other related news, the contacts section is also improved.
I have 6 gmail invitations that are open to give away for the first 6 people who ask for them. Leave your request in the comments section.
Posted by Bryant at 11:38 PM | Comments (2)
October 04, 2004
Nog Alert
Everyones favorite Christmas Drink Egg Nog is about ready to return once again and delight us with its mysterious ways. yet i wondered why only in winter? and why cant i enjoy nog all year round? some people dont really have an answer.
P.S. drinking a diet of Egg Nog i was able to put on the freshman 25 my first year in college.
Posted by Jesse at 08:48 PM | Comments (1)
There has to be more to this story
This story was found on Reuters by Eric. It is 4 paragraphs long, but there has to be more to this story.
Let's analyze
Step 1:. 67 year-old Constantin Macanu ran outside in his underwear to kill a noisy chicken keeping him awayke.
Step 2:. Mocanu Chops off his Johnson. "I confused it with the chicken's neck."
Step 3:. Dog eats it.
Step 4:. Mocanu is rushed to Hospital.
Step 5:. He reaches internet fame
Step 6:. Insert Choking the Chicken Joke.
Posted by Bryant at 05:00 PM | Comments (0)
One small step for the Man, one giant leap for mankind
This might be one of the biggest underated news stories of the 21st Century. The X Prize has been awarded to the SpaceShipOne Team. They made two space flights from a comerial plane in 10 days. This is really a history making event.
Posted by Jesse at 02:39 PM | Comments (4)
Stop playing football
Posted by Bryant at 12:18 PM | Comments (3)
BETA LAUNCH: Studentrade.com
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Posted by Bryant at 03:52 AM | Comments (0)
October 01, 2004
Rough Draft
email circulating claims that bush will re-instate the draft. lots of people claim its false and i noticed in the debates bush closed with a comment on how our military will be volunteer based. should this be a cause of worry, is either canidate more likely to use a draft? will a draft happen? Bryant? Noah?
the democrats say no to draft, but what do the republicans say?
Posted by Jesse at 04:36 PM | Comments (0)
Late Breaking Election Poll From Wisconsin Proves Bush Will Win
Bush is leading in another poll and this indicator is quote,
"100 percent accurate" in predicting the next president.
other breaking news: i just found out what im not going to be for halloween... yikes...
Posted by Jesse at 01:06 PM | Comments (0)
Why not to Vote For Kerry
9 out of 10 Frenchmen would vote for Kerry? You don't want to be like the French now do you?
Posted by Bryant at 09:56 AM | Comments (0)
90 Second Rebuttal
90 Second Rebuttal
I am sorry to hear my opponent, Bryant, did not enjoy the presidential debate. If truly, as Bryant said, the debate left voters with the impression that Bush “stands firmly in his beliefs and… will be a strong commander in chief” and that Kerry “might change his beliefs as often as the wind changes”, one would think that Bryant, an avid Bush backer, should have thoroughly enjoyed the debate. Why then did Bryant not like the presidential debate? Was it because of the unfair camera work that, instead of using “Lord of the Rings”-style camera tricks to manipulate viewer’s impressions of height, unfairly portrayed the shorter candidate as being *gasp* shorter? Perhaps it’s our “age of Talk radio, Political websites, and Movies” that’s to blame. What is more likely, I think, is that the debate simply illustrated that John Kerry will be better apresident than George W. Bush......
Perhaps Bryant is upset because George W. Bush often came across sounding more like a fool than a strong leader, saying “People out there listening know what I believe. And that's how best it is to keep the peace.” Perhaps it’s because in a recent Gallup poll of registered voters who watched the first debate, a large majority said Kerry did a better job. Perhaps it’s the proliferation of online polls, like that on CNN.com that show 76% of viewers feeling that Kerry “won” the debate. Perhaps he is upset because a bipartisan panel of political analysts including Paul Begala, Bob Novak, and Carlos Watson all thought that Kerry gave a much better presentation than Bush.
However regardless of what other people though or felt, I think I know the real reason that Bryant didn’t enjoy last night’s presidential debate. It’s difficult to admit when you are wrong. John Kerry made it clear that not only does he have what it takes to be a strong leader, but that as president he will strengthen America by forging new alliances and fostering international cooperation, working with rather than against the rest of the world towards peace. George W. Bush on the other hand made it clear that he will continue to squander America’s international good-will, and erode our country’s power and influence by refusing work with other nations, and thereby harming America’s legitimacy as the world’s sole superpower.
There is a wind blowing – a wind of change. And it’s going to blow the village idiot all the way back to Crawford Texas.
Posted by Noah at 07:56 AM | Comments (9)
Bush Kerry Debate Debriefing
This debate started with lots of potential. George Bush had the opportunity to completely knock Kerry off on the war on terror and his flip flop on the war in Iraq. Kerry had a chance to show himself as a new alternative with a solid plan that would lead America for the next four years. Both candidates fell short of delivering stand out performances ...
First on not the content of the debate, but on the effects of television. John Kerry is taller than George Bush. John Kerry stands at 6 foot 4. George W. Bush stands at 6 feet tall. So on the handshake in the beginning, George Bush tried to stand upstage closer to the camera and quickly made his way back the lectern. It was a little dissapointing to me to see our President next to John Kerry being 4 inches shorter. Next, the way that they framed the cameras, they made sure that some lectern was visible in the shot. This framing made Kerry look much taller because he was showing more torso. If they had closed in on the shot a little, this would have allowed for both candidates to get equal torso coverage. A small point, but I feel like it may have an impact on undecided voters America.
After about 15 minutes of watching the debates, I found myself getting bored. John Kerry kept saying Bush made a mistake and we were fighting a war that was a grand diversion. Bush kept stating we need solid resolve in fighting Terror abroad. Nothing new here. We've heard about this forever. I started fiddling around with the wireless settings on my laptop and grew disinterested. I feel like a big portion of the American public would have tuned out after about 15-20 minutes and found something better on T.V.
Takeaway message here was, If you were a Bush supporter you'll know that Bush stands firmly in his beliefs and he will be a strong commander in chief who is commited to fighting this war on Terror.
If you're a Kerry supporter, you'll see that your candidate might change his beliefs as often as the wind changes, He can work like a prosecuter at pointing fingers at what he thinks Bush has done wrong in the past four years.
If you're undecided, I don't think saw anything different today in candidates. I think you saw one candidate as a friendly American who might be your fishing buddy. An American who lives off a set of core values and who has led the country as a neighbor. Then you saw an American who loves this country, but as a politician who is desperately fighting for office and a prosecutor who is pointing fingers at the current President.
Ultimately, I think this debate was a waste of time and money. There was nothing new. It was quite frankly pretty boring. What was more exciting was the spin alley after the debate. I believe the Bush Campaign did a much better job in Spin Alley.
What might have been better is to have the two candidates duke it out in a sporting event., maybe have each have 15 minutes telling jokes, or something else that shows us something we haven't seen before. In this age of spectacular reality television, I'm not convinced this debate was a good enough sell to really get anyone excited.
While I'm not looking forward to seeing a town hall of "undecided voters" in a few weeks that will ask planted questions, I think it will make for a better debate. What they can do to make it even better is to invite Ralph Nader to debate.
In the age of Talk radio, Political websites, and Movies. Has the TV debate already become outdated and pointless?
Posted by Bryant at 12:50 AM | Comments (0)