Guard Dog

True enough and you hear me (and others) complaining about it here, on libertypost.org, and other similar boards We did not tell Bush to be a narrow moralist. He already was one, and everyone knew. Yup, we got exactly what was advertised in Bush. One thing to his credit he did not present himself as a moderate then govern as a conservative. But the thing is, and I think most people would agree, Bush was elected not because he was a good candidate but because the alternative was so repulsive it made him the best choice. I voted for him in 2000 because Al Gore is an Orwellian monster (believe me, I've met him twice), but voted for Mike Badnarik in 2004 because the choice between Bush and Kerry was like choosing to be stabbed or shot. Back OT now. Politics is the art of "all things considered." And like it or not religion gets a seat at that table because religious people vote. And when religious interests conflict with research interests one has to win one has to lose. So the government cannot serve them both without political repercussions so the best thing is to ignore them both and pay no money to either. And how nice, the 1st and 10th amendments of the Constitution instruct the government to do just that. Those Founders were pretty smart huh? If they had just followed a strict interpretation of the law people like Sand would not be angry today. If you give a kid a toy, then take it away, they cry. But if they never had the toy to begin with.... you get the idea.

If you cant dazzle them with brilliance then distract them with B.S.

For Gods sake (no pun intended) Sand, Bush only vetoed FEDERAL FUNDING of stem cell research. And he was correct to do so, albeit not for the reasons he actually did it. I never read a phrase in the Constitution anywhere that stated is was Uncle Sam's job to promote, fund, aid, or hinder scientific research of any kind. Stem Cell research still goes on through private funding. Mostly paid for by the "big evil pharmaceutical" companies.

Hokay, by a show of hands. How many people have started up new BG and BG2 games because of this thread? *Guard Dog raises hand*

I haven't played NWN1 in ages and only played the Paladin Trilogy as a player made module (well I only got through half of Midnight before a problem warranted a reformat), but do you have to roll back patches to play these modules (I have 1.68 and they need 1.62)? I really doubt it. I never had to roll back for any mod. Usually all it means is the mod author will not have used some types of content because it was not available when the mod was made.

Taks is right Calax. The article you linked is an op-ed opinion piece. And a rather shrill and uninformed one at that. The ramblings of a pundit with an axe to grind is not a news story and generally should not be held up to to back an opinion you cannot otherwise defend. Ok I'll buy that about the war powers quip but based on the rest of your post it was hard to tell.

Farb, if you own NWN1 drop everything you are doing and down load these two mods: In the Footsteps of Dante & The Nature of a Man If you do not own NWN1 go buy it and play those two mods. It can be had for $10 US these days. You had best not be setting my hopes up too high... You've got my interest going throught the roof. -Farb You will thank me later!

Farb, if you own NWN1 drop everything you are doing and down load these two mods: In the Footsteps of Dante & The Nature of a Man If you do not own NWN1 go buy it and play those two mods. It can be had for $10 US these days.

The hole gets deeper and deeper. Alright Calax, exactly what civil liberties do you think have been overrun? When and where did Bush say the executive was immune to oversight with respect to intelligence. Both halves of congress has intelligence comittees and all members are "in the loop." Bush repealed the war powers act????? Do people tell you these things or are you just making them up? The executive branch cannot repeal anything. That is a legislative function and the President does not legislate. Only congress can do that and it will be a cold day in hell before that happens no matter who is in office. There are many and more reasons to dislike Bush and he has not been a good President to say the least. But the things you are posting do not make sense.

I'm with you. Of all of the candidates to date Ron Paul is my favorite by a long, long way. Too bad he has no shot. As for Clinton, unless you like the idea of a heavy handed, intrusive, big brother government she (and most of the other democrats) should scare the bejesus out of you. I have no problem voting for a woman, but by God not THAT one. The only democrat in the running I would find palatable is Bill Richardson. And he has no shot.

None. Gasoline stratifies and becomes less combustable as it sits. Thats why you need to add stabilizer if it is going to sit after a few months. After fifty years you are going to have a can that is a 75% benzine-water solution with a thick layer of petroleum sludge on the bottom. There is one apparently solely American trait that I will never understand. Self loathing. Glad I don't have it. Lightning in a bottle huh? I've got to get FO 1 & 2 and give them a try. I've never played them.

Do creative ideas of their own come with the built in hype of the Fallout franchise? I honestly wouldn't have cared about the game if it hadn't been named Fallout. But since it is, I see multiple threads on this forum with at least one active every single day. Mere exposure effect has won me over and I'll probably buy the damned thing. The reason it has Fallout on the box and how the game is being designed is the primary reason why I am not buying the game. Real time, first person combat with Action Points spent as Mana Forced to play a 19 year old Oblivion styled Dialogue system (can we say conversation minigame anyone?) Nuclear powered sling shot and so forth and so on. I have yet read anything about this game that makes me want to buy it. You had given up gaming forever, yesterday, so no great loss then. I believe that is called "hoisted on his own petard".

I'm glad I'm not the only one a little sick of D&D. That is one franchise that needs to be laid to rest as far as CRPGs are concerned. The rules are too restrictive and from what I read WotC is a real crimp on creativity.

I don't know what it changes but if I read it correctly (Enoch is much better qualified to answer this than I am) it simply states that in the event of a disaster where federal aid in invoked the federal government will run the aid effort.

George Strait Cowboys Like Us. HA! I'd bet I'm the first one to post THAT!

I loved the novel version of Shogun. Clavell is a master of the subplot. That miniseries barely scratched the surface of the story.

Yes, but so far constitutional rights have only been suspended in times of crisis, or times of just plain hysteria. What about this war on terror deal then, is that going to go on forever ?. That would make the temporary rollback, which as you say has precedent, be in effect permanent. Actually, IIRC the supreme court ruled ex post facto that Lincoln did not have the authority to do that. You won't be seeing that happen again. Look, I realize Bush is not the best President we've ever had. In fact I would probably classify him in the lower part of the middle. But after next year he will be gone and I think it's obvious he wields little influence over congress now. In 2009 we will have a new President and although I do not know who it will be, I can tell you when their term is up everyone will be happy to see them go. Thats just how it is here.

My opinions on the abilities and abuses of the federal government are well know here, and this does not scare me. As Enoch said, it's much ado about nothing. As for WND, the only good thing about that site is it has a lot of links to great editorials and op-eds but anything it passes off as news should be treated as highly suspect. The guy that runs that site, Joseph Farah is one of those people who run around in a panic seeing menace in every shadow.

That sums it up. But it is not always the case and I think it owes more to what is going on in your life at the time. In 2000 I was dead broke, in a failing career, and going through a nasty divorce (a perfect storm) so any form of escapisim was welcome. Since then things are pretty good and there have been games I've gotten into but not to the exclusion of living life. Calling video games an "addiction" is diagnosing a symptom. The root cause is what the heck else is going on in your life than makes the fantasy better than the reality as Raven put it.

Dogs Don't Bite When a Growl Will Do by Matt Weinstien. Can't honsetly say I'd reccomend it. Way too touchy feely and it over intellectualizes dog behavior. Also bought To Have and Have Not by the master Papa Hemingway. One of the few I have not read.

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Sorry did not see that one! This one can be locked I guess. BTW nice to see your old avatar back Tale. Hated the other one.

Link I'm not familiar with this franchise and it does not sound like something I would buy anyway. But I'm more than a little surprised at this kind of intrusive censorship. Warning labels are all fine and good but a total ban on sale and ownership? WTF?! Meta would no doubt call me down here for employing a slippery slope fallicy but it really is true that once an entity such as the BBFC uses such a heavy handed ruling they ususally find it easier to do next time. And next time the bar will be lower.

Article too big to post. Here are excerpts: LINK! I have stated often enough that the rhetoric behind global warming being man made is a lot of political screed. It is a base and cynical attempt by politicians/ideologues to gain a measure of control over the lives of other human beings (granted a goal of most politicos). Liberal/Socialists like Al Gore state emphatically that the warming trend is man made then attempt to quell debate by waving a hand and saying "the science is settled". No, it certainly is not. Even a few of you on this board respond with those exact same words even when confronted with contradicting facts such as the increase in surface temps on Mars and Venus at roughly the same rate as Earth. I guess it goes to show when logic and political ideology conflict, ideology wins every time.

Here we go again.... It always astonishes me that you can look at Iran and think "Uh-oh if we elect another christian that will happen here" I already know you have no faith in your country, but I am always amazed at how little faith you have in Americans as a people.