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There's never a shortage of dumb people in the US

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As an non-US viewer of the elections Mitt Romney gives of as an individual who'll say anything at the given moment in order to look more electable even if it means deceiving or lying. Yeah I know, all politicians are like that, but then again not really. He seems like a guy that is likable only to his inner family circle, at least on the outside. I laughed out loud when the Romney campaign used a sentence by Obama as an negative add of the president when in fact that very sentence was Obama quoting people from the Romney camp. Puzzles me are people responsible for such things plain utterly stupid or just dumb out of desperation? I think the first answer is correct. But back on track, what really raises my eyebrow how come the Republican flock don't have a person that is more electable then Romney. Whom comes of in my eyes as a stuck up millionaire in this time of hardship for many people and seems to be socially sensitive on a same level as Louis Sixteenth. Yes his business background makes him eligible in economics, but in terms of making life more easy for high rollers, not so much for the lower income and middle class who are struggling and who didn't see Romney as a person that is going to make their lives better of. Failure to do so is on the Republican party and the Romney campaign. As far as Obama goes, once again he proves he's a better man for campaigns then for office, don't think he'll do half the things he's saying just like in the first term. But that's really a trait of pretty much all politicians...

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I see I made an impression with my post It's a good thing of course there's gonna be season 3, I just hope they won't do the entire season in just 10 episodes.

Hello to all GoT fans here...just watched episode 01 and 02 the other day and I'm compelled to say a thing or two. Having read all the books after season 01 ended last year I initially wanted to watch this new season without doing a critical comparison between the show and the books. But no matter how much I tried I couldn't help myself not to view the series through the prism of what I remember from the books. Before giving any criticism of the first two episodes one has to bear in mind that it's a very difficult, if not an impossible job to capture the essence of the story with high quality of the book A clash of Kings in just 10 episodes. That's actually the first thing I disagree with the HBO management, this season should of had at least 15 episodes in order to tell the story as it should be in my opinion. As a result any book reader that's gonna judge this series more thoroughly based on the book will be less impressed, vice versa. What people should understand is that this HBO series is an adaptation of the G.R.R. Martin's books, not a direct ecranization ( or what's the right word for it in English) of the piece which would require such an investment that no production company has or would be willing to make. So from the cost-benefit point of view it's pretty normal that each book be a different season for itself with limited numbers of episodes and no matter what, in the end there's always gonna be people satisfied and unsatisfied with show. Back to the actual episodes...the first one was just a prologue, a set-up for the new season continuing the story of the knows characters where they left behind in the last season and introducing new ones. I myself think that this episode should of been a double one covering the same time length of the story. Why? Well, in 'just' 55 min a lot and too much was shown in too little time causing an effect, as a reader of the books, of moments where I was going: What? When? Already? How? I guess that's the result of unconsciously comparing the things I saw with the things I remember from the book. But putting that a side, various characters were shown a bit too little, too quickly, it felt like a long trailer for me, not the actual episode. On the other hand, maybe those that haven't read the book felt differently. Looking at the new characters in season 2 the actor playing Davos is a total score capturing the very being of the character without having to say anything. Craster isn't much significant for the whole story, but I pictured him even more brutal and hideous regarding his looks and behavior. Stannis in my opinion isn't convincing, the actor in question doesn't radiate that unemotional, stone hard, resolved, conservative and authoritative figure like he is in the book in my opinion. This is Stannis. When it comes to Kings Landing and the new location for filming scenes in the capital it's a little funny to me to get accustomed to the idea of Dubrovnik being Kings Landing when I recognize the city in the show as I live about 200km from it. But the city itself is an excellent place for shooting GoT as the old center still has kilometers of walls and old forts standing. The problem for me is that it doesn't do justice for the large areas inside the royal castle in the Kings Landing, in the book and season 1 they are vast and royal. In Dubrovnik you don't have such areas to shoot those kind of pictures so in these two episodes everything feels a little bit to small and claustrophobic for me. I hope things will somehow be somewhat different in the episodes to come. So now for the things that didn't workout so well for me is the fact that HBO yet again didn't miss the opportunity to make even Game of Thrones a sort of soft porn series. The sex scene that bothered me the most was the one between (*spoiler alert for those that didn't watch episode 02*) Melissandre and Stannis. Sex by itself is insignificant but it is a total misinterpretation of his character. Stannis is bold, decisive, old school, by the book kind of person, the one that always follows the rules to point of obsession. Now he looks as a week minded typical man that can't keep his **** in his shorts for 2.7 seconds. Sure he abandoned the old Gods, but he was never a religious nut as a honor and principle one. He accepted the Lord of the Light mostly because his wife persuaded him and he saw a mean of helping him get the crown. Also, in the book in question, there are indications the two of them maybe having something, but nothing was directly said about it and it is based only on their close cooperation. Well there is another reason perhaps why they put this scene and that is (*book spoiler alert*) to show how the wraith that killed Renly came to life. Although I still think it wasn't very necessary and it could of been shown more discretely like the very indications in the book that something was going on between them in the first place. This way, for a viewer that didn't read the book, I think they failed to picture Stannis to the audience as he really is. But ok, I can live with that. And I repeat, I'm not a person that expects that everything in the book has to be shown in the series, but personally, those scenes that are done correctly by the book are mostly those that are the best ones. (*would be better not to read the following if you haven't seen episode 02*) The thing that bothers me the most is the added scenes, not because they introduced them, but because most of them look to me pointless and done very clumsy. Like some kind of futile attempts of personal interpretation of G.R.R. Martin's book by the screenwriters rather then good scenes that successfully fit in the broader picture. For an example the character of Ros Even. WTF is that chick even doing in the show? What's her purpose and significance other then the fact she has great boobs and looks attractive? If you watched episode 02 I ask you what's the point of all those sex scenes in the brothel other then to be a purpose for itself. Sure there are explicit scenes in the book, but they are totally secondary and in the series a viewer gets the idea it's one of the most important parts of the story. It's not. It looks just a cheap attempt by HBO to get the viewers count up, really pathetic. Then the slapping of Joffrey by Cersei, Cersei threatening Littlefinger with execution, what's the point of those scenes? To show a great amount of story in the book done otherwise through dialog and intrigue through these symbolic scenes? And even if they represent that they are totally inadequate and illogical because that feud between Littlefinger and Cersei is made up and doesn't hold ground. To that point Baelish is a clear ally of the house Lannister and the one that helped take out Ned Stark, there's nothing in the book A clash of Kings that says about such confrontation. And the slap is made up also and serves what purpose? To continue with Daenerys sending that member of her expedition to scout around, what's with that flirting? Just unnecessary, I thought she was gonna say: Oh **** of my Khalasar and that they were gonna do it behind the stones. Repeating for the tenth time, I don't mind the undogmatic storytelling and the new scenes that aren't in the book. But I don't mind them when they are done cleverly and with a good and precise reason, not when they are vague, pointless and actually unnecessary which some of these things I mentioned really are in my opinion. Still, I love this show and just hope things are gonna be better.

But they didn't have McDonald's back then, therefor they are perfectly safe now. With Disney? Don't know about that doctrine, what's it about?

US won't invade Austria since it doesn't go in accordance with the McDonald's doctrine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDGORiD82rQ One question, are there really enough week-minded people in US for these Goebbels videos to be truly effective? I mean I know it sold for G.Bush in the run against Kerry, but again?

UK Trailer A bit different and a bit longer. MOTY. In my opinion, they made these trailers too much of a spoiler.

I took a couple of Americans on a tour and showed them around my town.

Haven't had interest in US politics for a lot of time and just recently saw some highlights from Republican debates. And I really don't know what Ron Paul is doing competing for president while endorsing viewpoints that are strongly in contrast to some of the biggest industries and powerhouses in the western world. No wonder the 'mainstream' media (such an oxymoron) pushes him put of the spotlight as much as it can. But it was funny to watch him nail down some of the co-speakers, especially that moderator who said that he was least Republican of the candidates. On the other hand, Romney is most eligible candidate for those that actually pick the president so he's the obvious winner for the Republican nominee.

If they're attacking and killing emos in Iraq who's to say they won't be doing it tomorrow in our neighborhoods and towns? I vote to invade.

Yeah, those hi frags keep coming at poor old sweet English men all the time these days. But hey if you're tired of those bricks coming at you, you can always take out your SA-82 and shoot a dozen of unarmed civilians and say they had hi frag in their hands, avoid any punishment and get decorated by the Queen. The good old paratrooper way...

They already are, the situation has them rounding up control of the middle east through the recent revolutions, trying to crack Iran, surround Russia with the "rocket shield" missiles, check the growth of the Chinese navy and cut off their resources in Africa and the Middle East. Its effectively a full scale global (cold)war and its intensifying with each passing year. It will intensify even more as the US is trying to advance very far, very quickly - I suspect because the hawks in Washington are realising that time is slowly but surely running out and in favour of other states. I think you just hate democracy and freedom.

''I can think of a few things that money would be better spent on. Maybe education, healthcare, and infrastructure'' Well you could of ask the same question in the context of US and for that matter any country that spends 50+ billion dollars a year on their defense budget. Attacking Russia for this move by the west is highly hypocritical, especially the US, a country that spends 690 billion dollars a year on their armed forces. And then Russia plans to modernize their military hardware and spend 700+ billion dollars in the next 10 years and for many this is an outrage, but don't worry...I'm sure during that period the US will spend 7000 billion dollars so it can keep shining bright as a beacon of democracy, freedom and all those other propaganda bullsh*t.

Magic Vendetta!!!

Well of course they didn't. Conspiracy wackos

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