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what's that blow-hard got to do with anything? obama's voting record (and his general positions) is all that matters. you ideologists just don't get anything that involves facts, do you? taks That's rich coming from one of the most ideological people on these forums. Your ungrounded faith in the invisible hand of the free market is downright frightening.

Really? A quick poll of 500 undecided voters found that 40% thought Obama won, while 25% thought McCain won. They thought Obama knocked him out on the economy and stood his ground well on foreign relations, as you say. So I'd hold off on your predictions for now.

how does circumvented DRM == encouraging piracy? Ummm where do you think people get the DRM cracks from? 'Piracy' groups. That means so-called pirates are giving ordinary people what they want, and in doing so establishing a higher level of legitimacy and penetration. It's not at all clear that DRM has any impact on levels of piracy; it's simply that the standard industry assumption is that DRM stops piracy, fingers crossed. It wouldn't surprise me in the least to discover it's the opposite.

So how much are they paying you, taks?

America is actually one of the few Western countries which is yet to adopt universal welfare and healthcare.

Just for the record, because the title could be slightly misleading: the LHC has nothing what so ever to do with the state of the global economy. BTW, is the UK really in trouble due to America? I thought everywhere was riding along without much hassle except America? I know Australia and Brazil are doing fine.

Republican presidential nominee Mike Huckabee says suspending the debates was a "huge mistake".

But when you become uncompromisingly ideological like the communists, conservatives and libertarians do, you lose sight of the reality of society and the market, and that's not helpful at all.

w3rd.

Some food for thought: http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/100395/m...%22time_out%22/

I don't think you've seen the last of these guys Hah!

As much as I'd like to see them elect McCain so I can laugh at people like taks, the world needs Obama. Anyway, I'm not sure I could laugh in that circumstance (McCain elected) after all - you'd be consigning hundreds of millions of innocent Americans to 4 more years of social and economic degradation.

This is gold. McCain bails out on his interview with David letterman, citing his campaign suspension as the reason and indicating he's on his way to Washington, then Letterman catches him doing an interview with some broad on another show instead. It's required viewing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjkCrfylq-E Needless to say, Letterman wasn't exactly bouncing off the walls with glee. http://coloradoindependent.com/9206/letter...te-cancellation

Because we see how crappy they're doing it and want to show how it can be improved. Oh zing! Dude... they even tried to make an American version of Red Dwarf. Take a wild stab at how successful it was. I don't know what that is. Sounds like a pretty lame show though. The original I mean. So, I wouldn't expect another version of the show to be any better than the lame sounding original. I'm going to come over there, tape your eyelids open, and tie you to a chair in front a TV where you'll watch all 52 episodes of Red Dwarf without pause. Only then will your soul be redeemed.

It hasn't hit the polls yet obviously, but general reaction towards McCain's little debate suspension stunt is not good. Here's a summary: McCain says let's suspend presidential campaigns because we're needed in congress to fix Wall street: "Tomorrow morning, I will suspend my campaign and return to Washington." Congress tells them to go away: "It would not be helpful at this time to have them come back during these negotiations and risk injecting presidential politics into this process or distract important talks about the future of our nation's economy. If that changes, we will call upon them." The debate organisers say they were not informed of any changes to the debate: "The University of Mississippi is going forward with the preparation for the debate. We are ready to host the debate, and we expect the debate to occur as planned." Obama says the debates should go forward as planned: "This is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who, in approximately 40 days, will be responsible for dealing with this mess." and "Presidents are going to have to deal with more than one thing at a time. It's not necessary for us to think that we can only do one thing and suspend everything else."

Because we see how crappy they're doing it and want to show how it can be improved. Oh zing! Dude... they even tried to make an American version of Red Dwarf. Take a wild stab at how successful it was.

But only in America, right?

I'm waiting for them to make a zombie version of EA Sports.

It's hilarious for the first season or two I suppose. Gets old fast, though. And what's with Americans having to make their own version of anything British?

Eeeh eeh eeeeeeeeeh!

That doesn't mean much. EULAs are often not legally enforceable.

As I said over at Mistress' Lair, Heroes has evolved into a downright awful show in only 2 seasons of existence. Somebody call me when the hotness factor of the actors overcomes the stupidity factor of the show once more.

I call bull****. Nice attempt at misinformation, though. I commend you.

I know we might not seem to matter to some people. But we do. It's called word of mouth. It doesn't happen over night - but it spreads, slowly, like a cancer. EA does not want a cancer. I was neutral about spore to begin with. I might not have bought it, true. Now I will never buy it. How far are you willing to defend them, hmmm? Did you miss the bit about forum bans translating to being banned from a game they bought, or did you gloss over that deliberating?

Stop covering these stories. You just make it worse.