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Interesting stuff on Twilight. Given how difficult it can be to keep young people electively reading, I'm never one to hate on a book that generates excitement.

This may be the most ridiculous thing I have read on these forums.

I apologize if you feel I am misunderstanding you, it is not intentional. I also think there are less liberals here than you realize. Krezack is the only true liberal, and he's way over on that. Most of the folks here are closer to moderates.

We could blame the consoles. But really Skyrim did some pretty amazing things, and Fallout 3 was also pretty fantastic, so I just call Oblivion an anomaly.

Yeah, if you believe government creates wealth then you would see it that way. You can take several things from it depending on your view. It doesn't remove the fact that more democratic states are higher towards the top in debt despite having more average gdp. Government answer to that is tax more. I don't think you really understand how a debt to income ratios work. That GDP is the most important thing, even with all the debt issues that a state like California has, it still generates a brickload of wealth and is in nowhere near the hot water of a country like Greece. Texas is probably the only red state that could actually afford to be independent.

Democrat states would be up to their necks in debt like they are now. Although this is 2 years old, graphs like this are cool to look at. http://www.ritholtz....-their-debt.png 14 of the top 20 are straight up Democratic states. Huh, that makes the democratic states look great, actually.

I was very nervous about voting for Jerry Brown, but the crazy thing is all he has done since getting into office is cut programs and lower spending. He's been a total fiscal conservative. So when he put together a reasonable tax program that would allow California to bring its education funding back from the depths of the ocean, it seemed like the right thing to do. Anyone who complains about Brown as a free spending liberal is uninformed. Schwarzenegger was killing me on taxes by the way, every year my state taxes went up when he was governor, and they've dropped back under Brown.

What amazes me about these people is they can talk about patriotism and secession in the same breath and not see the hypocrisy.

I went to an NFL game today and it ended in a tie. Weird. I'm glad to hear you are enjoying the community Bruce, it really is a charming bunch of miscreants.

Wreck It Ralph - I probably enjoyed it more than my daughter, it was a fantastic movie. Watching the lead characters beat up on a car bonus stage with Ryu at the end credits was a great way to end it too

Pedialyte or any children's electrolyte juice works best. It contains less of the sugar of a gatorade.

That's actually pretty good news.

The sci-fi overlay really bothered me originally when I played AC1, because I really just wanted a game set in the Crusader States without any other rubbish. But I came to terms with it and find the gameplay to be very fun.

Much like fixing a laptop, just because it is possible and there are youtube videos showing you how to do it, doesn't mean everyone should pick up a soldering gun. A desktop PC is much easier to open up and swap components than anything else.

I know you are talking more about the fact that other games have crappy stories, but I find the key to my AC enjoyment is to ignore the overarching theme and enjoy the personal story of Ezio.

Fixing the broken medical and insurance industry might help a bit, too.

AC1 was a beautiful game in a great setting that let me explore a fascinating time in history. That being said, it grew repetitive after a number of hours and I never finished it. Because of this, I held off on buying AC2 until recently. AC2 is still a beautiful game in a great setting that lets me explore a fascinating time in history, but it has removed the repetition. That's good.

I'm guessing, and really hoping, that the Republican party will be making some big changes to become more relevant in the next election. A good first step would be to jettison some of the crazier elements. They've already run two cadidates who are much more moderate than the party itself in 2 consecutive elections, how much more can they concede? If Romney had actually stuck to the policies he pushed as governor, he might have had a shot at some swing voters and moderates. As is, he never really established a strong identity.

I'm guessing, and really hoping, that the Republican party will be making some big changes to become more relevant in the next election. A good first step would be to jettison some of the crazier elements.

Sorry to hear things are going rough for you Ros, but it sounds like you are keeping a good attitude about it, and that will do a lot to turn it around.

Actually it bothers me tremendously how many extremely rich people are speaking disrespectfully towards the office of the president. It is unpatriotic and childish. The idea that they would purposefully hold back on hiring and growth is basically cutting off the nose to spite the face.

I thought they got rid of those 'pizza free if after a certain time' because a bunch of delivery guys got in car accidents. I don't think they allow them in my county at least. I'd also say it is messed up they dock his pay. I would have just withheld a tip, I guess.

Another telling sign that the Republican party needs to change is the fact that the Libertarian candidate received the most votes in the history of the party. That's kind of like when the Green party was getting a good chunk of votes with Nader, it weakened the Democrats.

I've had enough! I'm going to re-read the Great Gatsby and put it up on youtube, so I can dissect the character flaws of Nick Carraway!