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I didn't realize Turbine was such a favorite over there. That's great. Also, DDO is not exactly there strongest property. Asheron's Call was a major player back in the day, and LotR Online is probably their cash cow.

Welcome back, it's good to hear you are still plugging away at school. There are a few new crazies here, but it's pretty much status quo.

That would produce pretty much zero response. Cartoonists lampoon presidents all the time.

Very nice slug

Wierd, I can't vote, even logged in.

No, small business owners are rightfully worried that it is going to be a cost that they can't take in an already fragile economy.

It's like the old expression "You don't have to attend meetings to be an alcoholic."

Engage your brain. It much easier to pay for something for 30 million people who have the highest taxes in the world then it is to pay for 300 million people with one of the lowest taxes in the free world. I mentioned earlier that my financial guy said taxes were at a 30 year low, which surprised me. I'm guessing the taxes will go up a decent clip and everything will turn out a-ok.

That is pretty gushy. Nobody cares about your esoteric numbering system.

The character creation is vastly different in Two Worlds than it is in Oblivion. I like it, there is a lot of detail and different skills you can work up. The alchemy and magic systems are neat. The world itself shares some similarities with Oblivion, lots of stuff to explore and run across. It's not quite as sharp graphically, but it has a fairly amazing draw distance on my PC. There seem to be more NPC's around than in Bethesda titles, which make sit seem like you really are in a village. It's not perfect, it has some pretty big flaws. Again, the voice acting and the translation itself is atrocious. But I'm getting past that easily enough because it is fun just exploring.

Surprisingly dense and quite large. There are really too many unique NPC's, they are hard to keep track of. It's a solid sandbox game. I'm not quite as gushy about it as Volourn, but I've enjoyed it quite a bit so far. Granted I am late to the party and playing with the benefit of the uber 1.2 gig patch.

I don't remember the Two Worlds reviews being outright horrible. It was given pretty average scores, in the 6-7 out of 10 range in most places. It's not a blockbuster, but it is a very playable game with quite a bit of depth. Although I'm going to murder the next NPC that says forsooth or verily. Actually whoever did the translations just needs to be shot, it was like they hired someone who has never had an actual conversation in English to translate the game.

Why? My mother just stayed the weekend at a private hospital and got abdominal hysterectomy done for less than 10K NZD. How does this work? Actually quite a few Americans are traveling out of the country for certain procedures, particularly ones that aren't covered by health insurance.

I don't think Calgary is all that appealing as a first round opponent either. Here is my list of postseason teams, 1 being most comfortable and 8 being scariest. 1. Nashville - We've been here before. They just don't have the skill guys 2. Los Angeles - Very young, including the tender. 3. Colorado - Basically LA with better fans. 4. Phoenix - Scary because of Doan and Bryzgaloff, but I don't think they have the depth. 5. Calgary - Again, Iginla and Kipper can ruin any teams day, but depth. 6. Vancouver - Actually I might not be too worried about this one, Luongo hasn't been huge in he playoffs yet. 7. Chicago - Young and talented, should win the conference 8. Detroit - They are a sleeping giant.

80000 dollars is still way too much. Unless they replaced the leg with a golden one with studded diamonds and breasts. Go big or go home. I really doubt the materials are the problem in terms of cost, the rod could not have been much more than $1k. In fact I get it out in a few months, I hope I get to keep it! A night at a hospital can run you $10-20k even without surgery. There are major problems with health care costs in this country. This bill doesn't fix that, but it could open the door to further reform.

Yeah, it's crazy. The Coyotes and the Kings have really been pretty amazing stories this season. My Sharks are also in a complete tailspin. I actually think it is good to not finish in first place this season, because Detroit is a nightmare first round opponent. But it's getting a bit frightening. Maybe they are just trying to get the losses out of their system before they hit the playoffs or something.

Yeah I noticed that too. You would think there would be some similarity in design decisions, but everything is completely different.

Sounds very productive.

That was refreshing.

To be fair to Gfted, the misinformation out there is simply astounding.

I don't think Mexico has government health care. There is an option.

Um, thats a bummer? How, exactly, should it be my problem to pay off your broke leg? You aren't paying anything for my leg, because this isn't government run health care. I will continue to have health care coverage through my employer. Your taxes will be supporting those who are unable to afford health care. Do you understand what happens when someone without coverage breaks a leg? They get a bill, and they don't pay it. The hospital then raises the fees on everyone else to cover their losses. They pay expensive insurance premiums to cover their losses. That insurance company pursues legal action, which is fruitless because if the broken leg guy can't afford coverage, he probably doesn't have the money lying around. So if everyone has health coverage, the costs of health care will eventually go down. That means your insurance premiums will eventually go down. Heck, I'll be happy if my premiums just stop increasing every year. They've been skyrocketing across the country in the last couple years. So yeah, you will pay more taxes, but you should also pay less in health coverage in the long run. They still need to reform the insurance industry to really make a dent there, but this is a start.

I received about $80,000 in bills for services rendered a few months ago when I broke my leg. It was an emergency situation. How, exactly, is someone supposed to realistically pay that bill off? Thankfully I have good health coverage. I have a student who hurt her knee awhile back. Her family did not have good health care coverage. They went to a local 'off the books' doctor from Mexico. Her knee was made worse, and now she needs more serious medical attention. This will hopefully not happen with the health care reforms.

I believe he left an anti-government rant on a blog before he took off. That would make it a terrorist act. If he'd up and shot the IRS guy he was dealing with because he was angry, that'd be one thing, but he targeted a government building to make a political statement with his death. Just because it is a rather weak statement and he didn't join any organized group does not mean it still isn't a terrorist act.

I was meeting with a financial planner on Friday, and he said taxes are currently at a 30 year low. I was surprised by this. So taxes go up but we get nearly everyone covered medically, why is that the end of the world? I absolutely love the insurance market reforms, those were a long time coming. The current system is just terrible. This will be a bit different. It addresses a couple of the problems, it will probably create a few more, but at least it is an attempt at changing a crappy status quo.