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Name some more. Ones that aren't the usual fanboy bull****. Say something intelligible, and based on fact. For instance, do the exact opposite of what I just did, which wasn't too bright. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not having to deal with Japanese games for the most part? "Toshi! We have to rescue the Princess from the Okadameleon!" "Okay! I'll get in my macross gundam and contact Bubblegum Command!" "Great! I'll take the leopard through the marmalade trees!"

Multiculturalism as Steve suggested? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> American's an American. The Athenians had the metis, sure, but a citizen was a citizen was a citizen. Racial distinction doesn't much matter, but for the record I've never met a black dude who minded being referred to as black.

Graphically speaking, yeah, it's superior. In terms of controllers, that's subjective, as is the number of "good" games. Oh, and the Halo movie should be at least decent. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It is subjective, but the X-Box's controllers were a hell of a lot better. And I never switched to that "S" crap, either. The fact that they're adopting one of those crappy, cramp-inducing Eastern varietals is the reason I won't be purchasing the 360. Well, that, and I realized that I only used my X-Box to play Madden, NCAA, Fifa, and NHL. And the wife won't let me.

Marshall's a bit of a red herring. I mean, sure, Michael Jordan didn't play high school basketball, but that doesn't mean colleges should hand out scholarships to every aspiring basketball player who doesn't make the cut at West Central High. There are people with truly exceptional abilities in certain areas, but I think we can all agree that Miers doesn't fit that description. She just...I don't know. I'm sure she's a perfectly kind woman, but I just didn't sense a vibrant intellect at work. Certainly not the sort that you'd want sitting on the highest court in the land. Like so much with politics these days, Supreme Court Justice nominees are increasingly resembling the triumph of mediocrity more than anything else.

Good post, though I suspect it was meant for the Miers nomination thread.

Oh, he did leak the information. It's just that the law in question is very hard to break. It has a very tough intent requirement-- to violate it you pretty much have to know that you're illegally divulging classified info, and then do so with the intent of hindering or harming the United States. If Libby had simply cooperated with everything the special prosecuter wanted, and told him the truth about everything, there never would've been criminal charges. (The same was true for Martha Stewart.) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You listening to NPR, too?

http://news.yahoo.com/fc/us/bush_administration Rove hasn't been indicted, but he's still under investigation, apparently. And it doesn't look like Libby's getting tagged for the actual leak, either. Wonder if that's ever going to get resolved.

You really don't think this could have even a subtle connection to low poll numbers concerning job approval and the like?

I still insist she would've been better than whoever we're likely to end up with. Keep in mind this was pressure from ultracons, not pressure from the moderates and left. Well, the latter two groups certainly disagreed, but Bush doesn't really pay attention to them, anyway. I wouldn't be surprised if the next nominee suggests implementing Klan hoods as the standard headware.

I don't know if I'd call it brainwashing, myself. I know I'm reaching back a few pages in this thread, but the discussion on how to label the Irish doesn't really interest me. This is how kids operate. The absorb the culture of their parents, and tend to adopt their parents' moral values and the like. Brainwashing kind of suggests that they already had a basic outlook on race that was contrary to this revolting 'white nationalism' thing, and they were converted over. Not really the case. Kids start out with a blank slate. Putting this down to brainwashing requires doing the same thing with, for example, religion. And, for the record, I'm not suggesting that religion and 'white nationalism' are the same. But nobody's born Hindu or Muslim or Catholic; if your parents take you to church or mosque or whatever, and teach you those values, then those become your cultural cues. It's just how young children work. Teach them what's 'right' early, long before they're developmentally capable of making complex value judgments, and that sort of becomes their meter stick.

Actually, I think this is pretty horrible. I don't think she even remotely deserved to be nominated, but now he's not going to be able to throw up anyone who doesn't believe the Consitution is only right where it agrees with the Old Testament. We're going to get some ultracon who'll camp out on an associate justice seat for the next forty years. I'd start preparing for the Supreme Court to mandate that Father Knows Best reruns be aired during what used to be primetime programming.

http://news.yahoo.com/fc/us/supreme_court WASHINGTON - Under withering attack from conservatives, President Bush abandoned his push to put loyalist Harriet Miers on the Supreme Court and promised a quick replacement Thursday. Democrats accused him of bowing to the "radical right wing of the Republican Party."

Did you create Cantousent to avoid a forum ban? No? Then you need to reread what I was responding to and how I responded to it. Separate what I said from what Gromnir said. Oh, and I'm officially giving you permission to explain why I so richly deserve scorn.

When the hell did they transfer you out to left field?

Stop, you're making me cry. I answered a specific question: how does creating an alternate account to get around a forum ban constitute cowardice? It pains me deeply that you didn't fancy the answer.

You mean other than how it smacks of not taking it like a man?

No, I don't.

That happens frequently, too.

Because women want me and men want to be me.

Actually, I don't believe he's buying it to shoot dogs. I got the impression he was purchasing it for another reason, and that shooting dogs with it would just be a bonus. Shooting dogs, by the way, is sick. If he's actually serious about that crap, he needs to knock it the hell off. Shooting dogs is one thing. Buying a military carbine is one thing (though for the record I'm pretty sure you can't; it'd be an A4 or something, a semiautomatic version). Combine them, and I get the image of one of those wild-eyed Idaho militia nuts.

Why the hell are you going to buy an M4?

Commie Commissarov. I kid you not.

Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik I get to drive to DC today, so I'm trying to figure out what to stick in the deck.

Jack Johnson - Taylor

Ha, this line actually occurred to me today, and I was just about to come in and post it. That really is a fantastic opening for a book. Say what you like about King (and I think he's a hack for everything he's done outside of the Dark Tower), this is good stuff.