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Pirate1

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  1. I'm not a real big Beck fan, but I would not call him an idiot at all. One of the things I like about the guy is when he has someone on his show with an opposing point of view he'll actually engage in a conversation with them, not just shout them down.

     

    Is he over the top sometimes, sure he is, almost all TV/Radio personalities do that from time to time, it's how they've made their careers, how they got noticed to begin with.

     

    Now if you want to talk about idiocy, check out the Sharpton/Coulter debate on Larry King tonight.......I think my IQ dropped 20 points just by watching(and I can't afford to lose that many)

  2. Honestly, though, haven't our elections almost completely turned into popularity contests? Isn't that at least in part what the hell is wrong with our political system. How many people in any election vote on the issues. Obama may be a more extreme example, I grant you. But how many people voted for Bush because "he seemed like a good guy to have a beer with" or other inane nonsense.

     

    I remember during the Bush/Gore election that Gore's poll numbers among women went way up after he french kissed his wife on stage during the convention. Bottom line is most of the electorate in this country(even those that actually bother to vote) have the attention span of a gnat. Due to that we may end up getting a good candidate in office occasionally, but rarely for the right reasons.

  3. I could be very wrong about this, but don't the gas companies use a different mixture in the summer than in the winter? I know it seems like every year they make a switchover this time of year and the prices rise. Now that could be a convienent excuse to raise prices, I don't know....but it seems like I've heard this reported a number of times in the past.

 
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