Moonlight_Graham

yes nice thought. The polls now say that Bush is ahead in support. But usually the 1-on-1 debates are the last thing to really swing voters minds. There is definately time for momentum to change in the US election, much as it did in the Canadian election.

this sums things up pretty good.

well i sincerely hope your country is for the better now. From your accounts it didn't sound like a very good situation there, to say the least.

M Good v. M Trolley Fated Near Fantastica (do i get NF$ for picking this?) Hello Time Bomb (good song, plus never heard the other one. hehe) Symbolistic White Walls Flashdance II

go here (and turn on your speakers): http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/mario.php

you are from Madrid, Spain. How did the terrorist bombings there affect the election? i would like to know honestly.

Do you mean you people do not fear the mighty miliatry forces of Azerbaijan? ;)

Now there's finally a place for me to legally fulfill my Grand Theft Auto fantasies. are there any plans to lift the ban on civilian tank ownership?

Well, a pre-emptive war would have prevented 9/11. If the US had invaded Afghanistan, overthrown the Taliban, and hunted down much of Al Qaeda and its network before 9/11 instead of after 9/11 then the WTC and Pentagon attacks wouldn't have likely occured. Thats why the US now has a doctrine of pre-emptive war. Its a tricky & controversial subject, but the US is obviously not content at waiting for another enemy to attack them first before they strike back. The problem with that is that the United Nations is a flawed entity. France had a vote to veto any invasion of Iraq, but they have huge financial ties to Iraq and Saddam and had many oil and construction contracts with Iraq. Thats well documented. So if every other member of the UN Security Council was for the invasion, but France was not (neither was Germany, but nix that for sake of argument), does that mean its not justified for all those other countires to still invade Iraq even though its not under the "UN" banner. For the record, there was not "one country acting unilaterally" as you say. US had Britain/UK on their side, and also a part of the Iraq coalition were/are: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Rep, El Salvador, Estonia, Georgia, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Thailand, Tonga, and Ukraine.

Weapon Annabelle Man of Action Strangest One of All Failing The Rorschach Test Advertising on Police Cars (easy choice)

What i Have: Max Payne 2 (PS2) Ratchet & Clank (brand new, still sealed/unopened) Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution ATV Offroad Fury Gran Turismo 3 Jet Set Radio Future/Sega GT 2002 (2-pack for Xbox) What i Want: Prince of Persia: Sands of Time (xbox) Top Spin (xbox) Splinter Cell: PT (xbox) Freedom Fighters (xbox) Ninja Gaiden if you have/want any of these games, let me know and maybe we can work something out.

So Long Mrs. Smith (both good songs) Omissions of the Omen Pony Boy We're so heavy (who cares, they both wont win) antipop North American For Life (meh)

thats disgusting. Is anyone besides the hostage-takers at fault for any of this? 300+ dead is way, way too much. I'd imagine the Russian police are being put through the screws for this disaster. How could they let that many kids die? What kind of blame is being thrown around for this?

That article says Blair's party is supporting Kerry, but it doesn't anything about Blair himself shifting his alliegance.

yes my sympathies for all who were killed or hurt on that day. That is truly tragic. 100+ dead? craziness.

Man, these forums have no appreciation for "Last of the Ghetto Astronauts". Sort of a Protest Song over Native Son??? Prime Time Deliverance A Long Way Down Poor Man's Grey While We Were Hunting Rabbits (one of the best MG or MGB songs ever) Fearless (this better freakin' win this round, its one MGB's best) Flight Recorder From Viking 7

thats exactly what i do. for most artists i usually just download their songs. But for an act i really like, such as MG, i buy their albums to show support. But man, the least they could do is throw in a lyrics booklet, ya know? I'm thinking i should have retitled this thread "Why i'm a little disappointed with WLRRR". I'm not really PO'd, thats too harsh a word.

Its great that Matt shares his politics views, and gets younger people interested in politics, but personally i just listen to his music and don't read much of his blogs.

The only thing i don't like about forcing people to vote, or rallying people who don't care about politics to vote, is that you are getting people who are entirely uneducated about the candidates to cast a vote...which they don't even want to do in the first place. In a way, i'd rather have half a country vote, where most of the voters are somewhat informed, instead of having the entire country vote where the majority of voters have no clue on what they are voting for.

i agree.

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i also have to disagree with you on that. Canada is not a war culture either, but if another country were to invade Canada i would be the first person lined up and ready to fight back for my country and my freedom. If people didn't fight back, the only alternative is to roll-over and let other countries invade at will. Thats why i don't really believe in pacifism. I don't like war, but sometimes diplomacy doesn't work and you are forced to take action. Another example that "eliselover" mentioned is genocide. Would it be right for the world to have just let Hitler invade all the countries he wanted during WWII, and keep slaughtering millions of Jews? Of course not, which is why is was justified that the US, Canada, and the European Allies etc. fought back to defeat Nazi Germany. Diplomacy unfortunately doesn't usually work with madmen.

good song, but "She Wants a New Disguise" owns it baby!!

I didn't like the agressive way Bush went about things leading up to the war, but I supported the war in Iraq back when they originally invaded the country last year. Given the info i was told by Bush and others at the time, namely that Saddam possessed weapons of mass destruction and that Iraq would likely have obtained/built a nuclear weapon within a year. This info i thought justified the invasion of Iraq, since WMD's and nukes in the hands of Saddam is just bad, and he could give them to terrorists. But of course, we know both those claims are incorrect. No WMD's, and Condeleeza Rice now says Saddam would have likely built a nuclear weapon within 10 years, not 1 year as claimed. Also, would any of you have supported the war if both those claims were true, and the US did find WMD's and a nuclear weapons facility?

yeah, a large percentage of all minorities in the US vote Democrat, including blacks. And i hate the "all or none" state voting system they have in the US. They should have like in Canada where you vote by region or something. I feel bad for, say, a republican who lives in California because their vote will never ever matter because its such a Democrat state.