Moonlight_Graham

Wow this is an amazing thread, i didn't know we were all so medicated with anti-depressants on the Bored. Shouldn't be suprised, depression/anxiety is sooo common. I take Effexor (extended release) & its a dark red pill. I take it for anxiety. My doc wanted to put me on Paxil for a long time but i resisted because i heard of some of the side-effects (stories of some people committing suicide, probably bogus) & horror stories getting off it. But he gave me Effexor when my anxiety got incredibly bad, apparently Effexor doesn't have barely any side-effects compared to other anti-depressants. I don't have any problems with side-effects other than some drowsiness. Never tried to come off the stuff, but doesn't sound fun. But a lot of anti-depressants have very hard withdrawl symptoms like Paxil. I've heard that the key is to ween off very slowly in slow dose drops. I have no prob with people with severe medical coniditions going on these types of pills. Its maybe the people who have minor problems that could do just as well with good psychotherepy that i think can sometimes be over the top. Tom Cruise & his stupid rants, if you have schizophrenia you better believe you should be on meds because that shit is serious.

Ever heard of sublimation? In other news, Mark Foley is against sexual predators. when a solid changes to a gas without going through a liquid state? waka-waka-waka!

ok i get it.

I don't do drugs, never have. Never hung around people who did drugs, not even pot except for the very rare occasion. Call me naive, i'll call myself fortunate, but I don't know what Matt's pink pills are? Is Ecstacy usually in the form of pink pills? Is it another popular drug? Ar the pink pills just some metaphor for drugs MG made up? I know what they symboloize, i just don't know WTF they are. thanks

Supercanuk i read every word u wrote, i will have to watch the link you posted later as its an hour in length but looks very interesting. I do not accept a war without an end. I accept the possibility that the war against terrorism may never end, but i don't concede that as a fact. But we're talking about Afghanistan so i say that no again i don't accept that war without an end. I don't demand a strict timeline on its ending, but i agree with the 2 phase-approach of the war (military vs recontruction) and a general timeline (a goal for our military to strive toward) would be healthy to keep pressure on the mlitary & gov't to finish the job ASAP & get out of there. I'm not so concerned with the amount of time this war takes, i'm much more concerned about the # of Canadian casualties (& innocent Afghan casualties) compared to progress happening in Afghanistan. If a not-so alarming # of soldiers are dying but we're making good progress in the war then i'm ok with that. Thats much different than Vietnam, where a disgusting # of soldiers were dying, a draft put in, and a horrendous # of Vietnamese also dying but the war became cleary un-winable & probably was from the outset since it was a fierce civil war to the Vietnamese (who were actually doing most of the fighting) compared to a piece of the Cold War as the West & Russians/China etc. treated it. Personally i think Iraq is an unwinnable war for the U.S., since there will be terrorists flooding into that country after being trained & supplied by Iran, that is unless the U.S. can somehow get rid of the Iran/Syria problem (not likely). Iran will not accept U.S. led peace in Iraq, period, so i see that war as more Iran vs U.S. than Iraq militants vs U.S. Syria & Iran border Iraq so how in the world can U.S. expect to win that war? Afghanistan is the same deal only on the other side of Aghanistan border so it may indeed become (or already be) the same thing. I totally agree with you about staying out of Muslim states as much as possible. They view occupation very much differently than we would if we were occupies/invladed by another country since eveything to them is based deeply in religion, even war. But there's obviously a line to be drawn where its becomes neccessary to go into a Muslim country despite the political whiplash we'd get from the Muslim world. I'm not sure where that line is drawn since i'm not an expert at Muslim culture/relgion or mid-east politics. U.S./West negotiating with the Taliban very likely wouldn't have done shit. Now, maybe if the we went to the middle-eastern countries that weren't koo-koo-bananas & got them at the table with the Taliban then something might have been done, again not likely but worth a shot. One thing i don't understand about the West (and the U.S. mostly) is why they bother with the ground-forces. They are so much more technologically advanced that this pests we're fighting its ridiculas. The West has 100% air-superiority over most of the countries in the world, yet we still send in the ground-troops to get the final dirty kills & get bogged down. Why doesn't the U.S. develop some kind of technology thats unstoppable by anyone other than other technologically advanced militaries. I'm talking some kind of nano-technology or very small un-manned flying machines that could fly down a street undecected by the naked eye, fly under a door or inside a vent & blow itself up inside a room next to its intended target. Or have some sort of nanotechnology fly up Saddam's nose & blow itself up inside Saddam's brain LOL. Not really joking here, with technology we have i can't see why we need to occupy these countries with tens of thousands of groundtroops. How can we transfer our power in air-superiority into street-level, house-to-house superiority? Anyways, i have to do more research of the war going on over in Afghanistan. I try to pick out good pieces from the paper & read them but i just have a hard time finding the time to read all the things i want to read. I don't know how Matt Good does it. Info on Iraq is everywhere & on TV which is much quicker to digest, but Afghanistan seems buried in TV media & documentaries, especially i the U.S. p.s. i also recently read about the U.S. how they desposed of the democratically elected leader in the 50's & their ironic goal to spread democracy in the region. Think i read it in the Citizen maybe you did too since u also live in Ottawa. Or maybe it was on MG's site? Seems that sort of thing always bites the U.S. in the ass.

No he doesn't, he's against gay marriage & the act of homosexual sex.

How can you put a timetable on a war? Too many variables out of Canada's (& U.S.'s) control to do that.

I don't think Harper sucks American dick. I think he sucks right-wing conservative dick. And he sucks that puppy hard. I don't think Harper is a true Bush ass-kisser because he's gone hard against him & the U.S. and a number of issues (Canadian arctic soveriegnty being one). But Bush & Harper are clearly sucking from the same tit.

That's true, but Rumsfeld, Cheney, and Bush are the guys who hired all those crooks (most of them anyways). Rusmfeld & Cheney are like a tag-team, best buds from the late 70's. Cheney has a ton of his own guys scattered throughout the White House pyramid of power. A dozen Scooter Libby's still walking around.

I love Puck. He's so cute!

I don't see how Rumsfeld can be a "scapegoat" for Iraq when he is the Secretary of mother-fucking Defense. Besides the President of course, he's the numero uno responsible for the whole mess. He's also the guy who totally fucked up Afghanistan & didn't bring in any significant ground forces until 4 months after 9/11 despite huge pressure from the CIA & Special Ops already in Afghanistan from almost day 1. Give Bin Laden & the Taliban a 4 month head start ya good going dweeb. FUCK!

u got a link?

"was" the guy. Well Cheney had just as big of a part to do with the entire Iraq situation of lies. Of course Bush doesn't have his hands clean either. I always wondered why they never tried to impeach Bush or the others. But i didn't know you couldn't do such without control of the house. I guess you need to have majority to make it pass or something of that effect. Talk about broken democratic process. also i don't think he's going to say shit about Bush etc. now that he's out of office. He's still good friends with Cheney, and i'm sure Bush. And he's "a good soldier", a team player, those types don't squeel behind each other's back, they take one for the team (like Powell).

its cool, but i don't even know what the heck its supposed to mean???

Thank fucking god. 3 years too late IMO. This took way too long. I can't believe Bush actually let him go this time. Apparently he's plans to be travel to some warm places in his retirement...like hell. ;)

I saw an interview with Harper on the news about a month ago about Afghanistan. You want to know about missions, goals etc.? Well, Harper said to the effect that his government is committed to staying in Afghanistan until the rebuilding process if complete, ie: when majorority of violence in the country has ended & schools, hospitals etc. have been rebuilt. Harper admitted that this isn't something attainable by the time their current mission timeline expires (2009 i believe?) so he basically iterated that the Conservatives would extend the current mission in Afghanistan until the job there was completed. What was interesting but not suprising is that Harper also said he has a vision for Canada & its military to grow & have a bigger voice in the world. (After WWII we had a large, powerful military & had an influencial voice on international matters. Since the Trudeau Liberals that military has dwindled to near-nothing w/ money since gone to social programs). So thats what i've heard from Harper's mouth. If its up to him, we are in Afghanistan until the rebuilding is done, which could take up to 10 years or more. But this isn't something unprecidented. How long have Canadian troops been stationed Cyprus to keep the Turkish/Greek ceasefire? Since 1964. How long has the U.S. had troops along the North/South Korean border? Since the end of the Korean War. Right now i'm on the side of being in Afghanistan. But like others have said, i would like things done differently there & see changes in their drug-dependant economy.

thats sucks. what jerks.

When i think romantic MG, i think Fearless, Vermillion, & Its Been A While Since i Was Your Man. Vermillion chorus: "This time we'll get a room with a view and a velvet painting and this time we'll stay inside until the lights come up and everything's vermillion" the whole song is romanitc imo

Nothing Else Matters - Metallica With Or Without You - U2 Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers thats just some.

I've watched every season all the way through (except 1) since the beginning. This is the 1st season i'm not watching. Its just getting dull. I actually now just watch the first 2 minutes of each show to get a recap of what happened last week, and then maybe i'll watch the last 4 shows when it really gets interesting.

Foley is a sick dumb fuck. Beign sick & dumb is a bad combo.

i hate that show. sorry. I really like Venture Bros. though. And OMG Robot Chicken is the best!!!

god dammit!!! How come every link i click on the song is either gone or the Yousendit has expired!!! bah! peeps should put this on a website or something.

u win the prize.

Bringing back this arguement. State your points why is is or isn't a good idea for us sending the 2000+ troops into Afghanistan. Right now i'm sorta on the fence, though leaning a bit toward us being there. Would like to hear some arguments both ways.