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I was watching a show on polygamy in Utah on A&E the other day, and let me tell you, that is not the sort of thing I'd like to see in Canada... other than the fact it's already specifically against the law. Well, that sounded wrong... what I'm saying is, polygamy, in my opinion, is one of those things that does pose a threat to women's rights, because polygamous marriages aren't often entered into willingly by one of two parties, and you can guess which party is getting the short end of the stick.

Isn't that how the Beatles got their start?

I rented out YHF from the library, and I really enjoy it, so I"ll see what other albums of theirs I can get my hands on without spending money.

I guess you've got me beat on that one. ;)

Ha ha ha ha.... Gay bombs...

Trade among small communities is impossible? Smaller communities can't form federations to enter into negotiations with other federations where geography prohibits direct trade? I mean, trade among far-reaching communities would be impossible. Imagine if a small collection of countries has a high concentration of resources, such as oil. As it stands, there are about 200 some odd countries in the world, and therefore import oil, requiring trade relations, etc. Now, imagine if we have 500 small, concentrated "countries" in the world. Not only would that complicate the distribution and purchasing of oil, but transport would be complicated by border crossing and landlocked areas that would require on communally built and operated railroads for importation. It's not impossible, but quite complicated.

I wonder if there's even a hard copy still in existence, though.

Nation-states exist for resources, don't they? If you had a bunch of small, local-run "governments" using direct democracy, there wouldn't be much to be said for foreign relations, and the ability to have resources such as oil imported would be severely hampered, if not near impossible.

I do really hope that the TYBOB thing is a success... other than that, the whole inauguration is a wank.

What about the live version of Pledge of Allegiance and Avalanche that were streaming from the site sometime last year?

Big City Life.

You'd be surprised.

Yep, I remember that.

You kill me. So, you don't want to go after the people who want to kill Americans. And you don't want people to know what to do if their city happens to be attacked, because this would be fear mongering? Christ. Statistically, plane crashes are rare, so why bother telling passengers where the oxygen masks are, right? They might get afraid... Actually, oxygen masks are there in the event that the plane cabin has a sudden drop in air pressure. I'm not sure what good an oxygen mask would be during an all-out crash. And, seeing as I started the thread, I think I should clarify that I don't find the ad to be some Orwelian plot to control the entire population, it's really at heart reminding viewers (who, as I stated, are proportionally more likely to be "nascar dads" than not) that 9/11 happened, because when you take out the words "terrorist attack" from the message, it's a public service announcement for families to have a "ready plan" for a house fire. But, like all advertising agencies, the dept. of homeland security knows how to grab an audience's attention (as it did mine), by injecting the word "terrorist". How many families do you suppose had "ready plans" for a house fire or terrorist attack before 9/11? How many would you think had even given much thought to it? I'd say not many at all. That's what I look at it as, another way to subtly keep the subject of "terrorism" in people's minds.

Hear, hear.

Matthew Good is an excellent Canadian rock musician There are some good web sites that have information about him, and his old band. http://www.chartattack.com/features/99/mgb99/shows the text of an interview with him and (the then bandmate) Dave Genn about their album "Beautiful Midnight". They dismiss as absurd that the tracks "A Boy and his Machine" and "Born to Kill" have anything to do with the terrible Columbine massacre. http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicArtistsG/good_matthew.html also has an article about him. He is feeling great now that his band has broken up, and he has gone solo. He has found out who his friends are. He spends 3 or 4 hours a day, searching the net for news items of interest about politics. He is firmly anti George Bush, and the Iraq war.

I won't deny that, I'm sure they did, but it really pisses me off when you see artists like this getting all self-righteous for singing a few songs, hoping people on TV will donate money. They're basically doing their job, except not getting paid for doing two or three songs.

I wonder if Grass would count...

One of my favourites that does spring to mind is the Talented Mr. Ripley. I really do think it's well done, and it took watching a few times to get the scope of plot.

It's the capitol city of... a Northern African nation who'se name I can't remember. I'll get back to you. EDIT: libya. p.s. it's also a city in lebanon. p.p.s. no, i didn't read that link before i posted.

So, this afternoon, after I came home from school, I was watching a little bit of the SPEED channel, the show was called "NASCAR peformance" (basically, a bunch of guys sit around and talk about cars, with the word NASCAR thrown in every few minutes for good measure). So, you can guess this show has a large audience of southern NASCAR dads. Then, I saw a commercial come on, with a couple little kids asking questions, like "if nobody's home, should we go to the neighbours?" or "if we're stuck somewhere, who will come to pick us up?" Then, a voice-over comes on saying, "There are a lot of good reasons to make plans for a family emergency or terrorist attack..." etc etc. Then comes the address for the dept. of homeland security, ready.gov Now, that particular site has already been mocked to bits for its vague and stupid signs. But when the commercial was over, it dawned on me, could this have been part of George Bush's re-election campaign? Keep voters subtly reminded that 9/11 still happened, and that homeland security is still there, and that we need to make preparations in case a plane flies into the local landmark. I'd also like to know what the dept. of homeland security is doing putting out TV advertisements telling families to make plans with their kids in case a major loss of life happens. Don't they have more important things to do (such as raising the terror alert levels?). Either way, I feel really dirty after seeing that ad, having come face to face with what has to be labelled as propoganda, pure and simple.

Nirvana - Grey Goose With the Lights Out

*runs out to buy Apple and Digitech stuff* Feel lucky you even got a response... I've asked him about gear before, never got an answer. Sigh.

I think so.

*shifts eyes nervously* Does this mean I'll have to put some effort into finding out the news now?