Until we get consistent voter turnouts that don¡¦t resemble Neilsen ratings, any and all claims about votes for third party candidates being ¡§wasted¡¨ are complete horse manure. Such claims are especially ridiculous due to the fact that the reason most of these people aren¡¦t voting is that they don¡¦t like either major party candidate and think that a vote for any other candidate will be ¡§wasted¡¨. Circular logic at its most ridiculous.
Ralph Nader has nothing to apologize for. If the Democrats want to avoid losing votes to him again, their best bet is to nominate someone who isn¡¦t utterly beholden to corporate interests and polls, and who also doesn¡¦t completely agree with the Republican candidate on about 98% of the issues.
Video game ratings should be objective, detailed, comprehensive, and available by request. There¡¦s absolutely no reason to mess up a box cover or cabinet with an ugly sticker/label.
Anyone who takes video game magazine reviews seriously is a moron. Anyone who thinks video game magazine writers are any smarter than any other player is a moron. Anyone who actually makes a decision based on an article in such a magazine is a moron. Anyone who feels the need to gripe on a message board about the wrongfulness of a video game magazine article or rating is a moron, since it¡¦s already unbelievably obvious to anyone who¡¦s ever read one of those things.
It¡¦s great that companies like Andamiro and Namco have seen the success of a bold new genre and have followed suit. Furthermore, since the look and feel of Pump It Up is considerably different from anything Konami has produced, it¡¦s silly to think that they¡¦re taking money from Konami¡¦s coffers.
Cheat codes and devices are a godsend for videogaming, allowing players who aren¡¦t up to supreme diehard grandmaster status to have some fun, and boring or one-dimensional games to become a lot more fun. There is absolutely nothing wrong with using cheat codes. Anyone who brings up ¡§manhood¡¨ or ¡§honor¡¨ or similar issues regarding a game is the biggest loser on the planet.
Elementary, junior high, and high schools have an ironclad moral imperative to be safe learning environments and not allow repulsive jerks, bullies, and other malcontents to run wild. Any school that cannot meet this basic standard should be shut down.
Bipolarism is a flawed concept at best and utterly insane at worst. I have no desire or obligation to ¡§choose¡¨ between Dance Dance Revolution and Pump It Up…I play both whenever I damn want. I will openly root for the Broncos and Raiders, sometimes in the same week. I use Internet Explorer and Netscape (sometimes at the same time) depending on which one suits my immediate needs better.
It¡¦s sad that we had to invent a five-syallabe word, ¡§polyamory¡¨, to describe a completely natural, healthy way of life.
Princess Diana accomplished NOTHING of note, and she was an irresponsible spoiled brat for nearly her entire life. Had she not been the Princess, I doubt anyone outside her immediate family would¡¦ve missed her.
Everyone who is actually trying to find a job and become self-sufficient has the right to at least subsidence living. Furthermore, until the Treasury reverses its execrable policy of deliberately manintaining a jobless rate of about 5% in order to protect sky-high profits of mega-greedy corporations, there will be NO ignorant ranting about ¡§bums on welfare¡¨.
There isn¡¦t half a sheckel¡¦s worth of difference between Israelis and Palestinians, and the sooner they realize this, the sooner their utterly irrational hatred of each other will end.
Unchecked capitalism is an unqualified disaster, and anyone with half a brain realizes this. The regular deposition of democratically elected leaders, economy-crippling scandals such as the Enron collapse, executives ¡§downsizing¡¨ thousands of employees with absolutely no repercussions, ungodly millions in corporate welfare, continual erosion of workers¡¦ rights (such as overtime pay), etc. are more than proof enough.
¡§Too many words¡¨ is the most ludicrous, brain-dead argument one can make against an editorial cartoon. No political issue is ever simple or explainaible in a couple sentences. Intelligent, conciensious cartoonists like Dan Perkins are not to blame for pathetically short attention spans or the inability to analyze any issue more complex than what to order for dinner.
There¡¦s nothing wrong with The Boondocks. Fresh, original, insightful comics like these are exactly what the comics page desperately needs.
Michael Jordan was NOTHING without Scottie Pippen, Horace Grant, Dennis Rodman, and Phil Jackson. Without them, he has no rings and is lucky to get more than 30 points in any game.
Although Emmitt Smith is undoubtedly a fine running back and a deserving Hall of Famer, he had the benefits of a powerful offensive line, an ace quarterback to keep opposing defenses from filling the box, and a defense to keep the team ahead and allowed him to pick up a lot of yards grinding out the clock. Not to mention a great coach and an owner who was committed to winning. Several other running backs could¡¦ve broken the all-time rushing record under these highly favorable conditions, and Barry Sanders would¡¦ve demolished it by his ninth season.
Microsoft is damn lucky that the breakdowns of several X-Box units in stores didn¡¦t kill the system right then and there. They still have no idea how to compete in a fair market, and have a long, long way to go before they can even dream of catching up to the Playstation 2.
Okay, that¡¦ll do for a start… 
