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Reply to Even more lunacy... We can't be thankful to... in Politics JoeUser Forums

Why do people care if a student is thankful to God, Jesus, Buddha or Allah? I don't! And who are these morons who take things way too far?

Reply to What's Everyone's Real Name?? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

everyone calls me by my last name (kinda like Kramer from Seinfeld), and if you haven't guessed, it's Latour

Reply to Multiplayer games? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

I played 3, but only finished one. One of them my opponent quit, abut the other had an interesting problem. I was behind as Dean vs. Washington, and all of the sudden, at week 29, The newspaper popped up and said Dean Defeated, but I still had 12 weeks to go. Any idea as to what happened?

Reply to Not Christian Doesn't Mean Anti-Christian in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Excellent article! Have an "insightful" and my own personal thumbs up (I wish I had a thumbs up smiley!)

Reply to Who would your 5 Dinner Guests be? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Okay, a little left-leaning, political, and Canadian, but: Tommy Douglas (Canada, inventor of medicare, started the CCF (later known as the NDP), first socialist premier in North America) Fidel Castro (so me and Tommy can talk to him about democracy and socialist ideals) Jon Stewart (to lighten the mood) Ed Broadbent (former leader of NDP (1975-1989), winning most seats in NDP history (43 in 1988)) James Carville (Crossfire)<br

Reply to Even more lunacy... We can't be thankful to... in Politics PolMach Forums

Wow. I'm an atheist and about as liberal as they come, but this is starting to take things waaaay too far. What's next? A ban on religious symbols? Oh, wait...stupid France!

Reply to Expansion Suggestions in Political Machine PolMach Forums

I'd like it for you to be able to choose your opponent's VP in quick play, because sometimes I try to play a game with some historical accuracy (say, Kerry/Edwards vs. Bush/Cheney), but the computer picks a different running mate. It just aint right to see George W. Bush campaing alongside a Canadian Prime Minister who has been dead for over 100 years.

Reply to I'm Kinda Confused about Bush's Latest Strategy... in Politics PolMach Forums

We are trying to stop PROLIFERATION of nuclear weapons not their wholesale elimination Proliferate: To increase in number or spread rapidly I'm not sure, my math might be a little rusty, but doesn't building more nuclear weapons increase the number of nuclear weapons?

Reply to choosing VPs in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Probably only in Quick Play and Fantasy Play modes, though, because you could do good in campaign mode by forcing them to pick bad running mates, and not in multiplayer for obvious reasons.

Reply to VP bug in Political Machine PolMach Forums

interesting...

Reply to Arnold Schwarzeneggar must NEVER be president!!! in Politics PolMach Forums

Never has a first world country ELECTED as its primary leader, a non-native citizen. I do not believe that, in the interest of being sensitive, the United States should be the first. If Canada or France wants to try it, that is fine. But this land was not intended to be one large social experiment. Actu

Reply to Shirley Manson's Pleasant Reaction to Bush's Victory in Politics PolMach Forums

Well, its nice to see a relatively un-rabid remark from a celebrity, but i honestly dont care what ANY of them have to say about politics. i wish theyd just shut up and entertain me, like they used to. I'm a liberal and I agree with you there. Probably most of them don't know jack about politics, and t

choosing VPs in Political Machine PolMach Forums

First off, I want to say yhat this is an excellent game, although I do have one problem. Whenever I want to run a realistic campaign against the computer, say Kerry/Edwards vs. Bush/Cheney, or Bush/Quayle vs. Dukakis/Bentsen, the computer always picks a different running mate. It really spoils the historical accuracy when George W. Bush picks a Canadian Prime Minister who has been dead for over 100 years as his running mate (Kerry/Edwards vs. Bush/Ma

Reply to Show us your exit polls! in Political Machine PolMach Forums

I just finished a fantasy campaign against G "Terrorist" Bush on normal diff. with a my made character (75 stat points, not hacked). world peice and strong peace. everythign was set to random. This created the oddest campaign i hvae played yet. Texas was liberal. Rhode Island had the highest electoral votes. as for issues and the

Reply to Test For Democrats seeking the 2008 Nomination in Politics PolMach Forums

if the Republicans had this kind of test, McCain would be President

Reply to Arnold Schwarzeneggar must NEVER be president!!! in Politics PolMach Forums

The thing with Arnold is, if you watch one of his movies and think about him as holding political power at the same time, you get really confused and shocked. Watch him use the guy as a human shield in Totall Recall, then think "economic girly-men." Damn, that makes my brain hurt.

Reply to My problem with the American left in Republican PolMach Forums

When you use the slashing of tires and other "dirty tricks" as a reason to hate the left, you have to realize that probably over 99% of liberals would not do that, and it is really a case of a few bad apples. Second - The other reason I think it's clear that liberals don't trust the electorate has to do with their tactic

Reply to Who do Dems favor for 2008? in Politics PolMach Forums

well, as a burnt out Deaniac, DEAN! DEANDEANDEAN! pros: seems intelligent, popular among liberal Dems, grassroots campaign, fundraising, can't call him a flip-flopper like Kerry cons: Northeastern liberal, unpopular among Republicans, YEEARGH!!! Seriously though, I think Richardson will be strong in '08 (popular, Southwestern governor, good chance of winning Hispanic vote in Southwest, Florida). I don't think Edwards will run again

Reply to BLACKSsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss in International PolMach Forums

there is surely no GOD I agree with you there. But if you want people to read this, try a non-retina-burning color

Reply to The George Bush Show in Politics PolMach Forums

Interesting... the movies depict Wolfiwitz as running everything... I thought it was Cheney...? Did they show him combing his hair, like in Fahrenheit 9/11?

Reply to Ignorance Is Bliss: in Politics PolMach Forums

Ooo! I've got another one: We should still follow the doctrine of Manifest Destiny. Oh, Sh*t! I'm gonna get invaded now! Must open up 1812-sized can of whoop-a*s on Bush, with Canada's strong, well-funded, powerful milit...we're screwed.

Reply to The George Bush Show in Politics PolMach Forums

I played the WeaponOfBushDestruction game, and it was the first good time I had since Nov. 2

Reply to What is up with the AI? in Political Machine PolMach Forums

What are the stats on your custom candidate? I find to make it easy in campaign mode, I start as a candidate with excellent stamina, money and fundraising (my custom Dean has 9s and 10s) to build HQs, and pick a running mate with good charisma, integrity, experience, etc, and use him to lower the cost of endorsements, and recover from what seems to be a loss worse than McGovern's with endorsements, level 3 HQs, and a barrage of TV ads in the last 10 o

Reply to Suggested new skill for candidates in Political Machine PolMach Forums

Up here in Canada in 1993, Kim Campbell had an ad backfire horribly. She wasn't really expected to win anyway (she was incompetent, and took over for one of the most unpopular Prime Ministers in recent history), but it contributed to the severity of her defeat (winning 2 seats out of I think 301 at the time, not even winning her own seat). The ad highlighted the deformities in Jean Chretien's face (paralyzed on one side), but backfired and made her l

Reply to Is the party over? in Democrat PolMach Forums

How about the Curse of Al Gore's endorsement for the mystery of Who Killed Kerry? Remember Lieberman, Dean, Gore himself? Then he endorses Kerry late in the game. Ouch! Keep Al Gore under wraps in 2008!