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Florida isn't so bad... if you drive through South Carolina come and visit! :D

We should get together and make 100% green and 100% brown eyed babies. :P

Heh you might have to wait a bit for that, 2732. I'm 22 and my beard is still splotchy. But maybe I'm just hormonally predisposed to have the babyface.

I've got brown eyes. But if you want to get technical, they're olive green in certain light. Aka "puke brown". :P

Whoever wants cheap, sustainable energy. A stretch of highway 1 mile long currently costs over 4 million dollars as it is, so I don't see how this would involve a much larger investment than currently exists. As I said, the technology will come along soon, and there will be competition for government contracts. Our involvement in the middle east has done nothing to stabilize the price of oil, and it has cost us trillions over the years, not to mention the loss of human capital. Watch out for John McCain's bizarre admonishment that we "win the war", whatever the hell that means.

Who said anything about placing the panels on the car's body? I'm thinking more along the lines of incorporating solar panels in the pavement of our highways and streets. The surface area would be enormous and easily enough to power every car on the streets. Tesla Motors has a car that charges in 3.5 hours and gets 250 miles per charge. It can go from 0 to 60 in 3.9 seconds, the same as a Lamborghini. So it's not so far fetched. I have no issue with the profit motive, I just think we should view any proposal with a healthy dose of skepticism. As time goes on, batteries will get better, solar panels will get more efficient, and all this stuff will get cheaper. The future isn't in wind or natural gas, it's solar electricity.

lol drinking and smoking, that's Europeans alright. ;) Americans just eat, eat, eat!

Dapper Dan, you're living up to your name! :) I like the new glasses, they make you look mature and modern (it's the angularity I guess).

I pretty much have to shave wet or I get cut up because I buy cheap blades. I want to get one of those really nice razors that guys used in barber shops 60 years ago, because I hear they give you a close shave and you can sharpen them to get a lot of use out of it. It'll be my way of sticking it to "the man" (who in this case is Gillette). Sometimes I'll go for a few days without shaving and then just shave off my mustache. I've been doing that alot lately since it's summer and I'm lazy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas There's the definition of Nat gas. We have a bunch of it here in the states, and it burns relatively clean. (For an equivalent amount of heat, burning natural gas produces about 30% less carbon dioxide than burning petroleum and about 45% less than burning coal.) T. Boone Pickens is a hedge fund manager who makes over a billion dollars a year (in a good year). He owns a bunch of nat gas properties and companies associated with its delivery, so he stands to profit significantly if its demand increases. Personally I think we should go heavily into solar and use 100% electric cars. But the dirty truth is that oil is currently heavily overvalued. It stands to fall significantly over the next several months/years. It's already fallen 13% in the last few days and I expect it to keep coming down, at least to 80 dollars a barrel. This should give us a temporary lull in the demand for alternative energy.

Here's an article ABC is running about rich people who were discovered by the IRS to have been hiding some of their net worth in overseas bank accounts. http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=5389687&page=1 The piece is written in such a way as to portray them in the worst possible light; as thieves of the American people and criminals. In truth, they're heroes - along with the people who helped hide the money from the IRS, and the Lichtenstein banks that tried to uphold their right to privacy. The fact the IRS assumes it has the right to view Americans' financial records is disturbing, because that is a direct violation of the 4th Amendment.

Geez I leave for a few days and you guys are nominating me to be a senator?! :D Thanks, but no thanks. I think it would be an extremely boring job and I have no desire for power (my vice is the pursuit of wealth). ;) I think the United States needs a "Bill of Taxpayers' Rights". Here's the first amendment I'll recommend for it: 1. Citizens of the United States may choose to pay for certain government services. They may only use the services they pay for.

Lindsey Graham is just like John McCain, both ultimate politicians. They say anything to get elected, then once they've got the name-brand recognition (that comes from a good story, like McCain's POW ordeal... or just the fact you're replacing Strom Thurmond), they ingratiate themselves to the Washington media by brokering "deals" on the Senate floor - think "Gang of 14" or whatever it was. They don't have to worry about being replaced because once you're in Washington, nobody pays very close attention to you anymore. They are "brave" for telling Americans the "straight talk" truth. Usually something along the lines of: We're gonna have to stay in Iraq because, well, that's what the commanders told us and that's what we owe the Iraqis. Part of the problem with politics these days is Americans are just as dynastic as the Brits are, only in different ways. We think being a politician is something you've got to get good at, a learned skill. You have to go to Harvard/Yale, you have to have a Rolodex the size of a cookbook, you have to serve in the military. In reality a 12 year old could be president as long as he reads and understands the constitution.

Two terms would be nice here, too. 12 years is enough for anyone. I'm from South Carolina and our senator, Lindsey Graham, makes me want to shoot blood out of my eyeballs already. He's like John McCain's little Wormtongue, always in the background, craving power and attention. Unprincipled scoundrels.

Break the club by fighting hard for term limits.

I can't like Wilson because he's such an psychoanalytical pussy. :P I wish I knew where House gets those rad tee shirts.

That pic of Hugh Laurie in the skateboard is awesome. You can imagine the execs at Fox got uncomfortable when their star threatened life and limb for that photo op. :P But I guess if he really did screw up his leg that would make it more realistic. :D

I googled her. She's cute. :D

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Jude "I shagged the nanny...but I didn't shag the deputy" Law.

Obama also voted to extend FISA powers for the president to be able to wiretap American citizens. "Change" indeed. In the end the allure of power makes all politicians behave the same.

You'll need a codec, depends on what the AVI was encoded in. http://www.digital-digest.com/software/download.php?sid=1052&ssid=0&did=1 Download and install this one, and see if it works.

He's the doofus who directed "The Happening" with Mark Walburg. People call it "The Crappening" though, because it's so terrible.

Are you kidding me? Shyamalan movies are the kiss of death, baby. I'm working on getting you in the new Halo movie, it's being directed by Peter Jackson. You know how big that game is? You're going to be living next door to Jessica Alba by the end of next year, on the advance check alone. Paramount is very generous. Oh and so is Jessica, but don't tell her I said that. :D

Aleja, can I be your American agent? We need to get you a TV pilot episode to act in. I want a 15% cut of everything once you're an A-lister. Then I can wear a tailor-made suit and wave my cell phone around while calling you "baby"! :D