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He should have said, "Many Sith's have been known to speak in absolutes frequently. I'm sure there are exceptions, but there is a pretty clear pattern."

My favorite part of the Beck speech on gun control was "The dark doesn't understand the light." I'm reminded of something Obi Wan Kenobi once said about speaking in absolutes.

When did you hear that?

Yeah I do too. I don't really think the main purpose of it has been presidential speculation. I strongly disagree with Hixter on many issues, as well as Tweedling, Jules and a few others. That's why I've been posting here. It's a worthwhile exercise in articulating thought. If everyone on here had the same views as me it would be boring to discuss. I appreciate spirited debate with people who land on some other part of the spectrum. Thanks conservatives, you keep this interesting. Also: you're wrong. I have proof. For a political thread on a messageboard it has been delightfully fr

It wont happen, but I'll never forget the time he mopped the floor with Paul Ryan's pretentious ass on national television.

Cruz is a clown. He doesn't stand a chance. The GOP platform won't put him up. It's gonna be a classic (Jeb) or someone that will stay quiet until the primaries. Remember when Michael Steele was the hot shot? They love putting someone up as cannon fodder for the media and saving the real deal for game time.

Ok, guys I've been thinking about all the back and forth, some fair criticism of my over earnestness and the truth of Wilco's career. This is the correct ranking: AM BT ST YHF AGIB SBS W(TA) TWL

No one said that. I mistook it for being implied somewhere between a real argument and a satirical one. My fault. It is fair to say that as far as the pre 09/11 world is concerned, Clinton was more focused on bin Laden than Bush ever was.

If by "not going after bin Laden" you mean Clinton ordered 60 odd cruise missiles be fired upon his training camp then you're right. He was criticized as being obsessed with bin Laden.

Sorry.

In every newcomers defense it just says "Rank the Wilco ALbums" in the title. If I joined a board and came to a thread years old and tens of pages long, I might not read the first post. I know that's less of a funny thing to say. Sorry to all of you sadistic devils.

Thanks for this. I've been looking for something of this kind. Kind of like the Tropicalia comps from Brazil.

I will also say they speak one of the most comprehensible (for me) dialects of Spanish in the continent.

I must confess, I don't think I'll go to this. It's hard for me to shell out more cash to see two bands I see every year in worse seats, just for an opportunity to see someone I would have rather seen twenty or thirty years ago. That said, I'm sure everyone will have a blast. It's freaking Wilco and My Morning Jacket. They never phone it in.

I was about to say all of this. I had a very similar experience. Their pre-colonial history is absolutely fascinating (if you're into that kind of thing). Definitely had one of the two or three most sophisticated empires in the new world. There are tons of great books on all of that. Music-wise, other than the indigenous pan flute stuff that has been pretty heavily co-opted by the new age scene, there are a lot of cool cumbia groups down there. I heard some great examples live, but haven't found any good albums. Like a lot of South American musical products, I find the production ruins

People drive all over town with stickers proving how far they can run.

That guy played an acoustic guitar like it deserved a beating, and his voice was a very sweet texture. This would be the most fitting pick for his memorial:

You just made this my nostalgia listening for the week. I predict sometime around after the second cup of coffee hits my veins on the way to work.

For the win.

It does make a difference. Australia is a safer free nation. They've done quite well under their ban.

Sandy Hook is a huge piece of the narrative, and a moderate addition to the statistics. Firearm policy is about the big statistical picture. Background checks are part of the narrative, but not the bulk of what could be done with firearm policy in our country. Gun owners seem to really get off on how a law wouldn't matter in some particular instance. It's as if to say all of the people in the car crash were ignoring the speed limit so we should have none.

The missing piece of this argument is one side says any measures to control guns can not eliminate gun violence. Who said anything about eliminating it? The goal is to reduce it.

I think the perspective is that it draws people in who have no other means of attaining a higher education. They offer their services, the government (hopefully) pays out as promised. I can see on one hand how that is taking advantage of a public sponsored program, but on the other that strikes me more as being publicly employed (in a pretty intense way) than receiving a handout.

Me too.