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Good Old Neon

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  1. I was just thinking the same thing yesterday whilst giving PB yet another chance
  2. What follows is a link to The Nation article referenced in Nader
  3. Not at all. Please, explain how they are polar opposites
  4. Because discussion is fun and interesting?
  5. Entirely not the case, I would go so far as to say anyone who truly believes real change will come from a mainstream candidate has their head buried deep in the sand. How will an Obama presidency differ drastically from a Romney presidency? Both are beholden to corporate interests. Aside from potential Supreme Court appointees, I suspect, based on this countries history, nothing meaningful will come about, whether the president be a Democrat or Republican. Kucinich is on to something, but neither he nor anyone like him has a snowballs chance in hell of ever getting elected (partly becaus
  6. Their personal views amount to very little if, in the end, their policies are, for all intents and purposes, the same.
  7. Other than cosmetically, for the most part, no. As for Bush and Co.
  8. Though I completely agree with what you have written here, the ending is, for the most part, entirely McCarthy
  9. For what it's worth, as McCarthy writes it - (spoiler alert)
  10. To date, most if not all superhero comic book adaptations have left me feeling pretty cold at best. The issue for me, I think, is the use of real actors in place of traditional hand-drawn or cg animation. A live actor in a superhero suit pretty much kills it for me. I grew up on the X-Men, I loved the X-Men, and as cool as Magneto or Wolverine may be on the page, they both look sort of ridiculous when played by real actors. If any movie genre is crying out for traditional animation it is the comic book adaptation. So why, oh why must we get The Thing in the form of a poorly constructed Hall
  11. I can relate strongly to that aspect of the book as well. My dad was not only brilliant, he was as strong as an ox and tough as nails to boot. Two years ago, he was diagnosed with alcohol induced dementia
  12. "The Secret" - available at book stores everywhere.
  13. 1. - Until someone comes along to knock it off the lofty pedestal I
  14. It could have been worse, they could have stolen your car, leaving only the wipers
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