mikevanpwn

" The Phoenix down moment made me laugh so much I listened a few times. Also the end of the special interruption where they breaking the whole West/Zampella drama got quite humorous. "

I recommend messing with Deckadance to start.  You can download the trial version of their program for free at their website.   
 
The trial program is the complete program except they silence the program for 4 seconds every few minutes.

I like how some users are trying to downplay this as much as the media was.  Although it hasn't been verified yet, a Pakistani cell of the Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attempt. 

History should be a top priority in our schools.  After all, who are we if we don't know our history? 
 
American's especially should be well educated in the Constitution, and the nation's founding.  Our nation is unique in the sense that so much responsibility is given to each individual in this country.   

I wish I could say I was surprised at the ignorance surrounding the American Civil War, but I'm not.   
  
The Civil War wasn't about slavery, in fact, the original 13th amendment (which was in the process of ratification by the states in 1860) would have guaranteed the states the sole right to decide on issues such as slavery; however, the south seceded before the amendment came to pass.  The south seceded after Abraham Lincoln was elected as President.  Lincoln only got elected because the opposition to his ticket was so divided that after the ballots were counted Lincoln won with only 40% of the vote.  In other words, Lincoln was elected entirely by the North alone, while the southern half  of the US was now under a president with whom they didn't identify with at all.  Southern states felt that they already had been losing their representation in the federal government for decades before this election, and now sought to abolish that form of government in order to create one that better represented the people of the south. 
 
Obviously the election of Lincoln alone wasn't the only reason, there were many factors involved spanning from the Constitutional Convention of 1787 to the Election year of 1860.  But anyone who calls those who seceded terrorists, or to even consider their reasoning illegitimate is terribly misinformed. 
 
The Confederacy should be remembered and honored as equally as the Union.  After all, the generations who fought for the south were born in America, fought for the ideals of America, and died for America.  Both sides in the Civil War paid the price for the strength, resolve, and unity, that our country relied on for the tumult that was the 20th century, and still relies on today.

" i kind of wish there were whites that did terrorist attacks. it will just show that dark colored people aren't always terrorist. pretty much they are going to check anyone that is dark colored. pretty crazy stuff man. what is the world coming to. "

I fear that Universal Healthcare is a death warrant to many whom I love and care for.  People who support the bill are too near-sided to see the adverse effects that this bill will cause. 
 
Healthcare, like any other service, has two values attached to itself.  A real value, and a monetary value.  The government believes that eliminating the direct monetary value to healthcare will solve the system in the United States, it will not.  In reality the cost will be just the same, only it will be incurred with waiting in line to get health service.  Proponents for healthcare don't realize that:
A) America has a much larger population than Canada or the  UK.  With 300+ million people the scale of this bill is a lot larger than the systems in place in those countries.  
B)  This healthcare bill will improve the coverage of non-life threatening illness, but it will greatly decrease the coverage of cancer and other life-threatening disease.  There will be waiting lists for things like transplants and important surgeries.
C) Many medical practices will close shop due to the cost,, meaning less options in getting treatment.   
D) America wont even be able to afford this system in the long run.  Some more liberal estimates state that the system can be paid for an upwards of 10 years before it goes bankrupt.    
E) The free-market is the reason why healthcare is as good as it is today.  Restrictions placed on the healthcare system will reduce innovation and research of new technology.  Technology that has only been invented because companies have had profits as an incentive to develop these technologies.  Universal Healthcare will cut these opportunities for profit, meaning R&D of new technology will not be able to continue.  
F) Small business will get hit will extra taxes for health coverage, meaning larger unemployment, meaning less paying into the system, meaning less efficiency. 
 
People who argue against healthcare aren't ignorants boobs as most like to think.  And I mean what I say about a death warrant, it is inevitable that in the future those close to me will get cancer, or some sort of ailment that will require treatment, but since socialized healthcare means rationing of resources by forming lines, those who really need urgent treatment will be forced to wait in line in a bogged down system, and many will die at an earlier age because of this. 
 
This isn't a matter about Conservative vs. Liberal, Republican vs. Democrat, Rich vs. Poor, Educated vs. Uneducated as most make it out to be.  In reality the economics of this bill doesn't add up and will not work in the long run.