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#201 January 05, 2008, 11:16:17 pm

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Quote from: Dada on January 05, 2008, 10:28:09 pm

EDIT: you know, it's really amazing to me how important TV advertisements are to the American public. They're insignificant in Dutch politics. It's much more important here to simply be seen on independent TV shows and in the newspapers. They do run advertisements, but they're usually crammed into tiny "political message" time slots, which are equally distributed to the contesting parties.

Last time we had elections, there was one party (the VVD, a liberal party that suffered huge losses) that took a large TV advertisement offensive, showing about three per commercial block. It gave them absolutely nothing.

Well, the FCC has some really retarded policies about political advertisement. Like, stations have to run advertisements of Federal elections, and if Candidate A places a spot on a station, that station has to take a spot for Candidate B and put it in a timeslot of equal value. So, if Candidate A places a spot during TOP RATED SHOW, and Candidate B gets to put a spot during TOP RATED SHOW too. (Also, Politicians get the lowest rate possible, which means they can afford to put more ads on. THANKS FCC!)

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Grunthor

#202 January 05, 2008, 11:25:01 pm

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Not that it matters much, but Romney won the Wyoming caucus today. Wyoming caucus result

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The former Massachusetts governor won eight delegates' date=' former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson got two and California Rep. Duncan Hunter won one, meaning no other candidate could beat Romney. Caucuses were still being held to decide all 12 delegates at stake.[/quote']

I really hope anyone but Huckabee and Paul win the nomination for the Republicans.

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Drevean

#203 January 06, 2008, 01:12:38 am

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Huckabee all the way.

Dude, CHUCK NORRIS was standing right behind him at Mike's little victory speach at the Iowa caucus.

That and all these little quizes always say he's the candidate I relate to most.

Obama seems more respectable than anyone though, so... depending on how things go I MAY actually end up voting for Barack instead.

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#204 January 06, 2008, 01:25:05 am

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I thought we as a nation had figured out Chuck Norris had no real importance by now...didn't we?

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#205 January 06, 2008, 01:57:11 am

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Quote from: Velfarre on January 06, 2008, 01:25:05 am

I thought we as a nation had figured out Chuck Norris had no real importance by now...didn't we?

dude, are you looking for a round house kick to the face?

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#206 January 06, 2008, 02:01:10 am

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Quote from: Flykite on January 06, 2008, 01:12:38 am

Huckabee all the way.

Dude, CHUCK NORRIS was standing right behind him at Mike's little victory speach at the Iowa caucus.

That and all these little quizes always say he's the candidate I relate to most.

Obama seems more respectable than anyone though, so... depending on how things go I MAY actually end up voting for Barack instead.

congrats you are the closest to the worst human being running for office atm.

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Ryan

#207 January 06, 2008, 02:13:15 am

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Quote from: dangerousned on January 06, 2008, 02:01:10 am

congrats you are the closest to the worst human being running for office atm.

Quote from: IRC convo with Jeff about Huckabee

[22:25] <Ryan> ahah jeff i'm glad to know you support a guy who wants to build more prisons and have them privatized
[22:25] <~Jeff> What is wrong with that, Ryan?
[22:25] <%[w]cycle> building more prisons is bad
[22:25] <Ryan> he's also against drug education because "it doesn't work"
[22:26] <~Jeff> Thats because it doesn't.
[22:26] <~Jeff> Actually I a pro legalization of all drugs but thanks for assuming.
[22:27] <~Jeff> Abstinance doesn't work either.
[22:27] <~Jeff> Sure it is. It is better to focus on family values.
[22:30] <+Lars[sleep> hey Ryan who do you support
[22:30] <~Jeff> Ryan supports hilary
[22:30] <Ryan> as far as front runners obama/edwards
[22:30] <Ryan> are the best
[22:30] <Ryan> hillary is pretty shit
[22:30] <Ryan> she's still better than all of the republicans but she's really mediocre as far as the democratic candidates
[22:30] <~Jeff> hahaha
[22:31] <~Jeff> man you are pretty ignorant to think hilary is better than the republicans
[22:31] <Ryan>
[22:31] <Ryan> if only hillary was pro-torture and wanted to fuck the middle/lower class even more
[22:31] <Ryan> big business heh heh
[22:32] * Jeff sets mode: +b Ryan!*@*
[22:32] * Ryan was kicked by Jeff (I'll thank you to come back when you can presnet your own opinison rather than just be a tool and spout anti-republican crap.)
[22:33] <%[w]cycle> why did you do that man
[22:34] <~Jeff> wc: because I can't stand morons who are like I DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT REALITY BUT PEOPLE ARE SAYING REPUBLICANS SUCK SO IT MUST BE TRUE
[22:34] <~Jeff> Which is pretty much exactly what he was doing.
[22:34] <~Jeff> He has done no research at all on republicans
[22:34] <~Jeff> he just assumes they are bad
[22:34] <~Jeff> and sees fit to bash anyone who likes them
[22:37] <~Jeff> I am pretty proud of being a republican and I consider myself to be a pretty smart and informed fellow.

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Artis Leon Ivey Jr

#208 January 06, 2008, 02:19:48 am

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jeff are you kidding me.

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Ryan

#209 January 06, 2008, 02:21:29 am

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i guess by family values he means quarantining HIV/AIDS patients and sending the gays/mexicans to concentration camps

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#210 January 06, 2008, 02:26:06 am

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Wasn't the UK deciding on something like this back in the late 80s (deporting "nancy boys" and such)?

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#211 January 06, 2008, 02:42:37 am

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Wow I really hope Chuck never sees that... He might make your head explode telekinetically! Please be more careful... I don't want you to get hurt is all...

Chuck aside, being a Republican doesn't mean shit. Maybe Bush fucked up the image but I don't care for any of the democratic candidates except Obama. I like Mike and Mitt more than Hilary for sure.

And I'll be honest, I hate the idea of gay marriage. Those two words shouldn't even be in the same sentence, let alone right next to eachother in the sentence. I know there are bigger issues than that but I don't like it at all and the Republicans will make sure all that nonsense goes away.

Also, I guess the whole Ron Paul thing was a big joke. "Hope for America"... hehe... good one. Is he even a real person?

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#212 January 06, 2008, 02:50:50 am

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And I'll be honest, I hate the idea of gay marriage. Those two words shouldn't even be in the same sentence, let alone right next to eachother in the sentence. I know there are bigger issues than that but I don't like it at all and the Republicans will make sure all that nonsense goes away.

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Ryan

#213 January 06, 2008, 02:56:06 am

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is anyone watching the democratic debate? it appears Obama and Edwards are buddying up as are Clinton and Richardson

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#214 January 06, 2008, 02:58:19 am

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I am watching it I wanna see Kucinich

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#215 January 06, 2008, 02:59:13 am

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richardson is trying so hard for vp on a clinton ticket

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#216 January 06, 2008, 03:00:51 am

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Quote from: Flykite on January 06, 2008, 02:42:37 am

Wow I really hope Chuck never sees that... He might make your head explode telekinetically! Please be more careful... I don't want you to get hurt is all...

Chuck aside, being a Republican doesn't mean shit. Maybe Bush fucked up the image but I don't care for any of the democratic candidates except Obama. I like Mike and Mitt more than Hilary for sure.

And I'll be honest, I hate the idea of gay marriage. Those two words shouldn't even be in the same sentence, let alone right next to eachother in the sentence. I know there are bigger issues than that but I don't like it at all and the Republicans will make sure all that nonsense goes away.

Also, I guess the whole Ron Paul thing was a big joke. "Hope for America"... hehe... good one. Is he even a real person?

man i def feel you on that front

ill let anybody do anything they want i dont care bug my phone get rid of all the immigrants just keep them fucken gays out of my chapels

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#217 January 06, 2008, 03:16:26 am

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Quote from: Flykite on January 06, 2008, 02:42:37 am

And I'll be honest, I hate the idea of gay marriage. Those two words shouldn't even be in the same sentence, let alone right next to eachother in the sentence. I know there are bigger issues than that but I don't like it at all and the Republicans will make sure all that nonsense goes away.

Do you honestly think George Bush gives a shit whether homosexuals can marry or not? It's knee-jerk issues like this that republicans bring up to keep the masses from paying attention to real issues, like our fucked up economy.

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#218 January 06, 2008, 04:28:22 am

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Quote from: Doktormartini on January 06, 2008, 02:58:19 am

I am watching it I wanna see Kucinich

Keep dreaming. The fact that the guy got 0% of the vote in Iowa should have given him a fucking clue that people aren't going to vote for him. That's why he wasn't invited to the show.

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#219 January 06, 2008, 04:49:35 am

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oh man, that was so bad Jeff. not a great way to show off your superior republican knowledge!!

by the way, Flykite is Drevean. He once posted this:

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BLACK PEOPLE, or AFRICAN AMERICANS on the other hand can do much better. If they had elected a BLACK PERSON instead of a N****R they wouldn't be in this mess.

Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference... oh well, glad I don't live in Detroit because I hear it's been going under for quite some time now.

don't expect to convince him of anything reasonable!

Anyway, I watched most of the Democratic debate, which went so much better than the Republican one. I feel the only person who got a little nasty was hillary, and that's probably because she's not doing so well. And yeah, Obama and Edwards were teaming up and defending eachother. in all I think the debate went pretty well for both obama and edwards, though hillary and richardson weren't that bad either. but richardson sure is a jokester!

Edit: speaking of the debates, I wonder if good ol' Charlie is still gonna have a job next time around??

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#220 January 06, 2008, 04:56:46 am

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I think Hillary is on the way out. I will be interested to see whether it's an Edwards/Obama or Obama/Edwards campaign, though.

That’s right, you have the young gaming with the old(er), white people gaming with black people, men and women, Asian countries gaming with the EU, North Americans gaming with South Americans. Much like world sporting events like the Wolrd Cup, or the Olympics will bring together different nations in friendly competition, (note the recent Asian Cup; Iraq vs. Saudi Arabia, no violence there) we come together. The differences being, we are not divided by our nationalities and we do it 24-7, and on a personal level.

We are a community without borders and without colours, the spirit and diversity of the gaming community is one that should be looked up to, a spirit and diversity other groups should strive toward.

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