I usually just idealize whatever I'm working with and try to think about what is most natural, what makes most sense... Perhaps it is only too quick of a simple operation, that I don't really notice it... but if you explode my thoughts before I have some sort of creative revelation, my brain is hard at work analyzing the problem, and this alone my be creativity. Transferring a real problem into something that my brain can grasp and open up and toy with, may be in it's self, creative.

So basically I just turn reality into an abstract thought and then use it's own purpose as another abstract, idealistic, sort of reflection. Then it's all about creating a symmetrical image. You just change the thing in reality to be as it is if it were perfect for it's own purpose. Now, also, before you think that this is implosive, when I say idealistic, this isn't dreamy. It's not real, but it's held to every limitation that there is in reality... because this is part of it's purpose too.

Then there are times where you've fought with an idea for so long that there's almost nothing more to do with it accept identify problems and see if any of them correspond with one another...

Eh, I am so boring.

Disabling all arguments in a debate would be good, and we already have this function! So, this is something that can be fixed relatively easily. Just default the closing time for any argument to a week.

Perhaps Bob Barr.I know, I know, nobody wants to hear about third party candidates because "they can't win." Ross Perot took a credible run at it, didn't he? Can Bob Barr? This close in, perhaps not. But this doesn't mean we shouldn't try, and frankly, while you can argue over the other specifics of The Libertarian's policies (and I do, especially when it comes to foreign and energy policies) without a functional economy there isn't anything else to worry about. Bob Barr's campaign is the only one to flat out say that The Fair Tax is a reasonable alternative to what we have now, that calls for accountability to Congress for The Federal Reserve (and other monetary organs) and calls for reform of government spending in a fashion that actually means something. Is their platform perfect? No. As I said, there are points on which I disagree. But without an economy, what else do we have?Nothing.And unless John McCain changes his tune, and fast, choosing either of the two "main" candidates will guarantee the destruction of our nation's economy.I sent a letter to McCain's Headquarters, along with Governors Ridge and Keating, this afternoon. I think everyone should read it. It lays forth the fact that absent dramatic change - and calls for that change, explicitly - John McCain has no chance in the election. None. Zip. Zero. Nada.More alarmingly, that electoral map puts The Democrats within one vote of a filibuster-proof majority in Congress.ONE VOTE.The Wall Street Meltdown is clearly fingered as the item that changed the electoral map in ways that are, absent decisive action, unrecoverable. The time line does not lie.This is not, as you might imagine, the first letter I have sent to McCain's campaign. In fact I've lost count since I attended their "rally" in Washington DC in late July. I have been working like a banshee behind the scenes to try to get some common sense injected into his economic program, without success.No more "behind the scenes" - that letter is a small sample of what he's had laid upon the table in front of him, and if the Republican Base (or any state coordinators who are tired of the BS coming from McCain's campaign) want the rest of the letters, contact me. Let there be no mistake made about it - McCain's campaign has had full and complete communication from me on this matter, as I identified him as having the best shot at being willing to address these issues of the two major candidates.Thus far, I have been wrong. We will see if that changes, and if state Republican coordinators and leaders have "had enough" and are willing to get off their duffs and demand that Mr. McCain do something intelligent here, lest they walk off with their support and funding in the critical last month. After all, if McCain is going to ruin the economy (and so is Barack) why not keep your money instead of giving it to John? If The Democrats get a filibuster-proof majority in Congress (which a month ago I would have said is fanciful - not any more!) then absolutely everything and anything that Barack Obama wants, he will get. There will be nothing to stop it.If you're a Republican, if John McCain doesn't change course right now you're gonna need every dime you have given what's to come. Blowing it on pointless campaign contributions is the idiot's move of the century. Snap that wallet shut right now unless McCain gets off his duff and adopts something similar to what I've been propounding.Seriously.Full disclosure: I am an oldtime Republican. Voted for George W Bush twice and Bush the elder. But never - and I do mean never - should you take from this that I think Republicans and Democrats do not bear equal responsibility for this mess, because they do.This is not a partisan issue and those who strive to make it one are going to be responsible for making the mess worse, not better.There is no "bipartisanship" involved in solutions here, nor "partisanship". There are only non-partisan solutions to this crisis.The facts of what we now face and the choices we either must make or will be made for us:Leverage must come out of the system and will. We will get back to 12:1 or less one way or another. We can either do it under regulatory fiat, which is neutral and nails everyone, or we can do it in a disorderly fashion as Mr. Market imposes it upon us and wind up with a Depression in the process. There are no other options; this is reality whether we like it or not. Deal with it.Ditto for homes. If you think 20% down, 36% DTI and no more than 3.5:1 home price to income is going to be avoided, you're wrong. Again, we can either do it by regulatory practice and principle, or we can do it in a severely disorderly fashion (what we have now) as one market after another crashes and burns, taking people out to the woodshed and bankrupting both them and the institutions serving them. Deal with it.Full financial balance sheet disclosure. It will happen. Again, it can occur one of two ways - either by regulatory fiat or it will happen as firms that refuse to do so go bankrupt, one at a time, as has been happening in a disorderly fashion. Down the "disorderly" rabbit hole lies the destruction of our financial system in total, a DOW that trades at 2,000 or less, an S&P;500 that trades at 200 or less, 25% unemployment, a Depression worse than the 1930s, no recovery for a decade or more, Social Security and Medicare being rendered insolvent and a potential default on American sovereign debt. Deal with it.To those who say "it can't happen" I point you at Iceland, where it already did happen with zero warning - they went from "under stress" to "screwed" literally overnight!Iceland imports food and energy. Their currency collapsed by 2/3rds overnight which means those imports (along with everything else) instantaneously tripled in price. Iceland is the first but will not be the last. There are a half-dozen other nations in the general area of Europe who are in at least as bad of shape as Iceland was just before it collapsed and America is not that far behind. In fact there are large global banking interests that current rate the US as about "number eight" in terms of credit risk for sovereign debt (that's right, 8th worst), in the general area of nations like Iceland, Pakistan and similar.Why?Because our government refuses to tackle the problem head-on.Because our people refuse to demand that our government tackle the problem head on.Because we still think we can have our cake and eat it too.We cannot.We will not succeed with this "plan" of (in)action.If we do not wake up and face reality, we will have reality served up to us, and it will not be a pleasant experience.The EU has decided to guarantee interbank lending, doing what the G7 refused to announce after their meeting. But they remain cautious:"``I don't even want to imagine what might happen'' if the markets react negatively, Klaus-Peter Mueller, head of the German banking association, said earlier today in Washington before the blueprint was unveiled. The market response may be something ``we haven't seen at any stage in our lifetimes.''"No kidding.This should slam Euribor (Euro Libor) to the mat. It better. If it instead spikes it higher then the game is over and markets around the world will instantaneously collapse in unison - both stock and credit. Bunds, Gilts, Ts, all of them will get sold in a furious attempt to raise cash to meet ever-spiraling margin calls and liquidation of leveraged positions.What you saw last week was not "as bad as it gets."Last week was a warning of what can happen (and will) if trust is not restored immediately. That, if it occurs, will be "as bad as it gets."Trust cannot be restored by "papering over" the problem. It can only be restored by actually doing things that enhance trust.Actions that our leaders so far have refused to take, and our citizens have refused to demand.You must choose America, and you must choose today.Choose wisely.

Playing the system in your favor because you feel cheated will not make yourself feel better, only look better. Then, when there's not a problem, you can just log into your other accounts and start up voting yourself and backing yourself up all of the time.

It's like drug use, just don't start.

There are better ways to fix the system and that's what we should be working on. Nothing is impossible, and nothing gets done the right way when they are making decisions alone that will effect an entire community.

Basically this means that I am again advocating everyone's participation in solving this issue fairly and correctly because it is something that, even if it hasn't effected you, can without much effort. Again, do not create more than one account because you will again be undermining a known flaw in the site.

The last thing we need right now is a mass corrupt user base bent on exploitation of the system.

At that point I would probably call in my /b/rothers and you would see hell as you've never seen it, because what after that would be worth holding on to here?

(And by the way, opinions can't be stubborn, ask your English teacher)

Both use ellipses heavily...and look at all the question marks??? Coincidence????

Please don't create multiple accounts. It's unfair and damaging to the community as a whole. Unfortunately, there's nothing to stop people from doing it other then common decency.

Mad TV is losing it. Fox has to slap the writers and tell them to start getting funnier or else SNL is gonna take over again.

russel crow is fuckin hot!!!

battles are clever an awesome!!

it just us, nothing else need be said.

except that russel crow is hot!!

I didn't say the universe spontaneously generated, I just said that it was possible. Just like it's possible that God did it.

I've decided that the answer to my original question is that it's impossible to know what caused the Big Bang.

Note however that you were still incorrect when you said the Big Bang theory is illogical, because the theory doesn't say anything about how the universe began. The Big Bang theory is a collection of ideas that explain what happened right after the universe began, it doesn't state that the universe spontaneously generated.

pirates are cool, with the swords an all, but ninja's kick everyone's ass!!

besides u get ninja points not pirate points

apparently its easier to pee if ur circumcised too...

see that vote on the other side there??

that right there is what the fuck is wrong with ur country!

the white house is called the white house cause its white, where's ur dignity gone when its pink???

in the way that they are legal in most places.

but what about the places its not legal? how does that apply then?

Additional - arguably, nongerman - provisions in the second bailout bill pursuaded many reluctant congressmen and congresswomen to vote for the controversial bill. One such provision was $740 million worth of federal relief to Oregon rural areas that can no longer rely on the timber industry to pay for roads, schools, jails, and policing.

By voting for the bailout bill, Sen. Smith has sought to attack Jeff Merkley (who was against the bailout) for not being on the side of those affected by economic shifts due to disruptions in the timber industry. Smith argued,

"What I didn't do, with calls running 10-1 against, was what Mr. Merkley did, which was to stick his finger in the air and see which way the wind was blowing."

Merkely, however, has clarified that he has always supported timber payments but that he was against the bailout bill because Merkley believed the bill would only protect Wall Street and not those Oregonians on Main Street.

but there is also the fact that why should a baby that nobody wanted be born, when the parents dont want them to be around? what if it was a mistake? so many emo's are in the world because they couldnt be aborted

all in all...abortion should be legal

The Oregon Farm Bureau, Oregonians for Food and Shelter and Oregon AG-PAC all endorse Smith for his reelection bid for the U.S. Senate. The Farm Bureau argues that Smith best represents family farmers, ranchers, and the natural resources community.

A likely reason for these organizations support comes from Smiths previous private sector work in the frozen food industry. Before assuming office, Smith was the director of Smith Frozen Foods. Another reason may be these organizations' ideological affiliation with the Republican party. All three organizations also endorse John McCain for President. Limited governance and lower taxes are shared ideas among the groups.