>> ^Bruti79:

Actually, it was Canada who started OWS. Go go Ad Busters.
ducks back into his Canuck hole =)


I love adbusters, I even have a pair of Blackspot boots sitting on my shelf.

>> ^quantumushroom:

Well, whether the 'proof' is there in this instance or not, the right has well-earned its reputation for being dirty fighters on every level, an admirable trait if the goal is to win elections and seize more power. I only wish the stupid Left would also take the gloves off and put the brass knuckles on.


Fixed.

If I was cracking a joke, the hit would make even your hair hurt. In this case, the truth hurts less.


>> ^alcom:

Cue sounds of crickets... >> ^quantumushroom:
Well, whether the 'proof' is there in this instance or not, the left has well-earned its reputation for being dirty fighters on every level, an admirable trait if the goal is to win elections and seize more power. I only wish the stupid Right would also take the gloves off and put the brass knuckles on.

Cue sounds of crickets... >> ^quantumushroom:

Well, whether the 'proof' is there in this instance or not, the left has well-earned its reputation for being dirty fighters on every level, an admirable trait if the goal is to win elections and seize more power. I only wish the stupid Right would also take the gloves off and put the brass knuckles on.

First of all, eff Tony Baloney.

Secondly, I LOVE how much the last segué sounds just like all the fake segués used in The Onion's Today Now videos.

"Stay with us because up next we'll be telling you how to keep your risky teens from having sex by spreading nasty rumors about them."
"Still ahead here: Fox News reveals that #OCCUPY is being run by Acorn, even though last month Fox News revealed that Acorn doesn't exist any more."
"Coming up we'll show you how to previve cancer by removing your organs now!"

Reality imitating art, surely. Well done, Mr. Olbermann.

@NetRunner: agreed that it's not the worst, nor is my anecdote...

and certainly odd changes in policy and illogical requirements do increase bureaucracy... but i'm not certain that i can agree that there isn't any valid reason for change...

think back through the last 11 years of us elections, in particular the previous three presidential elections... claims of voter fraud, hanging chad, dead rolls, acorn, etc -- now, i don't know if or what impact wisconsin's regulatory changes have on that... but that's the nature of government: we expect incompetence, and success is generally just a fortunate coincidence

from my tale, our overseas missions weren't always as i described... they changed, radically so, post 9-11 -- i used to be able to phone my nation's consular services and be shown respect and have my questions answered... help was given freely and easily, as one should expect

not so anymore - now we're herded in like infected cattle and treated as a possible terrorist - the 'help' has morphed into a hindrance... but are the reasons for such valid? how can we say...

and no, i wasn't dealing with the department of immigration... just my embassy in filing a consular report of birth abroad (CRBA), and those policies have changed recently too... for no apparent reason

i'm an american citizen, not an immigrant - there wasn't one iota of reason to suspect my not being a citizen... and soooo many reasons to accept that i was...

my family came to north america in the early 18th century... i'm tall, blond, and blue-eyed... i speak perfect american english with a non-regional accent... i served my country for six years in the usmc and am a veteran of the persian gulf war... and this is in addition to all the documentation i presented...

instead, i was treated as 'suspect' by a foreign- and indifferent-looking woman speaking to me in broken english... quite rudely questioning ME regarding something i have always assumed was fundamental: my being a us citizen

i guess my point is that videos like this present the particular situation as being 'scandalous' ... when in fact it's commonplace... and while annoying, it's not really insulting -- try visiting a us consular mission abroad and then complain about the bureaucracy, invasion of privacy, and being treated in a demeaning way

honestly, watching the domestic situation in my home country from overseas for the last 15-odd years is amazing... the partisanship is ridiculous, and so are most of their claims -- it's like having your body (the nation) infested with two distinct groups of intestinal parasites--like an old-south, grangerford-shepherdson blood-feud--the attacks from both left- and right-leaning tapeworms have risen to the level of threatening the very health and life of the host

videos and other seeming vitriol like this appear to me as symptomatic of such an unhealthy bent: a bloody feces-laden discharge

Thanks for the promote.

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
*promote

*promote the goodness. promote the pay back for the editing asshole who brought down Acorn with lies lies lies

Grew up in the mountains of New Jersey, and this lady gets it half-right. Yeah, the bears are usually more scared of you than you might think... but notice this video is taped in autumn. That bear would have reacted a lot differently in the spring, when it wakes up from hibernation and is literally starving. Now imagine this woman trying to get between a starving bear and its acorns....

Bears get shot a lot in NJ (I'm referring here to out of season), but usually it is in the spring. Some are so hungry they will eat just about anything including your pets who happen to be tied up outside. One broke into our neighbor's house while the guy was cooking dinner to get at the steak that was being grilled. The thing literally knocked down the back door to get in. Once it was inside it ransacked the place. Eventually the cops came and had to kill it.

Another situation you want to watch out for is cubs... if there are cubs around and you startle the mama bear, it's a really bad situation. She's not going to bluff charge--she's going to maul you until you are either dead or have the sense enough to stop moving and play dead so that she thinks you're not a threat anymore.

Yeah, it sucks that New Jersey is rapidly depleting its woodlands and the bears have no place to go. Yeah, it sucks that some jerks shoot the bears just because they are a "nuisance" and tip over the garbage cans occasionally. I get the point this lady is trying to make with this video, but she's just advocating reckless behavior that in the wrong circumstances is likely to get someone seriously injured or killed.

This video and the acorn shape goes a long way to explaining chipmunk cheek physics

Hey, thanks for quality-ing the Acorn 'Restoration'
You da bomb.

In reply to this comment by Fusionaut:
*quality

You can visit it here anytime!
I love the Acorn!!
I'll post some more of their stuff, even though only a few people would be classy enough to appreciate 'em, haha
>> ^oritteropo:

Brilliant! Exactly the sort of song I would've posted if you hadn't beaten me to it... now I'm jealous it's languishing in your pqueue instead of mine

Thanks for the promote!

In reply to this comment by Fusionaut:
*promote

http://videosift.com/video/THE-ACORN-Crooked-Legs-from-Glory-Hope-Mountain

Hey, saw you liked this tune too! Thanks for adding it to your 'best tunes' playlist.
http://videosift.com/video/THE-ACORN-Crooked-Legs-from-Glory-Hope-Mountain