Shows pretty well how two person can't talk about muslims without one of them accusing other to be a racist. It happens on anti-racist rallies too, you put 10 people who are all opposed to racism in to the same room and 10 minutes in someone is already labeled.

Weirdly, this infact made me respect Ben Affleck. He is on the good side of the battle, misinformed but i can recognize that fury that comes when i suspect someone starting to veer the discussion to topics like "why all muslims yada yada yada". I go fucking ballistic, i see blood of the innocents in the gutter and i wanna kill that nazi before it happens again.. It is the same fury that rises on me when people link Israel and Judeism to the same category. But both Israel and muslim world require criticism in order to progress. It is just very hard for people on the "same side" to talk about those two subjects without responses like we see in this video. Racists know this very well and it is because of bigotry we can't criticize nations and cultures objectively, we need to spend most of our time to explain why criticizing is not bigotry, how questioning catholic church and their views and islam and their views is EXACTLY the same thing. The less we talk about the actual subject and more about why we aren't talking about the actual subject, guess who wins?

And it IS frustrating since we can't get anything done. Fucking racists and yes, i can identify racism towards racists in my on views and i have to think about that too (how racists are just humanbeings yada yada but that's my problem..). So maybe i should just say fucking quilt over actions and views hold by few is preventing us from honest discussion.

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@enoch

Howdy. First off, thanks; coming back to this discussion is kind of interesting after a few years.

My thoughts:

1. I wasn't a huge Obama supporter - but I did expect more from him in terms of change on health care (the US system is still a crazy-quilt of expensive nonsense) and reduced military expenditure (I expected a faster withdraw timetable from both Iraq and Afghanistan). I thought he could sell his vision, but it hasn't worked; he's lost people and as a result doesn't have the political will to make real change. It's too bad, because I think he did intend some good things.

2. I think the Occupy movement is a good illustration of the point I wanted to make. They had a good thing going and some scattered good ideas - but they didn't integrate themselves into the political movement. They distrusted it, shunned it. Candidates couldn't espouse Occupy ideals to get elected because Occupy people were poorly organized, had vague goals, and were not reliable voters. Nobody worried about not getting re-elected because they didn't line up with Occupy.

3. By contrast, the Tea Partiers had a much more substantial impact on policy because they did connect to the Republican party, connected with candidates, and they got out the vote (sometimes at least). If they could have found anyone who wasn't a complete and utter moron to lead them (I guess it's hard to find sane leaders when your policies are nuts), they could have got a lot of stuff changed (mostly for the worse, of course, but change nonetheless).

I think if Occupy could have organized better (maybe have some leaders, or at least rallied behind some statement of principle and ideas for change), it could have been a huge force for good. I think they were hampered by exactly this sense of hopelessness. They didn't actually believe they could make a difference in political decisions, so they didn't really try - and because of this, in the end I don't think they've had much lasting effect. A lot of their ideas resonated with a powerful number of people, but all that effort and will got channeled nowhere - just anger and hopelessness and failure.

I still think positive change is very possible in the US (and the world in general), and I think it's still most likely to happen (in the US) through the normal democratic process. It'll take some real leadership, though. Someone like Ron Paul - but with much less crazy and more charisma - could turn the Occupy-type crowd into a very potent political force that could do some real good. (On Ron Paul: he did certainly face some unfair extra hurdles as an anti-establishment candidate - but I think his main problem was that too many people legitimately disagreed with him).

Will it happen? I don't know. As I've said, I think a big problem is that the current generation - the students and young people who've driven change throughout history - distrusts the entire political process. More than that, they distrust "leadership" in general. Returning to Occupy, they seemed to be actively against leaders emerging or having cohesive policies to rally around.

That's cool and fun and Internet-like, but it doesn't get the job done.

omg i just watched this video, i thought this was about quilts/comforters

I first lost it when I realised he was wearing a pair of Isotoners. The maniacal laughter only got worse at the end as he ducks behind the quilt.

He would have shown more moral character by not getting into this situation to begin with. He only came out with the truth because more proof of his infidelities were becoming known. I asked my wife if sending a pic of my member and having sex based conversations with other women would constitute cheating. Her answer was "Yes, and if you ever do it, I will kill you." Now he may have a different arrangement with his wife, but since he felt like he had to hide it and keep it from his wife, I think she and my wife may feel the same way. So he knows he was cheating, otherwise no guilt - hence no moral character.
My guess is that he knew it is wrong and got off on the fact that he was doing something that carries great risk. I also think that the writhing in quilt and the punishment is something else he secretly enjoys and once it is all said and done, and he has gotten away with it, he will repeat all his transgressions.
>> ^bareboards2:

And he showed his moral character by coming clean on the incident. Took him awhile, but 10 days? I'll give someone 10 days to writhe in guilt at getting caught.
So you should be proud of him, right?

>> ^My_design:
The problem that people seem to be missing is that he cheated on his wife and knew it was wrong. He felt guilty and lied about it. This is important in that if it had not become public his indiscretions could have been used to manipulate a US Congressman. That is why MORAL CHARACTER is actually something that we should use to evaluate our representatives. Lord knows Illinois could learn that lesson. When you put someone into a position of power that lacks moral character, such a Bill Clinton or Blagovich, you wind up wasting time and tax payer money when their indiscretions eventually comes out.
If you don't use moral character in evaluating a politician you risk their being found out and causing an uproar as is the case here or far worse they become open for manipulation by corporations, organizations, or other countries.
How do you think Soviet Russia managed to manipulate many of their sources? Hell the oldest cliche in the book is to take a morally questionable US representative, or military official, out on your corporate yacht/plane/resort with a bunch of hookers, drugs and high end liquor. Before you know it you've got a Kennedy in your pocket and a ton of grainy black and white photos.
The problem is how do you determine that someone is actually moral? Because I liked Weiner and thought he had moral character. Tricked again.

This movie looks a heck of a lot more expensive than its $500,000 budget.

The ISS set was built in 1st-time director William Eubanks' parents' backyard out of all sorts of "packing quilts, MDF, pizza bags, velcro, insulation, Christmas lights, and other salvaged material".

He's posted a bunch of making-of stuff on Vimeo -- http://vimeo.com/18634751

Naw that is everything to the event. The roof and scoreboard don't come all the way down because of massive cables that crisscross through like a giant quilt. Surprisingly the fix is real easy. Get a couple new panels, needle and thread, and turn on the giant air compressor (not kidding) and that is it.

BTW Notice all the air blowing out on the close-up shot of the hole. I wonder how fast that air was blowing through, considering it requires 250,000 ft³/min (120 m³/s) of air to maintain inflation.

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Since we let ev'rything go
We see colours in gray zones
There is good in the cold of November
It lets us cuddle closer,
Beneath a quilt and nothing else

(Refrain:)
So long as we'll have our love
Water fresh and air that's pure
Have a roof and four walls too
There'll be joy in our nation of two

We appreciate the little things
Too much waiting in vain makes life morose
Now if we have the wind in our face to start with
Well we tell ourselves we'll have it at our backs coming back
And vice-versa, we don't tire ourselves with that anymore

(Refrain)

We don't complain when it rains
It's what makes our pumpkins grow
In summer we're happy when it's hot out
Because it warms our artichoke hearts
Like an "I love you"; don't you want to let it grow?

i'm already planning to fill it with videos of quilts and cakes and cookies made into the shape of guitars!

Kinna makes ya wanna take up quilting...

The Onion

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>> ^kronosposeidon:

And swampgirl: You're a horrible mom.
(Jim! Get your dad a beer, pronto!)


Yes Kronos...my quilt is palpable. "Today's lesson kids, Mommy's teaching you a drinking game! Now go get mommy's shot glasses...."

>> ^spoco2:
Oh that was hilarious.
Is it bad that I noticed that he was a bit of a slob in that he didn't have any quilt cover on his quilt?
Anyone else?
No?
Just anal retentive me then?
Righto.


No no, I noticed too! Also, he doesn't seem to have a sheet on the bed, just a blanket or something underneath him. Perhaps it was laundry day and the stuff wasn't dry yet?

I would also suggest he tries sleeping without his watch on - whenever I'm wearing mine in bed I never sleep well. Clearly that's going to be more disturbing than the cat....

Oh that was hilarious.

Is it bad that I noticed that he was a bit of a slob in that he didn't have any quilt cover on his quilt?

Anyone else?

No?

Just anal retentive me then?

Righto.