M'eh - conspiracy theorists are what they are and some percentage of a large population is going to agree with almost any theory that gets cooked up. The 9/11 Truthers are a far better example of this than the Obama Birthers. The idiotic conspiracy theory about 9/11 being a Bush inside job so he could declare war on Iraq to 'finish what his daddy started' and all that other bologna has not gone away to this day. The whole blood for oil crowd belongs in that bucket. You really think an electronic scan of a document is going to satisfy the die-hards? Haw.

The real issue here is the neo-lib kook left's continuous and increasingly plaintive and DESPERATE attempt to try and paint anyone who opposes Obama for ANY reason as a crazy birther, or racist. Completely untrue. A lot of people say they have 'doubts', or 'aren't sure' or other fuzzy comments of that sort when asked about Obama's birth. But very few people (GOP, Tea Party, whatever) say that Obama was definitely NOT born in the US, and should be removed from office because he isn't a citizen. Those who spit that hate speech to falsely denigrate an opposing group are just as crazy and prone to wearing tin-foil hats as the radical birthers.

The fact is that when polled, MOST AMERICANS (not just GOP) have said they were 'not sure' if he was born in the US or not. This isn't because they're birthers. It's because they have seen this guy's outlandish, anti-American behavior and just plain do not see Obama as "American".

Heck, even Obama doesn't see himself as an American really. He keeps going on and on about how great China is, and how great some other country is, and how wonderful Hugo Chavez is, and how great Islamic dictators like Amadinijad & Asad are, and how fantastic it is to bow to the Saudis, and I'm just getting warmed up. The guy can't open his mouth without saying how great everywhere ELSE is, while the same time whining about how Americans are stupid, gun-totin', bible thumpin', fuel burnin' jerks every time he goes anywhere. Not to mention his downright anti-constitutional behavior domestically with his czars, and ramming laws through, and ignoring court orders, and ignoring laws Congress passes, and NOT enforcing laws that already exist because he doesn't like them... And his constant arrogance and hypocrisy when he insults people (like Ryan) while in the next breath saying how everyone else has to stop being 'mean' (I could fill pages with lists of his double-speak jerky hypocritical arrogance). Add that to his crazy-@$$ pastors, his ties to terrorists like Ayres, his fanatical secrecy in hiding his past, his criminal tie (Rezko) and ON and ON and ON and ON and ON.

Needless to say that the bulk of America has doubts about this pathetic clown not because of his birth certificate - but because of everything else. So when the radical birthers come along, they may not really beleive he was foreign born but they see Obama the man himself and think, "Well... MAYBE..." Just like there was always enough about Bush for the bulk of America to think "Well... MAYBE..." when the 9/11 Truther spouted their bilge.

Yeah, I was teased and bullied as a kid.

But violence is not the answer to violence. It's just a perpetual cycle. You know what that bully really learned from this?

1) Pick on people weaker than you.
2) Carry a weapon just in case someone happens to be bigger than you.
3) Safety in numbers--jump your target in a group next time.

You all really think suddenly that kid isn't going to be a bully anymore just because he lost a fight? Maybe he won't bully that particular kid anymore, but the reasons he became a bully in the first place haven't gone away. He needs professional psychological help, not violence--all the violence is going to do is make him feel even more inferior and cause him to take it out on someone else, someone who won't be able to fight back (maybe a future girlfriend).

Yeah, you have a right to defend yourself. If this was out in the woods somewhere where this kid Casey would have no chance of anybody coming to the rescue, then he would have had no choice but to meet the violence head-on in order to try to save himself and run away. But these kids are at school. There are adults everywhere who can intervene. And that kid was not in any way shape or form a life-threatening danger. You can see his punches are so weak they barely have any effect.

Casey could have gotten out of there. But he didn't... he chose to get violent, probably because he felt humiliated. And sadly, in our society we teach people that being humiliated or disrespected is an offense punishable by violence. This is how people get shot outside of clubs and bars because someone was "looking at their girlfriend" or said something that rubbed them the wrong way. This is the kind of society you guys really want to promote? You really want to cheer this kind of behavior on?

"He deserved it."

No, he did not deserve a potentially life-threatening injury. Casey got very, very lucky. That bully could have been maimed for life (dropping someone onto the concrete on their head is known to do that). School made the 100% right call in suspending Casey--that was clearly not the appropriate response to the level of aggression he was faced with and Casey's response is exactly the reason most schools have a zero-tolerance policy for violence: people don't react with equal force in these situations, they react emotionally and wind up doing way more damage than they ever intended. But there's no going back once the damage has been done.

I don't understand the school's decision not to suspend both of them, though. You clearly see who the antagonist is in this video. That kid needs to be punished and also needs help overcoming whatever is driving him to bully other kids in the first place.

Why is this still on Sift talk? Shouldn't it have gone away by now?

Oh, and buzzazz killed my father and raped my mother.

My boyfriend saw me looking at this and he really wanted to do one, too!

Remy's life according to: Offspring!

Are you a male or female? Pay the Man

Describe yourself: Pretty Fly

How do you feel? Living in Chaos

Describe where you currently live: Americana

If you could go anywhere, where would you go?: Walla Walla

Your favorite form of transportation: Vultures

Your best friend is: Killboy Powerhead

You and your best friends are: Million Miles Away

What's the weather like? One Fine Day

Favorite time of day: Staring at the Sun

If your life was a TV show, what would it be called?: Intermission

What is life to you: Dammit, I Changed Again

Your current relationship: She's Got Issues

Your fear: Hand Grenades

What is the best advice you have to give? Come Out Swinging

Thought for the Day: We Are One

How I would like to die: No Brakes

My soul's present condition: Gone Away

My motto: Change the World

Relax, rottenseed. I'm sure he only meant to imply that "natural" is morally ambiguous... because in it we find all those nasty things as well as a whole lot of good things like monogamy, loving parents, altruism, co-operation, etc.

I don't know what "go back to our roots" means though... we haven't really gone away from them, as we still kill, rape, steal, and I'm sure a few of us still eat poo.

Pity the original's gone away. There's this, sort of:

Instant upvote for anything Firefly. Wish it wouldn't have gone away

There were good and bad Choggie times, Swampgirl knows that better than anybody. Towards the end there I couldn't abide by many of Chog's actions. JD is right, it was a tantrum and a Sifticide (although the videodrome channel would have been cool).

Genie's out of the bottle now folks. Dag and Lucky have spent years keeping this place nice for us, being the ultimate stewards of community by determining what "hurts the Sift". Daddy's gone away, now. We can do anything we want. Even resurrect one terror of an account. I'll vote on that!

Good thing Mom's around.

>> ^Trancecoach:
Um.. fake?


Not fake. I skimmed the world of broadcast on my journey to where I am today, and TV program directors are like that. VERY low frustration tolerance. It might have to do with the fact that everything is so timed in broadcast, if you screw up by 1 second, you have to file a report with the FCC. (At least you used to have to back in the day, not sure what standards and practices calls for now, but I can't imagine that has gone away.)

And yet now, it seems to have gone away again.

All very odd, it was happening an insane amount earlier.

Shooby Doo Wop Wop Wop
Shooby Doo Wop Wop Wop
Shooby Doo Wop Wop Wop

My Heart Is cryin',cryin'
Lonely Teardrops
My pillows never dry off
Lonely Teardrops

Come Home, Come Home
Just Say You Will, Say You Will (Say You Will)
Say You Will (Say You WIll)
Hey, Hey (Say You Will)

My Heart Is Fine, Fine
Lonely Teardrops
My pillows never dry off
Lonely Teardrops

Come Home, Come Home
Just Say You Will, Say You Will (Say You Will)
Say You Will (Say You WIll)
Hey, Hey (Say You Will)

Just Give Me Another Chance
For our Romance
Come On And Tell Me
That One Day You'll Return
Cause Everyday That You've Been Gone Away
You'll Know Why My Heart Does Nothing But Burn
[Crying]

Lonely Teardrops
My pillows never dry off
Lonely Teardrops

Come Home, Come Home
Just Say You Will, Say You Will (Say You Will)
Say You Will (Say You Will)
Hey, Hey (Say You Will)
Say It Right Now Baby (Say You Will)
Come On, Come On (Say You Will)
Say It Darling Yeah! (Say You Will)

[Fade]

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Offspring, gone away' to 'Offspring, gone away, alternative, 90s, death, mourning' - edited by Spiff

I'm getting this about 50% of the time when submitting vids, fixing vids, etc.. even though the transaction gets committed, which seems surprising given the message:

System Error
The message associated with the error is:
We apologize for the interruption in service, but an internal error has occurred while interacting with a database. (MySQL server has gone away)

Still having performance problems? Twice I've submitted a video and received the "We apologize for the interruption in service, but an internal error has occurred while interacting with a database. (MySQL server has gone away)" error. The video really was posted however.

We sang this song in 5th grade chorus...only the school board made us change a few lyrics; we sang: "British Politician SAYS" and "JFK GONE away". Gosh, talk about censuring art....