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Um... no I didn't. Go back and read it again. How many times do I need to ask you to do that before you actually do it? Maybe you just don't get obvious sarcasm. Again, I, along with the OP, was mocking those who believe that muslim extremism is rooted in oil. Nothing was said about Iraq. Nothing. It wasn't about Iraq. Actually, this all reminds me of the movie "Airplane": First there were the dinosaurs, but they died and turned into oil. Then came the arab's in their mecedes benz... Then came AD, pooping all over the thread and blathering on about Iraq...

Maybe not. The companies will save 7 Billion in operating costs. Yeah they won't have satellite competition, but terrestrial radio is still free, so they won't be able to jack up their rates too high, or they risk losing their tenuous hold on their customer base.

So what if Iraq is "all about the oil". This thread isn't about Iraq. In fact the word wasn't used in this thread until you popped in... The OP was making a point about the simplistic notion of terrorism by islamic fundies being related to oil. Then you came in ranting about Iraq and calling people stupid. Yeah, intelligent discourse my a$$...

I didn't so much make a statement about oil as I was agreeing that this latest attack by Islamic fundies in INDIA had nothing to do with oil. Try going back and reading again....

Except of course the article is about a train bombing in India. But hey, feel free to make it about Iraq if it makes you happy. And should we or anyone not "do something about it"? We should accept it as a part of modern life, put on the blinders, and say "sh*t happens"? I can't accept that as a reasonable response to a problem that will, in all likelyhood, get worse.

The cast on SNL may be ok, but the skits are generally garbage these days. I've watched SNL for most of it's history, and the writing is as bad as it's ever been. It used to be that the first hour was good and you could count on the last 30 minutes to be so-so at best. Now, by the 3rd sketch, it's horrible. Even the music acts are terrible now, as half of them aren't even truly "live". Ashlee Simpson was just unfortunate enough to get caught, but I"m pretty sure she is closer to being the rule than the exception. (Example - AFI was on recently, and their backup vocals were a little too good, and then I noticed that even though the bass player didn't quite make it to his mic when he had to sing, his vocal part miraculously appeared.) I'm fully in the MAD TV camp now which sucks because I have been a life long fan of SNL.

We all know that girls schools are shelled with mortars and people are beheaded because of our imperialism and greed for the sticky black stuff.

Read the entire "regression from the mean" thread.

The NCAA standards for what is offensive are random at best. "Seminoles"? No problem. "Fighting Irish"? OK. "Fighting Illini"? RACISTS!

Isn't that "The Hamburgler"? Anyway, I didn't hear the press conference, but from what I have seen I can't fathom why people are flipping out. This and the way people are ready to lynch the local weathermen for predicting 6-12 inches of snow (when there actually was 6-12 inches) blows my mind. I think most of the bright people left Erie County and we are left with some sort of "stupid vacuum".

Is that the show where we played on the huge deck in Rochester? That was a good time. We ended up getting loaded and stumbling around town. I ended up getting some sandwich called a "porta-bomb" which was frikkin awesome. Plus thosee tee shirts you guys had were sweet. Can you and your crew make it to the show next weekend? We'd love to see you all there!

That's right... Big Balls, WNY's one and only AC/DC tribute band is back. The 3 time Buffalo Music award nominees will be playing their long anticipated reunion show on Feb 24th, and Club Infinity! If you love (or even like) AC/DC you must check out the show. It's a great show, and an even better party. There will be a ton of dirty young girls there who always come out for the show. Hope to see you all there!!!

The thought does bring up an interesting point though. NYS has not gone Republican in the presidential election since 1984. If there is anyone that can do it in '08, it would be Rudy.

Nice body, yes. Pretty face? God no!

The most deadly joke in the world!

But.. but... Nazis!

Bah! I was gonna make a gravity crack! Damn you!

It wasn't so much hotpocket mentality as it was wishful thinking. I have serious doubts that Iran can be persuaded to drop their plans. I hope the UN can get something done, but I've seen the results of their efforts in the past, and have been less than impressed. It seems that if a nation really wants to get the bomb, all of the non-proliferation treaties in the world won't stop them.

Now if we can only get Iran to do the same...

If she thinks the American public was responsible for her Grammy awards, she is dumber than she looks.

That makes my joke even more funny, for a completely different reason! I was referring to when he stole that cops horse here in Buffalo and took it for a joyride. To call her a horse is even better. Then again, since his rumored gay lover is Manning, and Peyton has a horse face too....

I actually pushed for him to be hanged. Since he wants to pretend he is a cowboy, I always felt he deserved frontier justice for being a horse thief.

Yeah, and the problem is that our credibility is shot to sh*t.

For the same reason they don't ban Pearl Jam who are fairly anti-Bush. It serves no purpose for them as a company. I know you were being sarcastic, but it brings up an important distinction. The radio stations that banned the Dixie Chicks did so in large part for publicity and ratings, and not really so much because of some misguided and over-zealous patriotism. They knew that the majority of their country station listening audience would applaud such a move, and it would probably reflect well on the station and their advertisers. Or, in other words: $.