And how would you propose that the government delivers those goals without the necessary bureaucracy in place to provide for health, education, housing, transport and environmental protection? Your "free market" is not going to do it, I'm afraid. The government can deliver its goals throu...

but to simply sit back and assume that politicians will be corrupt, so we might as well let them? That's dangerous. Most politicians and bureaucrats are corruptible because they are human. And nothing provides a more fertile environment for corruption than access to virtually unlimited money and po...

Sir Caravan Ray, with all due respect, the less involvement the corrupt government has in my life, the better off I am. This doesn't seem like too much of a leap. I simply don't think it's there place to tell me what to do if I'm not hurting anyone else. On any level. Ever. A small corrupt governme...

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melvin wrote:I *personally* would have read between the lines.

I guess it all depends where you're coming from, doesn't it?

Yes, I guess so.

Obama: That would be like putting LIPSTICK on a PIG... Crowd: Going wild Obama: You can wrap an OLD FISH in a piece of newspaper... Crowd: Going wild He was probably just using common, everyday rhetorical analogies. But in the context of THIS particular election, knowing what's gone before, I *perso...

I somewhat doubt Obama intended to call anyone a pig, but you have to consider the context: one of Palin's most famous and widely-reported lines from her GOP convention speech was that, "the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull is lipstick." Since she's noted for wearing lipstick...

Niv - I experienced the same thing once, and it scared the crap out of me. I thought I was having a stroke. A neurologist later told me it was "migraine with aura". That was a couple of years ago. This year, from about the first of February until about early July, I was alternately dizzy a...

Thanks Fluffy! I hadn't checked that. I have to say, everything about Logic does seem very, er, logical and intuitive. I think the main thing holding me back is breaking 10 years of ingrained habits. For example, I'm accustomed to everything in the arrange window being an actual WAV file that I can ...

Just thought I'd chime in to say that, this past weekend, I replaced by decrepit PC running N-Track Studio with a new 20" iMac 2.66 with 4 gigs of RAM and a copy of Logic Studio. The thing's amazing. Or at least, it will be amazing, once I get the hang of Logic. Hopefully that won't take too mu...

jb wrote:Nobody ever convinces anybody of anything.

You're right. Let's stick to making music.

I agree for the most part, JB. I'm one of the vast majority who don't see the words or deeds of politicians from either party matching my personal beliefs about economics, rights, or human nature. I wish there was a third party that believed in a classical vision of modest government with limited re...

More more hahahhahhhahah I know you're amused by the left-vs-right generalizations, but in reality, my comments would be better made in a totally non-partisan tone. The U.S. has achieved its relative success under the stewardship of both parties, and both parties have enacted their fair share of lo...

Sober and Ray: it's important to look at the world on a RELATIVE basis. There is no utopia. The American government may not have lived up to your expectations during Hurricane Katrina, but then again, hundreds of Europeans have died due to a mere heatwave. This article , based on a Swedish study, pr...

Are you saying that the >40% of people who vote against their immediate financial interest are doing it because of their interpretation of an outdated theory of macroeconomics? Yes, minus the "outdated" part. Many mature Americans understand that raising taxes on dividends, capital gains,...

Basically my argument is that if you make less than $110k/year, you have no financial interest in the Republican party. And still, elections are not 80% landslides. AMERICANS ARE STUPID. The basic counter argument is that most of the people who make less than $110k/year work for companies that are ...

People who want to inject religion or any kind of morality into public schools are the sickest of people, who've never read the constitution and don't understand what America stands for. They are either extremely ignorant, or extremely unpatriotic. I agree – these moralizing sickos are trying to br...

File under: May earn me a punch - The Melvin tune would sound great as covered by PiGPEN. It sounds great as is, but listening today, I had the revelation. Call me a genius, if you must. You twisted genius! No punch from me - no one's ever covered one of my songs before, and I'd be charmed if PiGPE...

Location Location Location's Leaf Blower remains one of my very favourite SF songs of all time. Who's in that band? I know it involves some well-known fighter(s), but I'm not sure who. EDIT: Heh, having just re-listened to this track for the first time since NE3, I am now willing to bet that's Ken o...

As per company policy, when I don’t fight, I try to write reviews. Here we go: Andy: Like it a lot. Great guitars and drums. I love your “yeahs”... these vocals have the same quality that I liked in your Kick Start from NE3. Really catchy chorus, especially on the word "savior". Your progr...

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but Reist, I believe you're supposed to put your noise into the SIDE of that mic, not the top.

Seriously, Glenn, you're a super-talent.

I'd contribute a song to that for sure.