Korey

[color="#000080"][size="1"][font="Franklin Gothic Medium"]Right now I'm using the Wet Paint and hopefully waiting for a new Geisha theme to come out! [/font][/size][/color]

[color="#000080"][size="1"][font="Franklin Gothic Medium"]Thanks a million Des! The new forum design sort of reminds me of Shoryuken's forums, but they run the newest version of VBulletin. Although I'm still getting used to the changes, I'm pretty sure the culture shock will die down, just like when VV launched on theO. They've been showing all the older Harry Potter movies on the Armed Forces Network channels over here and I have to say that they're still as boring as I remember them. Except now they're in standard definition instead of the HDMI that I'm used to Good ol' Army tech![/font][/size][/color]

[quote name='Aberinkula & Fitch' date='01 June 2010 - 07:48 PM' timestamp='1275414516' post='694116'] [font="Comic Sans MS"]I lost a lovely sig and avi set, it seems. I could swear they were hosted off-site, too. Oh well, about time I updated my look anyway. EDIT: I frickin' love this display name feature.[/font] [/quote] [color="#000080"] [size="1"][font="Franklin Gothic Medium"]Well if you do have the links, it's really easy to replace them ;P[/font][/size][/color]

[color="#000080"][font="Franklin Gothic Medium"]Gah, now I have to find another Avatar, because I was using an OB default one [/font][size="1"][/size][/color]

[quote name='DeathKnight'][color=crimson]Don't look at me, man. I didn't vote for the Republicans on the SBOE. Plus, we're fightin' it. [youtube]K16taQ_vv0s[/youtube] Viva Tejas, baby. I actually don't have anything more constructive to say other than that it pisses many of us off too. I've been talking with student organizations at my college to do a protest in Austin but, eh, summer hit at the wrong time.[/color][/QUOTE] I'm from Texas too, actually. El Paso is the only blue county I know.

[quote name='chibi-master'][COLOR="DarkRed"][SIZE="4"][FONT="System"]YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGH!!!!!!!!!![/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]:mad: Woo. Okay. I'm okay now. It's cool.[/QUOTE] Ok. Just checking. What do y'all have in mind for Memorial Day wekkend? I'm going up to Heidelberg and celebrating by watching their parade on Base, then probably going to a castle of some sort.

[quote name='eleanor'][font=trebuchet ms] SO MY LAME QUESTION IS WAS IT OK FOR ME TO DO THAT? DOES THE LADY HATE ME NOW SRRY I WORRY A LOT[/font][/QUOTE] [FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][SIZE="1"][COLOR="Navy"]Nothing wrong with what you did at all. You followed upon a job oppourtunity and made sure youre options would be coveredif you did that internship stuff. If anything, that's what's you're supposed to do.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[quote name='Clurr'][SIZE="1"]A fifth Karate Kid movie is coming to theatres in June, but you could argue that it's not a Karate Kid movie either since the martial arts in question is actually KUNG FU.[/SIZE][/QUOTE] [FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][SIZE="1"][COLOR="Navy"]No Miyagi, no Karate Kid movie. :( I need to clean out my "group notificiations" box on Facebook. I have over 300 invites from Farmville, Mafia Wars, World War, The Fish bowl thingy and Zoo thingamuhbobber.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][SIZE="1"][COLOR="Navy"]After reading all the articles and watching the vids on the issue (thanks for providing so much, btw) I really wonder why Texans are trying to whitewash aspects of American history that are not as bright and colorful as other ones. It's important for children to learn about their heritage in [I][U]all [/U][/I]of it's ugly beauty, because then they can form their own political/ moral views on issues that have shaped our country to what it is today. The student in the CNN video makes a good point in saying that such changes to the curriculum would "undermine mulit-cuturalism." The Civil War was over many issues. Not just slavery, and not just states' rights. However, all of those views need to be taught to children so they can understand the evolution of human rights in American history. You can't say that "States Rights" was the reason that the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were ratifyed. On the issue of separation of church and state, I feel that it's especially important to...uhm...I dunnooooo...follow the first frackin' amendment to your nation's constitution? While the initial colonists to our nation were in some parts religious refugees, the founding fathers realized the problems with the system in Europe that had caused many disputes and wars over differences in religious practice. So they agreed, even in the colonial stages, that the separation of state affairs from church matters would allow for more rational decisions to be made for the good of the people. I don't see why teaching this fundamental political issue would be harmful to students at all. It is the basis for religious tolerance and was the beginning of multi-culuturalism in the United States. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[quote]And one more thing that pisses me off often is that, because I'm the only one with a vehicle and a driver's license, I'm expected to taxi my siblings around wherever they need to be. I don't outwardly fuss about picking them up from the bus stop or taking them to church, because my parents do pay for my gas, but when my sisters bombard me with demands that I escort them to Taco Bell, I get very angry.[/quote] [FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][SIZE="1"][COLOR="Navy"]I had to the do same thing when my siblings were in High School. I had to make the school runs for my mom, since she had work. I didn't mind, because she gave me money for gas from time to time. But I'd remind my siblings that since I'm not their personal chauffeur and if they want to go somewhere they have to be nice about it and real lizeI have things that I do too.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[quote name='Ace'][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]NO THERE WAS NOT STOP SAYING WORDS[/FONT][/QUOTE] [FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][SIZE="1"][COLOR="Navy"] I didn't say them, I typed them :3 BI lvoe when Stitch was [spoiler]interrogating the frog[/spoiler] in the movie. Easily my favorite part.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[quote name='CaNz']what are you talking about Ace? there were both! {i am lying...}[/QUOTE] There was an Animated series on the Disney Channel....

I had a similar experience like that, James. Our teacher had brought in a writer from the LA Times, who had been doing vignettes on people from Skid Row. He asked the class if they watched the news on a regular basis. One girl admitted to only getting news from the Daily Show. He laughed and said, "So if Dan Rather cracked jokes and Photoshopped pictures of representatives, you'd watch him?" The girl said yes and admitted that newscasts were too boring. This kinda irked me, because it demonstrated to me that some people would rather be entertained than informed. I watch certain newscasts to keep up on events in the States and back in El Paso (how I found out Dio died), and I saw some pretty editorialized questions coming from the anchors. More so on political shows. I even watched a show that claimed to be "TV's most provocative newscast." After watching it, I just found the host to be unreasonably biased and unethical. But I suppose it is entertaining to some to watch that kind of show. I'm perfectly fine reading the news ticker and following up on stories that intrest me.

Skipping past all the white knighting, I'll focus on exactly what you posted to me. [quote name=' eleanor']But was there even a part in the story where the writer was trying to say 'SODA IS WHY WE'RE ALL FAT'? He's only saying the amount of soda Americans drink is a contributing factor to our obesity.[/quote] [FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][SIZE="1"][COLOR="Navy"]True, but the author didn't say the other contributing factors towards obesity. Even then, the way he used the argument was lacking substance and overall came out flat. It was a flawed use of logic.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [quote]Also I didn't find his part about the link between obesity/soda and the soda tax to be so "loosely connected" that it made the piece terrible. I mean no this wasn't the greatest thing ever and it was actually incredibly boring/stuff I already knew to me, but since it is an economic column there's no need for him to start talking about all the things that contribute to obesity. Not really a "good" piece IMO but not atrocious.[/quote] [FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][SIZE="1"][COLOR="Navy"]Cool, but how's about we let people be critical of articles instead of dissecting said crticisms? Regardless of being a column or not, and despite it's topic, when you bring in sub-topics, it helps credit your opinion when you provide a multitude of sources and points of view across the spectrum. This columnist picked and choosed his sources in order to project his opinion, which is ultimately the point of the article, but the sources he picked were lucid at best. Which, consquently, leads people who follow issues like this (as opposed to the uninformed masses who just pick the up paper to see the MLB scores) to be very critical of the amount of research done within the article. In short, don't bring something up if you're only going to cull the information for what works for your political agenda. We're all equals here, and everyone's opinion is valuable. But let's not get in a huff over a criticism of an editorial piece. I'm sure Al doesn't wish any sort of malice upon this writer, and the guy is still getting paid to put his opinion on paper. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[quote name='chibi-master']Thank goodness!:catgirl: *hug* Wait... You mean not every home has a gun-toting mariachi? Oh. Oh my. Perhaps I should ask "Uncle Leo" to stay at a different relatives house then...:wow:[/QUOTE] Not on the US side of the border, no. Our ratio was about 1 out of every 5 homes had a marksman mariachi per capita

Being a jounalist-in-the-making, I can say I'm disgusted with the lack of true research this author did. There's several factors that lead to obesity (genectics, lack of excercise, etcetera). The author did touch on the aspect of improper diets, but tried to loosely connect it to the premise of the article: the soda tax vote. Reading on, I can see too many half-truths from both sides of the political spectrum to even consider this "news that's fit to print." More taxes on "luxury drinks" such as soda won't put people out of work or put my parents who drink more than 1 12-pack a week in the poor house. It certainly won't stop people from buying soda. I'll use Cigarettes as a model. The taxes on Cigarettes are heavy, but has the amount of people who quit smoking risen dramatically? Food for thought.

[quote name='chibi-master']EVERYONE knows Allamorph would. Heck, that's the first thing any new member learns! Lesson #1: Allamorph will be the death of chibi-master. Someday. Hey, why the sudden hatred, Korey? ._. I think I may actually pass Algebra! Glee berries![/QUOTE] No hatred at all, miss. Re-watched "Desperado" today. Such an awesome flick, and it reminds me abit of home, sans the gun-toting mariachi.

[quote name='chibi-master']*whips out umbrella* Awww, you know you wouldn't zap me, Korey! I'm too damn wuvable.:rolleyes:[/QUOTE] [FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][SIZE="1"][COLOR="Navy"]This can and will happen to you.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [center][IMG]http://earthfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/force-lighning.jpg[/IMG][/center]

[quote name='chibi-master']Ouch.:animedepr But good to see you around, Rach. It was a bit strange to be getting into shenanigans with apparent freedom. Not to mention the lack of an authority figure to stand intimidatingly behind me while waggling a disapproving finger in my direction.[/QUOTE] I can always do that :D Rach gave me his modding stun baton

[quote name='Allamorph'][CENTER][IMG]http://madlofa.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/buddy_christ2.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [FONT=Calibri]There are a few things I could think of to respond back with. Only hitch is this is the internet so it's easier for me to think of ways to be a jerk, whereas I'd probably just ignore it myself, so I'll shove them in a corner.[/FONT][/QUOTE] [FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][SIZE="1"][COLOR="Navy"]Boy you trippin' :rolleyes:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][SIZE="1"][COLOR="Navy"]Wait, facial hair is gay now? I guess Action Hank must be really gay....[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][SIZE="1"][COLOR="Navy"]Going to see Frankenstein Castle today. Pictures to follow...[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][SIZE="1"][COLOR="Navy"]I've been following up on the coverage via the stateside news outlets and BP has really impressed me with the amount of accountability and compassion that they are displaying for the whole situation, given that they were operating with inaccurate and incomplete engineering documents. But recently they've run into some problems with the cleanup as well. But I felt that after reading [URL="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37168216/ns/gulf_oil_spill/"]this here article,[/URL]I thought this whole disaster could have been prevented had the company just followed procedure.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [quote name='phonet']The only thing this leads me to believe is that governments truly are ruled by oil money, which is foolish and detrimental to both the economic and political health of the country but now the environmental side too.[/quote] [FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][SIZE="1"][COLOR="navy"]I could launch into some schpiel about how it's lobbying and the severe lack of bi-partisan cooperation that is the cause of how our government is run, but I find this point of view interesting. As much as the world is dependent on oil, it would seem that it is the international currency. The problem with nuclear (and oil too, to a lesser extent) power is the potentially catastrophic results that happen due to nuclear fallout. Given the amount of damage that Chernobyl produced and the long term effects it had on the ecosystem, imagine if something of that nature was detonated in say....the area where the oil spill occurred (don't know if that's even possible...but for argument's sake). You would be talking about immediate distengration of all things within miles of the blast, not to mention the after-effects of the radiaton. With one explosion, you just destroyed an entire ecosystem and made the area a toxic soup that is almost unusable. The reason behind the regulations for nuclear power isn't because of economic lobbying, it's the potential disaster that it can create.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][SIZE="1"][COLOR="Navy"]I'm going to go ahead and move this thread to [B]Sight and Sound[/B], since it deals mostly with J-Rock. :p[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[quote name='SakuraAngel93'][COLOR="Purple"][SIZE="1"]Haaiiii I am new Im 17 years old and im a geek.... O.o I hope I enjoy it here n_n.[/SIZE][/COLOR][/QUOTE] [FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][SIZE="1"][COLOR="Navy"]I think we're all geeks around here. Nothing to be ashamed of. And I know most people here know who I am, but I thought I'd re-introduce myself for the new people. My name is Korey and I'm the new moderator of the Lounge. If anyone has any questions, dont' hesitate to PM me or even bug me via e-mail or AIM ;)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]