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[quote name='chibi-master']I'm moving to the U.K. first chance I get in my adult life! I'm tired of all the crappy political problems of the U.S.![/quote]
[FONT=Calibri]In Britain it's quickly becoming a crime to be patriotic.

Ask [COLOR=DarkRed]Vicky[/COLOR].[/FONT]
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[quote name='The Professor' timestamp='1332413959' post='710852'] [font=comic sans ms,cursive]12345? Really? Good thing you weren't trying to get into my luggage.[/font] [/quote] [font=trebuchet

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[COLOR="DarkGreen"][FONT="Tahoma"][quote name='Shy][size=1] [b]There is no topic, so therefore this thread can never go off-topic.[/b'][/size][/quote]This reminds me of the thread where you could ask

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[quote name='Lunox'][font=trebuchet ms] If you're going to dismiss all news sources as illegitimate, you might as well stop reading any article or newspaper. [/font][/QUOTE]

[font=franklin gothic medium]I agree with this. There seems to be a weird tendency lately to simply dismiss every major news outlet, as if there's some kind of sinister agenda underneath everything.

Most major news sources are fine and most adhere to journalistic standards (with Fox News occasionally being a significant exception).

Having said that, I think the biggest issue is actually just bias or selective coverage. Without getting too far into it though, I think that it's very easy to draw a long bow and scoff at any mainstream news source when, in fact, most of them pretty much do the right thing most of the time.

I have personally found - especially in University - that those who scoffed the most were the ones who weren't actually news readers themselves, or who had little knowledge of current affairs. I'm not saying that's happening here, but I definitely found this to be the case in my own experience.

(So yes, in short, very few people are going to read an entire bill - but there should be plenty of sources for summary; the only question is whether or not people will bother to read the summaries themselves).[/font]

[quote]I'm very good at what I do. And I only do it when some ego needs deflating.[/quote]

[font=franklin gothic medium]I didn't see anything particularly ego-centric about Lunox's comments. You, on the other hand, need an Allamorph of your own to keep things in check.[/font]
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[FONT="Lucida Sans Unicode"][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Oh I don't know James. I think the complaint that putting something out there so the general public actually has time to read if they so wish, isn't unreasonable. By giving so little time before the actual vote, it's basically forcing people to rely on other outlets like the news or summaries online. Most working people simply do not have time to read much beyond that.

I simply do not agree with the idea that telling the public, or anyone for that matter, to just suck it up and read it in such a short time, is in anyway fair. I see that kind of mentality and attitude very egoistical and downright annoying to deal with when I'm trying to understand politics. :/[/COLOR][/FONT]
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[FONT=Calibri]Or, in short, giving the public three days to assimilate the Baucus Bill is tantamount to saying "Read [I][U]War and Peace[/U][/I] in three days and be prepared for an in-depth discussion on any and all content."

I can read it in three days, sure. Or I can give it the time it deserves to fully understand it. But given the magnitude of the bill, asking both is a bit much.

Although I could do with another Allamorph to help out. Might actually be possible, then.[/FONT]
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[quote name='SunfallE'][FONT="Lucida Sans Unicode"][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Oh I don't know James. I think the complaint that putting something out there so the general public actually has time to read if they so wish, isn't unreasonable. By giving so little time before the actual vote, it's basically forcing people to rely on other outlets like the news or summaries online. Most working people simply do not have time to read much beyond that.

I simply do not agree with the idea that telling the public, or anyone for that matter, to just suck it up and read it in such a short time, is in anyway fair. I see that kind of mentality and attitude very egoistical and downright annoying to deal with when I'm trying to understand politics. :/[/COLOR][/FONT][/QUOTE]

[font=franklin gothic medium]Oh, I agree with you 100% - my comments had nothing to do with the complaint about putting something out with little time available to read it. I don't think I even referred directly to that.

I was just making a comment about attitudes towards the mainstream news outlets.

I agree that ideally, a proposed bill should be available for a good length of time so that the public can view it. I'm not sure though whether the time issue here is a deliberate egotistical thing or whether this bill has somehow fallen victim to Congress's procedural timing (most of which is, I think, actually mandated by the Constitution).

In any case, [i]most[/i] people don't read actual bills at all. They simply don't, often for no other reason than that it's very cumbersome and most people just aren't that eager. And even if people did read it, there's often a lot of peripheral stuff in there that can be filtered out.

This is why media plays a critical role when it comes to disseminating this kind of information in a more palatable form.[/font]
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[quote name='Stephanie'][size=1]I love you guys, but can we maybe move this to its own thread? T_T This was my "haha REALLY?" thread up until about a page ago. Now I have nothing to laugh at when I get home![/size][/QUOTE]

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[FONT="Trebuchet MS"][quote name='Stephanie][size=1']I love you guys, but can we maybe move this to its own thread? T_T This was my "haha REALLY?" thread up until about a page ago. Now I have nothing to laugh at when I get home![/size][/quote]We could always work on figuring out what kind of mascot chibi-master would be. =P [/FONT]
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[quote name='taperson'][SIZE="1"][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]This week is over, & that means it's the weekend. Mmmmmmmmmmm, life is so good.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE]

[font=franklin gothic medium]Oh yes, I'm [i]very[/i] happy that it's the weekend. And I have pretty much no plans for the next two days, which is great - plenty of time to just relax. :catgirl:[/font]
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[quote name='James'][font=franklin gothic medium]Oh yes, I'm [i]very[/i] happy that it's the weekend. And I have pretty much no plans for the next two days, which is great - plenty of time to just relax. :catgirl:[/font][/QUOTE]

[SIZE="1"][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]That's happy! I'm busy tomorrow, but it's a good kind of busy.

Also, I really want a record player. Like, right now. I have four amazing albums that I want (NEED) to listen to.[/COLOR][/SIZE]
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[FONT="Trebuchet MS"][QUOTE=Ace][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]I don't want her to be my favorite animal. :/

Unless you tape a bottle of vodka and a lighter to the front of her costume. Then I might be cool with it.[/FONT][/QUOTE]But a platypus would be rather nifty. Also, we don't want to turn her into a pyromaniac do we? Cause you know she'll just untape it and use it to set you on fire for the suggestion. :p[/FONT]
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[quote name='Ace'][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Toph is fine with me.

She'll have to switch martial arts schools, though. Chibi, anywhere nearby you that teaches Southern Preying Mantis?[/FONT][/QUOTE]

First of all... *sets you ablaze* And second of all, why do I have to SWITCH? Can I not do both? I'm not sure if there is a school around here, but I'll look into it.

As for the platypus idea... DO NOT WANT! I am a doggy, not a beaver-ducky!(I have nothing against them, though*
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[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Okay, so I just almost got in a car crash.

I was leaving the dojo parking lot when some drunk-off-his-*** moron peels around the corner, gets two lanes away from his side of the road and barely manages to correct himself in time for me to punch the accelerator and get the hell out of Dodge.

If I ever get in that situation again and I don't avoid the collision, it better kill me. Because if I survive it, the other guy won't survive what happens next.[/FONT]
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