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Seems like a fun gameplay. And I do like the gfx.

Ok so I just think this is hilarious! Cnn.com just published a report about the effect THC (the active chemical in marijuana) and how it can help with alzheimers. An exact quote about alzheimers: "Those afflicted with Alzheimer's suffer from memory loss, impaired decision-making, and diminished language and movement skills." Now doesn't that sound just like what happens to someone on pot? lol Seems like people are really stretching this whole "legalization of marijuana" thing.

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Erm...did someone say communism? The rich don't have a right to be rich? wtf man. wtf. So tossing packages in a plant all night for fedex is hard work...but being a surgeon isn't? You are plain ignorant to believe that just because you're making good money at your job means you're not working hard. One is manual labor, and one taxes the mind. Honestly any shmuck off the street can toss a package for fedex. Tell that same guy to run a company and you'll see the difference. I work for a utility company where the people on the line service (the ones who climb the poles, and do all the manual labor) make as much as us in the office. We cannot work without them, they cannot work without us. plain and simple. Yes the high high ups in the office make more than the high ups of the linemen, but honestly all of the linemen make over 45k a year. Thats a good salary. The ones that have been with the company for over 7 years average making between 50-70k a year. Even manual labor pays well. Just go to a trade school (very cheap) and become a carpenter, or electrician, or a plumber, or even a construction worker. You'll make over 40k a year starting at any of those jobs, very cheap to gain the certification. I guess I just don't see how there is not opportunity. And you are completely diluted in your aspect of the stock market. You making money = stealing someone else's? wtf again man. The stock market allows you to purchase a small peice of a company so that you as an every day consumer can cash in on these huge corporations that are making tons of money. You buy a part of a company when it is down in sales ect. Then when they boom, you sell. By being a smart investor, you can take the profits of a multi-billion dollar corporation and make them your own. What's wrong with making a good investment? My fiance's parents could afford to send her to college based on the money they invested in the stock market. They are planning on using that money for retirement. But of course you are right there is no good that comes from the stock market, and we should close it down, and let all of these billion dollar corporations keep every ounce of profit for themselves. Because that will obviosly be better for us all. And ceo's are appointed by a commitee of popular shareholders (by popular that means the shareholders who personally own moderate amounts of the company). Would you choose some "hard working" fedex man to be your CEO, or would you choose the very well educated, and experienced man who will be able to keep increasing the company's, and your own profits?

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Honestly I don't want to have my money taken away from me that I've worked hard for. Say I invest really really well in the stock market, and end up making millions, a good way to get rich. You're telling me that because I'm was smart, and with a lot of luck, earned millions of dollars, that I should have to give that money I worked for to the government? No thanks. I'd rather save it, so I can retire very nicely, put my children through college on my own, make sure my grandchildren can go to college without worry. Honestly, if you've worked for it, it is yours. Even if it was your father, or grandfather who worked for it, its yours. As long as they willed it to you.

I personally prefer the thicker string, mind you I don't often open it, so I feel I get a fuller sound from it. It also means the world how you tune it to the rest of your strings.

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Remember that whole "ID6 is COMING" ordeal?

Ahem, you don't need money to make money. Thats just a falsity. I don't agree with giving the rich tax breaks, but why should they get punished for having more money? Are we communist? Or are we robin hood, take from the rich and give to the poor? Even if those rich people worked !@#$%^&* hard to make that money? I agree with greased that I don't want to help pay for someone else's mistakes. The problem is that its easy to just do good enough to get into a school. I think for Syracuse University, if you have anything above and average in school, and score over a 1050 on your sats's (old standard don't know compared to the new one) you can get into the school of arts and science. Thats !@#$%^&* easy. I don't think for an average and a 1050 sat score, you should have your school payed for. As with greased, my parents couldn't afford to send me to college, I knew this. So instead of standing there saying "poor me" and "!@#$%^&* those rich kids" I did something about it. If anyone cannot get a fair education in this country its because they are not working for it. If I can do it, and greased can do it, why are these other people so special? The real issue is that these schools keep raising tuition and room and board. It's rediculous. !@#$%^&* about making school affordable.

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I'm proof that a hard working kid has more than a fair advantage over rich kids. When I got my tech job, I was competeing against a rich kid with a college degree, and I had yet to finish mine, and I beat him out because I worked that !@#$%^&* hard.

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I never mentioned anything about taxes for the rich or poor. Even college education means nothing nowadays because everyone has it. Its like what high school used to be. You need it, but its nothing special. I know its difficult, believe me I know its difficult if you come from nothing. As for my home, I spent most of my time grounded for things I didn't do, all me and my father did was argue, in fact for the last 6 months I was living there and the next year and a half I was out of my house, me and my father didn't speak with each other. No its not fair if you get into a college based on who you know, but its also not their fault that their parents worked hard, or some ancestor did and now they have the money to pay for college. Something should be done about the first, but nothing can be done about the latter, I mean are you supposed to turn people away because their family makes a lot of money? I hate that rich people have their lives handed to them and look down on those who had to fight, but you can't have the government prevent them from going to college. And I honestly want to work hard enough in my life to make sure my children don't have to. I mean isn't that what every parent should want? It's not anyone else fault that my parents both dropped out of college. I know its not my fault, but I don't expect anyone to compensate me for that either.

I come from a low middle class family, where for much of my growing up my parents didn't have 2 god !@#$%^&* nickels to rub together. My mother didn't work, my father was laid off when I was 5, and for 3 years worked 3 almost minimum wage jobs until he could get the job he currently has, and we barely made enough money to live. By the time I was 20 my father finally made it to grossing 50k a year, because he works 10 hour shifts, 6 days a week, and graveyard shifts. I moved out of my parents house when I was 18, and put myself through college by working full time. My parents haven't given me a cent, besides food while I lived at home since I was 16 and could get a job. By working hard in school, which anyone can do, and working hard in life, I was on an academic scholarship to Syracuse University for being 9th in my class and recieving a 1320 on my SAT's. I started out at 18 years old with nothing, and nothing to fall back on. I worked hard and by 20 was working as an IT tech for a good company making 40+k a year. I lived alone in my apartment, and had a brand new car, bought with 11 miles on it from a dealership. No one has handed me !@#$%^&* in my entire life. The total state and federal aid I recieved each year was $341 dollars to go to SU. Self righteous? I've been where these people are. I decided to not be poor. I saw the mistakes my family made and refused to make my children live the way I was forced to live. Anyone can make that decision, but its just easier to stay poor and have the government cut you that check. Couldn't handle it? First off if you are even say moving into a house, and one of your friends is like "hey man, you need some help?" are you going to say no just because you want to make the point that you can move in yourself? Cmon thats just a dumb statement. Your country is in a natural catastrophe, and a neighboring country offers to help and you're to tell them no? WTF. And they saved 110 people in 3 days...and you criticize our government for not saving 20,000 in one? I'm grateful for all of their help, even if they saved just 1 person. And also that article has been adjusted since I posted as the "The federal government announced it was deploying a task force comprising three warships—HMCS Athabaskan, HMCS Toronto and HMCS Ville de Québec—along with the Coast Guard vessel CCGS Sir William Alexander and three Sea King helicopters and one BO-105 helicopter to the area." quote was taken out of the first paragraph where it is now further down the page. Otherwise I would not have posted about that. There is money out there if you work hard for it. Nothing should be just given to anyone in this world. If you want something, you work and fight for it. There should be no other way. And if you want to talk about no choices look at some of these other countries where people really have no choice but to stay poor. I do, and I came from nothing and am still thankful that because of the country that I live in I am able to achieve much more than my parents ever did. Once me and my fiance move in together we will gross over 100k a year, and we both come from the same households where her dad finally grosses what mine does, and they work at the same place. We will be making much more than both of our families put together. This is what the wonderful US of A can do for you, if you are willing to work for it. But you're right, if you expect something handed to you, it won't happen, and I hope it never will.

"The federal government announced it was deploying a task force comprising three warships—HMCS Athabaskan, HMCS Toronto and HMCS Ville de Québec—along with the Coast Guard vessel CCGS Sir William Alexander and three Sea King helicopters and one BO-105 helicopter to the area." "The task force was organized under the name "Operation UNISON" and involved over 1,000 personnel from the Canadian Forces and Canadian Coast Guard who were placed under the operational command of their American counterparts who were coordinating relief operations." "On September 6 the Operation UNISON task force of navy and coast guard ships departed Halifax Harbour for the U.S. Gulf Coast." Straight from your own article. Just because they announced on Sept 2. that they were going to deploy a task force does not mean it was actually deployed on the 2nd. As you clearly see their task force was not deployed until the 6th. They sent helicopters to the new england area, and help coordinate the sending of supplies, but I guess in the way you put it, "the real response", came sept 6th. And thats only when it left harbor. "The naval ships arrived at Pensacola, Florida several days later, having been delayed by further tropical storm activity off the east coast of Florida. The coast guard ship arrived several days later, due to its slower cruising speed." As for the rich being ok...DUH! They have the money to get out ok. They didn't rely on Federal help! They bought a ticket, or did whatever they could afford to get out of town. So you blame the government for the fact that the people with money could afford to leave? As for the poor people in NO, if you'll note that I have only been talking about the people who as quoted from my last post "If you have the money to buy a house, you are not poor." And poverty is a poor excuse for anything in this country. With the way our country is set up anyone, and I mean anyone can jump out of poverty. I think welfare is the worst program in the entire country. Is it the tax payers fault that you did not want to get an education, or pick up a trade, or !@#$%^&* even work full time at mcdonalds? So instead we can reward you for having no motivation by giving you the money that we work hard for? College isn't for everyone. But there are tradeschools in every city where you can pick up training on anything from carpentry and electrical work, to basic construction training. But you see that takes work, and why work when the government will cut you that check every week? I have no respect for the "poor people" of this country. In this country you choose to be poor. You cannot choose what you are born into, but you can sure as !@#$%^&* choose what you become. And as for the superdome prior to katrina hitting, the national guard brought in enough food and water to support 15000 people for 3 days. They didn't acheive 20,000 until into sept. By the 3rd they were all cleared out. Yes supplies went low, but they did not run out of supplies. And the human body can survive 3-4 days without water, and roughly a week give or take with no food. As stated before, rescuing people from rooftops and the like who had no food or water was a bigger issue then rescuing those in the superdome with at least a limited supply of food and water. And any neglegence in the superdome with their care was based off of yet again, the govenor who it isspecifically stated: "The mayor of New Orleans had, in fact, stated that as a "refuge of last resort," only limited food, water, and supplies would be provided. Residents who evacuated to the Superdome were warned to bring their own supplies." I'm not saying what happened to these people wasn't a travesty. And as stated before I think they should get the proper compensation. But to sit back and act like our government wasn't there and did nothing to help these people is just flatly wrong. And as stated before I don't support that their response could have been better, but I contend that it could have been much worse too.

Why do poor people need to know the statistics about states and homes? You go to any real estate website, and you can get quotes on any area, anywhere. If you have the money to buy a house, you are not poor. Case in point. If you have the resources to finance for over $100,000, you can look on the internet...or better yet call one of the 1 billion agents around. Ignorance isn't an answer either. I'm not saying that it's "tough luck" on them, but they can't turn around and say "well !@#$%^&* I never expected anything like this could happen..." It's noone fault, and they should get the appropriate funding to help assist them. I just don't want them to sit there and act like they had no clue this could happen. And did you not read what was actually said? On sept 2, Canada, after talking with FEMA committed to helping the United States, under the coordination of the UNITED STATES. The ships left harbor on Sept 6th, and showed up a few days late because they were delayed by weather. Every effort was first approved by our government, and then deployed by our government, and coordinated by our government. Canada gave us much needed support, but it was all coordinated by our government. And as for on par are you really that naive? They did not have their task force code name "operation UNISON" even leave canada until sept 6th. They didn't even declare that they would send help until the 2nd. As stated, by the 3rd we had the superdome cleared WITH NO CANADIAN SUPPORT! If we had waited for Canada to come help the superdome might have been cleared by the 15th! As for the superdome, there were 20,000 people in the superdome. David Copperfield? Yes because in a catastrophic disaster zone, everyone knows that its common practice to make 20,000 people dissapear anytime they want. The government just didn't feel like waving their wand until sept 3rd. Shame on them. They might get their magic powers taken away by that little bunny who jumps out of the hat. It was a more pressing matter to pull people off of rooftops and out of flooded homes, than to pull them out of the superdome. And it was the governors fault, not the presidents that they had inadequate supplies. "The mayor of New Orleans had, in fact, stated that as a "refuge of last resort," only limited food, water, and supplies would be provided. Residents who evacuated to the Superdome were warned to bring their own supplies." straight from wikipedia. "All aircraft were returning back towards the Gulf of Mexico by the afternoon of August 29. Air crews, many who lost their homes during the hurricane, began a round-the-clock rescue effort in New Orleans, and along the Mississippi and Alabama coastlines." Also from wikipedia. Being the katrina hit on the morning of the 29th, not too bad if you ask me. Stop acting like FEMA wasn't there/did nothing, DHS wasn't there/did nothing, or that the National Guard wasn't there/did nothing. Are you so pressed to detest our president and federal government that you don't even read the articles you post?

Just cite me one source that canada was there before aug 29th which is the date FEMA and DHS arrived, or cite me a fact that canada was there before the 31st when the rest of the National Guard arrived. !@#$%^&* even cite something that shows they were there before sept 3rd when the government had already evacuated the super dome right in NO. When you make a broad statement like "Other countries reacting faster than us in our own disaster is also a well known fact." but cannot produce evidence, it is not a fact. Also if you can afford to purchase a home anywhere, you can afford to rent one somewhere else. You sit there and act like these people had no choice but to live there. If they have been in NO for generations and didn't want to leave, thats their choice. Not something they are forced into. According to the National !@#$%^&*ociation of realtors, in just a comparison of metropolitan areas, there are hundreds of cities, not a couple, hundreds of cities where the average sales price of single family homes is cheaper than it is in NO. If you would like I can cite these hundreds of cities. Some of these are quite near NO and out of the disaster zone, yet incredibly cheaper. Some of these might be a bit further. Using money as an issue for being forced to live in NO is not a question, because if you can afford a house there, you can afford a house many other places. The statistics I'm using are for 2005, they have the statistics for 2006, where the average selling price went up to $176,500 from 159,200 in 2005, but due to the hurricane factors, and the fact that they are waiting on the closeout of the 06 market, I did not want anyone to say that was effecting my data in any way. So even after the hurricane its cheaper to live a lot of other places than NO.

cite me facts. And !@#$%^&* just because you're poor doesn't mean you have to live in a disaster zone. Noone ever said that. But they warn you when you purchase a home in a natural disaster zone. Its your choice to buy the home or not. I live in central NY, and you can buy a home here for a !@#$%^&* of a lot less than a lot of those people bought their homes for. They just see the fact that they could get a house that would go for $300,000 anywhere else, for $180,000, and their eyes light right up. Those houses aren't dirt cheap either.