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  • On the post: What 4th Amendment? Indiana Sheriff Says Random, Warrantless House To House Searches Are Okay

    Greg G ( profile ), 19 May, 2011 @ 10:32am

    Re: dangerous

    Never mind that he was a Republican. It came from a Conservative. Liberals (at least those in power) want more control, like this sherrif, not less.

  • On the post: California Politicians Want To Force All Social Networks To Be Private By Default

    Greg G ( profile ), 19 May, 2011 @ 09:33am

    Re:

    Those earthquakes just aren't reaching California... yet...

    Maybe one day it will slide off into the Pacific as we all sing "nah nah NAH nah, nah nah NAH nah, hey hey hey, goodbye!"

  • On the post: RIAA Calls 4th Amendment Passe: Pushes For Warrantless Searches

    Greg G ( profile ), 18 May, 2011 @ 08:39am

    Re: Re:

    No, it'll be dependent upon how old the business is.

  • On the post: Should Young People Have Their Votes Count More?

    Greg G ( profile ), 17 May, 2011 @ 09:17am

    This idea really needs to be laughed off the stage and we can all get on with our lives.

    If I'm still kickin' around at 80, and this insane idea ever becomes reality, then I'll be voting for the one I don't want to win so that candidate gets a negative vote.

  • On the post: Should Young People Have Their Votes Count More?

    Greg G ( profile ), 17 May, 2011 @ 09:10am

    Re: Story

    I remember Logan's Run... decent movie for its time.

  • On the post: Kevin Spacey Threatens Musician For Offering Album Called 'Kevinspacey'

    Greg G ( profile ), 17 May, 2011 @ 08:38am

    Re:

    No, you can be an actor, but thanks to the SAG, no actor/actress can have the same screen name. At least if you register with the union (SAG), you can't have the same name because you could not be distinguished from the other actor with the same name without descriptions or pictures every time, which would be a pain in the ass.

    As for musicians, I don't think the same thing applies.

  • On the post: Disney Trademarks Seal Team 6 Two Days After SEAL Team 6 Kills Bin Laden

    Greg G ( profile ), 16 May, 2011 @ 09:23am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: From the makers of G-Force.....

    hahaha agreed@Scottie Pippen

  • On the post: UK Court Expands 'Super Injunction' Censorship Rules To Include Twitter & Facebook

    Greg G ( profile ), 16 May, 2011 @ 06:31am

    Re: Re: Re: Dont look at me

    queue the "never leave the house" jokes in 3...2...

  • On the post: Barry Diller Tries To Explain To Ari Emanuel That He's Wrong About 'Piracy' Being A Problem For Movies

    Greg G ( profile ), 12 May, 2011 @ 07:24am

    Re: Really? VCRs?

    Yea, the movie industry is right. Those damn VCR's ruined everything.

    I mean, I had to go buy blank VHS tapes, program my VCR to start recording a specific channel at a specific time and hope the movie started on time.

    Damn good thing I knew what I was doing, or I would never have seen such classics as Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers or The Beast of Yucca Flats, other than on MST3K, that is.

  • On the post: Senator Schumer Wants To Censor Google & Apple; Displays Ignorance Of Law

    Greg G ( profile ), 11 May, 2011 @ 01:52pm

    Re:

    Hmmm. Ummm.. ok. Where does it stop? You say it's liberal "dribble" (drivel?). Liberal's (at least the extreme ones in government) are usually the ones that want to limit what citizens can say just because we may disagree.

    Freedom of speech is pretty damn broad, but people like you allow it to be narrowed every day by statements like that.

    One day it's "don't tell anyone where the cops are setting up roadblocks/checkpoints" and the next day it'll be government telling Average Citizen to "shut up, we haven't granted you the right to speak out against us" and then if you beg to differ, you end up in jail.

    Suddenly it's like Communist China and as you sit in a prison cell you are left wondering "when did we lose our freedom of speech?"

  • On the post: TSA Frisks A Baby; Says The Stroller Set Off 'Explosives' Alarm

    Greg G ( profile ), 11 May, 2011 @ 08:25am

    Re: Re:

    I decided to check Greyhound's fares to see travel times now (as opposed to when I actually used them, which was back around 1986)

    Now it's only ~5.5 hours travel time. Looks like fewer stops along the way, and they might actually use I-35 instead of the back roads. One I checked has no transfers and only 2 stops.. Much better than before, and a refundable fare is less than $50. Could be worth putting up with the dregs of society at the station for a fare about 1/4 that of flying.

  • On the post: TSA Frisks A Baby; Says The Stroller Set Off 'Explosives' Alarm

    Greg G ( profile ), 11 May, 2011 @ 08:19am

    Re:

    Curious: I wonder if Greyhound and Amtrak have seen a greater rise in ticket sales thanks to news like this.

    Ugh, not Greyhound. I rode Greyhound from San Antonio to Dallas once, stopping at every little town with more than 20 people in it, and that was enough. ~20 hours to get there, when, if driving myself, would have been ~4.5 hours. Not to mention the bus stations were (probably still are) cesspools of humanity.

    Amtrak? Maybe. At least to me, going by train just seems cooler than riding a bus. Just hope there are no derailments. You know, because that would make riding the train uncool.

  • On the post: TSA Frisks A Baby; Says The Stroller Set Off 'Explosives' Alarm

    Greg G ( profile ), 11 May, 2011 @ 07:58am

    Re: Blogger Bob

    I may be flying in July, on the way to Vegas... I hope I get a hot female TSA agent to give me an inappropriate pat-down.

    But, the chances of a hot female TSA agent at SAT is slim to none. Now, on the return flight, from Vegas, that might be a possibility. Crossing my fingers!

  • On the post: Google Wins Lawsuit In France Over Censoring Autocomplete On File Sharing Terms… But Still Does It Anyway

    Greg G ( profile ), 11 May, 2011 @ 05:57am

    Re: Re:

    Glad you mentioned his double standard statement.

  • On the post: DailyDirt: Weapons To Fight Terrorists…

    Greg G ( profile ), 10 May, 2011 @ 06:35am

    Re:

    Also, in that story you linked to:

    While the study didn't assign blame for the killings, death squads largely run by Shiite militias were believed to be behind many of the bullet-riddled bodies that turned up by the dozens on the streets of Baghdad and other cities ? often stripped of any identification.

    Those death squads were seeking revenge for the deaths of Shiite civilians at the hands of al-Qaida and other Sunni religious extremists in suicide bombings and other attacks.

    And:

    Only 4 per cent of the Iraqi deaths included in the study, or 2,363, were a result of US air strikes, which frequently targeted suspected insurgents hiding in houses. But 46 per cent of the victims whose gender could be determined were female and 39 per cent were children.

    Thanks for that. Come on, Nick. Got anythying to say for yourself?

  • On the post: DailyDirt: Weapons To Fight Terrorists…

    Greg G ( profile ), 10 May, 2011 @ 06:27am

    Re:

    I had posted another reply last night, but it was flagged for review by the site and hasn't appeared yet (first time that's ever happened.)

    Anyway, it had a link to to pdf doc for a human rights organization. In it, there were stats about civilian casualties. A village of about 12000 people was cluster bombed over about 6 or 7 days because the Taliban was hiding in the village instead of staying in their camp that was nearby. From that report, about 20, maybe 25, civilian villagers were killed. That's not even close to the 98% Nick is claiming.

    Nick (and apparently you) only seem to want to blame the U.S. and put nothing on the terrorists that hide in the villages using these civilians as shields.

    It's unfortunate, but civilians always have and always will be killed in wars. The big difference is that the U.S. does not do it intentionally (and if they do, they are punished for it) but when terrorists kill civilians, it's always intentional.

  • On the post: DailyDirt: Weapons To Fight Terrorists…

    Greg G ( profile ), 09 May, 2011 @ 06:49pm

    Re:

    I just read through a Human Rights Watch document (pdf) about the use of cluster munitions in Afghanistan.

    I don't see anything near 98% being civilian. There are some, yes... which happens during a war, especially when terrorists like to hide amongst civilians hoping the US or others won't bomb the living crap out of them for fear of collateral damage.

    Yes, unfortunately there will always be civilian casualties during war. But the difference here is, they are unintentional. The terrorists target civilians intentionally. That's something people like you and HRW apparently forget.

  • On the post: DailyDirt: Weapons To Fight Terrorists…

    Greg G ( profile ), 09 May, 2011 @ 06:18pm

    Re:

    citation, please?

    love how you just give stats with no support.

  • On the post: AC/DC Says Their Songs Will Never Be Available For Download; Rest Of Internet Laughs

    Greg G ( profile ), 09 May, 2011 @ 11:07am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Done Dirt Cheap

    Or, more likely, "for those that want to download, screw you."

    While giving everyone the one-fingered salute.

  • On the post: Belgian Appeals Court Says Google Must Pay Up For Linking To Newspaper Websites

    Greg G ( profile ), 09 May, 2011 @ 06:25am

    Screw the Belgian newspapers...

    ...they can die a slow, painful death.

    As long as Belgium keeps exporting their beers, I'm ok with their newspapers withering away.

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