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you can see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBLhEoBTAnc or go to youtube and search "Alberta Meteor" posted by Tehkazlehoff on Nov 21, 2008

the "war on Christmas"? Y'know...how the evil socialist atheist democrats are taking the phrase "Merry Christmas" and turning it into the sinful "Happy Holiday"?

Or do they not have anything to energize their base for this time of year?

You got spanked by Obama, the Dems picked up seats in both the House and Senate, there are going to be even more democratic governors and state elections are going democrat everywhere.

Has the GOP collapsed?

Given the GOP 1994 Contract with America and the subsequent failure of the GOP to live up to most if its terms....

* FIRST, require all laws that apply to the rest of the country also apply equally to the Congress;

* SECOND, select a major, independent auditing firm to conduct a comprehensive audit of Congress for waste, fraud or abuse;

* THIRD, cut the number of House committees, and cut committee staff by one-third;

* FOURTH, limit the terms of all committee chairs;

* FIFTH, ban the casting of proxy votes in committee;

* SIXTH, require committee meetings to be open to the public;

* SEVENTH, require a three-fifths majority vote to pass a tax increase;

* EIGHTH, guarantee an honest accounting of our Federal Budget by implementing zero base-line budgeting.

Most of these were completely and utterly ignored by the GOP right after they were released....

Would you go back to a company that ignores its contracts? Then why would you continue to vote for the GOP?

What is going to happen to the 200+ guys there? They haven't been charged, tried or convicted of anything- are we just going to open the cell door and say 'you can go anywhere you want so long as it isn't America'?

P.S. Both Obama and McCain have declared they will close the prison, so this isn't about politics.

Besides those people who have already endorsed a candidate....who would you most and least like to see endorse your candidate for president?

I was thinking about trying to find Uranus with my 8 inch Celestron but I don't have GOTO or anything fancy-just manual controls. Is there a good method for finding something that is a 6 apparent magnitude?

Does anyone know what type of sand is used in Japanese rock/zen gardens? The kind that holds the swirly patterns well?

This would be for an outdoor garden in the U.S.

Is there some tv show or magazine or web site spewing this crap? Seriously, i'm getting sick of them all.

I have not seen Mars in a long while, any idea when it will be viewable again from my location north of Detroit MI?

Or am I just looking for it in the right place?

about the moon landing?

With resolution of 1 meter it should be able to see several of the objects we left behind.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCROSS

Just curious if anyone has some amateur pics of Jupiter as seen through a 3 through 10 inch reflector scope?

Other planets would be interesting too, but primarily interested in Jupiter.

Thanks in advance.

a very bright light, south by south-west at about 40* I'm pretty sure it was either Venus or Jupiter but no planet appeared on the star-map I consulted. Further complicated by heavy light pollution and thus very few other stars to compare.

Anyone else see what i'm talking about or have better star-maps available? This was easily one of the brightest things in the sky even with the light-pollution.

U.S. leads world in substance abuse, WHO finds

Tue Jul 1, 12:31 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States leads the world in rates of experimenting with marijuana and cocaine despite strict drug laws, World Health Organization researchers said on Tuesday.

Countries with looser drug laws have lower rates of abuse, the researchers report in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS Medicine.

The survey of 54,000 people in 17 countries found that 16 percent of people in the United States had used cocaine in their lifetimes -- far higher than the next highest rate, found in New Zealand, where 4.3 percent of people reported having used cocaine.

More than 42 percent of Americans admitted to having tried cannabis, closely followed by 41 percent in New Zealand, Dr. Louisa Degenhardt of the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia and an international team of colleagues found.

Americans were also the most likely to have smoked, with 74 percent saying they used tobacco at

any picture from any place?

reelecting Bush for a third term (assuming it was possible) and Obama in the coming election, who would you pick and why?

I am contemplating buying a modular home to put on a piece of property in MI, the cost of the home itself is $73K. Does anyone have a rough estimate what it costs to install the home and do all the interior work such as foundation, utilities, interior walls, plumbing, electrical, heating, cabinets etc?

Muslim and then complain about Obama's pastor from a Christian church?

is their any logic in the neo-con camp anymore or is it all vapid racist slop?

I see that argument come up alot in arguments by anti's against homosexuality (almost always in the context of male-male anal sex). I've always understood natural to mean of nature or having an origin in nature. I understand nature to be the external world in its entirety.

And given the fact that hundreds of animals have homosexual members and behaviors (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_animals) and that homosexual members and behaviors have existed in virtually every group and culture on earth throughout time (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societal_attitudes_to... how can anybody claim that anything about homosexuality is "unnatural"?

and why is it always male-male anal sex that is "unnatural"? does that mean that male-female anal is also "unnatural"?

what about female-female anal sex?

how about using a condom?

and if we really get down to it, isn't living in a house, driving a car and wearing clothing "unnatural" since they are artificial human made constructs?

I have seen some fairly ludicrous claims on YA about what the democrats/liberals are to blame for, so I'm curious what problems the republicans/conservatives are willing to be held responsible on?

Bush has been president for 7 years, the congress was R/C controlled for most of the last decade and the SCOTUS is firmly conservative (7-2 by appointment 5 to 4 by vote).

So, are you willing to own up to anything, or are the big bad D/L's responsible for all the bad things (while R/C are responsible for all good things)?