Croc

Yea...he kinda gave you a run for your money there :huh: :AH-HA_wink: :lol:

Have to agree. I know very few Democrats who want Hilary. I couldn't care less who the Rs nominate, but for the Democrats my money is on any combination of Warner, Robertson, and Bayh. That would be a very liveable and agreeable ballot. Plus, Bayh's a great guy!

Any and all "anti-military" sentiment can be boiled down to two root causes: 1) People who think "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is discriminatory 2) People who have a problem with the torture that went on in the POW camps, and a problem with the War in Iraq (though this second part more has to do with Bush and top-ranked Army officials than it does with the military as a whole) or a combination of the two. Frankly, I think ANY discrimination is appalling in this day and age. I think women should be in the military (and therefore drafted if a draft is instituted), and I think gays and lesbians should be allowed as well. Sexual orientation has little to do with defending one's country. A more uniform requirement that would be fair in my eyes would be the discharge of soldiers who sexually harass other soldiers, or who engage in inappropriate conduct whether it is heterosexual or homosexual in nature. As for number 2, I have a problem with it as well. FOG, I am glad SF passed the bill that they did because it sends a message that recruiting for a flawed and discriminatory institution is not welcome in a public HS or college campus. I think it's high time that the military shapes up and reforms, but that all said, I will support the individual troups as long as they are over in Iraq. As long as they do not engage in despicable conduct on their own, I might add.

Dude...get a sense of humor. Seriously...

Rodeo DRIVE...you know, the one where you can easily drop a few grand...

No, don't make it such a black and white issue... Frankly, within the city limits there is no need for firearms. You don't go hunting in the city, and renting them in the woods is always better and safer. As for the military recruiters, you should have been able to figure that one out yourself...First of all, I believe it is that they cannot set foot on public HSs or Colleges. Why? Because of the homophobic stance of the military. This is San Francisco for crying out loud...They are just excluding bigots from recruiting on campuses. Several colleges have had the issue come up, and USC was one of them a few years ago...basically here the agreement reached was that military officials had to BE APPROACHED and not approach students...and the LGBTA could have a silent protest next to them. Any verbalizing of hate speech would be grounds for the military being kicked off, or the LGBT being asked to leave the area and possibly facing diciplinary hearings. I think that is a pretty fair compromise, but I can see why SF would go as far as they did...I mean it is almost like the Klan recruiting at a diverse HS or College......it would NOT be welcome.

Yea...there's no way Prop 74 would have won...the second you get that "teacher of the year" who was in all the proposition ads last year saying no, it was doomed to fail. The "YES" ads were pretty weak too..."Hi I'm a teacher AND a Democrat! And I'M voting YES on Prop 74!!" seriously...did anyone buy that load of crap?

Tupac was the best...

HAHAHAHAHAHA

I'm not registered in Cali...so I couldn't vote...but I am an active in the USC Democrats! Now here's what I didn't get...our club determined NO on props 73-78, and YES on 79 and 80......Now I missed most of the debates on them, and I don't get why one would be YES on 79.....then again, I have been seeing the "Prop 79 is the WRONG Rx for CA" ads since August...

Heh...I'm all for YES on 80 though.

Heh...Nick said it best. Rock on man.

Television & radio voiceovers pronounce Jaguar as a 3-syllable word, not 2. JAG-oo-are. Somewhat...Americans generally draw out syllables versus the British and Aussies. For example, we Americans generally pronounce Melbourne as MEL-boorn. Aussies? It is said more quickly and comes off as "MEL-bun." JAG-yoor versus JAG-yoo-rr is a "same difference" case AFAIC. My main point was the differentiation between JAG-yoor/JAG-yoo-rr and JAG-wire or JAG-war.

What are?If you are talking about GW Bush's nookyouler, no, it is not accepted by anyone other than merriam-webster. it doesn't even make sense by the spelling of the word. there was an article about two years ago i read stating that MW was adding it to the pronunciations list "because so many people say it that way." well, by that logic, most of English grammar should be changed radically because "so many people do it that way." I don't believe in pandering to the ignorance of the masses. Go look around...MW is the ONLY dictionary that offers alternative, incorrect pronunciations.

Merriam-Webster also says NOOK-yoo-lerr is an acceptable pronunciation of the word "nuclear," which is an obviously improper bastardization of the English language. Obviously Merriam-Webster is less of an accurate source of proper pronunciation and more of a compilation of existing (incorrect) pronunciations. Maybe the above post should have said "no respectable dictionary."

Telescoping steering wheel? No. That doesn't "step on Caddy's toes." Cadillac DTS can offer extra things, like heated rear seats (I believe it does). Here's a dumb thing GM did...the 2000 DHS my father own has rear seat power lumbar. New one doesn't even offer it as an option. Cadillac could differentiate from Buick by offering more LUXURY features. Last time I checked, though, telescoping wheels, nav, and xenons weren't really luxury features.

Tgive is my favorite holiday, Xmas a close second. For me, it's all about the food... ...and the family when they aren't being obnoxious.

Not gonna lie, I say it occasionally, and one of my friends uses it CONSTANTLY. It's just used for effect when being particularly bluntly honest. Softens it a bit.

Hmmm...let's see here. GM uses silver impalas on a rooftop for advertising, Gary Cowger pronounces it correctly, and it is an English word...so chances are......... As far as Jaguar goes, well, the British pronunciation is JAG-yoor, Ford says JAG-yoor, and Jaguar says JAG-yoor. Since Jaguar is British, it makes sense they officially pronounce their name like the Brits do. --- I mean ultimately I guess GM can offer pronunciations different than the norm (they do not), just like I could wake up tomorrow and decide I am going to pronounce my user name as CROKE, but that doesn't change the fact that doing so makes me somewhat of an imbecile. It really all comes down to sounding professional. Proper pronunciation makes one sound more professional, hence why Garyu Cowger says it correctly...or else he just learned to speak proper English.

That's what I thought...but just making sure ;) Yea, your opinions are completely different than mine most of the time, but you really aren't obnoxious about it like some people are. So the respect is mutual.

"boughten"? :P

I don't like the fake-foglamp treatment much. I see bolts and screws. Cheap.

exactly!

Have you ever written something negative about me? I can't recall, not that it bothers me one way or the other...

62.......how are you pronouncing that "A"? and certainly you aren't trying to say that every syllable is stressed....right? that's what the caps are used for...for indicating stress...