alphanguy74

Brand new from Crystal Method and my friend Martha Reeves, awesome stuff! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqqwe2WiuGA&feature=player_embedded#!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA-zKzB5ujM&feature=related

This is great for a laugh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqlX88H4_Cg&feature=related

WOW... just WOW. I was amazed at the intricacy and brillliance of this writing. First of all... Tyler is a little weasel, he effing ROLLED Nolan? So many things going on this episode, Lydia hiding the pills in her jaw and getting Conrad to bust her from the house is great. You can tell Victoria is DYING to know where Conrad is hiding her. Considering where Frank's phone was found, I see an arrest in Conrad's future. How underhanded for little Declan to take Victoria's 100,000$ and still see Charlotte. I don't think that boy knows what he's dealing with, he's WAY over his head... but other distractions for Victoria just may save his butt. Nolan was so smooth cleaning out Tyler's throat just as Ashley walked in. Briliantly played, and I loved Ashley dropping her drink. That real Emily is a triflin bitch, I hate her guts. And poor Jack, snookered by that tramp. I'm really curious as to what part the Japanese Man plays is Amanda's past, but the comment about the vipers was GOLD.

I like this song alot... Clodaugh Rogers had many nice pop hits as far as i'm concerned. I think she may have been just as famous for her legs as her music, though! LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SME2pbMy1Ws

There was a rumor a while back that they were bringing back Jennifer Foster.... and they were in the process of casting her, but it never happened. My memory is foggy on when this was, it was either at the end of Alden's reign, or in Jack Smith's, I can't remember which. Was there any grain of truth behind this rumor, or do you think it was complete BS?

Holy crap!!! I just looked him up and found out he was THIRTEEN in that clip! I always just thought the actor was so good at his dialogue that it made him appear older than he was.... because you have to admit, the kid is quite small, especially for 13.

Chuckie? In real time, he would be 8 here.... it doesn't look too far off to me:

It's not quite like that, Brian... you see, one company would have to foot the bill for R&D, get FDA approval, and spend those millions prepping the product for market, but they couldn't legally patent it, so therefore, one company would spend all the money getting it to market, and a bunch of other companies can just take it and sell it, too... since it's not patented. that's what's stopping it. If this had been done decades ago, however...Marijuana tablets would now be as common as Pamprin.

Max and Brian... that's why I support banning smoking in all public areas at the very least. With liquor, at least THAT won't travel hrough the air and enter my body... while smoke will. Even now, I still get a whiff when some moron is smoking a cigarette at the stoplight in front of me, it drives me nuts. So I say keep em legal, and tax the hell out of them. Even tax soda pop and junk food (like 5 cents) and let that pay for healthcare. My point about prisons is that I feel prisons should ONLY be for people who are a physical danger to society. White collar criminals, potheads, shoplifters... they should not EVER go to prison. all it does is make us taxpayers pay through the nose to clothe and feed them. Like Martha Stewart, for instance.. she should ahve never went to jail, there should have been a legal machanism to sentence her to a forfeiture of like 80% of her total assets... and that would have been her sentence. so instead of costing the taxpayers money to keep her in jail, the money from her sentence would PAY to house the violent criminals.

Max, Medical marijana is not used to heal any disease, it's used to calm symptoms, primarily nausea. There are medications for nausea, and I can tell you, they don't work for most people. and the side effects can be far worse that anything pot can deliver (nightmares/hallucinations). Cigarettes really have no medical purpose, but banning them? i'd like to...or at the very least put a tax on them of 1$ a pack to make up for the rise in health care costs they cause. But that's being a "nanny state", and I thought conservatives are against that?

I agree.. Marajuana to me, is no different that alcohol... but I certainly don't think Cocaine and other stuff should be legalized by any means. I, however... don't feel that anyone should go to jail for drug use. Fined out the wazoo, yes... but not go to jail. Or if they have no money, they should be forced to perform work for the state.

I can shed some light on the Marajuana thing. the reason that it is not put into a pill form is that since Marajuana is a herb, and not a man made chemical, legally, it cannot be patented. So therefore, there's not enough money in it for the drug companies to want to mess with. What they DID do, was attempt to chemically synthesize the chemical in Marajuana, THC... and they do have that patented... but like most things man made, it doesn't work very well... it's not quite the same. the drug is called Marinol. Many think that making marajuana completely legal, and taxing the hell out of it would be something that would be a boon to struggling state economies. I have to agree.... and I am the most anti-subsatnce person you will ever meet. i've never smoked a cigarette, no drugs, no alcohol, I don't even drink COFFEE.

I think your'e right about this. some writers aren't professional enough to really STUDY an actor and write the dialogue accordingly. I remember Jess said in an interview once that after she started, the dialogue writers slowly adjusted the dialogue to fit her pattern of speech, as it was quite different from Brenda's. But they couldn't just do it right away, because it would be too jolting. Which is basically why she Imitated Brenda as closely as possible her first few months. I think Kahlil comes off as a spolied bitch princess who has basically has everything handed to her. I remember her talking about how she prepared ofr her cancer storyline... she basically asked some memner of her extendfed family a few questions over dinner or some such thing. How ridiculous.

I remember Victoria making a comment in an interview like... "when you work with me, you come prepared"... I'm assuming she was referring to Kahlil, and her not being prepared for her scenes. And although I feel Rowell exaggerates many things, I believe every word of that comment about Kahlil.. you can see it on the screen. And considering she herself made a comment about having to look Goddard in the forehead to keep from laughing during love scenes, i was like, WTF? That told me all I needed to know about her lack of professionalism.

I think theyr'e leaving both of them ambiguous... Nolan said he was a 3 on the Kinsey scale, but he might just have been lying to cover his bases... Tyler? I think he is gay and just an evil Gigolo.

Embarassment of bitches? LOVE IT! LOL You guys said it all... such great acting, such great writing.... just incredible in every way. I'm still reeling from Nolan getting himself some Tyler dick. and he taped it for later ammunition? Genius. the next 2 weeks is gonna crawl!

I can see Brenda not getting along with MTS... i'm sure her marrying Ed Scott garnered favoritism within the show. I'llbe honest, I don't ever remember Brenda and Braeden having scenes together... but i'm sure there were a few, just nothing sticks out in my mind. I was stunned that Melody married Ed Scott at the time, she was so beautiful, and he was a fat old troll... they looked so mis matched, they still do.

Once again, the liberal agenda is not the problem here, nor are the Delta smelt. the problem is that people are trying to farm land that is arid and was never meant to be farmed. You grow crops where the rain falls, and where it doesn't... you might grow crops that like dry conditions, such as onions, garlic, grapes, olives... but otherwise, people need to work with nature and stop trying to control it and fight against it. If you lived in West Virginia and had your front porch covered in coal dust every morning, I bet you'd feel differently. Animals aren't nearly as important to humans as plants are, that's why protecting ecosystems and endangered plants are much more important. When you burn and clear cut rainforests and other various habitats, you may be destroying a yet undiscovered plant that would have the cure for cancer. And who would oversee health care funding? Why local medical boards would, of course.... let panels of doctors, and not politicians do it. Like I said, let the government FUND it, not CONTROL it.

Max... don't ever apologize for being "wishy washy", all that means is that you are able to see and understand another viewpoint, even if you don't agree with it. It means you give THOUGHT and CONSIDERATION to things that you once felt strongly about, but might want to give a second look to when new information comes to light. Obstinance and stubborness is not a quallity that I consider good to have. So if you are undecided about something, or look at something in a new way and change your mind, don't let others make you feel guilty for it. Brian may not be wish washy with politics, but he sure is wishy washy when he runs a website... so we all have our issues, and yours are nothing to ashamed of.

Brian... my point about healthcare is that I don't feel it should be RUN by the government... just FUNDED by the Government for those who can't afford it. My idea was to keep everything as it was for the most part, except pass the pre-existing condition clause... and I felt that there should be a non-profit government option that is ONLY available to people below a certain income level. And Medicaid to everyone less than 200% of the poverty level. So it would basically be on a sliding scale, and a single person who made 40,000$ a year or more would be on their own. Free enterprise with a safety net for all, and I mean ALL... is what I want. Like I said, a hybrid of socialism and capitalism. I agree with you about brining the military home. The military spending is just far too out of control, we do NOT need to be the police force for the whole world. Alternative energy is something that can be used effectively, and work. It just needs to have the same amount of dedication put into it that the internet and computer technology has had. If solar panels can be made to be more efficient, that would truly be the best... because you ahve big, flat roofs on every big box store and strip mall in this country, alll equipped with electrical service that can interconnect those solar panels with the grid. But coal campanies once again, have bought the politicians so the technology doesn't progress like it should. and although you don't see it on your little suburban street, this is what our depndence on coal does to some in this country: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoOIB3_7bzU&feature=related

I think that it fails because people in our government that oversee distribution of our tax dollars can bought. Socialism works great if done right. Even outside your own family.... I come from a culture of farmers, where people swap produce with each other all the time. The problem comes in when you have both ends of the spectrum, greedy assholes and lazy deadbeats both using the system for their own advantage. Would you have such a problem with welfare if people were required to perform work to recieve it? and as far as trusting the average person more than the government to handle the money... to tell the truth, you can't trust either one. I have a friend who doens't get any government assistance, but he is my age... and he doesn't actively look for work. He just lives with his parents (age 42) and what little money he does get he spends on discretionary crap and cigarettes. So in the end, you need regulations to keep the riff raff out of the system, and you need a HYBRID of capatlism and socailism. Basically what we have now, except we need about 25% more spent on health care, and 25% LESS spent on Military. for the amount that was spent on the iraq war, we COULD provide universal health care. All because we feel the need to defend all that fuc*ing oil. BTW... where did my grandmother get all that money for me to build my house with? (which incidentally, was just 60,000$ I don't require glamorous surroundings) Her and my grandfather were just angus beef farmers... she made the bulk of that from being frugal and saving and getting a great return on her CD's during all the double digit interest rates during the Jimmy Carter years. So as much grief as people gave Jimmy Carter, for us, it was a wonderful thing. It just was bad for people who carried a bunch of debt.

So, to expound on government jobs spurring economic growth... I can think of the biggest example of all... the interstate highway system. First, you have all the jobs of the people who build and maintain it, then think fo all the myriad of businessess in towns along that highway system. Right there is a government project that spurred billions of businesses, and enables the entrepenuers and private sectors to ahve great success... to ship their goods cross country efficiently, all the jobs held by truck drivers, gas station personnell, restaurants, motels, the list goes on and on and on. do you think we'd have this kind of growth if we were all driving on two lane gravel roads? (which by the way, I live on)

Brian, you mentioned that Entrepeneurism is what drives our economy and not governemt jobs... but I think BOTH do. Government includes local government as well... Police, Fire, Teachers, Department of Transportation workers, all paid for by taxpayers. Government contracts that are awarded to PRIVATE companies to perform work for the government as well. the fact remains that most people cannot just be an entrepenuer out of the blue without help. some people have nobody and nothing to draw from, so the government has helped them... this is not a bad thing. Could I own my own company if my parents and myself didn't have our homes and land GIVEN to us by my grandmother? Probably not, I'd be some working stiff kissing some boss' ass and hating my job every day and living in a trailer or some dingy apartment (Because my chosen career doesn't pay alot of money). Everyone gets help along the way. I see some people who have the attitude of "I won't give my children anything, they have to make their own way"... thank God our family believes that family is there to take care of each other. So yes, my grandmother gave me my inheritance 5 years before she died, and although it wasn't enough to build a house and pay cash for it, I built it anyway, and did all the finish work myself so I could still pay cash for my house, and my mother helped me do it... yes, me and my 60 year old mother shingled the roof of my house, picked up the rocks along the road and built the stone wall in my living room, and sanded and varnished the hardwood floors, as well as installing them. Our family believed that if you didn't have enough money for want you wanted, you MADE it for yourself. So I did just that, and it even included making my own dining room table out of the trunk of a fallen oak tree. But my grandmother also had our help and love whenver she needed it, and she needed alot of it when she had alzheimer's for the last 2 years of her life. But we did it, because that's what family is for. We didn't do it glady, because it was heartbreaking to see her not know who we were, then she would gain enough awareness to know what was happening to her, and she would start crying. So we took care of her until the very end, just like we took care of her 10, 20, 30 years ago whenever she needed our help with anything. So you see, my entire family is a very socialist family, I just don't believe my responsiblity, or anyone's responsibility stops at my doorstep. So, I guess I'm a stupid idealist, but I want the world to work like my family does.... but all we get is a bunch of morons who seem to be fighting over the same cookie. I heard Glenn Beck the other night outright say that no matter what you do, who you are, there is no such thing as having too much money. Isn't that the best definition of greed that one can think of?