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'dat sound....love it.

comes to about $.10 glass really. not all of them are good. I use the energy ones at work and mix them stronger than I do the rest. blueberry lemon aid and orange are the best. don't taste like diet at all.

Mio...especially orange....taste good.

In theory I like where their going with this. I believe NY is where the smoking bans and trans fat stuff began and both have helped us nationwide. However, I'd rather see such influencial people thinking about education reform vs just dealing with what people eat for lunch. We can deal with this in other more effective ways like charging unhealthy overwieght people more for insurance and healthcare, etc....

The portion of the world that is displeased with us have mulple reasons, many of which have been noted already. I've provided my opinion on those. The rebuttles I've given apply to a small portion perhaps but they address some of the many reasons involved in the question at large. Perhaps there are some I missed but more likely they haven't been pointed out because I usually don't miss a chance to put out an opinion :gabe: Religious Reasons: Meh...religeons are like opinions and assholes.....nothing new. My opinion is people hate others for purely religious reasons they can go fuck themselves. Jealousy: Yep...it's the old proverb that when you look up at the ladder of success all you see is assholes. However, everyone still climbs the same ladder Minding their business: Meh....defined already. Most are bullies, tyrants and self delusional country's that think they should be left to bully their people. I say give them what they give to others and let the biggest gun win in the name of freedom Money: Yep...we're greedy bastards. Welcome to being human. Next. Ignorance: Often associated with religion and tyrants. Good news is most people are just misinformed and have an anger fueled by their own gov't that fears them learning the truth. I say good news because in todays world, it's hard to silence information from everyone, everywhere all the time. Did I miss anything?

You mean 6spds? aka manual? coupes will be around way, way more than sedans. I had an 03 5spd auto.

Well stated and coming form one of the more credible sources to have posted here tonight. IMO, you're spot on in regards to Education Level, Propaganda and Ignorance. Thus my point earlier that what they fear is their own people becoming smarter, being able to see through their BS and having a connection to the outside world that in turn sparks individual thought.

Give me examples to discuss. The nations I've listed do want freedom. Their own people are showing the world that's what they want. Whether that's democracy they want isn't for us to decide. Freedom however is something I support helping others achieve.

Are you referencing Darfur and Rwanda? Let's look at Darfur: Last I checked US and NATO forces are on the ground and supported there. We run their refugee camps, hand out food, etc...but their own people don't want us there. Hard to help those that say get the fuck out. They don't trust us because they think we are going to control them like the British did for years. Look at the involvement we had trying to help Chad help out in the region. Let me know what you find out. In the end, they don't want our help and are killing themselves. At least in the Middle East it was military vs military. In Africa it's mainly military vs non military. Another reason...see my point about playing politics. Go ask China. They have the key interest and partnership with Sudan. Sudan doesn't want our help because they were asked to pay us by allowing us to direct their oil policy. Fair, we go to war for you, save your people and you pay us back with some political movements in our favor. Nope. Their choice, not ours. So again, ask China who is "getting paid" why they aren't arming them. Again, we care, we asked, they said fuck off, we have to pick and choose our battles. Do we put our troops on the ground, thin our resources in an area where we have something going for us and people actually want us there to help or do we do the same with zero chance in hell of anything but a country saying fuck off? Roll back to Rwanda in the 90's: In the 90's...Bill Clinton. 'Nuf said. He was a fuck up as was his administration. I remember that time as I was in college and Warren Christopher made news then. Again, surround yourself with idiots and you get Clinton leading the way. NAFTA was another of his fuck ups but please let's not rile me up on that. Go vote democrat then cut your dick off if you do. Ask George Clooney and all the rest. Better yet, ask the people of the Sudan. Are they redirecting the funding? Don't know. Again, we can only help those who help themselves to at least some level.

Neighbor and his kids have 4 Honda's from Civic to CRV all with over 200k on them. Bulletproof and he's more than pleased. My sister in law just tipped 200k on her 2003 Accord. Zero Issues.

^^ No, not awesome. Again, we don't need to "understand" or turn a blind eye to dictators and rulers that don't respect life, especially the lives of their own people. Fuck that noise. Please, try and convince me the world will be a better place letting their shitty way of ruling go on. You can't just lock yourself in your room and expect them to never come knocking on your door. It's selfish and cowardice. That's not what our country stands for.

There's no need to make more of the understanding we have for tyrants and leaders who oppress their own people. Understanding their way of life (which is controlled by said leaders) doesn't make their wrong acts right. Libia was run as a Pariah state which by definition is out of line with the beliefs of more than just the United States. The ideologies of a collective of nations that respect life not just ours. That same ideology can never be called wrong and again, not respecting life isn't an option in our world. No one will ever convince me the right thing to do or that the world will be a better place if we simply turn a blind eye to that. Gaddafi was a filthy dictator who had his own people oust him. Good! Saddam was no better and a fuck head dictator that killed his own people and others who fought for their independence from his Arab Socialist Baath Party beliefs. He got what he had coming and from his own people not just the United States. Syria followed the same Saddam beliefs and now they are getting theirs. The Soviets got theirs years ago now the Arab nations are all going through it. Collectively the US is an easy target to blame for all their shit, but really, it's quite simply the people of these nations grabbing themselves by the balls and finally telling their gov'ts to go fuck themselves. Egypt, Yemen, Jordan, they are all finally growing a pair. Don't blame the US. We are involved not because we are minding other peoples business, we are there to protect the interests of everyone, especially our own because if we don't, another country / ruler will.

and if we didn't.....

I would disagree that "we" as a collective do care about the innocents that were and are oppressed. Even those of us that don't agree with our governments actions and military involvement care. Not everyone, but overall I do believe most would see a 12 yr old middle eastern kid being tossed an AK-47, taught to hate and seen as completely expendable as sad for a species like man kind. As sad to me as a 12yr American being raped and beaten by her step dad. Those that hate of course don't like our governments military action or political posturing around the oil because to them, that's all that have in the way of power. Without that, they are simply poorly trained, ill equipped legends in their own mind living in a desert trying to claim to be the almighty ruler of a nation of people that if allowed 1 day of outside education would otherwise have their heads. In the end though, they don't like our society's way of life and anything Western, because it threatens the above noted "power" they think they have. Their greatest fear and what is being realized there right now is the younger generations do communicate outside their borders and aren't as oppressed and kept ignorant as generations before them. Now that they can see outside and think for themselves, that "power" is no longer oil, but intelligence and opportunity.

Don't confuse the political posturing of power game that we play extremely well, especially as it relates to our military deployment to protect the worlds economy that centers around oil with the fact that we are in most every case the most generous nation when it comes to people in need due to the many other disasters that impact tens of millions. I'm not just referencing our governments generosity either. Think of the Billions of dollars donated by our private citizens too. Most all of which goes unrecognized by the world and especially the losers crying hatred towards America. IMO America plays a central role in humanitarian efforts around the world that very few others are willing or capable of matching. It's important because many of these tyrants, assholes and modern day Hitlers don't like seeing us win the love of so many through such acts. Especially when they are trying to control people in a completely opposite and relatively ineffective way, through the use of force.

I don't believe the world hates us. Sure, there are groups that do but if you were to ask them why at the heart of that answer it's because they feel we are interfering with something they are doing. In one respect we are, but at the heart of that reason it's typically because it's the right thing to do and that pisses the bad guys off. I'm right there with those that perhaps feel we should stay focus on only our borders and not police the world. I can lead that argument just fine too. However, when I see people like Hitler, Osama and others of their kind, I also support the fact that we need to flex our muscle and eliminate such people and thinkers from the world. No one in this world should be oppressed or suffer as many due and one reason I'm proud to be an American is because we one of the few nations that has the capability and balls to stand up for those that can't stand up for themselves.

Fixed to show fail. :dumb:

Can you imagine the carpet woes you'd have house breaking that thing? Fuck that noise. Besides, when it's full grown the turds in the yard would be HUGE!

I think the world just stopped its rotation.

driving an F-Body on the east side yes. drive that in Dublin; double yes. me...no. again, do it all the time.

In the end only Apple has the ability to pull something like that off and still win. So while I'm disappointed as a consumer, I am inspired by the fact that they can pull it off successfully. In fact rumor is they will profit more off the adapters than the entire android market will from their phones.

What I'm mad / disappointed about is the connector. They use a MicroUSB in Europe but here they won't. That means my Bose Dock / Clock radio, etc. need an adapter that honestly, I won't buy from Apple for $29. I'll do like I do with the current chargers and buy the $1.50 ones off China Bay.

I still like Shawshank better but yes, Green Mile is one you will enjoy.

You and I could learn from that dog. :fuuuu:

IMO if you can afford to drive around in a $120k car, the cost of any repairs not covered under warranty shouldn't matter. If so, you really cant afford the car.