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...has been described as a strongly opinionated, a passionate writer, and a borderline sociopath.

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Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Was an US Army reservist right to sue the government after multiple deployments?: 3 of 3
The last time I looked we have a purely 100% VOLUNTARY Army. There is no one at the recruiting centers holding guns to people's heads saying how they must enlist. When someone joins the reserves they know that at any time the Army can activate them to fight somewhere.This is a typical case where someone wants all of the benef... More..
Hobbies & Games > Video Game Reviews Video game reviews: Bad Mojo (PC): 2 of 2
Back in 1996 I was between games and needed something to occupy my time. I was at a local electronics store looking through what was their less-than laughable video game section and I stumbled across a weird idea for an adventure game: "Bad Mojo: The Roach Game". It turned out to be one of the best games I played that year.Al... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology The Democrats are indulging in magical thinking: 2 of 2
"Vote for me because I'm not the other guy!"I love the Democrats. Any time they're not in power they can run on a campaign of pointing out everything that the past administration did. I still remember back in '92 hearing how Clinton was going to un-do everything that was forced upon us by "Twelve years of Reagan/Bush".Now, we... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Craft: 2 of 2
Every now and then a movie will come along and make you re-think your views on growing up, making friends and discovering new forms of faith. This movie is not one of them.For the past fifty years or so Witchcraft has been making an effort to gain acceptance as an established peaceful religion in the United States. They were ... More..
Entertainment > TV Show Reviews Anime reviews: Wicked City: 2 of 2
I've seen a lot of great Anime films over the years. Some are pretty well known like "Akira" and "Ghost in the Shell" and some are less well known like "Ninja Scroll" or "X". All of them were pretty good and, as usual a bit hard to follow the first time through. "Wicked City" was pretty straight forward and that's one of the ... More..
Hobbies & Games > Video Game Consoles & Accessories What the 3 year extended warranty means for Xbox 360 owners: 2 of 2
I'll tell you what this means: It means that Microsoft actually admits that they made a crappy product. This is definitely a first for me. I've seen them put out countless operating systems that crash all of the time (anyone remember the dreaded "Blue Screen of Death"?), office products that require far too much of your syste... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Is the federal tax increase on cigarettes the first step to help pay for the (SCHIP) State Children's Health Insurance Program?: 2 of 2
No, it's not a good first step, but it would make one heck of a way to encourage kids to smoke! I could just see the advertisements: "Now, Julie I know that you want to get free vaccinations and care in case you break your leg, but that costs money. It wouldn't, though if you and all of your friends remembered to light up eve... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Calling for a Christian revolution: 2 of 2
When one thinks of a revolution it's usually someone encouraging a large group of people to topple those in power so that their points of view will become dominant.Well, the United States is still dominantly Christian so I'm not sure who you'd want to topple here. Sure, your numbers are dropping proportionally to other faiths... More..