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The_Real_Nny
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Country: United States
State: Florida
Birthday: 6/1/1984
Gender: Male
Interests: creating chaos panic and disorder. and putting people in thier place
Expertise: I am not good at anything, well a few things but lets not go there
Occupation: Other
Industry: Entertainment
Message: message me
Member Since:
6/6/2003
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| IS IT REAL... OR IS IT MEMO-WRECKS?
After all the beatings it's been taking over the widening prison abuse scandal, the White House turned into a PR piñata yesterday, releasing an unprecedented 258 previously classified internal documents.
Included among them are memos between the Justice Department and the White House describing harsh interrogation techniques as legally justified in the war on terror, although now both parties are saying the memos were just a game of "Would you rather...?" gone out of control.
Another revelation among the declassified docs: a November, 2002 "action memo" from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorizing interrogation techniques, including the use of dogs to scare prisoners. Still uncertain, however, is the status of Rumsfeld's lesser-known "passive-aggressive memo," whose techniques are limited to the use of the mother-in-law and the pissy roommate.
Interestingly, and completely seriously, one of Rumsfeld's main objections to the interrogation techniques under discussion - it wasn't torturous enough, specifically the placing of detainees in uncomfortable "stress positions" where they were standing up for up to four hours at a time. Rumsfeld, who himself actually works at a stand-up desk, added this note to the memo, "I stand for 8-10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to 4 hours?" Rumsfeld was less than impressed by other techniques in use at the prison, noting that he also has his nuts electrocuted 2-3 hours a day. | | |
| Remember all those protests that our war in Iraq was about "blood for oil?" Well, the blood thing's all done...So, umm, what's up with the oil?
Gas prices have reached record highs, hitting a nationwide average of a $1.80 a gallon, with no relief in sight. The West Coast has been hit especially hard, with prices per gallon hovering around the two-fifty mark in cities like San Diego and Los Angeles. L.A. residents have been particularly frustrated, having also had to deal with a sharp spike in their East Coast friends bugging them with yet another reason why New York is better.
Gas stations nationwide are likely to see an increase in demand resulting from an improving economy and the traditionally travel-heavy summer months, putting a further strain n ot just on gas reserves, but also on our nation's already-depleted squeegee water reservoirs and over-cleared Slim Jim forests.
Industry analyst Tina Vital warns, "Inventory levels have continued to fall this year and that's translated into some rather high gasoline prices and we don't see much relief coming." She added, "Unless people stop forgetting which side of the car the gas tank is on, and pulling up to the wrong side, and then having to turn the car around and pull up to the pump again on the other side. Do you know how much per year that would save?"
The U.S. Senate recently passed a non-binding amendment - the legislative equivalent of a "Come on guys!" - calling for the suspension of shipments to the nation's strategic petroleum reserve, which they say could ease gas prices. It's a controversial move, say economists, one better saved for a bona fide crisis situation, like if American gas prices actually got anywhere near where they cost in that exorbitantl y pricey region: the rest of the world.
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| Dave Blood, the bassist for the dead milkmen killed himself yesteday... one of the bands i grew up listening to...sad | | |
| god hates me... oh well, cause i have a new motorycle now so its all good  | | |
| OK, i did thisa seocnd ago and it just went all white, i fix html and it all goes to shit all jumbled and stuff... ok retype... grrrr
ok well last night was fun, i go tto play with a chainsaw, i was a lumber jack...
"i'm a lumber jack and i'm ok" (monty python rocks)
ok so yea i got to put on climbing spikes a harness and a chainsaw hanging from belt, to chop limbs from tres, it was pretty fun stuff, and a marketable skill i picke dup. we fell a few trees and burned em as a bonfire nto wanting to move the wood far. dcided to get some hotdogs and marshmellows, turne dinto a little get together of people. was still fun, hot dogs orange soda and marshmellows all come together to equal grand fun, There aas plenty of alcohol going around (not indulged by me the nondrinker) and much guitar playing and singing along by all (all hail weezer) so yea that was a great nite...
on a seprate ntoe LOTR comes out today and i am having to se the first two movies at a buds house due to tallahassee not doing a all 3 movies night thing liek other places... oh well. so anyway, that's about it, no tragic love stories to tell todya, i've given up on that crap altogether for now till i find a girl who i don't think will hurt me. till then i've excepted my role as nothing more than a pretty face and person to take home for the night cause nobody wants me for longer than a few days... sucks balls but such is life | | |
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