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So, as a part of my newfound John Kerry fanaticism, I have decided that I would like to put a John Kerry sign in my front yard. This has brought about the topic of what benefit such signs actually serve... and it's kind of a good question. I mean I don't actually think that if I put a sign in my yard some random undecided voter is going to pass by and say... "wow... if the people who own this house are voting for Kerry, then by golly I am voting for Kerry!" So what IS the point of these signs? Do they just serve as feel good reminders to other like-minded passerbys... hey, I'm not alone here in Republican-ville... someone else likes Kerry too? Or do they just serve to anger ones Republican neighbors and alienate one from the community? Thoughts? Kirk? Dylan? Anyone?
--Sarah
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2004.08.05
It has almost slipped from the frontpage but LAN3 who was very fond of the Hating America link mentioned the " showing as ? issue can be fixed in IE by going to View|Encoding -- I had best results by making sure "Auto-Select" was checked.

Quote of the Moment
People are stupider than anybody.
Tom Lehrer (May 2000 Onion A.V.Club interview)
Songs of the Moment
A study in contrasts: Gloomy Sunday was said to have led to a number of suicides in the first part of the 1900s. (The 3rd verse that basically says "oh it was all a dream!" was added later, probably to try to counteract it or something.) Maybe that was mostly an Urban Legend, however.

And then we have Dennis Learly's "A**HOLE" song well-set to scenes from the game Halo. Goes on a bit, but the song is still amusing in parts and the way they match up the in-game action to the lyrics is funny as well.

Political Observation of the Moment
And it's true; both candidates are for the corporation, and I do agree with Nader that ultimately the corporation is the major evil. But in my mind, Bush is the immediate obstacle. He is a collection of disasters for America. What he does to the English language is a species of catastrophe all by itself. Bush learned a long time ago that certain key words, 'evil, patriotism, stand-firm, flag, our-fight-against-terrorism,' will get half the people in America stirred up. That's all he works with. Kerry will be better in many ways, no question.
He also said
"It could be that the most incisive personal crime committed by George Bush is that he probably never said to himself, 'I don't deserve to be president.' You just can't trust a man who's never been embarrassed by himself. The vanity of George W. stands out with every smirk. He literally cannot control that vanity. It seeps out of every movement of his lips, it squeezes through every tight-lipped grimace. Every grin is a study in smugsmanship."
Right on. When Bush talks about "humble" anything, he's talking out of his ass.

2019 UPDATE: looking back... I think about how Obama's detractors thought he was the arrogant one. It has a different flavor, though. And of course Trump somehow transcends mere smugness to become a monument to, of, by, and for himself.