Americans of TFF - Page 13

James D. · 08-23-2008, 06:21 PM

Oh club, how I have neglected you.

What did everyone think of Michael Phelps? Did you follow it? Why does the American team suck so bad without him?

China dominated us otherwise. Last I checked, we had more overall medals, but they had many more gold medals.

H.U.N.K · 08-25-2008, 07:03 AM

Michael Phelps really lived up to his word. He won alot of medals and I was proud of the US team. I didnt watch all of the olympics but the Today show was enough for an update.

I was pleased.

AxeluteZero · 08-27-2008, 07:54 AM

I live in a city of about 40,000 people (city itself...metro population I dunno) called Wausau, Wisconsin.

Basically, take a dart and poke it in the exact center of Wisconsin...and you'll probably hit Wausau. We're kind of in the middle of Twin Cities - Green Bay and Madison to...some big city up north that just doesn't exist.

Seriously, there's nothing in upper Wisconsin. Except Rhinelander. And even that place is tiny.

Oh, and Superior, but I don't count that.

**OceanEyes28** · 08-31-2008, 08:30 PM

Americans.... are you as worried about this election as I am?

McCain's VP pick is really concerning. And if McCain becomes president and drops dead (which isn't unlikely), this woman will be president?

Quote:

Originally Posted by LA Times

...she is against abortion even in cases of rape and incest, sued the federal government to take polar bears off the endangered species list, has said creationism should be taught in schools and advocated a constitutional ban on providing healthcare benefits to same-sex partners.

And... is anyone else getting that nagging fear that democrats will lose another election? I really really want Obama to win, but I can't help but be a little anxious, now that everyone has their VP picks and unreasonable Hillary supporters (not to say that they're all unreasonable, but some of this, "If not Hillary, McCain" stuff is... ugh, anyway) might think, "Oh! Estrogen on the republican ticket!" Nevermind the things she stands for.

Someone tell me I'm worried over nothing.

Also, is anyone else amused that this hurricane Gustav is supposed to hit New Orleans the very night Bush was set to speak? Oh dear.

ALSO, hello, new guy.

James K. Polk · 08-31-2008, 11:38 PM

Ha. I forgot about this.

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Originally Posted by AxeluteZero

Basically, take a dart and poke it in the exact center of Wisconsin...and you'll probably hit Wausau.

Seriously, there's nothing in upper Wisconsin. Except Rhinelander. And even that place is tiny.

Haha, you live in Wausau. And Tomahawk is in Northern Wisconsin. Tomahawk is ****ing gorgeous. We used to take family vacations up there to a cabin on Deer (I believe that's the name) Lake.

Michael Phelps. Awesome. I wouldn't say the American team sucked without him though. The basketball team could finally return to the old Dream Team status of the 90's. Then again, I paid almost no attention to the Olympics. I was watching the Little League World Series. Don't worry. I had my pants up.

James D. · 09-01-2008, 07:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OceanEyes28

Americans.... are you as worried about this election as I am?

I am not too worried.

After the Palin pick, Obama has kept his lead in the polls. The Republican Convention will give McCain a bump, as conventions do, but then it will go back to normal. Based on polling, Obama would win 332 electoral votes today.

The Palin pick stunned me. I thought I was dreaming, really. Presidential scholars have determined that she is the least qualified person on a major party ticket in the modern era.

It is really kind of sexist for McCain to try and tell women that Palin is a good surrogate for Hillary. Sadly, it seems like some of them are eating it up. I think most of them are lying to themselves, though.

Welcome, Axelute Zero. I will add you to the roster.

H.U.N.K · 09-02-2008, 08:07 AM

I dont think McCain will win the election.

I wish i could say its not but this is really a race realated thing. Obama was and still is in the lead but we are cirtanly hearing more from Mccain.

Meier Link · 09-03-2008, 08:10 AM

I am not a big fan of anyone that is running, so more then likely I will just vote my political party (McCain) but any which way it goes I will still support anyone who goes into that office.

I am also curious, I know Oklahoma abolished the state inspections on cars (where you get the nifty sticker to put in the front window of your vehichal) about 5 years ago but has all the states done the same, I still see cars from other states that have them.

Has anyone else played the license plate game? Where you see how many plates you can find that are out of state. I loved that game as a kid on long road trips, it was such fun and killed alot of time

Rocky · 09-03-2008, 06:19 PM

The license plate game!!! Yeah I remember playing that game. One particular road trip when my mom took me and my little brother from Iowa all the way to West Virginia in a car, I think we saw about thirty different state license plates, it was pretty intense. And I live right in the tri-state region, so the Nebraska and South Dakota license plates are really commonplace in our city.

You guys have any cool travelling stories in the US?

H.U.N.K · 09-04-2008, 07:58 AM

Ever since i got my PSP i stoped playing games like the licence plate game.

But living in NC its really weird to find alaskan licence plates....to this very day i think it strange.

*Violet* · 09-06-2008, 04:32 AM

I'm not too big a fan of either Obama or McCain, so I may just not vote for anyone this time. If I do, it'll be either McCain or the third party candidate. The one thing I like about McCain more than Obama is he doesn't involve all the movie celebrities in his campaigns. We don't need a movie star or media whore.. we need someone who'll grab the bull by its horns.

H.U.N.K · 09-09-2008, 01:47 PM

Im a little bit young and im not to good with politics so could somone explain why the VP for Mc cain is so (dare i say) hated.

James D. · 09-09-2008, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by H.U.N.K

Im a little bit young and im not to good with politics so could somone explain why the VP for Mc cain is so (dare i say) hated.

Well, there are three reasons.

A. Experience. People ragged on Obama for experience, but this woman has been governor of less than a million people for about 19 months. Before that, she was the mayor of 5000 people.
B. She is an ideologue. McCain, Obama, and Biden are pretty much in the middle, while she is hard right. She wants to teach creationism in schools and outlaw abortion in all cases.
C. She was a purely political choice. Obama chose someone with a wealth of knowledge in foreign policy, while McCain's sole reason for choosing her was to win over women who supported Hillary Clinton.

James K. Polk · 09-09-2008, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Pete for S-Mod

Well, there are three reasons.

A. Experience. People ragged on Obama for experience, but this woman has been governor of less than a million people for about 19 months. Before that, she was the mayor of 5000 people.
B. She is an ideologue. McCain, Obama, and Biden are pretty much in the middle, while she is hard right. She wants to teach creat