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#137464
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The Mace Windu Debate
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The Boba Fett debate is a moot point because if you accept official canon, then he lived, but if you accept official canon then you also by definition accept the prequels, which made Fett into a totally uncool kiwi clone, which in turn means any care for the character that we may have had is gone, so whether he died or not doesn't matter. He's about as cool as Yak Face now. In fact, maybe Yak face has a really cool history that we can only guess at and as yet hasn't been pissed on by the prequels. Yak Face is my new hero. And let's be honest, if you take just the movies and not the books etc that padded out the character, Mace Windu is pretty lame too. He's basically a stubborn Jedi who seems to do nothing but reiterate plot points with yoda and be a dick to Anakin.
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#136884
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katrina
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/136884/action/topic#136884
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The whole Bush family and every ignorant fool who ever supported them should be lined up and slapped very hard with a wet fish:

NEW YORK -- Accompanying her husband, former President George H.W.Bush, on a tour of hurricane relief centers in Houston, Barbara Bush said today, referring to the poor who had lost everything back home and evacuated, "This is working very well for them."

The former First Lady's remarks were aired this evening on National Public Radio's "Marketplace" program.

She was part of a group in Houston today at the Astrodome that included her husband and former President Bill Clinton, who were chosen by her son, the current president, to head fundraising efforts for the recovery. Sen. Hilary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama were also present.

In a segment at the top of the show on the surge of evacuees to the Texas city, Barbara Bush said: "Almost everyone I’ve talked to says we're going to move to Houston."

Then she added: "What I’m hearing is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality.

"And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this--this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them."

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#136865
Topic
katrina
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/136865/action/topic#136865
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Well if it wasn't for the ignorant ******** who call him a racist, then he wouldn't have to.

WHY does this have to be about politics. I mean I knew it would get political eventually, but...


So the staged photo proves he isn't a racist? I don't think so.

However, while my instincts tell me that George Bush is indeed a good ol' white boy racist, I don't think that race or racism comes into this issue. It's a poorly handled disaster plain and simple, a national disgrace, but not a matter of race. And a photo of George Bush standing on some rubble acting like a commander in chief while he kisses a black kid doesn't make me feel any better about the situation. Sadly, it seems to me that the modern day response to any situation is to turn the other way until things get ugly, then get out the guns and have some movie stars do a televised benefit. To use a tired old saying - Too little, too late.

But Chaltab is right - this is a natural disaster, an act of God. Of course, the actions of humankind and our government following the disaster are casue for concern and finger pointing, so politics does come into it, but for now let's just stop apportioning blame, stop taking stupid photo-opportunities, and sort it out. This situation is something that I would expect from a third world country ruled bu Mugabe or some other arsehole, not the U.S.A, supposedly the most advanced, developed and 'civilised' nation on Earth.






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#136841
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What is your gas at?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/136841/action/topic#136841
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We have LPG Gas (Gas as in gas, not gasoline) which I think is the same as the stuff you were talking about Ric. Basically the petrol is used to start the engine and then the gas kicks in, but the only vehicles that are really equipped to use it are minibuses and larger, commercial vehicles. Private vehicles pretty much all run on regular unleaded petrol. If I could afforf a new car I would buy one of the Hybrid vehicles that Honda and Toyaot are making, which run on petrol for freeway driving and times when you need that extra kick, but run on electricity the rest of the time (city driving, etc). I don't know why all cars aren't made like that nowadays. You don't even need to plug them in or anything because the electric motor gets charged as the wheels turn. Also, in England, these vehicles fall into a lower insurance and tax band and are exempt from the Central London Congestion charge. It actually pays to own one of these. But right now I'm poor, so I'll have to stick with my 1985 civic.
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#136824
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What is your gas at?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/136824/action/topic#136824
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Prices continue to rise! I filled up my little 2 door Honda Civic hatchback yesterday at the cheapest station I could find - 93.9 pence a Litre! It's going up and up and up with every passing day. I've no doubt it will be one pound a litre very soon. it cost me the equivalent of $70 to fill up my little car. If I had a Dodge Ram, I'd be in tears by now.
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#135070
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katrina
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/135070/action/topic#135070
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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
Here's the question everybody is starting to ask: FEMA has had billions of dollars pumped into it to prepare us for exactly this scenario. And FEMA has screwed the pooch on the whole operation. Mike Brown is going to be run out of Washington on a rail. But it goes beyond that. For the second time in this president's tenure, he hung out on an extended August vacation at The Ranch, ignoring growing disgust with the Iraqi stituation and not listening to the citizens about a looming Oil crisis. For the second time, his vacation has ended with a massive crisis (this time forcing him to leave The Ranch a couple days early, poor thing) in our nation that caught our government unawares and unprepared.

But this time, there is nobody to bomb. This time the fault lays squarely on Washington.

In the years before this hurricane The Army Corps of Engineers has been asking this President for $208M to reinforce the levees, because they were decaying and were in dire need of repair. The President authorized only $10M. Now we're having to pay $20 Billion (with a "B") for starters just to straighten out the mess that could have been avoided had the proper resources been allocated in the first place when the Corps requested it.

As for the here-and-now, I'm pissed on two fronts:
1) Where are all the relief workers? If the news networks can get their people, fuel, and security into the area, why can't the Federal Government?

2) Since the news media CAN seem to get into the area, why can't they put down their high-and-mighty objective coverage and actually get involved with the relief effort? If you're getting into the area to cover it, bring some damn food and water to share while you're at it. Don't just take pictures of people dying, do something to help them. These are your fellow citizens who granted you that first amendment. Journalistic ethics my ass -- what's ethical about a policy of non-involvement when fellow citizens are dying in front of your very eyes?

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.


Totally agree.

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#135061
Topic
katrina
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/135061/action/topic#135061
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Originally posted by: Darth Simon
ric, its not just an economy thing.

whats the point of cramming 100,000 people into an area that can safely and comfortably fit/support (food, shelter, water, etc) 25,000 or even 50,000. Obviously im making up numbers but you get the point (at least i hope you do).


Texas can only hold 50,000 people?

I agree that some other States should take some of the people too though.