Eh, well, try voting in Detroit sometime. In the Bush/Kerry election I was unable to vote because the lines were too long for anyone who showed up past ~5pm. I had to fight with my boss to get out even that early, and gave up 3 hours of pay I desperately needed.

In the Obama/McCain election I got smart and got a ride…

Huh, we're kind of opposite. I did Sociology, then went to trade school for Power Generation. Worked in Iraq for a while as a Power Tech/Gen Mechanic and I'm working on my undergrad then masters in Environmental Econ/Econ (Dual Degree). Env Econ is our Agricultural Econ - trying to get into the dept of Agriculture.

Yep, Season 5 is the real end. And it is a GREAT, well written ending.
Feel free to watch past there, but hold it to Fan Fiction standards.

It's a clone.
I've been playing MTG since Ice Age (nearly 20 years now?). I've made several sets for casual play and I'm currently getting together a patent for a CCG I've developed and planning on launching a Kickstarter.

There are some elements that MTG just locked up right, and will be followed by any decent TCG.…

Holy shit. I don't need to do research on agricultural subsidies. My degree is in Agricultural Economics. My job is, literally, to interpret the data that determines agricultural subsidies. . .

The fact that we use farm subsidies to keep food prices from bottoming out since agriculture, by nature, produces variable a…

Why do people who ignore science and misrepresent facts out of ignorance or agenda feel they're entitled to anything but "Fuck You"?

I mean, if I were to start going on about how gravity is a scientific conspiracy for. . um, reasons. . I'd pretty well expect to be told to fuck off at this point. You know, for…

Bw-r-r-r-r-rtttt Bwt-o-o-o-o-o-oom

The fucking mating call of Michael Bay.

I'm American.
I think it's funny there are a bunch of people (presumably other Americans) attacking you (in ridiculous ways) for pointing out the obvious.
Of course we're not all like that. But, yeah, this is unsurprising and typical.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c…

Uh, our unemployment rate is about the same as Australia (likely higher because we manipulate the Discouraged Worker Rate more than most other countries).

The Nordic Social Democrocies have an average unemployment rates ~ to the USA; despite having far less capital and spending…

Uh, I'm a pretty huge environmentalist and I want this thing. There's nothing stopping people from replanting what they cut - and one way or another, people need materials.

I have a few friends in ecovillages who would absolutely love one of these.

Whoops. Forgot the link.
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/i/i…

If you haven't read Ishmael by Daniel Quinn - I think you would enjoy it.
Here's the cliffs notes on the section dealing with Cain and Abel. I think he makes a pretty compelling argument that it would be the agriculturists not the nomadic sheppards destroying the world/animals.

This is the first time I've ever saved a comment I've found online because I'm fairly certain it's said as best as it can be.

Why is the background the Anarcho-Communist flag comrade?

*Sigh*

I really wish people would learn what "Anarchy" actually means. You know that Anarchy Symbol your 14 year old brother loves - the "circle" is the letter O. The symbol means "Anarchy is Order". The "democracy" system you mention - ie, direct democracy, is actually far, far, far more representative of "Anarchy"…

I'm fine with teaching Creationism in science classes.

So long as we start teaching Evolution in church.

Each has their place.

Uh, yeah, no. In Detroit you are lucky if half the roads ever get plowed, let alone salt. I'm in Lansing right now and it can take days before anything but the major streets get plowed and salted.