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“McCain: "We'll encourage the development of electric horseless carriages!"”

Thursday at 7:50 pm - Link

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lmao - Geoff Schultz

All right, that was funny. - Akiva Moskovitz

Chris Reed posted a message on Twitter

“History has anointed me? Excuse me? The GOP really thinks we anoint presidents.”

Thursday at 8:01 pm - Link

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Shellee posted a message on Twitter

“Are you kidding me? Barracuda? The list of reasons I will never vote for a woman like this just grows and grows.”

Thursday at 8:13 pm - Link

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The complicated business of judging Sarah Palin. - By - Slate Magazine

Wednesday at 7:32 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"Think of the family-friendly policies Palin's example would seem to brush aside. No need for child care subsidies or universal preschool if a mother of five can run the state without a babysitter. Who really needs family leave laws that protect women's jobs if a governor can go back to work a few days after giving birth? And no need, it would seem, for employers to make any kind of concession to the complications that working parents bring with them to the workplace. Feminism, to the GOP, appears to mean never having to say you're exhausted." - Shellee via Bookmarklet

Chris Reed posted a message on Twitter

“After that masterpiece by Obama tonight, how can you not love America and have hope for its future.”

August 28 at 8:27 pm - Link

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all i know is there i see obama coming out to "city of blinding light" and then i know that obama could have spent an hour saying nothing but "i want to be the prez" and you woulda loved it ;) - Rob Reed

Shellee posted a message on Twitter

“First I ever heard of Alaska gov Palin: Friend from Anchorage pulled up her picture and said "See, our governor is smokin'."”

August 29 at 7:39 am - Link

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There's something very vaguely Ann Richards-y about her. Very vaguely. Must be the guns. - Carla Thompson

That would have to be SUPER vague. Ann Richards was the bomb. - Cyndy

Amen sister. - Carla Thompson

I was in Texas when Ann Richards was Governor. Mrs. Palin, you are no Ann Richards. - Jason Carreira

Allow me to clarify. She strikes me as someone wearing a "tough chick" facade - hunter, fisher, lifelong NRA member, gov of a maverick, wild west type of state. Ann Richards was much much more than that of course. - Carla Thompson

But, Ann Richards was totally hot. - Shellee

Carla Thompson posted a message on Twitter

“Sarah Palin is a creationist. I'm done.”

August 29 at 9:21 am - Link

Dean Clark, Laurel Phelps LaFlamme, Wade Dorrell, Sumit Chachra and 34 other people liked this

Of course, those are the people who won the 2004 election for Dubya. - Jason Carreira

Yeah yeah, I know. But that combined with her pro-life stance would make me think - please GOD - that the pumas just couldn't pull that lever. - Carla Thompson

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gasp. just outright gasp. - Chris Hollander

I know, right? I'm a little stunned by that. I am quickly leaning toward monumentally bad choice. - Carla Thompson

With you, Carla - Kamilah Gill

She advocates creationism be taught alongside evolution. Two thirds of Americans agree with her: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08... - Sprague D

Only click through if you're prepared to be sad for our nation: http://www.hillaryclintonforum... - Jason Carreira

@Sprague but the Constitution is NOT - Jason Carreira

Thanks for the warning Jason, I won't bother to click...LOL - Ruth Ferguson

And Biden is pro-RIAA. They all have flaws. That's why we've got checks and balances. She doesn't make the law, Congress does. - Ben Parr

Oh Jason why'd you do that? I'm going to have to click. And it's going to make me nauseous. - Carla Thompson

Oh Jesus Mary. That's horrific. Don't go there, people. Do not click that link. - Carla Thompson

Just because a lot of people think something is a good idea, doesn't mean it is. - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)

If two thirds of America started sniffing glue, would you? I could go on and on. There's a reason why we don't elect the President based on a simple majority and why we have the checks and balances in place. The wants of the majority do not outweigh the needs of the minority. - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)

Sorry about the link... It's really sad. I think given that there are those crazies, it's doubly important to get Hillary out there for Obama and calling this Palin pick what it is: pandering. - Jason Carreira

A lot of people thought Bush would be an effective leader too. If we're going to establish America as a theocracy, then let's toss the Constitution and start from scratch. I'm sure Iran could give us some helpful pointers on how to get started. - Carla Thompson

My reason for posting the NY Times link was to point out that she is not out of step with the voting public. Though we might be. - Sprague D

well you know it says "broad is the path to destruction" - Ruth Ferguson

I have to know, what's on that link? - Kamilah Gill

Creationist == anti-science luddite. That seems to be a much bigger national security risk than just about anything I hear being pushed by the dems. - Tad - just Tad

that link wrecked my day - I hope Hillary voters will take the time to learn her positions and then fight like hell to stop her! - JMaultasch

@Kamilah, the link is to a Hillary Clinton forum. Her supporters - at least the ones on there - are elated with Palin. - Carla Thompson

@Kamilah it's the hillary clinton forums where the bitter dregs of her supporters are crowing about Palin and how the Democrats are really the sexist party. The good thing is that there's really not that many of them. The sad thing is that there are any. - Jason Carreira

vomit vomit vomit. thank you. that's making me cringe without even looking - Kamilah Gill

if the republicans win, i'm leaving the country. Tahiti, Australia, and Antartica are on the top of my list. any other suggestions? - Chris Hollander

wow... you guys at US, will you ever get out from that dirt of last 8 years? just... wow :-o - silpol

I've always wanted to live in Ireland. Australia's nice too, I hear. - Carla Thompson

No, if the Republicans win I'm asking THEM to leave. Politely, of course. - Rod Bauer via twhirl

OK, if no one on this thread believes in God, let me ask you, who do you credit for your very existence and the existence of everything around you? When you see a tree, do you think that it just came from it's tree parent and that's it? Who designed the tree in the first place? I think science and a belief in God go together just fine. My opinion. Oh, and it would be awesome if we could keep the discussion civil for everyone's benefit, of course. :) - Josh Haley

Let me ask you this: If you weren't here who would ask the question? Who was asking the question for the first 12 billion plus years? You start with a pre-defined end state and then wonder that it happened? Not very logical. - Jason Carreira

??? not being a creationist doesn't make you an atheist. I happen to *be* an atheist, but there are some people who are religious and yet accept that evolution happened - Kamilah Gill

This is so contrived on the part of the GOP - she's female, a kid going to iraq and a baby with downs. Way too stinky for me. - Cheryl Allin

I am religious and I accept that evolution does and did happen, just not to the scale that many people think. - Josh Haley

Josh: you can believe in God, heck you can be a Christian, and think Creationism is a hilariously awful worldview. Never mind scientific scrutiny, it doesn't hold up to theological or logical scrutiny. - Mark Trapp

Most Christians I know have no problem with evolution. I was brought up Christian and creationism was taught as a bible story, not as literal fact. - Tad - just Tad

A less than 6 month old baby with downs.. - Jason Carreira

Josh, but if God made Man, who made God? That argument is going nowhere. We're better off discussing the merits of the choices :-) - Sally Church

"not to the scale...". That doesn't make sense to me. but, ok. got too much other stuff to do - Kamilah Gill

one thing is for sure. Sarah Palin is no Hillary. Clinton is science-friendly - http://bit.ly/EtT3y - ~C4Chaos

@Kamillah - I understand if you don't wish to debate, but I will clarify: I do not believe that I am a descendant of what people would call apes. I believe that all animals and living things can mutate and evolve to adapt to their surroundings, sure. If you wear a pair of shoes that don't fit long enough, you develop callouses, for a very small example. Even as a Christian, who believes he is a child of God, I accept science enthusiastically. - Josh Haley

Josh: you're in good company. Scientists don't believe humans descended from apes, either, but that there is a common genetic ancestor between all primates. I guess if you have a misinformed view of evolution, it'd be pretty easy to discount it. - Mark Trapp

Josh, I don't really get your view of evolution as it relates to God's divine plan either: are you implying that God let evolution play out randomly in everything but humans? That's not exactly a Christian worldview: I don't know what that is. God doesn't leave things to chance: Christians who hold evolution to be fact still hold that God shapes evolutionary paths. - Mark Trapp

I think we're straying from the key point here though and that is that integrating a religious theory into public education goes against the basic tenets of America's founding. If we're going to do it, we should be ready and willing to, for example, begin teaching Islamic Sharia law in civics class or numerology alongside fractions. Well that last one's a bit of a stretch, but you get my point. - Carla Thompson

excellent point Carla, and it'd be a cold day in hell before most people in the US would be cool with Islamic teachings in schools, as much as some are clamoring for more "religion" (usually code for Christianity) in schools and society in general - Kamilah Gill

If McCain is trying to bait voters just because Palin is a woman, the GOP is dumber than I thought. HRC supporters who consider McCain will HATE her. Her policies and beliefs are the opposite of their own. - Glenn Batuyong via twhirl

From browsing through quite a few comments to political stories in MSM in the last few days, I'm convinced that most Hillary supporters are confusing a national election with American Idol. - Jody C

Actually I'm hearing the opposite from friends who supported HRC going for McCain-Palin. - Ernie Oporto

First of all, the pick is aimed at two groups, 1) Independent voters looking for an atypical, reform-minded team, and 2) the pro-life, limited-government base. They'll take HRC voters, but that is not the primary target. Second point, it seems quite hostile and bigoted to say that because someone holds to a religious teaching, they can't be a good public servant. - Jim Ierley

I describe myself on my Facebook profile as 50% atheist and 50% agnostic. That's a little bit tongue-in-cheek, but it's also 100% accurate. I received a moderately religious Jewish education as a child, and was taught that the Biblical creation story was a *metaphor.* I was taught this by religious people who understood how powerful metaphors are, how they are not lies or untruths but extremely useful tools for imparting understanding. Most of the Christians I know who are my age were taught the same thing. - Mitch Wagner

And yet for the past quarter-century, the U.S. flew back to the past on evolution, going back to the pre-scientific view that it was God what done it. I don't know why that is, but I know that the people leading the backwards charge are slickers in thousand-dollar suits, and that it has always served the needs of powerful people to have hordes of followers who are kept ignorant and stupid. - Mitch Wagner

Kelly Fox favorited a video on YouTube

BtBx Jam

August 27 at 7:17 am - Link

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Really cool synth/sequencing app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. - Kelly Fox

The korg ds10 on the nds kicks this thing's ass. This app seems pretty limited. - Rafael Robayna

Chris Reed posted a message on Twitter

“Hillary implied the need to support Obama, but I wish she was a little more implicit.”

August 26 at 8:17 pm - Link

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you mean explicit? - Rob Reed

I think she said enough to silence the "Have you heard those words come out of her mouth?" people. - Daryl

I wish she'd said it all two months ago. But I really liked her message of "did you do this for me or all the issues that we fervently believe in." - Carla Thompson

I thought she did well enough. It was clear she wanted to do all the things "she had to do" according to the pundits. She could have warmed it up a little. Dared to emote. But why start now? - Shellee

Geoff Schultz posted a link

Magnetic Monster Black Hole Creates Filaments Each 1 Million Xs the Mass of Sun

August 22 at 7:36 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Brian Sullivan favorited a video on YouTube

McCain - Unfit To Lead

August 14 at 8:45 am - Link

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Swift boating McCain? - Brian Sullivan

yeah, I thought the ad was a little too ugly to like. - Shellee

Well it's not a real Obama ad but funny still (quite biased but not too far from the truth) - Brian Sullivan

Carla Thompson posted a link

Google's Street View captures the moment a drunken Aussie keeled over outside his home

August 13 at 9:31 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Animatronic Band Moves From Pizza Parlors to YouTube | The Underwire from Wired.com

August 11 at 1:46 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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""Just surviving is a talent," said Fechter. "I knew from the very beginning, if we could hang on long enough, some day the Rock-afire Explosion would live on again."" - Shellee via Bookmarklet

Dan Kaplan favorited a video on YouTube

ANJ and Gorby Save Hot Girls from Stalin Zombies

July 14 at 7:47 am - Link

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Picture this: a Russian metal band, a tribute to Gorbachev (played by a jacked bald dude with the famous birthmark and a battle axe), zombie apocalypse, old-school Soviet propaganda. We have a winner! - Dan Kaplan

That is truly awesome. Good way to start a Monday! - Kelly Fox

Yeah, Russian metal bands are wonderfully insane - Dan Kaplan

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Krofft on MySpace

July 10 at 11:53 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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BEWARE OF SLEESTAK! - Kelly Fox

Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, where have you been all these years? - Joe Blair

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octo-pied building by ~FilthyLuker on deviantART

July 9 at 11:03 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Andre Michelle Brings It with Audiotools and Re-Makes Rebirth Alive and Better with AS3 Flash and Java « [ draw.logic ]

July 9 at 1:23 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Joe Blair, Kelly Fox, Jon Galloway, Chris Baskind and 5 other people liked this

"This not only has the famed 808, 909 and 303 (conveniently covered with stickers of love) but also sorts of channel mixers, pedals and sweet interface that mimics the inputs and outputs as well as customization on nearly every aspect of the audio creation with these tools. Use your mouse to move things around, connect ins and outs and move the whole setup around." - Jason Wehmhoener via Bookmarklet

Makes my eardrums salivate. - Simon Goetz

Wow.. I now want to save the bass loop i just created but can't. Sounds amazing with just a Pitch-Delay @ Flanger. - Brandon

Brandon, if you're on a Mac you can use Audio Hijack to record the output. I'm sure there are other ways as well. - Jason Wehmhoener

Geoff Schultz posted a link

Found in China: Hello Kitty Antivirus and Firewall Software

July 4 at 9:27 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Joe Blair, Kelly Fox, Dobromir Hadzhiev, Dieter Schwarz and 9 other people liked this

Yeah, but we can beat that for weirdness with our Spongebob rectal thermometers. http://www.boingboing.net/2008... - Morton Fox

but, morton, that thermometer can be used *anywhere*. :) - edythe

GROSS. - Hao Chen

can i get this at the hello kitty store - you know what would be great, if you got a virus, you carry the hello kitty stuffed animal with you and it meows or something to alert you - Allen Stern

ROFL - Dieter Schwarz

Kelly Fox posted a link

Apollo Relic Reveals its Secrets

June 20 at 9:31 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Moon news scoop! Surveyor blueprints lost in space; Scientists dig for answers! Corniness aside, its interesting that current NASA scientists are studying a scoop actually used on the moon to figure out how to build a new one for future use. - Kelly Fox via Bookmarklet

they're having to do similar reverse engineering on the Saturn V rocket to figure out how its engines worked and were built cos much of the information on it was thrown out in the late 70s. - Joe Blair

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Featured Download: Lego Digital Designer Builds Your Lego Masterpiece

June 20 at 5:53 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Joe Blair, edythe, Cathryn Hrudicka, Mark Forman and 11 other people liked this

Even in my old age I still love legos. - LiquidLag via Bookmarklet

I admit to having a box of legos in the attic that I haven't yet been able to part with. Is that so wrong? - Kelly Fox

Just fired it up in wine and appears to be working for Ubuntu at least - Vince

http://www.blockland.us/index.... - Probably not as fun as Blockland though :) - Tim Hoeck

Legos were one of the best and coolest inventions ever. - Mark Forman

i still have a tub of the early '70s vintage LEGO (before every part became overspecialised) in the garage at my folx and hope they haven't melted! many fond childhood memories in all that plastic. - Joe Blair

Shellee posted a link

CR Blog » Blog Archive » Planet Tozer

June 18 at 7:51 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Beautiful bubbles! - Shellee

Gorgeous! - Jason Wehmhoener

Jupiter's cousin? - Tsega Dinka

looks like stills from SPACE: 1999! - Joe Blair

Kelly Fox posted a link

The Web Time Forgot

June 17 at 7:05 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"In 1934, [Paul] Otlet sketched out plans for a global network of computers (or “electric telescopes,” as he called them) that would allow people to search and browse through millions of interlinked documents, images, audio and video files. He described how people would use the devices to send messages to one another, share files and even congregate in online social networks. He called the whole thing a “réseau,” which might be translated as “network” — or arguably, “web.”" - Kelly Fox

Very interesting, and goes to show that new ideas can sometimes stem from old one that were before their time. De Vinci came up with the helicopter, but just didn't have the electricity, gears, etc. to make it happen. - Chris Reed

Geoff Schultz posted a link

Slashdot | SCOTUS Grants Guantanamo Prisoners Habeas Corpus

June 13 at 11:03 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Michael C. Harris, Joe Blair, Erin, Shellee and Jennifer Dittrich liked this

About freaking time. - Geoff Schultz

Good lord - I can't believe how long this took. - Jennifer Dittrich

Oh look, we've finally stopped being stupid for a moment - Amy Tureen

Kelly Fox posted a link

Robot Insurance

June 9 at 8:53 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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An oldie but a goodie... I always crack up when I watch this. - Kelly Fox

I used to be in a band with a guy who'd eat old people's medicine for fuel. - Joe Blair

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Robot cupcakes! - Boing Boing

June 7 at 7:13 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Lego: Classic Photographs Recreated With Lego Blocks Are Inspiring, Amazing

June 8 at 6:43 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Military Supercomputer Surpasses Petaflop Milestone

June 9 at 7:15 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"An American military supercomputer, assembled from components originally designed for video game machines, has reached a long-sought-after computing milestone by processing more than 1.026 quadrillion calculations per second." - Kelly Fox

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Cost of Solar Panels Expected To Plummet | EcoGeek

June 4 at 6:09 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Mitchell Tsai, Chris Reed, Susan Beebe, Jason Wehmhoener and 7 other people liked this

Nice, I hope they're right. - Mike Reynolds

Me too, I'd love to go off the grid! - Geoff Schultz

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Anything to reduce coal usage. Let's all buy solar panels and demand more new nuke plants! - Tad - just Tad

I wouldn't say no to that. I hope it's true - the high price of oil is good for something! - felix

How does the current crop of solar panels hold up against hail storms? I ask cos we're about to drop $8k on a new roof due to hail damage...and almost all of our neighbours are having to do this, as well. - Joe Blair

With all of these green stories in the news, I can't help but wonder why these developments are still nearly two years in the future. I'd have solar at home right now except the technology hasn't changed much in 20 years and my tech husband was convinced better technology and cheaper solutions were on the horizon. - Shellee

I wondered how long it would take until the wife showed up to harass me... - Kelly Fox

That is a really good question Blair, I don't know. I have been wondering the same thing since we recently had a huge hail storm here. - Geoff Schultz

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The Death of America’s “Big Car” Culture: GM Gives Up on Hummers

June 4 at 6:17 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Michael C. Harris, Doug Brooks, Mike Fruchter, Robert Seidman and 26 other people liked this

Woot! Score one for common sense! - Geoff Schultz

Good news, but its too bad we had to wait for common sense to kick in instead of using a little more foresight. :( - Kelly Fox

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And yet people still want to drive 90mph on the highway - in their huge SUV's and trucks. At least here in the US. I know things are much different in Japan where everyone has a smaller car. - Mike Reynolds

Sad part is that in other parts of the world they dream about Hummers - Deepak

Sadly they are trying to "sell" the hummer brand rather than just bury it....but progress at any rate is better than no progress...so yeah! - Snay Trivedi

But will all the small penis men drive now?! - Amy Tureen

sorry to say if i had the mula to buy an H1 i would :) - Chris Harris

@Amy I always wanted to get a Mini Cooper and put a decal on it that said "I'm compensating" LOL - Geoff Schultz

@Geoff LOL! Consider that idea stolen! - Harvey Simmons

Great. - Jason Kaneshiro

Cool Pic! - Anthony Farrior

They could have rebranded the Hummer knowing that it causes less CO2 impact than building a Prius (see last month's Wired). Cars are about identity in the US, it's shame a business model retrofitting electric engines into a Hummer with rebranding couln't happen :( - Ray Podder via twhirl

@Geoff Do it! Dooooooo itttt! - Amy Tureen

In all seriousness, GM should be talking with Gale Banks. Xeni Jardin did some awesome interviews with him for bbtv a while back: - Harvey Simmons

http://www.autobloggreen.com/2... - Harvey Simmons

The hummer is dead, long live the hummer. It's about time. - Patrick Beard

nonsense. they will make a hybrid hummer and it will sell like gangbusters. you people don't know a damn thing about penis size. when I see you on the highway I'm going to run over ur lame ass Prius - Noah David Simon

no more hummers. can scarcely believe it. - edythe

http://www.smartusa.com/ FTW. Clinton is dropping out on Friday, and GM is going to stop selling Hummers. It's like we're in the future, man! - Karim

Bummer, one of my dreams is to own a Hummer. Guess it'll be a collector's item. =) - Craig Eddy

bummer. Hummers rock. (Although they kept making them smaller and smaller - H3 commercials == epic fail.) - Bruce Williams

I for one will not mourn the passing of the Hummer. For those who do, fret not, there's always the chance that the Pentagon will allow the creation of some kind of MRAP for civilians. Imagine picking up the kids from soccer practice in THIS baby: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I... - Karim

Of course there could be a problem with kids fighting over who gets to ride in the gun turret. Brings a whole new meaning to "riding shotgun" though. - Karim

@karim: :D - edythe

now if they would just lower the price on the us smart car. it's too expensive. i liked the daily show a while back when rob corddry was driving a hummer limo and had to keep getting out every two feet to fill it up with gas. :D - edythe

too expensive?!? on what, a cost-per-pound basis? :-) they start at less than $12,000... - Karim

the Hummer looked good. the MRap looks like something from South Africa... uh oh yeah... - Noah David Simon

Geoff Schultz posted a message on Twitter

“McCain on CNN atm, I can't help but think how much he sounds like an old man offering children candy to get in his van.”

June 3 at 5:52 pm - Link

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even THAT guy is more persuasive than McCain and his creepy artificial smile tonight. I don't know if I can continue to watch. - Shellee

"A Leader We Can Believe In" plastered behind his head. I mean seriously, is his whole campaign from here going to be "What Obama said, only I mean it and Obama is the opposite of that. Look! A monkey!" - Kevin Fox

Seriously, are there 150 people in that room? - Kevin Fox

The McCain campaign is clearly saving money on advisers. Just following Obama's lead. - Shellee

I liked the part where he talked about Obama repeatedly calling it "The 3rd Bush Term" and how he had to say it over and over because it would make it true and then goes on to say "Change you can believe in" 437 times. - Geoff Schultz