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See Verginne? This is exactly what I meant.

Heard about that ... it's frickin hillarious

Try to read all his posts carefully. You'll see exactly what I mean.

Oh yah ... by the way, LA sucks! I was only back to LA for about 30 minutes and a black guy screwed me out of $20. As Azat would say, I am SUCH a bonehead! So I was retruning a rental car at LAX and stopped by the gas station on century and la Cienega (right by the 405). It was really busy and there was this black guy going around opening people's gas tanks and putting the hose in (no not Vava's auger thing again) etc ... He was dressed just like the rest of the gas station guys working inside which was basically a black shirt ... he came up to me did the same and told me there was a $20 deposit because of all the people that fill up and leave. I hadn't really used ARCO before so I didn't know there is a damn kiosk to pay on the side (no card reader on the pump). Like a dumb ass that I am, I handed over the $20 (just like everyone else around me). So of course the dude walks over to the back alley and is GONE (I think there was a car there waiting for him) I then proceeded to go and pay for my gas at the kiosk like I should have done to begin with D'oh ...

Haha ... I'm not really "back" to anything right now ... I was going to spend some more time in LA after my couple of days in San Diego, but as it turned out, I was only there Friday and then it was off to Vegas .. now I'm in northern cal for another couple of days ... my plan is to make it back to LA either tuesday night or wed sometime but then I fly back to cheese land thursday. It doesn't look like Sushi is happening this time (except for the sushi section I cleaned up at the Wynn Buffet yesterday ) ... but I'm sure I'll be back soon ...

There was another fire in Stanford (on the campus) I think today. I was driving around California today but didn't go through Tahoe. I did see a small fire on the 58 outside of Bakersfield (in the mountains) but it was no where near the freeways. So far so good ... but man the Tahoe fire REALLY sucks.

Technically, it's a "republic". You are definitely saying a lot of things I agree with. But I hope you wake up and realize that by chanting "Death to America", you are only raping yourself.

Sassun, this is exactly the reason I enjoy discussing things with you and not some other people whose only goal in life is to bash the US. I definitely agree that there are many problems in the US and its foreign policy, support of Israel, etc. I also can fully appreciate the frustration and anger you guys living in places like Lebanon who are being torn apart between fundamental Islam, Christianity, western ideals, and "zionism" are feeling. I am also not one to defend idiots like Bush and other morons in the US who vote for him just because they may be against "gay marriage" ... who have no grasp of what is really going on in the world and what their actions here in the US mean. So I hope you don't think that based on what I have said that I am somehow blind to the disturbing US-Israel relations and even more disturbing US involvements in the middle east. However, obviously I have very little patience with someone (Shahan for example) who is living in the US but can't stop bitching about how horrible this place is.

I was asked a direct question by Dave about my solution to the Middle East problem and I answered it. I also have expressed my disagreement with Sassun that the Middle East would have been a peaceful place if it weren't for the US and Israel. The only "name calling" I have done here is to call "radical Islamists" "stupid". And I definitely stick by that. As far as you being brain washed, that is not name calling, that is a fact since you have never said ANYTHING good about the US. If you don't see anything good about the US, then yes, you are a brainwashed moron.

"radical Islam" ... as if "radical" is supposed to be any sort of excuse for Islam. And yes, yes, yes .. the US and Israel are also responsible for sick puppies and dying new borns everywhere. But as the saying goes, you can't fix stupid.

It is absolutely amazing how brainwashed you are.

By the way, I realize this might not be really useful to you but another thing that keeps me very entertained on long trips is the directors' commentaries on simpsons DVDs. They are awesome! First watch the episode, then watch it again with the director commentaries. They are very enlightening, informative, or sometimes downright hillarious. They will point out things you would never notice

As long as people are stupid enough to believe in God, Allah, and Yahweh, and as long as they are stupid enough to consider geographic places as "holy", there is NO solution. I am just very glad I am far away from that stupidity. You want my honest opinion of a solution? It is the United States Constitution. They need to turn the whole god damned place into a united states of Middle East where everyone is free to come and go as they please, warship whatever made up spaghetti monster in the space they want, and have free markets determine who gets ahead in life and who stays a miserable 13th century cave dweller for the rest of their lives. They need to invest more in educational infrastructures, schools, and colleges instead of mosques and jihad training camps. They all need to wake the fudge up and realize the real American way is THE ONLY way in a global world where race, ethnicity, and religion are as pointless as some rediculous and arbitrary lines people have been drawing for centuries to differentiate each other. But since people will continue to be thick headed morons who think they are better than everyone else (doesn't matter who it is, including myself ), there is no solution in the Middle East.

Everything by Harut Pamboukjian ... I have like 422 of his songs and that would fill that 18 hours nicely.

I guess my preception is a bit warped having grown up in the region with these "preceived rabid bunch" at each other's throats. Maybe Israel had something to do with it but all the years I was growing up in Iran, it was Shiites killing Sunnies and Sunnies killing Shiites by the millions. I am sure some idiot will again pop up to point out how the US was Arming Iraq and how Russia was arming Iran etc etc etc but in the end, it was muslims pulling the trigger on each other. And why is Iraq a big f-ed up mess right now? I know they just love to blame the US, and I understand their attacks on US soldiers ... but at the same time, how come no one is focusing on the real massacres of muslim on muslim violence there? And how about the kurds ... Is it Israel and US that has been butchering the kurds too? It is very easy for someone sitting in Lebanon trying to project what Lebanon might be like over the entire Middle East ... but the reality is, the Middle East, as a whole, is a very messed up place and it is not entirely because of the US or the jews. Did the jews have much to do with the Taliban hi-jack of Afghanistan? Did the jews and the Americans pull the trigger on destroying those awesome ancient statues of Buddah? Of course not. I said it before and will say it again ... I HIGHLY doubt that even without Israel, the middle east would be at all a peaceful place.

Even without Israel you flockers would find something to bitch about. If not Jews, the sunnies will be killing shiites and vice versa. After that, time to wipe out the kurds. After that, who knows what the hell Allah will want you guys to do. As I said before, I HIGHLY doubt there will be peace in the Middle East as long as "religion" is put at the forefront dictating how all people must live their lives.

Em ... I don't have a daughter, I am not a mother, and I don't claim to know much about these things. However it seems to me, you only can really have real influences on your daughter until she meets "him". After that, just let her be and be there for her I just hope until then, you'll have a chance to really program her to look for the kind of person you want her to be with

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I HIGHLY doubt that.

As our dear president Bush would say, we fight you there so we don't have to fight you here.

I was singing that in the shower yesterday. It's amazing .. at first I thought man this is by far the dumbest song I have ever heard... but ever since I heard it a few days ago, I've noticed I have been singing it more and more in my head. It's very scary. Love the part he starts going Do you love me? Do you do you? doooo do dooo dood dodooo do dooooo dooo ...

Hey, maybe we can have a cool band like !

LMAO ... the last few seconds had me lolling out loud!

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What does this have to do with anything here?