"If you are going to be so stupid, you deserve what you get. " That could be said to those who voted for Bush as well, and look where we are now. :-(
On Oct 27, 7:53�pm, Gaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bush is not on the Ballot. > > And many of the things that are now causing us severe problems have > been put in place by the very people you now want to give absolute > power to... > > You can have them. > > If you are going to be so stupid, you deserve what you get. > > On Oct 27, 4:42�pm, wncs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Do you think this country is better off now, at the end of Bush's > > term, than it was 8 years ago at the end of Clinton's term? > > As I have said before, I don't fully support all of Obama's plans, but > > this election has reduced many to voting for the lesser of two evils. > > For me, it's not so much a vote "for", rather than a vote "against." > > > On Oct 27, 7:39 pm, Gaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Are these the "Issues" Democrats wish we could get back to discussing, > > > instead of having Barack explain his Socialist Agenda? > > > > On Oct 27, 4:36 pm, wncs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > LOL! I merely pointed out that the Zombie parade took place in the > > > > same area of downtown at the same time as Sarah Palin's speech. It's > > > > fact, sorry if you don't like it. > > > > > On Oct 27, 7:34 pm, Gaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > You made it about Sarah Palin and Zombies, not me... > > > > > > Don't like it, stop making your Partisan statments. > > > > > > Otherwise, you can expect that I will have a retort when you do such > > > > > things. > > > > > > On Oct 27, 4:32 pm, wncs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > What decision is there to make about a Zombie thread? > > > > > > > On Oct 27, 7:29 pm, Gaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Sorry, I take making such decisions seriously... > > > > > > > > Obviously some here just put on their Blinders, and find fault > > > > > > > with > > > > > > > those who don't. > > > > > > > > On Oct 27, 4:27 pm, wncs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Nah, I don't have to say it, your actions speak louder than > > > > > > > > words. > > > > > > > > Careful, dear, your head will explode. ;-) > > > > > > > > > On Oct 27, 7:21 pm, Gaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > But it is for you to decide if I am taking this Thread too > > > > > > > > > seriously?!?!?!?!? > > > > > > > > > > Just so I understand. > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 27, 4:11 pm, wncs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > That's not for you to decide. And besides, this thread is > > > > > > > > > > about > > > > > > > > > > Zombies and I presume it's supposed to be a fun thread. > > > > > > > > > > Lighten up, > > > > > > > > > > geez. > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 27, 7:02 pm, Gaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > And I don't think you are taking this Election serious > > > > > > > > > > > enough. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 27, 4:00 pm, wncs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think you're taking Zombie Day a little too > > > > > > > > > > > > seriously! LOL! > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 27, 6:58 pm, Gaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I get that you would rather try to make this about > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Zombies" and your > > > > > > > > > > > > > hatred for Sarah Palin rather than about the Issues... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Care to discuss ANY of YOUR Candidates assosiations > > > > > > > > > > > > > with the many > > > > > > > > > > > > > things we are now finding have CAUSED much of our > > > > > > > > > > > > > recent problems? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I won't hold my breath. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 27, 3:56 pm, wncs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It is indeed a fact that the Zombie parade passed > > > > > > > > > > > > > > through the same > > > > > > > > > > > > > > area of downtown at the same time Sarah Palin was > > > > > > > > > > > > > > scheduled to speak > > > > > > > > > > > > > > last night. Not sure what you don't get about that? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 27, 4:44 pm, Gaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Obviously wncs is not concerned with facts... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 27, 1:43 pm, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > None whatsoever. Zombie day is annual and > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > planned long in advance. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 2:23 PM, wncs <[EMAIL > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Zombie Day and the annual downtown Zombie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > parade last night just > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > happened to coincide with Sarah Palin's > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > arrival at the downtown civic > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > center near here. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Coincidence? I think not. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 27, 3:18 pm, Travis <[EMAIL > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: *Travis* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Mon, Oct 27, 2008 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Zombies feed the living > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/mostread/s_595348... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Zombies feed the living By Lucy Leitner > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > POINT PARK NEWS SERVICE > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Monday, October 27, 2008* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The dead took over Monroeville Mall on > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sunday -- again. With mangled > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > faces > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and make-believe blood dripping from gaping > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mouths, 1,375 people shambled > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the footsteps of the zombies immortalized > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > in a classic horror movie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > filmed > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > at the mall three decades ago. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yesterday was World Zombie Day, marked by a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Zombiefest and zombie walk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sponsored by the "It's Alive" show on > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > WBGN-TV. This year's festival > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > celebrated the 30th anniversary of the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > release of director-writer George > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Romero's "Dawn of the Dead," which was > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > filmed in the Monroeville Mall. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Horror fans converged to browse vendor > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > tables, mingle with actors from > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Romero's film and stumble around the mall > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to help fight world hunger. The > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > turnout for the walk was 300 more than last > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > year. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <http://ads.pittsburghlive.com/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/pittsburghli.. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > .> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Zombies are contributing to the food bank > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and actually feeding the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > living. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It's another huge step in the evolution of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > zombies," said Zombiefest > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > creator > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and It's Alive host Mark Menhold. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Romero, a Pittsburgh native, released a new > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > film, "George A. Romero's > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Diary > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of the Dead," this year. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Menhold said zombie obsession is a point of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > hometown pride because the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Romero classics "Night of the Living Dead," > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > released in 1968, and "Dawn > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the Dead" reinvented the zombie film. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Instead of zombies being victims > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > under > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the influence of a Haitian mind-control > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > powder, they were everyday people > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > who came back to life, sort of, as > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > flesh-eating ghouls. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This year, fans marked Zombie Day around > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the world, with events in about > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 50 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cities, including Las Vegas, Copenhagen, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Denmark, and Hong Kong. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "I've watched 'Dawn of the Dead' dozens of > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > times and I'm elated to be > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > here > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (in the mall) where it all began," said > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Josh Pearson, 24, who drove from > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Rochester, N.Y., to be a part of the zombie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > walk. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "It started here with Romero's movies, and > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > for someone that's a huge > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > zombie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > fan, it's Mecca," Pearson said. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Leonard Lies, who played the Machete Zombie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > in "Dawn of the Dead," said > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > zombies are not just movie monsters but a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > reflection of American culture. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "We as humans have consumed everything and > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > when there is nothing left, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > what > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > do we consume? Ourselves," Lies said, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > sitting at his table covered by > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Machete Zombie paraphernalia. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Like all villains from film and folklore, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > zombies give a grotesque face > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the fears of the time and place. Lies said > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > they appeal especially to > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Pittsburgh residents because of the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > region's blue-collar work ethic. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "People were dependable Steeler fans since > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > they were the underdogs. The > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > zombie culture represents the same > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > attitude. Zombies are the underdogs. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > They > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > have to fight to survive," Lies said. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kevin Kreiss, proprietor of Toy Galaxy and > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > its adjoining zombie museum in > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Monroeville Mall, agreed that zombies are a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > local legacy. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "It's our heritage, something that we can > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > claim," Kreiss > > ... > > read more �- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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