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I think it is more the internet forum thing in general than just MF.  The other forum I frequent regularly is slightly more active but is full of Polls and VS threads to the point were are now asking the mods to create a sub forum for them as they are hardly constructive to debate.  I joined one recently and it looks like even though it is new it is going the same way as more established ones.

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Baby girl Zoe was delivered by C-section just after 10 this morning. Mom and daughter are doing well, currently resting. Bandcamp and hangovers can wait.

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Went to an award ceremony honoring all the students in our school district who scored distinguished on state testing in @ least one of three subjects Math, Reading & Science. My son James, he's

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From the outside Obama seems like a much better president. Of course not living in the States I don't really have all the information to pass judgement.

The two were totally different. Bush was a moron who was a hero for the upper class and big business, giving them tax cuts and deregulating their corrupt machine. He then perpetuated the decay with knee-jerk bailouts that just lined the pockets of fat cats. Obama's problem is that he was largely ineffective at not only fixing the problems that Bush caused (in addition to backing down off of many campaign promises for social change), but then pushed through that god awful Affordable Care Act. All it did was make one of the most overpriced and corrupt machines in the nation even more expensive by forcing everyone to buy a broken product, and now that it's required by law, every healthcare provider in the nation feels that they have the right to increase their prices greatly. Donald Trump would be a presidential caricature that cares only about money, and would further decay our social fabric and further erode the middle class until there is only a wide valley between poverty and wealth. People not only can't seem to see that they're getting fucked, they're bending themselves over the table and spreading their cheeks, only to wonder why their ass hurts when the affair is complete. Electing an assclown like Trump might actually be enough to get some of the disillusioned masses to pull their heads out of the sand and demand something better.

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We have the opposite problem here. The majority think they've being fucked when the deed has already been done. Of course now the government is more or less powerless because any legislation trying to fix things will be torn down if the opposition gets elected. It being an election year this makes any and all potential laws little more then appeals for the support of the masses.

 

You know what? Sometimes I wonder if any country actually deserves the right to elect its governments. If we can't get it right maybe it would be better to just have one national party that does what's needed regardless of popularity.

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We have the opposite problem here. The majority think they've being fucked when the deed has already been done. Of course now the government is more or less powerless because any legislation trying to fix things will be torn down if the opposition gets elected. It being an election year this makes any and all potential laws little more then appeals for the support of the masses.

 

You know what? Sometimes I wonder if any country actually deserves the right to elect its governments. If we can't get it right maybe it would be better to just have one national party that does what's needed regardless of popularity.

Benevolent dictatorship perhaps?

Who determines the composition of this all powerful 'party'? And who determines when their time is up? You've seen 1984 right?

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That's the thing though isn't it? Because so long as things go right why would you want to change parties? Since there would be no party leader you just have a pure conscience vote on every matter. Good law goes through, bad law doesn't. Has to be better then the current system which clearly doesn't work because people are idiots.

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2 hours ago, jfk36 said:

In other news, the ex (you know, the two timing hussy as FatherAlabaster put it) just texted me, and wants to meet up to talk at some point. I know I'm gonna regret asking for relationship advice here, but what the hell do I do?

Figure out what you really care about and what you really want, and if it's her than deal with it, and if it is not her than move on, if she is what you concerned about. Look at the world and see if you can spot what you want to do and where your focus is drawn, if you are what you are concerned about.

Hope that is helpful, because as far as I can tell I pretty much nailed it there. Seriously though, I'm sorry your confused by your situation, and I think seeing it in the simpleist way you can might be helpful.

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3 hours ago, MacabreEternal said:

I think today is the first day in quite a while that I have listened to no metal at all.  Been on a Bandcamp discovery trip most of the day (between work naturally) digging up some new sounds and genres to tickle my fancy.

I have days like that pretty frequently. Today is not one of them, though...

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Last real hit-out before road nationals was today. All in all I would consider it a success. Have my goals (which I'm happy to share here but not on facebook go figure) all planned out. Firstly for the 24kim time trial I want to be done around the 32 minute mark (an average speed of 40km/h). Secondly for the road race I just want to finish. If things go well I'm an outside chance of a bronze medal but that would really be pushing my luck.

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I wanted to go out today and start house hunting or at least start to map out areas we are interested in moving to but the weather is appalling today!  Instead I have dug out my Tanglewood acoustic guitar and been bashing through some chords (literally bashing my way through).  Decided on the main riff to Danzig "Twist Of Cain" as my easy riff to learn.  Inevitably the JD has come out and I have been sat in my conservatory like a washed up middle aged rock star makin a hell of a fucking racket.

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Sounds like a fun and certainly very productive afternoon. I spent most of my day shopping with my ex (not the most recent one). This one I am still on good terms with. I also finally managed to get a pair of shoes for my prom I am actually happy with. They're made from the finest Italian calf leather... I love staff discounts.

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