"Secondly: when are we going to see a reduction in the Administration's manpower? Companies layoff people when they're losing money; why don't the city & county?"

My man - I almost fell out of my chair when I read this. I'm rubbing my eyes and pinching myself! :) Yes! City, County and State government are too big! There is no such thing as making priorities, making cuts, making reforms, or reducing government. At least not here. As far as I'm concerned, we should fire every elected official in New York State and start over from scratch. We obviously suck terribly at government. I'm on board with you - time for a showdown.

Jason

I saw the loveliest woman ever at UB Micro today.....I was rendered unable to talk - that doesn't happen a lot! Ahhbuhbadabuhbadabuhbada.....I doubt that's English.

Jason

Well today my Everquest 2 DVD comes in. I can't wait to try this game. It's not just a bunch of text - it seems to me that you are really immersed into the "world" much more than that. It will take up my spare time until the sun comes out sometime in April. It's not like I have anything better to do with my time. Yeah, I'm a nerd, and I don't care because I would rather enjoy what I enjoy than let someone else's opinion of it make me not enjoy those things. I'm a geek, baby! Yar!

Jason

Jesse, you can have a conversation with me any time you wish. I'm here and fairly active. I like to read what is going on with the people on this site. Even though I know none of you (other than meeting Chamille and Rachel one day), I like checking out how people are feeling, what people are doing, so on and so forth. I love this site. I have a bunch of very diverse interests, just like many of you do, yet one aspect of a person relegates them to "not worth knowing" status. All you can do is accept it and move on. Seriously Jesse - we can talk about anything you want, politics or not, sports, love, life, happiness....whatever you want. Regardless of how you may feel about my politics I am not an asshole or a bad guy, any more or less than anyone else here.

About Protestwarrior - when I first saw that site I laughed really, really hard. I think what they do is funny as hell. How they present it is funny as hell. They antagonize and use trumped up rhetoric because they want to piss people off. They make fools of the leftists who are most susceptible to it. This kind of thing happens all the time in various media outlets, and nobody is innocent from either side. But I think if you wade through the harsh language and imagery, and think about the message rather than the delivery, you may find something you can say "well, that's a good point" about if you have an open mind. Believe me, in the last week on this very site that is exactly what I've been doing. And every single week when I take a deep breath and open up a copy of Artvoice, or click on Buffalo Indymedia, that is exactly the process I end up going through. I am still the only person on this site to say, hey, I don't have all the answers, I don't think my way is the only way, America is too diverse for that, I have an open mind, let's cut the shit and get to working on things that will make America better for everyone. I have not insulted or disrespected anyone's religious or political beliefs here because I realize that you don't answer intolerance with more intolerance, or answer hatred with more hatred.

I've babbled long enough, but I'm glad that you are at least contemplating why you can't bring yourself to see someone else's point of view. You've made a step that most people just can't. Congrats to you. But seriously, chat with me about anything anytime. Life is more than left or right, or what's going on in the media. Take it easy.

Jason

Do we really have classical music fans here too? Damn, I didn't know y'all were so civilized. Kudos to you guys. Miles Davis, then classical.....I am beginning to *heart* Elmwood Radio in a major way. It is supplanting Accuradio Brit Rock as my station of choice at work.

Also! I have a DVD burner now. I want to begin burning some DVD's - does anybody know what software is the best to use? I saw a great deal on newegg.com for a spool of 100 DVD-R's for $50. Not bad - about half what you would pay at Best Buy.

Jason