I reserve the right to talk shit about your country.

Yeah, me too. Of course, I lived there for four years. I've been Taxed By America. I claim my right!

I will, however, also defend America (parts of it at least) when someone else disses it. Usually by pointing out the diversity. (One of my favourites is that far more Americans than Australians can't stand Bush.)

"Bush: 'I don't see how you can be president without a relationship with the Lord'..."

Coming late to the discussion because of an abortive attempt to do actual work, I'd like to point out that North America west of the Mississippi would probably be speaking either French or Spanish without Thomas Jefferson, a president who definitely had no relationship with the Lord.

I think Canadians in particular have a free pass to criticize the U.S. because, for good or bad, our fates are necessarily entertwined.

Oh, in other domestic news, how do you clean one of those anti-lint glove thingy-doos? I can't get the lint off without getting it on to something else.

I have a brush rather than a glove and I just hold the thing over a gargage can and rub my hand over it perpendicular to the direction you remove lint in and it all comes off. I have no idea how similar the glove thingies are.

At my last company, I flew to Dallas and removed a small rodent from inside a dell computer that was jamming a blower fan. The property manager reported it to me as a pink "wire" hanging from the fan, it was in fact the rat's tail.

Ick. I have thankfully not had the displeasure of removing anything currently or formerly living from the inside of a computer and hope that I never have to do so.

I think Canadians in particularly have a free pass to criticize the U.S. because, for good or bad, our fates are necessarily entertwined.

You may be discounting the degree to which entire countries can live or die by the actions of the US, countries which have far less leverage (being third world) than Canada may have.

i should rep him.

Where's that fan site, huh?

I don't think the Democrats have much of a message lately on how they are going to make your life better. The Republicans are going to lower your taxes, keep icky gay people from getting married, perserve your right to have a gun, and protect life.

Coming late to the discussion because of an abortive attempt to do actual work

See, that right there is your problem.

Where's that fan site, huh?

Help me dig up pics, yo.

I have a brush rather than a glove and I just hold the thing over a gargage can and rub my hand over it perpendicular to the direction you remove lint in and it all comes off. I have no idea how similar the glove thingies are.

Yeah, that sounds about right. I just keep screwing up and putting the lint back on the thing I just got it off of. Will try my hand next.

And you can talk shit, it's not like my bristle is some magic spell to stop you.

And it won't, no fear. Like I can shut my yapper when I want to, never mind when anyone else wants me too. [insert smiley] I have bristle points too. I try not to react to them. Doesn't help.

"Bush: 'I don't see how you can be president without a relationship with the Lord'..."

Hee. i suppose my dad will run for Prez.

He has a relationship with the Lord, and basically, he'd like to kick His Holy Ass.