Politics: Onward from New Hampshire

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Clinton beat Bush's dad in 1992. Bush's dad had a good record. Issues with fucking around to avoid military were discounted, I submit forever.

No, that proved that Democrats can get away with draft avoidance. I believe we have now established that Dems can also get away with drugs.

I think R's still have problems with both draft avoidance and drugs.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Potential Death?

Jesus. I mean now.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Clinton beat Bush's dad in 1992. Bush's dad had a good record. Issues with fucking around to avoid military were discounted, I submit forever.

This is club's cue to remind us that 9/11 changed everything. Club? Club?

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
. . . but were doing an impressive job of preemptively spinning it nevertheless . . .

Apparently, they bought, from Google, linking rights to several of the most common search strings for this topic, and linked them to their own explanations, trying to keep people away from the more . . . unfriendly descriptions of what was happening. I thought this was very imaginative.

[SlaveNoMore]

Hank Chinaski
Clinton beat Bush's dad in 1992. Bush's dad had a good record. Issues with fucking around to avoid military were discounted, I submit forever.

The majority of boomers didn't serve in 'Nam and thus can relate either way.

Gen Xers and Yers, to the extent that they actually bother to vote, don't really give a fuck.

Vets of WWII and Korea (and their generation) are dying out.

It's really a non-issue these days.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
This is club's cue to remind us that 9/11 changed everything. Club? Club?

Exactly. Who cares if they actually carried a gun. The real question is are they willing to call bullshit and blow stuff up. Ty and I agree (i think this is a "win" for me). 14-2.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by bilmore
Apparently, they bought, from Google, linking rights to several of the most common search strings for this topic, and linked them to their own explanations, trying to keep people away from the more . . . unfriendly descriptions of what was happening. I thought this was very imaginative.

I have no idea what the BBC was or was not doing with Google, but you don't have to buy anything from Google to manipulate the results it gives. Because Google predicts your interest in a site from the number of other sites that link to it, Google bombing involves linking to a site. To see an example, type "miserable failure" into Google and hit "I'm feeling lucky."

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
This is club's cue to remind us that 9/11 changed everything. Club? Club?

That would be too petty of me.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Issues with fucking around to avoid military were discounted, I submit forever.

Originally posted by me
September 11, 2001

Originally posted by Big Bad Hank
Exactly. [I] think this is a "win" for me. 14-2.

With scorekeeping like that, how did you lose twice?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
I To see an example, type "miserable failure" into Google and hit "I'm feeling lucky."

the best thing about whoever built this "bomb", is that it has legs. It'll be as relevant 4 years from now.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
With scorekeeping like that, how did you lose twice?

I threw one(to ncs), then I bought into fluffy's PT boat record argument.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I threw one, then I bought into fluffy's PT boat record.

OK, now you're just sucking up to me.

Keep it up, I like it.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by bilmore
Apparently, they bought, from Google, linking rights to several of the most common search strings for this topic, and linked them to their own explanations, trying to keep people away from the more . . . unfriendly descriptions of what was happening. I thought this was very imaginative.

Very impressive of them (whether they bought anything to do it or just figured out how to manipulate the results). Ty's right - it isn't that hard to do, but I'm so used to Brits being completely techno-illiterate that I'm quite taken by surprise.

edited to add: the miserable failure link is hilarious

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
I have no idea what the BBC was or was not doing with Google, but you don't have to buy anything from Google to manipulate the results it gives. Because Google predicts your interest in a site from the number of other sites that link to it, Google bombing involves linking to a site. To see an example, type "miserable failure" into Google and hit "I'm feeling lucky."

Yeah, I'm aware of that. But, you can also just outright purchase a link ranking, and that's (apparently) what they did. (They did cancel it a few days ago, hen the topic hit the public again, as it was probably just too blatant of a manipulation.)

[Secret_Agent_Man]

Originally posted by bilmore
And his ever-pretty hair.

Ahhhh! Now we get to the crux of the matter!
The old windburned dome is a hazard in those Minnesota winters.

S_A_M