Trial 3.0

We have a wholly appropriate reason to go into Iraq. Here are some other inducements to think about when figuring in the complete Battle Plan.
Bomb the crap outta Iraq
Occupy.
Build a new, American-friendly government.
Give ALL the rebuilding contracts to American-British-Spanish-Bulgarian companies.
Take all the oil you can as "repayment".
Use said oil to further American influence globally.
Use Iraq to pipe American media to bordering countries.
Secure cheap oil deal with government.
Allow American companies to use cheap Iraqi labor to build Happy Meal toys, etc.
Sell them GE toasters, Dell PCs and Starbucks coffee for all eternity.

Pues, here it is.

You've seen the patent registered for the PS3, and now we've found what appears to be the major hardware vendor.

Are we looking at a massive ASCI White -style multiplayer-focused hardware? Wow. [ahem] Excuse me, I'm just daydreaming...

Civilization 3. A Game.

Okay... I'm playing as America - I'm allies with the Zulu and I'm warring with the Aztecs. I am the Top Dog - culture, money, size, armies.

So, I'm attacking an Aztec city with my Riflemen, and their puny swordsmen are mowing them down like Enron's paperwork. Son of a bitch. Grr. But my cavalry is on the way, and dozens of my cannons are hammering away.

And then, a single Zulu swordsman kills not one, but TWO defensive armies (a swordsman and a pikeman) and captures the city with my HUGE ARMY still standing at the proverbial gates!!! What the HELL?!

I was so ticked off, that I left a couple obsolete swordsmen to effectively block off the pennisula, hopefully allowing me time to capture the last Aztec city. So, I move my armies to the gates of the last city and start pounding away. I'm making good progress.

Untill that punk-assed Zulu swordsman lands via a freakin' galley and takes the city right in front of me!!! Holy crap!!

I am one betrayed SOB. I wage a war, I build and sacrifice a huge army - and some second-rate Zulu empire snatches my spoils - right in front of me!! TWICE!!

That's the last time I invite the freakin' ZULU to my war! Man, now I'm gonna have to rely on my extrodinary culture to snag those cities... hey. That's kinda cool, now that I thinkof it. I'll let the Zulu emire foot the bill while they rebuild. Temples, markets, cathedrals.

Screw it. I'll just mass my armies at the gates and lay the smack down on the Zulu capital.

And then I'll reload where I left off...

This game is so cool - and so freakin' unfair.

Wow. Ever wonder what would happen if the world was run by uber-sensitive feminists? Nah, me neither.

But, holy smokes! whe you read stuff like “Women do not need to be reminded of the power of the symbol of the male genitalia,” Rosenfeld said. “My guess is that they are constantly reminded of it in daily messages.”, I don't know about you... but I kinda giggle nervously. Am I supposed to buy that? Honestly - you can tell me the truth - do you want me to act so... neutered?

Bwa ha ha ah!!

“The ice sculpture was erected in a public space, one that should be free from menacing reminders of women’s sexual vulnerability,”
Maybe they were countering the hidden mojo of the [evil music cue] woman's vagina!! In a world filled with vases, urns, pitchers, cups, pen/pencil caddies, boxes, pots, and let's not forget babies - well, it's no wonder these poor, trampled boys fought the ovarian-centric system!

Or maybe Skey summed it up best with "Smart kids overanalyze things.”