I dunno, I'm anxious to come and visit the US as soon as humanly possible. From this side of the pond it looks all it would take is pretty much anything you can scream loud enough about and there would be millions of dollars in lawsuits. I can't wait to visit your great country. My lungs are big, my throat is strong, and I can scream like a cicada. I'm gonna be rich!

Of course they are. Just think of the children! Just think of them, so young and innocent and fresh........and delicious....with syrup.

Without government control of the internet the same search logs would be kept and used against you by the RIAA. Who do you think is "more bad"? Which one do you trust less? Do you honestly think that without government regulation you'd be able to withstand the onslaught of megacorps (or whatever power structure would exit in the absence of said regulations)?

Fucking AWESOME!

A first I thought we were talking about bears.... But then, ahhhhhh something actually *useful*!

But socialism isn't...... Oh, wait. Yes. I see what you did there. Remarkable!

Hell, 640 petabytes isn't enough for <b>me</b>. I started burning the porn on DVDs!

Well, from my understanding (not as US citizen), your votes *choose* the people who will be voting for you, from a pre-approved list. The Soviet Union also had the appearance of voting. Just because you put something on a ballot doesn't really mean you get to choose, or produce.

But will we have laws against self marriage?

But pet rocks don't nod and hum at appropriate times in the conversation...

I resent that comment. Piercings are a gateway drug!

Turn it off and those no-talent hacks would go away. You said it yourself, even without knowing what's the problem is a layman can hear something's wrong....

No, you're not... China != Communism, or communism even.

Facebook Purify extension for Chrome seems to work quite well. Been using it for a couple of days, and it gets rid of a fair amount of crap. My usage is not necessarily indicative though, I've spent a fair amount of time blocking every app that came across my page...