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Director of Operations, Mexico,for US manufacturing firm. I've lived in Mexico for about 15 years. Fiscal Conservative, middle-of-road on social issues.

Member Since: September 18, 2006

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Saturdays Metal - Vanishing Point - Surrender

Music – These guys are a metal band,mellower than some but still metal.From the land down under they know how to play and the singer has a good voice.Good band,good song.See what you think.Hope you enjoy.

View Story Discuss (16) (youtube.com) 1 day ago by baddad59

Voted for on July 19, 2008 01:03am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 102 votes / 19 sinks

The Audacity of Vanity

Politics – He figures it would be a nice backdrop. The supporting cast -- a cheering audience and a few fainting frauleins -- would be a picturesque way to bolster his foreign policy credentials.

View Story Discuss (241) (realclearpolitics.com) 1 day ago by catstevens

Voted for on July 19, 2008 01:03am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 53 votes / 1 sink

Friday's Metal - Heaven Shall Burn - Endzeit

Music – Another heavy metal band from overseas. Great heavy German influenced sound. Hope you enjoy.

View Story Discuss (5) (youtube.com) 2 days ago by baddad59

Voted for on July 18, 2008 01:41pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 46 votes / No sinks

Top 10 Real Men of Genius Ads

Humor – From Mr. Nudist Colony Activity Coordinator to Mr. Stinky Breath Breather Outer, watch some of the most hilarious genius' as recognized by Bud Light.

View Story Discuss (2) (tremblantrealty.com) 1 day ago by nightcrawlerX

Voted for on July 18, 2008 12:57pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 78 votes / No sinks

Cast of 300 Advises Obama on Foreign Policy

Politics – Every day around 8 a.m., foreign policy aides at Senator Barack Obama's Chicago campaign headquarters send him two e-mails: a briefing on major world developments over the previous 24 hours and a set of questions, accompanied by suggested answers, that the candidate is likely to be asked about international relations during the day.

View Story Discuss (160) (nytimes.com) 2 days ago by libsRfunny

Voted for on July 18, 2008 12:56pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 75 votes / 14 sinks

Myth of Consensus Explodes: APS Opens Global Warming Debate

Science – The American Physical Society, an organization representing nearly 50,000 physicists, has reversed its stance on climate change and is now proclaiming that many of its members disbelieve in human-induced global warming. The leadership of the society had previously called the evidence for global warming "incontrovertible."

View Story Discuss (160) (dailytech.com) 2 days ago by libsRfunny

Voted for on July 18, 2008 12:52pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 177 votes / 31 sinks

John McCain, POW: A First-Person Account

Politics – Here, in his own words, based on almost total recall, is Commander McCain's narrative of 5 1/2 years in the hands of the North Vietnamese.

View Story Discuss (610) (usnews.com) 2 days ago by AlphaGnosis

Voted for on July 18, 2008 12:29pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 42 votes / 4 sinks

Division Emerges Among Foes of Calif. Marriage Equality

Gay & Lesbian – A united front by conservative forces against same-sex marriage in California is showing signs of cracking -- or of having been an illusion all along.

View Story Discuss (2) (law.com) 3 days ago by Neophile

Voted for on July 17, 2008 09:59am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 145 votes / 19 sinks

McCain shows ignorance regarding birth control

Religion – This video of John McCain is truly incredible. The simple answer should have been that insurance companies should, indeed, cover birth control pills. But McCain was incoherent. This is not the first time McCain has shown profound ignorance on birth control and sexuality. Here's the Straight-Talk Express at work:

View Story Discuss (240) (dangerousintersection.org) 3 days ago by RickyDawkins

Sunk on July 17, 2008 09:57am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 35 votes / 3 sinks

Energy: America's Untapped Oil Reserves

News – Colorado oil shale may be a large part of America's energy independence. With nearly a trillion barrels available to draw from we could eliminate imported oil altogether.

View Story Discuss (10) (newsweek.com) 3 days ago by Nowalive

Voted for on July 17, 2008 09:33am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 35 votes / 4 sinks

The Bipartisan Consensus on Killing Afghans

Do No Evil – Murdering more Afghans is a central goal in the crucial war on terror, say both Obama and McCain, with a majority of Americans willing to go along. Obama wants a bigger military overall, and to send US troops in Iraq to Afghanistan, eventually. McCain is of course a belligerent all around.

View Story Discuss (1) (lewrockwell.com) 3 days ago by populist

Sunk on July 17, 2008 09:00am

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Thursdays Metal - Communic - Conspiracy In Mind

Music – Communic is a power metal band that rocks.A three piece in this genre i think would be hard to pull off,but they do it and do it well.Other music by them seems to be more progressive than this,but this is a good song to get the juices flowing for the week end.Hope you enjoy.

View Story Discuss (6) (youtube.com) 3 days ago by baddad59

Voted for on July 17, 2008 08:44am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 134 votes / 17 sinks

Why the Race is Tied

Politics – After almost six weeks of a constant Obama lead, generally in the five- to seven-point range, Scott Rasmussen's daily tracking poll records two consecutive days of a tie race (July 12-13) and a one-point Obama lead on July 14. What happened to the Democrat's lead?

View Story Discuss (293) (realclearpolitics.com) 3 days ago by catstevens

Voted for on July 17, 2008 08:41am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 81 votes / 3 sinks

Maureen Dowd: May We Mock Barack?

Humor – Many of the late-night comics and their writers - nearly all white - now admit to The New York Times's Bill Carter that because of race and because there is nothing "buffoonish" about Obama - and because many in their audiences are intoxicated by him and resistant to seeing him skewered - he has not been flayed by the sort of ridicule tha

View Story Discuss (105) (nytimes.com) 3 days ago by Stephen Johnson

Voted for on July 16, 2008 12:46pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 121 votes / 3 sinks

Russian oil supplies to Czech Republic cut after missile defence deal with US

Politics – Russian cut oil supplies to the Czech Republic have been cut by half, just days after the United States signed an agreement to build a missile shield radar station on Czech territory. Moscow insisted that the cut was nothing to do with a US deal and that negotiations between suppliers were to blame for the hold up.

View Story Discuss (93) (telegraph.co.uk) 5 days ago by gamahuche

Voted for on July 16, 2008 11:31am

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