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00«masamune» i'm watching the Republicans debate
00«+Svenddv» so what happened to your OP status matthew?
00«+yue-san» the democrats are debating tomorrow
00«+yue-san» or obama and hillary are anyways
00«+yue-san» >.>
00«masamune» makes me think Obama better win, because McCain keeps trying to convince me he's conservative...
00«masamune» and it's starting to sink in
00«+|Quatre|» I'm not identified.
00«+Svenddv» 'kay
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00«@Nekopan» mccain for the lol
00«+yue-san» gr
00«+yue-san» when does martha show up
00«+yue-san» =(
00«+yue-san» MARTHAAA
00«+|Quatre|» Stewart?
00«+yue-san» Jones
00«+yue-san» >.>
00«+|Quatre|» Oooh, right.
13* +masamune looks for a good place to curl up and relax in
13* +Svenddv pats next to him on the bed
00«@Nekopan» lie detector test show is on :>
00«+masamune» Romney is schooling McCain
13* +masamune sits next to Sven on the bed and stares at the grumpy old men on tv
13* +Svenddv motions masamune to lie down with him
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00«+|Quatre|» masamune, I'm assuming you are watching that for the comical value.
13* +Svenddv gets under the covers
00«+Svenddv» well
00«+masamune» somewhat
00«+Svenddv» im off to bed
00«+Svenddv» sweet dreams fags
13* +masamune tucks Sven in
00«@Nekopan» nighty svenny
00«+masamune» with penis
00«+|Quatre|» Night, Sven.
00«+|Quatre|» :|
00«+|Quatre|» Sort of?
13* +masamune Svenddv sleep sweet
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00«+masamune» Ron Paul is win
00«@Nekopan» ron paul pft.
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00«+|Quatre|» ...
00«+|Quatre|» ...
00«+|Quatre|» :|
00«+|Quatre|» Ron Paul is...
00«+|Quatre|» Not human.
00«@Nekopan» the supporters are very annoying.
00«+|Quatre|» Very.
00«+|Quatre|» Very, very annoying.
00«+|Quatre|» Fucking internet. :|
00«+masamune» Huckabee's whining about not getting enough airtime
00«+|Quatre|» Which he should.
00«+|Quatre|» It's not fair.
00«+masamune» no, he should fucking suck it up and do the best with what he gets
00«+|Quatre|» ...
00«+|Quatre|» Fuck you?
00«+|Quatre|» They should learn to follow the rules.
13* @Nekopan agrees with masa
00«+|Quatre|» There is, you know, a law about that.
00«+masamune» rules, fools.  i'm not going to vote for a whiner, especially a bible thumping one
00«@Nekopan» the tv stations can give them as much airtime as they wants/the fcc will allow.
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00«+|Quatre|» Like when Gravel and Kuchinich stopped getted invited to the debates.
00«@Nekopan» *want
00«+|Quatre|» Not at all.
00«+|Quatre|» It's called, "equal airtime."
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00«+|Quatre|» That's against the law for a reason.
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00«+masamune» The equal time, or more accurately, the equal opportunity provision of the Communications Act requires radio and television stations and cable systems which originate their own programming to treat legally qualified political candidates equally when it comes to selling or giving away air time. Simply put, a station which sells or gives one minute to Candidate A must sell or give the same amount of time with the same audience potential to
00«+|Quatre|» google, goooo
00«@Nekopan» well
00«+|Quatre|» Case in point.
00«@Nekopan» did he say what stations arent.
00«@Nekopan» in b4 fux
00«+|Quatre|» The point is, the debates are run on stations. So they should and NEED to offer equal time.
00«+|Quatre|» And a lot of the time they ignore certain people, or leave them out entirely.
00«+yue-san» didnt they rule that it was legal for them to do it?
00«+|Quatre|» No?
00«+yue-san» for the recent MSNBC debate
00«+|Quatre|» I hope not.
00«+|Quatre|» As that is just one more pieces of bullshit.
00«@Nekopan» *piece
00«+masamune» Congress reacted quickly by creating four exemptions to the equal opportunity law. Stations who gave time to candidates on regularly scheduled newscasts, news interviews shows, documentaries (assuming the candidate wasn't the primary focus of the documentary), or on-the-spot news events would not have to offer equal time to other candidates for that office.
00«+masamune» Since the 1970s, debates have also been considered on-the-spot news events and therefore exempt from the equal time law.
00«+yue-san» http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/us/politics/16kucinich.html?ref=us
00«+|Quatre|» That doesn't involve debates.
00«+|Quatre|» But that point is, "Do you think that he doesn't deserve an equal chance to talk as anyone else?"
00«+|Quatre|» Or anyone at all, for that matter.
00«+|Quatre|» Rudy got more time, and he was farther behind in most places.
00«+|Quatre|» So.
00«+masamune» um, 'that doesn't involve debates' wasn't in response to me, was it?
00«+yue-san» well he's not going to win anyways
00«+|Quatre|» It's silly.
00«+|Quatre|» masamune: How would a debate fit into those four?
00«+masamune» um, dunno. i sorta wasn't alive yet in the 1970's
00«+|Quatre|» yue: Don't think of it that way. If he doesn't get an equal chance, he will never have a chance to win, anyway.
00«+masamune» but, fact is, debates don't need to be equal time
00«+|Quatre|» Fine, we'll just say that.
00«+|Quatre|» My question is, why shouldn't it be?
00«+yue-san» that's virtually impossible for it to be "equal time"
00«+|Quatre|» "Okay, let us ignore the people we think are going to lose anyway. He don't care about them."
00«+|Quatre|» No?
00«+|Quatre|» 4 people to talk. 60 minutes.
00«+|Quatre|» 15 minutes each.
00«+|Quatre|» Simple math.
00«+yue-san» they cite people specifically
00«+yue-san» they're allowed time for a rebuttal
00«+|Quatre|» If there is a question.
00«+|Quatre|» BUT
00«@Nekopan» .:21·21·20:. «+|Quatre|» 4 people to talk. 60 minutes.
00«@Nekopan» .:21·21·23:. «+|Quatre|» 15 minutes each.
00«@Nekopan» unpossible
00«+|Quatre|» The moderator should, and sometime does, address the question to other people, too.
00«+|Quatre|» How so, Neko?
00«+yue-san» i'd rather get to know a candidate's positions on a more detailed level
00«@Nekopan» commercial time
00«@Nekopan» advertiser time
00«+|Quatre|» ...
00«+yue-san» than to just have a clusterfuck
00«+|Quatre|» ...
00«@Nekopan» introduction time
00«@Nekopan» ending time
00«+|Quatre|» Okay.
00«+yue-san» of sound bytes
00«+|Quatre|» Wow.
00«+masamune» i think that if they go to the debate, they should be given equal time. but i wouldn't say any fuckhead who runs should go to the debates
00«+|Quatre|» That doesn't make my point less vaild.
00«+|Quatre|» Just take 5 off of each person.
00«+|Quatre|» Question, and this is the end of it.
00«+|Quatre|» Do certain people deserve more time than others?
00«+masamune» of course
00«+yue-san» if they have something to say
00«@Nekopan» yes
00«+yue-san» that is important
00«@Nekopan» some of them cant actually babble for x amount of time.
00«+|Quatre|» Then stop trying to argue with me. :|
00«@Nekopan» so thats on them.
00«+|Quatre|» Nono.
00«+|Quatre|» You misunderstand.
00«+|Quatre|» I'm not saying they HAVE to talk that long.
00«+|Quatre|» They have to be given the chance.
00«+|Quatre|» And they aren't.
00«+|Quatre|» If you get 5 minutes, everyone should get it. If you only use 4, that's fine. But they aren't even offered that.
00«+yue-san» that's the culture of america
00«+|Quatre|» In the general election debates, they get more sturn on it, but it's a clusterfuck in the primaries.
00«+yue-san» they dont want to listen to someone ramble on
00«+masamune» i would only have Romney and McCain there tonight
00«+yue-san» if they have no chance of winning
00«+|Quatre|» yue: Umm... so? Fix it?
00«+yue-san» there are a lot of things that needs fixing
00«+|Quatre|» ~_~
00«+yue-san» will we ever get around to it?
00«+yue-san» probably not
00«+|Quatre|» You people sicken me.
13* +|Quatre| goes to watch Kucinich videos. :|
00«+yue-san» stop pulling an obama
00«+yue-san» and acting all high and mighty
00«+yue-san» =(
00«+|Quatre|» Excuse me for wanting to listen to people I actually like instead of the people I get forced to listened to.
00«+|Quatre|» I am high and mighty.
00«@Nekopan» no.
00«+masamune» you are low and weak
00«+yue-san» you can listen to him all you want
00«+yue-san» dont tell me that i have to listen to him
00«+|Quatre|» Don't make me listen to Hilary. :|
00«+|Quatre|» Faggot.
00«+yue-san» mute the tv?
00«+|Quatre|» See how this works both ways?
00«+yue-san» change the channel?
00«+|Quatre|» ...
00«@Nekopan» nobody is making you.
00«+|Quatre|» Umm, yue.
00«@Nekopan» change. the. dial.
00«+|Quatre|» When Kuchinich is talking, you mute the tv.
00«+|Quatre|» But.
00«+|Quatre|» You shouldn't.
00«+yue-san» he's never on tv
00«+yue-san» i dont have to
00«+yue-san» =)
00«+|Quatre|» ...
00«+yue-san» ZING!
00«@Nekopan» lol
00«@Nekopan» yue i lol'd irl XD
00«+|Quatre|» BECAUSE HE DOESN'T GET THE CHANCE, you fucking ass.
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00«+|Quatre|» I. Hate. You.
00«+yue-san» lol
00«@Nekopan» /ignore is an awesome command
00«@Nekopan» use it.
00«+|Quatre|» Go take a course in logic and stupidity. :|
00«+|Quatre|» I think kick is a better one.
00«+|Quatre|» Am I the only sane one here?
00«+yue-san» when you think you're the only sane person in the room
00«+yue-san» chances are you're the one who's nuts
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00«+|Quatre|» Good thing the odds are in my favor for being sane.
00«+yue-san» mmhmm
00«@Nekopan» no.
00«+|Quatre|» You people are silly.
00«@Nekopan» and your in a channel with a bunch of people who love animated mansechs.
00«@Nekopan» *you're
00«@Nekopan» minus Slize
00«+|Quatre|» And I like it, too.
00«@Nekopan» nobody said you didnt.