Here's a little something I'd like to share with you:

The KKK was founded by a Democrat while the ban on DDT was authorized by a Republican.

Albert Einstein married his own cousin, as did Rudy Giuilani.

Aside from Garry Chalk's stint in the X-Files; Matt Hill (from Captain N and Dragon Booster), Jim Byrnes (from War Planets and the stateside Mega Man toon), and Alessandro Juliani have done on-screen acting.

Rush Limbaugh, Silvia Browne, Johnnie Haymer, Gregg Berger, and Marshall "Eminem" Mathers are all from Missouri.

Most of the FEMA claims filed come from North Dakota.

Masturbation stimulates the immune system, relieves menstrual cramps (along with stress and migranes), and reduces a man's chances of getting prostate cancer.

Mahatma Gandhi had a racial hatred of Black People, had sex with girls, beat his own wife, and was a misogynist.

Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy used to have a drinking problem.

Painful Questions author Eric Hufschmid is a Holocaust Denier.

Akira Toriyama's inspiration behind the Dragon Ball series were the novel Journey to the West and Jackie Chan films.

Adolf Hitler was Catholic and, ironically, a socialist. Plus, his personal physician invented lethal injection.

Walt Disney used to do political satire before he did Steamboat Willie in 1928.

David Hayter starred in both of the Guyver movies before he did the voice of Solid Snake.

The first female Vice-presidential candidate was Theodora "Tonie" Nathan.

Verne Troyer from Austin Powers and Lex Lang from Fist of the North Star used to be in Masked Rider.

Barack Obama voted for the Wall Street bailout, anti-terror legislation, and the troop surges in Afganistan and Iraq. To be fair, McCain voted for the aforementioned.

The probability of getting a sexually transmitted disease without protection: One in 500.
The probability of getting a sexually transmitted disease with protection: One in 500 million.

When compared to most democrats in congress, William Jefferson is conservative.

Superman's creators were Jewish.

The first Islamic Schism took place in 658 AD.

Fred Phelps used to be a civil rights lawyer.

Israel has had only one execution throughout its entire history: that of the nazi Adolf Eichmann.

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1. Ronald Reagan: I have mixed feelings towards this actor turned president. I am SICK of Conservatives worshipping him; and I am SICK of Liberals/Leftists trashing him incessantly. Here's some things that many don't know:
I. Reagan cut taxes and ended subsidy programs during his first term in office.
II. Reagan supported Saddam Hussein until he decided to invade Kuwait.
III. Reagan ran deficits and expanded the size of government.

2. Nintendo DSi: I already have the original model DS, and probably don't need the newest model. On the other hand, they improved the internet browser from the Opera browser and has a built-in camera. So far, I'll pass for a good reason.

3. The James Randi Educational Foundation: I'd wish more people here would sign up here and head to their forums. In case you don't know, James Randi is one of the great debunkers who used to be a magician years ago. If you do join their forums, don't run away crying when they trounce you in a debate. If you want the link, it's Randi.org. Plus, I love anything that makes those conspiracy assholes shit their pants when they see a documentary from the JREF forums.

4. Chemical Scares: I'm getting sick of these damned scare stories and I'd wish that the peckers who hype them to hell would just shut the fuck up. The vast majority of these chemical scares are proven wrong and yet those who came up with the scare keep making money. It shows how Junk Science gets a bunch of bullshitters a lot of cash. Some people just need a good old punch in the nuts to keep them in line.

5. Czech physicist Lubosh Motl: Here's another amazing find that a lot of people would either approve or scream in volitile anger: http://motls.blogspot.com/2008/10/foun ding-fathers-on-redistribution-of.html
This man has seen how bad it was in Communist-bloc Europe, and now he has some quotes from the founding fathers on wealth redistribution.

6. Neal Boortz: I disagree with him on the Iraq war, and I know about him writing speeches for a racist governor. However, I agree with a vast majority of his views and would rather have him as president over McCain or Obama. At least he doesn't get himself addicted to painkillers like America's Anchorman.

7. Recycling: I used to recycle, but quit three-and-a-half years ago because it didn't really contribute to anything. Added to that are the following:
I. The United States has enough landfill space for shitloads of garbage.
II. In most cases, It takes more energy to recycle than it is to make something new from scratch.
III. Recycling is subsidized because it is cost ineffective.
IV. While there is real money in recycling metal, it isn't being used enough to be worth it.
V. In addition to the wasted energy, recycling is also bad for the enviroment.

8. Kennedy and Landrieu: You probably don't know these people, but Mary Landrieu is one of Louisiana's two senators who needs to leave; while John Kennedy (not to be confused with the Presdient JFK) is Louisiana State Treasurer who has a 37,500 dollar campaign debt from his Treasury campaign re-election. Why vote for either one while you can vote Libertarian instead?

Here's one thing that a lot of people are upset about, and that is Flash Video. On one hand, you have people who downrate these for just being video and not on the content quality. On the other hand, you have people who have no problem with the video aspect and judge the video on its content. Suffice to say, I am a part of the latter. From what I have heard, there is no anti-video rule on NG; and it disgusts me that many users demonize these regardless of the content. Sure I may agree with them that the focus of Newgrounds should be cartoons, but demonizing users who upload flash videos is unnecissary and counter-productive.

However, I usually stay clear of parody dubs because of Transformers Bastardized, which was just an over-extended bad joke. Doomhammr's videos, on the other hand, are actually worth watching even though the acting and choreography could be much better. I could rant about the aforementioned users uploading these to YouTube, Veoh, DailyMotion, etc., but I'm not in the mood to.

I'm putting off the next Things on my Mind for a while, but here's another of my lists. This one deals with Flash cartoon series that I'm getting sick of.

1. Miss Dynamite: I think that Sirkowski should have quit after Ep. 16 (XVI) and started a new series. Why? Firstly, idiotic plotlines with equally insipid background gags. Nothing says ingenious more than Eva and Blackie getting chased by a generic redneck in a part of the country that the creator knows little about. Second, annoying voice acting. I had no problem with Rina-Chan and Mizura four years ago, but their takes on Eva and Blackie sound unconvincing when compared to Sharem Ma'ten. Plus, the former are now stale and over-exposed. I could go on about this for much longer, but I don't want to bore the readers to death.

2. Neurotically Yours: Even though I still watch these, and I agree with many of the points Foamy makes. However, most of the shorts made after Cow-moflage are boring and reek of generic cash-in. Then again, it beats watching the Daily Show.

3. Awesome: To be honest, I find many of these funny and think that Egoraptor is one of this site's better VAs. That doesn't mean that I'm letting his cartoons off the hook. Two of the remakes made for the cancelled DVD weren't funny (as in Awesome Crossing and Center), and all of the fanmade ones are pointless/bad. Awesome Video Games, on the other hand, I usually stay away from and not because it's video. I steer clear due to it reeking of "greed" (existing to get votes and generic cash-in sequels).

4. The George Bush Show: I don't like Bush myself, but these cartoons are just plain old uncreative and biased. Plus, this anecdote from Andrew Dickman further sums this series up: "What would happen if the world ended in peace and no one gave a crap about race, religion, sex, etc.?"

5. Project Inthri: This is another series I enjoy, but the characters and whatnot could be re-drawn. I like Rhete as a programmer and a storyteller; as an artist, he leaves a lot to be desired.

1. Universal Health Care: Free Healthcare is a crock of shit, and here are some things that I learned about it from the Cato Institute.
I. There are 800,000 Canadians, 900,000 Britons, and millions of Europeans who
cannot obtain healthcare in countries with universal healthcare. This is due to rationing on a large scale and high costs.
II. Cancer patients in the United States are more likely to survive than cancer patients in Canada, Australia, or most of Europe.
III. People in the United States go without healthcare coverage for very short periods of time.
IV. Countries with more effective Universal Health Care are a result of incorporating market based ideas (such as competition). However, they result in big government deficits.
V. Countries with Universal Health Care are unable to get access to state of the are medical technology.

Michael D. Tanner's Study on this issue is Here, and I would recommend that you read this.

2. Guns: I believe that gun ownership should be legal because it's not only practical, it's also constitutional.
I. Parts of the United States that have the strictest gun control laws (Washington D. C.) have higher crime rates than those with Right-to-Carry laws (Lafayette, Louisiana). Other examples include Los Angeles, CA (strict gun control = high crime) & Asheville, North Carolina (Hardly any gun control = hardly any crime); as well as London, England (strict gun laws = High crime) & Finland (hardly any gun laws = hardly any crime).

The Cato Institute's Gun Control study is here

3. Drugs: I personnally think that doing drugs is inane and stupid; but making them illegal has caused far more problems that it has solved. What's worse is that prisons are being used to detain non-violent people while letting the truly rotten scoundrels out.
I. The ammount of people who smoke Marijuana in Alaska is far lower than that of the rest of US mainland.
II. The drug war has resulted in no-knock raids that have varying rates of mistaken identity.

The Cato Institute's Drug War study is here

Will be updated tomorrow...

Today's update isn't much for now, but:
http://www.lp.org/blogs/andrew-davis/h alloween-fright-barr-scares-mccain

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1. TXM: Does anybody remember Kevin Nuut's attempt at a NG competitor? It was all the rage back in 2002 to 2005, but now it just stagnated inspite of the redesigns and Kev-Nuu's ramblings. Plus, I'm willing to bet that Camp North will just end up like TXM (read as: Popular for a while only to lose relevence and stagnate).

2. Penn & Teller: I don't see why people would want to watch Lost or Dexter over their Bullshit show when BS is funny, informative, and has both sides of the topic. I agree with pretty much every episode and would like them to do episodes on the following:
Socialized Medicine
Louisiana (it's not the best state in the union, but it's my home.)
The Iraq War
Anti-Semitism
Animation
DDT (Fun fact: The ban on DDT was authorized by a Republican.)
Canada (They should have Jim Byrnes and Garry Chalk do this one.)

3. Oddworld: They haven't made a new one of these since Stranger (which I haven't played), and chances are they went under by now. I heard that Oddworld Inhabititants (the company behind the series) was making Squeek's Oddysee, but didn't hear anything else about it.

4. Normal Bob Smith: Sure the way the man dresses may be considered outlandish, and yes some of his stuff may be derisive towards religious people. However, I seldom hear anyone rebuke his arguments without trash talking the man's character, and he's one of the few satirists who is still enjoyable.

5. The Daily Show: This show I never really cared for. When you really think about it, it's just another take on the Tonight show, only not funny. While Jon Stewart is a great actor, he isn't that great of a comedian. Not to mention that there are better comedy shows out there.

6. X-rated cartoons: What's with the fuss over these? X-Rated cartoons have existed since 1929 when Max Fleischer created one for Little Nemo creator Windsor McCay as a birthday gift. Hell, Ralph Bakshi used to make them during the 1970s before he decided to make Wizards. Sure, the Japanese have a near-monopoly on them since either the late-80s or the early-90s, but at least those animes have actual stories when compared to most American adult fare.

7. Online Gaming: I usually steer clear of this outside of Space Invaders Extreme and that is due to previous experiences with Tachyon: The Fringe and Dungeon Siege. I prefer the split-screen action of older multi-player games over the online stuff anyday. Plus, the animosity that permiates the online gaming world is just pukeworthy.

8. Flash tutorials: There have been some well-made tutorials that have been made over the years, but I'd like to see some that cover anatomy, proportions, various poses, etc. I'd wish those who say they care about animation would stop bitching about videogame parodies, sprite movies, and whathaveyou and make a few fucking tutorials instead. Of course I'd make a few myself, but I'm not up to par when it comes to artistic skills.

Even though I think Political Satire is oversaturated, here's a little something I drew weeks ago.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showt hread.php?t=128326&page=5
(It's at the latest post)
Things you should know about this:
1. I "crapped" this out just for the hell of it.
2. The anatomy sucks when compared to the studies I have done.
3. I don't like the major candidates, and would like Bob Barr to win this one.

Datatrack Four is here

1. Obama and McCain Supporters: What is with these guys? It's funny how it's perfectly acceptable to diss on one of the candidates; but when someone from the opposing side disses the other, the previous guy gets offended. I do not like either one of them and the previous post explains it quite well.
Update: http://www.lp.org/blogs/andrew-davis/t he-republican-case-against-the-republi can-party
I say "Let them eat shit!"

2. Notorious: Is it just me, or is he just a whiny little bitch who is unable to make the front page and takes his frustration out on others? Judging from his cartoons, he's in no place to criticize the likes of Egoraptor. Why? Simply because his cartoons are boring and bring nothing truly new to the portal. Maybe if he stopped bitching about Alvin-Earthworm, Hentai Flash, etc.; and actually made something worth watching then maybe I wouldn't look at him with such disdain.

3. The Parody Rangers: I liked the first two Rangers toons, but the third was nowhere near as funny due to its unneeded fanboy references and internet gags. The Movie so far was a cheap laugh here-and-there, but it was pretty boring. It makes you wish that Kirbopher didn't cancel TTA.

4. Grand Theft Auto and its clones: Ugh, I think that the idea of running around town, killing people, stealing shit, and what have you has gotten lame by now. If GTA in New York wasn't enough, now we'll have it take place in England, Miami, Los Angeles, Chinatown, New Orleans, Shreveport, Bangladesh, Lemuria, and so on. At least No More Heroes had a plot even though it's closer to the Legend of Zelda.

5. New Transformers Cartoons: I haven't seen Animated yet since I stopped watching Cartoon Network at least eight years ago. However, I'm getting sick of people bitching about how they changed the looks of Optimus and Megatron for umpteenth time. Here's the mindset of this type of TF fan:
Megatron to Galvatron: That's Ok.
Hot Rod to Rodimus Prime: That's Ok.
Bumblebee to Goldbug: That's Ok.
Optimus Prime to Powermaster Prime: That's Ok (Fun Fact: Peter Cullen was Tank in Challenge of the Go-bots, Murky in Rainbow Brite, and Vengar in Dungeons and Dragons).
When Optimus Prime is a Gorilla voiced by Garry Chalk (From the X-Files); Megatron is a T-Rex voiced by David Kaye (From GI Joe and he's now the Animated Optimus); Scorponok is a real scorpion voiced by Paul Dobson (From Mega Man); Silverbolt is a wolf-eagle fuzor voiced by Scott McNeil (also from Mega Man); Inferno is fire ant voiced by Jim Byrnes (From War Planets); and Rampage is a Transmetal crab voiced by Campbell Lane (also from War Planets): Whoa, you can't do that to my beloved Transformers!
What do I think of them? They're in need of serious life re-evaluation.

6. The "A Personal Message to NG" meme: I'm starting to get tired of these, and this is from someone who avoids them all the time. Honestly, it's not right to take a title like that and trivialize it just for shits and giggles. It's not only (unintentionally) insulting, but annoying as hell.

7. The Voice Acting Club/Alliance: I know that a lot of people use these forums to get voice actors for their flash movies, but I'm ripping on them again. The vast majority of these VAs suck major ass when compared to real professionals like Jon St. John, and any flash they get to do gets high scores regardless of the flash cartoon's actual quality. Here's hoping that they end up in the next All Fads Die collab.

8. The Best Page in the Universe: Even though Maddox hardly updates his site anymore, I rarely see anybody rebuke his arguments without resorting to the mother of all logical fallacies: Argumentum ad Hominem. Plus, I give him credit for having the balls to trash enviromentalists, conservatives (his taunt at Bill O'Reilly is boss), and anyone/anything else that pisses him off.

Bob Barr on Supreme Court Judges.
http://www.lp.org/news/press-releases/
time-to-appoint-judges-dedicated-to-co nstitutional-liberty

I think that those who support the two major candidates just need to shut the hell up.

The Cato Institute on Doctor Licensing
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pu b_id=9640

Proof that more government is Not the solution.

These two links I found are worth reading because you, the reader, will learn something new. Not to mention, the Barr for President site is Here.
Update: http://www.lp.org/news/press-releases/
alternative-voice-needed-in-final-deba te

For all of you who support Obama and/or McCain; here's some facts that will make you shit yourselves.
Both Obama and McCain support warrantless wiretapping.
Both Obama and McCain voted for the Wall Street Bailout.
Both Obama and McCain support the Iraq War and military action against Iran.
Both Obama and McCain voted for tax increases, along with Governor Palin and Senator Biden.
Both Obama and McCain Oppose domestic Oil drilling and support subsidies to alleged alternative energy (which has been debunked over and over again).

Here's the last one I did: here it is.

1. McfretN: With the upcoming return of Ben Spurgin; I think it's time for the man behind Combat Instinct to get back in the Flash portal again. It has been three years since CI: Unregulated and I think its time for him to work on the Brutality sequel or a remake of Combat Instinct. With his 3D and Photoshop skills, he could be kicking incomprehensible ammounts of ass if he were to do that.

2. VG Parodies and Sprite movies: I don't mind these as long as they have the following characteristics:
I: Made fun of a game that hasn't been done before.
II: Have inventive humor or plots.
III: Fun to watch.
Otherwise, I could care less about them (and this is from someone who is a Randy Solem fan). As for those who trash these regardless of quality, all I have to say is this: Shut up and Get Bent! Hell, many of the sprite movie/vg parody haters are in no place criticize the very medium that annoys them.

3. 4Chan: I avoid this site like Chlamydia and have a low view of its userbase (which consists of assholes and retards as one guy on a forum I used to go to said). Sure, I don't mind hentai, but there are better sites for that than 4Chan. What's even worse is that it's polluting other websites including this one. Therefore, it would be best that it were shut down.

4: I-Mockery: While Rog and Dr. Boogie still kick major ass, Protoclown and Max Burbank, on the other hand, have gone down the shitter to the point where I start questioning their creativity, intelligence, and sanity. While I do like Max' "Hey Dork" section and Proto's "Tales from the Longbox" column to an extent; I doubt that they were funny to begin with. As for the secret Pickleman game; I'd wish that Rog, Pox, and whoever else would hurry up with it. Oh, and bring back Costume Critic (I enjoyed it and wish more people would visit that).

5: MySpace and other, similar websites: I normally hate these sites, even though I have a Facebook page (I blame ZombiePimp for that). I don't see the point of these sites and know one website that thinks that they should be shut down.
I'm ok with this site's web log system and the incremental upgrades, but I don't want social networking taking attention from the main focus of NG: Flash cartoons and Games.

6: Dexter on Showtime: I don't see the hype behind this show even though I do like the idea behind it. After watching a bit of it; I wasn't impressed with it and turned it off. Plus, the show's fans are starting to annoy me a bit. I'm sticking with Penn & Teller: Bullshit! because those two know how to entertain and debunk.

7: Project Freetown: This series is definitely worthy of being in the Top Ten Flash of all time because it would be a diservice to not only RTil, but all of Newgrounds. Hell, Metropolis Circuit is in my favorites even though it lagged a bit on my old IBM. It's kind of sickening to see the likes of the Metal Gear Collab get a higher rank than this. Besides, if RTil keeps this up, he could have the next big thing and match the likes of Ralph Bakshi, Tex Avery, and Chuck Jones.

8: SNK/D4 Enterprise: No offence to Tom and the staff, but I'm tired of SNK. Just how many times they can recycle the same fighting game engine, characters, Run-&-Gun engine over and over again until somebody decides to subject them to the ridicule treatment? They haven't had anything remotely original since 1994 and I'd rather play the upcoming Illvelo, Sin & Punishment 2, and the new Punch-Out over the latest King of Fighters or Metal Slug 7.