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by Dowaco
Sat Jun 05, 2010 1:47 pm
Forum: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Topic: Help ?
Replies: 14
Views: 2977

Mage characters can be powerful in the mid and end game but are relatively weak in the beginning. Make sure you have a good shield spell (alteration) and train your restoration.

If hitting the target is difficult, you might try using destruction spells that affect an area instead of "on target ...
by Dowaco
Wed Nov 05, 2008 2:20 pm
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: Welcome back to the world, USA
Replies: 28
Views: 1725

Isn't Barrack Obama a mulat? White mother, Black father or backwards?
I simply don't like the term African-American because a lot of black people get named that way without having any connection to Africa. Yeah, sure, their great-great-great parents were propably slaves brought to America to work ...
by Dowaco
Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:33 pm
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: Obama asked why he's running for Pres. and he can't answer!
Replies: 7
Views: 569

I think Obama double clutched at this question because of the audience. He cannot give a Harvard type intellectual response because it would be over their heads and he would look like an egg head, He could not give a standard political response because it would seem so rehearsed and well, political ...
by Dowaco
Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:59 pm
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: 2006 article about Obama. Read the comments section
Replies: 21
Views: 1864

3: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done.

As a definition of socialism how does this not fit the vision Obama has for the US? What I see in his tax plan is a further schism ...
by Dowaco
Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:59 pm
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: McCains running partner.
Replies: 238
Views: 16783

Who is doing that?

Dragon Wench did here: "...but given that the Republicans have been in office for the past eight years and that the Clinton administration left the nation in the black.. the mind simply boggles.."
She also said, :Granted, when it comes to the economic matters you can't entirely ...
by Dowaco
Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:59 am
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: McCains running partner.
Replies: 238
Views: 16783

I understand that one party is not totally responsible. I was responding to DW's comment about Clinton vs Bush and the state of the economy during each administration. It is just as one sided to blame Bush or credit Clinton with the state of the economy as it is to blame Democrats for the economy or ...
by Dowaco
Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:13 pm
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: McCains running partner.
Replies: 238
Views: 16783


despite his abysmally low ratings almost 1/3 of the American public think Bush is doing a good job and that the Democrats are responsible for the present economic situation...

A 30% approval rating is historically very low. I think you are seeing the glass half empty (or is it 3/4 empty), 70% do ...
by Dowaco
Thu Oct 09, 2008 4:38 pm
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: The Shock of Not Being Blonde
Replies: 17
Views: 1169

I prefer dark hair, black, dark brunette, dark red to lighter shades like white, blond or light red. But it depends a lot on the skin shade, complexion, length, etc.

But while other women seem to be able to spot a dye job easily, I cannot tell if a woman colors her hair. Only her hairdresser knows ...
by Dowaco
Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:54 pm
Forum: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Topic: Oblivion crashing during Quit process.
Replies: 8
Views: 1670

It happens to me too. Ten out of ten times I get an error message upon quitting the game. This has happened in Vista 32 bit, as well as XP and on both intel and AMD systems with Nvidia and ATI video cards. I have stopped trying to fix it as long as it does not crash more often than once every ten ...
by Dowaco
Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:42 pm
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: The Shock of Not Being Blonde
Replies: 17
Views: 1169

I think most men could agree that "stunning" is a modifier that can be paired with any hair color to describe a woman who renders them speechless. Its not a bad thing.
by Dowaco
Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:48 am
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: The Philosphy of Voting
Replies: 31
Views: 2069

I think the "undecided" fall into three catagories

1. Those folks who have not bothered to even get to know the names of the candidates. When asked who they would vote for they can simply reply. "I am undecided at this time." They may be apathetic enough not to vote at all in the election.

2 ...
by Dowaco
Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:38 pm
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: The Philosphy of Voting
Replies: 31
Views: 2069

I am not religious, I am conservative on money issues and liberal on social issues, I'm registered as an independent and my philosophy is best described as Libertarian, but I tend to vote Republican because issues like the size of government, how much taxes we pay and national security is more ...
by Dowaco
Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:20 pm
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: US midterm elections/initiatives (no spam)
Replies: 21
Views: 1502

Lieberman's stance on the Iraq war and his support of it are well documented. Infract me if you wish. I pointed out that Lieberman's case was refreshing because politics is usually about winning at all costs for the sake of the party you are in and saying whatever gets you elected whether you ...
by Dowaco
Wed Nov 08, 2006 9:04 am
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: US midterm elections/initiatives (no spam)
Replies: 21
Views: 1502

The Democrats gained control of the House running on a unsubstantial platform based on the slogan "You hate Bush, I hate Bush, my opponent supports Bush". Now that the Dems are in charge what can we expect from the congress?
More of the same I'm afraid. They have no plan on how to get us out of Iraq ...
by Dowaco
Sun Nov 05, 2006 11:36 pm
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: the fate of saddam
Replies: 46
Views: 3531

I agree with Fable. The trial was a joke.

I guess I don't care what happens to him in terms of punishment. He has been removed from power and wealth, disgraced and humiliated, and his sons are dead. Whether he is shot, electrocuted, hanged or drawn and quartered, or if he gets life in prison don ...
by Dowaco
Fri Nov 03, 2006 3:21 pm
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: Hypocrisy looks to be rank...
Replies: 16
Views: 1367

Not to be too nitpicky, but he didn't marry the guy, he just had sex.

Also, this does sound like a set-up. But even if it is not...

Although you could assume that opponents of same sex marriage are also homophobic, it is not necessarily the case. Marriage is essentially a religious ceremony ...
by Dowaco
Wed Nov 01, 2006 1:25 pm
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: law targets parents who expose kids to drugs (topic-related spam only)
Replies: 10
Views: 672


Regarding the seeming redundancy of this law, I was considering that myself. I'd hazard the reason for it, though, revolves around custody. Presumably the point is to prevent relatives (who could also be involved in the drug op) from obtaining custody, and also, to ensure that parents who ...
by Dowaco
Wed Nov 01, 2006 1:07 pm
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: law targets parents who expose kids to drugs (topic-related spam only)
Replies: 10
Views: 672



So it seems to me that there is no need for further legislation: just remove the children under the child abuse laws.
It might also be pointed out that since the parents making/growing drugs are taken into custody under drug laws, the children would go into care anyway - so, again, what is the ...
by Dowaco
Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:41 pm
Forum: Speak Your Mind
Topic: Views on the Military
Replies: 16
Views: 1226

The National Guard mostly helps people in the community they are a part of, throughout the country and around the world. Airlifts of food and supplies, evacuating people in danger etc. Being in the armed forces is not all about fighting an enemy, although they do that as well. The people I have met ...
by Dowaco
Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:18 pm
Forum: Tech Support
Topic: Driver_irql_not_less_or equal (help)
Replies: 3
Views: 1652

It might be a hardware conflict. Go to control panel|system|hardware|device manager and look for yellow alert symbols.