glad to hear you're alright

Am I the only one who doesn't want a reunion?  Don't get me wrong, I think the UYI lineup(with Izzy) was the greatest incarnation of GN'R.  Adler's cool and all, but there is no way he could handle a real tour without getting all doped out and fucking up.  But I want to hear Chinese Democracy.  UYI 2 is my personal favorite, so I really dig the direction Axl has gone with CD.  I love VR and what Slash and Duff do, but I think Axl is really onto something here with the 6 or so songs we have heard.  Which brings us to a junction.  Why should/would Axl abandon his "new" band when CD is finally released and GN'R gets some modern attention?  As Axl said in 02, creating this band from scratch is something that takes some time, no one has ever really done that before.  It's an assumption that Slash, Duff, Izzy and Axl still have that chemistry needed to make great music.  Alot has changed in 10 years, and who knows what kind of stuff they'd make.   

Simply having a reunion so that some fans (I say some because there are still alot of supposed diehards he can't/won't shell out a few bucks to go see a band they supposedly love) can say "Wow, this is awesome.  It's just like 1993 again!"  Thanks, but no thanks.  I have plenty of boots and audio of those shows.  I'd only ever be ineterested in a reunion if they were going to make new music, and no one knows if they have the chemistry, let alone the civility and desire to get back together. 

How many people are pissed at Axl for his money grab in '06?  Yet the same people who bitched about the tour in '06 are willing to pissaway more money at what would be an obvious money grab.  We essentially got 3 albums from GN'R.  Most of which was made before they "made it."  As soon as they were truly in the spotlight, they imploded and gave us the Spaghetti Incident.  Yet somehow, some fans think this time around it would somehow be different. 

I'm a fan of Gn'R and will support the band in whatever form they exist.  I just think that the music Axl has made the past 8 years is worth a lil more than a push by some fans to time travel back to 1993.  And finally, if they were ever to reunite, knowing Izzy would never committ to a full tour, what makes you assume Axl would choose who the rhytm guitarist is?  Why couldn't Dave Kushner fill in the duties.  I'd find that just as likely if not moreso than anyone else as the chemistry and relationship he has the actual band.  Axl would always keep Dizzy and if need be, Pittman.

You know Polluxm, sometime you can post really great stuff and then you post this garbage.  Either you have a very poor understanding of the US government or you just choose to believe the wackiest shit out there.  Nothing written from the Senate is a law.  Just because some Senator wrote an opinion down doesn't mean that it's how the country is.  Laws have to be written, voted on and then signed by the President.  But hey, if believing the US is controlled by some organization like the Illuminati or whatever you're calling it today makes you feel better, I say go for it.

Neemo,

The President doesn't have to be an expert on the economy as managing the economy isn't his job, managing the military is.

Pasnow,
Clinton didn't win in 92, Bush lost.  I'm not saying Clinton was a bad President, although he was a horrible CiC and did great harm to the military in terms of numbers and pay.  Clinton won in 92 because Ross Perot got almost 20% of the vote and stripped many votes from Bush.  Nader got 3% in 2000 and Democrats claim he stole it from Gore.  Bush barely lost in 92 and had an opponent that took alot more than 3% of his voting base.  Clinton didn't win half of the popular vote, which is something people should remember when they attack Bush for 2000. 

Edit:  And Bush wasn't a draft dodger.  He served his time, honroably in the guard.  I know people have tried to claim otherwise, but we saw what happened when Dan Rather ran his bogus report.  You can attack people who serve in the reserves and guard if you want, although I wouldn't advise it as they still do their part and do what 99% of the rest of the country won't  Kerry may have been on active duty in Vietnam, but he was a coward who served only a month and got out of country for what literally amounted to scratches and "used the system" against his peers and commanders wishes to get out.  Gore served in Vietnam too with a personal body guard at his side.  I'm not going to attack anyone's specialty in the military, but I find it a damn shame that military srervice seems to be the exception among our politicians and leaders anymore rather than the norm.  If these so called patriots really cared about service to their country, they could at least serve for a few years after college before embarking on their political careers.  That attitude of those like Romney who think simply being active in politcis is equal to the service of military members or those who claim they support their country by going to college make me sick.  I'm in no way saying only people who were in the military can be patriots or serve their country, but when you reap personal gain for all of your actions with no real risk, I find it hard to label that as service to country.