The Back Room

John Carson wrote: You obviously never saw his exchange with Hannity. For your enjoyment: I make it a point to see as little of Sean Hannity as possible. I also skip O'Reilly, Olbermann and Madow. When and if I want to be told how or what to think, I'll contact my family. John Carson wrote: He was simply making the point that they are not going to be obsessed with the daily news cycle. That is good news for the quality of government. Although I don't think that the impact of CNBC has been all that good for stock market, I never really thought of them as part of the daily news cycle. Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.

AndyKEnZ wrote: Perhaps if the red-necked neo-cons would accept that they failed they could start helping Start helping who? The government so they can nationalize the banks faster? The best thing for republicans to do is not support the current admin.

Stan Shannon wrote: because seeing some soulless, uncaring bureaucrat would just make all the difference GPs are self-employed practitioners, who mix private practice with contracted work from the NHS. Over the years, my family and I have been treated by 12 different NHS GPs around the UK, none of them were soulless, uncaring, or bureaucratic (even the two that I did not like). Bob Emmett

Richard A. Abbott wrote: I truly can't see our political and financial masterminds ever permitting that kind of dramatic failure to occur. They are, I am afraid, not all powerful. It appears that the governments of most modern countries have become addicted to solving the problems of today by attempting to increase the money supply faster than inflation can restore balance. But the curve grows ever steeper and ther comes a point where it might as well be straight up. At that point comes a collapse, whether the leaders or the majority of citizens wish it, or not. Richard A. Abbott wrote: Sanity needs to make a return to this world of political and financial fortunes. I suspect that a number of folks are sane enough to know whats going on - but addicts cannot break away from their drug simply because they are sane enough to know they are killing themselves. Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.

Oakman wrote: Now why would you want to meet a couple of tall natural blondes with sparkling eyes and svelte bodies -- and legs that go all the way up to here? For the same reason I wanted to pat down the 3rd Mrs. Oakman. :-D Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs Think inside the box! ProActive Secure Systems I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes

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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: I just wanted to offer a possible explanation. I was aware about (I know him... :rolleyes:). Here's another victim of 'not cool headed humans' [^], see the last part of the biography (however, I suppose you already know about). :) If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile. This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke [My articles]

I like that one. You know - I read an interview with the writer of Alex once where he said that he thought that Alex would run out of steam within a year because it was seen as being too anarchic for the City. Umpteen years later, kids from University were telling him how they'd decided to get into banking because of Alex. "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys

MrPlankton wrote: To Holder, I say. MAKE ME. My niece had the opportunity to say that to his face, but since he's her boss, she decided not to. Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.

Not the wine so much, it gets in the way of the women and the songs. Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.

Bugger all. I got bored and invented a language one day with a few verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, rules for conjugation/declention and so on. Came up with an insult, but I've forgotten it all now :D Bar fomos edo pariyart gedeem, agreo eo dranem abal edyero eyrem kalm kareore

While in principle I agree wholeheartedly with everything you said, executing him in this way would make a "martyr" out of him to others like him. Sending him to Jordan would be the right thing to do because he will be judged. Also, HR is not the local police's forte.

Don't forget how he attempts, and IMO fails miserably, at showing off his linguistic prowess by trying to make what he says as cryptic (no relation to the fantastic CCC by our very own Dalek Dave!) as possible and in so doing brands himself an idiot.

Rob Graham wrote: replacements will certainly find that it is hazardous to human health. Of course. Oxygen is a corrosive gas. Almost everyone who has ever breathed it has died, or will do so in the next 100 years! Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.

fat_boy wrote: No sh*t. Then stop talking as if they do. fat_boy wrote: he PM has almost total power, at least while having popular support of his/her party Our President often is the titular head of the minority party. It doesn't matter. He has, as I said, far more power and far less responsibility to the legislature. fat_boy wrote: The Queens spower can only be influential, and while she has the right to dissolve government would only do so in the most extreme of situations Not quite sure why you bring her up. I certainly have never thought of her as anything more than a figurehead - kind of like our Washington Monument. ;) fat_boy wrote: Dont mistake the fact that the party will ellect a leader who is popular to the people, and also dont forget the party is composed of huge sections of the general population all of whoom have as much a say regarding the parties leader as electing a government It still boils down to who gets 50%+1 votes in the House of Commons. The Labour Party may indeed permit input from others into the selection, but when push comes to shove, the selection is made by the MPs who belong either to the majority of to the coalition that forms a majority. And it can be remade at the drop of a hat by means of a negative outcome on designated votes. fat_boy wrote: And also dont forget that with maturity comes the narrowing of extremes, so there really isnt much choice in the UK anyway. Blair was as right wing as Thatcher in many ways. As one of the more mature regs, I prefer to think of it as the wisdom conferred by the grace of age. :laugh: Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Algoraphobia: An exaggerated fear of the outside world rooted in the belief that one might spontaneously combust due to global warming.

bulg wrote: Simply, that discussing such an issue on a state-wide level sounds like arm-chair philosophy, and that I would suggest the importance of climate & geography. Dude. You really need to read what I initially said. I was discussing affordability. It is my opinion that prices in CA are completely detached from reality regardless of the location. I am not arm-chair philosophizing about it, I have been knee deep in it since 96 when I moved to San Diego to work at QualCom (and moved 3 years later to work at TI). I still own a house in Rancho Bernardo that I rent out. Up until just last year I was constantly getting ridiculous offers from people who wanted to buy the house even though it wasn't for sale. People were buying homes there on 50 year notes that they still couldn't afford. I agree that the climate in a few places in CA is awesome but most of central and southern CA is identical to every other big city except you get a few beaches. Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?

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I suppose. But for a professional programming website, there are bound to be some people who are quite insulted by the title. I don't care if it's the Soapbox, racist garbage is unnecessary.