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Brilliant! 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.

I think welfare should be paid in something that is reedeemable only in the form of a good. No more handing out cash, it should come in the form of coupons/tokens for specific goods. Food stamps, clothing vouchers, etc... Welfare isn't a right, it's a priveledge. Would save a tonne of money on behalf of the taxpayers.

He he! Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription

Shog9 wrote: How many evangelical christians do you know, personally, that you feel confident in painting with such a wide brush? Around 50, mostly Pentecostal Adventists. Nice people but not too bright. Shog9 wrote: Are you too familiar with the hierarchy of the Catholic church to recognize a religion not bound by the whims of one man? It is not only the Catholic church that shows respect for evidences. At least the Anglican and Lutheran also do it. Shog9 wrote: Or do you view the mere existence of dissent fundamentally unhealthy and worthy of ridicule? No, It's not the dissent per se; I actually like intelligent dissent. It's the obtuse dissent. Of all forms of sexual aberration, the most unnatural is abstinence.

If you haven't already done so, budget on a 50-100% increase next year because of the point. Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

Oakman wrote: Stan and Obama both want to produce nothing of value in return for our money. Precisely the point. Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.

Oakman wrote: So that would be wine-boarding? Torture for the rich and famous? No, that would be us living civilized while we kicked the shit out of the bastards. ;P "Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it." -- P.J. O'Rourke

Ravel H. Joyce wrote: OK then, Mr Economics, perhaps you'd like to give a reasonably in-depth treatment of game theory? First, he finds some sucker and begs them to give him a quarter. Then he tries to hit the slot in the machine with it. :laugh: "Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it." -- P.J. O'Rourke

clawton wrote: And how did we run out? The assembly won't do their job and run the state. As a result, everything is done by initiative, usually sponsored by some special interest group, and as a result we have a lot of spending packages that are guaranteed a percentage of the budget and are rapidly adding up to more that 100%. The Republicans dig their heels in and refuse to vote for budget after budget. Arnie stormed into Sacramento like someone had coronated him king of California and thought everyone would cowtow to him like they don in Hollywood or one of his movies and pissed everyone off. It's also funny how we need a 2/3 vote of the assembly to pass a tax bill but a simple majority of people can change the constitution. "Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it." -- P.J. O'Rourke

Rob Graham wrote: Boeing must be on his cell's "enemies of socialism" list this week. I imagine that once Stuart pointed out that "a fair amount of the A380 is made (like the Dreamliner) of composites," Karl really lost interest in continuing the argument. After all, if Aérospatiale-Matra is doing it, maybe it isn't so bad. . .:~ 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: But some government spending is more stimulative than others, isn't it? Yes, absolutely. I don't wish to defend the spending package in all its detail. It is a political compromise bill. John Carson

EliottA wrote: Your politics dictate it's common sense, not mine You're right. In Massachusetts or California (for instance) it would have to be classified as uncommon sense. 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.

Fisticuffs wrote: a fact he likely already knew In fact, I do. It's even in my bio "Software developer par excellence,sometime artist, teacher, musician, husband, father " (that last bit is a giveaway!) oakperson has somehow decided that, because he disagrees with my opinions, that I don't have kids. Not only do I have kids, but I am also a proud, blue-card carrying member of the teaching profession - so I have spent quite some time, over several years, studying many aspects of child mongering. Fisticuffs wrote: or anyone on the internet lol ___________________________________________ .\\axxx (That's an 'M')

Otto Von Drunkencoder wrote: I disagree with that. Men are generally good guys, when we see a loose woman we say "ah! a loose woman" and look on them with a kindly and indulgent eye; whereas when women see a loose man they grind their teeth and say "what a bast*rd, how disgusting etc. etc." Well, we all know that all men are implicitly loose, whereas women have to explicitly demonstrate their looseness. Regards, Nish Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog) My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com link

Oakman wrote: another Katrina, or another magnitude 7.9 Earthquake Yeah, I hadn't even considered that. Oakman wrote: in California That might be a blessing in disguise. ;) Visit BoneSoft.com for code generation tools (XML & XSD -> C#, VB, etc...) and some free developer tools as well.

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fuck off, jerk.

God, you are such an expert, I am in awe! How many kids do you have??? ___________________________________________ .\\axxx (That's an 'M')