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I take people as I find them - I have never personally been offended by an Ilion post and have no reason to not talk to him - or to anyone else. The extraordinary childishness of those obviously seeking out someone's posts and voting to remove them absolutely astonishes me, however. I would (and have) voted to remove posts that I find offensive (and have had one or two of mine removed -apparently for using the word 'testicle' in the lounge - surprising when others post extremely offensive four letter words here) but I can't see the point of deciding to pick on an individual and deleting all their posts. If I knew then what I know today, then I'd know the same now as I did then - then what would be the point? .\\axxx (That's an 'M')

73Zeppelin wrote: At any rate, it looks like I'm a teetotaler from here on out Well, that's not fun, but it's probably good for you generally as well as specifically. 73Zeppelin wrote: I just need something that can be left-field, trendy and expensive all simultaneously. We need a Dionysian religion - maybe something with temple prostitutes. Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: the Soapbox could actually become interesting again. Well, some of 'em (fat_boy? stan?) may turn over a new leaf. And the others may have to be muffled in the same way he-who-may-not-be-named was/is Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

DRHuff wrote: you can't use the place before you retireunless you get a really long weekend. Unfortunately, Jupiter and Saturn are pretty much on opposite sides of the sun right now, but if you wait (quite) a while, Jupiter will catch up and then you can use Ganymede as a way station. Won't shorten your travel time much, but I hear the ice-racing excitement can't be beat. Especially when one of the skaters exceeds escape velocity. Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

The childcare classic, "Pacifiers for Dummies"?

It is interesting that most of the busses in the film clip were going to Lordshill. :-D Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs Think inside the box! ProActive Secure Systems I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes

Stan Shannon wrote: A situation that only becomes worse as the state interfers with economic growth by trying to artificially ameliorate economic inequities Because people get smarter through starvation ? Stan Shannon wrote: When the economy is free to grow naturally, the opportunities for each individual to freely achieve their own level of success in their own way is optimized Correct. That's my point. The dumbest, weakest people are far more likely to only reach their level of success ( starvation ), in a society that leaves them to it. And, people who through no fault of their own find themselves out of work for a period, will also find it a lot harder to rise above that 'level of success'. Stan Shannon wrote: I think people work at walmart because it provides them with a standard of living with which they are comfortable, or it is a temporary necessity as they prepare themselves for a better standard of living I think you're insane. People work at Walmart because they have to. Stan Shannon wrote: The suggestion that wal-mart employees are slaves it what is dumb Most companies like Wal mart in Australia hire only casual labour, and so workers are kept in a state of fear, because they are 'employed' ( so they can't get benefits ), but may not work for weeks at a time if they don't toe the line. No sick leave, no holidays, that's not slavery ? Stan Shannon wrote: When those same wal-mart employees become dependent upon the state then they are slaves, and so are those of us forced by the state to provide for them. The issue really here is that a free market means every man for himself, which means those on the bottom rung get taken advantage of. A person with a job should not be given hand outs, but a person who works at Walmart is not in a position of power, and it is not in Walmarts interest when they have a large labor pool to draw from, to care about it's employees. This is why laws need to exist about things like minimum wages, because if someone has zero, then they will take an amount they cannot live on, because it's better than nothing, not because they are 'comfortable' with it. Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.

Zhat wrote: Had he got up to a higher altitude, and then lost his engines...well, that's not a pretty thought. Actually, he would probably have had more options. Higher altitude plus higher air speed would give him a much extended glide range and he could have made a much more planned descent. Possibly even made an airport and landed with the wheels on a real runway. "Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it." -- P.J. O'Rourke

Oakman wrote: I put the grid in with everything that was not infrastructure Electricity is a major part of the infrastructure you moron. Leave the conversation to the people who know whats going on. You're just an old fart, go read your life insurance policy. X|

lol! trust me you little girls really entertain me a lot. Unlike ilion the SB is not larger than life for me. I am glad I am giving some happy moments to you lonely,socially deprived and rejected souls of society. :-)

There you go being rational again! :doh: As I remember it you were entitled to non combat duty if you were a "sole survivor" after the death of a sibling as a result of being KIA. I don't see why becoming a sole survivor of your family because a spouse has been killed as a result of being KIA would be any different? Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs Think inside the box! ProActive Secure Systems I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes

A little reality for you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Arpaio#Controversy_and_criticism[^] John Carson

Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote: Calling you a conservative or a right-winger is insulting to you? Associating American conservatism with that old collectivist strawman "the right wing" is insulting both personally and intellectually. My politics exists on no political spectrum that ranges from Joseph Stalin to Adolph Hitler. I leave it to the collectivist to fiugre out where they are at on that spectrum, I'm not on it anywhere. Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote: That is as far away from the truth as calling Illion intelligent and you know it. Than how can you say one point of view is analytical while one is not unless you are applying your own prejudices to that formulation? The bombing of Japan was purely analytical as is Israel's current operations against Hamas. 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.

Gary Kirkham wrote: I thought it was about Blagos troubles and maybe he didn't have the right to appoint someone. Reid tried to make it about Blago, but since his lips were moving, you could tell he was lying. Someone leaked the fact that he was privately saying that a black couldn't hold the seat. Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

Look at it this way: it'll be 260 Kelvin Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

whatever you say, Troy. Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

much appreciated Don't forget to vote if the response was helpful Sig history "dad" Ishmail-Samuel Mustafa "There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance" Ali Ibn Abi Talib Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote: Keep it up. Fool. I now think of you as Mr. T! - Trollslayer

Ilíon wrote: Or perhaps it's out-of-reach to you. Whatever. :rolleyes: Ilíon wrote: You did hear a shooshing sound, didn't you, when you opened the page? Yes. It was the sound of bats from the author's belfry. Bob Emmett

Ilíon wrote: And yet three of the seven justices are unconvinced that the ruling is correct. As I said: To a lawyer, yes. Is there a definition of what constitutes emergency care? Apparently not. Ilíon wrote: California's Constitution contains a provision mandating same-sex "marriage Well, I know nothing of this, other than snippets on the news. I understood that a law had been passed authorizing same-sex marriages, that it had been upheld as Constitutional, and that the Constitution had then been amended to redefine marriage as being between opposite-sex couples. Seems like power is in the hands of the people in the USA, if they try hard enough. Great, restores your faith in democracy. Ilíon wrote: figure out how to declare California's Constitution null and void without putting themselves out of power Why would the Constitution have to be declared null and void? Bob Emmett