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It just helps to reflect and assess the depth of attentiveness to work by the government staff. :wtf: Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage Tech Gossips The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep!

Ilíon wrote: [puking action] OK; you've bowed to me. If you think that's bowing to you, I hope it hits your shoes. "Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it." -- P.J. O'Rourke I'm a proud denizen of the Real Soapbox[^] ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES!!!

John Carson wrote: So, as a matter of Constitutional principle, you think local communities (but not the Federal government) should be able to criminalize racist speech. The federal government has no constitutional authority to label one form of speech vs another unless the constitution is amended to provide for it. But, historically, the US has always had local ordinances in virtually every little town outlawing certain offensive forms of speech, and no one ever got bent out of shape about it. So, it isn't a matter of what I think, it is simply an historic fact. Now obviously, one man's political speech is another man's offensive rant, so the courts have to be there to distinquish, but there has never until recently been any blanket disregard for community standards by the courts. John Carson wrote: However, your preference as a citizen would be that local communities not criminalize racist speech. Yes, just as I would also prefer they not criminalize abortion, homosexuality or many other issues. Given the opportunity, I would argue that people be allowed to freely express their sentiments about race even if it is offensive. 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.

CaptainSeeSharp wrote: A conspiracy nut? Not in the slightest sense. I am one who points out what others don't want to point out because they are whipped indoctrinated little things. I'm not afraid to break the mental barriers and see the light. No, I don't believe in lizard people, ghosts, aliens reading my mind and what have you. I I KNOW we are controlled by money, money controls society, and money is controlled by the money manipulators. Its that f***ing simple! Hammer that into your broken brain! Sounds like a conspiracy nut job to me.....

digital man wrote: a change of government can't come soon enough Throughout my adult life, this cry is made by the electorate as each Government is revealed to be a bunch of incompetent nincompoops. When asked why it is switching from Brand X to Brand Y, the electorate bleats "Well, they can't be any worse than the last lot". And so the UK lurches from the parliamentary 'dictatorship' of one bunch of carpetbaggers to the next. You should welcome the loony leftists and the rabid capitalists, at least those guys and gals have sincerely held beliefs. A government with the guts to rebuild the welfare state, or the guts dismantle it, would be preferable to the shambles that the Conservatives and New Labour have presided over for 30 odd years. But heigh-ho, from a series of prime ministers for whom carpetbagging was a career alternative (save for John Major :)), to the heir presumptive who has no profession other than carpetbagging. "I would not trust him with my daughter's pocket money" Jeff Randall - Daily Telegraph. "Never gave a straight answer when dissemblance was a plausible alternative" - ibid "A slippery individual" Ian King - Sun "Meet the new boss ...". Bob Emmett

You guys really should get a room. This statement is false

Mike Gaskey wrote: we've some pretty good Mexian restaurants, Give me their names. I may post a classified in a couple of the papers, assuring folks that home-coooked meals are readily available up there. ;) Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface Both democrats and republicans are playing for the same team and it's not us. - Chris Austin

Today's PMQ[^] On 'The World at One', a respected Radio 4 news broadcast, the tone used with Hilary Benn, speaking on behalf of the PM, was hilarious. This is after last night when the PM's aide was asked point-blank 'Why is Mr Brown so incompitant?' There are reasonably important elections here tomorrow - European and Local - and it is unbelievable that Ministers are resigning now. The word from Whitehall is that if Brown hasn't been dragged down by Monday he will servive at least the summer. It is very unlikely he will see the parliment through to next May. Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

oilFactotum wrote: Of course not, you still just pretending to be ignorant. So then you admit to painting elective abortion in the soft fuzzy light of "medical care". I guess you're also a fan of hyperbole when it suits your purpose. oilFactotum wrote: No, he was killed because of who he was. Again, notify the authorities. He most likely was, but you don't know why. oilFactotum wrote: This was not an isolated incident. So it was a conspiracy? Or are you saying that the man who killed Tiller was involved in other attacks on clinics and/or "doctors". oilFactotum wrote: You're claiming that the context that the attack comes in is irrelevant. No, I'm acknowledging the fact that you don't know what the context was. oilFactotum wrote: You've made it clear that we must know his private motives before we can determine if his is a terrorist. You don't know why suicide bombers act. It could be for personal revenge, it could be for money for the family. Who's feigning ignorance now? People shoot other people all the time for many many reasons. And most of the time their aim is to stop somebody from breathing, not as a warning to other people. Suicide bombers strap explosives to themselves and blow up many many other people at once for one and only one reason. But I'll acknowledge the possibility that there may have been an odd bomber somewhere in history that did it for some other reason. Visit BoneSoft.com for code generation tools (XML & XSD -> C#, VB, etc...) and some free developer tools as well.

Buying "Don't Tread On Me" stickers and seripticiously deploying some walls in adjacent parking garage... just thinking about it, not that much of a rebel, but getting there.

Mornin' Tracey, glad to see you all refreshed ready for another day's banter. Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

Computafreak wrote: When sentences come together coherently, then they form statements Google Translate thinks that's Basque. Either way, it isn't coherent English (or whichever language is the lingua franca of this site). The original comment which I referred to, was [edit] Added the last sentence. Thought I had put that in before Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow

Here on earth, politions often use what is called 'diplomatic language' where the concept will often overide the content. President Obama was using the, as previously noted, valid fact that the USA has one fo the largest Muslim communities in the world. He didn't say the largest or that the majority of Americans are Muslim, just that a large number of Americans are Muslim. The purpose was to build bridges with the Islamic world. I know this doesn't find favour with your 12th century Christian ideal of 'convert or crucify' but that's the way things are going. Would you rather have dialog - that means talking - or bombs? Your attitude seems to be in favour of the later, I prefer the former. ttfn Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

CaptainSeeSharp wrote: You spend more time here than I do. Perhaps. It's the whole 'job' thing, remember ? CaptainSeeSharp wrote: What a pitiful shame that you pay that much in taxes Well, I don't like it, but it makes sense that I pay more, I have more. And, if I didn't pay taxes, who would pay for roads, or the police, or schools ? CaptainSeeSharp wrote: You sit, or stand at a desk all day in a room. Yep. CaptainSeeSharp wrote: u talk more to us here than you spend time with your wife. True. But, if I had a job in an office, I'd spend more time with them. What's the difference ? I guarentee you I work harder at quality time with her than I do with you. CaptainSeeSharp wrote: You work to have most of your money taken away from you, then you give the rest away I will pay about 22% tax, after deductions. Then I give away a shamefully small amount, something less than 2%. I should give more. CaptainSeeSharp wrote: . A wise man would build something or do something better with his money, or at least save it for his retirement or a rainy day Not that it's any of your business, but I own two properties and have more money invested for my retirement than you will see in your lifetime. CaptainSeeSharp wrote: You've never shot a gun, and you never will because your government would snuff you out. Even in America you wouldn't dare shoot a gun, it would blow your mind. As I suspected, you think that pulling a trigger is some proof of manhood. It's really not. Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Please read this[^] if you don't like the answer I gave to your question. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums.

Stan Shannon wrote: I concluded that there could not possibly be a God that would allow the kind of suffering I was witnessing first hand. Aw, you really showed god who was boss by pretending to not believe in him. Stan Shannon wrote: I am emotionally incapable of dealing with life as if I were some sort of robot. I'm too weak. So there must be something wrong with those who can since the great Stanley can't. Stan Shannon wrote: But since any thinking mind would have to conclude that religion was essential to human civilization and progress, I just picked the one that was most convenient - the one that got me here in the first place. No, thinking minds don't conclude that. Your thinking isn't rational, simply rationalization. I'm beginning to think those Navy doctors didn't give you a big enough dose for that last batch of clap you're so proud of. "Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it." -- P.J. O'Rourke I'm a proud denizen of the Real Soapbox[^] ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES!!!

I never really got into Skunkworks. Not sure why either, it just never really appealed to me. I loved Chemical Wedding almost as much as Accident of Birth. But Tattooed Millionaire was special, and totally different. I have some fond memories of delivering pizza in college listening to Zulu Lulu and Dive Dive Dive. I didn't know he had a biography out. I may have to pick it up. Visit BoneSoft.com for code generation tools (XML & XSD -> C#, VB, etc...) and some free developer tools as well.

How about your pile of denial, hypocrisy and assorted BS? That one's pretty friggin' high. Visit BoneSoft.com for code generation tools (XML & XSD -> C#, VB, etc...) and some free developer tools as well.

Ilíon wrote: The root problem to Mr Graus' attitude is that he knows he's more righteous than God himself is; however, *you* don't know that Mr Graus is more righteous than is God himself. How amusing. Especially given that it's you who suffers this issue, and yet you claim Christ, but run in terror when the actual Bible is quoted at you. Ilíon wrote: Therefore, so that all men may know and marvel at the awesome righteousness of Mr Graus, he shall extend "mercy" to the vicious by furthering and adding to the injustice done their victims. This is as close as you've come to having the guts to discuss this with me. It's quite pathetic, really. You can't answer me, but you can try to insult me. I am not insulted, my reaction is a combination of amusement and pity. Ilíon wrote: That this "mercy" shall work to destroy our society is but more evidence of the over-arching awesome righteousness of Mr Graus. The death penalty is obviously keeping the US safe. That's why you have so much more violent crime than we do. Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Please read this[^] if you don't like the answer I gave to your question. "! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums.

Synaptrik wrote: *cough* because he's a drug addict *cough* No, actually, he isn't. 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.