Re: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread Robert Munn
That was the pretext- keep up! ;-) Seriously, almost everyone, including the British, the Fench, the Italians- thought he had WMD stockpiles. I still want to know what was carted off to the Bekka Valley in Russian trucks before the war, but it seems pretty clear now that Saddam engaged in one of h

Re: The Unit?

2007-05-08 Thread William Bowen
> *that* made my night. Thx. :) :-D you're welcome. Glad somebody finally got it :-P > > I am an avid watcher of The Unit but this one is far more interesting. > > why? Curved? -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher

RE: The Unit?

2007-05-08 Thread Ray Champagne
*that* made my night. Thx. :) -Original Message- From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 9:56 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: The Unit? > I am an avid watcher of The Unit but this one is far more interesting. why? Curved? -- will "If my life were

RE: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread Nick McClure
I guess it sorta depends on the job being applied for. A physics major can do basically two things with the degree, teach and research physics. In general that seems to be the case across all arts and sciences degrees. If you are asking me about degrees that is a completely different story anyway

Re: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread Gruss Gott
> Nick wrote: > Philosophy is just as much a core skill as chemistry is. Science isn't > needed by everybody in everyday life. > Hm. So you think a philosophy major and a physics major from State U have similar odds of getting hired? But either way, I don't care (mostly cause I'm existentialist)

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Gruss Gott
> Russ wrote: > If the illegals were not working them, then who would? Probably the poor. Nope, that's why the illegals are here in the first place; plenty of open jobs. ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrat

Re: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread Gruss Gott
> Dana wrote: > Wow. Here I thought the mission was to get those WMDs. > "The Mission" as quoted by Bush has changed six times. Oh. And all after "mission accomplished". So I guess that makes 7. ~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 B

RE: The Unit?

2007-05-08 Thread Nick McClure
I know, and that was the season finale. -Original Message- From: Coldfusion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 9:37 PM To: CF-Community Subject: The Unit? Anyone watching The Unit? This one has me watching diligently. I am an avid watcher of The Unit but this one is f

RE: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread Nick McClure
Philosophy is just as much a core skill as chemistry is. Science isn't needed by everybody in everyday life. -Original Message- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Science asks why: why does the sun appear to rise? Why do some people have red hair? And science answers those ques

Re: Best Fortune Cookie EVER!

2007-05-08 Thread William Bowen
> "You would do well in the field of computer technology." Why, are you here illegally? ;-P Ok, that really was for Russel :-D -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread William Bowen
'cause it's an easy hot-button issue. It's an easy way to ding your opponent when it is discovered that his nanny is an undocumented alien. illegals are comin' over the border and bein' a conduit for terrorism. A good friend of mine's wife is down in AZ right now on border partrol with the WA Nat

Re: The Unit?

2007-05-08 Thread William Bowen
ah. > It is dealing with them playing mind games within the Unit and their > families sending each either into hiding or jail. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~

Re: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread William Bowen
> Without the fear of something greater than themselves an unfortunately > large amount of people will be assholes. Yeah, people lovin' them some Jesus really puts a damper on the a-hole factor huh? -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable."

"Boston Legal"

2007-05-08 Thread Jim Davis
The theme sequence from tonight's "Boston Legal" had me laughing for several minutes. Really... is there a more perfect show? I LOVE self-referential comedy which refers to itself! ;^) Jim Davis ~| Create Web Applications Wit

RE: The Unit?

2007-05-08 Thread Coldfusion
It is dealing with them playing mind games within the Unit and their families sending each either into hiding or jail. -Original Message- From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 9:56 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: The Unit? > I am an avid watcher of T

RE: The Unit?

2007-05-08 Thread Bruce Sorge
I love the unit. Some of the stuff is a little far fetched, but I still love it. -Original Message- From: Coldfusion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 6:37 PM To: CF-Community Subject: The Unit? Anyone watching The Unit? This one has me watching diligently. I am an a

Re: The Unit?

2007-05-08 Thread William Bowen
> I am an avid watcher of The Unit but this one is far more interesting. why? Curved? -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFus

The Unit?

2007-05-08 Thread Coldfusion
Anyone watching The Unit? This one has me watching diligently. I am an avid watcher of The Unit but this one is far more interesting. ~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free T

My new favorite song (any more JLA songs?)

2007-05-08 Thread Jim Davis
"Aquaman's Lament" (from the singer's website): http://home.att.net/~markaaronjames/markaaronjames/AquamansLament.mp3 I'd love to put together a whole playlist with Justice League of America related songs: Superman, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, etc. I've got lots of "Superman

Re: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread Rick Root
On 5/8/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Or we could just pack up, go home, and fight an intelligence based, > mostly covert, special forces war. That's my vote. Same here. Spend the money on intelligence and homeland security. 9/11 happened because we *HAD* no homeland security, and

Re: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread Dana Tierney
you're unemployed? But ok, you may not be scary now... but suppose there were foreigners who did not speak your language barricading route 29? >I am unemployed, armed, and trained. > >I'm really not very scary at all. > >-Original Message- >From: Paul Ihrig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Se

Re: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread Vivec
Sadly without Jesus a lot of stupid people would give in to their base nature and do horribly foolish things to their fellow men. Without the fear of something greater than themselves an unfortunately large amount of people will be assholes. On 5/8/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pub

Re: Woohoo!

2007-05-08 Thread Dana Tierney
Central London -- Go see Big Ben. Buckingham Palace has a lovely little park (St. James)just outside its gates. Go see Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park. If you have time, Kew Gardens and Richmond Park in the West end are are both beautiful. There are more palaces than you can shake a stick at. I

Re: Found! Bush's Pop Culture Legacy

2007-05-08 Thread Vivec
And what a big flash it was. I guess his legacy will be in reacting to a tragedy by creating another elsewhere. On 5/8/07, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "He will be I believe a president who will be viewed by history for > this one decision, as being a great president," the former New York > m

Re: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread Dana Tierney
Wow. Here I thought the mission was to get those WMDs. Seriously though. That's a somewhat better articulation of out policy there than I have seen from the administration. It might even be kinda what they are trying to say. The problem though, is that it isn't working. If you see reporting fro

Re: Woohoo!

2007-05-08 Thread Paul Ihrig
slap one of the guys in the beaver hats. but to be honest, get out side of london. there are 1001 castles and estates you can check out on the cheap. get a rental & drive a bit. we used to live 40 South of london in weeting, in between Feltwell mildenhall & lakeheath. just drive and find the atmo

Re: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread Todd
Amen ;) - Original Message - From: "Gruss Gott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 6:53 PM Subject: Re: 35% of Democrats > Public school is for readin', ritin', and rithmatic. Ain't no Jesus > in them words. ~~

Re: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread Gruss Gott
> tBone wrote: > you need to be willing to go further than your enemy to win. Which is exactly why we need to leave Iraq: there's no war there, just a security detail. If it's Middle East war that you want, then here's the plan: 1.) Move the Americans out into the middle of desert somewhere. Ir

Re: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread Gruss Gott
> Nick wrote: > It takes the why to move forward. > Science asks why: why does the sun appear to rise? Why do some people have red hair? And science answers those questions. Religion asks only one question: why are we here to ask questions? Some people (like me) are comfortable with ambiguity

Re: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread Jerry Johnson
And you and I both know, in the current American climate, that is not going to happen. So, either you need to change the dynamic (make the American people angry and fearful enough to SMASH), or you need to change the tactics. More of the same is not working. If we pulled all of the troops out of

RE: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread Loathe
Somalia was, much like the current conflict, a failure of our political masters. They did not have the will nor the testicular fortitude to do what was needed. Compare to Vietnam. Post 68 (tet) we could have ground the NVA into the ground and completed that mission, but because of the media s

Woohoo!

2007-05-08 Thread Duane
Hi All, I just got word back on a contract I was hoping to get in London. I'm headed out Friday nite on a red-eye. I have a couple of days to kick around the city and was wondering what the top 5 things to do while in London are. I'm taking my wife and daughter with me so strip clubs are out of th

Re: Best Fortune Cookie EVER!

2007-05-08 Thread Rick Root
I got a fortune cookie the other day that said: "Some cookies contain no fortune at all" ~| ColdFusion MX7 by AdobeĀ® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/prod

RE: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread Nick McClure
And I'm fine with that. I really am. However there are those out there who are afraid that people will stop caring about the why and will assume that science is the only answer. It is important for us to ask why, and have an opinion as to what our place is in the universe as opposed to a group of

Re: Best Fortune Cookie EVER!

2007-05-08 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
or a free ride when you're already there. On 5/8/07, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/8/07, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No joke, this is the fortune that came with my Chinese lunch. > > > > "You would do well in the field of computer technology." > > > > That made b

Re: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread Jerry Johnson
So Tim, exactly how many more should die before we admit it was a bad plan? 10, 1000, 1, 10? 'Cause I dont see this getting solved, ever. How many more lives are going to be completely thrown away and wasted, if there is not a military solution over there that we are going to implement an

RE: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread Loathe
I vote draft. American blood has been spilled. We leave and we spit on the sacrifice made by our soldiers, just like we did to our Vietnam era soldiers. -Original Message- From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 4:19 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Richard

RE: Best Fortune Cookie EVER!

2007-05-08 Thread Ian Skinner
Serendipitous? Better. Confidentiality Notice: This message including any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended rec

Re: Best Fortune Cookie EVER!

2007-05-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Serendipitous? Ian Skinner wrote: > No joke, this is the fortune that came with my Chinese lunch. > > > > "You would do well in the field of computer technology." > > > > That made be laugh out loud. I don't know the correct word for this, > irony doesn't quite fit in my mind. > > > > >

Re: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread Robert Munn
It's actually fairly straightforward from a natural selection perspective why mutations occur and how they are perpetuated. Random mutations occur during cell devision. We know that from simple observation. What are random mutations? Errors in replication, where a piece of DNA is improperly copied

Re: Best Fortune Cookie EVER!

2007-05-08 Thread Charlie Griefer
On 5/8/07, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No joke, this is the fortune that came with my Chinese lunch. > > "You would do well in the field of computer technology." > > That made be laugh out loud. I don't know the correct word for this, > irony doesn't quite fit in my mind. no, irony i

Best Fortune Cookie EVER!

2007-05-08 Thread Ian Skinner
No joke, this is the fortune that came with my Chinese lunch. "You would do well in the field of computer technology." That made be laugh out loud. I don't know the correct word for this, irony doesn't quite fit in my mind. Confidentiality Notice: This message including any atta

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So if most do come to this country legally, then way all the hub-bub about those breaking the law? If they are criminals treat them as such. If the current legal immigration system is faulty fix it, but how broken can it be if most immigrants are using it legally and successfully? William Bo

RE: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Ian Skinner
"So they, like my most of my family (the rest was native), did it all legally. Why shouldn't I expect current immigrants to do it legally?" What about the descendants of those that did not do it legally? Not everybody who arrived in the US in the latter half of the 19th century did so according

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread William Bowen
Fact is, most do. > So they, like my most of my family (the rest was native), did it all legally. > Why > shouldn't I expect current immigrants to do it legally? -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~

RE: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread Ian Skinner
On 5/8/07, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We have a mess, a huge mess. But leaving could leave an even worse > mess. We need to either re-instute the MILITARY DRAFT, or get the frak out. Rick I'm paraphrasing how I read your post Rick, "We can't win the way we are going now either.

Re: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread Robert Munn
We are not going to "win" in the sense that you seem to be indicating. That is not our mission. Our mission is to help the Iraqi government provide security and re-build infrastructure, hunt down Al Qaeda and Baathist dead-enders, and curtail sectarian violence. Ultimately, our mission is to help t

Re: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread Sam
Funny how people say the International Community hates Bush and America so much yet all the elections are telling a different story. On 5/8/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, > > We need new leadership who can work with the International Community to > resolv

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Russel Madere
So they, like my most of my family (the rest was native), did it all legally. Why shouldn't I expect current immigrants to do it legally? >> BTW, how did your family arrive here in the US, did they follow the law? > >There are four major branches in my family tree, one (Bowens) arrived >in the C

Re: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, We need new leadership who can work with the International Community to resolve the mess WE created. it is unethical to pull out amidst a civil war we allowed to start. tens of thousands or more will die. The Islamic exteremists will point to the chaos we caused and us

Re: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread Sam
Do we pull out of Iraq and go after al Qaeda? Where is al Qaeda now? On 5/8/07, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/8/07, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > so what, do we just stay there, in a country that doesn't really want > us, that we *CANNOT* control without a troop buildup

Re: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread Rick Root
On 5/8/07, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We have a mess, a huge mess. But leaving could leave an even worse > mess. so what, do we just stay there, in a country that doesn't really want us, that we *CANNOT* control without a troop buildup of massive proportions. We're not going "win

Re: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread Dana Tierney
I think American Idol has a lot to answer for. A majority of the American people think Bosnia is in Scandinavia. >The will of the people? > >Polling shows that most people disapprove of the Iraq war. It also shows >that a majority of Americans understand that we must create a much more >stable en

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Dana Tierney
I just re-read -- ya. In a thread about illegal aliens, he said He knew five Mexican programmers and hired one. That was what I found so unbelievable -- illegal programmers. People who hire programmers are (generally) big enough to have something to lose in an ICE raid. Of course HR caught the l

RE: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread Loathe
And strangely enough they don't seem to want this old war horse to kick around. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 3:33 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Richardson: De-Authorize The War The military is having trouble getting e

RE: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread Nick McClure
> -Original Message- > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > First off a comment about the so called missing link, classic > creatinist ploy. When its being answered move the goal posts. I > mentioned all the so called missing links with horses whales and > humans, so suddenly it

RE: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Ian Skinner
if he is a resident alien he is not illegal. If you don't realize that you should not be commenting on immigration issues at all. Dana You may have read some previous posts too fast Dana. He said exactly that, he hired the one with the proper paper work and reported the OTHER three that apparent

RE: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread Nick McClure
Theories change over time, as we are better able to understand them. Evolution is a Theory, made up of facts and observations. But it isn't yet a law. Gravity is a law. Measurable and totally reproducible in every way possible. The Motion is a law. Even your definition clearly states it. Stateme

RE: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Scott Stewart
Hey Dana... That's not what he said.. He said: "> I hired a mexican programmer who was a resident alien, married to a > citizen with a work permit. It was not an H1B visa, but he had a > computer science degree. " He hired the legal guy "I sent the illegals packing and reported > them

Re: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread William Bowen
well, everybody knows that a burrow-owl lives in a hole in the ground, why the hell do you think they call it a burrow-owl anyway? > Blasphemy! > > > Jumpin' Jesus on a pogo-stick! > -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Dana Tierney
um, if he is a resident alien he is not illegal. If you don't realize that you should not be commenting on immigration issues at all. Dana > If you can't bother to read what I write, don't quote me. > > I hired a mexican programmer who was a resident alien, married to a > citizen with a work

Re: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread Larry Lyons
>> -Original Message- >> From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Actually evolution is something that has been experimented on since the >> end of the 19th century with Gregory Mendel. Evolution has been >> reproduced in lab settings, with viruses, bacterial, fruit flies, >> plan

Re: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Blasphemy! William Bowen wrote: > Jumpin' Jesus on a pogo-stick! ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Ar

Re: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The military is having trouble getting enough new recruits. I suggest a 2 year mandatory military service requirements for the BASE. Resolves the draft, and the Base issue. Go forth and fight you freaking extremists G Money wrote: > I'm so sick of hearing about "the base". Who the hell are the

Re: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread William Bowen
Jumpin' Jesus on a pogo-stick! > That is why I still call Evolution a Theory, and not absolute fact. I was wondering when this ol'chestnut would be rolled out. In *fact* in scientific terms a "Theory" is a grouping of supportable repeatable demonstrable *facts*. from Answers.com "A set of stat

Re: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread G Money
I'm so sick of hearing about "the base". Who the hell are these people? Who are these "base" democrats who want straight up communism in America? Who are these "base" republicans who want science wiped out of our education system? Do these people really exist? And are they really in such numbers a

RE: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread Nick McClure
Because of the misunderstanding people have about the intent of the science. Many believe that evolution, and many of the people pushing evolution are doing so as a replacement for creationism. Which bothers them. People that file lawsuits one way or another just flame the fire. People are worrie

Re: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread Robert Munn
He's pandering to the Democratic base. The idea is a non-starter politically, in addition to being a really dumb idea. -- --- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~| ColdFusion MX7 by AdobeĀ® Dyncamically transform webconten

Re: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread G Money
On 5/8/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The single Acorn has the encoded DNA to create Oak tree, Evolution doesn't > answer the question of how it became that way, how the acorn was possible. Nope, cuz now you are getting back to the origins of life, which Evolution don't know abou

Re: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > The single Acorn has the encoded DNA to create Oak tree, Evolution doesn't > answer the question of how it became that way, how the acorn was possible. > > Can you reconcile why? Can you tell me why we went from lifeless molecules > to life? Or why we went from plants without cognitive thought

RE: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread Nick McClure
> -Original Message- > From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Mutations occur for all sorts of natural reasons. If they work, over > time, > they can become part of the genetic makeup of a species. If you want to > call > a mutation "God", OK, but science won't have anything to say ab

Re: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Spoken like a true military man. "screwed the pooch" Been a while since I heard that term. Loathe wrote: > I want to see what happens as we move forward without a budget to pay for the > troops and their supplies. > > I mean, look at the furor over the low level of care at Walter Reed, and tha

Re: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+10 Those who want to bail out without regard for the mess we have created belong in a Mind of Mencia dee dee dee skit > The will of the people? > > Polling shows that most people disapprove of the Iraq war. It also shows > that a majority of Americans understand that we must create a much more >

Re: Found! Bush's Pop Culture Legacy

2007-05-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
LOL rotfla ha ha ha Oh man Mountain Dew all over my monitor and keyboard. That was funny. Heckuva job Sam! That's a good one. I needed a little pick me up. Nothing like a little humor to brighten up your day. Sam wrote: > "He will be I believe a president who will be viewed by history f

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread William Bowen
> BTW, how did your family arrive here in the US, did they follow the law? There are four major branches in my family tree, one (Bowens) arrived in the Carolinas in the 1680s, part of some charter or another. The Hambeckens arrived in the 1850s from Germany settled in Arkansas. The Wilson/O'Conne

RE: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread Loathe
I want to see what happens as we move forward without a budget to pay for the troops and their supplies. I mean, look at the furor over the low level of care at Walter Reed, and that was when it was fully funded, I think the dems screwed the pooch on this last budget vote. -Original Messag

Re: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread Larry Lyons
> On 5/8/07, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > First off evolution has nothing to do with the origins of life. > That's something else entirely. This is strawman type argument. > > I don't agree. Evolution has everything to do with the origins of > life. Creationists believe that G

Re: Found! Bush's Pop Culture Legacy

2007-05-08 Thread Sam
"He will be I believe a president who will be viewed by history for this one decision, as being a great president," the former New York mayor Giuliani told about 100 Cedar Rapids-area Republicans. "He decided in a flash to put our country on offense against terrorism." On 5/8/07, Gruss Gott <[EMA

RE: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread Ian Skinner
Another one for the "it's too late to just leave." I strongly believe we should not have gone in the first place. But that water is long under the bridge and can not be undone. We have a mess, a huge mess. But leaving could leave an even worse mess. Confidentiality Notice: This message inclu

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Russel Madere
Because even if they are crappy, they are jobs in the US. If the illegals were not working them, then who would? Probably the poor. I know in Louisiana if you work as an iterant farm hand there is free housing and education assistance. There is also cheap or free transportation between regi

Re: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread Sam
Nice try but you left out the part where Nick mentions not all believe in that timeline and go on to imply the 8 out of 10 are idiots. On 5/8/07, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/8/07, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wow what a strange thread. It went from democrats think Bush let 9/

RE: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread Loathe
What he said -Original Message- From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 2:31 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Richardson: De-Authorize The War The will of the people? Polling shows that most people disapprove of the Iraq war. It also shows that a majority of

RE: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Scott Stewart
You're right to an extent, I'd like to see the H1-B Visa program made much more stringent and harder to use But the influx from Mexico and Central America is a bigger drain on the economy. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 7241 Jillspring Ct. Springfield, Va. 22152 (703) 22

RE: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Scott Stewart
This whole issue is turning into a catch-22. We have 12 million illegals in the country. The logistics and cost of rounding all of them up and deporting them is staggering and really, really impractical. The proposed fence is a boondoggle, Penn and Teller's Bullshit got a copy of the plans and bui

Re: Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread G Money
The will of the people? Polling shows that most people disapprove of the Iraq war. It also shows that a majority of Americans understand that we must create a much more stable environment in Iraq before we can leave those people to their fate. So I completely reject the notion that it is "the wil

Re: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread Gruss Gott
> Nick wrote: > Throwing away nearly two millennia of beliefs, culture and faith because of > a theory that fails to answer all the questions people have is pretty > distressing to me. > I don't think anyone is doing that so you needn't be distressed. Science is what it is. It's not opinion. Any

Re: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread G Money
On 5/8/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That is side stepping the question, the general problem creationist have > with evolution is the creation of new species via adaptation. How does > mutation become encoded in the genetics? How can man have evolved from a > single celled organis

Re: Found! Bush's Pop Culture Legacy

2007-05-08 Thread Rick Root
It's actually spelled "Heckuva" Ie.. Heckuva job, lawyers! On 5/8/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was reading about how the HD-DVD encryption key was decoded, and how > lawyers had really screwed their clients by sending nasty-grams, when > I stumbled across Bush's pop culture legac

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Gruss Gott
> Scott wrote: > Would we be better served by doing what we could to help grow the Mexican > economy, thus creating more jobs in Mexico.. > Not that I care, but why are people so concerned about Mexicans? In general, as Russ pointed out, they're doing mostly unskilled labor; illegally maybe, but

Re: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread Rick Root
On 5/8/07, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wow what a strange thread. It went from democrats think Bush let 9/11 > happen to republicans are idiots for believing in a higher power. I don't think *ANYONE* said that republicans were idiots for believing in a higher power. I think I may have referr

Found! Bush's Pop Culture Legacy

2007-05-08 Thread Gruss Gott
I was reading about how the HD-DVD encryption key was decoded, and how lawyers had really screwed their clients by sending nasty-grams, when I stumbled across Bush's pop culture legacy: -- " If the lawyers did nothing, it would have languished as a curiosity with pe

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Russel Madere
As long as PAN and PRI represent the government, no. Most of what we send there will disappear in graft. >Would we be better served by doing what we could to help grow the Mexican >economy, thus creating more jobs in Mexico.. > >-- >Scott Stewart >ColdFusion Developer > >SSTWebworks >7241 Ji

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Russel Madere
>My last post on this topic, I have too much work to do to keep myself >completive in the current job market to spend more time on this. > >"Actually I think the solution is to overthrow the current Mexican >political system and replace it. However, that is the job of the >Mexicans, not me." > It

RE: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Scott Stewart
Would we be better served by doing what we could to help grow the Mexican economy, thus creating more jobs in Mexico.. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 7241 Jillspring Ct. Springfield, Va. 22152 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com -Original Message- From: Russe

Re: Verizon FIOS

2007-05-08 Thread William Bowen
> I get 10mbps from the cable company. me, too. with the prices Verizon FiOS offers, I'm pretty happy with my Comcast deal, too. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Russel Madere
Actually, I can think of one, the Republic of Texas. They also got smart and decided to secede as well. Conversely, Puerto Rico has done everything in it's power not to become a state. Anti-statehood runs heavily down there, at least amongst the funeral home workers I knew and dealt with.

Richardson: De-Authorize The War

2007-05-08 Thread Rick Root
>From his web site: http://www.richardsonforpresident.com/page/s/deauthorize Congress has the power to end this war. They authorized the invasion of Iraq under the War Powers Act and they can now de-authorize it and bring the troops home. De-authorization can't be vetoed. And it's not up for nego

Re: Invasion USA - 2007 Or Illegal Aliens are NOT the Same as Immigrants)

2007-05-08 Thread Gruss Gott
> Nick wrote: > Working. > >> where are all the Americans? > > For foreign HBS grads. ~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid

Re: 35% of Democrats

2007-05-08 Thread Robert Munn
Oh right, in that case... did I mention that global warming is a bunch of hooey and Al Gore is a pot-bellied blowhard? On 5/8/07, Ray wrote: > > I can't believe you needed to ask that question. Our threads suffer from > non-evolutionism, in that we don't ever stray far from the same old > topics.

RE: Need book files

2007-05-08 Thread Loathe
roxor -Original Message- From: Bruce Sorge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 1:29 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Need book files I found the disk. It was in an old laptop case. I am sending the file to you now. Bruce -Original Message- From: Loathe [mailto

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