RE: Recycling electronics

2011-06-28 Thread Eric Roberts
I don't think I have seen so much rationalization in my life... -Original Message- From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:critic...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 08:44 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Recycling electronics "Now you're changing the playing field. You said Walmart doesn't

RE: How states are rigging the 2012 election

2011-06-28 Thread Eric Roberts
So does that mean you are just as much blah blah blah...seeing the company you keep here and your occupation, I think you would qualify as an egghead as well... -Original Message- From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:critic...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 08:50 PM To: cf-community Subje

RE: Court overturns ban on video game sales to kids

2011-06-28 Thread Eric Roberts
I think it is silly to think that dems are any better at hiding it. If they were, we never would have seen Wiener's wiener. I think that reason you see more Republicans is because they try to suppress it more and it ends up just exploding out and then they do something really stupid and get caug

Re: Court overturns ban on video game sales to kids

2011-06-28 Thread Scott Stroz
I would have to say this is no where near the most ludicrous thing I have said on this list. That being said, why would you think so? Politics in general attracts, as someone else has pointed out, a certain type of person, regardless of what party they are from. On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 10:34 PM

RE: Court overturns ban on video game sales to kids

2011-06-28 Thread Eric Roberts
No...I was wrong...that was the most ludicrous statement you have made. You are starting to sound like Sam and Jerry. -Original Message- From: Scott Stroz [mailto:boyz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 02:04 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Court overturns ban on video game sal

RE: How states are rigging the 2012 election

2011-06-28 Thread Eric Roberts
I have never needed an id to vote since I first voted in 1988. The only ludicrous thing here is your insistence on incorporating totalitarian ideas and your insistence that requiring ID's would actually reduce voter fraud. -Original Message- From: Scott Stroz [mailto:boyz...@gmail.com]

RE: How states are rigging the 2012 election

2011-06-28 Thread Eric Roberts
yup -Original Message- From: Medic [mailto:hofme...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 01:02 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: How states are rigging the 2012 election Eric, are you saying free societies don't require ID to vote? On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Eric Roberts < ow

The WI Supreme Court Goes Jerry Springer

2011-06-28 Thread Jerry Barnes
Did Justice Prosser choke Justice Bradley ? Or did she attack him first? did it happen or did she make it up? THIS IS SO WEIRD…..did Justice Prosser choke Justice Bradley? or did she attack him first? did he choke her or did she make it up? And what’s up with the CHIEF JUSTICE? Where was she an

Re: Court overturns ban on video game sales to kids

2011-06-28 Thread Jerry Barnes
"The list goes on and on, when you do a news search it seems its almost 2:1 republican perps to democratic perps. " Do you make this shit up on the fly? Two to one? "The list goes on and on, when you do a news search it seems its almost 2:1 republican perps to democratic perps. " I have search

Re: How states are rigging the 2012 election

2011-06-28 Thread Jerry Barnes
"The amount of voter fraud that's acceptable is the amount that is less than the error in collecting, attributing, and counting the votes." Blah, blah, blah. Typical egghead, response. You can't throw up a 1%, .5%, .01%, or a .001%? With a percent established, cases can be shown where the fraud

Re: Recycling electronics

2011-06-28 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Now you're changing the playing field. You said Walmart doesn't squeeze." They negotiate. Just like all businesses. A company can't get "squeezed" unless they say yes. " I disagreed. If you no longer stand by that, then I likely no longer disagree." What's to disagree about? If you hate Wa

Re: Recycling electronics

2011-06-28 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I like walmart, it's cheap prices keep more money in my pocket to pay for more stuff." I think this sums up the opinion of most people who shop there. "When the US starts defaulting on it's bonds and loans you all will be looking for cheaper goods." I think most people are looking for cheaper

Re: New music Tuesday

2011-06-28 Thread Maureen
Nah, not my style. I hate it when anyone approaches me in the sound booth, so I never do it to anyone else. I will occasionally tweet about the sound being awful during the show, and sometimes if anyone is paying attention to Twitter they will tell the band or the sound guy. Happened at a festi

Re: New music Tuesday

2011-06-28 Thread Judah McAuley
I'm surprised you didn't just go shove the sound guy out of the way and take over :) On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Maureen wrote: > > Buffalo did a great show, but the sound sucked, which always ruins it > for me because I'm so picky about sound. > > Gillian's set was perfect - sound, perform

Re: New music Tuesday

2011-06-28 Thread Maureen
Buffalo did a great show, but the sound sucked, which always ruins it for me because I'm so picky about sound. Gillian's set was perfect - sound, performance, new songs. I've been streaming the album today, which give me a break from the Mickey Newbury box set that I've been listening to constan

Re: New music Tuesday

2011-06-28 Thread Judah McAuley
Shame that Buffalo Springfield wasn't as good as it could have been. I just got tickets to see Neko Case on the 8th, hoping to pick up tickets for Gillian on the 12th. Looks like I won't be able to make John Prine though because of a wedding I'm performing and that bums me out. On Tue, Jun 28, 20

Re: New music Tuesday

2011-06-28 Thread Judah McAuley
I really liked both of those. Young Blood reminded me of Foster The People and the Peter, Bjorn and John song was a nice bit of bouncy pop music though I thought the video was a little weak. Good summer music though. On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > Two of my favorit

Re: New music Tuesday

2011-06-28 Thread Maureen
When we saw Buffalo Springfield in concert last month, Gillian and David opened the show. Their set was way better than Buffalo. On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > NPR has Gillian Welch and David Rawlins new album streaming on First > Listen. Really good stuff, especiall

Re: Court overturns ban on video game sales to kids

2011-06-28 Thread Sam
Kagan got a "Well Qualified" from that nonbiased group of liars, I mean lawyers. . On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Gruss Gott wrote: > > Larry Lyons wrote: >> >> >> During his confirmation hearings the ABA gave him their lowest possible >> rating, with the committee split between Acceptable

Re: New music Tuesday

2011-06-28 Thread Cameron Childress
Two of my favorite summertime songs for this year: Young Blood by The Naked and Famous http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YuSg4mts9E Second Chance by Peter, Bjorn and John http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZyBmN6hWsk -Cameron On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > NPR has Gillian

Re: testing

2011-06-28 Thread Gruss Gott
Judah McAuley wrote: > > Definitely Bush's fault but Clinton did it first of course. And lied about it. > > And now Obama is pretending it's his idea. > But the media is spinning it all backwards so, really, it's the media's fault. ~~~

Re: Court overturns ban on video game sales to kids

2011-06-28 Thread Gruss Gott
Larry Lyons wrote: > > > During his confirmation hearings the ABA gave him their lowest possible > rating, with the committee split between Acceptable and Not Acceptable. No > other supreme court candidate received a lower rating since they were first > started during the Eisenhower administra

Re: Atlanta is the ultimate man city

2011-06-28 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Larry Lyons wrote: > Atlanta is still full of wimps. Not taking that bait, but even if true - that would only serve to increase a "real man's" chances with the massive collection of hot girls who live here, making the city an even better man's city. -Cameron ..

Re: Atlanta is the ultimate man city

2011-06-28 Thread G Money
Precursor to a Canadian invasion of the continental United States? I, for one, welcome our beaver overlords, eh? On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Sam wrote: > > Larry and Dana returning at the same time, both with a vengeance. > > Coincidence? > > Discuss. > > > . > > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at

Re: Court overturns ban on video game sales to kids

2011-06-28 Thread Scott Stroz
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Larry Lyons wrote: > > > You mean like Diaper Dan Vitters? Or The former Senator Ensign? Or the head > of the Indiana DMV and protege of the Republican governor - he was pulling a > Larry Craig. The list goes on and on, when you do a news search it seems its >

Re: Atlanta is the ultimate man city

2011-06-28 Thread Sam
Larry and Dana returning at the same time, both with a vengeance. Coincidence? Discuss. . On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Larry Lyons wrote: > > Atlanta is still full of wimps. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

Re: Atlanta is the ultimate man city

2011-06-28 Thread Larry Lyons
>> >> then why pray tell you couldn't keep an NHL team? Not man enough? >> >> Within 4 hours of being on sale the former Atlanta Thrashers (now the >> Winnipeg Jets) had sold over 14,000 season tickets. Last year Atlanta >> couldn't even sell 1000 season tickets. >> > >Because guys in Atlanta are

Re: Court overturns ban on video game sales to kids

2011-06-28 Thread Larry Lyons
>On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Eric Roberts < >ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > >> >> Thomas could be raping little girls and you would find a way to whitewash >> it >> and make it seem like his shit don't stink. >> > >Oh the same could be said of you and any democrat or liberal who h

Re: Court overturns ban on video game sales to kids

2011-06-28 Thread Judah McAuley
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:08 AM, G Money wrote: > > Oh the same could be said of you and any democrat or liberal who has ever > beat off to a Bill Clinton speech. > > You surrendered your spot on the high road a long time ago, so spare us this > hypocrisy. Apropos of nothing, but I know a woman

Re: Court overturns ban on video game sales to kids

2011-06-28 Thread G Money
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > Thomas could be raping little girls and you would find a way to whitewash > it > and make it seem like his shit don't stink. > Oh the same could be said of you and any democrat or liberal who has ever be

Re: How states are rigging the 2012 election

2011-06-28 Thread Scott Stroz
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Eric Roberts wrote: > > Except for the fact that free societies don't do this. That could quite possibly be the most ludicrous thing you have said on these forums. And, given some of the doozies you have thrown out before, that is quite an accomplishment. -- Sc

Re: How states are rigging the 2012 election

2011-06-28 Thread Medic
Eric, are you saying free societies don't require ID to vote? On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > Except for the fact that free societies don't do this. That is a hallmark > of a totalitarian one, so the Hitler comparison is valid. > > --

RE: How states are rigging the 2012 election

2011-06-28 Thread Eric Roberts
Except for the fact that free societies don't do this. That is a hallmark of a totalitarian one, so the Hitler comparison is valid. -Original Message- From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:critic...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 08:14 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: How states are riggi

RE: Court overturns ban on video game sales to kids

2011-06-28 Thread Eric Roberts
Thomas could be raping little girls and you would find a way to whitewash it and make it seem like his shit don't stink. -Original Message- From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:critic...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 08:04 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Court overturns ban on video gam

New music Tuesday

2011-06-28 Thread Judah McAuley
NPR has Gillian Welch and David Rawlins new album streaming on First Listen. Really good stuff, especially on headphones: http://www.npr.org/2011/06/28/137346722/first-listen-gillian-welch-the-harrow-and-the-harvest Enjoy, Judah ~~~

Re: testing

2011-06-28 Thread Will Swain
Finally getting email back from the list. Seemed to take 24 hours for dns changes to propagate fully. Anyway, carry on On 27 June 2011 14:05, Will Swain wrote: > Sorry all, just checking gmail setup. > > ** ** > -- > > No virus found in this message. > Chec

Re: Atlanta is the ultimate man city

2011-06-28 Thread Judah McAuley
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 8:59 AM, G Money wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Judah McAuley wrote: > >> >> Hey now, Winnipeg has my...mother in law. Nevermind. >> >> Still, I've met some fine looking women at hockey matches in Portland. >> Just sayin. >> >> > There are few things hotter t

Re: Atlanta is the ultimate man city

2011-06-28 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Judah McAuley wrote: > Still, I've met some fine looking women at hockey matches in Portland. > Just sayin. Here in Atlanta we call those big containers of water "swimming pools". We don't freeze them, and the girls are wearing considerably less clothing than t

Re: Atlanta is the ultimate man city

2011-06-28 Thread G Money
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Hey now, Winnipeg has my...mother in law. Nevermind. > > Still, I've met some fine looking women at hockey matches in Portland. > Just sayin. > > There are few things hotter than a chick in jeans, a sports jersey (hockey, football, any sp

Re: Atlanta is the ultimate man city

2011-06-28 Thread Judah McAuley
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 7:50 AM, G Money wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Larry Lyons wrote: > >> >> then why pray tell you couldn't keep an NHL team? Not man enough? >> >> Within 4 hours of being on sale the former Atlanta Thrashers (now the >> Winnipeg Jets) had sold over 14,000 sea

Re: Atlanta is the ultimate man city

2011-06-28 Thread G Money
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 10:50 AM, G Money wrote: > > Because guys in Atlanta are too busy nailing hot chicks to attend a > hockey > > game. > > and there's that. > Speaking of sex and sports. Back in college, i'll never forget t

Re: Atlanta is the ultimate man city

2011-06-28 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 10:50 AM, G Money wrote: > Because guys in Atlanta are too busy nailing hot chicks to attend a hockey > game. and there's that. -Cameron ... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amaz

Re: Atlanta is the ultimate man city

2011-06-28 Thread Cameron Childress
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Larry Lyons wrote: > then why pray tell you couldn't keep an NHL team? Not man enough? > > Within 4 hours of being on sale the former Atlanta Thrashers (now the Winnipeg > Jets) had sold over 14,000 season tickets. Last year Atlanta couldn't even > sell > 1000 s

Re: Atlanta is the ultimate man city

2011-06-28 Thread G Money
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Larry Lyons wrote: > > then why pray tell you couldn't keep an NHL team? Not man enough? > > Within 4 hours of being on sale the former Atlanta Thrashers (now the > Winnipeg Jets) had sold over 14,000 season tickets. Last year Atlanta > couldn't even sell 1000 se

Re: Recycling electronics

2011-06-28 Thread Medic
Now you're changing the playing field. You said Walmart doesn't squeeze. I disagreed. If you no longer stand by that, then I likely no longer disagree. On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "I'm not making a business case for why Walmart shouldn't do this. I was > simply repl

Re: Recycling electronics

2011-06-28 Thread Medic
> > No need to look beyond these. Move along. > Indeed. We need to move to a more responsible business model. Profit == Good isn't working for the majority. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/A

Re: Recycling electronics

2011-06-28 Thread Sam
I have never seen beer at Walgreens, I thought that was because they were a Mormon company. . On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Casey Dougall wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > >> Wal-mart has 'my' beer for >> sale quite a bit cheaper than the next cheapest store

Re: Atlanta is the ultimate man city

2011-06-28 Thread Larry Lyons
>1. Atlanta, GA >That’s right: Atlanta is the ultimate man city. Why? Well, mostly >because of their girls score, which was through the freakin’ roof. And >there are good job prospects, fun night­- life and... Well, have a >look to your left as we take a ride through the dark side of Atlanta >with

Re: Court overturns ban on video game sales to kids

2011-06-28 Thread Larry Lyons
>Thomas has been described by peers and lawyers who have dealt with him as >"lacking intellectual curiosity about the law". > >I mean.can there be a more damning criticism for a SUPREME COURT >JUSTICE > >I don't give care if he likes to spread his pubes all over soda cans.I >just w

Re: How states are rigging the 2012 election

2011-06-28 Thread Gruss Gott
Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "I already answered it a bunch of times and multiple people have replied to > my answer (look 2 posts up)." > > Didn't see any percentages.  It's like a presidential debate.  The moderator > will ask a question and neither candidate will answer.  The moderator will > ignor

Re: Recycling electronics

2011-06-28 Thread Scott Stroz
The closest Walgreens is further than the closest Costco. On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Casey Dougall wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > >> Wal-mart has 'my' beer for >> sale quite a bit cheaper than the next cheapest store around. >> > > Try Walgreens, best 'b

Re: religion is like a penis...

2011-06-28 Thread J.J. Merrick
As a born-again Jesus loving Christian freak I found that HILARIOUS!!! I need to send that around :-) -J.J. On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Ray Champagne wrote: > > I love this twitpic: > > http://twitpic.com/3qhjh0/full > > > ~~~

Re: Recycling electronics

2011-06-28 Thread Casey Dougall
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > Wal-mart has 'my' beer for > sale quite a bit cheaper than the next cheapest store around. > Try Walgreens, best 'beer' prices in town. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Antho

Re: Recycling electronics

2011-06-28 Thread Scott Stroz
I have said this before in previous threads, given the situation with our economy, I need to put my family first and make sure we get the most out of every dollar we make. Wal-Mart pretty much guarantees we will. I still shop around for the best price, but usually, the best price is at Wal-Mart. F

Re: Recycling electronics

2011-06-28 Thread Cameron Childress
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > 200 years ago all food was organic and much of it was local. Now you > have to pay extra for that privilege (especially local, but organic > too). Why? To a certain extent, this is going to correct itself over the next 50 years as fuel and tr

Re: Recycling electronics

2011-06-28 Thread Casey Dougall
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "The only way to make walmart change is to not shop there." > > I take that back. Aside from government intervention, one other way would > be for other retailers to form a conglomerate to try to buy more items in > bulk and thus get lowe

Re: Recycling electronics

2011-06-28 Thread Jerry Barnes
"The only way to make walmart change is to not shop there." I take that back. Aside from government intervention, one other way would be for other retailers to form a conglomerate to try to buy more items in bulk and thus get lower prices. But then you would be replacing Walmart with a Walmart

Re: Recycling electronics

2011-06-28 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I'm not making a business case for why Walmart shouldn't do this. I was simply replying to Jerry's (I think it was Jerry's) statement that 'Walmart isn't doing the squeezing.'" You can't be squeezed unless you put yourself in the position to be squeezed. J - Ninety percent of politicians giv

Re: Recycling electronics

2011-06-28 Thread Jerry Barnes
"The choice they gave to the pickle maker was: a. give up a percentage of your profits, or b. give up an even bigger percentage of your market share." By this point, they were in way too deep. But, sometimes it is necessary to cut your losses and recoup. I think I have seen you make the same ar

Re: Recycling electronics

2011-06-28 Thread Jerry Barnes
"You blame Wal Mart, but Wal Mart is simply following a fairly simple business model: Do whatever is necessary to lower prices to the customer. As long as we, the customers, care only about the lowest price...this business model will continue to work. Apparently, this model works pretty well. Is

Re: Recycling electronics

2011-06-28 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Because you're the only one that knows this story?" Exactly. "Trust me they know and they weigh the options. I'm guessing they assumed the volume would make them millionaires and didn't plan for the future." This is exactly what happens. They get addicted to volume and gross sales and forget

Re: Recycling electronics

2011-06-28 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I guess. Just like a battered wife willingly married the abusive husband right?" Last time I checked, shotgun weddings were illegal. But on the battered wife analogy works on some examples. Some battered wive's go back to the abusive husband under some misguided logic that he'll change. She g

Re: How states are rigging the 2012 election

2011-06-28 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I already answered it a bunch of times and multiple people have replied to my answer (look 2 posts up)." Didn't see any percentages. It's like a presidential debate. The moderator will ask a question and neither candidate will answer. The moderator will ignore this and move to the next questi

Re: Flash Mobs

2011-06-28 Thread Jerry Barnes
"In a sane world, it will be the dickheads that are disturbing the peace, trespassing, threatening bodily harm, vandalizing (I assume), causing a public nusance, inciting a riot and committing false imprisonment." I agree 100%. At this point, I see Jesse and Al sharpening their claws, ready to d

Re: Court overturns ban on video game sales to kids

2011-06-28 Thread Jerry Barnes
If you want to learn about CT on your own instead of taking the media's slanted perspective, a good place to start would be: My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir: http://www.amazon.com/My-Grandfathers-Son-Clarence-Thomas/dp/0060565551 J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a b