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Scott is a hothead. There's no question about... 1,263 Views / 58 Replies  
Scott is a hothead. There's no question about that. But he was always honest which to me counts for a lot more. And I agree with Scrod regarding the standards a moderator should uphold.



But...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 15, 2001 at 05:52 PM, in MacNN Lounge
I'd respect this argument more if you hadn't... 1,263 Views / 58 Replies  
I'd respect this argument more if you hadn't tried to misrepresent worldrunner's post.
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 14, 2001 at 04:30 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Let set some facts straight. This all started... 1,263 Views / 58 Replies  
Let set some facts straight. This all started when a poster named worldrunner made some inflammatory comments. After an initial expression of condolences for the victims he went on to give us a few...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 14, 2001 at 01:18 PM, in MacNN Lounge
And I don't remember anybody asking for an... 1,689 Views / 34 Replies  
And I don't remember anybody asking for an apology from him.



Yeah, I'm always appreciative when someone is politely dishonest.
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 13, 2001 at 07:07 PM, in MacNN Lounge
"Percieved" as anti-U.S.? And you think you are... 1,689 Views / 34 Replies  
"Percieved" as anti-U.S.? And you think you are setting the facts straight? You want to cross swords with Scott over this matter? Fine. But if you are going to take a stand on "principle" maybe it...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 13, 2001 at 03:19 PM, in MacNN Lounge
The instability of Afghanistan can be traced more... 8,895 Views / 361 Replies  
The instability of Afghanistan can be traced more accurately to the Russian invasion that preceded the war in which the mujahedeen emerged victorious.
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 13, 2001 at 10:22 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Wrong. All the examples tinrib gave came from... 1,689 Views / 34 Replies  
Wrong. All the examples tinrib gave came from threads about the the WTC.
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 13, 2001 at 10:07 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Encouraging murder? There's credible evidence... 1,689 Views / 34 Replies  
Encouraging murder? There's credible evidence that Bin Laden is behind this terrorist attack. (BTW, tuesday will probably rank as the deadliest day in our history. That includes September 17, 1862 -...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 13, 2001 at 09:44 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Read my post again. I didn't say anything against... 8,895 Views / 361 Replies  
Read my post again. I didn't say anything against our involvement in WW2. I was writing about WW1.
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 12, 2001 at 05:29 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Sorry guy but it was one of them "pantywaist... 8,895 Views / 361 Replies  
Sorry guy but it was one of them "pantywaist liberal gephardt-huggers" (Woodrow Wilson) who got us into WW1. Of course, he did that after winning a presidential campaign that trumpeted how he had...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 12, 2001 at 05:23 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Not to take the other guy's side in this argument... 8,895 Views / 361 Replies  
Not to take the other guy's side in this argument (I really don't need that phony, sanctimonious crap he's peddling) but WW2 was the outcome of WW1. WW1 did nothing but harm. It's hard to see how any...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 12, 2001 at 01:50 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Not this time. NBC is owned by GE. No way, no... 546 Views / 18 Replies  
Not this time. NBC is owned by GE. No way, no how, no time is Microsoft going to take out GE. I'd even go so far as to say that GE could take out MS before it'd be the other way around.
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 8, 2001 at 05:59 AM, in MacNN Lounge
It's spelled douche bag. 1,022 Views / 67 Replies  
It's spelled douche bag.
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 8, 2001 at 04:02 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Wow! You are thick, aren't you? It ain't just me... 673 Views / 34 Replies  
Wow! You are thick, aren't you? It ain't just me saying this, rocketboy.



[ 09-07-2001: Message edited by: gwrjr33 ]
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 7, 2001 at 05:12 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Like the Tom Waits and Son House stuff too.... 1,024 Views / 27 Replies  
Like the Tom Waits and Son House stuff too. Here's an mp3 of Take the Skinheads Bowling (http://www.campervanbeethoven.com/mp3/skinhead.mp3). (It's only 1.1 MB.) You could also get it directly from...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 7, 2001 at 04:18 PM, in MacNN Lounge
No, common sense. Pursuing a breakup that wasn't... 673 Views / 34 Replies  
No, common sense. Pursuing a breakup that wasn't going to happen is a waste of time.
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 7, 2001 at 03:11 PM, in MacNN Lounge
So? The matter isn't and never was for him to... 673 Views / 34 Replies  
So? The matter isn't and never was for him to decide. It's in the hands of the court now. But even if it wasn't, you still haven't proven that Bush ordered the DOJ to do anything.
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 7, 2001 at 02:20 PM, in MacNN Lounge
The appeals court remanded the original ruling.... 673 Views / 34 Replies  
The appeals court remanded the original ruling. That's just a fact. As a consequence, by your own admission the punishment needed to be changed. So tell me, how in the hell can a breakup still be...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 7, 2001 at 01:36 PM, in MacNN Lounge
You probably have a "Free Maria Hsia" t-shirt in... 673 Views / 34 Replies  
You probably have a "Free Maria Hsia" t-shirt in your closet, too.

How many times was it recommended to Janet Reno by her own Justice appointees that she name an independent counsel to look into...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 7, 2001 at 01:18 PM, in MacNN Lounge
On the question of whether or not MS broke the... 673 Views / 34 Replies  
On the question of whether or not MS broke the law the matter has been settled. They did. That same appeals court upheld judge Jackson's original finding. MS lost and a zillion appeals isn't going to...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 7, 2001 at 11:28 AM, in MacNN Lounge
That's my point and why DocGonzo and BRussell are... 673 Views / 34 Replies  
That's my point and why DocGonzo and BRussell are full of it. Especially so because Bush could have ordered DOJ to stand on their heads and whistle "Dixie" and at the end of the day it wouldn't have...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 7, 2001 at 11:15 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Take the Skinheads Bowling (from Telephone Free... 1,024 Views / 27 Replies  
Take the Skinheads Bowling (from
Telephone Free Landslide Victory)

Every day, I get up and pray to Jah
And he decreases the number of clocks by exactly one
Everybody's comin' home for lunch...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 7, 2001 at 05:29 AM, in MacNN Lounge
The DOJ is a part of the Bush administration but... 673 Views / 34 Replies  
The DOJ is a part of the Bush administration but that doesn't mean it was acting on orders from the President. That's not the way DOJ is supposed to work and there is no evidence that it worked that...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 6, 2001 at 07:24 PM, in MacNN Lounge
FYI, DG, on appeal a judge threw out the breakup.... 673 Views / 34 Replies  
FYI, DG, on appeal a judge threw out the breakup. The Bush DOJ simply chose not to further pursue that as a remedy. Not that I really expect you will be terribly concerned with the facts, though...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 6, 2001 at 01:43 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Where do you get Bush orders DOJ... ? Or is this... 673 Views / 34 Replies  
Where do you get Bush orders DOJ... ? Or is this just your embellishment?
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 6, 2001 at 01:14 PM, in MacNN Lounge
It isn't crap about censorship. It's actual real... 1,022 Views / 67 Replies  
It isn't crap about censorship. It's actual real live censorship. Tooki acknowledged as much. (For some stupid reason he still feels the need to weasel around that fact by telling us about how he'll...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 6, 2001 at 12:08 PM, in MacNN Lounge
This is what he wrote: "I don't think every... 679 Views / 41 Replies  
This is what he wrote: "I don't think every Conservative or every Republican is racist..."

I'm supposed to be impressed by such "broad-mindedness"? He could have written "I don't think most...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 5, 2001 at 08:53 PM, in MacNN Lounge
You certainly have every right to ban him if you... 992 Views / 30 Replies  
You certainly have every right to ban him if you want. Just don't kid yourself. You are practicing censorship. I don't really have a problem with that. I wouldn't have censored Ca$h but I know...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 5, 2001 at 09:02 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Just adding my two cents... I think the thing... 1,154 Views / 18 Replies  
Just adding my two cents... I think the thing that got rid of lead in gasoline was the need by automakers to use catalytic converters to clean the engine's exhaust. That need outweighed the other...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 5, 2001 at 08:37 AM, in MacNN Lounge
My dad's garden is yielding it's bounty right... 1,484 Views / 53 Replies  
My dad's garden is yielding it's bounty right now. Every time I go over I come away with a bunch of tomatoes. yummmm. Take 1 tomato, 1 onion (I really like Vidalia onions), 1 cucumber, 1 green bell...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 5, 2001 at 07:31 AM, in MacNN Lounge
:rolleyes: You're the one who first chose the... 717 Views / 26 Replies  
:rolleyes: You're the one who first chose the time period.



Which is to say the link that you see between interest rates and the size of the deficit is not at all obvious.



Throw out...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 4, 2001 at 11:19 AM, in MacNN Lounge
I wasn't all that familiar with New Order before... 700 Views / 28 Replies  
I wasn't all that familiar with New Order before you started talking about them a while ago, DG (when you first mentioned Billy Corgan would be doing something with them) but apparently I was more...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 4, 2001 at 09:45 AM, in MacNN Lounge
The fact remains that rates didn't track with the... 717 Views / 26 Replies  
The fact remains that rates didn't track with the size of the deficit as you are implicitly conceding here with your aside about how the Fed used high interest rates to kill inflation. There are a...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 3, 2001 at 03:58 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Proportional voting would give voters in states... 679 Views / 41 Replies  
Proportional voting would give voters in states where one candidate was far ahead a reason to vote. Last time around, if a voter was in California or New York and was inclined to vote for Bush, the...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 3, 2001 at 03:42 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Apparently Bob Lutz, GM's newly hired product... 712 Views / 33 Replies  
Apparently Bob Lutz, GM's newly hired product design chief, agrees with you, Ca$h. He described GMC's new Terra4 concept (http://carpoint.msn.com/concours/photos\S_terra.jpg) as another "angry...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 3, 2001 at 02:27 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Nice try. That 17% interest rate came at the... 717 Views / 26 Replies  
Nice try. That 17% interest rate came at the beginning of the Reagan years - long before the debt had been run up. As the debt rose rates actually dropped.

More later. I just got in and I'm too...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 2, 2001 at 11:01 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Such a move by Time Warner would face big time... 577 Views / 4 Replies  
Such a move by Time Warner would face big time regulatory scrutiny - even under a Republican admin.

Comcast made a bid for AT&T Broadband but AT&T's board rejected it. They'll probably make...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 2, 2001 at 06:04 AM, in MacNN Lounge
That's the argument anyway. However, the... 717 Views / 26 Replies  
That's the argument anyway. However, the historical data show no such correlation.

People borrow for student loans. They borrow to buy homes. And sometimes they borrow to buy stupid things. Same...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 2, 2001 at 04:03 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Don't get me wrong. Dylan is at the very top of... 700 Views / 28 Replies  
Don't get me wrong. Dylan is at the very top of my list. I was just acknowledging the fact that his voice isn't that good in the technical sense. That's why at first in the 60's he was bigger as a...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 2, 2001 at 03:41 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Thanx for the heads up, DG. I downloaded "60 mph"... 700 Views / 28 Replies  
Thanx for the heads up, DG. I downloaded "60 mph" a week or so ago. You are right. It is great. And I just have to hear how Billy Corgan fits in. Looks like I'll just get the album.

If you are...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 1, 2001 at 03:13 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Assassination is a different kind of an event... 3,023 Views / 33 Replies  
Assassination is a different kind of an event from an accident. I can understand a person's emotions being affected by the sudden death of a national leader. That said your classmate's reaction...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 1, 2001 at 11:52 AM, in MacNN Lounge
It wasn't awful. It was funny. People are so... 3,023 Views / 33 Replies  
It wasn't awful. It was funny. People are so hypersensitive. After my mom died, a telemarketer called for her. I was polite but later on I sat around with my sister and 2 brothers thinking of the...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 1, 2001 at 07:10 AM, in MacNN Lounge
I don't have a problem with changing it.... 679 Views / 41 Replies  
I don't have a problem with changing it. Electoral votes are calculated from the size of a state's Congressional delegation - House members plus 2 Senators. I think it would be better to apportion EC...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Sep 1, 2001 at 04:38 AM, in MacNN Lounge
I read your post. I not only quoted you but I... 679 Views / 41 Replies  
I read your post. I not only quoted you but I also asked you what you meant by "presently applied". Then I wrote that you seem to arguing not that the EC be changed but abolished. (You obviously...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Aug 31, 2001 at 10:42 PM, in MacNN Lounge
It's Democrats who called for the elimination of... 679 Views / 41 Replies  
It's Democrats who called for the elimination of the EC. What is absurd is pretending otherwise. Does that mean all Democrats? Of course not. That's why I didn't make such a blanket statement. And...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Aug 31, 2001 at 09:56 PM, in MacNN Lounge
I see. The only truly civic minded among us are... 679 Views / 41 Replies  
I see. The only truly civic minded among us are the independents. The idea that Republicans would choose principle above partisanship somehow never entered your thinking. (Where is Bob Packwood these...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Aug 31, 2001 at 08:05 PM, in MacNN Lounge
"Presently applied" what does that mean? You... 679 Views / 41 Replies  
"Presently applied" what does that mean? You don't seem to be arguing that the Electoral College be changed but abolished. But with an election as close as last year's, the problems in Florida would...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Aug 31, 2001 at 06:27 PM, in MacNN Lounge
MacFan, go here -->... 1,023 Views / 40 Replies  
MacFan, go here --> http://www.xsorbit.com/users/flamingo/index.cgi There are a LOT of AI refugees there. More and more everyday. And now pscates is there because of this thread.

(I'm there too...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Aug 29, 2001 at 07:37 AM, in MacNN Lounge
There has to be the makings of a good story for... 736 Views / 38 Replies  
There has to be the makings of a good story for The Onion (http://www.theonion.com/) somewhere in the middle of all this nonsense.
Posted by gwrjr33, on Aug 28, 2001 at 11:59 AM, in MacNN Lounge
Maybe so but they aren't posting. Since the... 545 Views / 11 Replies  
Maybe so but they aren't posting. Since the upgrade things over there have gotten tremendously slow.

Things aren't perfect at BadFlamingo. Maybe it's that messed up "message board feng shui" that...
Posted by gwrjr33, on Aug 27, 2001 at 08:18 PM, in MacNN Lounge
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