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You're right that the wars (or whatever they want to call it) are still ongoing. Obama campaigned on the prospect of quickly withdrawing, but the reality of war must have set in (he's avoiding the inevitable right now: more troops are needed in Afghanistan). Funny thing about Europe: They're electing more center and right-of-center candidates. Apparently they haven't yet had their guts full.

You mean YOU weren't aware of previous outbursts. It's practically common now. Boos, hisses, harumphs, been goin' on for a long time. What's uncommon about this one is, he apologized.

So, Marty, and everyone else ... I'm using Windows Mail now and I like it just fine. When my old system died it took my e-mail program, supplied and branded by my ISP, with it. I never liked Outlook or Outlook Express (I know the ISP just 'skinned' OE but at least they supplied tech support if I needed it), so on the new system I was handling mail online. But, I DO like having some mail on my computer instead of in the "cloud" (like personal correspondance) and some mail I feel I SHOULD have on my compter (like registration and purchase confirmations), plus those kinds of e-mails were beginni

So your the entirety of your response is: Denigrate the source?

Reason enough to ask them, "What is is you DO, exactly?"

Humor, but it's a link so I put it here: It's Funny Because It's True -- Quotations and Commentary

Who IS calling them by that name? That's not their official designation, is it -- God forbid? I see it in the press all the time, but I've never seen the term used elsewhere (besides historically). If there is a difference between past "advisors" and these "Czars," it would be what they are capable of doing on their own. Does the President simply ask them for advice? Do they simply publish policy papers? Or do they actually have powers that USED to be given ONLY to public servants vetted by Congress? Sounds like someone woke up, smelled the coffee, and decided to ask that important question.

To slightly allay your concerns, though the OS and other compatible software may be lacking in recent support and updates, few attacks specifically target the features of old OS's. Most new exploits will only target newer OS's and programs -- via services and features that older OS's simply never had. I kept an old computer going as long as I could and many times I saw scan results that stated my Windows version was not susceptible to a particular new exploit because it did not contain the exploited feature. There are plenty of exploits that don't rely on newer features of Windows to do their

I can deny any KNOWLEDGE of "Beck, Hannity, O'Reilly, and Limbaugh" "constantly portraying Obama with words like "Marxist", "Hitler", Nazism", "Communist", etc." I don't watch or listen to any of 'em and frankly, I'm surprised that you watch, read and listen to them with enough regularity to know this to be the case. If you're getting this second-hand, I don't pay much attention to liberal outlets (I get my news from essentially unbiased local sources) so I can deny even HEARING about it (there are plenty of third-hand sources, though I don't put much stock in third-hand sources). I did see t

This type of semantic nit-picking works on both sides of the political aisle. It's also comparible to a tech argument that goes around occasionally concering what, exactly, defines a "hacker." Oh, there are all the dictionary definitions, there are several definitions held by various people or groups, and then there's the common useage of the word. I fall into the camp that accepts the common useage of a word, as opposed to some high-falutin', extremely narrow and highly restrictive definition. Almost any expert in almost any speciality will argue why their definition is the only one. It's a

He doesn't fit one man's definition of Socialist. Got it.

Not sure I agree that many of the "revelations" we've seen (and I mean throughout political history) could be considered "mundane." People did get WAY upset over a mundane pep-talk to kids though (however, I can manage to understand what they were upset about -- they didn't think it WOULD be a mundane speech). It's getting so bad both parties are often objecting to their own party's policies. Bush had plenty of conservative detractors, Obama has plenty of liberals detractors. There's certainly some level of bias that causes one side or the other to defend the indefensible, but there are also

I think they'll be a little more careful with their appointments, but the initial problems won't soon go away; Inexperience on the National level (not knowing what would be unacceptable red flags for the American people), arrogance (f* the American people, we make the decisions), and their radical leftist past (some of the associations and flaws that are shocking to the American people are run-of-the-mill stuff to them -- or are even considered to be assets ). None of which should come as a shock to anyone as this was all revealed during the campaign, at least, to anyone who was listening.

Outlook was replaced by Windows Mail in Vista -- I too didn't see a way to run the older program, but, why would you want to?

I don't see any difference in THAT regard. But Cheney didn't sign a "truther" petition, never was a Communist, never worked in a Marxist/Lenninist organization, never claimed suburban white kids are crazier than urban black kids, and never claimed the swearing thing is nothin' but a lie, part of a larger smear campaign (and if anyone COULD justify claiming he was being smeared, it would be Cheney). But yeah, they both used swear words so there's no difference between the two.

He's on tape calling Republicans a-holes, he signed that petition (his reps claim he didn't read it thoroughly), "self-described" as a Communist, worked with a Marxist/Leninist organization, makes bigoted statements (though, he has a point), then, in an act of self-denial, claims people are telling "lies and distortions" to smear him. Nice.

Ooo! Student discount! Didn't know they do that, I'll have to remember they do some good for the local community.

Have only heard good things about Windows 7; Faster, uses less resources, plenty of new and useable features, etc. Some nit-picks, but no deal-breakers. I won't know for myself until my pre-ordered copy arrives.

Why do you want to continue using the microphone built into the radio? The headsets I've used disable the built-in microphone and use a boom mike -- never saw a headset without a mike of some kind. I suspect the plug for the headset MUST disable the mike -- though I vaguely recall a setting for that on the radio ... (It's been a while). Wish I could remember specific brand names we used over the years, I'm sure the company bought whatever was super-cheap, so ya oughta be able to find something inexpensive. Ironically, one of the best known brands is made not too far from where I am -- I just

If you're gonna work in food service, Chile's would be better than most.

I got it, but there's nothing to be said. Government's need an excuse to tax to infinity, this is just one example out of many. Any idea what your town's total budget might be? Bet it's a bigger number than you'd guess at first.

Consultants need work too. Regarding flaggers, why are they mainly women? Is it a way to count more women as part of the "construction" trade?

How did they block torrent activity? Bits are bits, aren't they?

... waiting for one of my "friends" to send me an e-mail with a video update of this story.

Eh, the network's just a bit behind the times and a coupl'a restrictions that made sense to someone at some time. Inconvenient for you, sure, but it's sure to catch up -- bet it does during this school year. 1) 64-bit may be more common than ever, but tons of stuff haven't caught up with that yet ("Boop! This website wants to install Adobe Flash ... Oh, nevermind."). 2) It would be irresponsible of them to just accept any program that included the word "anti-virus" in the title -- they have to know that it's an acceptable product and not malware or even a placeholder meant to trick the system