Sean Conners aka SConn1

Reply to If Foley Is A Pervert, What About Ringo Starr? in Politics JoeUser Forums

It's one thing to write about something, it's quite another to do it. ummmm...i think ya'll are missing something here. i'm not looking to go arrest ringo starr or ozzy osbourne for soliciting minors. what i am a little surprised with is that the music industry still shamelessly promotes these songs. i am not for government censorship of them (let's get that out of the way before i get accused of it) regardless of how the industry acts

Reply to More Than Ever, Points Mean Nothing On This Site in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

I do plan to assign more resources to the site once there's time. But we've been focusing on getting WinCustomize 2007 launched. It's on the calend]ar, that's what i wanted to know. thanks brad. i don't buy all the downplaying of this basically being an ad or pr for strdock. but that's your perrogative. again, thanks for lettin me know ya'll do care, but resources are limited. i can't begrudge a business for that. <B

Reply to More Than Ever, Points Mean Nothing On This Site in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

I have a question, Sean. If points mean nothing on this site, and mean even less to you personally, why gripe about it at all? it's called using a headline to draw attention. the real crux of the article is about the bugs on the site that many have been experiencing recently In essence, you could sit and talk to yourself all day long (and a few bloggers here do exactly that) and cause your blog to rise in the list. <

Reply to Apple Computer Inc. Is History in Business JoeUser Forums

I hate to say it. I really do, but this is one thing that bugs me more than any other. In the words of the inimitable Strong Bad, "If you're showing possession, it's just "I-T-S", but if you're making a contraction, then it's "I-T-apostrophe-S". Scalawag. You're showing possession, it's just ITS. [/grammar lesson] i should have known that.

Reply to More Than Ever, Points Mean Nothing On This Site in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

We are running on a system that is by the benevolent graces of Stardock Corp. That it runs at all is something to be thankful for. If you don't like it, well, tons of other blog sites are available. yes, it is nice that this is a free site. but there are many of those. this site is also an advertisement for Stardock Inc. I would think that the ad shouldn't be so "buggy." I 'd be embarrassed if it were my company. i think it is in thei

If Foley Is A Pervert, What About Ringo Starr? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Last fall, The whole country got all riled up about Mark Foley. I got all riled up about Mark Foley. And make no mistake about it. Foley's behavior was wrong. But after this election, I have heard nothing about anyone doing anything to protect underage children, and that's sad. It follows a long tradition of Americans reacting to headlines and not following up afterwa

More Than Ever, Points Mean Nothing On This Site in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

Lately, many of us JoeUser bloggers have been the victims of additional "bugs" on the site. Having to log in multiple times. I, myself seem to have to "refresh" the home page every time I land on it. The 1st time, my "ID" section says "unknown." I then click "refresh" and it brings up my stats and allows me to "create a new article" or actually go to my blog to do wha

Reply to Congress Serves Up Chickenhawk Fried Rice in Politics JoeUser Forums

you are a joke miler. it proves that he said nothing in a "run up to any election" which was what was being debated....you just don't get it and i have run out of time and patience where you are concerned...buh-bye!

Reply to Congress Serves Up Chickenhawk Fried Rice in Politics JoeUser Forums

That tells me nothing. Got any hard evidence? again, google the term.

Reply to Congress Serves Up Chickenhawk Fried Rice in Politics JoeUser Forums

in fact, your article is from december 29th...6 weeks after the congressional elections and virtually 2 years from the next. over a year before the 1st primary... thus proving the point.... by ya'll's logic, every single moment is a "run up to an election" ..which is ridiculous nonsense, just political hackery and shameless spin. <b

Reply to Congress Serves Up Chickenhawk Fried Rice in Politics JoeUser Forums

The article was NOT from 3 to 5 years ago! It was from 2006. And according to the article, he plans on running for president! So my comment goes right to your reply about election run-up. i would hardly consider now to be the "run up to the election." if you want to use that misguided and innacurate terminlogy, fine...but google "run up to the e

Reply to Raising The Minumum Wage Helps The Poor in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

Walter E. Williams would disagree with you, as do I. it is certainly his and your right.

Reply to Raising The Minumum Wage Helps The Poor in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

by the way,,,for gideon...i think that a while back, you made some comments about how you are a "new deal" libertarian. i think, at least on some levels, we have a lot of common ground there. this is despite how, in these debates, positions can get pushed and skewed into realms they aren't intended. i like your ideas about re-examining govt. programs with much more vigor than we have in the past, tho i am not pre disposed to just looking into matters for the purposes of eliminating them and maki

Reply to Raising The Minumum Wage Helps The Poor in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

it seems some have a hard time understanding concepts that aren't black and white. they constantly want to make these strawman arguments AS IF i don't accept the arguments that a small helping hand (not a social program) to the least amongst us is somehow a doomsday scenario, then i must, of course, support every single "get on the dole" program. then i must support every single goverment regulation and the like...it's b.s. only pundits subscribe to 1 philosophy. only these hacks defen

Reply to Raising The Minumum Wage Helps The Poor in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

So again: Why not have the minimum wage be $500 an hour? If $1 to $2.50 an hour is good and doesn't cause harm, surely $500 an hour would be even better. that didn't deserve a response the 1st time. and the same strawman doesn't deserve one here either.

Reply to the Wisdom Of Dogs... in Life JoeUser Forums

yeah, i liked that one too!

Reply to Bush Talks About "Common Ground" in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Well I guess the three things I predicted back in Nov seem to be coming to fruition. An attempt to raise minimum wage, Rumsfeld is gone, well see how long this policy on immigration lasts. I bet something gets done on that too under the D's. ditto. <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=#FFF394 class="mb-Body-Quote-

Reply to Raising The Minumum Wage Helps The Poor in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

Give it up Bakerstreet. He may not be the col, but he's just like him. Present him with undeniable facts and he abandons the thread. you haven't presented anything...and i have never gone anywhere. keep insulting me miler, it will only lead to me doing what seems to be so popular around here.,,,

Reply to Bush Talks About "Common Ground" in Current Events JoeUser Forums

so much for common ground,,,,

the Wisdom Of Dogs... in Life JoeUser Forums

Dog Philosophies The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. -Anonymous Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. -Ann Landers If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. -Will R

Reply to Raising The Minumum Wage Helps The Poor in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

in case ya don't wanna go and do the research, here's the summary,,, Last updated January 2007 A minimum wage increase would raise the wages of millions of workers. An estimated 14.9 million workers (11% of the workforce) would receive an increase in their hourly wage rate if the minimum wage were raised from $5.15 to $7.25 by 2008. Of these workers, 6.6 million workers (5% of the workforce) currently earn less than $7.25 and would be directly affected by an increase.

Reply to Songs I'm DYING to hear....... in Humor JoeUser Forums

i think at the top of my list would have to be at least 1 greatful dead song...probably "brokedown palace" or "black muddy river" ...but i'm leaning towards brokedown w/ the line "fare thee well, fare thee well, i love you more than words can tell. listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul."

Reply to Songs I'm DYING to hear....... in Humor JoeUser Forums

September When it Comes, Johnny and Roseanne Cash i love that song,,,i recently saw roseanne cash do it with steve earle and it was great. i think it was one of those "crossroads" shows CMT does. the set was really good, except that roseanne cash always comes off as "snooty" to me when she speaks. and when steve earle would be singing, the look o

Reply to An Early Size-Up Of The 2008 Presidential Run in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Have you heard that Ron Paul has announced as a GOP candidate? no i haven't, but i like ron paul. good guy. i'm not an expert on him, but what i've seen and read, i like. he would be a proverbial monkey wrench in the primary if he gets any press at all.

Reply to Raising The Minumum Wage Helps The Poor in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

In a joint statement issued on Wednesday, October 11, five Nobel Prize winners and over 650 other economists endorsed a statement urging a raise in the minimum wage. The statement asserts that a modest raise in the minimum wage (in the range of a $1.00 to $2.50 per hour), with future increases indexed to protect the workers’ purchasing power, “can significantly improve the lives of low-income workers and their families, without the adverse effects that critics have claimed.” http://w