Gideon MacLeish

Reply to Here's Why Conservatives Make Better Business People in Politics JoeUser Forums

Perhaps.... I DID splurge a little too much on dinner last night...... lol! If it was your BOSS' money, then your liberal conversion is complete! LOL! I don't know if you ever crossed paths with Myrrander, Artysim, but he brought up an excellent point that what we are looking for in our government is efficiency more than anything. You may be "liberal" in the sense of supporting the government underwriting of social causes, but it soun

Reply to DOG off TV in Current Events JoeUser Forums

So what do you think about Dog and getting back on TV? Any chance? Absolutely. It may not be A&E, but there are far too many scandal merchants drooling at the notoriety Dog could bring to their podunk cable TV station.

End State Sponsorship of Political Parties! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Following in the footsteps of the DNC, the Republican Party is now promising to penalize several states for holding their primaries too early. This has been one big, nasty mess all around with states fumbling over one another to hold the "first" primary, and the craziness would be good late show material if we could get the writers off of their strike. On second thought, that might mean no new episodes of "Cavemen", so let the strike continue! There is a very simple solution to this q

Reply to Those People in Writing JoeUser Forums

Now, I wasn't sure if you wanted to officially out yourself, Joe, so I held off saying too much, but I have a bit of a question now that you're completely "out"... Is your name a deliberate homage to Dr. Seuss' anagrammed pen name? Because it certainly reminded me of all them children's book's I've read by the good Theo LeSeig!

Reply to Vista: One Year Later in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

You big chickens.... Its all what you get used too. Actually, there are as many good reasons not to use Vista as there are TO use Vista. It's all about personal choice. In my case, I run several virtual machines on my laptop, so I need a host O/S that doesn't hog all of my resources. Vista does not quite fill the bill. Say what you want good about it, but it is quite assuredly a resource hog!

Reply to Why Do We Care ABout the Motives of MURDERERS? in Misc JoeUser Forums

It does not mention it in the title or anywhere else in the article. "Teenage killer leaves suicide note" OK, in that article it didn't. But in the initial Yahoo! link that was the headline. The article did, however, mention in the first paragraph, which is usually the topical paragraph for the article. That's where the important stuff is usually put. I'm just saying that we should understand the motivation so

Reply to Why Do We Care ABout the Motives of MURDERERS? in Misc JoeUser Forums

It mentioned once he was “a bullied outcast with radical views”. Umm, yeah. About that. They mentioned it in the introduction to the article, which is usually where they put relevant points they wish to emphasize. Oh, yeah, and they mentioned it in the title. That's kind of high profile, doncha think?

Reply to So, What Are My Taxes Getting Me? in Politics JoeUser Forums

I DO hope you both are wearing the flame proof undies!

Reply to Why Do We Care ABout the Motives of MURDERERS? in Misc JoeUser Forums

Having a school no-bullying policy. BLAMING THE VICTIM!!! You're proving my point spot on, Loca. The bullies were not responsible for this individual's behaviour, HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS OWN BEHAVIOUR! We need to stop being apologists for murderers. Once you murder someone in cold blood, you surrender your place at the bargaining table.

Why Do We Care ABout the Motives of MURDERERS? in Misc JoeUser Forums

It was not that long ago that rape trials would center on the sexual life of the accuser. Basically, one had to be practically a nun in order to get any justice in many of those trials. The mentality was named the "blame the victim" mentality, and was rightly shunned for the stinking thinking that it was. A look at today's headlines shows just how far we've gone back to the "blame the victim" mentality. Only it's not rape this time, it's mass murder. <A href="http://news.yahoo

Reply to Here's Why Conservatives Make Better Business People in Politics JoeUser Forums

A true conservative should BE libertarian, jythier. After all, isn't it horribly poor stewardship to expend government resources enforcing morals laws?

Reply to 7 things I hate about Vista in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

(Gideon hugs his Ubuntu 7.10 machine)

Reply to Want to Help the Poor? EDUCATE YOURSELF! in Misc JoeUser Forums

Ya know, I've been thinking about an accounting career...lol!

Here's Why Conservatives Make Better Business People in Politics JoeUser Forums

Throughout my life, I have always been told that Republicans are the party of the rich, and Democrats the party of the poor. This is likely because Republicans have traditionally been associated with conservatives and Democrats with liberals (the truth of those stereotypes is not something I will discuss in the body of this article; it's too tangential). What I have noticed that feeds this stereotype, though, is that conservatives are better business people than liberals. And because

Reply to DOG off TV in Current Events JoeUser Forums

All throughout highschool his father never let him throw the ball because he made bad throwing decisions. Right. However, while Favre is very mobile, his legs are not his primary strength. As you well remember, in Favre's early years, it was short screen passes under Holmgren's system that put them in the end zone, and until Edgar Bennet busted the 1,000 yard barrier, that was their substitute for a running game. While Favre (at least in his prime) was

Want to Help the Poor? EDUCATE YOURSELF! in Misc JoeUser Forums

As I was thinking about the big bad world of economics the other day, a thought occurred to me. I've long realized that the current approaches to poverty are dead wrong. They don't help, and in too many instances, exacerbate the very problems they were meant to remedy. One of the biggest problems is the activists who decry the income disparity from the rich and poor. As I've come to look at the big picture, I've come to realize that lack of education is the most common reason that dis

Reply to So, What Are My Taxes Getting Me? in Politics JoeUser Forums

I know it's all for the "greater good" but honestly, I'd like to get a little bit back for ME now and then. And therein lies the problem, zoomba. This is why we cannot get fiscal conservatives elected to government. Because everyone wants a slice of the pie, so we keep making the dang pie bigger to accomodate them. In my *perfect* world, the "something" you would see for you would not be program benefits, but reduced taxes. Our government is too

Reply to DOG off TV in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Yup, there's always the chance there will be a new commissioner. A lot can happen in a year or two or three. People forget, people move on. Yeah, it worked for the Chicago 8! Lol. Your talking to a Brett Favre fan here, he's 38, breaking all kinds of NFL records still, and playing at a pro-ball game level You know, my wife's from Wisconsin. I spent twelve years there. I missed Favre's lengthy prison sent

Reply to DOG off TV in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I believe Vick, has been suspended not expelled from the NFL. Meaning when he gets out and has served his time, a team could still pick him up to play. IF the commissioner decides, Dan. His suspension is indefinite, meaning the commish pretty much gets to say whether Vick comes back or not. And given the general treatment of sports towards anyone involved in gambling, his chances appear very slim. And if the state DOES tack on chargers, Vick co

Reply to DOG off TV in Current Events JoeUser Forums

yes i missed this. If you're going to speak out on current events, maybe you should actually READ the news. Especially when it's two months old! WWW Link i didn't mention any names so you must be feeling guilty about something. No, you simply said "most". Actually, had you READ, you would see most of us hav

Reply to FBI learned in advance of O.J. Simpson's plan to retrieve personal items in Current Events JoeUser Forums

NEWSFLASH: The best way to avoid being "setup" is, don't take the stinking bait! Good grief! If OJ goes to prison you gonna write him love letters, too? You seem to get all hot and bothered over football felons.

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but Vic has a right to work his job was the NFL. No, he does NOT have a right to work in the NFL, danielost. I realize you're going to weep many long nights because Vick isn't suiting up in the pros, danielost, but if he has a "right" to the job in the NFL, why haven't all of the also rans who get cut in training camo sued because their rights are violated? Because he HAS no such right, that's why!

Reply to DOG off TV in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Vic had rights too but because he was a celebrity it seemed like no body on this sight wanted to give him his rights. what Similarly, Vick had no "right" to play in the NFL.

Reply to DOG off TV in Current Events JoeUser Forums

if you have noticed i stopped commenting on this because few of you want to give the man his rights. Please show me the "right" to be on a cable TV show. Daniel, I have not advocated for removing ANY of Dog's "rights". What you need to understand is that being on TV is not a "right", otherwise a WHOLE LOT of us have had our rights violated for nothing. Now I'm writing to A&E. I want my reality show, durnit!

Reply to DOG off TV in Current Events JoeUser Forums

i'm more than a lil amused by concerns over violations of a bounty hunter's rights cause there won't be any reciprocity forthcoming. Recognizing people's rights shouldn't be based on how they recognize (or don't) the rights of others, kingbee.