Larry Kuperman

Reply to Advice for my daughter in Parenting JoeUser Forums

I'm going to point my kids to this. Good article.

Reply to We Were Duped in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Despite the years I remember EXACTLY why I detested her parents....it was all the pictures of this little girl being shown in adult make-up for beauty pagents. Gideon, if I recall correctly, you have children. How would feel about doing that with your kids? I don't know if the Ramseys were in anyway responsible for her tragic death, but I am not nominating them for Parents of the Year

Reply to Control of Internet Administration Remains with U.S. Government in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Has there ever been one proven instance of the US Government abusing the naming convention? Zoomba, the countries that objected to the US Government continuing to have control over the naming convention were Iran and Brazil. According to the Latin Business Chronicle, Brazil was relatively low in the piracy scale, with losses from software piracy estimated at a mere $766 million in 2005. (Source <a href="http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/reports/rep

Reply to Excuse me, Sir I would like to buy 3,000 Cell Phones in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

Perhaps MM should have said "take the money without asking any questions." The police were suspicious that the phones were to be used to blow up the Mackinac Bridge. To my mind a more likely scenario is that the phones were to be used for communications and then tossed away before they could be tapped.

Reply to Before attacking Bush, big oil, read this article in Politics JoeUser Forums

I'm not disagreeing with you and I think that your article was good and timely, but you do know that Exxon Mobil received $2.6 billion in Federal subsidies for research last year? The industry as a whole received over $7 billion in subsidies. There is a bill to underwrite off-shore exploaration to the tune of $69 billion. Back in March, Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson called for an end to subsidies....for Ethanol! He said "We've never been a supporter

Reply to Reuters Photoshops Beirut Photo in Politics JoeUser Forums

...and then denied that it was open in the first place. There is nothing new in this. In 2003, Reuters "won" HonestReporting.com's "Dishonest Reporting" Award, with AP receiving a Dishonorable Mention. There were many reasons cited, but the foremost was "Reuters refuses to use the term "terrorist" because (as global news editor Steven Jukes states) "one man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter."" I can understand an individual or

Reply to Reuters Photoshops Beirut Photo in Politics JoeUser Forums

Reuters has withdrawn the images and all other images by that photographer: LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Reuters withdrew all 920 photographs by a freelance Lebanese photographer from its database on Monday after a review of his work showed he had altered two images from the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. (See Link ) You would not know from t

Reply to Reuters Photoshops Beirut Photo in Politics JoeUser Forums

"Lies, damn lies and photos" is a Mark Twain allusion, for those who like footnotes.

Reuters Photoshops Beirut Photo in Politics JoeUser Forums

In the face of evidence presented at the Little Green Footballs blog site, Reuters has had to withdraw a photo that greatly exaggerated Israel's bombing of Beirut. The photo contained plumes of smoke and entire buildings that were "cloned" in Photoshop to exaggerate the severity of the damage. The falsified image: Go to <a href="http

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Mazel tov!

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Reply to Morality in Blogging JoeUser Forums

How do you feel about the introduction of "extreme" wrestling matchs like ECW? No rules, lots of blood?

Reply to Israel And Lebanon By Numbers in International JoeUser Forums

Just a point of fact. Current estimates of the Hezbollah forces in the South of Lebannon opposing Israel are two brigades, the same strength as the Israeli force. They are NOT few in number.

Shootings in Seattle in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Six people were shot at the Seattle Jewish Center yesterday, one fatally, by a man who identified himself as a Muslim "angry at Israel." It was believed that the gunman acted alone. But two Mosques in the Seattle area have been investigated for ties to Al-Queda. The man entered the building on the Jewish Sabbath when few people are in the office. People wonder why Jews "play the anti-Semitism card." Could it be because

Reply to Israel And Lebanon By Numbers in International JoeUser Forums

Hmmm, not sure that I agree about the geography part. I know that Tyre and Bint Jbeil are there, but from the comments of the UN commander who had been stationed there about the difficulties faced, my impression was that there was little else. The UN forces had been stationed there to monitor compliance with UN Resolution 1559 which required "the disbanding and disarmament of all Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias." The government of Lebanon r

Reply to Israel And Lebanon By Numbers in International JoeUser Forums

Hi, O G San. Hope that you are well. Today's fighting told a different story, with 8 Israeli soldiers killed and 22 more wounded in Bint Jbeil, a stronghold near the border. See link http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/26/mideast.main/index.html The same story noted that Hezbollah has not released casualty figures since the fighting began, so we really don't know. Israel's stated intention was to destroy Hezbolla

Reply to Bush is Driving the People of Lebanon to Syria in Politics JoeUser Forums

Germany is a democracy. Germany is an ally. COL Gene, there are so many errors in your logic, it is hard to know where to start. We bombed the stuffing out of Germany during WWII. Germany got new leadership. See above. Japan is a democracy. Japan is an ally. We nuked them during WWII. Tojo no longer rules Japan. Italy is...am I being repetitive? We can't drive the people of Lebanon and Palestine int

Reply to ISRAEL, LEBANON, AND THE MIDDLE EAST in Politics JoeUser Forums

"as it is of the corruption and incompetence of the ruling dispensation in New Delhi" If the government wasn't corrupt, LeT wouldn't have blown up the train? Because the government is corrupt (in your view) it was okay to kill 200 people?

Reply to What’s Good for GM: See the USA in a Chevrolet in Blogging JoeUser Forums

At the core of the merger talks, required by Kirk Kerkorian, is the feeling that GM's management is simply incompetent. Kerkorian has $1.7 billion invested in the company. Rick Wagoner, GM CEO, has had his pay cut in half. GM lost $1 billion buying and then selling interest in Fiat. (Note to the boys at GM: It is buy LOW and sell High, not the other way around.) GM's new ecology-friendly technology, the cornerstone of its current ad campaign,

Reply to ISRAEL, LEBANON, AND THE MIDDLE EAST in Politics JoeUser Forums

Bahu, you like many others, seem intent on ignoring the missle attacks coming from Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon. To this point Hezbollah has fired an estimated 1500 (one thousand five hundred) missles against Israeli towns and cities. Only their incompetence has prevented the Israeli losses from being higher. I can't understand your attitiude in light of your own people's recent and tragic experience with the terrorist group Lashkar-

Reply to Cuba Fires Rockets on Miami!!!! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Dr. Guy, a very, very good post. Thanks. Let me ask another question. Do the missles striking Haifa and other Israeli cities not qualify as weapons of mass destruction? If the government of Lebanon can't control a heavily armed militia operating within it's borders, should that government remain in place?

Reply to Evolution-A Religion or Not? in Religion JoeUser Forums

Hi, KFC. A good but short summary of some of the evidence of evolution can be found at Link Another good source is Link Quoting from the second article: The evidence for evolution has primarily come from four sources: 1. the fossil record of change in earlier species 2. the chemical an

Reply to Liberal Bloggers I LIKE! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Good article and a good demonstration of community spirit. Thanks for writing it.

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