Larry Kuperman

Reply to Terry Schiavo's end speaks poorly of our judicial system in Politics JoeUser Forums

You have pretty clearly stated the whole rationale behind this case which is whether the courts get to decide matters of life or death or if such decisions should only be made by elected officials. If the former, then things stay as they are. But if the latter......well, then, Roe v. Wade comes under challenge doesn't it? One only need to look at the National Right to Life organization web page to see the implications. See http://www.nrlc.org/

Reply to Bullies have to be confronted in Parenting JoeUser Forums

Listen to T-Man and BakerStreet. Tell the teacher, document, contact the other kid's parents....AND have Alex ready to defend himself. You don't want him being blamed as the aggressor. That gets him in trouble and, more importantly, teaches him NOT to defend himself. Being right is one thing, being able to prove that you are right is another. Who reading this has not been blamed as the "bad guy" (or gal) when all they did was defend themselves

Reply to Mom, If 25% of My Brain is Gone - Don't Starve Me in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I guess, BakerStreet, that many people, myself included, have the fear that that which makes us human, that spirit or atman or whatever, will be trapped within the meat.

How You'll Know When I Am Dead in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I do need to preface this with something a bit personal. My brother-in-law died today. His name was Robert Grosse and he was a bright, articulate and well-spoken man. He suffered a stroke, underwent brain surgery and died soon thereafter. So forgive me if I am in a somber mood. Anyone who knows me, in Real Life (such as it is) or through the blogging or skinn

Sin, Repentence and Redemption in Religion JoeUser Forums

Every religion has to deal with the issue of Sin (upper-case letter intentional) and Repentance, the recovery, if you will, from Sin to a State of Grace. How each religion deals with it effects how that religion will be received and the degree to which it will be accepted. To me, that is marketing. Every religion has it's "Do's and Don't's." Do go to church o

Reply to Sci-Fi Author Andre Norton Dies in Current Events JoeUser Forums

You're welcome. I can't wait for the next (last) book.

Reply to Essorant Skin Pack available in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Tim Dagger (Essorant) is simply the best. He creates the skins that other authors aspire to.

Sci-Fi Author Andre Norton Dies in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Andre Norton is dead at the age of 93. For those of us that grew up with her books, she will be sorely missed. I first read an Andre Norton book....well, I don't want to say how long ago. I think the first one that I read was "The Beast Master." Don't judge the book by the terrible movie of the same name. Later, I became a big fan of the "Witch World" series.

Reply to Details of IE7 Begin to Emerge in Internet JoeUser Forums

Paxx said "I am pretty sure most Windows users still use pre-XP versions." I would disagree. Windows accounts for over 90% of the desktop market. Most people who have bought a Windows PC from a major manufacturer since 2001 are running XP. And I would guess that most of those have upgraded to SP2. I tried to find a breakdown of PC users by OS. I coldn't find a current one. Maybe someone will be better at research.... It would be an interes

Reply to Bye bye Bernie (Ebbers) in Politics JoeUser Forums

Hi, Terpfan. (University of Maryland, Fighting Terapins, is that the origin of your nick?) I don't know if you have read my Blog on CEOs: Who Needs Them? from a few weeks ago, and I don't blame President Bush, but some things to point out: 1- Mr. Ebbers hasn't been sentenced as yet, nor has the appeals process been exhausted. But realize that it has been 3 years since MCI went bankrupt. It has now "recovered" by screwing the investors

Reply to Americans are behaving like..... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Can you explain how the recent elections in Iraq are anything but an expression of belief in self-determination? Thats a bit of a conundrum. I would think that replacing a dictator and holding the first free eleactions seen in that country in...well, pretty close to forever, shows our belief in the people's ability to decide for themselves.

You say "Sudan" and I say "Sedan" in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Oh, this is just TOO good! A spelling mistake in the Congressional record, picked up by Al Jazeera and other media, heightened international tensions this week. The error led to the mistaken belief that the US had conducted atomic tests in the Sudan more than 40 years ago and was blamed for causing cancer in that troubled country. The errant quote we

Reply to Americans are behaving like..... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Furry Canary said "Okay, perhaps not this week, but in general - absolutely." Which is probably as close to "I was wrong and you are right" as I am going to get. Thanks, I appreciate the recognition. When people say things like "the USA did more than anybody else to put Saddam Hussein in power in the first place" they do a great disservice to the Arab people. That assumes that the Arab people are passive and incapable of making their own decis

Reply to Holocaust Revisionism:Swimming Pool, Stocked Theatre in World War II JoeUser Forums

" At Auschwitz children were often killed upon arrival. Children born in the camp were generally killed on the spot. Near the end of the war, in order to cut expenses and save gas, cost-accountant considerations led to an order to place living children directly into the ovens or throw them into open burning pits." "So called camp doctors, especially the notorious Josef Mengele, would torture and inflict incredible suffering on Jewish children

Reply to Americans are behaving like..... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

rombios, in what is probably a vain hope that this will encourage you to study some history, let me ask you to point to any world wide referendum that occured prior to World War II authorizing the US to support England via Lend Lease? (That was the program where we sent war supplies to the Brits for free.) There was none. How about the referendum asking us to rebuild Europe after WWII under the Marshall Plan? None again. For 20 years

Reply to Americans are behaving like..... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Furry Canary, some links to the contrary: "Russia will continue its essential role in helping Iran" from the Turkish Weekly. See http://www.turkishweekly.net/comments.php?id=364 "Russian entities are interacting with Iranian nuclear research centers on a wide variety of activities beyond the Bushehr project. Many of these projects, ostensibly for civilian nuclear uses, have direct application to the production of weapons-grade fissile

Americans are behaving like..... in Current Events JoeUser Forums

We're doing it again. We keep on trying to save the world. And, of course, the world is predictably dissatisfied with the way that we go about it. View the blog posts from around the world. Count the number of people that people that post that America has no business in Iraq. Compare that to the number that point out (or even know) that Iraq was a British col

Reply to An open letter to supporters of the Iraq war in Politics JoeUser Forums

"Kupe - That was scathingly honest. I wish I could give that one comment multiple Insightfuls." Thanks, Greywar, you made me blush. Let me say that AJCrowley is a friend of mine and, while I disagree with some of his statements, I will defend unto death his right to offer them. Silly as they may be.....kidding, AJ, I'm just kidding. But here is the dilemma when faced with evil. Do we do nothing? Do we wait for a perfect solution? Or d

350th Anniversary of Jews in America in History JoeUser Forums

This the 350th Anniversary of the first Jewish community in America, an event not really recognized outside of the Jewish community. Yet it symbolizes what America has to offer. The story of Jews in America begins in 1492. In that year, the last Moslem city in Spain fell, Columbus set sail to find India (being a man, he refused to ask for directions and so en

Reply to An open letter to supporters of the Iraq war in Politics JoeUser Forums

AJCrowley, if there were a time machine and you could turn back the hands, what would you have done? I don't pose that as a rhetorical question. I mean it sincerely. What would you have done? Left Saddam in power? Continued an embargo, knowing that corruption had made Oil for Food a sad, sad joke? I know many people from the Middle East. I don't view them as barbarians. They are friends and in some sense, distant relatives. I get my hair cut a

Reply to Wise words from Stephen King in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Stephen King is one of my favorite writers. Just finished Book 6 of the Dark Tower, The Song of Susannah. He is one of the writers who captures the spirit of our times, the zeitgeist as the Germans would say.

Reply to Outsourcing: Who's fault is it? in Business JoeUser Forums

Draginol said: "My point, which seems to get lost between Kobrano's insistence on over-generalize the argument is that American college students, upon graduation, do not have the skills to justify $40k to $50k salaries in industries that focus heavily on emerging technologies. And as a result, the future technology markets may be dominated by foreign countries. That is what the Intel executive was getting at and I totally concur." Thanks for

Reply to Intel exec fears for U.S. competitiveness in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

Kobrano, please see http://www.allied-physicians.com/salary_surveys/nurse-salaries.htm Starting base for an RN= $39,000 One of the reasons for the shortage is the high turnover rate, caused in part by burnout. A significent percentage LEAVE the field after a few years.

Reply to Outsourcing: Who's fault is it? in Business JoeUser Forums

Intel earnings projections for the last quarter of 2004: http://money.cnn.com/2005/01/10/technology/intel/ "Analysts expect Intel to report sales of $9.41 billion for the fourth quarter, up 8 percent from a year ago and 11 percent from the third quarter." Shares of Intel shot up more than 5 percent the day of the announcement." Companies are outsourcing, not because they "need to," but because they are reaping huge profits from doing

Reply to Is there any original Materials Left in Misc JoeUser Forums

Dr. Guy, please allow me to recommend "The Zenith Angle" by Bruce Sterling. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345460618/qid=1109976632/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/102-8402695-0316115?v=glance&s=books Original and though-provoking.