Larry Kuperman

Larry Kuperman

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Mideast News: Arab vs. Arab, Jew vs. Jew in International JoeUser Forums

The full quote goes "We Have Met The Enemy and He Is Us" and is attributed to Pogo author, Walt Kelly. It strikes as a very apt description of the state of affairs in the Mid-East. Divisions within the Arab and Israeli may be more of an impediment to peace than most people think. The Arab Street is divided on the issues of terrorism and Lebanon, while Israel

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Al Queda SHOULD Hate Us! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Al Queda should hate us. They have every reason to. For we are going to destroy their way of life. Bin Laden should hate us. For he sees the inevitabilty of defeat. Everything that he holds dear is going to fall and be forgotten, except as a historical footnote. And he knows that he can only delay it but never defeat it. All the little tin dictators

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Reply to Yes, it IS genocide and yes, you SHOULD care in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Excellent post on a much overlooked topic. How the Arab press is pressuring countries NOT to act in the Sudan: http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=8352 From BBC News, July 8th, 2004 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3875277.stm)): "France opposes UN Sudan sanctions, France says it does not support US plans for international sanctions on Sudan if violence continues in Darfur." France is debating over whether t

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Reply to Byrd, A Bigot for all Seasons in Politics JoeUser Forums

"How about Jewish Groups Blast Byrd's Nazi Remarks?" Yeah, I saw that as well. I think that THEY were over-reacting, but you are right. CNN and Fox only reported the reactions from a number of groups. Point well taken. What we had was a former KKK member "playing the Nazi card." Talk about hypocrasy. "I would not put George McGovern in that list. He was just a whacko, but an honest and sincere one." Once again, I agree with you. George was a w

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Reply to CEOs: Who Needs Them? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Dynosoar, good observation. But actually, Stephen Cooper was the guy brought into Enron to clean up their mess as part of their bankruptcy reorganization. He wasn't part of old Ken Lay good ole boy network. See http://www.forbes.com/business/2005/01/18/0118autofacescan03.html It is pretty funny to me that the former CEO of Krispy Kreme, a high fat and high carb food, was named "Livengood." Like something out of a Terry Pratchet novel.

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Reply to Civility On JoeUser...or Trolling For Points in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Slightly bewildered (what an apt name you have chosen, props to you!), the quotation marks indicate that I was quoting from the article entitled Internet Trolls, which I also linked to. But let me reply further. There is a difference between a statistic, which can be measured and verified, and a prejudice. I would say from personal experience that the author is correct and most trolls are male. Here is a good article on Trolls from Wikipedia h

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Reply to Byrd, A Bigot for all Seasons in Politics JoeUser Forums

Hi, Dr. Guy. I saw the CNN article this morning. I am NOT a defender of Senator Byrd's and I certainly do recall that he was a KKK member, but in this particular instance, I think CNN was exaggerating the importance of his remarks. His remarks (as quoted in the CNN article, I may only have part of the story) were not inflammatory nor inappropriate, at least in my opinion. Let me quote everything that CNN reported, judge for yourself: *****

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Reply to Civility On JoeUser...or Trolling For Points in Blogging JoeUser Forums

MM, I describe a pair of shoes and you say they fit you? Well, if the shoe fits.... Kidding, I was just kidding! Lest anyone think that I was seriously talking about Moderateman, I have read his blog on many occasions. If anyone missed his post on Operation Silverlance, you should go read it NOW. See http://moderateman.joeuser.com/index.asp?AID=67064. It is short, but eloquent. Silverlance occured in 1965, during the Vietnam War (alth

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Reply to CEOs: Who Needs Them? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Jeff said "If you can't get that right, why should i care about the rest of the post?" Jeff, when "I" is used as a pronoun, it should be capitalized. Don't worry, though. I forgive you your errors in the hope that you will forgive me mine. In fact, I look forward to your posts, when you get a chance to actually write some.

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Civility On JoeUser...or Trolling For Points in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I come to JoeUser to write, to read, to comment and to learn. I learn most from people that are different from me, that offer ideas and perspectives that I would never have thought of. I don't think that I am unique in this. But civility is a requirement. When things degenerate into "flame wars" or simple meanness, neither side listens or benefits. One of my

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Reply to CEOs: Who Needs Them? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Kingbee, you are too kind. Ted, you are right on and I blew the punchline. Well, not really the punchline, but it was supposed to be funny and I was wrong. Arghh, I hate it when a humorous post goes awry. I'll just go slink off now.

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CEOs: Who Needs Them? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

With apologies to the group War: "CEO s, huh! What are they good for? Absolutely nothing!" If you are looking for good reality-based entertainment, you need look no further than some of the trials of CEO s currently in progress. Then ask yourselves, why were these guys ever paid so much? First of all, what is a CEO? CEO stand

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Reply to Well Take Away My "Muslim Hater" Card If You Wish But... in Politics JoeUser Forums

From the post on Little Green Footballs: "The children had to write a full biography on the life of Muhammad, using the information from the textbook - an extremely indoctrinating exercise." What would be indoctrinating about writing a biography of Muhammed? He ws an extremely important religous leader. (As was Moses and Jesus and Martin Luther.) Unless, of course, the textbook presented a false and misleading point of view. But even then, a

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Reply to Liberals Won the 2004 Election! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Thanks guys, for commenting. Sometime in the late 1960's or early 1970's, I guess during the Nixon years, the Democratic party became the "Liberal" party and the Republican party became the "Conservative" party. Prior to this, you had Liberal Republicans and Conservative Republicans, Liberal Democrats and Conservative Democrats, etc. The political litmus test then was the Vietnam War , but has continued with a series of "single issues." The re

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Liberals Won the 2004 Election! in Politics JoeUser Forums

If you are looking for a rant that George W. Bush "stole" the election in 2004 (or in 2000, for that matter) you have come to the wrong place. Move along now, nothing to see here. My contention is that George W. Bush IS a liberal, in the strictest sense of the word. Please note that I didn't say "Democrats" won anything, I said Liberals. The Reader's

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Reply to Looking for 144,000 Jews: If Found, Please Contact Jesus in Religion JoeUser Forums

Good post, thoughtful and thought-provoking: TaBoo is referring to the Rapture. Just in case anyone missed the reference, here is Revelation Chapter 7: 4 I heard the number of those who had been marked with the seal, one hundred and forty-four thousand marked 4 from every tribe of the Israelites: 5 twelve thousand were marked from the tribe of Judah, 5 twelve thousand from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand from the tribe

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Reply to Where is the Middle East Heading to in Politics JoeUser Forums

One might not know from your article that Syria is now and has been for some time occupying Lebanon with a military force, an occupation that is unpopular with the people of Lebanon. Is that the fault of the US or Israel? The number one voice speaking out against this occupation is silenced by a massive car bomb. Is that the fault of the US and Israel? There are 14,000 Syrian troops in Lebanon. Rafik Hariri, who was murdered, had resigned as Prime Mini

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Reply to BLACKS IN ZIMBABWE ARE BRINGING FAMINE UPON THEMSELVES in Current Events JoeUser Forums

"With food production virtually wiped out, who will Mugabe blame when he is unable to feed Zimbabwe’s 14 people?" should read 14.4 MILLION people. Marvin is right, factually. (Something that I never thought that I would say, but give credit where credit is due.) See http://www.aegis.com/news/afp/2002/AF020947.html Food production is down by 70 percent. Recently, the government of President Mugabe blocked the import of 30 tons of maize

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