Larry Kuperman

Reply to Strategies For The Job Hunt? in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Hey, Zoomba. Bet of luck in the job search. The first strategy that I would offer is, before going on an interview, learn all that you can about the employer and business. Google it, at the very least. Visit the company's website, look at the "about" information and read the recent press releases. Come in with print outs to show that you have done your homework. Be prepared to answer questions about what contribution you can make. Sentenances that start off with "I know that yo

Reply to Blogs for the average joe. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

PoetPhilosher, if you think that I will flame you (or anyone) on a post about flaming.....ow, my head hurts!!! LOL! Seriously, please see my post about community here: http://kupe.joeuser.com/articlecomments.asp?AID=7397&s=1 And, HughAhrdum, welcome the community. You write well. Some poems next. perhaps?

Reply to Blogs for the average joe. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Is the glass half full or half empty? Flames, I fear, are the price that one pays for an open forum. Banning users or deleting inappropriate posts are ways to end flaming on a site, but at such a cost.... thus, we do it only as a last resort. Having an open site, open to all, means that Hugh and Miguna get to meet, kindred spirts separated by physical miles. What a nice thing Hugh wrote on Miguna's post and what a polite response Miguna poste

Reply to Bizarre Events In Russian Election in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Jepel, one of the theories offered about this is that the election will so one-sided that not enough people will vote and Putin will be embarrassed.

Bizarre Events In Russian Election in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I've been following this story for a while now, and very frankly don't know what to make of it. Ivan Rybkin is the opposition candidate running against Vladimir Putin for the Russian Presidency. The election is scheduled for March 14th. Last week, his driver and bodyguard dropped him off at his Moscow home. That was the last time that he was seen for days. By Monday of last week an investigation into his possible murder started. Then stopped. About an hour after publicly saying

Donating Blood For Valentine's Day in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Tomorrow at noon I am going to pick up "my best girl," my 9-year old daughter Lauren, and take her with me to donate blood at Red Cross. This will be my 23rd donation since 1994 according to Red Cross. Actually, I think that they missed some, but who is counting? If the donation of blood isn't a sufficient good deed, I get to be a role model at the same time! Bonus!!! Plus, I just like sharing the experience. Anything I do with my kids around is good. It makes me feel good. I

Giving Blood On Valentines Day in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Tomorrow at noon I am going to pick up "my best girl," my 9-year old daughter Lauren, and take her with me to donate blood at Red Cross. This will be my 23rd donation since 1994 according to Red Cross. Actually, I think that they missed some, but who is counting? If the donation of blood isn't a sufficient good deed, I get to be a role model at the same time! Bonus!!! Plus, I just like sharing the experience. Anything I do with my kids around is good. It makes me feel go

Reply to What kind of blogger are you? Look at the google ads in Blogging JoeUser Forums

My Google ads are for World Wildlife Foundation, March of Dimes and Second Harvest Hunger relief. I am very pleased. :)

CNN Quotes Source: Clark To Endorse Kerry in International JoeUser Forums

According to CNN, a source close to the candidate says that Wesley Clark will endorse John Kerry in his quest for the Democratic nomination. Retired Army Gen. stopped short of confirming the rumor, saying only that "I'm looking forward to seeing John tomorrow." If accurate, Gen. Clark's endorsement would certainly boost the chances for John Kerry, who has won 12 of the first 14 primaries. The next Democratic primary is in Wisconsin. In my opinion, in order for any De

Reply to Christians In The Mid-East in Current Events JoeUser Forums

***WARNING THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES THAT MAY BE UPSETTING!*********** I saw this on Google: http://www.persecution.com.au/default.asp?c=6 It is hard to stomach this kind of brutality. While I have agreed that the lot of Arabic Christians living on the West Bank is difficult, in part I believe because it difficult to distinguish them from Arabic Moslems living in the same community, I submit that is nothing compared to the barbarity inflicted on Christians in Moslem fun

Reply to Kerry affair with Intern in Democrat JoeUser Forums

Anthony, conviction is not the issue. The rumour alone will be damaging, mayhap devastating to Kerry's campaign. There is an old story about Lyndon Baines Johnson spreading a rumour about an opponent. His goal, according to the story, was to "make him deny it." Can it get worse? You better believe it! Read the whole Drudge report (Brad provides the link) and you will see "A serious investigation of the woman and the nature of her rel

Reply to Being a Part of a Community in Internet JoeUser Forums

stevendedalus, happy blogging to you as well! Thrive on disagreement, as I try to. (Sometimes easier than other times, especially when we are SO right!) Bakerstreet, you will never be a troll. You always add value, trolls never do. Thank you, Sherye.

Being a Part of a Community in Internet JoeUser Forums

I am a member of many communities, this being one and an important one. One of my theories (and I have a LOT of theories!) is that the measure of how commited a person is to a community is there willingness to accept dissenting points of view. I think that I am pretty tolerant, but I resolve to be even more so in the future. Why? Because this community is important to me. I come here to write, to express my thoughts and opinions. I also come here to read, to learn about other points of

Reply to Christians In The Mid-East in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Sherye, please retract the comment about my being afraid to read things that contradict my point of view. I believe that was uncalled for since in my earlier post I asked you if had a source. It was not a rhetorical question. You simply did not provide a link or a source earlier. I trust that you made this comment in the heat of debate. I have now read the article that you pointed out entitled "Caught in Between: The Story of an Arab Palestinian Christian Israeli." Although it is a revi

Reply to GUI Olympics 2004 concepts solidifying in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

BoXXi, as things stand now, you can be your own team. Best of luck to all!

Reply to The Two Jordans in Republican JoeUser Forums

Hi, Moshi. Nice post, good references, well supported. I disagree and offer a rebuttal. Not true of the 1948 War? I beg to differ. "Israel was attacked on the same day it gained its independence – May 14th. The armies of Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq attacked Israel. With such a combined force attacking Israel, few would have given the new country any chance of survival." Source: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/israel_and_the_1948_war.ht

Reply to Israel continues with its one sided war in Politics JoeUser Forums

"Killing 12-year old children to get at a body guard seems a little excessive to me." When I saw the body of a twelve-year old boy lying dead in the streets of Jenin, my heart went out to his family. But I ask you seriously what the alternative is? Israel has taken the tack of retaliating against those that send suicide bombers on raids. What else can they do? Let the leaders go unpunished? Where is the world outcry when a bomb goes off on a b

Reply to Christians In The Mid-East in Current Events JoeUser Forums

May I offer this article which references the Washington Times: http://www.rense.com/general25/bibles.htm The title is "Palestinians In Nativity Church Used Bibles As Toilet Paper." I'm not making this up, you can find it and plenty of similiar ones on a Google Search. Judaism does not try to convert people. Conversion does not make sense since the foundation of Judaism is the pact between Jehovah and Abraham, which is based on familial descent. So Christians can live in Israel and

Reply to Christians In The Mid-East in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Hi, Sherye. Do you have a source to support "Even the Arab Christians in Bethlehem, once patriotic towards Israel are being persecuted by Israel?" If you were to say that Christian Arabs are fleeing the ongoing violence, I would agree. But after doing a Google search, I can't find any evidence of Israeli persecution. Even Aljazeerah, hardly a pro-Israeli source, says in this article last month that "violence of the last three years between Isr

Reply to The Power of Why: Your Ally To Marketing Success! in Business JoeUser Forums

Good article. Most sales literature explains What a product does and even How it does that which it does. (Love that turn of phrase.) Powerful marketing explains Why you need that done.

Reply to The Two Jordans in Republican JoeUser Forums

Muggaz, the one-testicle/two testicle analogy is provocative, so let me use the Canadian analogy instead. If Canada annexed Montana, as Jordan claimed the West Bank in 1952 and moved Canadians in for years and then the Montanans reclaimed the land, would Canada keep the returning Canadians in refugee camps for two generations? BakerStreet, Manifest Destiny derives (as far as I can tell) from John L. O'Sullivan's 1839 speech On Manifest Destiny. Although the phrase was used in the 1840's

Reply to The Two Jordans in Republican JoeUser Forums

Let me add one more note. There are always two sides to a story. I visited the web site of the Jordanian organization responsible for the refugee camps "The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Department of Palestinian Affairs" at http://www.dpa.gov.jo. If you can find any reason why after more than 50 years people who speak the same language as the Jordanians, who have the same religion, who are racially and culturally the same continue to be confin

Reply to The Two Jordans in Republican JoeUser Forums

BakerStreet, you are right in that the situation exists and must be dealt with. You are wrong in that you ignore or minimize many of the events cited and supported above. I am not going to quote the Balfour Declaration again, or the Ottoman Sultan's inviting Eastern European Jews in, the purchase of land by the Zionist Congress in the early 20th Century or even the United Nations recognition of the State of Israel. What I will cite is that about 3/4 of

Christians In The Mid-East in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Earlier tonight, researching a response to a post about Israel's supposedly one-sided war against the PLO, I came across an open letter from the head of the World Lebanese Organization to the American Congress. It is linked here and is certainly worth reading for anyone interested in the truth about the Middle East, about the fate of Christians in that part of the world and for humanitarians in general. The letter calls attention to the plight of the Christian community in Lebanon which

Reply to Israel continues with its one sided war in Politics JoeUser Forums

I have posted a brief overview of the history of the region at http://kupe.joeuser.com/index.asp?AID=7076 including links to a number of sites. I don't think however that it will effect peoples opinions. Sherye, one of the documents that I linked shows that there were substantial numbers of Jews in Israel before World War II. There was always a Jewish population in the area. Before and after the 1946 War of Independence, Arabs (Jordanians in f