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Reply to As YOU age, which is MORE likely? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Depends on whether you mean classic liberal meaning "progressive and inclusive" and classic conservative meaning "small government and stay out of my life" or, conversely, you mean the current crop of mendacious morons of either stripe. I believe the current group are the "Bush can do no wrong, rubberstamp his every whim" party and the "We're not the other guys but have no spines" party. Hard to get excited about either of those current group

Reply to Bush Economic Policy NOT Popular with Americans! in Politics JoeUser Forums

It's amazing that people who don't work with statistics and polls automatically state that they are fallacious, because of sample size. It is possible, with a good methodology, to produce accurate poll data from 800 people, extrapolated to the entire population of the country. Some polls may oversample some demographic groups, but the Gallup and Zogby organizations wouldn't be in business for long if they were consistently inaccurate. There's a reason that Zogby and Gallup make millions - their

Reply to The Left Loves to Believe the Worst About Rangers in Current Events JoeUser Forums

If you can look at that picture and say, "Yep, he was in the U.S. Army" you need your head examined. Just the most glaring issue - only Marines roll their sleeves up inside out. Al-zaid, indeed.

Reply to Deism in Religion JoeUser Forums

That was Arthur C Clarke, actually - it's considered Clarke's Third Law. 1 - When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. 2 - The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. 3 - Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Reply to Howdy in Virtual Communities JoeUser Forums

Identical birthdays?

Reply to POST SITE PROBLEMS HERE in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Thanks, all. At least I'm not losing my mind (or this is not confirmation of it anyway).

Reply to Deism in Religion JoeUser Forums

You can neither prove nor disprove the existence of God, this is true. Of course, you can neither prove nor disprove the existence of any number of beings - leprechauns, the Easter Bunny, and the flying spaghetti monster all come to mind. Being unable to disprove the existence of something is not the same as saying there is doubt over its existence. We cannot, with 100 percent certainty, prove that there is not a teacup orbiting the planet Mars, but

Reply to POST SITE PROBLEMS HERE in Blogging JoeUser Forums

OK, I've done that (although the option seems to appear and disappear at random). The links don't actually appear on my page, though. Is there another step to activate them, or should I wait some time (more than 4 hours so far) and hope they show up?

Remember Eisenhower in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

Given the modern tendency toward ever-larger government, even (especially?) by the party which espouses smaller government, this seems like something we may do well to remember. 45 years ago, a very well-spoken conservative Army veteran gave a great farewell address from the White House. My fellow Americans: Three days from now, after

Reply to POST SITE PROBLEMS HERE in Blogging JoeUser Forums

There's no actual help for JoeUser is there? No FAQ, no documentation, no support links... So, anyone want to let me in on the secret way to create a "favorites" blogroll?

Reply to POST SITE PROBLEMS HERE in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I'm trying to find anything which resembles a help file or even basic "howto" info for JoeUser features. I notice a lot of folks have a custom blogroll on their blogs, labeled "My Favorites" - how do I set one of those up? I find no button, no link, no "add favorites" anywhere I look. I've tried looking at every link on my own blog, on my profile, on the profiles of people who I'd like to add to the blogroll, all to no avail. So, um, how do

Reply to There is one born every minute in Politics JoeUser Forums

MasonM - from what I read on there, it appears they guarantee to "offset" your emissions by forwarding the money you give them (or a percentage - gotta have overhead costs) to companies building non-polluting energy sources. It's just another way to subsidize windmills and solar panels without having to do anything horrible like, say, putting up your own windmill or solar panel. People are much more willing to "do the right thing" if it doesn't cause

Howdy in Virtual Communities JoeUser Forums

Another blog. Do I really need another blog? Probably not. But, this community seems interesting so I'll try it out. A little geek history for those who don't know me (which would be almost everyone). I've been running my own website since 1996 (which you can still find online if you use the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/19990202155847/www.geoci

Reply to There is one born every minute in Politics JoeUser Forums

Might as well just donate money to a charity that helps the environment directly, rather than pretending that you're swapping emissions like some personal Kyoto Agreement. Here's a suggestion: Nature Conservancy. They don't lobby the government to do anything, they don't waste a lot of money and time on public speeches. They take the donations you send and they buy land so it won't be developed. If you really want to stop someone else from developi

Reply to Morgan Freeman and Racism in Current Events JoeUser Forums

My girlfriend is from Africa. She is not an African-American, but an African. This is a simple situation that proves race and culture are not entertwined but separate. She does not identify more with the blacks of this country than she does with the whites, except in those cases which are specific to the race - e.g., hair care. What's interesting is that my sister (as Anglo as you can find) married an African-American, had three kids

Reply to Sorry for the absence in Misc JoeUser Forums

Sturgee- Sounds like a busy two weeks. I never did get to Inchon, and I really wanted to for the Expo a while back. Ah, well. Maybe another decade... Gary

Reply to Sorry for the absence in Misc JoeUser Forums

SPC N.S. - yeah, Sturgee is a former 98GKP. There's a bunch of us wandering around online, like a cyber version of Cain. If you want to connect to more of us, hit up http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KorLing/ - it's an informal email/web thang.

Reply to My God I Have a Ton of Music Videos! in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

16000+ MP3 tracks, just in the "music" category. I've also got a mess of audiobooks and comedy albums. It's amusing when someone sees the Rio Karma I've got, with its 20 gig drive, and says, "wow, you could have your whole music collection on there." Sure, if I had FOUR of them.

Reply to Citizenship Services Frustration (Vol. V) in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Chooka hamnida and mazel tov and all that jazz. - Bunk

Reply to Citizenship Services Frustration (Vol. III) in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Why am I completely unsurprised by this? And these are the folks that are part of the giant organization which is responsible for protecting us against terrorists by securing the borders. We're doomed.

Reply to Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity in Politics JoeUser Forums

I went through the EO Leader training back in 1998, and I tried and failed to understand how it was better for the military to have a representative sampling of the barely qualified, rather than the very best of the best being promoted. I'd much rather the guy dropping bombs near my position was the BEST at his job, and not just decent enough at it, but a good demographic.