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Reply to China and Europe vs. the US in World Trade Issues JoeUser Forums

I was thinking this myself the other day, how the media is reporting the "Doom" of the American Economy because we are having a lower percentage of the world's wealth. Even as the world's wealth increases with the poorer countries prospering, that because the United States will have a decreasing the dominance that the United States is losing out. Overall if you have the world's economy increasing in value, you are going to increase the amount of mone

Reply to Why not just a fluorescent bulb here and there? in Politics JoeUser Forums

WOW 40 bucks, I see that in the winter-time (26 bucks) when my natural gas bill flies up. Very impressed with the 40 bucks a month!

Reply to The Bard's Tale in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

I'm playing through this myself and I have played through Diablo I and Diablo II and I've played the classics of M&M, Bard's Tale, and Ultima. I do like this game inspite of it being somewhat repeatative, because of the humor and puns. The game doesn't take itself too seriously and that's my mindset when I play too, just to kick back with a game and just play because its there.

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire BETA 1 Now Available! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I needed to enter in the serial number too, but once it was put in, it joined the many stardock games I have:)

Reply to A Guided Tour of the Sins Beta! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I'm pretty psyched about this coming out, I've been following it on and off for about 4 months or so, and I'm ready to play it. Had enough of snow in PA to last me quite a while thank ya!

Reply to The future of the Palistians : Freedom or Terrorism in Current Events JoeUser Forums

C tripp, the Palistians had the chance to join Israel and become Israeli citizens, talk to the million Israeli Arabs that chose to live there rather than try to destroy it. You keep talking about how "sick" and "unfair" the situation is. First there is no easy solution, there is no magic fix it for this. Israel is a nation now, so talking about the poor dispersed Palistians isn't going to work anymore. It's 60 years of Israel's existance and they'r

Reply to How can one little country get into so much trouble? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Mmmfh, should have known better than to attempt to debate with someone who doesn't even know how to spell Palestinians. And I'm not "laminate" about them - at a guess you mean lament? Since you didn't like my spelling errors I put this through a spell checker so you don’t have to be inconvenienced by spelling errors: BTW you mis-spelled Hizbollah it’s Hezbollah. Now I'm not on Hizbollah's side! And I do think the Lebanese governme

Reply to How can one little country get into so much trouble? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

It's in Israel's interest to defend itself from terrorists. Hezbollah has the backing of Iran and Syria so it's already a 4 country war there. This ain't no eye-for-an-eye retaliation? Here's what happened to the Israelis while you laminate about their destroyed infrastructure: 377 have been wounded - seven seriously, 22 moderately, 127 lightly and 201 have suffered shock. Israelies are suffering from terrorism launched by Hezbo

How can one little country get into so much trouble? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

First let’s talk about the history of the situation. We have an established country Israel. Next we have an elected leader of a people the Palistian, whom are firing upon Israeli cities. Why? Because they hate Israel and wish to wipe out the country. Next thing they do is kidnap a solider and keep him hostage until Israel releases 1,500 prisoners. For one solide

The future of the Palistians : Freedom or Terrorism in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Last year Israel has uniformly withdrawn from the Gaza strip. Israel torn down her settlements, withdrew her troops, and left the Palistians with Gaza in their own hands. They left them to decide their fate and their future. What did the Palistians decide? They choose instead of freedom they choose terrorism. They elected Hamas a terrorist organization to lead th

Reply to Ken Lay Conspiracy Theory in Current Events JoeUser Forums

The man has enough poWer and Money and connections to pay-off people in order for this to happen. It happened @ a vacation resort in the middle of the night before he was able to appeal his case which would enable him to get the conviction erased and make it very difficult for the lawsuits to hit his estate due to a conviction being expunged. If you believe polical connections Power and money people being paid off do not happen you are living in a drea

Reply to Ken Lay Conspiracy Theory in Current Events JoeUser Forums

What facts and evidence have you seen that leads you to believe he is DEAD ? TV news reports we all know they are shaded

Ken Lay Conspiracy Theory in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Enron .......................oh how easy it was for these execs to steal their workers money. It was easy because these workers refused to use their brains and diversify their portfolios and chose instead to believe in the almighty word of the high ranking executive crooks that gave them pep rally after pep rally to buy more while they dumped their own. Stating how th

Reply to Balrogs vs. Devils in Humor JoeUser Forums

Just when I thouht CNN couldn't sink any lower now they've done the ultimate insult! They have DARED equate Devils with Balrogs! Shame! SHAME! SHAAAMMMEE on them!

Reply to McDonalds - how do they stay in business? in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Exactly it's because of their ability to tie in their products into the latest movies, their advertising and marketting, and finally their ability to produce the food quickly. It's not about quality of food when you go to McD's its conveience, and it's scary what it actually does to the body. I watched Supersize me when it was on Showtime and that scared the heck out of me. As for KFC that is just as bad for you, 1 original receipe drumsti

Reply to Congrats For What? in Misc JoeUser Forums

I don't see a problem with the "cute" graduation from pre-pre-school (aka my niece), but I would say the celibration should amount to what the occasion is worth. For instance the graduation of High School, and then College should be much more significant than that celibration. Of course kids are getting too much too soon, but then again they are becoming the generation that raises themselves as the me-generation parents go out to the workfo

Reply to No offense but... in Ideas Stardock Forums

Personally I'm in that Solo-Player camp myself. The AI is challenging enough and I like the convience of always having opponments to play no matter the time of day/night. So I am also in that no catagory. Personally I am turned off by most multi-player games.

Reply to "You Don't Have the GUTS to Boycott!" in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Consumption is not just the U.S.'s problem and no longer just the U.S.'s solution alone. We live in a global economy and macro-economics are at work here. The prices of Crude Oil isn't just based upon U.S. sales, it is based upon Global demand and as economies in the other parts of the world heat up more, consumption will rise. Even if the U.S. demand increase, other countries continual increase in demand will cause oil crude prices to rise.

Reply to Help the GalCivII noob please :-) in Game Discussion JoeUser Forums

A few pieces of stadegy off the top of my head: First Economics is the key to the game, with them you can always make sure you're covered in the arms race. Federalists, Economonics Race Bonus +10/20+ this way you'll be able to crank out the cash when you need to defend yourself. Plus you can always use it for a bribe/buy a technology. Also you can use it to instantly build a ship or a building. Cash is the king of the game. Starting ou

Reply to Evil monopolies? Oil companies, forget them. Think Comcast in Politics JoeUser Forums

Add HealthCare please to that list, the costs are enormous and the "care" is laking.

Reply to Tony Snow Dispells Fox News Hype in Politics JoeUser Forums

Watching the News I don't personally see a slant in it when they are covering the daily events. Unlike other news channels they allow the viewer to form an opinion on their own without labeling the story. I feel that's important in news coverage to have a certain amount of impartiality and neutrality. I get turned off by reporters that spout their opinions.

Reply to Half of PC's not ready for Vista in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Heh- Makes me want to switch over to Novel and Linux and just dump Windows altogether. There always has been a jump-up in technology requirements evertime a new O.S. comes out from Microsoft. I swear its like he owns Intel/AMD stock.

Reply to Don't want to use "Central" in Game Talk Stardock Forums

I used Stardock Central because it allows me to check for the latest versions of my games that I have purchased through Stardock. Since I am a member of Totalgaming.net checking each version of the game I have to see if I needed an update it is convient and I WISH other games I have worked as well as this does. The fact is that I really wished it was that way because of the risk of loss of CD's (ala Diablo II which I can never play again

Reply to Larger than Gigantic? in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Here's a crazy idea... a multilayered map à la HOMM simulating multiple wormhole-tied-galaxies Yep it's a crazy idea. That would be just NUTS. The game-time alone would be weeks just to get it running. ACK! Runs away!

Reply to So yeah...im getting owned and... in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

Technology, upgrades, starbases, there are many ways to upgrade your production capibilties. Just watch out for them to sneak up on you. Tech-trade a lot in the beginning while keeping diplomatic technologies to yourself (to keep a good bonus). Trade strongly with the weaker civs, attack them only when its to your advantage. Build up tech, social, and keep an eye on them for your military. Build Starbases later on and get out the economy/influenc