[ot] We hate Obama because......

2010-04-24 Thread Adam Buckland
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/21/tea-partiers-in-tax-day-p_n_546 909.html Given that Obama is so right wing he gives Liberals a bad name... who knows - fruitcakes! --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

[OT] Remember November

2010-04-24 Thread Publius Maximus
http://remembernovember.com/ - Publius -- It ought never to be forgotten, that a firm union of this country, under an efficient government, will probably be an increasing object of jealousy to more than one nation of Europe; and that enterprises to subvert it will sometimes originate in the

Re: [ot] We hate Obama because......

2010-04-24 Thread Jean Laeremans
On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Adam Buckland adam.buckl...@eurohill.com wrote: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/21/tea-partiers-in-tax-day-p_n_546 909.html Given that Obama is so right wing he gives Liberals a bad name... who knows - fruitcakes! Is this for real..incredible.. A+

RE: Open source updates cost TIME instead of $$$

2010-04-24 Thread Rick Schummer
Pete, We have been buying our own toilet paper here for over a year. Honestly, there is a big difference between someone treating someone in a subhuman manner, and not sending them to a training class to learn something they could learn by reading a book, going online and reading forum,

[OT] GM Repays Govt Loans

2010-04-24 Thread Carl Lindner
I was quite surprised with the GM turnaround - they had a lot of debt. The following is from a Corvette mailing list... On 4/24/2010 12:02 PM, Mike M. wrote: So what happened to the old GM? Is it something we don't talk about? a Mulligan? a Gimmie? - The reply by David K... was

Re: [OT] GM Repays Govt Loans

2010-04-24 Thread Publius Maximus
It repaid the government loans with... government money. IOW, it's a joke. - Publius On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Carl Lindner c...@bdos.com wrote: I was quite surprised with the GM turnaround - they had a lot of debt.  The following is from a Corvette mailing list... On 4/24/2010 12:02

Re: [OT] GM Repays Govt Loans

2010-04-24 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
so basically a shell game, similar to what the banks are doing when they park their assets off the balance sheets until after they report and then move them back onto the balance sheet after reporting. Don't know about you, but I consider that fraud. On 4/24/2010 1:14 PM, Carl Lindner wrote:

RE: [OT] GM Repays Govt Loans

2010-04-24 Thread Carl Lindner
Not sure you about that it seems the bond and stock holders lost the money. It appears a good number of people were shafted and the government was an insider. -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Publius Maximus Sent:

Re: [OT] GM Repays Govt Loans

2010-04-24 Thread Michael Oke, II
Care to elaborate on how they did that? ::michael On 4/24/10, Publius Maximus publius.b.maxi...@gmail.com wrote: It repaid the government loans with... government money. IOW, it's a joke. - Publius On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Carl Lindner c...@bdos.com wrote: I was quite surprised

Re: [OT] GM Repays Govt Loans

2010-04-24 Thread Publius Maximus
On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Michael Oke, II oke...@gmail.com wrote: Care to elaborate on how they did that? http://bit.ly/bfmInX - - - General Motors announced this week that it repaid its multibillion-dollar taxpayer-backed TARP loans. GM even bragged that it was able to “repay the

RE: [OT] GM Repays Govt Loans

2010-04-24 Thread Carl Lindner
Maybe... The new Arizona law is based on probable cause. There is some historical concurrence on what that is . The new financial regulatory reform is based on what the government deems to be the best interest of the nation. Say what? What does deem mean? So, you are wrong! It looks like a

Re: [OT] GM Repays Govt Loans

2010-04-24 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
grin Wonder how everybody will feel when the government deems it to be in the best interest of the country for everybody to get paid a flat rate of $5.00 per hour so that pricing will stabilize across the land and everybody will be on an even playing field. Bottom line, fraud is fraud,

Re: [OT] GM Repays Govt Loans

2010-04-24 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
grin Wonder how everybody will feel when the government deems it to be in the best interest of the country for everybody to get paid a flat rate of $5.00 per hour so that pricing will stabilize across the land and everybody will be on an even playing field. Bottom line, fraud is fraud,

Re: Open source updates cost TIME instead of $$$

2010-04-24 Thread Alan Bourke
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:46 -0400, Pete Theisen petethei...@verizon.net wrote: We have been buying our own toilet paper here for over a year. Wow. I'm fairly sure that sort of nonsense would be illegal here. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm

Re: [ot] We hate Obama because......

2010-04-24 Thread Pete Theisen
Adam Buckland wrote: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/21/tea-partiers-in-tax-day-p_n_546 909.html Given that Obama is so right wing he gives Liberals a bad name... who knows - fruitcakes! Hi Adam, A correspondent for New Left Media ventured out among the tea partiers during their

Re: [OT] GM Repays Govt Loans

2010-04-24 Thread Leland F. Jackson, CPA
The stockholders got screwed in the GM bankruptcy, (eg chapter 11, reorganization). The stockholders were essentially wiped out. The GM labor union probably came out better than anyone else, as the GM pension liability was exchanged for stock in the new GM. Essentially all other debt of the

Re: Open source updates cost TIME instead of $$$

2010-04-24 Thread Pete Theisen
Rick Schummer wrote: Pete, We have been buying our own toilet paper here for over a year. Honestly, there is a big difference between someone treating someone in a subhuman manner, and not sending them to a training class to learn something they could learn by reading a book, going online

Re: Open source updates cost TIME instead of $$$

2010-04-24 Thread Pete Theisen
Alan Bourke wrote: On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:46 -0400, Pete Theisen petethei...@verizon.net wrote: We have been buying our own toilet paper here for over a year. Wow. I'm fairly sure that sort of nonsense would be illegal here. Hi Alan, Seems (from my aging memory) that you are in the

Re: [OT] GM Repays Govt Loans

2010-04-24 Thread Publius Maximus
I wish good things for the new GM; only good things.  America need an industrial base, which can be provided by a strong auto industry. If we really wanted an industrial base, we'd do away with the income tax altogether, re-institute the ad-valorum tariff revenue system, applicable to all

Re: [OT] GM Repays Govt Loans

2010-04-24 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
I too see this happening, but I am not familiar with the bastiat name. please update me. Thanks, Virgil http://www.KeepAmericaAtWork.com On 4/24/2010 7:46 PM, Publius Maximus wrote: I wish good things for the new GM; only good things. America need an industrial base, which can be provided

Re: [OT] GM Repays Govt Loans

2010-04-24 Thread Publius Maximus
On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 8:49 PM, Virgil Bierschwale vbier...@ktc.com wrote: I too see this happening, but I am not familiar with the bastiat name. please update me. http://tinyurl.com/36brt8c ;-) - Publius Thanks, Virgil http://www.KeepAmericaAtWork.com On 4/24/2010 7:46 PM, Publius

Re: [OT] GM Repays Govt Loans

2010-04-24 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
yeah, I saw that.. just wasn't sure it was the correct person... Will read more. Thanks, Virgil On 4/24/2010 7:54 PM, Publius Maximus wrote: On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 8:49 PM, Virgil Bierschwalevbier...@ktc.com wrote: I too see this happening, but I am not familiar with the bastiat

Re: [OT] GM Repays Govt Loans

2010-04-24 Thread Leland F. Jackson, CPA
On 04/24/2010 07:46 PM, Publius Maximus wrote: I wish good things for the new GM; only good things. America need an industrial base, which can be provided by a strong auto industry. If we really wanted an industrial base, we'd do away with the income tax altogether, re-institute the

[NF] Limited Connectivity

2010-04-24 Thread Charles Hart Enzer, M.D., FAACAP
I am having progressive problems with my XP SP3 Desktop: 1. [ALT]+[Ctrl]+[Del] doesn't reboot 2. [Startkey] [U] [R] doesn't reboot 3. Repeating #2 doesn't reboot 4. [Startkey] [U] [U] reboots on second try 5. Both Internet Explorer and Firefox take about 3 minutes to load 6.