LostInSpace

quote:Originally posted by Cmdr Chavik: What I heard was that it wasn't one on one Bush Clinton contact but rather the transition team paperwork and reports. ~And I saw it on the Sunday Morning political shows. Former aides and what not. ^Former aides and what not are also suspect but I seem to remember the panelists discussing it. Of course it was much like here. Those who beleived Clinton Supported those statements while those who beleived Bush said "Oh no it wasn't that way at all, we reviewed everything given to us and made appropriate decisions." Also suspect. But I actually saw It for myself so I feel there is enough food for thought. Now the conspiracy theorists think Bush PLANNED 9/11. Or allowed it happen at the best. Eh, makes ya wonder but I don't think so. Have a read Could 9/11 Have Been Prevented? "Berger attended only one of the briefings-the session that dealt with the threat posed to the U.S. by international terrorism, and especially by al-Qaeda. "I'm coming to this briefing," he says he told Rice, "to underscore how important I think this subject is." Later, alone in his office with Rice, Berger says he told her, "I believe that the Bush Administration will spend more time on terrorism generally, and on al-Qaeda specifically, than any other subject." The terrorism briefing was delivered by Richard Clarke, a career bureaucrat who had served in the first Bush Administration and risen during the Clinton years to become the White House's point man on terrorism. As chair of the interagency Counter-Terrorism Security Group (CSG), Clarke was known as a bit of an obsessive-just the sort of person you want in a job of that kind. Since the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole in Yemen on Oct. 12, 2000-an attack that left 17 Americans dead-he had been working on an aggressive plan to take the fight to al-Qaeda. The result was a strategy paper that he had presented to Berger and the other national security "principals" on Dec. 20. But Berger and the principals decided to shelve the plan and let the next Administration take it up. With less than a month left in office, they did not think it appropriate to launch a major initiative against Osama bin Laden. "We would be handing (the Bush Administration) a war when they took office on Jan. 20," says a former senior Clinton aide. "That wasn't going to happen." Now it was up to Rice's team to consider what Clarke had put together."" Ak, you know what damn all them politicians! I propose we institute a presidential test. You know you gotta take a test if you wanna become a civial servant Policeman, Fireman, Court officer etc.. And you have to take tests to get your promotion. The Presidency should be held to the same standards. You know a tough written exam (geography, political geography, foreign affairs etc..) followed by a physical and mental evalutation and an integrity test with a lie detector and a background check (any evidence of corruption or just plain stupidness) then and only then if you pass with a 90% or higher you become eligible as a candidate for president. [ 03-20-2004, 01:21 AM: Message edited by: LostInSpace ]

quote:Originally posted by Cmdr Chavik: quote:LostInSpace 4: Well according to some Clinton warned Bush about an imminent attack on his way out of office. Bush claims he didn't know. Some people say that Bush knew it was going to occur. The intelligence community sat on the info whatever their agenda was in doing so. Etc... It's all a matter on who you ask and what they believe.There is some meat in that. I have heard/read that Bush hated Clinton so terribly for Clinton Beating his father out of a second term that the Bush administration wouldn't listen to a single thing the outgoing Clinton administration had prepared for them. True but then that begs the question why did Clinton or his people keep his/their mouth(s) shut and seeing he/they didn't get anywhere with Bush why didn't he/they tell the public this. There was not one peep from anyone. That alone would have put the Democratic party back on the map and would have redeemed Clinton to the golden boy. So I kinda suspect that comment about Clinton or his people telling Bush. I know that I would yell that out in a bullhorn something of that magnitude and importance.

quote:Originally posted by Jaguar: The only way to turn a Republican into a Democrat is to suck his brains out, have you been labotimized lately? I thought it would be more on the lines of castration but a lobotomy suits nicely too.

quote:Originally posted by echo: 1: If I keep commenting on this, I am gonna start a huge argument that I may lose. 2: I don't really enjoy politics. Mostly becuase I am the little guy(lady), 3: and anyone who thinks the little guy(lady) has any bearing on what happens in politics is insane. 4: Can anyone say we thought these little angry cave dwellers had the power to attack us like they did in 2001? I sure as heck didn't. 5: Here's a fact: More little guys(ladies) had jobs when Clinton was in office. Now my thought: 6: That article basically stated that Clinton was basing his moves on public opinion rather than trying to fight terrorism. Doesn't that make us the American People just as much to blame? 7: As I see it, we were a nation more concerned with who was under the presidents desk and not what was on it. 1: I wouldn't call it an argument but rather a debate. 2: Why should being a little guy have any bearing on whether you like politics? 3: Damn, you mean all these years I've been insane . You mean to tell me that all the wives of those guys in politics don't influence the issues on their husbands? 4: Well according to some Clinton warned Bush about an imminent attack on his way out of office. Bush claims he didn't know. Some people say that Bush knew it was going to occur. The intelligence community sat on the info whatever their agenda was in doing so. Etc... It's all a matter on who you ask and what they believe. 5: Hmmm, I'll have to look that one up. If it's true, the only thing I can think of why is yes because of Clinton and all the buisness men saw what fun he was having with the female worker(s) and thought hey I can have fun too "jeeves get my secretary I wanna hire more woman in the office so I can be just like Clinton." 6: Well not all the voters can be blamed just the ones that voted for Clinton. I didn't so I can wipe my hands clean. I didn't like the guy from the very start just by his background in Arkansas. How he ever became even a contender for Presidential candidate still amazes me. 7: If you mean things on his desk like NAFTA, you are dang right. That's probably the reason why he signed YES to all those bad for America bills. Just picture it: him sitting in his chair, she under the desk and on his desk is the NAFTA Bill as he's reading it. Yes I like that, Yes that's good, Oh yes, yes to that too, yes, yesss, yessss, yeeeessss, "Do you like that Bill?" says Monica, "Oh YEEEEEEESSSSSS" he yells.

Well looks like we will never get the chance or pleasure in using these according to CNN the plans have been scrapped due to outcry from N.O.W. New York - Bowing to criticism from women's groups, Virgin Atlantic Airways has scuttled plans to install the "Kisses" urinal, CNN:Airline halts plan for lip-shaped urinals "I don't know many men who think it's cool to pee in a woman's mouth, even a porcelain one," said NOW President Kim Gandy on the group's Web site." I don't know what kind of web searches this group does but they will find a whole subculture that's well into that fetish. [ 03-20-2004, 02:56 AM: Message edited by: LostInSpace ]

quote:Originally posted by Fox__Trot: personally I've got friends STILL running 98 and they have more problems then I've ever had with my computer (I had a friend formating once to twice a month because of slowdown -- I finally made him install XP tho ) That's because your friend didn't install windows 98 properly what I mean by properly is the way you partition your hard drive. Here is a little trick I learned C:BOOT_DRIVE D:GAMES_PROGRAMS E:DOWLOAD F:SWAP_TEMP. Never have a problem with any windows98 slow down or stability ever since I did this. C drive gets barely fragmented since only the OS is on it, D drive just has to be defraged from installs and uninstalls and save games E who cares F who cares again about the fragmentation on it. D, E and F being fragmented does not affect the boot disk. I have posted about this in another thread a while back. [ 03-19-2004, 09:57 PM: Message edited by: LostInSpace ]

Okay here are the jaw dropping answers to this little quiz THEY ARE ALL TRUE

quote:Originally posted by DennyMala: WHOA MAN!!! I'm guessing if I may be proud or not to be italian...!? Be proud man!! Our whole western civilization is the result of the Romans right down to the local neighborhood corner. That's nothing to be modest about.

quote:Originally posted by $iLk: Even last year when I lost my own job - guess who wasn't filing out an unemployment claim. I started doing yard work, housework, etc. to make ends meet until I got another job. Ummm why not? You are paying for that in your pay check look at your paystub under Unemployment Insurance.

quote:Originally posted by echo: Ok Ok I missed that part.. I guess before I can continue, I have to go back and see what the inaction of the Democratic party was. I don't have enough knowledge yet to backup my thoughts on the subject....but if I am ever able to ...watch out! Read that link I left "Clinton Has No Clothes" to start ya off. This sums it up to what I/we lived through the Clinton years and what I remember fairly accurately.

quote:Originally posted by echo: Excuse me ....I have a question, why is it that no matter what conversation is being discussed it ends up being a democrat bashing? If you will take note Extinct_Reptilia, the first to post political slander in this topic, "That's all the Republican Party has done since they've come to office anyways... They utilize and exploit these kinds of events all the time!!! " Hmmm what republican bashing is okay? If you will note I started this topic about the possible capture of top Al-Qeada nothing about our political enviornment but then someone, I remind you, flung the mud first at the republicans. . But also to talk about terrorism you must talk about the eight years of inaction by the democratic leadership that has led to the events in America and the world today. [ 03-18-2004, 07:53 PM: Message edited by: LostInSpace ]

Clinton Has No Clothes "So Clinton talked tough. But he did not act tough. Indeed, a review of his years in office shows that each time the president was confronted with a major terrorist attack ÔÇö the February 26, 1993, bombing of the World Trade Center, the Khobar Towers attack, the August 7, 1998, bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, and the October 12, 2000, attack on the USS Cole ÔÇö Clinton was preoccupied with his own political fortunes to an extent that precluded his giving serious and sustained attention to fighting terrorism. Enough said about a democrat agenda....

Jumpgate incentive for Earth & Beyond refugees Any former player of Earth & Beyond may simply send in their old copy of the game to NetDevil, and in return, they will gain access to a free, 30-day trial of Jumpgate A while ago and I bought Jumpgate (I think I mentioned this in another topic) for $3 from gamestop and have never signed up for online play. Don't know why, call it an expensive impulse buy just to have the limited edition numbered box.

Okay, I'll wait a little longer before giving the answers for some more to give it a shot. Common were are you guys? Show us what your made of... .

quote:Originally posted by Extinct_Reptilia: Wasn't their reports that Bin Ladden might have already died from his severe kidney trouble months ago? There has not been any solid evidence, in a long time, which proves he is even still alive? I think all of this is just unnecessary skepticism in order to promote the Bush administration before elections, or to misdirect from whatever problems are occurring on the home front... That's all the Republican Party has done since they've come to office anyways... They utilize and exploit these kinds of events all the time!!! I was waiting for that kind of response . Who cares as long as we get the bass turds. If you watch the news, this is strickly a Pakistani operation we have a few people acting in an advisary capacity and intelligence help. They've actually asked the US to step back from any ground action that they will take care of this issue as per CNN. Also, this does concern the "Home Front". If this was the case about being misdirected, as you have stated, the best course of action for Bush would be to do this at least a month or two before the election not 8 months before the election were people would forget about it in time in lieu of of other campaign issues.

quote:Originally posted by Jaguar: If they do find him, KILL him. Better a dead martyr then a live symbol to rally behind. If he is captured, the secutiry nightmare of holding him in ANY facility will be difficult. Jut kill him and be done, any intelligence he could give us would NOT be worth it. True but it would be nice to parade him around in front of all his followers and the world saying "See another example of an ego maniac wanting you to take your own lives but doesn't have the guts to do that himself cause he values his own life above all else including you his own followers. If he believed in his own ideology that he has taught you, he should not be standing here alive captured by us the so called infidels." News update it appears that it's not Bin Ladden but the number 2 man Ayman Al Zawahiri (who is just as important a target as number 1) and that he is cornered. [ 03-18-2004, 02:17 PM: Message edited by: LostInSpace ]

Pakistan army in new al Qaeda push "U.S. and Pakistani officials believe the region --which has resisted outside intervention for centuries -- holds remnants of the Taliban, Afghanistan's former Muslim rulers, and the al Qaeda terrorist network. About 70,000 Pakistan troops are in the tribal regions. Some also suspect al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden -- the mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington -- may also be there." If he is captured or killed, will we see and upscale in desperate terrorist attacks? Also not in this CNN article but which I saw on the TV broadcast just minutes ago they are experiencing heavy/fierce resistance in one area and they believe that there is a high profile target in that area. It will be interesting to see if Osama is about to be captured will he pull a Saddam Hussien or will he take his own life.

quote:Originally posted by Jaguar: If they are so darn secret, how come everyone knows about them? Yeah we know about and we don't about it. We know it exists but we don't know it's inner secrets, agenda and charters etc.. That is the secret...

ooooo looky here Sid Meier's Pirates redux!

Yeah yeah we've all seen speech recognition software I'm still waiting for the day I say something to the computer and it actually talks back on it's own "shut the fudge up already.I heard ya the first time dummy!"

quote:Originally posted by Cmdr Chavik: I read the whole Skull and Bones thing. Interesting to say the least. Yep, it may or may not be true but it does make you pause and think.

Please post your answers to these without doing any research. In other words, just answer them to your first impressions. I'll post the answers soon. Can you guess which of the following are true or false? 1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. 2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton. 3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 yrs. 4. People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more. 5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop even your heart! 6. Only seven ( 7 ) per cent of the population are lefties. 7. 40 people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute. 8. Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old. 9. The average person over fifty will have spent 5 years waiting in lines. 10. The toothbrush was invented in 1498. 11. The average housefly lives for one month. 12. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year. 13. A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened. 14. The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute. 15. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than the rest of the day. 16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep. 17. The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water. 18. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot. 19. John Travolta turned down the starring roles in "An Officer and a Gentleman" and "Tootsie". 20. Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem. 21. In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk. 22. Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same airplane just in case there is a crash. 23. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburetor. 24. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are reused in vein transplant surgery 25. Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were 7th cousins 26. If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green [ 03-17-2004, 11:22 PM: Message edited by: LostInSpace ]

Same here folks, never heard of this game or if I did it has long since been lost in the bog that is my memory . Hold onto to them game cards though all is not lost Home of the Underdogs: Sundog: Frozen Legacy . Check out the related links on this site (it's in the game info towards the bottom of the page). You can download and play this game on the PC using an Atari emulator which is included in the zip. "If you are looking for a reason to install an Atari ST simulator, this is it. Two thumbs up, way up!" [ 03-17-2004, 11:16 AM: Message edited by: LostInSpace ]

And who said crime doesn't pay... I'm not sure which one's worse though that or this Former New York Times reporter Jayson Blair, in a memoir about his career at the newspaper Another example of someone trying to profit from their misdeeds.

quote:Originally posted by Cmdr Chavik: So you have a dragster with a Model T engine. It will still go down the road but..... Nice analogy . But then again as Scotty would say about windows XP "Aye, sir. The more they over-think the plumin', the easier it is to stop up the drain."