Charles Lindsey

quote:Excuse me, but the definitive Bond is, and will always be, Roger Moore. I knew I liked Blades for some reason. I grew up with Roger Moore so that's who I indentify with Bond. Maybe now that I'm older I'll have to watch them all.

quote:The government need more fresh people, young people, real politicians, not marketers and clowns.Oh, you meant elected officials? Sorry almost had a rant going there.

Very belated but here is Roll Call.

Thank you. Consider this your November Roll Call check in. And also consider it my kick in the pants to be more attentive.

Find the original. It should be in most video stores. I have seen it in my local Blockbuster. Abbot and Costello I think. Should be on any "Best Of" tape. Yup a quick search gives http://www.abbottandcostello.net/. Click on media in the left frame, audio clips in the center of the page, then scroll down to the 3.2 meg wave file. A .wav file?? Oh well. Right click and "save as" in the folder of your choosing or it's just a temp file. Hmmmmmm I think RealPlay is messing with me. If you go to http://www.baseball-almanac.com/humor4.shtml you can click on a real player link. This is more complete.

Hate to hear that. There will be room for you should you ever decide to return. Just watch out for supernovas!

quote:LOL, I will take that as a sarcastic remark.What I get for not using a smilie. Was trying to be funny. I guess it was sarcastic at that. quote: I concur, but this should be the responsibility of the gun owner, not the government.Ummm, after wanting people to take an exam to vote? I could advocate a required safety course. Hey Kiran, I just noticed your from down my way as well. Cool.

THE first fleet? But what I'm remembering is how fleets came about.

Guns don't kill people. Bullets kill people.

Sounds more like a fun stuff topic.

quote:Originally posted by Epsilon 5: Inspector comment : "The bathroom wasn't clean" US-G : "Let's go to war!" Hehehehe.

I remember Isis. With the scarab and all? Hehe. And ALL the other live actor shows. Land of the Lost. "Marshall, Will, and Holly, on a routine expidition" LOL. Sleestak lizard guys. The monkey boy. The gems. What WAS that one where the scientists travelled around in the big white three section articulted vehicle? Dune buggy? Speed Buggy? The one where this old jalopy green volkswagon dune buggy would flash and become this super powered bright flashy orange dune buggy. H R puffenstuff. Sigmond the sea monster. And what was that one where Charles Nelson Riely was the bad magician? Ths kid fell into his hat and wound up in another world. And the one where the kids were shrink? Sheesh that's some old stuff. Darn you Echo for jiggling my memory.

quote:Originally posted by Epsilon 5: yes ... a saddening truth.Sad but true. Just as the statement "that for some have to be rich others have to be poor" is true so is the statement "that for some people to be considered smart others are not so smart". There are always going to be rich people and poor people. There are always going to be smart people and average people with a few going to the extreme at either end of the spectrum. There are always going to be selfless people and greedy people. Dragonlady, callous though she may seem, is correct. I've worked in retail. I know how stupid people are. quote:Menchise What is the "right" way in your opinion, and what makes you think that it will be done "right this time"?I'll grab this one if $iLk don't mind too much. The "right" way to do this (military action against Iraq) is much of what has already transpired. Bush should get (and got) congressional approval before going to war. Toppling a regime IS going to war. Then again, they have used the flimsiest of excuses to allow themselves (the US) to do it; but, they are dead set on doing it. However, the Bush administration has now backpedaled on that by saying "if he gives up all his weapons and plays nice that would signal a regime change". That now gives them an "out" if they don't find anything. The second thing that must be done is going before the UN, presenting the case and letting them vote. Did that won the T-shirt. Unanimous vote even. The third thing that needs to be done is that we must let the inspectors do their work. This has yet to happen and it is the tricky part. The US should not use the smallest complaint of the inspectors to be a green flag for war. We'll see what happens.

Mighty mouse is pretty vague for me. Though I do remember some Rocky and Bullwinkle (ughhhh) and Fractured Fairy Tales (those were sometimes cute). UnderDog and Dudley Dooright. Painful, just absolutely painful. Superman Batman and Robin Aquaman The Wondertwins (and that stupid purple monkey) Wonderwoman. The Justice League of America. Don't forget their arch enemies the Legion of Doom. Scooby Doo (the oldie good ones) I'd have to say Spiderman is my favorite superhero.

I'm cruising around Destiny and Neveula region in a Warmonger. Killing those that target me and watching other battles while I wait for the drones to do their work. Actually I'm getting quite a bit of loot form all the cargo pods being dropped all over the place. Then suddenly I get seven intruders at once. I set all 10 of my marines searching and launch the other shuttle so they don't hijack it. That shuttle was stil manned from dropping drones. Well these were crack troops. With the shuttles gone they hung around in deck three aft corridor and ambushed my guys. Three dead. Another three were out of shape and clocked out which left four to battle seven. The remaining four got hurt bad so I sent them to medibay. I sent everyone to medibay. Let them heal and rest up. Out of the seven marines left I finally got about five in good enough shaoe to go back to searching. They hurt about three of the intruders and managed to actually kill the weak one form the previous fight. But once more they got hurt and fatigued and some of them wimped out so back they og to medibay. The last healthy intruder must have decided he wanted no part of another sortie and he wandered off to engineering and began beating on the system engineers. So the chief engineer and the systems engineers all get sent to medibay. Turning into quite a party down there. With no one to beat on the last healthy intruder proceeds to sit in the middle of the floor with his legs cross and gleefully starts ripping out wires. Finally after a bit of treatment and rest the marines were ready to go out again. This time they finally got all of them. I recalled the shuttles, dumped the illegal items, and proceeded to Destiny to collect from the fruits of my labor. I buy upgrades, spare parts to repair engineering that was so casually destroyed, and recruited three more marines. After launch I instantly got 7 more intruders. I sent the three fresh guys and four of the more rested guys out. This time four dead and two of the new guys were so tired they could barely get back to troop quarters. This time I gave up and just went back to Destiny and had them apprehended. I recruited four more marines and launched again. I checked the system out and collected a few more cargo pods. Then I hear "There's something out there." Uh oh. I check perscan and I have nine intruders. I throw my hands up in the air and begin muttering curses under my breath. I swear the guys at Destiny must have hung a "Please board Me!!!" sign on the port side when I wasn't looking.

I'm waiting for a long range tazer or EM pulse unit. That would be cool. But oh the lawsuits. Hmmmmm.

quote:Originally posted by Dragon Lady: quote: Same fraction of income is best and most fair if applied equally. Close all loopholes and credits so everyone is taxed the same. Deductions (what you erroneously call loopholes) are there for the specific reason of giving tax breaks to people and businesses for various things, they are a desired part of the system and they serve a purpose. Ok then, leave it at loopholes. Loophole being defined as the application of multpiple deductions resulting in a zero or even negative tax liability. Then the deductions do become loopholes and it is not erroneous to call them such. quote:As far as it goes, I don't support progressive taxes simply because they are inherently unfair, they punish success and generally make life miserable. After all, what's the point of being wealthy if not to avoid having to carry a heavy burden?But you can carry a much heavier burden than Joe Cashier and still be well off. I'm not talking about taking you right back to the poor house or everyone winds up with the same bring home pay or anything atrocious like that. Dunno about others but not me. quote:Originally posted by Starfighter08: ...In public finance a progressive tax is defined as a tax where the marginal taxrate is larger than the average tax rate. For non economists the answer would be: the more you earn the higher the taxrate that is applied for you.That's what I was trying to say but it just didn't come out right. quote:dragonlady I'm not sure it's something hard and fast, and I haven't really sat down and decided what exactly constitutes mob rule, but I would say one of the lines is drawn when people can directly vote on policy,It's called a referendum and I don't think that will happen at the federal level. We have city, county, and even state referendum's from time to time on important issues but I don't think federal policy will ever be directed by such. The same goes for voting money into your own pocket. If you really want to see mob rule just try intsituting a voting exam or poll tax you advocate. Don't shatter the illusion. quote:, dismantling the electoral college. What would be wrong with that? It would only allow the president to be elected by popular vote. Nothing more. [ 11-15-2002, 07:02 PM: Message edited by: Charles Lindsey ]

quote:New blood? Nope, I've been registered for quite some time. I saw that. Bugs the heck out of me. Without cheating and going through your old posts I'm trying to remember you. quote:Representation is moving farther away from the people because they don't care about the political issues anymore. If I'm not completely wrong most people in the US vote for the guy who had the better campaign (say:) show, who looks better or who was able to dig up more dirt about the others. If such behaviour by politicians is not only accepted but even rewarded by the electorate no wonder that the trend reinforces itself. By letting politicians decieve/blind them, people give up their representation to whoever has enough money to buy an election. It takes two for a tango. It is also true in this case, people get the gov't they deserve and nothing better.You forgot because of what friends and family say. But I think you are mostly right. quote:fair because everyone pays the same amount ->lumpsum tax fair because everyone pays the same fraction of his income ->flat rate tax fair because everyone has the same burden to carry ("ends the race equally tired") ->progressive tax If we want to discuss the modus of taxation I think we have to say why we think one or the other is fair and based on what values and not just say "flat taxes are stupid" Lotharr or "progressive taxes are unfair because they are progressive". That's you oh female lizard. Same fraction of income is best and most fair if applied equally. Close all loopholes and credits so everyone is taxed the same. No one has really explained progressive tax yet. I'm suppossing it means if you make more money you pay more taxes. There is a case for that too. If you are smart enough to make that much money than you can afford to pay it and be smart enough to maintain your income.

quote:Did you ever read David Weber's Honor Harrington series?I recently read the first one. It cycled through in the grocery store offerings and I bought it. I thought it was decent to very good depending on parts. I liked the "taking responsibility" part in the first of it and the ingenuity to pull it off. I liked the last battle where the little frigate won against a much stronger enemy ship. However the first part of the chase scene was sort of bogus to me. How could such a small frigate win against a disguised enemy cruiser? But the author resolved it well enough. He did kill too many of his characters for my liking though.

Thanks from a civilian.

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Best wishes. Get well soon.

I can't help but agree with everything you say but it would still make me feel better if we saved a bit as well. The money earned on savings would somewhat off set (admittedly by a tiny bit) the interest on the debt and be feel good to boot. I don't think either side can "win" this type of argument just have differing opinions. We'll find out how Bush and camp do I suppose. It will be interesting. Mother pointed out every time we have a republican president my father gets laid off. That's personal experience and kinda hard to deny. The tax cuts sound good and so does medicaire reform. Actually reform sounds like something the Democrats should have tried since they love social programs. So We'll see.

They realy ought to let the palestinians get a state/country. I'd choose the gaza strip so they have access to that sea or ocean. They'd have to give up the west bank though. Or do I have that backwards? Anyway, get them their country, then let them mess up just one time. Israel then declares war on a sovereign nation and wipes them out. Nothing anyone can do.

quote:War is not his first choice, did you all see that?Yeah, finally changed his tune. It was his first choice at the start if you remember. quote:HELLO, wake up peaceniks, you are WAY behind the times.See above. I don't want to accept the label of "peacenik" but I will point out I predicted this long ago. So far as the mention of creating more terrorism for ourselves (in jag's quoted article) I feel we should take it "into account". It shouldn't dictate our actions but then again we shouldn't anger the whole world. quote:If the UN wants to be a world power, then its members need to start acting like adults, not assinine children who want their way, only their way, and they'll take your candy bar ah-way if you don't keep an eye on themBut Draconis, that's how countries routinely deal with each other. Like a bunch of three year olds. Haven't you noticed this? I am beginning to more and more. Remember the china warplane incident? We were snooping a bit and they tried a sillly move and their guy died. It was a huge furor. China was mad for weeks if I remember. In the end we didn't actually apologize but expressed sorrow their guy died and I think that settled it. Somehow I now think Iraq is gonna wind up the same way. It's gonna cause a big stink but will die quickly.