HarryWeezer

No, no no - thanks, but absolutely unnecessary Mike. To the contrary, sorry if my first post gave that impression; I should have explained it. (Hxtr: you're STILL a douchebag... )

S W E E T !!!!!!!!

Good grief Mike I am not suggesting you are racist. I'm suggesting that the image of a black man chasing a piece of chicken may be seen as such. (Hxtr, your momma was an oversexed platypus, and your father smelt of Brylcreem and Old Spice)

Funny at first glance, but a bit racist?

We've been waiting 2,000 years for you to appear Lord. Now get with the killin'

If only I were king, a fixed percentage of GDP would be allocated to R&D which pays for itself many, many times over in advancing technology and the human condition. And it is a small sum, indeed, when compared to the hundreds of billions flushed down the Obama toilet but as well by most administrations since FDR. If your kids are hungry, they should be put in foster homes where they can be properly cared for. Where in hell did this notion come from that it's up to those who pay taxes (only about half the country) to feed your kids, much less clothe them or care for them in any other way. The ONLY thing children are guaranteed in the constitution is an education - and that means it's offered to them and if they don't wish to make use of it, so be it. We would have colonies on Mars by now if we hadn't pissed away trillions of dollars on liberal bullshit over the past 50 years. That's the real shame!!!

Bacon did not appear to be fully cooked. ???

Hi. And as per a ban for glitching, Bye.

You must be some kind of an idiot to join this group!!!!!! WELCOME...

Welcome pancakes - be sure to bring the maple syrup...

Congrats you slut!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Crown and a filling Tuesday = $1,225. Bastards.

Welcome aboard DJ!!!

Another suggestion: We continue to have members commenting on ban appeals despite repeated warnings they not do so. Here's how to fix that. A ban appeal is a message box that the banned person fills out and hits submit, and it sends the appeal to a forum which may only be seen by admin. The appropriate admin replies by msg. to the appealant that his ban is being reviewed, and the discussion proceeds forth - members never see it.

You and I will be dead before PCs go away.

Spot on DJ. W8 is designed for tablets and may work well there - it'll be interesting to see the capabilities of the Windoze tablet later this year. One huge benefit may be the ability to load programs on it' we'll see. As for desktops, you WILL NOT want to upgrade to W8. Hopefully, we'll be able to continue to buy systems with W7 for many years.

The nominee of the Liberal Party for president.

Welcome (I kkkiiilllll you)

Something I ran by the boss man; let's see if it's technically possible and what others may think of it. Suggest a new forum, perhaps called XI Coffeehouse, where those who have posted on a particular thread may, by majority vote, remove any other post. It would work like this: let's say someone starts a thread about widgits and 4 other posts are added that contribute meaningfully to the conversation. We now have five posts on this thread. If a sixth post comes in that is far removed from the topic, or simply hijacks the conversation, etc., those who already have posted may click a "remove" button. If a majority - in this case, four of the total of six posters - click the remove button, the post is gone. The intent is to keep the focus on conversations that are started in XI Coffeehouse and encourage posters to offer reasoned discussion, and to stick to the point. If a post is placed that doesn't do that, those who have posted on the thread may vote it off the thread. This comes to mind because we occasionally have absolutely crazy responses to some discussions in the political forum. So I thought a forum where users can control the conversation might be interesting to try. ??

(Damn, he forgot to take his meds again. Just ignore him for a day or so or it could get much worse...)

- The "football program" describes all individuals involved in any capacity with Penn State football. They did NOT know what was going on. A relative handful did, and they are under indictment. More indictments may come. The focus should be on those who break laws, not those who do not. - It is irrelevant where the money for the fine comes from up front. But where it comes from eventually are state residents whose tax dollars pay for colleges and universities. (I know liberals find it difficult to understand that government doesn't create wealth and only takes it from those who do - that doesn't justify robbing taxpayers of tens of millions that could be put to better use.) - As to the money being used to "help the victims," that's not all it's intended for under the NCAA's fine; irregardless, the NCAA is not a court of law and has no freakin business acting like one. The courts - juries - should determine compensation for Sandusky's victims, NOT the NCAA.

We all can think of fitting punishments for this whack job. But even in this case where guilt is beyond any doubt, we must follow the law - which is the real problem. Either he will be found guilty of first degree murder, or, he will be found innocent by reason of insanity. As to the former, he may be sentenced to life in prison without parole, or, execution, where he will sit it out in a - by world standards - very comfortable prison environment for 20 some years through countless appeals before justice finally is done. And even when that moment comes, justice will be painless and swift, so as not to be "cruel and unusual." If the latter, he will receive "treatment" at some even more plush giggling factory likely for the rest of his life - but always with the potential to be "cured" and released. It shouldn't be that way, and it wasn't meant to be. Again, and only where guilt is beyond doubt (dozens of witnesses, etc.): - The right to appeal should be protected but fast-tracked and ruled on by a new level of the judiciary if necessary to get through this process in a more reasonable time - a year or two at most. - If execution is decreed, it should be by traditional means: snap his neck or fry his ass. Why should the ultimate punishment be painless? - The insanity defense should done away with. If someone is insane and kills, his life still should be forfeit. The intent, after all, is to protect society. Add to that for every shrink who says someone is nuts, you can find another shrink to dispute it. Until it's an exact science, it should not be used to evade guilt.

I made my point and you made your's. All well and good. Any claims against the school by victims should be handled through the legal process in civil suits, which I have no doubt will follow. It should be up to courts, not the NCAA, to determine those damages. As to the reference to my grandchildren, you can go fuck yourself!!!

So a pervert in the Penn State football program molests young boys, is convicted, and others with knowledge of his abuses are under indictment. That should be the end of that story. But now comes the NCAA, an association of college sport programs which otherwise has no authority over Penn State or any other university, "ordering" Penn State to create a $60 million endowment for child sexual abuse programs, and vacating the past 14 years of victories by the school's football team. In effect, Pennsylvania taxpayers are being punished to the tune of $60 million because a pervert ran amok in the locker rooms. And kids who played their hearts out on the Penn State football field for 14 years are being stripped of their victories and honors. The taxpayers of Pennsylvania are being punished, and 14 years of former football players are being punished, for something they had nothing to do with. Does that make any sense to you? Penn State should tell the NCAA to pound sand, refuse the "fine," abolish football, and focus on educating students.

What happened in the theater in Colorado was beyond horrible and we all sympathize with the families of the innocents murdered by a deranged gunman. What a shame someone in the audience wasn't armed. But I cringed at this story last Friday morning for another reason. It meant that I would have to shut down my access to news for the next several days - or longer. I'm a news junkie and need my daily fix but I cannot stomach TV news when an event such as this goes down. You know in five minutes all you need to know about what happened. And anything new to the story takes but a minute or two to report. Yet, we are subjected to the same thing, the same reporting, the same images, the same video, the same story, over and over and over and over again, hour after hour, day after day, ad naseum. It's always the same approach. Once the basic facts are reported, the news outlets turn to the so-called "human" side of the story. They interview people who almost got shot. They ask them how it "felt" looking down the end of a rifle - how the fuck do they think it felt? Then they start digging into the personal lives of the victims - people we don't know - and by so doing they intrude on the horrible suffering these families are trying to cope with and bradcast that crap every hour of the day. They apparently think we want to know the stories of these victims. I don't want to know their story, any more than I want to know the story of the hundreds of other daily victims of senseless crime. It's three days later and here are today's headlines: - Obama: "Words are... inadequate." - Tributes to the victims - Survivor: Suspect's boot at my head - Suspect a study in contrasts. - Daughter: Is daddy still going to come? - Suspect spooked gun range manager - I didn't think we would get out alive - Suspect silent as he heads to court - Shooter took Vicodin before attack - 13-year-old tried to save life of 6-year-old - Batman items found in suspect's home. Give me a freakin' break and STFU already. I don't wish to appear heartless - matter of fact, I'm anything but. But just tell me what happened and then get on with what else is going on in the world. Or maybe it's just me...??