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I've lost 15 pounds in the last six months. I have no boobies. Where's my man ICE? He hates everything because he hasn't gotten a job offer from the President yet. Ice. You are not only getting busted on because you are totally stupid about life, but much more so because people here could help you, and you'd rather sit on the couch. Shut up and go away. Talk football, something you "know". Folks tried to reach out to you, to help you out. You are too much of an idiot self centered A-hole to realize that. Darwin needs to think about you.

You little post whore you. Just had to stick your nose in. Where's my man ICE? I had a job I didn't get fired from because I hate women, so I missed a lot.

If I had the button I'd do it. Mr. Man Ice is hiding. Puss.

You want to see my bared breast? Homo. Now I'll be friightened over thoughts of my ass in jeans. What a wuss, kitty. This didn't work either. Dead thread. Delete. Save the bandwidth. Somewhere out there a sheep is screaming no.

Am I mistaken? Or did he spell everything right? I'm honored. Thank you for taking the effort. Really. I think I'll just drink myself into oblivion, get fired and blame somebody.

Where you at, crybaby? Your nightly reality show isn't on for 45 minutes yet. Switch to A&E. They might have a special on why you hate women.

Well, good for you guys! I believe in States rights fully. Just don't let your Mass precepts spill into my Petrie dish. When a region wants things to be a certain way, have at it. Basing a huge nation on what that region wants is wrong. Period.

The election is over. I've posted a lot of stuff, some of it good and some of it crap over the years. I'm just really curious as to why my posts kill threads. There's been more than a few. I really wonder why? Disclaimer: You virgins here need not respond, but you will.

Y'all Drive Friendly...(I 10 Reference) Me and Darlene seriously considered Texas. Great place, for a lot of reasons. Too many people don't understand fun. They won't get off the couch long enough. Big country, big people. I'm sure you're having a blast. Since it popped into my head as an afterthought, I maybe shouldn't mention it, but it's the same reason Debbie hates it. I thought she'd be happier and a bit more mellow up in Seattle. Like minded people didn't mellow her out much at all. Shame is, Seattle is a nice town too. Very nice. But keep your mouth shut. They are not rude, but if you voice a thought, you confuse them unless it's a Democrat soundbite they've already heard. I miss Thirdborn. He's my Bud. and he's a lib, too.

Where did ICE go? He standing around the mailbox waiting for his Edwards fight on prize envelope? I'm pretty sure he only reads the threads he posts in, and he doesn't even respond to them. His only lot in life is to complain about how people screw him. Three people besides me told him he can solve his job problems by applying, but getting up off the couch seems to be a problem. Jobs must be handed personally by the President of the United States, or, don't work then. Where you at, big man? Tell us all a little more about how you can save the country. I miss the entertainment.

You're right. It will escalate. They have mindless zombies like we do here, but theirs aren't afraid of guns and bombs. This is a spot where the French could make a real difference. Under the radar. They know it. We know it. I'll be interested to see how this plays out. It will tell me a lot about the French. Think about it.

If we could we wouldn't be having these conversations.

Rabid and others, I'm a "good American" where ever I go as well. I've never once had a problem other than occassionally having people try to kill me. It might help to try to explain why we do some of the things we do, rather than agree with them that it's all wrong and you voted for Kerry. You don't necessarily have to agree to explain why something is the way it is. I do it all the time. Most people here don't get that. They think I'm one of the Republican party hacks. If Nader had a concept I believed in, through my knowledge and experience, I'd vote for him. I don't like a lot about the way much of this has been handled. But I know and understand the issues. I also know what needs to be done. You have to remember that most of the world would love to see us taken down a few notches or worse. They don't care. You should. I read the lunacy that Ice posts, and shudder. Is that America? Sometimes dealing with problems pi$$es people off. Too bad. A lot more are going to die on both sides before this is over with. Sitting around the campfire singing Kumbaya is not going to solve it. Buying more firetrucks is not going to make us safer. You have an idea of what I do for a living. I love my job, but the ramifications of my work are really very depressing sometimes. I know every day when I boot my computers that I could make the mistake, overlook something, not account for something that allows a lot of people here to die. Some days I have to go the other way, and do good work that causes a lot of people there to die. And to see so many so called Americans tearing it down day after day, making idiot rants over things they know NOTHING about...one learns to ignore their ignorance after awhile. But I have to tell you, it's really frustrating because this country has become so accustomed to things being a certain way. It's taboo to tell folks stuff that they don't want to hear. And to compound the problem, everyone wants to hear something different. We can ignore the threats, and everyone has cake and ice cream until it's too late to stop it, or we can deal with it, which is unpopular not only in the rest of the world but here within our borders. I can only imagine the foam at the mouth outrage if I tried to discuss the planning concepts of acceptable risk. It's often much better not to talk about politics at all, because a lot of this stuff really isn't politics. We had eight years of everyone basically hearing and getting whatever they wanted, and everyone loved Clinton for it, and pine for the days of his reign. The problems we now face were allowed to fester and grow, because to deal with them would have upset the Fleetwood Mack happy time we were supposedly living in then. New guy gets in, and a few months after taking office, before people are actually sure where their desks are yet, in DC terms, the country gets nailed. This administration said, "Uh, no, we aren't going to have this stevestojan" And now, everyone wants to B word and moan and rend their clothes because it's not happy time anymore. If you guys want happy times back, quit bitching and let it get fixed. You don't like the way it's getting done? Tough. Too bad. You're going to have a lot more to B word about for awhile, because it's not happy times anymore. Get used to the fact that that's the way it is. It ain't changing, and it's not going away. V/R Paul

And this is a very different world than it was in 1948. I was afraid you'd go native. I don't know what you do there, but even being there you must pick up on things. That's what baffles me sometimes when I read your stuff. Thats also what sucks about working where you do. It's easy to become part of the group and forget about who's uniform you are wearing. BTW, you never checked in when you came through. Me and DC Tom could have given you a personal slapping, after you bought a few drinks, of course.

And, BTW, did you ever answer me about relocating? Unless you act like you do here at the interview, you could probably get hired around the DC area very quickly. Probably make a lot more money. Take some personal responsibility, for crying out loud. I never wanted to leave Savannah, Georgia-but my job dried up. I worked for two years in Baltimore, and they closed my plant. Now I live in Alexandria, VA. That's just how things go now. Adapt. You don't have anything tieing you down, go do what you have to do and quit whining. Be a man, for Crissake.

Well, being one of them didn't hurt your cause any, did it? as for backpacking Europe, especially Germany in February... February? What a miserable month to pick. I spent 5 years living there. May can be cold and wet. February is miserable. Pack a lot of Gortex. Next thing we'll be seeing is "American Werewolf in Frankfort" and Pete doesn't come around anymore. I've been in France and Belgium fairly recently. French are stevestojantty on a good day, but mostly just superior and rude. Great food and wine, though. The Belgians are want to be French, but will drink with you. I personally didn't have any trouble.

No, over the next four years I'll be working very hard to make sure grateful people like you stay alive long enough to rant.

Which is what Bush wants. Depending on who succeeds, and I'm pretty sure it's going to be a moderate, this administration has a golden opportunity. Setting those two camps down the right path will go a long way to defusing some other problems.

This thread is really something. Why do I bother to go to work in the morning?

Hey kids, whazzup? I don't know if I should sniff glue before or after I stop by here. The same folks who denounce our soldiers and want the entire chain of command fired through the SECDEF, because someone took a photo of a girl pointing at an Iraqi's genitals wants us to show compassion for Arafat, scum mastermind of hundreds of murders. I'm confused. Is "another dead terrorist" a bad thing?

Killed in action.

So is Condi. I've met her. She is one sharp cookie.

Sorry about the sheep jokes. I'm also an Irish fan. But damn! Why don't you homies straighten him out?

I'm going to bed.

Believe me, they'll get over it,