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“How do you know that? Do you have a crystal ball?”

“But, but, the nice Catholic priest SAID to steal from Walmart”

“Why not? Its MY store, says the sign.”

“Also, the Japanese are adamant in their refusal to have US military bases on *their* territory. They're perfectly OK with fobbing this off on the Okinawans, who have suffered from centuries of oppression at their hands as it is. And thank you for pointing out the well-deserved rancor with which the local civilian populace regards the US military bases. They provide nothing, or very little, in terms of growth, development, or economic return, but take up large amounts of land, water, power, and other resources, and breed a "camp follower" mindset among the inhabitants, whose other avenues to economic success are suppressed by the military presence.”

“So? We get free OS, free apps, ease of installation, the ability to use MS when we have to, and the ability to do all of that for -- ready? Well, it depends on whether you want to use a netbook (that's around $300), a new desktop (cheap one around $400-500) or -- wait for it -- an old 386! Yeah, it'll work on an old 386, so that's, what, nearly free? I have a 386 laptop that I picked up for $20 and an old laptop from when I was in college a few years back that both now have linux. The latter also has XP Pro.

I'll take nearly free with a bit of a learning curve over $1200, especially right now. So you go ahead and enjoy your overpriced toy. I'll enjoy my also-virus-free OS and apps that didn't cost me hardly a thing. Can your Mac dual-boot? If so, try the linux.”

“You don't realize Mac OS X is a derivative of FreeBSD, which itself is a derivative of UNIX. Of course Mac OS X also contains NeXtstep code as well. Just like Windows, Mac OS X is closed-source, whereas Linux distros like Ubuntu are 100% free.”

“The very definition of 'infamy'.”

“America cares..............they want to see tittybars, casinos...liquor stores, and McDonalds there.”

“"Sellout brotha". And you accuse Republicans/conservatives of being racist? Heal thyself, physician.”

“Closely followed by the Democrats. Up with the Socialist Party!”

“In NYC AT&T is total BS. I tried iPhone and finally gave up on it after a year. It was a total ripoff. It would never download email and as to surfing the web--FORGET IT. Every time I called 'em to complain I got the same BS excuses--either I was on too high a floor for it to work or I was just in one of those parts of Manhattan that wasn't covered by their hardware--and I was in the Wall Street/Financial district! Can you believe their trying to tell me that the AT&T didn't cover Wall Street?? But it was just as bad in the West Village, the East Village and the Upper West Side. No matter where I went in Manhattan the "service" was kr@p.

In that two years, my iPhone never successfully downloaded an email for me in Manhattan.

yup--I finally gave up and went to Verizon. Bought a Blackberry Storm--their answer to the iPhone. And I gotta tell you, though I hate the Storm (seriously) you can't argue with Verizon's network in NYC. It works. And it's usually reasonably fast.

I was very sorry to give up on the iPhone but a great phone is only as good as its network.

So after taking our money all this time AT&T is finally admitting that while they had the product, they didn't have the service to go with it--but that didn't stop them from selling it.”

“Making a strong commitment to abstain doesn't make it any more effective. Studies show that teens who take "Virginity Pledges" are actually MORE likely to engage in unprotected and risky relations:

http://www.alternet.org/sex/120660/teens_take_virginity_pledges,_and_then_have_sex/

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/21606.php”

“The problem with abstinence-only programs and virginity pledges are that young people are pledging to please their parents, not because of an inner resolve and commitment of their own. I personally think it's creepy to have those ceremonies with your dad as your escort. That's why some evangelicals encourage young people to marry early. Because they know young people over 18 can't hold it off for too long.”

“I hope it's possible. Theoretically, it works great! Of course, nature tends to get in the way. I'm the father of a 13 year old girl, who could probably pass for 15 or 16. She's a gifted student, with a world of opportunity in front of her. But she's one sperm cell away from watching it all go to h-e-double-hockey sticks!”

“Amen.

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