Great website for fairly independent views on politics.

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Theres a real good essay there on how we should deal with terrorism.

beginning teenweek like cut and paste here....

"As the public tesimony winds down in front of the September 11 commission, several things are pretty clear. One, the United States government going back probably to the Reagan administration never took the threat of terrorism as seriously as they should have, nor did they deal with it the way they should have.

I don't care what Richard Clarke says about the Clinton administration. A low body count does not equal success. Each attach by Al Qaeda became more bold than the previous one, culminating in the attacks of September 11. They didn't do as much as they could have, or should have.

The Bush administration does not get off lightly either. George Tenet and John Ashcroft both should have been fired in light of 9/11. Other high level members of the CIA and FBI should have been fired as well. You don't allow a breach of that magnitude to take place and not pay the price for it. Tenet for not more agrressively going after Al Qaeda and John Ashcroft for thinking the pointless drug war and porno was more important than counter-terrorism.

At the end of the day, none of it really matters. The attacks happened, and as a result, the outlook on how to deal with the terror threat has changed. Oliver, in a rambling entry takes to complaining about Iraq as many have. The charges that we're "diverting resources" away from the war on terror is complete hogwash. The war on terror is not one that is fought with tanks, gunships and fighter jets. Oliver and his ilk are claiming we need more troops in Afghanistan. Why? So they can run around in the mountains of Afghanistan for the next couple of years looking in caves for scattered remnants of the Taliban and Al Qaeda? It's so easy to say, "We need 15,000 more troops in Afghanistan!", but what value does it have? The answer is, it doesn't. But it sounds good, so people will keep repeating it.

The war on terror now is going to rely heavily on covert operations and the intelligence community. It means more vigorous enforcement of immigration laws and the scaling back of things like student visas so that people like Mohammed Atta cannot get into this country to plan attacks against us. Chances are, it probably means a return to something so many have loathed recently: profiling. It doesn't do any good to keep an eye on Grandma Moses while she's at the airport, but a young Saudi national here on a student visa I'm sorry to say is somebody that deserves a second look.

As far as Iraq is concerned, it had ties to terrorism, and Saddam Hussein, just through his presence created instability in the region. He should have been dealt with long ago. People can mock the results all they want, but the fact of the matter is, Iraq is going to have a constitution, the likes of which is nowhere to be found in the Middle East other than Israel. Our action against Iraq has had the kind of repercussions that naysayers claimed would not exist. The increasing protests in Iran, new freedom based protests in Syria and Libya seeking once again to normalize relations all put water on the fiery arguments of those who claim it would have the reverse affect. The war on terrorism has been strengthened, not weakened by what happened in Iraq, despite what happened in Spain.

We have paid a price of course, and that price is being shamelessly exploited by those opposed to the war to score their own political points. They're the same people that complained when President Bush used images of 9/11 in a campaign ad, but they don't have any problem repeating the phrase 'dead soldiers' for maximum political effect.

Iraq is no save haven as the continuing attacks prove. But the Iraqi people agree that their lives are better now that Saddam is no longer there. They recognize it. Other parts of the world recognize it. That stands above all of the sniping about 'profiteering' and 'settling old scores' which is nothing but partisan bullsheot. There's no substance to it and it sounds like a campaign ad. A bad one at that.

The global war on terror is going to continue. The threat of Al Qaeda would exist if we never went after Saddam and had 200,000 troops traipsing all over the mountains of Afghanistan. The question is, What methods will we use to stop it?

It's painfully obvious that was employed throughout the 1990's failed miserably. Diplomatic and law enforcement type solutions did nothing. It didn't scare them off, and too many people were busy covering their own asses to make any diplomatic solution work. The scary thing is, Oliver and his crowd support John Kerry, who wants a return to that way of thinking in dealing with that threat. Oh sure, you can brag about imprisoning Ramsey Yousef and marvel at how great we did in thwarting millenium attacks, but who cares? What did it do? They still went and carried out the most daring and deadly terrorist attacks the world has ever seen on United States soil.

John Kerry would return to that way of thinking and would defer to the UN when it comes to protecting our national security. That's not leadership. That's a backward way of thinking that opens us up to new attacks. The Bush administration has been far from perfect in that regard. But I'll sleep safer knowing he's in the White House.
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To prove my independent stand politically, heres equal time for Bush. A pro-bush flash on his economic achivements....

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Despite our intentions to spotlight and encourage the positive in politics, we can fall into the trap of being negative and defensive. Too often, we forget that great things are happening even when it seems that the planet is falling apart. That?s why we?re launching our annual Award for Excellence in Broadcasting and News Media.

There are some wonderful publications and news organizations that share our hope for a more sustainable and compassionate world.

But in the end, only one news outlet was left standing?the only news show truly committed to ?fair and balanced? reporting. Our winner is the Fox News Network?s O?Reilly Factor, hosted by Bill O?Reilly, for his in-depth coverage on the lack of consensus as to whether global warming is real. For more information on Mr. O?Reilly?s excellent reporting, go to <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.fair.org/ohreally.html">http://www.fair.org/ohreally.html</a><!-- w -->.

Because Bill O?Reilly presents the news so evenly, we don?t need another radio network like Air America, the new progressive source for talk and news. We?re urging all TrueMajority members to boycott the new network because Fox News provides the only voice our nation needs.

April Fool!

If instead you?d like to hear a fresh voice, check out Air America, especially Al Franken?s new program The O?Franken Factor, which will air weekdays at noon beginning March 31. Other hosts include Marc Maron, Chuck D, Laura Flanders, Randi Rhodes, Janeane Garofalo, and others.

The show debuts in Chicago (WNTD-AM 950), Los Angeles (WBLA-AM 1580), and New York (WLIB-AM 1190), with San Francisco and other major markets coming soon. Anyone can listen to the streaming Webcast at <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.AirAmericaRadio.com">http://www.AirAmericaRadio.com</a><!-- w -->.

And oh yeah, I?ll be there for opening day on Janeane Garofalo?s show at 10 p.m.

Let?s join together in supporting Air America?s effort to counter the right-wing propaganda that currently dominates America?s talk radio waves.

Yours in wishing success to Air America,



Ben Cohen

President, TrueMajority.org

So, yeah, this weekend my computer decided to be a bitch again, and would just keep rebooting upon startup. So, first I attempted to go in with a preinstalled environment and get some of my data out, but it wasn't working. A repair install wasnt happening either. Then, I decided to take a risk.

I would reformat the drive, and then see if all those restore programs that retrieve deleted data would work.

I tried four different ones, and the only one that worked was GetDataBack. I was able to restore all my documents, music, video. There were some glitches. Some of the mp3s blended together in a couple songs.

Good Stuff

Quote:2003 Stella Awards Revisited

The Stella Awards are named after 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonald's. That case inspired
the Stella awards for the most frivolous successful lawsuits in the United States.

5th Place (tie):
Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas, was awarded $780,000 by a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler who was running inside a furniture store. The owners of the store were understandably surprised at the verdict, considering the misbehaving little toddler was Ms. Robertson's son.

5th Place (tie):
19-year-old Carl Truman of Los Angeles won $74,000 and medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. Mr. Truman apparently didn't notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbor's hubcaps.

5th Place (tie):
Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was leaving a house he had just finished robbing by way of the garage. He was not able to get the garage door to go up since the automatic door opener was malfunctioning. He couldn't re-enter the house because the door connecting the house and garage locked when he pulled it shut. The family was on vacation, and Mr. Dickson found himself locked in the garage for eight days.

He subsisted on a case of Pepsi he found, and a large bag of dry dog food. He sued the homeowner's insurance claiming the situation caused him undue mental anguish. The jury agreed to the tune of $500,000.

4th Place:
Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas, was awarded $14,500 and medical expenses after being bitten on the buttocks by his next door neighbor's beagle. The beagle was on a chain in its owner's fenced yard. The ward was less than sought because the jury felt the dog might have been just a little provoked at the time by Mr. Williams who had climbed over the fence into the yard and was shooting it repeatedly with a pellet
gun.

3rd Place:
A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, $113,500 after she slipped on a soft drink and broke her
coccyx (tailbone). The beverage was on the floor because Ms. Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument.

2nd Place:
Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware, successfully sued the owner of a night club in a neighboring city when she fell from the bathroom window to the floor and knocked out her two front teeth. This occurred while Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the window in the ladies room to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge. She was awarded $12,000 and dental expenses.

1st Place:
This year's run away winner was Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mr. Grazinski purchased a brand new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On his first trip home, (from an OU football game), having driven onto the freeway, he set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the drivers seat to go into the back and make himself a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly, the R. V. left the freeway, crashed and overturned.Mr. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising in the owner's manual that he couldn't actually do this. The jury awarded him $1,750,000 plus a new motor home. The company actually changed their manuals on the basis if this suit, just in case there were any other complete moron’s buying recreation vehicle.

If any hardcore NFL fans have been dying to see some rebroadcasts of NFL games, the NFL Network (Channel 212 on DirecTV) will start a new series on Monday Nights replaying memorable games from 1998-2002. Hopefully this will open the door for them to replay some real classic NFL games (like the '82 Chargers vs Dolphins playoff game, the '86 Broncos vs Browns playoff game, etc.). Just one more reason to get DirecTV.

NFL Network announces rebroadcasts of classic NFL games

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Series premieres Monday, April 5 with 2002 Bills/Vikings overtime shootout

NEW YORK (March 29, 2004) -- For the first time ever on cable and satellite, NFL Network will begin airing NFL Replay, a new series airing on Monday nights that will re-broadcast two-hour versions of network television's coverage of memorable regular season games -- complete with the original network footage, graphics and play-by-play commentary.

The premiere episode of NFL Replay debuts on Monday, April 5 at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) and showcases the Bills/Vikings game from Week 2 of the 2002 NFL season. Bills quarterback Drew Bledsoe set personal passing records in this overtime shootout against Randy Moss's Minnesota Vikings. NFL Replay airs Mondays at 8 p.m. (ET/PT).

"NFL Network's reason for being is to produce shows our fans want to see and they have an incredible hunger for this type of programming," said NFL Network President and CEO Steve Bornstein. "Since we launched in November, we have received letters, phone calls and e-mails from fans requesting this type of series more than anything else."

For its first season, NFL Network selected games won in the closing moments or in overtime and will initially feature Sunday afternoon network regular-season games from 1998 through 2002.

"Between this program and our Game of the Week series, fans will get access to the most memorable NFL games only on NFL Network," said Charles Coplin, NFL Network vice president of programming.

NFL Network is carried on DIRECTV's basic service that is seen in more than 12.2 million homes on Channel 212, and is also available on Voom's satellite service on Channel 312 as well as on cable via Charter Communications and Insight Communications. To get NFL Network, call 866-NFL-NETWORK.

NFL Network airs seven days a week, 24 hours a day on a year-round basis and is the first television network fully dedicated to the NFL and the sport of football. For more information, log onto <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/home">http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/home</a><!-- w -->.

NFL Replay schedule for April/May
Monday 4/5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT -- BILLS vs. VIKINGS (9/15/02)
In only his second game with the Bills, Drew Bledsoe set personal passing records in this overtime shootout against Daunte Culpepper, Randy Moss and the Vikings.

Monday 4/12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT -- CHIEFS vs. BROWNS (9/8/02)
The opening game of the 2002 season saw Priest Holmes and the Chiefs take on the Browns in a game that featured a 35-point fourth quarter and nine lead changes.

Monday 4/19 at 8 p.m. ET/PT -- GIANTS vs. COWBOYS (11/4/01)
Kerry Collins rallies the Giants from a 17-point halftime deficit to even the score with the Cowboys entering the fourth quarter in this NFC East clash that would be decided in overtime.

Monday 4/26 at 8 p.m. ET/PT -- RAVENS vs. JAGUARS (9/10/00)
Jaguars receiver Jimmy Smith caught three touchdowns and Ravens quarterback Tony Banks threw five touchdowns in this high-scoring contest decided on one of the game's final plays.

Sunday 5/2 at 1 p.m. ET -- RAMS vs. SEAHAWKS (9/10/00)
Quarterbacks Jon Kitna (Seahawks) and Kurt Warner (Rams) passed for a combined 631 yards in a game that would be decided late in the fourth quarter.

Monday 5/3 at 8 p.m. ET/PT -- 49ers vs. JETS (9/6/98)
Quarterbacks Glenn Foley (Jets) and Steve Young (49ers) combined for 778 yards passing and six touchdowns in this 1998 season opener that would be settled in overtime.

Sunday 5/9 at 1 p.m. ET -- VIKINGS vs. RAMS (9/13/98)
Rams quarterback Tony Banks threw four interceptions in this turnover plagued game against Cris Carter and the Vikings. The game's outcome would hinge on a late defensive stand.

Monday 5/10 at 8 p.m. ET/PT -- PATRIOTS vs. CHARGERS (10/14/01)
Tom Brady led the Patriots to a 10-point fourth quarter comeback against the Chargers to force the game into overtime.

Sunday 5/16 at 1 p.m. ET -- PATRIOTS vs. JETS (9/12/99)
Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe passed for 340 yards and a touchdown against Keyshawn Johnson and the Jets on opening weekend of the 1999 season. The game would be decided on special teams.

Monday 5/17 at 8 p.m. ET/PT -- COWBOYS vs. REDSKINS (9/12/99)
In the 1999 season kickoff, the Cowboys and Redskins combined for 1,045 total yards in this NFC East overtime showdown.

Sunday 5/23 at 1 p.m. ET -- 49ers vs. FALCONS (10/14/01)
The 49ers Jeff Garcia and Terrell Owens teamed on three touchdown passes against Chris Chandler and the Falcons in a game that would end up in overtime.

Monday 5/24 at 8 p.m. ET/PT -- PACKERS vs. FALCONS (9/8/02)
Opening weekend of the 2002 season was headlined by two superstar quarterbacks, Michael Vick (Falcons) and Brett Favre (Packers) in a game that would be decided in overtime.

Sunday 5/30 at 1 p.m. ET -- PACKERS vs. RAIDERS (9/12/99)
Brett Favre (Packers) and Rick Gannon (Raiders) squared off in a duel that would produce 560 passing yards at Lambeau Field on opening weekend of the 1999 season.

Monday 5/31 at 8 p.m. ET/PT -- JAGUARS vs. BEARS (9/6/98)
Opening weekend of the 1998 season saw Mark Brunell and the Jaguars travel to Soldier Field in a game that would be decided on one of the game's final plays.

Drexel University TV

Well that's my favorite channel so far. Absolutely fascinating shows! Late last night that had this documentary about 8 track collectors. Check out your local college tv station! There's lots of art fag nonsense but inbetween you'll find diamonds in the rough. Anyway the site I linked has some downloads that may or may not be any good. Haven't had the time to check them out yet.

any relation to the dancing letters/exclamation point in here?

and don't they ever get tired? it seems they never stop dancing!

So how long has Arpi been back?
is he liked?
or still persona non grata?

what play is he working at?

Only to profess my hatred of Keyser.