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All the men will either spend their lives alone or leave for someplace else.

Actually, the sociological research I saw (wish I remembered where, sorry) indicated that having a nation with a large number of unmarried men without real prospects for marriage strongly correlated with that nation going to war.

The Middle East is in a state of semi-permanent war. India keeps butting heads with Pakistan. China may have designed the 9/11 attacks, and in general certainly seems bent on regional domination, if not world domination.

To think that women's rights really are the key to world peace...it boggles the mind...

Someone should start selling a SCO/Microsoft-version of this.

Support Bush! Buy him today!

This is the Washington Times headline for their story on the outcome of the WSIS proceedings. They, like other right-wing media outlets, get stirred up in a tizzy whenever the phrase "UN" is mentioned in any venue. I am surprised they spelled "government" correctly, instead of spelling it "Guvmint". This is the first time I have seen this right-wing tool being linked to on /.-- and I prefer that it be the last.

Seriously, though, what is the real difference between an internet that is essentially under the effective control of ICANN/VeriSign, and an internet that is under the auspices of the International Telecommunications Union? It's surprising that the Bush regime hasn't asked VeriSign and other registrars to pull the rug out from under sites it doesn't like. After all, Verisign has already proven through their typo redirect shenanigans that it's possible to do this. It's easier than defacing a site, by far. I am sure that it has given other countries additional impetus to try to get the net under ITU auspices for just this reason: they don't want the US to have so much control over the net.

Slightly OT, on the page with this story, they actually have-- I am not joking!-- banner ads pushing an Ann Coulter action doll. This is the page it links to.

Ms. Coulter is quoted as saying, "I think it's terrific!"... "This action figure can talk, wear different outfits and hairstyles."... But that's not all. Ann adds, "It also kills terrorist leaders and converts their followers to Christianity."

So much for the right wing's respect for diversity of religion. Perhaps there wouldn't be so much concern on the part of other nations if we didn't have the extremists in Washington in charge with these attitudes.

Apparently, the doll is programmed to utter 14 trademark phrases-- the only one that's missing is something along the lines of "Heil Bush!" or "Ein Volk, Ein Reich!"

Any proof for child or slave labor there?

You're kidding right?

Fans of Chinese slave labor can buy apparel here. If you're not a fan you might consider supporting legislation such as this. If you don't know enough about the topic to decide whether or not you're a fan, do some reading. My government has. Well, enough to have formed a policy on the matter. If you're all about self-reliance, just feed the term Laogai into Google.

Enjoy your Chinese laptop.

It's not about the country. It's about being a member of the world community. Iraq is a soverign nation. now that the bush administration has bumbled its way across the ideal of sovereignty, no nation can feel safe.

So sovereign must mean always right in your eyes? What must Saddam do to ever justify taking the guy down?

How about using VX gas--the most deadly chemical weapon on earth--against his own people is OK...because Iraq is a sovereign nation.

Dumping thousands of gallons of oil--several times more than the Exxon Valdez--into the Persian Gulf after Gulf War 1 is okay--because Iraq is a sovereign nation.

Lighting up hundreds of oil wells, causing untold environmental damage was okay--because Iraq is a sovereign nation.

Violating all 18 of the UN sanctions--need I mention Resolution 1441 passed unanimously? And in Resolution 1441 it said disarm or suffer grave consequences (Did you think grave consequences meant--more time for the inspectors?). Anyway, all this is okay--because Iraq is a sovereign nation.

Trying to assassinate George H.W. Bush in 1993 was okay--because Iraq is a sovereign nation.

How about cutting
up your own minister of Health into pieces and giving them to his wife. Is that okay? Of course it is--because Iraq is a sovereign nation.

Yup, I guess we're the bad guys, aren't we? You make me sick if you believe the crap the left shoves down your throat. For crying out loud, think man! Use your friggin' brain. This guy is a madman. Watch the news. Ignore the vomiting communists in San Francisco and see the Iraqis celebrating in the streets that the Americans have come to remove this modern-day Hitler from power.

Mark my words, political scientists will be studying George W. Bush's presidency. Not because he was rash and didn't care about the world. No, because he did what was right. Bit the bullet, didn't pass the buck, and made the hard choices that made the world a better place for the whole world.

Oh, by the way. . . Boycott France.

9/11

It depends on your market.

I live in Alabama, where few corporations understand technology to begin with. Down here, they don't care if you "love it", just as long as you have a degree or a certification.

Getting my MCSE got me a 20% raise (proving that you don't even need to use a Windows OS in order to pass the tests.)

Sure, there are some companies that "get it." but in those parts of the country where most of the people voted for Bush, a degree is your #1 tool to making money.