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Posted by kdawson on Sunday October 5, 2008 @01:54PM from the hippo-birdies dept.

Meshach writes "Over at the Linux Journal, Doc Searles is noting that today marks 17 years since Linus posted to Usenet, starting Linux (post). As a Linux user at work and at home I say, thanks Linus!" The anniversary is also featured on the top page of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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The case against Barack Hussein Obama by Anonymous Coward · 2008-10-05 14:12 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Obama will castrate our military and destroy our nuclear deterrent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxL8NcNACBY
He will tax corporations and high income earners that employ the population of the US, which will force them to cut jobs and send the unemployment rate skyrocketing.
http://obama.3cdn.net/b7be3b7cd08e587dca_v852mv8ja.pdf
He sees dead people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=galtZF0nKYc
He wants to take the guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens, leaving us at the mercy of criminals.
http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/barack_obama_gun_control.htm
He'll cut and run from Iraq, knocking the legs out from under the Iraqi government as they are finally finding their footing.
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/iraq/
He believes homosexuals are entitled to more rights than straight people.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/23/debate.transcript/index.html
He believes in mob rule concerning criminal punishment.
The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama, p. 58
He refuses to call terrorists "terrorists" even when presented with evidence.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15251928
He will prevent us from keeping sensitive materials confidential, which will place national security at risk.
http://www.cfr.org/publication/14356/
He would talk with terrorist countries without demanding that they cease their efforts to murder innocent people and abide by the rule of law.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Oj7Jn9rv4
He believes we should reward people who ignore the existence of a country's sovereignty and illegally enter the country instead of forcing them to abide by the law.
http://obama.senate.gov/news/060923-sen_obama_at_to/index.php
He believes the government should regulate the internet.
http://obama.senate.gov/podcast/060608-network_neutral/index.php
He believes in making those who have money pay for the healthcare of those who do not have money.
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/
He believes we should take corn, a staple food for the US, and use it for ethanol production, which will cause shortages in food supply and produce car exhaust that is more dangerous to humans than gasoline burning cars.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/01/05/new_us_congress_looks_to_boost_alternate_fuels/?p1=MEWell_Pos5
He believes that parents should have no choice but to send their children to government run schools to be indoctrinated by sub-standard teachers.
http://www-news.uchicago.edu/citations/04/041027.obama-ct.html
In short, he's an anti-American, anti-military Marxist who will destroy the US before he can be voted out of office. I don't like McCain and I have problems with many of his positions, but he will, at the very least, keep the US from crashing and burning within the next 4 years (provided the Dems don't win Congress).
And no, he's not a Muslim (as far as we know). He's not black (he's bi-racial). He's not a Christian (against everything Ch
MOD PARENT UP (then vote McCain) by Anonymous Coward · 2008-10-05 14:49 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Yeah!
1. Re:MOD PARENT UP (then vote McCain) by Anonymous Coward · 2008-10-05 15:09 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  > Obama will castrate our military and destroy our nuclear deterrent.
  I don't mind. As far as spending and numbers are concerned, we already outnumber the rest of the world. And anyone crazy enough to use nukes is crazy enough to not care about US deterrent.
  > He will tax corporations and high income earners that employ the population of the US, which will force them to cut jobs and send the unemployment rate skyrocketing.
  Several prominent economists disagree with this assessment. And even if it's true, New-Deal style job creation is in the pipe too.
  > He sees dead people.
  Who the fuck cares.
  > He wants to take the guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens, leaving us at the mercy of criminals.
  If you read the linked article, you'd know this is a misrepresentation.
  > He'll cut and run from Iraq, knocking the legs out from under the Iraqi government as they are finally finding their footing.
  Likewise an oversimplification. The 16 months are tied to a timetable of phasing in Iraqi control of Iraq. This is no more cutting and running than a road trip is reckless driving.
  > He believes homosexuals are entitled to more rights than straight people.
  This claim is not supported by the transcript.
  > He refuses to call terrorists "terrorists" even when presented with evidence.
  No, he refuses to call a losing battle a winning battle, even if doing so keeps certain terrorists from being classified as such. The bill in question covered an omnibus of opinions, and disagreeing with one does not mean he disagreed with the whole bill.
  > He will prevent us from keeping sensitive materials confidential, which will place national security at risk.
  The stated plan is to go through classified materials and determine what can be declassified without threatening national security; the hypothesis is that there are many such documents kept classified for political reasons. If all of those materials really do need classified status, the department will do nothing. I fail to see the issue here.
  > He would talk with terrorist countries without demanding that they cease their efforts to murder innocent people and abide by the rule of law.
  Why would a country that is convinced you are the enemy do anything you tell it to do? Why would a country with whom you will not communicate listen to your demands?
  > He believes the government should regulate the internet.
  The government is already giving the people who run the internet an exception from antitrust law, on the basis of the "natural monopoly" created by the wires. In fact, the government helped pay for those wires. Shouldn't it have a say in how those wires are used?
  > He believes in making those who have money pay for the healthcare of those who do not have money.
  The alternative is for those with no money to have no healthcare either. Most of the country considers that unacceptable.
  > He believes we should take corn, a staple food for the US, and use it for ethanol production, which will cause shortages in food supply and produce car exhaust that is more dangerous to humans than gasoline burning cars.
  He believes we should use corn ethanol as one of many replacements for oil. Corn production has already skyrocketed on speculation for this alternative fuel. Meanwhile, your comments on the dangerous nature of ethanol exhaust are supported neither by the article nor a cursory Google search on the matter.
  > He believes that parents should have no choice but to send their children to government run schools to be indoctrinated by sub-standard teachers.
  How do you know? The linked article only mentions that he happens to send his kids to a private school where he gets a discount. Not supporting vouchers does not mean wanting to destroy private schools. They seem to be getting by well enough without government hand-outs.
  > In short, he's an anti-American,
  What the fuck does that mean.
  > anti-military
  And why not?
  > Marxist
2. Re:MOD PARENT UP (then vote McCain) by Anonymous Coward · 2008-10-05 17:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  > He will tax corporations and high income earners that employ the population of the US, which will force them to cut jobs and send the unemployment rate skyrocketing. Several prominent economists disagree with this assessment. And even if it's true, New-Deal style job creation is in the pipe too.
  Name one
  > He would talk with terrorist countries without demanding that they cease their efforts to murder innocent people and abide by the rule of law. Why would a country that is convinced you are the enemy do anything you tell it to do? Why would a country with whom you will not communicate listen to your demands?
  Why would they want to talk to us AT ALL if they are convinced we are the enemy?
  > He believes the government should regulate the internet. The government is already giving the people who run the internet an exception from antitrust law, on the basis of the "natural monopoly" created by the wires. In fact, the government helped pay for those wires. Shouldn't it have a say in how those wires are used?
  NO! Absolutely no way should YOU have any say whatsoever.
  > He believes in making those who have money pay for the healthcare of those who do not have money. The alternative is for those with no money to have no healthcare either. Most of the country considers that unacceptable.
  Pay for them out of your own goddamned pocket then!
  > Terrorists regimes around the world have said that they want Obama to be president. Would you take advice from people who want to kill you and elect the person they want elected? The devil said Goody Proctor was working for him. Why should we believe the devil? Why should we believe the terrorists? If they really wanted Obama to win, would they be spilling their guts about it so everyone in earshot could hear?
  Actually, it's those fucking Europeans that are doing this...well, they are kind of terrorists, right?
MOD PARENT DOWN (then vote McCain) by Anonymous Coward · 2008-10-05 15:31 · Score: -1, Offtopic

You must really hate America!
MOD PARENT DOWN (then vote Obama) by Anonymous Coward · 2008-10-05 17:15 · Score: -1, Offtopic

You must really hate America!
MOD PARENT DOWN (then vote McCain) by Anonymous Coward · 2008-10-05 23:18 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Parent is the one that really hates America! Mod parent down because Sarah Palin has a great rack.