"But I was saddened to hear booing from the audience when McCain started complimenting Obama"
I was noticeable that when Obama mentioned McCain in his speech, there was applause. seems a certain parties followers are very poor losers.
I supported Obama, but I really wish McCain had been in the 2000 elections, I am sure he would have reacted differently to the current idiot in chief. He seems a damn good man. I would love to see him as the next secretary of defence!
We here in Australia, are traditonally extremely cynical about politicians in general. But to my amazement I was inspired and moved in a way I rarely have by a speech of any kind. I was too young to hear JFK speak at the time, the same for Dr King, and this was the closest thing I have heard to the recordings of their speeches. I fell like a pivotal moment has come.
Hopefully Mr Obama can restore the admiration the rest of the world has had for the US for as long as I can remember prior to this century.
I dont believe it, for the first time since 2001 I feel some hope for us as a species. Shit.
Damn that cynical little voice thats telling me "You've been sucked in"
In horn loaded systems, an actice xover, combined with a design that keeps the drivers in their pistonic motion range is excellent.
Many years ago I had the pleasure of using Martin audio horn loaded system and it was stunning. The spread was excellent. you could het he same tonal balnce in most of a room.
Just bi-amping a 2 way system brings ahuge improvement!
Diregarding , of course polls that show in the rest of the world 79% are infavour of Obama.
Speaking as a citizen of a foreign country, I hope Obama is elected, and can return the US to the high esteem it was held in by many such as myself for all but the last 8 years.
Wow, my apologies, did I have the wrong end of the stick!
Some years ago, I had to give up full time, high stress, on the road tech work due to disability, and decided that if I was going to work in a low paid part time govt job, I would do it in an area where my skills could benefit the less fortunate. I retrained myself as a Network admin.
I have put a lot of work into improvements of IT and AV infrastructure at my schools, and at least at one of them, where I came in with a new principal has improved a lot, but mainly because the govt spent 4 million rebuilding the 35 year old buldings.
This school looked like stalag 13 when we started. The second school, of about the same vintage still, (apart from IT) has not changed at all, in terms of attitude of parents/students.
Don't underestimate the value of money spent on decent buildings and equipment, the improvement in the attitude of the parents and students at this school has been remarkable.
Sometimes money well spent can make people feel more valued by the society they live in. This has many positive flow on effects too.
The real issue is of course, as my boss and I discussed at the start, we need to educate/heal the communtiy as well as their children.
You are a credit to those schools you attended, which were obviously capable of good work given the right material!
Perhaps one day you could visit them sometime and give the kids there an example of a successful person from their school.
Surely then it is the parents and not the schools fault. If the school were at fault nothing your parents did would help.
I work in 2 schools in a very poor area, and see the same situation all the time. Parents that dont care about their kids education is the main problem not the schools.
They would meet your underperforming criteria.
In most studies Socio-economic criteria seem to define a schools performance, regardless of the percieved "Quality"
Your irrational fear is palpable in your post, it would be amusing if it wasnt sad. Now switch off your computer and go back to watching FOX news, and let the adults talk in peace.
Insurance compaines make their money by selling a service they don't intend to deliver, or deliver only part of. Banks make their money by stealing from you in small ammounts from all accounts.
Neither should be in a position to make decisions relating to the health needs of an individual.
I live in a country that has both Govt health care and private. However, the private insurers have no say in what treatment is given that is and should be the decision of the treating doctor. It always amazes me that in the US accountants are allowed to decide a patients treatment.
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I have boght 20 Dell laptops (Inspirons and Vostros) in the last 3 years.
One I use myself daily, cahnging locations at least 4 times a day.
Only one has failed, backlight would switch off when screen moved, caused by a trapped wire to the Fluro. Fixed that this morning ironically.
That said, the Dells are bigger and heavier than their HP/IBM rivals.
The Latitudes are the better Dells, and the older Precision laptops were pretty good.
Fuck you right wingers are morons, stop stamping your little feet, you lost, deal with it.
I would by far rather have Obama then his predecessor, and that counts for most of the non fucked in the head folk in the world.
Sore loser!
"God thing than that we all are of of African descent".
Damn christian creationists never stop do they? (-:
Thats the difference between intelligence and stupidity-theres a limit to intelligence!
And THATS a good thing!
See: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=MPLt-u-H8AA
I have to agree, I have never understood the contempt for Enterprise. Any show with Jolene Blalock in a skin tigh outfit has got a head start!
It is not an endless supply you know, and is showing signs of depletion. Your suggestion is to say the least stupid.
Queenslan IS the rpoblem, still allowing stupidly wasteful cotton farms, and rice farms and still issuing licenses for water they dont have.
Water tanks dont fill if there is no rain.
"But I was saddened to hear booing from the audience when McCain started complimenting Obama"
I was noticeable that when Obama mentioned McCain in his speech, there was applause. seems a certain parties followers are very poor losers.
I supported Obama, but I really wish McCain had been in the 2000 elections, I am sure he would have reacted differently to the current idiot in chief. He seems a damn good man. I would love to see him as the next secretary of defence!
"Kennedy's tax cuts pretty much helped the wealthiest Americans. Note that the economy pretty much boomed as a result"
What was that saying that covers this? Ah yes, "correlation does not mean causation"
Or does that not apply in this case?
What a pity the republicans here cannot emulate the grace and nobility of Mc Cain acceptance of defeat.
I am no fan of republican poilitics, but I reckon McCain would have maed a very good president. What a pity it was Bush not McCain who won in 2000.
For 8 years the world has been under a black cloud.
For the first time it seems to be lifting.
Just heard Obamas victory speech.
We here in Australia, are traditonally extremely cynical about politicians in general. But to my amazement I was inspired and moved in a way I rarely have by a speech of any kind. I was too young to hear JFK speak at the time, the same for Dr King, and this was the closest thing I have heard to the recordings of their speeches. I fell like a pivotal moment has come.
Hopefully Mr Obama can restore the admiration the rest of the world has had for the US for as long as I can remember prior to this century.
I dont believe it, for the first time since 2001 I feel some hope for us as a species. Shit.
Damn that cynical little voice thats telling me "You've been sucked in"
Heady stuff indeed.
Quite so,
With you 100% on the active xover thing.
In horn loaded systems, an actice xover, combined with a design that keeps the drivers in their pistonic motion range is excellent.
Many years ago I had the pleasure of using Martin audio horn loaded system and it was stunning. The spread was excellent. you could het he same tonal balnce in most of a room.
Just bi-amping a 2 way system brings ahuge improvement!
Diregarding , of course polls that show in the rest of the world 79% are infavour of Obama.
Speaking as a citizen of a foreign country, I hope Obama is elected, and can return the US to the high esteem it was held in by many such as myself for all but the last 8 years.
Wow, my apologies, did I have the wrong end of the stick!
Some years ago, I had to give up full time, high stress, on the road tech work due to disability, and decided that if I was going to work in a low paid part time govt job, I would do it in an area where my skills could benefit the less fortunate. I retrained myself as a Network admin.
I have put a lot of work into improvements of IT and AV infrastructure at my schools, and at least at one of them, where I came in with a new principal has improved a lot, but mainly because the govt spent 4 million rebuilding the 35 year old buldings.
This school looked like stalag 13 when we started.
The second school, of about the same vintage still, (apart from IT) has not changed at all, in terms of attitude of parents/students.
Don't underestimate the value of money spent on decent buildings and equipment, the improvement in the attitude of the parents and students at this school has been remarkable.
Sometimes money well spent can make people feel more valued by the society they live in. This has many positive flow on effects too.
The real issue is of course, as my boss and I discussed at the start, we need to educate/heal the communtiy as well as their children.
You are a credit to those schools you attended, which were obviously capable of good work given the right material!
Perhaps one day you could visit them sometime and give the kids there an example of a successful person from their school.
Is the way that the 2 types of modern packaging work.
The first, the plastic blister pack that is almost impossible to open.
The second, used for potatoe chips etc, falls apart
and spreads in contents far and wide, despite trying many ways to open it without this happening!
Ah, modern tech, ya gotta love it!
Surely then it is the parents and not the schools fault. If the school were at fault nothing your parents did would help.
I work in 2 schools in a very poor area, and see the same situation all the time. Parents that dont care about their kids education is the main problem not the schools.
They would meet your underperforming criteria.
In most studies Socio-economic criteria seem to define a schools performance, regardless of the percieved "Quality"
Am I sensing just a little elitism here?
Do you think that typing in CAPITALS will give you more credibility? If so ITS not working.
How can you rationalize the schools being crappy and getting to go to college. Surely that indicates the school did at least an OK job?
Your irrational fear is palpable in your post, it would be amusing if it wasnt sad. Now switch off your computer and go back to watching FOX news, and let the adults talk in peace.
I used to worry about having a 3 inch penis, until someone told me girls like em that wide! (-:
No, the Doctors make the decisions here, no beauraucrat has a say at all. Insightful? In a totally wrong way...
Insurance compaines make their money by selling a service they don't intend to deliver, or deliver only part of. Banks make their money by stealing from you in small ammounts from all accounts.
Neither should be in a position to make decisions relating to the health needs of an individual.
I live in a country that has both Govt health care and private. However, the private insurers have no say in what treatment is given that is and should be the decision of the treating doctor.
It always amazes me that in the US accountants are allowed to decide a patients treatment.
Funny how these types of silly posts seem to be exclusively against Obama.
You can almost smell the fear on this AC post!
My first reaction is surely no in is stupid enough to swallow this crap,
then I remember that 85% of people are idiots. )-:
Hugh Laurie would be a pretty good option I reckon.