Give Raw Bandwidth a call. If you're stuck with SBC, and hate them, Raw Bandwidth is your answer. They don't care what kind of machines you run, and will even help you set up NAT or anything else you might want.
The author had good requirements. That list of things are exactly the requirements of anyone willing to 'go off the grid' in terms of Microsoft. There's a vast resource of people, after having been involved with the technology industry, that know that there are alternatives out there, but are concerned about the 'livability' of such.
Usability is a huge concern. I've been using Linux systems since 1997, and they're improved a great deal since then, but there should be a joint usability services group that evaluates the current situation and how it can be improved. Input such as this should be welcomed, and paid heed to.
If the best you can come up with was "they didn't interview his wife," well, what the fuck? The two obvious reasons for that are that she might very well be in fear of her or her children's safety, or the FBI compelled her silence in any number of ways.
As part of the PATRIOT Act, when the FBI secretly examines your library and book store habits, among other things, the people who supply them with the records are required to keep quiet about it.
The Feds told her to shut the fuck up if she knows what's good for her, else they find themselves stateless.
I wouldn't normally respond to an AC post, but don't you think that if they had any evidence they would have actually arrested him and charged him with something instead of this material witness BS?
If he's a sleeper, busting him now will cause the rest of his cell to "go to ground", using spookspeak, will it not? If they're trying to stop a terrorist cell, they're choosing an odd way to go about it, ensuring that they won't catch anybody.
You can't just throw people in jail, hoping that some evidence will pop up or that they'll incriminate themselves...
They want us to get our bases out of Saudi, and allow them to have their pan-Islamic 'caliphate'. They don't care whether we convert to Islam or not, they want us to stop meddling in their affairs. Al-Queda is not a missionary group out to make converts to Islam at the point of a bayonet.
Ironically enough, Bush and Blair are going to meet next week in N. Ireland to discuss the war. My guess is that it's convienient for Bush, because massive protests that would accompany a visit by Bush anywhere in Europe can be easily stopped there. They can't guarantee him the standing ovations Bush usually requires, but at least the entire country won't turn out to give him the finger.
They probably do know about COINTELPRO, and think it was a great idea until those liberal idiots started talking about 'privacy rights' and demanding that the law enforcement wing of the Federal Government stop trying to quash legitimate dissent. People like this woman were the ones who *started* shit like COINTELPRO to begin with.
She's like the supply-siders. Their work has been thoroughly discredited, and they cannot find gainful employment unless it's with people who start with a conclusion, and then proceed to gather evidence that appears to support it, which is what these think tanks do.
It's relatively old, actually. Jihad is an Islamic construct that dictates that Muslims must defend their brethren when under attack. It dates back to the Crusades. Jihad as a concept was only re-introduced rather recently, namely in the post-colonial Arab states, as well as Iran. Jihad is not new. This new application of the concept is, however.
Terrorism as we know it today has not risen exclusively from the concept of Jihad. The IRA and ETA in Europe are certainly not Jihadists, but Nationalists. The Army of God (abortion clinic bombers, doctor assassins) are not Jihadists.
Extremism, combined with desperation and oppression results in terrorism of one form or another 99.9% of the time.
Flamebait, yeah right. The difference is that when their guys are in charge, everything they want to do is a-ok. If Clinton was still president, these same people would be running around hysterically screaming about lost rights.
It was Tom DeLay, during the Kosovo operation, who said "It's possible to disagree with the president and still support our troops." Say that now and you're a freaking traitor. Suppose Gore was president right now. If he ran up the same kind of budget deficits we have now, the opposition would be handing him his ass. Hypocritical? You bet!
I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death.
I hear him leading his horse out of the stall; I hear the clatter on the barn-floor. He is in haste; he has business in Cuba, business in the Balkans, many calls to make this morning. But I will not hold the bridle while he clinches the girth. And he may mount by himself: I will not give him a leg up.
Though he flick my shoulders with his whip, I will not tell him which way the fox ran. With his hoof on my breast, I will not tell him where the black boy hides in the swamp. I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death; I am not on his pay-roll.
I will not tell him the whereabout of my friends nor of my enemies either. Though he promise me much, I will not map him the route to any man's door. Am I a spy in the land of the living, that I should deliver men to Death? Brother, the password and the plans of our city are safe with me; never through me Shall you be overcome.
She was dead-set against WWI, which was when she wrote that. She supported the the losers (socialists, I guess, Licoln Brigade types) in the Spanish Civil war as well. She obviously hated fascism though, which is why she thought WWII was a cause worth supporting. It caused her to cease being a pacifist.
If we truly knew where they were, why the hell did we not share the intelligence with the inspectors?
Because then we could not have used the info to create air strike packages. The inspections were never supposed to work, war with Iraq has been a foregone conclusion since the get-go. Draw your own conclusions about that, but that's the deal.
So what. I'm never in a McDonald's long enough to even want to go online. I could just barely start getting my email and then I'd be done. Honestly, the prospect of sitting in a McDonald's for an hour seems dumb to me. Oh well, it's their money if they want to spend it.
Or the Dutch, the Swedes, the Danes, the Austrians, the Czechs and the Norwegians? Hell, even the Irish were playing both sides.
You know, 100,000 French soldiers died defending France when Germany invaded in WWII. They were so outclassed by the Germans, the only sensible thing to do to avoid total distruction was to allow the Germans in, then resist them.
I'd watch it with that "French are cowards" talk. Some former member of the French Underground might overhear you and smack you in the mouth. And not all of France was occupied either.
I didn't know it was the British. The history books say that it was the Union Army. But this was 500 years ago, so hey, I guess it had to be the British, since it was in the 1200s.
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Give Raw Bandwidth a call. If you're stuck with SBC, and hate them, Raw Bandwidth is your answer. They don't care what kind of machines you run, and will even help you set up NAT or anything else you might want.
Usability is a huge concern. I've been using Linux systems since 1997, and they're improved a great deal since then, but there should be a joint usability services group that evaluates the current situation and how it can be improved. Input such as this should be welcomed, and paid heed to.
As part of the PATRIOT Act, when the FBI secretly examines your library and book store habits, among other things, the people who supply them with the records are required to keep quiet about it.
The Feds told her to shut the fuck up if she knows what's good for her, else they find themselves stateless.
"Rights are merely priviledges extended unless enjoyed by one and all."
If he's a sleeper, busting him now will cause the rest of his cell to "go to ground", using spookspeak, will it not? If they're trying to stop a terrorist cell, they're choosing an odd way to go about it, ensuring that they won't catch anybody.
You can't just throw people in jail, hoping that some evidence will pop up or that they'll incriminate themselves...
You are wrong, sir.
They want us to get our bases out of Saudi, and allow them to have their pan-Islamic 'caliphate'. They don't care whether we convert to Islam or not, they want us to stop meddling in their affairs. Al-Queda is not a missionary group out to make converts to Islam at the point of a bayonet.
Now that is funny. A British PM escaping to Belfast to avoid the heat at home.
Ironically enough, Bush and Blair are going to meet next week in N. Ireland to discuss the war. My guess is that it's convienient for Bush, because massive protests that would accompany a visit by Bush anywhere in Europe can be easily stopped there. They can't guarantee him the standing ovations Bush usually requires, but at least the entire country won't turn out to give him the finger.
Manhattan Institute spews a lot of crap, but it ain't left wing. Unless to you it's left wing, which puts you over with... The American Nazi Party?
They probably do know about COINTELPRO, and think it was a great idea until those liberal idiots started talking about 'privacy rights' and demanding that the law enforcement wing of the Federal Government stop trying to quash legitimate dissent. People like this woman were the ones who *started* shit like COINTELPRO to begin with.
She's like the supply-siders. Their work has been thoroughly discredited, and they cannot find gainful employment unless it's with people who start with a conclusion, and then proceed to gather evidence that appears to support it, which is what these think tanks do.
She's the legal equivalent of a supply-sider.
It's relatively old, actually. Jihad is an Islamic construct that dictates that Muslims must defend their brethren when under attack. It dates back to the Crusades. Jihad as a concept was only re-introduced rather recently, namely in the post-colonial Arab states, as well as Iran. Jihad is not new. This new application of the concept is, however.
Terrorism as we know it today has not risen exclusively from the concept of Jihad. The IRA and ETA in Europe are certainly not Jihadists, but Nationalists. The Army of God (abortion clinic bombers, doctor assassins) are not Jihadists.
Extremism, combined with desperation and oppression results in terrorism of one form or another 99.9% of the time.
Don't worry, Ireland. You're on the list right after Iran and N. Korea. You potato-eating finians will get yours soon enough!
It was Tom DeLay, during the Kosovo operation, who said "It's possible to disagree with the president and still support our troops." Say that now and you're a freaking traitor. Suppose Gore was president right now. If he ran up the same kind of budget deficits we have now, the opposition would be handing him his ass. Hypocritical? You bet!
The Beastmaster, with Rip Torn, Marc Singer and the Dad from "Good Times", and of course, Oto and Poto the wonder ferrets.
Teletubbies, you ignorant yokel. You been living under a rock?
"That ain't Pocahontas, that's Jennifer Lopez!"
Rousseau? That name mean anything to you?
Conscientous Objector
I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death.
I hear him leading his horse out of the stall; I hear the clatter on the barn-floor.
He is in haste; he has business in Cuba, business in the Balkans, many calls to make this morning.
But I will not hold the bridle while he clinches the girth.
And he may mount by himself: I will not give him a leg up.
Though he flick my shoulders with his whip, I will not tell him which way the fox ran.
With his hoof on my breast, I will not tell him where the black boy hides in the swamp.
I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death; I am not on his pay-roll.
I will not tell him the whereabout of my friends nor of my enemies either.
Though he promise me much, I will not map him the route to any man's door.
Am I a spy in the land of the living, that I should deliver men to Death?
Brother, the password and the plans of our city are safe with me; never through me
Shall you be overcome.
She was dead-set against WWI, which was when she wrote that. She supported the the losers (socialists, I guess, Licoln Brigade types) in the Spanish Civil war as well. She obviously hated fascism though, which is why she thought WWII was a cause worth supporting. It caused her to cease being a pacifist.
Bob Dole called Saddam Hussein "A true friend of the American people." Lovely.
Actually, some do. They are kept in the trunks of patrol cars, and they have to get authorization to break them out.
Because then we could not have used the info to create air strike packages. The inspections were never supposed to work, war with Iraq has been a foregone conclusion since the get-go. Draw your own conclusions about that, but that's the deal.
So what. I'm never in a McDonald's long enough to even want to go online. I could just barely start getting my email and then I'd be done. Honestly, the prospect of sitting in a McDonald's for an hour seems dumb to me. Oh well, it's their money if they want to spend it.
Or the Dutch, the Swedes, the Danes, the Austrians, the Czechs and the Norwegians? Hell, even the Irish were playing both sides.
You know, 100,000 French soldiers died defending France when Germany invaded in WWII. They were so outclassed by the Germans, the only sensible thing to do to avoid total distruction was to allow the Germans in, then resist them.
I'd watch it with that "French are cowards" talk. Some former member of the French Underground might overhear you and smack you in the mouth. And not all of France was occupied either.
I didn't know it was the British. The history books say that it was the Union Army. But this was 500 years ago, so hey, I guess it had to be the British, since it was in the 1200s.