> My number one problem with political groups is
> when they think they are better then everyone
> else.
Well, I can't answer for political groups... I generally consider myself to be a citizen, not a group.
I don't think I'm better than anyone else, I just can't figure out what makes some people look at the record of someone like Bush and say, "Ahh! Let's have four more years of this!"
The country has gone further down the proverbial hill during his first term than any other I can remember. Are the voters so optimistic that they think he will redeam himself on the second go-around?
I don't know "so much more" than everyone else, but I do know that I can't, based on his previous actions, trust a single word that comes out of Bush's mouth. And that's not something I look for in a president.
Yes, we got Bush in democratic elections. I have no problem with that. He got more votes than Kerry.
I DO have a problem with being in a country where that would happen. The lunacy of living in a country where slightly more than half the population believes a complete idiot bent on making America the next Empire is fit to run things.
I thank God that I am over the age of the coming draft, and that I've already done my service (8 years, Force Recon... yes, I've killed (many) random strangers so we can enjoy the "freedom" we have). I'm scared for the youth of this nation.
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What are reported as "calories" on food packages are actually kcal.
do you have any recommendations of websites for that?
And those who can't teach, teach gym.
i think you're confusing party affiliation with conservative/liberal leanings. being a republican doesn't make you a conservative on all topics.
people who are generally conservative don't go out on a limb. and as they say, nothing ventured nothing gained.
> My number one problem with political groups is > when they think they are better then everyone > else.
Well, I can't answer for political groups... I generally consider myself to be a citizen, not a group.
I don't think I'm better than anyone else, I just can't figure out what makes some people look at the record of someone like Bush and say, "Ahh! Let's have four more years of this!"
The country has gone further down the proverbial hill during his first term than any other I can remember. Are the voters so optimistic that they think he will redeam himself on the second go-around?
I don't know "so much more" than everyone else, but I do know that I can't, based on his previous actions, trust a single word that comes out of Bush's mouth. And that's not something I look for in a president.
> You got Bush, in democratic elections
Yes, we got Bush in democratic elections. I have no problem with that. He got more votes than Kerry. I DO have a problem with being in a country where that would happen. The lunacy of living in a country where slightly more than half the population believes a complete idiot bent on making America the next Empire is fit to run things. I thank God that I am over the age of the coming draft, and that I've already done my service (8 years, Force Recon... yes, I've killed (many) random strangers so we can enjoy the "freedom" we have). I'm scared for the youth of this nation.
"Some of it is genetic, some of it is how you were raised, and some it is just your personality," Dr. Bruce McEwen.
and what, pray tell, is your personality? i would guess it's something that is shaped predominantely by two factors: genetics and how you were raised.
it certainly does allow you, under default conditions. you just need to set the accessibility flag (which you can do at will from the client code).
reflection in java gives you a lot of rope with which to shoot yourself in the foot.