Dunno if this has been mentioned but... AT&T Wireless bought Cingular 2 years ago. Now, AT&T is buying Cingular. So WTF? Uh, no. They lose. Funneling traffic to the NSA is tantamount to Orwellianism... and I won't give them *any* of my hard earned cash. That being said... is why I let my employer pay my cell phone bill... in THEIR name, even if I can't get the latest and greatest dingies.
Nah, that's what Loreal invented Feria for (us girls anyways... WTF? Girls couldn't be geeks back then? Fartknockers... I been online since '84 in one fashion or nother! [that would be DARPA, thank you]:P).
Seriously though... I let my roots grow out over the last few months. The grey stripes are fascinating. I could pass for an NFL Ref if I let it all grow out. And I'm only 33. *sigh*
I believe this. I replaced some of my Christmas light strands with LED lights. I saved *so* much money this GE Christmas Season, that I'm replacing all of them next year. I got truer color out of them, too. Red ones were red, white ones, white, and blues, blue.
Ok, it's goofy, but it's one way to see the difference. FWIW... I have every light in my house rigged with CFLs, and while I dislike the sometimes yellowy color, eh, I deal with it. I'd rather NOT have a $200 light bill, thank you. My power bill went from $160 down to $50. Believe it!
My reply was aimed at the Gen X+ generations, not you specifically. Clearly you're an exception. And clearly I'm an insensitive clod. It's easy to forget that there are many veterans and would-be veterans in the ranks of/.
Ah.. whatever are we going to do with those past our generations?:P Genwhatever?:P
You're not insensitive... after trawling (hahah, pun intended) all the way through this, it's easy to remember WHY you posted the way that you did. So many American Haters on here.. and the sad thing is, that most of them ARE American. *sigh*
It's also not something I bring up much, because I'm far too political and Republican as it is... let alone be proud about it on/. I could lose my job and/or prospects!:P:P I'm joking. But no, I wasn't offended... many people assume that cuz I'm a girl I would never have even though to serve in the military. But in fact, it nearly destroyed my future... but I fought back and I'll still win in the end.
But seriously, thank you for posting that comment, because it's far too easy to sit back and be a keyboard commando (think Freeper), than get out there and actually DO something. At least I am not all talk, and I kick ass when it comes time to.:D I volunteer, I write letters, I fax, I VOTE. I dunno many others my age that do that. *cough* *splutter* My age. LOL. Yeah, at 33, I'm an artifact already.:P
Your anscestors, but not you, right? Part of the problem is that very few today think there's anything worth fighting and dying for. Men of Ford's generation understood service. Today it's a punchline.
No, you are right, sadly enough. Alas, my entrance to the Air Force Academy was shot down by a faulty heart, asthma, and a birth defect. Army, Navy, Marine Corp enlisted wouldn't take me, touch me, or have anything else to do with me. Blackwater wouldn't even take me for contracting... I'm a girl with health issues, in Iraq??? Uh, no.
My heart was shattered by the knowledge that I could never serve my country. And I'm still not old enough for a run on Congress, so that service shall have to wait. But don't you *ever* think I didn't do everything in my power to serve my country, for I wanted nothing more in my life, ever. After generations of men having served in this great country's militaries over the years, I would have been the first female. But noooooooooooooooooooo... I got all the way through the acceptance process to the AFA... until my last fitness rep, where my heart problem showed up. They hadn't connected me to a heart meter whilst performing under physical duress before then... the murmur and arrythmia showed up, so they yanked my medical files. They were located in the AFA hospital, as I was a frequent patient. I was 2 weeks out from final acceptance when they shattered my world. My grandfather never forgave me, either. Even though it was a birth defect (Marfan's Syndrome) that kept me out of the military.
I have worked at the Academy, Norad, and other Air Force installations, and I am currently seeking a GS position to serve in Civil Service, if the Feds will have me. We'll see. But serving my country is the only thing I ever wanted to do. I got thrown into computers as a sidebar, because I couldn't do anything else with my shitty life.
But alas, no..... I'm not racist. Or classist. Just a realist who is watching with disgust how governments are allowing their people to be taken from them.
Ah, but at the Presidential Dinner, he was the only one NOT under indictment, so he couldn't have been all that much of a crook.
And please... our country LOVES electing criminals. Can't you see that? They reelected the UN-Clinton William Jefferson, when he was busted with cold cash. Muwahahahah. Fuckers. Laws mean nothing anymore in this country. It makes me sick, knowing my ancestors have fought and died for her for 400 years. *sigh*
Saddam's hanging will be here. As was Livenienko's poisoning. You see, there is more to our world than technology, but the people that use it. These are people that changed the world, one way or 'tother.... good or bad, and technology drove most of it.
And actually, Gerry Ford's contributions to the US are far greater than he was *ever* credited for, and that's why it is being posted here. Especially his commitment to fighting the Cold War.
And they should broadcast ole Saddam's swingin' from the gallows on the web. Far more of his victims fled the country during the first Gulf War than are there now. Hell, pay-per-view it!:D
Muwahahahahaha... Tell that to Mogadishu. Tell that to Beirut. Tell that to Baghdad, Paris, and Amsterdam. Tell that to Banda Aceh. Tell that to Indonesia. And oh yeah... remember to tell your grandkids when they get drafted to fight for Christendom, as it were. I'm sorry, but they will NOT be enforcing any kind of Sharia on this Redheaded Rebel.
And I'm allergic to bees, so my chances are pretty good. Especially since I'm 10 miles from Tijuana.
I don't watch Faux News... I read Das Interwebs...:P Where the hell did they come up with that anyways? A few of my favorites:
Grow up and open your eyes to the world reality. Not just the one you see in your four walls. Try working with some people from different parts of the world. Especially men from the worker caste in India that don't know anything about how to work with Females. One peed all over the bathroom IN OUR OFFICE, because the young janitorial Mexican girl knocked on the door while he was taking a leak. He was offended, so he whizzed all over all of the porcelain. Oh, and he was Muslim too... he would accost any woman he saw wearing a crucifix... and since we have a lot of Filipinas here, it was awful. Needless to say, it STILL took us 2 months of protesting to get HR to do something about him. I particularly enjoyed bringing in bacon and egg muffin sammies and eating them right in front of him. Oh, did I mention that he was in the cube next to me.. this is how I know all this.
My favorite foreigners that I've ever worked were with practically brothers... we even shared an office. One was a Christian Iranian, the other a Sunni Iraqi, and they surfed (in the ocean) together daily. I miss them both so much... and they treated HUMANS with a dignity and respect I've never seen since. Sad. I learned a lot from them.
It's not the terrorism I worry about, it's the FORCED IMPOSITION of Sharia on societies that are too vulnerable to know better. Women are being beaten in the public square now in Banda Aceh, and no one cares... the UN let them take it over... and now, they are beaten to death for meeting with a man in public. FUCK THAT SHIT maynard. FUCK IT ALL... I will give MY rotten ass life to make sure that NO ONE must suffer under such injustice. *sigh* Even you. Especially you... too damned ignorant to know better.. either that, or you're blinded by decades of such imposition already.
Because there have only been 42 Presidents in the United States of America, and when one of them dies, it is *always* important. Not to mention that he died at the same age as Ronald Reagan... he healed our land from some of the worst wounds we've ever suffered as a people, and his wife's recovery program has saved over 60,000 lives in 25 years. Yeah, he was a very important person. Especially to those of us that actually LIVED in the 70s. There were never more living Presidents in American history as there were yesterday. Now there are only 3, and I can't wait for 2 of them to kick it. I completely and totally blame both Carter and Clinton for the mess we face in the advancing Islamofacist assault on the Western World. Note to self: Head in Sand Not Useful for World Peace.
Apparently, you need an education on how the Executive Branch Works. He was not elected because he was selected when Spiro Agnew resigned in the wake of Watergate investigations. Then Nixon quit, therefore making him President. When he ran for re-election against the future asshat Jimmy Carter, he was defeated for pardoning Nixon.
Thank you for remembering this, Pharmboy. Thank you. He was a critical healer in our nation at a time where we could have just as easily been destroyed. Sad... no one remembers anything more than 3 years anymore. Elephants never forget.:D
Everyone forgets that NORAD really went through this...'exercise'. The lore was legend by the time I worked there back in the early 90s, but, it really happened:
Somehow, why I am not surprised that this has already been modded Flamebait???? It's good information... I may actually be able to talk someone into letting me test on Vista here in the office!:D
These books and films scared the living shiite out of me when I was a kid. They coerced me into fundamentalist Christianity, to the point where we would fight with kids we couldn't 'convert'. How is this different than militant Islam? Now, they have made it into a game for kids to brainwash them. Well, if any parent actually wants their kids playing this game, it's probably already too late for them.:(
Banning the sales is one thing, EDUCATING the public is another.
The whole Left Behind thing should have been banned when it first came out. Governing by rule of theocratical terror...wait... aren't we living in that world now? For anyone who's read the books or seen the films, the parallels are frightening. This from a conservative Republican who's a recovering-Fundie.
I just want to say that I'm glad you're still with us to share your wisdom.:) I'm a sole-providing woman...hopefully soon to kids of her own, and you just gave me a lot to think about. And to plan for. I'm glad you made it. Testicular cancer is no joke.... something my husband checks for as much as I check for breast cancer. Probably more, knowing him. As with all cancers, caught early, may be survivable. *sigh* I wish you all the brightest blessings in your days and with your family.
Maybe avoiding tortious conduct might be a better idea?
Hahahahahah... this is America. Looking at someone the wrong way could be tortious. Hence, the cautions and warnings. Plus, we're in the insurance biz. Like there's no lawsuits there huh?
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King Shrub?
:P
aka: George W. Bush?
Yes, I'm a Republican, and yes, I voted for his ass twice... I think I can say this. He betrayed us all as soon as he was reelected.
Hahahahaha... you know what, you're totally right. Tells you not to believe what they tell you, even when you're a customer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cingular#AT.26T_Wirel ess_merger. Gotta love it.
But STILL! AT&T. Uh. No.
Dunno if this has been mentioned but... AT&T Wireless bought Cingular 2 years ago. Now, AT&T is buying Cingular. So WTF? Uh, no. They lose. Funneling traffic to the NSA is tantamount to Orwellianism... and I won't give them *any* of my hard earned cash. That being said... is why I let my employer pay my cell phone bill... in THEIR name, even if I can't get the latest and greatest dingies.
Nah, that's what Loreal invented Feria for (us girls anyways... WTF? Girls couldn't be geeks back then? Fartknockers... I been online since '84 in one fashion or nother! [that would be DARPA, thank you] :P).
Seriously though... I let my roots grow out over the last few months. The grey stripes are fascinating. I could pass for an NFL Ref if I let it all grow out. And I'm only 33. *sigh*
I believe this. I replaced some of my Christmas light strands with LED lights. I saved *so* much money this GE Christmas Season, that I'm replacing all of them next year. I got truer color out of them, too. Red ones were red, white ones, white, and blues, blue.
Ok, it's goofy, but it's one way to see the difference. FWIW... I have every light in my house rigged with CFLs, and while I dislike the sometimes yellowy color, eh, I deal with it. I'd rather NOT have a $200 light bill, thank you. My power bill went from $160 down to $50. Believe it!
My reply was aimed at the Gen X+ generations, not you specifically. Clearly you're an exception. And clearly I'm an insensitive clod. It's easy to forget that there are many veterans and would-be veterans in the ranks of /.
:P Genwhatever? :P
/. I could lose my job and/or prospects! :P:P I'm joking. But no, I wasn't offended... many people assume that cuz I'm a girl I would never have even though to serve in the military. But in fact, it nearly destroyed my future... but I fought back and I'll still win in the end.
:D I volunteer, I write letters, I fax, I VOTE. I dunno many others my age that do that. *cough* *splutter* My age. LOL. Yeah, at 33, I'm an artifact already. :P
Ah.. whatever are we going to do with those past our generations?
You're not insensitive... after trawling (hahah, pun intended) all the way through this, it's easy to remember WHY you posted the way that you did. So many American Haters on here.. and the sad thing is, that most of them ARE American. *sigh*
It's also not something I bring up much, because I'm far too political and Republican as it is... let alone be proud about it on
But seriously, thank you for posting that comment, because it's far too easy to sit back and be a keyboard commando (think Freeper), than get out there and actually DO something. At least I am not all talk, and I kick ass when it comes time to.
Your anscestors, but not you, right? Part of the problem is that very few today think there's anything worth fighting and dying for. Men of Ford's generation understood service. Today it's a punchline.
No, you are right, sadly enough. Alas, my entrance to the Air Force Academy was shot down by a faulty heart, asthma, and a birth defect. Army, Navy, Marine Corp enlisted wouldn't take me, touch me, or have anything else to do with me. Blackwater wouldn't even take me for contracting... I'm a girl with health issues, in Iraq??? Uh, no.
My heart was shattered by the knowledge that I could never serve my country. And I'm still not old enough for a run on Congress, so that service shall have to wait. But don't you *ever* think I didn't do everything in my power to serve my country, for I wanted nothing more in my life, ever. After generations of men having served in this great country's militaries over the years, I would have been the first female. But noooooooooooooooooooo... I got all the way through the acceptance process to the AFA... until my last fitness rep, where my heart problem showed up. They hadn't connected me to a heart meter whilst performing under physical duress before then... the murmur and arrythmia showed up, so they yanked my medical files. They were located in the AFA hospital, as I was a frequent patient. I was 2 weeks out from final acceptance when they shattered my world. My grandfather never forgave me, either. Even though it was a birth defect (Marfan's Syndrome) that kept me out of the military.
I have worked at the Academy, Norad, and other Air Force installations, and I am currently seeking a GS position to serve in Civil Service, if the Feds will have me. We'll see. But serving my country is the only thing I ever wanted to do. I got thrown into computers as a sidebar, because I couldn't do anything else with my shitty life.
Heh. Now that's funny.
But alas, no..... I'm not racist. Or classist. Just a realist who is watching with disgust how governments are allowing their people to be taken from them.
Ah, but at the Presidential Dinner, he was the only one NOT under indictment, so he couldn't have been all that much of a crook.
And please... our country LOVES electing criminals. Can't you see that? They reelected the UN-Clinton William Jefferson, when he was busted with cold cash. Muwahahahah. Fuckers. Laws mean nothing anymore in this country. It makes me sick, knowing my ancestors have fought and died for her for 400 years. *sigh*
Saddam's hanging will be here. As was Livenienko's poisoning. You see, there is more to our world than technology, but the people that use it. These are people that changed the world, one way or 'tother.... good or bad, and technology drove most of it.
:D
And actually, Gerry Ford's contributions to the US are far greater than he was *ever* credited for, and that's why it is being posted here. Especially his commitment to fighting the Cold War.
And they should broadcast ole Saddam's swingin' from the gallows on the web. Far more of his victims fled the country during the first Gulf War than are there now. Hell, pay-per-view it!
Muwahahahahaha... Tell that to Mogadishu. Tell that to Beirut. Tell that to Baghdad, Paris, and Amsterdam. Tell that to Banda Aceh. Tell that to Indonesia. And oh yeah... remember to tell your grandkids when they get drafted to fight for Christendom, as it were. I'm sorry, but they will NOT be enforcing any kind of Sharia on this Redheaded Rebel.
:P Where the hell did they come up with that anyways? A few of my favorites:
And I'm allergic to bees, so my chances are pretty good. Especially since I'm 10 miles from Tijuana.
I don't watch Faux News... I read Das Interwebs...
http://www.drudgereport.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
http://news.google.com/
http://www.haaretz.com/
http://www.msnbc.com/
http://thehill.com/
http://www.iht.com/
http://my.yahoo.com/ - of course, customized for worldwide RSS.
Grow up and open your eyes to the world reality. Not just the one you see in your four walls. Try working with some people from different parts of the world. Especially men from the worker caste in India that don't know anything about how to work with Females. One peed all over the bathroom IN OUR OFFICE, because the young janitorial Mexican girl knocked on the door while he was taking a leak. He was offended, so he whizzed all over all of the porcelain. Oh, and he was Muslim too... he would accost any woman he saw wearing a crucifix... and since we have a lot of Filipinas here, it was awful. Needless to say, it STILL took us 2 months of protesting to get HR to do something about him. I particularly enjoyed bringing in bacon and egg muffin sammies and eating them right in front of him. Oh, did I mention that he was in the cube next to me.. this is how I know all this.
My favorite foreigners that I've ever worked were with practically brothers... we even shared an office. One was a Christian Iranian, the other a Sunni Iraqi, and they surfed (in the ocean) together daily. I miss them both so much... and they treated HUMANS with a dignity and respect I've never seen since. Sad. I learned a lot from them.
It's not the terrorism I worry about, it's the FORCED IMPOSITION of Sharia on societies that are too vulnerable to know better. Women are being beaten in the public square now in Banda Aceh, and no one cares... the UN let them take it over... and now, they are beaten to death for meeting with a man in public. FUCK THAT SHIT maynard. FUCK IT ALL... I will give MY rotten ass life to make sure that NO ONE must suffer under such injustice. *sigh* Even you. Especially you... too damned ignorant to know better.. either that, or you're blinded by decades of such imposition already.
And you would think they would have considered this before outsourcing half of America's IT jobs.
Because there have only been 42 Presidents in the United States of America, and when one of them dies, it is *always* important. Not to mention that he died at the same age as Ronald Reagan... he healed our land from some of the worst wounds we've ever suffered as a people, and his wife's recovery program has saved over 60,000 lives in 25 years. Yeah, he was a very important person. Especially to those of us that actually LIVED in the 70s. There were never more living Presidents in American history as there were yesterday. Now there are only 3, and I can't wait for 2 of them to kick it. I completely and totally blame both Carter and Clinton for the mess we face in the advancing Islamofacist assault on the Western World. Note to self: Head in Sand Not Useful for World Peace.
Apparently, you need an education on how the Executive Branch Works. He was not elected because he was selected when Spiro Agnew resigned in the wake of Watergate investigations. Then Nixon quit, therefore making him President. When he ran for re-election against the future asshat Jimmy Carter, he was defeated for pardoning Nixon.
Or was this supposed to be funny?
That's not Britain, that's San Diego! :P :P :P
Thank you for remembering this, Pharmboy. Thank you. He was a critical healer in our nation at a time where we could have just as easily been destroyed. Sad... no one remembers anything more than 3 years anymore. Elephants never forget. :D
Everyone forgets that NORAD really went through this...'exercise'. The lore was legend by the time I worked there back in the early 90s, but, it really happened:
p ace_Defense_Command#Cold_War_and_false_alarms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Aeros
Somehow, why I am not surprised that this has already been modded Flamebait???? It's good information... I may actually be able to talk someone into letting me test on Vista here in the office! :D
These books and films scared the living shiite out of me when I was a kid. They coerced me into fundamentalist Christianity, to the point where we would fight with kids we couldn't 'convert'. How is this different than militant Islam? Now, they have made it into a game for kids to brainwash them. Well, if any parent actually wants their kids playing this game, it's probably already too late for them. :(
Banning the sales is one thing, EDUCATING the public is another.
The whole Left Behind thing should have been banned when it first came out. Governing by rule of theocratical terror...wait... aren't we living in that world now? For anyone who's read the books or seen the films, the parallels are frightening. This from a conservative Republican who's a recovering-Fundie.
14.5 million???? That's *IT*???
But then, this is the most corrupt state in the union, what more do you want? *shakes head*
No FSCKING DUH!!!!!!!!
:P
And to think... damnit, I was laughed out of school when I was little for saying it.
I just want to say that I'm glad you're still with us to share your wisdom. :) I'm a sole-providing woman...hopefully soon to kids of her own, and you just gave me a lot to think about. And to plan for. I'm glad you made it. Testicular cancer is no joke.... something my husband checks for as much as I check for breast cancer. Probably more, knowing him. As with all cancers, caught early, may be survivable. *sigh* I wish you all the brightest blessings in your days and with your family.
Funny... I'm just looking at relocating there. Seems I have a specific skillset they are interested in too... Disaster Planning and Recovery. :D
Maybe avoiding tortious conduct might be a better idea?
Hahahahahah... this is America. Looking at someone the wrong way could be tortious. Hence, the cautions and warnings. Plus, we're in the insurance biz. Like there's no lawsuits there huh?
*YAY*!!!!!!!!!! You are my SAVIOR! Of course this means that now I have to read and digest it for my coworkers... but hey, that's my job. :P