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  1. Re:Warning: Post from a conservative on Best Presidential Candidate, Democrats · · Score: 1

    If you can find a video of the last CNN debate between Hillary and Obama, I would watch that.

    It was very civil, and they do discuss what differences they have, particularly with their Health care plans.

  2. Flash Guides on Show Office 2007 Who's the Boss · · Score: 3, Informative

    Microsoft has setup interactive guides on their site that show you where commands are in 2007. You can find them half way down this page. The guides should help you get the ball rolling.

  3. Re:Shouldn't be a lottery. on Annual H-1B Visa Cap Met In One Day · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...and if I remember right, have proof that an American applicant couldn't have filled the position.


    Unfortunately, you remember wrong. The Economic Policy Institute has a great article on this that should probably be submitted to the main page. You can find the article here: http://www.sharedprosperity.org/bp187.html

    To quote the linked article:

    The most significant design flaw is the absence of a labor market test. The U.S. Department of Labor recently expressed the practical implications of this fact in a straightforward manner when it stated that "H-1B workers may be hired even when a qualified U.S. worker wants the job, and a U.S. worker can be displaced from the job in favor of the foreign worker." Simply put, an employer does not have to test the labor market before hiring a foreign worker on an H-1B.

  4. Why Must a Union Mean.... on Tech Workers of the World Unite? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I've never understood why people think a union contract must include such and such.

    If you want to have the option of working 60 hours a week, put it into the contract.
    If you want management to be able to fire people who don't adhear to best practices or meet their deadlines, put that into the contract.
    If you want people to get promoted based on merit reviews instead of seniority, put that into the contract.

    The attitude and tone some of you have in your posts, it wouldn't surprise me if a couple of you have been "laid off" because you just rub people the wrong way. You'd think you'd want some protection from that too.

  5. Which Charity was it? on Jack Thompson Rescinds Offer · · Score: 1

    Didn't he mention a specific charity? I can't donate ten thousand, but I'd be willing to toss a couple of bucks in its direction. Has anybody set up a Gamers' vs. Jack Thompson's donations page yet just to really rub it in a little?

  6. Re:My Review on Fahrenheit 9/11 Discussion · · Score: 1

    Only congress can declare war, and they haven't. So technically the US is not at war.

    In my mind, it's a lot of rhetoric, like the war on drugs or the war on poverty. But I'm a hippie liberal, so who knows.

  7. My Review on Fahrenheit 9/11 Discussion · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, I went to see Fahrenheit 9/11 tonight and I thought it was pretty good.

    I got the tickets earlier today and I'm glad I did. When I got to the theater there was a line down the block for people waiting to get in. The last time I had to wait in a line outside the theater to get into a movie was when I saw Return of the Jedi in '83. So that part of it was pretty cool.

    There really isn't that much new information in the movie, unless all you watch for news is the local news at 11 pm or something. There certainly wasn't any out and out lies. Some of the ways he spliced the footage together was pretty funny, but I wouldn't call it deceptive. There was nothing in the narration that was false though.

    There was some stuff in the beginning about the 2000 election that was news to me, and painted Democrats in a pretty pathetic light. Plus there were some pretty extreme cases of the government going overboard in the name of homeland security, but again they were more comical than anything.

    There was also some pretty surprising information about how much of our economy the Saudis are in control off. I had never seen that before either. Pretty amazing stuff.

    As far as the movies rating, I can see why it would be R, but there's nothing in there that a teenager couldn't handle. I'd have no problem bringing 14 year olds and up to the movie. Anybody out there now who's thinking of enlisting might want to go see the movie. There's some footage of solders talking about there experience that's pretty sobering.

    All in all I think it was one of Moore's better films. A lot better than Bowling for Columbine. It is an attack on the President. So if you're one of those types who think that we shouldn't be critical of the President during war, you'll hate it. Otherwise though, I think people will enjoy the film.