Comments on: PDAs Used in the US Presidential Campaign

And, Foo, you also know better.

Nothing works like a little payola at US Customs.

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2.128 gigs under the hood.

*QUOTE: mikecane*
Ah, the unimaginative rightwing Limbaugh-cloth-wearing reactionary imbeciles -- well, at least just one, right now -- come out of the woodwork. Opposition to the Yeehaw President now equals Socialism, does it?
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Why is this obviously biased opinion allowed to remain? My observations on the discussion board's here show that healthy debate is encouraged and these kind of blind attacks only perpetrate an atmosphere of hate and prejudice. Like I said in my original post. "Technology exists despite political barriers."

Palm Infocenter, I have observed this sort of biased behavior from your Moderators before, but never have I been the target. It is clear that they favor mikecane and I an disgusted that this partisan behavior is tolerated. If you wish to bad political discussion, of all means, be my guest, but do NOT single out single replies to a radical posts; get the radical so mudslinging doesn't commence. Don't be surprised if when you post a political story (especially when you put RNC in it), that you get people who want to yell and scream and cry, and others who are *slightly* more down to Earth and like 'good, civilized, spirited debate'!
PIC, you've let me down. I'm not demanded that My post be reinstated (that would be something that Mr. mikecane would do if ever deleted), but I would like for this biased behavior to cease. Don't get me wrong, I love PIC, and I'm not going to let this incident push me away or prevent me fan expressing myself on these boards, but this cannot be allowed to happen again.

I wish Liberals/Democrats would follow this rule. But no, they want the government to give them everything for free - free healthcare, free education, free paychecks, free housing, free retirement income, etc. All I want - all I ever wanted the government to do is get the hell out of my way.

1. CRIME
Republicans Believe that the needs of communities and law-abiding citizens must take priority over those of criminals.
Liberal Democrats have an extremist record of placing the rights of criminals above all, including freeing violent criminals on legal technicalities.

2. NATIONAL DEFENSE
Republicans Believe that the only way to live free from foreign aggression is to maintain peace through strength.
Liberal Democrats would unilaterally disarm. They impose their agenda by continually voting to divert defense funds to expand social programs.

3. EDUCATION
Republicans Believe that students must be challenged to learn in a school environment that is safe for students and teachers. Parents must be offered more opportunities and options and the massive bureaucracy must be reduced.
Liberal Democrats have imposed discredited social experiments upon our schools, dumbing down the curriculum. Together with left-wing union bosses, they fight attempts to reduce the bloated education bureaucracy.

4. TAXES
Republicans Believe that Americans should keep more of what they earn through lower taxes and that tax policy should not suppress incentive by penalizing success.
Liberal Democrats relentlessly use propaganda to promote the failed premise that America can tax its way to prosperity. They wage class warfare against successful Americans through regressive taxes.

5. SPENDING
Republicans have long believed that government should not spend more than it takes in and have consistently fought for a balanced budget.
Liberal Democrats have a sad history of spending taxpayers' money to expand government bureaucracy and fighting against a balanced budget.

6. MEDICARE/SOCIAL SECURITY
Republicans Believe that the seniors' safety net must be preserved for today's beneficiaries and for the millions who will need it tomorrow.
Liberal Democrats shamelessly scare and frighten our seniors, acting as if nothing needs to be done, offering no solutions to a true problem.

7. GOD
Republicans Believe, as the founding fathers before us, that God was a major factor in the creation of this nation and that efforts to remove Him from society altogether must be reversed.
Liberal Democrats are aligned with extreme left-wing elements that God should be totally excluded from public utterances.

Republicans give our money to their rich friends.

Democrats give our money to their poor friends.

Those of us unfortunate enough to be caught in the middle pay either way.

F. Aaaaahnold. Coleman for prez NOW!

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This should really scare the bejesus out of everybody else in the world. It frightens the crap out of me, a citizen of the USA.

The power-holders in the USA feel that the US has a divine right to do anything it wants in the name of "freedom" for the world (freedom to be dominated by the USA, "God's Favorite Country (tm)."

This is Bush's underlying principle, and it's basically the kind of crap that Hitler spewed. What should also scare you is that we spend more on our military than the next 10 largest nations put together. We got so many nukes we just don't know what to do with them, but we SHOULD be able to use them "preemptively" according to the Bush Administration's official doctrine.

It also scares me that so many Americans just eat up the official line, mostly due to the highly successful mass mind control operation known as "9-11." You know most of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights have been scrapped since 9/11/2001? That kinda ticks me off.

I believe eventually everyone will realize he's joking and will just ignore his posts.

This messageboard really needs killfile capability.

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Strange... I consider this years elections to be the biggest "Reality TV" show of them all. Winner gets the presidency, loser is voted out of the whitehouse. Not much different than "Survivor" or "American Idol" imho.

Next thing, I'll find out palmOne has released a T5 ROM update...

I bet Edwards favorite app is one of those Palm OS "mirror" apps that blacks out the screen to use as a compact.

: ~ D

Pat Horne; www.churchoflivingfaith.com

Spoken like a true piece of dung, Geeko. Step into the ring and we will see who the "biitch" is. You're a cowardly piece of excrement.

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(You saw what happened to Jesus on that old Southpark episode, right?)

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That is the most insane statement that I have ever seen posted on PIC.

Do you have any idea how many TENS OF MILLIONS of people where killed by their communist dictators last century? What sort of utopia kills it's own people?

Further, the whole system of production and distribution under communism has nothing whatsoever to do with economics. It seeks to ignore the fundamental laws of economics, like supply and demand. How it allegedly works is that you produce just enough so that you are not shot by your overseer and consume as much as you can obtain.

Never forget that the mighty USSR (who stood poised to annihilate us all with their nuclear arsenal) was shattered because they couldn't even feed and cloth the workers who they ostensibly represented.

Foo, I would be very grateful if, in future, you restrict your comments to tech issues and not bother us ever again by your innane views on economics.

Technology will not save the USA. Only people getting out and voting will. If technology used by cavasseers (for either party) helps them reach more of the population, and encourages more people to exercise their democratic rights - then perhaps technology will save the USA. Make your vote count - you don't get the right to bitch and moan if you don't.

DISCLAIMER: Yes. I am a foreign national living and working in the United States ... as is my wife. Stepping beyond the borders of the USA, and as a foreigner choosing to live here, you get asked "Why?" all the time. While there is still a healthy respect for the the general US population, there is little love for the US government. I know who I'd vote for - but that doesn't matter, just make your own voice heard, we can disagree later :)

~ "Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed." - DV ~

Do you not know how to read? I said on paper. Meaning the philosophy of Communism, and what it strives to achieve.

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Equally relevant.

~ "Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed." - DV ~

Can technology used responsibly enhance our democratic freedom(s) thus save the freedom(s) that makes North America so innovative?

We can build anything let's build for peace and democratic prosperity too.

E-T

e-tellurian

completing the e-com circle with a people driven we-com solution

As it happens, I do know how to read. I'm good at it. And being good at it, I do a lot of it. Not fiction, but books on history, mathematics, economics, philosophy, etc.

From my reading, I know that communism is not system of economics or a philosophy (as you put it). It is a polemic. It is series of political slogans, which are designed to exploit the feeble-minded by appealing to their weaknesses.

Let me explain this in a way that even you can understand -

By promising something for nothing, certain politicians seek to obtain power. They promise a 'worker's paradise', but only so as to secure power for themselves. And once they have that power, they apply it to achieve their own corrupt ends. They do this, without any legal or moral restraint, even to the point of destroying the hopes (and lives) of the people who were stupid enough to support them in the first place. They are accountable to nobody. Megalomania always gets the better of them. The destruction they cause is, to them, an expression of their power (and so, they regard it as it is a good thing). They proudly call this a 'dictatorship of the proleriat' but, in reality, it is just plain old tyranny.

There are many examples of this phenomenon in the tragic history of the last century.

Next time you are at a fashionable dinner party (enjoying a cheeky little Chardonnay, no doubt) and you feel the need to spout off on your ridiculous notions on communism, just spare a thought for the countless numbers of people who have starved to death in the name of what you hold so dear.

You could learn a lot about the world if you left your Mom's basement sometimes.

FWIW - Australia (more correctly the "Commonwealth of Australia" is democratic monarchy. Its system of government is a hybrid of the Westminster system (lower house being a "House of Representatives" like in the UK) and the US Senatorial system (upper house being elected "Senators" like in the US). The ruling party (elections held a month ago) is currently the Liberal Party which contradictory to the US idea of Liberal is actually the conservative party, and more aligned to the Republicans in the US. Hence the nickname for Prime Minister John Howard being "Bonsai" - because he is a baby Bush.

Before you start talking about socialism, communism, etc., learn what they are. Socialists (France, Germany, Spain?) and coutries with socialist tendancies (Australia, Canada, Republic of Ireland) aren't too bad to live in ... taxes might seem high, but the cost of going to school and seeing a doctor are a lot lower. Oh thats right, how are your school loans and medical coverage going? We all pay some way. Personally, I appreciate the fact University (college) didn't cost much, and was subsidised by someone laying bricks for a living, I now earn enough that I am helping to pay for their pension. Swings and roundabouts - you end up paying somewhere along the line.

~ "Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed." - DV ~

GO HOME THEN. BYE BYE PARASITE.

You mean Henry Lawson (not CJ Dennis) don't you?

"Impressive" ~ DV

"Stupid is as stupid does, Ma'am"
- Forrest Gump

>>... And once they have that power, they apply it to achieve their own corrupt ends. They do this, without any legal or moral restraint, even to the point of destroying the hopes (and lives) of the people who were stupid enough to support them in the first place.

Wow - a description Geaorge W. Bush!

Besides his inability to keep his genitalia out of the mouths of his interns, Mr. Clinton was probably the best president the United States has had in at least the past 40 years. And his wife would likely make an even better president once Americans are ready for a female leader (probably never given the fact that based on recent polls approximately 50% of Americans are idiots). The number of dumba$$ yokels in America (especially in the South) is quite remarkable, and at times it's difficult to believe how much positive influence Americans have made on the world (humanitarian aid, inventions, stopping dictatorships, etc.).

Face it: Mr. Bush has very limited intellect and was still elected President of these United States. The leader of the Free World is an imbecile. But it doesn't really matter, since President Cheney and Co. are really the ones running the country. Just as the country functioned OK for several years with a president suffering from clinically obvious Alzheimer Disease (Mr. Reagan) it doesn't really matter who the "official" President is.

Mr. Kerry appears somewhat inept and Mr. Nader is a megalomaniac who was largely responsible for Mr. Bush's "win" in 2000. Who cares? Let's get back to more important issues like the Tungsten 5 not having Wi-Fi and leave the political analysis to people like Dan Rather.

If you want to get serious and make a difference in the world, all those yapping here (Democrat, Republican, Hippie, etc.) should S T F U, get off their a$$es and volunteer to help others in need in their local communities. Doing so would quickly make a difference in people's lives. Posting self righteous political "commentary" to PIC won't*.

*Those who have posted comments tongue in cheek are excused. All two of you.

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-- as if *you* have even existed for *half* that timespan.

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Lets take this in order,

First-I think you have mentioned in prior posts that you are not an American. Also, you claim to be from Vanuatu, which appears to be a collection of islands of about 12,200 sq. km and population of 202,000. In other words significantly smaller than the county I live in.

Second- "The need to post fevered political rantings to a PDA site is not unique to Americans, just as stupidity is not unique to Americans." Yes, you prove that point very well.

Third-" It's interesting to note, though, that the majority of the inflammatory, rude , ignorant posts here appear to have come from Americans. Hmmmmmm...." Its the end of a Presidential race, "inflammatory, rude , ignorant" is what you get this close to the election. Americans take that in stride.

Fourth- "I don't know (or care) what you do in your spare time." Thank you for admitting that your prior plea for public service was merely pompous hypocrisy.

Fifth- "But I seriously doubt that many people compassionate enough to spend their free time volunteering helping others would post the type of nonsense posted earlier in this thread."
Your entitled to your opinion. Of course, you put me in mind of a manager at Wal-Mart who tried to give the bum's rush to this scruffy old guy who was poking around. The guy was Sam Walton, and the only one who went out the door was the ex-manager with a pink slip. Looks can be deceiving.

Sixth-" I suspspect you're an American that lives in a southern state" While some would say that "american" and "Sourthern state" are an oxymorn, yes I am from Tennessee.

Seventh-"... and has never lived outside the USA." Ah, you were doing so well, but you are wrong there.

Eighth-" If you only realized why so many around the world perceive Americans to be arrogent [sic] a$$es, maybe you'd become a better person. Maybe." Thank you for your concern. I always strive to be a better person. Its part of the reason that I have tried to respond to your rant with reason and courtesy. As to world opinion, well they are entitled to it.

Rick C

Rico,

Lets take this in order,

First-I think you have mentioned in prior posts that you are not an American. Also, you claim to be from Vanuatu, which appears to be a collection of islands of about 12,200 sq. km and population of 202,000. In other words significantly smaller than the county I live in.

When did I say I wasn't American, ol' buddy? And when did I tell you I was from the island where that brilliant documenary, Survivor, was recently filmed? Huh? When, Rico? When? 'Xplain it to me, Rico. Rrrrrico Suave. Rrrrrrico Smooth.

Its in your PIC Profile. Of course, since I live in the real world and as a rule don't watch TV, I missed Survivor.

Second- "The need to post fevered political ranting to a PDA site is not unique to Americans, just as stupidity is not unique to Americans." Yes, you prove that point very well.

If only I wasn't American, Rico...

Then you do not have any excuse for being a prig.

Third-" It's interesting to note, though, that the majority of the inflammatory, rude , ignorant posts here appear to have come from Americans. Hmmmmmm...." It’s the end of a Presidential race, "inflammatory, rude , ignorant" is what you get this close to the election. Americans take that in stride.

Yes, it's perfectly acceptable to be loud, boorish, and generally obnoxious because it's the end of a presidential race. When the election is over you can use Remembrance Day as an excuse to behave like idiots. Then Christmas and Hanukkah will be your excuse to annoy the rest of the world. Then New Year's Day. Then Groundhog Day. Then...

"Remembrance Day?" Anyway see #2 above.

Fourth- "I don't know (or care) what you do in your spare time." Thank you for admitting that your prior plea for public service was merely pompous hypocrisy.

Plea for public service? Oh dear.

I, for about a nanosecond, thought you had been serious in your post. Then I figured you were being sophomoric. Glad to see I was right.

Fifth- "But I seriously doubt that many people compassionate enough to spend their free time volunteering helping others would post the type of nonsense posted earlier in this thread."
Your entitled to your opinion. Of course, you put me in mind of a manager at Wal-Mart who tried to give the bum's rush to this scruffy old guy who was poking around. The guy was Sam Walton, and the only one who went out the door was the ex-manager with a pink slip. Looks can be deceiving.

WTF?

Just because you think (and alas I use the word loosely in connection with you at this point) based on your assumptions about the rightness or wrongness of individual posters opinions, that the posters on PIC are or not public spirited. Sam Walton before he died was famous for making unannounced visits to his stores, dressed shall we say in a casual fashion and figured out how Joe Average was treated at the store. I hope that was simple enough for you.

Sixth-" I suspspect you're an American that lives in a southern state" While some would say that "American" and "Southern state" are an oxymoron, yes I am from Tennessee.

Your banjo pickin' roots are apparent. Sorry, I only play the stereo. But your really should cover your racist roots.

Seventh-"... and has never lived outside the USA." Ah, you were doing so well, but you are wrong there.

Sorry, Rico, but your Spring Break drunken fratboy trip to Tijuana doesn't count as living outside the USA.

Wrong again, I have never been to Tijuana and was too busy working my way through college to go off on trips during college. Not that is really any of your business, but I have lived four places in two hemispheres.

Eighth-" If you only realized why so many around the world perceive Americans to be arrogent [sic] a$$es, maybe you'd become a better person. Maybe." Thank you for your concern. I always strive to be a better person. Its part of the reason that I have tried to respond to your rant with reason and courtesy. As to world opinion, well they are entitled to it.

Nice to see you being so considerate. Are you fighting the urge to instead debate with your N.R.A.-issue Uzi in a "brave" drive by? God bless Charlton Heston and may he rest in peace(s).

As a rule, I do not need an automatic weapon to engage in rational discussion. In Tennessee we only shoot game animals (in season), criminals and terrorists, and rabid dogs. Such as yourself. Usually with one shot.

Have a seat, Rico. You just got bum rushed. Maybe you should talk to your fellow hick, Sammy and see how to work your issues out.

You know, they have pills you can take for your delusional state.

By the way, this will be my last post to you on this. Since you seem incapable of discussion without resort to ad hominum attacks and racial and cultural slurs I see no point in continuing the discussion.

Rick C

PDA nerds bashing it out over politics is the most entertaining thing that's been on here for a while.

Bummer.

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1. Vanuatu is a beautiful country. Survivor is only just scrapping the surface. Think Hawaii without the annoying American tourists (you get annoying Australian and New Zealanders instead).
2. Nothing wrong with public service ...except some in here would call it "socialist", while others would refer to it as "appeasing a capitalist pang of conciousness". Eitherway, whether it is giving $10 to your local police DARE program so THEY can do they work for you, swinging a hammer with Habitate for Humanity, or paying your teneth on a Sunday morning ... doing something for others is a good thing.
3. Regardless whether you are a registered Republican, Democrat, or Green, if you didn't pre-poll, go out an vote on Tuesday.

... and take your PDA with you. Bejewelled 2 might be good way to waste time while waiting to get the "I voted" sticker.

(Gekko - nothing wrong with socialist society - except those capitalists that want to keep more of what they earn for themselves ;)
(TVoR - nothing wrong with capitalist society - except those damn socialists that keep wanting to give it away ;)

~ "Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed." - DV ~

It's MOURNING in America!

(Hey, Gekko. You're like an unfixed tomcat. How many places have you sprayed with this post?)