kapkomet

I will reply to this for the rest of the filibusterites - as I said, it's not personal, I said that in my post. I'm honestly just tired. A lot of that probably has to do with what all is going on in my life. I may disagree with people here, but as you said, I would always welcome them around me (I'd certainly buy a beer, hang out, whatever - when I get a job, that is... hehe) because I know they do care about what goes on in our country, and our baseball team. It's just better that I don't sit here and respond with smart ass responses because it just leads to more cynicism. I don't want to add to that anymore, and that's why I'm taking a break for a while. I'll read, but I don't need to add to the BS. That's all I'm saying... at least for a while. I need to get my own crap together. If I get upset at this, it isn't worth it.

Hell, just look at our very own filibuster. All news (especially political news) is slanted just to get a reaction of how they want you to feel that day so as to keep the advertising dollars rolling in. Negativity sells - but not in a "DEPRESSION".

My point more is there's a large amount of people, including some on here, who voted for Obama because they thought he'd "govern from the center"... and there's people honestly surprised that he's MUCH further left then they thought he was. Well, DUH! As I said, he's doing exactly what he said he would. I don't know why people are surprised at a $2T deficit on top of what's already there. Furthermore, to SS's post about the polls - my god, we've been listening to this s*** for 8 years... then when Obama goes down, meh, no big deal, it doesn't mean anything... that's hypocritical considering we've put up with the plethera of vomit for the last 8 years. How many times does Balta get to say "God those last 8 years sucked" and he gets a free pass? Hee, hee, that's SO funny! You want the truth? This whole forum is a cesspool of "payback" and "gotcha", myself included. There's about 2% good discussion and 98% elephant dung in here now. It's almost to the point where it just needs to go away. Balta's posts, as an example, are well thought out talking points from the liberal perspective (read: blogs). He's never, ever going to change his mind about what he thinks. The whole back and forth with SS, while interesting, will change neither minds, and in fact, it's almost cockiness to "prove" one's policy or thought is better then the other. There's a lot of veiled hyperbole (damn near every post, actually), from just about everyone. We all know who will say what, and it just gets posted in different words, over and over. I don't mean to pick on Balta, you, SS, or anyone else personally, rather the screen name that associates the thoughts here. With this, I just need to stop posting in here, because I understand you're sick of my stupid posts, and even I'm getting sick of myself. I'm out.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 28, 2009 -> 08:54 AM) Dearest Kapkomet, If you really want to find a center, perhaps you could keep your alter-ego (Kaperboletm) in the closet. Having reasonable debates in here might be easier if we have fewer people throwing feces around just to make a point. Also, if you see yourself as something other than right-wing... on what topics do you actually agree with the left on, if any? Warmest Regards, NorthSideSox72 P.S.: I know this is the Republican Thread, so feel free to go-right all you'd like. Just having a hard time understanding your presence in the supposed "middle". Dearest NSS, If you notice, I'm actually jabbing at BOTH parties in this post, not just one. You surely can't think that Obama is governing from the center, can you? Oh wait, his $13 per month tax cut is a bone for the "right"? Obama has made it very clear he intends to pull in as much government power as he can. That, to me, is not governing from the center. I'm honestly so tired of the whole thing. George W. Bush was the most evil motherf***er who ever lived to those on the left. The funny thing is I don't consider Obama the equivalent, because I don't see things that way. But, I do see it as he's doing what he said he would, and it's certainly not "governence from the center". He said he would govern this way, and people are now surprised by all the governmental programs he's trying to take out of the public sector? One more thought: if Obama is so damn smart, why are all these people crying about "bipartisanship" and all pissed off when they don't get GOP votes, (except those who get paid off, but that's another story entirely)? That's all a part of this "postering".

So I told my friend to look at this thread to see if anything popped out: He told me the following: So that tells me that everything can be read, and yet, I'm sort of confused about that... could it be some type of "key" issue? That's what I was reading earlier, but that doesn't make sense to me. If it can be read and he can see all the information - then it's a matter of pulling that data, I think. Any ideas?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 27, 2009 -> 07:45 PM) When they opened the Disney Concert Hall here in Los Angeles a few years ago, it reflected so much light that the neighbors complained. They literally had to go over the metallic surface and make it more rough so that it reflected less light. That building should always be black. Would you repaint the Golden Gate Bridge? 80 years of one color too long? The Golden Gate should be silver, too.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Feb 27, 2009 -> 09:15 PM) Let's be realistic here, how many votes is Kennedy actually going to cast this year. I know from personal experience how this type of tumor ravages a body and I believe Kennedy is pretty much done. I am not trying to be Debbie Downer or wish any harm on him, but I know how a person's mental capacity and faculties decline from this disease. It isn't pretty and I wish him the best. He will cast votes when he's needed, and that's the fair thing to do, to be honest.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 27, 2009 -> 07:09 PM) I think it is hilarious the backlash that I am seeing from using the exact same posts and statistics that I saw for eight years under Bush. Everyone thought it was the most important information on the planet when it was about McCain and Bush. Its been 5 weeks. You all had better grow some skin or something. A-f***ing-men. That's really at the heart of my jabs, yet there's quite a few posters here who want to dismiss s*** like this now. It's hypocritical as hell, and no, I'm not joking this time. One party is just as bad as the other party, they both are at the exact opposite of extremes, there IS no center in this country anymore when it comes to politics, well to say it another way, there's no REPRESENTATION in the middle. It's either hard left or hard right... and who in the middle can be bought off from time to time.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 27, 2009 -> 08:19 PM) On a different topic, I'm not sure what to say about it except the losses on these CDO's are staggering. A triple a rating, and a 95% loss rate. I personally blame the rating companies more then any other on this mess, however, they were all in it together. Hell, I should right a damn book about "what happened" since no one seems to have pieced it together yet. It's not THAT freaking hard to understand. It's different, of course, to know what to do about it.

Not sure. I'll actually point him to this thread for some ideas.

I think it recognizes the drive but it acts like nothing's on it (it can't see the files).

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 27, 2009 -> 04:59 PM) Obama's administration is also proposing limiting charitable deductions and changing the way itemized deductions are structured. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/f...itical-friends/ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/us/politics/26budget.html This administration is moving more and more in the direction I rolled my eyes at when Republicans kept whining during the campaign. Soaking the rich in taxes is not going to fix this mess, and reducing incentives to give to charity only compounds it. Honestly, what did you expect? They are doing what they said they would do. It amazes me that people who voted for him thought he'd govern "from the center". That's bulls*** and people are now starting to see that.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 27, 2009 -> 04:50 PM) There's also the whole Atlas Shrugged idea where they just get pissed off at getting taxed more for producing more and say "f*** it." Rand seems somewhat popular among business owners. Of course, Rand wrote that book when the top marginal rate was 91%, not 39%. I think there's going to be a pretty big backlash... And I like Nancy "Botox" Pelosi and how cruel it was to wait until 2011 to revoke the tax cuts. She is a grade a magnitude stupid b**** of epic proportions. And before this is deemed sexist, so is Harry Reid.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 27, 2009 -> 04:50 PM) In a lot of cases, I'm game for that. In some cases, I'm not. Our farm subsidy system is an absolute debacle of the highest order. It makes us all less healthy and wastes $100's of billions and is an environmental killer. On the other hand...I'm strongly in favor of subsidies for alternative energy. The concept of subsidies/the government deliberately distorting the market for public benefit is not something I have a problem with. My issue is what we wind up subsidizing. I should have said that I don't necessarily agree with the $4B being sent to the banks for this. They should have to compete just like every other market... and not be handed money. The only reason that they were handed this money was because no one wanted to lend, remember, and so the only way they would is if the government backed it. Saw your edit: I so much agree on corn/ethanol. What a colossal waste.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 27, 2009 -> 04:31 PM) Here's a classic example of how our system works. In the student loan game, there is no reason why the Government can't lend directly to students. They have the funds to do so and the means to do so. However, a Congressional requirement forces the student loan program to be run through private companies. This is done entirely to benefit the private banks that get the loans, and it costs the Federal Government roughly $4 billion a year over what it would cost if the government just ran the darn program itself. Basically, it's a $4 billion a year banking subsidy. Obama's budget wants to eliminate this subsidy. The deficit hawk Republicans, of course, are livid. Because deficits don't count when you give the money to corporations. Student loans for the longest time were direct from the government. What they are trying to say is this is the cost of the programs for the lenders to "privatize" it. Let's stop all subsidies. Farm, banks, the whole nine yards, if it's so "wasteful". Oh wait, because then a whole buch of constituents would get pissed off because there's no more handouts. As long as the "handout" is for what you support, it's ok.

This is a windows machine - not linux or anything like that. He used it on his laptop - backed it up - then reinstalled XP straight on the laptop. As far as a I know, he didn't hook up to another machine. So it sounds like he just needs to reinstall the encryption software? He said when he went to go to the backup drive, windows wouldn't recognize it, if I am remembering right.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Feb 27, 2009 -> 03:25 PM) What happens if the richest 5% of the population start shedding assets in 2010 before tax cuts expire? What does that do to Obama's budget forecast for revenues in 2011? Where does he make up for the lost revenue? I'm already hearing a lot of people I know that are heads of businesses that are doing exactly this. They either have to make $400K + to say even or make less then $250K, so they will make less on purpose. I've heard this personally from at least 5 different small business owners that I know.

I have a friend who backed up their laptop to a portable hard drive. Their hard drive crashed on the laptop, and he re-installed the OS on the laptop. Now, when he goes to the portable hard drive, it doesn't recognize anything on the portable (I would presume because it's encrypted)... Anyone have any ideas to get to the data?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 27, 2009 -> 11:59 AM) I watch the man speak everyday, and there is nothing inspirational in there since the election. I honestly feel like he is using the economy the same way Bush used 9-11. You are pretty much labeled if you don't agree with his policy ideas. He has even gotten to the point of calling out people who disagree with his policies or views and having the attack dogs called out on them (hello Rick Santelli). I am waiting for his team to start calling people unpatriotic. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ But, he's a great guy with statospheric approval ratings. He has to be right about everything!

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Feb 27, 2009 -> 11:14 AM) That part I get; the rest is Dick being dick. Dick's a dick... I agree. But it's also well documented that ALMOST every time the Messiah opens his mouth, the markets go down. Funny how that is. They have a lot of confidence in this guy, huh?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 27, 2009 -> 10:55 AM) They're the true American heroes. Balta, you're getting better at Baltabole then I ever thought about being as Kaperbole.

Confidence = money moving where it needs to. It's that simple. Everyone's assholes are puckering up because they are AFRAID of getting burnt. Obama HAD to take advantage of this to get his s*** through, and everyone knows it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 27, 2009 -> 09:33 AM) http://thehill.com/dick-morris/its-obama-s...2009-02-24.html and Now, I await the "this is spew from the right" and "Obama isn't really doing this" and "he has to do this" and... ... ... IMO, this is dead on and what some of us have been saying here for months.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 26, 2009 -> 05:45 PM) I have the Bose in ear ones too, and they arent all that impressive. Rock, weren't you the one who recommended Shure? I see BigSqwert just said something about them.

We had a thread on this not too long ago and if someone could link it that would be great because there's a brand that's good but cheap(er) then Bose... can someone refresh my memory as well, becaue I want to get a pair sometime soon.