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Cool effect from the original. Back to the original question. You have a couple options, post here and one of the great posters will come through with a design. Thanks to knightni I have a very cool avatar. Or use a graphics program like PhotoShop and learn to edit photgraphs.

You mentioned the weapons systems, I was just clarifying. So it wasn't decreased military spending but decreased FBI, CIA, NSC spending that may have hindered our ability to stop the terrorists. Does the military waste money? Should the military budget be approved without debate and voting? Whatever they ask for, we give them? What are some of the stupid regulations? Ask for more money? Bush is asking for less money. Does that make sense? Finally, by funding and recruiting and training these guys we are also funding, recruiting, and training terorrists. Shouldn't we be concerned about who we provide help to? Are we training the next Bin Laden? Remember all these guys were are buddies at one time and we helped them.

Actually we do need the internet today. Our banking system for one relies hevily on it. So if you mean society, I disagree. Individuals do not need the internet, but then again they do not need electricity and that was the argument against stringing electricity to rural areas a hundred years ago. It was dangerous work that could not have been completed with today's safety regulations for anywhere near the same cost. The internet will be a neccessity in our lifetime. We will need it for work, for communication, to receive some services, etc. As an economic stimulus, it could energize sections of the city and bring people back from the suburbs. It's little things like services that help to grow cities. I'm using that as a generic example, not specific to Philly. Twenty years agothe first cities with cable TV saw an increase in population while those without saw declines. If you were deciding between Rolling Meadows and Schaumburg today, free high speed access could be the final selling point, just like cable tv was twenty years ago.

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I go to soxtalk.com dosn't everyone? I flip between them all depending on what's happening and what their coverage looks like. I detest the scrolling on the bottom of the screen and a split screen so we can see the talking head is even worse. I am probably on Fox the most with CNN a close second. Oops I forgot about C-Span. Actually that may be #1 overall.

Reagan was the one that promised a peace dividend, I guess he was wrong. I like the sound bite about the pared down militery leaving us open for terrorist attacks. Just help me to understand something. Which of those weapons systems you isted would have stopped the terrorists from purchasing a ticket on a commercial jet, holding a box cutter to the throat of a flight attendant, taking over the jet and crashing it? Which of those weapons systems is good at stopping a terorrist from releasing sarin gas on a NY subway? And again, why doesn't Bush have the balls to raise our taxes to pay for an increased military. And if we do not pay for it now, who is going to pay for it later? Recruiting foreign assets is an area that I still havenot formed an opinion on. It is embarrassing later to find out we found Bin Laden, Hussein, Noreiga, etc. while they were committing human rights violations. So we set some standards before they are on the payroll. Then we cannot find operatives that can infiltrate those organizations. I'm not sure which is the lesser of two evils.

I'll bet the players will be really excited, maybe they will come and post.

If the US had all of those weapons, would we have been able to stop the terrorists from slamming into the WTC? If all this military spending is such a great thing, why doesn't Bush have the balls to increase our taxes to pay for it? If we don't pay for it today, who is going to pay for it later? Plus interest. And what happened to the Peace Dividend that Reagan promised would be available after the USSR was dismantled? Was Reagan wrong? Where there no defense savings to be had?

Nuke, this was well documented back in the late 1980s when the US was trying to sell arms to the Contras and getting in bed with some pretty shady individuals. Do a google search and wade through the wackos for the more legit sources. The CIA also did extensive experiments with hallucinagenics (SP?). Remember this is the same government that unknowingly exposed civilians and military personel to atomic blast radiation to study the effects. You will probably like this link

I've been on both sites and sent for more info. I was very disappointed that Dubya's autobot didn't even kick out a thank you for contacting us. Maybe it's the 20+% point lead in Texas that has him ignoring me or I'm on his "S-list" for my most recent letter. I saved one of his campaign speeches regarding things he wanted to do for the border region. Mailed it back to him a year ago with many ??? Mostly regarding Mexico's water debt to the US that has increased to over a trillion acre feet of water. On the other hand my mailbox overflows with IMHO spam from the Kerry campaign. The guy makes a speech and :30 later it's emailed to me. And of course the subtle and no so subtle appeals for money and to be a volunteer. I've also seen where both campaign have started a "volunteer in a swing state and we'll make all the arrangements" plan. The DNC and RNC want to move volunteers from solid wins and losses to swing states and will make all the arrangements for you. If I was single and with no responsibilities and I was solidily supporting one of these guys, I'd take a couple weeks and learn something.

Gracias.

I have a special program that reads them to me. If not I have my grandchildren tell me what they mean. I hear I'm suppose to say shazzile oir something like that sonny.

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:dips*** :headshake Ok, have them back.

Sure no problem at all, and throw in an earthquake. Of course I'll pray for y'all from deep south Texas.

:sleep Of course one of the greatest debate lines of the previous century was made by a gentleman that was born in the great state of Texas, just miles from where I am sitting. Lloyd Bentsen totally schooled Dan Quayle when Quayle tried to compare himself to John F. Kenedy. "Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy." Priceless.

Remember I agree 100% with your sig.

I consider this to be a new basic infrastructure like electricity, water, sewer, and natural gas was in the previous century. Do you use your local library? Public School? Parks? This would have a user base bigger than most city parks and make internet access available to a wider number of users. My guess is businesses will be stuck paying and free to citizens.

Next February my Boy Scouts will be getting a taste of being a foreign exchange student. They will be travelling to Monterrey, Mexico and be hosted by different families for the weekend while attending a huge Scouting event. I am nervous about it but excited all at once.

Could be the curse of Bartman. He giveths and then takeths away. Win a WS and get hammered by storms

They are talking about free to the users, but of course tax payers are still paying for it. Thankfully I haven't used my fire department, but do not mind paying for that in my taxes. People are already picking neighborhoods based in part by access. There is a nice gated community being built in a strange part of town for that activity. I asked a friend in the real estate business and he told me the #1 reason is that neighborhood is the only one here that was close enough for DSL and also had microwave communications hooked up to a company in Reynosa for low cost telephone.

Kap, notice I said campaignS. Agreed both sides have influence. You think the swiftboat guys cannot pick up the phone and get ahold of Rove and vice versa? The same on the Dem side. Politicians love money and these guys have the dough. The difference is no liberal talk show hosts are available on any stations here, only conservative. Damn media bias.

What I find amazing is people here wish we would get hit so we could fill our reservoirs. We are just slowly coming out of a major drought cycle and could use the rain, but this seems crazy. One hit out on the King Ranch a few years ago, that was close enough for me.

I imagine over time they would have greater resources in some areas (downtown business area) and less in others, low income welfare housing. Imagine selecting your neighborhood based on the throughput. Cities offer water, why not internet access?? It makes sense as an economic stimulas and even $20,000,000 sounds inexpensive. I could see the city charging $50 per year and having it pay for itself.