Mirrodie - I take it from your lack of response that you are as shocked as I was to see who was the author of the "grow the fuck up" response and what it was in response to. I know that your position as a moderator places you in a difficult situation but I think that the evidence speaks very clearly...
Jump to postGiven that the UK had to help the French kick the Germans out twice in the last 100 years, I'd say that the UK is MORE important to the French than the Germans. But that's just me.
Jump to postThere was a thread on the UA777 that went to <acronym title="Little Rock - National / Adams Field (Regional) (LIT / KLIT), USA - Arkansas">LIT</acronym> and then to Chile yesterday as a press charter. It caused me to think, when "the press" charters a plane, how do they assign seats. Not just window...
Jump to postDo you think they handed out cigars to commemorate the opening of the Clinton Presidential Library?
Jump to postPeople complaining about things they could easily ignore is equally irritating.
Oh wait . . .
Why don't we just declare the Non-Av forum a "free-fire" zone. Enter at your own risk?
Jump to postAnd there are some people who feel that it is their god given purpose on this planet to police the actions of everyone else because they were picked on in elementary schoo. www.hallmonitor.com seems like a more appropriate place for them!
Jump to postFranky baby, That's exactly the point. Everyone is free to interpret anything there own way. Instead of rushing to the suggest delete button if something offends, just ignore it. In a multicultural site such as this one, hardly anything can be written without someone getting pissed off. I'd suggest ...
Jump to postMaybe what we need is a "Supreme Court" for deletions and bans. Three moderators (BC2004 for the right, Steaksauce for the left and Wellhung for the uninformed) - majority rules!
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My "Modest Proposal" -
Instead of popular election of the mods as Captoveur suggests, I think we need an electoral college. Each region gets a vote commensurate with it's population. This will keep the tyranny of the European minority from silencing the speech of the American majority.
-76M
If we keep having to worry about offending everyone by our posts, it may be time to have the FirstClass membership come with a free pair of a.net thongs. This is absurd. People need to realize this is the internet. If you really get personally offended by what some shmuck on the internet posted abou...
Jump to postWhile we're on the subject, how does one change the size of the text?
Jump to postThis won't cut the Constitutional mustard. This is a way too intrusive journey into the private lives of a government's citizenry. The same result could be achieved with far less intrusive means - for example an annual inspection of a car's odometer would yield the same result with far less BIG BROT...
Jump to postGot this in an e-mail: <b>Did you know that John Kerry has put in for his fourth Purple Heart? </b> He claims it's for injuries sustained when President Bush whipped his ass. ======================================= It's just a joke - you guys on the left can take comfort in the fact that there's onl...
Jump to postJust thinking out loud - if the bellies of the 345 are almost empty as has been represented above, what keeps <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> from putting in a couple of the lower deck crew rest modules into the belly and selling the suites as a super first class. Not a seat that tu...
Jump to postMy wife does a ton of long-distance intrastate calling. The rates are significantly better and the entire package with call waiting, call forwarding, etc . . . is a lot cheaper. We installed a VOIP system at the office for our outbound <acronym title="Air Hong Kong (China) and Linea Turistica Aerotu...
Jump to postI'm thinking about switching to a Voice Over IP (VOIP) service for my home telephone needs. I'd be interested in anyone's experiences on the matter.
Jump to postJust remember this - no promises survive closing. Therefore, NEVER close unless everything you want done is done or unless a separate legally binding agreement is enacted. For example - on my first house, the seller moved out the day before closing. His movers scratched the kitchen floor leaving a 1...
Jump to postI think Boeing needs to counter Airbus's much heralded "4 engine 4 long haul" sales mantra with a "2 engine route 2 profitabillity" saying of it's own.
Jump to postBusiness Week has an article this week on KMart that speaks about it having something like a $5B net operating loss tax carry forward. This means that since Sears is mergining in to KMart, $<acronym title="Trans International Express (USA)">5B</acronym> of income will be sheltered from federal tax l...
Jump to postDon't forget the famous MENDZIE lounge at <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym>. Talk about a hole. It's embarrassing for <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym> to use subject a facility for its premium product. It's so bad that I now just reject ...
Jump to postHow are we measuring small? By number of flights? By number of passengers? By number of destinations?
Jump to postHey Andreas - still holding onto the theory that the stock market wouldn't be affected by the outcome of the election?
Jump to postNo jibe towards the Palestinian people - I've always thought that the average Palestinian gets it from all sides. They're truly the victim. They're manipulated by all. As the truth comes out about Arafat and his stealing, it will be obvious for all to see that he no more represented their interest t...
Jump to postCWAPilot - If you think US policy should be based on what Euro rags will write out us, then you're the naive one. Who the hell cares what the afternoon headline on these papers is - certainly not the US electorate. W should thank the Mirror for their involvment in Ohio, if anything it helped his re-...
Jump to postExcellent IFE - WHAT??????? They regularly show movies from 15 to 20 years ago. It got so bad that I now rent <acronym title="Virgin Express (Belgium)">TV</acronym> series DVDs (CSI, <acronym title="DHL Worldwide Express (Belgium)">ER</acronym>, the West Wing) and watch them on my laptop because I g...
Jump to post"That the power to tax involves the power to destroy … [is] not to be denied"
McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 327 (1819)
I forgot about N Korea. Now Clinton could head over there and mend the rift. I wonder how lil'Kim would greet him now that it came out that WJC had contingency plans to nuke him. I'm not advocating that W turn over the reigns of power to anyone. While I do agree that SecState is the most prestigious...
Jump to postWolfowitz will have a HUGE Senate confirmation battle before he can assume any Article 2 office.
Jump to postSlamclick, Though a former President does have a secret service detail, it in no way comes close to that of a sitting POTUS. In fact, I was at a restaurant in Houston about three weeks ago when Bush (41) came in with Barbara. He had two secret service agents with them and they weren't intrusive at a...
Jump to postListen, I'm as partisan as it comes, but the writing's on the wall. The old way of doing things isn't working and something new has to be tried. As SecState Clinton would have to carryout administration policy but it would give him a seat at the table where policy was drafted. I think it's a win/win...
Jump to postGiven that he's been fucking the Palestinian people for some time now, it would be no surprise to me if he caught AIDS.
Jump to postBush should think outside the box and nominate Bill Clinton. With everything that's going on in the Middle East right now Clinton could play a huge role. It's well known that he wanted his legacy to include a lasting peace in the Middle East and this would give him a huge opportunity. Furthermore, h...
Jump to postLet's not forget politics, the unions made their bed supporting <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> for the presidency therefore the traditional leverage air carriers could use to strong arm politicians into supporting their...
Jump to postThe rebidding issue is a red herring. <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> couldn't afford to outbid <acronym title="Southwest Airlines (USA)">WN</acronym> - it simply doesn't have the money or the cost structure to support any further increase in fixed costs. <acronym title="Southw...
Jump to post<b>Does my right wing mind need something to bitch about.</b> Steaksauce, that's very funny coming from you - someone who's spent the last four years bitching about everything and seems to be poised to spend the next four years doing just the same. The facts are that the Palestinian authority is not...
Jump to postI understand that in the submarine corp, new members of the crew are sent to find "relative bearing grease".
Jump to postAs if we needed another reason to leave the UN, Kofi decided to honor Arafat by having flags fly at half-staff. <a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/2004-11-11-voa88.cfm" target=_blank>http://www.voanews.com/english/2004-11-11-voa88.cfm</a> That's great - organize the murder of Israeli athletes d...
Jump to postThe common law definition of arson requires the burning of a dwelling.
Jump to postLet's cut to the chase, has a twin engined ETOPS certified plane ever gone down because of a ETOPS related condition or maintenance problem (i.e. exclude the Egypt Air 767 that went down because the pilot comitted suicide)? Though I don't know for sure, I believe the answer is no. Have 4 engined air...
Jump to postJaspel - it has to be a true AMEX Platinum ($395/yr fee) not the DL Skymiles Platinum card
Jump to postWhen are you guys going to realize that Branson loves controversy because it gives him free publicity. Whether it's calling himself Britan's FLAG CARRIER, asking <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> to sell him the Concorde or interjecting himself into the A v B war, everytime he does somet...
Jump to postI agree. I'm a member. I used to have a Crown Room membership but many of the cities I fly to domestically didn't have a crown room.
Good value for the money. The only draw back is that you have to separately pay for your guest - which are usually free if you join a specific airline club.
Ask Eastern Airlines union members how this strategy worked for them. See ya US.
Jump to postConcordBoy writes:
Religious reasons, or just a general desire to not help anyone else.
Aren't you one of the ones arguing that religion has no place in governmental policy. It seems that libs like you hate any church and state involvement - unless it suits your argument.
KROC - as I said, I respect everyone's ability to opt out. But given the tremendous amount of good that would result from people being presumed to have offered consent, why shouldn't the burden of opting out be on the individual?
Jump to postDeltaGuy, what the hell are you smokin'. I'm probably the last person anyone would ever confuse with a democrat. According to Steaksauce, I'm part of the Right Wing Nut squad. Your post shows you complete ignorance of anything having to do with Florida politics. Sen Graham resigned (that's why his s...
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