PocketRocket

IMHO, a lot of the responsibility lies with parents who think their children can do no wrong. Look at the sexual assault incident a while back in the high school. Don't remember exactly where, but there was a thread or two here about it. The incident involved several boys assaulting a girl over the course of many months. One such assault took place in a school stairwell. The mother of one of the boys went on record saying her son "would never" do something like that. She "knew" he hadn't done anything because he had never told her about anything like that. Uh-huh. Like a kid is going to come home from school and say "Had a math test today, dissected a frog in biology class, oh, and by the way, me and the boys gang-raped a girl in the schoolyard". With that in mind, I'm gonna relate a little anecdote to which I personally bore witness. A few years back, I lived about 20 miles outside of Sudbury in a fairly secluded area which had formerly been a vacation trailer park, and is now a small, residential hamlet. Our next-door neighbours had 3 kids. The oldest, about 16 at the time, was a holy terror. He wrecked a snowmobile of mine, as well as a 10-speed bicycle. On both occasions, I was out of town on business, and he had told his parents that I had given him permission to use both items. When I approached them, they vehemently denied that he would do something like that without permission, and that I must have forgotten giving him permission, despite the fact that he had done exactly the same thing to them by hot-wiring their ATV when they were out, and totally destroying it. Twice. This went on with all 3 kids. No matter what the kids did, or what accusations were brought by myself or other neighbours, the answer was always "He said he didn't do it, so he didn't do it". The eldest is now serving time for murder. The other two have both been charged on more than one occasion. The charges range from selling dope to minors, to assault and battery, to breaking and entering. A friend of mine was on the jury during one of their trials. The parent took the stand as character witnesses saying, you guessed it, that their kid would NEVER do something like that. BTW, the murderer tried to sell, to his own father, the car which had belonged to the murder victim. Apparently the dead body of the victim was in the trunk of the car at the time. Nice kids. Poster children for the pro-choice movement. But then, the same could be said of the parents.

Insert audio cue....theme song from "Deliverance".

Always a pleasure, T-BAG. (BTW, I hope you don't mind the abbreviated nickname. No offense is meant by it.) True, light is a form of radiation. However, we are looking at a completely different type of radiation here, something called "radioactivity", which is generally applied to radiation at the atomic level. Where light can be blocked by a plain, wooden wall, radioactivity can be detected through almost any substance aside from very thick lead, simply because the radiated atomic fragments pass between the molecules of the wall as easily as a bird passes through the air. A geiger counter, for example, is actually registering the atomic fragments which impact on its sensing device. But a geiger counter will not register light. I believe they would be using a variation on a geiger-counter for this type of detection, but something that can "see" further than the normal GC. There ya go. Atomic physics, kindergarten level (which is about as far as my understanding of the subject goes) With buds the size of watermelons....'closet farmers' across the country would be tickled pink...not to mention possibly sterile....er,...I'll stick to the old method, thanks. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The size of watermelons, hmm??? Something to think about. BTW, sterility doesn't mean impotence, and I have no desire to have any more kids, so for me there's no downside

I particularly liked #3...... ....whoever this guy is, he doesn't NEED to be "dumbed down". Evidently, his stand on not being dumb doesn't extend to learning either spelling, or grammar.

That is the most silly, yet somewhat disturbing, thing I have ever read. It would be hilarious if it weren't true. Well, no, it's all legal because he's the president, remember???

Howdy, T-BAG: I agree, but this is not thermal imaging, at least not to my understanding. It sniffs radiation rather than heat. Can't think of any reason a grow-op would be producing radiation, unless they're carrying out some Lisa-Simpson-esque experiment to grow giant, mutant pot plants, which could only be a good thing, if possible.

Hello??? HITI??? No reply??? Calculator broken??? Now what were the percentages of that happening

Then why is this guy being charged with a crime like as though he had gone out and shot somebody??? You are contradicting yourself.

Good post, ARGUS. I agree completely.

Why do so many on this forum apply the same standard to a pundit as they do to a high-ranking member of the governing party? Parrish??? High-ranking??? A back bencher is high-ranking??? Parrish is simply a loud-mouthed twit, and her comments should have been taken as such. The same way I personally took the comments of another loud-mouthed idiot; Coulter. Yeah, and these insults are SO much worse than screwing Canada over on softwood lumber and who knows what else under what is supposed to be "free trade". The same free trade that the USA worked so hard dot convince Canada to sign on to. OMG. Burns, you said "state run TV" without adding the descriptive "Soviet style". Are you feeling okay??? In light of the fact that Bush had just shown the fact that he didn't even know the name of the leader of his country's "Closest friend to the north of us" (as if there are any other friends to the north of the USA), I thought that it was pretty funny, not to mention appropriate, coming from Chretien's mouth. Is Stephen Harper the Prime Minister of Canada? No, but being that we are in the midst of an election campagin, anything Harper says must be taken as the words of a possible PM. But by your reply, you seem to think it's okay for Harper to make the comment now. Does that mean if he is elected, the comment will become wrong retrospectively??? Sorry, BURNSIE, can't have it both ways. BTW, Harper, being leader of the opposition, is a FAR "higher ranking" politician that Parrish ever was, and so his comments must be held up to a microscope AT LEAST as intently as hers were. Got proof to back up your statement? In light of the fact that in several other posts you have been provided sources showing that world-wide criticism of Bush is through the roof, and you have dismissed the opinions of these countries based on various premises all your own, I don't think more proof is necessary. No problem. Here we go. Use of quotes 101: To make it easier, I use "Wordpad" and copy/paste my posts. Then, I usually use the "Preview post" feature on this board. But to have double or triple nested posts, you simply need to have the same number of "quote" (within square brackets, without quotations marks) before the post as you have "/quote" throughout the quoted area. When I want to open another quote, I copy the "quote=Montgomery Burns,Dec 28 2005, 12:04 PM" (quotation marks replacing square brackets here) and paste it at the beginning of what I want quoted. Try take this post, hit the "quote" button at the bottom of the post, then the "reply" button, then copy the whole thing to "Wordpad". You'll see where all the "quote" or "/quote" things fall. Use the "Preview post" and mess around a bit. You'll get the hang of it in no time.

I'd say not just mosques. If they've got a radiation-sniffer that can see through walls, then as far as I'm concerned, go to it!!! Mosques, Theaters, Halls, Office blocks, apartment blocks, warehouses, sniff 'em all. Better than confiscating library records or covertly recording phone calls.

She erred about CANADA sending troops, but there were many Canadians who fought in the Vietnam War. Ann should brush up on the history of the country that, according to PMPM, leads the woorrrlllldddd! Maybe she should know her facts before making claims. "Erred" is extremely generous of you. But then again, you seem to think Coulter and all her ilk can do no wrong. The difference between you and I is that you seem to only find fault with the Left, while I find fault with both sides. Parrish is/was a twit, no doubt. But Coulter is equally a twit. The rest of your post isn't worth replying to as it's more BURNS hyperbole, right up there with your repeated, sarcastic "No blood for OOOIIILLLLLLL" cries.

Not me. Don't want ANY majority government. That's too close to "absolute power", and we all know the old saw about what that does.

Yeah, but the bottom line is that the guy is being charged with a "crime" of saying something "offensive" about Turkey. Obviously, that country has learned nothing from the experiences of western governments with some recording artists. It works like this; if you "ban" a record or CD by a recording artist (or a book, works the same way), then people go looking for that album just to see what the fuss was about. That means more sales. This is essentially what the Turkish government is doing. If they were to totally ignore him, then any interest surrounding him would likely disappear quite quickly. But by vilifying him so vehemently, all they are doing is calling greater attention to him, and stirring up interest which will virtually guarantee LOTS more book sales. In other words, the Turkish government is turning a previously unknown author into a mega star. I had never heard of the guy before this. Now I want to read his book to see why the Turks are all so upset with him. So, it kind of backfired, don't you think???

Perhaps, but sometimes he's really funny, too.

Wow. You really like seeing your comments posted. No replies, yet you keep churning it out. In any case, this whole thing is over a guy saying something that some higher-ups in Turkey didn't like. In other words, it's a crime to criticize Turkey publicly, at least if you're a Turkish citizen. That alone is worthy of criticism. Oh-oh, I hope the Turkish government doesn't put a "hit" out on me for saying something bad about them

By criticize, do you mean the Liberals calling them bastards, morons, the coalition of idiots...... .......retarded cousins, a country we could "roll over and crush...", yeah, that's right. But look at the upside, at least with all the attention this is getting stateside, Bush is by now probably aware that our prime minister's name is not "Poutine". And the question we must ask ourselves is "Where is she now???" I think the word "gone" describes Parish's situation quite well. Harper has to say that. He knows darn well that the media is itching to link him to Evil America. Lemme get this straight, PMPM makes these comments knowing it will play well with the media, and that's bad. Harper makes his comments knowing it will play well to the media, and that's good. So political expedience is okay for Harper, but not for PMPM??? But Martin slamming the US is not "schoolyard rhetoric?" Harper is right. The Liberals call names (bastards, morons, coalition of the idiots, gloating about the possibility of selling oil to China--clearly to aggravate the US), and instead of Martin contacting Bush to discuss the softwood lumber dispute, he went to Wall Street and gave a whining speech. When the normal political channels don't work, no matter how often or how hard you try, then sometimes the media can give it the kick-start it needs. In that case, Bush must be getting to play "hardball" with over half the civilised coutries in the world.

Yup, I bet all those people living in the area of Jane and Finch are sleeping more soundly knowing that the registry is in place. And the money??? Well, that $2Billion, if left in taxpayers' pockets, would probably have just been spent on beer and popcorn anyway....

No question the man's comment's were in extremely bad taste, but the upside???? He's gone now!!!

No, that wouldn't work, He'd have to be a naturalized citizen

Most of what readers??? Can you cite a source to verify your claim??? Yes, I am sure the terrible British held a gun to Rushdie's head and forced him to write The Satanic Verses Yeah. Every drop of blood in history is on the hands of the British. The Holocaust, for example. I can see how the British are responsible for that. Again.... Yeah, right. When the Armenian slaughter took place, oil wasn't even a concern as yet. I suppose the Crusades were also motivated by Britain's greed for oil. Attila the Hun was probably also motivated by British lust for oil. Yup. You've made a strong case here

You say bad, BB says good, everyone's a critic. Could it be that *gasp* good and bad are subjective opinions and all a matter of personal taste??? And who doesn't??? Hopefully he's happy there. Your point is??? So the British caused the Turks to slaughter the Armenians, with whom they were on good terms???? Your reasoning boggles the mind. So the true issue is your personal homophobia???

These people need to be told FIRMLY, upon immigrating to a new country, that this country has it's own set of laws, and these are the laws of the land. If you do not like these laws, you are welcome to return from whence you came, where the laws are presumably more to your liking. As for areas wherein riots are occuring and territory is being claimed by these immigrants, it sounds like it's time to impose martial law, curfews, and a bunch of military-trained rooftop snipers in the worst trouble areas. Disobey curfew??? Punishable by imprisonment. Disobey curfew and be seen looting by a sniper??? Then your ass belongs to the sniper.

Wow, you mean he's going to realize a 33.33% saving on the cost of the icebreakers??? Cool. But seriously.... And this is as opposed to the Liberals who implemented a gun registry with an estimated cost of $2Million, which has, so far, cost well over 1,000 times that much. And guess what, it has yet to be shown that this registry has taken a SINGLE illegal or unregistered firearm out of the hands of a single criminal. So, on the one hand, we have someone making a promise in which your estimate says he will go over budget by a factor of 1/2, whereas the other has gone over budget already by a factor of 1,000. (Before you criticize my math again, double check your own) And again, the one plan would at least give us something concrete, ie; icebreakers, while the other simply has caused a pain in the butt to law-abiding citizens who are responsible gun-owners, and has still not been shown to have saved any lives, or even to have relived a single criminal of his/her illegal, unregistered weapon. Then again, let's look a Shiela Copps' flag flap. $2M for little flags for every Canadian. Hmmm. I never got one, and I don't personally know anyone who did. But that's an important way to spend our tax money.

Gee, I wonder if any of these guys have registered their firearms