AJCrowley

Reply to The War On Terror is Like an Episode of Scooby-Doo in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

Hilarious, George Bush should be the old man saying, "I would have gotten away with it", except he is getting away with it while Fred and Daphne are off boning, and Thelma is nowhere to be found. Dr Guy, you're not liberal? You openly admit to being limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; not free from bigotry, opposing proposals for reform, closed to new ideas for progress, and intol

Reply to Gotta Love Media Misinformation in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Well said, though I find it hard to believe that you only just worked out that the corporate media has an agenda and cannot be trusted. There is a fundamental conflict of interest between journalism, and corporate status, and I'm not just talking about bias to not say anything bad that might have a negative effect on some of their subsiduary business, but the fact that a corporation has a legal obligation to its shareholders to maximize profits. How ca

Reply to An open letter to supporters of the Iraq war in Politics JoeUser Forums

I believe my claims to be true, but if they are ever proven false, I am not so pig headed as to refuse to concede a point. The mass graves that Hussein made are I believe mostly made up of Kurds who were gassed using American supplied gas, but I do not truly know, and I doubt that anyone on this forum could claim to truly know, as you only know so much as your media wants you to know. My figure of ten times may have been exaggerated for dramatic effect

Reply to Why I Favor Tax Cuts for the Wealthy in Politics JoeUser Forums

Eloquently written, but I believe that rather than merely letting the greedier people out there get away with various forms of tax evasion, making laws and holding them accountable. Americans who move their finances offshore should be taxed in America if they own property (or any of their companies do, clever accounting should be minimized) or live in America. Executives who increase their salaries to compensate should be held accountable by their shar

Reply to Vietnam: The Next Iraq? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Your article was well written, but I cannot agree with your points. Democracy doesn't work best for everyone. Right now in Iraq, women are afraid to go out dressed as they please, because religious bigots that had to keep their twisted opinions to themselves when Hussein's secular government was in power now constitute the government, democracy is here and the majority need not be silent any more. The difference is that the majority are so right wing a

An open letter to supporters of the Iraq war in Politics JoeUser Forums

To Whom it May Concern (you know who you are), I am sick of hearing praises for George W. Bush, and his wonderful crusade to spread democracy through the Middle East. Most recently is the various Bush fans claiming responsibility for Syria leaving Lebanon. The USA certainly had a hand in it, but this is something the Lebanese have been working on for over a d

Reply to Bootskins? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Hey Essencay, A conservative who voted for Bush, isn't that a bit contradictory? I thought conservatives believed in minimal powers for the federal government, and fiscal responsibility (or conservatism). Politics and joking aside, it occured to me that the subject matter might be the source of your dismay rather than "skin spamming" in general because of the examples that you provided, I apologize if I came to the wrong conclusion. T

Reply to Bootskins? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I think you're being too cynical. Quite frankly, I don't care how many downloads I have, and I can't see why any of these people would, especially given that the nature of their work is unlikely to get them "promoted" in their user rank. It's been a while since I submitted anything, and it may have changed since then, but it was my understanding that anything submitted by anyone lower than the rank of Journeyman had to be approved by a moderat

Reply to Dean 2004 = McGovern 1972? in Politics JoeUser Forums

I pray for the sake of your country that someone beats Bush. How can you support a man who plainly lied to lead your nation into war? I personally believe that Clark is the best candidate, but the Democratic party have a lot of work to do before the elections, and it's not like Bush has given them a shortage of issues to attack him on - it amazes me that they would try to impeach a president for lying about getting his dick sucked, but not impeach a man who lies about the reasons for going to wa

Reply to The Capture of Saddam Hussein - A Non American Perspective in Politics JoeUser Forums

Frankly, I rate Michael Moore's credibility way above that of your president, which admittedly doesn't say much. However, the extent of his "facts" that I used was limited to the list, and the list alone. This is information that I've come across time and time again, and the original source was a congressional report, which you're free to look up for yourself if you doubt the solidity of the list. It's by far not complete, but it was more than adequate to illustrate the point that I was making.

Reply to The Capture of Saddam Hussein - A Non American Perspective in Politics JoeUser Forums

Anthony R. - You are correct about the quote from Michael Moore, but it is restricted purely to the list of nasties given by the US to Iraq. I guess I didn't see the need or the point of citing a source for a six item list, but there you have it. As far as your dislike of Michael Moore, I can understand that too. Anyone who believes that children should be given free medical treatment is obviously a dangerous communist, and a threat to your precious way of life. You're obviously much be

Reply to The Capture of Saddam Hussein - A Non American Perspective in Politics JoeUser Forums

When I wrote this article, I obviously expected and intended for it to illicit a strong reaction from readers, whether they disagree wholeheartedly with me, or feel that it's refreshing to see somebody talking sense in the face of the onslaught of mindless flag waving that has ensued since the capture of Hussein. In that vein, I'd like to thank all the users that have responded so far for doing so in a mature and rational manner, rather than the usual torrent of "you are anti-American", "you are

Reply to The Capture of Saddam Hussein - A Non American Perspective in Politics JoeUser Forums

At no point did I defend Hussein. Regardless of anyone's motivations for driving him out of Kuwait, I believe that it was the right thing to do. Also, I am anything but sympathetic to Hussein, as I said in the article, he is truly an evil man. Calling Bush's claims about Iraq "exaggerations" is like saying that Hitler was "a bit of a racist", woefully understated. The threats that Bush poses to the world have nothing to do with him being a republican, and I'd welcome a replacement for him from a

The Capture of Saddam Hussein - A Non American Perspective in Politics JoeUser Forums

So, at a cost of trillions of dollars to the American taxpayer, George Bush finally got his bogey-man. The broken man was pulled from his "spider hole" by heroic American troops, and the world is once again a safe place, but what did "The Butcher of Bagdad" do to deserve this? For years, he was the darling of the American right wing, but one day, he stepped out of line by threatening America's favourite dictatorship in the region, Saudi Arabia, by invading Kuwait. Of course, we all remember what

Welcome in Welcome JoeUser Forums

Greetings, and welcome to my blog. I am a 28 year old multimedia teacher from the UK, currently living in Canada, and I intend to use this as a place to vent my frustrations of modern life. You will likely see a bit of everything here in the future, but the main topics that interest me currently are issues of global politics. I look forward to getting to work on this,

Reply to Does copy protection create software pirates? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

It is refreshing to hear from a software company who actually understands that the only people copy protection inconveniences are valid consumers. Fortunately for people like you and I, when I last took my laptop on holiday, there are a couple of popular websites that offer downloads of cracked versions of games so you don't need the CD to play, and don't need to cart your delicate property half way around the world. Another prime example of this is the latest copy protection on music c

Reply to ObjectDock 0.90 released in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Hey Jeff, the program is coming along great. Just wondering if you have any plans to add multi monitor support? Being able to choose which monitor to have the dock on would be a huge plus for me, and I imagine anyone running a dual display setup. Cheers, AJC

Reply to The force is strong in the UK in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I suppose it's no sillier than Christianity. In fact, on reflection, it's far less so.

Reply to Gulf War II: The card game in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

If you like that, you'll love these "American Crusade 2001+" Trading Cards. Featuring such things as "George Orwell's 1984 - Instruction Manual for 1600 Pennsylvania Ave (DoublePlusGOOD)", and "US Backed Coup - PlusDEMOCRATIC". Anyway, hope you enjoy as much as I did - http://yorick.infinitejest.org:81/1/cards.html

Reply to Pixtudio release new exclusive suite, PixOS in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Link, I'm sure that if you send Alexandrie or Treetog an email that they will accept other forms of payment, such as a money order in exchange for the suite. Hope this helps you at a bit. AJC

Reply to Pixtudio release new exclusive suite, PixOS in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I've yet to pay for any skins except for one icon suite from Paul. I personally feel that the vast majority of skins spend around a week being used, and then I always go back to my favourite (Blackcomb). That said, I've never been so tempted as with this suite, good job guys, I'm gonna sleep on this one

Reply to Poll Result: Should military force be used against Iraq? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Pure garbage, I can't believe that people actually swallow the lies told about Iraq. They should be disarmed, along with the most dangerous nation in the world - the US. I guess it shouldn't really surprise me, after all, a nation that believes the line, "They hate our freedoms" will believe anything.

Reply to Can websites make money on the Internet? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

You're a bitter bitter man Mr. Wardell. Well written.

Reply to Could Hollywood Hack your PC? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Alternatively - when this law is passed, everyone with access to a linux box run this for a while: ping -f riaa.org AJC

Reply to Delicious Apple in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I would be prepared to give OSX on the PC a try - not that this will ever happen, and assuming they didn't offer me a bunch of free stuff and then start charging a fortune for it later (.Mac, OS 10.2 anyone?). I have used Macs, and contrary to the hype, they're no more stable than a well build PC (by that I mean quality parts), and no easier to use. While OSX is a much prettier OS than Windows, it doesn't offer anything over windows in terms of useability. AJC.