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  For Our Consideration...A Young Girl....         


Author: Bigbazza
Date: May 31, 2008 18:52

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Bigbazza (Barry) Oz

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  Word Alternatives--OMG!         


Author: Jean B.
Date: May 31, 2008 18:47

I hope I like AbiWord, because I downloaded it. I then opened a Word
document, intending to see what a copy looked like in AbiWord--but not
only did it automatically open in AbiWord, but all the Word documents on
this laptop now sport the AbiWord symbol.

I will say that the test document looked rather spiffy.... More, I
can't say yet.

--
Jean B.
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  FINALLY! The DNC managed, to enact a same, lawful compromise, for MI and FL.         


Author: bobgnote
Date: May 31, 2008 17:27

EVER HEARD OF CALIFORNIA, you despicable, NARCISSISTIC, UGLY, ROYAL-
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, EAST COAST TRASH?

We would now vote for Obama, over 50%% of us. I voted for Gravel. DD
the neighbor voted, for Clinton. Now, we'd vote for Kermie Obama, now
that Piggy Hillary has looked so shabby, at admitting ANYTHING SHE
DID, WRONG, and so now, Bill the seditious conspirator gets to not
only remain at large, he sells books, like he's Jimmy Carter, Junior.

Chelsea Clinton came to California, to get a Stanford degree, where
kids from rich families come, to California, to learn how, to mess ALL
OF US, way up!

So, WHY in heck do we let Chelsea yack, on TV, when she already
inspired Molly the Dolly, in Toronto? Her TV time appetite is
despicably narcissistic, since her motive is to evade review, for
generations, of dire violation, of 18 U.S.C. 245/371/1505/2384 and
RICO profiteering!!

They should have sepped out the Michigan and Florida Super-Ds and
halved all the rest, without arguing, so much as to ground T-II ADA,
Prop.64 affected CBPC Unfair Business Practices Law actions, and
several reliefs.
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  Re: UK to scrap cluster bombs ..         


Author: Marian
Date: May 31, 2008 16:52

On May 27, 8:42�pm, "Baba Mung" redyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> The government is preparing to scrap Britain's entire arsenal of cluster
> bombs in the face of a growing clamour against weapons that have killed and
> maimed hundreds of innocent civilians.
>
> Officials are paving the way for the unexpected and radical step at talks in
> Dublin on an international treaty aimed at a worldwide ban on the bombs.
>
> Well-placed sources made clear yesterday that despite opposition from the
> military, the government is prepared to get rid of the cluster munitions in
> Britain's armoury: the lsraeli-designed M85 artillery weapon used during the
> 2003 invasion of Iraq and in attacks on Lebanon two years ago; and the M73,
> part of a weapons system for Apache helicopters.
>
> "The prime minister is very much behind this process and wants us to sign
> [the treaty]", a senior Foreign Office source said yesterday...Article 1 of
> the planned treaty, due to be signed in Oslo in early December, prohibits
> assistance with the use, transfer and stockpiling of cluster
> munitions........
> ...
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  Re: Guess where I am?         


Author: Marian
Date: May 31, 2008 16:47

On May 30, 3:48�pm, "Joy" real-me.net> wrote:
> I'm home! �My sister and her husband flew to Anchorage on Saturday morning.
> Their flight for Frankfurt, Germany, was supposed to leave at 3:30 that
> afternoon. �About the time they were expecting to hear a boarding
> announcement, they heard one that said, "The plane cannot fly. �The plane is
> broke."
>
> To make a long story short, they were flying an airline that has only one or
> two flights a week to Frankfurt. �The flight actually took off on Monday
> afternoon. �In the meantime, as they had tried to juggle their trip
> arrangements, they realized that they'd have to cut out much of what they
> wanted to do, and would be without a rental car, so they decided to scrub
> the trip and go home. �I came home yesterday (Thursday). �They're going to
> try to go in August, and I'll go up there to dogsit then.
>
> I'm tired. �I'll write more later.
>
> --
> Joy
> ...
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  MS Word alternatives         


Author: Jean B.
Date: May 31, 2008 16:43

My Word program seems to be corrupting documents, so it seems like a
good time to try another word processin program. I did a brief search
of recommendations and see John E. (and others?) recommend Open Office
as a replacement of Microsoft Office. I see Dink recommends Abiword,
which I like the look of (it being exactly like classic Word). Anyone
else want to chime in? I assume I can have Word plus one or both of
these other programs on the computer at the same time, and if I want to
use (read: work on and not just read) existing documents in either of
the non-Word programs, there will be no problem doing so. Yes?

Thanks.

--
Jean B.
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  GOP Cranking Up Suppression Efforts         


Author: Marian
Date: May 31, 2008 16:42

Tuesday 27 May 2008 - by: Martin Frost, Politico.com

Voter suppression in the minority community has always been high
on the Republican agenda. It's done in the name of protecting the
sanctity of the ballot. It's really about keeping black, Hispanic and
elderly voters away from the polls.

The Republicans are back at it again, and Democrats had better pay
attention or they could lose elections on this basis alone.

Republicans got a big boost recently when the U.S. Supreme Court
upheld an Indiana law requiring state- or federal-government-issued
photo identification (such as a state driver's license or a passport)
for voting. Under the Indiana law, the document must be in the exact
name that appears on the registration rolls and must have an
expiration date that has not yet passed.
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  Even the Republicans are giving to Obama.         


Author: geno4321
Date: May 31, 2008 13:56

Former Bush donors now giving to Obama
By Greg Gordon | McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON - Beverly Fanning is among the campaign donors who'll be joining
President Bush at a gala at Washington's Ford's Theater Sunday night, but
she says that won't dissuade her from her current passion: volunteering for
Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
She isn't the only convert. A McClatchy computer analysis, incomplete due to
the difficulty matching data from various campaign finance reports, found
that hundreds of people who gave at least $200 to Bush's 2004 campaign have
donated to Obama.
Among them are Julie Nixon Eisenhower, the daughter of the late GOP
President Richard Nixon and wife of late GOP President Dwight Eisenhower's
grandson; Connie Ballmer, the wife of Microsoft Chief Executive Officer
Steve Ballmer; Ritchie Scaife, the estranged wife of conservative tycoon
Richard Mellon Scaife and boxing promoter Don King.
Many of the donors are likely "moderate Republicans or independents who are
dissatisfied with the direction of the country now and are looking for
change," said Anthony Corrado, a government professor at Colby College in
Maine who specializes in campaign finance.
"There is a large block of Republicans, particularly economic conservatives, ...
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  Re: Ain't No Bathing Suits Allowed in the Lobby         


Author: Sue
Date: May 31, 2008 11:37

lonestar wrote:
> BathingSuitsNotAllowedInLobby.wmv (2599.2 KB)
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  A surprising find of quail eggs in a planter box along our front steps         


Author: Bob G.
Date: May 31, 2008 11:29

http://picasaweb.google.com/rlloydgeorge/WildlifeInArizona/photo#5206608338677389202

I suppose after finding a dove nesting in an artificial flower box on
our neighbor's post I should not have been surprised to find a nest in
the miniature rose boxes that form the railing along our front steps.
I am surprised to find the nest contains 16 quail eggs. The mother
must set on them only at night because no matter where I find eggs
during the day I never see an adult bird, they are always out in the
yard or street running around. Or do quail ever set on their eggs? I
certainly see families of large numbers of young being herded by a
couple of adults all summer.

Bob G
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