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The last time I checked...this WOULDNT be the land of the free if we didnt fight for it.

Thats because Jesus wasnt american.

What a bunch of fucking pussies

Goshen College (Ind.) is a Mennonite institution, and as such, committed to nonviolence. Its sports mascot, in fact, is the least threatening item found in nature — the leaf. But even some of its alumni must have been taken aback last year when college President Jim Brenneman banned the lyrics to the National Anthem at sporting events. It was actually March 23, 2010 when Goshen played an instrumental-only version of the National Anthem before two sporting events — the first time since intercollegiate athletics began at the college in 1957 that the words weren’t used. This month the college has taken it a step further, banning the Anthem altogether. The school’s board told Brenneman to “find an alternative to playing the National Anthem that fits with sports tradition, that honors country and that resonates with Goshen College’s core values and respects the views of diverse constituencies.” “I am committed to retaining the best of what it means to be a Mennonite college, while opening the doors wider to all who share our core values,” Brenneman said. “And I invite others to join us at Goshen College as we make peace in all of its forms, even with the national anthem.” Now let’s get out there and win! Of course The Star Spangled Banner is a violent song, glorifying the bombardment of one of our forts in the War of 1812. I suppose we could have followed the example of the Mennonites and simply fled, giving the nation back to the British. But then we’d all be playing cricket. After careful consideration and many hours alone with his iPod, Brenneman chose a replacement song: America the Beautiful. Of course Brenneman fumbled this. Since the college is located in Indiana, the choice is clear: Their new anthem should be this: http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/08/25/wakeup-call-indiana-college-bans-national-anthem-too-violent/related/

Ok so this would be your best option... 1.) go out and buy your own fast workstation 2.) load windows server 2008 3.) create your own domain 4.) configure the domain controller for said domain 5.) create your own group policies restricting EVERYONE except you 6.) then tie the DC into a proxy server and re-route all IP traffic to the proxy 7.) get a stiff drink 8.) now watch all your little minions as they complain non stop about how THEY cant get to the classifieds 9.) pay secretary to blow you while you laugh at minions This should be the best way to get back at those IT bastids.

Thats my whole point...you're little crying heart is so sad for gays being murdered in a 3rd world country, yet you propose no action to solve the problem. Face it...people get raped, murdered, and molested all over the world...even right now as you read my words some child is getting molested. What course of action do YOU propose to solve all the inhumanity? Or are you just gonna sit on your pedistal and cry some more about it?

So there are children dying of starvation in this country. People being murdered every day in THIS country and this is what you spend your time worrying about? You obviouisly have too much time on your hands. Prime example of liberal ideology.

So does cmos endure its electronic acronym? Complimentary Metal Oxide Semi-conductor? Probably not...

My current car is a 6 speed manual. My wife cant drive it. And furthermore guaging her fear of being on a hill going backwards made me lose interest in furthering her 6 speed education. She still in second gear.

well it doesnt seem all that bad...unless YOU ARE GAY....worried about getting executed?

Allright Ill be the first to admit I don't know shit...but could you attach a drogue to said disco ball to get close to matching fallrate between jumpers surrounding said disco ball? Just a thought.

Oh right that little gallup poll you are so wrapped up in is DEFINATELY the END ALL BE ALL of statistics regarding whos 'smarter' in the political spectrum. Personally I am neither republican or democrat because BOTH sides ARE JUST AS STUPID. Carry on.

Jonesboro, Arkansas (CNN) -- Three men who served 18 years in prison following their convictions in a 1993 triple-slaying in West Memphis, Arkansas, walked free Friday to cheers from a supportive crowd after entering new pleas in the case. "I want to be out. I deserve to be out," said Jason Baldwin, who along with Damien Echols and Jessie Misskelley Jr., was freed after entering rarely used pleas in which they maintained their innocence but acknowledged that prosecutors have evidence to convict them. Echols and Baldwin entered what is known as an Alford plea on three counts of first degree murder. Misskelley entered similar pleas to one count of first degree murder and two counts of second degree murder. Craighead County Circuit Judge David Laser sentenced the three to the 18 years already served and imposed a 10-year suspended sentence -- meaning they could be returned to jail if they violate the law. "I don't think that it will make the pain go away to the victim families. I don't think it will make the pain go away to the defendant families," Laser said, adding it was nevertheless the best for all involved. Echols was previously sentenced to death and Misskelley and Baldwin were given life sentences in the May 1993 slayings of second-graders Steven Branch, Christopher Byers and Michael Moore. The boys' bodies were mutilated and left in a ditch, hogtied with their own shoelaces. Prosecutors argued that the men who were convicted, teenagers at the time, were driven by satanic ritual and that Echols had been the ringleader. Critics of the case against the men argued that no direct evidence tied the three to the murders and that a knife recovered from a lake near the home of one of the men could not have caused the boys' wounds. More recent DNA testing also demonstrated no links, according to the men's supporters. Echols said after his release that he was "very much in shock, very overwhelmed." "I'm just tired," Echols said. "This has been going on for over 18 years, and it's been an absolute living hell." Baldwin said he didn't initially want to accept the deal. "This was not justice," he said, adding that he dropped his opposition to pave the way for Echols' release from death row. "He had it so much worse than I had it," Baldwin said of Echols. "It's just insufferable to put a person through that." While prosecuting attorney Scott Ellington said the pleas entered Friday validate the decision of jurors who sent the men to prison, it also spares Arkansas the possibility of a retrial, which would have been difficult to prosecute after so many years, or a potential civil lawsuit by the men. The trio had been on course to win the right to new trials later this year. "This is an appropriate resolution to this case at this time," Ellington, who works in Arkansas' second judicial district, told reporters. "Only time will tell as to whether this was a right decision on my part." Although supporters of the men, dubbed the West Memphis 3, believe the true killer remains free, Ellington said he believes the pleas resolve the case. "I have no reason to believe there was anyone else involved in the homicide of these three children but the three defendants who pled guilty today," he said. But he said the state could file charges against others if new evidence emerges implicating someone else in the case. Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said his staff had been helping Ellington's staff prepare for a state Supreme Court hearing on the case scheduled for December. But he said he learned this week that Ellington had accepted a plea deal proposed by the defense. "I continue to believe that these defendants are guilty of the crimes for which they have now been twice convicted," McDaniel said in a release. "Prosecutors know their cases better than anyone. In this case, Mr. Ellington has exercised his discretion in such a way that has led to nine murder convictions that can never be appealed." The case has drawn national attention, with actor Johnny Depp and singers Eddie Vedder and Natalie Maines trying to rally support for the men's release. Vedder and Maines were at the courthouse on Friday. John Mark Byers, whose son Christopher Byers was one of the three victims, said he believes the three men are innocent and releasing them without exonerating them of the crime is an outrage. "They're innocent. They did not kill my son," Byers said before the hearing. The father of another of the victims, Steven Branch, also blasted the decision, but for another reason. "I don't know what kind of deal they worked up," Steve Branch told CNN affiliate WMC-TV before the hearing. "Now you can get some movie stars and a little bit of money behind you and you can walk free for killing somebody." But Jessie Misskelley Sr. said he was happy that his son would be getting out of prison. "I thought it might be some kind of publicity stunt. I can't believe it but it's real," he told WMC. The three men were seeking a retrial in the case, and a hearing had been scheduled for a new trial. The state Supreme Court ruled in November that the three could present new evidence to the trial court after DNA testing between 2005 and 2007 failed to link them to the crime. The material included hair from a ligature used to bind Moore and a hair recovered from a tree stump near where the bodies were found, Arkansas Supreme Court documents said. The hair found in the ligature was consistent with Branch's stepfather, Terry Hobbs, while the hair found on the tree stump was consistent with the DNA of a friend of Hobbs, according to the documents. Police have never considered Hobbs a suspect, and he maintains that he had nothing to do with the murders. Echols and Baldwin said in a news conference after the men were released that they would continue to work to clear their names, something Baldwin said authorities aren't trying to do. "They're not out there trying to find out who really murdered those boys," he said. http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/08/19/arkansas.child.killings/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Im not trying to be a douche...but from someone whos has a buttload of tickets...No Lo Contendre...is basically the same thing as Guilty...it just has a fancier name.

Oh lookie! Yet another Christian-bashing thread! We can't go two days here without one of those. Where did you get the idea that prayer automatically works overnight on such huge problems? Making a bush catch on fire is easy. Creating millions of new jobs takes a little longer. Awesome! So if GOD can't create jobs overnight, then maybe some people can back off blaming Obama then. After all, he's not God. ------------------------------------------------------------ perhaps when Obama quits blaming the previous president for the state of the economy that'll happen.

32. Republicans are people, too. 63. People care more about themselves than they do about other people. You are a person, too. I think all the lefties throwing rocks and still blaming the economy on the last president should read both of these a few times over.

why is the deaf guy commenting about cell phones? I'm just kidding

Ah! Yeah. It's just we're putting new coversheets on all the TPS reports before they go out now. So if you could go ahead and try to remember to do that from now on, that'd be great. All right!

Well, I just talked to Billy Bob a few minutes ago and he said he doesn't give a shit since he doesn't own one of them computer dings, donchya know. On a more serious side, I am so glad I got out of IT 8 years ago.... I'm glad for the training, knowledge and certifications from the experience, but being tied to a server or programming at 2:00 AM in a little cubie was so outside my personality. And, what the others have said it true... pick your time and your terms while you have the revenue stream. It may even be time to reinvent yourself and take the time to really pursue another passion. If that passion remains in IT (well, God bless you for that)... but another area, another level, another path? good luck. ------------------------------------------------------------ Well the crappy part is that I started my career in Telecommunications and after the dot com bubble crashed back in the early 2000's I had to transition my career to IT. Damn I wish I had enough money to get 400 jumps or so and get my AFF license. But I wonder if I would enjoy skydiving as much if I had to do it all the time.

Oh Billvon....I wasnt just talking out my ass regarding those names...The guy I had to train for the past two months to do my job is named rajnesh. And there literally is a coonass dude with probably 3 teeth in his mouth from Houma, Lousiana. And I have a hard time understanding what the hell he's talking about... But I understand this is just a part of business. I've spoken with 4 different people who all work at different places and 2 of the companies tried it and it failed miserably...to which they are now hiring new IT staff and the other two already re-hired a new IT department already. I guess the board of directors cant differentiate the difference between saving money now vs saving money later from a better quality of product.

Intertek is a global business and they are supposed to save 25% out of 500 million anually to outsource us. But I cant wait until Billy Bob from BFE in Coonass, Lousiana tried to speak with rajnesh from india. I'm sorry but bumfucked coonass acccents dont mesh with THANK YOU COME AGAIN. But as far as screwing your friend over...well they just handed over 250 people the 'pink slip' if you wish so it doesnt suprise me.

I've been kept in the dark until just today. Their 'GO LIVE' date is the 25th of this month so they'll need to make it happen rather fast. But I'm taking the job, but perhaps because this is the first time Ive been outsourced it feels strange...like Ive got a job and never interviewed (literally) but its not necessary because they can ask my supervisor about my quality of work.

Two months ago the company I work for decided it would be a fantastic idea to get rid of the entire shared services division (including IT) and outsource all of our jobs to India. At least they came out and let us know it was going to happen rather than just showing up to work one friday and them telling me "hey guess what...you just got served!" So now I have to accept another job (well I dont HAVE TO) but it prevents me from getting back into the job search mode and hitting the bricks. They just called and gave me a 'soft offer' regarding the pay...initially they wanted to lowball me but I refused to take a pay cut. I guess it worked out because I'll be making the same as I am at Intertek, and get a 15% retention bonus for my time. But I'm wondering if this is the best plan of action. Perhaps I could find a better offer out there, but I guess I feel a bit lazy going this route...but I guess its like what they say 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush'. Anyone else out there been outsourced?

Thats because we all know what would happen if we gave engineers admin rights and unrestructed internet access. They'd be trying to....wait nevermind.

I have an extended cab F-350 I use to tow my boat. It has plenty of power but turns like damn tank.