All Hank, all the time.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I bought a Dell 700M (M700?) a few months ago. I really like it so far. And it seems pretty rugged (yes, I've knocked it off the coffeetable once or twice).

Irritating sidenote - it came with fucking Word Perfect loaded on it instead of Word (I haven't grabbed the disc from one of our other computer purchases to load it up yet b/c I use Word thru Citrix, but it makes it a hassle to open docs that I e-mail to my home e-mail address to work on). Who the FUCK uses Word Perfect?

I got a 700m with Office loaded on it, but I had to apy for the upgrade. I've had it about a year and a half now and I'm a fan. The smaller keyboard takes a little getting used to at first, though.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I would have loved to have walked amongst them if it weren't for the 2 obnoxious "We Have To Close Tomorrow!" deals that I'm working on, which kept me from even walking amongst them to get a fucking sandwich for lunch.

Maybe the numbers were the same as the other LA marchs, but it didn't seem that way to me. I only report the news. I don't make it.

Translation:
i spent the day massaging boilerplate to meet a phony trumped up deadline, but the streets seemed less full than i expected. I have yet to see whether my lawn has been tended, but the firm supplied lunch was there- I did not ask if the anglos who manage the immigrants in the cafeteria had to cook themselves, or not.

Pity I had to work because I would have loved to go into the fringe of the crowd and buy one of those red/green/white peasant dresses, or at least an authentic burrito.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Translation:
i spent the day massaging boilerplate to meet a phony trumped up deadline, but the streets seemed less full than i expected. I have yet to see whether my lawn has been tended, but the firm supplied lunch was there- I did not ask if the anglos who manage the immigrants in the cafeteria had to cook themselves, or not.

Pity I had to work because I would have loved to go into the fringe of the crowd and buy one of those red/green/white peasant dresses, or at least an authentic burrito.

You mess with a bean, you mess with the whole burrito.

ETA fringe was not in the crowd. and it has never been my impression that ncs wants to go into me.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Translation:
i spent the day massaging boilerplate to meet a phony trumped up deadline, but the streets seemed less full than i expected. I have yet to see whether my lawn has been tended, but the firm supplied lunch was there- I did not ask if the anglos who manage the immigrants in the cafeteria had to cook themselves, or not.

Pity I had to work because I would have loved to go into the fringe of the crowd and buy one of those red/green/white peasant dresses, or at least an authentic burrito.

You must work at a nicer firm than mine. Firm supplied lunch? Cafeteria? What is that? And you pay zero attention if you think there is even a chance I have a lawn. I live in LA and my credit is shot. Not exactly upper crust.

Ps. The first sentence is an excellent synopsis of the four sentence post you responded to, however. Ever thought of getting a job writing Cliff's Notes?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
You must work at a nicer firm than mine. Firm supplied lunch? Cafeteria? What is that? And you pay zero attention if you think there is even a chance I have a lawn. I live in LA and my credit is shot. Not exactly upper crust.

Ps. The first sentence is an excellent synopsis of the four sentence post you responded to, however. Ever thought of getting a job writing Cliff's Notes?

You so want children.

[Secret_Agent_Man]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I can't decide if this is this smug or callous.

This IS the Politics Board.

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
the marchers braved much worse hardships to get to the United States, and now some fat cats in DC are treating them as political issues- not people. Do you think another subway ride is a burden to them?

How can some Senator who has never known a day of hunger have any voice in these people's futures? Do you not question how your country could have reached this point? Rather than headcount from your perch in the sky, did you consider walking amongst them and trying to learn something?

Juan!!! Mi amigo!!

S_A_M

[sgtclub]

Totally off topic, but if anyone has Williams Act expertise, please PM me. Thanks. Carry on.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by baltassoc
$2500 is plenty to get what you need. The new dual core processors are the latest generation, and they are faster. Supposedly, once code is writen to take advantage of some of their unique charateristics, they'll be even faster (the Dual Core is exactly that - it's essentially two chips on one chip, and they run in parallel).

Given your budget, I'd go with 2GB internal memory.

Try something like this:

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellsto...=E1505S3&s=dhs
and upgrade it pretty much whereever you're given the choice. I upgrade to 2GB memory, a 256MB graphics card, a 120GB hard drive, XP Pro, the highest quality screen, four years of at home support and MS Office Basic and came up with a total of just under $2500 with free shipping.
Unfortunately, I can't link to the final configuration.

That would be a pretty much top of the line machine that should last for years.

I decided not to screw around anymore and I pull the trigger. I followed your adviced and upgraded everything. It turned out to be 3600 instead of 2500. But here is the imprtant stuff:
Qty Part # Description
--- -------- ---------------------------------------------
1 222-1328 Inspiron E1505, Intel Core Duoprocessor T2500 (2MB/2GHz/667MHz)
1 320-4652 15.4 Inch UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen WSXGA+, for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 311-5778 2GB, DDR2, 533MHz 2 Dimm for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 320-4655 256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400 HyperMemory, for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 341-3316 120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 420-4770 Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2, English, for Inspiron
1 430-0493 Integrated 10/100 Network Cardand Modem, for Inspiron
1 465-0930 8X DVD+/-RW Drive for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 430-1627 Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card (54Mbps), for for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 465-1661 Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth Module (2.0+EDR) for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 312-0403 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery, for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 412-0488 Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business and EducateU(includesPowerpoint,and Business Contact Manager)
1 312-0405 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Additional Battery, for Inspiron 6400/E1505



Thanks for the help.

[i was penske]

Originally posted by Spanky
I decided not to screw around anymore and I pull the trigger. I followed your adviced and upgraded everything. It turned out to be 3600 instead of 2500. But here is the imprtant stuff:
Qty Part # Description
--- -------- ---------------------------------------------
1 222-1328 Inspiron E1505, Intel Core Duoprocessor T2500 (2MB/2GHz/667MHz)
1 320-4652 15.4 Inch UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen WSXGA+, for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 311-5778 2GB, DDR2, 533MHz 2 Dimm for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 320-4655 256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400 HyperMemory, for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 341-3316 120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 420-4770 Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2, English, for Inspiron
1 430-0493 Integrated 10/100 Network Cardand Modem, for Inspiron
1 465-0930 8X DVD+/-RW Drive for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 430-1627 Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card (54Mbps), for for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 465-1661 Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth Module (2.0+EDR) for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 312-0403 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery, for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 412-0488 Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business and EducateU(includesPowerpoint,and Business Contact Manager)
1 312-0405 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Additional Battery, for Inspiron 6400/E1505



Thanks for the help.

I thought you retired?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Spanky
I decided not to screw around anymore and I pull the trigger. I followed your adviced and upgraded everything. It turned out to be 3600 instead of 2500. But here is the imprtant stuff:
Qty Part # Description
--- -------- ---------------------------------------------
1 222-1328 Inspiron E1505, Intel Core Duoprocessor T2500 (2MB/2GHz/667MHz)
1 320-4652 15.4 Inch UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen WSXGA+, for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 311-5778 2GB, DDR2, 533MHz 2 Dimm for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 320-4655 256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400 HyperMemory, for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 341-3316 120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 420-4770 Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2, English, for Inspiron
1 430-0493 Integrated 10/100 Network Cardand Modem, for Inspiron
1 465-0930 8X DVD+/-RW Drive for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 430-1627 Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card (54Mbps), for for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 465-1661 Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth Module (2.0+EDR) for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 312-0403 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery, for Inspiron 6400/E1505
1 412-0488 Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business and EducateU(includesPowerpoint,and Business Contact Manager)
1 312-0405 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Additional Battery, for Inspiron 6400/E1505



Thanks for the help.

Case settle?

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Case settle?

It's confusing him saying he got authorization because I thought he worked for himself, but maybe there's a real Sybil thing going on here. I'm scared to ask.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
It's confusing him saying he got authorization because I thought he worked for himself, but maybe there's a real Sybil thing going on here. I'm scared to ask.

Marriage. Once the ring is on the finger, you never work for just yourself again.

Given the run-up over budget, he owes the Serb a pound of flesh.

[Spanky]

George Will

This Marine just won't back down

http://www.NewsAndOpinion.com | As usual, Jim Webb is spoiling for a fight. As usual, he has found one. He is seeking the Democrats' senatorial nomination in Virginia against the incumbent, George Allen, a Presidential aspirant.


Webb, a varsity boxer at Annapolis, was wounded twice as a Marine officer in Vietnam where he earned the Navy Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts. His six novels include the best written about Vietnam, "Fields of Fire."


In 1988 he resigned — more feistiness — as President Reagan's secretary of the Navy to protest a reduction of the Navy's force structure. He is a product of the turbulent Scots-Irish diaspora that has given America Kit Carson, two scrappy Jacksons — Andrew and Stonewall — Robert E. Lee and Reagan. The title of Webb's history of America's Scots-Irish? "Born Fighting."


Now he has picked a fight with a fighter. Allen, a former governor running statewide for the third time, is a terrific political talent. Even if Webb wins the Democratic primary June 13 (his opponent, Harris Miller, is a former lobbyist and longtime Democratic activist), Allen will be heavily favored. But Virginia will have a contest of heavyweights, and Allen will be a better Presidential candidate for having gone 12 rounds with Webb.


Webb, who says he was "pretty much" a Democrat until President Carter "pardoned the draft evaders," endorsed Allen over Democratic Sen. Chuck Robb in 2000, after supporting Robb — another Marine veteran of Vietnam — in 1994. In 1992, Webb supported the Presidential campaign of another Vietnam veteran, Nebraska Democrat Sen. Bob Kerrey, who now is national finance chairman of Webb's campaign. Webb says, "I wouldn't shake John Kerry's hand for 20 years" because of Kerry's anti-Vietnam activities but "I voted for him" in 2004.


"It was Iraq," Webb says, "that convinced me the Republican Party has gone crazy." He says: "I warned them early, they went in precipitously. We need to get out carefully, we do not need to be an occupying force." Carefully, but within two years.


Almost seven months before the invasion of Iraq he warned (Washington Post, Sept. 4, 2002) that before moving from "containment to unilateral war and a long-term occupation of Iraq" we should remember that the Soviet Union was defeated by patient, intense containment. As for the flippant calls, before the 1991 Gulf War, for taking Baghdad and installing "a MacArthurian regency:"
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"Our occupation forces never set foot inside Japan until the emperor had formally surrendered and prepared Japanese citizens for our arrival.


Nor did MacArthur destroy the Japanese government when he took over as proconsul. . . . Nor is Japanese culture in any way similar to Iraq's. The Japanese are a homogeneous people. . . . The Iraqis are a multiethnic people filled with competing factions who in many cases would view a U.S. occupation as infidels invading the cradle of Islam."


Long convinced that invading Iraq would "empower Iran, the long-term threat," Webb thinks the administration's neoconservative nation-builders "are so far to the left they seem to be on the right."


His challenge will be to harvest financial support, much of it from outside of Virginia, from antiwar liberals, without forfeiting his appeal to Virginia's moderate Democrats and many military families. He is being endorsed by some of the retired generals now denouncing Don Rumsfeld.


And he will attract attention if he continues to charge that the Bush administration is "deliberately miscounting the casualties in Iraq," minimizing them by "counting only those evacuated out of theater."


Webb says, "I'm pro-choice, pro-gay rights, pro-Second Amendment."


Two out of three might not suffice, given that Democratic primary voters — disproportionately, liberal activists — often have little tolerance for heterodoxy. And he says, "I'm not saying what antiwar people want to hear — 'Get out last Tuesday.'"


Although Webb has concentrated his fire on Allen, Miller attacked Webb until Sen. Chuck Schumer, who is head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and hates primaries, told him to desist. Over the years Webb has made impolitic pronouncements opposing women in combat and warning that some affirmative action had become "state-sponsored racism."


Today, Webb endorses affirmative action but not for mere "diversity" reasons. He says that as secretary of the Navy he tripled the number of women in "operational billets" and that he has been endorsed by the only woman to make it through the Special Operations course.


He campaigns in combat boots given to him by his son, who was a year from graduating from Penn State but now is a Marine lance corporal. He is due in Iraq in September.

[Replaced_Texan]

Texas Democratic State Representative Trey Martinez-Fisher held a conference call yesterday with bloggers to explain his gas tax cut proposal. As reported by Charles Kuffner:

Like several other bloggers, I had the opportunity to speak to Rep. Trey Martinez-Fischer about his HB120, which is a proposal to suspend collection of the state gas tax for 90 days. There's a website up that explains the particulars and also offers a petition to sign if you support the idea - Governor Perry would have to add this to the call of the special session for it to be considered. Take a look and see what you think.

I'll be honest, when I first heard about this idea, I thought it was a gimmick, not unlike the US Senate's much-derided $100 bribe rebate that went over like a lead balloon. I've since changed my mind, and this is what convinced me.

• We are fortunate because we can afford to give taxpayers a Gas Tax Holiday during the summer months. The estimated cost of HB 120 is 700 million dollars. That's less than 10% of our state's budget surplus. The last time I checked the surplus belonged to Texas taxpayers so it makes perfect sense to give it back in times of need.
  
  Moreover, Texas will receive, over the next several years, an average of 788.1 million federal dollars pursuant to Equity Bonus Program, which Congress authorized under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Act (the Federal Highway Bill). I am told by a member of the Appropriations Committee that this money is un-appropriated and can be used to offset the lost tax revenue during the Gas Tax Holiday.

If there's a pot of unappropriated money that can pay for this, so that the existing budget is left intact and we're not essentially borrowing against future obligations to pay for an immediate need, then I can support it. (If it turns out TxDOT already has a purpose in mind for this pile, then we can reconsider as needed.) It's strictly a bit of short-term relief, but I think it will have a salutary effect, especially for people who drive their own vehicles as part of their jobs, like Rep. Martinez-Fischer's neighbor Willie the plumber. I've also heard anecdotal evidence that some charities, like Meals on Wheels, have been hard hit by the high gas prices. If this helps them keep getting the volunteers - and their cars - they need to do their good works, then so much the better.

Alaska gets its bridge to nowhere out of last year's transportation bill. Texans get cheaper gas. I like this proposal.

[Replaced_Texan]

Wow.

Moussaoui not a martyr