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I did find an application for the phone that will tell you moon phase, weather, etc. But I wasn't sure about the website and its safety.

Some things are better left unsaid I guess...

Wasn't that yesterday? Sure felt like it....

So I bought an Iphone 3G the other day. Love it. Guys at work were talking about all the cool video games you could get, and asked me if I had downloaded any. I said no, but I downloaded an application that is called Presidential History. It's a compiled list of every president of the United States, when they served, and a complete biography. You know, just in case I needed to "Cliff Claven" someone about the presidents....anytime, anywhere... They just looked at me like I was in need of psychiatric care.

Hey, everyone is so much cooler online....

I would say that is a pretty fair assessment. He seems to me like a person who seeks titles, even if he does nothing with them. Honestly, he's a bs artist, and a lot of people are falling for his b.s. It will catch up to him and take him down hard. Lets just hope he doesn't take us down with him. One might also conclude from that article, and his public persona, that he takes the path of least resistance. A horrible trait in a leader faced with making difficult decisions on people's lives and the well being of the American citizen. I figure him as the type that if Iran launched a nuke at us that he would be on the phone trying to talk it out instead of pushing buttons in return. That scares the crap out of me. The most important thing in this election to me is national security. Without it, we are unable to argue amongst ourselves with clear minds on other topics. If security is not THE platform of any candidate, their priorities are screwed up, and it places serious doubt in my mind that their intentions and plans for this country are true and worthwhile enough to give them the opportunity to exercise them. To me, Obama does not have the skills nescessary to secure this nation. McCain, kinda on the fence, but at least he has the knowledge first hand of what is required of a leader when the country's security is in question.

Agreed. No doubt the one I mentioned above is certainly a death trap here in the U.S. Even though it looks like a blast to drive. I have read up on some of the other large vehicles also boasting high mileage and am interested in seeing what they come up with.

Head on over to Camospace and you will see a bunch of adults lying about how many fish they caught...Reckon it ain't much different...

I believe the two other groups you speak of are the Environmental Liberation Front (ELF) and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF). Both of which sit on the FBI's domestic terrorism watch (and wanted) list. PETA has been under investigation repeatedly for donations in the hundred's of thousands of dollars, but has managed to cover their tracks well. You are right about the caliber of people here though. If I could wave a magic wand to get people to think straight (sometimes sidetracking emotion) I would certainly do it, and the world would be a better place. Then again, it may also be filled with hunters! Which could pose a problem.... I came to the conclusion recently that the best way to derail PETA's argument is to thoroughly educate yourself on every bit of data you possibly can on how beneficial hunting is and when confronted, you are prepared to convert someone who is trying to convert you. The best way to save something is to practice it and pass it on. There are 3 main groups that we hear about regularly on the anti-hunting side. PETA, SPCA, and the HSUS. Ingrid Newkirk is a whacko (literally), and will certainly slip up someday and end up behind bars. The HSUS with ol Wayne at the helm will do the same. The biggest one I am concerned with is the SPCA. Mostly because of their perceived involvement with local SPCA's, and television shows on Animal Planet. One thing to remember is most of the people who are involved (members, street teams, etc.) in these orgs are young kids that don't have the clout or time to stick with it. Young minds are very impressionable. Only time will tell, but in the meantime, we should all pay very close attention to whom they are targeting, and thwart their every effort at the simplest brainwashing tactic. Especially your kids...

That's a baby New Jersey Whitetail. I am sure that there are more somewhere since the deer here give birth to litters...

Actually, you aren't winning a car. It's a competition for teams of people to develop a 100 mpg+ vehicle, which is able to be mass produced, with a prize of $10 million to the team that is judged the winner. Honestly, I think its a great idea and I commend people for using their brains for solutions to problems instead of sitting on their duff's waiting for Uncle Sam to make it all better. Irregardless of the fact that it, or any other vehicle for that matter, may be a POS to some.

If you any of you guys aren't keeping up with the X-prize competition, you should check it out. Here is one of the vehicles I would buy in a heartbeat. Just because it looks like a blast... http://flytheroad.com/ http://xprizecars.com/ http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/

Mishap Puts 'Osama' on Ballot in One New York County The absentee ballots sent to voters in Rensselaer County identified the two presidential candidates as 'Barack Osama' and 'John McCain' AP Friday, October 10, 2008 1 x in order to recommend a story, you must login or register. TROY, N.Y. -- Who is running for president? In an upstate New York county, hundreds of voters have been sent absentee ballots in which they could vote for "Barack Osama." The absentee ballots sent to voters in Rensselaer County identified the two presidential candidates as "Barack Osama" and "John McCain." In the United States, the best-known individual named Osama is Osama bin Laden, leader of the al Qaida terrorist group behind the 2001 attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center in New York City. The typographical terror error was first reported by the Times Union of Albany. The elections office faxed a statement in which the two commissioners, Democrat Edward McDonough and Republican Larry Bugbee, said they regret the error but never acknowledge what the error was. "It's human error, it's very unfortunate, it's an embarrassment to our office, obviously," McDonough said in a later phone interview. "We wish we could turn back the clock, but we can't." When they discovered the mistake, officials shredded the remaining "Osama" ballots and mailed correct versions to the roughly 300 people who had already received them. McDonough said the "Osama" mistake was made in only one of the 13 ballot versions mailed throughout the county, located east of the state capital of Albany. Voters who received both versions will be allowed to send in either one and have it counted, McDonough said. Obama spokesman Blake Zeff said the campaign is "glad officials are working to correct this error and we assume it won't happen again."

Welcome Tink!

I wouldn't be so bold as to question people's generosity and to whom it is directed towards. Personally, I would be thankful that there are still generous people out there because they seem to be a dying breed. To question that generates hostility and drives people from wanting to help for this very reason. "I want to help, but I can't help everyone, so I won't help in fear of offending someone." It also makes us question intentions, trust, and the hierarchy of friendships and acquaintances. Quite simply, you can't help everyone, and while each situation is unfortunate, it does not mean that everyone will benefit from the generosity, or even charity, given by others. Don't let this mentality consume you. It is far too common in today's society.

Bro, get it tested. Somewhere, someone can benefit from the info that thing holds..

Anyone have any good "deer watching" web cam sites? I found this one recently that is located in Jackson, NJ. Updates every 5 seconds, right next to a feeder. http://www.rd-hc.com/rdhc_deer_cam.htm

This guy is a pastor/comedian/marriage counselor out of Wisconsin. His name is Mark Gungor, and this video clip is hilarious. It's from his video seminar series.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuMZ73mT5zM http://www.laughyourway.com/

My boy's and I watch How It's Made on Discovery Channel all the time. They love it!

Could you imagine being one of the family members of these brave souls and have the DOD show up on your doorstep with this news? I hope they can find some personal effects still in tact and return them. You never know.

Usually, it is Field and Stream or Outdoor Life. Note to you guys, if you have a bunch of these magazines just laying around, send them to the troops! Somebody, somewhere local to you is taking these things for care packages (church, VFW, etc.). I just sent a huge box of them, and they really appreciated it.

I don't watch this show, but I am tired of seeing these nutjobs and their little tiffs making headline news. Both CNN and Fox are covering their little arguments. Now Rosie O'Donnell is getting her own show that is supposed to be a "family variety show" Are you freakin kidding me?????????

What say you? September 30, 1999 Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending By STEVEN A. HOLMES In a move that could help increase home ownership rates among minorities and low-income consumers, the Fannie Mae Corporation is easing the credit requirements on loans that it will purchase from banks and other lenders. The action, which will begin as a pilot program involving 24 banks in 15 markets -- including the New York metropolitan region -- will encourage those banks to extend home mortgages to individuals whose credit is generally not good enough to qualify for conventional loans. Fannie Mae officials say they hope to make it a nationwide program by next spring. Fannie Mae, the nation's biggest underwriter of home mortgages, has been under increasing pressure from the Clinton Administration to expand mortgage loans among low and moderate income people and felt pressure from stock holders to maintain its phenomenal growth in profits. In addition, banks, thrift institutions and mortgage companies have been pressing Fannie Mae to help them make more loans to so-called subprime borrowers. These borrowers whose incomes, credit ratings and savings are not good enough to qualify for conventional loans, can only get loans from finance companies that charge much higher interest rates -- anywhere from three to four percentage points higher than conventional loans. ''Fannie Mae has expanded home ownership for millions of families in the 1990's by reducing down payment requirements,'' said Franklin D. Raines, Fannie Mae's chairman and chief executive officer. ''Yet there remain too many borrowers whose credit is just a notch below what our underwriting has required who have been relegated to paying significantly higher mortgage rates in the so-called subprime market.'' Demographic information on these borrowers is sketchy. But at least one study indicates that 18 percent of the loans in the subprime market went to black borrowers, compared to 5 per cent of loans in the conventional loan market. In moving, even tentatively, into this new area of lending, Fannie Mae is taking on significantly more risk, which may not pose any difficulties during flush economic times. But the government-subsidized corporation may run into trouble in an economic downturn, prompting a government rescue similar to that of the savings and loan industry in the 1980's. ''From the perspective of many people, including me, this is another thrift industry growing up around us,'' said Peter Wallison a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. ''If they fail, the government will have to step up and bail them out the way it stepped up and bailed out the thrift industry.'' Under Fannie Mae's pilot program, consumers who qualify can secure a mortgage with an interest rate one percentage point above that of a conventional, 30-year fixed rate mortgage of less than $240,000 -- a rate that currently averages about 7.76 per cent. If the borrower makes his or her monthly payments on time for two years, the one percentage point premium is dropped. Fannie Mae, the nation's biggest underwriter of home mortgages, does not lend money directly to consumers. Instead, it purchases loans that banks make on what is called the secondary market. By expanding the type of loans that it will buy, Fannie Mae is hoping to spur banks to make more loans to people with less-than-stellar credit ratings. Fannie Mae officials stress that the new mortgages will be extended to all potential borrowers who can qualify for a mortgage. But they add that the move is intended in part to increase the number of minority and low income home owners who tend to have worse credit ratings than non-Hispanic whites. Home ownership has, in fact, exploded among minorities during the economic boom of the 1990's. The number of mortgages extended to Hispanic applicants jumped by 87.2 per cent from 1993 to 1998, according to Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies. During that same period the number of African Americans who got mortgages to buy a home increased by 71.9 per cent and the number of Asian Americans by 46.3 per cent. In contrast, the number of non-Hispanic whites who received loans for homes increased by 31.2 per cent. Despite these gains, home ownership rates for minorities continue to lag behind non-Hispanic whites, in part because blacks and Hispanics in particular tend to have on average worse credit ratings. In July, the Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed that by the year 2001, 50 percent of Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's portfolio be made up of loans to low and moderate-income borrowers. Last year, 44 percent of the loans Fannie Mae purchased were from these groups. The change in policy also comes at the same time that HUD is investigating allegations of racial discrimination in the automated underwriting systems used by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to determine the credit-worthiness of credit applicants.

One South American dictator, and several hostile leaders of Arab nations.

Is about to get spanked...DOH! http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,431204,00.html