How did I get here?

Here comes the bus!

re: #1 Noam Sayin'

How did I get here?

You came through a black hole.

re: #3 DesertSage

You came through a black socialist hole.

FTFY

Palling around with terrorists?

another one under the bus

Another page to bookmark. Man I have a lot of reading ahead of me this week.

Not like I need convincing.

He is a respected scholar, although he vehemently disagrees with a lot of Israel's policy.

BHO calls him a respected scholar? Is this what passes for scholarship nowadays?

I have a sneaky feeling if the big 0 does steal this election, a lot of people will come back out from under the bus...

As I said, I have no inside information on the Obama-Khalidi connection. But I did note this statement by Obama, when pressed on Khalidi:

I do know him [Khalidi] because I taught at the University of Chicago [where Khalidi taught prior to his Columbia appointment—MK]. And he is Palestinian. And I do know him and I have had conversations. He is not one of my advisors; he's not one of my foreign policy people. His kids went to the Lab School where my kids go as well. He is a respected scholar, although he vehemently disagrees with a lot of Israel's policy.

To which I would ask the candidate in response: What aspect of his "scholarship" do you respect?

I'm going to guess it's racist to ask that.

re: #1 Noam Sayin'

How did I get here?

"Letting the days go by, letting the water pull me down."

re: #9 nightintheruts

I have a sneaky feeling if the big 0 does steal this election, a lot of people will come back out from under the bus...

It was a fake bus, I think we all know that Write and Ayers will be welcome guests in an Obama WH

re: #8 MandyManners

BHO calls him a respected scholar? Is this what passes for scholarship nowadays?

All you have to do is run down America, Bush, or democracy and you're considered a scholar today...

same as it ever was

It appears that Obama is some kind of front man for a loosely organized gang of terrorists, Marxists, Muslim extremist and Black liberation theologists.

All these older Machiavellian types focused on one young guy.

This would make a great horror movie - rather like Rosemary's baby.

I think we already decide that Stanley Ann's baby wasn't a good title.

Suggestions?

" He is a respected scholar, although he vehemently disagrees with a lot of Israel's policy."

Really ?
Ya think?

Well, I'll be darned.

re: #8 MandyManners

BHO calls him a respected scholar? Is this what passes for scholarship nowadays?

Affirmative Action education...

re: #9 nightintheruts

I have a sneaky feeling if the big 0 does steal this election, a lot of people will come back out from under the bus...

They will be Zombies from Under the Bus

re: #1 Noam Sayin'

Yeah,I'm still here as well,,and still awaiting the apology!

re: #15 DistantThunder

Marx's baby

There goes Obama, palling around with terrorists again...

All the stuff out there about Obama would surely sink him if it was reported. Trouble is it isn't. They are to busy looking up Joe the Plumbers. junior high grades or Sarah Palins' beauty pagent .In all the 59 years I have spent on earth I have never seen anything like this election. Scares the h. . l out of me. Like some b horror movie!

"Philistine at Columbia." Considers a speech in which Khalidi indicted America's universities—including disciplines he knows nothing about, such as medicine and agriculture—for failing to "challenge the reigning orthodoxies in their fields."

Huh- let me guess one of the "orthodoxies" he has an issue with.....

re: #18 DistantThunder

They will be Zombies from Under the Bus

I'm afraid if The One wins, Zombie will go under the bus.

Bill & Bernadine's Baby

re: #21 SpartanWoman

There goes Obama, palling around with terrorists again...

And he will never stop,unless he is stopped now.

re: #25 DistantThunder

Bill & Bernadine's Baby

I'd rather have Rosemary's Baby than the Ayers/Dorhn spawn

re: #8 MandyManners

BHO calls him a respected scholar? Is this what passes for scholarship nowadays?

Ayers is a respected scholar also.

OK did anyone else notice the 666,000 new voter registrations in Ohio?

re: #3 DesertSage

You came through a black hole.

You mean a socialist hole

re: #8 MandyManners

BHO calls him a respected scholar? Is this what passes for scholarship nowadays?

Obama himself was a law professor(and I use the term loosely), so sure, why not.

Obama's ties to this odious Rashidi is one of several serious reasons why no Jew with ten or greater neurons ought to vote for Obama.

re: #29 DistantThunder

OK did anyone else notice the 666,000 new voter registrations in Ohio?

OOOOOOH, very symbolic.

The Los Angeles Times did some digging around the story last spring, and most of the facts are there

The LA Times weren't digging up dirt on Barry.
They just wanted the world to see how friendly Barry was with the Pali's to advance their anti-Israel agenda.

Radicalism = Obama

re: #18 DistantThunder

They will be Zombies from Under the Bus

I just hate to think of all these people in the WH.
It sickens me that they could one day all be there laughing at how stupid/naive Americans were...

/"Ah - that summer in Pahkeestahn"

Obama was not a professor - he was a lecturer -and never published anything in 12 years. Legendary writer that he is.

I wonder what BHO thinks of Cornel West.

Khalidi complains about "Uncle Toms" in Middle Eastern studies.

So its a socialist thing?

From Gaza Blame-thrower:

So what has the courageous historian had to say this morning about the brutal Hamas-Fatah showdown and the fall of Gaza to Hamas? In a National Public Radio interview, he describes both factions as "blind, shortsighted, irresponsible," and reassures us that "neither of these groups, I think, really represents the deepest aspirations of the Palestinians; they've become vehicles for personal and group ambitions rather than what one could honestly call leadership of a Palestinian national movement." How Khalidi knows these "deepest aspirations" is an interesting question. But the answer hardly matters, because at the very end of the interview comes the kicker: the final assignment of responsibility.

This is a direct, logical, inevitable result of American, Israeli, and European policy. The foolishness and the irresponsibility of the Palestinian leadership played an enormous role, but a lot of this has to be laid at the doorstep of Bush administration and Israeli government policy. They almost willed this result. They refused to deal with anybody, they refused to negotiate, they refused to try and bring along the people with whom they could have negotiated, including leaders in Hamas, and this is the logical, inevitable, natural result.

So much for Palestinian "agency." When you see Palestinians butcher one another in power struggles, just remember that Bush and Israel have willed it. The Palestinians are too "blind, shortsighted" to see that they're subject to mind control. But even were they to know it--well, the result, in Khalidi's own word, is "inevitable."

Martin Kramer has followed the career of Professor Rashid Khalidi for several years, and has plenty of background information on this radical Palestinian associate of Barack Obama: Rashid Khalidi (Obama’s pal/Pal).

This has all been out there for months and it's all true, but the MSM doesn't care.

/and unfortunately, it seems nether does the electorate

With friends like this, Obama should not have a job working as a Capitol plumber, never mind running for the presidency.

re: #19 Oldasdirt

Still not getting one, but knock yourself out. I'm going to bed soon.

re: #37 DistantThunder

Obama was not a professor - he was a lecturer -and never published anything in 12 years. Legendary writer that he is.

Not much of a trail on Obambi.... on purpose I expect.

re: #35 nightintheruts

I just hate to think of all these people in the WH.
It sickens me that they could one day all be there laughing at how stupid/naive Americans were...

Well the Clinton's Christmas tree had condoms and other crude ornaments on it. What will be on the Obama Christmas tree?

Has anyone seen a Viva la Bama' shirt yet?

re: #15 DistantThunder

It appears that Obama is some kind of front man for a loosely organized gang of terrorists, Marxists, Muslim extremist and Black liberation theologists.

All these older Machiavellian types focused on one young guy.

This would make a great horror movie - rather like Rosemary's baby.

I think we already decide that Stanley Ann's baby wasn't a good title.

Suggestions?

Actually, it's already been made into a movie. Twice.

The Manchurian Candidate.

re: #38 MandyManners

I wonder what BHO thinks of Cornel West.

Secretary of Education.
/

In my last Sandstorm column, I criticized Rashid Khalidi's fact-free assertion that the universities are dominated by conservatives. In an interview, he had focused on schools of law and international affairs. But in a remarkable speech last spring, he issued a blanket indictment of many more academic fields.

It happened at a Columbia rally in support of professors accused by students of political harassment. Khalidi insisted the profs were victims of a concerted campaign run from outside the university, and added this:

It's a campaign that's based on an utterly spurious argument that the universities are strongholds of radical and liberal ideas. Would that they were strongholds of radical and liberal ideas. (Applause.) Would that the medical schools and the pharmaceutical schools were challenging the stranglehold of industrial medicine, of the industrial pharmaceutical industry. (Applause.) Would that agriculture schools--would that agriculture schools or business schools were challenging the reigning orthodoxies. Would that economics departments, would that engineering schools, would that schools of international affairs were vigorously challenging the reigning orthodoxies in their fields. Would--I could go on and on and on.

This guy thinks the universities are controlled by conservatives? LMAO!

0bama not only has terrorist associates, they're delusional as well.

Distant Thunder, don't worry about a Christmas tree.... The Obama's said they don't celebrate Christmas.

re: #44 Dasher

Not much of a trail on Obambi.... on purpose I expect.

Ya think?

We do have photo of what he wrote in the wet cement outside of his highschool:

King Obama. We can't say we weren't warned.

re: #44 Dasher

Not much of a trail on Obambi.... on purpose I expect.

There's a trail but the press are busy covering his tracks and shredding the evidence for him

re: #45 DistantThunder

Well the Clinton's Christmas tree had condoms and other crude ornaments on it. What will be on the Obama Christmas tree?

well i tell ya honestly....never liked them at all, most likely never will.
but I think they will pale in comparison to what these new people would bring.

The Columbia Dept. of Middle Eastern Studies makes Hezbollah look mild by comparison.

re: #43 Noam Sayin'

Not the brightest bulb on the christmas tree,then are ya.

re: #38 MandyManners

You mean his new Secretary of Reparations don't you?

re: #42 CapeCoddah

With friends like this, Obama should not have a job working as a Capitol plumber, never mind running for the presidency.

I'm quite confident that Obama would not be granted the security clearance required to work as a Capitol plumber.

re: #55 Oldasdirt

Well, I guess you told me.

re: #57 Last Mohican

I'm quite confident that Obama would not be granted the security clearance required to work as a Capitol plumber.

That's what I meant!

re: #54 ted

The Columbia Dept. of Middle Eastern Studies makes Hezbollah look mild by comparison.

Did you say Columbia and Hezbollah? What a coincidence.

re: #14 sadhu

this is not my beautiful house

re: #60 Sharmuta

Did you say Columbia and Hezbollah? What a coincidence.

Yup, Saw that.

re: #49 Sharmuta

If the moron thinks universities are dominated by conservatives, what the hell is his definition of a liberal?

I can't even come with a coherent answer....

Hey all y'all - really late tonight and physically not feeling so hot.
But I'm wondering if there are any computer geeks here who can help me out with a problem with Windows XP Pro (doesn't matter what browser)?!?

re: #8 MandyManners

BHO calls him a respected scholar? Is this what passes for scholarship nowadays?

I wonder what "respected scholar" decodes to.

re: #60 Sharmuta

Did you say Columbia and Hezbollah? What a coincidence.

I wonder where the drug money went?

re: #64 realwest

I'll try, what is wrong?

re: #22 nigella

All the stuff out there about Obama would surely sink him if it was reported. Trouble is it isn't. They are to busy looking up Joe the Plumbers. junior high grades or Sarah Palins' beauty pagent .In all the 59 years I have spent on earth I have never seen anything like this election. Scares the h. . l out of me. Like some b horror movie!

Is Stalinist a code word?

re: #64 realwest

Hey all y'all - really late tonight and physically not feeling so hot.
But I'm wondering if there are any computer geeks here who can help me out with a problem with Windows XP Pro (doesn't matter what browser)?!?

I'd be glad to try !

I think Obama's tactic has always been to "go along" which worked perfectly with Michelle and in Chicago - he let himself be groomed - doesn't like confrontation.

But now he's has 1/2 the country actively working against him - this has to be messing with his mind.

re: #63 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

If the moron thinks universities are dominated by conservatives, what the hell is his definition of a liberal?

I can't even come with a coherent answer....

PIMF- come up with a coherent answer.

re: #66 taxfreekiller

To be fair, I'll take the part of the New York Times on this thread.

And I'll play Cognito and defend you.

re: #37 DistantThunder

Obama was not a professor - he was a lecturer -and never published anything in 12 years. Legendary writer that he is.

I stand corrected.
But I guess in comparison to Obama, Khalidi *is* a respected scholar.

re: #64 realwest

Hey all y'all - really late tonight and physically not feeling so hot.
But I'm wondering if there are any computer geeks here who can help me out with a problem with Windows XP Pro (doesn't matter what browser)?!?

sorry...spend most of my time cussing this ^&%$#*(& Vista.

re: #60 Sharmuta

I just knew Hezbollah was behind all of that junk mail I used to get from Columbia Record Club.

/evil bastids

re: #63 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

If the moron thinks universities are dominated by conservatives, what the hell is his definition of a liberal?

I can't even come with a coherent answer....

They know they aren't they just make extreme statements to vilify their opponents. They are uncivilized and not interested in rational discourse.

re: #64 realwest

Hey all y'all - really late tonight and physically not feeling so hot.
But I'm wondering if there are any computer geeks here who can help me out with a problem with Windows XP Pro (doesn't matter what browser)?!?

The first problem.......
Windows.....

Sorry can't help myself.

re: #64 realwest

Hey all y'all - really late tonight and physically not feeling so hot.
But I'm wondering if there are any computer geeks here who can help me out with a problem with Windows XP Pro (doesn't matter what browser)?!?

wazamatter?

I want to help - but I'm a MAC

In tonight's performance, tfk will play the part of the New York Times.
The part of Cognito, will be played by Sharmuta.
*cue curtain*

re: #77 DistantThunder

They know they aren't they just make extreme statements to vilify their opponents. They are uncivilized and not interested in rational discourse.

Unless you agree with them! Great point! Upding...

re: #66 taxfreekiller

To be fair, I'll take the part of the New York Times on this thread.

You got a lot of posting to do, if you are trying to get in 'equal time'.

Hillbuzz has a nice Odinga ad on the site

re: #75 nightintheruts

sorry...spend most of my time cussing this ^&%$#*(& Vista.

Vista's not that bad...
But you've got to have serious horsepower to run it. MS seriously underestimates what it takes to make it run decently.

Obama wants to play both sides of the fence. He's made open, contradictory statements about Jerusalem, he's outlined why he thinks Muslims like him (as a way of telling them why they should) & picked an open Israel supporter as his running mate. He had to make a statement like this about now - watch for at least one more turnabout before election day. & people had the nerve to say that Hillary would say anything to get elected!

I'm a Mac and XP.
Running Paralells

re: #81 Killer Tomato

*noises, off*

Rashid walks warily down the street,
With the brim pulled way down low
Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet,
Machine guns ready to go
Are you ready, Are you ready for this
Are you hanging on the edge of your seat
Out of the doorway the Obots rip
To the sound of the beat
Chorus

Another one hits the bus
Another one hits the bus
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another hits the bus
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Another one hits the bus

How do you think the Left is gonna get along,
Without Bush, when he's gone
Fannie took them for everything they had,
And kicked them out on their own

Are you happy, are you satisfied
How long can you stand the polls
Out of the doorway the Obots rip
To the sound of the rolls

Another one hits the bus
Another one hits the bus
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one hits the bus
Another one hits the bus

There are plenty of ways you can hurt a man
And bring him to the ground
You can slime him
You can cheat him
You can treat him bad and leave him
When he's down
But Mac's ready, yes he's ready for you
He's standing on his own two feet
Out of the doorway the Obost rip
Repeating the sound of the beat

Another one hits the bus
Another one hits the bus
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another hits the bus
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Another one hits the bus

re: #87 ted

I'm a Mac and XP.
Running Paralells

showoff

re: #73 Sharmuta

And I'll play Cognito and defend you.

ROFLMAO!

re: #86 Flavia

Obama wants to play both sides of the fence. He's made open, contradictory statements about Jerusalem, he's outlined why he thinks Muslims like him (as a way of telling them why they should) & picked an open Israel supporter as his running mate. He had to make a statement like this about now - watch for at least one more turnabout before election day. & people had the nerve to say that Hillary would say anything to get elected!

Biden's record on Israel is pretty spotty

"Radical Rashid." Khalidi finds the University of Chicago Law School faculty "extremely conservative"—even though the ratio of Democrats to Republicans there is 7 to 1.

This man is delusional and should not have access to educating young Americans.

re: #81 Killer Tomato

Can I understudy for Rush Limbaugh?

I think it is safe to say, Realwest is having problems staying on.

re: #68 Tarkus289
and
re: #70 ted Thank you both!
Well when I started on the DT today, my cursor froze on me three times and I had to "crash dive" every single time.
Finally got it up and running and everything was fine - then I go to shut off, get Blue Windows screen saying Saving Your Settings, then Windows is shutting down and then - nada - it wouldn't shut down. So I crash dived (again) and again computer wouldn't shut off. Restarted it tried to shut down without going anywhere, not even to home page and then tried to shut down and same problem. So I crash dived again, let everything load,
and instead of shutting down I hit "Re=boot" which it did do, then I went to shut down and ta-da - it shut down.
Tonight I started it, hit reboot and got the same shit as before: "Windows saving your seetings and then nothing but Windows is shutting down."
Then when I got on computer again, I came here, checked e-mail, returned here and cursor froze (it's an Optical Scan mouse, though not corless) and came with a UBS input, so I just now plugged it into another UBS port.
Any ideas?! Other than shoot the s.o.b., I mean!
WTF is going on?!

re: #91 MandyManners

ROFLMAO!

Mandy will be paying the role of Mandy and will tell Cognito to piss up a rope.

re: #92 SpartanWoman

Biden's record on Israel is pretty spotty

An open Israel supporter...for a Democrat. Can go too far with it now. Might wind up like Lieberman.

Hamas endorsed Biden this week. I'm sure he's thrilled - really.

re: #85 jcm

Vista's not that bad...
But you've got to have serious horsepower to run it. MS seriously underestimates what it takes to make it run decently.

Microsoft recommends 512 mb, but at least 1 gb, and preferably 2 gb.

re: #90 DistantThunder

I'm no geek,,but I do run XP pro

PAL = Personal Ass Licker?

/EWWWWWW!

MAC - more humane

Just got this email from Our Country Deserves Better:

GREAT NEWS !

OBAMA LOSES HIS LEAD IN NEVADA

AFTER AD BLITZ AND "STOP OBAMA TOUR"
after the Our Country Deserves Better Committee unleashed our $100,000 anti-Obama ad blitz, and "Stop Obama Tour" throughout the state of Nevada, new polls out show Obama's poll numbers plunging, and McCain's rising.

And now, as of 9:28PM Central Time we can report to you that the brand new Politico/InsiderAdvantage poll has McCain now tied with Obama - 47% to 47%.

re: #92 SpartanWoman

Biden's record on Israel is pretty spotty

Biden's record on anything is pretty spotty.

"Radical Rashid." Khalidi finds the University of Chicago Law School faculty "extremely conservative"—even though the ratio of Democrats to Republicans there is 7 to 1.

"Extremely conservative" must be code speak for "not willing to throw Israel under the bus".

re: #78 jcm

The first problem.......
Windows.....

Sorry can't help myself.

SMACK!

Real men run Linux.

Palin has been sensational getting in her licks at Obama - you can tell it's getting under his skin - "palling around with terrorist" the media went NUTS.

I'm not sure Biden has a clue what he thinks. With all the talk about Palin not being ready to be POTUS, what about dim-wit Biden. Could you just imagine Biden in a crisis situation trying to communicate with World leaders? The man is a walking gaffe machine. Be afraid, be very afraid.

Another one under the bus,
Another one under the bus, hey
Another one under the bus,
Another one under the bus, Heeeeeeeeeey

(my apologies to Freddie mercury)

re: #94 Dar ul Harb

Can I understudy for Rush Limbaugh?

Rush Limbaugh?
*frantically flipping through script*

uh, sure. no problem. just take a seat there and we'll call you....

Now wait just a damned minute!
Is ZerObama a "S" word or a "T" word?

Well whatever you guys figure out, it's all pilau to me.

NObama!
NoS-word!
NoT-word!

re: #103 DistantThunder MAC - WAAAY more expensive and for a computer that's supposed to be the epitome of "intuitive" it was not intuitive for me and the mouse sucks on Macs.

re: #96 realwest

Sorry, rw, what's a crash dive? I never heard the term.

re: #104 newsjunkie_ky

Just got this email from Our Country Deserves Better:

GREAT NEWS !

OBAMA LOSES HIS LEAD IN NEVADA

AFTER AD BLITZ AND "STOP OBAMA TOUR"
after the Our Country Deserves Better Committee unleashed our $100,000 anti-Obama ad blitz, and "Stop Obama Tour" throughout the state of Nevada, new polls out show Obama's poll numbers plunging, and McCain's rising.

And now, as of 9:28PM Central Time we can report to you that the brand new Politico/InsiderAdvantage poll has McCain now tied with Obama - 47% to 47%.

Hurrah for that poll! The worm has turned, and I really think we're going to win this thing.

re: #100 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Microsoft recommends 512 mb, but at least 1 gb, and preferably 2 gb.

640K ought to be enough for anybody.
--Bill Gates, attributed, ca. 1981

And now, a little music to set the mood for the season!

re: #96 realwest

When all else fails,,try a restore point.

Please send this to every Jewish voter you know. I can't belive Obama is going to slide into the White House like this.

Hannity did a special on Obama and Khalidi

re: #96 realwest

You mean you have a computer which puts U before the BS?

/gasps

re: #114 realwest

MAC - WAAAY more expensive and for a computer that's supposed to be the epitome of "intuitive" it was not intuitive for me and the mouse sucks on Macs.

I got my own mouse - and love it - happy - not taking years off my life in frustration - but to each his own.

re: #87 ted

I'm a Mac and XP.
Running Paralells

Not currently but I've run a couple of Linux VM's at the same time as Mac and Vista, starts bogging down however.

re: #108 pablito

Real men run Linux.

The kid from Peanuts/Charlie Brown? Seriously?

/

re: #108 pablito

Real men run from Linux.

Fixed ya.

re: #115 Ozark Mountain Daredevil It's when you power down - use the power button to shut off computer when the #&$^@~+! Turn Off computer button either doesn't work or your mouse freezes and you can't get to the Turn Off (start button).

Realwest, I'm sorry, there could be a million things, I was hoping it was something we could have just blurted out some command and solved your problem.

a joke...
John was in the fertilized egg business. He had several hundred young layers (hens), called 'pullets', and ten roosters to fertilize the eggs. He kept records, and any rooster not performing went into the soup pot and was replaced. This took a lot of time, so he bought some tiny bells and attached them to his roosters. Each bell had a different tone so he could tell from a distance, which rooster was performing. Now, he could sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report by just listening to the bells. John's favorite rooster, old Butch, was a very fine specimen but this morning he noticed old Butch's bell hadn't rung at all! When he went to investigate, he saw the other roosters were busy chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing, but the pullets, hearing the roosters coming, could run for cover.
To John's amazement, old Butch had his bell in his beak, so it couldn't ring.
He'd sneak up on a pullet, do his job and walk on to the next one. John was so proud of old Butch, he entered him in the Renfrew County Fair and he became an overnight sensation among the judges. The result was the judges
not only awarded old Butch the No Bell Piece Prize but they also awarded him the Pulletsurprise as well. Clearly old Butch was a politician in the making.
Who else but a politician could figure out how to win two of the most highly coveted awards on our planet by being the best at sneaking up on the populace and screwing themwhen they weren't paying attention.

Vote carefully this year,

the bells are not always audible.

re: #109 DistantThunder

Palin has been sensational getting in her licks at Obama - you can tell it's getting under his skin - "palling around with terrorist" the media went NUTS.

She is great with the jabs. She seems to hit home every time.

re: #15 DistantThunder

It appears that Obama is some kind of front man for a loosely organized gang of terrorists, Marxists, Muslim extremist and Black liberation theologists.

All these older Machiavellian types focused on one young guy.

This would make a great horror movie - rather like Rosemary's baby.

I think we already decide that Stanley Ann's baby wasn't a good title.

Suggestions?

yes, and Biden finally realized that
expect more accidental gaffes from him

re: #114 realwest

MAC - WAAAY more expensive and for a computer that's supposed to be the epitome of "intuitive" it was not intuitive for me and the mouse sucks on Macs.

Feature for feature Macs are competitive, they don't do low end hardware however, they start mid-range and work up. You can buy any mouse you like and run it with a Mac.

re: #114 realwest

RW - It would be good to start here. [Link: housecall.trendmicro.com...]

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Then run chkdsk and see if you get errors.

re: #128 Tarkus289

Realwest, I'm sorry, there could be a million things, I was hoping it was something we could have just blurted out some command and solved your problem.

Yes, from what I'm hearing it could be a multitude of problems. I'd recommend either getting a geek friend to come over or take it to a computer shop.

re: #96 realwest

Have you been getting any messages about Windows updating your computer. Maybe a little yellow shield in the lower right hand corner?

re: #96 realwest

How old is the machine? It kind of sounds like a bad battery.

VP description : Official Obama rattler

re: #128 Tarkus289 Sigh.
Well thanks anyway Tarkus289!

Um Ted - Ted you still out here?!

realwest

hit ctrl-alt-delete
and bring up task manager

open a blank word doc

in the task manager hit alt-prtscr
paste into word and post the screen print

we can look for a suspicious program running in memory

That's not the radical i used to know. (anyone say it yet?)

I want a bumpersticker that says: Democrats-Never again!

re: #93 Sharmuta

University departments like to hire people like Khalidi, Dohrn, Ayers, Ward Churchill, etc. to provide some diversity of opinion. They don't want everyone to be lefty Democrats, so they reach out to the extreme left to provide a variety of views for discussion.Seriously.

They don't even consider hiring people with centrist or (gasp) anti-leftist views because holding such views is ipso facto evidence of "poor scholarship," intolerance, narrow-mindedness, dogmatism, and all things hostile to civilazation as they define it.

re: #134 Moe Katz

Yes, from what I'm hearing it could be a multitude of problems. I'd recommend either getting a geek friend to come over or take it to a computer shop.

It could be a Trojan Horse or other virus also. You really need someone knowledgeable to take a look at that system, IMHO.

Please ding the spinoff link if you like this:

re: #137 DistantThunder

VP description : Official Obama rattler

Try to picture him in an actual crisis.
She's more of an alpha male than he is.

re: #133 Bobibutu
Hey thanks but I'm already running Norton full Intenet Security(includes anti-virus, Ad-Aware and SpyWare and Spyware Doctor and nada. And I'm on a single user machine.

re: #112 Killer Tomato

Rush Limbaugh?
*frantically flipping through script*

uh, sure. no problem. just take a seat there and we'll call you....

At stage right, Limbaugh sits at his Mac Pro, reading LGF and doing his show prep.

A faint chuckle is heard whenever Mandy tags Cognito.

gah !

quote button still malfunctioning

#141
if 0bama wins, you won't be able to afford the car to put the sticker on
not to mention, the car will likely be confiscated if you did not vote for the one

re: #135 unclassifiable
Yeah - my machine uses AMD and when I read the horror stories about SP 3 and AMD, I blocked all auto downloading from MS. Still have it blocked.
And I use either Maxthon (a shell over IE) or FireFox 2.

re: #146 realwest

Hey thanks but I'm already running Norton full Intenet Security(includes anti-virus, Ad-Aware and SpyWare and Spyware Doctor and nada. And I'm on a single user machine.

Then click on start and run - type in chkdsk and OK. it will take a while to run and see if there are errors on your HD.

re: #136 Neo Con since 9-11 It's just about 14 months old. Bought it new, Gateway machine, have added RAM so I'm now running 3.2 gigs RAM OVER AND ABOVE what's needed for Video card and have 400 gig hard drive.

re: #148 Adrenalyn

gah !

quote button still malfunctioning

#141
if 0bama wins, you won't be able to afford the car to put the sticker on
not to mention, the car will likely be confiscated if you did not vote for the one

Manual old school html markup!
At the beginning of your quote type without the spaces < blockquote > at the end < / blockquote > .

It's after midnight, where is Zombie with his doodley-bopper thingy?

re: #108 pablito

Real men run Linux.

Real men run everything.

re: #150 taxfreekiller

Sharmuta?
Sharm?
That's your cue...

(where the hell is Walter when you need him?)

re: #145 Killer Tomato

Try to picture him in an actual crisis.
She's more of an alpha male personality than he is.

There's nothing male about Mrs. Palin.

Response to Obama not being experienced: "Sarah Palin is also not experienced".

Nobody with any sense has to be told why this is an idiotic argument.

re: #149 realwest

Yeah - my machine uses AMD and when I read the horror stories about SP 3 and AMD, I blocked all auto downloading from MS. Still have it blocked.
And I use either Maxthon (a shell over IE) or FireFox 2.

You've got to use the CD image to update to SP3. The over the net update only has Intel drivers not AMD. The image has both.

re: #63 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

If the moron thinks universities are dominated by conservatives, what the hell is his definition of a liberal?

I can't even come with a coherent answer....

That's a good question. Vladimir I. Lenin, perhaps? In his freakish world, Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky are right-leaning moderates, I rather imagine.

re: #150 taxfreekiller

"That, ladies and gentlemen, is what Maureen Dowd sounds like after the cab dumps her off at the curb."

re: #119 Oldasdirt

When all else fails,,try a restore point.

FWIW- I had a 40 gb hard drive sitting in my desk drawer that I installed in my computer that I used to back up important data. I filled it up to the point that there was only about 600 mb left on it.

I then got warnings every time I started my computer about having low disk space on the drive.

Then I found out if you don't delete stuff from it, computers will not save restore points for any of the drives. Just thought I'd pass that along.

Found it.

re: #139 Adrenalyn

realwest

hit ctrl-alt-delete
and bring up task manager

open a blank word doc

in the task manager hit alt-prtscr
paste into word and post the screen print

we can look for a suspicious program running in memory

Good idea, but how can he post a doc or image here?

re: #156 esch

You mean, like the jooooz? :-)

Radical is another word for black. Inexperienced is another word for black. Socialist is another word for black. Smug, lying, manipulative, naive, condesending, power hungry, silver-tongued, two-faced, business killing, industry choking, tax raiseing community organizer; .. means black. That's the problem; race. Not a disingenuous, inexperenced, adonis wannabe, with broadly disproven economic theories; No race is the issue. Sure.

re: #96 realwest

I have seen this complaint on many forums, it also happened to me running XP Pro. I couldn't ever shut it down any other way than with the power button. I'll check around a bit and try to find out more, the only thing that cured mine was my power supply went out and burnt out my motherboard which, after replacing, necessitated a new install of XP. that's not necessarily the problem with your system, so I don't want to alarm you.

I think I recommended this before, but download this free prograand run it, it has categories for each piece of hardware and software on your machine, and if there's anything wrong it will give you options to fix at the bottom of the analysis. Very easy to use. Pay particular attention to your power supply, that's one component where manufacturers tend to put in junk and it can cause your machine to run erratically or at worst, fry the motherboard and processor like happened to me.
Sandra Lite
Make sure you download the Lite edition, not the for pay ones.

re: #139 Adrenalyn
Um, WHAT?!? WARNING - TOTAL NON-COMPUTER GEEK HERE!
Isn't there some other way to get to Task manager?
And how is that gonna show me any suspicious program running in memory?
Oh and btw, yes I do run full Norton and full Spyware Doctor scans once a week and quick versions of same after every computer session.

re: #149 realwest

Yeah - my machine uses AMD and when I read the horror stories about SP 3 and AMD, I blocked all auto downloading from MS. Still have it blocked.
And I use either Maxthon (a shell over IE) or FireFox 2.

I am running an AMD processor, and have XP SP3 no problems.

re: #157 Killer Tomato

Tut-tut! The tfk/nyt's must be allowed to drive the narrative.

Anyone want to wager this asshole Khalidi will have some position in an Obama White House? National Security Advisor, perhaps?

Okay everyone, when you order your coffee on the way to work tomorrow morning, and the counter person asks if you want cream and sugar, remember to say "no thanks, I'll just take mine socialist."

re: #144 Globular Cluster

I'm pretty sure that is an single artist. That guy is great he's made allot of good videos gave it an upding.

re: #163 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Thanks,,this is my first computer,I know very little bought them,but my restore point has saved me a couple of times.

re: #163 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Thanks, but that all sounds Geek to me ;>}

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re: #154 x-wing

It's after midnight, where is Zombie with his doodley-bopper thingy?

That's a rather personal question.

re: #170 realwest

Um, WHAT?!? WARNING - TOTAL NON-COMPUTER GEEK HERE!
Isn't there some other way to get to Task manager?
And how is that gonna show me any suspicious program running in memory?
Oh and btw, yes I do run full Norton and full Spyware Doctor scans once a week and quick versions of same after every computer session.

Right click in the tool tray, the area of the menu bar with the little tiny icons. Task Manager will be in the list.

re: #177 Oldasdirt

Thanks,,this is my first computer,I know very little bought them,but my restore point has saved me a couple of times.

Real me don't need restore points. LOL

Sarah on Fire - wow

She is awesome attacking Joe Biden. Awesome what a pro.

re: #169 JHW

Good piece of SW. Good people.

The only thing Obama has managed to unite is the "Blame America" crowd with the "Hate America" crowd. For his entire adult life he has been at the epicenter of some kind of "New Commie Cabal", and we don't hear a damn peep about it from the MSM.

re: #165 logboy

Found it.

Those people KNOW what he's about.

Where is this bus? What does it look like? And what kind of crazy bus is it, because it seems like Obama thinks he can run over America with it..

re: #181 jcm

Right click in the tool tray, the area of the menu bar with the little tiny icons. Task Manager will be in the list.

Its the processes that will get you not the applications.

re: #172 Sharmuta

Tut-tut! The tfk/nyt's must be allowed to drive the narrative.

"Of course, the NYT shovels manure every morning."

re: #150 taxfreekiller

Notice:We at the New York Times are bankrupt, press's done, honor gone, truth busted, lies over used, money , hell Barney Frank took it, ideas, the dam Republicans own those, nothing but commie worn out shit, so,,,
make up your own rules for a change.

Yeah, but don't you still own a nice prime piece of real estate in NYC?
;)

Anybody else here as incredulous as I am, that only seven years out from 9/11 a man with these ties has crowds swooning, crying, singing songs and screaming over him?

Is this some wierd parallel universe? What's happened to our country?

The pod people are here.

Nighty-night!

Someone told me there's a video clip of Michelle Obama yelling at him behind the stage not to screw it up. Anyone see this and have a link? LOL

Goodnight Mandy. Sweet dreams. :)

Ladycatnip

I think we all are as incredulous as you

I myself am incredulous that Bush has let the media and democrat party run all over him for so long too
without a word of rebuttal

re: #191 Dar ul Harb

"Of course, the NYT shovels manure every morning."

Righto!

re: #151 Bobibutu sorry, but I'm feeling kinda poorly and in some pain here tonight and don't have the time to wait and if it shows
errors on HD, I won't know what the hell to do about 'em.

re: #149 realwest

Yeah - my machine uses AMD and when I read the horror stories about SP 3 and AMD, I blocked all auto downloading from MS. Still have it blocked.
And I use either Maxthon (a shell over IE) or FireFox 2.

Y'know, if you're running around the internets on a woefully unpatched windows machine you're just askin for trouble.

The thing about SP3 not playing well with AMD sounds like hooey to me.

I would get a new hard drive and install a fresh, fully patched copy of windows (or linux if you're a real man :-) on it, and then copy your files over from your current drive.

If you're running an unpatched, old version of windows, and it's connected to the internet, it can get pwned in a matter of minutes, especially if you don't have a firewall.

re: #160 jcm Sigh.
What CD image are you talking about?

re: #190 Dasher

Its the processes that will get you not the applications.

Click the applications tap at the top of the Task Manager to switch from process to apps.

Well, I'm turning in early, not feeling well.

I have a weird premonition that something great is going to happen tomorrow. Have no idea why.

night all

re: #201 realwest

Sigh.
What CD image are you talking about?

That's MAC talk real, not XP.

re: #195 Teacake!

Someone told me there's a video clip of Michelle Obama yelling at him behind the stage not to screw it up. Anyone see this and have a link? LOL

I can't imagine Michelle yelling at him - lol/sarc. Actually I can imagine her divorcing him and kicking him out of white house, and obama would have to sleep over at old Joe Biden's house on the couch.

re: #152 realwest

It's just about 14 months old. Bought it new, Gateway machine, have added RAM so I'm now running 3.2 gigs RAM OVER AND ABOVE what's needed for Video card and have 400 gig hard drive.

Hey buddy, send me an email and I'll help you fix it. It'll take to long to do it here online

re: #199 realwest

sorry, but I'm feeling kinda poorly and in some pain here tonight and don't have the time to wait and if it shows
errors on HD, I won't know what the hell to do about 'em.

The point is to know if you do or not. If not = next test. If so - stop and see a pro face to face or get the appropriate software that can fix them.

re: #201 realwest

Sigh.
What CD image are you talking about?

Download this, run the installer after it downloads. AMD drivers included.

Anyone want to wager this asshole Khalidi will have some position in an Obama White House? National Security Advisor, perhaps?

Anyone have a list of all his friends and associates? He is going to appoint those he knows no doubt.... is there anyone at all that he knows who isn't scary as shit?

re: #180 MandyManners

That's a rather personal question.

Why thank you. It's a guy thing. ;>}

How are you tonight Mandy? I see noone has really raised your cockles tonght.

If Barney Frank had the truth about FM/FM stamped on his butt,at least some young men would see it.

re: #202 jcm

Click the applications tap at the top of the Task Manager to switch from process to apps.

Task manager? To a MAC user that sounds socialist - or black - I heard it means the same thing.

re: #204 Irene NYC

That's MAC talk real, not XP.

Nope.

Windows XP Service Pack 3 - ISO-9660 CD Image File

realwest- to get your task manager type Ctrl-Alt-Delete. Then go to the processes tab. Use this site to go over your processes to determine which are safe and which might be spy or malware.

re: #197 Adrenalyn

Me too. Every day I ask myself whether this can really be happening, or whether it's just a bad dream.

I think Obama is getting away with this because he found a bug, as it were, in the electoral process. The things he has done in his past are so incredibly despicable that, if you try to criticize him, you look like a lowlife mudslinger for even bringing up something so disgusting.

re: #212 DistantThunder

Task manager? To a MAC user that sounds socialist - or black - I heard it means the same thing.

Windows NT OSes (NT, 2000, XP) have.....

HAL

(Hardware Application Layer)

re: #149 realwest

My first move would be to reboot in safe mode. You could go into to safe networking mode but you may not have your many spyware and A/V tools (that may be a problem unto itself). When you boot up hit F8 key before you get the Windows logo and choose safe networking mode and use you usual logon. If the problems go away it is probably something rotten is loading in your start up.

re: #127 realwest

It's when you power down - use the power button to shut off computer when the #&$^@~+! Turn Off computer button either doesn't work or your mouse freezes and you can't get to the Turn Off (start button).

RW, try Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore. Run that, and you will get a "calendar" with restore dates on it. Pick a day you know the machine worked well, and tell the system to restore itself to that date. You won't lose any data or documents, but you will lose any programs you installed since that date.

If you are not running a good firewall, get one. Likewise, get a good anti-virus program. Also get Spybot Search&Destroy.

re: #213 jcm

Nope.

Windows XP Service Pack 3 - ISO-9660 CD Image File

Is that for individual/non-networked machines?

In an election filled with stupid journalism, this is perhaps stupidest of all:

[Link: www.washingtonpost.com...]

re: #152 realwest

It's just about 14 months old. Bought it new, Gateway machine, have added RAM so I'm now running 3.2 gigs RAM OVER AND ABOVE what's needed for Video card and have 400 gig hard drive.

realwest-I've heard that windows XP will not recognize anything over 2 gibs RAM.

Having her as First Lady is a scary image after hearing about her room service meal the other night.... sounded like it was just a bedtime snack. How much taxing is going to cover just her meals let alone when they entertain. Imagine who all is going to be a guest at the White House, Socialist House? Sorry.... and I have no doubt at all they are going to build a mosque.

#197 Adrenalyn

Completely with you on that - I've been a long time Bush supporter, pray regularly for him, but I absolutely cannot understand the passivity in the WH. It appears as though the republicans have been neutered or something. Definitely in need of testosterone.

re: #197 Adrenalyn

Like Father, like son. Sad to say.

re: #218 unclassifiable

My first move would be to reboot in safe mode. You could go into to safe networking mode but you may not have your many spyware and A/V tools (that may be a problem unto itself). When you boot up hit F8 key before you get the Windows logo and choose safe networking mode and use you usual logon. If the problems go away it is probably something rotten is loading in your start up.

Either that, or rub honey on your computer case. Should fix 'er right up.

re: #213 jcm

Nope.

Windows XP Service Pack 3 - ISO-9660 CD Image File

jcm, what I meant is that that is not original windows talk. MS must've borrowed that from Apple at some point.

NARAL mailer attack John McCain on birth control

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Once again, leading pro-abortion NARAL appears to understand that its attacks on John McCain on the issue of abortion would fall on deaf ears with polls showing a majority of Americans oppose most or all abortions. So a new NARAL mailer attacks McCain on a less controversial topic -- birth control. Knowing more Americans favor birth control than abortion, NARAL has mailed a new piece of campaign literature to voters in several top battleground states. The ad claims McCain is opposed to birth control. "When it comes to birth control and family planning, John McCain just says no," the mailer contends. "When it comes to reproductive rights, John McCain's answer is no. On November 4, return the favor by just saying no to John McCain." Not until voters read the fine print of the NARAL mailer are they confronted with abortion

More...

re: #220 Irene NYC

Is that for individual/non-networked machines?

It is intended for that, but you can download and install individually. I have AMD machines at work in the lab we do individually.

Cue spot dimmer stage left as Limbaugh switches off the desk lamp and lights a Macanudo.

"Heh. Rove, you magnificent bastard."

The glowing orange spot and cloud of smoke disappear to the back of the stage.

re: #227 Irene NYC

jcm, what I meant is that that is not original windows talk. MS must've borrowed that from Apple at some point.

That's true......

re: #223 Teacake!

Having her as First Lady is a scary image after hearing about her room service meal the other night.... sounded like it was just a bedtime snack. How much taxing is going to cover just her meals let alone when they entertain. Imagine who all is going to be a guest at the White House, Socialist House? Sorry.... and I have no doubt at all they are going to build a mosque.

Post came out and said their source was wrong - she wasn't even staying at the hotel

re: #223 Teacake!

Having her as First Lady is a scary image after hearing about her room service meal the other night.... sounded like it was just a bedtime snack. How much taxing is going to cover just her meals let alone when they entertain. Imagine who all is going to be a guest at the White House, Socialist House? Sorry.... and I have no doubt at all they are going to build a mosque.

That story was debunked. Sorry.
;)

re: #184 DistantThunder

Sarah on Fire - wow

She is awesome attacking Joe Biden. Awesome what a pro.

And she does it with a smile... and that little hidden stiletto (or is that her shoes)

Debunked? It was such hot news. Didn't hear that. But its so easy to believe considering how snobby they all are.

re: #152 realwest

It's just about 14 months old. Bought it new, Gateway machine, have added RAM so I'm now running 3.2 gigs RAM OVER AND ABOVE what's needed for Video card and have 400 gig hard drive.

Dude, I was going to chime in, but if you know that much about how to pimp your computer, you'll get nothing useful from me.

I realize why Ted Nugent cannot be used as a supporter in a national election, kinda like Rush Limbaugh.

But dang, I heard him on Michael Medved today and he is a flat-out energizer bunny of an example of conservative principles. For him, PC be damned. Others of us, even those who hate PC, have to be a bit more circumspect. The Motor City Madman is awesome!

re: #223 Teacake!

Having her as First Lady is a scary image after hearing about her room service meal the other night.... sounded like it was just a bedtime snack. How much taxing is going to cover just her meals let alone when they entertain. Imagine who all is going to be a guest at the White House, Socialist House? Sorry.... and I have no doubt at all they are going to build a mosque.

Please tell the the Rose Garden wont become the mellon patch.

re: #200 pablito pablito, I appreciate what you're sayin, but the fact is that I've got two effin' firewalls and more protection devices than some dude wearing three condoms! LOL!
Plus I can't afford a new computer. I'm flat ass busted and if I try to download SP3 and something goes wrong as a number of people out here reported when they downloaded SP3 when using machines with AMD, then I'm well and truly up the creek cause the ONLY way I can reach my oncologist before 10AM or after 4PM (1:00PM on Fridays) or on weekends is with e-mail.
So far as long as I use the power on and off button I'm fine. And yes I do use compressed air to clean computer and all that jazz. I'm sorry - I know you're trying to help - I'm just frustrated and in physical discomfort right now.

re: #236 Dasher

And she does it with a smile... and that little hidden stiletto (or is that her shoes)

When the game blunders into your cross hairs, all you do is smile and pull the trigger.

re: #202 jcm

Click the applications tap at the top of the Task Manager to switch from process to apps.

Yep... know that... I am saying the processes are what are what can be the nasties.

Here's another option you can try Realwest. Your problem seems to be extremely common from what I've found.

I finally narrowed down the potential culprits to one: PccNTMon.exe.

If you have tried to log off/shut down numerous times and been returned to the desktop, try this:

Go into Task Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Delete is one way), select the Processes tab and look for PccNTMon.exe (if you happen to have Office Scan on your system), select it, and click the End Process button (ignore dire warnings), then you should find your system then heads to the shut down/log off process very quickly.

I recommend restarting your system, logging in, and then shutting down again immediately but using the usual process of Start etc, or whatever you normally use, so that the system gets a chance to go through the process as it should.

Since in this specific case you have Norton AntiVirus, my guess is that is what's got twister knickeritis and is petulantly refusing to allow a shut down because you might be a virus.

Off the top of my head I can't tell you what executable you should look for - it'll probably be something like NavMon.exe or somesuch. If anyone else knows the correct .exe, please chip in, even at this late date!

re: #242 jcm

When the game blunders into your cross hairs, all you do is smile and pull the trigger.

right on

re: #239 JohnAdams

I realize why Ted Nugent cannot be used as a supporter in a national election, kinda like Rush Limbaugh.

But dang, I heard him on Michael Medved today and he is a flat-out energizer bunny of an example of conservative principles. For him, PC be damned. Others of us, even those who hate PC, have to be a bit more circumspect. The Motor City Madman is awesome!

I hate PCs too. See above.

May be a little late and off topic, but should I be surprised that out here in the Pacific Northwest, I saw no mention of the Biden Gaffe in any of our local newspapers? I personally have committed two people from the Obama camp into the McCain camp recently. If this trend were only duplicated, or maybe it is being duplicated in the great state of Washington, the great one could be in trouble. In fact, I strongly believe that we are about to switch from a democratic governor to a republican governor in our state. Go Dino Riossi!

Off topic, on topic? Interesting site about Obama:

Obama WTF (What's The Facts?) is the original, and most comprehensive, authoritative site about the life, votes, and positions of freshman Senator Barack Obama and his political backers. As his campaign is based on words... not on a proven track-record... if his words are not supported by facts, there’s nothing left but an empty blue suit. No experience; no judgment; no integrity; NO Obama.

Obama WTF

Here's the retraction about Michelle Obama and room service:

THE source who told us last week about Michelle Obama getting lobster and caviar delivered to her room at the Waldorf-Astoria must have been under the influence of a mind-altering drug. She was not even staying at the Waldorf. We regret the mistake, and our former source is going to regret it, too. Bread and water would be too good for such disinformation.

re: #147 Dar ul Harb

At stage right, Limbaugh sits at his Mac Pro, reading LGF and doing his show prep.

A faint chuckle is heard whenever Mandy tags Cognito.

I'm sure he does, but he was big before there was a lfg, so he made it on his own.

re: #247 theblakester

In fact, I strongly believe that we are about to switch from a democratic governor to a republican governor in our state. Go Dino Riossi!

You got the governor you have only though corruption after the election.

re: #236 Dasher

And she does it with a smile... and that little hidden stiletto (or is that her shoes)

In a frank discussion today with a friend, he said: "They hate her because she's a WOMAN! She's sexy, she's SMART, she's fertile, she's in charge, she procreates, she has a stud husband, she likes to f*$K!

She's a force. She uses what she's got and takes no excuses. I love Sarah. She can be my president any day because she gets people.

re: #179 x-wing

Thanks, but that all sounds Geek to me ;>}

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If you see a little triangle type symbol in the taskbar, on the very bottom and right side of your monitor, where the clock is, click on it and it will tell you show one of your hard drives has about reached maximum capacity.

re: #241 realwest

pablito, I appreciate what you're sayin, but the fact is that I've got two effin' firewalls and more protection devices than some dude wearing three condoms! LOL!
Plus I can't afford a new computer. I'm flat ass busted and if I try to download SP3 and something goes wrong as a number of people out here reported when they downloaded SP3 when using machines with AMD, then I'm well and truly up the creek cause the ONLY way I can reach my oncologist before 10AM or after 4PM (1:00PM on Fridays) or on weekends is with e-mail.
So far as long as I use the power on and off button I'm fine. And yes I do use compressed air to clean computer and all that jazz. I'm sorry - I know you're trying to help - I'm just frustrated and in physical discomfort right now.

Well you're breaking my heart. I think I'm going to have a drink.

If you're in the Raleigh NC area I could help. Otherwise, since it's a new computer, maybe you could call tech support?

re: #250 Archimedes

I'm sure he does, but he was big before there was a lfg, so he made it on his own.

Hell, he was around before there was a World Wide Web.

(You must have missed the little play we were putting on.)

re: #243 Dasher

Yep... know that... I am saying the processes are what are what can be the nasties.

There's some tricky bastards too, have the same name as legitimate processes.

re: #255 Dar ul Harb

Hell, he was around before there was a World Wide Web.

(You must have missed the little play we were putting on.)

I'm pretty sure I remember him becoming big when I was a kid. And I'm 34. The guy's been kicking ass since Reagan.

re: #241 realwest

"And yes I do use compressed air to clean computer and all that jazz."

Always use a vacuum to suck stuff out of computers and peripheral devices. NEVER use compressed air and blow in.

IBM Basic Training.

re: #239 JohnAdams

I just can't understand why he isn't used in every election. He juices up us hunters and gun enthusieists, I mean bitter clingy people. Someone needs to alert the RNC. The Nuge sells.

re: #247 theblakester

May be a little late and off topic, but should I be surprised that out here in the Pacific Northwest, I saw no mention of the Biden Gaffe in any of our local newspapers? I personally have committed two people from the Obama camp into the McCain camp recently. If this trend were only duplicated, or maybe it is being duplicated in the great state of Washington, the great one could be in trouble. In fact, I strongly believe that we are about to switch from a democratic governor to a republican governor in our state. Go Dino Riossi!

You know this, blakester, but the ONLY reason you have a dimocrat governor now is due to massive voter fraud by the demonrats.

re: #256 jcm

There's some tricky bastards too, have the same name as legitimate processes.

svchost.exe being one of my favorites.

60 Second Refutation of Socialism, While Sitting at the Beach (Part 1)

Last week, there were several comments in Carnival of the Capitalists that people would like to see more articles highlighting the benefits of capitalism. This got me thinking about a conversation I had years ago at the beach:

Hanging out at the beach one day with a distant family member, we got into a discussion about capitalism and socialism. In particular, we were arguing about whether brute labor, as socialism teaches, is the source of all wealth (which, socialism further argues, is in turn stolen by the capitalist masters). The young woman, as were most people her age, was taught mainly by the socialists who dominate college academia nowadays. I was trying to find a way to connect with her, to get her to question her assumptions, but was struggling because she really had not been taught many of the fundamental building blocks of either philosophy or economics, but rather a mish-mash of politically correct points of view that seem to substitute nowadays for both.

One of the reasons I took up writing a blog is that I have never been as snappy or witty in real-time discussions as I would like to be, and I generally think of the perfect comeback or argument minutes or hours too late. I have always done better with writing, where I have time to think. However, on this day, I had inspiration from a half-remembered story I had heard before. I am sure I stole the following argument from someone, but to this day I still can't remember from whom.

I picked up a handful of sand, and said "this is almost pure silicon, virtually identical to what powers a computer. Take as much labor as you want, and build me a computer with it -- the only limitation is you can only have true manual laborers - no engineers or managers or other capitalist lackeys".

Yeah, I know what you're thinking - beach sand is not pure silicon - it is actually silicon dioxide, SiO₂, but if she didn't take any economics she certainly didn't take any chemistry or geology.

She replied that my request was BS, that it took a lot of money to build an electronics plant, and her group of laborers didn't have any and bankers would never lend them any.

All too many defenders of capitalism would have stopped here, and said aha! So you admit you need more than labor - you need capital too. But Marx would not have disagreed - he would have said it was the separation of labor and capital that was bad - only when laborers owned the capital, rather than being slaves to the ruling class that now controls the capital, would the world reach nirvana. So I offered her just that:

I told her - assume for our discussion that I have tons of money, and I will give you and your laborers as much as you need. The only restriction I put on it is that you may only buy raw materials - steel, land, silicon - in their crudest forms. It is up to you to assemble these raw materials, with your laborers, to build the factory and make me my computer.

She thought for a few seconds, and responded "but I can't - I don't know how. I need someone to tell me how to do it"

And that is the heart of socialism's failure. For the true source of wealth is not brute labor, or even what you might call brute capital, but the mind. The mind creates new technologies, new products, new business models, new productivity enhancements, in short, everything that creates wealth. Labor or capital without a mind behind it is useless.

re: #256 jcm

There's some tricky bastards too, have the same name as legitimate processes.

One thing I look for are processes that are sucking huge amounts of memory. Kill them and restart them. I have seen Firefox grow to over 350 MB, other things can do the same. Memory leaks I expect, or they don't release memory when done with a thread.

So far the only thing I hear from lefties about why they don't like McCain is because he is old. That's some good reason to disqualify a man who has so many qualifications.

ANd the left is always complaining that Rep presidents who haven't been in the military shouldn't be president, now that there is one, they say he's a war monger. Nothing makes those lunatics happy unless they have a lunatic running the show.