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ThetotalM

ThetotalM

Providence, RI
July 2004

JUL 13, 2006 08:55 PM

DancehallDreamer said:

FreakPirate said:
A quick google search reveals:
Spellcheck.net
And this

Those were the first two I found. There are many more.



You are much nicer than I am.



your nice when you want to be...I've seen it...and I belive that you can be nice at times. When not provoked.

ThetotalM

ThetotalM

Providence, RI
July 2004

JUL 13, 2006 08:57 PM

chainlink said:

DancehallDreamer said:

ThetotalM said:

FreakPirate said:

ThetotalM said:

dude...for real here...why do you gotta bust on my education...I've already said I don't own a spell check...and I didn't save the links you guys gave me. I graduated HS with a decent GPA theres no need for hate.



There's a spellchecker in Microsoft Word. Copy and paste your posts into there and fix them. There are also free spellcheckers online. Use one.



do you know of any free spell checkers online??



GOOGLE. Is. A. Handy. Tool. You input what you want in a little box, and teh magic intarweb gives you answers.




Bah ha ha ha ha ! tongue

even Websters is online if you really get stuck Merriam- Webster Online



sarcasm aside I know what google is....

DhD_No_Pants

DhD_No_Pants

Katy, TX
May 2006

JUL 13, 2006 09:02 PM

ThetotalM said:

chainlink said:

DancehallDreamer said:

ThetotalM said:

FreakPirate said:

ThetotalM said:

dude...for real here...why do you gotta bust on my education...I've already said I don't own a spell check...and I didn't save the links you guys gave me. I graduated HS with a decent GPA theres no need for hate.



There's a spellchecker in Microsoft Word. Copy and paste your posts into there and fix them. There are also free spellcheckers online. Use one.



do you know of any free spell checkers online??



GOOGLE. Is. A. Handy. Tool. You input what you want in a little box, and teh magic intarweb gives you answers.




Bah ha ha ha ha ! tongue

even Websters is online if you really get stuck Merriam- Webster Online



sarcasm aside I know what google is....




Sarcasm still firmly in place: Then use it. For everything. Before you make a post about something, google it. Come with SOME type of halfways intelligent retort. Otherwise, you just make it entirely too easy. Quit that "well I might be wrong, I haven't looked into it" shit.

DhD_No_Pants

DhD_No_Pants

Katy, TX
May 2006

JUL 13, 2006 09:03 PM

ThetotalM said:

DancehallDreamer said:

FreakPirate said:
A quick google search reveals:
Spellcheck.net
And this

Those were the first two I found. There are many more.



You are much nicer than I am.



your nice when you want to be...I've seen it...and I belive that you can be nice at times. When not provoked.



I am never a nice person. That is a dirty, filthy lie and you need to shut your piehole about it.

ThetotalM

ThetotalM

Providence, RI
July 2004

JUL 13, 2006 09:03 PM

DancehallDreamer said:

ThetotalM said:

chainlink said:

DancehallDreamer said:

ThetotalM said:

FreakPirate said:
ThetotalM said:

dude...for real here...why do you gotta bust on my education...I've already said I don't own a spell check...and I didn't save the links you guys gave me. I graduated HS with a decent GPA theres no need for hate.



There's a spellchecker in Microsoft Word. Copy and paste your posts into there and fix them. There are also free spellcheckers online. Use one.



do you know of any free spell checkers online??



GOOGLE. Is. A. Handy. Tool. You input what you want in a little box, and teh magic intarweb gives you answers.




Bah ha ha ha ha ! tongue

even Websters is online if you really get stuck Merriam- Webster Online



sarcasm aside I know what google is....




Sarcasm still firmly in place: Then use it. For everything. Before you make a post about something, google it. Come with SOME type of halfways intelligent retort. Otherwise, you just make it entirely too easy. Quit that "well I might be wrong, I haven't looked into it" shit.

I already stated that I will try and do that from now on....just so I don't bug you guys with my ignorance.

ThetotalM

ThetotalM

Providence, RI
July 2004

JUL 13, 2006 09:06 PM

DancehallDreamer said:

ThetotalM said:

DancehallDreamer said:

FreakPirate said:
A quick google search reveals:
Spellcheck.net
And this

Those were the first two I found. There are many more.



You are much nicer than I am.



your nice when you want to be...I've seen it...and I belive that you can be nice at times. When not provoked.



I am never a nice person. That is a dirty, filthy lie and you need to shut your piehole about it.



wink

DhD_No_Pants

DhD_No_Pants

Katy, TX
May 2006

JUL 13, 2006 09:08 PM

OK TTM winking at me made me feel dirty inside. And not the good dirty, like when I think of Necia. Just plain dirty. I am going to take my happy ass to bed for now, wish me the best of luck with running a full ass clinic day by myself!!

Chainlink

Chainlink

Dickeyville, WI
August 2005

JUL 13, 2006 09:09 PM

ThetotalM said:

DancehallDreamer said:

ThetotalM said:

DancehallDreamer said:

ThetotalM said:

chainlink said:
DancehallDreamer said:
ThetotalM said:
FreakPirate said:
ThetotalM said:

dude...for real here...why do you gotta bust on my education...I've already said I don't own a spell check...and I didn't save the links you guys gave me. I graduated HS with a decent GPA theres no need for hate.



There's a spellchecker in Microsoft Word. Copy and paste your posts into there and fix them. There are also free spellcheckers online. Use one.



do you know of any free spell checkers online??



GOOGLE. Is. A. Handy. Tool. You input what you want in a little box, and teh magic intarweb gives you answers.




Bah ha ha ha ha ! tongue

even Websters is online if you really get stuck Merriam- Webster Online



sarcasm aside I know what google is....




Sarcasm still firmly in place: Then use it. For everything. Before you make a post about something, google it. Come with SOME type of halfways intelligent retort. Otherwise, you just make it entirely too easy. Quit that "well I might be wrong, I haven't looked into it" shit.


ThetotalM said:
I already stated that I will try and do that from now on....just so I don't bug you guys with my ignorance.



I'm really not sure if being able to spell your stupid shit better is going to make your ignorance more tollerable. But it's a start I guess. Thanks

ThetotalM

ThetotalM

Providence, RI
July 2004

JUL 13, 2006 09:10 PM

DancehallDreamer said:
OK TTM winking at me made me feel dirty inside. And not the good dirty, like when I think of Necia. Just plain dirty. I am going to take my happy ass to bed for now, wish me the best of luck with running a full ass clinic day by myself!!



goodluck....hope all goes well...and have fun on your trip...I'm sure our paths will cross again sooner rather than later...night darlin tongue

ThetotalM

ThetotalM

Providence, RI
July 2004

JUL 13, 2006 09:11 PM

night all.....and I'm not saying this to be a jackass...I'll prey for you all...have a goodnight.

Andvari

Andvari

Calgary, AB
April 2005

JUL 13, 2006 09:14 PM

ThetotalM said:
I'll prey for you all.



You'll hunt us? Or you'll be the hunted?

Chainlink

Chainlink

Dickeyville, WI
August 2005

JUL 13, 2006 09:15 PM

Andvari said:

ThetotalM said:
I'll prey for you all.



You'll hunt us? Or you'll be the hunted?



he will hunt FOR us

malkav11

malkav11

Saint Paul, MN
July 2003

JUL 13, 2006 10:05 PM

Like a momma cat with her kittens.

bones_708

bones_708

Houston, TX
December 2004

JUL 13, 2006 10:15 PM

malkav11 said:
Like a momma cat with her kittens.



That just gave me the willies.

grahf

grahf

New York, NY
September 2002

JUL 13, 2006 10:17 PM

ThetotalM said:
I'll prey for you all...have a goodnight.


Well, it does pass a spellcheck I guess.

malkav11

malkav11

Saint Paul, MN
July 2003

JUL 13, 2006 10:36 PM

Wow. this is the page that does not exist.

bones_708

bones_708

Houston, TX
December 2004

JUL 13, 2006 10:40 PM

malkav11 said:
Wow. this is the page that does not exist.



Yep, and it's giving me the wilies. shocked

attn_ho

attn_ho

Brooklyn, NY
February 2004

JUL 13, 2006 10:43 PM

malkav11 said:
Wow. this is the page that does not exist.



right. for some reason, the new site design has a bug where this threads last 2 (and looks like 3 now) responses were pushed forward without listing a new page. you can type in the page number though.

if my calculations are correct, there should now be a page 29.

joker_

joker_

Windsor, CA
October 2005

JUL 13, 2006 10:45 PM

DanTheGreater said:

Andvari said:

Really, I'm a little more creative than that:

"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you."



Good job taking an Old Testiment passage out of context, go read the entire chapter and you will see what I mean.




Wait, I thought you were all about the new testament, WTF?

bones_708

bones_708

Houston, TX
December 2004

JUL 13, 2006 10:45 PM

thank god, I was feeling so lost.............. frown frown

joker_

joker_

Windsor, CA
October 2005

JUL 13, 2006 11:00 PM

Drats, this is what happens when..

Ahhh never mind. I had an interesting week and missed all of this fun.

Oh well..

666Irish

666Irish

Sykesville, MD
August 2004

JUL 17, 2006 12:47 PM

All I gotta say is that if Dan and Mucci are what is waiting up in heaven, I will be SO much happier with hell.

As for the rest of you, When you get to hell, why not look me up?...I'll be in the 'Champagne Room' getting a lap-dance from Hitler

JohnClement

JohnClement

Silver Spring, MD
January 2004

JUL 17, 2006 08:58 PM

DanTheGreater said:

oyaji said:
Sinking to their barbaric level will avail us nothing.



Sure it would, we would win the war alot faster.



Fuck yeah, winning wars against ideas is a cinch. You just up the brutality, it totally makes up for not having a clearly defined enemy.

mamet

mamet

Charleston, SC
March 2005

JUL 17, 2006 09:17 PM

oyaji said:
Props for a conservative who has not shot up with the bushist kool aid.

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

July 18, 2006
G.O.P. Senator Resisting Bush Over Detainees
By KATE ZERNIKE

WASHINGTON, July 17 _ Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina often plays the contrarian, the conservative Republican willing to poke a stick in the eye of the White House.

Now Mr. Graham is playing an even higher-profile variant of that role, as the Senate's foremost expert on military law in the midst of the emotional debate over what rights to provide to terror suspects.

A former military lawyer who is also a reserve judge on the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals, his influence is shaping up to be pivotal in forming the Congressional response to the Supreme Court ruling striking down the White House's plan for bringing terror detainees to trial.

Mr. Graham advocates using the existing court-martial system as the basis for trying suspects, a position that has drawn fire from many other Republicans. They say it could cripple the government's ability to protect the nation by giving detainees too many rights and making it harder to use highly classified intelligence against them.

But drawing on his own experience and a deep personal loyalty to the military justice system, Mr. Graham is working across party lines to try to assemble a consensus for his approach, saying it is sound legally and in terms of national security.

His views are shaped not only by his understanding of the law, but also by his respect for an institution he credits with changing his life, by shaping his career and allowing him to support his 13-year-old sister after his parents died when he was in college. His belief in the integrity of the military code has repeatedly led him to resist the White House when it comes to defining the treatment of people accused of being terrorists.

Last year, against the wishes of the Bush administration, he was one of the key forces in helping pass a ban on torture. Last week, he raised questions about the judicial nomination of William J. Haynes II, the Pentagon general counsel who helped write a memorandum that narrowly defined torture only as treatment that causes pain similar to death or major organ failure.

While some other Republicans argue that terrorists do not deserve legal or human rights, Mr. Graham has insisted that only a system grounded in the fundamental rights of the military code and the Geneva conventions will affirm the reputation of the United States abroad and protect American troops when they are captured by enemies.

"What I'm trying to do with my time in the Senate during this whole debate we're having is to remind the Senate that the rules we set up speak more about us than it does the enemy," Mr. Graham said in an interview. "The enemy has no rules. They don't give people trials, they summarily execute them and they're brutal, inhuman creatures. But when we capture one of them, what we do is about us, not about them.

"Do they deserve, the bad ones, all the rights that are afforded? No. But are we required to do it because of what we believe? Yes."

Administration lawyers have argued for Congress simply to ratify the tribunals that the Supreme Court ruled that the president could not set up on his own.

Mr. Graham has fought back in his hyperkinetic, folksy way. Challenging the lawyers this week, he bounced in his chair, rolled his eyes, shook his head and raised his voice, warning at one point that if they pushed the president's approach, "It's going to be a long hot summer."

"I'm a big fan of the Geneva Conventions," he declared.

At a hearing last week, Mr. Graham backed up Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democrat of New York, as she prodded military lawyers to refute the claim of some Republicans that providing legal rights to terror suspects was tantamount to setting them free.

"Isn't it correct," Mr. Graham asked the panel, after making a polite interruption, "that you could be acquitted in a military commission and still be held as an enemy combatant _ even if you're acquitted?"

Nodding at Mrs. Clinton, he explained: "It goes to your point. You're absolutely right."

In an interview later, Mrs. Clinton called Mr. Graham's position "a perfect example of when someone's experience can be used to inform an issue."

"He comes to it from his own experience and deeply held convictions about the importance of our military code of justice," she said, "and an understanding as to the damage that has been done to our standing in general and the potential dangers in particular to our men and women in uniform."

Mrs. Clinton said, "There isn't anyone else in the Congress who can speak with such experience and authority."

Mr. Graham, who turned 51 last week, grew up in the rooms behind the bar and liquor store his parents owned in Central, S.C., a textile town. The first in his family to go to college, he joined R.O.T.C. and wanted to fly but was disqualified by what he calls "lack of math ability and bad hearing."

When his mother died when he was 21, the Air Force allowed him to continue his education instead of going into the service, so he could stay home. When his father died 15 months later, the service said he could attend law school in South Carolina so he could stay with his sister, and when he finished, the service posted him as a defense counsel to South Carolina so he could adopt her. After she went to college, he went to Europe as a military prosecutor.

"It changed my life," he said of the military legal corps. "It exposed me to things. I got to spend four years in Europe. I was thrown into court as a young defense attorney doing things, with responsibilities you'd never have in the civilian world as a lawyer."

Mr. Graham was elected to the House in 1994, where he became widely known for his role as a manager of the impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton. He was elected to the Senate in 2002.

Senator John W. Warner of Virginia, chairman of the Armed services Committee, has, along with Senator John McCain of Arizona, been one of Mr. Graham's Republican allies in bucking the White House on the torture issue. "In an extraordinary way," Mr. Warner said, "he overcame many obstacles and misfortunes that others never could imagine. His goals posts in life are to do what's best for the country, what's best for the military."

From his time on the defense, Mr. Graham says, he learned that the system provides fairness; from his time as a prosecutor, he came to see the importance of military discipline. For that reason, he said, it is important that soldiers continue to be trained using the Geneva Conventions, even in a war against a new kind of enemy.

"If a marine caught Osama bin Laden tomorrow, they're all trained to treat everyone as a prisoner of war under Geneva," he said. "You don't want to change that, because you don't want to confuse your troops out there."

It becomes trickier, Mr. Graham said, when coming up with the rules for interrogation. He argues that Congress must define what the conventions mean by "humiliating" or "degrading" treatment.

Still, he disputes the assertion of some Republicans that using the court-martial system will result in soldiers' having to stop in the middle of capturing a terrorist to read him his Miranda rights.

"That's an offense to the military legal community, who's telling us there's a better way, to suggest that that better way would hamper us," he said. "It's political rhetoric that's got to stop."

His position has met resistance from many of his fellow Republicans. To them, using the military justice system means giving terrorists the same rights as the troops who fight them. Senator John Thune of South Dakota is among the Republicans who have expressed qualms.

"I think that people across the country, as they listen to this debate, are going to apply what is, I think, a very common-sense standard to this," Mr. Thune said.

He said he preferred the administration's original plan to establish tribunals that did not rest on the Geneva Conventions.

But Mr. Graham believes Republicans in Congress and the administration will ultimately work to come up with a system that starts with the military code. Mr. . Graham says he is hearing three or four appeals as a military judge. But his own status is pending; a defense lawyer has challenged whether he can be a military judge and serve in the Senate. He laughs as he says he expects the case to be resolved by the military court system soon.

"I disagree, but I may have been wrong," he said. "Here I am on the receiving end, and I have nothing but respect for it."

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I don't get to say this often, but thank you, Senator Graham.

RedBstrd

RedBstrd

Pomona, CA
April 2004

JUL 18, 2006 12:02 AM

DancehallDreamer said:
Yes, Mucci, all Muslims in the area are fighin for Osama. Even those pesky diaper wearing shits running around. I once saw a 4 month old hiding an AK in his nappy. Don't worry about it though, I picked him up by his ankles and BASHED HIS FUCKING HEAD IN ON A BRICK WALL.
You ignorant little (fill in the blank)



One of the best posts ever.

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