Mark Fraser wrote:
Subject: Octopus - World's largest privately owned yacht.
Hey Orsm, Just to let you know that those photos you had of Octopus were great. It is in fact the largest privately owned yacht in the world at 416 feet and is actually owned by Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft. However, there are rumors that the CEO of Oracle is currently building an even bigger yacht.

BTW, in case you ever are interested, the biggest yacht owned by an Aussie is Kerry Packers Arctic P at 288 feet (15th largest) and Greg Normans Aussie Rules is 228 feet long and is currently the 36th largest.

Jay Risland wrote:
Subject: yerffaccm
While most countries are like people(each having their own political views), I feel it is in Yerff's best interest to quit asking what other people think about his political preferences. For the very reason you stated in your initial response to him. You will always have an apposing side to whatever you choose to believe. You can think whatever you like about the leader of a nation. At least the leader of this nation( the US) has stood up and made an impact on terrorism.

He made a hard statement of, "We are not going to take it anymore." Because of the differences of opinions around the world, the US is forced to lend aid to other countries that don't see things our way but are willing to keep the peace(their mouths shut) if we give them money to help them along. Greedy leaders take the money, screw their own people out of it, and blame the US for not giving them enough. When a war breaks out(sometimes because of the above sentence), The US is forced to pull those finances away from those countries to help with war efforts. That sudden lack of monetary support from the US pisses the other countries off and they think we are being assholes. Which in turn has created more war.

Do you know who the hardest working individuals on the face of the planet are? The Americans. Every single cent that is generated for world aid is generated by the US taxpayers, i.e., we pay taxes to the sum of stupidity. Want the people to spend more to help with financial aid for other countries or war efforts? Lower the interest rates. Raise gas prices. Raise food prices. Raise the price of cigs. Raise the price of clothing. Ta Da, billions generated. (Republicans and Democrats are BOTH known for this particular game, so no pointing fingers here.)

On top of all this, we are trying to maintain a safe and peaceful setting for the American taxpayer to keep them working. Why? So they will buy every single import peace of shit the government allows through the ports. If they don't feel safe, they won't buy. They don't buy, other countries don't get money(from said taxpayers). They don't get money from taxpayer, their way of life goes down the tubes and they are now in an unwanted position to ask the US for money or help to stimulate their economy. And then, because some desert dwelling prick decides to do something completely insane like hijack a couple of planes with innocent people on it and commit suicide and murder of thousands of more innocent people, some of them their own, we are forced to take action to prevent it from reoccurring. Even in other countries. No other country is willing to stand up as much because no other country has what the American people have. Will power, strength, determination, pride, and versatility. We are able to work in every shitty environment in the world, because every country has asked for help to get what they want done. In order for US to help, we have to put people there, in that environment.

Be very careful when you bad mouth the American taxpayer. It's not that we like rubbing anything into the faces of other countries, it's more like, we've helped you people enough, quit sniveling and don't ever get demanding. This country allows any walk of life into its borders. Don't like it? Leave. DON'T and I repeat, DON'T get so caught up in your religious or political bullshit that blowing things up is the way to make a statement when 99 percent of Americans are so busy busting their ass working, so they can keep the rest of the world floating, they don't even know what the fuck your demented ass wants from life. Go to your mommy's grave and tell HER you don't feel loved. After killing innocent people here, WE DON'T LOVE YOU EITHER!!!

So Yeffaccm...it's looks like you are taking the right path after all. You're leaving. While you're over their enjoying life because you were too weak to stick with it here, do some research. And for Gods sake quit asking other people what you should do with your life. Dumbasses like you end up being brainwashed into strapping a bomb to their chest and creating more shit for the rest of the world to clean up.

Ryan Rittenhouse wrote:
Subject: Response to Reply on Michael Moore
First, I'd like to say that, as a film-maker, I don't agree with everything Moore does. That aside, I think the response you posted by rmcclellan was convoluted and backwards in its thinking. He says that Moore "is undermining the American way of life" and that he wouldn't "be allowed to express his opinions, no matter how well researched in another country." He goes on and on about how Moore should shut up because his privlidge is made availabe by those he is critising (even though that's not true). So in other words, rmcclellan is denouncing Moore for practicing the very rights people died defending... this makes no sense. As Noam Chomsky once said, "If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all," and as Volatire once wrote, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

Be glad there are voices out there, even if you do not agree with them, that are challenging the status-quo, for silence at times like these is the thing most to be feared. This country is in grave peril, not just from terrorists but from our own government. Those in power use ignorance and poverty to keep people like us in check. Question and investigate what is happening, you might be amazed (or horrified) by what you find.

However, what is most insulting about what rmcclellan's wrote is at the end when he talks about Moore's "faggot" hat and Lansing. Seems we have another homophobe on our hands. Besides, who gives a fuck if Moore wants to wear a MSU hat? He is from Michigan... And as for Flint, Michigan, Moore's first film (Roger and Me) is about Moore's hometown - that's right, his first attempt at film-making was to address the problem in his own hometown, a problem that was created by Roger Smith (CEO of General Motors) removing all his plants and jobs to overseas, leaving Flint (and much of the Detroit area) destitute and impoverished (it wasn't always "stricken with poor, black people thriving on welfare and government subsidies (translates to other peoples money)" - is this guy racist too?). Roger Smith, just one more CEO in the huge list of CEO's who support and back people like... that's right, George W. Bush (Dick Cheney - former CEO of Halliburton, Kenneth Lay - former CEO of Enron). Rather than listening to the main stream media (FOX news, the child of millionare, media mogul and Bush-backer Rupert Murdoch) leave the small fry, free speech/thought people like Moore alone and do your duty as an American and a democrat (as in one who believes in deomcracy, not a member of a political party) - question the government, do the research, find your own answers. Above all, question the status-quo, no matter what it is.

Oh yea, it still safe to swim in Cross Lake... I wouldn't. That's just me.

Now I'm running the risk of getting busted at work coz I can't take every Friday off - and there's these funny blisters starting to form, doctor says 'have a week off' but then I sent him to your site and he recanted - and so he should too coz it's all good!

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1) You can buy a silencer for a handgun
2) You can trade a .44 for two .22s
3) You can have a handgun at home, and another one on the road.
4) If you admire a friends handgun, and tell him so, he'll be impressed, and let you try a few rounds with it.
5) Your primary handgun doesn?t mind if you have a backup.
6) Your handgun will stay with you even when you?re out of ammo.
7) A handgun doesn?t take up a lot of closet space.
8) Handguns function normally every day of the month.
9) A handgun won?t ask "Do these grips make me look fat??"
10)A handgun doesn?t mind if you go to sleep when you?re done using it.
11)You can have more than one handgun in the same house without having problems.
12) A handgun does not care how big your trigger finger is.
13) A handgun won?t tell all of its friends that you?re a little bit fast on the trigger....

<with held> wrote:
Subject: very cool
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