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Burfoot ip was banned, he did something nasty for saying hi to ena? or not saying hi to ais? ?

thank you i promise to stay out of trouble, and to always say hi to you

Ok yes Bur likes to cook - i often get pm's now " I've got _____what can i do with it or OMG! MIL is coming for dinner what do i make? So i thought i'd post a few of my fav recipes answer any questions and especially try out Your favorite recipe's! So pls post your favorite recipes here Chicken and Dumplings Ok my all time favorite cold weather reicipe very simple - there are many variations of this favorite but this is the old fashioned way.. Ingredients: (2-1/2- to 3-pound) broiler/fryer (or 3-4 leg and thigh peices) 2 Quarts water 1 Teaspoon Salt 2 Teaspoons Chicken bullion 1/2 Teaspoon Pepper 2 Cups All-purpose flour 1/2 Teaspoon Baking soda 1/2 Teaspoon Salt 3 Tablespoons Shortening 3/4 Cup Milk or Buttermilk first of all the chicken - i really like dark meat in this soup - so i buy the leg with thigh peices at the store they come in a big bag usually and are very cheap.. Place chicken in a Dutch oven or large kettle; add water and 2 teaspoons chicken bullion powder - or 3 bullion cubes. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat,and simmer 1 1/2 hours or until tender. Remove chicken; let it cool slightly. Bone chicken, cutting meat into bite-size pieces; put bk in pot. Bring to a boil. In a mixing bowl: Combine flour, soda, and 1/2 teaspoon salt; cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add buttermilk, stirring with a fork until dry ingredients are moistened. Turn dough out onto a well-floured surface, and knead lightly 4 or 5 times. For drop dumplings, pat dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Pinch off dough in 1 1/2-inch pieces, and drop into boiling broth. To make rolled dumplings, roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut dough into 4- x 1/2-inch pieces. Drop dough, one piece at a time, into boiling broth. (alternate method - buy a can of biscuits at store pinch off peices into boiling soup.) Reduce heat to medium-low, and cook 8 to 10 minutes or to desired thickness, stirring occasionally. Serves 4 to 6.

don't really think theres help, just want to post and see if anyone else has this prob.. running ubuntu 9.10 ati radeon 4200 vid I imagine this is more problems with the ati linux drivers and el - didn't dig to much here, but first I had a memory leak with updated drivers so i went bk to old 8.68 drivers and had no trouble, until update. after update fps went from 90's to 30's and game became laggy. unless some1 has already tried I will reinstall updated drivers and see what happens. for the first time in my EL life, El runs better on Windows than Linux

Just do a dual boot with a linux distro - soon you will forget you have windos on your hd... klikit it a nice very easy distro too http://www.klikit-linux.com/ ubuntu kde based.

For older computers i agree with suggestions of dam small linux tinyme or vector but if you want to stay with ubuntu based distro crunchbang lite addition is probally your best bet. unless you have a bunch of memory your p3 prob wont install SUSE or Ubuntu http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/downloads

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Came over from auto updates in Ubuntu - works fine

All above dcw training sux anyway yes ROT is always busy willowvane is very hard to train fcw - i spent alot of time there and never see anyone training on fcw - i still don't understand why upper lvl mobs are not trainable in that you can't box fcw mcw or yetti like you can all mobs before them. all have a distgusting respawn time - also drops seem almost non-existant. i suppose that this is to make it harder to lvl a/d - as if exp points for lvls arent enough. and people aren't going to stop training -so why not make mobs more trainable and add a few more high lvl mobs? it seems it me that once you get to high lvl mobs alot of players get discouraged by all this and just quit . and these are players that have been loyal to el years.. Imo they should not be penilized because they've worked so hard. it is true that most of us won't quit but for trainers it seems that it is always getting harder -and it should i guess - but this takes alot of fun out of the game. the highest a/d players train Yetti and they use a great swd. i see a few kill giants but waiting 5min for respawn sux. they might not say so in post but i know ppl like asgnny and aesop have got to be sick of yetti (maybe not the gc drops:) ) and would love another option. attribute caps hurt trainers the worst and nothing much was changed with mobs.

Why would someone want to ruin a nice new computer with Windows Vista? Ubuntu

OK Nurple here is a simple and yummy recipe that is so easy and kids love to help! i like that it is a complete meal i just serve with a slice of buttered bread. Bur's meatloaf Ingredients 2 teaspoons butter 3/4 pound lean ground beef 1/4 pound ground pork 1 cup chopped onions 1/2 cup green bell peppers 1 tablespoon chopped garlic 2 eggs 1/2 cup heavy cream 3/4 to 1 cup bread crumbs Salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons water 3-4 medium potatoes Mashed 1 can Cut Greenbeans GLAZE: 1/2 cup ketchup 2 tablespoons light brown sugar 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1/4 teaspoon red hot sauce (optional) Instructions Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a lg casserole dish with the butter. Combine the beef, pork, onions, bell peppers, garlic, eggs, cream and bread crumbs in a large mixing bowl. Blend well. use your hands! fun stuff for kids! Season with salt and pepper. Set aside. Place mashed potatoes on bottom of casserole dish at least an inch thick drain can of cut green beans spread the green beans on top of potatoes and season with salt and pepper to taste. Place meat mixture on top of potatoes and green beans tuck in edges of meatloaf. To make the glaze, combine the ketchup, brown sugar, Worcestershire, and hot sauce, if desired, in a small bowl. Stir to blend. Spread the mixture evenly over the top of the meatloaf. Cover and bake the meatloaf for 1 hour. Using oven mitts or pot holders, carefully tilt the pan away from you and drain off the excess grease from the pan, Be careful, hot grease can really burn! Place back in oven uncovered for 15 min or top is slightly browned ENJOY! serves 8

Very nice What's the applets you are using for sys monitors on the right side. I like how they look like part of root window. i installed conky and wrote-stole cut/paste most of code: conky rc # UBUNTU-CONKY own_window yes #own_window_type override #seen on top of evry window own_window_transparent yes own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager # Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone) double_buffer yes # fiddle with window use_spacer right use_xft yes xftfont Hemi head 426:size=9 xftalpha 0.5 # Update interval in seconds update_interval 3.0 # Minimum size of text area minimum_size 250 10 # Default color default_color gray # Text alignment, other possible values are commented alignment top_right # Gap between borders of screen and text gap_x 10 gap_y 10 # stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen TEXT $color ${alignr}${color gray}${time %a, } ${color gray}${time %e %B %G} ${color gray}${time %I:%M %P} ${color gray}SYSTEM ${hr 2}$color $nodename $sysname $kernel on $machine ${color gray}${hr 2}$color ${color gray}CPU ${hr 2}$color ${freq_g}GHz Load: ${loadavg} Uptime: ${uptime} ${cpugraph gray ffffff} PROCESS NAME${alignr}CPU% ${top name 1}${alignr}${top cpu 1} ${top name 2}${alignr}${top cpu 2} ${top name 3}${alignr}${top cpu 3} ${top name 4}${alignr}${top cpu 4} ${top name 5}${alignr}${top cpu 5} ${color gray}${hr 2}$color ${color gray}MEMORY${hr 2}$color RAM: $memperc% ${membar 6}$color Swap: $swapperc% ${swapbar 6}$color MEMORY NAME${alignr}MEM % ${top_mem name 1}${alignr}${top_mem mem 1} ${top_mem name 2}${alignr}${top_mem mem 2} ${top_mem name 3}${alignr}${top_mem mem 3} ${top_mem name 4}${alignr}${top_mem mem 4} ${top_mem name 5}${alignr}${top_mem mem 5} ${color gray}${hr 2}$color ${color gray}DISK SPACE USED${hr 2}$color OS: ${fs_used_perc /}%${alignr}${fs_used /} / ${fs_size /} Media: ${fs_used_perc /media/disk}%${alignr}${fs_used /media/disk} / ${fs_size /media/disk} weather script: is different written in pearl - not python and i havnt really got it working right atm: #!/usr/bin/perl use Switch; use Encode; use Text::Wrap; $code=$ARGV[0]; #zipcode or weather.com city code $system=$ARGV[1]; #f for imperial c for metric $what=$ARGV[2]; #what are we looking for? $file="/tmp/weather.html"; #temp holding weather $update=3600; #time in seconds to update $file if set to 0 don't use $file $leadspace=" "; #spacing before each high low $trailspace=" "; #spacing after each high low. $fspaces=""; #spacing between condition symbols. $dspaces=" "; #spacing between each day $lines="\n\n\n\n"; #each \n represents one line between the days and temps $Text::Wrap::columns = 58; $initial_tab=""; #tab before first line in weather output $subsequent_tab="\t"; #tab before each subsequet line in weather output $degree= encode_utf8( "\x{00B0}" ); #give me the degree symbol, not everyone has same locale #ensure user inputs proper system if($system !=~ "c" || $system !=~ "f"){$what=0;} #this will give usage error switch($what){ #determine what user wants case "c" { #if current conditions &file_op; #save weather to $file while(<FILE>){ #cycle through file if (/<em>Current conditions/ .. /<h3>/){ #found current conditions ($cn2) = /<h3>(\b.+\<\/h3>/; #save current conditions if($cn2){print "$cn2\n"; exit;} } } } case "w" { #if list &file_op; #save weather to file while(<FILE>){ #cycle through file if (/<dt>Feels Like:<\/dt>/ .. /<dd>/){ #found feels like temp ($tmf) = /<dd>(-?\d+)/; #sav temp } if (/<dt>Humidity:<\/dt>/ .. /<dd>/){ #found current humidity ($hmt) = /<dd>(\d+\%)/; #save current humidity } if (/<dt>Wind:<\/dt>/ .. /<dd>/){ #found wind conditions ($wnd) = /<dd>(\b.+\<\/dd>/; #save wind conditions #do we have current conditions? if($tmf && $hmt && $wnd){ print "Feels like: $tmf$degree\n"; print "Humidity: $hmt\n"; print "Wind: $wnd\n"; exit;} } } } case "cp" { #if current conditions symbol &file_op; #save weather to $file while(<FILE>){ #cycle through file if (/<em>Current conditions/ .. /<h3>/){ #found current conditions ($cnd) = /<h3>(\b.+\<\/h3>/; #save current conditions #do we have current conditions? Then translate into symbol if($cnd){cond_symb($cnd); print "$ctext\n"; exit;} } } } case "t" { #if current temp &file_op; #save weather to $file while(<FILE>){ #cycle through file if (/<div id="forecast-temperature">/ .. /<h3>/){ #found current temp ($tmp) = /<h3>(-?\d+)/; #save current temp #do we have current temp? Then print if($tmp){print "$1$degree\n"; exit;} } } } case /[1-5]d$/ { #display the days up to specified day &file_op; #save weather to $file my $day=(split "t", $what)[0]; #how many days are we looking for my $count=0; while(<FILE>){ if(/<th>(\b.+\<\/th>/ && ++$count<=$day){ #look for the conditions upto specified day $days[$count-1]=$1; #save day &day_space($days); } elsif($count>=$day){print "$dtext\n"; exit;} #don't keep lopking if everything has been found } } case /[1-5]dp$/ { #display the conditions from today through day $days &file_op; #save weather to $file my $day=(split "p", $what)[0]; #how many days are we looking for my $flag=0; #set flag for when we find start of conditions my $count=0; while(<FILE>){ if(/^<tr class="titles">\s*$/){$flag=1;} #found the start of conditions elsif($flag && /(\b.+\<\/td>/ && ++$count<=$day){ #look for the conditions upto specified day $cnd[$count-1]=$1; #save conditions &cond_symb ($cnd[$count-1]); #translate conditions to symbol #exit; } elsif($count>=$day){print "$ctext\n"; exit;} #don't keep looking if everything has been found } } case /[1-5]t$/ { #display the temps from today through day $days &file_op; #save weather to $file my $count=0; my $day=(split "t", $what)[0]; #how many days are we looking for while(<FILE>){ #get the high temp (my $high) = /<td><strong>High: (-?\d+)°<\/strong><span>Low: \-?\d+°<\/span><\/td>/; #get the low temp (my $low) = /<td><strong>High: \-?\d+°<\/strong><span>Low: (-?\d+)°<\/span><\/td>/; #print the high and low temp for the specified day if($high=~/\d+/ && $low=~/\d+/ && ++$count<=$day){print "$leadspace$high$degree/$low$degree$trailspace";} elsif($count>=$day){print "\n"; exit;} #don't keep looking if everything has been found } } case /[1-5]dt$/ { &file_op; #save weather to $file my $count1 = my $count2=0; my $day=(split "dt", $what)[0]; #how many days are we looking for my $flag=1; #print days once while(<FILE>){ #get the high temp (my $high) = /<td><strong>High: (-?\d+)°<\/strong><span>Low: \-?\d+°<\/span><\/td>/; #get the low temp (my $low) = /<td><strong>High: \-?\d+°<\/strong><span>Low: (-?\d+)°<\/span><\/td>/; #print the high and low temp for the specified day if(/<th>(\b.+\<\/th>/ && ++$count1<=$day){ #look for the conditions upto specified day $days[$count1-1]=$1; #save day &day_space($days); } elsif($high=~/\d+/ && $low=~/\d+/ && ++$count2<=$day){$ttext.=$leadspace.$high.$degree."/".$low.$degree.$trailspace;} elsif($count1>=$day && $count2>=$day){print "$dtext\n$lines$ttext\n"; exit;} #don't keep lopking if everything has been found } } case /[1-7]w$/ { #display the weather forecast in words from today through day $days &file_op; #save weather to $file my $num=(split "w", $what)[0]; #how many are we looking for my $count=0; #initialize count while(<FILE>){ #cycle through file #get the weather (my $when) = /<li><strong>(\b.+\b\<\/strong>/; (my $weather) = /<\/strong>(.+)<\/li>/; $weather=$when.$weather; #print weather if($when && ++$count<=$num){ #print "$when"; print wrap($initial_tab, $subsequent_tab, $weather); print "\n"; } elsif($count>=$num){exit;} #don't keep looking if everything has been found } } case /[1-5]p$/ { #if conditions of specified day &file_op; #save weather to $file my $day=(split "p", $what)[0]; #what day are we looking for my $flag=0; #set flag for when we find start of conditions my $count=0; while(<FILE>){ if(/^<tr class="titles">\s*$/){$flag=1;} #found the start of conditions elsif($flag && /(\b.+\<\/td>/ && ++$count==$day){ #look for the conditions for specified day $cnd=$1; #save conditions &cond_symb ($cnd); #translate conditions to symbol } elsif($count>=$day){print "$ctext\n"; exit;} #don't keep looking if everything has been found } } case /[1-5]$/ { #if temp of specified day &file_op; #save weather to $file while(<FILE>){ #get the high temp ($high) = /<td><strong>High: (-?\d+)°<\/strong><span>Low: \-?\d+°<\/span><\/td>/; #get the low temp ($low) = /<td><strong>High: \-?\d+°<\/strong><span>Low: (-?\d+)°<\/span><\/td>/; #print the high and low temp for the specified day if($high && $low && ++$count==$what){print "$high$degree/$low$degree\n";} } } else { #didn't give proper options &usage; #print usage error } } #print "\n"; # need endline to make things look nice close FILE; sub file_op { #do file operations if(-e $file ){ #does the file exist and is not empty? my $size=`stat -c %s $file`; if($size >= 1000){ my $date=`date -u +%s`; #get current date in seconds my $created=`stat -c %Y $file`; #get creation date of file in seconds $age=$date - $created; #determine age of file } else{ $age=$update+1; } } else{ #if file doesn't exist make it and set to update the file `touch $file`; $age=$update+1; } if ($age>=$update){ #only get a new file every hour #obtain the weather forecast and store it in $file `wget -O - http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/"...stem".html > $file`; } open(FILE, $file) or die "Could not open file $file: $!\n"; } sub usage { #if correct options haven't been passed usage error print "Usage error weather.pl <citycode> <system> <option>\n"; print "weather.pl <citycode> <system> <option>\n"; print "\t<citycode> - weather.com city code\n"; print "\t<system> - c for metric or f for imperial\n"; print "\t<option> - Only one option can be entered at a time\n"; print "\t\tc displays current conditions\n"; print "\t\tw displays list of current conditions\n"; print "\t\tcp displays current conditions symbol\n"; print "\t\tt displays current temp in chosen system\n"; print "\t\t[1-5]d displays the days up to specified day\n"; print "\t\t[1-5]dp displays condition symbol for days up to specified day\n"; print "\t\t[1-5]t displays high/low temp in chosen system up to specified day\n"; print "\t\t[1-5]dt displays days and then high/low temp in chosen system up to specified day\n"; print "\t\t[1-7]w displays the weather in words up number specified\n"; print "\t\t[1-5]p displays conditions for specified day\n"; print "\t\t[1-5] displays high/low temp in chosen system for specified day\n"; } sub cond_symb { #translates conditions into symbol in weather font if ($_ =~ "Partly Cloudy"){$_="c";} elsif ($_ =~ "Fair" || $_ =~ "Sun" || $_ =~ "Clear"){$_="A";} elsif ($_ =~ "Cloud" || $_ =~ "Fog"){$_="e";} elsif ($_ =~ "Storm" || $_ =~ "Thunder" || $_ =~ "T-"){$_="i";} elsif ($_ =~ "Snow" || $_ =~ "Flurries" || $_ =~ "Wintry"){$_="k";} elsif ($_ =~ "Rain" || "Drizzle"){$_="h";} elsif ($_ =~ "Shower"){$_="g";} $ctext.=$_.$fspaces; } sub day_space { #Adds spaces for aligment if ($_ =~ "Today"){$_=" Today ";} elsif ($_ =~ "Tonight"){$_="Tonight";} elsif ($_ =~ "Tomorrow"){$_="Tomorrow";} elsif ($_ =~ "Thu"){$_=" Thu ";} elsif ($_ =~ "Fri"){$_=" Fri ";} elsif ($_ =~ "Sat"){$_=" Sat ";} elsif ($_ =~ "Sun"){$_=" Sun ";} elsif ($_ =~ "Mon"){$_=" Mon ";} elsif ($_ =~ "Tue"){$_=" Tue ";} elsif ($_ =~ "Wed"){$_=" Wed ";} $dtext.=$_.$dspaces; }

i built my own desktop what you think? NO YOU CAN NOT DO THIS WITH WINDOWS! LINUX ROCKS!

Worst thing would be attribute caps..back to training dcw and no chance for training -or even killing dragons now:(

it would be cool to have a mod in HIM

i'm in Burfoot Male

Why has nothing been said about Mules inability to harvest? to me that makes mule just about as useless as an iron sword in pk..

Oh my... check this out

History has shown that voting for a third party = a vote for democrat party - that's how the dumbass Slick-Willy got into Office -and the best thing that came out of that he stayed in NY and didn't return to Arkansas xd! yes i'm from Arkansas

interesting... This election has me very worried. So many things to consider. About a year ago I would have voted for Obama. I have changed my mind three times since than. I watch all the news channels, jumping from one to another. I must say this drives my family crazy. But, I feel if you view MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News, you might get some middle ground to work with. About six months ago, I started thinking "where did the money come from for Obama". I have four daughters who went to College, and we were middle class, and money was tight. We (including my girls) worked hard and there were lots of student loans. I started looking into Obama's life. Around 1979 Obama started college at Occidental in California. He is very open about his two years at Occidental, he tried all kinds of drugs and was wasting his time but, even though he had a brilliant mind, did not apply himself to his studies. "Barry" (that was the name he used all his life) during this time had two roommates, Muhammad Hasan Chandoo and Wahid Hamid, both from Pakistan. During the summer of 1981, after his second year in college, he made a "round the world" trip. Stopping to see his mother in Indonesia, next Hyderabad in India, three weeks in Karachi, Pakistan where he stayed with his roommate's family, then off to Africa to visit his father's family. My question - Where did he get the money for this trip? ! Nether I, nor any one of my children would have had money for a trip like this when they where in college. When he came back he started school at Columbia University in New York. It is at this time he wants everyone to call him Barack - not Barry. Do you know what the tuition is at Columbia? It's not cheap! to say the least. Where did he get money for tuition? Student Loans? Maybe. After Columbia, he went to Chicago to work as a Community Organizer for $12,000. a year. Why Chicago? Why not New York? He was already living in New York. By "chance" he met Antoin "Tony" Rezko, born in Aleppo Syria, and a real estate developer in Chicago. Rezko has been convicted of fraud and bribery this year. Rezko, was named "Entrepreneur of the Decade" by the Arab-American Business and Professional Association". About two years later, Obama entered Harvard Law School. Do you have any idea what tuition is for Harvard Law School? Where did he get the money for Law School? More student loans? After Law school, he went back to Chicago. Rezko offered him a job, which he turned down. But, he did take a job with Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland. Guess what? They represented "Rezar" which Rezko's firm. Rezko was one of Obama's first major financial contributors when he ran f! or offi ce in Chicago. In 2003, Rezko threw an early fundraiser for Obama which Chicago Tribune reporter David Mendelland claims was instrumental in providing Obama with "seed money" for his U.S. Senate race. In 2005, Obama purchased a new home in Kenwoood District of Chicago for $1.65 million (less than asking price). With ALL those Student Loans - Where did he get the money for the property? On the same day Rezko's wife, Rita, purchased the adjoining empty lot for full price. The London Times reported that Nadhmi Auchi, an Iraqi-born Billionaire loaned Rezko $3.5 million three weeks before Obama's new home was purchased. Obama met Nadhmi Auchi many times with Rezko. Now, we have Obama running for President. Valerie Jarrett, was Michele Obama's boss. She is now Obama's chief advisor and he does not make any major decisions without talking to her first. Where was Jarrett born? Ready for this? Shiraz, Iran! Do we see a pattern here? Or am I going crazy? On May 10, 2008 The Times reported, Robert Malley advisor to Obama was "sacked" after the press found out he was having regular contacts with "Hamas", which controls Gaza and is connected with Iran. This past week, buried in the back part of the papers, Iraqi newspapers reported that during Obama's visit to Iraq, he asked their leaders to do nothing about the war until after he is elected, and he will "Take care of things". Oh, and by the way, remember the college roommates that where born in Pakistan? They are in charge of all those "small" Internet campaign contribution for Obama. Where is that money coming from? The poor and middle class in this country? Or could it be from the Middle East? And the final bit of news. On September 7, 2008, The Washington Times posted a verbal slip that was made on "This Week" with George Stephanapoulos. Obama on talking about his religion said, "My Muslim faith". When questioned, "he make a mistake". Some mistake! All of the above information I got on line. If you would like to check it - Wikipedia, encyclopedia, Barack Obama; Tony Rezko; Valerie Jarrett: Daily Times - Obama visited Pakistan in 1981; The Washington Times - September 7, 2008; The Times May 10, 2008. Now the BIG question - If I found out all this information on my own, Why haven't all of our "intelligent" members of the press been reporting this? Heres the link to the ‘slip’: read the Washington Times article yourself, make your own decision. Heres a link to current news: http://[url="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/10/obama-sought-to-sway-iraqis-on-bush-deal/?page=3 " /url]

just raise you coor - 90 is nice for pk miss those days:(

Barack Obama Office being sought President of the United States and Leader of the Free World Full name Barack Hussein Obama II Nickname Barry Obama; 'The One' Public opinion May be The Messiah Age 48 Children 2: two daughters Religion/Church attendance Attended Trinity United Church of Christ for 20 years, a 'black liberation theology' church formerly led by Rev. Jeremiah Wright and governed according to the Black Value System Current Job Junior Senator from Illinois Previous Public Jobs State Senator (1997-2004); Community Organizer Executive Experience None Foreign Relations experience Chaired Senate subcommittee on Europe but never called it into session; once gave a speech to 200,000 screaming Germans Military Affairs experience None Private Sector Experience Associate at civil rights law firm Speaking ability An enter...wait--did you say without a teleprompter?? Spouse's name Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama Spouse's occupation Vice President for Community and External Affairs at University of Chicago Hospitals; former Associate Dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago; former Executive Director for the Chicago office of Public Allies; former Assistant to the Mayor of Chicago; former associate at Sidley Austin law firm Reaction to spouse's political success Promoted and given 160% pay raise by UofC hospitals within months of husband's election to U.S. Senate; Employer received $1,000,000.00 federal earmark, requested by husband, after her promotion Coolest thing about Spouse Sister of Oregon State University head basketball coach Craig Robinson Most Courageous Moment in Public Service Gave an anti-Iraq war speech to a crowd of anti-Iraq war demonstrators in Hyde Park in 2002 In Current Office Because... Republican opponent, who was leading in the polls, was forced to leave race after unsealing of divorce records exposed a sex scandal Theme: Hope and Change; 'Bringing Change from Outside Washington' What they've done to live that theme: Selected 36-year incumbent Senator as running mate Family Affairs Often says, 'I am my brother's keeper'; Brother lives in a hut in Nairobi on $12 per year Union affiliation Endorsed by a union Iraq and Troop Support Gave an anti-Iraq war speech to a crowd of anti-Iraq war demonstrators; almost visited wounded troops in Germany, but decided to go shopping in Berlin instead Bipartisan/'maverick' credentials Talks about bipartisanship Legislative Record Voted 'present' over 100 times as IL state senator How they dealt with corrupt individuals in home city/state Launched political career in home of unrepentant domestic terrorist Bill Ayers (and still refers to him as a part of 'mainstream Democratic Chicago'; Purchased home with help of convicted felon Tony Rezko Guns Worked to pass legislation in Illinois that would prevent all law-abiding citizens from owning firearms Earmarks Secured federal earmarks for wife's employer and for campaign bundlers Abortion Pro-choice; only IL state sen. to speak against the Born Alive Infant's Protection Act, which required medical care to be given to live infants who survived abortions Energy Says Americans should 'get tune-ups' and 'check tire pressure'; Says 'we can't expect the world to be okay with' our use of heating and air conditioning Environment Talks about the environment a lot Athletic prowess Has reporters tailing him to the gym

Sarah Palin Office being sought Vice President Full name Sarah Louise Heath Palin Nickname Sarah Barracuda Public opinion Smoking hot in a 'naughty librarian' sort of way Age 44 Children 5: two sons, three daughters Religion/Church attendance Evangelical Christian; attends Juneau Christian Center when in Juneau and grew up attending Wasilla Assembly of God Current Job Governor of Alaska Previous Public Jobs Mayor of Wasilla, AK (1996-2002); President of Alaska Conference of Mayors; City Council member (1992-1996) Executive Experience Governor for 2 years; Mayor for 10 years Foreign Relations experience Governor of state that borders two foreign countries (Canada and Russia) Military Affairs experience Commander in Chief of Alaska National Guard; Son is enlisted Infantryman in U.S. Army Private Sector Experience Sports reporter; Salmon fisherman Speaking ability Beautifully executed initial stump speech in Dayton, OH hockey arena without a teleprompter Spouse's name Todd Mitchell Palin Spouse's occupation Salmon fisherman; Former North Slope production supervisor for BP Oil Reaction to spouse's political success Quit 17-year BP oil job when BP became involved in natural gas pipeline negotiations with wife's administration Coolest thing about Spouse Tesoro Iron Dog Snowmobile race champion (longest snowmobile race in the world); In 2008, while defending his championship, was injured when he was thrown 70 feet from his machine. He was sent to the hospital but still finished in fourth place Most Courageous Moment in Public Service Resigned in protest from position of Ethics Commissioner of Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in order to expose legal violations and conflicts of interest of Alaska Republican leaders, including the former state Attorney General and the State GOP Chairman (who was also an Oil & Gas Commissioner), who was doing work for the party on public time and supplying a lobbyist with a sensitive e-mail. In Current Office Because... Upset sitting Governor in GOP primary due to public support for her efforts to clean up corrupt government establishment Theme: Change and Clean Government What they've done to live that theme: Replaced entire Board of Agriculture and Conservation because of conflict of interest; Resigned from position of Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in order to expose corruption among members of own party Family Affairs May have removed State Public Safety Commissioner as part of effort to protect sister in messy divorce and child custody battle Union affiliation Union member, married to Union member Iraq and Troop Support Formerly (pre-surge) critical of apparent lack of long-term strategy for Iraq; Visited wounded U.S. soldiers in Germany; visited AK National Guard soldiers deployed to Kuwait; Son deploying to Iraq on 9/11/08 as Army infantryman Bipartisan/'maverick' credentials Married to a non-Republican; Exposed corruption within own party; Campaigned for Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell against corrupt GOP congressman Don Young; Called out Sen Ted Stevens (R-AK) to 'come clean' about financial dealings that are under fed investigation Legislative Record Passed a landmark ethics reform bill; Used veto to cut budgetary spending; Prevented 'bridge to nowhere' that would have cost taxpayers $400 million dollars. How they dealt with corrupt individuals in home city/state Exposed legal violations and conflicts of interest of Alaska Republican leaders; Campaigned against corrupt GOP Representative; Ran against and defeated corrupt incumbent governor in GOP primary Guns Lifetime member of NRA and avid hunter; video can be found on YouTube of Palin firing an M4 at a military firing range Earmarks Opposed 'Bridge to Nowhere' project; Said Alaska should avoid relying on federal money for projects; Campaigned against porker Don Young (R-AK) in 2008 primary Abortion Pro life; gave birth to 5th child knowing that he would have Down's syndrome Energy Believes energy independence is a matter of national security; For drilling in ANWR, which is in her state Environment Chair of Alaska Conservation Commission (2003-4); Announced plans to create sub-cabinet group of advisors to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in AK Athletic prowess Runs marathons

I vote for Bill:(lol i know it's not real but i keep getting this e-mail -thought i'd share) I HAVE DECIDED TO BECOME A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE. HERE IS MY PLATFORM: (1) PRESS 1 FOR ENGLISH IS IMMEDIATELY BANNED. ENGLISH IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE; SPEAK IT OR WAIT AT THE BORDER UNTIL YOU CAN. (2) WE WILL IMMEDIATELY GO INTO A TWO YEAR ISOLATIONIST POSTURE TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE COUNTRYS ATTITUDE. NO IMPORTS, NO EXPORTS. WE WILL USE THE WAL-MART POLICY, IF WE AIN'T GOT IT, YOU DON'T NEED IT.' (3) WHEN IMPORTS ARE ALLOWED, THERE WILL BE A 100% IMPORT TAX ON IT. (4) ALL RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAN ONE OF OUR MANY OBSERVATION TOWERS ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER. (SIX MONTH TOUR) THEY WILL BE UNDER STRICT ORDERS NOT TO FIRE ON SOUTHBOUND ALIENS. (5) SOCIAL SECURITY WILL IMMEDIATELY RETURN TO ITS ORIGINAL STATE. IF YOU DIDN'T PUT NUTTIN IN, YOU AIN'T GETTIN NUTTIN OUT. THE PRESIDENT NOR ANY OTHER POLITICIAN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TOUCH IT. (6) Welfare - Checks will be handed out on Fridays at the end of the 40 hour school week and the successful completion of urinalysis and a passing grade. (7) Professional Athletes --Steroids - The FIRST time you check positive you're banned for life. (8) Crime - We will adopt the Turkish method, the first time you steal, you lose your right hand. There is no more life sentences. If convicted, you will be put to death by the same method you chose for your victim; gun, knife, strangulation, etc. (9) One export will be allowed; Wheat, The world needs to eat. A bushel of wheat will be the exact price of a barrel of oil. (10) All foreign aid using American taxpayer money will immediately cease, and the saved money will pay off the national debt and ultimately lower taxes. When disasters occur around the world, we'll ask the American people if they want to donate to a disaster fund, and each citizen can make the decision whether it's a worthy cause. (11) The Pledge of Allegiance will be said every day at school and every day in Congress. (12) The National Anthem will be played at all appropriate ceremonies, sporting events, outings, etc. Sorry if I stepped on anyone's toes but a vote for me will get you better than what you have, and better than what you're gonna get. Thanks for listening, and remember to write in my name on the ballot in November. God Bless America !!!!!!!!!!! BILL COSBY INTERESTING DATA ON TAXES: This is something you should be aware of so that you don't get blind-sided. This is really going to catch a lot of families off-guard. Proposed changes in taxes after 2008 General election: CAPITAL GAINS TAX MCCAIN 0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples) McCain does not propose any change in existing home sales income tax. OBAMA 28% on profit from ALL home sales How does this affect you? If you sell your home and make a profit, you will pay 28% of your gain on taxes. If you are heading toward retirement and would like to down-size your home or move into a retirement community, 28% of the money you make from your home will go to taxes. This proposal will adversely affect the elderly who are counting on the income from their homes as part of their retirement income. DIVIDEND TAX MCCAIN 15% (no change) OBAMA 39.6% How will this affect you? If you have any money invested in stock market, IRA, mutual funds,college funds, life insurance, retirement accounts, or anything that pays or reinvests dividends, you will now be paying nearly 40% of the money earned on taxes if Obama become president. The experts predict that 'higher tax rates on dividends and capital gains would crash the stock market yet do absolutely nothing to cut the deficit. INCOME TAX MCCAIN (no changes) Single making 30K - tax $4,500 Single making 50K - tax $12,500 Single making 75K - tax $18,750 Married making 60K- tax $9,000 Married making 75K - tax $18,750 Married making 125K - tax $31,250 OBAMA (reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts) Single making 30K - tax $8,400 Single making 50K - tax $14,000 Single making 75K - tax $23,250 Married making 60K - tax $16,800 Married making 75K - tax $21,000 Married making 125K - tax $38,750 Under Obama your taxes will more than double! How does this affect you? No explanation needed. This is pretty straight forward. INHERITANCE TAX MCCAIN 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax) OBAMA Restore the inheritance tax How does this affect you? Many families have lost businesses, farms and ranches, and homes that have been in their families for generations because they could not afford the inheritance tax. Those willing their assets to loved ones will not only lose them to these taxes. NEW TAXES BEING PROPOSED BY OBAMA * New government taxes proposed on homes that are more than 2400 square feet * New gasoline taxes (as if gas weren't high enough already) * New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity) * New taxes on retirement accounts and last but not least.... * New taxes to pay for socialized medicine so we can receive the same level of medical care as other third-world countries!!! Remember, in a democracy, people get the government they deserve!!!!! Thank You Robert D. Jenkins Vice President - Investments Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor Wachovia Securities, LLC