Also, no pay raise for any politician unless approved by 75% of the voting populace.
You seriously think any politician is in office for the paycheck?
Yup. But not the state paycheck, any and as many of the lobbyist paychecks as possible.
3) What about all the things my newsreader does that Google Groups does not? Saving threads for reading off line, killfile, etc.
Don't really know if this would satisfy your requirement, but I've subscribed to Google Groups and through POP access I receive all the messages in my email client, for offline reading. And decent email clients should provide filtering matching killfile capabilities, I think. Can't recall using Usenet, so I may be wrong to think the two are comparable.
Crowds elected George W. Bush. Twice.
Did they though?
Oooooh. Yeah, think about that one, my friend.
Content deemed illegal by the U.K. includes videos of beheadings, messages that encourage racial or terrorist violence and chat forums revolving around hate crimes, according to information on Direct.co.uk.
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YouTube comments, anyone?
Dammit, we are tired of waiting for quick disappointment! We demand INSTANT disappointment!
I've been providing this to women for years!
I can already hear Samuel's voice.
"I've had it with these Goddamn Thundersmurfs doing these Goddamn dances!"
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