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Maybe I should get a Mac. I learned BASIC programming on an Apple back in 7th grade, then Pascal on the Apple II in high school. I love FreeBSD & Linux, but I would appreciate the higher quality UI that you get with a Mac.
On the other hand, do I really need to spend that kind of money? I don't know what I'd actually do with the Mac anyway. I guess it would take over from my Red Hat box as my personal email & surfing machine. And I suppose it might do the job better. I've never done any development on a Mac so it could be an interesting learning experience.
Something I'll have to think about I guess. And I suppose my wife might have an objection. She's always steering me away from the Mac store at the mall. Hmmm.

This is my fetus defense post.
I support a woman's right to choose. To choose not to have sex. To choose to use birth control. To choose to take reponsibility for her actions.
The fetus is not just a thing, it is a living, growing human. It has a brain that functions, a heart that beats. It is its own person. No, it can't live outside the mother, but it depends on the mother to take care of it. Just as a newborn infant does.
An abortion is a cop-out. It is taking a life because you are scared or weak. It is just as if you killed your elderly grandmother who was living with you and depending on you for support, because you wanted to do something else with your time.
Take responsiblity, people. If you choose to have sex, you must accept the consequences.

The story of Wal-marts getting raided for illegal immigrants, and a story [expired] in the N&O about illegals working in the triangle area has got me wondering what to do to curb illegal immigration.

One guy quoted in the story says that the money illegals earn in the US and send home is one of Mexico's largest sources of income.

Anyway, we can fix this problem by simply annexing Mexico. Mexicans are coming here in droves to find jobs, why don't we just make Mexico part of the US, and then they won't have to come here illegally. And, they can pay taxes on their earnings. And, they won't have to risk their lives to get here. So everybody wins.

I recently got an $800 check from the federal government. Tax rebate (2 kids @ $400 each).
I did the right thing with it, too. The american thing. The thing W wanted me to do. I spent it. The whole thing. In one shot. On a new digital camcorder. Made in Japan.

Quoted in the NYPost:
From Barb91855: "When I read Sen. Santorum's comment that he "has trouble with homosexual acts," my first thought was, "Well, maybe he's doing them wrong."

I laughed my tail off when I read that.