Who Supports the War(s)

[Radar]

But your insistance on comparing Bill Gates to Mother Theresa and Gandhi has got to stop. That's bullshit, just becuase he gives a small percentage of his income does not make the man a good person.

When I compared Bill Gates to Mother Theresa and Ghandi I was giving Mother Theresa and Ghandi more credit than they deserve. Gates has done far more to help poor people than both of them combined. And 3 BILLION dollars isnt' a small percentage of anything.

must admit, Radar, that your diatribe about the free market has made me want to research ways to counter you, because well-meaning rhetoric and everyday examples do not phase you

Feel free to research all you like. I have.

PS - What part of California are you from? I'm from the Inland Empire. I believe the town I went to high school in is now run by a Libertarian mayor - not that that has any relevance, but the city's a pile of crap. It was before she got there though.

I'm not from California, I just live here. I live in Gardena at the moment. And all of the inland empire is a pile of crap. I lived there too. I grew up in Las Vegas and was in the casino business for years.

How does that Kool-Aid taste? Aren't you a little old for this "true believer" act? The LP *and* Microsoft? What's your stand on Santa Claus? :-)

Maggie: I'm not acting and every single thing I've said about the Libertarian party and Microsoft is an indisputable fact. I don't believe in Santa Clause, but if you believe in socialism or believe that Microsoft is a monopoly you probably believe in Santa, the Easter Bunny, and Bigfoot.

I hope I run into some LP folks from CA soon that aren't space cadets, I'm starting to form a stereotype, especially after l'affaire Starchild.

Starchild is hardly representative of all Libertarians. I've only spoken to him a few times with regard to youth outreach stuff. I don't get to the bay area very much but he's well known up there. Dave Moloney was head of the CA state LP for awhile and he absolutely hated Starchild. I used to do a lot of work for Dave at the CA LP office. I'm far from being a space cadet. My feet are firmly on the ground and I have no need to lie. What I say is the truth whether you want to admit it or not.

Microsoft doesn't invent standards, they just adhere to them and promote other developers to do it too.