>>>>>>I'm fairly sure when I mentioned Herman Cain on here some months ago none of you US types had ever heard of him. He was touted on the BBC as a possible candidate. Maybe you should all stop listening to Fox and try some real news.
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>>>>>>I've known "of" him for several years, but heard more recently in the last year and a half when he started speaking at more Tea Party events.
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>>>>>>BTW Mikes token black comment was poor.
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>>>>>>Yes, it was....as are the attempts by another forum member to give it some credibility, which gives Mike a backdoor exit by saying, "yeah, that's what I meant".
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>>>>>I think it was a harmless statement that you decided to take the wrong way because apparently what USED to be a nice place for all us developers to hang out has turned into nothing but a bunch of bickering jackasses. I for one am sick of it.
>>>>>GROW THE HELL UP EVERYONE. damn!
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>>>>Chatter politics section !
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>>>yeah fine but all the personal attacks make me want to find a new website. I showed a new VFP developer this website and they spent a few days out here and never came back because of this crap.
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>>Where they part of some lost society where nobody was every rude ?
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>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_syndrome
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>They come from an alternate universe where there are "new VFP developers". <s>

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