>>>>>>>>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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>>>No they were an adult professional who didn't want to associate with a bunch of people that act like bickering fools more than programmers so he gave up here and went to tek-tips.
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>>smart guy :o) you didn't tell him how to filter out chatter?
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>yah I did as matter of fact - unfortunately at the time some of the stuff had ended up in other sections (the infamous thread-drift) and he decided not to bother.

As they say on BSG , frak 'em if he can't take a joke. <g>