Posted on 01/22/2003 8:06:40 PM PST by is_is
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) ---- An elderly man apparently angered by a law firm's refusal to represent him in an asbestos case opened fire at the firm Thursday, killing a veteran attorney, police said.
me too!!!
My ForumsEach one is it's seperate forum, including a news forum (the main forum). They all work individually (search, etc). So if your interested in Religion, you might want to see what articles are posted there. Just click on that link and you will see all the 'Religion' type articles.Campaign 2002
General Interest
News/Activism
Religion
RLC Liberty Caucus
The Smokey Backroom
VetsCoR
John subgrouped all the threads for speed and organization. The Smokeybackroom is for heated topics and threads that might be a little too intense for the regular forum.
And I would agree that would be a valid reason to remove a post and\or comment and maybe receive a warning. "I have seldom (if ever) seen a thread or a post pulled because of someone's opinion"
I have to disagree with you on that point. I have seen peoples post pulled for that reason and on more than one occasion and some of the subsequently banned.
Here are the other Forums..... (click on each one and see what you get, but remember to get back here you'll have to click on "news/activism")....
Yeah I too use to be broke, now I am retired.
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lol
Again i am only addressing the arbitrary nature of what is where etc...
Thanks....ya'll don't get paid enough!!! LOL
We don't willy nilly ban people. Oldtimers get plenty of warnings, and only Jim will ban them. We only ban the really bad newbies.
It's getting worse right now with the newbie trolls, they are comming out of the woodwork, so, we must be doing something right.
looking over the posts i don't think i'm the only one wondering about certain things.....if you don't care for my vanity post....Don't click on it......where have i heard that before....
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