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To: LindyBill who wrote (250080)5/15/2008 6:00:26 PM
From: mph  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793882
 
McCain should be paying attention to Obama's persistent whining.

This time Obama was getting pissy about comments that were not
even directed against him. And getting testy in his own contrived *rebuttal*.

To me, if you're running for President, you must have a thick skin. The color is unimportant.



To: LindyBill who wrote (250080)5/15/2008 6:27:24 PM
From: FJB  Respond to of 793882
 
Thursday, May 15, 2008 East-Asia-Intel.com
worldtribune.com

FBI: China may use counterfeit Cisco routers to penetrate U.S. networks

An FBI presentation states that China has counterfeited Cisco Systems network routers and may be using the equipment to penetrate U.S. government and private sector computer networks.

Federal authorities in February seized some 400 counterfeit Cisco Systems knockoffs worth $76 million. The equipment included routers, switches, gigabit interface converters and WAN interface cards.

Among the purchasers of the fake equipment were the U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center, U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center, U.S. Air Base at Spangdahelm, Germany, the Bonneville Power Administration, General Services Administration, and the defense contractor Raytheon, which makes key missile and weapons systems...



To: LindyBill who wrote (250080)5/15/2008 10:43:16 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793882
 
What's telling here is Obama's defensiveness. Bush didn't say that Obama is among those who favor negotiating with terrorists. But it's understandable that this is a sore point for Obama, inasmuch as, to cite just one problem, his former adviser Robert Malley, not only favors negotiating with Hamas but apparently was actually "negotiating" with it.


The Republican answer should be, "We weren't talking about YOU. But if the shoe fits, wear it!"