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To: Little Joe who wrote (86668)	9/25/2008 3:24:01 PM
From: benwood	Respond to of 116555

try Firefox, turn on pop-up blocking. And if necessary, install this plug-in called 'noScipt' and another great one (that keeps most Flash ads from playing and dancing around on your screen) called FlashBlock. You enable scripts to run by choice, and you can OK flash stuff for an entire domain, e.g. your online banking or youtube.com. And so armed, I don't get pop-ups nor lock ups on Mish's blog.

To: Little Joe who wrote (86668)	9/25/2008 4:01:04 PM
From: benwood	5 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

I want to thank everybody for the intense debate this past week; apologize for stepping on toes; and hope for the best for our beleaguered country and the world. Joe, you challenged my beliefs and viewpoints, as have many others. Regardless of what I write on the spur of the moment, I continue to think about what I've said and what others have said, and especially mull over another's interpretation of what I've written. Feedback is useful, but only if considered. My driving force in how I perceive the public sphere is a sense of equity, fairness, and balance. It's not a simple mix, and there are no simple answers. Giving people handouts can lead to more dependence; and the same goes for corporations. I despise short term thinking, both from a corporation and for a country. I deplore squandering grand opportunities on a national scale, and that's why this business about our dependence on foreign oil and foreign capital simply turns my stomach inside out. Lack of judicial and civic remedy (in a timely manner) I believe is the downfall of what the US attempted with the so-called free market. Corporations taking over our government have led this this week's Rocky Horror Picture Show. Things fought for in the past and beaten back, e.g. term limits, a balanced budget amendment, and a smaller leaner, more enabling Federal gov't, have all been pushed aside. If only they'd transpired, I think, things would have turned out much differently. I'm afraid the next two months, and two years, will be rocky perhaps beyond anything somebody of my age could imagine (being just a tad too young to comprehend Vietnam). Best luck to all. This will be my final post. Today.