Spitzer is the biggest idiot-- he does provide a service by going after spammers, but otherwise forget about it.

He forced all banks to stop processing credit cards at all gambling sites, including the legal ones(racetracks, otb's, account wagering providers, etc.) because they couldn't prove to his satisfaction that a few money launderers and illegal gambling sites were not slipping through... Annoy millions of law-abiding citizens just to prevent a handful bad ones from using the services(not even to catch them mind you, just to bar them!)-- and actually causing them to be defrauded, as most are now using unproven or shady payment/deposit service providers: stories abound of usurious fees, absconded funds, credit fraud & as well lousy service.
And this is a guy already touted to be governor and president: a Dem(to boot) who will continue our national slip down the Orwellian slope.

What does the second paragraph of your comment has to do with the above piece of news? Nothing - it is just an anti-Spitzer rant. Open your mouth when you can fine large corporations for hundreds of millions of dollars for following shady business practices.

Just look at this piece of news:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/...g_settlement.html?.v=11

Correlation implies causation......

OK, this is bad mentoring. We can't say that just because something INVOLVES the internet, it IS the internet.

That's like saying, we can complain about FOOD when its simply one or two restaurants. That reflects on ALL food or even american food when it involves one or two american restaurants.

I don't know about anyone else, but people are terrible at directions and help files. I see one of the biggest complaints is spyware. That AFFECTS everyone, so why are people complaining? Internet is just the avenue to perpetuate spam, the internet isn't responsible for it, anymore than electricity is responsible for killing people in the electric chair. The USE of electricity is just simply ONE method.

I don't like spam, and yes its a huge problem, but blaming the internet is just stupid. What's next blaming the ocean for attacking New Orleans? People are losing their common sense, between law suits, road rage, and frivolous complaints, this is getting way out of hand.

When did this society become a bunch of pansy whiners?

I know what it is, people are NOT taking responsibility for their actions, and its SICK!

An old friend of mine has died recently. Below is his obituary. (author unknown)

Common Sense, aka C.S., lived a long life, but died from heart failure at the brink of the millennium. No one really knows how old he was, his birth records were long ago entangled in miles and miles of bureaucratic red tape.

Known affectionately to close friends as Horse Sense and Sound Thinking, he selflessly devoted himself to a life of service in homes, schools, hospitals and offices, helping folks get jobs done without a lot of fanfare, whooping and hollering. Rules and regulations and petty, frivolous lawsuits held no power over C.S.

A most reliable sage, he was credited with cultivating the ability to know when to come in out of the rain, the discovery that the early bird gets the worm and how to take the bitter with the sweet. C.S. also developed sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you earn), reliable parenting strategies (the adult is in charge, not the kid) and prudent dietary plans (offset eggs and bacon with a little fiber and orange juice).

A veteran of the Industrial Revolution, the Great Depression, the Technological Revolution and the Smoking Crusades, C.S. survived sundry cultural and educational trends including disco, the men’s movement, body piercing, whole language and new math.

C.S.’s health began declining in the late 1960s when he became infected with the If-It-Feels-Good, Do-It virus. In the following decades his waning strength proved no match for the ravages of overbearing federal and state rules and regulations and an oppressive tax code. C.S. was sapped of strength and the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband, criminals received better treatment than victims and judges stuck their noses in everything from Boy Scouts to professional baseball and golf. His deterioration accelerated as schools implemented zero-tolerance policies. Reports of 6-year-old boys charged with sexual harassment for kissing classmates, a teen suspended for taking a swig of Scope mouthwash after lunch, girls suspended for possessing Midol and an honor student expelled for having a table knife in her school lunch were more than his heart could endure.

As the end neared, doctors say C.S. drifted in and out of logic but was kept informed of developments regarding regulations on low-flow toilets and mandatory air bags. Finally, upon hearing about a government plan to ban inhalers from 14 million asthmatics due to a trace of a pollutant that may be harmful to the environment, C.S. breathed his last. Services will be at Whispering Pines Cemetery. C.S. was preceded in death by his wife, Discretion; one daughter, Responsibility; and one son, Reason. He is survived by two step-brothers, Half-Wit and Dim-Wit.

Memorial Contributions may be sent to the Institute for Rational Thought.

Farewell, Common Sense. May you rest in peace.

I will miss him very much.....

Bravo.