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Your local taste of MSNBC articles.

This is downright impossible. The standards they mention are justified, but getting someone that can speak fluent Arabic without having relatives in that foreign country is downright close to impossible. Middle Eastern Americans barely dent into a second/third generation as-is, let alone ones with the skill and mental discipline they need. Those that make the cut will no doubt make for a very, very, small percentile of the candidate pool, if any. Maybe they should offer incentives to those with potential to come over, like instant citizenship for relatives that pass basic background checks or somesuch.

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Your local taste of MSNBC articles.

This is downright impossible. The standards they mention are justified, but getting someone that can speak fluent Arabic without having relatives in that foreign country is downright close to impossible. Middle Eastern Americans barely dent into a second/third generation as-is, let alone ones with the skill and mental discipline they need. Those that make the cut will no doubt make for a very, very, small percentile of the candidate pool, if any. Maybe they should offer incentives to those with potential to come over, like instant citizenship for relatives that pass basic background checks or somesuch.

Another odd AIM thing

Gene Hershman: Hi! Gene is here. Can I tell you about the Samson Blinded, a book on antiterrorism banned by Google and Amazon? Please authorize me. Thanks!

Uhh, no, thank you. I already have enough B.S. to swallow with Palestine-Israeli conflicts as-is. Besides, the book itself bears reviews that suggests it is Machiavellian in nature. I try to think that I have enough morals to stay away from things such as that.

But the worst part of this? The info: he came up as 171189927-ICQ.

That's right, apparently ICQers can now bring their spam into AIM too. Good damn grief.

Another odd AIM thing

Gene Hershman: Hi! Gene is here. Can I tell you about the Samson Blinded, a book on antiterrorism banned by Google and Amazon? Please authorize me. Thanks!

Uhh, no, thank you. I already have enough B.S. to swallow with Palestine-Israeli conflicts as-is. Besides, the book itself bears reviews that suggests it is Machiavellian in nature. I try to think that I have enough morals to stay away from things such as that.

But the worst part of this? The info: he came up as 171189927-ICQ.

That's right, apparently ICQers can now bring their spam into AIM too. Good damn grief.