I don't understand the bashing
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1st off it does not simply organize by album.  you can choose genre, album, artist, or simply folder.  using the room software i browse on my pc to where the music is located and right click the choose transfer.  after it transfers i pick up the player and from the main menu scroll down to FOLDER, then browse my music via folder.  i don't understand what is soo hard about this people, i had this thing figured out with in 5 minutes of opening the box.  the display on it is brilliantly clear and ledgible, it makes me with that it had video playback as well.

my only qaums with it are poor control over the user set eq's and that the internal drive is a bit noisy at times.
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I'm very troubled that people think that Ragen presents and "good picture" of Orthodox - especially Hassidic - Jews. I am an Orthodox woman, and find that she often - if not usually - presents "the facts" without placing them within a larger context. She unfairly paints a picture of Orthodox Judaism as a restrictive, joyless set of pointless, "restrictive" rules that no one in her right mind would choose to live by. She is wrong: we are happy, well-adjusted, joyful people who live full, productive, and meaningful lives. Ragen clearly has some sort of bone to pick with the Orthodox community: there is not other way to explain her virulent, hostile misrepresentation of our "opperssion." As a phychologist, I find myself wondering why she feels such a strong need to bash us. Could it be, perhaps, that she regrets her own choice to abandon Torah-true Judaism, and tries to compensate by presenting it in such an innacurate and unflattering manner?
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I've always wondered why the Bush administration did what they did. Why did they invade Iraq? Why torture? Why all the "either with us or against us" talk? There must be some logic behind it.

In Scott McClellans book "What happened" he tries to explain that it was all done with the best of intentions (my interpretation), but it still baffled my as to why Bush would want to go to war with Iraq and basically trash-talk Iran. There seemed to be nothing in it for the US to do it, unless you want solely attribute it to the oil.

"A tragic legacy" paints a convincing picture that Bush really thinks that he is on the side of good, and there are people and countries that are on the side of evil. And it's the duty of the Good to fight Evil. If you don't want to fight Evil then you are obviously not Good. It explains this to someone to whom this way of thinking is completely alien, and shows how it affects everything Bush does, and how it's counterproductive. Talking trash about Iran, turning them into an enemy, will for example only strengthen the anti-US powers there, and actually *lessen* democracy and *increase* terrorism.

Note that this book was published in 2007 and therefore doesn't address the economic disaster that came later.

"A tragic legacy" has explained to me many of the questions I've had like "why would you think that could possibly be a good idea?". Morally, ethically, economically, geopolitically and even egotistically it was still the wrong thing to do, but I now have an explanation for what manner of thinking could bring about such decisions.
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Will I like it? I don't know. Do I speak french? No. Do I think some of it might be offensive? Maybe. Is the purchase worth it? The purchase is priceless. You can't put a value on a free and open society. Stick it to these mental midget, violent, pathetic, cowardly human beings who are so insecure about their beliefs that they will mercilessly kill fellow human beings because they are "offended" by what they say. Show them that life is what is sacred. Stand together and rid this world of this disease.
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About some of these ignorant reviews.  Its obvious you haven't read the book or the series, though it is not tolkien quality, it is not too bad in my opinion.
I know certain of you religious groups like to reserve the right to demonize other philosophies, and you start feeling threatened when groups (that your own religious texts shamelessly slander without basis or reason other than the fact that the authors didn't approve of gays and un-convertables *Pagans and atheists who wouldn't join the movement) this group in particular starts appearing to polish their image that--lets face it--has mostly been tarnished through the centuries by you types and not the individuals themselves, instead of them just knuckling under and pretending to be what you've been taught to knee-jerk believe them to be.  Lets keep the paranoia and hypocrisy to a minimum shall we?
Read the book, then write a review.  Its very simple.

Don't just slap someone in the face with the "we know you're evil because that's what we've been taught, so stop pretending that you're good" crap.
People who have decided not to embrace the mysticism side of philosophy believe their philosophy is the best just like you do yours.  So they write books, just like your members do, showing how X beliefs preferred by them are better than Y.  Ironically you're acting much like the people in the dark materials books with the "how dare someone have and opposing view point they must be evil" act.
You think Christians don't write books that are unflattering to other groups? Oh really?  Try the left behind series for starters.  In fact lets go to the left behind reviews and see how many negative and incredibly paranoid reviews from opposing view points there are posted.  I'll bet you its not a lot.  Somebody has more respect than somebody else don't they...

And P.S. If you don't like media with religious personages as the bad guy don't ever read The Three Musketeers either.  Though I have to tell you it was a very good book. ^_^
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I haven't read any of "Nasdijj"'s writings, and I don't expect to do so, but as a REAL Amerind (Cherokee), I am disturbed and indignant at Navajos being used as a publicity hook by a white sado-masochist.  Don't take my word for it.  Read an exhaustive expos at

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I guess I don't get it. I don't get the he humor or lesson to be learned.  I wasn't prepared for the language used, "Let's murder them! Let's kill them! I hate you!" or the behavior, talk of killing cats, calling overweight kids "fatso".  I see the point is made in around one sentence at the end of each chapter but that's not good enough.  Yes, I did speak with my child after each chapter and go over the lesson learned but that it's not made clear in the book, I think is a mistake.  If your child is old enough to understand "black comedy", then have at it!
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Many of the family values that made our nation great are under attack. They are under attack on the Western front--Hollywood(negative portrayal of families).  They are under attack on the Northern front--anti family legislation.  And, most important, our families are being attacked on the Home front--substandard parenting. "Is Bill Cosby Right?" Yes!  I think Professor Dyson is missing the point when he dubbs Bill Cosby efforts as "Blame-the-Poor-Tour." We have to stop making excuses for not training our children.

Because you do not live in a mansion on the hill, does not mean you can't teach your children how to respect their own property or the property of others.  Because you were not born with a silver spoon in your mouth, does not mean you should not teach your children to steal a piece of pound cake from the local grocery store.  Being a victim of racism does not give you an excuse to teach and show your children how to hate. Being jobless does not give you permission to show your children how hang around the house all day and not doing anything except complain and blame someone else.

Bill Cosby says he is not our savior. However, Mr Cosby is like is like a general giving marching orders, encouraging and challenging us as individuals and communities to go to battle to recapture and secure our "Tour of Duty" of being effective parents. Are you ready to sign-up, enlist, or even re-enlist for this humongous conflict. Professor Dyson says his aim is "simply provoke black folk into serious self-examination." He certainly has accomplished that.  Let all of us as African Americans agree to be drafted and join the fight for our children's future.
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Different escatological viewpoints should be approached with respect and humility, with an open mind and an understanding that the Bible is not clear on exactly which view is correct. Harsh condemnations based only on presuppositions (as Dr. LaHaye does in "Rapture Under Attack") are unreasonable and should be avoided, period.
Dr. LaHaye has no interest in that. He harshly criticizes anyone who dares to not hold to a preTrib rapture viewpoint. He calls other viewpoints "demonically inspired" at one point, which I find particularly angering and unreasonable.
It's okay to have a particular opinion regarding escatology, and even to thing that those who disagree with you are wrong, but it's not okay to publish such a damning condemnation of other viewpoints when the Bible isn't clear. Dr. LaHaye steps far over the line with this book by cruelly attacking viewpoints totally within the realm of orthodoxy.
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The authors really believe that Shariah is evil. But it is no such thing. However, the interpretation of that law is being twisted by so many people because they don't understand it. There is no Islamic requirement to impose Shariah law on everyone in the world. None. Anyone who thinks that is misinterpreting Shariah. The law is comprehensive and applies to countries where it is the law of the land - not in places like the United States, European countries, etc. So, when the Muslim Brotherhood or anyone else thinks that imposing not only Shariah, but the wrong Shariah (incorrectly interpreted to allow for crazy, evil things like FGM, stoning to death a woman who is raped but has no witnesses, etc) on the world is the right thing to do, they are sadly mistaken. These people who think that do not know their own religion. The book should not be titled "Shariah: The Threat to America...," because that is misleading. Shariah is not the threat...the MB and other organizations are. And they are the threat because they don't really understand Shariah themselves. They are driven by hatred of Western nations (probably justified considering our involvement) and they use misinformation and poverty and strife to fan the flames of extremism.
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If you are interested in bashing the catholic church this is a book for you.  I found it insulting.  Most Catholic's know some of the horrible things that have happened, but not all Catholic's are puppets of the church.  If one lives by the laws that Jesus gave us you are a good
 Christian.
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It's not hate, its a tool to teach our kids about the twisted world that we live in and the twisted people on the "other side."

Have you ever noticed that conservatives don't cry nearly as loud as liberals do when you step on their toes?  I have two toddlers and I am constantly trying to teach them not to cry or whine to get their way.  I wish the parents of liberals would have done the same thing.
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Actually, the book is funny.  And although book is a reprint of may of her articles that you can still find online, it is assembled moderately well.

Did I like it...I was frustrated, I expected new stuff and thought there might be a little mellowing.  But then that would not make $.

What bothers me most is that as one goes thru the reviews (I wish I had read them before plunking $ down for the book) that all there is, is venom.  What happened to a county of tolerance, freedom and liberty for all.  What about the "golden rule".  I assume all the ***** reviews are written by christians, but I could not find any sign of it in the reviews or comments.  The liberal * reviews are not any better.

Buy the book, and even though it is witty, take a questioning look at it with a christian viewpoint and see if that's really what you think liberals or conservatives are.  This book, should be read with a questioning attitude.  We tell our children to question what they see on TV, should we not do the same?  We ask them to step back and take things with a grain of salt, to me this book has tons of salt that Ann is rubbing into all of our wounds.
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I previously wrote a scathing review of this bad book.  And I was quite annoyed to find that some one posing to be me, Michael G from Passaic NJ, said that I was mistaken for my previous diatribe of the book.  I'm not sure who it was.  Obviously someone figured that I was not going to read the reviews again.  I'm not sure who it was.
I still maintain that the beek is BAD.  It seems that some one is trying to sell this at all costs.  This makes me very suspicious of all Amazon reviews.  Sorry :(
MG
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I read "French Women don't get Fat" and thought there was almost nothing that American women did that was right. Again, American women bashing (or anyone that is not French).
This is my last read by her. All American women are not fat with bad hair bad skin badly dressed etc. Really, why does she live here?
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Well I didn't order it, but from the looks of it this is messed up. I don't understand why they make fun of such a religious artifact that has a meaning to it. I am not offended but I do dislike such a thing.
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Sometimes HATE is such a strong word however I'm leaning toward hate when describing my feelings regarding this book. I was confused, was the novel suppose to be a Christian book or just a regular romance novel. At any rate, this book had me so angry that I wanted to curse everyone out (from the manipulative mother, son, his friend, the heroine's sister, and the heroine). The confusing part is that I kept reading this book even when I knew I DID NOT like anyone in the book.

The hero was verbally abusive and the heroine was an airhead. The dialogue between the characters mad me cringe (plain and simple). There were several comments that seemed politically incorrect (and yes I know romance novels normally don't address PC). There were several times when I thought scenes didn't fit into this novel such as the in emergency room when a gangbanger was brought in and died. Like really, why was that there. To what point did it serve. There were several mentions of GOD however none of these people had a relationship (just because you say GOD doesn't mean you have a relationship). Another example of what annoyed me was when the hero's best friend said that if the hero's father hadn't included him in the will he would be at Burger King flipping burgers instead of owning his own company. I'm still like really, you're smart enough to own your company because you were left with money but you wouldn't be smart enough to go to college if you didn't have money.

On to my next rant, why didn't the heroine just get a job. Almost every paragraph she's complaining about not being able to keep her shop open. I have three words "GET A JOB"  If you're not sure how you are going to eat and pay your rent, it's simple. GET A JOB.

I so dislike this book and WOULD NOT advise anyone to read. I should've paid attention to the reviewer on Amazon who said don't buy unless your into abuse. Did I listen, no but hopefully someone will learn from my mistake.
If I could give negative this would be negative to the nth degree.