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I just thought that I would mention that this thread was started on June 1.

Very possible yes.

Kickbutt - No. Biggie was under Sean Combs' Bad Boy Entertainment, which is an East Coast label. While Tupac was under Suge Knight's Death Row Records, a West Coast label. Suge is an idiot... who may be the blame for a lot of things. The East/West war was overplayed and was taken too seriously by many and only fed by Suge. Tupac was shot and Biggie was soon after.

Welcome Kicker.

Well, its an ongoing rumor. I myself just believe he's dead. So is Biggie... I liked Biggie better. Bad Boy 4 Life

Thanks.

No problemo. This is an important issue - the most important thing that has happened to my country in my lifetime and I am sure the lifetimes of all or most of our posters, so this was something I wanted to do.

I decided to start this forum because this is such a big event and affects my country and even the World quite a bit. There is a lot to discuss here. I just wanted to remind everyone that although people may clash on opinions, to remain civil and also, be tactful when discussing items such as these, this is a very difficult time for many people. Thank you.

LOL I know... I need a new joke. LOL You must be cheered up by now...

Thanks Nat... . I was just joking by the way when I said that... incase anyone took it seriously.

Ok... Why did the golfer wear two pairs of pants? Incase he got a hole in one!

They say that they are all set as far as volunteers and donations of items, not discouraging anyone from doing so, it is still a great thing and appreciated. They said that they are more looking for $$$ donations. If you feel that you may want to donate some money, even $1, check out http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/paypage/PKAXFNQH7EKCX/ref=gw_redcross_1/107-4979783-6895722 where you can donate any amount of money that will go to the Red Cross to help rescue efforts. Thank you.

One thing people can do to help and be patriotic is to just spend the same as they normally do. If you were planning to guy a car - go ahead, etc. If you are in the stock market, hold onto your stock. I won't say to buy any, but just hold onto your shares. What we saw today was the institutions killing the market. Myself... I went ahead and bought a CD as I planned to and I also renewed two domain names. And I am not going to be selling any of my stock anytime soon.

Glad to hear it.

I agree. It is a shame, a real shame that there are very many people out there that want to give money and be so generous and then there are these people saying they are part of the cause when they are only trying to make money and swindle people out of money. It makes me sick. Like Jerry said, what goes around comes around. What these people do is unspeakable, at least to me, and they will get what is coming to them. Thank you.

Thank you Warlock. I am going to close this topic for now, since this isn't a very positive thing for us to discuss. Thanks.

Except me.

Thank you Rush and Karateka. Moobrack... Anything is possible, with the gradual growth of the site and emergence of technology there arises an opportunity to advance.

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I agree with KickButt. BTW, did you see the vote for the House (or whatever it was) where there was a vote to give Bush permission to use force and do what he feels is neccessary? The vote was like 420 to 1? That 1 was a lady from California. I have to say that its a shame that that individual cannot see what has to be done here. She probably just did it to (a.) gain attention or (b.) she doesn't like Bush. Either way, it is not good when just one person does that, because it looks like we may not all be united in the same goal!

Yes.

In the next couple of days we will be launching a newer forum with new features. This will enhance the KarateForums.com Forums and I hope that you all will like it. After it is launched, I will post a list of new features of note, there are a lot of aestetics mostly, but there are some new features also. Thanks.