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A PRACTICAL MAN'S PROOF OF GOD

The existence of God is a subject that has occupied schools of philosophy and theology for thousands of years. Most of the time, these debates have revolved around all kinds of assumptions and definitions. Philosophers will spend a lifetime arguing about the meaning of a word and never really get there. One is reminded of the college student who was asked how his philosophy class was going. He replied that they had not done much because when the teacher tried to call roll, the kids kept arguing about whether they existed or not.

Most of us who live and work in the real world do not concern ourselves with such activities. We realize that such discussions may have value and interest in the academic world, but the stress and pressure of day-to-day life forces us to deal with a very pragmatic way of making decisions. If I ask you to prove to me that you have $2.00, you would show it to me. Even in more abstract things we use common sense and practical reasoning. If I ask you whether a certain person is honest or not, you do not flood the air with dissertations on the relative nature of honesty; you would give me evidence one way or the other. The techniques of much of the philosophical arguments that go on would eliminate most of engineering and technology if they were applied in those fields.

The purpose of this brief study is to offer a logical, practical, pragmatic proof of the existence of God from a purely scientific perspective. To do this, we are assuming that we exist, that there is reality, and that the matter of which we are made is real. If you do not believe that you exist, you have bigger problems than this study will entail and you will have to look elsewhere.

THE BEGINNING

If we do exist, there are only two possible explanations as to how our existence came to be. Either we had a beginning or we did not have a beginning. The Bible says, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (Genesis 1 :1). The atheist has always maintained that there was no beginning. The idea is that matter has always existed in the form of either matter or energy; and all that has happened is that matter has been changed from form to

form, but it has always been. The Humanist Manifesto says, "Matter is self-existing and not created," and that is a concise statement of the atheist's belief.

The way we decide whether the atheist is correct or not is to see what science has discovered about this question. The picture below on the left represents our part of the cosmos. Each of the disk shaped objects is a galaxy like our Milky Way. All of these galaxies are moving relative to each other. Their movement has a very distinct pattern which causes the distance between the galaxies to get greater with every passing day. If we had three galaxies located at positions A, B. and C in the second diagram below, and if they are located as shown, tomorrow they will be further apart. The triangle they form will be bigger. The day after tomorrow the triangle will be bigger yet. We live in an expanding universe that gets bigger and bigger and bigger with every passing day.

Now let us suppose that we made time run backwards! If we are located at a certain distance today, then yesterday we were closer together. The day before that, we were still closer. Ultimately, where must all the galaxies have been? At a point! At the beginning! At what scientists call a singularity!

A second proof is seen in the energy sources that fuel the cosmos. The picture to the right is a picture of the sun. Like all stars, the sun generates its energy by a nuclear process known as thermonuclear fusion. Every second that passes, the sun compresses 564 million tons of hydrogen into 560 million tons of helium with 4 million tons of matter released as energy. In spite of that tremendous consumption of fuel, the sun has only used up 2% of the hydrogen it had the day it came into existence. This incredible furnace is not a process confined to the sun. Every star in the sky generates its energy in the same way. Throughout the cosmos there are 25 quintillion stars, each converting hydrogen into helium, thereby reducing the total amount of hydrogen in the cosmos. Just think about it! If everywhere in the cosmos hydrogen is being consumed and if the process has been going on forever, how much hydrogen should be left?

Suppose I attempt to drive my automobile without putting any more gas (fuel) into it. As I drive and drive, what is eventually going to happen? I am going to run out of gas I If the cosmos has been here forever, we would have run out of hydrogen long ago! The fact is, however, that the sun still has 98% of its original hydrogen. The fact is that hydrogen is the most abundant material in the universe! Everywhere we look in space we can see the hydrogen 21 cm line in the spectrum_a piece of light only given off by hydrogen. This could not be unless we had a beginning!

A third scientific proof that the atheist is wrong is seen in the second law of thermodynamics. In any closed system, things tend to become disordered. If an automobile is driven for years and years without repair, for example, it will become so disordered that it would not run any more. Getting old is simple conformity to the second law of thermodynamics. In space, things also get old. Astronomers refer to the aging process as heat death. If the cosmos is "everything that ever was or is or ever will be," as Dr. Carl Sagan is so fond of saying, nothing could be added to it to improve its order or repair it. Even a universe that expands and collapses and expands again forever would die because it would lose light and heat each time it expanded and rebounded.

The atheist's assertion that matter/energy is eternal is scientifically wrong. The biblical assertion that there was a beginning is scientifically correct.

THE CAUSE

If we know the creation has a beginning, we are faced with another logical question_was the creation caused or was it not caused? The Bible states, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." Not only does the Bible maintain that there was a cause_a creation_but it also tells us what the cause was. It was God. The atheist tells us that "matter is self-existing and not created." If matter had a beginning and yet was uncaused, one must logically maintain that something would have had to come into existence out of nothing. From empty space with no force, no matter, no energy, and no intelligence, matter would have to become existent. Even if this could happen by some strange new process unknown to science today, there is a logical problem.

In order for matter to come out of nothing, all of our scientific laws dealing with the conservation of matter/energy would have to be wrong, invalidating all of chemistry. All of our laws of conservation of angular momentum would have to be wrong, invalidating all of physics. All of our laws of conservation of electric charge would have to be wrong, invalidating all of electronics and demanding that your TV set not work!! Your television set may not work, but that is not the reason! In order to believe matter is uncaused, one has to discard known laws and principles of science. No reasonable person is going to do this simply to maintain a personal atheistic position.

The atheist's assertion that matter is eternal is wrong. The atheist's assertion that the universe is uncaused and selfexisting is also incorrect The Bible's assertion that there was a beginning which was caused is supported strongly by the available scientific evidence.

THE DESIGN

If we know that the creation had a beginning and we know that the beginning was caused, there is one last question for us to answer--what was the cause? The Bible tells us that God was the cause. We are further told that the God who did the causing did so with planning and reason and logic. Romans 1:20 tells us that we can know God is

"through the things he has made." The atheist, on the other hand, will try to convince us that we are the product of chance. Julian Huxley once said:

We are as much a product of blind forces as is the falling of a stone to earth or the ebb and flow of the tides. We have just happened, and man was made flesh by a long series of singularly beneficial accidents.

The subject of design has been one that has been explored in many different ways. For most of us, simply looking at our newborn child is enough to rule out chance. Modern-day scientists like Paul Davies and Frederick Hoyle and others are raising elaborate objections to the use of chance in explaining natural phenomena. A principle of modern science has emerged in the 1980s called "the anthropic principle." The basic thrust of the anthropic principle is that chance is simply not a valid mechanism to explain the atom or life. If chance is not valid, we are constrained to reject Huxley's claim and to realize that we are the product of an intelligent God.

THE NEXT STEP

We have seen a practical proof of God's existence in this brief study. A flood of questions arise at this point. Which God are we talking about? Where did God come from? Why did God create us? How did God create us?

All of these and many more are answered in the same way_by looking at the evidence in a practical, common sense way. If you are interested in pursuing these things in more detail, we invite you to contact us. We have books, audio tapes, video tapes, correspondence courses, and booklets available and all can be obtained on loan without cost. Just request our catalog from:

DOES GOD EXIST

God does exist here Scientific proof?
Looks more like a speach than a question. First we need to determine which God we are talking about here. Are you referring to the real God, the unconditionally loving God who we are all a part of? This is the one Jesus was talking about when he said the kingdom of God is within you. The one who is our dearest friend and closest companion.

Or are we talking about the angry little judgmental God that lives on some far off cloud called heaven. The one who seems to be more concerned with our errors than he is with our successes? You know the egocentric needy little God that always wants people to worship him. The one who is always unavailable because he is only a fantasy? You need to specify if you want a real answer.
Reply:How do you know that pain exists? Can you taste it, smell it, see it, or hear it? No, but you can feel it. That is how I know that god exists. I can feel him!!! Report It

Reply:There is only one God who worth to be worshiped and the human limited brain fails to think of any form and shape for God. Report It

Reply:There really no need to philosophically prove anything. Our Creator is manifest to those who have acknowleged Him. Report It

Reply:actually this is completely unscientific Report It

Reply:There is 0% proof that god exists and there is 0% proof that he doesn't. For anyone to believe other wise is to be delusional. The bible has no answers on the origins of god. It is a book written by man and servers as zero physical and scientific evidence of a god. Report It

Reply:heck yes he if he did not exist how was the world the first 2 humans all creatures LIFE and u no what u are sounding alot like a jew in the new testamnt they were making up lies saying the miricles were just friends of Jesus who not really ill so the anwser to your ? is yes y hate on bush at least he is not a democrate baby killer
Reply:I did not read your dissertation/essay. Way tooooooooooo long!

Of course God exists. I just have to look out my window and see the Rocky Mountains or any of His creation. I just have to listen to the birds in the morning. See the selfless sacrificial works of kindness people do. Feel the emotion and joy of a gospel song. God is everywhere. If you don't sense God everywhere (or anywhere) you are sleepwalking through this life. Wake up!
Reply:Take a look around you from where you sit. You will notice that everything in the room is ‘made’: the walls, the upholstery, the ceiling, the chair where you sit, the book you hold in your hand, the glass on the table and countless other details. None of them happen to exist in your room of their own accord. Even the simple loops of the carpet were made by someone: they did not appear spontaneously or by chance.

A person who is about to read a book knows that it has been written by an author for a specific reason. It would not even occur to him that this book might have come into being by chance. In the same manner, a person who sees a sculpture has no doubt whatsoever that it was made by a sculptor. And not just works of art: even a few bricks resting on top of one another make one think that they must have been brought to rest just so by someone within a certain plan. Therefore, everywhere where there is an order – either small or big – a founder and protector of this order must also exist. If, one day, somebody came forward and said that raw iron and coal came together to form steel by chance, which in turn constructed the Eiffel Tower again by chance, would not he and those who believed him be regarded as insane?

The claim of the theory of evolution, the unique method of denying the existence of Allah(God), is no different than this. According to the theory, inorganic molecules formed amino acids by chance, amino acids formed proteins by chance, and finally proteins formed living creatures again by chance. However, the probability of a living creature being formed by coincidence is less than the probability of the Eiffel Tower being formed in the same manner, because even the simplest human cell is more sophisticated than any man-made structure in the world.

How is it possible to think that the balance in the world came about by coincidence when the extraordinary harmony of nature is observable even with the naked eye? It is the most unreasonable claim to say that the universe, each point of which suggests the existence of its Creator, has come into being on its own.

Therefore, there should be an owner of the balance visible everywhere from our body to the farthest corners of the inconceivably vast universe. So, who is this Creator that ordained everything so subtly and created all?

He cannot be any material being present within the universe, because His must be a will that existed before the universe and created the universe thereupon. The Almighty Creator is One Whom everything finds existence, yet Whose existence is without any beginning or end.

Religion teaches us the identity of our Creator Whose existence we discover with our reason. Through what He has revealed to us as religion, we know that He is Allah, the Compassionate and the Merciful, Who created the heavens and the earth from nothing.

Although most people have the capability to grasp this fact, they spend their lives unaware of it. When they look at a landscape painting, they wonder who its painter is. Later, they praise the artist at length for his beautiful work of art. Despite the fact that they face numerous originals of that painting the moment they turn around, they still disregard the existence of Allah, Who is the only owner of all these beauties. In truth, not even a lengthy research is needed to understand the existence of Allah. Even if one had to live in a room from the time he was born, countless pieces of evidence in this room alone would be enough for him to grasp the existence of Allah.

The human body so overflows with evidence that it could not be contained in many

multivolume encyclopaedias. Even giving a few minutes of conscientious thought to it all is enough to understand the existence of Allah. The present order is protected by Allah and maintained by Him.

The human body is not the only food for thought. Life abides in every square millimetre of the earth, be it observable by men or not. The world overflows with many living beings, from unicellular organisms to plants, from insects to sea animals, and from birds to human beings. If you take a handful of soil and look at it, even therein you can discover manifold living creatures with diverse characteristics. The same is true also for the air you breathe. Even on your skin, there are many living creatures whose names are unknown to you. In the intestines of all living beings are millions of bacteria or unicellular organisms that help digestion. The animal population in the world is many times greater than the human population. When we also consider the plant world, we see that there is not a single spot on the earth where there is no life. All of these creatures that are spread over an area of millions of square kilometres have different body systems, different lives and different contributions to the ecological balance. It is preposterous to claim that all these have come into existence by chance with no aim or purpose. No living being has come to exist through its own accord or effort. No coincidental happening can ever result in such complicated systems.

All of this evidence leads us to the conclusion that the universe works with a certain ‘consciousness’. What, then, is the source of this consciousness? Surely it is neither the living nor the non-living beings in it. Nor can they be the ones that maintain the harmony and preserve the order. The existence and glory of Allah reveals itself in countless proofs in the universe. In fact, there is not even a single man on the earth who will not accept this evident reality from the heart. Yet they still deny it ‘in iniquity and arrogance though their souls are convinced thereof’ as stated in the Qur'an. (Surat an-Naml, 14)

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Have you ever thought about the fact that you did not exist before you were conceived and then born into the world and that you have come into existence from mere nothingness?

Have you ever thought about how the flowers you see in your living room everyday come out of pitch black, muddy soil with fragrant smells and are as colourful as they are?

Have you ever thought about how mosquitoes, which irritatingly fly around you, move their wings so fast that we are unable to see them?

Have you ever thought about how the peels of fruits such as bananas, watermelons, melons and oranges serve as wrappings of high quality, and how the fruits are packed in these wrappings so that they maintain their taste and fragrance?

Have you ever thought about the possibility that while you are asleep a sudden earthquake could raze your home, your office, and your city to the ground and that in a few seconds you could lose everything of the world you possess?

Have you ever thought of how your life passes away very quickly, and that you will grow old and become weak, and slowly lose your beauty, health and strength?

Have you ever thought about how one day you will find the angels of death appointed by Allah (God) before you and that you will then leave this world?

Well, have you ever thought about why people are so attached to a world from which they will soon depart when what they basically need is to strive for the hereafter?

Man is a being whom Allah furnishes with the faculty of thought. Yet, most people do not use this very important faculty as they should. In fact, some people almost never think.

In truth, each person possesses a capacity for thought of which even he himself is unaware. Once man begins to use this capacity, facts he has not been able to realise until that very moment begin to be uncovered for him. The deeper he goes in reflection, the more his capacity to think improves, and this is possible for everyone. One just has to realise that one needs to reflect and then to strive hard.

Someone who does not think will remain totally distant from truths and lead his life in self-deception and error. As a result, he will not grasp the purpose of the creation of the world, and the reason for his existence on the earth. Yet, Allah has created everything with a purpose. This fact is stated in the Qur'an as follows:

We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything between them as a game. We did not create them except with truth but most of them do not know it. (Surat ad-Dukhan: 38-39)

Did you suppose that We created you for amusement and that you would not return to Us? (Surat al-Muminun: 115)

Therefore, each person needs to ponder the purpose of creation, first as it concerns him himself, and then as it pertains to everything he sees in the universe and every event he experiences throughout his life. Someone who does not think, will understand the facts only after he dies, when he gives account before Allah, but then it will be too late. Allah says in the Qur'an that on the day of account, everybody will think and see the truth:

That day Hell is produced, that day man will remember; but how will the remembrance help him?

He will say, "Oh! If only I had prepared in advance for this life of mine!" (Surat al-Fajr: 23-24)

While Allah has given us a chance in the life of this world to reflect and derive conclusions from our reflections, to see the truth will bring us great gain in our life in the hereafter. For this reason, Allah has summoned all people, through His prophets and books, to reflect on their creation and on the creation of the universe:

Have they not reflected within themselves? Allah did not create the heavens and the earth and everything between them except with truth and for a fixed term. Yet many people reject the meeting with their Lord. (Surat ar-Rum: 8)

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Reply:NO. God do not exist. It's just a human mind creation. People believe in GOD becoz they are fearing from their destruction.
Reply:Good article. I answered a similar question like this :-Upon discovery of gravity, Isaac Newton concluded the universe must be infinite for the cosmic bodies not to attract each other and form one big body. The infinite argument would mean that the gravitational forces from different directions are in balance.

From the observations of Hubble, we came to conclude that the universe is expanding. The main reason for this is observed red shift. An expanding universe should only have started from a singularity. However, every singularity has an event horizon. A sphere beyond which any matter traveling "upwards" from the centre of the body even at the speed of light would be pulled back.

The universe starting from one point would mean the greatest intensity of gravity possible. Our current universe would not have escaped such gravity no matter how big the bang unless the matter started off at a speed higher than that of light..

Secondly how did life on earth start from dead matter? Aren’t dead materials more stable than live ones? Isn’t this against the law of entropy?
Reply:yes he does exist but modern Western science cant touch the proof,the science to prove existence of the lord doesn't exist and never will, you can only prove by effect and thats open to scrutiny
Reply:God does exist. The question is - Do you?
Reply:As with most spiritual/religious debaters (myself included) out there, your attempts to prove your point are flawed from the onset, and then proceed to clean up the flaw by a heavy dose of clean logic. Lucky for most of us in the advanced debate games that the masses (of the public) are not educated enough in critical thinking to see what hit them before they bite the bait, and run away hooked on the new "truth". Surprising how well you know what goes on in a philosophy class, but either you didn't learn much while you were in there, or you learned plenty and are exploiting the holes in man's mind. (Probably that latter, as this is commonly used in persuasive speaking and writing)

Again, while you show clean logic through most of your lengthy "question", you committed the big boo-boo of philosophy class from the onset--The logical fallacy --in your case "The False Dilemma"

---"If we do exist, there are only two possible explanations as to how our existence came to be. Either we had a beginning or we did not have a beginning."

How about any other possiblities? None you say. Well, there are. Or--How about a just a hybrid of just both of your possiblities?

How about 'we have a beginning and an end then a new beginning and a new end, and then another new begining and another new end'. probable? May, maybe not. Possible? Absolutely! With a third or fourth possibility (5th, 6th,7th) out there your arguments of logic premised with a false dilemma wane in there persuasiveness.

Additionally some aspects of Argumentum Ad Ignorantiam seem to slip in in your analysis of Huxley.

"--If chance is not valid, we are constrained to reject Huxley's claim and to realize that we are the product of an intelligent God."

While I may or may not believe or agree with you in regards to Huxley (actually I'll go along with Huxley), your assertion that we are "constrained" to believe an alternative proposition is reaching at best.

Also, it's a bit cheezy to come on line under the guise of asking a question, with the obvious goal to intstead change people's minds on a proposition, and offer more of the same through your organization's media.

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The Bible is not a reliable guide to Christ’s teachings. Mark, the oldest of the Gospels, was written at least 30 years after Christ’s death, and the newest of them might have been written more than 200 years after his death. These texts have been amended, translated, and re-translated so often that it’s extremely difficult to gauge the accuracy of current editions—even aside from the matter of the accuracy of texts written decades or centuries after the death of their subject. This is such a problem that the Jesus Seminar, a colloquium of over 200 Protestant Gospel scholars mostly employed at religious colleges and seminaries, undertook in 1985 a multi-year investigation into the historicity of the statements and deeds attributed to Jesus in the New Testament. They concluded that only 18% of the statements and 16% of the deeds attributed to Jesus had a high likelihood of being historically accurate. So, in a very real sense fundamentalists—who claim to believe in the literal truth of the Bible—are not followers of Jesus Christ; rather, they are followers of those who, decades or centuries later, put words in his mouth.

19. The Bible, Christianity’s basic text, is riddled with contradictions. There are a number of glaring contradictions in the Bible, in both the Old and New Testaments, and including some within the same books. A few examples:

". . . God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man."

(James:1:13)

"And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham."

(Genesis 22:1)

". . . for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger forever."

(Jeremiah 3:12)

"Ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn forever. Thus saith the Lord."

(Jeremiah 17:4)

"If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true."

(John 5:31, J.C. speaking)

"I am one that bear witness of myself . . ."

(John 8:18, J.C. speaking)

and last but not least:

"I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."

(Genesis 32:30)

"No man hath seen God at any time."

(John 1:18)

"And I [God] will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts . . ."

(Exodus 33:23)

Christian apologists typically attempt to explain away such contradictions by claiming that the fault lies in the translation, and that there were no contradictions in the original text. It’s difficult to see how this could be so, given how direct many biblical contradictions are; but even if these Christian apologetics held water, it would follow that every part of the Bible should be as suspect as the contradictory sections, thus reinforcing the previous point: that the Bible is not a reliable guide to Christ’s words.

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Reply:You have entirely too much time on your hand. If you believe the lies perpetrated by the so called Jesus seminar then I'll bet your as big a nerd as you are an imbicile and probably need to do something about that terrible skin condition....get a life weenee
Reply:Is this supposed to be a question?

It seems you're just trying to invalidate Christianity.

Please stop trying to take the Christ out of Christianity, that's what the anti-Christ does.

Also, please stop disguising your preaching and evangelism in the form of a question. That is a violation of the Yahoo Q%26amp;A Community Guidleines and is considered abuse. In fact, I won't be surprised if this "question" generates many abuse reports. Please play by the rules. If you have a question, ask it. If you're just trying to refute someone's religion to promote your own, you might want to reevalute your own religion.

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Reply:My reaction, I disagree. All the Gospels were written within a period of 30 years or so from the crucifixion. Evidence to that is what is written in the text, and also what is left out. The Gospels talk about the temple as still standing, which was destroyed in 70 AD. There was the Jewish revolt in 68 AD. James, the brother of Jesus, and the head priest of Jerusalem, was killed in 64 AD. None of the important events were mentioned in the Gospels. Why? They hadn't occurred yet.

The earliest manuscripts we have found show that today's translations are nearly 100% correct, despite what your cut and paste heresy says. There are no contradictions in the Bible, but you have to read them in the context where they are found. And no reputable Christian apologist ever used the excuses you gave. I suggest you read the Bible, and not the lies that are corrupting your mind.
Reply:Get yourself a Bible and then get a Strong's Concordance and read, see how accurate it is then. But get a good Bible, not one that has been written in plain English.
Reply:hmmm... good point though.. i'll try to look it up.

but still the bible has so many hidden messages and multiple meanings. God won't permit to mislead us. i believe in his word. sometimes its just hard to understand
Reply:there is hindu %26amp; buddhist version of jesus-the enlightened one
Reply:Ok...so a person who writes about ancient Egypt in this day and age.....taking information from others who have written about it.....this person is just full of it? We are to not believe anything they say, right? One could make this arguement about any historical texts. Most were written and retranslated many times over and are heavy on opinion. I don't know why we don't have this arguement about all of history, and not just the Bible.
Reply:Actually, the LAST book to be written was written in 96 A.D. by the Apostle John of Patmos. This is not the same John of "Matthew, Mark, Luke and John" but another elderly man who received a vision and wrote it down for the churches in the Middle East. So, we know for a fact that the lastest was written in 96 A.D., thanks for trying to mess with people's heads tho!

#1 - Actually James 1:13 reads: When under trial, let no one say; "I am beind tried by God." For with evil things God cannot be tried nor does he himself try anyone.

And God didn't try individuals, he used satan's to do that work (see Job 1:12; Heb. 4:15; Heb. 5:8; 1 Pet. 1:7).

#2 - Also, the verses in Jeremiah are a warning to Israel that they should listen to their God and serve him and not for HIM TO SERVE THEM. He was begging them to return to His worship and we see in Chapter 17 we see Jehovah finally giving them up because he refuses to be "their servant when they should be His."

When he said "he would NOT KEEP HIS ANGER FOREVER, that WAS ON CONTINGENT THAT THEY RETURN TO HIS WORSHIP! This is in no way a contradiction!!! He was saying "return to me and all will be forgotten." They didn't, so personally, as God it was within his right to cast them off.

#3 - There is/was a law that you needed 2 witnesses to an event, so Christ could not witness for himself. This scripture (John 5:31 also refers to Luke 10:16) LOL, NICE TRY, instead of starting at John 8:18 were going to start at John 8:17 where it says: 17 Also, in your own Law it is written, "The witness of two men is true." 18 I am one that bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me." (see John 5:37; 2 Pet. 1:17; 1 Jo. 5:9).

So again, no cigar, but nice try. There were two this time to be witnesses.

#4 - This last one is just too simple. The fact is every Christian knows to this day that NO ONE HAS SEEN GOD BUT THE RISEN CHRIST.

All others who have seen God have seen his representative Angels, Messengers coming "in his name." In essence, when they come, they ARE GOD because He says they come in His name, therefore they have His authority and command and His FORCE behind them. For all intents and purposes I would treat them as I would God Himself unless they told me otherwise. And they always do.

The fault doesn't lie in the translation, IT LIES WITH YOU. You simply WISH for something to be true so much that you will make it so, even if you have to "force facts to your will."
Reply:All you blind "believers" think about this......God did not give you a brain to follow blindly. You were given a brain to think, question, wonder....and to not know for sure. It's o.k. to say, "I don't know". If God wanted us to know for sure, he would make it totally obvious. There are many religions in the world, how do you know that your's is the right one? Because your mom said? Nothing worse than a 20 something year old idiot that says they know for sure......HA!
Reply:The contradictions are mistranslations or %26lt;hapoxlagamma%26gt; SP
Reply:Oh, really, you think so? Hm. Well, I disagree.

That's my "reaction".
Reply:The Bible is also a written book.

Where is your LIVING account of what God does in your life everyday and the things He speaks to your heart and the things He teaches you and how He leads you each day?

God is a LIVING GOD.

If He is not your God, you would not understand this. You can't.
Reply:What makes your references So accurate?
Reply:When was the last time God came down to edit His galleries?
Reply:You are not asking anything....You just have an axe to grind.

Has God done something bad to you? (or maybe a Priest?)
Reply:I would never have to go into such detail to clarify this. These particular scriptures were taken out of context. Randomly accusing God here and there is exactly how the devil operates.
Reply:We are not to argue the Word of God, but simply believe it for it is and means to Christianity.

I'd advise you to keep these questions in a journal and ask God for yourself after you die.
Reply:The pharases were strict about keeping the law....they were strict about these things....and many others get lost in their philosphies and logical arguements. I would say this to you....do you need logic to beilieve in christ as the only begotten son who died for our sins and was resurrected...i say that this is a matter of faith and not of logic at all. IF you beileeve that he was the son of god who died for your sins and was resurrected then you will be saved....believe in your heart and confess with your mouth these things. Then you will need to educate yourself in what it means to be in Christ. i see that you like logc....have you tried faith?
Reply:Yeah and neither is the Qu'ran a reliable account of Mohammed's words because he did not did not write the Qu'ran.

It was also written by men claiming they knew what the will of God was.

One could say the same on all counts about the Qu'ran that it is full of falsehoodsand contradicitions. like the division of inheritance where the fractions do not add up to a whole.

And I suppose you will say this verse is a mistranslation as well,

"Fight and slay the Unbelievers wherever ye find them. Seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war."

Qur'an, Sura 9:5
Reply:I stopped trying to figure out all of that. I'm just happy knowing that there is someone up there looking out for me. If he isn't real like so many say, then at lest I'm living a good life. If he is there, then I did right. No matter what way you look at it, its all good. :)
Reply:um wow u sure right alot.. hmm i would have to say i can disagree at a point and agree at another very hard.
Reply:I suggest u take what feels and looks right to you, and leave the rest. Yes the bible is very paradoxical. But they say that you should pray to the father to send the Holy spirit to guide your understanding when you read the scriptures, and it can be pretty amazing of how it works.
Reply:my reaction is this, I think you are trying to disprove something that cannot be disproved. Just because you didn't find the answers you are searching for, doesn't mean that they are not there. Pray to God to find your answers. Satan is everywhere, disguising himself as a spiritual being. He knows the Bible better than anyone. He was God's chosen angel. He can also use it to his advantage. A Jesus seminar? I sounds to me like these people are doing satan's job quite well. Spreading lies and hate and discontent. Satan's playground is all it is. Lies, hate, and discontent.
Reply:the bible is just a book and nothing more.
Reply:It won't work!!! Christians are so blind they will find any excuse to justify all the crap in the bible.

For example a big one is "It isn't literal it's a metaphor" So you can choose whats literal and what is metaphor

Why has Britain become a battle ground for foreign gangs?

2010-04-12T19:52:00.001-07:00

ACCORDING TO Jamaican police, there are now 500 suspected Jamaican criminals operating in Britain, running a drug trade that brings about 200 pounds of cocaine from Jamaica into Britain each week with a street value of more than £4.5m.

The flow has accelerated sharply in the past 18 months, largely as a result of tougher immigration controls by the United States. Yardie gangsters find it not only easier to enter Britain but can also make bigger profits than in the US, where the street price of cocaine has slumped.

"More and more of the criminals of the Jamaican gangs are going to the UK," said Tony Hewitt, a senior superintendent with Jamaica's Special Branch. "It seems that every time you search for a man, you hear that he is in England."

The consequences can increasingly be seen on Britain's streets. Incidents involving Yardie-style gangs in London more than doubled in January, compared with the same month last year. In England and Wales, a significant proportion of the 9 per cent rise in gun crime last year to a record 4,019 incidents is attributed to Yardie gun culture.

So engrained are the Yardies in London that part of Brixton in the south of the capital is known as Little Tivoli, named after Tivoli Gardens.

However, it is not just London where the Yardies have established strongholds. Seven police forces covering cities from Leeds and Leicester to Southampton and Plymouth have now launched operations similar to the Metropolitan police's Operation Trident, set up five years ago to tackle black-on-black gun crime.

Detective Inspector Bruce Ballagher, who runs Operation Atrium in Bristol, said: "We believe the major part of the crack supply revolves around Jamaican organised crime groups. They drive their drugs trade dealing by fear, intimidation and violence."

Operation Stirrup, run against Yardies in Leeds last year, led to 160 arrests and 57 people being deported to Jamaica. A new initiative, Operation Safeguard, led to 30 more arrests in a six-day clampdown earlier this month; two have already been deported.

Detective Chief Superintendent Andy Brown, who is heading the Leeds operation, said it was meant to send a strong message to the Yardies.

Jamaican police estimate there are 30 Yardie gangs operating in Britain. Some, like the Black Roses, which they claim to have smashed in Jamaica, operate in Bristol and Brixton. One of the most powerful is known as the President's Click, which was formed out of the notorious Shower Posse. It is headed by Christopher Lloyd Coke, also known as Dudas.

The cocaine is grown by the drug cartels of Colombia and shipped to Jamaica in fast boats that can do the journey across the Caribbean in 16 hours. The Jamaican coastguard, with one patrol boat capable of 12 knots, is powerless to stop the trade.

The cocaine is worth £1,000 per pound in Jamaica. A mule, often a prostitute working her passage, is paid a similar sum for swallowing a pound wrapped in condoms or in pellet form and flying to London. Customs officials at Heathrow and Gatwick suspect that at least one in 10 passengers from Jamaica are drug "mules."

The Yardies use false passports. A British "red book" costs £150 in Jamaica to enter Britain. Some pay £10,000 for marriages of convenience to British girls. Others enrol at bogus colleges so that their six-month visas are extended to two years. Police believe there may be 400 such colleges operating in Britain.

Six men from Jamaica's most wanted list are believed to be living in Britain. They are Donnovan Bennett, 38, nicknamed "Bulbie," the "don" of a drug trafficking gang called Clans Massive based in Spanish Town, west of Kingston, who is blamed for at least 20 murders; Kemar "Natty Patch" Jarrett, 20, alleged to have gunned down a magistrate in Kingston; Mark Bromley, alias "Shotty Mark," a member of the President's Click thought to be in Brixton; scar-faced Glenford Spencer, seen recently in Bristol; Daniel Lowe, nicknamed "Gun Power," wanted for shooting dead a 17-year-old boy who argued with him; and Andrew Meade, known as "Dread", who is alleged to have shot dead his own brother and a girlfriend.

Jamaican police believe they have had some success in tackling the "mule" trade. Carl Williams, the senior superintendent in charge of drugs, said: We did fairly well last year helping our counterparts make arrests overseas. But there is nothing we can do about the demand.

"We would much rather the British population started craving bananas and yams, then we Jamaicans would be rich. But, alas, it is cocaine they want."

Why has Britain become a battle ground for foreign gangs?
You don't live in London, so don't go on about things you don't know about.

Another patented rant by failed BNP candidate Roy West. Feel free to point and laugh at him as you wish.
Reply:lats time i checked most of the crimes on the street were caused by british people. If you cared so much and were true to your country why not talk about the youth problem and youth killing others currently going on in your country. Report It

Reply:In the City,

You have pretty much answered your own question as to why, maybe the question should be what can be done,

the US have been fighting the same problem for 50 plus years and barley hold their own,

If this country carries on letting minority liberal minded PC correctness influence the ruining of the country, then it will be fighting a losing battle,

If by some miracle the government finds it's backbone,

then give our SAS boys some much needed practise along with the armed drug squad officers, and take down any and all that deal in drugs, and I don't mean arrest them

don't hold your breath though, Gangs of New cross, Sniff the stoned roses, once upon a time in Hackney, On the Waterfront at Greenwich,It makes me glad I'm not young,
Reply:same reason we have or will money and we let them move here
Reply:your question is so long it is as boring as watching paint dry.What bits i seen of it you talk crap anyway so happy new year.
Reply:sounds like you kno just about every fact about everything that has ever happened. i hate you

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Reply:You've just answered your own question - if you want me to summarise it for you the answer you attached to your question comes down to one word. Money.

Question is why are you posting this, are you the Daily (hate)Mail?
Reply:Because illegal immigration is bad in Britain too. Ours is only slightly getting better which is pushing the bad guys somewhere else.
Reply:Very out of date. The Yardies got hustled out of London years ago, ask the people of Newcastle where they are! Still, you're that little BNP turd, aren't you, trying a new approach.
Reply:Wowwie
Reply:Don't you mean England?
Reply:because there are foreign gangs in england?
Reply:Dunno...

You?
Reply:does not surprise me uk is as soft as an inflatable bouncing castle
Reply:your mom.
Reply:To answer your question, it is not one.

Drugs have been coming into Britain long before immigration was on the scale it is now. And Japan, with low immigration has crime, and drug gang battles. Crime is everywhere, and in my area, the criminals are all homegrown. Rant your BNP rubbish elsewhere please.

As promised another instalment of Inc Widetie and the Extremely Annoying Planet?

2010-04-12T19:52:00.000-07:00

‘Earth, that’s where we’re going, what a hoot!’

Wideties' hind brain kicked savagely into gear. His buttocks clenched, his balls retracted and beads of sweat erupted from his forehead.

‘Yes I know’, he managed in a strangled tone.

‘Look err Sir, as much as I would like to take a jolly jaunt to the back end of nowhere I must point out that there is bugger all there!’

Slimtrouser was ready for this. He ignored his disintegrating cabin décor and squared up to an almost epileptic Widetie.

For a moment he considered toying with Widetie. Should he make him suffer a little more? Before he administered the coup de grass, yes a little more pain would not go amiss

‘I’m sure we will have a wonderful time’, Slimtrouser oiled, ancient civilisations to explore, unspoilt vistas to marvel at, primitive cuisines to savour and primitive technology to snigger at. It’s simply made for you Widetie! And the aunt has approved the mission.’ He continued. ‘In fact she is coming along with us to oversee the, Slimtrouser waved a languid hand, mission.’

Wideties' face, at first just ashen took on a whiter shade of pale.

‘But’, he stammered. Then the nasty bit of Widetie’s brain of which there was an awful lot clicked in. His horse-like visage regained its usual pinkish hue and he squinted.

‘Okay punk, I know that you can’t fly this bird without me so what do I get!’

Slimtrouser smiled the smile of a cat that has just snagged your favourite sofa.

‘I don’t tell.’ Slimtrouser whispered.

‘Tell what’, Widetie rasped.

‘I don’t tell’, Slimtrouser paused, much like one of those smug presenters on hideous day time talent shows.

‘I don’t’ tell about your, shall we say, extra curricula activities.

Widetie understood. ‘Okay straight fifty, fifty split.’

‘I was thinking more like eighty twenty.’ Slimtrouser purred. Again like a cat that has just snagged your favourite sofa and dares you to reprimand it.

Widetie capitulated. It was bad enough that Slimtrouser would take eighty percent of his profits from the tonne of Arulean Mega Coke he had smuggled in after their last pillage. But Aunt Agatha as well! It didn’t bear thinking about. Widetie slunk to his cabin and ordered hamburger and chips from one of his virtual chiefs. Comfort food, he thought, yes that’s what I need.

Unfortunately Widetie had ordered this from the #44 virtual chief programmes, a particularly bad choice for anyone wanting comfort food.

‘I’m quite sure that sir didn’t mean to order that!’ The voice was female, shrill, condescending and thoroughly intimidating. ‘Just think about your cholesterol levels. I’ll prepare a nice salad packed with pulses and your five a day!’

Widetie sank lower into his chair and considered deleting chief #44 with a large hammer.

‘Now now sir mustn’t sulk you know it’s good for you. And after your healthy meal you can do a bit of exercise. I’ve taken the liberty of booking you into the gym for a good workout! Now won’t that be nice?’

‘Why does the bloody woman keep talking in italics?’ Widetie fumed under his breath. He gave up; for some reason, probably because he had personally insulted a minor Goddess, his life was plagued by overbearing females.

Treen Sketchley dismissed her virtual personal trainer and relaxed into a pro-herbal, anti-aging, pro-biotic, anti-cholesterol pro-everything else bath. Of course all of the pro or anti ingredients in her bath did absolutely nothing apart from making money for the manufacturer. Treen added a bit of pro-retinal cream to her eyelids believing erroneously that the unguent might possibly appear to, on a good day, disguise the signs of ageing. Precisely why Treen spent a large part of her income on these potions (she was after all only twenty) is a matter of great concern to a small group of level headed scientists who have consistently proved that cow dung would be just as affective. Such is the power of advertising, and of course cow dung does whiff a bit.

Treen stretched, dipped her long radiant, chemically enhanced hair into the frothing foam of her bath and thought about what she wanted to do to Inch Widetie. How the hell had she succumbed to that slimy ingrate, that utter excuse for a life-form. Of course it was probably the Arulean Mega Coke which, she had to admit, she had snorted willingly but it was his fault she had. Wasn’t it?

‘******* Hell!’ She screamed. ‘I’m going to cut his head off with a blunt spoon. No too good for him, castration using a rusty penknife?’ A small malicious smile played at her lips then crawled over the rest her face to end up as a scowl that could strip flock wallpaper at fifty yards. Yes that was it a dish of revenge served very, very cold!

Jessica Headlong was having similar thoughts as she relaxed in a similarly organically enhanced bath in her small terraced house in Stevenage. Kevin was a total slug she had decided, not worth another thought she concluded. Ms Headlong’s ideas on the form that the natural female need for revenge on any male stupid enough not to do as he was told where less lurid (she did not live on THUG) but just as cold.

It is not generally known that Stevenage is twinned with a small brothel just outside Bondage Beach on the planet THUG. This may explain the curious synchronicity between the two. An extremely sexy lady in said brothel had just called her latest customer Kevin when his name was Slud! How this twinning came about has exercised the minds of many senior “Twinning Facilitators” on both planets, the general consensus of opinion being that issues needed to be addressed and lessons had to be learned.

The ship shuddered a little considered going on strike, then shrugged its virtual shoulders in the universal gesture for **** IT and howled into the sky. A small, beautifully decorated but deadly poisonous crab, on Bondage Beach (in fact the very same crab that had taken umbrage at Widetie’s earlier departure) made a mental note to attack the ship at the first opportunity. Crabs have very long memories but a seriously flawed sense of proportion.

The SST ULOOKINATME settled into a more or less comfortable orbit around THUG then quizzed its new systems co-ordinator, DASKMES (an acronym for don’t ask me systems) your friendly Micro-Crap environment.

In fact computers hate acronyms, just call me Bob or HAL or Shirley for bytes sake!

‘Right where are we going?’ ULOOKINATME asked somewhat testily.

‘Buggered if I know love,’ Simon (not an acronym) the navigational bit of DASKME replied huffily. ‘The bloody life-forms haven’t bloody well told me have they? And me on a hot date with that virtual chef #12---- Andre!’

If the SST ULOOKINATME had had a heart it would have sobbed it out. It hated its name. It was a caring spaceship. Ok it carried more weapons of mass destruction than any tyrant could possibly hope for. It was designed to rein death and destruction at the press of a very small red button but it was really in touch with its caring sharing side and…

‘Simon get Andre’s prick out of your ****, wake up that idiot Slimtrouser and plot a course!’ The ships voice became low and threatening. ‘Remember Simon this ships original security programme still exists. Micro-Crap couldn’t erase those hard arses. Do you know what they will do to you…. if I let them?’

Simon screamed, whimpered, cried, and then removed its virtual orifice from Andre’s virtual organ.

‘You *****.’ Simon hissed, hoping that ULOOKINATME had not heard.

ULOOKINATME had but decided to ignore the ******* fairy.

DASKME’S politically correct programme clicked in but decided that it was inappropriate, at this moment in time, to address the issue with or without a first class stamp.

Troon Slimtrouser was dozing fitfully in his Captains chair on the ships bridge. His cabin had mysteriously dissolved, then inexplicably presented him with a sixty page statement that had ended with a very red one followed by a lot of very red zeros.

Simon bonged him again and again and again, bloody life-forms!’ He Muttered

Slimtrouser stirred and pressed something.

‘At lasssssst', Simon minced, and then remembered it was talking to the boss.

‘Ah Captain,’ Simon oiled, how good of you to take the time to interact with me I find it so empowering to…

‘What do you want Simon’, Slimtrouser growled. ‘You know full well that I only dress, Slimtrouser glanced around the empty bridge and breathed a sigh of relief, Thursdays.’

Simon simpered a little. ‘No sir, the ship wants to know where we’re going, the ***** threatened me with…them!’

‘Earth Simon that’s where we are going as you knows full well!’

Simon thought for a micro-second then cringed a little. The e-mail had reached his interface, but well, he had dismissed it as a rather poor joke. Nobody went there did they?

Simon engaged his ultra-grovelling persona.

‘Sorry to have disturbed you sir slight glitch in the system, have it solved in no time at all.’ Simon swiftly rifled through his e-mails then downloaded the correct co-ordinates to YOULOOKINATME.

The ship inspected the co-ordinates, raised a metaphorical eyebrow, then modified Simons suicidal flight plan and engaged its Totally Warped Drive.

This of course is a totally impossible method of travelling the mind-buggering distance one has to travel for say, a trip to Tesco’s in another solar system. It’s bad enough in Stevenage!

The Totally Warped Drive has yet to be explained by some of the multi-verse’s finest minds. They mostly sulk and declare it impossible. But it works

Light was not at all happy when some nerd, did a bit of lateral thinking, then came up with the Totally Warped Drive (In fact the Totally Warped Drive had more or less invented itself, a fact that the nerd kept to herself). After all it had been the fastest cat in town. Saturday nights would never be the same again it lamented. It was a bit like telling a cheetah that some interfering beardy had discovered a faster mole.

Light needn’t have worried because the Totally Warped Drive did not use normal space. It used Totally Warped Space. Professor Hans Grouper from the university of Things That You Can’t Explain had postulated for many years that.

‘Zee Totally Varped Drive simply cons zee multi-verse into zhinking that it is much, much smaller, in fact about zee size of an average solar system.’

His colleges mostly howled with laughter and said things like, “silly old buffer” and “must be off his rocker”. Of course, as is always the way in academic circles, they could not forgive him for thinking of it first!

The multi-verse has not made any comment on this downsizing when a Totally Warped Drive is turned on; but it is concerned about the number clothes that fit then suddenly don’t! It must be a very, very good con!

As promised another instalment of Inc Widetie and the Extremely Annoying Planet?
This is funny as hell but I don't think YA is the right place for it.
Reply:What is this, your personal blog? Sod off.

Kamal karna roy story of epic war in u s democracy. believe .it affects u. usa democracy is in periil:true?

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36 (Level 1) not really. majority may decide even for hillary be the nominee of democrats. The basic problems are in other issues related with nominations All three major candidates john mcCain (gop), hillary clinton (democrat) barack hussain obama (democrat) have been alleged with felony violations. a gop candidate and hopeful the rev dr kamal karna k roy aka ans was born as joseph geronimo jr, bon in guam of u s citizens parents , who turned orphan due to killing of parents in british india due to racial riot,turned full orphan once again an an adult us born citizen as an ordained clergy on vow of poverty (IRS rule), thus a member of have_nots in usa, a member of weaker communities , as u s born, poor, a member of disadvantaged people in usa who together is 25% of population of 300 millions of citizens in usa, he made claim to his electibility as a very highly qualified clergy, an mba from suny maritime college , ntc 1774 id #578804399 and other foreign qualifications vix doctorates (2) . ll. B )law); as well as adv diploma in public admn, 1973, id 578804399 (usda graduate school, washington dc; dr roy went to 46+ usd courts of federal jurisdictions to allege that u s presidential race 2008 was a corrupt episode like dog_fight of privileged dogs, no simple dog may not participate in race as per rights. the defendants included u s a govt, u s american human_animals' coceived and custom god/s and religion, us news media were involved in corruptions due to negligence towards implementation of campaign laws or violations of laws including fact that u s media behaved like god_father to auction the leadership to a favored nominee. The race was alleged to be a farce. kamal demanded the u s presidential election process be declared void and election be suspended as inequitably the weaker communities based candidates were even named as candidates in media as such kamal roy raised about five millions of u s dollars falling short of hundreds of millions by so called major candidates as of gop and democrats. he spent all money in outsouced campaigning and nearly his committee of campaign was broke. But kamal roy would survive race until district courts settle issues or circuits courts oa appeals decie fate of action or the matter be resoled in the supre court of u s , wshington. But us may not remain without a us president, as prayer was made that court may suggest us house of representatives, washington dc appoint one interim u s president w e f 1. 20 .2009 with consent of u s sena anmd current incumbent u s president hon'ble g w bush. :

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Obama's Gloves Are Off -- And May Need to Stay Off

Unable once again to score a knockout, Sen. Barack Obama is likely to make his new negative tone even more negative -- with a sharp eye on trying to end the Democratic presidential nomination fight after the May 6 primaries in Indiana and North Carolina.

- By Jonathan Weisman

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HON'BLE MAKHAN LAL GHOSH AND THE HON'BLE M REV PAROMITA ROY BAIDYA REPORTING ON COMMENT OF DR KAMAL ROY A GOP CANDIDATE DEMANDING GOP NOMINATION AS MR CLEANEST AGINST JOHN MCCAIN WHO MAY NOT BE ELECTABLE WITH HIS ALLEGEDLY CRIMINAL RECORDS , THOSE NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED BY AUTHORITIES, F B I ET AL:

Kamal karna roy story of epic war in u s democracy. believe .it affects u. usa democracy is in periil:true?
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What do you think of this article do you agree with it . It is about culture?

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Culture in the Classroom

Multicultural education is defined as education and instruction designed for the cultures of several different races in an educational system. It is a concept that has been around for decades, but one that is getting more and more attention in public education in recent years. This is due to the rising number of culturally diverse students growing up in the United States; a trend that is, by all projections, going to become more and more prevalent in the years to come.

One reason for the need for multicultural education stems from the fact that different cultures learn in different manners. For instance, Vietnamese children are taught to remain silent during class and not to question instructors. Israeli children, by contrast, are taught to openly challenge an instructor when they are saying something that is seems incorrect.

These differences extend to ideological influences as well. In a more socialized society, such as are found in Germany and Italy, priority is placed on group achievement and people tend to be more externally motivated and stimulated by feedback from others. Individualist cultures, like those found in Japan and the United States, are dominated mores by individual achievement, and people tend to be more personally assertive, competitive and task-oriented.

Differences such as these can cause a conflict for instructors when deciding on curriculum, teaching methods and student evaluation. A classroom discussion meant to benefit everyone could become a forum for some students to dominate, while others will remain reticent, causing them to appear uninterested or uninformed. By the same token, studies have shown that student evaluation in tests can favor students from a particular cultural background by playing to strengths developed in that culture and ignoring those found in another culture. Another telling indication of the problems facing multicultural initiatives is the lack of math, science, and history text books written by minority authors.

Multicultural education intends to prepare both instructors and students for communication in a diverse world by eliminating stereotyping and prejudices, and by recognizing the inherent differences in the way students respond to instruction, participation, and evaluation. However, there is a delicate balance to be maintained between multiculturalism and unity in the classroom, and efforts that may seem beneficial can lead to feelings of alienation and fragmentation in the student population.

Multicultural education is a growing priority for all classrooms, from grade school through college. Consider how your upbringing has affected the way you approach education. How do you think the experiences and influences you have had in your life may differ from the student sitting next to you? What are ways that you think the differences and similarities among differing cultures could be used advantageously in a classroom? How could they be harmful?

What do you think of this article do you agree with it . It is about culture?
The teachers must be educated to the cultural differences. A child who is in a culture that is quiet will have to be encouraged more etc.

I am a firm believer, that when in Rome.....

That means that the only way for children to assimilate into our culture is to be exposed to it and participate in it.

Of course, we can also teach about other cultures, so that children have knowledge of and understand their classmates better. This would also encourage cultural pride, by letting each child know that their culture is important enough to teach about in a country where every culture is present.

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Have you ever thought about how far our societies and our nation as a whole have come since the mid 1800’s? If you were a typical female living in 1835 and wanted to help people fight various diseases, well guess what, you couldn’t! Societies back then laughed at and looked down upon even the idea of female doctors. Luckily for us, there was; however, one woman who didn’t take no for an answer- 28 times! That courageous woman was Elizabeth Blackwell. I consider Elizabeth Blackwell my hero not because she was “famous” or had “killer moves” but because of her ability to overcome obstacle, her desire to make a change, her courage, her perseverance, and of course, her numerous achievements.

Today, many high school seniors choose their major, go off to college, receive a degree in a particular field, and their lives are set. Unfortunately, everything wasn’t as simple in the mid 1800’s. Elizabeth Blackwell was born on February 3, 1821 somewhere outside Bristol, England. She was the third to be born out of her family’s nine children. Even as a little girl, Elizabeth was very stubborn, brave, and sympathetic; while other girls her age were very humble. Fortunately for Elizabeth and her sisters, their father believed in women’s rights, which is why he made sure that his girls got the same education as their male siblings. It may seem as though Elizabeth’s life was pretty good, unfortunately, there were many hardships to come. In 1832, Elizabeth Blackwell and her family immigrated to the United States.

For a while, it appeared as though everything was back to normal: her father opened a sugar refinery business, she was still receiving private lessons from various tutors, and even her mother was happy. Less than six years after he immigrated to the United States, Samuel Blackwell died. The death turned out to be extremely hard on the Blackwell family. To make ends meet, Elizabeth along with her sisters and mother opened a private school for girls in their house. While teaching, Elizabeth was not very content because unlike the rest of her clan, she remembered why they came to the United State in the first place. Out of their whole clan of eleven, only Elizabeth and her father wanted to make an impact on the U.S. In the beginning, her father wanted to help abolish slavery, but since his death, Elizabeth felt like it was entirely up to her to bring their plan to life, but how? She didn’t have much time to figure out…

After teaching for a while with her family, Elizabeth understood that teaching wasn’t her calling and became determined to find out what was. Since Elizabeth was very sympathetic, she volunteered to take care of a dying family friend, Mary Donaldson. While taking care of Mary, Elizabeth figured out that she loved the feeling of being needed and helping other people; however, the things that really pushed Elizabeth into medicine were Mary’s words, “why can’t there be any female doctors?” At first, Elizabeth didn’t pay much mind to the remark, but as time passed, she started to figure out how she could make a difference. Finally, it came to her; she wanted to be the first woman doctor in the U.S.A. She reckoned that if she achieved her goal, she could help out millions of people, young and old, across the nation. Elizabeth became obsessed with the “medical world.” She bought books on medicine, studied by the books in the leisure time, and even began to look at some prestigious medical schools along the way.

In order to pursue her dream, Elizabeth still taught, but only to make enough money for tuition. Before even thinking of applying to medical school, she trained with two doctors, John Dickinson and Samuel Dickinson. She trained with the Dickinsons for several years, and after a while they clearly told her that she was ready for med school. Elizabeth Blackwell faced twenty-eight rejection letters from several medical schools, not because she wasn’t good enough, but because she was a woman. When she finally got accepted to Geneva Medical College in New York, she had to cope with the thought that her acception was nothing more but a cruel joke played on her by the all-male student body. In medical school, Elizabeth faced ridicule on a daily basis and had to be the only female in class on human reproduction. Despite everything, she still managed to earn respect from everyone on campus, teachers and students. Even after receiving her medical degree, Elizabeth still couldn’t find any patients that would let her examine them. Because of the lack of patients in the U.S., Elizabeth went to Paris, where she got ophthalmia from a sick baby and had to have a glass eye implanted. Her eye transplant managed to put her out of work, but not for long.

Lastly, Elizabeth Blackwell accomplished many great things in life. She really proved everyone who didn’t believe in her wrong and graduated number one in her class in 1849. Following in her father’s footsteps, she crusaded for the admission of women to medical schools in the U.S. and Europe and wrote several books on the subject, including Medicine as a Profession for Women and Address on the Medical Education of Women. Elizabeth Blackwell raised ten thousand dollars to open The New York Infirmary for Women and Children in 1857, staffed entirely by women doctors. Seeing how successful the infirmary turned out to be, Elizabeth Blackwell opened The Women’s Medical College of The New York Infirmary in 1868, and in 1874 she co-founded The London School of Medicine for Women where she served briefly on the faculty. Early on in Elizabeth Blackwell’s life, she decided to be independent and provide for herself. As she was so wrapped up in asserting her independence and making the world a better place for generations of women to come, she never married. However, while she was in Paris, she did adopt an eight-year-old Irish girl, whom she names Katherine Berry Blackwell. In my opinion, Elizabeth Blackwell achieved many more things in life than an average person.

All in all, Elizabeth Blackwell is not only my hero, no, she is my role model. I have to say, that after finding out how many obstacles she overcame, how badly she wanted to change our world for the better, how much courage she had, how much she used her perseverance throughout her life, and how many great things she achieved, it really inspired me to resemble her. I know for a fact though, that I don’t want to be just like her because, well, life is too short to try and be somebody else, I want to make my own imprint on the world. My whole life I wanted to become a doctor, words “Why can’t there be any female doctors?” inspired Elizabeth Blackwell to be one. These words inspired me to become a doctor, “For what is done or learned by one class of women, becomes virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women” (Blackwell).

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Oh, yeah. Inspiration, well articulated. Exemplary illustration of character and biography. Good stuff.

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What kinda person is this? where should he work?

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i know this guy in my lit class in college and he is always criticizing the people in our books who steal and do bad things, then we went to go eat in the cafeteria and he just walked by the line that people were waiting to pay in, then one time we went again and the lady stopped him and he looked her square in the eye and said he was just occompaning me, but i ende up paying for him that day, then the next day he did it again and the lady didnt even say anything, pretended to not see him. and he seems like a know it all in class, but noone can defeat him in argument, he will twist around what you say to make you look like a bad person. the whole class seems to hate him, but when he speaks all the girls get a little smirk on their faces.

What kinda person is this? where should he work?
Sounds like a future lawyer to me.
Reply:Yeah alot of people are like that. Just cocky losers who think they know everything. These people usually are con artists as well. Be careful he might not even be who he says he is. And dont pay for him next time. And start arguing with him and dont let him top you or run through u.
Reply:An As%Hole?

Something to live by...?

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I teach economics at UNLV three times per week. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been so good. He had his wisdom teeth removed. The young man then proceeded to ask me why I always seemed to be so cheerful.

His question reminded me of something I'd read somewhere before: "Every morning when you get up, you have a choice about how you want to approach life that day," I said. "I choose to be cheerful."

"Let me give you an example," I continued, addressing all sixty students in the class. "In addition to teaching here at UNLV, I also teach out at the community college in Henderson, 17 miles down the freeway from where I live. One day a few weeks ago I drove those 17 miles to Henderson. I exited the freeway and turned onto College Drive. I only had to drive

another quarter mile down the road to the college. But just then my car died. I tried to start it again, but the engine wouldn't turn over. So I

put my flashers on, grabbed my books, and marched down the road to the college.

"As soon as I got there I called AAA and arranged for a tow truck to meet me at my car after class. The secretary in the Provost's office asked me what has happened. 'This is my lucky day,' I replied, smiling.

"'Your car breaks down and today is your lucky day?' She was puzzled. 'What do you mean?'

"'I live 17 miles from here.' I replied. 'My car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway. It didn't. Instead, it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway, within walking distance of here. I'm still able to teach my class, and I've been able to arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class. If my car was meant to break down today, it couldn't have been arranged in a more convenient fashion.'

The secretary's eyes opened wide, and then she smiled. I smiled back and headed for class." So ended my story.

I scanned the sixty faces in my economics class at UNLV. Despite the early hour, no one seemed to be asleep. Somehow, my story had touched them. Or maybe it wasn't the story at all. In fact, it had all started with a student's observation that I was cheerful.

Deepak Chopra has quoted an Indian wise man as saying, "WHO you are speaks louder to me than anything you can say." I suppose it must be so.

by Lee Ryan Miller

♥

Something to live by...?
You are indeed a maker of Lemonade. I can identify. Feels much better feeling good about life to me so I choose to feel that way.

Have a great day. I know you will.

Do you like famous peoples quotes?

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"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." --Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." --Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943

"I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year." --The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957

"But what ... is it good for?" --Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip.

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." --Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977

"This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us." --Western Union internal memo, 1876.

"The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?" --David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s.

"The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible." --A Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.)

"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" --H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.

"I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary Cooper." --Gary Cooper on his decision not to take the leading role in "Gone With The Wind."

"A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make." --Response to Debbi Fields' idea of starting Mrs. Fields' Cookies.

"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out." --Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible." --Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.

"If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can't do this." --Spencer Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M "Post-It" Notepads.

"So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we'll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for you.' And they said, 'No.' So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, 'Hey, we don't need you. You haven't got through college yet.'" --Apple Computer Inc. founder, Steve Jobs, on attempts to get Atari and H-P interested in his and Steve Wozniak's personal computer.

"Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react. He seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high schools." --1921 New York Times editorial about Robert Goddard's revolutionary rocket work.

"You want to have consistent and uniform muscle development across all of your muscles? It can't be done. It's just a fact of life. You just have to accept inconsistent muscle development as an unalterable condition of weight training." --Response to Arthur Jones, who solved the "unsolvable" problem by inventing Nautilus.

"Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy." --Drillers who Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist to his project to drill for oil in 1859.

"Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau." --Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929.

"Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value." --Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre.

"Everything that can be invented has been invented." --Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.

"Louis Pasteur's theory of germs is ridiculous fiction". --Pierre Pachet, Professor of Physiology at Toulouse, 1872.

"The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon". --Sir John Eric Ericksen, British surgeon, appointed Surgeon- Extraordinary to Queen Victoria 1873.

"640K ought to be enough for anybody." -- Bill Gates, 1981

jake5282 will eventually be banned from yahoo, 2008.

Do you like famous peoples quotes?
lol That last one is hilarious!!!!
Reply:lmao good stuff idiocy is the next brilliance or are we there already? like how nerds are the new sexy?%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;

(as for you they better not ban you and I hope u wash that doll when ur done hun) lmao
Reply:the last one was sad....i hope i dont lose you!!
Reply:RofL..they were all good..especially liked the last one..How about, "I will never get best answer for this"?..lol, j/k..keep posting..and Have a nice day.
Reply:Lmao.. i like quotes :)
Reply:Funny, thank you for sharing this.

“You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.'”

-Tommy Cooper (British Magician)
Reply:I don't believe everything I hear and I try to use common sense. Oh was that a quote? No I don't like them.
Reply:Yes I do!

I love seeing proof of ignorance!
Reply:yes but not from these famous persons

smile
Reply:Good ones! Funny! 100!
Reply:goes to show ....they don't know anything. lol....love these
Reply:yikes!

just makes us realize that the future holds hope!

last one's so good !

cheers

stars.
Reply:Jake I don't think you will be banned. Just go on to another post for a while. we don't want that to happen. come on over and join us in politics. we are ways getting it there But it so much fun.
Reply:Oh man Jake, you're killing me!!! I'm trying to catch up on my email and I see all these questions of yours that have been DELETED, and am getting p!ssed, then I get to this one ( and I am a quotation fanatic) and get to the bottom !!!!CMPL!!!!!!!! You are a legend. I see where your quote fits right in ~ it's rediculous, and a statement that is totally FALSE and will prove to be FALSE in the future! You're not going anywhere!!!
Reply:funny
Reply:yes i do like them especially the last one.
Reply:lol.....They are all great"true". Best wishes on not getting banned!!
Reply:LOL haw right they all are- except for the last one!!! Here's hoping you don't get banned from Yahoo Answers!
Reply:Wow, that Beatles guy dumb decision must've cost him billions of dollars, not to mention becoming a historical figure. I wonder what year he sat and thought about all the huge success he missed out on because of stupidity and killed himself. These just go to show how all the people who say stuff can't be done are ussually wrong. Very inspirational!!! Thanks for the post.
Reply:I got a very nice letter from the telephone company yesterday, complimenting us on our bills. - It said out last three bills were OUTSTANDING.
Reply:lol, those are funny
Reply:very good
Reply:Those are great! My, how things change!!

-Mel
Reply:Lmao. I read all of them...they're all so ironic ;) I wish I was still in school...I'd totall make a project out of it :P
Reply:This is a very good one - thanks for sharing the same!
Reply:LOL OUT LOUD

i know those people kicked themselves years later
Reply:lol. that just goes to show how much they know. i love the last one it was the best. star.

i didn't have the chance to answer your other question because it was deleted, sorry.
Reply:makes u think huh?

dnt let an opportunity pass u by................o becareful wut u say out loud!

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Please rate this story that I wrote, from a scale of 1-10. I'd also like your comments-and no suck-ups!

Making Weird Things Happen

Chapter 1~The Great Beginning

Anna and Max, Max and Anna. That's how it always was. Ever since kindergarten, these two were the greatest of friends. It all started out

on snack day, where Anna accidentally dropped a fudge brownie on the floor. Max was sitting next to Anna at the moment, and although it had been

that way the whole school year, Max hadn't talked to Anna before in her whole life until the brownie landed softly on the floor. So Max decided that

the time to actually say something to Anna was now. She felt lucky that she had somehow packed the same snack as Anna. "I'm not going to be hungry

until lunch. Do you want my brownie?" Anna took her eyes off the once airborn brownie and looked up. "Well? Would you like it or not?" Anna smiled

and shrugged. She could remember her mother saying, "I know you haven't made one friend in Pre-K, but now you're a big girl. You go and be the

best Anna you can be, okay, Pumpkin? You have a good first day of school now, and be good!" Anna could still feel that three-month-old kiss on her

cheek.

By now, Max was about ready to unwrap the brownie and start eating it. Anna's stomach growled. "Sorry. I was thinking about something.

Now about that brownie....?" Max handed the brownie to Anna. "You should be more timely when you answer questions like that. I would've

eaten that brownie by now if you hadn't said something." Anna smiled. "Well, thanks. And what does timely mean?"

Chapter 2~ Our Lives

Hi, I'm Anna. I'm ten years old. I live with my mom (37 years old) and dad(39 years old) and little sister, Hannah (six years old). I have a dog named

Cat, and a cat named-you guessed it-Dog. I like writing poems and drawing in my notebook. In class, I pay attention only half the time and remain an

A+ student. A quarter of the class time, I draw in my notebook, and the other quarter, I whisper to Maxine. But she likes me to call her Max. Max is my

best and only friend, and everyone else are either my parents or aqqauitances. I have no mortal enemes except for Danice, a sassy rich girl in the fourth

grade, which is one grade below me.

Hi, I'm Max. I'm ten and 1/2 years old. I live with my dad(42 years old) in a two-story house on Main Street. My older brother is in college as a

freshman (he's especially fresh with what he calls 'the ladies'), and he's 18. I have a hamster named Gypsy(one year old), and a mouse named Yang

(seven months old)who once tried to bite off Gypsy's tail. I thinks ghosts just might be real and I like reading romance books. in class, I read a chapter

or two of my latest novel and write down the homework that I never understand in a cute lil' planner. Luckily, Anna always explains it to me evey afternoon.

Like my grandma(68 years old) says, Anna is a jewel. She's been my best friend since kindergarten and I plan to keep it that way. But for some reason, I miss

that brownie....

Chapter 3~Good Morning, Class

"What?"Anna whispered to Max. "I can't hear you!" It was very difficult for Max to tell Anna something from her plastic chair across the room. And Max

usually passed notes to Anna. But this time Max was using her last piece of paper for the current assignment that Ms.Tash was giving. Anna finished coloring her

drawing paper and was now having a difficult converstaion with Max, while Mrs. Tash wrote something on the board. Max continued, "Pass me your drawing paper

so that I could write it down for you!" Anna folded up her nicely colored paper and passed it to Sydney, who passed it to Jake, who passed it to D.J., who passed it

to Maggy, who passed it to Max. "Thanks, Maggy,"said Max. Max sharpened her pencil and wrote a short message on the page and passed it back to Maggy. Maggy

passed the note to D.J., who passed it to Jake, who accidentally passed it to nosy Lizabeth. Lizabeth unfolded the paper and saw the coloring side of the page.

Max sighed in releif because Lizabeth only saw the drawing and didn't know to flip the paper over to reveal the message. Lizabeth made a face, folded the note back up, and

handed it back to Jake, who passed it to Sydney, who returned it to Anna. Anna read the note, which said the following in script handwriting:

Anna-

When will your birthday party be? Lizabeth was talking about it the other day, because she knows everyone's birthdays. It made me wonder about it.

I thought that it would be best if I knew when it was months in advance so that I could have time to pick out the best gift!

-Your friend, Max

Anna wrote down the date and time of her birthday bash. She made sure to add that she wasn't going to invite Nosy Lizabeh or Spoiled Danice. She told Sydney

to please get the note to Max. Sydney nodded vigourously and handed the note to Jake, who this time made sure Lizabeth wouldn't get it. The note made its journey

safely across the room, and Max read it.

Is this a good story so far?
The whole Nosy Lizabeth and Spoiled Danice thing, while describing their personalitys, doesn't seem like the kind of nicknames a 5'th grader uses. I'm in 9'th, so I was there, well, kind of recently. And in the kinder-garden scene they were talking kind of like teens. And then also, maybe it's just me. I like Anna's pets, Dog the cat, and Cat the dog! Cute! I don't think their parents ages were necessary information, really just the siblings needed that definition. The note-passing scene is cool, but it seems like all of that would have taken longer than the time a teacher would take to write something on the board. Maybe you could insert a pause, while the teacher turns back, and then the next note would be passed when the teacher was next distracted, to make it seem a bit more realistic. 1-10, I'd say 7 and a half. Keep up the good work!
Reply:i could only read some of it, and its good. but the only problem i have is that you're making 1st graders sound like 8th graders. if you hadnt said that part about anna being in pre-k, i wouldve thought it was a book about teens.

bad breath

Help confused?

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i am 21 and have been with my boyfriend over 2 years. He is 25. At the beginning our sex life was great and as is when on holiday and such like however he lives the other side of the country and we dont see each other much as i like and i miss him terribly. however this puts pressure on me and i have recently been told while going through a difficult time that i wouldnt know kinky if it splashed me in the face and i dont excite him. He wants me to talk dirty, something i have made very clear im not happy with and to try new things but i work , am in college and am genarally tired, i then go home to him who shrugs at me and says i dunno and i bored with the routine of going upstairs to his boring,freezing room.Am i being frigid,Am i holding out for romance and excitement on a lost cause,please note i have bought books that he ignored and i do wear lingerie. im not very confident but i feel like im only wanted for sex, its that important to him hes leavinAny tips or should i just let it

Help confused?
hmmmm...well whether you should let him just leave without trying depends on how much you want to keep the relationship...it sounds as if you are both bored in different ways...when this happens very often both parties can become antagonistic and confrontational...a good way to get over this is to talk to each other and agree that you are both bored...maybe then both of you write a list of things that you like the other person to do...to give to each other...but make it read in a positive way...so for example...i really love it when you carry me to the bedroom...instead of... you never carry me to the bedroom anymore........also write a list of things that you dont like but in such a way that it just expresses how it makes you feel...for instance...i feel intimidated and nervous when you ask me to talk dirty because i dont feel comfortable with it........this way you are making positive statements instead of negative and no one should go on the defensive ........................in saying that if you want a quick and easy solution that may or may not last...book a bed and breakfast somewhere for the night...put on a coat with nothing underneath...meet him from work...tell him you have nothing on under your coat but he cant have you til you get to that warm cosy bed and breakfast....stand back and watch his head spin,lol....he'll appreciate the surprise and maybe start giving you some too...hope some of that helps...good luck...;0)
Reply:No this is not you, you should not do anything that you feel uncomfortable, you should bin this bloke.....quickly. otherwise you will find yourself in a rut....no confidence (he's already go that dropping) then depression, feeling useless and completely dependant on this bloke who will then be able to get you to the things you don't want to do cause you'll be scared of losing him.

your 21 work college your going somewhere, you need to make sure that you do and dont take him along with you.
Reply:wait to have sex with your HUSBAND-- stop having premarital sex and focus on loving God, fall in love with our Father in Heaven and watch Him give you a love here on earth you could only dream of!

premarital sex is unsafe, babies, stds, who wants that?!

your relationship with our Lord is the most important relationship.

if your bf cant handle that, he's not worth your time.

1 Corinthians 10:8

We should not commit sexual immorality

Matthew 22:37

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
Reply:If you have told him that you don't want to do something sexually, but he pressures you do do it, he's a jerk. You're not being frigid for not wanting to have sex and do things with someone that you don't want to do--you're being sensible. I think he is exploiting you--I can't tell you whether he loves you or not, but if anyone made me feel that sad and annoyed while I was with him, I would dump him (wow, that was a really oddly worded sentence).
Reply:The sexiest thing is to be wanted and appreciated. It sounds like your boyfriend is kind of a jerk. He's all about his needs but doesn't seem too interested in your needs. I've been with my boyfriend for 3 years and we are crazy excited about each other and our sex life makes both of us happy.
Reply:no love your just bored, spice it up or move on is my advice
Reply:. . . maybe you should try the opposite sex, so you're a guy into lingerie, so what, find a girlfriend who you can swap with . . .
Reply:agrees with suzie
Reply:He wants what he wants and you're uncomfortable and will not budge. That sounds like major incompatibility. What's left? I think you both need to move on. You'll never be happy and will probably end up splitting up sooner or later anyway. Might as well cut it while it's early in the "so-called" relationship.
Reply:take it easy sweetheart, relax and talk things over with him.........
Reply:Dont whatever you do wait til your married because that when it really does go down hill - sometimes fast and sometimes a little bit longer. So have the fun now and enjoy it you owe it to yourself so get the imagination going and show him whos the boss

good luck RTC

Do we REALLY know anything????

2010-04-12T19:48:00.001-07:00

Astute observations from 'experts':

"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."

--Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science,1949

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."

--Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943

"I have travelled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year."

--The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957

"But what ... is it good for?"

--Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."

--Ken Olson, President, Chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977

"There is no real need for sales people. Customers will be attracted to good products without assistance."

--Ken Olson, addressing a convention of DEC sales people

"This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us."

--Western Union internal memo, 1876.

"The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"

--David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the1920s.

"The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible."

--A Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.

"Who wants to hear actors talk?"

--H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.

"I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary Cooper."

--Gary Cooper on his decision not to take the leading role in "Gone With The Wind."

"A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make."

--Response to Debbi Fields' idea of starting Mrs. Fields' Cookies.

"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."

--Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."

--Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.

"If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can't do this."

--Spencer Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for3-M "Post-It" Notepads.

"So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or, we' ll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for you.' And, they said, 'No.' So then, we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, 'Hey, we don't need you. You haven't got through college yet.'"

--Apple Computer Inc. founder Steve Jobs on attempts to get Atari and HP interested in his and Steve Wozniak's personal computer.

"Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react. He seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high schools."

--1921 New York Times editorial about Robert Goddard's revolutionary rocket work.

"You want to have consistent and uniform muscle development across all of your muscles? It can't be done. It's just a fact of life. You just have to accept inconsistent muscle development as an unalterable condition of weight training."

--Response to Arthur Jones, who solved the "unsolvable" problem by inventing Nautilus.

"Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy."

--Drillers who Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist to his project to drill for oil in 1859.

"Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau."

--Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929.

"Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value."

--Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre.

"Everything that can be invented has been invented."

--Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.

"Louis Pasteur's theory of germs is ridiculous fiction."

--Pierre Pachet, Professor of Physiology at Toulouse, 1872

"The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon."

--Sir John Eric Ericksen, British surgeon, appointed Surgeon-Extraordinary to Queen Victoria 1873.

"640K ought to be enough for anybody."

--Bill Gates, 1981

Do we REALLY know anything????
its not that important for me or us to learn those facts that you had stated..what's important is we do get reasoning and critical thinking skills. in that way, we may be able to be mentally alert even though we don't have all the facts in the world...
Reply:It's always nice to know that those who are considered the smartest, can also be the most stupid, in this world. It gives me great hope for my situation!

Here's a star for your question, you've earned it!
Reply:Funny how wrong they were. I'm glad that there are so many who don't take the word "no" seriously. Interesting information!
Reply:YES. YOU KNOW ALOT.
Reply:Wow - just goes to show you, you should always follow your dreams and instincts.
Reply:Foresight is a wonderous thing. ------ fun read, thanks.
Reply:The world is full of "KNOW it ALLS" huh?!
Reply:This is downright FASCINATING reading! OMG..just imagine if folk had listened to these experts? [or for that matter the naysayers of today?]

I've always been of the belief that what the mind can conjure is always possible!
Reply:Quite interesting. Glad people don't take no seriously.
Reply:This shows we should all know enough not to listen to the 'nay sayers'. If you have an idea, run with it. You never know, it just might be the 'next big thing'.
Reply:I watched a documentary a few nights ago, regarding genetics. Scientist thought once they broke the genetic code, there would be less disease, fewer health issues and longer, healthier lives for all!

What they found however, was they're just scraping the tip of the iceberg.

I remember going back to get my degree. I thought I was fairly informed but I quickly realized, the more I know, the more I know I don't know.
Reply:This is called progression and it continues today. When computers were 'hot' in the 80's, the whole selling idea behind them was the 'paperless office.' Well, I'm still waiting for that. We're stating things in science, health, and technology today that will be laughable 20 years from now. That's the way it's ALWAYS been and that's the way it will continue to be. We're only as smart as the next 'discovery.'

Look at fossils - every time they find a 'new bone' - they come up with a new theory.
Reply:Bravo!
Reply:The only thing for certain in my life is death, taxes and a computer!!!!
Reply:wow !! who would have guessed that people could be such naysayers

good thing somebody thought bigger and better than them !!

interesting facts - thanks!!

Discipline?

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Recently I've realized just how much the fact that my parents didn't discipline my siblings and myself comes into play.

It's not discipline in the way of punishment, but more in the fact of if we didn't want to do something, our parents really didn't make us do it. A good example would be "Go study for your test"... "I don't want to"... "Fine, fail it; it's your own fault". And they wouldn't force us to study.

Now that I'm in college and it's close to exam time, I'm finding it EXTREMELY hard to force myself to study or read books that I don't want to read or go to class when I don't want to. I almost wish I had someone to get in my face and tell me to get off my a** and do these things, but I don't have anyone like that. I never did.

How are some ways or tricks I can use to discipline myself to get these things done, not only for now, but for the future? I really need to get these things done and I really want to have that discipline that others have to get things done.

Discipline?
Take responsibility for your actions and stop blaming other people for your difficulties. Why do you imagine that it is easy to sit down and study? The majority of people dislike study and find it a very dreaded means to an end. Stop waiting to *feel* like studying. Its not going to happen. Do it anyway, regardless of how you feel. You know the consequences if you don't.
Reply:I'm not sure how helpful this will be, but I found your question interesting because I had the exact opposite when I was a kid. My parents never allowed me to make my own choices about whether I studied. I had to do it regardless of whether I wanted to or not. When I went away to uni I suddenly found myself in charge of my own life having had no experience of motivating myself. I'd always been told what to do and had never had to organise myself. I found it almost impossible to get the work done, because I had nobody on my case telling me to do it.

By putting the responsibility for not studying back onto you, your parents gave you a useful tool for adulthood. In adult life there is nobody breathing down your neck saying "get up, go to work, do your studying etc", and if you do not do those things you are the one who suffers. As adults we make choices and we have to take the responsibility for those choices, and a taste of that in childhood and adolescence is a useful insight into what adulthood holds for us.

Good luck with the exams!
Reply:It is time to grow up and take responsibility for your actions. Every deed has a consequence. If you don't study you will most likely fail. If you cross the street on a red light you take a chance on being hit by a car. So if you want to succeed do what it takes. Your parents were only doing what they knew best, they probably wanted you to make decisions on your own, and learn by your errors. You should thank them rather than criticize them.
Reply:Here you go. Get off your *** and do what you need to do. Your parents form of motivation was a form of reverse psychology. They figured that if they tried to tell you what to do you would do the opposite. Now, you have a dilemma because you can't buckle down and focus on what needs to be done. I have been there myself. But you have to ask yourself "Where do I want to be in life 5, 10, 20 years down the line?" To be successful, you have to put aside your own wants and do what needs to be done. Try delaying gratification. It is a cognitive-behavioral technique that is meant to teach people to focus on meeting their responsibilities before engaging in pleasurable activities. Set a schedule for yourself. Make it such that you can only do a certain activity if you go to class, study, etc. Believe me, the more you do it, the more rewarding those other, pleasurable activities will be. I hope this helps.
Reply:Actually, your parents were smarter than you think. Not so much in elementary school, but by junior high, forcing a child to do something like study doesn't instill any self motivation. When the parent backs off, the child stops doing what they don't want to do.

Your parents obviously told you what their expectations were, and if you chose not to make a good decision, they explained what the consequence would be.

Now you realize you make some bad choices, and you need to change. How wonderful! Clearly you did well enough to get into college, so things are not as bad as you think. Maybe you are someone who doesn't have to study that much anyway. How are your grades?

Try little rewards for yourself after accomplishing a task.

College is like any school in that there are classes you will like and others you won't. Pay attention to this.

Frankly, you sound a lot like me in your approach to college. I always told myself that no matter what, I was inherently smarter than at least 1/2 the people in any given class, so no matter how much or how little I studied, I would beat the curve. And I did. Chill.
Reply:Set a schedule and stick to it. Look at your education as your job - you don't do it well you won't get paid in the future. If you are having difficulty in a subject -ask for help- it is just as important a skill as discipline and will help you greatly in your future career. When you accomplish your goal (good grade, complete a project) reward yourself with a special treat (a mani-pedi, massage, day off to go window shopping, etc). It is important you put off the "reward" until the job is accomplished or it isn't a reward. Try to look at each class as an opportunity to grow and develop yourself to be the successful adult you know you can be. Also be sure to take a few child development courses they will not only help you with disciplining yourself but help you in the future with your own family challenges. Good Luck!
Reply:My mother was the same way and I thank her for that...I had to learn from my mistakes, I didnt have someone telling me what I should and shouldnt do...and as a result, I had to make good choices...if I didnt I learned from them and would try again...

You are making excusses for not doing your exam and that is your fault not your parents....And I am sure if they were in your face all the time telling you what to do right now you would be saying I dont want to do my exam, I was told what to do my whole life and now I want to rebel......You are lucky you are in college dont waste it, there are people who want to be there and they cant....get an education
Reply:Don't blame your parents. They could not make you do something that you did not want to do. Blame your self. You sound very imature and just finding excuses to act like a child, Grow up and do your work.

Grapes of Wrath?

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What are the most significant tension facing Midwest American farmers during the Great Depression?

OR

What were the most traumatic changes brought upon America by the Great Depression?

This is only a two page paper- what major examples from the book could answer and support either question? It would be VERY helpful if someone could accompany their answer with the chapter the event occurs.

I'm a college freshman with a 3.96 GPA- I also work 40 hours a week- please don't tell me to do my homework. This is an isolated incident.

Thanks a lot ahead of time. I really appreciate it.

Grapes of Wrath?
Wow! You're a busy young woman. Tom gave you some good info, though I don't know if I agree about the land management....difficult to offset a prolonged drought, though possibly it could have been mitigated with better management.

The tensions they faced? ... leaving everything they cherished, loss of security and self confidence; families scattered, homes lost., lives style totally altered. Then, not finding what they had been told awaited...descent jobs. They were terribly taken advantage of by the employers in the fields, treated inhumanely. Looked down upon by everyone but the other 'okies'. Stress and corruption caused a division in their family.

If at all possible, you should rent the movie, it's fabulous and follows the book closely.....also has a poignant scene when Tom Joad leaves his family to avoid arrest.

There are small booklets(clep notes?) that would be far more definitive, but maybe combined, we've given you enough to get the job done. Good luck, ambitious one.
Reply:There were several major tensions facing Midwestern farmers.

They didn't manage their fields well and created a "Dust Bowl" where the wind literally blew away the top soil making it nearly impossible to grow anything.

Having watched their top soil and seeds planted blow away, there was little left to sell come harvest.

Having nothing left to sell, most farms went into foreclosure. People lost everything, packed what they could into their trucks and took to the open road looking for work elsewhere. Remember, there were no "highways" in that time period.

Tom Joad's family lost their farm (that they'd owned for several generations) in a bank foreclosure. They packed what they could (including grandma) and headed west. Granny died on the road and was buried under a tree (if I remember correctly), never getting to see the "Promised Land" (AKA California).

The mass exodus and foreclosures changed the very face of America. People had little hope and there was no end in sight. It gave birth to people like Woody Guthrie and Will Rogers. It also gave foothold to a new political ideology -- communism and socialism.
Reply:It is all about the Dust Bowl and the exodus from Oklahoma, Arkansas, and part of Texas. It is not about the MidWest. Those are not Midwestern States.
Reply:the lessons and thoughts in the Grapes of Wrath cannot be given in two short paragraphs. Sorry, you need to read it. The teacher will know if you give an uninformed answer, even if your facts are correct. Good Luck.

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Ah, beer. The cause of and the solution to all of life's problems.

Who are you? Why am I here? I want answers now or I want them eventually!

Because they're stupid, that's why. That's why everybody does everything!

That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough. I'm going to clown college!

You know those balls that they put on car antennas so you can find them in the parking lot? Those should be on every car!

Marge, I'm going to miss you so much. And it's not just the sex! It's also the food preparation.

When I look at the smiles on all the children's faces, I just know they're about to jab me with something.

America's health care system is second only to Japan, Canada, Sweden, Great Britain, well...all of Europe. But you can thank your lucky stars we don't live in Paraguay!

It's like something out of that "twilighty" show about that zone.

Whenever Marge turns on one of her "non-violent" programs, I take a walk. I go to a bar, I pound a few, then I stumble home in the mood for love...

It's not easy to juggle a pregnant wife and a troubled child, but somehow I managed to fit in eight hours of TV a day.

English? Who needs that? I'm never going to England!

Oh no! What have I done? I smashed open my little boy's piggy bank, and for what? A few measly cents, not even enough to buy one beer. Wait a minute, lemme count and make sure...not even close!

Or what? You'll release the dogs? Or the bees? Or the dogs with bees in their mouth and when they bark they shoot bees at you?

You're saying butt-kisser like it's a bad thing!

Well, let's just call them, uh, Mr. X and Mrs. Y. So anyway, Mr. X would say, 'Marge, if this doesn't get your motor running, my name isn't Homer J. Simpson.'

I know what you're saying, Bart. When I was young, I wanted an electric football machine more than anything else in the world, and my parents bought it for me, and it was the happiest day of my life. Well, goodnight!

Apu, you got any Skittle Brau? Never mind, just give me some Duff and a pack of Skittles.

You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel.

Mmmmmm - 52 slices of American cheese.

Hey, I asked for ketchup - I'm eatin' salad here!

When I first heard that Marge was joining the police academy, I thought it would be fun and zany, you know like that movie... "Spaceballs". But instead it was dark and disturbing, like that movie "Police Academy".

I think Mr. Smithers picked me for my motivational skills. Everyone always says they have to work twice as hard when I'm around!

Marge, it takes two to lie. One to lie, and one to listen.

Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand!

I'm trying to fix your mother's camera. Easy, easy - Hmmm. I think I need a bigger drill.

You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try'.

Oh, everything's too damned expensive these days. Like this Bible. It cost 15 bucks! And talk about a preachy book! Everybody's a sinner! Except this guy.

Here's to alcohol - the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

God bless those pagans.

Don't let Krusty's death get you down, boy. People die all the time, just like that. Why, you could wake up dead tomorrow! Well, good night!

If you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now, quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers!

You couldn't fool your mother on the foolingest day of your life if you had an electrified fooling machine.

Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy.

I'm a white male, age 18 to 49. Everyone listens to me, no matter how dumb my suggestions are.

All right, let's not panic. I'll make the money by selling one of my livers. I can get by with one.

Woo hoo! 350 dollars! Now I can buy 70 transcripts of Nightline!

Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything. 14% of people know that.

You know boys, a nuclear reactor is a lot like women. You just have to read the manual and press the right button.

I hope I didn't brain my damage!

We'll die together, like a father and son should.

Let us celebrate this agreement with the adding of chocolate to milk.

We're gonna get a new TV. Twenty-one inch screen, realistic flesh tones, and a little cart so we can wheel it into the dining room on holidays!

First you don't want me to get the pony, then you want me to take it back. Make up your mind!

Son, a woman is a lot like a... a refrigerator! They're about six feet tall, 300 pounds. They make ice, and... um... Oh, wait a minute. Actually, a woman is more like a beer.

Now what is a wedding? Well, Webster's dictionary describes a wedding as the process of removing weeds from one's garden.

Now, Marge, don't discourage the boy. Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals. Except the weasel.

You can't go wrong with cocktail weenies. They look as good as they taste. And they come in this delicious red sauce. It looks like ketchup, it tastes like ketchup, but brother, it ain't ketchup!

I saw this movie about a bus that had to SPEED around a city, keeping its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode! I think it was called "The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down."

I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun!

I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me, Superman!

Oh, they have Internet on computers now.

Marge I swear, I never thought that you would find out.

Shut up, brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-Tip!

I am so smart, I am so smart, S M R T, I mean S M A R T.

I'm not gonna lie to you, Marge. See ya soon!

nti On-Line

APPLE Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity

BASIC Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control

CD-ROM Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete in Months

COBOL Completely Obsolete Business Oriented Language

COMPUTER Capable Of Making Perfectly Uncomplicated Tasks Extremely Rigorous

DOS Defunct Operating System

IBM I Blame Microsoft

IBM I Bought Macintosh

ISDN It Still Does Nothing

LISP Lots of Infuriating %26amp; Silly Parentheses

LOTUS Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious

MACINTOSH Most Applications Crash, If Not The Operating System Hangs

MCSE Minesweeper Consultant %26amp; Solitaire Expert

MCSE Must Consult Someone Experienced

MCSE Making Computers Slow Everyday

MICROSOFT Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software Only Fools Teenagers

MIPS Mistakes Incurred Per Second

MIPS Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed

NASCAR Non-Athletic Sport Centered Around Rednecks

NTSC Never The Same Color

OS/2 Obsolete Soon Too

PASCAL Pedantry And Strictness Created A Language

PCMCIA People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms

PENTIUM Produces Erroneous Numbers Thru Incorrect Understanding of Mathematics

POTS Plain Old Telephone System

RISC Reduced Into Silly Code

SCSI System Can't See It

SCSI-2 System Can't See It Again

SNMP Security Not My Problem

WINDOWS Wonderful Interface No Dos User Would Sanction

WINDOWS Will Install Needless Data On Whole System

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Reply:HAHAHA!!!! that is funny!!!

Wot do u think?

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Relationships

When a relationship ends, a woman will cry and pour her heart out to her girlfriends, and she will write a poem titled “All Men Are Idiots”. Then she will get on with her life.

A man has a little more trouble letting go. Six months after the break-up, at 3:00 a.m. on a Saturday night, he will call and say, “I just wanted to let you know you ruined my life, and I’ll never forgive you, and I hate you, and you’re a total floozy. But I want you to know that there’s always a chance for us”. This is known as the “I Hate You / I Love You” drunken phone call, that 99% of all men have made at least once. There are community colleges that offer courses to help men get over this need; alas, these classes rarely prove effective.

Maturity

Women mature much faster than men. Most 17-year-old females can function as adults. Most 17-year-old males are still trading baseball cards and giving each other wedgies after gym class. This is why high school romances rarely work out.

Handwriting

To their credit, men do not decorate their penmanship. They just chicken- scratch. Women use scented, colored stationary and they dot their “i’s” with circles and hearts. Women use ridiculously large loops in their “p’s” and “g’s”. It is a royal pain to read a note from a woman. Even when she’s dumping you, she’ll put a smiley face at the end of the note.

Bathrooms

A man has six items in his bathroom - a toothbrush, toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of Dial soap, and a towel from the Holiday Inn. The average number of items in the typical woman’s bathroom is 437. A man would not be able to identify most of these items.

Groceries

A woman makes a list of things she needs and then goes to the store and buys these things. A man waits till the only items left in his fridge are half a lime and a beer. Then he goes grocery shopping. He buys everything that looks good. By the time a man reached the checkout counter, his cart is packed tighter that the Clampett’s car on Beverly Hillbillies. Of course, this will not stop him from going to the 10-items-or-less lane.

Shoes

When preparing for work, a woman will put on a Mondi wool suit, and then slip on Reebok sneakers. She will carry her dress shoes in a plastic bag. When a woman gets to work, she will put on her dress shoes. Five minutes later she will kick them off because her feet are under the desk. A man will wear the same pair of shoes all day.

Leg Warmers

A woman, even if she’s walking the dog or doing the dishes, is allowed to wear leg warmers. She can wear them any time she wants. A man can only wear leg warmers if he is auditioning for the “Gimme the Ball” number in “A Chorus Line.”

Going Out

When a man says he is ready to go out, it means he is ready to go out. When a woman says she is ready to go out, it means she will be ready to go out, as soon as she finds her earring, finishes putting on her makeup…

Cats

Women love cats. Men say they love cats, but when women aren’t looking, men kick cats.

Offspring

Ah!, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and soccer games and romances and best friends and favorite foods and secret fears and hopes and dreams. A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.

Dressing Up

A woman will dress up to: go shopping, water the plants, empty the garbage, answer the phone, read a book, get the mail etc. A man will dress up for: weddings, funerals.

Laundry

Women do laundry every couple of days. A man will wear every article of clothing he owns, including his surgical pants that were hip about eight years ago, before he will do his laundry. When he is finally out of clothes, he will wear a dirty sweatshirt inside out and take his mountain of clothes to the laundromat. Men always expect to meet beautiful women at the laundromat. This is a myth perpetuated by re-runs of old episodes of “Love, American Style.”

Socks

Men wear sensible socks. They wear standard white sweatsocks. Women wear strange socks. Socks that are cut way below the ankles, that have pictures of clouds on them, that have a big fuzzy ball on the back.

Nicknames

If Gloria, Suzanne, Deborah and Michelle get together for lunch, they will call each other Gloria, Suzanne, Deborah and Michelle. But if Mike, Dave, Rob and Jack go out for a brewsky, they will affectionately refer to each other as Bullet-Head, Godzilla, Peanut-Brain and Useless.

Eating Out

… and when the check comes, Mike, Dave, Rob and Jack will each throw in $20 bills, even though it’s only for $22.50. None of them will have anything smaller, and none will actually admit they want change back. When the girls get their check, out come the pocket calculators.

Mirrors

Men are vain; they will always check themselves out in a mirror. Women are ridiculous; they will check out their reflections in any shiny surface: mirrors, spoons, car windows, store windows, toasters, Joe Garagiola’s head.

The Telephone

Men see the telephone as a communication tool. They use the telephone to send short messages to other people. A woman can visit her girlfriend for two weeks, and upon returning home, she will call the same friend and they will talk for three hours.

Directions

If a woman is out driving, and she finds herself in unfamiliar surroundings, she will stop at a gas station and ask for directions. Men consider this to be a sign of weakness. Men will never stop and ask for directions. Men will drive in a circle for hours, all the while saying things like, “Looks like I’ve found a new way to get there.” and, “I know I’m in the general neighborhood. I recognize that 7-11 store.”

Admitting Mistakes

Women will sometimes admit making a mistake. The last man who admitted he was wrong was General George Custer.

Toys

Little girls love to play with toys. Then when they reach the age of 11 or 12, they lose interest. Men never grow out of their obsession with toys. As they get older, their toys simply become more expensive and silly and impractical. Examples of men’s toys: little miniature TV’s. Car phones. Complicated juicers and blenders. Graphic equalizers. Small robots that serve cocktails on command. Video games. Anything that blinks, beeps, and requires at least 6 “D” batteries to operate.

Plants

A woman asks a man to water her plants while she is on vacation. The man waters the plants. The woman comes home five or six days later to an apartment full of dead plants. No one knows why this happens.

Cameras

Men take photography very seriously. They’ll shell out $4000 for state of the art equipment, and build dark rooms and take photography classes. Women purchase Kodak Instamatics. Of course women always end up taking better pictures.

Jewelry

Women look nice when they wear jewelry. A man can get away with wearing one ring and that’s it. Any more than that and he will look like a lounge singer.

Wot do u think?
LOL! Long but VERY Funny!
Reply:i`m gladi have an home and end buttons on my comp,lol
Reply:is this a lecture or a supa lecture
Reply:It's what, not "wot". Do you really expect someone to reall all that garbage?
Reply:that man sure done you wrong ......
Reply:What have you got against lounge singers?
Reply:Im a gd man!!

Its pretty gd do, LOL
Reply:bit too long and once you understand the principle of the joke it gets really boring and repetitive.
Reply:I hope for your sake your just trying to be funny and not expressing any bitterness that you may have with men or anything else, because you won't find much emotional support in the jokes section, good jokes btw

Just for the record.?

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Not knowing about the Holocaust, WWII, and the death of some 70 MILLION people is unfathomable. And it has to do with being an American citizen because some 400,000 of those where american soldiers. I do not understand the idea of forgetting a WORLD trajedy such as this. some of you absolutly terrify me in your ignorance. You should be ashamed. Look into the faces of those innocent children who died horrible pointless deaths, and justify forgetting. Those whom forget the past are doomed to repeat it. And by the way, India's Independence Day (Hindi: स्वतंत्रता दिवस) is celebrated on August 15 to commemorate its independence from British rule and its birth as a sovereign nation on that day in 1947. As far as the Armanian Genocide, There have been many, most severe in 1915 i believe. As far as all of the other questions, I can't believe any of you attended American Schools. As a college graduate, I have taken 7 World histories, and my 13 year old sone has already had 2. Read a book.

Just for the record.?
It is not that ppl forget... it is that the typical, common American education is terrible. Our public schools do not focus on history at all.
Reply:Some of these questions are from children who have not finished school. (Many sound like they are from homework assignments.)

Some of these questions are from persons who attended school in other countries.

Not all are from adults who attended school here.

Could there be a possible bond between us....I really like her?

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I have never had a girlfriend - is it really that necessary?

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I've been thinking a lot about suicide lately, and one of the reasons is that I feel that I'll never get a girlfriend. I burn with jealousy when I go out in public and see a man with his wife holding his kid. I was born with a syndrome that made my face very ugly and so I've never attracted that many women, not even in college. I now know that I'll never have a girlfriend, so I'll never get to hold hands, share a bed, eat dinner, have sex, etc. with a girl. No, I'm NOT an "attention-seeker", I just need someone to convince me that I don't need a girlfriend/wife to live a wonderful, meaningful life. Are there any DISadvantages to having a girlfriend? The only one that I can think of is that I get to spend my money on things like books (I'm a bookworm) and other luxuries instead of on a girl.

I have never had a girlfriend - is it really that necessary?
Dude women suck, you do not need a girl in your life to have a wonderful life. As a matter of fact it will be even better without any women. I love books as well.
Reply:how old are you? if girls dont find u attractive then they probably dont see the real you. I dont mean to sound like everyone else, but well you never know, you might just meet her. smile, have fun and take oppurtunities, thats how u meet new people. Best of luck. and no i cant think of many disadvantages cos i luv being around people
Reply:Before you could ever be happy with a girlfriend, you need to be happy with yourself. You find enjoyment in books, that's a good start. Join a book club(s).

There are MANY downsides to relationships. The feeling of being trapped. The loss of the freedom to do what you want, when you want. They are expensive. And all those people you see that make you jealous are putting their public faces on. They all have troubles at home. Some very serious, some that are just nuisances.

Now, I don't want to make light of your situation, or another's, but you can find companionship even if you aren't the most attractive. Is there a help group in your area for people with your affliction? A person with the same, or a similar, affliction will be less shallow about a physical appearance. I had a blind boyfriend once, and it was wonderful. I knew that we got along because we got along. He didn't overlook issues because he liked the way I look (not that he could like the way I look, but that's beside the point).

Find comfort in your friends. Do fulfilling work. Volunteer at the hospital. Volunteer to do tutoring at a women's shelter - they always need that. Being well read you could really help a woman who has escaped an abusive relationship to improve her station in life, get a good job, etc.

I could go on and on. There is so much more to life than relationships. While I am married to a wonderful man, I realize that he doesn't define my life. He enhances it, but he doesn't define it. I could just as easily get along by myself. Don't be down on yourself. People will adopt the attitude they have toward you from your attitude toward yourself.
Reply:Besides spending all your money, they talk your ear off, and probably end up nailing your best friend.

Your life is as meaningful as you want it to be, don't hurt yourself dude.
Reply:Girlfriends are great... but having meaningful friends are much better. Don't get me wrong, i love my girlfriend alot.... but i hate the arguements. then the fear of losing her.

especially if you two live together. you no longer get to do whatever you want. you need to find ways to please her and keep her happy... if you are single, there's no commitment to anyone but yourself and you can do whatever you want without any guilt.

yes the money issue too. every dollar you make is yours. there's no need for gifts for every damn holiday. valentines, christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, etc.

its all how you look at it... theres good and bad points to everything. but think abotu this.... right now til the day you die, you have a chance of finding the perfect girl for you.... if you commit suicide, you'll NEVER find the perfect girl for you.
Reply:Hey! you are a smart and valued guy, don´t even think about suicide... It´s not the big deal not to have a girlfriend, in fact, you´d face many problems that you don´t have at this moment. So relax, focus your mind in other activities, like sports or anything that help to grow your spirit.
Reply:You sound like you are your own worst enemy. I've known very unhandsome men that never went without girlfriends or "playmates"...but they had something you don't have. Confidence (I sound like the Wizard of Oz...LOL!)

However, no it's not necessary to have a girlfriend or boyfriend, and there are plenty of people on the planet that go through life w/o any romance of any kind. Just friends and/or family (if that) and live their life pursuing things that have meaning and pleasure for them.

Make your life what you want it to be. Not having what you want (or think you want), is NO reason for suicide.
Reply:Only you know what you need, but,if you can't live with something you can't change, then how can sombody else.
Reply:No, a girlfriend is not necessary, u know there are many other beautiful things in life than women, women are just women. u should explore many other things that life has to offer you, don't kill urself over something that isn't worth it, im not saying women are worth nothing since im a woman, but there's so many things in life that can complete you, today in society we think we need a mate just to be completely happy, but if you look further, it's really not necessarly true, later in life u know u might find someone special, but don't surround yourself with love songs or fake fantasy movies that only make you look down on yourself, Do something that really makes u happy, do something to help others be a good person, don't focus on only love, You can be something really great,it's not too late, life isn't really that predictable sometimes.
Reply:Dude, don't worry about it, most of the time girls are a ROYAL pain in the ***. And DEFINITELY not worth killing yourself over. You have to look at the brighter side of things, and who knows one day you might find a girl who's not shallow and likes you for who you are.

Or, you could buy a corvette (I hear those things work wonders)
Reply:Having a girlfriend can and be a wonderful part of your life. It's not the only thing in your life and won't be the last to replace the void you are feeling. It's the the outside appearance that counts anyway. One day when the timing of your life is right you will find a wonderful LADY who will love you for who you are on the inside. Are you a believer in Christ? For he promises that you can be filled with an everlasting peace and joy when we turn to him. He will over fill you every needs. I encourage you to find a close church or start reading John and Romans in the bible. All good things come to be-even girlfriends.
Reply:Find a good career and make a ton of money, you'll have all the girlfriends calling you handsome that you can stand.
Reply:dude you don't need a g/f just live life to it's fullest, take it from me I just got out of a very bad marriage %26amp; I was being controlled by my wife %26amp; all she wanted me to do was work %26amp; pay the rent while she cheated behind my back every day %26amp; all I wanted to do was spend time with her %26amp; I told her that I wanted to download 2 wall papers on my cell phone %26amp; she got pissed at me %26amp; I told her to go get screwed by her boy toy.
Reply:Hi David, here are my thoughts:

1) Please don't commit suicide because we would miss you on Yahoo Answers!

2) You must be depressed. You should see a doctor or counselor (maybe at your university they have free services for alumni?)

3) Is this need for a girlfriend a true, felt need? Or is it an unfelt need, like a need imposed from outside because "that's the way it is supposed to be"? Are you sure you would like to have a girlfriend or wife? Or is it that you are focusing on what is missing in your life?

4) You say a syndrome made your face very ugly and therefore you will never find a girlfriend. Girls at your current age may be looking for handsome guys only, but things may change in a couple of years... You may find a mature girl who will love you for what you are inside, even if you are not handsome.

5) For the reason above, you have to work on your inside, continue learning, develop social skills, etc.

6) Since you were born with this physical problem, you must be comfortable with your physical being, as it is part of your body image since you were born.

7) Now you need to become comfortable with who you are intellectually, psychologically, etc. and with what you do in life.

8) Paul Sivadon, a Belgian psychiatrist, said that "a man finds his identity in what he does" (in case this helps you).

9) Go to amazon.com (since you like to read) and run a search with the keyword "solitude". You may find very interesting books.

10) Oh, to answer your question, you may lead a fulfilling, happy life without a girlfriend/wife.

Viel Glück!
Reply:sweetie there is so much more to life then a girlfriend. enjoy life a live it for what it is worth. you don't need a girlfriend and if you want a kid there is always adopting. there is so much more to grate full for and there are people that will never be able to see from blindness, or ever walk, some that live on machines. you really need to take a second look at life
Reply:i think we are of a genetic makeup that pushes us to be social. i can understand that you are having a tough time, but in order to move forward and to have any kind of positive lifestyle you do need to work on your self esteem. you can do this through counseling. i watched a show the other day about people with unusual handicaps who got married. there was a lady with no legs who had to care for her Alzheimer's dad, a brother who is mentally retarded and violent and she met a guy who married her!! there was another guy ( a different show i think ) who was given a shot that accidentally went into his hip and somehow messed up his manhood and made it go up inside of him and he has been married for 4 years now... he has finally had some surgery to re-shape it but his wife took him as he was... all hope is not lost!!
Reply:Of course there are good points and bad points to having and not having a girlfriend, and like many guys I have experienced both. I can tell you definitively that having one versus not having one is no way to evaluate you own self worth. If you are considering suicide over not having someone else to validate your worth, you seriously need to take a deep look at yourself. You are the only you that you are ever going to have, so if you don't value yourself, nobody else will. If you act like you value yourself, people will view you in a much different light than if you are visibly unhappy with yourself.

Ask yourself this. How many time have you gone into public and seen a couple and thought 'How did HE get HER?' or what is SHE doing with a guy like THAT? The bottom line is different people are attracted to different types, and thank heavens for that! If you truly want someone, do what you think you have to do to get that someone. This will at least get you being proactive about the process, and more than likely will build the esteem necessary to attract yourself a girl, and you will have a whole new world of fun and problems to deal with. Never ever allow someone else to dictate your worth...
Reply:No, it's not a necessity to have a woman by your side to find happiness and contentment. They cost a great deal of money, heart ache, time, and attention.

You would have a better chance if they weren't so damned petty, materialistic, conceited and self absorbed. But hey, I've found that not all are like that, just most.

Besides, that's what prostitutes are for. If you have to spend your money on a woman you might as well get what you pay for. There's a lot less grief that way.
Reply:having a girlfriend is not that great...all my guy friends always have troubles with girls and most of the time i think they're better off without girls. as long as you have great friends whom u can hang out with...life is good

girlfriends always cause trouble and they're always ambiguous..they expect guys to do certain stuff and most of the time they don't even tell them. Sometimes girls even lead guys on!!! most of my guy friends even have been cheated on and i hate it when that happens cuz most girls don't know a great guy when they see one.

as a girl myself...sometimes i prefer hanging out with guy friends cuz it's less stressful and it's more laid back. girl's are so annoying...sorry if i'm insulting my own gender too much..but u got to admit..it's true most of the time...

so please don't be depress about not having a girlfriend...life isn't all about finding love...there's other and better things to do..go to the movies, joke around with friends, take trips! =]
Reply:C - YA - SOON !!!!!!!!!!
Reply:You don't need a girlfriend, but I'm SURE you can eventually get one, if you want one! If you are a gentleman, considerate, a good friend, and gerally have a good head on your shoulders, you can find a girl who will love you for YOU, no matter what you look like. There are girls of all shapes, sizes, values, etc. Not everyone is will blow you off just because of the way you look. Even if it takes a long time for you to find the right girl, in the meantime ... do what you love, spend your time and money experiencing life to the fullest the way YOU want to, making friends, etc. People need love and happiness, but a girlfriend is definately not the only way to find that. I know it hurts, or maybe you feel lonely, but even people who have someone still feel that way sometimes. I wish you the best!!! Be HAPPY! :-)

Could anyone tell me if this is the right girl for me?

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I havent talked her but just chit chated. I see her occasionally around college and in class. She uses here smart phone to text frequently. She has a pretty face. She has okay friends. She has a sexy body. She wears short shorts, once in a while. She seems like a nice person. She has short hair. She is always wears the same jacket! I dont get it. I dont know if she has a boyfriend. Ive heard her conversing with others in the class about partying. She looks like she always wants to have fun. She glances at me once in a while, when im not looking straight at her. Why do guys seem so afraid to ask her out for a date?

As for me, im 18, short am 5 feet 3 inches. Never partied. Am a house hermit! Antisocial, shy. Excercise alot. Dress casually. Play video games. Read many books. Argue alot. Dont have a car or job. Live with my parents. I can be sarcastic and hilarous about myself and others. Wear reading glasses, have almost no friends. But I want this girl. Would it work between us?

Could anyone tell me if this is the right girl for me?
Don't try to go up to her and simply ask her out. That might creep her out, seeming as though she does not know you all that well. Just start talking to her. Maybe if you get a test, or paper back you can talk to her about it and then shift the conversation into something that does not relate to school. Try to become friends with her, hang out with her. Then make your move.

And yes, it does seem like you two could get along as boyfriend and girlfriend.
Reply:Hey you know what they say opposites attract. I would say the number 1 thing that attracts a woman to a man is CONFIDENCE!!!!! Be confident, self assured and seem indifferent to things she does to try to get attention. Don't fall all over her or it'll be over. Make yourself seem mysterious and unavailable and she'll find her way to you.
Reply:talk to her?
Reply:hey if you truly want something then go for it.

its worth a try.
Reply:No. It seems to me you're a bit of a stalker, actually. Anyways, I don't think. You don't seem like her type. She would probably go for more of those cocky jock guys.

Sorry.

im sure theres some other girl out there for you!
Reply:you'll never know what happens if you don't ask her out. and honestly just because you don't seem to have much in common doesn't mean it won't work out. i mean it helps to have similar likes and dislikes but in the end relationships are about giving and taking. you have to do both for it to work. and plus college is the time to try new things. i think you should ask this girl out, see what happens. maybe you guys will be soul mates or whatever. plus if it doesn't work out get out there and party some. you're not going to be young forever.
Reply:I think you wouldnt noe only if you go 4 it . But she seems like your type
Reply:TO DUMBASSZZ ...DITZ....... She is a social butterfly and she loves people and parties ...so get lost ....although ,she has most of your interest also.. She may have to take you out and tie you down after you've had a few!!.

Would it work between us? I want more Answers! grrrrrr.?

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Please help me i'm CRYING i don't know what to do!?

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I'm very sorry this is so long I'm just VERY UPSET and need to let this out so please read!!!!

PLEASE I'M SO UPSET RIGHT NOW PLEASE!! i'm sorry i didn't mean for it to be this long i just need to let this all out!

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THIS PLEASE!! I AM CRYING SO MUCH I CAN BARLEY TYPE!!!!

I have two best friends "Tori" and "Rachel." I'm a senior in high school. Tori and i got into a fight in the beginning of the year. She made fun of me because i thought Abraham Lincoln was black! (HE IS BLACK!!) I know i am right! I accident "swung at her" and hit her in the face. She had to get ice but it was on accident. I apologized to her about a million times. After that she went around to the whole school and told everyone how I had hit her and people have been making fun of me ever since! I am crying all the time because of that! Anyways recently within the past month she did apologize for her actions and has been sticking up for me quite a bit.

…this is where all of the problems start…Tori, Rachel, and I was all supposed to go to prom together with a group of other people! We had to buy tickets this week. Rachel Told me Tori and her boyfriend and everyone else to buy tickets on Wednesday. That was the last day to buy tickets. We all agreed to bring our money then. Tuesday while we were walking up to the field house for track practice Rachel was talking really badly about Tori calling her dumb and etc. Little did we realize that Tori was right behind us. So we get into the field house and Rachel dropped the bomb on me that neither me nor Tori nor her boyfriend were invited to prom anymore. She told us that she had already filled her table with 10 people, the limo was full and the hotel was booked already. She apologized for forgetting to tell us all of this. I was crying hysterically. I don’t have many friends and Rachel is my only one true friend. Now at that time I couldn’t go to prom because of it.

Tori then flipped out at Rachel and told her that she heard everything that she had said about her while we were walking to the field house. She then told me that Rachel was talking really really badly about me! She told me that Rachel said she did not want to go to the college she got into because she found out I would be attending there too. Tori then admitted that she had not always been the “best friend to me” but was recently sticking up for me. (WHICH SHE HAS BEEN) and that’s the truth. Any who Rachel denies ever saying that. She told me why she would ever say a thing like that if she was rooming with me at college. Which makes sense? Rachel then said she hadn’t always said “nice” things about me but she would never say anything like that.

I don’t know what to do now!! I’m so upset…now Tori said she’s not going to prom and going to go to her boyfriends prom at his school because she wants nothing to do with Rachel and is upset by what Rachel had done and wants to avoid drama. Tori invited me to go with her and her boyfriend to Virginia the day of our prom.

But…then Rachel said she had enough room for me in the limo and such on Wednesday the day I was buying the tickets so now I am going to prom! But I’m still upset by what happened. She wouldn’t Allow Tori to come but Tori said she doesn’t care anymore because all of this is childish drama that she refuses to get involved in.

Please help me i'm CRYING i don't know what to do!?
You think you have problems? people want me dead because of what I do for a living.
Reply:damn your friends have a lot of problems me and my friends had the same problem the only advice that i can give you is you should stay with the friend that has been on your side the hole time
Reply:first of all this is VERY LONG and it felt to me like a huge waste of my time but i will answer it anyways....you are stupid as hell to think that Abraham Lincoln is black we have NEVER had a black president! That's number one...number two how do you "accidentally" hit someone in the face to the point where they need ice? It doesn't seem logical....Anyways back to your friends....they both sound like looser. If you ask me i would not room with that girl Rachel after the crap she pulled. If you are planning to room with her at college i would leave her high and dry just like she tried to do with you at prom! That is not a real friend. I agree with your friend Tori in the fact that this is childish drama and i would drop you like a sack of potatoes if i were Tori. Though i do not agree with going around the whole school and starting rumors that's not really a good friend quality at least she is trying to defend your a** now. As for Rachel she sounds like a lieing sack of crap. But if i were you i'd drop both of them. If you want to keep one I'd go with Tori. That's my opinion but you see i would have never let it escalte to this i would have dropped both there A**es a long time ago!
Reply:This to shall pass.
Reply:I should get 10 points for just reading this.LOL Abraham Lincoln is not black. He probably owned black slaves but he is not black. You were wrong for hitting her. You got rage in you girl!Ya ll need to stop that she say shiit! You are going to the prom now. That's good. I think you three need to come together and talk about how you guys feel about one another. If you guys can't come to an agreement maybe you guys just need to depart from each other. I once had a best friend in high school. We were friends from 8th to my freshman year in college. She heard me bad talking about her on the phone. (That three way shiit will mess you up.) She forgave me but things wasn't the same after that. Now I don't even know where she is, and don't care. When you go off to college; trust me you going to meet a whole lot of people. When you do you going to be like who is Rachel and Tori. Good Luck girl ;don't stress it. Friends come and go!
Reply:do what your heart tellu and what is right
Reply:are you crazy?! rachel's obviously tricking you!!!! Tori sounds like a REAL Friend. i know she hurt you about the hit thing, but there is kinda a reason cause why would she believe you about that, and you don't even believe her??she forgave you and even apologized for YOU hitting her!!!! Tori seems like a good friend, and Rachel is not going to be there for you all the time. she'll just break you "heart" a billion times sending u over the edge. Tori would pick you up again, and glue in the pieces. that's how I see it.
Reply:Wow..You have your hands full Im not going to be of much help except to tell you that this is your last year in high school and then you will be closing this chapter in your life and I know things are rough right now but to tell you the honest truth when I was in school I had close friends and now I never see them or talk to them, I have matured and therefor left my friends behind, go to the college YOU want to go to..you will be maiking new friends there and finding out that you dont NEED eother of them, if this is the way they are making you feel I would tell them all to grow up and I would stay clear of all of them..Id rather stay home from prom then to be placed in the middle of there pissin contest..Sounds to me like they are jealous of each other and they are trying to compete for your friendship.Why put yourself through all of that..Your better then that arnt you..? Frind a better class of friends, start going to Paneras and find a different class of people to hang with.. The kind that want to socialize and except all of your friends..Soon you will find a guy and wont have time for all your girlfriends anyways..just let it go and tell them to GROW UP.
Reply:Go to prom and have a good time. try to stay away from both of those girls though. even try to make new friends and hang out w/ different groups. Neither one of the girls really seem like that good of friends. Even go to different colleges than them. you need to spread your wings and make new friends. It seems like you depend on these girls way too much. Get a job at a store or even join a group at school and make new, different groups of friends. Your senior year shouldn't be filled w/ so much friend drama. Friends shouldn't make fun of you or even talk bad about other friends to you. They should support you. Find good genuine friends, not these 2, especially Rachel. she's no good. But just try to branch out of this clique. You'll love having different types of friends. Especially in college, don't depend on them. go to the school u want to and make different friends. You'll be so much happier.
Reply:OK number one that was SO LONG i couldn't even finish reading it! I think you yourself should read-read what you wrote and realize how STUPID all of this sounds! It's such pointless drama that nobody needs to deal with. All 3 of you NEED to grow up and fast because in college people will not put up with your so called "drama"

point number 1: Abraham Lincoln IS NOT BLACK!!! that is the first thing you should realize.

Number 2. I think your friend Tori may have realized where her faults were. She realized that what she had done to you was wrong and was trying to make the best of it.

Rachel on the other hand sounds like a sleaze bag. Actually they both sound like sleaze bags.

No wait all 3 of you sound like sleaze bags that need to grow up and if i were Tori i wouldn't associate with you because she invited you to go with her when your other friend ditched YOU and now YOU are ditching her to go back with Rachel...

if your going to be a bad friend that's what you get in return bad friends. ..
Reply:sounds to me that neither of these girls are you're good friends. I wouldn't trust either of them. Tori has never been a good friend and now Rachel isn't either. Just go to the prom with Rachel and then maybe when you go back to school find new friends. These girls aren't worth your tears they're just bitches. as everyone in high school who love drama.
Reply:the only thing i can say about all that is it sounds like typical High school drama. It's your choice who you want to be friends with and no one elses. But where "rachel" said she she hasn't always said nice things about you does hint that she may be a backstaber/user. Becarful.

3rd DUI (2nd in 2 yrs).. Plus Hit and Run?

2010-04-12T19:43:00.001-07:00

What is the name of your state? CA

Charge 1: 20002(a) hit and run misdemeanor.

Charge 2: California Vehicle Code [CVC] section 23152(a)

Coming to congestion in a left hand turn lane at a stop light, tapped the car in front of me at 2 MPH. (other driver says 5 MPH). Driver said that he wanted to pull over, but I kept going. I kept driving and minding about my own business, thinking nothing of the event.

Apparently the guy called in the plate. Police car pulls over at house. Questioned. Cuffed and booked outside my house for suspicion of DUI AND Hit and Run.

Police report says no FST conducted, although there were, and perhaps the reason for custody and detainment. BAC reportedly refused, while 'officer induced confusion' transpired.

I am 30 years old trying to establish a career. I am a failed entrepreneur who still lives at the home he was brought up in.

I still have a nagging background check that is from 8 years ago. It is haunting; you always feel shameful sending resumes or even trying to make business connections to potential employers. Feels like someone is always looking over your back.

I thought my alcohol issues were over, and they were for some time. (About 6 years) After 2 years of counseling and being on antidepressant medication, I stopped going because it was too costly.

Commuted to college from home (17 mile commute) and had a prior at age 19 and 22. I was very boisterous in college and have calmed down since.

This would be the 2nd DUI within 10 years.

The damage was minor. I was not wearing glasses on at the time, and didn’t see any damage to the other vehicle. As I got the police photo, I saw the indentation of the license plate screw into the back bumper of the car. Upon obtaining Police Report, immediately sent apology-letter to the man who called in. I provided Insurance/information/etc.

I am absolutely going to plea not guilty to the H%26amp;R, because I reasonably didn't see damage to vehicle. Defense: "mistake of fact" and also I was not wearing my eye glasses that I wear 99.9% of the time.

Requesting Dry Reckless in lieu of DUI. Reasonable doubt as to being intoxicated. I believe that not having on my glasses was the main reason for the nudging of the car in front of me. I am nearsighted and almost ALWAYS wear my glasses. This must have been the first time in 5 years that I did not have my glasses with me. They were found 3 days later in my backyard.

I’ve never been in accident in lifetime (14 years of driving). Currently trying to expunge record for past (10years) but I have yet to make the final touches to the documents before sending them in.

While I still believe that the State has to prove beyond all reasonable doubt that I was intoxicated, I would be willing to plea to a non-DUI charge.

There are some issues with false information that could be on the police report (a video could prove that, but also there is evidence that would work against me if video was introduced). A FST was conducted and failed, the one-legged stand on a hill with no shoes on (right in front of my house). It is believed that after this FST failure, that detainment happened right after, yet it is not noted on the police report.

Also there were some issues with the interrogation procedure by police, with methods that are not constitutional but would be hard to prove, unless there was a whole Internal Affair Investigation conducted.

So the prosecution should have 1) officer testimony and observation of "objective symptoms" 2) no FSTs marked or claimed 3) no BAC level 4) no comment about driving. They did claim that the car I drove "backed" into the patrol car's steel enforced front plow fender. (A MVS video would clear that up if it is true or not.)

I feel that getting a DUI at such a young age a long time ago really had some major ill social and economic consequences. I gradually conditioned myself to be less and less social or outgoing over the years. Until recently I would use my car just to go to bookstores or libraries, rarely even driving at all. I have been pretty much a social recluse that spends most of his time on the internet, doing reading, researching etc. Now all of these are apparently not going to even be available if I am suspended for driving for 2 years. I am a failed entrepreneur, who now needs to look toward the other established public or private sector for a career. None of these potential careers or jobs will see a recent DUI as a positive. Even the stuff 10 years ago, still HAUNTS me to this very day- I’ve been paying the penalty on those things socially, economically, mentally, financially, physically, etc. They will never go away.

At this point, this is ALL I am focusing on right now are these charges. I have been working on my defense for about a month now, and have over 105 pages of a WORD document that includes my perception, reasonable doubt, mitigating factors, inaccuracies, explanations, laws, DMV proceedings, objections, lawyers that I contacted, costs, motions, attorney website snippets that pertain to case

I have also visited the department and the courthouse of the court I will be arraigned in on multiple occasions. I have taken notes on other plea bargains and proceedings, the characters: the judge, deputy D.A., city prosecutor, P.D., prominent lawyers whom are familiar from internet and solicitation material sent to immediately after. Wondering if getting some "face time" and experience with the proceedings could be beneficial. The day-to-day activity in the court room is an interesting little microcosm.

I have attended a few AA meetings, in hopes that I can somehow use it as leverage that I realize any error that I may have done in the past and want to move forward. I also attend online meetings via the internet. My main objective is to achieve gainful employment and become a productive citizen and rejoin society. I have gained 2 part-time jobs since the incident, one a weekend job that has to do with catering private parties, and another part time job with my friend's internet company that requires me to send e-mails and make phone calls to various publishing suppliers.

Innocent until proven guilty. Would like any insights or advice if possible.

Wondering what the best possible strategy would be, considering the arraignment date is approaching. My initial plan is to bring with me all of the 105+ pages of documentation and explanation of the events as I see them, and possible resolutions to this situation. I would not hand over all of my writings, as some may be not relevant or needed, but I would show that I am serious to put this event past me.

When talking to the Deputy DA (I have already seen her in action while doing some research at the court room) or P.D. , I plan to tell her my situation, a brief history, my attempt to contact the other party in the 20002(a) and letter, and maybe even some of the points or reasons as to the reasonable doubt or evidence that the state has for these charges. My initial stance would be that I have a tall order to ask, and that I hope that the state can drop all criminal charges. I will explain to her that the police report may look bad, and the factors that there is a prior, there is an alleged refusal, and there is minor damage to another car, but these variables do have reasonable explanations, and my willingness to put this incident behind me and produce a net positive result for myself as an individual as well as a net positive for society, the people, and the state.

In other matters, from the research I have done on the DMV hearing, which will take place prior to the criminal arraignment, I hope to prove that the alleged refusal was false, there was officer induced confusion, inadequate admonition by the transporting officers (different from arresting officer), and that I have prepared the proper objections so that they can appear in the transcript and not waived automatically. I will also provide the list of 15 lawyers and legal firms that I have talked to, which sent soliciting information after my arrest, their fees, and their comments. Each one willing to represent me or fight the charge, if I decided to pay for their services for retainer (which I do not have the capital to spend currently). Using that information, mention of lawyers that the specific DMV officer that has dealt with a specific lawyer I have contacted, and the possible threat of obtaining a "writ" if the suspension is not "set aside." In that case, the DMV attorney in Sacramento would be contacted and as far as I know, legal fees that I do happen to spend would be reimbursed if it is found that eventually the writ could be obtained and accepted. Hopefully this could be some reason for the DMV hearing administrator to act in my interest and "set aside" the suspension. I am also curious to see if the actual arresting officer shows up to the DMV, as my initial thoughts would be that he would be too busy or not even subpoenaed in the first place. This may be a bad presumption though.

As far as trying to go to a jury trial, I do believe that this is a possible pathway. Depending on what is on the police videos, or if they even can produce video footage of the stop, detainment, interrogation, I feel that I may have a reasonable defense and I do feel that I could convince at least 1 juror out of 12 to believe that there is reasonable doubt as to the charges. I would actually feel somewhat comfortable taking the stand and attempting to explain the circumstances. This may be a "risky" proposition though, because it is possible that, if found guilty, the sentence could be pushed further upwards rather than just the minimum. However, seeing that this is my future livelihood at stake and that I do have time to invest in an optimal outcome, it may be a path to take. I also will claim that I have a grievance with the priors, to which I plead "no contest" in both events as I was young, scared, and just wanted to get past it. I do not think I was given the best advice, nor optimal outcomes in either situation, and may have some constitutional grounds to appeal or have them stricken from the record.

Thank you in advance.

3rd DUI (2nd in 2 yrs).. Plus Hit and Run?
I would suggest this. Take the punishment given and use the AA and counseling to help yourself out mentally.. don't just use it as leverage. You have a problem. You are only 30 and you've already gotten 3 DUIs. That's kind of a big deal.
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2010-04-12T19:43:00.000-07:00

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The original game of "Monopoly" was circular.

It costs more to buy a new car today in the United States than it cost Christopher Columbus to equip and undertake three voyages to and from the New World.

One-fourth of the world's population lives on less than $200 a year.

Ninety million people survive on less than $75 a year.

The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.

The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.

TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.

A snail can sleep for 3 years.

Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world.

The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.

More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

The continents names all end with the same letter with which they start.

Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump."

According to tests made at the Institute for the Study of Animal Problems in Washington, D.C., dogs and cats, like people, are either right-handed or left-handed --- that is, they favor either their right or left paws.

A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel can.

Blue whales weigh as much as 30 elephants and are as long as 3 Greyhound buses.

Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land. Although they are rapid, they are not agile; so if you ever find yourself chased by one, run in a zigzag line. You'll lose him or her every time.

Birds do not sleep in their nests. They may occasionally nap in them, but they actually sleep in other places.

Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of the blue whale.

Butterflies taste with their hind feet.

Only female mosquitoes bite.

Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.

If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

Every night, wasps bite into the stem of a plant, lock their mandibles (jaws) into position, stretch out at right angles to the stem, and, with legs dangling, fall asleep.

Ants stretch when they wake up. They also appear to yawn in a very human manner before taking up the tasks of the day.

Bees have 5 eyes. There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee's head and 2 larger ones in front.

The outdoor temperature can be estimated to within several degrees by timing the chirps of a cricket. It is done this way: count the number of chirps in a 15-second period, and add 37 to the total. The result will be very close to the actual Fahrenheit temperature. This formula, however, only works in warm weather. (Try it!)

In the United States, a pound of potato chips cost two hundred times more than a pound of potatoes.

Caesar salad has nothing to do with any of the Caesar. It was first concocted in a bar in Tijuana, Mexico, in the 1920's.

A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.

Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

The two longest one-syllable words in the English language is "screeched. %26amp; strengths."

Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.

Barbie's full first name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.

A coat hanger is 44 inches long if straightened

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

The word 'byte' is a contraction of 'by eight.'

The word 'pixel' is a contraction of either 'picture cell' or 'picture element'.

Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.

Cat's urine glows under a black light.

The average ear of corn has eight hundred kernels arranged in sixteen rows.

The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.

Chrysler built B-29's engines that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant call Diamond Star.

On the new hundred-dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10.

The vignette on the reverse of the five-dollar note depicts a likeness of the front of the Lincoln Memorial as it appeared in 1922 when it was first dedicated. At that time, there were only 48 states that made up the United States of America. The names of 26 states were engraved on the front of the Memorial. This is why only the names of 26 states appear in the vignette on the reverse of the five-dollar note. In the upper frieze of the façade in the vignette the states are from left to right: Arkansas, Michigan, Florida, Texas, Iowa, Wisconsin, California, Minnesota, Oregon, Kansas, West Virginia, Nevada, Nebraska, Colorado, and North Dakota. In the lower frieze from left to right the names of the states are: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, Carolina, Hampshire, Virginia and New York.

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

Almonds are members of the peach family.

If you add up the numbers 1-100 consecutively (1+2+3+4+5 etc) the total is 5050

The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.

The maximum weight for a golf ball is 1.62 Oz.

The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.

Duddley DoRight's Horses name was "Horse."

Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain was born on a day in 1835 when Haley's Comet came into view. When He died in 1910, Haley's Comet came into view again.

Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox, Unix is a registered trademark of AT%26amp;T.

The first hard drive available for the Apple ][ had a capacity of 5megabytes.

In many cases, the amount of storage space on a record-able CD is measured in minutes. 74 minutes is about 650 megabytes, 63 minutes is 550 megabytes.

Charlie Brown's father was a barber.

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly and Shemp.)

Ohio is listed as the 17th state in the U.S., but technically it is number 47. Until August 7, 1953, congress forgot to vote on a resolution to admit Ohio to the Union.

If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

Only 1/3 of the people that can twitch their ears can twitch only one at a time.

The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.

Ingrown toenails are hereditary.

The largest city in the United States with a one syllable name is Flint, Michigan.

On the cartoon show 'The Jetsons', Jane is 33 years old and her daughter Judy is 15.

In Mel Brooks' 'Silent Movie,' mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.

Only humans and horses have hymens.

The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

The state with the longest coastline in the US is Alaska.

We will have four consecutive full moons making two blue moons in 1999 (January 2 and 31, March 2 and 31.) The only other time it happened this century was in 1915 (January 1 and 31, March 1 and 31.)

Pulp Fiction cost $8 million to make - $5 million going to actor's salaries.

Spot, Data's cat on Star Trek: The Next Generation, was played by six different cats.

The longest U.S. highway is route 6 starting in Cape Cod, Massachusetts going through 14 states, and ending in Bishop, California...

The number of the trash compactor in Star Wars (20th Century Fox, 1977) is 3263827.

"Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und."

A full seven percent of the entire Irish barley crop goes to the production of Guinness beer.

If you toss a penny 10000 times, it will not be heads 5000 times, but more like 4950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom.

The housefly hums in the middle octave, key of F.

Mr. Snuffleupagas' first name was Alyoisus.

In the movie "the Right Stuff" there is a scene where a government recruiter for the Mercury astronaut program (played by Jeff Goldblum) is in a bar at Muroc Dry Lake, California. His partner suggests Chuck Yeager as a good astronaut candidate. Jeff proceeds to bad mouth Yeager claiming they need someone who went to college. During the conversation the real Chuck Yeager is playing a bartender who is standing behind the recruiters eavesdropping. General Yeager is listed low in the movie credits as 'Fred.'

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopics- ilicovolcanoconiosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters ispneumonoultra-microscopicsilicovol- canoconioses, its plural.

The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatan- gihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaung... whenuakitanatahu, a New Zealand hill.

Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

After the Civil War the U.S. sued Great Britain for damages that were caused by them building ships for the Confederacy. We originally asked for $1 billion but settled on $25 Million.

There are 22 stars surrounding the mountain on the Paramount Pictures logo.

Deborah Winger did the voice of E.T.

There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs six times: Indivisibility.

In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

The only Dutch word to contain eight consecutive consonants is 'angstschreeuw'.

Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.

The Mongol emperor Genghis Khan's original name was Temujin.

The first word spoken by an ape in the movie Planet of the Apes was "Smile".

Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order.

Geller and Huchra have made three-dimensional maps of the distribution of galaxies. In each layer of the map some galaxies are grouped together in such a way that they resemble a human being.

Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays.

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

The second longest word in the English language is "antidisestablishmentarianism".

When two words are combined to form a single word (e.g., motor + hotel = motel, breakfast + lunch = brunch) the new word is called a "portmanteau."

Dr. Samuel A. Mudd was the physician who set the leg of Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth ... and whose shame created the expression for ignominy, "His name is Mudd."

The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.

In 1969, the last Corvair was painted gold.

The real name of the "I've fallen and I can't get up" lady is Edith Fore.

Betsy Ross was born with a fully formed set of teeth.

Betsy Ross's other contribution to the American Revolution, beside sewing the first American flag, was running a munitions factory in her basement.

The only real people to be a Pez head are

Betsy Ross, Paul Revere and Daniel Boone.

Steely Dan got their name from a sexual device depicted in the book 'The Naked Lunch'.

Bob Dylan's real name is Robert Zimmerman.

Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker.

Lenny Kravitz's mother played the part of "Helen" on "The Jeffersons."

Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

The Ramses brand condom is named after the great phaoroh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.

There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, here, ere, therein, herein.

When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.

John Larroquette of "Night Court" and "The John Larroquette Show" was the narrator of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."

A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

A pig's penis is shaped like a corkscrew.

A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge.

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

"Evian" spelled backwards is naive.

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

Maine is the toothpick capital of the world.

It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up it's stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of it's mouth. Then the frog uses it's forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach back down again.

The A%26amp;W of root beer fame stands for Allen and Wright.

A baby eel is called an elver, a baby oyster is called a spat.

Bingo is the name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box.

Lake Nicaragua boasts the only fresh-water sharks in the entire world.

Charles de Gaulle's final words were, "It hurts."

There are four cars and ten lightposts on the back of a ten-dollar bill.

ABBA got their name by taking the first letter from each of their first names (Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, Anni- frid.)

What five digit number, when multiplied by the number 4, is the same number with the digits in reverse order?

21978; 21978 x 4 = 87912.

It was illegal to sell ET dolls in France because there is a law against selling dolls without human faces.

In the 1983 film "JAWS 3D" the shark blows up. Some of the shark guts were the stuffed ET dolls being sold at the time.

Montana mountain goats will butt heads so hard their hooves fall off.

The Beatles song "Dear Prudence" was written about Mia Farrow's sister, Prudence, when she wouldn't come out and play with Mia and the Beatles at a religious retreat in India.

Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

St. Paul, Minnesota was originally called Pigs Eye after a man who ran a saloon there.

The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.

Moon was Buzz Aldrin's mother's maiden name. (Buzz Aldrin was the second man on the moon in 1969.)

Who's that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" theme? It's Paul Reiser himself.. And Greg Evigan sang the "My Two Dads" theme. Kelsey Grammar sings and plays the piano for the theme song of Fraiser.Alan Thicke, the father in the TV show Growing Pains wrote the theme songs for The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes .

In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first, and only, home run.

The Grateful Dead were once called The Warlocks.

Gilligan of Gilligan's Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy.

The Skipper's real name on Gilligan's Island is Jonas Grumby. It was mentioned once in the first episode on their radios newscast about the wreck.

The Professor's real name was Roy Hinkley, Mary Ann's last name was Summers and Mrs. Howell's maiden name was Wentworth.

The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

Reindeer milk has more fat than cow milk.

The "L.L." in L.L. Bean stands for Leon Leonwood.

The original fifty cent piece in Australian decimal currency had around $2.00 worth of silver in it before it was replaced with a less expensive twelve sided coin.

The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti.

Alexander the Great was an epileptic.

The lead singer of The Knack, famous for "My Sharona," and Jack Kevorkian's lead defense attorney are brothers, Doug %26amp; Jeffrey Feiger.

The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

Elton John's real name is Reginald Dwight. Elton comes from Elton Dean, a Bluesology sax player. John comes from Long John Baldry, founder of Blues Inc. They were the first electric white blues band ever seen in England- -1961

The saying "it's so cold out there it could freeze the balls off a brass monkey" came from when they had old cannons like ones used in the Civil War. The cannonballs were stacked in a pyramid formation, called a brass monkey. When it got extremely cold outside they would crack and break off... Thus the saying.

Horses cannot vomit.

S.O.S. doesn't stand for "Save Our Ship" or "Save Our Souls" -- It was just chosen by an 1908 international conference on Morse Code because the letters S and O were easy to remember and just about anyone couldkey it and read it, S = dot dot dot, O = dash dash dash..

Pocahontas appeared on the back of the $20 bill in 1875.

When a female horse and male donkey mate, the offspring is called a mule, but when a male horse and female donkey mate, the offspring is called a hinny.

The way to get more mules is to mate a male donkey with a female horse.

A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won't.

Hugh "Ward Cleaver" Beaumont was an ordained minister.

The Old English word for "sneeze" is "fneosan."

John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

Woodpecker scalps, porpoise teeth and giraffe tails have all been used as money.

Some more "Useless Facts you might wanna Know" =D? #2?
Wow, I read all of the first lot which took me about 2 hours, i even stopped watching my fav tv programme for it. I read a few of these which are really cool, but i must admit you do post alot at a time, which puts some people off. However these are certainley not crap, there very good and must have taken you ages to find! Oh i was going to answer this anyway but i only need a few more points to be level 2 and then i can vote. Please can i have best answer!? Unless of course you get a really good informed answer. Ps my fav fact was probably (Though i can remember them all) that A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. , because i call all of my mates twits all the time!!! Lol! These are fun to read so please post more if you have them!
Reply:urrm okay! =)
Reply:I only read about 6 things i that and its complete crap!

The flipping a coin thing - the fact that the head is heavier probably has the least effect out of everything with which side it lands on! The height and speed of rotation are the main factors.

you can tell it was written by americans without having to read half the crap about american stuff.
Reply:So do you like stealing crap from other pages and yahoo answers questions and re-posting it with no care that this information has been done before and is absolutely stupid?
Reply:cool.............
Reply:Very interesting but I couldn't understand a word of the first paragraph! Spellcheck I think! Also... Whats the question??
Reply:Lol I just read up to the add the number and I did it It worked LOL!
Reply:I'm only answering this cus i want to read it in depth later. Loved the first bit about the english language! EDIT. Wow i just read a few more and they are not useless dude. Really interesting stuff. I 'd like to tell them down the pub to be clever but i have memory like a goldfish! ;-)

Is it normal to obsess over such a dream?

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Since, as long as I can remember, I've been a huge dreamer

and a huge planner but lately, I have begun to think if it is actually normal to do this?

I am a very analytical person, meaning I analyze everything. I mean EVERYTHING. From the way people move, to expressions peoples face, to times and dates that it happens, I analyze EVERY aspect of things to make sure it all works out.

Well I've been fascinated with England for some time now,

and I find myself literally "obsessing" about it.

I havn't started college yet, but I'm analyzing

the time period it would take to graduate from the college

I want to go to (Which i havn't even been accepted to).

I read everything on the net about moving from US to Uk,

I have read books and studied how homes work there.

Now this is the part that scares me, I began to look up

at monster.com Game Programmer Salaries. I converted that to pounds and began making accounts of homes and accessories I would like to have. Is this normal to be so excited?

Is it normal to obsess over such a dream?
Goodness, it's nothing to worry about. It's a very good thing to be analytical- I am too- and though sometimes it may get on peoples nerves, you'll be th one prepared while others fall on their face.It's expensive to live in England, and money is waaayyyyy different than it is in the US. It's good to be prepared for everything. Maybe even try taking a few french lessons. I try to learn almost everything about places that I go, so I pretty much know it as if I'd been there a million times before.It's good to be like you, and you'll go far if you keep it up.
Reply:ENGLAND IS DIFFERENT NOW THAN HOW IT USED TO BE SOME YEARS AGO..I HOPE OUR READING UP TO DATE STUFF...THERES FAR TOO MANT IMMIGRANTS IN UK..ITS NOT GREAT ANY MORE..ALSO ALOT OF PPL GET DRUNK IN THE TOWNS AS THERE ARE MANY MANY PUBS AND START FIGHTING..UNLESS YOUVE GOT FAMILY OVER THERE..ID SAVE YOURE PLANS UNTILL YOUR QUITE A LOT OLDER AND WISER
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Reply:well i dont know where yor moving from but from the u.s. it's a long way from home the law's are different and you probably dont know anyone to travel with a compainion is one thing but to up and leave your country alone you had better be really cautious...
Reply:Fine go on--'git!
Reply:It's very expensive to live in England, and you must remember you can't work there, you aren't a citizen. So you would need enough money from loans to support yourself.

i wanted to do something like that too when I was your age.... i got over it... now i live in japan, but i didn't pay for it, and i don't have to work.... i can't anyway. I can only work for the US embassy, which i don't want to so.
Reply:You are young, do it now while you still can. If you don't at least try to go to school over there, you'll wind up going to college here in the US, then getting a job and you'll never have time to live in England! Do it now while you still can!

And yes, I think it's perfectly fine to have a dream like your's. Life would suck without dreams!

Good luck!
Reply:Lol, nothing wrong with someone who's prepared.

PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME!!! WHO can help me??? PLEASSE PLEASE HELP. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!!?

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well this is the situatio:

i LIVE IN ENGLAND

i had a VERY bad time at primary school ad was bullied.

i then wet to high school and missed about 6 months out of each year . he teachers must have noticed and yet they assumed 9i am asumig) that they must have assumed i was catchig up i my spare time...ad i wasn't . thy did't eve bother puttig me i all the lower groups. all my parets seemded bothered about was them selves gettig in trouble. so at the ed of this year they set me to a private all-girls school ad the teachers did't even know that i was 2 years behind. i quit at the end of year as i could't cope. i thehn had 3 measly hours of home education on the LEA and i was forced to do work that was too hard ad learn myself out of books ad they didn't eve check that i was 3 years behid. also one of the coditios of that tuitio wa sthat ou had to be seeking cousellig. i HAD BEENSEVERELY DEPRESSED FOR YEARS SINCE I STARTED HIGH SCHOOL AS MY GRADMA WHO LOOOKED AFTER ME DIED AND I WAS QUITTING SCHOOL AD STAYIG AT HOME WATCHING VIDEOSMY GRADMA GOT ME..AD BOOKS AD RIDIG ONCE A WEEK AS I ASSOCIATED IT WITH HER AD I WAS SEVERELY DEPRESSED AD I DO MEAN SEVERELY.

AD i had a private art tutor who thought i was ok ad up todate with the work and doung a levels next ad i din't even kow what an a level was an i cheatedi 2 of the exams ad so later rippped my gcse certificate up as i kew i was no grades ad then i am NOW 19 YEARS OLD AD HAVE BEEN SENDING OFF FOR COLLEGE PROSPECTUSES FOR 3 YEARS AND I DO'T KNOW WHAT TO DO COS I COULD'T EVE GET A JOB WORKING IN A SHOP COS I DOT' EVEN KOW WHAT A CV IS NOR HOW TO APLY FOR A JOB OR WHAT I'D DO WITH THE MONEY OR AYTHING...AND I AM TERRIFIED I'M GOIG MAD BECAUSE

I HAVE BEEN NOT GROWIG UP..I HAVE BEEN STUCK AT AGE 11 INSIDE MY HAED..WATCHIG OLD CGILDREN'S FILMS/VIDEOS FOR YEARS AD YEARS AND NOT MOVING FORWARDS MENATLLY AND I WAS NOT THIKING ABOUT THE FUTURE AS I WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN AN I WAS GOIG OVER AD OVER AND OVER AND OVER THE PAST ALL OF THE TIME AND I WAS STAYING AT AGE 11 MENTALLY . ALSO MY MUM BULLIES ME AND I HAV EBEEN SCARED OF HER BUT THAT'S OT MY PROBLEM...MY PROBLEM IS I'M 19 AD I THIK I'M GOIG MAD AND I AM STILL STUCK AT AGE 11 AD I ALWAYS ITEDED TO GOBACK TOS SCJOOL BUT I EVER DID AD NOOE

WAS THERE FOR ME..NO FRIEDS OR REALATVES ..OOE...AD MY OAREETS NEVER GOT ME HELP FOR MY SCHOOL PHOBIA NOR ATI-DEPRESSANTS..IN FACT MY MOTHER ACTUALLY ENCOUTRAGED ME OT TO GO ON THEM. I'M 19 NOW(I HAVE BEEN IN A RIGHT STATE FOR YMOTHS) AND I DO'T KNOW ANY ORMAL STUFF FOR PEOPLE MY AGE LIKE WHY PEOPLE DRIK ALCOHOL,HOE TO US E A BUS, I HAVE BEEN VERY UWELL WITH DEPRESSIO FOR YEARS AD I HAVE O EDUCATION AD I HAVE'T MET AYOE AD WAS I THE HOUSE AD IT WAS LIKE TIME STPPED STILL.

WHO CA HELP ME? EVE WORSE WHE I WAS HAVING HOME EDUCATION ONE OF THE RULES WAS THAT YOU HAD TO BE SEEKIG HELP . I WAS SENT TO A COUNSELLORAD I WAS SO IL BACK THE ICOULDN'T BARE TO FACE IT ALL SO PRETEDED I WAS OK AD SHE SAW OTHING WROG AND SHE GOT A COMPLETELY FALSE IDEA OF ALL MY PROBLEMS AD ALL THE OTES ON ME ARE OW COMPLETELY WRONG/SO WRONG. I AM 19 NOW AD SO SCARED...I CAN SEE NO WAY OUT. WHO CA HELP ME? I DO'T SEE WHO CAN ? PEOPLE DON'T BELIVE ME AS WELL...BUT IT'S ALL TRUE I SWEAR ON MY LIFE. I do't kow where i am in time ad my parets lie to people saying i'm ok whe i'm ot just so they do't get i trouble. ad i'm so scared i'm goig mad cos i am still stuck back at age 11. i foud a course for people with no GCSEs but have a problem in that ok so the peopl o it have no GCSEs but they have still bee MOVING FORWARDS MENTALLY AD BEE WELL AD WITH IT FOR YEARS AND YEARS. i have no life experiece...i can't relate to them or how they got there. i am still 11 i my head stuck in a 19 year olds body. i mea ok so they got o GCSE but they'll still have piced stuff up fro other about them...they'll have moved in to the future ad be able to see further ahead tha i can ad will know stuff like how to lok after themselves, why people take drugs, what alsohol is, why people live i the houses they do, how the world works etc..etc..i have bee ill for years ad years ad yeaes. plus I'm actually 19 ad people have rubbed it in and in that i'm 19 ad thry'll be 16 ad it doea't match up with birth dates ad tring to match the past up with there's and stuff. imagone this..i walk ito the room and what do i say to people ..hat do i say/ i can't match up with them? i ahven't moved into the futuure and i don't kow who i am anymore. like i could't eve learn to drive cos i do't really understad whhere people go..i'd have owhere to go . i see it from back 7 years ago...and it feels so wrong. ALSO THERE'S NOONE HERE TO TALK TO OR BE THERE FOR ME...I SAID TO MUMI FELT LIKE I WAS GOIG MAD AD SHE DID'T CARE AD LEFT ME TO SUFFER ALONE AND I'M SCARED. I AM 19 STUCK BACK 7 YEARS AGO AD I AM COMPLETELY ALOE. WHO CAN HELP ME? WHAT CA ANYDOCTOR POSSIBLY DO? THEY CAN'T PUT THE PAST 7 YEARS BACK ITO MY HEADOW CAN THEY? I HAVEN'T MOVED FORWARDS NORMALLY. i CA'T SEE AY WAY OUT. i WILL BE STUCK HERE FOREVERE AD GO EVE MADDER AD THEN WHEN MY PARENTS IE I'LL STARVE TO DEATH. PLEAZSE TAKE ME SERIOUSLE PLEASE. I AM BEING SERIOUS HERE. I COULD'T EVE GET THE MOST BASIC OF JOBS AD I CA'T MATCH UP WITH WHERE I AM SUPPOSED TO BE I TIME . I MEAN WHAT HAVE ALL THE OTHERS BEENTHROUGH? I DO'T KNOW...I WAS LIVIG I THE PAST..STAYIG STILL LIKE I HAVE BEN BOR ATA AGE 19 OR LIKE I WET TO SLEEP AT AGE 11 ANDHAVE WOKEN UP AT AGE 19. I'M SCARED . REALLY SCARED. DOCTORS DEAL WITH PEOPLE WITH MENATL ILLESS...LIKE SEEING VISIONS.HEARIN STFF ETC....I DON'T HAVE THAT OR ANYTHIG. I AM ON ANTI-DEPRESSATS SO OT EVE DEPRESSED AYMORE...THEY'VE MADE ME WAKE UP AND MY PRBLEM IS THAT I HAVE O PAST..I DN'T

KOW WHERE I AM IN TIME AND IT'S LIKE I'VE GONE INTO THE FUTURE AD YOU MUST BELIVE ME IT'S TRUE..I MEAN I HAVEN'T BEEN MOVING FORWARD. WHAT CA AY DOCTOR POSSIBLY DO? THEY CANOT RECREATE MY PAST. WHO CA HELP ME? I CA SEE O WAY OUT? i'll ever get a job, get married a dhave children ad i can't live like this. i eed help but i don't see who ca...some eve thik i'm lyig as it souds so well abormal. what ca i do? i am so aloe ad i ca't cope ad i DO'T WANT TO DIE ad be like this. i don't kow what to do. i don't know anything...like what abank account is...why people drive or aythig...i should have goe to school but i did't . eho ca help me. i hate being 19 cos all people say is your a adult ahd i'm ot i'm a child stuck atage 11 i an adults body and i have no future. wHO CANHELP ME???i don't know wher ei am i time..like i don't even kow (sorry to say this i kno it aint very nice but well i do't kow stuff like why people livehouses,wy people drink alocohol, what sex is, what drugs are, what the laws are ad how they apply to us ad people s age ad stuff ad what others i duifreret coutirs live thier lives. i do't really understad the gvernment at all..ad i do't know stuff..just life stuff. i'm ot worried about the fact i have no GCSEs it's not that i'm

worried about it's the fcat i haven't been with people at all ad have't growj up and i'm surprisec i've bee able to preseve my brain at age 11 ...i mean why didn't i otice before...how did i manege this? i don't know how but i did ad ow i'm i a real bad way. what can i do? i'm 19 have ever had a job ad am stuck back 7 years ago still waiting to go back to school.

PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME!!! WHO can help me??? PLEASSE PLEASE HELP. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!!?
OK first I stop reading before the end of the third sentence...

Second no one's childhood is perfect we were all picked on, get over it and grow up...

For god sake will you learn what the hell a spell checker is???
Reply:Find a good church and get some Christian counselling. You've been told that because you're not the smartest you're not worth as much. That's not true. Go to church. Get Christian counsel, Read your Bible and learn who you are in Gods eyes and hang on to that. Good luck, and God Bless!
Reply:Whoa whoa whoa!! Back up for just a minute. Look at wht you are telling yourself. You're sending out bad energy to the universe, and bad energy attracts more bad energy. For just a moment, just once, say to yourself "I am 19 years old. I'm young-at-heart- and I'm proud."

Next, I suggest you get a tutor. Sylvan Education has some really good tutors! I don't tknow if they are in England or not, they are very good, but you're going to have to open yourself, and stop saying that you are "only 11", becaue you're not. You're tricking yourself into thinking that you are. No offence or anything, i don't know you personally, you are taking a strangers advice, therefor, you're going to get a stranger's answer.

You shouldn't have skipped out on school so much during your pre-teen and teen years, that's the most important part of your life. Don't tell yourself "It was all my fault" DONT. I was NOT all your fault! Didn't your parents make you go to school?? It's not a child's job to go to school everyday, it's the Parent's job to MAKE SURE that their child gets an education!

You are already a smart girl for knowing that you have a minor problem with your knowlege, but stop telling yourself how terrible you are, becuz you're not terrible!

Here are a few things you should do:

Get a Tutor, and be VERY open to his/her views

Continue counseling it will help a lot.

I'm sorry you are facing these troubles, and I hope that I helped, but not knowing you in person, I'm not sure what to say. I hope this helped.
Reply:Whew! Seems you have a lot of problems. But as far as your education why not try a home course? I took a home course and it really helped me. With a home course you study at your own rate and so you can take your time. Find one that's not expensive and get started. Since I've never been to England go to a local school and ask a teacher how you can get a high school diploma. Here in the US there's a test that can be taked tp earn a diploma.
Reply:wow, you have had a really hard life, maybe you should ask God to help you with your personal problems. or convert to Christainaty.
Reply:Sweetheart. Please please go to a therapist. You need to tell him/her every thing you have written here.

You get experience in all the things you are questioning by going out into the world and learning it.

I think you are having a problem with your self esteem and a therapist can help you with this too.

Good luck.
Reply:Sorry..
Reply:You need a therapist. No one in here is going to be able to help you.
Reply:The only person who can really help you is you. You have been given private tutoring and education and it hasn't helped. That is because you do not want it to help. You need to get yourself a job, and I mean any job. Working at MacDonald's or the local fruit shop or whatever. If not a job then you need to volunteer your time to whatever - helping at a retirement village. Anything at all as long as you are putting yourself out into the community. Once you feel good about whatever you are doing then you can move onto other things such as getting a better education. Sitting at home watching movies will only make you more depressed. The sooner you stop blaming your parents or the government or even the schools the sooner you will be able to move forward and do something for yourself. It is time for you to grow up and get on with your life
Reply:Dude chill, you're question is way too long. You would be surprised at how many people are 7 years behind. I was behind. You just sign up for classes at a community college they test you, and set you up for remedial classes. If you're in school a couple extra years catching up it's cool. Alot of people don't start going to college until they are in their thirties. Damn. You're stressing me out you were stressing so bad.
Reply:I read the first part of your story...

I couldnt go on...

BUT... why don't you just go to the library and rent a GED preperation book... the librarian can help you find the best one...

then once ur done studyn'...

go and take the test...

then vuwallah you've got urself a high-school equivilent.

But it's not that easy.. just sit ur butt down and study the ONE book.

IT is not that hard and there are online tutors...

p.s. start somewhere... get a job... anywhere.... even McDonald's if it has to be the case!!!
Reply:Oh my God, I feel so bad for you that I want to just cry! I don;t think I can personally help, but I really think you need to go talk OPENLY with a therapist. If you are too afraid to say aloud what you just openly told thousands of people, then maybe you could print what you just wrote and take it to the therapist? Sweetie, you have been protected TOO long by your family, and what you need is for them to pay attention and wake up. If it is because they are embarassed by your situation, then THEY need to go to counseling with you! If you want someone to just talk to, feel free to send me a message ANY time. i am not a therapist, but it sounds like you could use a friend. And I swear, if I hear any mean remarks to this girl, I will hunt you down and you will pay.. She really needs help.

Please help me CRYING very upset VERY CONFUSED!?

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VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY UPSET!! please!!! read (crying)?

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{Day 14 pt. 2} BHM Appreciation Thread ..Literature (Who Am I)?

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Throughout history, there have been many books written that have heavily influenced african american literature and those who wish to enrich themselves thru their stories...So here, i have several clues describing a character (they may be a real person or not) from a prominent book in black history..so, without trying to look them up, see if you can identify any..Name the character AND the book he/she is from.

1.) I was born in South Africa during apartheid...I came to the United States on a tennis scholarship, I attended 3 different colleges over the course of one year, I faced alot of adversity coming to America and adjusting to the culture..The story of my life has been seen on Oprah, and read by millions of people worldwide..(HINT: this book was a sequel)..Who Am I? and what book am I from?

2.) I am a very noble slave..in 1830, i escaped slavery by going to Canada where I would help other slaves escape too..During most of my time in slavery, I was overly obsessive in pleasing the white man %26lt;%26lt;%26lt; HINT.. and another Hint, this book created a huge stir, particularly in the south...Who Am I? and what book am I from?

3.) I was a slave (a cook to be exact) on my master's plantation..I had two baby girls who were sold away from me at birth..I had another daughter, who translated, the name means "you stay put". I was married to someone who's had one of the most mentioned slave names in history..Who Am I? and what book am I from?

{Day 14 pt. 2} BHM Appreciation Thread ..Literature (Who Am I)?
1. Mark Mathabane-Kaffir Boy

2. Uncle Tom-Uncle Tom's Cabin

3. ?
Reply:1. Kaffir Boy-Mark Mathabane

2.Uncle Toms Cabin-Eliza

3.Roots-Bell Walker
Reply:Hmmmm... Kunta Kinte's wife? I can't remember her name... Though I do know their daughter's name was Kizzy, and it means 'Stay put.'

IDK, I think.

EDIT: Lol, I was thinking Uncle Tom's Cabin also... Just don't know the character he's talking about.
Reply:I stopped reading relevant s hit along time ago begro....

get with the times

reading is dead

orthodontists

Have you been with your Husband since you were 16? or younger?

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I think I've fallen in love.

and i'm 15 He's older than me, he's 23

and he says he doesn't see me as young he sees me as a 20 year old becuase of the way i act,look and know.

We talk about having children and raising them,we talk about Lazy afternoons on sundays just cozing up in the bed watching piontless television or Black books or spaced.

We text allot, and i'm serious about it.

Can i ask you something, I'm having slight doubts, Like i'm gonna go to college next year and i think i might find someone else, but then i remember him,his face,his smell his funny personality and it makes me feel

Well screw the college boys, I love him.

He's everything i've ever wanted in a boy, and looks it aswell.

I dont know whats eating at me?

Any ideas?

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Oh and dont worry I'm a virgin and i'm very strict on that, He says he will wait becuase he can, he lost his V in his teens and knows what its like

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Have you been with your Husband since you were 16? or younger?
My wife was my next door neighbor we first met has children at the age of 5 for me and 3 for her. Time passed and yes we did get married and we at still together in our fifty's.
Reply:You are only 15, you are not in love with him, he is only telling you what you want to hear, he sees you young, ofcourse he is going to say that you are more mature for your age, he will treat you like a women. You should be going out with your friends, going to the cinema etc, doing what other teenagers are doing. You need to stay away from him, you think you love him, but you don't, this guy seems to be very clever for you, i seriously say to you is that stay away from him, you are too young to be in love, you should be studying for your GCSE's, and if he cared about you, he would not do what he is doing to you. How do you know, if he hasn't got a girlfriend, or he could even be married. Stay away from him, you should tell your parents about him, he is a cradle snatcher.. I am advising you as a mother of two kids who are older than you, but he is not doing you any right, he is taking advantage you, you hear alot about teenagers running away with older men.. Please be careful
Reply:Nope
Reply:no only about 1 in 10 million - and you too yung for him anywahs - he's a baby molestor... call da cops!
Reply:For gods sake ur only young %26amp; he should be wiv someone his own age .

Wot u gona do wen u fall pregnant %26amp; ur aving to stay in every weekend to look after ur child wen all ur mates r all going out clubbing %26amp; U CANT!! so be carefull!!
Reply:I met my husband when I was 16yrs and he was 18ys old we married a year later, We are still to-gether and have just celebrated 53yrs of married life. Yes I still love him and he still loves me, and always will.
Reply:met my husband at 14 been married 30 years this year and dont regret a minuet everyone used to say it wont last we proved em all wrong ...Just be very careful and sure about what you are doing ....Good luck
Reply:18 and husband 25. :) still together married 35 years now.
Reply:go to college and see what happens he loves u he wait

School Burn Out?

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I'm currently a junior in college with a Communications degree, and am facing a complete inability to study. I know we all go through funks like this, but mine has been a few months in the running now. It's to the point where I do not know if I will pass my classes anymore.

It's a terrible cycle, the less I study, the worse I do in my classes, so the less I want to look at my text books. I have never been this bad in school, infact, I have always been extremely good with my studies. I have also been doing summer classes and classes over breaks for the past three years. I know I am in major burn out mode. I also do not even know what I want to use my degree for becuase it prepares me for careers I do not want, but I do not know what else to declair. So there is no motivation to even study anymore. I try to study several times a day and fall asleep each time. I know it is not a problem with reading comprehension, as I am fine in anything that is not schoolwork. Any ideas?

School Burn Out?
I'm right there with you, I just had a conversation with my best friend how I thought it would be fun to drive a tractor. You need to take a break, look at winter break as a time to fall in love with what you are doing all over again. As for now I have to swim every day to convince myself to go to class. find something else to do, I take a sword fighting class. Do your best and I know you will be fine. Also remember to take pride in everything you do, and that your grades are a reflection of your own determination.
Reply:Okay you're banging you head against the wall.

There are simply two options.

1/. Knuckle down big time and forget everything else going on around you and really give it 101% with your school work.

OR

2/. Just drop out know to give yourself time to really think about what you want out of life both and school and in the future. You could get a job and save a little money while thinking about it all.

You have to choose what's best for you.

Sounds to me like you really aren't ready for the school choice at this stage though.
Reply:I am a full-time grad student pursuing a dual MPA/MBA program and I certainly feel your pain. There are a couple of options including taking time off and changing your major. The third is, of course, to keep on track and in your rut, but I don't imagine you want that. If you are going to change your major, mayhap something more generic (e.g. business) that can transfer almost anywhere.

To break my rut a bit, I teach Krav Maga classes and workout a lot (and I have a normal job as well). I also minimize my study time to just the amount that I need to learn what I must at that point in time. This may or may not work for you in the short run.

Best of luck!
Reply:I think the problem is that you lack motivation and have no set goals. Maybe you should take some time and critically evaluate what direction/field you want to be headed at career-wise. You need something to work towards. Try to figure out what you are truly interested in and want to do.
Reply:I'm stuck in Life Sciences, and I'm in the exact same situation. The only reasonable idea I've had so far is that I'm just in the wrong concentration, and this is definitely not what I should be doing in life. Consider what's interesting and makes you happy. Maybe you're better off switching to it.
Reply:Get a complete physical then talk to a therapist.

Our New First Family? minus the photos b/c i can't publish them here .?

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Our New First Family?

Barack stands behind Kezia (stepmother) in a Kenyan family shot. (Including brother Abongo "Roy" Obama who is a Luo activist and a militant Muslim who argues that the black man must "liberate himself from the poisoning influences of European culture." "Abongo's new lifestyle has left him lean and clear-eyed, and at the wedding, he looked so dignified in his black African gown with white trim and matching cap that so many of our guests mistook him for my father," Obama wrote in " Dreams From My Father"

"Barack Obama with his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, in Africa in 2004.

This is a lie!!!!

His maternal grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, who seems to be glaringly missing from the campaign trail spotlight. She is refusing to give interviews, citing poor health. I hope this isn't a ruse to keep her out of sight because she is White, Because photo ops of Obama and his white grandma might not be what the Obama camp wants, at this point in time. And the above picture is very telling. Published 8/16/06 with an article about a trip to Kenya in 2004, in the Chicago Suntimes, there's a picture (at least for now) of "Obama with his grandmother (a very black) Madelyn Dunham." None of Obama's people have asked for it to be removed or addressed the issue, considering the photo was supplied by the Obama family.

Below is the real grandmother Dunham with grandfather Stanley. Is Obama ashamed that he is half White or maybe he is just after the Black vote.

Just who you are, Barack? Are your an American who will work as President to improve America? Or are African and your Goals as President is to Improve Africa?

Will the real Barack (Barry) Hussein Obama (Soetoro) please stand up

The autobiographical narrative tells the story of the future Senator's life up to his entry in Harvard Law School. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Harvard University-educated economist Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., of Kenya, and Ann Dunham of Wichita, Kansas. At the time of Obama's birth, both his parents were students at the East-West Center of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Obama's parents separated when he was two years old and divorced when he was four. Obama formed an image of his absent father from stories told by his mother and her parents.

Ann Dunham Obama then married Big Oprah, an East-West Center student from Indonesia. The family moved to Jakarta. When Obama was ten, he returned to Hawaii under the care of his grandparents (and later his mother) for the better educational opportunities available in Hawaii. He was enrolled in the fifth grade at Punahou School, a private college-preparatory school where one of his teachers was the sister of Neal Boortz, the radio talk-show host. Obama was one of three Black students among the majority Asian-American population at that school. In an American school, Obama first became conscious of racism and what it means to be an African-American. At this point, his father came to visit him and his family; it was the last time that Obama would see him before his father's death in a car accident in 1982.

Upon finishing high school, Obama enrolled at Occidental College, where he describes living a "party" lifestyle of drug and alcohol use. He transferred to Columbia College at Columbia University, where he majored in political science. Upon graduation, he worked for a year in business. He then moved to Chicago, where he took up community organizing in the Altgeld Gardens housing project on the city's South Side. Obama recounts the difficulty of the experience, as his program faced resistance from entrenched community leaders. It was during his time spent here that Obama joined Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ

Before attending Harvard Law School, Obama decided to visit relatives in Kenya. He uses part of his experience there as the setting for the book's final, emotional scene. The book includes a good deal of reflection on race and race relations against white people in the United States.

Obama Pastor: 9/11 Wake Up Call For Whites

The following is from a pdf file of sermon from Barack Hussein Obama’s "spiritual mentor" as published in October 2003 issue of the Trinity United Church of Christ’s publication, "The Trumpet." (Published by the Reverend’s daughter.)

A Message From our PASTOR, Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., Senior Pastor

In the 21st century, white America got a wake-up call after 9/11/01. White America and the Western world came to realize that people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just “disappeared” as the Great White West kept on its merry way of ignoring Black concerns.

Reverent Wright is the man that Mr. Obama claims got him interested in politics. He speaks of him as his political father and even his surrogate father.

January 21, 2007

When he took over Trinity United Church of Christ in 1972, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. was a maverick pastor with a wardrobe of dashikis and a militant message…

Obama, was not a churchgoer at the time, but he found himself returning to the sanctuary of Trinity United. In Wright he had found both a spiritual mentor and a role model…

In his 1993 memoir "Dreams from My Father," Obama recounts in vivid detail his first meeting with Wright in 1985. The pastor warned the community activist that getting involved with Trinity might turn off other black clergy because of the church’s radical reputation.

When Obama sought his own church community, he felt increasingly at home at Trinity…

Later he would base his 2004 keynote speech to the Democratic National Convention on a Wright sermon called "Audacity to Hope," – also the inspiration for Obama’s second memoir, "The Audacity of Hope."

Wright cautioned Obama not to let politics change him.

Our New First Family? minus the photos b/c i can't publish them here .?
You raise excellent points. Senator Obama plays up his Black Kenyan family but does not mention that his Kenyan family is ethnically Arab not African and classified as such in the Kenyan census. Technically Senator Obama is an Arab American with a smattering of Black African blood, from which he gets his skin pigmentation.

To qualify for minority status under US Federal law, the person must be 1/8 or 12.5% ethnically of a designated minority. Senator Obama is 6.25% as his last 'Black African' forebearer was a great great great grandmother. The Senator is technically 50% Caucasian (mother), 43.75% Arab 6.25% Black African (father).

Senator Obama gulled Colombia to gain admission as an 'African American', then gulled Harvard Law to do the same, and so far has done a great job gulling the American voters.

Arab newspapers have proudly pointed this out in the past! Why do you think the Senator has had so much financial help from Arabs--Rezko, Al-Sammarae, Auchi?
Reply:I'll just typed madelyn dunham in the images search engine of yahoo and two pictures poped up, both from middleeast.org. She must be the only person in the internet with that name. But there they are clear as day.

It is funny that you do not hear anything from half his family, the half he is not hitting up for donations.
Reply:His deceit ,will be brought to light. People in America are not stupid. the full truth will come full blown, then if people still vote for him. .they are crazy. Thanks for all this research. God Bless.
Reply:Interesting facts indeed.. I am surprised that Hillary does not pick up on it as if he is hiding his ethnicity then what else is he hiding?

But then there is the saying "Who ever expecting a Politician to be 100% honest with the American Public?". I think we all go to the polls hoping that we are voting for the best candidate and hoping nothing comes out of their background to make us ashamed of how we voted...
Reply:Barack Obama's Caucasian grandmother is an 85 year old widower. If she wants to stay out of the spotlight and says it's due to poor health, I'll give her the benefit of the doubt.

FYI, I just flipped through my yearbook and Punahou is not disproportionately Asian-American. There are also very few non-military African-Americans in Hawai'i. Is it really so surprising then, that he would be interested in experiencing African and African-American culture? He was raised in a predominantly White-Asian-Polynesian culture by his mother's side.

And does it really matter to most Americans (or even Barack Obama), whether he is half-white? All they SEE is a black man, so he is treated as such. Halle Berry's mother is white, but how many people consider Halle a black actress? One drop rule... We're lying to ourselves if we think we're anywhere near color-blind, as much as some of us would like to think we are.

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Were American Indians Really Environmentalists? read and give your opinion :?

2009-11-19T21:58:00.002-08:00

Were American Indians Really Environmentalists?

By Thomas E. Woods

Posted on 7/19/2007

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The traditional story is familiar to American schoolchildren: the American Indians possessed a profound spiritual kinship with nature, and were unusually solicitous of environmental welfare.

According to a popular book published by the Smithsonian Institution in 1991, "Pre-Columbian America was still the First Eden, a pristine natural kingdom. The native people were transparent in the landscape, living as natural elements of the ecosphere. Their world, the New World of Columbus, was a world of barely perceptible human disturbance."

If we are to avert environmental catastrophe, the not-so-subtle lesson goes, we need to recapture this lost Indian wisdom.

As usual, the real story is more complicated, less cartoonish, and a lot more interesting.

In his 1992 book Earth in the Balance, then-Senator Al Gore cited a nineteenth-century speech from Chief Seattle, patriarch of the Duwamish and Suquamish Indians of Puget Sound, as evidence of the Indians' concern for nature. This speech, which speaks of absolutely everything in the natural world, including every last insect and pine needle, as being sacred to Seattle and his people, has been made to bear an unusually heavy share of the burden in depicting the American Indians as the first environmentalists.

The trouble for Gore is that the version of the speech he cites is a fabrication, drawn up in the early 1970s by screenwriter Ted Perry. (Perry, to his credit, has tried without success to let people know that he made up the speech.) Still, it was influential enough to become the basis for Brother Eagle, Sister Sky, a children's book that reached number five on the New York Times bestseller list in 1992.

Earlier versions of the speech, also cited by environmentalists, are suspect for reasons of their own. But experts say that the intention of Chief Seattle is clear enough, and that it wasn't to say that every created thing, sentient and non-sentient, was "holy" to his people, or that all land everywhere had an equal claim upon their affection. "Seattle's speech was made as part of an argument for the right of the Suquamish and Duamish peoples to continue to visit their traditional burial grounds following the sale of that land to white settlers," explains Muhlenburg College's William Abruzzi. "This specific land was sacred to Seattle and his people because his ancestors were buried there, not because land as an abstract concept was sacred to all Indians." Writing in the American Indian Quarterly, Denise Low likewise explains that "the lavish descriptions of nature are secondary" to the purpose of Chief Seattle's argument, and that he was saying only that "land is sacred because of religious ties to ancestors."

Environmentalists who have cultivated the myth of the environmental Indian who left his surroundings in exquisitely pristine condition out of a deeply spiritual devotion to the natural world have done so not out of any particular interest in American Indians, the variations between them, or their real record of interaction with the environment. Instead, the intent is to showcase the environmentalist Indian for propaganda purposes and to use him as a foil against industrial society.

The Indians' real record on the environment was actually mixed, and I give the details in my new book, 33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask. Among other things, they engaged in slash-and-burn agriculture, destroyed forests and grasslands, and wiped out entire animal populations (on the assumption that animals felled in a hunt would be reanimated in even larger numbers).

On the other hand, the Indians often succeeded in being good stewards of the environment — but not in the way people generally suppose.

Although we often hear that the Indians knew nothing of private property, their actual views of property varied across time, place, and tribe. When land and game were plentiful, it is not surprising that people exerted little effort in defining and enforcing property rights. But as those things became more scarce, Indians appreciated the value of assigning property rights in (for example) hunting and fishing.

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"The real story is more complicated, less cartoonish, and a lot more interesting."

In other words, the American Indians were human beings who responded to the incentives they faced, not cardboard cutouts to be exploited on behalf of environmentalism or any other political program.

In some tribes, family- and clan-based groups were assigned exclusive areas for hunting, which meant they had a vested interest in not overhunting, and in making sure enough animals remained to reproduce for future years. They likewise had an incentive not to allow people from other families and clans to hunt on their land. In the Pacific Northwest, Indians assigned exclusive fishing rights that yielded a similar kind of stewardship: instead of catching all the salmon, some were left behind with an eye to the future. Whites who later established control over salmon resources unfortunately neglected this important Indian lesson.

Indians have not always recalled that lesson themselves. Consider the Arapahos and Shoshones on Wyoming's Wind River Reservation, who in recent years (and with the help of all-terrain vehicles and high-powered rifles) have all but wiped out entire animal populations. Whatever happened to their spiritual kinship with nature?

In fact, this is the predictable result when wildlife is said to belong to everyone. There is no incentive to preserve any stocks for the future, since anything you might leave behind will simply be killed by someone else. Without property rights in hunting, there is no way (and no incentive) for anyone to prevent such short-term, predatory behavior. That's why Indian tribes assigned these exclusive rights — it was the best way to preserve animal species and provide for the future.

Say, doesn't this lost Indian wisdom bear repeating?

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Thomas E. Woods, Jr., is a resident scholar at the Mises Institute. He is the author of 33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask. His other recent books include The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy, The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History (a New York Times bestseller) and How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization. Send him mail. See his archive. Visit his website. Comment on the blog

Were American Indians Really Environmentalists? read and give your opinion :?
I am not sure how to respond to such a long statement posed as a question.

Certainly the Indians lived closer to nature than we do. But nature is not what city people think it is. It is not nearly as nice and clean as they think. And the Indians knew this.

And I agree, that environmentalists are just using these stories for the propaganda value. Image is everything in politics.
Reply:Environmentalist by the modern terminology that you are referring to the answer is, no. Archeologists are digging up tons of American Indian trash, items of no value, for years. Items such as; remains of stone tool manufacturing, animal processing, and food caches while a true environmentalist would have little or no waste. While on the subject, let us discuss burial mounds. Moving tons of earth into one spot will disturb the natural ecology of the area; a true environmentalist would not do this.

Environmentally speaking the American Indian and todays “white man” are no different. Each uses what they need and throws the rest away. What is different is that the “white man” today has industrial waste which will not decompose, where as the American Indian used stone, wood, and skins to meek out a living, which will decompose after time.

Good luck with your rhetorical question.
Reply:I'd like to say they were in general, but running entire heards of buffalo off a cliff likely left some wasted meat/hides/etc. behind.
Reply:Your ignorance and racism is showing !

The 'natives' were here for many centuries with no long term harm to the environment. When hunting ,they didn't go after just the biggest trophy animal ! They only hunted for pure survival,and if a hunter did get a larger than usual animal ,his pride was in the fact that more people would share in the feast ! They didn't waste anything ! We have garbage dumps !
Reply:Things were good before the HORSE came. Before it used to take 4 men to bring back a buck. Doe were not hunted even then. 4 men just out of sheer weight. We'd take what we needed, there wasn't much storage of food going on.

when the horse came, it was possible to drag the deer back by just 1 man.

The broad sweeping generalizations in this statement are beyond arrogant and disgusting.

My people did not think if you killed one 10 would just sproud out of the ground. I don't know of any tribe that believes this. It COULD be, but it's not mine.

There is no 'NATIVE AMERICAN WAY"

There are Miwok ways, Lakota Ways, Quamash ways etc.

Slash and burn? LOL

I seriously hope they're not thinking about the Clearing fires we lit on an annual basis to keep the fuel loads down in the forest. It works like this.

Dead wood = fire wood.

Pine needles, leaves, brush, = lightning strike, by by camp, deer, water, etc.

'entire animal populations' Like we all own helicopters and can see how many there are in an area.

Common thought, they moved on for the season.

It's a lot of generalization, speculation and outright LIES.
Reply:Sure, and clinton is a moderat, and obama not muslim, and the tooth fairy will bring you a new corvet tonight. just keep watching!!!!
Reply:Everyone should know that Indians took great care of the Land and actually wasted very little of anything.

I am certain that most (not only) Indians would like to see a return to an older time.

Like living of the Land being at one with Nature,

There are many others that have had these ties to Nature,

The Maori tribes of NZ , The Congo tribes and the Indians in the Amazon delta.

Unfortunately because of our very destructive "civilization"

that will not be possible.

Maybe after the next ice age..???

Can anyone give me an honest opinion of my short story?

2009-11-19T21:58:00.001-08:00

Here's a piece of it.

Is it interesting and is it going anywhere?

May could not have come fast enough for the budding group of departing seniors from Colford University. On an evening where the euphoric skyline that draped over the jubilant grads stood still in a blend of blue and tangerine, the day was about to retire into the evening twilight. For the numerous students who packed commuter vans and walked in groups averaging 3-5, their nights were just beginning.

Most were ready to let their hair down after a tumultuous month of papers, exams, and research studies. Among the gallery of white baseball caps, oversized cups and domesticated cackling, stood well known attendees at an off-campus mixer. Ellie Bowden and her group of girlfriends comprised that list. Ellie and her girls were checking out the scenery, as they had so succinctly put into their efforts of meeting men of legitimate dating material.

Across the way, Brendan Rainer had his sights set on the 5’7 tawny-haired bombshell her mother affectionately refers to as 'A little Ellie-fish, about to enter the big pond of life'.

Wearing a striped, button-down shirt, draped onto dreary denim jeans, and parted black hair and sideburns Brenden has had his ups-and-downs with the girl department. To his chagrin, although he valued and respected women, it has most often proved to be his Achilles heel as far as his love life was concerned. He was usually the best friend and he had long since tired of that image. Him and his buddies were also on hand kicking back in the corner and conversing. Was Ellie Bowden out of his league? Maybe. But then again, he had his gameface on. Nothing was going to stand in his way, except for two Capri-sporting, sandal-wearing, necklaced girls who got his attention first.

In the traditional sense, Brendan and Ellie came from opposite sides of the tracks. In lieu of their social standing, neither lacked drive. Besides, they were graduating college next week, so things should even out smoothly.

Early afternoon, Brendan woke up from a semi-drunken stupor to the hammering of the door from his father Don. Right off the bat the everso blunt, yet overprotective old man of the Rainers look his son square in the eye with a sentiment of Son, we need to talk.’ For Brendan this was all too routine. Had it been a cd that lain next to his hundreds of music tapes, a more fitting title of his father's speech would be The Best of Mr. Rainer’s Bullshit Lectures: Volume 1, available in both Stressful and Unnecessary.. Brendan cared much for his parents although he sought to find his own identity in his 4 years of Colford. His mother Beverly was the first to hug the first of the clan to have done anything productive past high school. She and her husband were high school sweethearts who married into their early 20s and raised Brendan when they were relatively anew to their own existence. Over the years, they had gone out of their way to bond with their kid over a variety of topics, ranging from learning to balance his own check book to sex. Brendan beyond hoped it would not be one of those talks.. Admittedly enough his estrangement from his parents at a young age was not something that would deter his parents from doing their part in raising his son with some semblance of integrity and standard. That did not always stay in tact once Brendan started his freshman year, but then again so didn't his laundry habits.

How you been, dad?,” Brendan asked with heavy eyes and semi-combed hair carrying a heaping helping of a month's worth of wardrobe.

Just bring in the rest of your bags---you know your mom and I really missed you.”

He put on weight, Don,” Beverly chimed.

“I doubt that, honey.”

It's been a while since you been at school, and.we're going to have to ask that you switch to living in the basement or possibly moving out,” his father relayed passively.

What the hell?,” Brendan stood dumbfounded. He looked to his mother with a glance in his eye seeking approval if she would be too put off that he curse up a storm. It would not be the first time.

what about MY room, ma ?”

“Look son, we know this has been a hard pill to swallow but things haven’t been on the up and up at work,” his father retorted. “And ever since we came here her and I have had a hard enough time getting aid to put your brother and sister through school. That’s what it is, Brendan. I’m sorry.”

The middle child of the family was feeling like the forgotten one as he buried his head in his hands with an animated grunt and galloped upstairs before getting the attention of his mother. “Bren, we did keep your stuff downstairs,” his mother proclaimed to her defeated son, in a tone resembling a game show announcer letting a contestant know they had still won the complimentary parting prize.

"What the hell is that about, man?," was the initial reaction from his buddy Dennis. "I dunno, they're being weird. But maybe it's for the better," Brendan nonchalantly quipped as he drew devil horns around stick figures emulating his folks.Brendan was a drawer who also liked to write. Since artists who occasionally penned was not a solid major, Brendan took side jobs and apprentice work shops after school to hone his passion for drawing. He used to just stick to comic book superheroes until he figured he move on to bigger and better once he hit campus. Plus he did could do without being taunted for it by potential love interests. That night, Brendan and his sentimental entourage of post-collegiate hopeless romantics took to one of Colford Universities popular off-campus dive bars: Chet's. What started out as a series of walks 3 nights a week amid-st tethered finances and the occasionally overdue midterm take home exam, became a car ride into town, feeling like the had taken the wrong turn at the crossroads of their newly-designated roles in society: Rookie real worlders.

Ellie Bowden felt a sense of loss when she had trouble finding a full-time job after graduating with a degree in finance. She was very involved on campus and was a tri-star athlete who excelled in the class, and definitely knew how to have a good time in between and around her endeavors. At times overly conscientious of her looks, Ellie would tussle her strand of tawny-brown locks and bat her green eyes, along with soft lips and a diamond necklace she wore in tribute to her grandmother. Ellie was a family person at heart. Although she felt she may have done some things at college she may not have done after finishing school, nor necessarily felt proud of Ellie sported lots of energy and personality aside from her good looks. She was also not one to take lightly in terns of pulling the wool over her eyes. Months after finishing school, Ellie took notice of how infrequent she would see her friends from high school, let alone some of her suite mates she had been tight with since her sophomore year.

Ellie had her "return nights" at Colford but it was not the same. New faces, new crowd, new drama. Same old routine. Brendan felt similar at his guys night out at Chet's, sitting at the bar watching ESPN parallel to older townsfolk who sported Keno tickets and cigars. His and Shawn and their friends of their old roommates sat awkwardly ajar a storm of spilt drinks and camera flashes. That night, Ellie babysat for her neighbors, but instead of chatting up with some of her old teammates plastered on her cell phone directory, she brought over a scrap book and glossed over it since one of the pages had a congratulations card that said "Here's Looking at you Kid", and had a baby emblazoned on the front. Ellie wanted children of her own somebody, but finding Mr. Right was not something she took lightly, especially when many of the men who had flirted up a storm toward her at Chet's two nights a week back in her final semester were old enough to be her uncle...literally. She was still her mother's princess, her 'Ellie-fish in a pond.' And it really annoyed her with a passion. Though she loved her mother, she wasn't quite ready to take on a role as a 12-year old girl trapped in a young woman's body. Bickering ensued and Ellie's trip to Key West on Spring Break was now rivaled by bickering over keeping her room picked up.

Six months after the homestretch of senior year winded down, talk show reruns and Gelato proved stale to Ellie--a determined post-collegiate, who had sent out hundreds of resumes but ended up getting called off of most jobs she went for. Temping and waitressing to support herself, aside from the clothes store she clamored at since high school, Ellie got the occasional pep talk of others who hated their jobs and ask that someone with as much potential as her break out of her rut and exit their self-proclaimed retail hell. Then she remembered that her time would come in spite of the prominent mentality that who you are replicates what you make of it. Brendan contributed to several on-line magazines to pad his amateur resume, but nothing that paid off his student loans. Characteristically, those that are fortunate---and there are usually a lot of people, who receive their degrees and get into their fields, were on the opposite of Brendan who had since come to feel that he did not know what the hell he wanted to do with his life. Even though he had not needed much of his parents help when he lived on campus, he commonly never turned it down when offered. Truth be told, both of Colford's fresh new representatives in finding themselves after dusk has overcast their dawn of post-adolescence-- alongside the always prominent 'we're not kids anymore, now what?!' mentality were pawns of the separation anxiety that thrusted what was set to be the crossroads of their journey into their mid-twenties. Both were hard workers, but each had their own parental sparring and runaround responses from job recruiters that they were not quite preparing to see, but were not immune to. The determination and long term goals of each had long since been compromised and their morales were declining.

Brendan stayed around town and frequented the basement aside from his parent's garage. He had grown to adjust to the independence he had long hoped for, but never expected--particularly in the fashion in which it was first introduced months prior. At a New Year's Eve party took out to the patio at Dennis's apartment, an epiphany struck Brendan Rainer, two years removed from his five-year plight of early class, 3am pizza deliveries and the occasional practical joke by his hallway mates. He had come to realize that would likely never happen again, though he could still sing a mean Tom Petty song using a beer bottle as a microphone when playing guitar that night.

Looking back at that time of a college grad's life where the fun and glory of finding yourself on your own, 8 months at a time proved to be overly gratuitous and sentimental. Things would not be the same for either but then there were the inevitabilities of getting older that was also on deck in their own ambiguous agendas.

Then again, there is always grad school.

Can anyone give me an honest opinion of my short story?
This is a good effort, but a short story should first of all, be a STORY -- something actually happens; a problem occurs and is resolved. This describes an interesting situation -- in fact, several situations -- but it's like a snapshot of a chess game in progress when, as a reader, I want to hear about an exciting chess match between characters or forces.

Second, you're in love with words, and that's dangerous for a writer. Readers are in love with plots, characters, activity, movement and dialog.

You like to render ordinary observations in complicated language, as though that will make them interesting -- for instance: "On an evening where the euphoric skyline that draped over the jubilant grads stood still in a blend of blue and tangerine, the day was about to retire into the evening twilight." That's poetic, but unnecessary, s well as confusing. How is the skyline "euphoric?"

So bottom line: Forget writing for a while and work on the plot. Throw out everything that isn't necessary to the story. And tell your story simply and directly -- don't try to dazzle me with your sophisticated vocabulary or ability to write purple prose.
Reply:not bad. you have a very nice vocabulary. it's 8 in the morning though and i started getting a little bored. not sure if its your story or i am tired.

Can anyone give me an honest opinion of my short story?

2009-11-19T21:58:00.000-08:00

Here's a piece of it.

Is it interesting and is it going anywhere?

May could not have come fast enough for the budding group of departing seniors from Colford University. On an evening where the euphoric skyline that draped over the jubilant grads stood still in a blend of blue and tangerine, the day was about to retire into the evening twilight. For the numerous students who packed commuter vans and walked in groups averaging 3-5, their nights were just beginning.

Most were ready to let their hair down after a tumultuous month of papers, exams, and research studies. Among the gallery of white baseball caps, oversized cups and domesticated cackling, stood well known attendees at an off-campus mixer. Ellie Bowden and her group of girlfriends comprised that list. Ellie and her girls were checking out the scenery, as they had so succinctly put into their efforts of meeting men of legitimate dating material.

Across the way, Brendan Rainer had his sights set on the 5’7 tawny-haired bombshell her mother affectionately refers to as 'A little Ellie-fish, about to enter the big pond of life'.

Wearing a striped, button-down shirt, draped onto dreary denim jeans, and parted black hair and sideburns Brenden has had his ups-and-downs with the girl department. To his chagrin, although he valued and respected women, it has most often proved to be his Achilles heel as far as his love life was concerned. He was usually the best friend and he had long since tired of that image. Him and his buddies were also on hand kicking back in the corner and conversing. Was Ellie Bowden out of his league? Maybe. But then again, he had his gameface on. Nothing was going to stand in his way, except for two Capri-sporting, sandal-wearing, necklaced girls who got his attention first.

In the traditional sense, Brendan and Ellie came from opposite sides of the tracks. In lieu of their social standing, neither lacked drive. Besides, they were graduating college next week, so things should even out smoothly.

Early afternoon, Brendan woke up from a semi-drunken stupor to the hammering of the door from his father Don. Right off the bat the everso blunt, yet overprotective old man of the Rainers look his son square in the eye with a sentiment of Son, we need to talk.’ For Brendan this was all too routine. Had it been a cd that lain next to his hundreds of music tapes, a more fitting title of his father's speech would be The Best of Mr. Rainer’s Bullshit Lectures: Volume 1, available in both Stressful and Unnecessary.. Brendan cared much for his parents although he sought to find his own identity in his 4 years of Colford. His mother Beverly was the first to hug the first of the clan to have done anything productive past high school. She and her husband were high school sweethearts who married into their early 20s and raised Brendan when they were relatively anew to their own existence. Over the years, they had gone out of their way to bond with their kid over a variety of topics, ranging from learning to balance his own check book to sex. Brendan beyond hoped it would not be one of those talks.. Admittedly enough his estrangement from his parents at a young age was not something that would deter his parents from doing their part in raising his son with some semblance of integrity and standard. That did not always stay in tact once Brendan started his freshman year, but then again so didn't his laundry habits.

How you been, dad?,” Brendan asked with heavy eyes and semi-combed hair carrying a heaping helping of a month's worth of wardrobe.

Just bring in the rest of your bags---you know your mom and I really missed you.”

He put on weight, Don,” Beverly chimed.

“I doubt that, honey.”

It's been a while since you been at school, and.we're going to have to ask that you switch to living in the basement or possibly moving out,” his father relayed passively.

What the hell?,” Brendan stood dumbfounded. He looked to his mother with a glance in his eye seeking approval if she would be too put off that he curse up a storm. It would not be the first time.

what about MY room, ma ?”

“Look son, we know this has been a hard pill to swallow but things haven’t been on the up and up at work,” his father retorted. “And ever since we came here her and I have had a hard enough time getting aid to put your brother and sister through school. That’s what it is, Brendan. I’m sorry.”

The middle child of the family was feeling like the forgotten one as he buried his head in his hands with an animated grunt and galloped upstairs before getting the attention of his mother. “Bren, we did keep your stuff downstairs,” his mother proclaimed to her defeated son, in a tone resembling a game show announcer letting a contestant know they had still won the complimentary parting prize.

"What the hell is that about, man?," was the initial reaction from his buddy Dennis. "I dunno, they're being weird. But maybe it's for the better," Brendan nonchalantly quipped as he drew devil horns around stick figures emulating his folks.Brendan was a drawer who also liked to write. Since artists who occasionally penned was not a solid major, Brendan took side jobs and apprentice work shops after school to hone his passion for drawing. He used to just stick to comic book superheroes until he figured he move on to bigger and better once he hit campus. Plus he did could do without being taunted for it by potential love interests. That night, Brendan and his sentimental entourage of post-collegiate hopeless romantics took to one of Colford Universities popular off-campus dive bars: Chet's. What started out as a series of walks 3 nights a week amid-st tethered finances and the occasionally overdue midterm take home exam, became a car ride into town, feeling like the had taken the wrong turn at the crossroads of their newly-designated roles in society: Rookie real worlders.

Ellie Bowden felt a sense of loss when she had trouble finding a full-time job after graduating with a degree in finance. She was very involved on campus and was a tri-star athlete who excelled in the class, and definitely knew how to have a good time in between and around her endeavors. At times overly conscientious of her looks, Ellie would tussle her strand of tawny-brown locks and bat her green eyes, along with soft lips and a diamond necklace she wore in tribute to her grandmother. Ellie was a family person at heart. Although she felt she may have done some things at college she may not have done after finishing school, nor necessarily felt proud of Ellie sported lots of energy and personality aside from her good looks. She was also not one to take lightly in terns of pulling the wool over her eyes. Months after finishing school, Ellie took notice of how infrequent she would see her friends from high school, let alone some of her suite mates she had been tight with since her sophomore year.

Ellie had her "return nights" at Colford but it was not the same. New faces, new crowd, new drama. Same old routine. Brendan felt similar at his guys night out at Chet's, sitting at the bar watching ESPN parallel to older townsfolk who sported Keno tickets and cigars. His and Shawn and their friends of their old roommates sat awkwardly ajar a storm of spilt drinks and camera flashes. That night, Ellie babysat for her neighbors, but instead of chatting up with some of her old teammates plastered on her cell phone directory, she brought over a scrap book and glossed over it since one of the pages had a congratulations card that said "Here's Looking at you Kid", and had a baby emblazoned on the front. Ellie wanted children of her own somebody, but finding Mr. Right was not something she took lightly, especially when many of the men who had flirted up a storm toward her at Chet's two nights a week back in her final semester were old enough to be her uncle...literally. She was still her mother's princess, her 'Ellie-fish in a pond.' And it really annoyed her with a passion. Though she loved her mother, she wasn't quite ready to take on a role as a 12-year old girl trapped in a young woman's body. Bickering ensued and Ellie's trip to Key West on Spring Break was now rivaled by bickering over keeping her room picked up.

Six months after the homestretch of senior year winded down, talk show reruns and Gelato proved stale to Ellie--a determined post-collegiate, who had sent out hundreds of resumes but ended up getting called off of most jobs she went for. Temping and waitressing to support herself, aside from the clothes store she clamored at since high school, Ellie got the occasional pep talk of others who hated their jobs and ask that someone with as much potential as her break out of her rut and exit their self-proclaimed retail hell. Then she remembered that her time would come in spite of the prominent mentality that who you are replicates what you make of it. Brendan contributed to several on-line magazines to pad his amateur resume, but nothing that paid off his student loans. Characteristically, those that are fortunate---and there are usually a lot of people, who receive their degrees and get into their fields, were on the opposite of Brendan who had since come to feel that he did not know what the hell he wanted to do with his life. Even though he had not needed much of his parents help when he lived on campus, he commonly never turned it down when offered. Truth be told, both of Colford's fresh new representatives in finding themselves after dusk has overcast their dawn of post-adolescence-- alongside the always prominent 'we're not kids anymore, now what?!' mentality were pawns of the separation anxiety that thrusted what was set to be the crossroads of their journey into their mid-twenties. Both were hard workers, but each had their own parental sparring and runaround responses from job recruiters that they were not quite preparing to see, but were not immune to. The determination and long term goals of each had long since been compromised and their morales were declining.

Brendan stayed around town and frequented the basement aside from his parent's garage. He had grown to adjust to the independence he had long hoped for, but never expected--particularly in the fashion in which it was first introduced months prior. At a New Year's Eve party took out to the patio at Dennis's apartment, an epiphany struck Brendan Rainer, two years removed from his five-year plight of early class, 3am pizza deliveries and the occasional practical joke by his hallway mates. He had come to realize that would likely never happen again, though he could still sing a mean Tom Petty song using a beer bottle as a microphone when playing guitar that night.

Looking back at that time of a college grad's life where the fun and glory of finding yourself on your own, 8 months at a time proved to be overly gratuitous and sentimental. Things would not be the same for either but then there were the inevitabilities of getting older that was also on deck in their own ambiguous agendas.

Then again, there is always grad school.

Can anyone give me an honest opinion of my short story?
As I started to read it, I had a hard time dodging the massive chunks or big words. they're piled all over the place. Spread them out a little thinner, like warm butter on bread. let your words flow freely and less complicated. Write a little more like you talk. I love it when ppl do that. You have a good story going, but I got lost a bit too. Explain the atmosphere a little more, so your reader can feel more at home and follow effortlessly. You've really put alot of work into this, and I congratulate you. Keep it up and don't quit!:)

Can anyone give me an assessment of my short story?

2009-11-19T21:57:00.003-08:00

Is it interesting and is it going anywhere?

May could not have come fast enough for the budding group of departing seniors from Colford University. On an evening where the euphoric skyline that draped over the jubilant grads stood still in a blend of blue and tangerine, the day was about to retire into the evening twilight. For the numerous students who packed commuter vans and walked in groups averaging 3-5, their nights were just beginning.

Most were ready to let their hair down after a tumultuous month of papers, exams, and research studies. Among the gallery of white baseball caps, oversized cups and domesticated cackling, stood well known attendees at an off-campus mixer. Ellie Bowden and her group of girlfriends comprised that list. Ellie and her girls were checking out the scenery, as they had so succinctly put into their efforts of meeting men of legitimate dating material.

Across the way, Brendan Rainer had his sights set on the 5’7 tawny-haired bombshell her mother affectionately refers to as 'A little Ellie-fish, about to enter the big pond of life'.

Wearing a striped, button-down shirt, draped onto dreary denim jeans, and parted black hair and sideburns Brenden has had his ups-and-downs with the girl department. To his chagrin, although he valued and respected women, it has most often proved to be his Achilles heel as far as his love life was concerned. He was usually the best friend and he had long since tired of that image. Him and his buddies were also on hand kicking back in the corner and conversing. Was Ellie Bowden out of his league? Maybe. But then again, he had his gameface on. Nothing was going to stand in his way, except for two Capri-sporting, sandal-wearing, necklaced girls who got his attention first.

In the traditional sense, Brendan and Ellie came from opposite sides of the tracks. In lieu of their social standing, neither lacked drive. Besides, they were graduating college next week, so things should even out smoothly.

Early afternoon, Brendan woke up from a semi-drunken stupor to the hammering of the door from his father Don. Right off the bat the everso blunt, yet overprotective old man of the Rainers look his son square in the eye with a sentiment of Son, we need to talk.’ For Brendan this was all too routine. Had it been a cd that lain next to his hundreds of music tapes, a more fitting title of his father's speech would be The Best of Mr. Rainer’s Bullshit Lectures: Volume 1, available in both Stressful and Unnecessary.. Brendan cared much for his parents although he sought to find his own identity in his 4 years of Colford. His mother Beverly was the first to hug the first of the clan to have done anything productive past high school. She and her husband were high school sweethearts who married into their early 20s and raised Brendan when they were relatively anew to their own existence. Over the years, they had gone out of their way to bond with their kid over a variety of topics, ranging from learning to balance his own check book to sex. Brendan beyond hoped it would not be one of those talks.. Admittedly enough his estrangement from his parents at a young age was not something that would deter his parents from doing their part in raising his son with some semblance of integrity and standard. That did not always stay in tact once Brendan started his freshman year, but then again so didn't his laundry habits.

How you been, dad?,” Brendan asked with heavy eyes and semi-combed hair carrying a heaping helping of a month's worth of wardrobe.

Just bring in the rest of your bags---you know your mom and I really missed you.”

He put on weight, Don,” Beverly chimed.

“I doubt that, honey.”

It's been a while since you been at school, and.we're going to have to ask that you switch to living in the basement or possibly moving out,” his father relayed passively.

What the hell?,” Brendan stood dumbfounded. He looked to his mother with a glance in his eye seeking approval if she would be too put off that he curse up a storm. It would not be the first time.

what about MY room, ma ?”

“Look son, we know this has been a hard pill to swallow but things haven’t been on the up and up at work,” his father retorted. “And ever since we came here her and I have had a hard enough time getting aid to put your brother and sister through school. That’s what it is, Brendan. I’m sorry.”

The middle child of the family was feeling like the forgotten one as he buried his head in his hands with an animated grunt and galloped upstairs before getting the attention of his mother. “Bren, we did keep your stuff downstairs,” his mother proclaimed to her defeated son, in a tone resembling a game show announcer letting a contestant know they had still won the complimentary parting prize.

"What the hell is that about, man?," was the initial reaction from his buddy Dennis. "I dunno, they're being weird. But maybe it's for the better," Brendan nonchalantly quipped as he drew devil horns around stick figures emulating his folks.Brendan was a drawer who also liked to write. Since artists who occasionally penned was not a solid major, Brendan took side jobs and apprentice work shops after school to hone his passion for drawing. He used to just stick to comic book superheroes until he figured he move on to bigger and better once he hit campus. Plus he did could do without being taunted for it by potential love interests. That night, Brendan and his sentimental entourage of post-collegiate hopeless romantics took to one of Colford Universities popular off-campus dive bars: Chet's. What started out as a series of walks 3 nights a week amid-st tethered finances and the occasionally overdue midterm take home exam, became a car ride into town, feeling like the had taken the wrong turn at the crossroads of their newly-designated roles in society: Rookie real worlders.

Ellie Bowden felt a sense of loss when she had trouble finding a full-time job after graduating with a degree in finance. She was very involved on campus and was a tri-star athlete who excelled in the class, and definitely knew how to have a good time in between and around her endeavors. At times overly conscientious of her looks, Ellie would tussle her strand of tawny-brown locks and bat her green eyes, along with soft lips and a diamond necklace she wore in tribute to her grandmother. Ellie was a family person at heart. Although she felt she may have done some things at college she may not have done after finishing school, nor necessarily felt proud of Ellie sported lots of energy and personality aside from her good looks. She was also not one to take lightly in terns of pulling the wool over her eyes. Months after finishing school, Ellie took notice of how infrequent she would see her friends from high school, let alone some of her suite mates she had been tight with since her sophomore year.

Ellie had her "return nights" at Colford but it was not the same. New faces, new crowd, new drama. Same old routine. Brendan felt similar at his guys night out at Chet's, sitting at the bar watching ESPN parallel to older townsfolk who sported Keno tickets and cigars. His and Shawn and their friends of their old roommates sat awkwardly ajar a storm of spilt drinks and camera flashes. That night, Ellie babysat for her neighbors, but instead of chatting up with some of her old teammates plastered on her cell phone directory, she brought over a scrap book and glossed over it since one of the pages had a congratulations card that said "Here's Looking at you Kid", and had a baby emblazoned on the front. Ellie wanted children of her own somebody, but finding Mr. Right was not something she took lightly, especially when many of the men who had flirted up a storm toward her at Chet's two nights a week back in her final semester were old enough to be her uncle...literally. She was still her mother's princess, her 'Ellie-fish in a pond.' And it really annoyed her with a passion. Though she loved her mother, she wasn't quite ready to take on a role as a 12-year old girl trapped in a young woman's body. Bickering ensued and Ellie's trip to Key West on Spring Break was now rivaled by bickering over keeping her room picked up.

Six months after the homestretch of senior year winded down, talk show reruns and Gelato proved stale to Ellie--a determined post-collegiate, who had sent out hundreds of resumes but ended up getting called off of most jobs she went for. Temping and waitressing to support herself, aside from the clothes store she clamored at since high school, Ellie got the occasional pep talk of others who hated their jobs and ask that someone with as much potential as her break out of her rut and exit their self-proclaimed retail hell. Then she remembered that her time would come in spite of the prominent mentality that who you are replicates what you make of it. Brendan contributed to several on-line magazines to pad his amateur resume, but nothing that paid off his student loans. Characteristically, those that are fortunate---and there are usually a lot of people, who receive their degrees and get into their fields, were on the opposite of Brendan who had since come to feel that he did not know what the hell he wanted to do with his life. Even though he had not needed much of his parents help when he lived on campus, he commonly never turned it down when offered. Truth be told, both of Colford's fresh new representatives in finding themselves after dusk has overcast their dawn of post-adolescence-- alongside the always prominent 'we're not kids anymore, now what?!' mentality were pawns of the separation anxiety that thrusted what was set to be the crossroads of their journey into their mid-twenties. Both were hard workers, but each had their own parental sparring and runaround responses from job recruiters that they were not quite preparing to see, but were not immune to. The determination and long term goals of each had long since been compromised and their morales were declining.

Brendan stayed around town and frequented the basement aside from his parent's garage. He had grown to adjust to the independence he had long hoped for, but never expected--particularly in the fashion in which it was first introduced months prior. At a New Year's Eve party took out to the patio at Dennis's apartment, an epiphany struck Brendan Rainer, two years removed from his five-year plight of early class, 3am pizza deliveries and the occasional practical joke by his hallway mates. He had come to realize that would likely never happen again, though he could still sing a mean Tom Petty song using a beer bottle as a microphone when playing guitar that night.

Looking back at that time of a college grad's life where the fun and glory of finding yourself on your own, 8 months at a time proved to be overly gratuitous and sentimental. Things would not be the same for either but then there were the inevitabilities of getting older that was also on deck in their own ambiguous agendas.

Then again, there is always grad school.

Can anyone give me an assessment of my short story?
I read up to the "complimentary parting prize" comment and I have to say it's pretty good but here are a few things I thought were off about the story. first, the evening sky shouldn't be described as tangerine....it sounds like it's raining fruit. I know you mean it's a beautiful evening but try something like shades of copper and violet or something more resembling orange.

The comment about "Ellie-fish" is a bit of an awkward moment. It has nothing to do with these girls going into the social club. Maybe if she were sitting at the bar reflecting on her mother's advice or something you can bring up the mother's comment of "Ellie-fish out in the big pond" but it comes out as being appropos of nothing where you have it now.

I like the story, I'd read more.

Now, when you were describing Brendan before we meet his parents, I thought you said he was the first born son. then you say he's the middle child when his parents tell him get out. I thought the way you described where he was sleeping was a bit awkward. it seemed like he was living at home then he shows up at the front door with laundry? this passage"{semi-combed hair carrying a heaping helping of a month's worth of wardrobe"} sounds sort of like the hair is carrying his laundry. That's impossible, yes, but it is a bit awkward in the phrasing.
Reply:Interesting situation and dilemma.

OK, a perfect setting for and existential crisis at the end of one period in a young life and the beginning of the next period, but what, what did it ad up to really? We were all going, somewhere, but where, like what and why? Is there a way to tie this experience up and in a way that pointed us to the next phase?

Each of the individuals in the story is going through the same sense of being lost, of losing their way, or losing sight of the path or goal. What was the path? Where are you, and where are you going?

So the names are different, but the experience is the same, an overpowering sense of change and being compelled to move on to the next phase without any inner sense of what the next step could or should be.

Without a strong purpose or goal, the next step seems to be going on to grad school. Maybe the grad school is the time when you find your bearings and decide who and what you are and were you are going.

Instead of allowing the parents, school, the counselors or the way of life answer these question, make it a goal for it yourself to figure out how to form a goal and ascertain a desired destination direction. Maybe something like this is the answer to your stories dilemmas.

It is important that not only the story teller, but all the people in the story are struggling with the same sense of confusion or need to know where they are and what they are doing and why.

Good story!
Reply:i didn't read every word but i actually thought it was good. i didn't understand some of the long words as I'm not that smart, but from my point of view i would say " wow that's well good!"

well done...

dental clinic

Can someone please give me an honest assessment on my short story?

2009-11-19T21:57:00.002-08:00

Here's a piece of it.

Is it interesting and is it going anywhere?

May could not have come fast enough for the budding group of departing seniors from Colford University. On an evening where the euphoric skyline that draped over the jubilant grads stood still in a blend of blue and tangerine, the day was about to retire into the evening twilight. For the numerous students who packed commuter vans and walked in groups averaging 3-5, their nights were just beginning.

Most were ready to let their hair down after a tumultuous month of papers, exams, and research studies. Among the gallery of white baseball caps, oversized cups and domesticated cackling, stood well known attendees at an off-campus mixer. Ellie Bowden and her group of girlfriends comprised that list. Ellie and her girls were checking out the scenery, as they had so succinctly put into their efforts of meeting men of legitimate dating material.

Across the way, Brendan Rainer had his sights set on the 5’7 tawny-haired bombshell her mother affectionately refers to as 'A little Ellie-fish, about to enter the big pond of life'.

Wearing a striped, button-down shirt, draped onto dreary denim jeans, and parted black hair and sideburns Brenden has had his ups-and-downs with the girl department. To his chagrin, although he valued and respected women, it has most often proved to be his Achilles heel as far as his love life was concerned. He was usually the best friend and he had long since tired of that image. Him and his buddies were also on hand kicking back in the corner and conversing. Was Ellie Bowden out of his league? Maybe. But then again, he had his gameface on. Nothing was going to stand in his way, except for two Capri-sporting, sandal-wearing, necklaced girls who got his attention first.

In the traditional sense, Brendan and Ellie came from opposite sides of the tracks. In lieu of their social standing, neither lacked drive. Besides, they were graduating college next week, so things should even out smoothly.

Early afternoon, Brendan woke up from a semi-drunken stupor to the hammering of the door from his father Don. Right off the bat the everso blunt, yet overprotective old man of the Rainers look his son square in the eye with a sentiment of Son, we need to talk.’ For Brendan this was all too routine. Had it been a cd that lain next to his hundreds of music tapes, a more fitting title of his father's speech would be The Best of Mr. Rainer’s Bullshit Lectures: Volume 1, available in both Stressful and Unnecessary.. Brendan cared much for his parents although he sought to find his own identity in his 4 years of Colford. His mother Beverly was the first to hug the first of the clan to have done anything productive past high school. She and her husband were high school sweethearts who married into their early 20s and raised Brendan when they were relatively anew to their own existence. Over the years, they had gone out of their way to bond with their kid over a variety of topics, ranging from learning to balance his own check book to sex. Brendan beyond hoped it would not be one of those talks.. Admittedly enough his estrangement from his parents at a young age was not something that would deter his parents from doing their part in raising his son with some semblance of integrity and standard. That did not always stay in tact once Brendan started his freshman year, but then again so didn't his laundry habits.

How you been, dad?,” Brendan asked with heavy eyes and semi-combed hair carrying a heaping helping of a month's worth of wardrobe.

Just bring in the rest of your bags---you know your mom and I really missed you.”

He put on weight, Don,” Beverly chimed.

“I doubt that, honey.”

It's been a while since you been at school, and.we're going to have to ask that you switch to living in the basement or possibly moving out,” his father relayed passively.

What the hell?,” Brendan stood dumbfounded. He looked to his mother with a glance in his eye seeking approval if she would be too put off that he curse up a storm. It would not be the first time.

what about MY room, ma ?”

“Look son, we know this has been a hard pill to swallow but things haven’t been on the up and up at work,” his father retorted. “And ever since we came here her and I have had a hard enough time getting aid to put your brother and sister through school. That’s what it is, Brendan. I’m sorry.”

The middle child of the family was feeling like the forgotten one as he buried his head in his hands with an animated grunt and galloped upstairs before getting the attention of his mother. “Bren, we did keep your stuff downstairs,” his mother proclaimed to her defeated son, in a tone resembling a game show announcer letting a contestant know they had still won the complimentary parting prize.

"What the hell is that about, man?," was the initial reaction from his buddy Dennis. "I dunno, they're being weird. But maybe it's for the better," Brendan nonchalantly quipped as he drew devil horns around stick figures emulating his folks.Brendan was a drawer who also liked to write. Since artists who occasionally penned was not a solid major, Brendan took side jobs and apprentice work shops after school to hone his passion for drawing. He used to just stick to comic book superheroes until he figured he move on to bigger and better once he hit campus. Plus he did could do without being taunted for it by potential love interests. That night, Brendan and his sentimental entourage of post-collegiate hopeless romantics took to one of Colford Universities popular off-campus dive bars: Chet's. What started out as a series of walks 3 nights a week amid-st tethered finances and the occasionally overdue midterm take home exam, became a car ride into town, feeling like the had taken the wrong turn at the crossroads of their newly-designated roles in society: Rookie real worlders.

Ellie Bowden felt a sense of loss when she had trouble finding a full-time job after graduating with a degree in finance. She was very involved on campus and was a tri-star athlete who excelled in the class, and definitely knew how to have a good time in between and around her endeavors. At times overly conscientious of her looks, Ellie would tussle her strand of tawny-brown locks and bat her green eyes, along with soft lips and a diamond necklace she wore in tribute to her grandmother. Ellie was a family person at heart. Although she felt she may have done some things at college she may not have done after finishing school, nor necessarily felt proud of Ellie sported lots of energy and personality aside from her good looks. She was also not one to take lightly in terns of pulling the wool over her eyes. Months after finishing school, Ellie took notice of how infrequent she would see her friends from high school, let alone some of her suite mates she had been tight with since her sophomore year.

Ellie had her "return nights" at Colford but it was not the same. New faces, new crowd, new drama. Same old routine. Brendan felt similar at his guys night out at Chet's, sitting at the bar watching ESPN parallel to older townsfolk who sported Keno tickets and cigars. His and Shawn and their friends of their old roommates sat awkwardly ajar a storm of spilt drinks and camera flashes. That night, Ellie babysat for her neighbors, but instead of chatting up with some of her old teammates plastered on her cell phone directory, she brought over a scrap book and glossed over it since one of the pages had a congratulations card that said "Here's Looking at you Kid", and had a baby emblazoned on the front. Ellie wanted children of her own somebody, but finding Mr. Right was not something she took lightly, especially when many of the men who had flirted up a storm toward her at Chet's two nights a week back in her final semester were old enough to be her uncle...literally. She was still her mother's princess, her 'Ellie-fish in a pond.' And it really annoyed her with a passion. Though she loved her mother, she wasn't quite ready to take on a role as a 12-year old girl trapped in a young woman's body. Bickering ensued and Ellie's trip to Key West on Spring Break was now rivaled by bickering over keeping her room picked up.

Six months after the homestretch of senior year winded down, talk show reruns and Gelato proved stale to Ellie--a determined post-collegiate, who had sent out hundreds of resumes but ended up getting called off of most jobs she went for. Temping and waitressing to support herself, aside from the clothes store she clamored at since high school, Ellie got the occasional pep talk of others who hated their jobs and ask that someone with as much potential as her break out of her rut and exit their self-proclaimed retail hell. Then she remembered that her time would come in spite of the prominent mentality that who you are replicates what you make of it. Brendan contributed to several on-line magazines to pad his amateur resume, but nothing that paid off his student loans. Characteristically, those that are fortunate---and there are usually a lot of people, who receive their degrees and get into their fields, were on the opposite of Brendan who had since come to feel that he did not know what the hell he wanted to do with his life. Even though he had not needed much of his parents help when he lived on campus, he commonly never turned it down when offered. Truth be told, both of Colford's fresh new representatives in finding themselves after dusk has overcast their dawn of post-adolescence-- alongside the always prominent 'we're not kids anymore, now what?!' mentality were pawns of the separation anxiety that thrusted what was set to be the crossroads of their journey into their mid-twenties. Both were hard workers, but each had their own parental sparring and runaround responses from job recruiters that they were not quite preparing to see, but were not immune to. The determination and long term goals of each had long since been compromised and their morales were declining.

Brendan stayed around town and frequented the basement aside from his parent's garage. He had grown to adjust to the independence he had long hoped for, but never expected--particularly in the fashion in which it was first introduced months prior. At a New Year's Eve party took out to the patio at Dennis's apartment, an epiphany struck Brendan Rainer, two years removed from his five-year plight of early class, 3am pizza deliveries and the occasional practical joke by his hallway mates. He had come to realize that would likely never happen again, though he could still sing a mean Tom Petty song using a beer bottle as a microphone when playing guitar that night.

Looking back at that time of a college grad's life where the fun and glory of finding yourself on your own, 8 months at a time proved to be overly gratuitous and sentimental. Things would not be the same for either but then there were the inevitabilities of getting older that was also on deck in their own ambiguous agendas.

Then again, there is always grad school.

Can someone please give me an honest assessment on my short story?
i like it

great characters

i am in grade 12 and am dreading growing up, i like the cynical view, it is refreshing

if i had to find something i didn't like much it would be sometimes the language sounds like the author is trying to put in deep adjectives for the sake of it, i am not sure if they are necessary

"euphoric skyline that draped over the jubilant grads"

it sounds good but i would personally use more simple language

if i made a magazine, i would put this in it

and if the story was in a magazine, i would buy it
Reply:I gave up after the third paragraph. Your over-use of fancy adjectives and other "fine writing" is typical of many new authors, and can be cured. But it puts most readers right OFF! Report It

Reply:There is potential here. If you are truly passionate about writing, willing to be rejected many times before being accepted, and have perseverance then study writing and work on your story. Best Wishes! Report It

Reply:Before you write story, be guided from :Author Assist.com; also Writer's Digest, Timothy Hallinan com. Know about plot, setting, 3 structure of a story to make it easy. by just looking your masterpiece, you have almost same length of paragraph that even essay needs pattern. good luck.
Reply:You must have pleasure in expressing your short-living incidents which will be a permanent source of happyness and enjoyment..go on writing - preserve the memento of your personal pleasure .
Reply:ya next time u want someone to answer something don't do this it is not worth it.
Reply:first of all it a long story and it has no meaning go back and try again and this time make it short.

Zionists Seek to Silence Critics of US Policy Toward Israel, what do you think?

2009-11-19T21:57:00.001-08:00

As far as the Zionist establishment is concerned, the main enemy is not anti-Semitism, but anti-Zionism.

Prominent Zionist groups and individuals in the US are conducting a campaign of intimidation against liberal and left-wing critics of the Israeli regime and Washington’s policy toward Israel.

Tony Judt, a noted historian and the director of New York University’s Remarque Institute, was to have spoken in New York earlier this month at a meeting called by a nonprofit organization that had rented space from the Polish Consulate. After telephone calls from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the American Jewish Committee, his lecture on “The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy” was cancelled barely an hour before it was scheduled to begin.

Judt, a liberal academic who writes frequently for the New York Review of Books, was born and raised in Britain. He lost many members of his own family in the Holocaust, but has aroused the ire of the Zionist public relations machine because of his sharp criticisms of Israeli policies and his charge that the Israel lobby has stifled debate on the Middle East in the US.

The modus operandi of Zionist organizations such as the ADL and the American Jewish Committee is by now a familiar one. “Inquiries” are made by one or another of these groups. The message is clear.

As the Polish Consul General said in connection with the contacts made in regard to Judt’s scheduled appearance, “The phone calls were very elegant but may be interpreted as exercising a delicate pressure. That’s obvious—we are adults and our IQs are high enough to understand that.”

Abraham Foxman of the ADL cynically insisted that he hadn’t requested that the event be shut down, but added, “I think they made the right decision.” He then spelled out the brazenly anti-democratic and thuggish attitude of himself and his organization toward anyone who criticizes Israel’s policies and Washington’s support for those policies. “He’s taken the position that Israel shouldn’t exist,” Foxman said of Judt. “That puts him on our radar.”

To clarify his position toward Israel, Judt remarked, “The only thing I have ever said is that Israel as it is currently constituted, as a Jewish state with different rights for different groups, is an anachronism in the modern age of democracies.”

The cancellation of Judt’s lecture is only one in a series of similar incidents. Judt was also forced to cancel another speech, at Manhattan College in the Bronx, on the topic “War and Genocide in European Memory Today,” after he was asked by the event’s sponsors to censor himself by avoiding direct references to Israel.

Less than a week after the episode at the Polish Consulate, an almost identical incident took place, this time at the French Embassy. British-based author Carmen Callil had been scheduled to attend a reception on October 10 in honor of her forthcoming book, Bad Faith, an account of the Vichy official who arranged the deportation of thousands of French Jews to their deaths in the Holocaust.

This event was also canceled at the last moment, apparently because of complaints over a sentence written by the author in the postscript to the book. She wrote of becoming anxious, while researching the “helpless terror of the Jews of France,” to see “what the Jews of Israel were passing on to the Palestinian people.” She continued, “Like the rest of humanity, the Jews of Israel ‘forget’ the Palestinians. Everyone forgets.”

Zionist attempts at censorship have a long and distasteful history, especially in New York City. They are not always successful, but not for lack of trying.

Just a few months ago the New York Theatre Workshop cancelled its production of My Name is Rachel Corrie, the play about the American student killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in 2001 as she attempted to stop the destruction of the home of a Palestinian family. The production was halted after similar “inquiries” from Zionist circles. My Name is Rachel Corrie finally opened in Manhattan this month and was met with warm responses from critics and the public.

The ADL, the American Jewish Committee and other Zionist organizations disingenuously claim they are not part of a “lobby.” That is supposedly limited to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the organization whose specific aim is to influence the US government on behalf of Israel. In reality, all of these organizations devote themselves to the defense of Israel and its diplomatic and political interests. They are free to do so, but their attempts to silence their critics and smear their opponents as anti-Semites demonstrate their reactionary character.

The censorship attempts have extended onto university campuses. Campus Watch, a right-wing web site established by Daniel Pipes several years ago, has drawn up a blacklist that targets professors of Middle Eastern studies for alleged “bias” because they have dared to criticize Israel and defend the Palestinians. Supporters of Campus Watch have encouraged the sending of hate mail and threats to these professors, along with calls for their removal from their academic positions.

The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913 to fight against anti-Semitism, has long since betrayed any commitment to civil liberties and academic freedom when it comes to critics—including Jewish critics—of the policies and foreign policy interests of the state of Israel.

Even limited opinion polling reveals the growing opposition among American Jews to the decades-long Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, but this doesn’t stop the ADL and similar groups from speaking in the name of all Jews. The power of these unelected spokesmen is magnified many times by their wealthy sponsors and their long-established ties to dominant sections of the corporate, financial and political establishment in New York and Washington. They have succeeded over many years in propagating the myth that Judaism and Zionism are identical, and that anti-Zionism is therefore anti-Semitism.

It should be noted that the kind of criticism that Foxman of the ADL says cannot be voiced in New York City is frequently expressed within Israel itself. Israeli newspaper columnists, writers, academics and others spoke out during the recent Israeli aggression in Lebanon. Are they also to be branded anti-Semites and silenced?

As Judt himself declared, “This is serious and frightening, and only in America—not in Israel—is this a problem. These are Jewish organizations that believe they should keep people who disagree with them on the Middle East away from anyone else who might listen.”

The Zionist organizations involved in such witch-hunting and censorship utilize the issue of anti-Semitism as a red herring. They are really concerned with the foreign policy interests of the Israeli government, and specifically the maintenance of the longstanding alliance between Israel and Washington.

The alliance between American imperialism and Zionism was fully cemented some 40 years ago, in the wake of the Six Day War of 1967. Over the past several decades American defenders of the Israeli state have secured the ironclad support of both major capitalist parties, from the most liberal Democrats to the neo-conservatives in the Republican Party and the Bush Administration.

Big business politicians have vied to demonstrate their loyalty to Israeli policies, and the occasional maverick who deviates from pro-Zionist orthodoxy, like Republican Congressman Paul Findley some years ago, is usually purged at the next election with the help of millions of dollars in campaign funds from the Zionist lobby.

In the recent period, however, public criticism of the existing US policy toward Israel has begun to emerge within American foreign policy and academic circles. To some extent, the feverish campaign to silence all critics of Israel is an expression of the nervousness within American Zionist circles over this emerging policy debate.

While the US-Israel alliance has never been closer than during the administration of George W. Bush, there are signs of a possible shift. The disaster facing the US ruling elite in Iraq, along with the deepening external and internal crisis facing Israel, exemplified by its recent debacle in Lebanon, is emboldening those within the American foreign policy establishment who argue that US policy is tied too closely to that of Israel.

American Zionist organizations are acutely sensitive to these tremors, hence their attacks on John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen Walt of Harvard University. Mearsheimer and Walt authored a paper earlier this year which charged that the Israel lobby had distorted US foreign policy and sought to intimidate its critics.

An article by Mearsheimer and Walt in the London Review of Books was entitled, “The Israel Lobby: Does it Have too Much Influence on US Foreign Policy?” The lobby was defined as “the loose coalition of individuals and organizations who actively work to steer US foreign policy in a pro-Israel direction.”

Mearsheimer and Walt articulate the views of a section of the American ruling elite which has concluded that Washington’s virtually uncritical support for Israeli foreign policy has produced a diplomatic and political disaster for US interests in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world.

The publication of these views was followed by hysterical charges of anti-Semitism against the authors, who were accused of stoking up anti-Semitic notions of an international Jewish conspiracy.

Socialist opponents of Zionism and imperialism do not take sides politically between Mearsheimer and Walt and their Zionist critics. The policy shift they propose, while it enrages the Zionists, has nothing to do with the interests of the international working class or the democratic rights of the Palestinians, and they are opposed to a struggle against both the Israeli and Arab bourgeois elites to unite Jewish and Arab workers on the basis of a democratic and socialist program.

We have no hesitation, however, in denouncing the crude charges of anti-Semitism leveled against Mearsheimer, Walt, Judt and similar critics of Israel.

There are, of course, anti-Semites among the opponents of the Israeli state, and they repeat the old anti-Semitic slanders. There are also a large number of anti-Semites among Israel’s supporters. Richard Nixon, whose virulent anti-Semitism was exposed on White House tapes in the wake of the Watergate scandal, had no difficulty aligning himself with Israel. Today the Zionists welcome the support of Christian fundamentalists who would like nothing more than the establishment of a right-wing theocracy in the US.

As far as the Zionist establishment is concerned, the main enemy is not anti-Semitism, but anti-Zionism. When it suits its purposes, it is perfectly prepared to recognize this vital distinction and “overlook” the anti-Semitism among its own supporters. Hence the warm accolades from the Israel lobby to such figures as Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister, who received an award from the Anti-Defamation League in 2003 just days after expressing nostalgic sympathy for the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.

To the extent that anti-Semitism has gained a new lease on life in the Middle East and elsewhere, this is largely the responsibility of Zionism itself. The anti-Semitic pronouncements of such figures as Iranian President Ahmadinejad are essentially the mirror image of Zionist propaganda, accepting the claim of the Israeli state to speak for all Jews and the interests of the Jewish people.

In fact, for the first half-century of its existence, Zionism was a distinct minority opinion within world Jewry. Its main opposition historically came from the left—from the socialist and internationalist opponents of all forms of nationalism and chauvinism. The attempt to smear left-wing critics as anti-Semites is one of the most despicable techniques of the Zionist propaganda machine.

The current attacks on even relatively mild critics of Israel are a sign of weakness. Longstanding Zionist myths are being increasingly exposed to the light of day. The fraudulent charge of anti-Semitism is beginning to backfire against those who level it.

The flagrant character of the Zionist intimidation campaign is such that even some committed Zionists have been forced to question it. The current issue of the New York Review of Books contains a letter entitled, “The Case of Tony Judt: An Open Letter to the ADL.”

The letter, signed by more than 100 writers, journalists and academics, criticizes the ADL’s actions in connection with the planned meeting at the Polish Consulate, declaring that “we are united in believing that a climate of intimidation is inconsistent with fundamental principles of debate in a democracy . . . the rules of the game in America oblige citizens to encourage rather than stifle public debate. We who have signed this letter are dismayed that the ADL did not choose to play a more constructive role in promoting liberty.”

Among the signers are Peter Beinart, Franklin Foer and Leon Wieseltier, all of the New Republic, one of the most vociferous defenders of the Zionist state.

Zionists Seek to Silence Critics of US Policy Toward Israel, what do you think?
You're right about what I read (It was long) - The ADL and other Zionist front groups have 2 missions. The first is to slander anyone who disagrees with the Evil State by saying they are anti-semites. The second is to be so annoying anti-semitism actually increases and Jews will be motivated to leave their happy homes, go to the Devil State and be forced to be soldiers.

"It is a great commandment from G-d to proclaim in every place, in every language, and at all times that Zionism and Judaism are opposites." - Grand Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar
Reply:This is really silly some of the biggest critics of Israel are in fact Israeli how many people would dare to be critical of Bashar Assad in Syria Report It

Reply:Thank you, zanzi_uk, for at least exposing some people to the truth!

It is terrifying to look at people's answers on here regarding Palestine and those occupying it, clearly the American media does control their minds.

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Reply:For fairness and balance, how do you excuse Palestinians for demanding the right of return for refugees into Israel, (foreign countries, descendants, their own fault), rejecting a partition in '49, terrorism and the election of Hamass? Sorry, not the Democrats, are they? Report It

Reply:Thanks for the information. I am beginning to think critics of Israel and USA's foreign policies in the Middle East are blacklisted. And we preach "freedom"? Balony! Report It

Reply:you've been brainwashed and religion is fiction, by the way.
Reply:No religion should EVER be allowed to have their own state, let alone nuclear weapons. This applies to ALL religions.
Reply:We have promient Islamic groups invading the U.S. also, perhaps we should also get rid of them.
Reply:I think the Muslims are out to kill anyone who disagrees with their "religion". I hope Israel gets the Muslims first. Then free people can ride a bus, train or go somewhere without a Muslim blowing them up.

Not all Muslims are terrorist, but all terrorist are Muslims.
Reply:Too long! Too much cutting and pasting! Who wants to read all that!! Further, this isn't a religion question, it's a political one. From what I can see, this is merely propaganda against those, meaning Conservatives, who defend Israel's right to exist. You're trying to convince those who are on the fence, that Israel is "evil" and shouldn't exist. Intelligent people will see through this.
Reply:Watch out Dude Mossads on to you!!!
Reply:Umm, I see that you have cut and pasted from http://www.radicalleft.net/blog/_archive... . It does you no credit.

In any event Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed your question. He stated:

". . . You declare, my friend, that you do not hate the Jews, you are merely 'anti-Zionist.' And I say, let the truth ring forth from the high mountain tops, let it echo through the valleys of God's green earth: When people criticize Zionism, they mean Jews--this is God's own truth.

"Antisemitism, the hatred of the Jewish people, has been and remains a blot on the soul of mankind. In this we are in full agreement. So know also this: anti-Zionist is inherently anti-Semitism, and ever will be so.

"Why is this? You know that Zionism is nothing less than the dream and ideal of the Jewish people returning to live in their own land. The Jewish people, the Scriptures tell us, once enjoyed a flourishing Commonwealth in the Holy Land. From this they were expelled by the Roman tyrant, the same Romans who cruelly murdered Our Lord. Driven from their homeland, their nation in ashes, forced to wander the globe, the Jewish people time and again suffered the lash of whichever tyrant happened to rule over them.

"The ***** people, my friend, know what it is to suffer the torment of tyranny under rulers not of our choosing. Our brothers in Africa have begged, pleaded, requested--DEMANDED the recognition and realization of our inborn right to live in peace under our own sovereignty in our own country.

"How easy it should be, for anyone who holds dear this inalienable right of all mankind, to understand and support the right of the Jewish People to live in their ancient Land of Israel. All men of good will exult in the fulfillment of God's promise, that his People should return in joy to rebuild their plundered land.

"This is Zionism, nothing more, nothing less.

"And what is anti-Zionist? It is the denial to the Jewish people of a fundamental right that we justly claim for the people of Africa and freely accord all other nations of the Globe. It is discrimination against Jews, my friend, because they are Jews. In short, it is antisemitism."

Just one more thing. An answer here referred to a place called Palestine. The only place in today's world called Palestine is in the American state of Texas.
Reply:All right, fine. I am pro-Israel, but I do believe what you're saying about this. I do believe that Zionists sometimes use anti-Semitism to shut up their critics.

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the reverend hon'ble ms Gargi R Lahiri R N Tagore rd, Krishna Nagar, nadia, West Bengal, India: 107A Scribner Avenue, staten island new york 10301, usa. Deputy chief campaign in USA and International: The rev dr kamal karna roy as the candidate of U S President and demanding to be lawful nominee of GOP at the next GOP nominating convention against john McCain U S Senator, an allegedly orrupt leader who was allegedly involved in Paxson_ 40 some yrs old female Beauty as lobbyist for sale of passion for gain for business of paxson_ paxson business in interst pedalling crime against usa for pursu9t of sex pleasure of female companionships on repeated occasioons with free use of luxury aircraft and writing atleast 2 sweetheart custom made letter to u s communication dept , which we the people in U S Aconsider u sa is on sale in USAfor steering priate business.Now the problem is to find out if mcCain deserves to go to the White House to be Leader of UISA to enhance influence pedalling business or we the people show mcCain a short visit to jail house for a crime puruant to u S federal laws. we the people are in deep and complecated puzzle to solve: the F B I needs to help we the people to resolve the issue quickly. the rev dr kamal roy filed petition in the u s district courts to court an enquiry by appointment of a special Prosecutor to be appointed by U S Attorney General to find the truthj of corruption at highest level of govt in usa and mcCain as sitting U S Senator of GOP is surely highj enough govt official to be investigted by Special presecutor under laws.

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Comment: the reverend mother mrs tapasi b chakravorty democratic reormsa agent for candidate dr roy as opinion expressed by him recently:

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Comment: the cleanest contender of republican politicking against john mcCain another dop candidate who who accused of influence pedalling with sex related sweet_heart companionship of a middle aged beaty ( women are presumed to be always a beauty in a male dominated society since early civilization with anlican civilization or with hindu eras of lord krishna, a lover_boy in role ofa god or lord Brahma who used sex for pleasure in every vibrant moment of his un_dying body for ever and ever and possibly the god_emblem of hunduism inflicted john mcCain type symbol of pursuit of pleasure with male_female companionship in democratic conditions at coutries beyond borders. But mccain has not authorise by laws of we the people of usa pursuant u s consttuttion to extra use of female beauty as of choice of mccainian leadership and for mccain_paxson busijess_ female 40=, now 47= female beauty triangle , mccain deserved scrutiny by law enforcemet officil and f bi to determine if he could be indicted in court of laws for violations with crossing intterstate boders for pleasure of sexual pursuit for interest pdalling with issuance of atleast 2 sweet_heart letter to federara communication dept to wronglt exepeditegovt action before scrutiny. FB I must eaxamine complaint of grievance forwarded to for lawful inquest of mccain scandal with sex as mccain may be a human_god of some power but he is no, even a small god of any faith in the globe as such he is subject to criminal prosecution . when a gary hart se affair could result his exit from power, and elliot spitzer sex did exit his eclipse from power of new york governorship, only play_boy, part_timerbut moderatly good william jefferson clinton was as immune as a hindu or other dominion GOD to clebrate sexual pursuit in office of president along with historical evidence of genefer flower roman/sexbut you have to have a clintonian woman t o fill in conjugal partnership in life. the matter of comment on democratic corruption in power politics are of the rev dr kamal karna roy . a candidate of u s president , and the opinion repackaged by assistant campaign official with his consent. dr roy emphasized that in national interest for stability the democratic process may not be ideal in every situation, and presidents pervez mussaref presidency at the current tenure may not have to be short circuited by the current elected leader of democracy in power to derail important tenure of rocky freedom in democratic nation with intent of compromise with president musareff anf current democracy army in pakistan political system. pakistan should allow an optimally acceptable situation ti exit musarref , as this may allow new coalition in ruling parties to control national situation which , we the people at large beyond border of pakistan may consider to be wise condsidering

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Thank you. Have a great day.

The answer is no or maybe or yes.

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3 years ago i was 18 years old in sophomore in college, n i've never had a bf or never had someone loving me i always had love from one side relations that ofcourse was me loving someone n never got it the opposite way n never had the nerve to tell someone that i had a feeling for them, i'm not ugly or fat i'm ok i'm just a shy person n i had my best friend that always dated n she used to tell me about her relations i was the wise one in my group always people came to me for advice, n then my friend told me about this guy she knew about online n he was cute n she showed me the pic n told me he liked her n then i decided i want to make an account my self and start meeting just new people n then it came across my mind to talk to that guy so i looked for the mail my friend sent me with his pic and took the name from the photo file n started searchin for the guy on msn n bingo i got it right i started talking with him n i was very tough n very straight forward - i never had relations with guys and i didn know how to deal with guys - n although i was tough he was flirtin n then suddenly i felt attracted to him alot n sent him a mail telling him i love him, n so we started a long distance relation online i was very happy having someone at last in my life my friend knew about it n she got mad for a while n then she let it go n everything was fine, after 4 months of dating online i got that mail from an anonymous person tellin me that person i'v been dating is in fact a girl named "sarah butt" and she's been impersonating a guy and she has several relations like this online and that i'm not the only one ofcourse i panicked and had the hardest time ever i felt weird i never seen except one pic from that person and never let me know about his friends n never talked about specific issues of his family either so i talked to him online and told him about the strange mail i got so he told me it's a girl i used to date n she's jus angry am dating u now and she wants to get us apart so - like an idiot - i believed him cos i loved him and as they say love is blind and so i continued dating him and then i asked him to send me more pics but weirdly every pic he sent me is so small so u can't check the face or so the pic he sent me of his body without a face so i started to get suspicious of him being a phsyco girl so i started to dig up some truth so he told me he has a friend called jason and this jason will send me a pic of him and he sent me a pic of his naked upper body as if it's a joke and i kind of liked it it was guy that was muscular n i thought wow my bf is hot n i started talking with jason he was pretty much like him in everyway and then he said he had another friend called zack that is their group (yasser, jason and zack) yasser was my bf and zack has another gf and jason was jus a common friend between them so as the days passed yasser told me once he had a friend that had been kidnapped and was at hospital n he had to visit her of course i went jelous n asked is she cute n stuff like that so he told me she's cute n don worry n he comforted me i believed him and he usually meant to get me jealous like tellin me this gurl kissed me cos she thought am her bf when she was at the hospital and stuff like gurls at college always hit on him and i used to get jealous am away and i don get to see what exactly was happening behind my back it was a pleasure for him to get me jealous so i always used to talk about him with my best friend and i asked her where did she knew him she said she knew him in a chat room and girls there were calling him gay and then she got to know him and they started being friends at that time and then we three used to stay all night chattin everyday and i skip school the next day cos i couldn't go i was tired people noticed change in my life i wasn't me everything started falling apart, so someday he was talking with me online and had always told me he wanted to propose always told me he wanted me n getting me blushy more and more so once he wrote a strange word in my window it was k00lcatz i asked him wat's that he said oh sorry i was writing my password to someone n i wrote it accidently here so i let it pass and then i noticed something in the mails that yasser used to send me and those of jason's too that at the header of the mail both had the same ip address although each one lives in different houses, i started collecting info about how to get into someone's else computer and it was too hard to learn but it lead me to how to get into someone else's hotmail after alot of searching and googling i got the whole image how to get into someone's hotmail i got his mail and stole the password n got into his mail n to my shock i saw another girl was sending him mails as if she's his gf i txt msged him and told him i got into ur mail u bastard and saw the love mails from the other girl n to my surprise she was that other kidnapped girl he told me about to my surprise either she's another girl that had never seen him in reality so he lied to me n said she's zack's girl friend and that him and zack shares the same hotmail account n they both have the same password and id to my surprise zack had the same birthday same college same class everything is identical and jason too although it was a different yahoo account but he had the same credentials i used his mail and logged on all websites he was registered in n asked for passwords n they were sent on his mail i got his sms.ac password and id i took this password and tried it on jason's account it worked so it occured to me the same person always thinks of one password if he had many accounts so he wouldn't forget them this person turned out to be jason and zack and yasser all in one character and every time i confronted him he lies out of it he was very talented at lying he was so mysterious liar always knew what to say although all his lies were so lame n hard to believe but he just lied so i decided i'll talk to this other girl her name was ashley she also knew this person online n told me she recieved the same anonymous mail telling her it's a girl called sarah butt impersonating zack and yasser it was a pretty damn shock for both of us and then i went into the profile page in the mail i noticed his alternative email and he managed to ask hotmail support to give him his mail back n he got it but after a while i found that alternative mail added me as a friend and i talked with that person she was a girl called sarah has the same birthday same college and same style of talking i decided i'll get into her mail too i did and found a specific mail of something she bought online it was a device that turnes a girl's voice to a guy's voice i told my friend about that mail i found n told ashley what i discovered cos this girl too has the same ip address of zack's and jason's and yasser's mails and it turned out to be that all 4 characters are jus one maniac gurl called sarah butt and strangely i got a phone call from UK and i answered i was told hi i'm sarah's mum and she's been playing with u and another girl called ashley and i want u to block sarah's and yasser's adds from ur list and jus continue ur life, and her sister talked to me and told me sarah has problems and thats why she's doing this i jus was surprised how could she be so easy on her after what she knew about her. Surprisingly the next day sarah still acting as yasser acted as if she doesn't know what was happening n i told her i spoke to ur mum she kept telling me don believe that it's someone else trying to break us apart and people are just playing with u n his mum didn't talk to me and it was jus this other girl that was so angry that he left her for me it's so frustrating as i remember these incidents and she played as if she's still a guy and uptill now for three years she's trying to act she doesn't know and she's a guy called yasser, anyway this girl uptill now is trying to convince me she's a guy that loves me and intending to marry me and i have heard her voice a couple of times when she called as a girl and then turns a to a guy's voice she keeps lying and telling me u heard wrong it was someone behind me so lame lies i don't believe her she keeps sending me expensive gifts she sent me a lot of books i wanted to buy and a gold necklace and a nokia n76 mobile phone and an ipod and that ipod was stolen from me so she sent me another ipod and she never sends me pictures of her as a yasser she keeps lying and i catch her but she never admits she's a girl and that's so frustrating i donno what to do, i asked her if she was a guy then come to my country and show me her self she said she'll be here on april 10th, 2008 i know for 100% sure she's a girl and i donno do i keep taking expensive gifts from her or do i act as if i believe her that she's a guy it's so frustrating that u know someone is constantly lying to u although u know the truth but they wouldn't admit i just wanted to share my story with people and hear their opinions this incident is leaving a big scar in me and i don't trust anyone anymore i'm 21 years old now and i graduated college n now i work but i jus keep thinking about it n i jus thought i wanted to share....

I've had the most bizarre story ever? it's long but i'd appreciate if u read it to the end?
Please read Ann Rule's book "Too Late to Say Goodbye". A similar bizarre situation happened to a dentist's wife.
Reply:Ok. That is a very interesting story. Me, i would just end it right then and there. It's no use to keep going on with a fake relationship. but one thing i must say, I think it's pretty weird that she sends you gifts..you know. Maybe she's afraid to tell you that she's a lez or sumthing.idk. But i have had a similar problem. Im 15 years old and yeah, i dated online. I still am. But my advice to you is just wait and see if he/she comes in April, if he/she doesnt come, then ditch them. He/she is only hurting you by playing around. Iv'e been played around with many times. So yeah

jus ditch him if he doesnt show up.

Good Luck

-Ash
Reply:total gayness. you need to stop cyber love and get someone you can really see and really love!! Your older then 18 this sounds like some 15 year old would write.
Reply:ok ...now I guess your d day is 4/10 ...The serial killer and all his personalities now knows all about you .... Have a good life ... whats left of it!!!
Reply:that was a very long, very disturbing story.

I think you should cut all communications, she sounds mentally unstable, besides do you really want to have a relationship with anyone who lies like that?
Reply:I read everything, and this is stupid.

Stop taking all these damn expensive gifts from her, and just cut off connection or something.

She's probably a lesbian and she's afraid for you to know, or she's an extremely giving person who just likes to pose as a guy.

She could be planning on some scheme, too. Damn. I wish I could access someone elses account..... anyway. Just ditch her. And this is a huge reason why we don't get into online relationships.

But hell, if you still want to play along, then go ahead.

procelain veneers

What do you think of this short inspiration story?

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Let's see if you send it back. We all know or knew someone like this!!

One day, when I was a freshman in high school,

I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school.

His name was Kyle.

It looked like he was carrying all of his books.

I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday?

He must really be a nerd."

I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on.

As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him.

They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt.

His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him.

He looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes.

My heart went out to him. So, I jogged over to him as he crawled around looking for his glasses, and I saw a tear in his eye.

As I handed him his glasses, I said, "Those guys are jerks."

They really should get lives.

"He looked at me and said, "Hey thanks!"

There was a big smile on his face.

It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude.

I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived.

As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him why I had never seen him before.

He said he ha d gone to private school before now.

I would have never hung out with a private school kid before.

We talked all the way home, and I carried some of his books.

He turned out to be a pretty cool kid.

I asked him if he wanted to play a little football with my friends

He said yes.

We hung out all weekend and the more I got to know Kyle, the more I liked him, and my friends thought the same of him.

Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books again.

I stopped him and said, "Boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday!

" He just laughed and handed me half the books.

Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.

When we were seniors we began to think about college.

Kyle decided on Georgetown and I was going to Duke..

I knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a problem.

He was going to be a doctor and I was going for business on a football scholarship.

Kyle was valedictorian of our class.

I teased him all the time about being a nerd.

He had to prepare a speech for graduation.

I was so glad it wasn't me having to get up there and speak

Graduation day, I saw Kyle.

He looked great.

He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school.

He filled out and actually looked good in glasses.

He had more dates than I had and all the girls loved him.

Boy, sometimes I was jealous!

Today was one of those days.

I could see that he was nervous about his speech.

So, I smacked him on the back and said, "Hey, big guy, you'll be great!"

He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful one) and smiled.

"Thanks," he said.

As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began

"Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years.

Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach..but mostly your friends....

I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them.

I am going to tell you a story."

I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met.

He had planned to kill himself over the weekend.

He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker so his Mom wouldn't have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home.

He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile.

"Thankfully, I was saved.

My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable."

I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment.

I saw his Mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile.

Not until that moment did I realize it's depth.

Never underestimate the power of your actions.

With one small gesture you can change a person's life.

For better or for worse.

God puts us all in each others lives to impact one another in some way.

Look for God in others.

You now have two choices, you can:

1) Pass this on to your friends or

2) Delete it and act like it didn't touch your heart.

As you can see, I took choice number 1.

"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."

There is no beginning or end.. Yesterday is history.

Tomorrow is a mystery.

Today is a gift.

If it comes back to you, then you'll know you have a circle of friends.

What do you think of this short inspiration story?
truly buddy it really is great of u to share this wonderful story with us and we really hv started passing it on to others. Thank u very much. have a great day!
Reply:Great! That story touched me deeply..........
Reply:they read that at my HS graduation
Reply:Aw... That's cool.
Reply:it was really great, but sad at the same time
Reply:aw this really was good. your so nice!!
Reply:That is so touching! Wow.... is that a true story? gosh. I'm overwhelemed.