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Reply to Lack of Empathy in Misc JoeUser Forums

i think you may be confusing sympathy or sensitivity, with empathy. sympathy, awareness and sensitivity are a subset of empathy but empathy connotes being able to 'share' or experience another's condition as if it one were experiencing the situation oneself. awareness doesnt require internalization in that you can be aware that someone is in pain...neither does sensitivity since you can be sensitive to that pain (not wish to excaberate it).

Reply to Survey: feel free to comment in Blogging JoeUser Forums

1. i wouldnt expect she'll be more successful than jim brady or mary ford. 2. not at all. nor do i respect mccain for declining. it would have been an interesting ticket. 3. not nearly as bad as the liberty mint commemorative coins and the ronald reagan doll that says 'tear down that wall' both of which went on sale this week. 4. most hip-hop is not terribly creative in my opinion; on the other hand, thats the case with ab

Reply to Easy Banana Pudding in Misc JoeUser Forums

mmmmmmmmmm sounds too good shulamite. now all we need to do is figure out hot to digitize it for online transfer

Reply to Liberals vs Conservatives in Politics JoeUser Forums

They hate heterosexuals. They hate guns. They hate Republicans. They hate pro-lifers. They hate caucasians. They hate corporations. They hate the wealthy. They hate the flag. They hate american ideals. They hate patriotism. They hate our President. They hate conservatives. They hate the checks and balances built into our Constitution, limiting government power. They hate our military. They hate religion. T

Reply to Yes Virginia...There is Corporate Welfare in Current Events JoeUser Forums

youve investigated the suitability of subchapter s as a first step in that process?

Reply to Bush under fire from G-8 in International JoeUser Forums

But what is illuminating is the singular blame i wasnt singling any country out in my first response. i was presenting a timeline thats fairly well documented. you must have missed the comment below that one in which i pointed out the fact that australia, canada, south africa, new zealand and india (all of which were, at that point, dominions or realms of the british empire) accepted only

Reply to Bush under fire from G-8 in International JoeUser Forums

during those same years, 25,000 jewish refugees were permitted to land in shanghai, china--more than the combined total accepted by australia, canada, india, south africa and new zealand.

Reply to Bush under fire from G-8 in International JoeUser Forums

. Until 1945, few people knew what was going on over in Europe. There are people wanting to come to the US from all over the world, it wasn't like Jewish people were black listed from entering the US. They simply were considered another European on the list of people who wanted to immigrate i generally am impressed by your grasp and understanding of 20th century history, but each of those sentences contains significant innacurracies:

Reply to Two hundred, and kittens... in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

glad to hear the weather cleared up and even gladder youre feeling better about things. nothin wrong with no makeup and everything right about it as far as im concerned and your pix prove it well my only question here is when do these kitties meet da crabz? congrats on hittin 200!

Reply to I Cannot Tell a Lie in Business JoeUser Forums

I will return extra money to a cashier who accidentally gives me too much change, and I have returned to a store to pay them for something that got missed in checkout. i do the same thing and have ever since i realized if i dont sooner or later itll cost me twice what i gained. Just stuff it down your pants and walk out the door a judge once told me something very similar to that following an acquittal. <

Reply to 200 articles and funny names in Blogging JoeUser Forums

dammit for some reason i cant get smileys to post and theres no edit option. anyway nickyg i was just kidding and muggaz? what can i say. both of those pix killed me. 200...keep da faith bro and keep on keepin on.

Reply to 200 articles and funny names in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Hey... wtg Mug. It's comforting to know that you're still putting out. jeez nickyg you coulda easily besmirched muggaz' sterling reputation

Reply to How to be re-elected without really trying in International JoeUser Forums

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahaha do you realize how much money and fame await you when you start taking on candidate clients?

Reply to Yes Virginia...There is Corporate Welfare in Current Events JoeUser Forums

here's the challenge: Get our tax payment under $100,000 altho this wasnt directed to me, im curious about what that kinda information would be worth to you?

Reply to Yes Virginia...There is Corporate Welfare in Current Events JoeUser Forums

How does buying tax free bonds reduce their tax burden? i didnt mean to suggest that investing in tax-free bonds reduced earned income tax liabiity per se. the point of a tax-free bond is to encourage investors by sweetening the pot. im questioning the basis for that incentive. Are commercial carriers not corporations? the weight-based fee isnt the issue (although the fee structures ive seen graduate upwards

Reply to Yes Virginia...There is Corporate Welfare in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Are homeowners who claim the mortgage deduction placing an onerous burden on us also? i guess that depends on whether youre among those able to purchase a home? if youre not, and youre unable to deduct personal debt interest to the same extent as homeowners are able to deduct interest on equity refinancing, you might look at it that way wouldnt you?

Reply to Kerry and Bush on Terrorism in Current Events JoeUser Forums

the results of the la times most recent poll included a section that involved a number of 'which candidate seems to you to be" questions. those polled felt "too ideological and stubborn" applied more to Bush (58%) than Kerry (16%). in my eyes, that description applies not only to the president personally but to the administration's anti-terrorism strategy in general. it was stubborness and ideol

Reply to random acts of blindness in Humor JoeUser Forums

hmmm (im gonna hate myself for this later but...) doesnt inuendo sound like it should be a smutty inuendo in some latinate language?

Reply to Bush under fire from G-8 in International JoeUser Forums

just exactly how did the us democratize france after ww2? by liberating it from occupation? is it therefore accurate to say that we also democratized every other nazi-occupied country? and where does the french revolution (france being the first continental european nation to overthrow its monarchy in favor of a democratic republic) fit into that world view? on w

Reply to random acts of blindness in Humor JoeUser Forums

could you clarify "being taken the wrong way" please?

Reply to Really, in Bizarro World, What is Bizarre? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

dont attempt to answer this question. whenever its answered correctly, the entire cosmos is inexorably altered and we all move one iota closer to becoming our own unbizarro bizarro planet. or is that bizarro unbizarro?

Reply to i was seduced by dr. seuss in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

i would not, could not with a goat i would not, could not with a shoat not with a goat not with a shoat maybe on a boat maybe for a vote i do not like green eggs and ham i do not like them sam i am

Reply to Fairwell Ray Charles! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

ray charles was an incredible talent and the world is a much poorer place without him fortunately he leaves a lot of recordings and even film and videotaped performances. my concept of what music is or should be was largely shaped by 3 recordings and a mozart composition. one of those was ray and the raelettes performing 'drown in my own tears' live in 1962. its times like this when i really wish there was a heaven

Reply to Yes Virginia...There is Corporate Welfare in Current Events JoeUser Forums

It would be like me pointing out that a know of a woman who shoplifted and wrote a post talking about women shoplifters.The question is what is the norm. And the norm is that companies pay a lot of taxes -- and it's taxation without representation -- companies don't even get to vote in elections actually thats pretty much what inspired this thread. someone was recounting how she'd reported a former co-worker for welfare fraud and follo

Reply to Goodyear Blimp in Blogging JoeUser Forums

that would be pompano beach fl. good luck on the job (youre probably better off there; they managed to crash the one out here last winter or the winter before...probably due to the hellacious redondo that whips thru here on occasion)