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Reply to What makes Mothers kill their infants? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

people do all sorts of horrible things. some are done intentionally; others negligently or accidentally and some are seemingly inexplicable. some people are born with flawed limbs or internal organs. some are born with flawed brains. illness cripples minds as well as bodies. while we are able to see bodily damage or deformity--usually anyway--thats not always the case with mental illness. perhaps the most difficult things about interacting with some

Reply to Someone didn't get the birds and bees talk... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

another example of why its so crucial to get the owners manual with every product featuring german engineering

Reply to Universal Military Service Bill of 2003 in Politics JoeUser Forums

But the huge, anti-war movement that ultimately brought an end to the US's involvement in the Vietnam war didn't begin UNTIL after college deferments went away the antiwar movement is an entirely different thing than the public events it organized. there were large (10,000-250,000) participants in various places between 1966 and 1969. the sss lotteries which replaced the student deferment went into effect in lat 1969 (november as i re

Reply to Universal Military Service Bill of 2003 in Politics JoeUser Forums

cracked me up bigtime with that one greywar!

Reply to Universal Military Service Bill of 2003 in Politics JoeUser Forums

A couple of shrewd Democrats understand this and hence want to repeat the excercise. if lyndon johnson wasnt shrewd, he wasnt anything. the draft and the war brought his long and previously very successful career to an abrupt conclusion.

Reply to Universal Military Service Bill of 2003 in Politics JoeUser Forums

The mass protests against the Vietnam war only began after the deferments for college students was lifted. NOT before . apparently you didnt read the last part of my comment. public displays of dissent against the vietnam conflict began long before student deferments were restricted in any way. the first mass protests against us involvement in vietnam took place in 1964 and escalated in 1965. johnson didnt eliminate exemptions for mar

Reply to Bush's War, Bush's Fault in International JoeUser Forums

i believe hes been inhaling that there 'stove gas' a bit too heavily. i just found this for the first time. very thoughtful analysis and it still holds up even after the incredible long period of one month plus a few days. once again, i congratulate you.

Reply to Bush Twins Join the Spampaign in Politics JoeUser Forums

full whitehouse? hahahahahah ill pitch it to the networks tomorrow

Reply to Universal Military Service Bill of 2003 in Politics JoeUser Forums

opposition to a draft or any other form of compulsory service in peacetime is a basic conservative tenet in that it imposes an unnecessary and dangerous infringement on individual liberty. in the words of robert a taft: "It is said that a compulsory draft is a democratic system. I deny that it has anything to do with democracy. It is far more typical of totalitarian nations than of democratic nations. It is absolutely opposed to

Reply to Universal Military Service Bill of 2003 in Politics JoeUser Forums

Contrary to popular myth, the Vietnam war was only "immoral" once the draft was instituted to include college students (i.e. when they could no longer get automatic deferrments). from the moment the us agreed to assist the french in reasserting their colonial claim in what was then known as indochina, its involvement was not only immoral but anti-american (in the sense america has of itself and projects to the rest of the world as an a

Reply to NOAH'S ARK FOUND in Current Events JoeUser Forums

im confused. is this about an ark or an arc?

Reply to U.S. Athletes Warned Against "Jingoistic" Flag-waving! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

at risk of revealing longevity has nothing to do with wisdom, i can recall the furor caused by american athletes raising their clenched fists during the awards ceremony at the games of ummmm not that long ago actually. i'm certainly not answering for the left or any other neighborhood. i was going to conclude by noting between the two extremes it just goes to show you cant win but that seemed like an innapropriate tagline for a c

Reply to EMERGING PAPAL POWER in Current Events JoeUser Forums

that explains why so many poles were pretending to be concerned by eu secularism. i keep forgetting you gotta turn this stuff around 180 degrees to see what's really goin on

Reply to From un-American to anti-american in Current Events JoeUser Forums

i didnt think this discussion would resurface but i did remember it last nite when i heard someone on tv talking about americans insisting ours is the best country in the world. he compared it to working with someone who showed up every morning and announced he was the best employee in the whole place and how quickly an annoyance becomes unbearable.

Reply to Welcome to Geezerville in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

i damn near fell outta my walker reading that son. good thing i hadda fresh depends on too. whatever else may be right with the world, therell never be another conway twitty. and you can bet the rv out in ramada parkinglot along the couple sellin tubesox outta the back on that. bum-bum-bummm

Reply to 10 Years and I'm STILL Not Over Her in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

ive recently declared myself damn near fully recovered from a somewhat similar involvement. the difference being the woman in question truly believes herself unloveable. i spent a very long painful time blaming myself for not being able to pull her through that. even though im now able to see that clearly and im aware of the dangers (its a contagious condition), i still occasionally catch myself thinking id be willing to try one more time. i know i wo

Reply to Bush Twins Join the Spampaign in Politics JoeUser Forums

i hope they get a movie deal like marykay and ashley to keep em out of this kinda trouble.

Reply to Bizzare News from around the world in Blogging JoeUser Forums

someone recently referred to that four witnesses thing to explain why the women in africa whove been sentenced to be stoned to death by an islamic court enforcing sharia had been improperly prosecuted. he stated that its so difficult to round up four people who can testify they saw the defendant actually engaging in adulterous acts, prosecutions are generally unsucessful.

Reply to Iraq: The steps that now need to be taken in Blogging JoeUser Forums

there's one more aspect that deserves attention. what seemed fairly amusing just a week or two ago has begun to sour as the coalition commanders begin rehabilitating and commissioning saddam's former generals. even if the commanders have had a total change of heart, they are, in turn, filling the ranks of their militias with ex-soldiers, at least some of whom anticipated this happening because they're declining new uniforms in favor of those they wor

Bush Twins Join the Spampaign in Politics JoeUser Forums

about 2 weeks ago, i began receiving spam pushing a new scam. usually the subject heading reads something like: experts predict voting machine stock is a sure winner. i rarely do more with obvious spam than delete it unread but curiosity finally overcame common sense and i decided to see what they were selling. i truly could not have been more shocked to

Reply to Dairy & Diabetes, Autism, Opiates, Addiction, and Cancer in Health & Medicine JoeUser Forums

psssst wanna do a hit of whipping cream? first time's free ya know

Reply to I'm voting for Bush! in Republican JoeUser Forums

My top reason for voting for Bush... 1. I don't want to spend my days rocking back and forth in a mandrassa reading the Koran. that's the funniest thing ive read all weekend (and im not being sarcastic or anything but sincerely entertained) way cool anthony

Reply to I'm voting for Bush! in Republican JoeUser Forums

on second reflection, i think i might be able to imagine the organizers of anti-abortion protests exhibiting an attitude of moral superiority also george lincoln rockwell and david duke altho im not sure that a klan rally qualifies..

Reply to I'm voting for Bush! in Republican JoeUser Forums

what--besides the very dubious generalization based on your experience with protest organizers--would lead a reasonable objective person to conclude that kerry has a "superiority complex over the masses"? (ive never heard of such a thing. given the history of the bush administration--specifically such things as the patriot act which commits the cardinal violation of conservative values by limiting rights compounded by the proposed marriage amendment

Reply to What Motivates These Monsters? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

its all truly sad. no administration since 1948 has been even-handed when dealing the palestinians. iraq has endured one horror show after another since it was cobbled together by the british. during the 20s; the brits used iraq as testing ground for nascent air war strategies, then wandered off and allowed military strongmen to pillage the place, stepping in again only to prevent an iraqi-nazi alliance (their efforts in that regard led to the creation