Gideon MacLeish

Gideon MacLeish

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He was born on August 2, 1981, and would have been aborted had it not been for the persuasive arguments of his siblings. He grew up with four older siblings that he knew and 3 stepsiblings that he never knew. He was sanity in an insane world; he saw the light when we walked in darkness. He was "the seed that with the sun's love in the spring becomes the rose"

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OK, bloggers, time to fess up. I do not know about the women, but I know every man in the world had a whole list of favorite makeout songs that would pop up on the stereo whenever he got a female into the room. Let's hear 'em. My personal favorite makeout songs were kinda weird. One of my alltime favorite songs is "under the milky way tonight" by the church (

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I think this is a horrible idea. One of the key problems will be, honest parents who don't feel the government has any business running their personal lives (myself included), will be more on the run than we are from authoritarian government (as the obvious penalty would be the removal of an unlicensed child from the home). This would also result in a great number of women not getting prenatal care for fear of being turned in, and numerous dea

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Well, no worries, folks...it said I'm straight (took a mighty impressive bit of hacking to get that result, though)...lol

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aaaah, I'm just having fun with ya, janders. By the way, the majority of my blogs sink pretty fast as well, so don't feel bad (and yes, I always read your posts...I've even hit your blog site for the "archives" a time or two).

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Janders, Always happy to help; I will forward you the email address to my paypal account; for a mere $1.00 a blog I will read every blog you write (comments cost extra; the first 25 words are free, after that it's a nickel per 10 words). Sound like a deal?

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And then all-beef hot dogs, pan fried in vegetable oil. Never boil a hot dog! You leach out all the meaty flavor and replace it with hot water. Ugh You live in Minnesota and you don't GRILL your dogs? heathen.... I, too, have a hard time pinning down my favorite foods. I am the chili master, t

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This is why we domesticate. Keeping stupid animals, like dogs, on your side, improves your odds (I love dogs, but let's face it...you'd think they'd be clued in by about the 5,000th time they tangle themselves up in the tree).

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His name was Enos. On the night he was born, the doctor advised his mother and father to make plans to bury him. He was a sickly child, and not expected to make it through the night, as rural Ohio had very limited medical facilities in June of 1900. He made it, and grew up with very limited education as his parents, unable to care for their children through what we co

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"Some individuals may make the argument that this money amounts to “pennies” for each individual taxpayer. " Good point. While it may be mere pennies, I as a libertarian (and I am sure many other smaller party or independent supporters) would rather my pennies NOT go to supporting parties that have largely abandoned the American public.

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Yes, I agree on Tyson. I have been appalled for years over the fact that, not only do people continue to accept him, he has remained a big card. Thankfully, last Friday's fight should change that. I also hope he's able to find peace and stability, and I think a public that has pandered to him has been his biggest barrier to that end.

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I am a sports fan. Though that may not appear to bear any relevenace to the topic at hand, bear with me. I have found that the difference between the teams that win championships and the "also rans" is that the teams that win NEED to win. It consumes them, it craves their very existence, it drives them to a level of performance they might not otherwise have k

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The issue in this case is not one of handouts, but of loans. Loans aren't handouts; they are meant to be repaid. The modern farm industry requires substantial investment in machinery or a healthy cooperative to thrive. The Amish accomplish it without modern machinery, sure, but they have a very developed system of assisting one another with the day to day operations of their farms. The modern corporate farms, on the other hand, have made it ve

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OK, I'm kind of going to hit two related sports stories in one today, both basically headlines. The first story I want to bring up is the ignoble defeat of Mike Tyson. I have to say, I kind of had a hunch on this one, reading the stats and disliking Tyson as I do (a convicted rapist as celebrity? Nice touch there, people). It's just too bad thaat, at 10-1, I

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I will add to the list Satchel Paige and Shoeless Joe (I still think he was wronged, and have taken my family on the requisite pilgrimage to Dyersville, Iowa, which has kind of become Shoeless' own hall of fame).

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Allow me to introduce you to my wife. She works at least 80 hours a week, is a business woman, an educator, and does a good deal of work in the health care field. She is, however, highly frowned upon in the world of "professional" women. I say this because my wife is a stay at home mom. The trend towards equality between men and women is a v

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On a recent blog, a respondent used the standard retort that my position was invalid because the other's was just as bad. This is interesting, as I've never pretended to give equal time to the opposition in most of my blogs. I cannot decide whether it is sheer laziness or ignorance that drives people to expect me to post the positions of the opposing argument

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Well, here's a break for a little personal life update (my blogs are in "sink mode" at the moment anyhoo)... We're together as a family for the weekend, respiting at the Ronald McDonald house (again, an incredible organization, I highly recommend it). My wife has been doing well with labor, I've been off and on with sleep (what with shuttling the girls back a

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Welcome to joeuser! Feel free to blog about anything and everything, we'll be watching! If you have any questions, feel free to post them in the form of a blog, and someone will get around to answering them. Have fun! (oh yeah, and....read my blog...lol...a little shameless promotion there).

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OK, folks...this is interesting. I wasn't going to weigh in at this point, but gene nash has an excellent point. While I admit I find Sir Peter's approach annoying, I usually solve the problem by not reading his threads. That being said, there's a true test of free speech at work here. Frankly, I appreciate that Brad and Karma don't go censoring willy nilly. Brad has given us excellent controls; beyond blacklist, we can delete offensi

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maybe ralph wiggum? or Uter? Maybe Reverend Lovejoy...wouldn't that be a kicker! Or...(gasp!) Moe? You guys have done it now...I'm going to be pondering this all night...lol

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Does anyone remember the movie Bless The Beasts and the Children? Yes, I remember it well. Nice to see that someone else does. Now here's a test for YOU, WF...Nobody I've spoken to ever seems to remember the Disney movie "the Gnome Mobile" (which, I found out a few years back, was actually base

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Thank you for addressing one of my pet peeves in this post as well. I have always been annoyed by the perception that somehow it's ok for a woman to be a "tease", but not OK for a man to read it as such. The fact is, no woman deserves to be violated, regardless of the circumstances, but there also needs to be an understanding that, in playing coy, they just might be putting themselves in harm's way needlessly by sending mixed signals to some neandertha

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