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Reply to Who Will Teach My Children If I'm Too Drunk or Busy? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

We all have different values and it's up to us to impart those values to our kids. It is not the responsibility of the school. If the school were responsible for teaching values then which set of values should they teach? Yours because that it what you believe in or someone else’s? We include religion as part of our values, so that would mean teach a certain religion. Again do we just focus on one and exclude all others? To be fair we would have to exp

Reply to Relationships Forever Changed by the Internet in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I have a friend that that met someone on-line. They talked together for a long time, became close friends and developed a relationship. They started to talk about meeting. Up to this point they never actually mentioned where they live. They decided they really want to meet and to their surprise found out they live in the same city. They were setting up a time and place to meet and while making the plans realized they both live close to each ot

Reply to Martha Stewart: Fugitive at Large in Current Events JoeUser Forums

This site might help, they have the plans for one. Though I don't know if you can trust them, they might be working for "them" and it's just plans on how to better control you. http://zapatopi.net/afdb.html

Reply to Partners vs. lone founders in Business JoeUser Forums

Jark seems to have a loyal following and I bet if he opened another site like DA he would get alot of traffic pretty fast. And if he implemented the ideas that have been promised on DA I am sure DA would see a mass move to the new site. The only thing is that means giving up on the site he created. It’s hard to let go of something you built and is now successful.

Reply to Someone justify this to me please.. in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

You forget what a terrorist is. A terrorist doesn't strike at the enemy but at the people and things the enemy loves. This is psychological warfare. They hope that by killing the children the Iraqi people will be less likely to help the US soldiers. It’s a despicable way to fight and I find it repulsive. The problem is also that the only way to hurt a terrorist like that is not by killing or hurting them because they are eager to jump to their

Reply to Why Bother? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

My girlfriend was walking once in the winter and saw a woman in a wheelchair struggling to get past a sidewalk that had not been shoveled. She went over to help her out and then decided to push her to the store she was going to. They got to talking and found out the woman had lost her family. Her daughter and son died in an accident and her husband died from cancer. It devastated her financially. And then she got a stroke that left her in a wheelchair

Reply to nVidia GeForce 7800 GTX in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

I wonder if the ATI will release their card with 32 pixel pipelines so it can easily beat the 7800 GTX. If it does I have a feeling that the yields will be pretty bad and the availability even worse. With the current price point of $600 I don’t see myself buying the card anytime soon. And SLI? Do I really want to spend $1200 when in a year the next generation will be out where you will have the performance of the current generation SLI system.

Reply to Iowa Law Restricts Sex Offenders' Life Choices in Politics JoeUser Forums

The problem is different stated consider different things to fall under Sex Offender crime. They had an article about one guy who was out at a bar late drinking and then walked home. He had to urinate and there was no place to go. So he found a dark alley and too a leak. Unfortunately a cop passed by and arrested him. He was charged and convicted as a sex offender. So if he moves to Iowa that means he can't live within 2,000 feet of a school or day car

Reply to Talent is not enough in Business JoeUser Forums

We can't make generalizations like that. I have met talented people that like Draginol said coasted by and didn’t get promoted because of that. I also know talented people that worked their buts of and produced more then anyone and got bypassed for the guy that spent all his time sucking up to the boss. And there has been a case where the boss knew the talented guy worked hard and was producing a lot, but thought he couldn’t afford to take him out of c

Reply to Some thoughts on reparations in Current Events JoeUser Forums

My parents moved to Canada 25 years ago from Europe. They couldn't speak the language, and had little money. They could not stand to just live of welfare or live of others. Got any job they could, went to night school to learn the language. They lived within their means and never complained. Now they own a house, which is paid for, have a couple of cars and money saved up for retirement. They gave my brother and me a chance for a good life and sacrific

Reply to Huffing can be deadly in Current Events JoeUser Forums

argh, typing too fast and didn't check the spelling, sorry about that. (btw helps = helpless)

Reply to Huffing can be deadly in Current Events JoeUser Forums

It's all the more devastating because the parents cared about their children and talked to them about drugs. I am sure people that knew the family would say it is tha last place they would think kids were using drugs or something like this. Makes you feel helps because you realize that sometime there just isn't anything that you can do.

Reply to At what point does abortion become infanticide? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I personally am against abortion but also respect the right to choose. But in this case it's going to far. Does it really take you almost 6 months to decide you are not ready to have a child?

Reply to Not Guilty in Current Events JoeUser Forums

They had a show on the top forensic scientist and they asked him about the OJ case. He didn't want to make any comments on it since he was not involved and didn't have all the details. But he did mention one thing. They found blood from the two victims and they also found another blood spater that did not belong to either of the two victims. But they didn't bother to collect a sample and that third blood source was destroyed after clean up and was neve

Reply to Thoughts on having a company in Business JoeUser Forums

So what was the decision with the chairs?

Reply to The Patriot Act: Bigger, Better & Uncut in Current Events JoeUser Forums

It's been a while since I read up on my history so correct me if I am wrong. The Romans started out kind of the same way. Organized a government where you have representatives for the people. At first they actually did that. Later on the senate gained more power and then it became about their own pursuit for power and not serving the needs of the people. Then Caesar came along and he had even more ambition. So decided to use something they had

Reply to Rallying Against "Stupid" Laws in Politics JoeUser Forums

ParaTed2k: I shouldn't have made that blanket statement. I just know my friend mountain climbs but his insurance will not cover any claims that result as a result of that activity. That probably varies from state to state and different insurance agencies. But it still bug me that law like the seat belt law is probably a new "quota" system like Gideon mentioned. Just be honest with me and say it's just another way for the police department

Reply to Missing girl = Bad Parenting in Parenting JoeUser Forums

I talked to my 80 year old grandmother from Europe not long ago. She told me what it was like growing up. One thing I found interesting is that she was married at 17, and that was close to being considered an "Old Maid". My other grandmother married at just over 18 and everyone was telling her that she was already too old and would never get married. So how come people back then seemed to grow up so much faster and now we still feel the need t

Reply to Rallying Against "Stupid" Laws in Politics JoeUser Forums

If you engage in high risk activities like mountain climbing you will find that insurance won't cover you if you have an accident while involved in those activities. Unless you are willing to buy very expensive coverage. That’s why when a mountain climber has an accident your medical insurance or life insurance doesn't go up. Do the same thing for seat belts. No seat belt, insurance doesn't pay for you if you are in an accident. You make peopl

Reply to Rallying Against "Stupid" Laws in Politics JoeUser Forums

Recently I have been seeing alot of commercials about the wearing your seat belt. The main emphasis of the commercial is that they just want to protect our life and health. Personally I think that should be up to the individual. I feel freestyle mountain climbing is a great deal more dangerous then not wearing your seat belt, so how come that's not illegal and they make climbing with safety equipment mandatory. And how long before they decide

Reply to The path to success isn't that rocky in Business JoeUser Forums

In Canada you have to give 2 weeks notice and you will be paid for the 2 weeks even if the company wants you out right away. At the one company we had alot of people leaving the IT department. Most of them were escorted out right away and the just started in a new job right away and got the 2 weeks pay. Unfortunately I quit after the department was a little bare from all the people that left so they made me stay and work for the 2 weeks.

Reply to The path to success isn't that rocky in Business JoeUser Forums

I still enjoyed the work while I was there Travis. We did something that was unique and went up against some huge corporations and beat them. Also the same software was still being sold 5 years after I left and still stacked up well against what some of the big corporations were offering. It felt good knowing you were responsilbe for that. Biggest regret is giving up the best working years and not having anything to show for it. There is no wa

Reply to The path to success isn't that rocky in Business JoeUser Forums

The first company I worked for was actually after my first term at at University. Someone I knew started there and they need help and he suggested me. So I left to work. It was a startup company and there were just 2 developers, me and my friend. Took a very low salary since we were promised an increase when the company was making a profit and also a share in the profits. The 2 of us did all the coding. Worked minimum of 80 hours a week. I wou

Reply to Is It Really As Simple As 'Work hard and you will make it'? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Hard work without the ability to promote yourself will get you nowhere. If you just work hard it creates an expectation of you to keep producing at that level but you will not necessary be rewarded for it. I used to work 80 hour weeks, took on extra work to not only get my project done on time but to make sure other projects I was not on were completed as well. I figured that by working hard I would eventually get rewarded for it. Unfortunatel

Reply to A Real Fuster Cluck - The Matrix Org Chart in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I just weighed my options and decided it was not worth the trouble. I wanted out and got a great job in another state. At least I have a great referal from them right now so it helps if I am on a look out for another job. Having the money and them bad mouthing me costs me more in the end. Found that out the hard way. I was very naive when I first started working. I made a few of my previous employers extremely wealthy and had nothing more to s