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Reply to World Government: A Generally Stupid, Pathetic, Bad Idea in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Per the Left Behind series, in the last days there will be a world government, and it will be a generally stupid, pathetic, bad idea. So, it very well might happen, and it will probably be very bad for believers. Borders are definitely keeping the world sane. If we got rid of the borders, who's to say that this new government will operate under the US Constitution, where people have rights? Nobody. We would actually lose rights in the compromise to

Reply to Why Go Back to the Moon? in The Media JoeUser Forums

Actually, most humans find that it's easier to fuel down here on Earth. I'm still trying to figure out how it could preserve human life if the Earth is destroyed. If the Earth is destroyed, the Moon is not long for this world. Without the Earth's gravitation pull making it run circles around us, where will it go? Probably into the Sun or worse, shoot off into space. Well, not really worse. But still, it would not just stick around right he

Reply to First Spring Inspection in Beekeeping JoeUser Forums

Reminds me of Eddie Izzard's beekeeper flirting... "I like my women like I like my coffee... covered in bees!"

Reply to Big Girl Drinks Juice in Blogging JoeUser Forums

The funniest reaction my son has had to food was to lemons. He makes a face and shakes his head, and then asks for more... I wish I had a video of it, but I don't have a video camera...

Reply to Opportunities & Big Decisions in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I'm really glad I don't have a decision to face like that. I did, but I made it. I stayed where I was, away from family. But, I had been out of where I used to be for 4 years, so I'm not sure going back would have been that great either. Also, it's really expensive to live there, and I did not have a job to fall into. So, good luck making the decision - whatever you decide, it's going to be the right decision.

Reply to What the Hell are Colleges Teaching? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Reminds me of the hand-on-thigh story. Appropriate sometimes, not appropriate at other times. ~Take me back to Trantor~

Reply to Electric Company Kills Woman For Unpaid Bills in Current Events JoeUser Forums

If I had a machine to breath that needed electricity, I'm pretty sure that'd be the first bill I paid. Well, second, after the bill for the machine. But anyway, the situation is pretty bad. Good collection strategy, too, I bet she'll pay now that she's gone. Anyway, maybe it'll get others to pay, like, "Pay us or die, just look at this article." The negative PR effects, though, would probably kill any chance of anyone sticking with them.</

Reply to Thin Crust or Thick? in Cooking JoeUser Forums

At one point, Ronzio's pizza had a deal where you could pickup a medium one-topping pizza for $5. That's an okay deal, most places have the 3 pizzas for $5 each anyway. But, you could get a large for $6, and an extra-large for $7. Two weeks later, they added 99 cents to each of those prices. Still a great deal, and great pizza. Grilled chicken is my favorite from them, but they have better pizzas with more than one topping. Unaffordable to me, th

Reply to Falsley Imprisoned? Here‘s Your Bill for Board and Lodging in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Yes it is, quite salty, those wounds. But the court system/lawsuits are not meant to make people rich, but to put them back where they would have been had they not been wronged. Sometimes the wrong is so egregious that the offender should be punished additionally, but that does not happen as often as one would think. Apart from those cases, one will only get enough to put you back where you should be, and not on easy street. I would add in a defamation charge to the false imprisonment, again

Reply to If You've Been Injured in an Accident in Misc JoeUser Forums

No problem - remember, being able to prove things in court is extremely important, because there's someone on the other side trying to say you're not even injured, and you could have been working, and that you are not owed a dime. And, they're very, very good. Especially if they hired my firm.

Reply to How dumb is Michigan's state government? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Why not run for office? Not only could you improve Michigan, you will also have a better understanding of the election process for political machine 2008.

If You've Been Injured in an Accident in Misc JoeUser Forums

Note: The following should not be construed as legal and/or accounting advice. If you are in an accident and need to calculate a loss, please contact an attorney and/or an accountant for legal/accounting advice. Remember - I do this everyday, but I still have a lot of people checking my stuff before it goes out. So, another thing the firm I work for does i

Reply to Nanny State Want Its People to Be Vegan in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Right, if we hadn't already raised them, there wouldn't be so many. But there already are so many. So we should eat lots of meat, and THEN become vegans, if this plan is going to work. Consumption is at an all time high. Not just of meat.

Reply to Bring back FAILURE. in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I ate some chocolate so the bad taste in my mouth would go away. I don't want the kids who didn't graduate to walk. If they're not good enough to graduate, they're the kid who marches and then breaks from it to go sit with their friend on the other side of the place, asking the person next to them to move... messing up the entire flow of graduation... then gaggles about how unfair it is that they don't get their diploma until it's been earned

Reply to Falsley Imprisoned? Here‘s Your Bill for Board and Lodging in Current Events JoeUser Forums

As an accountant, I know that that number thrown as 'room and board' is not really such. It's a number to show what he would have been paying in his everyday life had he not been in prison. However, if he can prove that he still had to pay that much, ie, his wife was still out there paying the room portion, then that number has to go down. It's just like any other injury case - if you can't do your job, you don't get what you would have made doing t

Reply to Nanny State Want Its People to Be Vegan in Current Events JoeUser Forums

It just makes one sad. If everyone stops eating farm animals, we're going to have a lot of farm animals around. I'm sure animal rights activists aren't going to allow them to just be killed, so where are all these farm animals going to go? Global warming will be worse if we don't eat these creatures, I say. So grab a burger, steak, and a glass of milk.

Reply to A Different Kind Of Abortion Question in Surgery JoeUser Forums

Legalized abortions is the first step to mandatory abortions.

Reply to Keep it in your pants! in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

Sex is a risky thing. You can change the risk. If you have only one partner, your chances of getting an STD are a lot less than having lots of partners. So that's one choice. If you use protection, the chances of getting an STD/pregnant are a lot less than had you not. But that chance is still there. I think we tend to forget that a 1% chance is significant when it can change your life as drastically as a baby, or a disease can. I think kids are

Reply to Why the 'Five Second Rule' doesn't work! in Misc JoeUser Forums

Good thing you got that in five seconds, or else we were going to have to change to the ten second rule.

Reply to Ending Your Servitude to Debt in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

When you have a habit built up, it's hard to break. Using a credit card is definitely a habit for some people, one that is not easily broken. The 'just for emergencies' is not going to allow the clean break needed to get someone off their credit card habit. People with financial savvy probably aren't going to have tons of debt, and if they do, they're not worried about paying it off.

Reply to When is a Car Payment Essential? in Misc JoeUser Forums

Being debt free isn't just about finances and no payments, you know. If you have debt, everything you own is theirs until that debt is paid off.

Reply to 12 Y.O. Boy dies from Toothache in Health & Medicine JoeUser Forums

The difference in cost has to do with the difference in regulations, not just insurance. You can't get cheap care here because it's impossible to run a cheap medical operation. It would be shut down in five minutes.

Reply to When is a Car Payment Essential? in Misc JoeUser Forums

Thank you for the practical car tip. You're right about a car payment being necessary sometimes. You were making the car payment into repairs. But never buy a new car... the amount of value it loses right away makes it an inacceptable proposition for me. Maybe someday I'll have a car payment, maybe not, but I hope I can pay cash for decent cars.

Reply to Ending Your Servitude to Debt in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

It's not in savings to make money... it's there to keep from falling into the debt trap. If you start using your credit card again, you might not stop with emergencies. I know strong people probably can't understand this, but some people are not like you and need something as a buffer between them and temptation.

Reply to Video Games Are Anti-Social and Addictive in Gaming JoeUser Forums

It's sad that only 0.5% can mean the difference between eternity with God and eternity... well, you'll figure it out.