Soldier T'was the night before Christmas, he lived all alone, in a one bedroom house, made of plaster and stone. I had come down the chimney, with presents to give, and to see just who, in this home, did live. I looked all about, a strange sight I did see, no tinsel, no
The sad reality of WWII is that while the allies did a lot of good and helped many nations remain free of the AXIS forces, and liberate man more, towards the end there are some events which shall blemish what was otherwise a great contribution to the freedome of many, Hiroshima and Nagasaki to name some of these events, having said this the US was not he only Nation to make these mistakes. While we may not agree with these events we should remember muc
I see your point Champas, but I don't think this makes us racist, just lazy, or just looking at numbers, if a lot speak one tnogue and not a lot speak another in an ideal world we would learn both, but in reality that dosen't happen. Having said this I do agree that poor people are in the main "NOT" lazy or stupid, and many when given the chance go on to do well, however chances do tend to fall where the money is concentrated, more money better schools
I thinks anyone who would volunteer to serve and protect their country deserves a medal, knowing that at the drop of a hat you could be in line for a bullet takes balls, big ones, don't sweat mate, you've got more balls than those who judge you.
Do you really think that anything short of an atomic bomb would have stopped the invasion? Actually the reason for the surrender had nothing to do with the two A bombs, it was purely to halt the Russian advance, the Japs new that if the war went on any longer they may end up being partitioned just as Germany, which would have meant they would loose territority to Rissia and China. If you where to spend some time reading research on this very
The argument re: Iraq fals flat when you consider that 9/11 happened before Iraq and Afganistan, aslo Iraq was a secular society under Sadam, and Sadam was an enemy of the terroists himself, these guys are covering their hatered of the west under the guise of Islam, however Islam does not preach or condone their actions, any more than christianity does, after the earlier grew out of the latter, just as Christianity grew out of Judaism, one God worshipp
CS, there ust be something in the water, or mraybre we are just getting older and wiser. I too have found that in the last few yerars of my life that I have far less passion for politics, however I would add that the passion has moved more towards issues, and less to believing that one party is the way to go. Having a young family I find myself starting to live life more and am far less inclined to get angry about the antics of the two major parties. T
I watched a verg good documentary on this very point, and Moderateman you are according to the evidence very close to the truth. Apparently pre wwii Pot was not illegal, however once the war the then sectary of agriculture, a Mr Dupont, of the same family that invented nylon or at least had the rights to this brought about the bill that lead to the use of pot becoming illegal. Based on the said evidence in this documentary the same person then had pres
BigDaddyCoolID , godd reply. Nothing I hate more than bullies and people who cofuse ranting with debating. After your reply I have nothing to add. Other than to say disagreeing with war is not cowardice, as a matter of fact, bullies are cowards. As for the war whether we agree or not we are there and now we have to stay and finish the job. We are now in a situation where we are damned if we do and damned if we don't.
Linux has come along way in a very short time, where it differs from Windows is the choice, there are thousands of distros available, however the main distros are condensed down to approx 10 - 20, as a IT project manager I get to test quite a few, each has its strengths and weaknesses, it really depends what you want to do, my suggestion is try a few, then make your mind up from there. Personally for plain XP replacement specifically for multimedia use
I thinks its terrible that these people would try and creep into your country, terrible, just cause it was once their's dosen't mean they should try and enter the land that theyonce lived on, bunch of ignorant bastards all of them.
One other point from personal experience, I have a fried with nly one legs, why? because the other one was blowen of by a high caliber weapon, a gun, by accident, another was shotaccidently by his brother and is now deaf, he is very lucky to be alive, I have another friend missing an ear, another who is blind because he was shot point blank with a blank cartridge, amazingly they are all anti gun. The guy who shot the first kid and they were kids when t
I don't profess to understand the US gun culture BakerStreet , so you know three Australians and have lookerd at some sites promoting ideals which fit your argument, so what, you are not an australian, you don't live here so you are making assumptions, why is it that you should be so offended that we do not share your enthusism for weaponary, like many people in your own country. Australians in the main are not obsessed with guns, nor is there is a strong culture surrounding it. As for hunters,
By the way it is not ignorance to suggest thatpeople should not neccessarily have access to guns, its common sense> What I think is your's and many others opinon is thatthose who are anti gun, don't understand the problem, they do, and are smart enough to recoginise that if you give the wrong person a gun they will use it the wrong way, then the obvious reaction of many people is to react by arming themselves to be able rto defend against these people,
Of course if the guns were just a little less accessable they may not ever get to stick that little finger on the trigger in the first place. The reality is guns don't kill people do, however a gun is a weapon and thereforer is designed for one purpose, to shoot at something, usually when shot at a human they die.
When I say ignorance, I don't mean stupidity, I mean real, definitive ignorance. He's also ignoring what I have read to be 1 in 4 Australians that own firearms. He diverts to crime, he diverts to US attitudes, but in the end the whole 'guns are just for killing people' premise is morbidly flawed. Those figures would be way out of date, the reality in Australia is that we do not feel the same threat from the world, that people of the US do, for
Bugger me champas, you had me fooled, I had you pegged as a right royral rnazie, just kidding, if you are a left winger so what willread other comments, butr pretty much who would dare to critise the current administration is fair game for the above name, and i have to admit I am a letie and proud of it , nort as a badge, just because I think that anyone who cares seems to get this brand.
Good one Champas, yes the behaviour really gets me mad, however no solution was offered or sought, just a cheap ratings grab from the wankers at 48 minutes of bullshit and 12 minutes of adds, formally known as 60 minutes. There will be no solving the reasons behind why these kids are like this until we stop crrritising and judging and look at the symptom.
Before I can start relating my sometimes amusing train journies I really have to reval that Commuting is not just catching a train and getting somewhere, far from it it is a maze of unwritten rules, so in order to help all those Train Virgins, I have compiled a list of do's and don'ts. The Platform, 1) Never Take your place on the platform before other trains
It's been a long time since I have visited my favourite blog site, mainly due to now working in a different city so I spend a ot of time commuting. However I logged on today and whilist browsing some of my old blogs I found 2 replys telling me that my blogs are boring, not insightful, not anything but boring. Once I got overthe trauma of this revalation I decided that
I really do enjoy a good novel to read on the train, as I comut to work I go through a lot, and I have two favourite topics, Humor and Science fiction, I love it even more when they are put together. One of my favourite authors is Rob Grant, part of the Grant Naylor team which produced the Red Dwarf series of books and TV shows. Rob Grant has now gone solo, and has wr
It's an interesting idea, but 12 mil is a bit of a joke, I agree that fines are fines and should not be indexed, main reason being that income does not immediately reflect your standard of living, due to each persons circumstances being different. It's also interesting that here in the land downunder some state govs are considering this concept, however itdoes not seem to have much support at this stage, lets hope sanity prevails and it stays that
By the way I think Osama to be the grand Bastard of them all and feel only pain and sorrow for the people of the countries who have been affected by his evil touch. The wave of terror precipitated by him and his cohorts is the biggest threat to world peace we have seen since the two ww wars and the cold war.
While I think the article is well thought out, it's so far of the mark it's embarresing for me to even contemplate some one would believe this theory. Firstly anti US sentiment has existed long before the fall of the "WALL" and just as a matter of fact the US did not precipitate the fall of the USSR and its allies, it was the people of those nations. Secondly if you wish to understand the reasons behind the anti US sentiement then take the time to go 2
Carpe_Diem, the reality is if you smoke when pregnant, you risk the life of an unborn baby, get off your high horse, jerk
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