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Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 11:12 pm Post subject:
Edohiguma wrote:
Yep.
We should build a huge rocket and shoot them all into the sun. But make it really BIG. There needs to be room for my parliament as well.
Though, what's $24 billion dropped down the sink, when you're already $16 trillion in the reds? I mean, stuff like that doesn't stop my government and parliament from dumping more money into a black hole. Why should it stop your congress critters?
Career politicians. Worst. Invention. Ever.
Hahaha. Well the importance of the 24 billion is merely a point to be made in light of the soft recovery that the country is experiencing at the moment...when the government is trying to spur economic growth and recovery, 24 billion dollars lost over something completely avoidable is something of significance, especially when over 2/3 of the US economy is driven by consumption.
Yes career politicians are definitely a bane to substantive reform. I've always thought until there is meaningful campaign finance reform to get big money out of politics and perhaps limit terms to eliminate such career politicians little if anything will ever change.
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Term limits are definitely needed. I mean, it can't be that, like over here, some nut goes to college, comes out of there, then goes straight into a political career without ever working anything real and/or having no clue about reality and then does so until "retirement", or even longer. That's just crazy.
Would certainly have prevented the mayor of my city to get reelected so often and dig us into a hole of debt (currently ~$6 billion), and also from forming a coalition with the Green party, which only forces dumb ideas down our throats. They want to paint all bicycle lanes in the city green. Reason? None that makes sense. They did some test painting. It held like a week before the bikers began eroding it.
They're all crazy! _________________
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Surviving! One more week and one of edu courses will be done. The second will be over in December and then I get a few weeks before it all starts again.
I think I should just a hitch a ride with you to Europe. _________________
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Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:49 am Post subject:
Wynter wrote:
Surviving! One more week and one of edu courses will be done. The second will be over in December and then I get a few weeks before it all starts again.
I think I should just a hitch a ride with you to Europe.
Well, if you can fit in GMark's pocket, we could probably fit you in a suitcase
Fifty years ago today President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. I was sitting in my fifth-grade class in Honolulu when we heard the news. The principal came on the intercom and announced it. Our initial reaction was one of more bewilderment and confusion than anything else. As 10-year-olds, I think we were just trying to process this. The class was very quiet; I remember looking down at my desk. When I finally looked up, I saw Mrs. Walsh, our teacher, who had been standing in front of the class when the announcement was made. She had one hand covering her mouth and was sobbing quietly. I think it was then that the magnitude of this event hit us students. Mrs. Walsh was a middle-aged veteran teacher who was the model of composure. She always spoke to us in measured tones, never cracked a smile, and had a tight rein on the class. So to see her crying in front of us was more shocking than hearing of President Kennedy's death. I think it was only then that a couple of girls in the class also began to cry. The crying caught Mrs. Walsh's attention; she straightened up, composed herself, told us that this was a terrible tragedy and that we should remember to pray for our country and the President's family. Then we resumed class.
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Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 3:55 am Post subject:
^ I was in the 5th grade also. The school I went to was close enough that I went home for lunch. I remember walking in the front door and My Mom had the TV on and looked up at me and said "Somebody tried to shoot Kennedy!" This was before the days of instant information. We now know he was already dead. We found out he had died after we got back to school. I still remember one of my classmates, Linda McKay crying.
Fifty years ago today President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. I was sitting in my fifth-grade class in Honolulu when we heard the news. The principal came on the intercom and announced it. Our initial reaction was one of more bewilderment and confusion than anything else. As 10-year-olds, I think we were just trying to process this. The class was very quiet; I remember looking down at my desk. When I finally looked up, I saw Mrs. Walsh, our teacher, who had been standing in front of the class when the announcement was made. She had one hand covering her mouth and was sobbing quietly. I think it was then that the magnitude of this event hit us students. Mrs. Walsh was a middle-aged veteran teacher who was the model of composure. She always spoke to us in measured tones, never cracked a smile, and had a tight rein on the class. So to see her crying in front of us was more shocking than hearing of President Kennedy's death. I think it was only then that a couple of girls in the class also began to cry. The crying caught Mrs. Walsh's attention; she straightened up, composed herself, told us that this was a terrible tragedy and that we should remember to pray for our country and the President's family. Then we resumed class.
I was only a toddler at the time.
But ever since I was old enough to fully understand what had happened, it always saddened me to wonder what could have been.
Ugh! That happened to me too - but it was just the power supply, fortunately. The thing is, DVDs and CDs are flaky as well...
I've heard, and they degrade after a while even if you keep them in amazing condition. I think Eve reburns her stuff every a while. But still, no solution. _________________
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Not all are video files though. 
