I was once given the task of shipping a postage meter to one of the company's branch offices. I didn't pay attention to detail when bubble-wrapping it for shipment. Moral of the story: the company gets cranky when you break one of their postage meters.
Yeah, I saw it this morning. I don't mind that the current ensemble probably won't be back. The comic book X-Men changed their lineup fairly often, too. I could see some spinoff movies (it's obvious Marvel plans to stay in the movie business for the forseeable future), but I could also see a return to the X-Men franchise with a different lineup at some point in the future. Once you've established the setting, backg
One thing I've learned from observing my parents' marriage is that there are some kinds of relationships that cannot be forged except by two people who are committed to sticking with each other and working out their differences together. My parents went through a rocky patch that lasted about ten years. I honestly don't know why they didn't get divorced. But now, their friendship is stronger than ever. They're more alive, more energetic, mor
If Bush doesn't pardon them, will you retract your insinuations?
aaaah! I just saw it this morning, and left before the end of the credits! What did I miss?!
I see. The ACLU is more of a threat to America than Hamas is. Fair enough, as far as it goes. I still think it's a mistake to equate an organization that works to change society through public discourse and the legal system set up for that purpose, with an organization that works to change society by murdering anybody who opposes their changes. And I think it's a mistake to equate them with murderers simply because they haven't joine
I don't think we've ever had the stomach for war, really. Not as a part of our national culture, anyway. Sure, we've been able to produce mass quantities of fighting men when we want to, and of course there's always going to be a certain amount of government-sponsored beatings getting delivered to various parts of the world, but if there's anything these examples from history show us, it's that we've never really agreed as a nation th
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Thanks for the trucking stories, Mason. I find them very interesting. Please keep up the good work. I have a question: Is it standard practice for truckers such as yourself to drive during daylight hours, and rest during the hours of darkness? Or do you drive a certain number of hours each day, and then rest for the remainder?
The American people are profoundly conflicted on the issue of immigration reform. I think it speaks very well of our system of government, that our Congress, in its messy and unsatisfactory treatment of the subject, so accurately reflects the deep disagreement on the subject we see in the electorate. Remember: Congress isn't supposed to be better than us, it's supposed to be us, warts and all. And as far as I can tell
Oh, come on! Hamas is explicitly dedicated to genocide and theocratic oppression. And it's their policy to kill people who oppose their views. The ACLU, on the other hand struggles imperfectly to make the world a better place. True, their current behavior is abysmal, but they're a far cry from a gang of murdering thugs.
Just out of curiosity, Gene, do you know how long we stayed to reconstruct Japan, after we finished defeating its military forces?
From the point of view of the Grunt and the Civilian: "Frikkin' frackin' Uncle Sam can't figure out if he's coming or going, left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. Situation normal, all fucked up. Maybe I can catch a few Zs before they send me nowhere at high speed again, just so I can do nothing when I get there." From the p
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Things that would convince me you're not scamming: 1. Grammar, punctuation, and spelling. None of these things are optional, for people who want to be taken seriously. 2. Some sign that you're more concerned about sharing your love for forex with others, rather than insulting anybody who gets the wrong impression about you. 3. Some sign that you're more interested in discussing forex with other enthusiasts, than in getting a
Alternatively, and assuming you're not scamming, blog for yourself. Blog about what you're interested in. If you're sincerely enthusiastic about forex, you'll keep blogging just for the pleasure of describing and analyzing forex. If you're sincere in your enthusiasm, you'll blog regularly and you'll blog well, and you won't even care if anybody else cares or not. But that won't matter, because the people that do care will fin
Latin America is so called because it was colonized by speakers of Spanish and Portuguese, both Latin languages. Traditionally, this was to distinguish it from the parts of the New World colonized by (primarily) English speakers. Yes, yes, I know about the French in North America, but seriously, there's a huge linguistic and cultural shift, just north of the Rio Grande. Latin America would be so called if it had been colonize
Latin America is so called because it was colonized by speakers of Spanish and Portuguese, both Latin languages. Traditionally, this was to distinguish it from the parts of the New World colonized by (primarily) English speakers. Yes, yes, I know about the French in North America, but seriously, there's a huge linguistic and cultural shift, just north of the Rio Grande. Latin America would be so called if it had been colonize
I havn't read the book. Do you feel guilty about not keeping up with the New York Times Bestseller list? If not, don't feel guilty about this one, either. There are plenty of people who haven't read it, and won't judge you for not reading it.
What I want to know is this: What's wrong with cultural supremacy? Is it not true that some cultures are better than others? Is it not true that if you participate in a certain culture, you must believe it is superior? If you didn't believe that, wouldn't you have chosen some other culture to participate in? Wouldn't you be kind of an idiot not to promote a culture you had chosen for its superiority over other cultures?
Get together, the four of you, for dinner some time. If your wife gets along with her husband, encourage the two of them (your wife, her husband), to hang out alone together some time--maybe go shopping together, or take a walk in the park, or catch up over coffee, or...--you get the idea. If nothing bad comes from two or three such meetings between your wife and her husband, and neither you nor your XGF finds yourself feeling uncomfortable ab
Bahu, you still have not answered my question. What age is "too young" to know that plagiarism is wrong? You seem to think that a 17 year-old girl is too immature to know that plagiarism is wrong. That when a 17 year-old propels themselves to fame and fortune with plagiarism, it's just a "mistake". At what age did you learn that taking credit for someone else's work was wrong? Were you younger than 17? Older? Do you con
The Patriot Act is not an amendment to the constitution. Because it must ultimately comply with the Constitution as currently written (and interpreted), it does not have to meet the same demanding standards of overwhelming support that a constitutional amendment must meet. And yes, I do feel adequately represented. I also feel like I share the reins of government with several million other people, each of them as opinionated and demanding as
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Baker, what is "liberty" if not the freedom to choose for myself what to think, what deity to worship, what political ideology to endorse, etc.? Where is it written that "life" is a human right? Would you deny that, also? I should say, I hold these truths to be self-evident, axiomatic. They don't need to be written anywhere, for they are already "written on [our] hearts". To doubt that freedom of religion is an inalienable human right is to doubt one's own sanity.
Baker, you're not paying attention. The 3/4ths of all State legislatures must approve the Amendment. And then the Federal legislature must approve the amendment by a supermajority. Please explain to me how that could come about without overwhelming public support, nationwide.