Benmeister

Benmeister

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Reply to Obama: Connecting the dots in Republican JoeUser Forums

[quote]The revelations that Obama's paster is a rabidly anti-American who clearly hates this country on their own wouldn't be that damaging. But when combined with Obama's wife's statements that she has never been proud of this country until recently and Obama's own issues with the pledge of allegiance, flag pin wearing, etc. you begin to see a pattern. Personally, I don't think the man likes the United States at all. I think he is like a significant percentage of the Democratic left that thin

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Reply to Hillary Under Sniper Fire! in Politics Stardock Forums

Hillary Says 8-Year-Old Bosnian Girl Was Actually Sniper Bouquet of Flowers Hid Semiautomatic Weapon Accused in recent days of embellishing her story of a brush with sniper fire in Bosnia, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton today said “don’t be fooled” by photos showing her being greeted at the airport by a pony-tailed 8-year-old Bosnian girl with a bouquet of flowers. “That was no little girl,” Sen. Clinton told reporter

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Reply to Global warming may not have a good year this year.. in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]But since the vast majority of scientists claim that man made pollution is a causing global climate change, the sensible thing is to err on the side of caution, as the saying goes. That's about as accurate as the Global Warming myth itself.[/quote] Got any evidence to prove your point?

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Reply to Ode to my TV in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

It seems that either my cable company made a mistake or digital signals are free with basic cable. I ran the auto setup and now we get well over 100 channels -- most of them digital and some HD. Since all stations are reqired to broadcast in digital beginning next year, this is probably the transition phase, which explains why we're now getting a lot more channels. While surfing the channels we came across the Clint Eastwood movie In the Line of Fire and watched it for about an hour, bu

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Right View, Right Intention in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

In Buddhism it is said that the Noble Eightfold path is the way to eliminate suffering in life. The first two elements of the Noble Eightfold Path have to do with wisdom: Right View and Right Intention. Right View is sometimes called right understanding. It’s seeing things as they are – not through biases or misinformation. The Buddha taught Right View in terms of the practice of Mindfulness, but it applies to everything. To make good decisions in life requires understanding of the

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Reply to Global warming may not have a good year this year.. in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]If you read the wikipedia entry on global warming, you will find a lot of people take issue with the validity of the graph because of the source of the global readings. I.e. which stations are actually counted as part of the global average. [/quote] That may be true, since you have the urban heat island effect. But since the vast majority of scientists claim that man made pollution is a causing global climate change, the sensible thing is to err on the side of caution, as the saying g

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Reply to Ode to my TV in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

What a difference! I picked up the TV around 7PM, brought it home, and got it hooked up just as the pizza arrived. Man, what a difference watching a movie on that compared to my old CRT TV! We watched the movie We Own the Night with Robert Duvall, Mark Walberg, and Joaquin Phoenix. Not a great movie but entertaining. The action scenes were amazing on the big screen! So now we need to upgrade our cable to get a digital signal. They have on-demand HD movies, which may be more cos

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Reply to The economy is one sick puppy in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]Expect more of the gloom and doom MSM headlines until November. The media will do what it takes to convince Americans that only democrats can save them.[/quote] It's a hoax! Pfffffeeeew!!! I thought the economy was falling apart.

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Ode to my TV in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Waiting... My new Samsung 52” LED DLP HDTV is awaiting pickup at FedEx but it won’t fit in my Accord and my wife has the SUV. It’s been some six months since I started looking at HD TVs. It was tough for me to fathum shelling out over $1000 for a TV. After probably a dozen trips to Best Buy, Circuit City, Sears, and a few other stores, I still had a hard time justifying the cost. All the models I wanted were over $2000 and it seemed like all of them, when you watched fast motion,

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Reply to Home Schooling is Now Unlawful in CA in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]says who? I mean I know there are state tests that vary from State to State to make sure things are done right but who says the government should have anything to do with how we teach or discipline or bring up our kids? I'm all for education having all three of my boys graduate from college but if a parent decides only to educate thru high school and give them only basic courses so they can work the family business who are we to tell them they shouldn't? Whose kids are they to begi

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Reply to Going in the Right Direction in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

[quote]Who's winning? Al Queda or The "good guys" who believe they should decide their own fate?[/quote] The real question is: are the actions taken by our government making things better or worse. There's a lot of evidence that things are worse. But if you're truly afraid, this is not the country for you. This country was not built by cowards; it was built by brave, honorable men. It used to be "we have nothing to fear but fear itself." Now it's "be afraid, be very afraid." <br

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Reply to The economy is one sick puppy in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]I understand that things happen that can turn your world upside and leave you financially unable to meet the commitments that you had previously had no problem meeting.However, at some point people are going to have to realize that easy credit is there to HURT you, not HELP you. It's pretty easy to get money (in the form of high interest loans or lines of credit) thrown at you, but just because you qualify for it, doesn't mean you can afford to follow through with the payments.[/quote]<b

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