we go through cycles every so often here.
we get new posters every week and at times we lose some posters.
when most "newbies" find this site, they are thrilled to be able to express themselves in a way that they could never in a kingdom hall.
Simon:
I'm never completely sure of what anyone else has in mind, but I'm enjoying the board. It's helping me meet friends, fade out of the org, and give me reassurance that I've never really felt before. If that's your goal here, Simon, you've done it.
You ARE doing God's work with this site.
my husband went to the game and had a fantastic time.
he dressed for the weather and only the bottom of his feel got chilly.
a true hockey fan, as so many canadians are.
I wish every johnny-come-lately hockey "fan" In Phoenix, Tampa and Atlanta could have seen this. First, Edmonton wins the Grey Cup, now this...
Badger, of the "Wish it froze like that in Texas" class
I Miss Clinton..
also love Howard Dean, John McCain and Nancy Skinner
ah yes, the ?truth?
?and not by the standards of one publishing company in which we all here share something in common with.
as i?ve sat silently for months, browsing this board on occasion, and i still can?t believe there are people here who blind themselves with ?patriotism?
Simon, and everyone, may I just make a respectful suggestion?
Could we please, PLEASE just look out for personal attacks in our posts? I've seen a lot go around, and I think this a HUGE source of concern with these.
We all tend to take politics personally, especially as divisive as they have been in the U.S. and (IMHO) the U.K. over the past few years.
I'm a liberal in the deep south...If I took political disagreements personally, I'd have even more resentment than I already carry around.
I also have enjoyed in my brief existence, I think, a time on the board without any real personal attacks directed towards me. I think this may have something to do with the fact that I try not to make any in my posts. I'm not saying you should be like me (God Forbid)...I'm just saying:
DISAGREEMENT OVER A POLITICAL ISSUE DOES NOT MEAN THAT PERSON HATES YOU!
for instance:
Liberal Post: "Bush's policies have wrecked this country"
Select an appropriate response:
Conservative response A: "Prove It!"
Conservative response B: "At lot of problems that Bush has are Clinton's doing"
Conservative response C: "You're a liberal know-nothing who has no clue what you're talking about. Road-whores like you are what's wrong with this country. If you don't like America, get out, traitor!"
If you picked C, go to Demo-Underground or FreeRepublic.
Same goes for us libs...Lets not take this personally. Unless you see a swastika, death threats or the n-word, just about all other opinions should be discussed and argued...the virtue of the poster shouldn't.
Attack the other's arguements, not themselves.
At least, not unless you actually ARE running for office.
so sad..........arrest warrants were just executed against him for multiple counts of child molestation.
as a mom i am deeply appalled, as an ex witness i am saddened at his lack of power over his own life and ability to move forward, beyond the scarring of an abusive upbringing.
...They Listed his race as Black?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3281017.stm
massachusetts backs gay marriage the us state of massachusetts has ruled in favour of gay marriage.
the state's supreme judicial court ruled that that barring same-sex couples from the benefits of civil marriage was "unconstitutional.
It's gotten some real play in Texas...Where a man who murdered a gay man got 5 years.
One teacher at work broke out that old saw that countries that supported gay lifestyles were destroyed within 50 years, and that Gays would destroy marriage. I countered that I would consider that true if the Gay divorce rate climbed over 55%, which was what it's stood at in the bible belt for straights.
ah yes, the ?truth?
?and not by the standards of one publishing company in which we all here share something in common with.
as i?ve sat silently for months, browsing this board on occasion, and i still can?t believe there are people here who blind themselves with ?patriotism?
Woah, Simon...Yeah, the Yanks have laid a few eggs, but we've done our fair share of help...
...Clinton was a part of the Oslo Accords
...Reagan (Tho I hate him) did finish off the cold war.
...Marshall Plan!
Panama, Vietnam and not backing the League of Nations were us at our worst...but Hitler/Stalin/Mao would likely have been three times the imperial bully that any U.S. President from McKinley to Bush the Younger.
But I'm sure you were using that famous Brit hyperbole.
fox news is putting out a report that the senate intelligence committee has a sixteen page memo detailing the links between iraq and al qaeda going back before the first gulf war.
this includes monies...weapons...and training going to aq, atta meeting twice with iraqi intelligence (1994 and 2000), and a possible visit by ubl himself to baghdad a few years back.
it'll be interesting to see how this pans out...even more interesting to hear what the oppossers have to say if this all proves true...you know...the ones who keep saying there's no link between iraq and a q.
And Israel-Palestine...God, could they stop this?
If they absolutely MUST have a piece of dry, arid land to call their own, I'd gladly give western Oklahoma to them...
More ultra fundamentalist religous BS...At least my ancestors had the presence of mind to just take life on the reservation and deal with it...and instead of blowing myself up in front of a Chicago supermarket, I'm fighting back by teaching in a classroom...heh, heh....
fox news is putting out a report that the senate intelligence committee has a sixteen page memo detailing the links between iraq and al qaeda going back before the first gulf war.
this includes monies...weapons...and training going to aq, atta meeting twice with iraqi intelligence (1994 and 2000), and a possible visit by ubl himself to baghdad a few years back.
it'll be interesting to see how this pans out...even more interesting to hear what the oppossers have to say if this all proves true...you know...the ones who keep saying there's no link between iraq and a q.
Yeru is a lot of things...
BUT HE AIN'T UN-AMERICAN
He just disagrees with me...and some of you...
since thunder bay & nova scotia are 36 hours drive time apart, i realize that we aren't all gonna get something within a stone's throw....so i've picked listed 3 different campgrounds (area's) - please vote & whichever gets the most votes will be the one i go with - as they are all within 16 hours of me (and yes it's all about me!.
#1: http://www.lafontaine-ent.on.ca/ - this is in the georgian bay, ontario area (i saw your batchawana bay idea calamity - but the area is the same - we can pick the campground next if this is selected).
#2: http://ontarioparks.com/english/slee.html (thunder bay, ontario area) .
I'd be coming from Texas...half a dozen of one...
