Don't worry, the invisible hand of the market will take care of them. :p
SacrificialLoon
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10,000 Line Up For a Walmart Job
by sammielee24 in10,000 apply for a jobat one new wal-mart!
by judith moriarty.
1-11-8 candidates having raised tens of millions of dollars and traveling around the country in luxury buses or private jets, arguing over who has the most 'experience' - who is a mormon (therefore disqualified) - who's not a 'true republican' (ron paul) who's picking on hillary (edwards) - who can grab the evangelical vote - who is totally ignored (kucinich) - who claims 911 makes him the protector of us all etc, (rooty)...meanwhile, the real story of what is happening in america - evictions, foreclosures, unemployment - is being totally ignored.
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SacrificialLoon
It will end invisibly, or maybe it's only the invisible world which will end invisibly in 2008. Hmmm...
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Super Tuesday Looms on the Horizon
by hillbilly inthis week in sports............ huck does one public gig in michigan... and michigan is the proto-type for the possible overall national economy and employment issues.
why didnt the spend more time there... lot's of delegates there and a fair amount of popular vote in the november election.. south carolina... who did what?
did any one impress you or sway your opinion?.
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With all these racist accusations against Ron Paul concerning his newsletter, and the amount of his involvement in it I think he's about done.
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The College theme Paper: He vs. She
by SacrificialLoon inlong, but good.
the college theme paper: he vs. she .
the partner will read the first paragraph and then add another paragraph to the story.
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Long, but good.
THE COLLEGE THEME PAPER: HE VS. SHE
Remember the book "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus"? Well, here's a prime example offered by an English professor at an American University.
"Today we will experiment with a new form called the tandem story. The process is simple. Each person will pair off with the person sitting to his or her immediate right. One of you will then write the first paragraph of a short story. The partner will read the first paragraph and then add another paragraph to the story. The first person will then add a third paragraph, and so on back and forth. Remember to reread what has been written each time in order to keep the story coherent. There is to be absolutely NO talking and anything you wish to say must be written on the paper. The story is over when both agree a conclusion has been reached."
The following was actually turned in by two of my English students:
Rebecca -last name deleted, and Jim - last name deleted.
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(first paragraph by Rebecca)
At first, Laurie couldn't decide which kind of tea she wanted. The chamomile, which used to be her favorite for lazy evenings at home, now reminded her too much of Carl, who once said, in happier times, that he liked chamomile. But she felt she must now, at all costs, keep her mind off Carl. His possessiveness was suffocating, and if she thought about him too much her asthma started acting up again. So chamomile was out of the question.
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(second paragraph by Jim)
Meanwhile, Advance Sergeant Carl Harris, leader of the attack squadron now in orbit over Skylon 4, had more important things to think about than the neuroses of an air-headed asthmatic bimbo named Laurie with whom he had spent one sweaty night over a year ago. "A.S. Harris to Geostation 17, he said into his transgalactic communicator. "Polar orbit established. No sign of resistance so far..." But before he could sign off, a bluish particle beam flashed out of nowhere and blasted a hole through his ship's cargo bay. The jolt from the direct hit sent him flying out of his seat and across the cockpit.
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(Rebecca)
He bumped his head and died almost immediately but not before he felt one last pang of regret for psychically brutalizing the one woman who had ever had feelings for him. Soon afterwards, Earth stopped its pointless hostilities towards the peaceful farmers of Skylon 4. Congress Passes Law Permanently Abolishing War and Space Travel," Laurie read in her newspaper one morning. The news simultaneously excited her and bored her. She stared out the window, dreaming of her youth, when the days had passed hurriedly and carefree, with no newspapers to read, no television to distract her from her sense of innocent wonder at all the beautiful things around her. "Why must one lose one's innocence to become a woman?" she pondered wistfully.
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(Jim)
Little did she know, but she had less than 10 seconds to live. Thousands of miles above the city, the Anu'udrian mothership launched the first of its lithium fusion missiles. The dim-witted wimpy peaceniks who pushed the Unilateral Aerospace Disarmament Treaty through the Congress had left Earth a defenseless target for the hostile alien empires who were determined to destroy the human race. Within two hours after the passage of the treaty the Anu'udrian ships were on course for Earth, carrying enough firepower to pulverize the entire planet. With no one to stop them, they swiftly initiated their diabolical plan. The lithium fusion missile entered the atmosphere unimpeded. The President, in his top-secret Mobile Submarine Headquarters on the ocean floor off the coast of Guam, felt the inconceivably massive explosion, which vaporized poor, stupid, Laurie and 85 million other Americans. The President slammed his fist on the conference table. "We can't allow this! I'm going to veto that treaty! Let's blow 'em out of the sky!"
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(rebecca)
This is absurd. I refuse to continue this mockery of literature. My writing partner is a violent, chauvinistic semi-literate adolescent.
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Yeah? Well, you're a self-centered tedious neurotic whose attempts at writing are the literary equivalent of Valium. "Oh shall I have chamomile tea? Or shall I have some other sort of F*CKING TEA??? Oh no, I'm such an air headed bimbo who reads too many Danielle Steele novels."
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Asshole.
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Bitch.
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Wanker.
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slut.
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Get f*cked.
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Eat shit.
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(rebecca)
F*CK YOU - YOU NEANDERTHAL!!!
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(jim)
Go drink some tea - whore.
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hi
by irishshane inhello everyone.
i am new here so i would just like to give a big hello to you all and look forward to the discussions and chat here.. .
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Salutations
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Bees!
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I think the noose just tightened a bit. Part 2 The book study
by 5go inthe book study was a bit rushed tonight so quess what happened at the end.. the book study conductor on his own decided to ask a question.. will following the bible ever harm you?.
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I don't think my bible ever moved on it's own so I don't think following it would be harmful. Unless it got really windy, and blew out a 2nd story window, then that'd be harmful.
Edit: JWs have "The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures" not a Bible. I think there's something in the beginning stating why they decided no to call it "The NWT of the Holy Scriptures" rather than "The NWT of The Bible". You could've earned some brownie points by pointing that out, or maybe some other kind of points. -
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How the Earth Was Made: History Channel
by lonelysheep ini recommend anyone watch this great, informative program.
they can also be purchased on dvd.. the universe is excellent, as well.. http://store.aetv.com/html/product/index.jhtml?id=104240.
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Cosmos is good I have that series on DVD, too. Infact they're airing it on The Science Channel Tuesday nights. It doesn't have the fancy graphics of "The Universe", but I don't think anyone has been able to match Sagan's imagery, and convey the same passion that he does on the subjects.
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How the Earth Was Made: History Channel
by lonelysheep ini recommend anyone watch this great, informative program.
they can also be purchased on dvd.. the universe is excellent, as well.. http://store.aetv.com/html/product/index.jhtml?id=104240.
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I watch The Universe episodes when I can. I caught the first half of the new one last night about moons during my lunch break. I learned a few new things about Io.
I'm not sure if I saw How the Earth Was Made or not, but I watch enough of The History Channel that I probably did at one point or another. :)
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What is your favorite book of all time?
by Abandoned ini'm going to list three, one non-fiction, one fiction, and one series.. my all-time non-fiction favorite is: dojo wisdom for writers by jennifer lawler.. my all-time favorite fiction is: she's come undoneby wally lamb.
my all-time favorite series is: the amber chronicles by roger zelazny.
so, what are your favorites?.
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Non-Fiction: Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan
Fiction: Ring by Stephen Baxter
Series: Hmmm.. I haven't really read any series that I could rate as a favorite. I have quite a few Battletech books. They're OK, but I wouldn't call them great.