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  we were soldiers

  by heathen in

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  any one else seen this one?.i thought it was very good about viet nam with mel gibson.the horror of war and the the display of brutality was very realistic .just wondering if any viet nam vets experieced anything close what was portrayed in this community.

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  This movie was excellent. It did a good job of portraying the soldiers on both sides as human beings and told the story of solider with out any political overtones. My father was in Vietnam in 1968/69 and has told me that every movie on Vietnam has missed the mark wildly. Either they were simply sterilized versions of what happened (the green berets), exited reality completely (Apocalypse now), or simply focused on the worst units with the lowest moral (Platoon).

  I would give this movie a 9 out of 10. It was better than Blackhawk down (which I also liked). Also I believe they scored the movie the way they did to go for a more serious atmosphere.

  Jelly
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  Super Bowl Predictions

  by WildTurkey in

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  im a huge cowboy fan but i dont think they will make it to the super bowl, damn sure would love to be wrong.

  ok here is who i think as of right now pittsburgh stealers and san francisco 49ers and god i hate them both, well thats my pick how about you?

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  Super Bowl Predictions

  by WildTurkey in

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  im a huge cowboy fan but i dont think they will make it to the super bowl, damn sure would love to be wrong.

  ok here is who i think as of right now pittsburgh stealers and san francisco 49ers and god i hate them both, well thats my pick how about you?

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  Ahhhh football. As a lifelong Steelers fan I have to pick them to go all the way. They actually have a good shot this year; Jerome is in excellent shape and Kordel has been improving steadily at QB. In fact if Kordel improves much more he will become adequate and with the Steelers defense and run orientated offense thats all you need from your QB. With that being said I also realize the patriots are VASTLY underrated. Last year they beat the Steelers (at home) the raiders and the rams, that accomplishment alone should garner some respect. Also the off season has only helped them. So while I am picking the Steelers the team they are going to have to beat are the pats.

  BTW: The cowboys and 49s are both heading towards a .500 season.

  Jelly
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  Super Bowl Predictions

  by WildTurkey in

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  im a huge cowboy fan but i dont think they will make it to the super bowl, damn sure would love to be wrong.

  ok here is who i think as of right now pittsburgh stealers and san francisco 49ers and god i hate them both, well thats my pick how about you?

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  see below:

  Jelly

  Edited by - jelly on 25 August 2002 19:1:36
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  The Movie "Signs"--Review

  by patio34 in

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  i started a new thread because the other one was about going to see it and i just got home from seeing it .

  some of the reviews said it didn't answer many of the questions it brought up.

  my opinion: au contraire!!

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  The movie defiantly had holes in the plot that you could drive a truck through. It was also not up to the standards of the sixth sense or even unbreakable. Taking that into account I still have to say that I liked the movie and would recommend it. I think a lot of people are coming into this movie with misaligned expectations that are causing disappointment. This movie is not Brave Hart by any stretch of the imagination. I knew going into this movie than it was going to be more of a drama than an action movie so I was not disappointed. If youre going to see this movie think along the lines of the close encounters of the third kind movie type.

  Terry
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  Cancer

  by Sirona in

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  you might think i'm being picky here, please dont take this the wrong way.

  the thing is, i'm stuggling with my health at the moment and am going in hospital to see if my cancer has spread.. heres my gripe: some people (noone on this board) say to me, over and over, that they know someone who had skin cancer and they're fine now....how they can just remove the mole and everything is fine.

  well for the purposes of educating people:.

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  LDS,

  This is probably a stupid but honest question. I did not think dark skinned people got skin cancer I thought it was more of a 'white' thing.

  Jelly
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  CNN/Connie Chung/silentlambs

  by silentlambs in

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  wednesday evening at 7:00 pm cst there will be an airing of an interview with myself, heidi and amber with connie chung.

  there may be an additional followup on thursday.

  enjoy this wt.

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  I would love to see one of the governing body on the O'Reily factor. Bill would rip them a new one.

  Jelly
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  Opinion: Federal Sales Tax

  by larc in

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  why not replace the income tax with a federal sales tax?

  i see several advantages to this.

  it would eliminate the expense of the internal revenue service.

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  A federal sales tax in lieu of the current tax system is never going to happen because it would be bad for both businesses and consumers. The way the tax system works now is it provides incentives for certain behaviors that are supposed to help the nation as a whole. For example on an individual level people that go to college can deduct their tuition and books from their taxes. The theory here is that because the individual is educated he is a more productive member of the economy and will add more to the GNP over the course of his life. So the government subsidizes his education through tax incentives; in essence rewarding behavior that will lead to a stronger society. The same is true for businesses. Depreciation for new equipment can be deducted from your taxes this, in theory, should lead businesses to continually upgrade their capitol leading to a stronger more robust economy.

  I realize that what I wrote above is how the tax code should work and that in practice it does leave a great deal to be desired. I would like to see the tax code simplified and some of the loop holes removed to create a more equitable system. But overall I think we need a way to create incentives (individual and organizational) for behavior that is beneficial for society as a whole.

  Jelly (Terry)
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  Is it really so? Is there an inner circle here?

  by Celtic in

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  before some of you jump down my throat thinking i'm stirring muddied waters, i'm not, but, a question has been on my mind here more often than not, who exactly is the membership made up of here, within this community, of an inner circle so to speak?

  you scratch my back, i'll scratch yours etc pile of poo.. personally, i've had enough of clicky groups and cliches to last me a lifetime, so, who are these guys that try to keep others excluded from their small brained 'in club'?.

  celtic mark - cornwall uk

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  I have not hit the skids but I wouldnt mind moving in with Prisca. ;)

  Jelly
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  Who Here Believes in God?

  by The_Bad_Seed in

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  personally, i do not believe god ever has or ever will exist.

  i have my reasons -- i guess i could be considered an agnostic, rather than an athiest.

  i was curious to see what the larger part of the former borg community believed, now looking from the outside in, rather than the opposite.

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  I believe in some form of a creator but not one that would fit into the traditional Judeo / xian mold.

  Jelly