Posts by YERU2

OK, my Dad is about 13 in this story. He's long had a problem with trying to find excuses not to go to school. One January morning, while living in what by then was a boarding house, dad comes down with his school books and jacket and says, "Mom, there's a guy up in one of the rooms trying to kill Bessie [Bessie was one of the boarders]. Ma says, "Dam*it Richard, if you don't get yourself to school I'm gonna tan your hide." Dad keeps insisting and after several minutes (literally minutes) Ma, Pa, and Dad go upstairs together (but only after his sister confirms his story). Sure enough, in Bessie's room, Bessie's estranged husband has her on the ground, her head pushed back, slicing at her throat with a dull pocket knife. He'd been doing this since Dad came down stairs, so I'm talking a DULL knife. Pa and Dad corner the guy on the third floor room and he leapt out the window to escape Pa's crutch which had been applied upside his head about a half dozen times already.

Dad's twin, aunt Mary, gets a towel for Bessie's throat, which is by then gurgling. Ma makes Bessie wait on the front step for the ambulance, but had the good taste to wait outside with her. Turns out the reason the cuts weren't deadly was because, with her head thrust back the major veins and arteries were protected. The guy was never caught.

Ma said that ever since that day Dad kept his room locked, and kept something under the pillow, she didn't know what. Dad says he can't remember what it was, I think it was the pocket knife. He still had to go to school that day.

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To the US Military

by freedom96 in

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there have been many postings regarding the possible war with iraq.

there are many strong apposing views, as to be expected.. i personally am going to thank all those who are in the military; my hat is off to you, and i respect what you do, and i am very thankful.

you are the ones that must go out there and defend our freedoms.. i don't think most people desire war, but sometimes there seems to be little choice.

YERU2

People use the term "propoganda" like it's a bad thing. Somehow propoganda has become associated with the term "lie." Propoganda can be, and often is, a simple statement of facts, or a logical conclusion drawn from the facts.

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Ask God a Question

by JH in

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if you had 1 question that you could ask god, what would it be?

YERU2

Can you make a rock so heavy you can't lift it and how many angels can fit on the head of a pin?

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What if the U.N doesn't find anything in Iraq?

by kril in

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it hit me a few days ago.

what happens if the u.n. searchs iraq and they find nothing?

i mean it's kind of scary to think what will happen to bush's job approval rating if that happens.

YERU2

UnRealist,

Read a bit more history; most of the Arab occupants of the West Bank and Gaza are 20th Century immigrants to the region such as Yassir Arafat who was born in Egypt and isn't even "Palestinian" If it's NOT ok for Israel to occupy the West Bank and Gaza, why WAS it ok for Jordan and Egypt to occupy it?

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What if the U.N doesn't find anything in Iraq?

by kril in

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it hit me a few days ago.

what happens if the u.n. searchs iraq and they find nothing?

i mean it's kind of scary to think what will happen to bush's job approval rating if that happens.

YERU2

Xander,

I'm having trouble finding ANYWHERE in the US Constitution that allows a foriegn body to have ANY say so over the military affairs of the United States. Sometimes (often) defense involves offensive operations.

The UN as a body IS anti-American, and Anti-Israel. The UN has passed more resolutions against Israel than any other single country in the world. Yet, all Israel is trying to do is SURVIVE.

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Reality check: World less happy about America

by Pathofthorns in

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facinating results from a global poll relating to public opinions of america in various countries around the world.. [url] http://www.torontostar.com/nasapp/cs/contentserver?pagename=thestar/layout/article_type1&c=article&cid=1035775217105&call_pageid=968332188854&col=968350060724[/url].

a major survey on international opinion released in washington yesterday shows u.s. popularity has plunged across much of the world amid mounting perceptions that the united states is running roughshod over other nations.

the planet's sole superpower commands only tepid affection, just as the u.s. government struggles to win international support for a possible military incursion against iraq as the next stage in its war on terrorism.. in fact, the prospect of a u.s.-led offensive aimed at overthrowing iraqi dictator saddam hussein has become a major irritant between washington and even its closest allies.. .

YERU2

You, dear heart, need a reality check. ; The Radical Muslims hate the US because of our music and our wealth, because our culture affects theirs and lures their youth away from the way of Allah. ; 
Give me an example where the US has intervened in the Arab world without the request of one of the countries involved? ; Saudi? ; Nope, they invited us there? ; Iran, nope, We were invited there. ; Israel, nope the Israelis invited us. ; With this one exception of TODAY with Iraq, the Arabs didn't invite us. ; Your conclusions are all wrong. ; 
If the US were completely withdrawn from the world political stage, the ;Radical Muslims ;would still hate us, and still attack us.