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michaelray @michaelray (29) • Ireland 5 Jan 07

In the news this week is the so called Ashley treatment. This treatment of a mentally handicapped girl in The US has sparked quite a bit of controversy. Ashley is 9 years old and has the mental age of a three months old baby. It...

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michaelray Thanks for your response. I have seen interviews with people who are afraid this could be the start of other parents changing their kids, even if they are not so severely handicapped.

6 Jan 07

michaelray @michaelray (29) • Ireland 5 Jan 07

Libia already declared three days of official mourning after the execution of former Iraqi Leader Saddan Hussein. Libia appears to be the only country who is honouring Saddam as a hero. Most other countries have called Saddam a...

politics

michaelray @michaelray (29) • Ireland 5 Jan 07

Nancy Pelosi became the first woman speaker of the House of Representatives. Is this a milestone for emancipation or just footnote in history?

emancipation

michaelray @michaelray (29) • Ireland 5 Jan 07

We all need vitamin C. The Nobel laureate Linus Paulding claimed you need a daily dose of at least 6 grams to keep healthy. Paulding lived untill the ripe old age of 93. How much do you think we need and how much are you actually...

health vitamins

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michaelray @michaelray (29) • Ireland 5 Jan 07

For 50 years NATO and the Warsaw Pact countries formed the 2 superpowers led by The United States and the former Soviet Union. Now the European Union is expanding and has become a political Union as well. Are they the new...

europe politics

suman76 @suman76 (648) • India 5 Jan 07

Today when the wife and husband is going for work and nobody is in house to look after the child. What should we do. Is is good to keep a maid in the house alone with the child when we are daily watching TV and awaring the people...

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michaelray If you need to work then the option are limited. You could place your child in a day care facility or get someone to take care of the child in your or their home. It needs to be someone you trust. Family would be the first people to considder, but they are not...

5 Jan 07

michaelray @michaelray (29) • Ireland 5 Jan 07

Former US President Gerald Ford died last week. He was the only President who was never elected by the people as he was appointed Vice president and later became President when Nixon resigned. How do you look back on his...

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michaelray @michaelray (29) • Ireland 5 Jan 07

In the news this week is the so called Ashley treatment. This treatment of a mentally handicapped girl in The US has sparked quite a bit of controversy. Ashley is 9 years old and has the mental age of a three months old baby. It...

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michaelray The treatment was done in hospital after the parents had convinced the ethics board there that the child would benefit. I have seen comments from people envolved with mentally handicapped children and they are very much opposed as a matter of principle....

5 Jan 07

harivinod @harivinod (781) • India 5 Jan 07

i am new to the internet business, can any one tell me how to earn money on the ebay?

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michaelray If you want to earn money on eBay, you need to find products that you can sell there. You subscribe as a seller, put the products up for auction and off you go. You can sell practically anything there, so the possibilities are almost limitless. Off course you...

5 Jan 07

michaelray @michaelray (29) • Ireland 5 Jan 07

In the news this week is the so called Ashley treatment. This treatment of a mentally handicapped girl in The US has sparked quite a bit of controversy. Ashley is 9 years old and has the mental age of a three months old baby. It...

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jenbatres @jenbatres (799) • United States 3 Jan 07

help so many other countries? Why is it our responsibility to help others? We have so many starving and homless people in American, but we can help other countries. Why can't we help our own? Why do we pay for non-Americans to...

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michaelray All industrialized countries help to combat poverty in developing countries, not just the United States. When poverty decreases it provides political stability, security and on a world scale less chance for wars. It will increase international trade which will...

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cassiem0221 @cassiem0221 (274) • United States 2 Jan 07

My husband and I get along quite well for the most part. I have heard many complaints on how life changes after you marry the person you love. I recently came across a friend of mine and she complained non-stop on how she wishes...

marriage

relations

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michaelray Hi cassie, Your question covers a lot of bases. Dating, living together or being married. Dating is great! You are in love or at least falling in love. You don't see each other all the time, so the time you go out together becomes very special (or it should...

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Kellie_DF6 @Kellie_DF6 (4) • United States 2 Jan 07

Today Oprah Winfrey opened a school for disadvantaged girls in South Africa. She hand picked 152 girls out of an application pool of more than 3,500 young girls. She said that her decision to build this school in South Africa...

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michaelray It is always nice to see people who can afford it spend money to help the less priviliged. Oprah is sticking her neck out to start an ambitious project and it is a pity that she gets criticized for not doing more. There are plenty of rich people out there who...

3 Jan 07

eicher @eicher (509) • France 27 Dec 06

That of France is Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité (Freedom, Equality, Fraternity) and on your country?

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michaelray In Holland the crest of the Royal Family reads 'Je maintaindrai', I will maintain. This was to state the defiance of William of Orange to the Spanish King Fillip II, during the war of independance.

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angelicEmu @angelicEmu (1311) 29 Dec 06

The human race seems to have given up all efforts to save our planet, and instead all the money seems to be going into space exploration and finding a new planet to colonise, once we've completely trashed this one. Shouldn't we be...

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michaelray Currently Earth is inhabited by 6 Billion people. Suppose we do find a planet where humans can live, who will move there? There is no doubt that only a tiny fraction of the Earths population could move. Right now people are fighting over who controls which...

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blogginginvestor @blogginginvestor (193) • India 29 Dec 06

Hi, Just wanted to tell you that starting dumb discussions with one word answers don't earn you any money. Similarly, replying to such discussions or answering with single word replies won't earn you anything much. I started a...

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michaelray Hi Blogginginvestor Thanks for sharing your experience. It is very good to know that writing nonsense doesn't earn anything. It is very frustrating to think that there are people out there who just 'write' as many entrees as they can without any substance to...

30 Dec 06

richelle19_80 @richelle19_80 (133) • United States 11 Dec 06

Does this tach them about goodness? Or is this just another way that we lie to our children and allow them to live in never never land?

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michaelray Thanks for the clarification! Not everything is quite clear, but I can get my kids to explain it to me!

12 Dec 06

imadriscoll @imadriscoll (2228) • United States 4 Dec 06

I'm just wondering what your idea of a stay at home mom is? What should she accomplish throughout the day and what about what dad's job is? If dad works a "normal" job does he work 40 hours outside the home and then his job is...

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michaelray When you are part of a couple you share your lifes. The fun bits and also the work and the chores. While your husband works, you take care of your kids and whatever else you can do. Whatever is left over you share. It shouldn't be a competition about who does...

12 Dec 06

bluuyze @bluuyze (67) • United States 11 Dec 06

My friend works at a school for children with special needs. A lot of the children are living in foster homes, either their parents were on drugs or abused them. There is a little girl about 3 that has down's syndrome and cannot...

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michaelray Your friend did the right thing by escalating her concerns to the next level. Apparantly her worries have not been addressed. If she still feels that the child is being abused she needs to do something more. She could share her concerns with the responsible...

12 Dec 06

Bhutto @Bhutto (741) • India 12 Dec 06

i am a muslim i am sick of hearing ppl say all muslims are terrorist.Only muslim are terrorist what about isreal who have broken all laws at UN and i am soory to say about India also What happened in gujrat all the attack were...

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michaelray I am not sure what your point is. You are sick of people saying all muslims are terrorists and you immediately go and call other people terrorists. What bothers you more? The fact that some people call all muslims terrorists or the fact that there are people...

12 Dec 06

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