sam3m1

@sam3m1 (190)

United States • Age 82

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Kid that eats paper when nobody is looking

Timeout @Timeout (419) 28 Oct 11

What would you do if your kid eats paper? He keeps being told off but he does it in school (he bites his notebooks) and at home when nobody is looking. I asked why does he do it and he says he doesnt know. He has 9 years old.

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sam3m1 i suggest a good physical exam with blood tests to determine vitamin/mineral deficiencies. often children will ingest substances which contain things that they need, even though those things may harm them. another possibility is pica which is a behavioral...

29 Oct 11

Herman Cain's 999 Plan and what it means to you.

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 19 Oct 11

Here's a great calculator that shows how most of us will be paying LESS in taxes under his plan. Don't just rely on what those running against him (or those supporting another candidate) say about the plan. Punch in some...

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sam3m1 ted, you're depending on corporations to pass along their savings to their customers? given their past history, let me know how that works out for you.

19 Oct 11

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What is "Middle Class"? (read the post, not just the title).

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 6 Sep 11

I keep hearing people say that our economy needs to be what it was in the 50s. Well, let's look at that. Do we really want to return to when "middle class" meant, a family had 1 car, 1 television, one stereo and 1 telephone in a 3...

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sam3m1 Ted, I don't hear anyone saying they'd like a return to 1950's economy. Usually the desired economy is under Bill Clinton, which produced millions of jobs and left W with a surplus which he quickly gave away to the upper 2%.

7 Sep 11

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Hoffa's call to arms against the TEA partiers.

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 6 Sep 11

So, lefties, how many TEA partiers are you ready to kill while heeding Jimmy Hoffa's call to arms against us?

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sam3m1 after reading the comments here, i'm more convinced that no one's mind is going to be changed by anything anyone else says. to assume that what hoffa said was okay just because he didn't say the word kill, or to assume that weapons carried to a political...

6 Sep 11

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Hoffa's call to arms against the TEA partiers.

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 6 Sep 11

So, lefties, how many TEA partiers are you ready to kill while heeding Jimmy Hoffa's call to arms against us?

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sam3m1 ted, this is one of the few times i agree with you. what did you write about the tea party gatherings where members were encouraged to carry weapons to the meetings, obama depicted as hitler,etc.? i missed those statements expressing your outrage.

6 Sep 11

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Promoting Racism and Lawlessness

epicure35 @epicure35 (2814) • United States 1 Sep 11

It was the "perfect storm" gambit of America-haters George Soros, Arab potentates, radical Alinsky, Cloward-Piven, Bill Ayers types, politically-correct Marxist-Socialists, taqiyya driven Muslims, etc. to install as "president"...

promoting racism and lawlessness

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sam3m1 i know it's hard for you to imagine, but what if you're wrong? to assume that the evildoers would pick a mulatto, middle name hussein, born in hawaii to be their leader is a bit far-fetched. i'd pick a white, middle class, nra member from the mid-west. i've...

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Coat of a song

SydneyJ @SydneyJ (902) • United States 18 Aug 11

So whenever I decide to go on to itunes it feels like the prices keep rising. When I first started using itunes music was like 80 cents to a dollar but now that it costs about a $1.29 just for one song it kind of stears me away...

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sam3m1 you may want to look at legalsounds.com. almost all singles are 8 or 9 cents to download. downloads of whole albums cost around $1.30 or so.

23 Aug 11

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Patricia Cornwell -do you read her?

maezee @maezee (41997) • United States 22 Aug 11

I just finished reading "Cruel and Unusual" by her and I thought I would start a discussion for fans or people who don't like her much. What's your general opinion of her and/or this book in particular? I liked it, although it...

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sam3m1 i have read almost all of cornwell's books and enjoy them, in fact i'm now reading port mortuary. the scarpetta novels are very good. i suggest you read them in order. while it isn't necessary, the character development and interactions can more easily be...

23 Aug 11

While the Public Sector Unions whine about what they can't do, they ignore what

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 22 Aug 11

what they are still able to do for the employees who choose to remain union members. "Any individual employee, or any minority group of employees in any collective bargaining unit, may present grievances to the employer in...

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sam3m1 ted, i think the problem was denial of collective bargaining rights, not grievance procedures. presenting grievances is far from collective bargaining. most of my career was on the administrative side in a state where strikes and similar actions were illegal....

23 Aug 11

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The Big Screen

jahernandezrivas @jahernandezrivas (11288) • United States 22 Aug 11

L.O.L. I really want a huge big screen television but the price is way too high!!! I was at rent a center this past weekend and saw a big 72 inch television and the sales guy said you would be better off with a smaller one that...

big screens

television

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sam3m1 we have a 57" rear projection hdtv and we really like it. size is a problem because it is a rear projection, so is deep as well as wide. the room it's in is 20' X 18'. if it was an led or whatever, and could be mounted on a wall, it would be better. if you do...

23 Aug 11

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I am conservative... proudly conservative.

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 20 Aug 11

But not so proudly conservative that I'm not willing to admit that there are conservatives who scare me as much as they scare any liberal. As with all stereotypes, some people seem bent on proving the stereotype true.

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sam3m1 ted, happy to see that some conservatives scare you as they do me. are there liberals that scare you to the same extent? i honestly can't think of a liberal politician as frightening as bachmann, palin or perry, but that probably is due to my liberal point of...

20 Aug 11

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Have you noticed: The left makes excuses for bad policy?

andy77e @andy77e (5156) • United States 11 Aug 11

Isn't this amazing, that every single time the left puts in place a bad policy that doesn't work, there's always an excuse. It can't be 'oh wait.. our policies don't work! It's just a bad policy!!'... no no no no... Instead...

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sam3m1 gm isn't a good example since they're trying to come back from near bankruptcy. try any of the oil companies, ge, etc. who are sitting on trillions of dollars after having outsourced jobs overseas, laid off hundreds of thousands, and not expanded. there was...

12 Aug 11

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Voting

jazzyrae @jazzyrae (1745) • United States 4 Aug 11

Why do you think some people chose not to vote. If you are one of these people what are your reasons for not voting

voting

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sam3m1 i vote in every election, but have spoken to a few people who don't vote because they feel that their vote won't make any difference; that both sides are the same and neither will make a difference.

4 Aug 11

Promises, promises. Are you sick of Congress yet?

BalthasarTheRat @BalthasarTheRat (656) • United States 3 Aug 11

The debt battle is over for now, but the work is still ahead, most of the true tough decision were set aside to be fought later. A recent Gallup poll showed a 18% disatisfaction with the US Congress. That seems a bit high...

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sam3m1 i'm using this to response to you and to some of your commenters. first, i believe this country is in serious trouble because the tea party folks have seen that their tactics have resultred in a win for them, a bill which cuts social programs with no cost to...

3 Aug 11

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How often do you buy new books?

puccagirl @puccagirl (7294) • Israel 3 Aug 11

I am an avid reader and because of that, I buy new books quite often. I should also add that I read very fast, so I go through books extremely fast. This is why I buy new books at least every other month, and usually I buy even...

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sam3m1 i sympathize with you and all of your commenters. about a year ago i found that i was spending $30-50 US per months on books. then i found a great site: www.paperbackswap.com if you'd like an explanation you can get mine on http://sam3m.hubpages.com, look...

3 Aug 11

What has Obama Accomplished as President of the United States?

whiteheather39 @whiteheather39 (24403) • United States 1 Aug 11

I am listing each item as many myLotters do not like to open link. I also need to have each item clearly listed as the point of my discussion needs the list to be clear. Obama’s Failing Report Card: Increased America’s debt...

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sam3m1 much of what you've said is not true. instead of venting your fear and hatred on this guy, why don't you use that energy to support and work for someone to beat him in the next election? then get some honest information about the government instead of...

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The Debt Ceiling "Crisis"

epicure35 @epicure35 (2814) • United States 30 Jul 11

Continuing in the vein of the deception and destruction that besets America this day, the deliberate destruction of our economy is foremost on the agenda of the usurper and his ilk. It is the most potent form of terrorism, jihad,...

the debt ceiling crisis

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sam3m1 please keep in mind that raising the debt ceiling is and has always been a single sheet of paper, pro forma process, passed about 70 times in the past decade with no other ammendments attached. the gop, in order to force cost cutting on the congress, added...

31 Jul 11