firewind451

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Is there a correlation between age and your political views?

starr4all @starr4all (2863) 28 Sep 08

I know, I'm on a roll today! Can't help it. I was wondering if anyones noticed that their political views have changed the older they got. Me personally, I've noticed with this election that mine have. Not to say I'm old, I'm a...

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firewind451 I dont think it really has anything to do with age. More experience. I remember very well when I decided that liberalism was just wrong I was 17 years old and had lied about my age to get a job at a Sony wharehouse. I was making 3.50 an hour. Jimmy Carter...

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Why do people lie online?

celestos @celestos (814) • United States 8 Oct 08

I have noticed as I am sure other people have,how many people lie online when meeting people. Women are funny when they upload a magazine vixens picture and swear it is them, I have known people to do it lol. Men are funny doing...

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firewind451 I have always found that ridiculous but amusing. I went to a dating site once and lo and behold not one woman in America weighs more than 110 lbs. Amazing really. I'm sure women get the same nonsense.

8 Oct 08

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I wish this election was over and done with...

grandpa_lash @grandpa_lash (5225) • Australia 6 Oct 08

Perhaps then there might be room in the political forums for something other than endless debates on the probity of the four candidates, mudslinging from both sides, and boring party political rhetoric. As an Australian I am...

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firewind451 Not me. For the first time years people are talking and debating and generally acting like concerned citizens. The bad aspects of the political process are just something to wade through. This is democracy as it was meant to be. People getting active I...

8 Oct 08

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"Kill Him!" - "Terrorist!" - "Treason!" - All Heard at McCain/Palin Rallies..

anniepa @anniepa (27955) • United States 7 Oct 08

Does that bother anyone? http://www.care2.com/news/member/434996229/902414 Please, don't complain about the link I provided above, it's there for informational reasons only for anyone who hasn't already heard about this...

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firewind451 I read the article and it seems to me that the "Kill him' remark was directed towards Ayers not OBama. That said both camps need to make clear statements about what their supporters are saying. Not that that will happen.

7 Oct 08

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McCain proposal to buy mortgages

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 7 Oct 08

This proposal is not new. During the depression at least one Life Insurance Company held many farm mortgages and bought up others, then set up a plan to basically legally repossess the farms and then to have the family farmers buy...

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firewind451 I missed the debate so I will have to catch it in rerun but, from what I have read it sounds like a great plan. Imagine spending money to help people keep their homes. What a novel idea. Using taxes to actually help Americans who work for a living. Wow. There...

7 Oct 08

Michael Moore: wasn't sure where to put this

piniongrl @piniongrl (142) • United States 5 Oct 08

I just saw Slacker Uprising, it's a documentary Michael Moore made and it's a free rental on itunes. It was about the voter registration push he commandeered during the last election. He toured through 62 cities in the 20...

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firewind451 Years ago I had an idea. Start making left wing films that relied on innuendo, emotionalism and out right lies. I figured it would be a good way to get rich. Michael Moore beat me to the punch. If you want specific examples of Moores lies just go to Moore...

7 Oct 08

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Is anyone totally fed up with the recent and upcoming remakes?

starr4all @starr4all (2863) 28 Sep 08

I'm so sick and tired of remakes! WHY WHY WHY? See, I'm a HUGE horror fan. And recently, the past few years, filmakers (if you can call them that) have been remaking some classics (and not so classics) and there's no reason for...

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firewind451 Oh good lord am I ever. What about the re-making of T'V' shows into movies? The Honeymooners, Dukes of hazard? I will say Charlies Angels was cute. And the P,C, over tones? No guns for the angels, the scene condemning the rebel flag in Dukes? Yuck. I swear...

7 Oct 08

More Change from Senator Obama?

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 7 Oct 08

This was reported by AP today. Is this the Change Senator Obama is telling us about or is it more of the same old politics? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081007/ap_on_el_pr/obama_legislative_grants Did he do something illegal...

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firewind451 An so the long awaited vetting of Obama begins. Had this process been done when it was supposed to the country would be better off. Now we are going to see the truth about obama be brought out and the social consequences will be terrific. Imho anyway. Too many...

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how important is it to you?

jhl930 @jhl930 (3601) • United States 6 Oct 08

i know that we all like to be in relationships but some people don't have to have relationships or want them for that matter but me i like having someone not saying that i have to have one but it would be nice in my honest...

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firewind451 I made a pact with myself a long time ago. I would rather be alone than be stuck with the wrong person. I don't think you need a relationship to be happy. It would be nice but, making your happiness dependent on one is the fastest way to get stuck in a...

6 Oct 08

This was weird,is it true?

celestos @celestos (814) • United States 6 Oct 08

I watched last night a show about wild bears and where they came from. One guy mentioned that pepper spray will make an aggressive bear leave you be. I am not one for harming animals but I do understand where this could be handy....

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firewind451 I have a friend who goes to Alaska every year to gold pan. He carries a spray designed to ward off bears. It is so powerful it is outlawed in California. I doubt the standard pepper spray would work. Shoot, I accidentally got some in my eyes once and it wasn't...

6 Oct 08

Is Sarah Palin A Mistake For This Nation?

sksongwriter @sksongwriter (200) • United States 2 Oct 08

Okay, I imagine that there are some of you out there who will want to chastize me for the title of this post. But before you do, please hear me out. I am not trying to achieve any kind of political agenda here and I am certainly...

sarah palin mother vice president

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firewind451 I have to disagree with you. lot of families have children with downs syndrome or a pregnant teen.. Very few can afford for one the parents to give up their job to stay home for the child. In Palins case, her husband will be able to stay with the children ....

6 Oct 08

Sarah Palin's attack fund raising letter

spalladino @spalladino (17891) • United States 6 Oct 08

Requests for campaign contributions routinely come across my desk at work, especially lately, and I do look at them which is why the one that arrived today from Sarah Palin was opened and read. What a shocker! An attack...

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firewind451 Rofl Spalladino. I've seen the Obama letters. They make that one look tame. No I dnot have nay handy. I never bothered to keep them but the next one I get I will post. OBama from the very beginning played the race card and accused the republicans of "smearing"...

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How Does Obama Get Away With This??!!

rodney850 @rodney850 (2145) • United States 6 Oct 08

Barack Obama has on more than one occasion touted himself as "mainstream" or "middle-class" American! So much so that he opted out of public funding of his campaign because his "private" donors were more than up for the challenge....

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firewind451 Obama gets away with this because we have and have had an extremely biased media in this country for decades. Although this is the most blatant bias I have ever seen. When has Obama EVER been called on his behaviour? Where was the media when the FISA vote...

6 Oct 08

Losing friends because of the election or politics

starr4all @starr4all (2863) 28 Sep 08

Has anyone lost any friends because of this election or because of politics? I haven't but I was wondering about this today. Reading so many threads the last few days regarding the election, and seeing how impassioned people are...

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firewind451 I haven't lost any friends mysel but, I am a member of a pac, and a week doesn't go by that someone relates a story of losing someone because of this election. One woman was told her services would no longer be need at her church , as a volunteer because of...

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A Child Called It

CelebLot @CelebLot (44) • United States 21 Sep 08

Does anybody seriously know any worse cases of child abuse?

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firewind451 I read this book years ago . I was in a chat room called Book cafe. I am going to post here what I said then. I believe that the writer of that book embellished the story quite a bit. I am not saying there was no abuse, however, the amount and frequency of...

25 Sep 08

did you reall make yourself concentrate when reading

kavinpatel @kavinpatel (82) • India 24 Sep 08

hello guys i really confused what sld i do. before going to read i was full of energy an decide that today i will finish this much of part.. but when i am going to read i wasnt able to concentrate ,, and after one page...

did you reall make yourself concentrate when readi

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firewind451 I practice Raja yoga which is yoga of the mind. One of the exercises I learned was to read something I had no interest in whatsoever. Force my mind back to it. Every time It wandered. This is to develop concentration. CONTROLLED concentration. It is easy to...

25 Sep 08

I haven't read for month, I think it is terrible

Marvin42 @Marvin42 (279) • United States 25 Sep 08

Since I came America, I have stop to read any fictions. I used to do this in China. I always read some fictions before going to sleep, this make me to calm down and promised a good sleep. But here I can not find a Chinese fiction,...

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firewind451 You might want to try e-bay. I found some Chinese fiction (translated to English) there a few years ago. Ghost stories. :) They were pretty good too. Of course reading American fiction would help broaden your literary horizons. ;)

25 Sep 08

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Have you read Armagedon

pastorkayte @pastorkayte (2255) • United States 25 Sep 08

I read a book that is part of the Left behind series called Armagedon, the whole series is about what happens when the end of the world occurs and God comes from his people. How many people have read one of the left behind books.

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firewind451 I've been reading the series for a while now. I pick up the books as I find them in thrift stores. I have most of them. I have to say it is an interesting subject matter. I do however find the writing a bit simplistic. I would call it a light read.

25 Sep 08

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