who else is pissed about torres nilo?
torres nilo had a shot at going to wolfsburg but because atlas would not make any money off of it he is now going to tigres and could possibly ruin his career. i dont really care about him but that dude is still young and germany could have done him some good.
Mexican Football (Soccer) - 6 Answers
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Their Is Still A Possibility Of Tigres Selling Him To Get More Money
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Yeah dude i was disappointed at that. There was rumors of him going to European teams like Deportivo La Coruna and other teams. I hope Tigres makes him a better player than he was at atlas though. IF he does get better than he'll go for sure to a European team in the future after all he's young. ---** I hope Pumas don't make the same mistake with Juarez or/and Barrera in case they get offers from European teams after the World Cup
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didnt hear about that but thats sucks......its not like atlas to hold back a player like that.....
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just sad they they only think of profit but not the future of the mexican national team its a disapointment really
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Maybe Tigres will have him for like 2 season and than sell him to a Euro club to get more money!
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i am he should have stood his ground and told them he wanted to go to Germany but sadly this also shows hes determination to become a better player, because if he didn't want to atlas couldn't force him to go to tigres. also which club would you rather want to be in atlas , a club that has a better probability that they will sell u in the future to Europe because of economic problems or tigres , a club that will probably buy an extranjero to replace you after the first season if you fail instead of giving you another chance or if you really hit it up would raise their asking price extremely high so either way you wouldn't move to Europe , cause Europeans clubs are not dumb in negotiations and know they could get a better bargain in Brazil or Argentina
Friday, August 1, 2014
Monday, July 28, 2014
emmigrating to canada as an computer scientist?
emmigrating to canada as an computer scientist?
after spending a few holidays in canada, i really fell in love with this country. now i`m thinking about emmigrating to canada, but i`m not sure how exactly to do it, especially about making money. I`m 25 years old and in about 3 months I will have my diploma. I`ve studied informatics and computational liguistics at the university of heidelberg, germany. my final grades will be good-excellent. since about 18 months i`ve worked part time at hewlett-packard as an administrator/supporter for linux and unix servers. so i could be working as an administrator or in computational linguistics/software development. i can program java, perl, python and c. just as a quick outline..... now i want to compare income chances in both countries. could any1 tell me about how much i could make working in canada? how much taxes/insurance(health/loss of employment/etc.) would i have to pay? what would i have to do to get a permit for work? would really appreciate if any1 could help. thanx a lot, michael I kind of expected the salaries in canada to be a little lower than in the us. in germany i would start with about 42.000 euros a year. exchange rate for cad is about 1,33, which would make 55820 cad a year. but i`m not strictly comparing the salaries between the countries. i want to go to canada, not the us and for sure not uk. (i really love vancouver!!! :) ) so i just wanted to know about how much it could be and how much must be subtracted for taxes and insurances. maybe if i could make more working in software development or linux administration. thanks, michael
Other - Careers & Employment - 1 Answers
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Dont know much about Germany but if you just want to compare money earning potential you would probably be better off in the USA, UK. Because salaries there are much better compared to those in Canada. Canada is slowly picking up on IT boom but that may take some time, as of now USA may be the best option.
after spending a few holidays in canada, i really fell in love with this country. now i`m thinking about emmigrating to canada, but i`m not sure how exactly to do it, especially about making money. I`m 25 years old and in about 3 months I will have my diploma. I`ve studied informatics and computational liguistics at the university of heidelberg, germany. my final grades will be good-excellent. since about 18 months i`ve worked part time at hewlett-packard as an administrator/supporter for linux and unix servers. so i could be working as an administrator or in computational linguistics/software development. i can program java, perl, python and c. just as a quick outline..... now i want to compare income chances in both countries. could any1 tell me about how much i could make working in canada? how much taxes/insurance(health/loss of employment/etc.) would i have to pay? what would i have to do to get a permit for work? would really appreciate if any1 could help. thanx a lot, michael I kind of expected the salaries in canada to be a little lower than in the us. in germany i would start with about 42.000 euros a year. exchange rate for cad is about 1,33, which would make 55820 cad a year. but i`m not strictly comparing the salaries between the countries. i want to go to canada, not the us and for sure not uk. (i really love vancouver!!! :) ) so i just wanted to know about how much it could be and how much must be subtracted for taxes and insurances. maybe if i could make more working in software development or linux administration. thanks, michael
Other - Careers & Employment - 1 Answers
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Dont know much about Germany but if you just want to compare money earning potential you would probably be better off in the USA, UK. Because salaries there are much better compared to those in Canada. Canada is slowly picking up on IT boom but that may take some time, as of now USA may be the best option.
Monday, July 14, 2014
Is this guy serious? or is he trying to steal money from my bank account?
Is this guy serious? or is he trying to steal money from my bank account?
Ok... so i received this email from a stranger in africa saying: Dear Friend, I am MR. KEVIN ZONGO. THE MANAGER, AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING DEPT. BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) in Ouagadougou , Burkina Faso . In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of (US$10,500,000.00). TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich , Germany ) who died along with his entire family in victims of AF4590 in 31st July 2000 plane crash. Since we got the information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it, unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and laws, but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased person for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill. The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after Seven years, the money will be transferred into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I have agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a foreign account , 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you, you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where in the money will be remitted. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer. Trusting to hear from you immediately. Yours Faithfully, MR. KEVIN ZONGO Manager, Auditing and Accounting Dept.
Law & Ethics - 20 Answers
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Are you Serious? Don't tell me you are that naive.
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That sounds pretty official I think you should give him your information.
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Its a scam. You'll never see any money from it. Stay away.
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Dont fail for this scam, and it is one.
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SCAM! I'm 100% sure.
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He's quite serious I'm sure - however, it's a scam. Don't do it!
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One of the biggest scams on the internet. Dateline NBC did a special on these scam artists.
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It's one of those Nigerian or 419 scams. Do not respond!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud
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its a scam. never give your account number, social security number, or any personal information to anyone you dont know.
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Just say a show on Dateline about that, BIG SCAM. Always remember if it sounds too good to be true, It Is!!!! You never get something for nothing.
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It was on TV this week Its a scam
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Don't tell me that you haven't already heard of this scam. Most people have received the same e-mail, I am guessing that you are already aware that it is a scam and you are just pulling our collective leg.
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It's a scam. You can spam this out of your e-mail. Before you do that, forward it to spam@uce.gov. They'll take care of it........eventually.
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Yes its SCAM!! I get emails like that too, from the UK talkin bout I won a lottery, and telling me to send my name and address phone number. You KNOW its a scam the email looks so fake and u KNOW u don't have anything to do with it
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This is one of those wonderful "scam" e-mails that most of us get a lot of these days. They are usually sent out to a lot of e-mail addys at one time. The best thing to do is not open these (by not opening the sender will not know he or she has hit a live e-mail addy) and spam the e-mail...
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Yes it is a scam. Please look at the links below http://www.flashesofpanic.com/panic/000786.php http://bigscam.blogspot.com/2006/03/dr-zongo.html
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Do you never watch the news or read a newspaper? If you did, you would know that this is a scam. Delete the email and forget it.
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i think you know what to do...you my friend learned this is a scam already. but i think you owe something to us on yahoo answers for helping you with this one...
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I get that same exact email at least twice a week and my boss also gets the same exact email. It's a scam.
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Duh of course it is a SCAM. Do not respond to the email. Send the email to your email provider as a scam. Notify them. And never open mail from this person again. if anyone you dont personally know tries to ask you for money or any info about yourself, delete it and never contact them. I had a person email me with a scam trying to pretend he wanted to buy a school book i was selling but said i had to send his son money and then he would send me money. it was weird and obviously a scam so i reported him and deleted his emails. I also had some indian sounding man call me with a THICK accent saying he was from the IRS. But when i asked him what IRS stands for he didnt know! Cause the IRS doesnt call people personally and especially ask who they are calling. Just use your brain. If it sounds strange and you dont know the person then it is a scam. dont fall for it!
Ok... so i received this email from a stranger in africa saying: Dear Friend, I am MR. KEVIN ZONGO. THE MANAGER, AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING DEPT. BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) in Ouagadougou , Burkina Faso . In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of (US$10,500,000.00). TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich , Germany ) who died along with his entire family in victims of AF4590 in 31st July 2000 plane crash. Since we got the information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it, unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and laws, but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased person for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill. The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after Seven years, the money will be transferred into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I have agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a foreign account , 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you, you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where in the money will be remitted. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer. Trusting to hear from you immediately. Yours Faithfully, MR. KEVIN ZONGO Manager, Auditing and Accounting Dept.
Law & Ethics - 20 Answers
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Are you Serious? Don't tell me you are that naive.
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That sounds pretty official I think you should give him your information.
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Its a scam. You'll never see any money from it. Stay away.
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Dont fail for this scam, and it is one.
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SCAM! I'm 100% sure.
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He's quite serious I'm sure - however, it's a scam. Don't do it!
7 :
One of the biggest scams on the internet. Dateline NBC did a special on these scam artists.
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It's one of those Nigerian or 419 scams. Do not respond!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud
9 :
its a scam. never give your account number, social security number, or any personal information to anyone you dont know.
10 :
Just say a show on Dateline about that, BIG SCAM. Always remember if it sounds too good to be true, It Is!!!! You never get something for nothing.
11 :
It was on TV this week Its a scam
12 :
Don't tell me that you haven't already heard of this scam. Most people have received the same e-mail, I am guessing that you are already aware that it is a scam and you are just pulling our collective leg.
13 :
It's a scam. You can spam this out of your e-mail. Before you do that, forward it to spam@uce.gov. They'll take care of it........eventually.
14 :
Yes its SCAM!! I get emails like that too, from the UK talkin bout I won a lottery, and telling me to send my name and address phone number. You KNOW its a scam the email looks so fake and u KNOW u don't have anything to do with it
15 :
This is one of those wonderful "scam" e-mails that most of us get a lot of these days. They are usually sent out to a lot of e-mail addys at one time. The best thing to do is not open these (by not opening the sender will not know he or she has hit a live e-mail addy) and spam the e-mail...
16 :
Yes it is a scam. Please look at the links below http://www.flashesofpanic.com/panic/000786.php http://bigscam.blogspot.com/2006/03/dr-zongo.html
17 :
Do you never watch the news or read a newspaper? If you did, you would know that this is a scam. Delete the email and forget it.
18 :
i think you know what to do...you my friend learned this is a scam already. but i think you owe something to us on yahoo answers for helping you with this one...
19 :
I get that same exact email at least twice a week and my boss also gets the same exact email. It's a scam.
20 :
Duh of course it is a SCAM. Do not respond to the email. Send the email to your email provider as a scam. Notify them. And never open mail from this person again. if anyone you dont personally know tries to ask you for money or any info about yourself, delete it and never contact them. I had a person email me with a scam trying to pretend he wanted to buy a school book i was selling but said i had to send his son money and then he would send me money. it was weird and obviously a scam so i reported him and deleted his emails. I also had some indian sounding man call me with a THICK accent saying he was from the IRS. But when i asked him what IRS stands for he didnt know! Cause the IRS doesnt call people personally and especially ask who they are calling. Just use your brain. If it sounds strange and you dont know the person then it is a scam. dont fall for it!
Monday, July 7, 2014
should we legalize all drugs or just cannabis,what do you think?
should we legalize all drugs or just cannabis,what do you think?
Prohibition does not prevent cannabis use by children or the mentally ill, the vulnerable populations whom we supposedly want to protect. Instead, cannabis prohibition makes it more difficult for parents, patients, society, doctors and law enforcement to control cannabis use. The Drug War makes honest education about cannabis impossible, and leaves cannabis users marginalized in ways that make their lives more stressful. This stress is unhealthy for everyone, but it is certainly most damaging to people with schizophrenia. Cannabis prohibition is not merely a failure; it is a counterproductive fraud that is harming those whom we claim we want to protect. There are currently more teens in treatment centers for marijuana in comparison to those admitted for alcohol. Only an idiot would have to ask why alcohol is not the no#1 problem after all alcohol is perfectly legal ( If you are 21.) That is due to responsible people handling alcohol by way of the carding and id system. Contraband markets make no age disgression. Since the crackdown on tobacco there are 75% fewer teens trying or using tobacco. However when it comes to cannabis and other illicit substances it’s a whole other ball game. Control, regulation and better education work prohibition, dose not. Or as John Walters of the ondcp (Office for national drug control policy) calls it “ a war on drugs†(Sorry John but it's true look at the Netherlands) America loves a war even if it is on it’s own people. One of several reason they don’t legalize drugs is not because of the harm of drugs, But people would lose more money in the long run. Some of the people behind the support of this irrational so called war are The tobacco industry, the alcohol and distilled spirit industry ( people simply don’t drink as much, or decide not to drink at all with cannabis meaning a decline in there sales. The pharmaceutical corporations can not make money on whole or raw cannabis, but they can charge an arm and a leg for there synthetic Marinol (dronabinol) CIII. The textile and paper industry would lose out from hemp production, sinse hemp dose not need to go through all the various processes that ordinary tree products would. Also it’s possible to get two harvest in one season. However people don’t know the difference between industrial hemp and smokeable cannabis, yet they are able to distinguish between the two in other country’s like Germany, the UK , Netherlands and even Canada, but our `DEA agents are so dumb they cant tell the difference between a stalk and a bush. Also people who have any knowledge of growing high quality cannabis will tell you that male plants should never be grown next to your high grade female plants, (unless of course you want to pollinate for future seed production). When it comes to farming hemp the males are left in tact to pollinate the females and produce as much seed as possible. This would mean a seedy mess for the pot smoker to clean up and produce undesirable future generations of smokeable cannabis. If anything, Hemp farming would be anti marijuana and would harm any outdoor pot farming within a one mile radius of any hemp farm. The petroleum industry would also be affected, sinse almost everything that can be made from petroleum can be synthesized from hemp oil, everything from bio fuel to even plastics. If North America would use a third of it’s land for hemp production we could create enough bio fuel to supply an area the size of Canada. Now also for a moment consider how many people are incarcerated over just cannabis who are currently in the prisons and jails. If cannabis were legalized and all inmates serving time for cannabis were freed there would be an over abundance of empty cells, and millions of guards in this country would be no longer needed. The prison building industry would almost be obsolete ( and if all drugs were legalized that would mean even more empty cells). So the prison system must have some means of gaining more inmates. Not to mention other areas such as treatment centers, probation.etc or HIDTA high intensity drug traffic areas where money is fed in to law enforcement, (they would miss there green $$$) Drugs , not even alcohol are the cause of the fundamental ills of society, rather than checking people for the presence of drugs, they should first test people for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power. Also check out Law Enforcement Against Prohibition at www.leap.cc
Current Events - 6 Answers
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see the note on my 360 blog its the tree of life it belongs to the people
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All drugs should be legalized. The same laws that govern alcohol could be used to control drugs. Who owns your body anyway...you or the government?
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Cannabis is a gateway drug (said by the medical community not me) & the full medical effects are not known. In 30 years all drugs may be legalized after the old timers die off & cigarrettes & alcohol banned. Would the government regulate & tax drugs if legalized? Would illnesses caused by drugs be paid for by the state? Would burgularies go up? You've answered many questions but not those ones. If I'm guilty of trying to bait you & being sarcastic I'm sorry..
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If cannabis was legalized,it would immediately effect organized crime. Just think how much $$ the Govt would make off it! Prohibition does not work.......when will they realize this???
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Just cannabis. God created something perfect that we all should use.
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just canibas and Quaalude's.
Prohibition does not prevent cannabis use by children or the mentally ill, the vulnerable populations whom we supposedly want to protect. Instead, cannabis prohibition makes it more difficult for parents, patients, society, doctors and law enforcement to control cannabis use. The Drug War makes honest education about cannabis impossible, and leaves cannabis users marginalized in ways that make their lives more stressful. This stress is unhealthy for everyone, but it is certainly most damaging to people with schizophrenia. Cannabis prohibition is not merely a failure; it is a counterproductive fraud that is harming those whom we claim we want to protect. There are currently more teens in treatment centers for marijuana in comparison to those admitted for alcohol. Only an idiot would have to ask why alcohol is not the no#1 problem after all alcohol is perfectly legal ( If you are 21.) That is due to responsible people handling alcohol by way of the carding and id system. Contraband markets make no age disgression. Since the crackdown on tobacco there are 75% fewer teens trying or using tobacco. However when it comes to cannabis and other illicit substances it’s a whole other ball game. Control, regulation and better education work prohibition, dose not. Or as John Walters of the ondcp (Office for national drug control policy) calls it “ a war on drugs†(Sorry John but it's true look at the Netherlands) America loves a war even if it is on it’s own people. One of several reason they don’t legalize drugs is not because of the harm of drugs, But people would lose more money in the long run. Some of the people behind the support of this irrational so called war are The tobacco industry, the alcohol and distilled spirit industry ( people simply don’t drink as much, or decide not to drink at all with cannabis meaning a decline in there sales. The pharmaceutical corporations can not make money on whole or raw cannabis, but they can charge an arm and a leg for there synthetic Marinol (dronabinol) CIII. The textile and paper industry would lose out from hemp production, sinse hemp dose not need to go through all the various processes that ordinary tree products would. Also it’s possible to get two harvest in one season. However people don’t know the difference between industrial hemp and smokeable cannabis, yet they are able to distinguish between the two in other country’s like Germany, the UK , Netherlands and even Canada, but our `DEA agents are so dumb they cant tell the difference between a stalk and a bush. Also people who have any knowledge of growing high quality cannabis will tell you that male plants should never be grown next to your high grade female plants, (unless of course you want to pollinate for future seed production). When it comes to farming hemp the males are left in tact to pollinate the females and produce as much seed as possible. This would mean a seedy mess for the pot smoker to clean up and produce undesirable future generations of smokeable cannabis. If anything, Hemp farming would be anti marijuana and would harm any outdoor pot farming within a one mile radius of any hemp farm. The petroleum industry would also be affected, sinse almost everything that can be made from petroleum can be synthesized from hemp oil, everything from bio fuel to even plastics. If North America would use a third of it’s land for hemp production we could create enough bio fuel to supply an area the size of Canada. Now also for a moment consider how many people are incarcerated over just cannabis who are currently in the prisons and jails. If cannabis were legalized and all inmates serving time for cannabis were freed there would be an over abundance of empty cells, and millions of guards in this country would be no longer needed. The prison building industry would almost be obsolete ( and if all drugs were legalized that would mean even more empty cells). So the prison system must have some means of gaining more inmates. Not to mention other areas such as treatment centers, probation.etc or HIDTA high intensity drug traffic areas where money is fed in to law enforcement, (they would miss there green $$$) Drugs , not even alcohol are the cause of the fundamental ills of society, rather than checking people for the presence of drugs, they should first test people for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power. Also check out Law Enforcement Against Prohibition at www.leap.cc
Current Events - 6 Answers
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see the note on my 360 blog its the tree of life it belongs to the people
2 :
All drugs should be legalized. The same laws that govern alcohol could be used to control drugs. Who owns your body anyway...you or the government?
3 :
Cannabis is a gateway drug (said by the medical community not me) & the full medical effects are not known. In 30 years all drugs may be legalized after the old timers die off & cigarrettes & alcohol banned. Would the government regulate & tax drugs if legalized? Would illnesses caused by drugs be paid for by the state? Would burgularies go up? You've answered many questions but not those ones. If I'm guilty of trying to bait you & being sarcastic I'm sorry..
4 :
If cannabis was legalized,it would immediately effect organized crime. Just think how much $$ the Govt would make off it! Prohibition does not work.......when will they realize this???
5 :
Just cannabis. God created something perfect that we all should use.
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just canibas and Quaalude's.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Why will China become the next superpower?
Why will China become the next superpower?
What is China doing that is different than what others are doing? Japan and Germany are both more wealthier than China, why aren't they superpowers? On the other hand, what can stop china from becoming a superpower? How likely is it to happen? When? Also, although China is making more money, are the people's lives nice? Do most of them have more than basic necessities? Or are many living in poverty because there's just not enough wealth to go around?
Politics - 11 Answers
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my dinner ware is never used, i eat my crayons off the floor
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Already there. Thats why they are permanent members of UN security council.
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I'm not convinced that they will. They need too high a % of available resources just to feed their population.
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China IS already a superpower. It has one third of all people and increasing economic might. I would not be too afraid. Chinese are not expansionist, and actually have great work ethics.
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china is economic powerful, it more like a power over the world from their products. Usa owes 812 bil to em
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If they move completely to Capitalism, like the USA, they will become a Great SuperPower. If they stay with Socialism, they will always have starving people.
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China is already the next superpower. They're justing laying low and allowing the U.S. to take the heat on every thing wrong in the world. The communist government keeps people in line... the army would be enormous and it wouldn't take long to put it in action.
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China's GDP is growing at 8-10% a year, and their military is growing at the same rate. Poverty is all across rural China, but the cities have been growing at tremendous rates. Depsite being Communist, they have adopted some capitalistic polices. As for trade, the USA has a 200 billion dollar trade deficit with China. It is weakening our economy, and is strengthening theirs.
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itle: The Next Superpower: Strategic Implication of China's Economic Development Author: Carl S. Murphy, Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy Thesis: The central argument of this paper is that U.S. policy can play a pivotal role in China's stability and in the leadership's inclination remain cooperatively engaged in world affairs, or withdraw behind a bulwark of absolute sovereignty and frustrated nationalism. This is so, because China's dependence on the global economy provides the United States, as the sole remaining superpower, with considerable economic leverage to supplement its diplomatic and military influence in shaping policy to accommodate or frustrate China's emergence as a 21st century global power. A pragmatic U.S. engagement policy which recognizes that the passage of time promises a favorable evolution if China remains interdependent within the global economy. Discussion: The revival of China's economy and its continued growth makes the emergence of the PRC as a superpower in the 21st century a credible prediction. However, the need to sustain economic growth has become central to the stability of China and forced pragmatic choices on the Chinese leadership. There is an intrinsic contradiction between China's dependence on foreign market access, investment and technology to grow its economy, and the Chinese inclination toward state centered power-politics linked to insistence that China has been denied the respect due a rising power. Sustained growth of the Chinese economy at the present rate is conditioned by a stable international environment for trade, continued inflows of foreign investment, access to foreign markets and the availability of foreign technology--all of which are heavily influenced by policy decisions made in Washington. While China's economic development portends tremendous growth and future power, there is also a fragility in the economy and the fabric of China. The erosion in credibility of world communism has deprived China's leadership of an ideological basis for its continued rule. In response, the leadership has embarked on a dual strategy to legitimize continued communist control: 1) Performance-based legitimacy through sustainment of economic growth and 2) Appeals to nationalism and the Chinese perception of their historical importance, to provide a unifying vision for the populous and inoculate against opposing ideologies. While military improvement has been modest, China's economic strength is growing rapidly. Beijing's nationalistic appeals to the restoration of a perceived historical greatness, combined with popular resentment over imperialist humiliation in the last century, point toward China's development as an increasingly powerful nation--even a future superpower. U.S. force reductions independent of, or in conjunction with, withdrawal from the Asian-Pacific region has the potential to make China a military peer early in the next century. Economic modernization supports increased world influence and military power, but forces China' to sublimate military assertiveness to maintain a stable environment for commerce. While efforts to sustain growth have forced subordination of China's zero-sum approach to sovereignty in favor of pragmatic diplomacy, there is an intrinsic dissonance in China's behavior. Nationalistic maneuvering, as evidenced by irredentist territorial claims and anti-imperialist rhetoric, can be seen to arise from a renewed sense of Chinese pride and importance as a result of increasing economic clout. Exercise of China's growing power, however, is in conflict with the international behavior required to assure foreign investors of China's domestic stability and aversion to foreign adventures.
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I lived in China for about nine years. So, based on that, I think people's lives are pretty good. It's not like we were treated badly or anything. I didn't even know what government we had until I came to America (of course, then I was pretty young). And we had all we needed.
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Yes. To understand China you have to examine the core social differeneces between a capitalist and a communist structure... not economically but socially. The difference is and why China will surpass the USA in superpower status is that our capitalist society is taught from birth that wealth and success evolve around 'self'. A communist society teaches their citizens from birth that success evolves around 'community'. So what you end with is a society of self-centered aholes versus a society of citizens willing to give their lives for their country. Btw, this is why you see many Chinese leaders looked upon as a 'father' and loved as such.... this stems out of the sense of family or community I was referring to. In addition, the community takes care of its citizens. Capitalist are always trying to make the argument that capitalism is more productive and successful. It isn't as China is about to show us. In the end, all capitalism does it produce an elite group of very extremely greedy ppl that control most of the wealth and a society of resentful ppl of that wealth. China is illustrating to the world that communism works.
What is China doing that is different than what others are doing? Japan and Germany are both more wealthier than China, why aren't they superpowers? On the other hand, what can stop china from becoming a superpower? How likely is it to happen? When? Also, although China is making more money, are the people's lives nice? Do most of them have more than basic necessities? Or are many living in poverty because there's just not enough wealth to go around?
Politics - 11 Answers
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my dinner ware is never used, i eat my crayons off the floor
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Already there. Thats why they are permanent members of UN security council.
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I'm not convinced that they will. They need too high a % of available resources just to feed their population.
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China IS already a superpower. It has one third of all people and increasing economic might. I would not be too afraid. Chinese are not expansionist, and actually have great work ethics.
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china is economic powerful, it more like a power over the world from their products. Usa owes 812 bil to em
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If they move completely to Capitalism, like the USA, they will become a Great SuperPower. If they stay with Socialism, they will always have starving people.
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China is already the next superpower. They're justing laying low and allowing the U.S. to take the heat on every thing wrong in the world. The communist government keeps people in line... the army would be enormous and it wouldn't take long to put it in action.
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China's GDP is growing at 8-10% a year, and their military is growing at the same rate. Poverty is all across rural China, but the cities have been growing at tremendous rates. Depsite being Communist, they have adopted some capitalistic polices. As for trade, the USA has a 200 billion dollar trade deficit with China. It is weakening our economy, and is strengthening theirs.
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itle: The Next Superpower: Strategic Implication of China's Economic Development Author: Carl S. Murphy, Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy Thesis: The central argument of this paper is that U.S. policy can play a pivotal role in China's stability and in the leadership's inclination remain cooperatively engaged in world affairs, or withdraw behind a bulwark of absolute sovereignty and frustrated nationalism. This is so, because China's dependence on the global economy provides the United States, as the sole remaining superpower, with considerable economic leverage to supplement its diplomatic and military influence in shaping policy to accommodate or frustrate China's emergence as a 21st century global power. A pragmatic U.S. engagement policy which recognizes that the passage of time promises a favorable evolution if China remains interdependent within the global economy. Discussion: The revival of China's economy and its continued growth makes the emergence of the PRC as a superpower in the 21st century a credible prediction. However, the need to sustain economic growth has become central to the stability of China and forced pragmatic choices on the Chinese leadership. There is an intrinsic contradiction between China's dependence on foreign market access, investment and technology to grow its economy, and the Chinese inclination toward state centered power-politics linked to insistence that China has been denied the respect due a rising power. Sustained growth of the Chinese economy at the present rate is conditioned by a stable international environment for trade, continued inflows of foreign investment, access to foreign markets and the availability of foreign technology--all of which are heavily influenced by policy decisions made in Washington. While China's economic development portends tremendous growth and future power, there is also a fragility in the economy and the fabric of China. The erosion in credibility of world communism has deprived China's leadership of an ideological basis for its continued rule. In response, the leadership has embarked on a dual strategy to legitimize continued communist control: 1) Performance-based legitimacy through sustainment of economic growth and 2) Appeals to nationalism and the Chinese perception of their historical importance, to provide a unifying vision for the populous and inoculate against opposing ideologies. While military improvement has been modest, China's economic strength is growing rapidly. Beijing's nationalistic appeals to the restoration of a perceived historical greatness, combined with popular resentment over imperialist humiliation in the last century, point toward China's development as an increasingly powerful nation--even a future superpower. U.S. force reductions independent of, or in conjunction with, withdrawal from the Asian-Pacific region has the potential to make China a military peer early in the next century. Economic modernization supports increased world influence and military power, but forces China' to sublimate military assertiveness to maintain a stable environment for commerce. While efforts to sustain growth have forced subordination of China's zero-sum approach to sovereignty in favor of pragmatic diplomacy, there is an intrinsic dissonance in China's behavior. Nationalistic maneuvering, as evidenced by irredentist territorial claims and anti-imperialist rhetoric, can be seen to arise from a renewed sense of Chinese pride and importance as a result of increasing economic clout. Exercise of China's growing power, however, is in conflict with the international behavior required to assure foreign investors of China's domestic stability and aversion to foreign adventures.
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I lived in China for about nine years. So, based on that, I think people's lives are pretty good. It's not like we were treated badly or anything. I didn't even know what government we had until I came to America (of course, then I was pretty young). And we had all we needed.
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Yes. To understand China you have to examine the core social differeneces between a capitalist and a communist structure... not economically but socially. The difference is and why China will surpass the USA in superpower status is that our capitalist society is taught from birth that wealth and success evolve around 'self'. A communist society teaches their citizens from birth that success evolves around 'community'. So what you end with is a society of self-centered aholes versus a society of citizens willing to give their lives for their country. Btw, this is why you see many Chinese leaders looked upon as a 'father' and loved as such.... this stems out of the sense of family or community I was referring to. In addition, the community takes care of its citizens. Capitalist are always trying to make the argument that capitalism is more productive and successful. It isn't as China is about to show us. In the end, all capitalism does it produce an elite group of very extremely greedy ppl that control most of the wealth and a society of resentful ppl of that wealth. China is illustrating to the world that communism works.
Saturday, June 28, 2014
How do I make this step fun and loving?
How do I make this step fun and loving?
My fiance and I are extremely happy together and very much in love. Right now we are getting ready for some big life changes - I am graduating from college, he is starting a new job, we will be getting married soon, and will be buying our first home together. We are struggling a little financially because of the economy (lost investments) so money is tight. But I want to do something special. My fiance's new job will require us to live in Germany for about three months during his first year with the company, which also happens to be the first year of our marriage. He feels bad about taking us down a path that will add a huge move and lifestyle change in another country when we already have so much else going on in the near future. I personally think it will be sort of exciting but he continues to feel sort of guilty. My question is, what can I do to show that I am 100% supportive and help him feel better? I thought of maybe trying to get a big basket of German cheeses - I just want to buy or do something romantic and creative in preparation for the time in Germany. Again, money is tight but I have a little saved up secretly for special things like this. Any suggestions? :)
Marriage & Divorce - 2 Answers
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learn to speak German
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It sounds like this move is not going to be too bad for the two of you as you are looking at the bright side of things. You could do the cheese with a german wine, bratwursts with german beer, or even a collage of pictures of the people he will be missing and the ordinary good times the two of you will be missing while over there. Like maybe an evening out at the bar with all your friends.
My fiance and I are extremely happy together and very much in love. Right now we are getting ready for some big life changes - I am graduating from college, he is starting a new job, we will be getting married soon, and will be buying our first home together. We are struggling a little financially because of the economy (lost investments) so money is tight. But I want to do something special. My fiance's new job will require us to live in Germany for about three months during his first year with the company, which also happens to be the first year of our marriage. He feels bad about taking us down a path that will add a huge move and lifestyle change in another country when we already have so much else going on in the near future. I personally think it will be sort of exciting but he continues to feel sort of guilty. My question is, what can I do to show that I am 100% supportive and help him feel better? I thought of maybe trying to get a big basket of German cheeses - I just want to buy or do something romantic and creative in preparation for the time in Germany. Again, money is tight but I have a little saved up secretly for special things like this. Any suggestions? :)
Marriage & Divorce - 2 Answers
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learn to speak German
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It sounds like this move is not going to be too bad for the two of you as you are looking at the bright side of things. You could do the cheese with a german wine, bratwursts with german beer, or even a collage of pictures of the people he will be missing and the ordinary good times the two of you will be missing while over there. Like maybe an evening out at the bar with all your friends.
Saturday, June 14, 2014
what can i do to make our marriage better?
what can i do to make our marriage better?
my husband and I have been married going on 4 years in July. the first couple months, things were great, we barely fought, we spent all our time together, and were in that "honeymoon" stage. after the 2nd or 3rd month, things started going downhill, and have been bad ever since. 4 months after getting married we moved to germany, cause hes military, and in 06 he was deployed. during this time, (1 year) we had our daughter. she is alot of the reason i stay, but also cause i love him. but ever since he started asking me to do that, and i started a friendship with another man, whom i no longer talk to, things have just been bad. we fight about money, what i make for dinner, EVERYTHING!!!! the house is never clean enough. blah blah blah!! he tells me he doesnt want me to work, then turns around and bithces cause i dont have a job, and we never have "play" money. i dont wanna leave so what are some ways i can make things better between us, and help strengthen our marriage? dont be rude!!! thanks 6ofUs. that is a great suggestion. hopefully it will help.
Marriage & Divorce - 4 Answers
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Seriously, no one here can help you with that many issues. You need to get into marriage counseling, and quick. In fact, don't even read my response, just make that phone call!
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You did the right thing by ending the friendship with the other man. Things got worse after the friendship because you formed an emotional bond with someone else besides your husband. This closeness only makes the one that you're with appear worse. You should avoid such closeness with other men, and be sure to communicate your feelings to your spouse. Be dedicated to praying about and working on your issues. That's marraiage. It has it's ups and downs, and that's perfectly normal. Let him know how you feel about his contradictions, and come to an agreement. It will work out.
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Wow! You sound like me in the beginning. The only thing hat REALLY worked for us was growing the heck up! My husband had issues that I could not change and I had some that he couldn't change. That is NOT a judgment or an insult it really is the truth. Your husband really needs to grow up and be more compassionate towards you though. I don't know what your issues may be, though none make you deserve being abused (physically, emotionally or verbally). Maybe you should seek marital counseling also.Be strong, continue to LOVE & Good luck!
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Sounds to me like your hubby is bitchy and childish. He wants to have his cake and eat it too....and then complain about the crumbs. :s Perhaps he should be thinking of ways to make your marriage better. If he wasn't willing to put in an adult effort and stop with the crap, I'd pack my bags and leave him to deal with the not-clean-enough house himself. My partner knows this much : if it's cleaned I did it and if it's not clean "enough" for him he can darn well do it himself. Same goes for supper, I cook, he eats. There is no complaint or argument. I don't run a restaurant or an inn. I am not a maid nor a master chef but I do my best and always put my heart in what I do and that should be acknowledged. To strengthen your marriage, grow a back bone and stand up for yourself. Show him that you are not his door mat. Trust me, he'll respect you more for speaking up than if you continue to play the "poor-me" pity card. Good luck.
my husband and I have been married going on 4 years in July. the first couple months, things were great, we barely fought, we spent all our time together, and were in that "honeymoon" stage. after the 2nd or 3rd month, things started going downhill, and have been bad ever since. 4 months after getting married we moved to germany, cause hes military, and in 06 he was deployed. during this time, (1 year) we had our daughter. she is alot of the reason i stay, but also cause i love him. but ever since he started asking me to do that, and i started a friendship with another man, whom i no longer talk to, things have just been bad. we fight about money, what i make for dinner, EVERYTHING!!!! the house is never clean enough. blah blah blah!! he tells me he doesnt want me to work, then turns around and bithces cause i dont have a job, and we never have "play" money. i dont wanna leave so what are some ways i can make things better between us, and help strengthen our marriage? dont be rude!!! thanks 6ofUs. that is a great suggestion. hopefully it will help.
Marriage & Divorce - 4 Answers
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Seriously, no one here can help you with that many issues. You need to get into marriage counseling, and quick. In fact, don't even read my response, just make that phone call!
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You did the right thing by ending the friendship with the other man. Things got worse after the friendship because you formed an emotional bond with someone else besides your husband. This closeness only makes the one that you're with appear worse. You should avoid such closeness with other men, and be sure to communicate your feelings to your spouse. Be dedicated to praying about and working on your issues. That's marraiage. It has it's ups and downs, and that's perfectly normal. Let him know how you feel about his contradictions, and come to an agreement. It will work out.
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Wow! You sound like me in the beginning. The only thing hat REALLY worked for us was growing the heck up! My husband had issues that I could not change and I had some that he couldn't change. That is NOT a judgment or an insult it really is the truth. Your husband really needs to grow up and be more compassionate towards you though. I don't know what your issues may be, though none make you deserve being abused (physically, emotionally or verbally). Maybe you should seek marital counseling also.Be strong, continue to LOVE & Good luck!
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Sounds to me like your hubby is bitchy and childish. He wants to have his cake and eat it too....and then complain about the crumbs. :s Perhaps he should be thinking of ways to make your marriage better. If he wasn't willing to put in an adult effort and stop with the crap, I'd pack my bags and leave him to deal with the not-clean-enough house himself. My partner knows this much : if it's cleaned I did it and if it's not clean "enough" for him he can darn well do it himself. Same goes for supper, I cook, he eats. There is no complaint or argument. I don't run a restaurant or an inn. I am not a maid nor a master chef but I do my best and always put my heart in what I do and that should be acknowledged. To strengthen your marriage, grow a back bone and stand up for yourself. Show him that you are not his door mat. Trust me, he'll respect you more for speaking up than if you continue to play the "poor-me" pity card. Good luck.
Saturday, June 7, 2014
If America is truly,"The land of 'TheFree' "Then,why are we so RESTRICTEDas within a growingTotalitarianState?
If America is truly,"The land of 'TheFree' "Then,why are we so RESTRICTEDas within a growingTotalitarianState?
Example: It was not "Hitlers'Germany",at first.The"Night of the 'LongKnives' ",saw to it that it would be.That Socialist StateofGermany was the Creation of over a dozen Politicians;whom Appointed a myriad of Ministerierial 'Legal Entities 'of Affairs('Bureaus of State' to us).Hitler managed to pull a COUP D'etat.In order to make Germany,'His'.'Twas 'Legalitarianism' that killed the Master of the House! In ALL appearances. Are WE(America) falling into that foul sense of mis-guided delusion of Protectionism? Created by Power-hungry,ambitious 'stop-at-nothing,Machiavellian Party-First Politicians?The blind delusion of Prohibition created Al Capone&The Gangs.Plus it gave just the impetus toOrganized crime that it needed to flourish:Big Money. Make Laws,Make Laws,Make Laws!Only to fill 'Law'-yers bank accounts and cement the Power ofBureaus over the Rights of the People as Guaranteed by the CONSTITUTION. Wich does NOT require citizens the necessity of going 'to Court' every timeQuestioned!
Law & Ethics - 9 Answers
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Russell...why don't you go and try and move to any other country in the world and see how much freedom you have... good luck
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Restrictions are the result of persons taking advantage of freedoms.
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read Naomi Wolf's ten steps to... something.. i cant remember the name but u are right and i think you will like the article. just google it. I live in canada and i am sick of the USA dictating to me what to do, wear, hear, say etc...
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You use to many big words for me to understand. Go back to bed, wake up and try again. I know I'm being sarcastic but you asked for it. Pay attention to history, don't read only the parts you like.
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You're entirely correct, but you're taking too large a bite at once.
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Americans are now voting for a living. They have lost their ability and willingness to fend for themselves. When the government is all to everyone then freedom is the victim.
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I live in a police state.. aka WI and I have come to see this over the years. There are many freedoms here but I see that only people who are rich or in uniform/or some kind of "authority" get to enjoy it fully. There are so many biased police man and judges that I don't even think that justice and freedom are really guaranteed to everyone here. one ex. I got man handled by a sheriff for wearing a hat in a bowling alley..and he def was abusing his authority and I got a 400 dollar ticket plus court fees. For what? resisting arrest and disorderly conduct?!?! Which was a LIE! These pigs just want to make their quota and they are the problem in some cases, because they make the situation worse than it needs to be. On top of that our legal system is very flawed. Example: Murders getting less prison time than non-violent marijuana offenders! ( state to state the laws very) but, restricting American people is a way to make money and that is what America is all about.. profit. I don't know if this answered you question but I def. see what you are saying.
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We're not RESTRICTED, we are PROTECTED. Right ?
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I agree that we are becoming way too bureaucratic. However, we are not about to become totalitarian overnight. We still have time to change it around so that we can feel free again.
Example: It was not "Hitlers'Germany",at first.The"Night of the 'LongKnives' ",saw to it that it would be.That Socialist StateofGermany was the Creation of over a dozen Politicians;whom Appointed a myriad of Ministerierial 'Legal Entities 'of Affairs('Bureaus of State' to us).Hitler managed to pull a COUP D'etat.In order to make Germany,'His'.'Twas 'Legalitarianism' that killed the Master of the House! In ALL appearances. Are WE(America) falling into that foul sense of mis-guided delusion of Protectionism? Created by Power-hungry,ambitious 'stop-at-nothing,Machiavellian Party-First Politicians?The blind delusion of Prohibition created Al Capone&The Gangs.Plus it gave just the impetus toOrganized crime that it needed to flourish:Big Money. Make Laws,Make Laws,Make Laws!Only to fill 'Law'-yers bank accounts and cement the Power ofBureaus over the Rights of the People as Guaranteed by the CONSTITUTION. Wich does NOT require citizens the necessity of going 'to Court' every timeQuestioned!
Law & Ethics - 9 Answers
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Russell...why don't you go and try and move to any other country in the world and see how much freedom you have... good luck
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Restrictions are the result of persons taking advantage of freedoms.
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read Naomi Wolf's ten steps to... something.. i cant remember the name but u are right and i think you will like the article. just google it. I live in canada and i am sick of the USA dictating to me what to do, wear, hear, say etc...
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You use to many big words for me to understand. Go back to bed, wake up and try again. I know I'm being sarcastic but you asked for it. Pay attention to history, don't read only the parts you like.
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You're entirely correct, but you're taking too large a bite at once.
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Americans are now voting for a living. They have lost their ability and willingness to fend for themselves. When the government is all to everyone then freedom is the victim.
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I live in a police state.. aka WI and I have come to see this over the years. There are many freedoms here but I see that only people who are rich or in uniform/or some kind of "authority" get to enjoy it fully. There are so many biased police man and judges that I don't even think that justice and freedom are really guaranteed to everyone here. one ex. I got man handled by a sheriff for wearing a hat in a bowling alley..and he def was abusing his authority and I got a 400 dollar ticket plus court fees. For what? resisting arrest and disorderly conduct?!?! Which was a LIE! These pigs just want to make their quota and they are the problem in some cases, because they make the situation worse than it needs to be. On top of that our legal system is very flawed. Example: Murders getting less prison time than non-violent marijuana offenders! ( state to state the laws very) but, restricting American people is a way to make money and that is what America is all about.. profit. I don't know if this answered you question but I def. see what you are saying.
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We're not RESTRICTED, we are PROTECTED. Right ?
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I agree that we are becoming way too bureaucratic. However, we are not about to become totalitarian overnight. We still have time to change it around so that we can feel free again.
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Enlisting into the US Army - paying child support in Germany. How much am I entitled to keep?
Enlisting into the US Army - paying child support in Germany. How much am I entitled to keep?
I am about to enlist into the US army, wanting to serve my country. I have been faithfully paying child support for the past 13 yrs. for my two kids living in Germany with their mother (her and her boyfriend both work). I have since remarried and have two kids with my wife. At the moment I am paying the equivalent to $850 a month and am afraid I will not be making enough the first year or two in order to pay the expected child support in full. E-3 makes roughly $1500. 1.)How much including extras (BAH...) would I be making roughly? 2.)Does the German Government cut some slack if they see you`ve faithfully been paying and still paying as much as is possible for a time period, until I start making more money? 3.)How much are they allowed to take out of my pay? 4.)How much am I entitled to live off of with my family? 5.)What part of my pay/ what amount is untouchable? Hope someone can give good and useful answers to some of my many questions. Thank you in advance and God bless you. Thanks Mustangs - for your help - good answers. Are you talking about German or American courts? Of course I thought of talking to the German courts or "Jugendamt" as they call it there. I know they would generally lower it if your living in Germany and do not earn enough to support your and your family. If after paying child support there is not enough to live off of, is there a place that offers any financial support? Governmental or Military? Thanks again.
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I dont know your exact payment amount but I know it will be nearly half of your pay.
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1. There aren't any "extras". BAH is paid to you if you live off-base and that is only enough to cover your trent and utilities. If you live on base, you don't receive any BAH. You will recieve about $250 in BAS which is food money 2. I highly doubt they will cut you any slack from paying your obligations. You can try going throught he courts to have your payment reduced due to your lower income due to enlistment. 3. They can take as much out of your pay as the court requires. 4. The only part of your pay that is untouchable is your BAH and BAS. They can take any portion of your base pay. You can check out the following website that pertains to Child Support enforcement and military policy and procedures http://info.dhhs.state.nc.us/olm/manuals/dss/cse/man/CSEcS-04.htm EDT: I'd definitely go through the German courts. Just take all your documentation that shows your pay so that you can prove what you can afford. I'm not sure about the Army but in the AF is not going to let them take so much that you can't support the family you have now. I would hope that the Army is the same. The AF has a place called the "Airman's Attic" where lower enlisted personnel can go to get free furniture, TV's, children's clothing, house furnishings, kitchenware and any other household neccessities. This helps ease the burden of having to furnish a household. The commissary is CHEAP. We are only a family of 3 but we spend about $300 a month on food and we only spend that much because our son is so darn picky! If you EVER have a finacial crisis, the AF and the Army both have Emergency Relief funds. They give you an intrest free loan for emergencies. You just have to apply for it. It's quick and easy. Remeber your housing is paid (free on-base housing or BAH for off-base), they give you food money (BAS,), you have free medical for your entire family.. You might have a tight budget but you can make it!!
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Talk to JAG
I am about to enlist into the US army, wanting to serve my country. I have been faithfully paying child support for the past 13 yrs. for my two kids living in Germany with their mother (her and her boyfriend both work). I have since remarried and have two kids with my wife. At the moment I am paying the equivalent to $850 a month and am afraid I will not be making enough the first year or two in order to pay the expected child support in full. E-3 makes roughly $1500. 1.)How much including extras (BAH...) would I be making roughly? 2.)Does the German Government cut some slack if they see you`ve faithfully been paying and still paying as much as is possible for a time period, until I start making more money? 3.)How much are they allowed to take out of my pay? 4.)How much am I entitled to live off of with my family? 5.)What part of my pay/ what amount is untouchable? Hope someone can give good and useful answers to some of my many questions. Thank you in advance and God bless you. Thanks Mustangs - for your help - good answers. Are you talking about German or American courts? Of course I thought of talking to the German courts or "Jugendamt" as they call it there. I know they would generally lower it if your living in Germany and do not earn enough to support your and your family. If after paying child support there is not enough to live off of, is there a place that offers any financial support? Governmental or Military? Thanks again.
Military - 3 Answers
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I dont know your exact payment amount but I know it will be nearly half of your pay.
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1. There aren't any "extras". BAH is paid to you if you live off-base and that is only enough to cover your trent and utilities. If you live on base, you don't receive any BAH. You will recieve about $250 in BAS which is food money 2. I highly doubt they will cut you any slack from paying your obligations. You can try going throught he courts to have your payment reduced due to your lower income due to enlistment. 3. They can take as much out of your pay as the court requires. 4. The only part of your pay that is untouchable is your BAH and BAS. They can take any portion of your base pay. You can check out the following website that pertains to Child Support enforcement and military policy and procedures http://info.dhhs.state.nc.us/olm/manuals/dss/cse/man/CSEcS-04.htm EDT: I'd definitely go through the German courts. Just take all your documentation that shows your pay so that you can prove what you can afford. I'm not sure about the Army but in the AF is not going to let them take so much that you can't support the family you have now. I would hope that the Army is the same. The AF has a place called the "Airman's Attic" where lower enlisted personnel can go to get free furniture, TV's, children's clothing, house furnishings, kitchenware and any other household neccessities. This helps ease the burden of having to furnish a household. The commissary is CHEAP. We are only a family of 3 but we spend about $300 a month on food and we only spend that much because our son is so darn picky! If you EVER have a finacial crisis, the AF and the Army both have Emergency Relief funds. They give you an intrest free loan for emergencies. You just have to apply for it. It's quick and easy. Remeber your housing is paid (free on-base housing or BAH for off-base), they give you food money (BAS,), you have free medical for your entire family.. You might have a tight budget but you can make it!!
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Talk to JAG
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Why does America in 2011 remind me of being in Germany in 1935?
Why does America in 2011 remind me of being in Germany in 1935?
There are so many parallels between the US now and Germany in the early 30's. The Nazi secret police, otherwise known as the Gestapo, were Hitler's police officers who needed no type or warrant or reason to arrest you. They could use forceful entry into your home and arrest you for no reason at all. Hmmm... sounds pretty familiar with what Obama wants legalized for our police officers. When HItler came into power in Nazi Germany he put a ban on personal weapons, another parallel with what our version of Adolf Hitler (Obama) is trying to implement on us. Hitler youth camps were where little children were sent to learn the ways of Nazi Germany and pledge allegience to Hitler, Obama's version of speaking to young kids through their schools. Why doesn't he do this to colleges? Because he knows that college students can think for themselves and many are tired of his bs because they are seeing that when they get out of school they either have no job to go to or they aren't making any money. So I think there are plenty of parallels to the US and Nazi Germany in the 1930's. It really bothers me that people can sit back and actually praise this man for the "great" job he's doing. He is ruining this country every minute and people still think he's great. I don't get it!!! Get over the fact that he's the first BLACK president (if you want to be african move back to africa; you live here you're american... we're all equal right?) and look at the job he's doing.... He will be the reason that this country has its downfall!
Politics - 10 Answers
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Tea Party. Death threats on the President are higher now than in recorded history. If you don't think his race has anything to do with it you should get your head examined. That is the right wing agenda, divide the people so the state and corporations can be in complete control.
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Because you are only seeing what you want to see. I suggest that you cut back on the caffiene and get a life.
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Your right. The first thing Obama wanted to do is create his own army, because he said he did not trust our armed forces. He called it a civilian army, then he has been fighting to remove gun rights since the day he took office. Don't be surprised if we don't enter into a state of emergency before Obama leaves office.
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Obama is a disaster, but still has many totally blind followers...
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Oh how you do go on
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Quite the troll, aren't you?
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No but you forget it was republicans that made it possible through the "patriot" act! BTW--This is nothing but biased rant!
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Some of this is true, but consider the following. The economy in Germany was far better than the American economy if you are going to try and make this kind of comparison. In this regard, the German economy under National Socialist Party and Adolph Hitler was far superior than the Democratic administration under Obama, which is suffering a catastrophic meltdown. Germany was going through an economic rebound from the collapse from when Adolph Hitler took over from 1933-1935. What has transpired since Obama took over?
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Your exactly right. Nazi Germany was able to give it's citizens state funded vacations because of the spoils they stole from other nations. Sounds a lot like what libs would like our government to do to the rich.
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And yet it is the republican idol Donal Trump that thinks that when we go to war we should nationalize a foreign countries assets and resources like his comments about taking the oil in countries we defeat, perhaps if that is the case you and your right wing friends would care to include the foreign populous to that thought and create work camps like the nazi's and use the population in that manner until the right wing decides our nation has been compensated enough put a sign ore the camp entrance "Arbeit Macht Frei " _ or work makes one free, that sounds like something the Republicans and Trump and you could all get behind.
There are so many parallels between the US now and Germany in the early 30's. The Nazi secret police, otherwise known as the Gestapo, were Hitler's police officers who needed no type or warrant or reason to arrest you. They could use forceful entry into your home and arrest you for no reason at all. Hmmm... sounds pretty familiar with what Obama wants legalized for our police officers. When HItler came into power in Nazi Germany he put a ban on personal weapons, another parallel with what our version of Adolf Hitler (Obama) is trying to implement on us. Hitler youth camps were where little children were sent to learn the ways of Nazi Germany and pledge allegience to Hitler, Obama's version of speaking to young kids through their schools. Why doesn't he do this to colleges? Because he knows that college students can think for themselves and many are tired of his bs because they are seeing that when they get out of school they either have no job to go to or they aren't making any money. So I think there are plenty of parallels to the US and Nazi Germany in the 1930's. It really bothers me that people can sit back and actually praise this man for the "great" job he's doing. He is ruining this country every minute and people still think he's great. I don't get it!!! Get over the fact that he's the first BLACK president (if you want to be african move back to africa; you live here you're american... we're all equal right?) and look at the job he's doing.... He will be the reason that this country has its downfall!
Politics - 10 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
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Tea Party. Death threats on the President are higher now than in recorded history. If you don't think his race has anything to do with it you should get your head examined. That is the right wing agenda, divide the people so the state and corporations can be in complete control.
2 :
Because you are only seeing what you want to see. I suggest that you cut back on the caffiene and get a life.
3 :
Your right. The first thing Obama wanted to do is create his own army, because he said he did not trust our armed forces. He called it a civilian army, then he has been fighting to remove gun rights since the day he took office. Don't be surprised if we don't enter into a state of emergency before Obama leaves office.
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Obama is a disaster, but still has many totally blind followers...
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Oh how you do go on
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Quite the troll, aren't you?
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No but you forget it was republicans that made it possible through the "patriot" act! BTW--This is nothing but biased rant!
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Some of this is true, but consider the following. The economy in Germany was far better than the American economy if you are going to try and make this kind of comparison. In this regard, the German economy under National Socialist Party and Adolph Hitler was far superior than the Democratic administration under Obama, which is suffering a catastrophic meltdown. Germany was going through an economic rebound from the collapse from when Adolph Hitler took over from 1933-1935. What has transpired since Obama took over?
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Your exactly right. Nazi Germany was able to give it's citizens state funded vacations because of the spoils they stole from other nations. Sounds a lot like what libs would like our government to do to the rich.
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And yet it is the republican idol Donal Trump that thinks that when we go to war we should nationalize a foreign countries assets and resources like his comments about taking the oil in countries we defeat, perhaps if that is the case you and your right wing friends would care to include the foreign populous to that thought and create work camps like the nazi's and use the population in that manner until the right wing decides our nation has been compensated enough put a sign ore the camp entrance "Arbeit Macht Frei " _ or work makes one free, that sounds like something the Republicans and Trump and you could all get behind.
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Why does America in 2011 remind me of Nazi Germany in 1931?
Why does America in 2011 remind me of Nazi Germany in 1931?
There are so many parallels between the US now and Germany in the early 30's. The Nazi secret police, otherwise known as the Gestapo, were Hitler's police officers who needed no type or warrant or reason to arrest you. They could use forceful entry into your home and arrest you for no reason at all. Hmmm... sounds pretty familiar with what Obama wants legalized for our police officers. When HItler came into power in Nazi Germany he put a ban on personal weapons, another parallel with what our version of Adolf Hitler (Obama) is trying to implement on us. Hitler youth camps were where little children were sent to learn the ways of Nazi Germany and pledge allegience to Hitler, Obama's version of speaking to young kids through their schools. Why doesn't he do this to colleges? Because he knows that college students can think for themselves and many are tired of his bs because they are seeing that when they get out of school they either have no job to go to or they aren't making any money. So I think there are plenty of parallels to the US and Nazi Germany in the 1930's. It really bothers me that people can sit back and actually praise this man for the "great" job he's doing. He is ruining this country every minute and people still think he's great. I don't get it!!! Get over the fact that he's the first BLACK president (if you want to be african move back to africa; you live here you're american... we're all equal right?) and look at the job he's doing.... He will be the reason that this country has its downfall!
Politics - 31 Answers
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It is because you do not know anything about history. During the Night of the Long Knives Hitler ordered the death of the SA's leadership and others who had opposed Hitler in Nazi Germany. He also launched a propaganda campaign demonizing the Jewish scapegoats and glorifying the Germanic Aryan race. The Nazis expelled Jews and imposed forced migration. Hitler later adopted his Final Solution. State-sanctioned anti-Semitism and persecution gave way to liquidation squads and concentration camps. The Nazi leaders developed intricate programs to capture and kill Jews, Gypsies, Slavs and homosexuals in factories of mass destruction. While the estimate that the Holocaust claimed the lives of 6 million Jews is well known, historians also estimate that, the Nazis exterminated an additional 5-6 million non-Jews. Now what did Obama do again?
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blame the gringos they hate us Latinos
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If we're so terrible that you see it necessary to compare us to the Third Reich, why don't you take advantage of the right and liberty to get the f*ck out? and a fun fact for you. Germany was not "Nazi Germany" in 1931. The chancellor of Germany at the time was Heinrich Brüning of Germany's Centre Party. Hitler had yet to take control of the country.
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Oh, I got a video for you too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm-Qgg1OaOE
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Diane, were your parents related, I mean before they got married?
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If that were true then why do the Republicans still exist?
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I bet it's because you watched one too many youtube videos. Another parallel - it snowed a lot this winter in Washington DC. Know where else it snowed a lot? That's right, Berlin 1938. That one makes as much sense.
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No 0bama hate jews as much as hitler did.
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Because they have become in an imperialist monster, who wants domination above anything else, and who is acting desperately to keep ideals that are remote. The problem is Capitalism, its superior phase is Imperialism, and also they have race supremacy over other races in their country, even if they want to ignore it, it's all over the news, especially since Obama released his birth certificate, yahoo news said the problem was discrimination against him due to white supremacy in the U.S!
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Because you're a partisan hack who knows nothing about history!
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you're off your meds again?
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I'm sorry, which party is currently attempting to limit voting rights & pass unconstitutional laws to keep people from voting & running for office? Now I by no means support the democratic party, BUT, it is the Republicans that are selling elected positions in local bankrupt governments, thus taking away the citizens the right to choose their leaders in those communities.
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I don't see any scapegoats yet.
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republicans worry me sometimes
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I love you.
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Because Obama is a totalitarian extremist like Hitler.
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"The problem with the internet is that you can pretty much say anything and somebody will believe it" - Abraham Lincoln
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Have fun tonight because the way you like dropping the N bomb you wont be here tomorrow .
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pretty amazing fellow isn't he? the first jewish muslim communist nazi the world has ever known. is this rant because he won't answer all those love letters you keep sending?
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I used to wonder how Bush was reelected in 2004...
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One has to wonder how you got so stupid. Or are you just exhibiting the typical traits of the core base of Republican voters? If so. Your doing a fine job. All Republicans with a brain should be proud.
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Nazis didn't take power until 1933. Such a cute little rant wasted........ LOL!
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I find the similarities disturbing. Almost as disturbing as the false statements in your little rant.
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Ok, to start, as of 1931, Germany was ruled by the Wiemar Republic, and Hindenburg was president, with Hitler receiving only 35% of the vote. Now that we've established that the basis of your question is wrong, let's get to the rest. Hitler did not put a ban on personal weapons. He encouraged the use of the them in organizations such as the SA, a sort of civilian army that he used as his own police force. Next, he does talk to college students. One of his largest base of supporters in the 2008 primaries and elections were the college kids. The amount of people in the Iowa caucus went up nearly 1,000 from the college students he reached out to. Also, you say he is ruining our country, and then compare him to Adolf Hitler (thus invoking Godwin's law). Hitler was a horrible man who did horrible things, but he also single-handedly seized control of the German government (legally), brought them out of the Great Depression, threw off the Treaty of Versailles, and then proceeded to conquer all of Europe, and bits of Africa. Please try research next time.
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The funny thing is.. Obama and Hitler had songs sung for them by little children. Which living leaders that we can see today get that praise?
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Seriously...look at her other questions. This troll is the best yet. But the real question is how long Diane's lame trolling account will last?
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scary isn't a lot of ppl praised Hitler too and could not see how evil he was and yes it does seem like history is repeating it self . but you know it wont be the jews this time it will be conservatives tea party ppl that well be gassed this time . all we can hope for is that Obama will be a one term president . and for gods sake americans better hang on to there guns because it may be our only defense against this Hitler wanna be. and if you believe in god pray
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diane,because it is.obama is taking the minds of our youth.and leading into a sort of army.they already have NO respect for there parents or seniors.will turn them in in a second for any wrong doing against the system.he is bullying what ever he wants through with out going through the proper channels.his next title.canceler.will cause fear on any one who opposes him.end result a dictator.with no america to oppose him and his cronies.note: mr wolf take your sheep's clothing off.
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Why does America in 2011 remind me of Nazi Germany in 1931? Reminds you. So you were actually there? National Bolshevik If that were true then why do the Republicans still exist? Lol. A bolshevik calling people fascist. That's the pot calling the kettle black.
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The Nazis didn't assume full power until 1933.
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i dont think u can pin the downfall of the entire country on one person or even a specific political party, thats intellectually dishonest and everyone knows it. i do believe a comparison to pre-hitler germany in the final years of it being a free society is fitting though, since we are seeing the exact same steps being taken to close down our free society today. author naomi wolf wrote about this at great length in her book "the end of america" which you can listen to important chunks of for free on youtube im sure. i know i wouldn't click any links posted here, so i won't waste time getting you one.
There are so many parallels between the US now and Germany in the early 30's. The Nazi secret police, otherwise known as the Gestapo, were Hitler's police officers who needed no type or warrant or reason to arrest you. They could use forceful entry into your home and arrest you for no reason at all. Hmmm... sounds pretty familiar with what Obama wants legalized for our police officers. When HItler came into power in Nazi Germany he put a ban on personal weapons, another parallel with what our version of Adolf Hitler (Obama) is trying to implement on us. Hitler youth camps were where little children were sent to learn the ways of Nazi Germany and pledge allegience to Hitler, Obama's version of speaking to young kids through their schools. Why doesn't he do this to colleges? Because he knows that college students can think for themselves and many are tired of his bs because they are seeing that when they get out of school they either have no job to go to or they aren't making any money. So I think there are plenty of parallels to the US and Nazi Germany in the 1930's. It really bothers me that people can sit back and actually praise this man for the "great" job he's doing. He is ruining this country every minute and people still think he's great. I don't get it!!! Get over the fact that he's the first BLACK president (if you want to be african move back to africa; you live here you're american... we're all equal right?) and look at the job he's doing.... He will be the reason that this country has its downfall!
Politics - 31 Answers
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It is because you do not know anything about history. During the Night of the Long Knives Hitler ordered the death of the SA's leadership and others who had opposed Hitler in Nazi Germany. He also launched a propaganda campaign demonizing the Jewish scapegoats and glorifying the Germanic Aryan race. The Nazis expelled Jews and imposed forced migration. Hitler later adopted his Final Solution. State-sanctioned anti-Semitism and persecution gave way to liquidation squads and concentration camps. The Nazi leaders developed intricate programs to capture and kill Jews, Gypsies, Slavs and homosexuals in factories of mass destruction. While the estimate that the Holocaust claimed the lives of 6 million Jews is well known, historians also estimate that, the Nazis exterminated an additional 5-6 million non-Jews. Now what did Obama do again?
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blame the gringos they hate us Latinos
3 :
If we're so terrible that you see it necessary to compare us to the Third Reich, why don't you take advantage of the right and liberty to get the f*ck out? and a fun fact for you. Germany was not "Nazi Germany" in 1931. The chancellor of Germany at the time was Heinrich Brüning of Germany's Centre Party. Hitler had yet to take control of the country.
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Oh, I got a video for you too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm-Qgg1OaOE
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Diane, were your parents related, I mean before they got married?
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If that were true then why do the Republicans still exist?
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I bet it's because you watched one too many youtube videos. Another parallel - it snowed a lot this winter in Washington DC. Know where else it snowed a lot? That's right, Berlin 1938. That one makes as much sense.
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No 0bama hate jews as much as hitler did.
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Because they have become in an imperialist monster, who wants domination above anything else, and who is acting desperately to keep ideals that are remote. The problem is Capitalism, its superior phase is Imperialism, and also they have race supremacy over other races in their country, even if they want to ignore it, it's all over the news, especially since Obama released his birth certificate, yahoo news said the problem was discrimination against him due to white supremacy in the U.S!
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Because you're a partisan hack who knows nothing about history!
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you're off your meds again?
12 :
I'm sorry, which party is currently attempting to limit voting rights & pass unconstitutional laws to keep people from voting & running for office? Now I by no means support the democratic party, BUT, it is the Republicans that are selling elected positions in local bankrupt governments, thus taking away the citizens the right to choose their leaders in those communities.
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I don't see any scapegoats yet.
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republicans worry me sometimes
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I love you.
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Because Obama is a totalitarian extremist like Hitler.
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"The problem with the internet is that you can pretty much say anything and somebody will believe it" - Abraham Lincoln
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Have fun tonight because the way you like dropping the N bomb you wont be here tomorrow .
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pretty amazing fellow isn't he? the first jewish muslim communist nazi the world has ever known. is this rant because he won't answer all those love letters you keep sending?
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I used to wonder how Bush was reelected in 2004...
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One has to wonder how you got so stupid. Or are you just exhibiting the typical traits of the core base of Republican voters? If so. Your doing a fine job. All Republicans with a brain should be proud.
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Nazis didn't take power until 1933. Such a cute little rant wasted........ LOL!
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I find the similarities disturbing. Almost as disturbing as the false statements in your little rant.
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Ok, to start, as of 1931, Germany was ruled by the Wiemar Republic, and Hindenburg was president, with Hitler receiving only 35% of the vote. Now that we've established that the basis of your question is wrong, let's get to the rest. Hitler did not put a ban on personal weapons. He encouraged the use of the them in organizations such as the SA, a sort of civilian army that he used as his own police force. Next, he does talk to college students. One of his largest base of supporters in the 2008 primaries and elections were the college kids. The amount of people in the Iowa caucus went up nearly 1,000 from the college students he reached out to. Also, you say he is ruining our country, and then compare him to Adolf Hitler (thus invoking Godwin's law). Hitler was a horrible man who did horrible things, but he also single-handedly seized control of the German government (legally), brought them out of the Great Depression, threw off the Treaty of Versailles, and then proceeded to conquer all of Europe, and bits of Africa. Please try research next time.
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The funny thing is.. Obama and Hitler had songs sung for them by little children. Which living leaders that we can see today get that praise?
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Seriously...look at her other questions. This troll is the best yet. But the real question is how long Diane's lame trolling account will last?
27 :
scary isn't a lot of ppl praised Hitler too and could not see how evil he was and yes it does seem like history is repeating it self . but you know it wont be the jews this time it will be conservatives tea party ppl that well be gassed this time . all we can hope for is that Obama will be a one term president . and for gods sake americans better hang on to there guns because it may be our only defense against this Hitler wanna be. and if you believe in god pray
28 :
diane,because it is.obama is taking the minds of our youth.and leading into a sort of army.they already have NO respect for there parents or seniors.will turn them in in a second for any wrong doing against the system.he is bullying what ever he wants through with out going through the proper channels.his next title.canceler.will cause fear on any one who opposes him.end result a dictator.with no america to oppose him and his cronies.note: mr wolf take your sheep's clothing off.
29 :
Why does America in 2011 remind me of Nazi Germany in 1931? Reminds you. So you were actually there? National Bolshevik If that were true then why do the Republicans still exist? Lol. A bolshevik calling people fascist. That's the pot calling the kettle black.
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The Nazis didn't assume full power until 1933.
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i dont think u can pin the downfall of the entire country on one person or even a specific political party, thats intellectually dishonest and everyone knows it. i do believe a comparison to pre-hitler germany in the final years of it being a free society is fitting though, since we are seeing the exact same steps being taken to close down our free society today. author naomi wolf wrote about this at great length in her book "the end of america" which you can listen to important chunks of for free on youtube im sure. i know i wouldn't click any links posted here, so i won't waste time getting you one.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
does copyright infringement prevent youtube partnerships?
does copyright infringement prevent youtube partnerships?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW4aSQEivqg i put up this video and youtube picked up on its copyright. it said it cant be played in germany and that they are going to advertise on the video to make up for it. im nowhere near it but, if i were to ever be able to get a youtube partnership, would this make me illegible? i would think it would, but since they are making money off the advertisement then does that make up for the copyright?
YouTube - 1 Answers
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it effects partnership you cant get accepted with copyrighted content
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW4aSQEivqg i put up this video and youtube picked up on its copyright. it said it cant be played in germany and that they are going to advertise on the video to make up for it. im nowhere near it but, if i were to ever be able to get a youtube partnership, would this make me illegible? i would think it would, but since they are making money off the advertisement then does that make up for the copyright?
YouTube - 1 Answers
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it effects partnership you cant get accepted with copyrighted content
Thursday, May 1, 2014
What are some fun fundraising ideas?
What are some fun fundraising ideas?
I need to make some extra money to go on a trip to England, France, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, and Switzerland. It is expensive to go. So I need to make some extra money. Thanks!
Primary & Secondary Education - 1 Answers
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Sell Peanut Brittle.
I need to make some extra money to go on a trip to England, France, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, and Switzerland. It is expensive to go. So I need to make some extra money. Thanks!
Primary & Secondary Education - 1 Answers
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Sell Peanut Brittle.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Do you really think Social Security will survive?
Do you really think Social Security will survive?
I was told long ago that the American govt. wants twenty percent of the population, meaning the old and disabled to just die. Japan, Germany, England, France, Canada. etc. take care of their old and infirm. Not so, America. Watch now where the cuts come from their over spending on wars to make more money. It will come off the backs of the old and infirm who have no way to fight back. That's what America has become and what it is and why it will fall.
Government - 5 Answers
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Its funded through 2037. All politicians know that if they cut any part of it they will be voted out of office.
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Like most ponzi schemes...Its failure is inevitable.
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^^dolt. It's funded through 2037, at which point it will pay out 80% benefits, IF nothing is done.
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Societies have been judged on how they treat the old so in ours we will be judges as being less then helpful. I don't think social security is in as much trouble as medicare and those cuts will be on the backs on the old and infirmed
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Yeah, and they're also trying to illuminate the middle class. Soon it will be rich and poor. No in between. Oh and I highly suggest you do a little research on vaccines.
I was told long ago that the American govt. wants twenty percent of the population, meaning the old and disabled to just die. Japan, Germany, England, France, Canada. etc. take care of their old and infirm. Not so, America. Watch now where the cuts come from their over spending on wars to make more money. It will come off the backs of the old and infirm who have no way to fight back. That's what America has become and what it is and why it will fall.
Government - 5 Answers
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Its funded through 2037. All politicians know that if they cut any part of it they will be voted out of office.
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Like most ponzi schemes...Its failure is inevitable.
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^^dolt. It's funded through 2037, at which point it will pay out 80% benefits, IF nothing is done.
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Societies have been judged on how they treat the old so in ours we will be judges as being less then helpful. I don't think social security is in as much trouble as medicare and those cuts will be on the backs on the old and infirmed
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Yeah, and they're also trying to illuminate the middle class. Soon it will be rich and poor. No in between. Oh and I highly suggest you do a little research on vaccines.
Monday, April 14, 2014
tell me why drugs should or should not be legalized?
tell me why drugs should or should not be legalized?
Prohibition does not prevent cannabis use by children or the mentally ill, the vulnerable populations whom we supposedly want to protect. Instead, cannabis prohibition makes it more difficult for parents, patients, society, doctors and law enforcement to control cannabis use. The Drug War makes honest education about cannabis impossible, and leaves cannabis users marginalized in ways that make their lives more stressful. This stress is unhealthy for everyone, but it is certainly most damaging to people with schizophrenia. Cannabis prohibition is not merely a failure; it is a counterproductive fraud that is harming those whom we claim we want to protect. There are currently more teens in treatment centers for marijuana in comparison to those admitted for alcohol. Only an idiot would have to ask why alcohol is not the no#1 problem after all alcohol is perfectly legal ( If you are 21.) That is due to responsible people handling alcohol by way of the carding and id system. Contraband markets make no age disgression. Since the crackdown on tobacco there are 75% fewer teens trying or using tobacco. However when it comes to cannabis and other illicit substances it’s a whole other ball game. Control, regulation and better education work prohibition, dose not. Or as John Walters of the ondcp (Office for national drug control policy) calls it “ a war on drugs†(Sorry John but it's true look at the Netherlands) America loves a war even if it is on it’s own people. One of several reason they don’t legalize drugs is not because of the harm of drugs, But people would lose more money in the long run. Some of the people behind the support of this irrational so called war are The tobacco industry, the alcohol and distilled spirit industry ( people simply don’t drink as much, or decide not to drink at all with cannabis meaning a decline in there sales. The pharmaceutical corporations can not make money on whole or raw cannabis, but they can charge an arm and a leg for there synthetic Marinol (dronabinol) CIII. The textile and paper industry would lose out from hemp production, sinse hemp dose not need to go through all the various processes that ordinary tree products would. Also it’s possible to get two harvest in one season. However people don’t know the difference between industrial hemp and smokeable cannabis, yet they are able to distinguish between the two in other country’s like Germany, the UK , Netherlands and even Canada, but our `DEA agents are so dumb they cant tell the difference between a stalk and a bush. Also people who have any knowledge of growing high quality cannabis will tell you that male plants should never be grown next to your high grade female plants, (unless of course you want to pollinate for future seed production). When it comes to farming hemp the males are left in tact to pollinate the females and produce as much seed as possible. This would mean a seedy mess for the pot smoker to clean up and produce undesirable future generations of smokeable cannabis. If anything, Hemp farming would be anti marijuana and would harm any outdoor pot farming within a one mile radius of any hemp farm. The petroleum industry would also be affected, sinse almost everything that can be made from petroleum can be synthesized from hemp oil, everything from bio fuel to even plastics. If North America would use a third of it’s land for hemp production we could create enough bio fuel to supply an area the size of Canada. Now also for a moment consider how many people are incarcerated over just cannabis who are currently in the prisons and jails. If cannabis were legalized and all inmates serving time for cannabis were freed there would be an over abundance of empty cells, and millions of guards in this country would be no longer needed. The prison building industry would almost be obsolete ( and if all drugs were legalized that would mean even more empty cells). So the prison system must have some means of gaining more inmates. Not to mention other areas such as treatment centers, probation.etc or HIDTA high intensity drug traffic areas where money is fed in to law enforcement, (they would miss there green $$$) Drugs , not even alcohol are the cause of the fundamental ills of society, rather than checking people for the presence of drugs, they should first test people for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power. Check out Law Enforcement Against Prohibition at <WWW.LEAP.CC>
Law Enforcement & Police - 9 Answers
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The DEA has been fighting th War on Drugs for over 30 years. What have they won? The highest incarceration rate in the world?
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Okay, I don't have enough time to read all of that...so sorry. I hate drugs, but we shouldn't make them illegal. I heard from this one teacher I had a while back that one time, alchohol was illegal and people tried making their own, so a ton of people got killed from that. It's not that I take drugs, but if we make them illegal then more people could get killed. But hey--what do I know?
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they "some drugs" may be natural or derived from plants, however that dose not make the healthy or good for you Drug use is almost always associated with persons that are criminals that commit crimes to support their drug habits.
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Drugs are already legal! Alcohol intoxicates and impairs your system, is addictive and available quite openly. Cigarrettes are very addictive too, and widely available. A quick rush? Pick up glue, nail polish, or turpentine anywhere. Numerous herbs, flowering shrubs and mushrooms are hallucinogenic, yet available for purchase all over. So what is the big deal? Whoever wants to poison himself will find the way anyhow
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I truly believe you are the only person whom writes more than I... As a retired Police Officer I can attest Marijuana is just another drug, when used for recreational purposes it just makes stupid people more stupid and smart ones, Stupid. Alcohol does the exact same thing, yet, it is legal, for the most part. By Making "drugs" illegal, we force users to step into motor vehicles and drive to the backroads to drink or get stoned. Purhaps if all drugs were legal, this hiding would not occure and those whom choose to use them would do so openly, at home. This issue is about family intervention and Not Government; the exception would be, If You Drive Drunk or Stoned, your fair game for law enforcement. Education is the key as No Law will stop anyone from obtaining and using Any Drug, Ever. Prohibition showed us what makingt bad law was all about, Alcohol being made illegal was sold anyway for High Prices and this "new" drug issue is exactly the same as prohibition was of the 1920's. The money spent of "drug interediction" and policing could be spent on education.
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For one thing it would wipe out the national debt.
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yes,if it were any other war like the one on drugs we would have considered it a loss. we spend billions every year to lock up ppl , when that money could be spent on rehab and rebuilding the communities.
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Drugs are bad, just deal with it. I'm sick and tired of stoners coming up with stupid outlandish reasons to legalize drugs just so they don't worry about getting slammed with fines and jail time. As far as the supposed medicinal uses go (for pain and anti-vomiting in cancer patients) compazine and vicodin do wonders without stinking up the hospital from pot smoke. I didn't read the entire "question" but whatever reasons there are to legalize use of it, I'm sure that there are better alternatives than making it easier for druggies to stay out on the streets and killing people "accidentally" because they shouldn't be driving around while high.
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For me it comes down to this...it's my body and what I put in it whether it be heroin or drano is nobody else's business! Now if I break other laws such as driving under the influence or putting kids in danger, then you prosecute me under those laws. Our current 'War On Drugs' is a waste of time and money. We have prisons stuffed to the brim with people that have committed the crime of owning or using a substance that hurt nobody but themselves. On top of that, things that were once legal are now illegal. How can something be ok at one time then cause you to go to jail if your timing is wrong? Millions of people drank Coke when it still contained cocaine and it didn't cause any harm. Try that today and the harm you face will be a lengthy jail sentence.
Prohibition does not prevent cannabis use by children or the mentally ill, the vulnerable populations whom we supposedly want to protect. Instead, cannabis prohibition makes it more difficult for parents, patients, society, doctors and law enforcement to control cannabis use. The Drug War makes honest education about cannabis impossible, and leaves cannabis users marginalized in ways that make their lives more stressful. This stress is unhealthy for everyone, but it is certainly most damaging to people with schizophrenia. Cannabis prohibition is not merely a failure; it is a counterproductive fraud that is harming those whom we claim we want to protect. There are currently more teens in treatment centers for marijuana in comparison to those admitted for alcohol. Only an idiot would have to ask why alcohol is not the no#1 problem after all alcohol is perfectly legal ( If you are 21.) That is due to responsible people handling alcohol by way of the carding and id system. Contraband markets make no age disgression. Since the crackdown on tobacco there are 75% fewer teens trying or using tobacco. However when it comes to cannabis and other illicit substances it’s a whole other ball game. Control, regulation and better education work prohibition, dose not. Or as John Walters of the ondcp (Office for national drug control policy) calls it “ a war on drugs†(Sorry John but it's true look at the Netherlands) America loves a war even if it is on it’s own people. One of several reason they don’t legalize drugs is not because of the harm of drugs, But people would lose more money in the long run. Some of the people behind the support of this irrational so called war are The tobacco industry, the alcohol and distilled spirit industry ( people simply don’t drink as much, or decide not to drink at all with cannabis meaning a decline in there sales. The pharmaceutical corporations can not make money on whole or raw cannabis, but they can charge an arm and a leg for there synthetic Marinol (dronabinol) CIII. The textile and paper industry would lose out from hemp production, sinse hemp dose not need to go through all the various processes that ordinary tree products would. Also it’s possible to get two harvest in one season. However people don’t know the difference between industrial hemp and smokeable cannabis, yet they are able to distinguish between the two in other country’s like Germany, the UK , Netherlands and even Canada, but our `DEA agents are so dumb they cant tell the difference between a stalk and a bush. Also people who have any knowledge of growing high quality cannabis will tell you that male plants should never be grown next to your high grade female plants, (unless of course you want to pollinate for future seed production). When it comes to farming hemp the males are left in tact to pollinate the females and produce as much seed as possible. This would mean a seedy mess for the pot smoker to clean up and produce undesirable future generations of smokeable cannabis. If anything, Hemp farming would be anti marijuana and would harm any outdoor pot farming within a one mile radius of any hemp farm. The petroleum industry would also be affected, sinse almost everything that can be made from petroleum can be synthesized from hemp oil, everything from bio fuel to even plastics. If North America would use a third of it’s land for hemp production we could create enough bio fuel to supply an area the size of Canada. Now also for a moment consider how many people are incarcerated over just cannabis who are currently in the prisons and jails. If cannabis were legalized and all inmates serving time for cannabis were freed there would be an over abundance of empty cells, and millions of guards in this country would be no longer needed. The prison building industry would almost be obsolete ( and if all drugs were legalized that would mean even more empty cells). So the prison system must have some means of gaining more inmates. Not to mention other areas such as treatment centers, probation.etc or HIDTA high intensity drug traffic areas where money is fed in to law enforcement, (they would miss there green $$$) Drugs , not even alcohol are the cause of the fundamental ills of society, rather than checking people for the presence of drugs, they should first test people for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power. Check out Law Enforcement Against Prohibition at <WWW.LEAP.CC>
Law Enforcement & Police - 9 Answers
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The DEA has been fighting th War on Drugs for over 30 years. What have they won? The highest incarceration rate in the world?
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Okay, I don't have enough time to read all of that...so sorry. I hate drugs, but we shouldn't make them illegal. I heard from this one teacher I had a while back that one time, alchohol was illegal and people tried making their own, so a ton of people got killed from that. It's not that I take drugs, but if we make them illegal then more people could get killed. But hey--what do I know?
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they "some drugs" may be natural or derived from plants, however that dose not make the healthy or good for you Drug use is almost always associated with persons that are criminals that commit crimes to support their drug habits.
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Drugs are already legal! Alcohol intoxicates and impairs your system, is addictive and available quite openly. Cigarrettes are very addictive too, and widely available. A quick rush? Pick up glue, nail polish, or turpentine anywhere. Numerous herbs, flowering shrubs and mushrooms are hallucinogenic, yet available for purchase all over. So what is the big deal? Whoever wants to poison himself will find the way anyhow
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I truly believe you are the only person whom writes more than I... As a retired Police Officer I can attest Marijuana is just another drug, when used for recreational purposes it just makes stupid people more stupid and smart ones, Stupid. Alcohol does the exact same thing, yet, it is legal, for the most part. By Making "drugs" illegal, we force users to step into motor vehicles and drive to the backroads to drink or get stoned. Purhaps if all drugs were legal, this hiding would not occure and those whom choose to use them would do so openly, at home. This issue is about family intervention and Not Government; the exception would be, If You Drive Drunk or Stoned, your fair game for law enforcement. Education is the key as No Law will stop anyone from obtaining and using Any Drug, Ever. Prohibition showed us what makingt bad law was all about, Alcohol being made illegal was sold anyway for High Prices and this "new" drug issue is exactly the same as prohibition was of the 1920's. The money spent of "drug interediction" and policing could be spent on education.
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For one thing it would wipe out the national debt.
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yes,if it were any other war like the one on drugs we would have considered it a loss. we spend billions every year to lock up ppl , when that money could be spent on rehab and rebuilding the communities.
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Drugs are bad, just deal with it. I'm sick and tired of stoners coming up with stupid outlandish reasons to legalize drugs just so they don't worry about getting slammed with fines and jail time. As far as the supposed medicinal uses go (for pain and anti-vomiting in cancer patients) compazine and vicodin do wonders without stinking up the hospital from pot smoke. I didn't read the entire "question" but whatever reasons there are to legalize use of it, I'm sure that there are better alternatives than making it easier for druggies to stay out on the streets and killing people "accidentally" because they shouldn't be driving around while high.
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For me it comes down to this...it's my body and what I put in it whether it be heroin or drano is nobody else's business! Now if I break other laws such as driving under the influence or putting kids in danger, then you prosecute me under those laws. Our current 'War On Drugs' is a waste of time and money. We have prisons stuffed to the brim with people that have committed the crime of owning or using a substance that hurt nobody but themselves. On top of that, things that were once legal are now illegal. How can something be ok at one time then cause you to go to jail if your timing is wrong? Millions of people drank Coke when it still contained cocaine and it didn't cause any harm. Try that today and the harm you face will be a lengthy jail sentence.
Monday, April 7, 2014
Can the beneficiary for my life insurance be a non us citizen living in Germany (my parents)?
Can the beneficiary for my life insurance be a non us citizen living in Germany (my parents)?
I'm a permanent resident (German citizen) and work and live here in the US. I have two live insurance policy's and would like to put my parents down as beneficiary for one of them. My parents are German citizens and live in Germany. How can I make them the beneficiary when they obviously don't have a Social Security Number and don't live here in the US. The form for the live insurance requested a SS#. How can I make sure my parents will get the insurance money in the case of my death? I am married and want my parents to get the money if me and my husband pass away at the same time.
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You need to speak to the insurance companies about this.
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You would submit a copy of the life insurance policy (or a letter from the insurance company) with a form W-7 for each parent to the IRS. This will get you a number to give to the insurance company.
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You can make ANY entity - person, company, trust, non-profit organization, etc... a beneficiary. They DO NOT need to fill out any particular form. AND, you do not need to 'ask' the insurance company. You 'tell' the insurance company whom you want to be listed as the beneficiary.
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It would be helpful to the insurance company if you give them your parents names, addresses and any ID number that they might have in their country. Not that you have to but it makes things easier if there is a claim.
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lifeinsurance.awardspace.info - try this one. I have their insurance and, as remember, they can provide such a service.
I'm a permanent resident (German citizen) and work and live here in the US. I have two live insurance policy's and would like to put my parents down as beneficiary for one of them. My parents are German citizens and live in Germany. How can I make them the beneficiary when they obviously don't have a Social Security Number and don't live here in the US. The form for the live insurance requested a SS#. How can I make sure my parents will get the insurance money in the case of my death? I am married and want my parents to get the money if me and my husband pass away at the same time.
Insurance - 5 Answers
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You need to speak to the insurance companies about this.
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You would submit a copy of the life insurance policy (or a letter from the insurance company) with a form W-7 for each parent to the IRS. This will get you a number to give to the insurance company.
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You can make ANY entity - person, company, trust, non-profit organization, etc... a beneficiary. They DO NOT need to fill out any particular form. AND, you do not need to 'ask' the insurance company. You 'tell' the insurance company whom you want to be listed as the beneficiary.
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It would be helpful to the insurance company if you give them your parents names, addresses and any ID number that they might have in their country. Not that you have to but it makes things easier if there is a claim.
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lifeinsurance.awardspace.info - try this one. I have their insurance and, as remember, they can provide such a service.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
What is an awesome bike these days?
What is an awesome bike these days?
Giant, KHS, Trek, Globe. All sound like wonderful brands. Trek makes at least one bike in the USA. Which one would you recommend? Can I find any quality bike made in Canada, the States, or Europe or Japan? Why does it HAVE to come from Taiwan? The Chinese already make enough money off of us. Why not give other countries a chance for fair trade. Aren't there any bikes that I can get from Germany, Holland, or some other place in Western Europe? I'm looking for a road bike that is durable, light weight and competitively priced. Also how do I get bicycle insurance? Who offers it?
Cycling - 9 Answers
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Heed this advice... Go with your gut instinct, in buying a good bike. More $$ does NOT = More quality. I found that out the hard way. First off, lemme tell you that I am in no way a bycicle guru... And also know that I am usually not a big-buck spender (I'm actually known to be quite "cheap" by my friends' standards, 90% of the time, or so). But I decided to really get into biking last summer. And dog-gonnet, I wanted to have one of the best damn bikes on the road, regardless of cost!...Now, normally, I'd consider spending upward to $200 for a good-quality bike. But I decided to really research it, and really cough up the big bucks, swallow my pride about being financially responsible, and go splurge my money on the great-quality bike! I coughed up $400 on a Gary Fisher bike (made by Trek). Why did I spend $400 on a Gary Fisher bike??? Because I asked multiple friends who were serious into biking, as well as browsed enthusiast sites online, as well as visiting and asking SIX different local bike stores......they all agreed that, without spending $1,000 or more, Gary Fisher was pretty much my best choice. Well....guess what. That $400 bike has had it's seat FALL OFF WHILE I RODE IT (off-road, but cerrrrrtainly not any extremem stunts...just a calm hilly dirt path), brake problems, and now I believe I have a bent back rim because my back brakes pulsate when I squeeze them. And overall, I hear a "click"ing noise every time I apply a decent amount of pressure on my first pedal as I get started... So yeeeeeeah.....$400.....for a bike who's quality is well below what I had a couple years ago in a bike that costed $150?????? Is it worth it???? NO!!!! Honestly, just go with your gut instincts... If you really think it's going to be worth it - cough up some $$.... If you honestly feel good about a cheaper bike that looks and feels great....go with that one. It'll probly be easier and more relaxing on your conscious to know you saved $250 on your initial purchase, even if you have to replace a couple parts over the next few years for a few bucks here and there. Good luck, dude. (Oh....and.... for the sake of men everywhere....get a big wide cushy gel-seat...your rump and your boys will thank you later)
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Look at Santa Cruz bikes. Many components come from Asia, and some from Europe and the US. The main reason fro this is that the majority of bikes and components are sold there. Bike insurance is probably covered under your homeowners or renters policy. Check with your agent to see if it is covered.
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Cannondale is still made in the USA. Some others are made in Italy - Maybe Pinarello or Bianchi or MAssi -Fexarri - Torelli - Mondonico - but not sure they are all made in italy. I am sure there are others too. Maybe you can find an 07 bike in a shop - here are the '07 steel ones from Bianchi - http://www.bianchiusa.com/07_road.html
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Have you actually ridden any of the bikes you mention? You would be amazed at how many bike frames[good frames] are welded in taiwan,good frames welded to specs. You want a custom frame? Try Mark Beaver in Halifax nova scotia.He will weld you what you want.[Cyclesmith novascotia]I do hope you like steel. Just a shot in the dark,and I wish you luck
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There are two words that are not compatible.. european bikes and competitively priced. THe point of making bikes in Taiwan is basically lower costs more sales and more revenue. I happen to have an Specialized Tarmac SL made in taiwan and is one, if no the best bike that ive owned (previously C-40 Coast Issue, CT-2, Trek 5900). I used to have a Colnagos and right know im still wondering how in the hell i paid that amoutn of money for a bike. Trek basically manufactures bikes in the US based on Pride... however that doesnt make them any better than other brands. On the other side try go get a BMC, Colnago, Look, Guerciotti, Daccorrdi.. with the price of an european frames you can get a full Trek, Giant or Specialized bike. But if you have the cash and want to roll in style go ahead.
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trust me go with a redline or eastern element bike there the best qulity. I have a red line bike and i hit ramps from 3 feet and landed on tree stups with the rim and the rim is in 100% condition and no wabuling. ooh yeah my redline bike is called a rival.
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Regardless of where the bike maker is based, you are very likely to get a frame manufactured somewhere in Asia. That's true for even very high priced Canadian or European brands. The "rule" is that a manufacturer can claim "made in" his country if he increases the value by 60%. To see where the big label bikes are actually made, check out http://allanti.com/page.cfm?PageID=328 HTH
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Check out this site. It will answer all of your questions. Good luck. http://allanti.com/page.cfm?PageID=328 Oh, I see someone else already gave you this link. Sorry.
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to me giant has no competition. they simply the best bikes for the money
Giant, KHS, Trek, Globe. All sound like wonderful brands. Trek makes at least one bike in the USA. Which one would you recommend? Can I find any quality bike made in Canada, the States, or Europe or Japan? Why does it HAVE to come from Taiwan? The Chinese already make enough money off of us. Why not give other countries a chance for fair trade. Aren't there any bikes that I can get from Germany, Holland, or some other place in Western Europe? I'm looking for a road bike that is durable, light weight and competitively priced. Also how do I get bicycle insurance? Who offers it?
Cycling - 9 Answers
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Heed this advice... Go with your gut instinct, in buying a good bike. More $$ does NOT = More quality. I found that out the hard way. First off, lemme tell you that I am in no way a bycicle guru... And also know that I am usually not a big-buck spender (I'm actually known to be quite "cheap" by my friends' standards, 90% of the time, or so). But I decided to really get into biking last summer. And dog-gonnet, I wanted to have one of the best damn bikes on the road, regardless of cost!...Now, normally, I'd consider spending upward to $200 for a good-quality bike. But I decided to really research it, and really cough up the big bucks, swallow my pride about being financially responsible, and go splurge my money on the great-quality bike! I coughed up $400 on a Gary Fisher bike (made by Trek). Why did I spend $400 on a Gary Fisher bike??? Because I asked multiple friends who were serious into biking, as well as browsed enthusiast sites online, as well as visiting and asking SIX different local bike stores......they all agreed that, without spending $1,000 or more, Gary Fisher was pretty much my best choice. Well....guess what. That $400 bike has had it's seat FALL OFF WHILE I RODE IT (off-road, but cerrrrrtainly not any extremem stunts...just a calm hilly dirt path), brake problems, and now I believe I have a bent back rim because my back brakes pulsate when I squeeze them. And overall, I hear a "click"ing noise every time I apply a decent amount of pressure on my first pedal as I get started... So yeeeeeeah.....$400.....for a bike who's quality is well below what I had a couple years ago in a bike that costed $150?????? Is it worth it???? NO!!!! Honestly, just go with your gut instincts... If you really think it's going to be worth it - cough up some $$.... If you honestly feel good about a cheaper bike that looks and feels great....go with that one. It'll probly be easier and more relaxing on your conscious to know you saved $250 on your initial purchase, even if you have to replace a couple parts over the next few years for a few bucks here and there. Good luck, dude. (Oh....and.... for the sake of men everywhere....get a big wide cushy gel-seat...your rump and your boys will thank you later)
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Look at Santa Cruz bikes. Many components come from Asia, and some from Europe and the US. The main reason fro this is that the majority of bikes and components are sold there. Bike insurance is probably covered under your homeowners or renters policy. Check with your agent to see if it is covered.
3 :
Cannondale is still made in the USA. Some others are made in Italy - Maybe Pinarello or Bianchi or MAssi -Fexarri - Torelli - Mondonico - but not sure they are all made in italy. I am sure there are others too. Maybe you can find an 07 bike in a shop - here are the '07 steel ones from Bianchi - http://www.bianchiusa.com/07_road.html
4 :
Have you actually ridden any of the bikes you mention? You would be amazed at how many bike frames[good frames] are welded in taiwan,good frames welded to specs. You want a custom frame? Try Mark Beaver in Halifax nova scotia.He will weld you what you want.[Cyclesmith novascotia]I do hope you like steel. Just a shot in the dark,and I wish you luck
5 :
There are two words that are not compatible.. european bikes and competitively priced. THe point of making bikes in Taiwan is basically lower costs more sales and more revenue. I happen to have an Specialized Tarmac SL made in taiwan and is one, if no the best bike that ive owned (previously C-40 Coast Issue, CT-2, Trek 5900). I used to have a Colnagos and right know im still wondering how in the hell i paid that amoutn of money for a bike. Trek basically manufactures bikes in the US based on Pride... however that doesnt make them any better than other brands. On the other side try go get a BMC, Colnago, Look, Guerciotti, Daccorrdi.. with the price of an european frames you can get a full Trek, Giant or Specialized bike. But if you have the cash and want to roll in style go ahead.
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trust me go with a redline or eastern element bike there the best qulity. I have a red line bike and i hit ramps from 3 feet and landed on tree stups with the rim and the rim is in 100% condition and no wabuling. ooh yeah my redline bike is called a rival.
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Regardless of where the bike maker is based, you are very likely to get a frame manufactured somewhere in Asia. That's true for even very high priced Canadian or European brands. The "rule" is that a manufacturer can claim "made in" his country if he increases the value by 60%. To see where the big label bikes are actually made, check out http://allanti.com/page.cfm?PageID=328 HTH
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Check out this site. It will answer all of your questions. Good luck. http://allanti.com/page.cfm?PageID=328 Oh, I see someone else already gave you this link. Sorry.
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to me giant has no competition. they simply the best bikes for the money
Friday, March 28, 2014
Are you looking for spending your money on charity work? Spend it on me please i want to study abroad.?
Are you looking for spending your money on charity work? Spend it on me please i want to study abroad.?
Hi! My name is shahin shah and I am a school teacher. I have got a master degree and want to study more but i don't have money to do so. I want to do Ph.D. from Germany. I am looking for such a person or an organization who could help me. I especially appeal to the Arabic brothers please please help me. I'll pray for you. But please don't give me Zakat money because I am Syed. I think the best charity is education. I'll be much oblinged. you can make an inquiry before donating me. With best Regards shahin
Financial Aid - 3 Answers
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sorry,I wish i could help .
Hi! My name is shahin shah and I am a school teacher. I have got a master degree and want to study more but i don't have money to do so. I want to do Ph.D. from Germany. I am looking for such a person or an organization who could help me. I especially appeal to the Arabic brothers please please help me. I'll pray for you. But please don't give me Zakat money because I am Syed. I think the best charity is education. I'll be much oblinged. you can make an inquiry before donating me. With best Regards shahin
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sorry,I wish i could help .
Friday, March 14, 2014
Howcome many European nations don't have laundromats?
Howcome many European nations don't have laundromats?
I recall this being true in Italy and I think much of Germany and Austria don't have self-service laundromats. You have to pay someone to do your laundry and 20 years ago it was an arm and a leg. I think I paid 15 dollars for one basket full of clothes. I would think some enterprising businessman could make money just off of the tourists and students who want a laundromat.
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maybe you just went the wrong places, nowadays you can find them anywhere.
I recall this being true in Italy and I think much of Germany and Austria don't have self-service laundromats. You have to pay someone to do your laundry and 20 years ago it was an arm and a leg. I think I paid 15 dollars for one basket full of clothes. I would think some enterprising businessman could make money just off of the tourists and students who want a laundromat.
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maybe you just went the wrong places, nowadays you can find them anywhere.
Friday, March 7, 2014
Why do Governments "Borrow" money from Banks at interest to pay for Wars?
Why do Governments "Borrow" money from Banks at interest to pay for Wars?
The UK Independent of 9 Nov 2009, carried an article entitled Remembrance: 'At least we knew what we were fighting for in 1944', and invited comment. 'At least we knew what we were fighting for in 1944'. Did we really know?? Only a very few knew what was being fought for and why. It was not for "Freedom and Democracy". Wars are deliberately brought about by rich and powerful people, for the sole purpose of their becoming more rich and more powerful. It is for the same people, and for the same reason, that present wars are being fought. It is those same rich and powerful people who send our young men and women to die. And it is all for the profit of those same rich and powerful people. It was the same in 1939. Nothing has changed. The rich and powerful people don't fight, but they send our red-blooded youth as cannon fodder, to die for their gain, and their gain alone. And where do our governments get the money to finance these wars of aggression? They borrow it from the banks, of course. And just exactly where do these banks [which are owned by those rich and powerful people] get the money to loan to our governments, by which loans they put our governments, meaning us ordinary citizens, in their debt?? All while charging usurious rates of interest on their loans to our government? Precisely. meaning precisely, where does the money come from?? It is created out of thin air, at the very moment it is accepted by our government as a loan. Quotations below verify this statement. Those same rich and powerful people control the media in all its forms, so that you and I are not told the truth, but are told what they want us to think, which they, themselves have boldly stated at times. WW2, started by us in 1939, was brought about by those same rich and powerful people, because they were not able compete with Germany in the business of manufacturing and world trade. They realized that they would shortly lose both power and money, because Germany was outclassing them in quality and production in the world markets. The love of money is the root of all evil. - The Bible "The very idea of a government that can create money for itself, allowing banks to create money that the government then borrows, and pays interest on, is so preposterous that it staggers the imagination." - William Hixson, Canadian Economist "Once a nation parts with the control of its credit and money, it matters not who makes the nation's laws. Usury, once in control, will wreck any nation. Until the control of the issuance of currency and credit is restored to government, and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talk of sovereignty, of parliament, and of democracy, is idle and futile." - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada "I care not what puppet is placed on the throne of England, to rule the Empire. The man that controls Britain's money supply controls the British Empire. And I control the money supply. " - Baron Nathan Mayer Rothschild London financier, Rothschild bank "The study of money, above all other fields in economics, is one in which complexity is used to disguise truth or to evade truth, not to reveal it. The process by which banks create money is so simple the mind is repelled. With something so important, a deeper mystery seems only decent." - John Kenneth Galbraith Canadian economist, Harvard professor. "The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks." - John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, First Baron Acton of Aldenham "When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain." - Napoleon Bonaparte, French emperor "It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning." - Henry Ford, Founder of Ford Motor Company So, can someone please tell me WHY do we continue with this OBVIOUS con?
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mismanagement
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These same people you talk about, rule us, teach us, bribe us, and enslave us. I think we are taught from an early age to "love" the government. This is why it is so hard for most people to accept the truth of your post. It is a hard truth and an ugly truth. Most people would rather live in the continued fantasy of: Freedom, TV, and technology. Speaking of the hard, ugly truth. We are slaves to these rulers. We are given the illusion of freedom, not because our rulers want us to be free, but because slaves who think they are free produce more than slaves who know they are not. It is very hard to approach our fellow slaves with these truths, because its not that our masters would beat us if we spoke them, but our fellow slaves will attack us trying to deny them.
The UK Independent of 9 Nov 2009, carried an article entitled Remembrance: 'At least we knew what we were fighting for in 1944', and invited comment. 'At least we knew what we were fighting for in 1944'. Did we really know?? Only a very few knew what was being fought for and why. It was not for "Freedom and Democracy". Wars are deliberately brought about by rich and powerful people, for the sole purpose of their becoming more rich and more powerful. It is for the same people, and for the same reason, that present wars are being fought. It is those same rich and powerful people who send our young men and women to die. And it is all for the profit of those same rich and powerful people. It was the same in 1939. Nothing has changed. The rich and powerful people don't fight, but they send our red-blooded youth as cannon fodder, to die for their gain, and their gain alone. And where do our governments get the money to finance these wars of aggression? They borrow it from the banks, of course. And just exactly where do these banks [which are owned by those rich and powerful people] get the money to loan to our governments, by which loans they put our governments, meaning us ordinary citizens, in their debt?? All while charging usurious rates of interest on their loans to our government? Precisely. meaning precisely, where does the money come from?? It is created out of thin air, at the very moment it is accepted by our government as a loan. Quotations below verify this statement. Those same rich and powerful people control the media in all its forms, so that you and I are not told the truth, but are told what they want us to think, which they, themselves have boldly stated at times. WW2, started by us in 1939, was brought about by those same rich and powerful people, because they were not able compete with Germany in the business of manufacturing and world trade. They realized that they would shortly lose both power and money, because Germany was outclassing them in quality and production in the world markets. The love of money is the root of all evil. - The Bible "The very idea of a government that can create money for itself, allowing banks to create money that the government then borrows, and pays interest on, is so preposterous that it staggers the imagination." - William Hixson, Canadian Economist "Once a nation parts with the control of its credit and money, it matters not who makes the nation's laws. Usury, once in control, will wreck any nation. Until the control of the issuance of currency and credit is restored to government, and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talk of sovereignty, of parliament, and of democracy, is idle and futile." - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada "I care not what puppet is placed on the throne of England, to rule the Empire. The man that controls Britain's money supply controls the British Empire. And I control the money supply. " - Baron Nathan Mayer Rothschild London financier, Rothschild bank "The study of money, above all other fields in economics, is one in which complexity is used to disguise truth or to evade truth, not to reveal it. The process by which banks create money is so simple the mind is repelled. With something so important, a deeper mystery seems only decent." - John Kenneth Galbraith Canadian economist, Harvard professor. "The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks." - John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, First Baron Acton of Aldenham "When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain." - Napoleon Bonaparte, French emperor "It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning." - Henry Ford, Founder of Ford Motor Company So, can someone please tell me WHY do we continue with this OBVIOUS con?
Other - Politics & Government - 2 Answers
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mismanagement
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These same people you talk about, rule us, teach us, bribe us, and enslave us. I think we are taught from an early age to "love" the government. This is why it is so hard for most people to accept the truth of your post. It is a hard truth and an ugly truth. Most people would rather live in the continued fantasy of: Freedom, TV, and technology. Speaking of the hard, ugly truth. We are slaves to these rulers. We are given the illusion of freedom, not because our rulers want us to be free, but because slaves who think they are free produce more than slaves who know they are not. It is very hard to approach our fellow slaves with these truths, because its not that our masters would beat us if we spoke them, but our fellow slaves will attack us trying to deny them.
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Why do Governments "Borrow" money from Banks at interest to pay for Wars?
Why do Governments "Borrow" money from Banks at interest to pay for Wars?
The UK Independent of 9 Nov 2009, carried an article entitled Remembrance: 'At least we knew what we were fighting for in 1944', and invited comment. 'At least we knew what we were fighting for in 1944'. Did we really know?? Only a very few knew what was being fought for and why. It was not for "Freedom and Democracy". Wars are deliberately brought about by rich and powerful people, for the sole purpose of their becoming more rich and more powerful. It is for the same people, and for the same reason, that present wars are being fought. It is those same rich and powerful people who send our young men and women to die. And it is all for the profit of those same rich and powerful people. It was the same in 1939. Nothing has changed. The rich and powerful people don't fight, but they send our red-blooded youth as cannon fodder, to die for their gain, and their gain alone. And where do our governments get the money to finance these wars of aggression? They borrow it from the banks, of course. And just exactly where do these banks [which are owned by those rich and powerful people] get the money to loan to our governments, by which loans they put our governments, meaning us ordinary citizens, in their debt?? All while charging usurious rates of interest on their loans to our government? Precisely. meaning precisely, where does the money come from?? It is created out of thin air, at the very moment it is accepted by our government as a loan. Quotations below verify this statement. Those same rich and powerful people control the media in all its forms, so that you and I are not told the truth, but are told what they want us to think, which they, themselves have boldly stated at times. WW2, started by us in 1939, was brought about by those same rich and powerful people, because they were not able compete with Germany in the business of manufacturing and world trade. They realized that they would shortly lose both power and money, because Germany was outclassing them in quality and production in the world markets. The love of money is the root of all evil. - The Bible "The very idea of a government that can create money for itself, allowing banks to create money that the government then borrows, and pays interest on, is so preposterous that it staggers the imagination." - William Hixson, Canadian Economist "Once a nation parts with the control of its credit and money, it matters not who makes the nation's laws. Usury, once in control, will wreck any nation. Until the control of the issuance of currency and credit is restored to government, and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talk of sovereignty, of parliament, and of democracy, is idle and futile." - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada "I care not what puppet is placed on the throne of England, to rule the Empire. The man that controls Britain's money supply controls the British Empire. And I control the money supply. " - Baron Nathan Mayer Rothschild London financier, Rothschild bank "The study of money, above all other fields in economics, is one in which complexity is used to disguise truth or to evade truth, not to reveal it. The process by which banks create money is so simple the mind is repelled. With something so important, a deeper mystery seems only decent." - John Kenneth Galbraith Canadian economist, Harvard professor. "The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks." - John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, First Baron Acton of Aldenham "When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain." - Napoleon Bonaparte, French emperor "It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning." - Henry Ford, Founder of Ford Motor Company So, can someone please tell me WHY do we continue with this OBVIOUS con? I am not talking about how much money is spent, I am talking about WHY DO THE GOVERNMENTS BORROW IT from privately owned Banks and pay INTEREST instead of printing it themselves FOR FREE!
Government - 4 Answers
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~ Just any way they can.
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Wow...go take a course in History! I guess when the NAZI's are continually bombing your cities you should just wait until you have the money saved up before you defend yourself. LOL!
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Our economy is sustained by the military industrial complex. We therefore need to keep pumping money into the war machine to keep our country afloat. It is well known that the U.S. outspends all of its proposed enemies on defense x10. What's less known is that defense contractors are among the largest employers in the U.S.. Until we transition away from a military economy, we will continue to beg, borrow and steal to keep filling the pockets of laborers, executives and shareholders.
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Our government created income tax temporarily to help cover the money they borrowed for the war. I'm still waiting to hear from them that they have the loan paid off and we no longer have to pay income tax.
The UK Independent of 9 Nov 2009, carried an article entitled Remembrance: 'At least we knew what we were fighting for in 1944', and invited comment. 'At least we knew what we were fighting for in 1944'. Did we really know?? Only a very few knew what was being fought for and why. It was not for "Freedom and Democracy". Wars are deliberately brought about by rich and powerful people, for the sole purpose of their becoming more rich and more powerful. It is for the same people, and for the same reason, that present wars are being fought. It is those same rich and powerful people who send our young men and women to die. And it is all for the profit of those same rich and powerful people. It was the same in 1939. Nothing has changed. The rich and powerful people don't fight, but they send our red-blooded youth as cannon fodder, to die for their gain, and their gain alone. And where do our governments get the money to finance these wars of aggression? They borrow it from the banks, of course. And just exactly where do these banks [which are owned by those rich and powerful people] get the money to loan to our governments, by which loans they put our governments, meaning us ordinary citizens, in their debt?? All while charging usurious rates of interest on their loans to our government? Precisely. meaning precisely, where does the money come from?? It is created out of thin air, at the very moment it is accepted by our government as a loan. Quotations below verify this statement. Those same rich and powerful people control the media in all its forms, so that you and I are not told the truth, but are told what they want us to think, which they, themselves have boldly stated at times. WW2, started by us in 1939, was brought about by those same rich and powerful people, because they were not able compete with Germany in the business of manufacturing and world trade. They realized that they would shortly lose both power and money, because Germany was outclassing them in quality and production in the world markets. The love of money is the root of all evil. - The Bible "The very idea of a government that can create money for itself, allowing banks to create money that the government then borrows, and pays interest on, is so preposterous that it staggers the imagination." - William Hixson, Canadian Economist "Once a nation parts with the control of its credit and money, it matters not who makes the nation's laws. Usury, once in control, will wreck any nation. Until the control of the issuance of currency and credit is restored to government, and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talk of sovereignty, of parliament, and of democracy, is idle and futile." - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada "I care not what puppet is placed on the throne of England, to rule the Empire. The man that controls Britain's money supply controls the British Empire. And I control the money supply. " - Baron Nathan Mayer Rothschild London financier, Rothschild bank "The study of money, above all other fields in economics, is one in which complexity is used to disguise truth or to evade truth, not to reveal it. The process by which banks create money is so simple the mind is repelled. With something so important, a deeper mystery seems only decent." - John Kenneth Galbraith Canadian economist, Harvard professor. "The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks." - John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, First Baron Acton of Aldenham "When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain." - Napoleon Bonaparte, French emperor "It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning." - Henry Ford, Founder of Ford Motor Company So, can someone please tell me WHY do we continue with this OBVIOUS con? I am not talking about how much money is spent, I am talking about WHY DO THE GOVERNMENTS BORROW IT from privately owned Banks and pay INTEREST instead of printing it themselves FOR FREE!
Government - 4 Answers
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~ Just any way they can.
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Wow...go take a course in History! I guess when the NAZI's are continually bombing your cities you should just wait until you have the money saved up before you defend yourself. LOL!
3 :
Our economy is sustained by the military industrial complex. We therefore need to keep pumping money into the war machine to keep our country afloat. It is well known that the U.S. outspends all of its proposed enemies on defense x10. What's less known is that defense contractors are among the largest employers in the U.S.. Until we transition away from a military economy, we will continue to beg, borrow and steal to keep filling the pockets of laborers, executives and shareholders.
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Our government created income tax temporarily to help cover the money they borrowed for the war. I'm still waiting to hear from them that they have the loan paid off and we no longer have to pay income tax.
Friday, February 28, 2014
My bf is studying abroad in Germany for 1 year, he wants me to come with?
My bf is studying abroad in Germany for 1 year, he wants me to come with?
I have a job, don't make that much money, I'm in school too, part time. He is a mechanical engineering student and is going to be studying abroad in Lubeck Germany for 1 year to get his masters. We've been dating for 3 yrs, 9 months and he wants me to go with him, drop everything here and come along. Do you think this is selfish for him to ask me to do this? I won't be able to work or go to school while im there cuz im a foreigner and don't know german. Any ideas, should i go or no. I'm pretty sure we are going to get married, he said he wants to propose while we are there. I'm 24, he is 25
Singles & Dating - 3 Answers
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i think you should go. it's a great opportunity!
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Is it selfish? I don't think so. You don't appear to have any permenent connections here--you don't have a "career" but just a job, you only go to school part-time, you're not taking care of a child, etc. Why not drop everything and go along! So long as there will be enough money for you both to live on while you're there, it's a great opportunity to live in a foreign country for a year. As far as the language goes, if you work hard at it, you can have a good baseline by the time you leave, and if you surround yourself with German all the time, you'll probably be close to fluent by Christmas (if you go there in September). Plus, something like 80% of Germans know at least rudimentary English... so you'll be able to communicate. (Whether you will be able to work or not, who knows... that's all about immigration laws. However, you should be able to go to school... there are a good number of English programs in Germany... or you can always take classes via correspondence or over the Internet!)
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If you really want to be with him i think you should go with him. You'll hve been together for 4 years now. That alot of time, i am sure you dnt want to sacrifice that, because alot of woman are in Germany. I think you should go it would be a great experience.
I have a job, don't make that much money, I'm in school too, part time. He is a mechanical engineering student and is going to be studying abroad in Lubeck Germany for 1 year to get his masters. We've been dating for 3 yrs, 9 months and he wants me to go with him, drop everything here and come along. Do you think this is selfish for him to ask me to do this? I won't be able to work or go to school while im there cuz im a foreigner and don't know german. Any ideas, should i go or no. I'm pretty sure we are going to get married, he said he wants to propose while we are there. I'm 24, he is 25
Singles & Dating - 3 Answers
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i think you should go. it's a great opportunity!
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Is it selfish? I don't think so. You don't appear to have any permenent connections here--you don't have a "career" but just a job, you only go to school part-time, you're not taking care of a child, etc. Why not drop everything and go along! So long as there will be enough money for you both to live on while you're there, it's a great opportunity to live in a foreign country for a year. As far as the language goes, if you work hard at it, you can have a good baseline by the time you leave, and if you surround yourself with German all the time, you'll probably be close to fluent by Christmas (if you go there in September). Plus, something like 80% of Germans know at least rudimentary English... so you'll be able to communicate. (Whether you will be able to work or not, who knows... that's all about immigration laws. However, you should be able to go to school... there are a good number of English programs in Germany... or you can always take classes via correspondence or over the Internet!)
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If you really want to be with him i think you should go with him. You'll hve been together for 4 years now. That alot of time, i am sure you dnt want to sacrifice that, because alot of woman are in Germany. I think you should go it would be a great experience.
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