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July 11th, 2004, 02:46 AM
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Re: Rumor: Kerry & Edwards Want to Ban SEIV
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No extreme is ever a good idea. Anything can be carried too far. Any type of training, teaching, raising of any creature or human; is bound to fail its goal if it uses only punishment or uses only praise.
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definitly... no one trick pony will work.
actually the Bible (hey, I can't belive I'm quoting it) advises ENCOURAGEMENT, as a life style. The Rod is used for the rare but expediantly needed correction (ex. do not throw toys at your brother,...after a warning...).
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July 12th, 2004, 06:40 PM
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Re: Rumor: Kerry & Edwards Want to Ban SEIV
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quote: Serious question here - Then, what's this dustbowl thing I've been hearing about?
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Midwest, USA. The open prairie was being farmed by homesteaders. The breaking of the sod to make it suitable for farming also meant that the protection the sod gave from air-borne soil erosion was also lost. This isn't significant when the moisure content of the soil is high enough which was the case for a number of years. The early thirties saw a drought hit the region and the moisture content wasn't there to hold the soil. The great winds that come down from the Rockies as storm fronts move east would sweep down farmers' fields lifting huge amounts of topsoil into large dust storms. The dust would penetrate into everything. Many of the storms would Last for days coating everything with a fine layer of dust. The erosion that occurred was made worst by the popular farming method of the time of plowing in long continuous furrows. With nothing to stop it, the wind would run down the furrows stripping the field bare of its topsoil. Many farms were destroyed by the lack of rain and lost of topsoil. This lead to a great exodus of many of the affected people to California along US Route 66 which is why this road became know as the mother road (so named by John Steinbeck in the book, The Grapes of Wrath, the name stuck). Thanks.
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July 12th, 2004, 09:16 PM
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Re: Rumor: Kerry & Edwards Want to Ban SEIV
Hey AT... why are you not up in arms over this
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5411741/site/newsweek/
American counterterrorism officials, citing what they call "alarming" intelligence about a possible Qaeda strike inside the United States this fall, are reviewing a proposal that could allow for the postponement of the November presidential election in the event of such an attack, NEWSWEEK has learned.
Just remember your country held an election during a civil war and some elections in 1814 with England wondering around a few states....
I think that if this ever happened.. Canada should switch the grades on their traintracks....
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July 12th, 2004, 09:32 PM
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Re: Rumor: Kerry & Edwards Want to Ban SEIV
I love the Last line of the article:
" "We are reviewing the issue to determine what steps need to be taken to secure a GOP win in the election," says Brian Roehrkasse, a Homeland spokesman."
Just kidding. I added the "a GOP win" part...
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Hey AT... why are you not up in arms over this
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5411741/site/newsweek/
American counterterrorism officials, citing what they call "alarming" intelligence about a possible Qaeda strike inside the United States this fall, are reviewing a proposal that could allow for the postponement of the November presidential election in the event of such an attack, NEWSWEEK has learned.
Just remember your country held an election during a civil war and some elections in 1814 with England wondering around a few states....
I think that if this ever happened.. Canada should switch the grades on their traintracks....
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July 12th, 2004, 10:34 PM
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Re: Rumor: Kerry & Edwards Want to Ban SEIV
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July 12th, 2004, 11:58 PM
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Re: Rumor: Kerry & Edwards Want to Ban SEIV
Don't take this the wrong way, and I quote:
"Lets all hope that Kerry and his new lap dog don't win. God only knows how bad things will be after those two fence walking, freedom stealing, right taking, hug the tree, park the car, tax everything, uber left wing communistic demon slave of Satan get into office."
ROFLMAO..... Oh wait, he is telling the truth!
And Primitive, Clinton had his scape goats as well. We all remember operations: “Get Clinton Off The Front Page I, II, III, IV, and so on.”
I shudder to think how horrible it will be if Kerry and whatever his name is, get into office. IT would be worse than Dan Quale winning.
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July 13th, 2004, 12:05 AM
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Re: Rumor: Kerry & Edwards Want to Ban SEIV
When I saw that proposal, I was reminded again of some similarities I saw between the current US government and B5... appeals to patriotism as unconditional love of government rather than of country, fear of other cultures ("freedom fries", anyone?), new organizations created for the security of the country ("Nightwatch" -> "Homeland Security" and/or "TSA"), isolation from previous allies, increased military operations...
And now, a proposal for using a relatively small disturbance to enact what is in effect martial law, and "delaying" the election. If this gets any farther than the proposal that it is now, I start applying for citizenship elsewhere, because this country will not be mine any longer.
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