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marguicha @marguicha (224953) • Chile 16 Dec 12

I have answered a couple of the several posts after the gun shooting with children killed two days ago. And my answer in one of the posts turned into an interesting conversation (heated sometimes) that led me to want to write down...

united states

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chrystalia we have been trying--but we happen to be outnumbered

17 Dec 12

aireanna18 @aireanna18 (1914) • United States 14 Dec 12

Well seeing as I am currently unemployed, I have been work from home on the internet in an effort to make some extra money. Tonight, I find myself pondering a new benefit of working from home, that being I will not have to deal...

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chrystalia Yes, it is, and I set goals on all my sites as well, based on what I need and what I would like--it works out well for me. There are times when I have issues keeping the goals, but that is usually because I am sick or something else serious is going on....

17 Dec 12

chrystalia @chrystalia (1208) • Tucson, Arizona 15 Dec 12

www.washingtonguardian.com/washingtons-school-security-failure It was cut from the federal Education budget in 2012, to save money--for the New Successful Safe and Healthy Students program,of course. Somehow, the administration...

funding for school security

security in schools

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chrystalia Well, I have been watching for the stink--but so far there has been next to ZERO exposure. I only ran into it by accident, when I was digging around for something else, as a matter of fact. It kind of makes me wonder how many other things have quietly happened...

17 Dec 12

Uncle Jay, Finding More Value in Your Machine @mythociate (21432) • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 15 Dec 12

Specifically, do 'our inalienable rights to life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness' register as guidelines to following the terms of the US Constitution? Maybe we should write, submit & ratify an Amendment stating those...

declaration of independence

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chrystalia I would dispute that one party "has to be the loser"--according to John Nash's Equilibrium theory of games and Economics (Nobel Prize winning mathematician, portrayed in the movie "A Beautiful Mind") Everyone wins--if nobody goes for the blonde, as he puts...

16 Dec 12

habibti320 @habibti320 (925) • United States 16 Dec 12

Over the past few days at Mylot, lots of people have been talking about the recent tragedy at the elementary school in Connecticut. First of all, I want to give my respect to the community there who is supporting the survivors and...

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chrystalia When it comes to the original black panthers--yes, defense against police. The NEW black panther party, is another story. www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/groups/new-black-panther-party The guys that were hanging around polling places--they...

16 Dec 12

marguicha @marguicha (224953) • Chile 16 Dec 12

I have answered a couple of the several posts after the gun shooting with children killed two days ago. And my answer in one of the posts turned into an interesting conversation (heated sometimes) that led me to want to write down...

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chrystalia And that is the way it should be--but here, it more and more often is not the case. Certain segments of our society actively encourage divisiveness--because it gives them power to use against others.

16 Dec 12

habibti320 @habibti320 (925) • United States 16 Dec 12

Over the past few days at Mylot, lots of people have been talking about the recent tragedy at the elementary school in Connecticut. First of all, I want to give my respect to the community there who is supporting the survivors and...

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chrystalia Sorry, My quotes are accurate, sources are not in two cases--the "fire" in a theater quote --peter Venetoklis. the quote about manners is from Heinlein, Beyond this Horizon (formatting problems on the webpage).

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Uncle Jay, Finding More Value in Your Machine @mythociate (21432) • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 15 Dec 12

Specifically, do 'our inalienable rights to life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness' register as guidelines to following the terms of the US Constitution? Maybe we should write, submit & ratify an Amendment stating those...

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chrystalia I wouldn't put it quite that way myself, but I do agree that for practical purposes, "life" should be defined in such a way to address the definition of what constitutes a "person". However, that hasn't been the case for some time now, and even that has...

16 Dec 12

mehale @mehale (2200) • United States 14 Dec 12

With the clock rapidly ticking down, time is quickly running out to avoid going over the dreaded fiscal cliff and further damaging America's already weak economy. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R) from Alabama claims he is fed up with the...

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chrystalia Hey, our founding fathers never intended for there to be universal enfranchisement--the vote was restricted to free male property owners. Every civilization to date that has embraced full enfranchisement has shortly after collapsed--for good reason. The...

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Uncle Jay, Finding More Value in Your Machine @mythociate (21432) • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 15 Dec 12

Specifically, do 'our inalienable rights to life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness' register as guidelines to following the terms of the US Constitution? Maybe we should write, submit & ratify an Amendment stating those...

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chrystalia From a historic perspective, it was indeed a formal declaration of rebellion--for it to be a declaration of "war" it would have to come from an established sovereign nation. But it worked, and that's what mattered. It also insured that everyone remained...

16 Dec 12

Uncle Jay, Finding More Value in Your Machine @mythociate (21432) • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 15 Dec 12

Specifically, do 'our inalienable rights to life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness' register as guidelines to following the terms of the US Constitution? Maybe we should write, submit & ratify an Amendment stating those...

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chrystalia Good response, Myth--and I agree. The problem with amending is that amendments can have far reaching consequences, so they should be approached with caution. Some people make a case that the 14th amendment protects unborn children, from the moment of...

16 Dec 12

chrystalia @chrystalia (1208) • Tucson, Arizona 15 Dec 12

www.washingtonguardian.com/washingtons-school-security-failure It was cut from the federal Education budget in 2012, to save money--for the New Successful Safe and Healthy Students program,of course. Somehow, the administration...

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chrystalia Knoodleknight--we did put more money into education, in this case--it went to phys. ed. programs, healthy food programs, after school programs, counselors--but not security. Yes, the education system is failing--because our kids aren't LEARNING anything--more...

16 Dec 12

chrystalia @chrystalia (1208) • Tucson, Arizona 15 Dec 12

www.washingtonguardian.com/washingtons-school-security-failure It was cut from the federal Education budget in 2012, to save money--for the New Successful Safe and Healthy Students program,of course. Somehow, the administration...

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chrystalia It isn't just healthy food, it also covers after school programs and "mental health" counselors and things--but none the less, the security shouldn't have been thrown out the window in favor of physical education programs. And to play devil's advocate when...

16 Dec 12

chrystalia @chrystalia (1208) • Tucson, Arizona 15 Dec 12

www.washingtonguardian.com/washingtons-school-security-failure It was cut from the federal Education budget in 2012, to save money--for the New Successful Safe and Healthy Students program,of course. Somehow, the administration...

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chrystalia allknowing, there is some new thinking going on when it comes to gun ownership, and it isn't necessarily a good thing... Deb, other things to think about--the race and socioeconomic cards make a big difference not only in what we hear, but how we hear it....

16 Dec 12

trisha27 @trisha27 (3494) • United States 15 Dec 12

I have so many ideas and actually I have already an idea on what I want my first book to be about. Its just a story from personal experience of something I am going through in my life right now. So I am going to make it a goal to...

self publish a book

write my first book

writing books

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chrystalia I'll get some information together for you, trisha, and send it along in the next few days. Self publishing is definitely the way to start out, and your book may come along faster than you think!

15 Dec 12

chrystalia @chrystalia (1208) • Tucson, Arizona 15 Dec 12

www.washingtonguardian.com/washingtons-school-security-failure It was cut from the federal Education budget in 2012, to save money--for the New Successful Safe and Healthy Students program,of course. Somehow, the administration...

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chrystalia Allknowing--I own 3 guns, myself--for hunting. As to why she owned them? Who knows? 1 handgun for self defense, one shotgun for hunting, and one hunting rifle are all anyone would ever NEED, if they wanted guns--and I don't own a handgun at all. My...

15 Dec 12

bestboy19 @bestboy19 (5478) • United States 14 Dec 12

By now I suppose most people have heard about the shooting at a Connecticut elementary school. I’m not going to talk about that shooting but rather why there seems to be so many shootings. We can blame guns or gun regulations for...

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chrystalia Debater, the news is still not entirely clear when it comes to what was used--a .223 rifle was left in the car, and they found a 9 mm. and a sig sauer with the dead nutball shooter. Neither of those weapons is a rifle, much less an assault rifle--the...

15 Dec 12

bestboy19 @bestboy19 (5478) • United States 14 Dec 12

By now I suppose most people have heard about the shooting at a Connecticut elementary school. I’m not going to talk about that shooting but rather why there seems to be so many shootings. We can blame guns or gun regulations for...

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chrystalia In a way we do, but in a way, not. Collective blame, yes--for allowing our society to degenerate to this extent. Some people support this breakdown with their wallets--buying rapper CDs, going to supremacist churches, buying video games, going to see movies...

15 Dec 12

Uncle Jay, Finding More Value in Your Machine @mythociate (21432) • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 13 Dec 12

Maybe it would help with the 'debt'-problem (by eliminating any money that isn't representative of 'something real'). Why won't they?

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chrystalia anklesmash, the gold standard worked for years and years here--we used it up until Nixon took us off, as a matter of fact. Fiat currency, like we have now, is far more volatile than currency that is tangibly based. Myth--a "time" standard, I suppose you would...

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