mehale

@mehale (2200)

United States • Age 52

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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My Nook

estherlou @estherlou (5015) • United States 29 Aug 11

I am enjoying my Nook. I have always enjoyed reading, but now with arthritis in my hands and wrists, it is sometimes painful to hold a hardback book and even a paperback. Add to that the collection of books piling up in my back...

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mehale My husband got me one of the new 7" HD nooks as an early Christmas present this year. I love it, and yes it is addictive, VERY, lol! It is color, plus the HD screen and also is lit and very good for reading at night without a light or bothering anyone. I do...

14 Dec 12

Are you a tech-savvy?

cosmopolitan @cosmopolitan (1263) • India 7 Apr 09

Do you have a tendency to use high-end electroninc gadgets even if they are not a necessity. Do you upgrade your electronic objects like mobile phone,computer etc.

electronics

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mehale We use computers regularly around here. I read most of my news on either my laptop or nook, and read plenty of books etc on it as well. But then I homeschool my kids online and don't have easy access to a good book store or library close to where we live. I do...

14 Dec 12

Checking it out or uploading it

Pocs39 @Pocs39 (39) 6 Aug 12

With technology always making it easier to do anything from the comfort of your home, it was no surprise that books could be a click away. No longer books or novels on your computer screens they are ebooks, ready to be uploaded...

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mehale I still read paper books, but mostly now I read on my nook. This has a lot to do with what is available where we live. We are about 30 miles from the nearest book store and our local library is very small with an even smaller selection. Not to mention we have...

14 Dec 12

400 Troops and Missiles to Turkey, Really?

rodney850 @rodney850 (2145) • United States 14 Dec 12

I find it not only ironic but totally appalling that our administration deems it necessary to send American troops along with Patriot missiles to the Turkey/Syria border but wouldn't send even a squad to defend American soil in...

obama hypocrisy

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mehale I agree with you. While I understand that chemical weapons are a serious threat....if they are actually used, why then could we not also send troops into Libya to protect Americans and our interest there. How can they justify playing politics with peoples...

14 Dec 12

Understand a Viewpoint Without Listening?

its-logos-plus-logic @flowerchilde (12529) • United States 3 Dec 12

Is there any way to understand a different opinion without actually listening to it? Politics in the USA seems to be getting more and more divisive. Do you think the everyday people of the political parties should talk and try to...

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mehale While I agree with you that neither side listens to the other, and this has been the case for a very long time, it is more than that....both sides will say they want compromise but what they really want is their way all the time...and it does not matter which...

13 Dec 12

Does the President want Dictatorial Powers?

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 3 Dec 12

In the latest Fiscal Cliff talks the President proposed that we increase taxes on the rich, cut medicare and increase spending and by the way give the president the power to increase the debt without congressional approval. He...

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mehale I honestly don't know if he wants dictatorial powers or not, but he definitely wants to be in control. While I agree that as POTUS he should be in control....to an extent, that does not mean that you take more power than you should have. As far as the...

13 Dec 12

Michigan republicans pull out all stops to pass right to work laws.

thegreatdebater @thegreatdebater (7316) • United States 6 Dec 12

Today, Michigan republicans in a lame duct session had to call in police, and violated the Michigan constitution in a succesful attempt to pass a right to work law. When word came that republicans were going to try to bully this...

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mehale While I do agree that they went about it in the wrong way, I think that being a right to work state is a good thing. They should not have gone against the constitution in the way they went about it, though.

12 Dec 12

Should We Go Back To The Clinton Days?

Fatcat44 @Fatcat44 (1141) • United States 7 Dec 12

I hear the left claiming they want to go back to the Clinton days tax rate. Well, if we go back to the Clinton days tax rates, should we not go back to the Clinton days spending? The reason why I say that, is right now we...

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mehale You are so right! If we could just get the government to understand that spending cuts are the best fix we would be better off in the long run, though that is not likely to happen. Now I am not saying that taxes do not need to be raised, but along with...

12 Dec 12

Obamacare and Your Investments

chrystalia @chrystalia (1208) • Tucson, Arizona 9 Dec 12

After spending about an hour translating the latest 150 some odd pages of documentation at www.irs.gov pertaining to the first Obamacare taxes (I wish those guys would write in English over there) I have figured it out. I...

investments

obamacare

taxes

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mehale Honestly I am not surprised. I think most people that support the bill simply saw the government "giving" them healthcare and did not stop to ask where the money would come from or how much it would cost. Which, unfortunately is what the government was hoping...

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The Terroristic Buddha Bear

chrystalia @chrystalia (1208) • Tucson, Arizona 9 Dec 12

My other half had an interesting day in Tucson. I call him Buddha Bear--because he is big (6 foot 1, 250 lbs.) and furry--hairy arms, legs, chest and pot belly. So today, he wandered on down to the local military surplus store,...

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mehale While I agree....to a certain extent at least....that now days drastic times can and do call for drastic measures, but on the other hand it is quite scary just how much power and control we have given over to our government. Unfortunately, as others have...

12 Dec 12

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Obama won't compromise

stealthy @stealthy (8181) • United States 10 Dec 12

Apparently Obama is planning to end his first term like the has carried it out to this point, that is no compromising and always blaming others. His plan now is to not compromise and let the country go over the fiscal cliff and...

no compromise

obama

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mehale This is typical Obama politics, and I am not surprised. Let us also remember that not only will he not compromise, but rather will not agree to any deal that does not meet his demands, he also is demanding that our borrowing limit be increased in the deal as...

12 Dec 12

Who would want to work in America? Look what the tax payers are paying...

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 10 Dec 12

Check out this video and tell me we don't have a problem with welfare. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVaLMH_Sgl8 Just look at the benefits when stacked and at the amount of money you are able to earn. A single Mom with two...

poverty

welfare

working

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mehale I agree that this has become a real problem. The welfare programs need to be completely revamped and should include work incentives and possibly training so that people can re enter the workforce and become productive citizens. Our government, however seems to...

12 Dec 12

3.9% increase in SS benifit countered by 5% increase in Medicare fee

stealthy @stealthy (8181) • United States 10 Dec 12

So they announced that Social Security payments would increase by 3.9% in 2013. But they kept pretty quiet about the Medicare fee for Part B going up by 5%. In my case it doesn't quite wipe it out completely but it might for some...

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mehale I agree with you. My husband got his statement in the mail yesterday about the increase, and the first thing we noticed was how much medicare had gone up. I think he ended up with about $5 left of the so called increase after medicare. I imagine that my mother...

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Morality of Obamacare

debrakcarey @debrakcarey (19887) • United States 19 Nov 12

Do we have a moral imperative to provide healthcare to everyone? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEM4NKXK-iA Debate on Obamacare, 6 minute video. Please limit your remarks to the morality of providing/not providing...

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mehale There are so many ways to look at this question. While I agree that if we CHOOSE to give ( or provide ) someone else with something, whether that something is healthcare, food, shelter, or whatever.....then that is a personal and individual decision. However,...

12 Dec 12

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Adsense earnings are dropping

Abhijit Bangal @abhi_bangal (5518) • Ahmednagar, India 11 Dec 12

Dropping earnings is a concern for me these days and it is taking an ugly curve. I am putting in the same efforts as I was doing before. I haven't changed my style of work and have been consistent enough to say that I am regular...

adsense

adsense revenue

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mehale Don't forget the shape of the economy...at least here in the US. We are ( or should be ) worried about taxes and the fiscal cliff. There are also many who are out of work. These things may be effecting your earnings.

11 Dec 12

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Obamacare, Business and values--Hobby Lobby

chrystalia @chrystalia (1208) • Tucson, Arizona 20 Nov 12

For those who aren't crafters-- Hobby Lobby is the ultimate crafting paradise. A combination of a Jo-Ann fabrics, a Micheal's, and Pier 1, with glass and metalworking thrown in-- it is also a christian run company, that is closed...

business and religion

contraception

health care

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mehale First off, good to know about Hobby Lobby! I knew I shopped there for some reason, lol. On the more serious side, though...this is just one of many ways that Obamacare encroaches on our freedoms. Not only are we told that we have to buy coverage or pay a fine...

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Why cant people come together and solve this?

marie2052 @marie2052 (3691) • United States 21 Nov 12

I am an older person here. I was in 6th grade and saw the black and white video of President Kennedy assasinated. I remember it like it was yesterday. The schools let us all out early and there was even crying on the bus....

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mehale I agree with you completely. I think that if Kennedy had lived he would have been one of the best (if not the best) Presidents in our history. He was very much on the right track when he said "Ask not what your country can do for you, but rather ask what you...

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Obama victory was historic - your thoughts?

valentinesdiner @valentinesdiner (1214) • United States 26 Nov 12

There are two Presidential candidates in the 20th century who earned 51% of the vote for their first term and second terms. They are FDR and Ike (Reagan got 50.75% in beating Carter). With still over 1 million votes uncounted...

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mehale While I agree that it was historic...both times, for many reasons I also hope that one of those reasons does not happen to be a nation even worse off than we already were four years ago.

27 Nov 12