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speakeasy @speakeasy (4171) • United States 31 May 09

California has long been known as having the best of a lot of things - excellent healthcare for uninsured poor individuals, a good education system, well paid public employees, etc. Taxes were higer than other states; but, it was...

benefits

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speakeasy Right now that is a big issue all across the country - too many people have opposing ideas and the country is being split apart. Even if the majority do manage to prevail; there is always a minority (special interest) that is trying to twist things to meet...

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vanny @vandana7 (100249) • India 21 Apr 13

Recently a five year old has been raped in India, and some horrendous stuff has been done. I am inclined to encourage people to start denying the family of such a rapist any social respect, and go to the length of turning them...

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speakeasy By getting active and vocal. Let your politicians know what you want. Get other women together and start meetings/organizations first locally and then use the internet and the media to grow and get recognition for your group on a national level....

24 Apr 13

vanny @vandana7 (100249) • India 21 Apr 13

Recently a five year old has been raped in India, and some horrendous stuff has been done. I am inclined to encourage people to start denying the family of such a rapist any social respect, and go to the length of turning them...

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speakeasy And, unfortunately, raping children is going on all the time in India. In a bed near this 5 year old girl is another 5 year old girl that was raped and the same hospital recently discharged a young boy that was raped. In 2011, there were 7,112 REPORTED...

23 Apr 13

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vanny @vandana7 (100249) • India 21 Apr 13

Recently a five year old has been raped in India, and some horrendous stuff has been done. I am inclined to encourage people to start denying the family of such a rapist any social respect, and go to the length of turning them...

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speakeasy Do you REALLY think it is easy to give up all your friends and family, everything that is familiar, and start over in a new location? How naive are you? And, especially, in a case like this that has received GLOBAL attention, even moving isn't going to work...

23 Apr 13

memohak @memohak (20) • India 21 Apr 13

So I have a broadband connection which worked fine on all my devices. But recently something weird happened. It is not at all working on my mobile but it is partially working on my laptop. Let me explain partially- So internet is...

internet

partially working

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speakeasy Most Internet Service Providers cannot help with the wifi settings. You actually need to contact the manufacturer of your "wifi modem" or router.

21 Apr 13

vanny @vandana7 (100249) • India 6 Jan 13

This is an inspired discussion. For example...there is rape and there is death of the raped person. Both are separate categories of crimes. Each with their own set of defined punishment. Now, if the person commits more...

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speakeasy As long as you are not delaying the death penalty - have them do any dirty job you want. I do not know about India; but, most countries do have a period of time after sentencing and before carying out the death penalty to allow for a judicial review of the...

9 Jan 13

vanny @vandana7 (100249) • India 6 Jan 13

This is an inspired discussion. For example...there is rape and there is death of the raped person. Both are separate categories of crimes. Each with their own set of defined punishment. Now, if the person commits more...

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speakeasy If you make them deaf and mute they are not as valuable as a laborer. The cannot hear orders or warning and if they are mute they cannot warn you of a potentially hazardous situation. And, why do YOU want to torture them before you kill them? The purpose of...

8 Jan 13

vanny @vandana7 (100249) • India 5 Jan 13

First the justification... Dowry was offered for upkeep of daughter. It formed the girl's share in her parents' property. Somewhere along the road came Indian constitution that denied the girl a right in HUF properties and...

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speakeasy Without social security it is even more important that parents KEEP their assets until AFTER death. Then, fewer of them would have to rely on their children to "take care of them". Not giving a "dowry" does not mean that the parents FROM BOTH SIDES cannot...

7 Jan 13

p1kef1sh @p1kef1sh (45681) 5 Jan 13

Western countries generally operate a two party system, one leftwards leaning the other tends to look to the right. Conservative and Socialist is the typical configuration. Often, especially in Europe, there is a centre party too...

time for change

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speakeasy Materfish - WHY did you let that happen? My state recently tried somthing similar - everyone would run in the primary but only the 2 with the most votes would have been in the final election (even if they were from the SAME party); unless FEDERAL law...

6 Jan 13

debrakcarey @debrakcarey (19887) • United States 2 Sep 12

Romney's Horse So the Romney’s are now called selfish for keeping a horse? And employing a groom with a family to support. And paying for feed that’s sold by someone with a family to support and transported in...

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speakeasy Sorry if you are blind to the facts; but, YES, both sides are lying. Go to factcheck.org. http://www.factcheck.org/ They are nonpartison and disect both Democrat and Republican claims made in speeches, debates, and "addresses". Both sides are...

12 Oct 12

debrakcarey @debrakcarey (19887) • United States 2 Sep 12

Romney's Horse So the Romney’s are now called selfish for keeping a horse? And employing a groom with a family to support. And paying for feed that’s sold by someone with a family to support and transported in...

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speakeasy Of course! It is all just POLITICS. What do YOU expect? If they cannot convince you they are the best candidate then they have to convince you the other guy is worse. And, if they cannot convince you of that then they have to try to make you feel guilt and...

10 Oct 12

debrakcarey @debrakcarey (19887) • United States 2 Sep 12

Romney's Horse So the Romney’s are now called selfish for keeping a horse? And employing a groom with a family to support. And paying for feed that’s sold by someone with a family to support and transported in...

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speakeasy They are bringing it up as just one more example of the fact that Mitt Romney has nothing in common with the AVERAGE American citizen. Most American families have dogs and cats - he has a horse. Most Americans have an occasional (or more frequent) alcoholic...

4 Sep 12

debrakcarey @debrakcarey (19887) • United States 2 Sep 12

Romney's Horse So the Romney’s are now called selfish for keeping a horse? And employing a groom with a family to support. And paying for feed that’s sold by someone with a family to support and transported in...

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speakeasy Not really, EVERY rich person who buys or maintains something is creating jobs for the people who made/manufactured/transported the item or who mainntain it (horses, dogs, houses, pools, etc). Does that make them MORE or LESS qualified to be President -...

3 Sep 12

speakeasy @speakeasy (4171) • United States 20 Aug 12

Maybe I am wrong about this; but, right now there are two people running for office where I live that I would never support for public office simply because of their occupations. We have a family practice doctor and a dentist...

dentists

doctors

politicians

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speakeasy They will not be helping their patients when they are not even in the area to take care of them and the patient has to TRY to find a new doctor that is actually ACCEPTING new patients. That is not an easy task anymore. The reason we have a shortage of...

22 Aug 12

speakeasy @speakeasy (4171) • United States 20 Aug 12

Maybe I am wrong about this; but, right now there are two people running for office where I live that I would never support for public office simply because of their occupations. We have a family practice doctor and a dentist...

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speakeasy One - we have not had a NEW medical school open in more than 2 decades. Our current medical schools are operating at capacity and we are importing a LOT of doctors from other countries. Two - medical students are harassed, mistreated, and overworked from...

22 Aug 12

speakeasy @speakeasy (4171) • United States 20 Aug 12

Maybe I am wrong about this; but, right now there are two people running for office where I live that I would never support for public office simply because of their occupations. We have a family practice doctor and a dentist...

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speakeasy Two years at the federal level (House of Represntatives and up) and they have qualified for a pension for the rest of their liives. The base salary is not that bad since they have to maintain TWO households (one in their home state and one in DC). Living...

21 Aug 12

speakeasy @speakeasy (4171) • United States 20 Aug 12

Maybe I am wrong about this; but, right now there are two people running for office where I live that I would never support for public office simply because of their occupations. We have a family practice doctor and a dentist...

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speakeasy And, that's why I added at the bottom, that even though there is a shortage of people willing to be doctors and dentists; maybe, we are better off without these two.

21 Aug 12

speakeasy @speakeasy (4171) • United States 20 Aug 12

Maybe I am wrong about this; but, right now there are two people running for office where I live that I would never support for public office simply because of their occupations. We have a family practice doctor and a dentist...

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speakeasy I would rather get farmers, carpenters, plumbers, and mechanics as politicians than all the rest. We DO have a shortage of doctors and dentists - there is NO shortage of lawyers (unfortuanately).

21 Aug 12

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