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From the link that you provided:
We are a congregation which is Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian . . . Our roots in the Black religious experience and tradition are deep, lasting and permanent. We are an African people, and remain "true to our native land," the mother continent, the cradle of civilization.
Now that is interesting. Unapologetically Christian blacks that remain true to their native land...
I've always resented that Soundgarden is categorized as grunge. They are predominantly, and obviously, metal. Alice In Chains had the same problem. I don't have anything against grunge, mind you, I just don't see why everything semi-popular coming out of Seattle just had to be it.
Just a quick point. I don't think that DSL is bad. I think that average DSL speeds are fine. The speeds that people demand out of cable seem ridiculous to me. Then again, I'd love to have any sort of broadband option in my area. The three times I've had DSL in the past however (all completely different areas of the state through vastly different providers) have all been wonderful experiences.
I didn't dub myself better than anyone either. I specifically made mention that I am "officially" a genius for that very point. I forget that tone is easily misrepresented while in text form. Such credentials mean very little, just as they currently do when decided if children are or are not intelligent enough for a school to receive funding (or the school officials to receive a pay raise) . These things are based on tests and nothing more. There is no substantial weight to the outcome.
Save for the low amount of children that seem to have a genetic disposition towards stupidity, I think that everyone has about the same amount of potential. Unfortunately our environment does not assist most in reaching such, and thus those that do are heralded as so-called geniuses. I was given a head (aha!) start when it came to my education and wasn't just thrown into the classroom with as little prior knowledge as possible to let the government teach me whatever they thought important and correct.
Real geniuses are very few and far between, they're the ones that are remembered. With much of my life left, I hope to contribute something towards a similar goal, but I don't consider myself a genius in any practical or realistic sense.
If given the ability, of course I too would rather live on my feet. With the country seemingly slipping farther and farther into a police state however, I'm fearing that such may not be an option in the not-too-distant future. I write to my Congressman quite a lot, and in fact have a fairly strong, if not obviously impersonal, relationship with him. Of course this does nothing to change the politics because the few people willing to write their officials are by far in the minority. As sad as it is, most Americans don't even know of the problems our country face and may not even care if they did. If so, how many of them would be motivated enough to try to change things? Not many I'm willing to assume.
"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty.... And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure."
Fool! Vote for me instead everyone! Remember to write in Morari when you're at the ballots. As President my first point of business will be to officially change the title of "President" to Supreme Overlord of Infinity, or perhaps God Emperor of the United Territories of Morari... that's for you, the people, to decide though!
But of course when we all get rfid tags implanted, the point ( and the concept of individual freedom ) will be moot. Speak for yourself. I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees.
Creationism is NOT a theory. If isn't even a conjecture or hypothesis. It is nonsense. There is no data whatsoever to back it up. There is no experiment that can show it to be true. There is nothing. The Old Testament is all the proof I need. I've never personally read it, but my priest gives his interruption of it every Sunday and I have it on good authority that he bases such on an ancient translation of a book written by God himself. So get out of my country, you Commie bastard!
I can't even remember the last time a Republican didn't fuck up the country when they were in office. That was, of course, said for humor with a stinging tinge of truth. While I'm certainly no fan of either party in its entirety, the evils of the Democrats never seem anywhere near as bad in the grand scheme of things.
Does No Child Left Behind mean that nobody can get ahead, either? The school system has always been set up to cater to the lowest common denominator.
I am officially a genius. I spent years in alternative classes, set aside to cater to my unique "gift". These classes occurred one day out of the week, in which we left the confines of the normal teachers' textbooks and sat around solving slightly more abstract problems. Some really fun projects took place as well, but they were few and far between. Afterwards we were still required to make up the work that we had "missed" in normal class that day and we received no special credit for our alternative work. It was akin to gym class, where the only way to get something other than "Satisfactory" on your report card was to not participate at all. This was up to the halfway point in junior highschool, afterwards I was traditionally home schooled and then attended an online academy.
Even for the regular kids, school is meant to be slow and plodding. You cannot get a head, but you can fall behind. The teacher is there to slowly explain things so that everyone can attempt to comprehend them. If that means boring 80% of the children that could manage fine without, then so be it! The public education system really isn't about learning though, is it? It's about molding youth into the form that civilization sees as beneficial. It is social conditioning with the intent of forcing you into being a productive member of society. You're made to memorize things while never truly understanding, and many of said subjects aren't nearly as valuable as others that aren't even taught at all. Of course, what is and isn't valuable is largely dependent upon what talents you have. I for one was never given the opportunity to indulge any of my interests in a school setting. Everything I know (save for some advanced mathematics and science) were self taught. My lifelong talents further guided me in the direction that I wanted to take my life and now contribute to a very satisfying lifestyle.
Not everyone can be successfully self employed, but anyone can find something that they like and make it their own if they only try. Too many of us get caught up in being or competing with the proverbially Joneses to live a happy life, and much of that is due to the social conditioning we encounter throughout youth. Many are not told or cannot see this when it is happening, only to be too far assimilated into the machine or much too beaten down by it to do anything once they do realize. Don't let that happen.
Erasing traumatic events is not helpful. Learning to accept and cope with a past traumatic event is. People that run and hide aren't people that we need around, we already have too many of them without the advent of memory wipes.
I mean really, what other explanation is there? Dust doesn't just act lively because science says so, their has to be some sort of intelligent and purposeful being behind it. I know a lot of people will say that it is merely a extension of the Daemon Sultan Azathoth, but they're all pagan leftists spreading propaganda to detract from the one true God's will!
Yes. Cable television has always been vastly inferior to satellite. Even while playing catch-up with on-screen guides and such, cable fails miserably in companion with the execution. Besides, far more people can get satellite television than can cable.
But Christianity and Judaism are okay, despite following the same "God"? I say we get rid of them all, since they've been making countries less free since their conception!
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From the link that you provided:
We are a congregation which is Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian . . . Our roots in the Black religious experience and tradition are deep, lasting and permanent. We are an African people, and remain "true to our native land," the mother continent, the cradle of civilization.Now that is interesting. Unapologetically Christian blacks that remain true to their native land...
I've always resented that Soundgarden is categorized as grunge. They are predominantly, and obviously, metal. Alice In Chains had the same problem. I don't have anything against grunge, mind you, I just don't see why everything semi-popular coming out of Seattle just had to be it.
Just a quick point. I don't think that DSL is bad. I think that average DSL speeds are fine. The speeds that people demand out of cable seem ridiculous to me. Then again, I'd love to have any sort of broadband option in my area. The three times I've had DSL in the past however (all completely different areas of the state through vastly different providers) have all been wonderful experiences.
Now if only those ham radio operators would shut up and sign off!
That's what we need to deploy more widely. Forget all of these cable and telephone companies, let's further empower the electrical monopolies instead!
That's what we need to deploy more widely. Forget all of these cable and telephone companies, let's further empower the electrical monopolies instead!
Save for the low amount of children that seem to have a genetic disposition towards stupidity, I think that everyone has about the same amount of potential. Unfortunately our environment does not assist most in reaching such, and thus those that do are heralded as so-called geniuses. I was given a head (aha!) start when it came to my education and wasn't just thrown into the classroom with as little prior knowledge as possible to let the government teach me whatever they thought important and correct.
Real geniuses are very few and far between, they're the ones that are remembered. With much of my life left, I hope to contribute something towards a similar goal, but I don't consider myself a genius in any practical or realistic sense.
"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. ... And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure."
--Thomas Jefferson
Fool! Vote for me instead everyone! Remember to write in Morari when you're at the ballots. As President my first point of business will be to officially change the title of "President" to Supreme Overlord of Infinity, or perhaps God Emperor of the United Territories of Morari... that's for you, the people, to decide though!
I don't know that I'd mind if the Alabama and the whole of the Deep South went Chernobyl. :P
We should be kicking all of those MMORPGs and retarded-ass YouTube vidoes off of the networks instead!
I can't even remember the last time a Republican didn't fuck up the country when they were in office. That was, of course, said for humor with a stinging tinge of truth. While I'm certainly no fan of either party in its entirety, the evils of the Democrats never seem anywhere near as bad in the grand scheme of things.
I am officially a genius. I spent years in alternative classes, set aside to cater to my unique "gift". These classes occurred one day out of the week, in which we left the confines of the normal teachers' textbooks and sat around solving slightly more abstract problems. Some really fun projects took place as well, but they were few and far between. Afterwards we were still required to make up the work that we had "missed" in normal class that day and we received no special credit for our alternative work. It was akin to gym class, where the only way to get something other than "Satisfactory" on your report card was to not participate at all. This was up to the halfway point in junior highschool, afterwards I was traditionally home schooled and then attended an online academy.
Even for the regular kids, school is meant to be slow and plodding. You cannot get a head, but you can fall behind. The teacher is there to slowly explain things so that everyone can attempt to comprehend them. If that means boring 80% of the children that could manage fine without, then so be it! The public education system really isn't about learning though, is it? It's about molding youth into the form that civilization sees as beneficial. It is social conditioning with the intent of forcing you into being a productive member of society. You're made to memorize things while never truly understanding, and many of said subjects aren't nearly as valuable as others that aren't even taught at all. Of course, what is and isn't valuable is largely dependent upon what talents you have. I for one was never given the opportunity to indulge any of my interests in a school setting. Everything I know (save for some advanced mathematics and science) were self taught. My lifelong talents further guided me in the direction that I wanted to take my life and now contribute to a very satisfying lifestyle.
Not everyone can be successfully self employed, but anyone can find something that they like and make it their own if they only try. Too many of us get caught up in being or competing with the proverbially Joneses to live a happy life, and much of that is due to the social conditioning we encounter throughout youth. Many are not told or cannot see this when it is happening, only to be too far assimilated into the machine or much too beaten down by it to do anything once they do realize. Don't let that happen.
Hm, I don't know. Let's ask Mel Gibson!
Erasing traumatic events is not helpful. Learning to accept and cope with a past traumatic event is. People that run and hide aren't people that we need around, we already have too many of them without the advent of memory wipes.
Like online predators and cyber-bullies! We definitely need to protect the children from online rape and cyber playground fights!
I mean really, what other explanation is there? Dust doesn't just act lively because science says so, their has to be some sort of intelligent and purposeful being behind it. I know a lot of people will say that it is merely a extension of the Daemon Sultan Azathoth, but they're all pagan leftists spreading propaganda to detract from the one true God's will!
I make mine from the liposuction leftovers...
I don't recall ever seeing any hyper-realistic CGI. That stuff always looks fake to me; plastic-like with the wrong lighting.
Bad movies (pretty much anything that has a commercial nowadays) tend to hurt the understanding of everything!
Yes. Cable television has always been vastly inferior to satellite. Even while playing catch-up with on-screen guides and such, cable fails miserably in companion with the execution. Besides, far more people can get satellite television than can cable.
But Christianity and Judaism are okay, despite following the same "God"? I say we get rid of them all, since they've been making countries less free since their conception!
I only kick sand in the face of ninety-seven pound weaklings!