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I've worked in IT since 1993. I got married in 1999, and it has been a real tough job keeping the marriage going good. We have no children, and aren't sure if we ever will. As others have said, you must work at it constantly. Communication is the key.
Both my wife and I are children of divorce, as I'm sure many on/. are. Do any of you remember what it was like to see your parents go through it and all of the other "fun stuff" that children of divorce must deal with. The affects of divorce on children cause many of our society's current social ills.
"The suit, built of Durasteel and armorplast-plated Duranium, was built to resemble Krath war droids. His armorplast plates were strong enough to stop a bolt from even a starfighter's laser cannon. Each human-sized hand had four fingers and two opposable thumbs (three digits to each half-arm when they split to produce four arms.) His hands and feet were capable of magnetizing when needed, allowing him to grip on to surfaces with incredible strength, even in zero gravity. His feet also could work perfectly well as hands, and in the Clone Wars TV series, he was seen to have killed/incapacitated a Jedi by grabbing the Jedi's head with his foot and brutally smashing it into the ground. His legs were digitigrade (see CloneWar photo). His body was able to move in a seemingly unlimited number of unnatural ways with the twisting and alien movements of his body, almost exclusively to his unorthodox fighting style, this was perhaps exaggerated in the Clone Wars miniseries that depicted him with the ability to transform in almost unlimited ways, too. His internal organs were enclosed in a layer of pressurized synthflesh with an organic fluid to prevent the organs from being damaged by bacteria and harmful germs, and also to maintain a suitable temperature to keep his organs alive and functional. His organs were nourished by artificial arteries keeping them alive with blood from another Kaleesh subject, allowing him to survive in a vacuum (in space, for example), an advantage he would display in escaping from Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker on his flagship. This transformation, when combined with his ruthlessness as a warlord, turned him from a courageous, generous leader into an implacable killing machine, incapable of any emotion other than blood-lust and anger."
Bush isn't on trial here, and he won't be tried let alone convicted.
Too many non-critical thinkers for that to happen...
If you had been paying attention, you would see that due process is the one thing bush and his ilk have avoided at all costs.
Example:
The White House opposed the creation of the 9-11 commission from the start, and after it reluctantly yielded, it sought to bar the commission from seeing documents pertaining to the attacks. The stonewalling went on so long that commissioners (bi-partisan) were months behind in their work and yet the White House insisted that the deadline for the commission's final report shouldn't be extended.
Another Example:
"Ratcheting up a battle with Congress, the Bush White House is now refusing to turn over Hurricane Katrina related documents or make senior officials available for testimony. The administration contends executive branch discussions about the storm are not open to review by Congress."
Wake up Joseph Goebbels, if you don't think there is a problem with a neo-fascist agenda taking over the US, start listening to something other than Michael Savage. Get your head out of your ass and bushes ass. Impeach the president for protecting his own corporate and nut-job right wing buddies??? The supreme court and diebold elected him and would again if the elections wer held today. No one except a few fascists think the president didn't break the law, and if it isn't breaking the law, then the President will be changed; as suggested by the fascists themselves. Monitoring Americans phone calls to people in the US during an invasion of a non-threatening country is absolute BS you idiot. Go join the National Socialists Workers Party.
You know, I don't like to generalize or use sterotypes, but you know it's real easy when I read posts like yours. Because when someone defends Bush and actually has the gall to quote investigations, etc to support their argument, it would be comical if it wasn't so scary...
You know, there is a country you would feel more at home at, one where everyone thinks the same and thinking is enforced. Trust me, you'll love it there. It's called North Korea.
The real problem here isn't whether a certain amount of Americans, such as yourself, who don't have a problem with internal spying, because you're so fucking scared of your own shadow that you want big daddy bush to watch out for you; The problem is that it has been shown over and over and over again that we (True Americans who question, read, investigate through rational thinking) can't trust bush. How hard is it to understand this?
As a very small example, take the Nobel Winners who have, shall we say, a very dim view of how bush abuses scientific reports. Especially studies that don't agree with his 19th centure view of the world.
So to conclude, if non-partisan scientists, including most of the former EPA chiefs, including those from Republican administrations, don't trust bush, why should anyone else?
Not Nixonesque, eh?
What Bush has gotten away with makes Tricky Dick look like a small time hustler...
Congress is not fully briefed on this, that is one of the problems. The other problem is that the FISA court IS NOT consulted, as if even that makes a difference, as the FISA court routinely gives in to whatever internal spying they want to do. Bush has used the Patriot Act to essentially do whatever he wants. This "us vs. them" krap is getting way old...
And this ultra lame ass "I want to live in a fucking police state NOW!" argument of "if you're not doing anything wrong you have nothing to hide" is the most UNAMERICAN bullkrap I've ever heard.
WTF is wrong with those who espouse this krap?
For starters, and this is the most important of all, let me break the news to you:
We can't trust Bush.
You know it's just that simple.
Why?
1. Abramoff
2. No WMD in Iraq
3. Diebold in Ohio
4. Outing of Valerie Plame
5. Response to Katrina
6. Fighting like hell to stop the investigation into Katrina
7. Fought like hell to stop investigation into 9/11
8. Abuse of signing statements
9. Completely inept planning of Iraq "war"
10. ad infinitum, etc, etc,
Yea, it's fascinating how quickly they changed from being "small government/states rights" people to wanting more or less total control over everything.
The real "impending crisis" will be over water and oil.
Sure, the environment is crashing, and that will cause major problems, but in the next 10-20 years, the problems will really be with clean water and cheap oil.
Yea, I knew throwing that Libertarian quip out there would generate more posts than what TFA did...
I don't think you can compare the FS movement to Libertarianism though, just my opinion.
Anytime I've spoken with someone who considers themselves a "true" Libertarian, I realize rather quickly that if that system actually was implemented, society would quickly devolve into a pseudo-feudal system where those with the most resources and firepower would take control, and everyone else would be beholden to them for survival...
Thats my problem with "true Libertarianism", it really does not jive with human nature. If the human race were a little more evolved, then it might have a chance.
I can understand how you probably don't know what C-Span is, have never listened to NPR, have never read anything not printed by O'Reilly (ok, I'll let ya slide on that one...), but to think politics doesn't impact IT is your biggest mistake.
I didn't say I was a Libertarian, which in reality is a totally unworkable system.
I have Libertarian leanings in certain areas, mainly personal freedoms.
I think free trade agreements are generally "make butloads of money for the top 5% of wealth owners, and fuck the rest".
The only meaningful thing you point out, and which is the REAL FUCKING PROBLEM HERE, is "You are all for it when it serves your politics".
I'm a Democrat, leaning libertarian, but some of the krap Clinton tried to pull, like the Clipper chip, and things he did get away with, like NAFTA, really pissed me off.
I guess I'm one of the few who rationally looks at legislation, regardless of whether it's proposed by "my party" or not.
It really blows my mind that the once "small government" Republicans (you know who you are...) are now the ones hell bent on making the U.S. some kind of police state.
IMHO, the Republicans who voted with the Democrats on this latest round of the Patriot Act have way bigger balls than the Bill Frists, et al.
Cloak of Protection from +1, (+3 vs. Activist Judges)
Gauntlets of Serenity (+3 to saving throws vs. fear of a Neo-Con Supreme Court, unlawful searches and wiretapping)
Boots of successful striding (+4 to saving throws vs. harrasment by overworked and underpaid peon security personnel)
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I've worked in IT since 1993. I got married in 1999, and it has been a real tough job keeping the marriage going good. We have no children, and aren't sure if we ever will. As others have said, you must work at it constantly. Communication is the key.
/. are. Do any of you remember what it was like to see your parents go through it and all of the other "fun stuff" that children of divorce must deal with. The affects of divorce on children cause many of our society's current social ills.
Both my wife and I are children of divorce, as I'm sure many on
"The suit, built of Durasteel and armorplast-plated Duranium, was built to resemble Krath war droids. His armorplast plates were strong enough to stop a bolt from even a starfighter's laser cannon. Each human-sized hand had four fingers and two opposable thumbs (three digits to each half-arm when they split to produce four arms.) His hands and feet were capable of magnetizing when needed, allowing him to grip on to surfaces with incredible strength, even in zero gravity. His feet also could work perfectly well as hands, and in the Clone Wars TV series, he was seen to have killed/incapacitated a Jedi by grabbing the Jedi's head with his foot and brutally smashing it into the ground. His legs were digitigrade (see CloneWar photo). His body was able to move in a seemingly unlimited number of unnatural ways with the twisting and alien movements of his body, almost exclusively to his unorthodox fighting style, this was perhaps exaggerated in the Clone Wars miniseries that depicted him with the ability to transform in almost unlimited ways, too. His internal organs were enclosed in a layer of pressurized synthflesh with an organic fluid to prevent the organs from being damaged by bacteria and harmful germs, and also to maintain a suitable temperature to keep his organs alive and functional. His organs were nourished by artificial arteries keeping them alive with blood from another Kaleesh subject, allowing him to survive in a vacuum (in space, for example), an advantage he would display in escaping from Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker on his flagship. This transformation, when combined with his ruthlessness as a warlord, turned him from a courageous, generous leader into an implacable killing machine, incapable of any emotion other than blood-lust and anger."
Seen from Space
"All in All it's just another Brick in The Wall"
should be rounded up and forced to wear a uniform of a sovereign state.
Oh wait.... They already are.
"Mr Gates, Tear Down This Wall!"
It takes a Global Village to Raise a Global Warmings.
Who cares about the ice caps anyways?
They're all just a bunch of Penguin Orgies!!!
Why do ya think Adam ands Eve was neked 6000 years ago when God created the Earth.
It was hot then too!
I agree.
I think of all the threats the internet faces, Google starting it's own very small and discrete mini internet isn't one of them.
If anything, I'll bet Googles "internet" will end up like the insular enclosed system that Prodigy used to use 1988-1994.
Bush isn't on trial here, and he won't be tried let alone convicted.
Too many non-critical thinkers for that to happen...
If you had been paying attention, you would see that due process is the one thing bush and his ilk have avoided at all costs.
Example:
The White House opposed the creation of the 9-11 commission from the start, and after it reluctantly yielded, it sought to bar the commission from seeing documents pertaining to the attacks. The stonewalling went on so long that commissioners (bi-partisan) were months behind in their work and yet the White House insisted that the deadline for the commission's final report shouldn't be extended.
Another Example:
"Ratcheting up a battle with Congress, the Bush White House is now refusing to turn over Hurricane Katrina related documents or make senior officials available for testimony. The administration contends executive branch discussions about the storm are not open to review by Congress."
Sounds like due process to me!
Wake up Joseph Goebbels, if you don't think there is a problem with a neo-fascist agenda taking over the US, start listening to something other than Michael Savage. Get your head out of your ass and bushes ass. Impeach the president for protecting his own corporate and nut-job right wing buddies??? The supreme court and diebold elected him and would again if the elections wer held today. No one except a few fascists think the president didn't break the law, and if it isn't breaking the law, then the President will be changed; as suggested by the fascists themselves. Monitoring Americans phone calls to people in the US during an invasion of a non-threatening country is absolute BS you idiot. Go join the National Socialists Workers Party.
You know, I don't like to generalize or use sterotypes, but you know it's real easy when I read posts like yours. Because when someone defends Bush and actually has the gall to quote investigations, etc to support their argument, it would be comical if it wasn't so scary...
You know, there is a country you would feel more at home at, one where everyone thinks the same and thinking is enforced. Trust me, you'll love it there. It's called North Korea.
The real problem here isn't whether a certain amount of Americans, such as yourself, who don't have a problem with internal spying, because you're so fucking scared of your own shadow that you want big daddy bush to watch out for you; The problem is that it has been shown over and over and over again that we (True Americans who question, read, investigate through rational thinking) can't trust bush. How hard is it to understand this?
As a very small example, take the Nobel Winners who have, shall we say, a very dim view of how bush abuses scientific reports. Especially studies that don't agree with his 19th centure view of the world.
So to conclude, if non-partisan scientists, including most of the former EPA chiefs, including those from Republican administrations, don't trust bush, why should anyone else?
Not Nixonesque, eh?
What Bush has gotten away with makes Tricky Dick look like a small time hustler...
Congress is not fully briefed on this, that is one of the problems. The other problem is that the FISA court IS NOT consulted, as if even that makes a difference, as the FISA court routinely gives in to whatever internal spying they want to do. Bush has used the Patriot Act to essentially do whatever he wants. This "us vs. them" krap is getting way old...
And this ultra lame ass "I want to live in a fucking police state NOW!" argument of "if you're not doing anything wrong you have nothing to hide" is the most UNAMERICAN bullkrap I've ever heard.
WTF is wrong with those who espouse this krap?
For starters, and this is the most important of all, let me break the news to you:
We can't trust Bush.
You know it's just that simple.
Why?
1. Abramoff
2. No WMD in Iraq
3. Diebold in Ohio
4. Outing of Valerie Plame
5. Response to Katrina
6. Fighting like hell to stop the investigation into Katrina
7. Fought like hell to stop investigation into 9/11
8. Abuse of signing statements
9. Completely inept planning of Iraq "war"
10. ad infinitum, etc, etc,
Yea, it's fascinating how quickly they changed from being "small government/states rights" people to wanting more or less total control over everything.
Thats the first thing I thought when I RTFA.
They could call it "BushSearch".
The real "impending crisis" will be over water and oil.
Sure, the environment is crashing, and that will cause major problems, but in the next 10-20 years, the problems will really be with clean water and cheap oil.
"Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!"
There isn't at least one W98 desktop and/or Quake 2 deathmatch in the background...
Yea, I knew throwing that Libertarian quip out there would generate more posts than what TFA did...
I don't think you can compare the FS movement to Libertarianism though, just my opinion.
Anytime I've spoken with someone who considers themselves a "true" Libertarian, I realize rather quickly that if that system actually was implemented, society would quickly devolve into a pseudo-feudal system where those with the most resources and firepower would take control, and everyone else would be beholden to them for survival...
Thats my problem with "true Libertarianism", it really does not jive with human nature. If the human race were a little more evolved, then it might have a chance.
Here, let me install a camera in every room in your house and a gps monitoring system on your person.
You're not hiding anything, right?
Sheep...
I can understand how you probably don't know what C-Span is, have never listened to NPR, have never read anything not printed by O'Reilly (ok, I'll let ya slide on that one...), but to think politics doesn't impact IT is your biggest mistake.
I didn't say I was a Libertarian, which in reality is a totally unworkable system.
I have Libertarian leanings in certain areas, mainly personal freedoms.
I think free trade agreements are generally "make butloads of money for the top 5% of wealth owners, and fuck the rest".
The only meaningful thing you point out, and which is the REAL FUCKING PROBLEM HERE, is "You are all for it when it serves your politics".
I'm a Democrat, leaning libertarian, but some of the krap Clinton tried to pull, like the Clipper chip, and things he did get away with, like NAFTA, really pissed me off.
I guess I'm one of the few who rationally looks at legislation, regardless of whether it's proposed by "my party" or not.
It really blows my mind that the once "small government" Republicans (you know who you are...) are now the ones hell bent on making the U.S. some kind of police state.
IMHO, the Republicans who voted with the Democrats on this latest round of the Patriot Act have way bigger balls than the Bill Frists, et al.
To thwart would be evil-doers I use:
Cloak of Protection from +1, (+3 vs. Activist Judges)
Gauntlets of Serenity (+3 to saving throws vs. fear of a Neo-Con Supreme Court, unlawful searches and wiretapping)
Boots of successful striding (+4 to saving throws vs. harrasment by overworked and underpaid peon security personnel)