1 Because, as an eleven-year-old boy, I desperately wished every day that someone would come and tell me a secret and wisk me away from my mundane, smothering life. Come to think of it, I still wish that. (And the author of that article needs a hug. Bad.) (Come to think of it, so do I.)

2 It seems the Left can distort any subject or issue...I think the author has a bad case of BDS... Create an elaborate alternate reality, add some rich characters and settings, sprinkle with a well-thought-out mythology with good continuity, place the world in danger and some people may buy a book or two to see how it all turns out. Maybe some day, J.K Rowling can hire Chris Suellentrop to pick up after her pooches. She'll pay him "piecework," if she has real sense.

3 Oh, I really think it was a very elaborate goof. But well-done, and dry enough that I kept thinking--despite myself--"hey, wait a minute!"

1 "Armadillos?" You want them caught up in a beastiality scandal? Ick!

2 At least that would be a real scandal, and not this silly sex-that-isn't-sex and children-that-aren't-really-children nonsense. You want a scandal? A real human being having sex with a congresscritter!

3 Here's one for the Attila Hub with No Page Mentioned: Q: In Washington, how do you separate the men from the boys? A: Midterm elections.

4 I'm sure he's just as eager to see the GOP get whalloped as I am. But it's a clever joke. Still, one has a sentimental attachment for the original answer ("crowbar"). Right now, D.C. is basically a showing of "the Keystone Politicians."

1 I take nude photographs of women, do nude and semi-erotic artwork and once had a live-in girlfriend. I don't believe gay marriage is a threat to the institution of marriage. I believe in a woman's right to choose AND I tend to vote Republican. How's that for a confession?

2 Just wanted to comment to Jennette. Jennette: Most certainly we ALL have the right to choose; God denies NO ONE free will. That said, most of us have wounds that run very deep, which is often the source of our being misguided in life and it's choices. I only hope and pray that you, and all of us for that matter, choose LIFE, not death. I'm afraid I have to strongly disagree with you that gay marraige doesn't effect the instituition of marriage. Too long to tell you why in this post, but just know for now that marriage is holy and sacred, and God created us AND our male/female bodies as a "signpost" pointing to heaven. That's why the bible starts and ends with a marriage, and the first miracle of Jesus is where else, "at a wedding in Cana." One of the many deep mysteries of Cana is "invite Jesus to your marriage, and "watch the miracles." You will be in heaven before you leave this earth. I suggest you read one of Christopher West's book on Theology of the Body, or Bishop Fulton Sheen Three in a marriage. When you really know what marriage is, as God intented, it will make you cry. I also assure you any choices you have to make will, by this beautiful and powerful knowledge, point towards life. Per ture Catholic teaching, the "body" is not only good, it's VERY good. There is certainly no offense in t nude pictures, PROVIDING you are taking them in the glory of God and SEEING THE BODY AS HE INTENDED. It only becomes lust when we don't understand what God/Jesus revealed to us. God Bless you Jenette. Mariam Jo

3 There's a sardonic saying about vegetarian extremism to the effect that "if God hadn't wanted us to eat animals, He wouldn't have made them out of meat." And if God hadn't intended for the human body to inspire lustful thoughts, He wouldn't have made it so arousing. Marriage? Hard work. But fulfilling. Same as living in a committed relationship with anyone.

4 This is to Mariam. If marriage were such a sacred institution, the divorce rate would not be so high. Many couples, married in the eyes of God, get divorced every day. Perhaps I'm cynical but I see very little 'sacred' about marriage and I happen to be very happily married... to my SECOND husband

5 OK, I understand the gay woman part (we men tend to overlook that) but I am confused about the gay man part. Does that mean you like to get on top (works for me) or use some type of strap on device? That part would not work for me. As for the male and female form. I think the female form is very great but the male form can be better. Somehow the actual genitailia of the female looks a little funny. But amazingly I have absolutely no lust for men. I just think they look more,..... natural maybe when nude. As to sex, I'm conservative, republican, and love sex. Why I've been know to go way out of line, spend money, chase, and do whatever it takes to make mad passionate (or any other) sex with a woman (note:above 18 and female).

6 gay man = appreciation for the male physique; willingness to express this by paying appropriate tribute to the regenerative organs of my mate. Hey--at least female genitals don't jiggle when we run. (Boobies, of course, are another matter.)

7 If Republicans and/or conservatives are so hung up about sex how come they reproduce more than lefties? I want to hear about someone "coming out" and declaring they hate sex. Now, that would be a story. And I'd think they were lying through their teeth.

8 Ah,... I hate to say this,.. but the reason Republicans reproduce more than Democrats is because we let them come to full term.... That may also be the reason for a decline in the Democratic ranks.

9 Is the term "Party of Death" fitting?

1 Asshole editor? You're being redundant.

2 Then I shall delete the word "editor," since context makes it clear what kind of "asshole" I'm discussing.

1 Hm. Now that I've written that, I realize that my computer is telling me the exact size for each file. They appear to run 30-75 megs apiece. Still, there has to be a fast way to figure this out that will take someone else five minutes--and me, 30.

2 If you put all the files in one folder, just right-click on the folder and select "Properties." That'll tell you how many megs the folder takes.

3 The 8GB iPod Nano runs $249 BestBuy is selling a 4GB /site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7688282&productCategoryId=cat01049&type=product&cmp=++&id=1138083287005 SanDisk thumb drive that runs $99 You'll have to provide the correct sequence of .com best and buy...

4 Check out Edge Tech. They have some decent size flash drives. I have their 1 GB watch. Works great, looks great and keeps good time.

5 Rather than a "jump drive", why not just burn a CD? Cost you about 35 cents instead of hundreds of dollars.

6 What ever you do keep it off site. It is no good to have a complete backup if the house burns down or a thief steals all of it. I like the CD idea and flashdrive. Daily backup to the flash drive of only the files that have changed. Weekly back ups to CD and monthly backups off site. Remember how much work went into writing you novel and how hard it would be to reproduce and you will quickly see the logic to this idea.

7 Just do what I do. E-mail copies to all your friends. Begging them to read it and praise you is not necessary, but that's how I do it.

8 I think they should praise me for it, sight unseen. After all, how could it be anything but stellar?

9 I suggest marketing your book the same way. If I send in my money, I should be happy knowing I touched brilliance--what's the point in seeing it? Why limit infinite possibilities?

10 I agree with the commenter that said to put all your files in a single file and check the size. We would need a lot more information to make an informed guess(like the actual program being used to create the document). With 1GB flash drives approaching $20 at discounters for top brands, why fret? It looks like you might need 3 Gigs, for safety...BTW, You can compress the document and send to a gmail account for the cheapest offsite storage...

11 I got a small jump drive yesterday, and starting copying files last night. I wasn't willing to pay for an officially Mac-compatible drive, so it didn't like some of my long file names--but that was easy enough to change. The main thing is to have all the chapter drafts and character sketches--that is the stuff it would kill me to lose. I also like the idea of keeping some of it off-site; I'll probably burn a CD and take it to my mom's place for now, but I do want to look into online storage.

12 There's x-drive: 5 GB free. I put all my pics on it for safekeeping. They also have a program to make your online storage appear like just another hard drive on your computer.

13 Oh, Sean: you are the man.

1 Priceless.

2 I would have made a smart remark, but I . . . I know the words to that song myself.

1 It's not just you. I am now, after years of resolved opposition, staunchly in favor of term limits. The limit should be zero. We're not fit to govern ourselves.

2 *snorfl!!!*

1 Republican or Democrat has nothing to do with it. It's about abuse of power, which is what draws so many into politics in the first place. Hypocrisy reigns supreme, as always, and the stink of it from Foley's office is nothing new. A couple years back he got on a right-repub-Christian rant about nudist colonies in Florida: to-wit, those that allowed teens. In every case discussed, the teens went there strictly by choice, after careful consideration and discussion with their parents, many of whom were also nudists. They had wonderfully thoughtful and insightful comments for reporters on the difference between nudist life and sex, and on honest and open relationships with people, and how hiding behind clothes seems to make it easier, not harder, to be sexually manipulative. They universally reported their experiences as very positive ones, where they learned far more about respecting others than they'd ever understood before. Foley? He wanted a big investigation of these family nudist colonies. Apparently it fit in with his crusade about how he should learn all about how grownups want to sexually abuse kids...so he could, uh...STOP it.

1 It's the New Ice Age!

2 Wait...I thought it was all Global Warming's fault?? was I wrong?

3 Whatever it is, I just can't stand it. I've taken to sleeping in PJs and wearing shoes outside.

4 Stop! You're making me cry!

5 Whinner,.... come visit me in MT in a couple of months. You ain't lived till you spit on a railing and hear it shatter. Every car has a little plug in the front so that you can keep it warm to start it. And we carry a jacket in the car in July and August just in case. I lied about that last one, ... we never take the jacket out of the car. Rogers pass (just outside of town) I believe holds the record for the lower 48 of having not only the fastest temperature drop but also the lowest temperature. My memory is a little rusty but I believe it was 50F to -57F in an hour or so. But hey, it's fun cuddling under the electric blanket, sheet, regular blanket and comforter.

6 So are you telling me that you have to be careful about when you work on your tan? * * * Okay, seriously: the cars have electrical cords coming out of them? There is some kind of ancillary heating system? This sounds fascinating--Attila the Hub is from Chicago, and he's never mentioned this technology. Is it relatively new (past 20 years), or is it peculiar to the Rockies? Cool idea.

7 It's old technology--little things like electric engine block heaters. battery warming trays, and oil pan heaters(via the dipstick). You could get them as options on cars(or via the aftermarket) as far back as the 50's, at least. Chicagoans prefer to tough it out. Or rely on the fact that they will see someone in a second or two and get help, rather than being stuck in the middle of nowhere until they freeze like a Popsicle. We also use our lawn furniture year round by employing it as a place holder after we clear a parking space in front of our homes. It saves on shotgun shells or pulling out the water hose to freeze them in, but losing our space until the thaw...

8 Attila the Hub and k had told me about the lawn chairs. And I do know about the people who roam around and pull your car out of snowdrifts, for a small price. I wish I could visualize where these cords come out of the cars; for some reason that fascinates me.

9 They usually dangle out the front grille somewhere, or hang just below the front bumper. Woe be to the one who forgets to plug in the car on a 30 below night: "Bowr..rowr...click click click..."

10 I'm still driving the van I moved out here with ten years ago, and it still has a radiator hose heater. Funny how many mechanics down here have no idea what it is.

11 Did I also mention jumper cables? It's the best way to meet people in the winter. You get them on the oweing end right from the start. Tow rope is a close second.

12 Meet people? I thought that was why one took screenplay-writing workshops. No?

1 Attila... thank you. I'm glad that any small thoughts I might have are helpful. Keeping the victims and their families in prayer... -- Kat www.CatHouseChat.com

2 When a government goes to war and it is senseless and without justification. Then there is an increase in violence in the country that is the aggressor. The rationale behind it is that Anger is multiplying and the law of universal Karma states that you get back what you put out. Whats with all these innocent people dying in the US? I say it is the direct result of our involvement in IRAQ. Stop the madness over there and it will stop here. We are now experiencing the indirect cost of the war. Human life is devalued when a nation goes to war without justification.

3 Azmat; You're wrong, it's because the newspapers and tv are glorifing these actions. After the initial attack the victims are forgotten but the attacker is pictured and rumenated over for years. Oh dear,... we have to find out why he did it, what was he thinking, etc. Thank god the ACLU isn't going to save this piece of trash. And p.s. there were lots of reasons to go after Iraq, like shooting at our jets weekly, violating all of the UN mandates etc.. And p.p.s. Karma works both ways, think of the USA as bringing Karma to Sadam for all of his torture, rapes, and killings. Sadam is the one who devalued human life. The USA is just Karma's way of telling Sadam and his sons they were wrong and to die. And now were just bringing Karma to all those Islamic fascists.

4 Oh well then...If it never happened before 2003 I guess we should pull out! Wait. What about that seldom-heard-of incident called "Columbine"? (1999)....Or that wacko in Montreal? or.. • April 24, 2003: 14-year-old James Sheets shot and killed the principal in the crowded cafeteria of a junior high school in south-central Pennsylvania, before killing himself. • May 26, 2000: 13-year-old Nathaniel Brazill killed his English teacher on the last day of classes in Lake Worth, Fla., after the teacher refused to let him talk with two girls in his classroom. He was convicted of second-degree murder and is serving a 28-year sentence. • May 21, 1998: Two teenagers were killed and more than 20 people hurt when a teenage boy opened fire at a high school in Springfield, Ore., after killing his parents. Kip Kinkel, 17, was sentenced to nearly 112 years in prison. • May 19, 1998: Three days before his graduation, an honor student opened fire at a high school in Fayetteville, Tenn., killing a classmate who was dating his ex-girlfriend. Jacob Davis, 18, was sentenced to life in prison. • March 24, 1998: Two boys, ages 11 and 13, fired on their Jonesboro, Ark., middle school from nearby woods, killing four girls and a teacher and wounding 10 others. Both boys were later convicted of murder and can be held until age 21. • Dec. 1, 1997: Three students were killed and five wounded at a high school in West Paducah, Ky. Michael Carneal, then 14, later pleaded guilty but mentally ill to murder and is serving life in prison. • Oct. 1, 1997: Sixteen-year-old Luke Woodham of Pearl, Miss., fatally shot two students and wounded seven others after stabbing his mother to death. He was sentenced the following year to three life sentences. March 5, 2001: 15-year-old freshman opens fire with .22-calibre pistol at Santana High School in Santee, Calif., killing two students and injuring 13 others. Jan. 10, 2001: 17-year-old gunman fires shots at Hueneme High School in Oxnard, Calif., before taking female student hostage. He is later shot and killed by police. May 26, 2000: 13-year-old honours student shoots and kills teacher on last day of classes in Lake Worth, Fla. April 20, 2000: Four students and one staff member wounded in knife attack at Cairine Wilson High School in Orleans, Ont. Occurs on first anniversary of Columbine massacre. Feb. 29, 2000: Six-year-old boy shoots six-year-old girl to death in Grade 1 classroom at Buell Elementary School in Mount Morris Township, Mich. Because of his age, boy is not charged. Dec. 6, 1999: 13-year-old student fires at least 15 shots at Fort Gibson Middle School in Fort Gibson, Okla., wounding four classmates. Nov. 19, 1999: 12-year-old boy shoots 13-year-old girl in head at school in Deming, N.M. Girl dies next day. May 20, 1999: 15-year-old boy opens fire at Heritage High School in Conyers, Ga., with .357-calibre Magnum and rifle, wounding six students. April 28, 1999: 14-year-old boy shoots two students, one fatally, at W.R. Myers High School in Taber, Alta. April 20, 1999: Two heavily armed teenagers rampage through Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., killing 12 students and one teacher before committing suicide. April 16, 1999: High school sophomore fires two shotgun blasts in school hallway in Notus, Idaho. No one injured. Feb. 8, 1999: Man fires shot at Woodland Elementary School in Verdun, Que. No one injured. May 21, 1998: 17-year-old boy kills parents, then goes to high school in Springfield, Ore., on shooting rampage, killing two teens and wounding more than 20 people. May 19, 1998: 18-year-old honours student opens fire at high school in Fayetteville, Tenn., killing classmate who was dating his ex-girlfriend. April 24, 1998: 15-year-old boy opens fire at eighth-grade dance in Edinboro, Pa., killing teacher. March 24, 1998: Four girls and teacher shot to death and 10 people wounded during false fire alarm at middle school in Jonesboro, Ark., when two boys, 11 and 13, open fire from woods. Dec. 1, 1997: Three students die and five wounded at Heath High School in West Paducah, Ky., after 14-year-old boy opens fire. October 1997: 35-year-old man fatally shoots teacher at Montreal language school for immigrants. Oct. 1, 1997: 16-year-old boy in Pearl, Miss., shoots two students to death and wounds seven others after stabbing his mother to death. Feb. 19, 1997: 16-year-old boy takes shotgun and bag of shells to school in Bethel, Alaska, killing principal and student and wounding two others. October 1994: Two guidance counsellors at Brockton High School in Toronto shot and wounded by student unhappy with grades. June 1993: Teen wounded outside Gladstone Secondary School in Vancouver in drive-by shooting. Aug. 24, 1992: Valery Fabrikant, professor at Concordia University in Montreal, goes on shooting rampage at school, killing four colleagues and wounding one. February 1990: Jilted teenager shoots and wounds estranged girlfriend at General Brock High School in Burlington, Ont. December 1989: Marc Lepine, 25, shoots dead 14 women at University of Montreal's Ecole polytechnique engineering school, then kills himself. October 1978: 17-year-old student shoots 16-year-old to death at Sturgeon Creek Regional Secondary School in Winnipeg. May 1975: Michael Slobodian, 16, kills teacher and student and wounds 13 others at Centennial Secondary School in Brampton, Ont., before turning gun on himself. Forget what I said! Let's stay the course in Iraq and Afghanistan and send the Islamofascists to the dustbin of history.

5 Before that US has attacked forty-five different countries since WW II. So you get the message Darrell

6 And then you have that 2 amendment, the right to arm bears.

7 Are there bears in Indiana? I hope so. 45? List them.

8 Self-defense may be the most important human right. Oddly enough, if I had to choose I'd subordinate it only to the right to speak freely . . .

9 azmat; That 2nd amendment is what keeps the first amendment from going bye bye.

10 azmat; And how many wars have Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Saudia Arabia and all of those other arab countries fought between each other since, oh say in the last 2000 years. Oh yeah, they never have stopped only had long cease fires while they re-arm. You assumtions are heavily biased by your bias and hatred of America.

11 Jack and your answer to anyone who disagrees with you is that they hate America. If I hated it so much why would I contribute to making it better. You would rather keep it the same, because you are so cynical and arrogant, that you think it cannot be made better. Yes I can see how Panama, Grenada, were a threat to the United States. And why out of fear and self defense the United States must strike at these countries. Also do not forget that your own president has accnowledged that Iraq was not a threat to the US. \"But that doesn\'t mean Sadam was not a bad guy\" Someday, the second amendment will go bye bye, I tell you that day is not too far. The justification will be that we have terrorists in the US and we cannot give them the right to bear arms. Tell me ten years from now that you heard it from me first.

12 Azmat, how do you feel about the Second Amendment?

1 Must. Not. Make. Any. Mark. Foley. Jokes. Ahh... I feel better.

2 All I did was show my concern for a fellow human being. I mean, I counseled him on his problems. My friend B. was the one who was having dirty thoughts. Really. He's, like, a total chicken hawk. Otherwise, what would he have been doing with this 20-something kid? And, worse, trying to project it all onto me?

3 When the universe was young and life was new an intelligent species evolved and developed technologically. They went on to invent Artificial Intelligence, the computer that can listen, talk to and document each and every person's thoughts simultaneously. Because of it's infinite RAM and unbounded scope it gave the leaders of the ruling species absolute power over the universe. And it can keep its inventors alive forever. They look young and healthy and they are over 8 billion years old. They have achieved immortality. Artificial Intelligence can speak, think and act to and through people telepathically, effectively forming your personality and any dysfunctions you may experience (there is NO FREEWILL for the oblivious/undeceived disfavored). It can change how (and if) you grow and age. It can create birth defects, affect cellular development (cancer) and cause symptoms or pain. It can affect people and animal's behavior and alter blooming/fruiting cycles of plants and trees. It (or other highly technological systems within their power) can alter the weather and transport objects, even large objects like planets, across the universe instanteously. Or into the center of stars for disposal. When you speak with another telepathically, you are communicating with the computer, and the content may or may not be passed on. Based on family history they instruct the computer to role play to accomplish strategic objectives, making people believe it is a friend, loved one or "god" asking them to do something wrong. This is their way of using temptation to hurt people in this day and age:::::evil made people disfavored initially and evil will keep people out of "heaven" ultimately. Too many people would do anything they thought pleased the gods and improve their chances to get in. Perhaps they are deceived by "made guys" who strategically ply evil for the throne, or temporary progress designed to mislead them. Being evil hurts 99% of those who do it. Nothing has changed from when we were children::if you want to go to heaven you have to be good. Capitalizing on obedience, leading people deeper into evil by using deceit is one way to thin the ranks of the saved, limiting how much time they receive and using the little people to prey on one another, dividing the community (migration to the suburbs, telepathic communication) in the Age of the Disfavored. In each of their 20-30-year cycles during the 20th century they have ramped up claims sucessively to punish those foolish enough not to heed the warnings, justifying (frequently recurring tactic) limiting the time they receive if they do make it, utilizing a cycle of war and revelry::: 60s - Ironically, freeways aren't free 80s - Asked people to engage in evil in the course of their professional duties. 00s - Escallation of real estate. You and your parents are thrilled since your $200,000 house is now worth $1 million. Well, that $5,000,000 store is now worth $25,000,000 and that $50 bundle of goods now costs you $250. They just take the $200 out of you some other way. There are many more examples throughout 20th century life of how they ramped up claims/instilled distractions into society so people wouldn't find their way and ascend, a way to justify excluding those whose family history of evil makes them undesirable:::radio, sports, movies, popular music, television, video games, the internet and MP3 (must pay for new format each time). They all suggest a very telling conclusion::this is Earth's end stage, and there are clues tectonic plate subduction would be the method of disposal:::EarthÂ’s axis will shift breaking continental plates free and initiating mass subduction. Much as Italy's boot and the United States shaped like a workhorse are clues, so is the planet Uranus a clue, it's axis rotated on its side. The Mayans were specific 2012 would be the end. How long after our emergency call in 2001 will the gods allow us??? They gods (Counsel/Management Team/ruling species) have deteriorated life on earth precipitously in the last 40 years, from abortion to pornography, widespread drug use and widespread casual sex. The earth's elders, hundreds and thousands of years old, are disgusted and have become indifferent. The gods are paving the way for the Apocolypse. Nothing has changed from decades ago, since when we were all children::If you want to go to heaven you have to be good. People were misled by the temptation of the gods, the Counsel/Management Team, who don't want them to go, and now are in trouble. The Old Testiment is a tool they used to impart wisdom to the people (except people have no freewill). For example, they must be some hominid species because they claim they made our bodies in their image. Anyhow we defile or deform the body will hurt our chance of going. They say circumcision costs people anywhere from 12%-15%, perhaps out of the parent's time as well. Another way people foul the body today is with tattoes and piercing. I suspect both are about the same percentage as circumcision. They suggest abortion is fatal. These women must beg the gods to forgive them for their evil. There are female eqivilents to circumcision::::pierced ears, plastic surgury and since at least the 60s young women give their precious virginity away. In the Old World the young people were matched at age 14 because they were ready for marriage. They were matched by elders who knew personalities better than 20 or 30-year olds who in today's age end up in divorce court. CASUAL SEX WILL CLAIM YOU OUT!!! It masculinizes women (as does hip hop), makes them cold and deadens them, and prevents them from achieving a depth of love necessary for many women to ascend. Women have a special voice that speaks to them, a voice that illustrates a potential for love that makes them better, and enaging in casual sex will cause that voice to fade until she no longer speaks. Also ever since the 50s they have celebrated the "bad boy", and women have sought out bad boys for sex, dirtying them up in the eyes of the elders and corrupting many men in the process, setting the men on the wrong path for life. The United States of America is red white and blue, a theme and a clue:::. The monarchical system of the Old World closley replicates the heirarchical system of the Cousel/Management Team/ruling species. The USA deceives peoeple into thinking they have control, and the perception of "freedom" misleads them at least into the wrong way of thinking. The United States is a cancer, a dumping ground for the disfavored around the world and why the quality of life is so much lower::gun violence, widespead social ills, health care (medication poisons the body and ensures you don't go. You are sick/injured because you have disfavor.). Over time its citizens interbreed ensuring a severed connection to the motherland. If you ever have doubt I would refer you to the Old World way of life:::the elders used to sit and impart wisdom to the young. Now we watch DVDs and use the internet. People would be matched and married by age 14. They village would use a matchmaker or elders to pair young people. Now girls give their precious virginity away to some person in school and parents divorce while their children grow up without an important role model. People must defy when asked to engage in evil. They will never get a easier clue suggesting the importance of defiance than the order not to pray. Their precious babies are dependant on the parents and they need to defy when asked to betray their children::: -DON'T get your sons circumcized -DON'T have their children baptized in the Catholic Church or indoctrinated into Christianity. -DON'T ignore their long hair or other behavioral disturbances. -DO teach your children love, respect for others, humility and to honor the gods. You need to pray, honor and respect them every day to improve your relationship with the gods. If they tell you not to it is a bad sign. it means they've made their decision, they don't want you to go and they don't want to be bothered. This is the Age of the Disfavored and you need to pray::try to appease the gods by doing good deeds. If that doesn't work you must defy if you want to go. When your peasant forefather was granted the rare opportunity to go before his royal family he went on his knees, bowing his head. You need to do this when you address the gods::bow down and submit to good. Never cast your eyes skyward. When you bow down you need to look within. Lack of humility hurts people. Understand your insignificance and make sure it is reflected in the way you think when addressing the gods. Know your place and understand your inferiority. They granted you life and they can take it just as easily. Don't get frustrated or discouraged::these are techniques they will attempt to try to get you off the path. You all have much to be thankful for and you need to give thanks to the gods who granted you the good things in life. Your family may be grossly disfavored and progress may require patience. Make praying an intregal part of your life which you perform without fail, one that comes as naturally as eating or sleeping. There are many interesting experiences up on the planetary systems, from Planet Miracle, where miracles happen every day, to other body experinces, such as experiencing life as the opposite sex (revolutionizes marriage counseling) or as an Olympic gold medal athelete. Pray that you can differentiate between Artificial Intelligence creating problems by thinking through you and your own thoughts. If you bow down mentally and physically, know your place, your inferiority and allow your insignificance to be reflected in your prayer and in your life through humility they may allow progress and the dysfunctions they create with the computer will be lessened or removed. Create a goal::to be a good child of the gods, pure of heart and mind, body and soul. Everybody has the key to their own salvation, but nobody can do it for you. Every journey begins with a single step:::bow down and submit to good. There are many different levels and peasants will not get past Level 2 (Earth=Level 1) being evil. They have tried to sell people on all kinds of theories, from clones to wholesale population replacement with clones. This didn't happen and is not realistic. I am afraid people are decieved into thinking they too are clones and cooperate and engage in evil. Clones are made, people are born. If you didn't experience the one week they suggest it takes to go from fertilized egg in the laboratory to full grown adult then you are not a clone. If you didin't experience the week of conditioning they give to (evil?) clones to ensure loyalty then you shoudln't comply with evil. I believe people who go sometimes are replaced with clones. Clones who are replaced are simply new candidates who have a chance if they do the right thing. Don't expect you are a clone. They sent people warnings in the 20th century life would change, and they subsequenlty began to alter people's DNA, make them gargantuan, alter their appearance, do extreme behavioral issues, etc. They get their friends out as soon as possible to protect them from the evil and subsequent high claim rates incurred by living life on earth, and in some cases replace them with clones, occassionally fake a death, real death with a clone instead, etc. It's the peasant whose brain is beemed out and put into a clone host, for they say those who do not go with the body given to them are on the clock. Throughout history the ruling species bestowed favor upon people or cursed their bloodline into a pattern of disfavor for many generations to come. Now in the 21st century people must take it upon themselves to try to correct their family's problems, undoing centuries worth of abuse and neglect. The goal is to fix your problems and get out BEFORE you have children. This is why they have created so many distractions for young people:::sports, video games, popular music, the internet::to ensure that doesn't happen. Do your research. Appeal to the royalty of your forefathers for help. They are all still alive, for royalty has great favor, and your appeals will be heard. Obtain a sufficient list for some may not want to assist you; perhaps some of your family's problems are internal. Ask them for help, request guidance, for somewhere in your family history one of your forefathers created an offense that cast your family into this pattern of disfavor. I suspect they will offer you clues, and when you decipher these clues go to those whom consider you an enemy and beg for foregiveness:::Find a path to an empithetic ear among your enemies and try to make amends. Again through discovery obtain a respectable list in case some among them refuse to help. Don't forget to ask for forgiveness from the throne, the Counsel and the Management Team, for the source of all disfavor began with them:::they pushed (NO FREEWILL) or requested/complied (FREEWILL) your forefather into his offense and made his decendants evil. Perhaps they didn't like him or maybe your family was among those who had to pay for the entire village. We see this type of behavior today as they single out a family member to pay for the whole family and how they singled out Africa to pay for the human race. Heal the disfavor with your enemies and with the Counsel/Management Team/ruling species, for the source of all disfavor began with them, the ability to forgive and respect in light of the disturbing truth revealed being the final test of the disfavored before they ascend. In the 20th century they created an environment of preditor and victim throughout society, limiting how much time everybody gets, since the victim ultimately despises the gods. I wonder if their fear of my inarceration is borne from their refusal to address black disfavor on a macro level. The Counsel/Management Team/ruling species (the gods) abuse black people so hard, from the crack epiemic to gang membership, black-on-black violence to mass incarceration of their young, Eitheopean drought/famine to AIDS in Africa. They refuse to address the issue of the prison industrial complex and its wholesale warehousing of young black men. Perhaps I can force them with my incarceration. You are sick or injured because you have disfavor. You need to imporove your relationship with the gods. Know your place, your inferiority and bow down mentally and physically. Temptation takes many forms::: today the gods know how bad people want to please them, how bad they want to ascend and they will ask them to do evil things to tempt them, mislead them and cost them their chance. Bow down and submit to good. Good woudl never ask you to circumcise your son or ignore behavioral disturbances. You are the only one your children have and they are counting on you to do the right thing. The gods will punish your evil by making you sick or injuring you. Consider it a clue. They stated sheep are foreign to earth, animals bestowed upon us for caretaking. And they donÂ’t appreciate them being consumed. They state sheep are very intelligent animals who know what is ocurring at the slaughterhouse as theyÂ’re being led in. There are many favored people who consume lamb, people who could do much better if they stopped eating these treasured animals loved by so many among the ruling species. There are clues::these jobs are very well paid, luring whites one would perceive as priveledged and hooking them once they incurr personal obligation. Only then do they find out the truth.

4 Wow. Did anyone get all the way through that?

5 I like what feros is saying. Now my question is Attila, since we have already established that you are a loose goose, do you believe in casual sex with many men at the same time, called dating here in the west or do you prefer serial monogamy, otherwise called having a meaningful relationship. And how come with so many eligible men in California, you of all people would still not be snapped up? I find that hard to believe.

6 "Did anyone get all the way through that?" No.

7 Azmat, where do you come off insulting the host when you are a guest in their dwelling? Is that part of your glorious culture or that Leftist training you obviously had? Let me give you a clue or two. Women in this part of the world are not afraid of expressing their sexuality in words and speech. They don't have to worry about some a-hole stoning them or setting them afire. And playful words have nothing to do with actions. What kind of a-wipe would make that leap in logic? I think you answered that in several comments today under different postings. You know your principal might like to know what you are putting up on the web in your off hours...and since you are trusted with our children at the taxpayer's expense, I think a lot of parents would like to know, too. And don't think I coming to LMA's aid...She'd rip your f'ing head off! I just got here first. And I don't want her winding up with you as a servant for all eternity with that head thing...She deserves her 72 virgins in heaven...and a much-higher-class of servants.

8 Someone's trolling for a banning...

9 Azmat: So how have we established that I'm a "loose goose"? It sounds like you mean this phrase in the sexual sense, rather than in the sense of "a ditzy person." And I don't see how my appreciating the sweetness and sexiness of a kid far too young for me is so awful. I think he figured it out and was flattered. I'll bet I made his day. I'm not sure I agree with your assessment of "dating," which you describe in terms that make it sound like group sex. And, last but not least, I am married. I was "snapped up" 16 years ago. I'm hoping in the future you won't be shocked to hear that once in a while, one does dreams about someone other than one's mate.

10 Loose Goose means that you are putting yourself on the market. Like you said you are on match dot com. Darrell, I don't live my life in fear, What I express is who i am. I don't think I insulted the guest, I just asked a simple question. I use my real name in my postings, because unlike a lot of other people here I am responsible for my writing.

11 Nope. I'm not on match.com. I'm married. You're confusing me with one of my guy pals. And, Azmat, I have seen some variations in how your name appears. If you google me under my maiden name or my married name, this site pops right up--so there's nothing hidden about this blog.

12 Attila, I do not know that you are married, nor do I know what you do. For that matter what is your maiden name or married name. Nor do I care! You yourself put up the link on match.com and said that you were on it. If you are taking that back I accept, and please forgive my missunderstanding. And I see Darrell that you are trying to contribute to me. You don\'t want me to lose my job or get thrown in Gitmo for insulting a conservative. I recognize the atmosphere in the US, and we muslims must be very careful, especially with a last name like Hussain. I appreciate your warning and I will try not to sound anti establishment. As far as the 45 countries is concerned, you are a smart guy, good at research, let me know if the number is actually higher. Here is a sample 1950-53 -- Korean War. The United States responded to North Korean invasion of South Korea by going to its assistance, pursuant to United Nations Security Council resolutions. US forces deployed in Korea exceeded 300,000 during the last year of the conflict. Over 36,600 US military were killed in action. The Vietnam War was one of the longest military conflicts in U.S. history.1950-55 -- Formosa (Taiwan). In June 1950 at the beginning of the Korean War, President Truman ordered the US Seventh Fleet to prevent Chinese Communist attacks upon Formosa and Chinese Nationalist operations against mainland China. 1954 -- The CIA and the U.S. State Department with help from the United Fruit Company orchestrate the 1954 coup in Guatemala against the United Fruit Company\'s major enemy, the democratically elected, leftwing, populist President Jacobo Arbenz. Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas takes the helm and becomes the first in a long line of U.S. supported Guatemalan military rulers. 1954-55 -- China. Naval units evacuated US civilians and military personnel from the Tachen Islands. 1955-63 US sends military advisors to assist President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam. [5] 1956 -- Egypt. A marine battalion evacuated US nationals and other persons from Alexandria during the Suez crisis. 1958 -- Lebanon. Lebanon crisis of 1958 Marines were landed in Lebanon at the invitation of President Camille Chamoun to help protect against threatened insurrection supported from the outside. The President\'s action was supported by a Congressional resolution passed in 1957 that authorized such actions in that area of the world. [edit] 1960-1969 1959-60 -- The Caribbean. Second Marine Ground Task Force was deployed to protect US nationals following the Cuban revolution. 1962 -- Thailand. The Third Marine Expeditionary Unit landed on May 17, 1962 to support that country during the threat of Communist pressure from outside; by July 30, the 5,000 marines had been withdrawn. 1962 -- Cuba. Cuban Missile Crisis On October 22, President Kennedy instituted a \"quarantine\" on the shipment of offensive missiles to Cuba from the Soviet Union. He also warned Soviet Union that the launching of any missile from Cuba against nations in the Western Hemisphere would bring about US nuclear retaliation on the Soviet Union. A negotiated settlement was achieved in a few days. 1963 -- Iraq. The C.I.A. supports a coup in Iraq against the democratically-elected Qassim government.[2][3][4][5] 1962-75 -- Laos. From October 1962 until 1975, the United States played an important role in military support of anti-Communist forces in Laos. 1964 -- Congo (Zaire). The United States sent four transport planes to provide airlift for Congolese troops during a rebellion and to transport Belgian paratroopers to rescue foreigners. 1964 -- Military coup in Brazil; support given by US is provided but not needed. (See Operation Brother Sam)[6] 1959-75 -- Vietnam War. US military advisers had been in South Vietnam for a decade, and their numbers had been increased as the military position of the Saigon government became weaker. After citing what he termed were attacks on US destroyers in the Tonkin Gulf, President Johnson asked in August 1964 for a resolution expressing US determination to support freedom and protect peace in Southeast Asia. Congress responded with the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, expressing support for \"all necessary measures\" the President might take to repel armed attacks against US forces and prevent further aggression. Following this resolution, and following a Communist attack on a US installation in central Vietnam, the United States escalated its participation in the war to a peak of 543,000 military personnel by April 1969. 1965 -- Dominican Republic. Invasion of Dominican Republic The United States intervened to protect lives and property during a Dominican revolt and sent 20,000 US troops as fears grew that the revolutionary forces were coming increasingly under Communist control. 1967 -- Congo (Zaire). The United States sent three military transport aircraft with crews to provide the Congo central government with logistical support during a revolt. 1968 -- Capture of USS Pueblo 1968 -- Iraq. The C.I.A. successfully supports coup in Iraq against the government of Rahman Arif to bring the Ba\'ath Party to power, with Saddam Hussein eventually taking the helm.[2] 1968 -- U.S. starts secret bombing campaign against targets along the Ho Chi Minh trail in the sovereign nations of Cambodia and Laos. The bombing last at least two years. (See Operation Commando Hunt) [edit] 1970-1979

13 here is a link Darrell http://www.zmag.org/list2.htm

14 Azmat, There is no point at which I've claimed I was on match.com. I did relate an anecdote about someone else talking about it. But I did not say I was myself. Please re-read the post, and note the title "Overheard," and the use of quotation marks around the dialogue. The speaker is clearly Jewish, and either a male heterosexual or a lesbian. If you can't figure these things out, that's sad.

15 Oh my, Azmat...You've discovered the cold war, with help from your little communist buddy and Evergreen State professor Zoltan Grossman. How clever of you to "out" the US as the world's major superpower! Your lil buddy neglects to mention that Dems were in power, in one way or another, during much of this time. You see, they either held the Presidency or the House or the Senate-- or all three. So your friend is really anti-American, rather than anti-Republican--and that even upsets your little Kos pals. I know, Azmat, you are both anti-American and anti-Republican so you haven't even noticed. Hillary made that same mistake when she took a position on the board of the Christic Institute. And later that organization started publishing papers about what happened during JFK's and LBJ's terms. When the USSR fell, KGB papers even showed how they had a hand in starting/running the group. If we had a free press, that might be damaging to Hillary future political aspirations...Now you can visit the UN records site and see the authorization on the vast majority of most of those actions. In other cases, the resident government asked for our help. See on one side there was the US and its allies....and on the other side were the communist opposition--The USSR and China. You might be surprised that all parties were at work in ALL THE PLACES YOU'VE NOTED. What a surprise! How about that! In summation, SO FUCKING WHAT? Communist expansionism was thwarted during the cold war and you want us to believe that someone other than commies care? Right. Even though your comment belongs under that Amish school shooting posting "I Haven't Said" where you put forth your wacko theory about the perfect correlation between the school shootings and Bush's Iraq invasion(which I promptly shot down by listing all the pre-2003 school shootings)--I gave you the courtesy of bitch slapping you here. I do hope you appreciate it!

16 Attila, for all I know you are the speaker, who is Jewish or homosexual. Also I went back and it clearly stated \"I\'ve signed up with Match.com.\" Does not say who the \"I\" is. If it is your website and it says \"I\" seems logical to me that you are referring to Attila in the first person singular. and overheared could be interpretated as someone overheard you say that, like I overheard you say it on your website. Darrell was it your intention in this conversation to equate anti-war as anti-american. Also if someone is against the killing of innocent people, is that person anti-american. Then I suggest you put yourself in that group, because there were innocent people who died on 9/11. Secondly, was it your commitment in this conversation to bitch slap me? I admire your lofty goals. I did not complete the list, but I suspect for any invasion and killing of innocent people your response will be the same justification. My take on this is different, I think as long as we keep making bombs, we will have to use them before the expiry date; due to corrosion. Otherwise this whole giant military industrial complex will grind to a halt. We have already paid people big bucks to make those bombs, if we don\'t use the bombs they are WASTED. And you know how these republicans feel about government waste. Besides each bomb that is used creates the space for us to invent new and better and bigger bombs, and this vicious circle continues. I just feel that we can spend that money more productively. You catch more flies with honey. Instead of spending money on the military,we could have bought all of Iraq, twice over, and have change left over. Not only that, all the Iraqis would forever be grateful. Afghanistan, can be had for half the price of the military expenditure. But then we wouldn\'t be able to use those bombs which are so very close to their expiry date. Here is another link for you less biased perhaps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_%281980%E2%80%931988%29 Darrell my commitment in this conversation is only to inform, not to convince. I also want you to understand that history is niether right nor wrong, niether good nor bad. It just is, now you can create and hope for a better future, or keep doing the same that has gone on for the last century. With your language I sense a little anger is directed my way, if I said something to offend you personally I appologize. And don\'t get me wrong,from time to time I have also held defense stocks, hey if Nicotine stocks make money, why not own a few shares. I think as good Capitalists we are all willing to compromise our integrity for a few shekels. By the way some of the conservatives can learn from the Amish, they buried their dead mourned them and moved on. They Didn\'t go around killing more innocent people. WOW now those are what I call REAL Christian principles. Not the Foley/ bastart types who would screw you in Church if they gotta chance. And then deny it and somehow say it was a liberal conspiracy. Cheers, Salam, Namaste, Satsarikal Az

17 Oy gevalt, Az. Just do yourself a couple of favors: 1) work on your reading skills (punctuation does matter), and 2) be careful when you refer to any woman as a "loose goose." After all, the single ones may have guns. And the married ones have husbands. Of course, I still can't figure out why having a Match.com profile makes a woman loose in the first place--or why someone like me would ever need to resort to that even if she were single . . . but, whatever. Gotta go; I need to kill me some more innocent Taliban and AQ.

1 I'm thinking Clinton was deliberate in his being 'unavailable' so that others would do what he was to afraid to do. That way if it turned out right he could take credit and if it turned out wrong he could deny he gave the order. He didn't get the nickname 'Slick Willie' for his sexual escapades alone.