ExiledInIllinois
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That is what the Gates Foundation does when they give free computers to disadvantaged public libraries.
The well-off ones that participate in the program are asked to pay a premium for their computers.
I always thought Gates gave them away for free.
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Who really cares... I live and work in the poor part of town... We will be flooded first... Well before this thing hits.
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Ironically, part of the problem is that not enough people have been dying in natural disasters. This lull over the last few hundred years has resulted in unsustainable buildup.
To give one example, the earthquakes in the California fault zones have been relatively quiet over the last 50 years, and development has proceeded accordingly. But the plates havn't stopped moving - the energy continues to build, so that when it is released it will snap with much more force than it would if there were more regularly occuring 4.5's to release the tension. Same thing - an unusually quiet fault zone - is happening in the Northern India area, and (I think) Japan.
And don't even ask about Yellowstone!
You are so right... Will people ever learn?
The Great Lake's elevations have been down for sometime... Just watch what happens when the cycle swings back towards high water... The idiots will complain their docks and beach front property are all getting wiped out.
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have you ever looked up the word: Pretentious???
He does live in the best small town in the country!
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Hey, I'm not going to rag on someone b/c he's sweeping his own doorstep toward our country becoming less gas-reliant and he's getting exercise to boot. And I don't judge people as being evil based on two-paragraph posts, when in the fullness of real life, they're probably a normal, nice person.
Well said UConn.
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And this... NO Micaheal Jackson music. Just Pete riding his bike again.
Dammit!
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Man... I can just see it starting now! TSW hound dogs are starting to pick up a scent.
I might beat a dead horse... But, Pete you are in for a world of hurt if you don't have thick-skin.
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Maybe the non-secular WHINE club...
Why is this lost on people that in order to do what you want religiously, you pay extra for it.
Some parents were offended by the pray and didn't want it... They have to uphold those wishes, even if they are in the minority.
It might not make sense to some but, those public tax dollars can't be made to impose somebody's religious will over somebody's secular will. Even if one person is offended. Don't get me wrong... I am not saying the Constitution says you can't be offended... It doesn't.
Again, that is why I send my kids to relgious, private education. I want that specific relgious will to be exposed to my child. I realize I need to pay extra for it.
Is it really about people not having this control over their tax dollars?
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It is a good point... But, it will never stop happening... Never has and never will.
Historically, big families was seen as "Social Security." That is have 8 kids in the hope one makes it and supports you in your old age.
Think they care about "burdening" society. Probably not.
Educating is the only way out of this trap.
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I don't think it is that cut and dry.
There are subtle influences that kids want to live up to.
More like:
"I wonder why I wasn't starting?"
Unfortunately, that is the world we live in (were teachers find the need to be political)... And that is truly sad. It is getting worse.
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Give me a friggen break! These are high school football players. I'm tired of the left thinking that just because they're a bunch of brain dead zombie panzies that everyone else is. So you're saying we should be raising a bunch of people who can't think for themselves. I think you just stated the left's political manefesto right there in your post. Good job.
High schoolers are young adults, not children.
Are they over 18? Then you got a point.
Legally they can't do boo...
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Wanted is the key word here. I don't think anyone is forced to do anything in your hypothetical or in the real situation. You can ask me to do something and if I don't want to, I don't participate. What is wrong with saying no thanks, you do what you want, I'll just abstain for now. Those religion out of gov't people drive me nuts. And that's coming from a person who hasn't been to church other than a wedding in probably 30 years.
Kids wield no power and are influenced and controlled by the adults in their life.
Just as a teacher shouldn't take a political angle with the kids they are teaching...
We are talking about kids here. Can they really say no thanks to a person that wields power over them?
The younger, the worse it is and more influenced they are.
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If this coach was a liberal, he would have sued and FORCED others to accept HIS principles, no matter how the players felt.
Good for the coach. He didnt like the way things went, so instead of kicking and screaming and forcing others to adhere to HIS principles, simply left. He will probably go to a private school and be much happier.
Yes. As long as they were SECULAR principles.
Your second point is well taken. That is why I send my kids to private religious education.
You do pay extra for that private education though... That is what people have a hard time accepting. Too bad.
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I agree.
Like they should start letting parents decide policy...
We already got problems now... We would surely be in a world of hurt, letting the dimwits of the world dictate policy.
Let them eff up their own kids lives... Save my kids lives for me to eff up.
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LT... Gives you more options in the long run without the dealing with the age old notion that running QB's get hurt in the NFL.
MV is gonna run... And he is gonna get hurt. It is the nature of the beast with the "off the cuff" types of runs a scrambling QB does.
'New Words' Added....
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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I heard they added "Chugger"
That is where someone mugs you for charity.
Out here there is always somebody standing in the middle of an intersection panhandling for charity.