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Mormons get along with everybody as far as i can tell. They are nice friendly folks and you can even engage in religious conversation with them that would cause fist fights and weapons being drawn amongst others.
Getting along with others is an important survival skill.
(hint)
Fortunately, proofreading isn't nearly so important.
Living in a constant state of war with neighbors and oppressing the native population is not a good play for long term surviability. If you keep having battles and skirmishes, sooner or later you will lose won of them, and with the potential consequences, that only makes sense if you your only goal is to make the war merchants get richer.
We are selling weapons to both sides. You think the people making money off the deal care about the Jews? Only in so far as that conflict can make them richer.
Selling is a misnomer, because most of it is paid for with tax moneys and loans from China.
Look how well the US has fared after 6 yeqrs of war - the Canadian dollar is worth more than an American dollar now. A surplus is now a debt and we are the most hated country in the world.
It costs a lot less to be nice to people than wage war on them. Besides, they are the same people, just with a different religion and 1937 years of seperation dividing them. It is literally brother against brother and sister against sister.
The Mormons have had their share of oppression and that is probably why they act so darn nice to others. It is hard to hate people when they contribute so much to the culture and community. People in this country figured that out a long time ago.
As far as I am concerned, Christians and Moslems are just branches of Judaism anyway.
If religion has any value whatsoever, it is in persuading people to be decent and nice to each other.
Pretending that any of these clowns is a liberal only washes if you have the mindset of a Fox News addict. Democrats hate free speech just as much as the Republicans do.
Bush and Cheney have not been impeached and the war still goes on and the Iran war is next on the agenda. The Democrats and Republicans are one party.
At least we are providing belligerent morons with some make work which I suppose is better than keeping them at an institution, but arming these idiots is the height of stupidity. Barney Fife looks like Andy Taylor compared to these dullards. Portable game systems, cell phones, and mp3 players are also DANGEROUS objects that have FLASHING LIGHTS but they don't get flagged.
They saw someone who was different and creative instead of a consumer so they ATTACK.
If you aren't perfectly "NORMAL" then you are a target.
So terrorists, put your C4 in ordinary common consumer items and have an accomplice dressed like an art school student to distract and waylay "security" and no one will stop you.
As if there were any real terrorists that weren't paid for and controlled by big brother anyway.
Scare them and take their money, all of their money - the whole point to the hysteria. It also helps to sells a lot of drugs.
Suitcases and backpacks.
It's true. Suitcase bombs and backpacks filled with explosives.
They should be arresting everyone with suitcases and backpacks.
They probably should taser them first just to be safe.
Remember that Pan Am Flight 103 which crashed over Lockerbie Scotland was blown up by a Samsonite suitcase bomb and those subway and railyway bombings in London and Madrid used backpack bombs.
Someone should tell TSA to be on the lookout for suitcases and backpacks. That should keep them, and us, occupied.
Another thing, suitcases and backpacks are bad for business. If we just banned them, then everytime people traveled, they would have to buy new clothes, toiletries and gadgets. We would be safer and the economy would boom.
Ooops! I guess "boom" is not the right word.
all you Base are belong . . .
/sorry
I find it amzing that some people cleave to, need, and promote the "Hilter" figure and appellation, no matter how inappropriate and contrary to reason it is.
Unfortunately, it works.
People are really that stupid.
Hitler has one heck of a public relations team.
I find it amazing that some people cleave to, need, and promote the "Hilter" figure and appellation, no matter how inappropriate and contrary to reason it is.
Unfortunately, it works.
People are really that stupid.
Hitler has one heck of a public relations team.
Insane? These people are not insane. They are making insane profits of war.
Quick, let's borrow more money from China so we can continue giving money to Daddy Warbucks. Raise my taxes, please.
They are not insane. The public is.
It took me about fifteen minutes onthe internet to discovery that the IBM Selectric II, which had those font balls, could have typed thoses so-called forgeries, complete with superscripts. On ebay I found about 6 sets of fonts balls up for auction.
My journalsim skills must be awesome, since evidently no one else in the business took fifteen minutes of time to do the research which would have laid to rest the forgery claims.
Shouldn't I get a Pulitzer or something?
Maybe someone should tello Dan Rather about the IBM Selelctric.
Cocaine turns people into psychopaths. "It is better not to deal with psychopaths since you will always be on the losing end of the relationship. Do not assume they care or feel. They cannot.
"Social justice, a healthy environment and renewable energy" this strikes at the very foundation of our mighty nation!
Forget Iran! Mexico is closer and a far greater threat.
Does Mexico have any oil?