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Do you think that you have a purpose for being on here?

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

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Do you come on here hoping to turn someone toward your ways or are you just on here for fun?

I am on here for both. I hope that I can lead someone to Christ, although I make mistakes a lot. Hopefully someone will see something that I have said and it plants a seed in their heart for God to grow. This might just sound silly, but this is something I truly pray for. If only one person:)

It is fun to come on here for no reason too. I like to come on at night when my baby is asleep and type really fast because normally during the day it takes forever to type something because I am holding my baby in one arm.

I agree with you (Love the pic by the way). I think I still foolishly believe that I can be the one person in someone’s life to actually either change or challenge the way they see a specific cause, a person in their life, themselves, or a group of people. I will admit, I have had a hand full of success stories (or so they tell me) with people in this forum and other forums that I have visited. I talked to a young lady off life that decided to seek counseling for some past trauma that she was still suffering from. I was recently an emotional outlet for a man enduring a painful divorce (with the assistance of the lord that is, Aman), and I was able to convince a young man to go back to school and get his degree in Information Technology. So I’ve done well so far. Even thought I’m behind a computer, I try to be a blessing to others who just need someone to talk too, because the blessings will come back to me (may my cup run over). I even think at times that by me reading and giving others a chance to voice their opinions, it allows me to see things from a different perspective, and change the way I see things between the races, religions, and sexes (because I learn from the people who visit this forum as well as some of them learning from me).

But it is funny and interesting at times to just sit back and read some of the outlandish and ridiculous postings and answers that some people give. You can always tell who’s bitter, who’s newly separated, who’s having problems with the opposite sex, and who just has a bone to pick with someone (and it doesn’t matter who it is). I sit and laugh at some of those people because they have no idea how good it feels to just “let go and let god”. Holding on to anger and contempt does nothing but add stress onto the few days in your life that’s already promised unto you (at birth) to be filled with stress. All this talk about how evil feminist are, and like (I love this one) the user with the name “Women are more Selfish then Men” further centers me in the idea that the older you get the more you learn about people and how the world works (well some of us learn, some of us haven’t quite caught on just yet). Most users’ true personality shows in the reasons and logic they give behind their answers, and I feel pity for those who have to deal with them on a daily basis. One of the worst things in the world is having to live, work, or fight with someone who’s losing a battle with their own emotions. Oh well, we all have issues (including myself). So I think coming here is like therapy for me also. That’s why I spend so much time in here. Not to mention I’m trying to save money to buy a house, so I’m not doing nothing anyway.

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Well I come here to try and show that there are some really good single mom’s out there who love their kids and try and show that not ALL single mom are scum.

And also I like to point out that man can get hurt in DV with women. my dad was proff of that.

And i like to pass the time when my daughter is asleep. of course now i should be cleaning my apartment but I am too tired now. Have a good night everyone.

When the dollar appreciates relative to the Canadian dollar, then:

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

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A) Canadian goods become more expensive here.
B) our goods become more expensive in Canada.
C) we tend to buy more from Canada since we have a weak currency.
D) we sell more goods to Canada.

A) our goods become more expensive in Canada.

Do you think ugly people should be allowed to euthanize themselves?

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

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Especially women, like me, since no wants to see their horrid face?

Things ugly women cannot do:

1) find a decent, financially secure man
2) pass on defective genes (that should be a crime)
3) Be incredibly successful even in fields like law and business since its the look that holds a silent sway
4) Be socially accepted since we are always derided.
5) We make others want to vomit

For these reasons alone, Ugly featured women, just as myself, should be allowed to kill themselves. Why isn’t it legal?

I really,really feel for you-because I was in your shoes once. I was shy and overweight as a kid and suffered horrendous bullying, so when I reached adulthood,although I was now slim, I had no self-worth and believed I was hideously,freakishly ugly & fat and would never have a job or normal life.
I still ‘tried’ to make myself look better and friends would say, ‘god,you’re not ugly, you actually look like you could be on tv or in movies’ and I’d think they were either ‘being nice’ or,worse, taking the mickey out of me.
In the end I discovered I was suffering body dismorphic syndrome-imagined ugliness. You need to see a dr–they will help you to overcome this.

I have to do a pursuasive essay on capitalism…?

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

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What is a good visual aid that supports my point that capitalism is better than socialism?

Break out the portable LCD TV and show the audience bits and pieces of the following:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheight…
The Commanding Heights. It is THE BEST documentary ever..
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES: The inhabitant of London could order by telephone, sipping his morning tea, the various products of the whole earth, and reasonably expect their early delivery upon his doorstep. Militarism and imperialism of racial and cultural rivalries were little more than the amusements of his daily newspaper. What an extraordinary episode in the economic progress of man was that age which came to an end in August 1914.

NARRATOR: Hayek summed it up more succinctly.

FRIEDRICH VON HAYEK: We did not realize how fragile our civilization was.

NARRATOR: The murder of an Austrian archduke by a terrorist triggered a world war. It would be almost 80 years before there was once again a truly global economy.

What proof do scientists have that humans did not talk in the earlier stages?

Saturday, June 14th, 2008
i think they call it homo sapien-sapien…something like that.
just surious as to how they came up with that theory/idea.
There is a lack of symbolic artifacts over 50,000 years old. This has led some to speculate that this is when speech began. Personally, I thought that conclusion was one of the most ridiculous I have ever heard. It has subsequently been shown that Neanderthals possess a highly developed hyoid bone necessary for speech. This indicates speech probably was probably around for at least 400,000 years IMO. It should be noted that a hyoid bone is very small and delicate and its absence in the fossil shouldn’t be taken as proof for its absence in the animal. Homo erectus was found to have narrow spinal chords. Humans evolved thicker chords apparently for added muscle control of the diaphram and intercostal muscles to allow for greater control necessary for our modern speech. The ability for this great control of our lungs was apparently not present in H. erectus and evolved in the last million years. This doesn’t prove that H. erectus might not have had a different mechanism for speech or a simpler version. There are also areas of the brain where modern speech centers are located that can be seen in various fossils
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A couple of these answers are right on the money. Another interesting fact is that humans, because of this speech gift we have, are the only animals on the planet who can die from choking on our food - certainly speech has it’s evolutionary costs!
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Early hominins did not have a hyoid bone which had descended into the larynx, which allows us to speak as we know it today!

The ability to pause in our brathing, and voluntarily aspirate while using words, is 2 million years old or less…

How much control over price do companies in a perfectly competitive market have?

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Keep this in mind: if there’s ever such an exam question asked to you, you have to explain that every firm in a perfectly competitive market are price takers, hence it is assumed that they do not have any control over pricing by definition. Hope that is sufficient for you :)