ChibiHorsewoman

[color=darkviolet]I find that I am probably one of the most easiest to amuse people I know. I think in some ways it's a good thing. especially if you have to watch an active 5 year old in 100 degree weather with 85% humidity and you can't go outside so you have to play hide and see in a five room house w/o losing site of the baby. Here are some of my ideas of how to tell you're easily amused: [b]1[/b]- You read your vehicle's owners manual and laugh at the funny pictures. Hey, it's not like i could do anything else in the car while my brother was messing with something [b]2[/b]- You then show the pictures to who ever else in in the vehicle with you. John commented on the people too. [b]3[/b]-You think that arguing with the TV is not a waste of time, but a hiughly developed talent. [b]4.[/b]- Computer solitare is very entertaining. [b]5[/b]- You go to the greeting card section of a store and laugh at the funny cards [b]6[/b]-You laugh at the funny t-shirt sayings on the hot topic website or even better in the store [b]7[/b] You go to Sephora . com to add to your wishlist, or see what's new in your favorite product line, but you hardly make orders from there. [b]8[/b]-Also while on Sephora's website you make a fake order of all the products on your wish list and see how much everything you want will cost. But still you never make the order. (I really couldn't. Everyone I know would kill me) [b]9[/b]- Your butt starts hurting and you make up a song about it. [b]10[/b]- You want to share the song with everyone but can't remember how it goes. I'll share more later. Honestly I don't think any of you are strange[/color]

[color=darkviolet]I'm really enjoying all these stories about everyone's pets. Domino has decided to make like Lassie on that one insurance commercial and sometimes goes after Guy. Of course, Guy goes back after Domino and she hisses at him. He tackles her whenever he comes in from the yard. Needless to say Guy has a few scratches from Domino. Guy still can't figure out that Fudd doesn't want to play with him and keeps running into her. She's nipped at him, barked at him and then come and whined to one of us. She's a nine year old baby. [b]Fudd[/b]-9 year old Beagle with some basset hound in her. I got her from a friend of mine in middle school whose dogs had just had a litter. Fudd was one of three survivors. She used to be a hunting dog, but two years ago she pulled one of her back tendons while running in the back yard. Then she managed to pull the other back tendon in her other leg. So now she has trouble getting around. She's a substandard size and only 14 inches high, but she weighs about 52 lbs. [b]Domino[/b]-10 month old black and white domestic short hair cat. We got her from a lady my husband was working with at Ft.Hood. Domino likes to think she's a dog-she even comes when you call and plays fetch. Domino also gives kisses and can be talkative. However, do to a kitten hood obssesion with my mardi gras beads from Vegas, and maybe something else, Domino has almost no front teeth. [b]Guy[/b]-3 month pld pit bull mix. Mostly white with orange brown patches, Guy is my brother's dog and the first male dog ever owned in this house. He's rather sedated for a puppy, usually napping like Fudd. but he is hyper sometimes and he attacked my cow and my Goofy hat. Because he's mostly pit we have to keep him from bitting people and we can't play tug-of-war with him or play real rough. also, when he starts to bite Fudd or Domino we have to tell him 'No bite!' and chase him awy then give him something to bite on then when he does tell him good boy. Now for other animals: [b]Heidi[/b]-My parents had this smooth haired dauschund before I was born and for about a year after. but they had to put her to sleep when she was five because of all her medical problems. She was AKC certified tho and her parent's names were Buffy of Amsterdam and Precious PeeWee. I always find that funny. [b]Sandy[/b]-Some kind of Terrier mix. We had her until I was in fifth grade. She started to lose control of her bladder and kept getting tumors. She was about 13 when we put her to sleep, my brother was really broken up about it. The night before tho, we fed her chocolate ice cream and an Almond Joy [b]Abby[/b]-Male Tabby cat. My mom found him by abbots frozen custard hence the name. We had him for two years then one night we let him out and he never came back. [b]Pouncer[/b]-Calico domestic longhair male. One of the neighborhood kids found him wondering around and gave him to my mom. he got out one night, got into a fight and lost a lot of blood. It was so bad we had to put him to sleep. My brother was really sad about that. [b]Yasha[/b]-Black short hair domestic male. The name meant demon and he acted like one most of the time. He ran away when I was in Texas. I hope someone found him and hid him in their barracks because he was a really good cat. [b]Trinket[/b]-Bright bay thouroughbred Mare. the first horse I ever jumped. I learned to ride English on her and do the first three jumps of the cross country course at Black North Farm. She's my age (22) and is now retired at another farm as a companion horse. [b]Ivan[/b]-dappled Bay Tennessee Walker Gelding. He was a member of the Rochester Mounted police force for a nuimber of years then retired. He went blind in one eye back in 98 but could still be riden gently. Back in 2002 the farm owner and Ivan's owner were going to put him down since the poor guy could barely eat or walk. The day they were going to euthanize him, Ivan passed away. he was 35. That's old for a horse. [b]Lady[/b]-Frost appoloosa mare. She's the first horse I did the whole cross country course on. She had two foals (Auggie (August Knight) and Betty (Betcha I can)) and is now a retired companion horse on a neighboring farm. She went blind in both eyes back in 2000. It's a genetic trait that happens in some appoloosa's because of the skin around their eyes. [b]Ebony[/b]-Black thouroughbred mare. She was a race horse until she was 4 and is a horse for intermediate riders and sometimes more advanced. I call her the Mare who hates everything because whenever you ask her to do something she puts her ears back. I ask her to trot, she does with her ears back, I head her for a jump, she puts her ears back and jumps. Hell, I'll give her a carrot and she'll still put her ears back. She's very pretty though, but that doesn't matter when you ride. However I love her canter. I was riding Ebony before I went on Maternity leave which is what my instructor is calling it. Which means I'll have my space back in my lesson when I come back. Well there's some more. If you really want I could tell you about my aunt Marty's dog I always babysit.[/color]

[QUOTE=Panda]You guys are all so young! Now I have a collection of bad cassette tapes and some vinyl!! How embarassing.... :blush:[/QUOTE] [color=darkviolet]Hey, Panda. I have the four vinyl set of Elton John's Good Bye Yellow Brick Road. So how's that for old and embarassing? I also have this crap load of Swing albums courtesy of my dead father-in-law. And maybe some emberassing country records. As for embarassing tapes-Cristopher Cross and Chicago. No, not the broadway musical Chicago-I mean the group Chicago. I think my most embarassing CD that I own and listen to is a collection of funny Christmas songs including all 3 of Adam Sandler's Hanuka songs and walkin' 'round in women's underwear. I listen to it on and off through out the year. Not just christmas time. I made the CD by the way[/color]

[color=darkviolet]This idea came to me a few days ago while I was watching the Wayne Brady show and he had Anna Nicole Smith on as a guest. He'd ask her questions and she'd be all 'Uh uh well, um...' then maybe give an answer. It was almost painful to watch. After a while my mom, who had been watching in her office, calls out 'Man, they talk about Jessica Simpson being stupid, but atleast Jessica Simpson can form a complete sentance.' To which I reply-' Yeah, compared to Anna Nicole Smith, Jessica Simpson looks like a Mensa candidate.' So my question is this, what celebraties or politician or any other famous people just make you sit back and say-Wow, They're stupid![/color]

[color=darkviolet]I'm in the same boat as Panda Adult world, no Summer vacation. Even if I [i]did[/i] get one I couldn't do much fun this summer. Next year I plan on going to six flags at least 3 times, but that's next year. But if you really want to know what I'm doing this summer- Hanging out in the pool Going to see a few movies finishing my baby registry driving my new car until I can't drive no more. writing my name on the light house at the end of Charlotte pier like I do with my friends every summer. watching my ankles swell to the size of beach balls I think Summer Vacation is an evil trick. Why? Because every year from when you're five to when you're 17 you get summers off. This continues into college unless you take summer courses and you get used to it. Then you reach the real world and you have to work for you vacation time and if you're like my parents you'll spend part of a vacation fixing up the house.[/color]

[QUOTE=Undefeated]Lets compare out two candidates Economy: Bush has a plan, Kerry does not[/QUOTE] [color=darkviolet]Yes, if you call turning one of the largest surpluses our nation has had in a while into one of the largest deficites our country has had in a while a plan for economy-well sure I guess it is. If you like poverty and worrying if you'll hav a job tomorrow. Add that onto the uneployment rate going up due to jobs going over seas and yes Bush has a plan for sending this country's economy to Hell in handbasket[/color] [quote name='undefeated'] War: I don't like the war, but it gives USA credibility, thus I'm for it. Kerry has no plan for the war.[/quote] [color=darkviolet]I fail to see how going to war when you have no support from your allies or the rest of the world for that matter give you credibility, but if you like kharmic butt kickings as much as Bush you can have at it. As for the war in general I hate it with a passion therefore I detest Bush for getting us into this whole ordeal where men and women hardly older than the rest of us (if your parents sign a waiver you can join at 17) or maybe even your age or younger are risking their lives and not knowing why. Thank you Bush administration for another Vietnam.[/color] [quote name='Undefeated']Education: Bush has a plan, Kerry does not.[/quote] [color=darkviolet]The Rochester City school district has schools closing because they don't meet the 'criteria' of the no child left behind act which sounds like another failure to me. Since as a result of closed schools there will be larger classes and less teachers to deal with them. That doesn't sound like a very good plan for education to me. Infact it sounds like a bomb ready to go off.[/color] [QUOTE=Undefeated] No Child Left behind demands accontability. That is what our nation needs, not a bunch of neo-feminist touchy feely crap.[/QUOTE] [color=darkviolet]Because it's done wonders for both your spelling and grammar I can see. Yes, our nation needs accountability, not a bunch of failed programs which are draining our budget. Perhaps if our nation got more in touch with its feminine side instead of going with the masculine don't stop and ask for directions idealism that's been so predominant in this administration this country could go back up hill instead of down hill as it is right now. So maybe, defeated, you could do some of us a favour-quit disrespecting your mother and get in touch with your feminine side[/color] [quote name='Undefeated']Morality: Bush is against abortion, gay marriage, irrational liberalism, ect. Kerry is for all of these things.[/quote] [color=darkviolet]Morality is a very debateable subject. You find the government getting involved in a woman's right to reproduce, and telling people who are in love that they can't be married legally because they're the same sex as a moral obligation. I find it wrong to tell a woman she can't choose whether or not to have a child (because I also believe that after Bush gets rid of abortion-birth control is next) and it's wrong to tell people they can't get married because of who they chose to be in love with and how they were born. Does that make me an immoral person? I doubt it. Besides, Bush is against more that abortion and gay rights. While govenor of Texas he made a few speeches against paganism as well saying that he hopes the military will rethink their hasty descision. In 1986 an ammendment was added to the constitution making paganism a government protected religion. If Bush is willing to involve himself in people's sex lives, who's to say he wouldn't consider revoking people's freedom of religion as well? And as for being a liberal thinker-what's so bad about being a forward thinker and trying to change the world? Wouldn't you rather have a few changes than let everything stay the same?[/color] [quote name='undefeated']I pick the strong man with the plan.[/quote] [color=darkviolet]That would be Deathbug, right? :laugh: [/color] [quote name='Undefeated']By the way: THE UNITED STATES NEEDS NO ******* BACKING FROM THE "INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY" TO DO ANYTHING! We are the last super power! And we can do anything we damn well please! GOD BLESS THE USA!!!!![/quote] [color=darkviolet]As my mom says 'If you can't say something without swearing it's not worth saying in the first place' True, we don't need backing to go start a war, but having support from an international community while starting a war sure as hell does help. Just ask any soldier over there, I'm sure they'd rather have some positive reinforcements in this stupid 'war on terror' than all the crap they keep getting. Finally the last part of this paragraph. We're hardly a superpower and even if we are shouldn't the USA be aware that all our movements are being watched? Yes, people in general can do whatever they damn well please. I could go commit fraud with my husband's social security number because I have it, but that doesn't mean I should do it. That's the whole thing with being responsible with power. Which Bush obviously doesn't know how to do.[/color] [quote name='Undefeated']By the way, other than basic humanitarian rights granted by Int. Law, foriegners aren't technically covered by the Constitution.[/quote] [color=darkviolet]Which is something they were denied while being detained. Infact I believe Donald Rumsfeld stated that the detanies at Guantanamo Bay were even to be denied basic rights under the GEneva Conventions which as you stated are supposed to be granted to all members of this global community.[/color]

[color=darkviolet]Usually I'd go with the saying that you don't trade the devil you know for the devil you don't where presidental canditates are concerned since I don't know too much about Kerry to make an educated debate. However with all of Bush's ultra conservative Christian (not that Christians are bad I just think you should leave your religion out of politics. In fact unless absolutely necessary out of public entirely) ideas and with him continuously wanting this stupid constitutional ban on same sex marriages ( I want my husband's aunt Val's opinion on this) saying that 'the definition of marriage shouldn't be changed by a bunch of petitionists' (I may have gotten the quote off) I'd have to go with Kerry since he doesn't seem like as much of a religious zeolot as Bush is. Infact I don't think Kerry has brought that up. Plus with the economy the way it's going, Bush should be paying us to try and vote for him insstead of making all these $10,000 per plate dinners. Sure, I wouldn't wote for him, but I could buy a new car with what I have and $10,000. Of course if Bush does win this election those of us who didn't vote for him can always look forward to a few things: 1.) He's served two terms so he can never serve again 2.) If he keeps going after all these oil rich arab countries the gas price might go down 3.) We could see him get his butt kicked by angry Gay rights activists if he continues to persist with wanting to make a constitutional ban on same sex marriage :eek: 4.) If he keeps up with all these wars on terror we can see him get his butt kicked by Military spouses or the military as a whole. :laugh: 5.) THere are more speeches with big words for him to mess up. Yes, it's a scary thought, but we must always look to the bright side! BTW: Death Bug for President 2004![/color]

[QUOTE=DeathBug][color=indigo][size=1][font=comic sans ms]Why settle for a debate? I personally believe that candidates for office should have to fight each other with padded batons while standing on rotating plantforms, a la [i]American Gladiators[/i]. That's probably why I don't make the rules...[/color][/size][/font][/QUOTE] [color=darkviolet]Hell, I'd vote for Death Bug, what about you guys? :laugh: Personaly I think the candidates should do an obstical course then some trivia questions before the actual debate. Who ever finishes the obstical course first gets x amount of bonus points then whoever answers the most questions right also gets x amount of bonus points. Who ever has the most points at the end of teh first two events gets to go first on the debate and has extra points for that. Maybe that's why nobody will let me be in charge. As for the serious topic at hand well, that's a tough one seeing that Bush and I get along as well as Bush and TN would get along. Of course for different reasons, but you've got to figure that into an equation when voting, right? I don't care much for Bush between the economy, the rising price of gas and the rising cost of food and other goods because you need gas to transport food and other goods this is just a bad thing for me right now. I paid ten bucks to put 5 gallons of unleaded gas in my car yesturday. HOwever, Kerry really hasn't mentioned any real alternatives to the economy, job creation or anything else that's extremely important to me. So far all I've heard is him blaming Bush-which Bush does the same to Clinton and so on. But still the blame game with no idea on how to change everything is kind of disheartening. With Bush right now there's some rumor that the troops over in Iraq since March may come back in February. Also if he wants to get re-elected and be guaranteed the military ballot he'll have to lengthen the $250.00 a month of combat pay instead of ending it in December like planned. Yes, you need money for weapons and gear and food for both soldiers and POWs. But the soldiers' families also need the money to send care packages, pay bills and put gas in their cars. Right now I think I'd have a better chance if I voted for Nader who runds every year, or if Ross Perot (Panda and older members may rememeber him) decided to run. Kerry may be slightly popular than BUsh right now, but slight popularity during a crisis doesn't guarantee a won election in November-especially since so many people are talking about Bush having tricks up his sleeve near October. So there's my bit. Hey, if there's anyone on here who's 35 and a legal US Citizen run for president and I'll vote for you! [/color]

[color=darkviolet]Whoa, emberassing CDs? Oh man, you shouldn't have brought this up. Celine Dione Falling into you. I got it for my sixteenth birthday and haven't gotten a chance to get rid of it yet. I had all three of the BSB CDs before I moved to TX, but lack of money leads to boredum so my husband and I stuck them in the microwave for 3 seconds and threw them against the hall closet. Along with Nsync 98 degrees and an AOL cd rom. My best friend burned me an Enrique Iglesius CD and I think I might have that somewhere. Okay, now I have to go change my name and go into hiding somewhere far far away.[/color]

[color=darkviolet]I watch wrestling every Monday and I guess Thursday night-at least I did when I was in Texas, I don't do it much now. But of course, it wasn't normal wrestling watching because I'd do it with Lincoln. Pull your minds out of the gutter-I meant we'd do stupid commentary for the wrestlers like: 'This will teach you to eat all my chili fries and leave me with the bar tab!' or 'You stole my shoes! '[i]This[/i] will teach you to steal my shoes!' We basically turned Monday night wrestling into a cat fight. I miss that. I yell at the TV during some shows liek Jeopardy and when the History Channel was doing this thing on American Nazis and this lady was screaming something stupid about protecting the white people. I told the TV I wasn't white, I 'm some beighey color. Oh and I read the American girls series and other children's books. I even read Green Eggs and Ham out loud. I can recite the whole book from I do not like them Sam I am to I like them Sam I am. That's all I feel I need to confess to right now and most of it is so the other guy won't feel too weird about the wrestling. Am I still fit to be a parent?[/color]

[color=darkviolet]My brother just adopted this 3 month old pit bull mix and named him Guy (you don't want to know what my parents are calling him) since that's what he called his male teachers through out high school (he called the female ones miss). So now my parents house consists of two dogs and a cat. The other dog is a 9 year old female Beagle named Fudd like Elmer Fudd. Right now she's less than thrilled with the puppy, but she's being social and showing him who's boss. The cat is a black and white domestic short hair female named Domino. She likes to play, but she's not sure what to think of Guy since he plays back. So, does anyone else have any family pets they'd like to share? I hope this isn't too dumb of a post, but there wasn't one up here so I thought it might be okay.[/color]

[color=darkviolet]Hey, I can act stupid too, where's my TV show? Oh wait [i]that's[/i] right, I'm not rich and pretty! *smacks head* I've never watched the show but I've heard enough about it to wonder how Christina Ricci and Paris Hilton can manage to remember to breath without instructions let alone get 'dressed' in the morning and i use the term dressed loosely. Reality TV in general has really gone down hill since America's Funniest Home Videos and MTVs Real World. I mean look at what we've begun to air-For Love or Money and My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance. If that isn't proof that Americans don't give a crap any more what's on air than what does?[/color]

[quote=SPC Lincoln Crisler US Army]I don't know if soldiers would rape or kill if they wanted to; we're the most powerful army on the planet, and therefore we're always in the spotlight. That kinda puts us in the position of having to be nice because our actions are always up for inspection by other nations and the taxpaying public. I haven't talked to any guys who really really wanna go kill and rape; hell I just want to trick them into eating pork rinds and that's not really all that bad! They teach us to be nice to POW's because if we're nice, hopefully Americans won't lose their heads and also because it makes the enemy more likely to surrender if they know we're not going to throw them to the lions. That's why we spend money on feeding them and stuff; as much as I complain about it, I understand why.[/quote] [color=darkviolet]As you can tell that's from my husband about the whole military ordeal. It's the best I could do since he doesn't usually talk about it. Yes there are some soldiers who probably want to go pillage and burn, but most of them are aware that their actions are being veiwed by everyone on this blue marble we call Earth. Just like the middle east a few bad apples ruin the thing for everyone else. As for Boba's take on war tactics. The way these guys over there are playing is guerilla warfare. It's not like the good 'ol days when grampa would go through basic and learn how to fire at enemy soldiers who were playing the same game he was. This is more like Vietnam when they attatched mines to kids and then the kids threw themselves at the soldiers (my friend's father had that happen to a buddy of his) So Welcome to modern day warfare 21 century style. Our soldiers and (I assume) the other coalition troops are taught the basics on how to handle POWs and some of the attacks depending on their job in this place. Hopefully they're also taught that if someone in your higher chain of command asks you to do something question him/her or go higher. As for the lack of sympathy-I'm tired of this war and i want it to be over. When I lived in Ft. Hood the local news and the Post News would always say something about the KIAs and such every day and week. After the first few weeks the death kind of numbs you. Yes, this man was a civilian and an innocent by-stander, but what the hell was he doing in a war-zone in the first place if he was a civilian. Civilians have no place in war zones when they go voluntarily (I'm not talking about the Iraqi's because they were living in Iraq and had no say about what was going to happen in their neighborhood) So yes his death is tradgic, but if he hadn't gone over there it could have been avoided. I'm sorry if any comments may have sounded cold hearted or just plain weird, but sometimes that's how it goes.[/color]

[color=darkviolet]Some parents are just extremely pushy and don't care what their kids want. They don't even realize the consequences of their actions. As for beauty pageants it's nothing more than a meat market even for the younger girls and from the age of when they start they're shown that the only thing that matters in life is how pretty you are and if you can walk with a stack of books on your head. Or twirl a baton and sing Camp Town Races at the same time. What kind of message is that to send to your daughter? Just as long as you can look pretty everything will be okay. Have you seen the Bravo series [u[Showbiz moms and dads[/u]? I have it's somewhat disturbing what these parents are willing to put their kids through to get famous I keep hoping I don't end up like that. Especially that guy with teh seven kids....okay off topic sorry! I guess what I'm trying to say is that anything that judges your child on how they look or on how you look is a bit demoralizing to a person. You keep being told by family members, friends and signifigant others (hopefully) that you're pretty and you're good at something and then the public gives you a swift kick in the butt. It can hurt.[/color]

[color=darkviolet]I'd probably be very angry with the world then hope for a quick reincarnation as someone who would live longer. As for the person who was claiming to be Muslim, quit lying like that. You don't seem to know the first thing about the religion so stop annoying the rest of us with your stupidity.[/color]

[QUOTE=Spike88]You people really have a lot of nerve. Every thing may be political be at least amercans go for humiliation rather than inhuman treatment of innocent people.ALl the news has the stuff about how harshly those people who took pictures of the Iraqi prisoners. Firsts things first the Iraqi's who we took pictures of were guilty thats why they were in jail. Secondly it was humiliating but it wasn't brutal murder. It was nothing short of imaturity. [/QUOTE] [color=darkviolet]You have some nerve as well. I'd hate to see what you consider inhumane treatment, but let me clue you in on something. Reguardless of where the POW is located according to the GEneva Convetion you are not allowed to torture or photograph POWs. It doesn't matter which side did it in the first place, they were violating international law by doing so. You call it immaturity, well, for the sake of these soldiers immaturity they are facing court marshall for violating GEneva Conventions. And as a backlash, soldiers and American civilians who are completely unconnected to these incidents are facing the consequences. Does it still seem right to you? [quote name='spike88']This has nothing to do with wether we wanted war or not. The majority of out population still want the war. I for one agree with it. Another thing is someone doesn't give up their 3.4 million dollar football contract for something that is a lost cause. We supposedly bring our wicked ways. I don't freakin think so. Taking pictures of naked Iraqis is one thing but brutally murdering a man who there to help clean up the mess the army made is not. You know all this will do is incite americans to want the war even more.[/quote] [color=darkviolet]THe majority of your population must not include recently polled people.(the war has a 29% approval rating) My husband's sitting over in Iraq right now doing his little radio thing (1 cav 13 Sig BN Alpha OUtlaws Hooah!) and the only thing he's thinking about with the war is HAzardous duty and separation pay. I know I don't agree with this war, I'd rather have my husband home and still have trouble paying bills than have him fighting for some president who's nothing but a war monger and be able to buy myself a new car. The only reason I see of us being over there is so Bush can get revenge for his daddy. Go ahead and call me unpartiotic, but take care to read my signature and remember, I'm not against the soldiers, I'm against the war. As for the guy who gave up his football career. He was serving over in Afghanistan for one and for another thing maybe he had his one reasons to join up. Besides, he was a Ranger many of them are crazy anyway. The beheading of this civilian contractor was a result of photographing Iraqi POWs. I believe that photographing Iraqi POWs was done as revenge for them photographing their POWs, but we'll never know. As for Americans wanting this war even more after these events, I believe the opposite will be true. Americans will be less willing to risk their sons, daughters, mothers fathers husbands and wives as a result of these events.[/color] [quote name='spike88']So in my opinion watch the news read your history books and see what happened the last time stuff went on in a country like that was. You'll find out a guy ran it by the name of Hitler. Look what happened by sitting back and doing nothing. Sure we lose lives to regulate crazy leaders like Sadam but we same millions for the thousands we lose. Be a Partiot and supposrt your nation if not your nation won't supprt you. Well, that's just how I feel later folks.[/quote] [color=darkviolet]Telling me to re-read history books-I know this response is rather inconsequential to the post, but I was in AP history in High school with an A average in that class. I also took a college US history course and passed that with a A, but as I said, that's irrelevent. As for the news, if you only get your information from one source you'll wind up horribly ubalanced. As for saying if we lose 1,000 we gain 1 million. Tell that to the people who have lost their loved ones, we'll replace him/her for free. A person isn't a lamp or even a puppy. That's a rather insensitive remark to make to people you don't know. My husband is serving over there right now (as I keep mentioning) DOn't try to tell me he can be replaced. However if you still feel that way, I'm sure you can find my husband's friend Calvin's mom and tell her that you can replace him. Calvin's unit came under attack last year a week after they arrived in Bagdad. Yes, he's alive, but he's in the mental ward now. IF Saddam posed such a threat to the US as BUsh claims he did, where are the WMD? The reason we sat back in 1939 anddid nothing was because the US was involved in Isolationism which ended when Japan bombed pearl HArbor. And if I remember correctly Hitler didn't run Japan or Italy for that matter he was just a large part of a puzzle. We went after 3 countries after that and had allies as well. But forget about that war for a while, because that one ended well for us. What about Vietnam? What was the need there? IF you ask my dad he'll say oil and not to defeat communism. Which BTW we didn't. We left the country in a hurry after years of heavy losses. AS for being a partiot. I am a patriot At the very least more of one than you. I'm supporting my husband over in Iraq and neither one of us care much for this violence. Our entire nation has nothing to do with this war. This war is between the president and his beliefs and as one one my quotes says-Patriotisms means to stand behind the country. It does not mean to stand behind the president. Okay, I've said that much on that remark. Now allow me to voice my opinions on the beheading. I find that disturbing that the war has now come to this, but what are civilians doing over there in the first place? They have no business being in a war zone. If civilians were guaranteed military protection in war zones, then maybe the spouses of military personnel would be allowed to accompany their spouses in to the war zones. But they're not guaranteed protection, just higher paychecks. It's sad that something like this has happened, but were any of us honestly expecting the Iraqi people to welcome us with open arms. If any of us were, we're sadly mistaken. I just hope this whole mess is over soon.[/color]

[color=darkviolet]Sciros, I'm 22 years old a high school graduate with 13 college credits and six months pregnat, any more questions? I never had a use for geometry or calculus for that matter. Infact I think calculus is one of the main evil things of this world. Thanks to calculus I didn't make honor roll for a year. I'm not going into an engineering feild and I don't need to design baby bottles. I thought algebra was easy I could run circles around my husband with my math skills, but I think every day math is most useful. Okay I'll stop now, I really hate math...4x+5y=107 solve for x and y[/color]

[color=darkviolet]I had this really good story that I almost forgot about. The first time Lincoln came over to my house we were still trying to be just friends (yeah, [i]that[/i] idea sure worked out) We decided to try and play some board games and watch Toonami. Well I beat him in Balderdash so we tried to play battle ship. I was acussing him of looking at my board so he started tickling me. The tickling ended up like wresteling and I ended up with my face in his lap around the same time my brother and his friends walked into the family room where we were playing. My brother goes 'Sorry Meg, I didn't know you an' Lincoln Lord of the Underworld were like that' And my face was burning up. Then Lincoln stood up fast and my head made contact with the wood part of my parent's stupid couch. All in all it was a very eventful occasion and the day after that we started going out.[/color]

[color=darkviolet]My parent's families are Irish German catholics. My dad's family is huge. Every Christmas eve my grandma (who now I see as some sort of hypocrit, but I used to love), my dad, his brother and five sisters, their spouses, their children, either their children's children or their spouses or their children's children and spouses all cram into one house to eat a buffet style meal, do grab bag gifts and then leave. Last year was of the utmost enjoyability. For personal reasons one of my cousins and her fiance decided not to come to our house for the occasion (my brother) then my brother went over my aunt Marty's (mom's younger sister) house since he couldn't very well stay up in his room for five hours. My grandma tried to tell my husband how 'God was in Iraq and wanted us to help the people and God is for this war'(this same woman thinks all muslims are homicidal/suicidal people who think the only way to get to heaven is to kill people) Lincoln did a great job holding his tongue, but did wish her happy yule. Then she hung around after everyone else had left and tried to barb my mom about my brother. (and just so you know, I have a cousin on this side of the family who lost custody of her daughter for reasons undisclosed to me, but nobody says anything about that.) My mom said that she wanted to get some sleep before midnight mass so my grandma left My mom's side of the family is a bit more enjoyable, more closely knit and much more open minded. I can still talk heaven with my Mama. We switch houses around for thanksgiving, easter, mother's day and father's day, but for Christmas we always go to my mama and papa's house with the exception of maybe 2 times. And after every meal reguardless of the holiday we play board games. Last year was Lincoln's first experiance with this tradition-I kicked his butt in Tribond because he didn't want to be on my team. Booger head! I hope that supplied some insight.[/color]

[color=darkviolet]Okay, I'm not any type of psychiatrist, but let me get this straight. The main point in this story is that you're having some serious doubts about this guy who you're supposed to be marrying in how long? And he's been keeping in touch with his ex for how long? And he's cheated on you and you know about it, but you stayed with him. I don't know about you, but shouldn't your sixth sense be telling you that something is not quite right? The guy sounds like a bit of a slime ball and that's not something you really want to wind up spending the rest of your life with unless you want to be a guest on the Jerry Springer show. Not a goal in my life, but then I'm not you. One thing you may want to do before you call the whole engagement off is talk to your fiance about your concerns. I had real fun doing that prior to my wedding. My husband decided to tell me that the crazy lady who lives in teh same apartment building as his mother was also a ******** partner of his who he got pregnant, but she had a misscarriage. That's why she doesn't seem to care for me too much, never mind the fact that one of her kids is his cousin. Yeah, that was fun. but even so, you have to ask those kinds of questions. Still, if you get those answers and still want to go through with it, may I suggest instead a year and a day handfasting to see if he'd be willing to stay faithful to you instead of going all out on a ceromony? This could work for the best in the long run. Of course, if you really want to know my true feelings I'd say kick him to the curb girlfriend. But that's just ghetto me talking.[/color]

[color=darkviolet]I'm 22 female and crazy. But anyway relationships there are two kinds of out of familiy relationships. Platonic and romantic. If you're talking about a purely platonic relationship like one between friends I'd have to say the one with my best friend, Becky. We met in our freshman year of high school and have been through all sorts of happy crap. We now even plan on forcing our children to hang out together for the sake of our sanity. However, if you're talking about romantic relationships well my longest one has been 3.5 years and counting. I met Lincoln in August 2000, by October 2000 we were dating. In May 2001 we were engaged and in September 2002 we got married. Not bad considering that prior to getting married to him we probably spent about forty-two days together give or take. I think there are people on this board who can top me though.[/color]

[color=darkviolet]Which three CDs can't you live without at this moment and why do you love them so much? Remember this is just a person's music opinion we aren't going to try to dissect someone's personality by their musical choices. My three Choices at this particular Moment are: [b]1. Lee Ann Womack Greatest Hits[/b] You really can't beat a greatest hits album and Lee Ann Womack is one of my favorite country singers. She has a great voice and her songs are some of my favorite ranging from classic sounding country to modern country. Besides you can sing to most of the songs and that's something I liek to do. [b]2. Chicago Soundtrack (motion picture) [/b] It's one of the few CDs that my mom and I can agree on listening to on long trips. All that Jazz is a very up beat song and Cell Block Tnago is angsty and upbeat. I especially liked the lines in the song [i]some men just can't hold their arsenic I fired two warning shots into his head, and he ran into my knife..he ran into my knife 10 times[/i][ classic. They remind me of that line Anthony Hopkins had in Silence of the Lambs-I'd like his liver, with a glass of Chianti. Maybe it's just because I'm a sick person. Who knows. [b]3. My mixed CD[/b] This CD has a mixture of songs from all over my musical tastes from Les Misrables to the Ataris to Dixie Chicks singing Landslide with Stevie Nicks. I'm a very diverse person and this mixed CD I made proves how out there and undefinable I am So, anyone else?[/color]

[color=darkviolet]So does anyone have any good ones to share? They can be about other people if you need them to be. One of my best is this one that honest to everything didn't happen to me!: I was trying to hook my now husband up with my best friend (extremely long story but not messy!) so we all went to this amusement park (me, Lincoln, Matt and Becky) I got Matt to go on the Tilt-a-whirl and when he got off he looked a bit green. But he's a bit strange (long story again, but let's just say he's somewhat afraid of my 5'9 1/2 125lb hubby and he's 6'1 203lbs) so we thought nothing of it until we went to go on the swings and he almost puked on Becky when he ran to the bathroom. So of course, for the rest of the day I had to ask him if he wanted a cracker or if he wanted to try the tilt-a-whirl again to see if it had repeat effects on his digestive system. Yes I'm an evil evil person! Fear me! :devil: Well, there's one from your's truely, now it's your turn.[/color]

[color=darkviolet]I'm not much of an extreme sport person unless you count cross country jumping as an extreme sport since you're racing angainst the clock on an animal which weighs more than 1,000lbs and doing all sorts of jumps. I mean, you do need protective equipment and everything. (vest, helmet, lack of sanity ect ect) I've always wanted to try bungee jumping it looks fun. Really fun. They have this bungee thing at Six Flags Darien Lake called the sky coaster which drops you and two of your friends over the park. but it costs $35.oo a person give or take and most of my friends have an aversion to heights and plummeting to the ground. But maybe next year (but Matt can't go, because he can't even go on the tilt-a-whirl then the swings without throwing up). I have no hand eye cordination and too much of a fear of breaking every bone in my body to do any other sports besides horseback riding and snowboarding on the bunny slopes, so I'm not all that fearless. But hey, anything once.[/color]

[color=darkviolet]Just give everyone strange looks back. It works for me. People think I'm weird for being a female RPGer and also in her 20's. Think of it this way, everything is weird to someone in someways. For example, I think it's weird that my mother-in-law doesn't shower, but she sees no problem with it. Besides, I've kicked my brother's butt in video games since before there was PS2 Ans I make a pretty mean Vampire[/color]