Same as VT. Don't they get it? Your advertising to the criminals that the people are unarmed. Should we do away with "gun Free" zones so that law abiding legal concelled gun carriers can protect themselfs and others?
2007-12-08 02:57:01 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police
From Texas, getting married in California. Twelve people have already booked flights.My Dad gave my sis 10K in 1991, but says he can only offer me 2500-3000. Should I be hurt? What do I do? His excuse is that his retirement money is running low. I am 35 and he also says he did not know if I would ever get married. This is the man who has to walk me down the aisle. Do I cancel this whole thing? I think the real issue is that it is not the Catholic wedding my mom wanted me to have in Texas.Also she has a bad prescription addiction which my dad funds.What do ya'll think I should do?I am at a loss...
2007-12-08 02:56:55 · 9 answers · asked by kala 2 in Family
for my dance recitals i dont really care what my make up look likes..... but next month i have a bunch of dance competitions. I have very light skin, blueish green eyes, and brown hair. what eye shadows, lipsticks ect should i wear.
2007-12-08 02:56:52 · 5 answers · asked by FamGuy123 1 in Makeup
Io, a satellite of Jupiter, has an orbital period of 1.77 days and an orbital radius of 4.22 * 10^-5 km. From these data, determine the mass of Jupiter.
How would I go about doing this. Don't tell me the answer, just the process, please.
2007-12-08 02:56:48 · 4 answers · asked by Muffins 1 in Physics
2007-12-08 02:56:22 · 5 answers · asked by Road Trip 3 in Cats
From Texas, getting married in California. Twelve people have already booked flights.My Dad gave my sis 10K in 1991, but says he can only offer me 2500-3000. Should I be hurt? What do I do? His excuse is that his retirement money is running low. I am 35 and he also says he did not know if I would ever get married. This is the man who has to walk me down the aisle. Do I cancel this whole thing? I think the real issue is that it is not the Catholic wedding my mom wanted me to have in Texas.Also she has a bad prescription addiction which my dad funds.What do ya'll think I should do?I am at a loss...
2007-12-08 02:56:19 · 23 answers · asked by kala 2 in Weddings
Ge DUMPED MEEEEEEEEEEEEE I AM LUSING MY MIND
2007-12-08 02:55:51 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Singles & Dating
The CEO, Jeff Zucker is the one calling the shots, and lays out the platform.
2007-12-08 02:55:40 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
How many megabits in 1 megabyte?
2007-12-08 02:55:14 · 5 answers · asked by deralz 2 in Other - Computers
How many here are disgusted by Oprah's support of Obama? I think her brains would outweigh her prejudice - is it pretty obvious to me that Oprah is for blacks, in spite of the fact that whites and blacks who made who she is today. But, whenever she invests time/money into a project or a cause, it only benefits the black community.
Her school for girls serves blacks, her support for Obama appears to be only because he is black. When she made a film, The Color Purple, it was about blacks...
I have always liked Oprah, but the more she does this, the more she loses me as a fan.
Anyone who supports Obama is risking a loss in 2008 and we badly, BADLY need a Dem pres to win, and he is too inexperienced to deal with the huge job of fixing the disasters made by Bush.
Wake up, Oprah, this is not the time and place for games about race.
2007-12-08 02:54:59 · 17 answers · asked by Crystal S 4 in Politics
i ve got 5 guppies and i dont now whether they r female or male.How can i tell the difference?and what should i put in the aquarium?can i put some toys?:D:D lol
2007-12-08 02:54:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish
cars only no suv or trucks please
2007-12-08 02:54:37 · 2 answers · asked by bettyb 5 in Polls & Surveys
I have an open wound that refuses to completely heal. I have been driving in very heavy traffic every day to a hyperbaric treatment. I arrive al stressed out and my sugars are all out of wack( as in the high 200"s). The techs at the hospital tell me that stressors do not create problems with my sugars,,, is this true? I have checked my sugars before I drive and they check me before and after treatment. I have actually had a higher count after I arrive there than in the morning when I check my own, I don't think that there is a large discrepency between our two different meters. I need some factual input to show these techs one way or the other. Thank You
2007-12-08 02:54:23 · 11 answers · asked by Dick 1 in Diabetes
NBC has rejected a TV ad by Freedom's Watch, that asks viewers to remember and thank U.S. troops during the holiday season.
NBC said it declined to air the ad because it refers to the group's Web site"Anybody in the world who would look at this ad would come away with nothing other than we should thankful for their service," Freedom's Watch president Brad Blakeman said.
The spot was to be part of a seven-figure campaign that includes newspaper ads and television commercials. The ads are to run on CNN and Fox News Channel and are running in various newspapers. The New York Times ran a full-page Freedom's Watch ad Friday that said "Thank You!" and depicted a soldier reading a letter. The newspaper ad also contained the Web site address.
http://messages.finance.yahoo.com/mb/GE
2007-12-08 02:53:56 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics
in otherwords, how can i get better quicker?
i know theres no medicines that can help.
but what are some little things that'll help me get better faster?
2007-12-08 02:53:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health
A Soldier's last words, 22 Oct 2007 8:52 pm
SGT. Edmund John Jeffer's last few words were some of the most touching, inspiring and most truthful words spoken since the tragedy of 9/11 - and since our nation went to war.
SGT. Jeffers was a strong soldier and talented writer. He died in Iraq on September 19, 2007. He was a loving husband, brother and son. His service was more than this country could ever grasp - but the least you can do for the man who sacrificed his life for you ... is listen to what he had to say.
Compare his observations two the cynicism of the Cindy Sheehans and Al Frankens, Chris Mathews, Keith Olberman, MSNBC, CNN, NBC and CBS who presume to call themselves 'patriots'.....
Hope Rides Alone
By Eddie Jeffers
I stare out into the darkness from my post, and I watch the city burn to the ground. I smell the familiar smells, I walk through the familiar rubble, and I look at the frightened faces that watch me pass down the streets of their neighborhoods. My nerves hardly rest; my hands are steady on a device that has been given to me from my government for the purpose of taking the lives of others.
I sweat, and I am tired. My back aches from the loads I carry. Young American boys look to me to direct them in a manner that will someday allow them to see their families again...and yet, I too, am just a boy....my age not but a few years more than that of the ones I lead. I am stressed, I am scared, and I am paranoid...because death is everywhere. It waits for me, it calls to me from around street corners and windows, and it is always there.
There are the demons that follow me, and tempt me into thoughts and actions that are not my own...but that are necessary for survival. I've made compromises with my humanity. And I am not alone in this. Miles from me are my brethren in this world, who walk in the same streets...who feel the same things, whether they admit to it or not.
And to think, I volunteered for this... And I am ignorant to the rest of the world...or so I thought.
But even thousands of miles away, in Ramadi , Iraq, the cries and screams and complaints of the ungrateful reach me. In a year, I will be thrust back into society from a life and mentality that doesn't fit your average man. And then, I will be alone. And then, I will walk down the streets of America , and see the yellow ribbon stickers on the cars of the same people who compare our President to Hitler.
I will watch the television and watch the Cindy Sheehans, and the Al Frankens, and the rest of the ignorant sheep of America spout off their mouths about a subject they know nothing about. It is their right, however, and it is a right that is defended by hundreds of thousands of boys and girls scattered across the world, far from home. I use the word boys and girls, because that's what they are. In the Army, the average age of the infantryman is nineteen years old. The average rank of soldiers killed in action is Private First Class.
People like Cindy Sheehan are ignorant. Not just to this war, but to the results of their idiotic ramblings, or at least I hope they are. They don't realize its effects on this war. In this war, there are no Geneva Conventions, no cease fires. Medics and Chaplains are not spared from the enemy's brutality because it's against the rules. I can only imagine the horrors a military Chaplain would experience at the hands of the enemy. The enemy slinks in the shadows and fights a coward's war against us. It is effective though, as many men and women have died since the start of this war. And the memory of their service to America is tainted by the inconsiderate remarks on our nation's news outlets. And every day, the enemy changes...only now, the enemy is becoming something new. The enemy is transitioning from the Muslim extremists t o Americans. The enemy is becoming the very people whom we defend with our lives. And they do not realize it.
But in denouncing our actions, denouncing our leaders, denouncing the war we live and fight, they are isolating the military from society...and they are becoming our enemy.
Democrats and peace activists like to toss the word "quagmire" around and compare this war to Vietnam . In a way they are right, this war is becoming like Vietnam . Not the actual war, but in the isolation of country and military. America is not a nation at war; they are a nation with its military at war. Like it or not, we are here, some of us for our second, or third times; some even for their fourth and so on. Americans are so concerned now with politics, that it is interfering with our war.
Terrorists cut the heads off of American citizens on the Internet...and there is no outrage, but an American soldier kills an Iraqi in the midst of battle, and there are investigations, and sometimes soldiers are even jailed...for doing their job.
It is absolutely sickening to me to think our country has come to this. Why are we so obsessed with the bad news? Why will people stop at nothing to be against this war, no matter how much evidence of the good we've done is thrown in their face? When is the last time CNN or MSNBC or CBS reported the opening of schools and hospitals in Iraq ? Or the leaders of terror cells being detained or killed? It's all happening, but people will not let up their hatred of Bush. They will ignore the good news, because it just might show people that Bush was right.
America has lost its will to fight. It has lost its will to defend what is right and just in the world. The crazy thing of it all is that the American people have not even been asked to sacrifice a single thing. It's not like World War Two, where people rationed food, and turned in cars to be made into metal for tanks. The American people have not been asked to sacrifice anything. Unless you are in the military or the family member of a service member, its life as usual...the war doesn't affect you.
But it affects us. And when it is over, and the troops come home, and they try to piece together what's left of them after their service...where will the detractors be then? Where will the Cindy Sheehans be to comfort and talk to soldiers and help them sort out the last couple years of their lives, most of which have been spent dodging death and wading through the deaths of their friends? They will be where they always are, somewhere far away, where the horrors of the world can't touch them. Somewhere where they can complain about things they will never experience in their lifetime; things that the young men and women of America have willingly taken upon their shoulders.
We are the hope of the Iraqi people. They want what everyone else wants in life: safety, security, somewhere to call home. They want a country that is safe to raise their children in. Not a place where their children will be abducted, raped, and murdered if they do not comply with the terrorists demands. They want to live on, rebuild and prosper. And America has given them the opportunity, but only if we stay true to the cause, and see it to its end. But the country must unite in this endeavor...we cannot place the burden on our military alone. We must all stand up and fight, whether in uniform or not. And supporting us is more than sticking yellow ribbon stickers on your cars. It's supporting our President, our troops and our cause.
Right now, the burden is all on the American soldiers. Right now, hope rides alone. But it can change, it must change. Because there is only failure and darkness ahead for us as a country, as a people, if it doesn't. Let's stop all the political nonsense, let's stop all the bickering, let's stop all the bad news, and let's stand and fight!
Eddie's father, David Jeffers, writes:
I'm not sure how many letters or articles you've ever read from the genre of "News from the Front," but this is one of the best I've ever read, including all of America's wars. As I was reading this, I forgot that it was my son who had written it. My emotions range from great pride to great sorrow, knowing that my little boy (22 years old) has become this man. He is my hero. Thank all of you for your prayers for him; he needs them now more than ever. God bless. Though Eddie is no longer with us, you can help to let his voice be heard. God Bless and have a good day!
2007-12-08 02:53:48 · 14 answers · asked by FREE4ALL8 3 in Military
2007-12-08 02:53:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys
2007-12-08 02:53:44 · 7 answers · asked by . 4 in Other - Science
A brunette, a redhead, and a blonde escape a burning building by climbing to the roof. The firemen are on the street below, holding a blanket for them to jump into.
The firemen yell to the brunette, "Jump! Jump! It's your only chance to survive!"
The brunette jumps and SWISH! The firemen yank the blanket away...the brunette slams into the sidewalk like a tomato.
"C'mon! Jump! You gotta jump!' say the firemen to the redhead.
"Oh no! You're gonna pull the blanket away!" says the redhead.
"No! It's brunettes we can't stand! We're OK with redheads!"
"OK" says the redhead, and she jumps. SWISH! The firemen yank the blanket away, and the lady is flattened on the pavement like a pancake.
Finally, the blonde steps to the edge of the roof. Again, the firemen yell "Jump! You have to jump!"
"No way! You're just gonna pull the blanket away!" yelled the blonde.
"No! Really! You have to jump! We won't pull the blanket away!"
"Look," the blonde says, "nothing you say is gonna convince me that you're not gonna pull the blanket away! So what I want you to do is put the blanket down, and back away from it . . ."
2007-12-08 02:53:37 · 30 answers · asked by Teff 2 in Jokes & Riddles
I opened up a victorias secret credit card and the clerk wrote down "Ct." instead of "Avenue" so I didn't receive my statement for two months. In August, the World Financial Network called me and told me I had two months of late fees due. I told them that it was their mistake with my address and therefore I was going to pay the purchase price but that I would not pay the late fees. The collections rep said the balance would be zeroed out and I also asked to have the account closed. They called me back in September to say I still had late fees!!! I went through the whole explanation again and was told that they were sorry and that it would be taken care of. Today, December 8th, they called again to say I have over $80 in late fees to pay!! I explained the whole situation and now they are saying that there is no record of anyone stating my late fees would be removed and that I HAVE TO PAY them. What do I do??? This is killing my credit. Someone please help me???
2007-12-08 02:53:31 · 2 answers · asked by PATTY P 1 in Credit
We did not have the technology in 1968 to accomplish a moon landing. Looking at pictures of the LEM makes me feel that we were so naive at the time. I downloaded all NASA schematics and guess what... no fuel. So how the hell did we get back.
2007-12-08 02:53:25 · 14 answers · asked by alainmaltais007 1 in Astronomy & Space
Im trying to buy a house in Cleveland with cash and Ive met with two different real estate agents when I asked both how long do you think it would take to close one said at most two weeks if all goes right and the other said atleast three weeks if all goes right so wich one right?
2007-12-08 02:53:17 · 4 answers · asked by jed b 1 in Renting & Real Estate
2007-12-08 02:53:08 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality
2007-12-08 02:53:07 · 12 answers · asked by bettyb 5 in Polls & Surveys
I currently play the oboe, flute, tenor sax, and somewhat of the clarinet in my high school band, and I was wondering: would it be hard to switch to a brass instrument (namely tuba)? The two main instruments I play are the oboe and the tenor. I taught myself how to play both of them, and according to my band teacher, I'm skilled in both. It took me a few weeks to learn the tenor, and a few moths to learn/get a good sound out of the oboe.Our brass line in marching band is extremely weak, and less than half of them can play their instruments/parts. I know the school will supply a tuba for me, but my parents are hesitant to let me switch to another instrument, namely because I bought a tenor sax about a half a year ago, and they want me to stick with it for all four years in high school. Will switching to tuba mess up my embourchure for oboe? Is tuba a relatively easy instrument to learn? And how do I convince my parents to let me switch?
Thank you.
2007-12-08 02:52:43 · 17 answers · asked by UhxOhxSpaghettios 1 in Other - Music
I know the northface ones are warm but what else is good????
2007-12-08 02:52:34 · 1 answers · asked by redsoxfan 2 in Hobbies & Crafts
that's (el)6 and (eye)6, in terms of cylinder orientation.
2007-12-08 02:52:27 · 3 answers · asked by rondoggnuts 3 in Maintenance & Repairs
I was changing the language preferences on google, and i realized they had some messed up languages on it, for example: pig latin, elmer fudd, hacker, and others. but what the hell is up with that?!?! why the hell did they do that?!?! it's so freaking stupid!!!
2007-12-08 02:52:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Google
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