All categories - 13 December 2007

With the changes and restrictions on lobbiest, they are still wooing elected officials with lavish parties for the holidays. And even doing it on government property. They hide the names of those attending, and spare no expense with the perks. Why do they not stop the lobbying all together? I think its because the elected officials, the same ones who voted for the restrictions enjoy the perks more than they value the voters who put them there. What do you think?

2007-12-13 23:42:36 · 2 answers · asked by canam 7 in Elections

Twas the month after Christmas and all through the house
Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse.

The cookies I'd nibbled, the eggnog I'd taste.
All the holiday parties had gone to my waist.

When I got on the scales there arose such a number!
When I walked to the store (less a walk than a lumber).

I'd remember the marvelous meals I'd prepared;
The gravies and sauces and beef nicely rared,

The wine and the rum balls, the bread and the cheese
And the way I'd never said, "No thank you, please."

As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt
And prepared once again to do battle with dirt---

I said to myself, as I only can
"You can't spend a winter disguised as a man!"

So--away with the last of the sour cream dip,
Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip

Every last bit of food that I like must be banished
Till all the additional ounces have vanished.

I won't have a cookie--not even a lick.
I'll want only to chew on a long celery stick.

I won't have hot biscuits, or corn bread, or pie,
I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry.

I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore---
But isn't that what January is for?

Unable to giggle, no longer a riot.
Happy New Year to all and to all a good diet!

2007-12-13 23:42:30 · 14 answers · asked by Croeso 6 in Senior Citizens

2007-12-13 23:42:18 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

Please tell me honestly what do you think about me? I don't know why but I am a bit unlucky with girls lol.All the girls that i am asking out are either taken or not interested in dating.Help me please! Thank you. oh and please answer me would YOU date me?:))) Here are the pics http://colstate.facebook.com/album.php?aid=-3&l=4f30a&id=1635570006

2007-12-13 23:41:52 · 18 answers · asked by david 1 in Singles & Dating

Hello pple my name is ISSE, I was trying to find girlfriend since I wz 16 and now I’m 19. Its annoying me now bcuz I see amazing girls in my city but I know I would never had a chance with them.

I always try to meet someone who I can love, protect, and I may stay wiv rest of my life. I don’t go out clubbing at night bcze I live with my mum nd I don’t feel covetable leaving her bc alone, I cant meet girls that way. I work in a garage were dere is no girls and when I ask my mate 4help, they laugh at me

2007-12-13 23:41:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Singles & Dating

I've switched to SUPERantiSpyware which has picked up nearly 1000 things Spybot has missed

2007-12-13 23:41:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Security

2007-12-13 23:41:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

"...so we don't have to fight 'em over here."

Hmmm....that's a tough one. Both of those lines are just so...oh, I don't know....STUPID.

2007-12-13 23:41:06 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

how can i type a letter a little bit smaller and at the right side bottom of another letter, like we do in math and physics formulas?
like V1 - V2=...
how can write 1 and 2 smaller ?

2007-12-13 23:40:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Computers

A fart can be quiet,
A fart can be loud,
Some leave a powerful,
Poisonous cloud.

A fart can be short,
Or a fart can be long,
Some farts have been known,
To sound just like a song.



Im writing this for class.

2007-12-13 23:40:48 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

observer or is time really slowing to the occupant,and if thats true could you live a lot longer traveling at that speed?

2007-12-13 23:40:46 · 4 answers · asked by john doe 5 in Astronomy & Space

Who knows Poll.

2007-12-13 23:40:23 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

2007-12-13 23:39:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

If you have had a blood transfusion I would especially appreciate your input. Thanks!

2007-12-13 23:39:14 · 10 answers · asked by mosseybuxton 3 in Other - Health

Walter Cronkite narrated what life would be like in the future. I would love to be able to view the series now, 40+ years later...

2007-12-13 23:38:38 · 1 answers · asked by mobileminiatures 5 in Other - Television

I've heard it's rare for an earthquake to open underneath you but how deep would you fall if it does happen?

2007-12-13 23:38:38 · 5 answers · asked by Jadey 2 in Earth Sciences & Geology

2007-12-13 23:38:37 · 12 answers · asked by Atul 2 in Cricket

Christmas dinner, but neither he nor his parents smoke cigarettes. He does not want them to know about it and he does not even want me to take my cigarettes along. I want the opportunity to enjoy a cigarette outside, of course, every so often, but my bf does not want them to know I smoke. I think this is unrealistic since, I am a pack a day smoker and he knows I get grouchy when I am forced to go without a cigarette. Any ideas? I need to come up with something fast. Anyone else ever experience this?

2007-12-13 23:38:30 · 9 answers · asked by lindaminato 1 in Polls & Surveys

2007-12-13 23:38:16 · 9 answers · asked by small 7 in Philosophy

I live in Illinois by the STL region and a female.

2007-12-13 23:38:14 · 18 answers · asked by chefawbrey 2 in Law & Ethics

2007-12-13 23:38:08 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

If you don't know them all you can just explain or solve the ones you know. I really really need help.

1
The density of diamond is 3.51 g/cm^3 and a graphite is 2.22g/cm^3. Both substance are pure carbon. What volume, would 10.0 g of carbon occupy
a) In the form of diamond?
b) In the form of Graphite?

2
The mass of the sun is 1.991 x 10^30 kg and the density of the sun is 1.41in the 0 g/cm^3. What is the volume of the sun in m^3?

3
The mass of the Earth is 5.979 x 10^24 kg and the density of the earth is 5.519 g/cm^3. What is the volume of the Earth in m^3?

4
Under certain condition, the density of dry air is 1.205 g/L. What is the mass of the air in a room that is 3.658 m wide by 4.572 m long by 2.438 m high?

2007-12-13 23:38:00 · 4 answers · asked by Math help me 1 in Chemistry

Britney Spears came up to you and said:'Gimme more!'

2007-12-13 23:37:35 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

2007-12-13 23:37:34 · 9 answers · asked by Bob d 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-13 23:37:01 · 16 answers · asked by Bumumble 3 in Polls & Surveys

As early as next tues. the house committee will have a hearing on the baseball steroid abuse. With all the other issues, such as health care, the war, social security problems, etc. why is this pushed to the forefront? Why are they not haveing hearings on the problems that face everyday americans?

2007-12-13 23:36:47 · 5 answers · asked by canam 7 in Government

Let A be a subset of R^n with Lebesgue measure m(A) < oo. Let x + A be the translation of A by the vector x of R^n and define f:R--> [0, oo) by f(x) = m( A intersect (x + A)). Show that f is continuous.

My idea was to prove this first to nice sets like cells and then approximate A by a sequence of such nice sets. I tried to obtain a sequence of continuous functions converging uniformly to f, which would establish its continuity. But I got mixed up.

Is this aproach good? Can anyone help, maybe suggesting a different approach.

Thank you

2007-12-13 23:36:42 · 2 answers · asked by Steiner 7 in Mathematics

2007-12-13 23:36:34 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-13 23:36:33 · 9 answers · asked by Darth Vader 6 in Politics

I'm a huge fan

2007-12-13 23:36:21 · 13 answers · asked by b n r 2 in Polls & Surveys