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Re: Random Post Whoring (2008)
[Re: The Italian Stallionette]
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07/14/08 12:59 AM
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J Geoff
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Are they replaying this concert or something? If so, I assume locally??? I DVR'd it, and just watched it... it's a documentary about the concert -- not the concert itself, which apparently is available on 2 DVDs (which I just put in my Netflix queue). The doc was very moving at times, but also inspirational. Tears and laughs, enragement and entertainment... not a terrible mix.
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: Random Post Whoring (2008)
[Re: J Geoff]
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07/14/08 02:08 AM
07/14/08 02:08 AM
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J Geoff
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Does Acceptance have a better song than "Different"?
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: Random Post Whoring (2008)
[Re: The Italian Stallionette]
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07/14/08 04:11 AM
07/14/08 04:11 AM
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Yogi Barrabbas
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Hey Capo, When I was in Vegas I met this very nice couple from "Kent" England. You know where that is? They said it wasn't too far from London if I'm not mistaken. TIS Hey TIS, i will answer your question seeing as Capo just ignored you Kent is on the very Southern coast of England. Just across the sea from France and indeed not far from London. It is known as the Garden of England due to a lot of crops and fruit being grown there.It is a nice spot but quite expensive to live there. P.S. All the talk of accents. I sound like Capo but he's a bit posher than me
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees!
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Re: Random Post Whoring (2008)
[Re: Capo de La Cosa Nostra]
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07/14/08 01:55 PM
07/14/08 01:55 PM
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My niece's husband, (Natalie's father) was asked to run for Congress. It's not even in his district, which I had no idea was legal. He said he has no disillusion of getting more than 8 votes. He just wants to get his thoughts and ideas out there. Here are his views on his blog.
A LITTLE ABOUT ME
I was born and raised in Maryland. The oldest child of a single mother who raised my sister and I on her own struggling to make ends meet. Fortunately we come from a close knit family who was always there to help. I learned early on to always be grateful for what you have and to never take anything for granted. I was taught that even if you don't have much, you can always be thankful for your health and your freedom. Respect for others and responsibility were also cornerstones of my upbringing.
As a teenager I enlisted along with my best friends in the Marine Corps. We felt obligated to serve our country, mainly out of respect for those who sacrificed so much in its defense.
Today I am married to a wonderful woman who supports my sometimes crazy ideas (like running for office). Together we have a beautiful baby girl that amazes me everyday.
Throughout my life I have always been enthralled by our nations history. The more I learn, the more I make connections to todays society. I have always heard the saying, "Those who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it." I am finding that to be all the more relevant everyday.
POLITICS
As are most Libertarians, I am a staunch supporter of the Constitution. When Enlisting in the Marine Corps I took an oath to defend it from ALL enemies, both foreign and domestic. On that day I did not just affirm to uphold the ideals of that revolutionary document only for my term of enlistment but for the rest of my life. I have been striving for quite a while to get people to educate themselves about the ideals set forth by the founders on what our nation was meant to be, and the twisted mockery of itself it has become.
With legislation such as the so called "Patriot Act" and the "Military commisions act" we are having our freedoms pulled out from under us - By the very people we choose to protect our free society! I know I am not the only one who sees this. We must work to see these tyranical impositions of authority abolished.
According to the constitution the President cannot legally declare war, it is a task specifically designated to the Congress. Yet, once again our governments sacred document was usurped by those swearing an oath to uphold its laws, and so our troops were sent to supplant the dictatorship in Iraq. With my military background I have nothing but the utmost respect for our fighting men and women, and I know that those brave, honorable Americans want to see this conflict through to the end. They are not quiters, it's not in their character, but the time has come for our government to hand control over to the Iraqi government, period. We cannot afford to expend the lives of our best citizens in the interest of building nations around the world. Nor can our ailing economy afford the $650 BILLION dollars to build yet another nation in our image.
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ECONOMY: It is plain to see that our economy is taking a serious turn for the worse. Unemployment is up at 5.5% banks are being shut down, and there are even fears of our nations two largest mortgage backers cannot sustain themselves. Yet we keep hearing the same propaganda out of Washington, "We are not actually in a recession yet." they keep spouting off, as if that makes us feel better and we will run out and spend our hard earned money in a flash.
Everyone is quick to place blame on the housing market and oil prices. These are huge problems which we must work to overcome, but I feel the largest problem we have with our economy, is the dwindling value of our currency. Everyday it seems the value of our dollar drops. The lower the value goes the more dollars it takes to buy something. (ie: gallon of gas, gallon of milk, bread, eggs) We are all so quick to scream and shout, pointing the finger of blame toward the oil companies, but we need to realize that if our money was worth what it was five years ago, we wouldn't have to use 3 dollars to buy something that was only 1 dollar five years ago.
"How did our money lose it's value" The easiest explanation I can come up with is this... Whenever there is a economic problem in this country, the government wants to do what it does best, throw money at it. So they ask the Federal Reserve to lower the interest rate, which in reality means to PRINT MORE MONEY. Think of it this way, if you had a 1936 Babe Ruth basebal card, and it is worth $2000 because it is only one of 20 left in the world. Well, tomorrow the card company decides to make 2000 more of that card, now your precious high value card is only worth $200 because there are more out there. The Federal Reserve is the baseball card company, and instead of Babe Ruth, it's George Washington.
In yet another classic Washington decision, they decided that to boost the economy they would send everyone a "stimulus check." That way with some extra money in our pockets we would go spend it on a new TV or some clothes at the mall. I don't know about you, but my check went toward paying my mortgage, and my excessive energy bill. There was no new TV in my living room!
This is exactly what I am talking about, throwing money at a problem. We once again put our childrens futures up as collateral to borrow money from China to throw it at the economic downturn. Does anyone really feel like the economy has improved since this ingenius idea took place?
These are only a few of my positions if you would like to know more, I will be posting more on the issues in the blog section from time to time.
How about a little less questions and a lot more shut the hell up - Brian Griffin
When there's a will...put me in it.
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Re: Random Post Whoring (2008)
[Re: J Geoff]
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07/14/08 09:50 PM
07/14/08 09:50 PM
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Posts: 25,984 California
The Italian Stallionette
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Anybody else having a problem getting to this site tonight? Or am I all alone again. . I can get on-line and to every other site. I can't get the page to load here. Anyway, thought I'd pop in real quick, cause it's been off/on for the last couple hours. I'll check back later. I expect it'll clear up eventually, but just wondering if others were expereincing a problem. TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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Re: Random Post Whoring (2008)
[Re: svsg]
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07/15/08 06:21 AM
07/15/08 06:21 AM
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Posts: 1,876 Palm Bay, Florida
Santino Brasi
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does anyone else find themselves eating small things (onion rings, slices of salami... etc.) like communion wafers?
He - (Simón Bolívar) - was shaken by the overwhelming revelation that the headlong race between his misfortunes and his dreams was at that moment reaching the finishing line. The rest was darkness. "Damn it," He sighed. "How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" So what’s the labyrinth? That’s the mystery isn’t it? Is the labyrinth living or dying? Which is he trying to escape - the world, or, the end of it?
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Re: Random Post Whoring (2008)
[Re: SC]
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07/16/08 01:36 PM
07/16/08 01:36 PM
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J Geoff
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I just saw this story on the news... check out the short video (link below) of this truck-pulled trailer knocking down the roof of a drive-through bank teller machine: CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO Natural Selection - Darwin was right!
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: Random Post Whoring (2008)
[Re: SC]
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07/16/08 05:08 PM
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J Geoff
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I think he finally snapped! This from the man who posted this? (below) Clicking on the link takes me no where. Get your shit together already, cuz there are PLENTY of other (working!) destinations out there! At least it utilizes the English language... might not make sense, but it's still English! *Backs out of this conversation slowly*
Last edited by J Geoff; 07/16/08 05:09 PM.
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: Random Post Whoring (2008)
[Re: Capo de La Cosa Nostra]
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07/16/08 05:27 PM
07/16/08 05:27 PM
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J Geoff
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Sdrawkcab epyt ot gniog m'I no won morf.
(Ti ot tpada d'uoy, ghuone gnol taht did uoy fi kniht uoy od?) At least that I can read!
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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