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• Legendary Investor: Approaching Crisis ‘Worse’ Than ‘08, Yuan Will be Safer Than Dollar

  June 9, 2011 at 3:35pm

  It’s this kind of crap that makes me want to keep my goats and chickens. I really don’t want to keep any of them….but the thought of being w/o them when they’re needed scares me too much…

• Hear Harold Camping’s New Prediction: World Will Really, Really End on October 21

  May 24, 2011 at 7:19am

  Please stop.

• So What Exactly is the Navy‘s Secret ’SEAL Team 6?’

  May 2, 2011 at 8:51pm

  Never heard of these guys, but so grateful that they‘re out there doing what they’re doing.

• So What Exactly is the Navy‘s Secret ’SEAL Team 6?’

  May 2, 2011 at 8:50pm

  In reply to Notorrius.

  They put a bullet in his head. Does it really matter what happens after the fact?

• ‘Not My Debt’: College Students Refuse Pledge to Pay Their Share of National Debt

  April 29, 2011 at 10:58am

  In reply to missy8s.

  @KevINtampa
  I realize that, and it sucks.

• ‘Not My Debt’: College Students Refuse Pledge to Pay Their Share of National Debt

  April 29, 2011 at 10:52am

  In reply to Floridarunner.

  @zman
  Of course you’re assuming that I don’t help my family, that I live in my own little world focused on myself. When in fact I live within 5 miles of most of my family that needs help from others, and my family has long made a practice out of serving those of us in need. I’ve worked for my dad and grandpa, and got paid less than others who worked for them. Why? Because I am loyal and want to help. I help my grandparents, and my grandmother’s parents, who live beside each other. Many times I’ve been woken up in the middle of the night to go over there only for nothing to be wrong. Why? Because I love my grandparents, and I realize that life is not about my wants (unlike those who demand “their” benefits at the expense of others). I got to care for my great-grandpa, my grandmother’s stepdad, as he died this past Christmas Eve. It was one of the most humbling experiences of my life. I did it out of love. My grandmother has spent most of the last 12 years caring for her mom after she had her stroke. She’s given up as large portion of her life to the service of her mom. My mom does the same for her grandma (the one I was just talking about), as well as her other grandparents, all of whom have passed except for a grandma that is not really kin to us, but is loved and treated as family. I have a rich tradition of family service to look back on and emulate. The ultimate example of service is my Lord Jesus, the one who made me (and you), and came down here to serve and love us. Sometimes I picture Him walking through the desert, off in the distance. I see Him and I go running after Him. I catch Him, and fall at His feet. I try to wash them; I try to tell Him how much I love Him. But, before I do, He starts to care for me, and He tells me how much He loves me. I can’t think of anything more profound. My point is that he chose to serve us…he was not forced. It’s this voluntary service that is the most profound, and that I have been blessed to see in my own family.

• ‘Not My Debt’: College Students Refuse Pledge to Pay Their Share of National Debt

  April 29, 2011 at 10:15am

  In reply to Floridarunner.

  @rebelson
  Maybe, but seeing as I’ve never had a choice in the matter, and seeing as how there will be so many more people living off of social security than people working in the next few years, I can’t help but feel used. Let’s talk about attitudes for a minute. The generations before me started welfare, the made abortion legal, they put off making sacrifices so they could live life as they pleased. I realize that not all people who came before me have this mindset, but it is this attitude (the welfare, pro-abortion mindset) that has prevailed. If they hadn’t made it legal to murder babies, we’d have more people to pay for their welfare.

  I have no problem with service/or obligation, so long as everybody has a say in the matter. I’m a nurse; I get to serve people at their worst. I wipe their butts when they can’t do it their-self, I bath them when necessary, and I will do whatever my patient needs done. I cannot put into words how grateful I am to serve these people when they need it. But, I made the choice to pursue this career, nobody forced me into it. I’ve never had a say in how my taxes are spent…not really anyways. The political parties pander to the largest voting blocs….and most of them want “their money.”

• ‘Not My Debt’: College Students Refuse Pledge to Pay Their Share of National Debt

  April 29, 2011 at 9:47am

  In reply to Floridarunner.

  @model
  Maybe, I can’t really argue that. We’ll see I suppose.

• ‘Not My Debt’: College Students Refuse Pledge to Pay Their Share of National Debt

  April 29, 2011 at 9:43am

  In reply to missy8s.

  I can’t watch the video b/c of the filter that I have on my cpu, so I can’t really speak to it. But, I do want to point out that not all of us got loans/grants…some of us actually paid our way. I’ve been enrolled in college since 2003, and have worked (way) more than the 40 hour week, doing HARD construction work, to make the money necessary to pay for my classes. I finally made it into a nursing program last January, and will graduate next Thursday. I haven’t borrowed any money, I’ve lived in large part off of canned goods, water (in 3L bottles), and whatever else I can carry in my toolbox. I paid my (new) truck off in 2 years, and am still at home only b/c I couldn’t afford to move away and still do nursing. This idea that’s out there that all of us (college folk), are sorry and live off of our parents, government, or whoever else is sickening and repulsive. I for one paid my own way, sacrificed, and have made it. I know quite a few others that have too. I fully realize that there are a lot of leeches out there…but, remember that it was not my generation that started all of these welfare programs. We’re just the ones that have to pay for them.

• ‘Not My Debt’: College Students Refuse Pledge to Pay Their Share of National Debt

  April 29, 2011 at 9:18am

  I’m 26, an independent with conservative/libertarian tenancies and I usually (but not always) vote republican. I’ve had arguments about this kind of thing (national debt, social security, and whatever else) with my grandparents and other people before. The basis of their argument tends to come down to “they did their part, now it’s my turn to do mine.” I can’t help but view this as theft, I don’t want social security, I can’t help that the debt is so high. It’s not my fault. I don’t mind paying taxes….but it ****** me off that I have to work to support other people, especially when those people don’t need it (my grandparents), and probably already recouped what they put into social security. In short, I’m pissed, and there is not much I can do about it.