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Our big tent welcomes all!
The goal of this group is the exchange of ideas with civility. As long as personality clashes and cheap-shots do not come to dominate our discussions. All attitudes and beliefs are welcome and disagreement is not a dirty word in our social network !
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Stem11 Has Passed Away!!!
It is with great sorrow that I announce that Stem11 has died. We have all lost a great Manager, a good friend and very good person.
This letter was received from his family:
"This is Stem11's wife. I am sorry to report that he passed away. He ended back in the hospital on the August 2nd and went into cardiac arrest and suffered major brain damage. He passed away on August 5th.
If you could let everyone know and I am sure he would be very happy if everyone kept the group going. Thank you... "
I am sure that all of the people who knew him and enjoyed his wit and console will share the sorrow of his passing. PFAAA will continue, but the Big Tent will never be the same without the Big Man inside. God Bless you Stem, may you rest in peace.
This letter was received from his family:
"This is Stem11's wife. I am sorry to report that he passed away. He ended back in the hospital on the August 2nd and went into cardiac arrest and suffered major brain damage. He passed away on August 5th.
If you could let everyone know and I am sure he would be very happy if everyone kept the group going. Thank you... "
I am sure that all of the people who knew him and enjoyed his wit and console will share the sorrow of his passing. PFAAA will continue, but the Big Tent will never be the same without the Big Man inside. God Bless you Stem, may you rest in peace.
Terrorists are Coming to Thomson
Yah, and they say they will not be able to convert anyone there - there is going to be 100 terrorists in the Thomson prison and the rest are going to be criminals - who if are within the terrorists group will be converted to terrorists themselves and hell will break lose. I hope you Illinois people know what you are getting into. Amazing that this Government doesn't care about this society and what hell will be seen in months from now when things get out of control in this prison. Believe you me, I'll be upset if anything happens for someone I love lives in and around there by afew miles or so. This President will be going to court if killings start and this Government will pay me big time for such a stupid move.
But he wanted this to create an emergency, since all his plans are creating one emergency to another. He isn't good at creating something stable for society, it is emergencies he loves and this will be one, that will make sure he doesn't stay in office for long.
But he wanted this to create an emergency, since all his plans are creating one emergency to another. He isn't good at creating something stable for society, it is emergencies he loves and this will be one, that will make sure he doesn't stay in office for long.
What If?
I happen to love stories of alternate history. Stories that contemplate what would have happened if something was different at some point in history.
The following link will lead you to a strange source of an alternate history in NewsWeek magazine: What if Gore had won in the 2000 election.
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The following link will lead you to a strange source of an alternate history in NewsWeek magazine: What if Gore had won in the 2000 election.
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Want America to be like England
Been finding alot about England - interesting Read for those who want to be like those blokes in England.
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Obama:Climate Deal Not Perfect
- President Obama told leaders of 193 nations here Friday that their collective will to address climate change "hangs in the balance" and urged both developed and developing countries to accept a climate change agreement he acknowledged was far from perfect.
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Why Are Republicans Terrified of the Future
What I find hard to believe is the terror that the future holds for Republicans. They never feared the future in the past. If anything, they were eager for new toys and new technologies. They saw a problem as an opportunity, and it was always the Democrats who whined that changes were coming to fast and that too many people were being left behind.
Today, it's the Republicans who whine and behave like Luddites. Global Warming is a perfect example. It is a problem caused by technology, and problems caused by technology are best solved by technology.
But, what do the Republicans do. They scream that it isn't happening. That nothing needs to be done except lower taxes. That it's all a liberal plot.
Guess what? Every summer the heartland of the America warms just a little bit more, which means people need to look sharp when they decide to swim in a creek. Gators now swim in the Mississippi as far north as Kentucky in the summer. How soon before 10 foot long logs with nostrils and eyes float in your favorite creek waiting to lunch on your pet poodle, Piddle.
What all this means is that ambitious Democrats will invent and develop the technologies that end Global Warming and they will be the ones with the money.
Question: which is stronger, Black Power, White Power or Green Power? Every street kid in Chicago knows the answer to that one: Green Power. Because if you don't have Green Power, you don't have ....
Hmmm. With the Democrats having all the Green Power, it sounds like the they will run things for a long long long long long time.
Today, it's the Republicans who whine and behave like Luddites. Global Warming is a perfect example. It is a problem caused by technology, and problems caused by technology are best solved by technology.
But, what do the Republicans do. They scream that it isn't happening. That nothing needs to be done except lower taxes. That it's all a liberal plot.
Guess what? Every summer the heartland of the America warms just a little bit more, which means people need to look sharp when they decide to swim in a creek. Gators now swim in the Mississippi as far north as Kentucky in the summer. How soon before 10 foot long logs with nostrils and eyes float in your favorite creek waiting to lunch on your pet poodle, Piddle.
What all this means is that ambitious Democrats will invent and develop the technologies that end Global Warming and they will be the ones with the money.
Question: which is stronger, Black Power, White Power or Green Power? Every street kid in Chicago knows the answer to that one: Green Power. Because if you don't have Green Power, you don't have ....
Hmmm. With the Democrats having all the Green Power, it sounds like the they will run things for a long long long long long time.
