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“May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the strength to walk through life facing each new situation with courage and optimism."

“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”

“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.
But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”
~Buddha~
Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, founder of Buddhism
(563-483 B.C.)

“Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies;
it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues.
The pride of nationalism, however, trumpets its country's virtues and denies its deficiencies,
while it is contemptuous toward the virtues of other countries
It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, "the greatest," but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.”
~Sydney J. Harris~
American Journalist/Author
(1917-1986)

“Your greatness is measured by your kindness;
your education and intellect by your modesty;
your ignorance is betrayed by your suspicions and prejudices,
and your real caliber is measured by the consideration and tolerance you have for others.”
~William J. H. Boetcker~

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  • gvc 2013/04/05 01:44:02
    gvc
    Too bad they don't teach you the truth. I would have answered on the poll, but your cowardly misinformed friend blocked the truth.
  • Sister Jean 2013/03/30 18:24:39
  • mach 2013/03/19 04:30:52
  • james2013 2013/03/05 05:28:11
    james2013
    Hello friend; Yes that's me in years gone by. I was doing my imitation of Marlon Brando and a friend took my picture.
  • Lovatic135 2013/02/25 03:22:19
    Lovatic135
    You're welcome! :) Xoxo Lovatic135 demi lovato cute
  • james2013 2013/02/21 03:29:06
    james2013
    And Hello to You! Been busy. I have too many sites I have to keep up with and I shouldn't do that to myself. I'm sorry that I missed you on Valentines day. It's important in my family that we remember each other on Valentines Day. It's became a tradition. Anyway, I hope all is going well with you and all your close friends.
  • Sister Jean 2013/02/14 15:15:24
  • Keeping It Real 2013/01/19 01:45:02
  • Mike 2013/01/10 11:22:58
    Mike
    my pleasure!
  • hippycat 2013/01/05 21:03:56
  • Doc. J 2013/01/02 10:25:41
    Doc. J
    Happy New Year!
  • Jeremiah 2013/01/01 00:38:50
  • Sister Jean 2012/12/31 19:47:30
  • hippycat 2012/12/31 18:44:35
  • urwutuis 2012/12/04 17:56:54
    urwutuis
    Thanks. I have no problem with opposing opinions
    . Now that my prostate is bigger than my ego I realize I don't know everything. I'm not sure if I know anything at all although there are a few things I suspect.
  • urwutuis 2012/12/04 04:17:32
    urwutuis
    From the UN parking lot post
    Thanks for the kind words. I imagine you were blocked as well. I was also blocked by the author of the post.
    I've been getting that a lot lately. I may be blunt but I'm not nasty and I don't resort to insults except in defense but I've been blocked by most of the conservative rave hounds. Some of whom I've never had an exchange with. Sock puppets perhaps?

    If you make people think that they think they'll rave you to no end but make people think and you'll get blocked.

    Anyway, thanks again and don't let the idiots get you down.
    because u r wut u is
  • Shiny 2012/11/29 01:46:52
    Shiny
    I am so glad that you responded. I know what you mean about doing the research. I will admit that a couple of times I could have gone further in my research but, I wanted to get to bed or just get off line. I've promised myself to stop that.
    I log on sometimes very early in the morning around 4am right after I wake up. Check my messages and then watch the news online. Then If I have time after breakfast I log back in and check out sodahead for a bit before I go to PT. Sometimes I will log in for a while at night if I'm not too tired like tonight. I won't last long though I'm already longing for my pillow. I'll PM you next time I log in. Good night.
    It will probably be morning or maybe daytime when you get this so have a great day. animated birds have a great day
  • hippycat 2012/11/08 18:31:33
    hippycat
    Hi, I wanted to ask you whereabouts you live in the Netherlands if that isn't too personal. I grew up in Oberhausen which is about 45 mins from Arnhem. Love Amsterdam and wish I had moved there rather than to London. Nice wallpaper too!
  • james2013 2012/10/30 05:34:51
    james2013
    people are totally unfamiliar with the History of the Founding Fathers of our great country. Seperation of church and state is not what the athiests are trying to convince the world it is. The Founding Fathers, getting away from England which had one church that everyone was suppose to belong to was not desired in the new United States. So they decided that the churches should operate entirely seperate from the government without any governmental interference. Now the athiests want religion out of the united states completely so they are attacking religion on the basis of "separation of church and state". A great farce. Instead of behaving like rational adults, they want their way regardless of anyone else. They only believe in the FREEDOM OF THEIR SPEACH. Religious speach is forbidden, they don't want to hear it from anywhere. When I went to college, I went with exchange students from all over the world. There were buddhists, catholics, baptists....all manner of religions and we got along just fine. And it was a BAPTIST UNIVERSITY. No one seemed to mind that were was religion going on around them. If they chose, they just ignored it but no one raised a protest against it. This is something new to break down the American Government and the people for a political purpose. It st...







    people are totally unfamiliar with the History of the Founding Fathers of our great country. Seperation of church and state is not what the athiests are trying to convince the world it is. The Founding Fathers, getting away from England which had one church that everyone was suppose to belong to was not desired in the new United States. So they decided that the churches should operate entirely seperate from the government without any governmental interference. Now the athiests want religion out of the united states completely so they are attacking religion on the basis of "separation of church and state". A great farce. Instead of behaving like rational adults, they want their way regardless of anyone else. They only believe in the FREEDOM OF THEIR SPEACH. Religious speach is forbidden, they don't want to hear it from anywhere. When I went to college, I went with exchange students from all over the world. There were buddhists, catholics, baptists....all manner of religions and we got along just fine. And it was a BAPTIST UNIVERSITY. No one seemed to mind that were was religion going on around them. If they chose, they just ignored it but no one raised a protest against it. This is something new to break down the American Government and the people for a political purpose. It started with one woman, Madaline Murray Ohare. She wanted no prayer in school at all. When I went to school, we had morning prayer and those who didn't pray just stood quietly while those who did prayed. POLITE PEOPLE, DON'T YOU THINK? Then they wanted Bibles out of the schools so the government obliged them.

    Doctor Spock told us that spanking our children damanged their self esteem. His son committed suicide. Who's right and who's wrong? Madeline Murray Ohare was murdered. Who knows why?

    We use to live in a polite live and let live nation but it is rapidly becoming an intolerable of each other place to live. No one wants to tolerate Christians here any more. And in my disagreement with you, there should be no governmental interference with Churches and Schools. There should be Catholic Schools (and there are). There should also be other protestant schools. And if the Athiests want Athiest schools, more power to them. I do not believe our government should even finance education. I think it should be state funded or private.

    And our country is too, I mean too sports minded. I like football and baseball and basketball but I'm not a total nut over it. In America, schools are the starting point for tomorrow's sports heroes. That's why there is so much imphasis on sports in schools here. (I believe too much emphasis) but never the less they emphasise athletic activities as well as music. I was a music nut in school and sang in glee club and chorus, as well as became the teacher's assistant in teaching boys to sing bass and tenor. It was great fun for me.

    Thank you my dear friend for your email and I hope I haven't offended you with my reply. ....James
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  • james2013 2012/10/21 02:06:36
    james2013
    I have been reading some of your writings about WWII and the unnecessary use of fascist words and phrases. I don't know if you received an article by Ben Stein, a writer and speaker of some esteem in the U.S. but I feel it may help explain some our our problems here n the U.S. I have a short part of the article which I will attach to this note:

    by Ben Stein.
    In light of recent events...
    terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.. I think
    it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare
    (she was murdered, her body found a few years ago)
    complained she didn't want prayer in our schools,
    and we said OK. Then someone said you better
    not read the Bible in school... The Bible says
    thou shalt not kill; thou shalt not steal, and love
    your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.

    Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't
    spank our children when they misbehave, because
    their little personalities would be warped and
    we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's
    son committed suicide). We said an expert should
    know what he's talking about.. And we said okay..

    Now we're asking ourselves why our children have
    no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong,
    and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers,
    their classmates, and themselves.

    Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough,
    we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with
    'WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.'
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  • Marie-Jacqueline
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  • 2010/03/27 03:58:04
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  • (56) June 20, 1956
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