After having an abortion, my bofdy had to readjust all of the hormones combined with the fact I never believed in abourtion and it was an act of desperation, my self esteem plummeted and I dealt with much guilt and sadness. A tragic event? At the time, statistically 75% of women who had abortions would become pregnant again within the first year. I was one of those statistics. This time, I opted for adoption. That was very apinful and depression would always set in around the anniversary of that child's birth. This put a great damper on our holidays as I …
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kimberlyausten
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President William Jefferson Clinton, a champion for women every where! His behavior is excused because he is a democrat and a sex addict. He most certainly enjoyed all the women he surrounded himself with. I don't know that he ever hooked up with tail but he certainly enjoyed groping and blow jobs!
Posted to The Legacy of Tailhook
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I was listening to a hard rock station today and Prodigy came on singing "Smack My Bitch Up" in which a part of the song has a girl humming a tune that sounds Middle Eastern. Culture is reflected in music. Right or wrong, it is what it is. Imus can point to hip hop and the girls in the locker room may call each other nappy hos in jest but Imus is white. We have to choose our humorous words carefully. Anybody know a white comic that could get away with what Carlos Mencia does?
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I lived in Flagstaff and my sister is married to a Navajo man. (He is an associate professor in cell biology and has had to wrestle with his beliefs for years because of the field he is in. That is his personal choice and hasn't been forced on him. The economy in Flagstaff depends in part on the skiing industry and many jobs result during a busy season. It has been dry for the last few years and the season has been shortened. Guess what skiiers, there are other places to go in Arizona that doesn't disturb sacred grounds and doesn't …
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I am a woman who doesn't like Hillary despite the fact she is a woman. What a cop out to say maybe women don't like her because she is a woman. The posts above against Hillary pretty much say it all.
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I wonder how America would react if a class action suit was brought agaisnt our government by all the people trying to get into this country legally for discrimination. I'd like to see it happen. We should have a rule of law that applies to all, not some. Illegal immigrants are not just from south of the border either.
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I personally was saddened by the passing of Peter Boyle.
Posted to Whos Afraid of Peter Boyle?
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Haven't seen the movie yet but my kids did and said it was pretty good. I never had an interest in seeing a James Bond before but I do plan to see this one. But...James Bond for the focus on December 29th and not the hanging of Saddam Hussein?! This publication must really rock! Personally, I am saddened by the death of Saddam Hussein but believe that he was an evil man. I do believe in the death penalty but that doesn't mean I relish in that kind of justice. Celebrating? No. I am thankful that that chapter in history has …
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I,to, look forward to seeing THE GOOD SHEPHARD. Interstingly, not only did Ian Fleming write the James Bonds novels but he wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as well.
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Yes Maria, I admit what I don't know. I believe what I suspect. It is of some value to humanity for people to have belief and suspect so that they can speak out, engage in dialogue, and begin to find the truth. Some people may ot believe that Osama Bin Lada ever existed, some believe he exists no more. Due to his health issues, I suspect he may have died. Regarding Pinochet, we are not the world's police, that is for the UN to handle. We can intevene for as much as we are able, independently. Why the UN didn't interven, …
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Interesting TI and Scorp. I was wondering what life had been like for Chile before Pinochet. I figured it had to be worse based on my knowledge of Mao Tse tung's rule and Josef Stalin. It remeins tragic that so many had to die. I guess it is true, freedom isn't free.
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Freedoms outlined in our constitution and Bill of Rights... Our capitalist system is what keeps our economy strong and the benefits that we currently enjoy icluding our public schools, Medicare, the welfare systems, health care systems for the poor, grants for education, etc...SSDI, I can go on, byut you get the picture.
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Why are some of you trying to tell peole to post elsewhere. Anyone can read anything at any time. Anyone can post of the websites mentioned in previous posts despite their position. If the intent of these posts is to provide feedback and ideas, it seems counterproductive. Writing from different perspectives can be enlightening to the reader. If the reader doesn't like what he reads, he can stop reading it or refute it. Regarding Henry Kissinger, I don't really know much about him as that was before my time and my interests are such that I'm not going to research him …
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Maria: I consider myself an American as in a legal resident of the United States. To be geographically specific, I live in North America. I do consider both Noth and South American residents to be a people of great and equal value. I do not break Canadians down by provinces but refer to them as Canadians. I refer to Mexicans as those reside in Mexico. I normally refer to South Americans by the country in which they reside. I do have a dear friend who happens to be living in the United States of America illegally as he is waiting for …
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Dear Scorp, I am so sorry for what your family experienced undered a socialist regime. It means so much more having personal accounts to justify what ails these "ideals". They sound so beautiful and practical on paper but in practice, it is very brutal in implementation. The United States is not a perfect country but we have our freedoms and our economy (thanks to capitalism) helps to keep our country strong. In my class the other day, someone suggested the unfair advantage the privileged have and if we were all equal economically, there would be less hatred and prejudice. I disagreed …
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Imagine that, Reading Is Fundamental getting a boost with cultural consumerism. Shame on Borders!! They are encouraging the highly impressionable minds of our children by teaching them to navigate the book store, exposing them to so many different title on their abundant shelves and encouraging a desire to relate to a love of books. And having their image apparantly representing a male? What do female astronauts wear? What about the pedistrian street crossing signs in the very progressive Vienna that is now replacing the "male"stick man to a "female" stick person...what does that mean? Will it have long hair and a …
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Sorry about the typos above. I can't multitask like the young generation can and my son kept talking to me and then my dayughter called and I just wanted to finish typing my comments and get off of the computer! Consider me a fallable female....they do exist, despite current politically correct focus groups. jk
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Perhaps Borders does donate books to the library anonymously, how would we know?
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Jack, According to this article, it appears the author is stuck in the socialist dead end for sure. Thanks for your comment. Kimberly
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Dearest bee, Actually the corporations do educate our children, most effectively by the publishing corporation of our children's textbooks. I believe the textbooks in both China and Cuba are government issue in case you care to move. For my son, a wonderful company that started only four years ago offers $20,000 scholarships to their employees children. We have already had one child take advantage of their generosity and we have two more to help put through college. For all employees' children, they have a program where each child that passes onto the next grade receive a trophy, new back pack, and …
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Oh no, not at all bee...I do have mine and you can have yours too. The American is achievable. My husband went through four years of college only to graduate to work in a managerial position from a corporation that sucked the life blood out of him...He decided "providing" for a family he never got to see wasn't worth it and took a bottom level position at his present company and worked his way up. We sacrificed financially to experience the joys of having a good life...which isn't measured in dollars. Now, we are prospering as well. Motivations for charitable works …
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Dear Babe, Because I am an American have have the rights and priviledge of freedom of speech which includes publications. I am a conservative, not a neoconservative. I read what I read for enlightenment and understanding. I engage in dialogue for the purpose of explanation, think tanking, and mutual discussion, not persuasion. I am open about personal background so that someone, not familiar with me would have a better understanding of why I say what I do.
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Vanella, I totally agree with you regarding the roles parents need to take in rearing their children. Many are working full time jobs that are more than 40 hours a week or workig part time at two or more jobs just to make ends meet. In my case, a dear friend was a widower and had the responsiblility of 3 children. His children were latch key children until he got home just a few hours later. He poured all of his efforts into his children and their education until her retired at 8 pm to go to bed and get up …
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Vanella, Thank you for your comments. To be honest, our families were meant to became fast friends as two of each of our children were in the same grades. Our family was greatly blessed with the relationships and further blessed as we became familiar with his and his wife's extended famiy. They welcomed us will open arms and after only knowing each other a few short years, we all became "family". We have known each other for twelves years now. BTW, his wife passed away from AIDS as her former boyfriend was an IV drug user. Noone in the family got …
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Dear Eareeve, Thank you very much for the wonderful programs that you and other lilbrarians put on for our children. We utilized the library extensively and had to pay a few fines for over due books that we'd read again and again. We went to the special programs geared for toddlers and elementary school aged children and the atmosphere was very loving and the "leader" seemed extremely dedicated to what was presented, namely, the love of reading. Librarians chose that field as a career I suspect due to their love of the written word whereas employees may love books but it …
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Does Lucinda Marshall know what doesn't cause cancer?! Grilled chicken has carcenogens also...so do we go back to fried chicken and clog our arteries? How about eating chicken RAW! Then we can get sick more quickly and Marshall can speak the evils of chicken farming!!! The point of buying those beautiful pink packages are numerous: 1) It's a variation of a product you already had in mind 2) it doesn't cost more to do something good for cancer research 3) it feels good to give to socially consious products 4) PINK is a visual reminder that it is time to check …
Posted to Seeing Red about Thinking Pink
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First of all, what is this quote by Jaynse Ashley? Penis trinkets?! Livestrong uses yellow wrist bands to promote testicular cancer awareness. No one has breasts trinkets for breast cancer awareness. Quote is nonsensical. Secondly, corporations are "giving" back and doing something for the good of the people. Hazards exist in industry...one cannot get around it. How many people who complain about the ills of industry only ride their bicycles to work, only use produce brought to retailers on a horse and carriage, only heat and cool their homes with what nature provides? I would be buying pink m&M's because of …
Posted to Seeing Red about Thinking Pink
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Babe, Economics 101: Business, corporations exist to make money. The fact that they chose to participate in not for profit organizations and share the wealth of their products is commendable as well as making good business sense. They offer products that will be purchased any way but contribute a specified percentage to go to these not for profit organizations. Their product might be more readily chosen because of this benefit. They enjoy tax write offs for these "donations". I contribute to several charities and organizations as well as volunteering my time as well. Yea, me... Why doesn't Lucinda Marshall write a …
Posted to Seeing Red about Thinking Pink
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BTW, corporations got us into the Iraq war and most other wars? Hmm, me thinks you need to do some homework on your own unless you are saying that corporations lobbied the congress and both parties , democratic and republican, voted to go to war in Iraq because ofc corporations. . Despite the "conspiracy theories regarding WMD, Saddam Hussein himself boasted of having them and refused continually to let the UN inspectors in to his country. The democrats who outspokenly demanded the troops to pull out of Iraq are suddenly quiet and few have put a comprehensive strategy for us leaving …
Posted to Seeing Red about Thinking Pink
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I clicked on some of the organizations that Lucinds Marshall belongs or writes for...wow, a lot of male bashing! The sites I saw were out of England and much focus was on the Ipswich murders. Angry about identifying the victims as "prostitutes", angry about divulging that one prostitute was three months pregnant....angry that criminologists are trying to create a profile of the possible murderer...angry that it was suggested he may have been sleighted or abused by a woman...oh yeah, angry that the pregnant prostitute was singled out in mentioning her pregnancy because she was impregnated by a "male"....wow! I understand why …
Posted to Seeing Red about Thinking Pink
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My brother in law is a research cell biologist and my sister is a pharmacologist. With his insight, she can better understand the pharmaceutical field and the varying affects on the human body, at the cell level. It is a fascinating science that has only been around briefly in the history of man. The use of herbal supplements are best understood as the "side effects'" have been long understood. The danger of taking herbal remedies in addition to prescription medicine is that the known side effects might vary or become greatly enhanced in a dangerous way. It is important that if …
Posted to Seeing Red about Thinking Pink
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BTW, many lives are actually saved and the quality of life heightened because of prescriptions and the advancement of modern medicine. Those numbers far outweigh the number of lives injured or killed. There are always risks and the best thing a person can do is have complete and open dialogue with their physician about their lifestyle, drinking habits, prescription and non prescription drug use, street drug use, and of course the use of herbal supplements and remedies. Not all problems caused by a medication are a result of misinformation or information withholding.
Posted to Seeing Red about Thinking Pink
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Minerva, That is very sad about your neighbor. After going through chemo several times, I know of people that do refuse the treatment. It is devastating. You make a good point about the glorification of the breasts and how devastating it is to lose one, them. Our friend didn't want to go through the pain of reconstructive surgery but was pressured by her husband. It is devastating enough to have the disease. It is imperative that one gather the support of friends and loved ones in going through the treatment of attacking the cancer and do what is necessary for the …
Posted to Seeing Red about Thinking Pink
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I think cluster bombs should be banned. Since they are not, is it presently legal to use them? Why isn't Hillary jumping on the bandwagon to get the State Departments response? At any ate, the Iraqis are doing a great job of torturing and killing their own countrymen with their sectarian violence,aka civil war. What's more, they don't just do it with suicide bombers, they get up close and personal. Why aren't the people engaged in this considered "war criminals"? Bodies are so mutilated, they cannot even be identified. This is being done by the Sunnis and the Shi'ites. I wonder …
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Mike, It is my understanding that the Iraqis weren't doing "this" under the regime of Saddam Hussein. He was a strong (oppressive) leader and sectarian violence and/or civil war would not have been tolerated. We aren't in Darfur and look what is happening. As soon as we pull out of Iraq, the violence the Iraqis are doing to each other will not stop. It won't stop until one side's religious views are the majority in power. It will be a bloody battle until the end.
Posted to What We Leave Behind
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I vote Clayton Bigsby for president!
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I agree with whattheheck...also besides Saddam Hussein boasting of having WMD, the Clinton administration believed it also. Bill Maher has credibility? OK and the sky is green.
Posted to Live At Your Own Risk
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HPV vaccine: I think that it should be available to all individuals interested in taking it. I don't believe that it should be mandatory, however. My youngest daughter is 14 and we eagerly await the opportunity that this vaccine becomes available. My middle daughter is 20 and sexually active. Of course, she is interested in the vaccine. My oldest daughter is already married. Should she get it? It is her personal choice but if it were me, I definately would. "the feminist movement is a victim of its own success": I agree. Many devoted mothers became "Superwoman" with the advent of …
Posted to Virginity or Death!: A Conversation With Katha Pollitt
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Hi cadriver, A college degree lends so much oppertunity! Although it is helpful, there are many of our friends who never went to college and make $200,000+ a year combined income. One trend I have observed in our friends, many of the working women make equal to hire salaries than their husbands. I must give credit to the Women's Movement for laying the foundation for the those successes. The bottom line in all of our successes is HARD WORK. Partial birth abortion, delivering a baby feet first would be less dangerous to a mother's life than to have a c-section? Was …
Posted to Virginity or Death!: A Conversation With Katha Pollitt
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Dear Cabdriver, Thank you for correcting me on the word "opportunity"...I misspelled it twice and didn't think it looked right. Hire versus higher, yeah, that was a stupid mistake. I didn't give any cocksure medical opinions...I asked a serious question and as far as Barbara Boxer goes, she isn't a doctor in any form and I am not aware of any doctors that stood behind her "provision" in the case of a mother's life being in danger. I have sent an email to my sister who is a doctor, although she is not an ob/gyn, asking her if there is a …
Posted to Virginity or Death!: A Conversation With Katha Pollitt
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Dear Cabdriver, Earlier, you said that Barbara Boxer was looking out for the health of women. Now you state that you think a woman would probably die "by this point if she were in a critical situation". How was Ms. Boxer looking out for the welfare of a woman in this issue? What was the purpose behind her proposed amendment to the bill? Why do you choose to criticize Gingrich and the Republican party for not passing a bill with Boxer's amendment? Why don't you question Boxer and criticize her? You also state that the number of partial birth abortions are …
Posted to Virginity or Death!: A Conversation With Katha Pollitt
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Dear Cabdriver, In regards to Barabra Boxer, an interesting coincidence, my daughter is a liberal, feminist, democrat, and she is in the process of converting to Judaism. Her husband is a moderate Republican Baptist. They don't vote the party, they vote for the person. My son is a democrat. He won't be old enough to vote until March. My middle daughter is a Republican but she too is independent minded. We have all sorts of interesting discussions, especially in regards to all of the propositions this coming Tuesday. Although my husband and I are Republicans, we don't take any advice from …
Posted to Virginity or Death!: A Conversation With Katha Pollitt
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It is unfair to blame the president. No Child Left Behind was a good idea and it does need more funding. However, education is a personal responsibility and no matter how hard teachers try to reach kids, no matter how much schools are financially punished because of low test scores, it is the kids themselves who have the ability to make a difference. They also are damning their futures to hell by not focusing and doing their homework. Parents should be involved in their child's education and support the schools' efforts to educate their children. Even if the parents fail to …
Posted to Virginity or Death!: A Conversation With Katha Pollitt
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Work ethic and today's youth: Could it be that the work ethic and abilities coincide with the percentages of youth who didn't plug away at their studies? My husband is a manager of a tire store. He has noticed a great shift and hard worker attitudes in many of his young employees. They start out well above minimum wage although it doesn't take more than attention to detail and sweat to do a good job. It is extremely difficult for him to find such employees. The ones that do work hard are able to go full time, receive great health care …
Posted to Virginity or Death!: A Conversation With Katha Pollitt
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Oh cabbie, cabbie, cabbie... Society's problems with education all began with Bush and the youth of today will only end up dying on the battlefield of tomorrow? I don't know what you mean by me being a reactionary but you certainly have an pessimistic fictionalized viewpoint.
Posted to Virginity or Death!: A Conversation With Katha Pollitt
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I appreciate what Jay Cline had to submit and to say. There is a double standard when it comes to the media and how the Democratic party reacted in the Gerry Studds case. It is also imperative that we recognize the need for the pages to be protected, not from any one party but from sexual predators, regardless of persuasion. I think that interns should not be fair game either. It is unfortunate that Gerry Studds passed away, recently...I would point out that the mainstream media did not bring up his sexual relationship with an under age page. I will acknowledge …
Posted to The Role of the Religious Right in the Foley Affair
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Gerry Studds had sex with a 17 year old page. I do not know what the legal age of consent is in Massachussets. It is 18 for most states.....Regardless, sex with subordinates is unethical. I am not familiar with many sex scandals in either party but unfortunately, the ones I am familiar with are mostly from members of the Democratic party. Despite this, it should not be seen as a problem with just one party...this should be a non partisan issue. The most tragic case I am vaguely familiar with is that of Gary Condit (?) and his intern (?) Patricia …
Posted to The Role of the Religious Right in the Foley Affair
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Redhorse, That is so sad. I am deeply saddened for her family. I do understand that there is a difference between pedophiles and "consensual sex at legal age". My point is that even at 18, 19, or 20 subordinates are greatly disadvantaged when superiors come on to them. Adultery is a whole other issue and not part of my concern. Even the age difference between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky makes his actions all the more reprehensible. Bill Clinton's legacy will be his successes in office and some questionable decisions regarding the sale of technology to N. Korea and China despite …
Posted to The Role of the Religious Right in the Foley Affair
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Boy Johnny, I take it you don't care for the Republicans. On CNN tonight, they did a piece on the Foley fallout. Not only did they bring up Gerry Studds and the fact that Nancy Pulosi voted for him 3 times to be the speaker of the House, but they also brought up Mel Reynolds who in 1994 had sex with a 16 year old campaign aide. There were charges which Reynolds pleaded guilty too and then Bill Clinton pardoned him. Anyone that thinks any person can be without sin is sadly mistaken. All of us will be let down by …
Posted to The Role of the Religious Right in the Foley Affair
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I think the majority of Republicans do vote for who they most agree with and often the least of the two "evils" presented. Anyone who blindly supports party politics with out considering the issues and where core values and ideals will best be represented is foolish. There are Republicans who have abortions, believe the tax reliefs should better benefit the poor and middle class, and disagree with the present President's foreign policy. At a state level, it is important to carefully consider the issues and vote accordingly. Joe Lieberman is a good example of one who stood by his beliefs. He …
Posted to The Role of the Religious Right in the Foley Affair
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What is the Austin Statesman? I don't propose to have any answers regarding the Iraq situation. I know that going into Iraq was voted on by congress and the majority of both parties voted for it. I do not have a problem with your suggestion of the assassination of Saddam Hussein rather than the bombing of innocent civilians. As I stated in earlier posts, I hate war. I hate that there are political struggles and that the innocent are killed. I don't have any solutions to propose for the situation in Darfur either. I think that genocide is horrible and it …
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