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I wish the real Sarah Palin would get bent ... as much as this "Sarah" did.

Palin ought to first find out what and where Egypt is and then determine whether or not she can see it from her back porch.

When Americans decry socialism what they often mean is sharing.
It took me ages to understand that. For many Europeans living here the intensity of many American's objection to public programs of any kind is a terrific surprise, particularly when you notice how generous they can be one on one.
So something as helpful as a national health care program, which you'd think would be probably a national priority, is instead refashioned as a terrifying communist plot - and the lives of Senators and Congressional leaders are actually threatened over its implementation. Glenn Beck actually says "the war is just beginning," on his show in response to it. Talk about doomsday rhetoric.
But why? What do they actually fear? It's seems pretty evident: that poor people across the nation are going to get sick and stick the rest of us with the bill.
Screw that, says America, toss 'em out on the street instead. Don't give us any of your bleeding heart liberal compassion about our fellow citizens. It's sink or swim here, and it always was, and it always will be, and just why should it be any other way?
No one helped me, I'm helping no one.
American commentator Stephen Colbert put's the viewpoint succinctly:
"If this is gonna be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we've got to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that he commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition - and then admit that we just don't want to do it."
It's become quite clear that many Americans just don't want to do it. They can wrap themselves up in the flag but when the time comes to walk the walk they'll say no their neighbor, their state, their nation, their president and even Jesus himself.
Ever notice how the "our country was founded on Christian principals" crowd grow strangely silent when their own Christian principals dictate they materially help their less fortunate neighbors?
Suddenly their competing inheritance of "self-discipline and self-reliance" drowns out the mushy liberal sounding stuff.
Most American conservatives live somewhere inside this paradox: where the biblical commands to share are met with the supposed constitutional claims that refuse it.
And there's no way out of that labyrinth, which is why America can't find the exit.
http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/manhattan_diary/the-american-paradox-of-christianity-and-capitalism-113196094.html

What ever happened to just being nice?

I think a lot of posters forget that English is not everyone's first language. Sometimes, the same thing has to be explained in a couple different ways for someone else to grasp it. That's no one's fault, it's just how it works. Either you want to help or you don't. I agree with this thread and I'm glad it was posted. This isn't the kind of place where being belittled should be accepted If you want to be a d*ck, realize that not a single person appreciates it, and it doesn't make you look smart, dignified, or respectful. Take it somewhere else.

I think a lot of posters forget that English is not everyone's first language. Sometimes, the same thing has to be explained in a couple different ways for someone else to grasp it. That's no one's fault, it's just how it works. Either you want to help or you don't. I agree with this thread and I'm glad it was posted. This isn't the kind of place where being belittled should be accepted If you want to be a d*ck, realize that not a single person appreciates it, and it doesn't make you look smart, dignified, or respectful. Take it somewhere else.

I have seen many people come on this site feeling helpless after a heartbreaking disappointment either from a denied petition, complications, or just trying to prepare for what’s ahead. In their quest for directions, I have observed people kick them while they were down. I have observed mockery. I have observed sarcasm with disrespectful intentions. I have observed bullies and I have observed disrespectful tones either in response to the OP or a participant’s comment.
Just before you make a comment, bear in mind this site is rich in diversity, and you can’t use your own cultural exposure to judge others’.
It is ok to introduce some humor but let it be to cheer up the OP/participant(s) and not to mock. If you have nothing respectfully constructively to say, please, don’t waste your time commenting. We are all adults already married or about to, so, please, show some class.
It is ok to disagree as there are always different perspectives to an issue. If you want to hide behind your computer and be rude …take that sh*t somewhere else where you can “freelance” as much as you want.
Adjust that Attitude! A bunch of words is more than enough for the wise!

I don't know why someone would +rep a post that's so pretentious. The person has a question; answer it. No need treat them like some retarded child. People come here for reassurance, not to be treated like sh*t.

Considering I'm a double major in what is essentially interpreting words, I know I have the skills but since I'm new to the process I'm walking on wobbly legs is all. I spent a few hours last night going over forms, reading everything twice, looking for specific answers - I did read instructions to use "none" instead of "n/a", for example, so I changed all my mock answers over - and I highlighted any areas of doubt and made notes, etc. I'm not about to start the process blind. And this forum is incredibly valuable; I'm already eternally grateful

Considering I'm a double major in what is essentially interpreting words, I know I have the skills but since I'm new to the process I'm walking on wobbly legs is all. I spent a few hours last night going over forms, reading everything twice, looking for specific answers - I did read instructions to use "none" instead of "n/a", for example, so I changed all my mock answers over - and I highlighted any areas of doubt and made notes, etc. I'm not about to start the process blind. And this forum is incredibly valuable; I'm already eternally grateful

Let me just do a small write up for IR1/CR1 folks to prove the bona-fide marriage relationship.
All are welcome to add their own points here. Some items listed here may not be applicable to everybody.
Primary Evidence of the bona-fide marriage
Original marriage certificate between the petitioner and the beneficiary issued from the official agency of the country
Secondary Evidences of the bona-fide marriage
1) Documentation showing joint ownership or property
2) Lease showing joint tenancy of a common residence
3) Documentation showing co-mingling of financial resources
4) Birth certificate(s) of child(ren) born to the petitioner and the beneficiary
5) Affidavits sworn to or affirmed by third parties having personal knowledge of the bona fides of the marital relationship
6) Any other relevant documentation to establish that there is an ongoing marital union
1) All the trips of the petitioner and/or the beneficiary to meet each other - like passport stamps
2) Auto Insurance Policy under both the Petitioner and the Beneficiary names
3) Health Insurance Policy under both the Petitioner and the Beneficiary names
4) Life Insurance Policy under both the Petitioner and the Beneficiary names
5) Will prepared by the petitioner and/or the beneficiary
6) If marriage happened in prior year, income tax filing together
7) Pictures together - Before marriage, Wedding Album, pictures taken in every occasion
8) Marriage documentation in the religious ceremony such as from church, mosque, temple etc.
9) Phone logs
10) Chat logs
11) Emails
12) Greeting cards, Marriage invitation cards etc.
13) Hotel receipts, Rental car receipts, Gift receipts or any other miscellaneous receipts of the expenses incurred between the petitioner and the beneficiary
14) Money transfer documentation that includes spousal support
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