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Wei, Cheetham & Hau.... hmmmm.... not sure much more can be said at that.

Thank Gawed the US doesn't do stupid shite like that.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/0...vernment_g.html

oh... hold a minute

Seriously is that the best you can do? No wonder you got a partner from overseas..

Boo-Yah, I was hesitant to say anything until I got a chance to collect my thoughts and avoid saying something that would get both of us banned.

I don't have a problem trading jabs with you and yes, I've made some statements that you could find insulting, but I try to draw a line between verbally jabbing with you and taking things too personal. You've boasted about your schooling and education so IMO, that's fair game. If you don't think it's fair game then I'll drop it, but then don't bring it up as part of your arguments in these threads or then it becomes fair game again. Do you follow me? Keep the jabs to things we talk about, even stuff we've talked about ourselves. If I came on a thread in an argument and said, "I'm an animator and therefore I know something about this topic" and you said, "Yeah, well no wonder you have smelly feet" that's fair game.

So try to assimilate better to the rules of engagement...bring your best game and bring it on with the verbal jabs...as long as their fair game, cool?

I understand and appreciate your post. Steven this is a forum where we are supposed to exchange ideas. I never set out to piss anyone off or attack anyone personally. Being in an Immigration forum makes it 20 times as hard to discuss certain issues or ideas without someone talking it personally or in the wrong way. Unfortunately I do not have LisaD's skill in wording thoughts as well as she does. Hence why a lot of what I say is taken in the wrong way. I also never set out to boast, for the heck of it, in a support forum where we are all on similar paths. Sometimes I forget we are all in this immigration process together.

I appreciate that, but all this appreciation is killing me. I feel more in the zone when trading jabs so lets not be afraid to do just that with a good dose of humor. Besides, it makes this place a lot more interesting.

oh gawd Steven... that jab was girlish. Jinky.. get off of Stevens account and let him play ok??

That's crazy talk. I don't believe it.

I'm a bit skeptical too. I'm thinking if you eat too much of anything, you're going to gain weight, no?

Where'd you find the story. I can't just eat a few nuts... I end up eating the whole container.

Well see there ya go. container and everything... thats gotta be bad for the colon.

And then there was that... wait.. what was the topic again..?? :blink:

Bigfoot killed it after post 5.

Damn sasquatch! someone needs to shoot that thing.

Well, GM already had a perfectly good electric car in the '90s - the EV1 - that

could run 110-160 miles on battery power alone, then killed it for no apparent

reason, citing their limited range.

Now, 10 years later, they design an inferior car which can run only up to 40 miles

on battery power. Boy, they really don't want these babies to sell, do they!

early 80s my father had an electric kit car that that went about the 150-200 miles on electric alone. and dont worry MA... some greener will buy the car because its totaly green and not "big oil" dependant. even if its total ####### like the hybrids these days.

I think the greatest crime in Greenwich is probably failing to wear white on the tennis court. Truly, I am a babe in the land of WASPs. Nothing wrong with WASPs, but sometimes you realize your students could buy the building you're teaching in.

I hate WASPs.... now honey bees... those are some interesting things

And then there was that... wait.. what was the topic again..?? :blink:

I never got any billions sent to me.. sheesh... i'm gettin the short end of the stick here.

Nope. It still isn't working for you...Keep trying!

yeah, I can't read what he's typing past the letters on my screen. shame really.

i don't think they are saying that women like to settle down with girly guys, just guys who have softer features...

I am not saying that is necessarily true, just trying to clarify what the article is actually talking about....

i disbelieve the op.......after all...if women settled down with feminine guys, why is ric flair still single?

just because a guy has softer facial features doesn't mean he is feminine

"Snaps in full circle girl-friend!"

"MM-Hmmmm!"

i don't think they are saying that women like to settle down with girly guys, just guys who have softer features...

I am not saying that is necessarily true, just trying to clarify what the article is actually talking about....

i disbelieve the op.......after all...if women settled down with feminine guys, why is ric flair still single?

cause to "be" the man... you gotta play the man!

Hillary, like her husband will be a lot more fiscally conservative than that chimp we have in office right now...I guarantee you that.

Yeah but then a gambler is more fiscally responsible than W.

I'll see that remark and raise you 80B for 10 stealth bombers

Hillary was already President for 8 yrs with her hand up Bills A$$ puppeting him to the masses. Why does she think she can run again??

One to many Bare Naked Ladies songs goin through his mind I take it.

Hmmm..... Steven.... shouldnt that be "To Steven..."??

lol...

as to the other pic.... why does prince albert spring to mind??

From this day forward, I shall call you Wild Tangent.

"I am not a number! I am a free man!"

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What I find extraordinary is how you continue to single out black Americans for that analysis but ignore similar social problems in respect to formerly repressed groups in other countries. I think you want it to be simpler than it is.

Maybe because that is what the article was addressing? Just a hunch. And other countries I have visited and not witnessed the whole "bend over backwards" attitude that I see here regarding a former slave population.

The article was addressing it - but his continual refusal to acknowledge, let alone address the trends in other countries/societies is rather suspicious IMO.

None of that changes the fact that this is a universal problem, that (formerly repressed) groups seem to demonstrate similar social problems with regards to unemployment and crime. Boo-Yah! likes to trumpet Australia's 'high standard of living' but is prepared to ignore that there are parallels between Black Americans and the Australian Aborigines. Same basic problem - can't claim that society is equal when the past treatment of a certain group has essentially created an underclass - with all the socioeconomic consequences that follow that.

Writing is going ok - working on another draft of a story for a deadline in October.

I agree that there is correlation in poverty/lack of education... but the entitlement attitude isn't there. There has always been an "under-class" throughout human societies. Are we closer to eradicating such a thing? perhaps, but it will take more work on both sides to rectify the situations.

in october? something more along what you like hopefully?

The US is a lot larger than the UK. That model is already playing out in certain parts of the US. There is plenty of domestic outmigration from places like NY and NJ into cheaper, nicer, areas.

Locally speaking, my neighborhood is going to hell and my property taxes just went up 1k.

Denver has changed dramatically in the 12+ yrs i've been here thats for sure. not as bad as the NYC/NJ area by any stretch of the imagination, but still rediculously high.

average house cost here in Denver keeps climbing to over $220K now. first time buyers of course now with the sub-prime issues find it harder to get loans at decent rates. Startin to shift back to where one needs 10%-20% down.

His story has been on 60 Minutes....if I remember correctly, he and his wife moved because of the harassment.

So, that's how America treats it's real heroes - those that truly defend America by defending it's values.

I wonder where all the "Support or Troops" crowd was to help the family of this hero out.

They call it "don't rock the boat". stupid philo for sure.

Britain is facing a mass exodus of people looking to escape the crime and grime of modern living.

The country’s biggest foreign visa consultancy firm has revealed that applications have soared in the last seven months by 80 per cent to almost 4,000 a week. Ten years ago the figure was just 300 a week.

Most people are relocating within the Commonwealth – in Australia, Canada and South Africa. They are almost all young professionals and skilled workers aged 20-40.

And many cite their reason for wanting to quit as immigration to these shores – and the burden it is placing on their communities and local authorities. The dearth of good schools, spiralling house prices, rising crime and tax increases are also driving people away.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/15642/...ing-to-leave-UK

Wonder how long it will be before USA models that scenario.

Bear paw with sea cucumber salad anyone?

and yet they leave the auto-makers alone still.

Well, its a step I guess.

yeah, very sad that.

Law & Order, CSI, then B5, BSG, Farscape, SG, SGA... family guy rocks, never seen the 4400, seinfeld was never funny. sorry.