Flower & Plant Gifts

What is the coolest mothers day gift you have ever recieved?

2009-08-03T01:09:00.000-07:00

Trying to find a neat and different idea for Mom this year. She is retired, has everything she ever wanted, and no real hobbies except gardening, and I live several states away, so plants or trees are kinda out of the question.

What is the coolest mothers day gift you have ever recieved?
Having never received one as you can readily tell, I can only share stuff I thought my mom liked.

Stuff I got for her that I thought she would like often ended up stored away for posterity somewhere. The stuff that I saw she put in places she could see anytime were things where I put some "heart" into it.

Some examples are: souveniers I got for her while on trips abroad where she could see I was thinking about her even while I was busy with many other things. A small trophy for "world's best mom." A framed poem about how much I appreciated the things she taught me, and another one about the hard times in her life when she sacrificed so I could have, and another about "now I understand what she was trying to explain." And other things that let her know how much I appreciated and loved and thought about her a lot.

Maybe consider sending her your answer to the "hereafter" question with things about her too? Anyway, just my opinions.
Reply:I'm asking the same question.

It seems like no one's on tonight.

I think I'm going to do a balloon and put a picture and confetti in it.

super nanny

Does anyone know of any plants/flowers called angela? If so where can you find it?

2009-08-03T01:08:00.003-07:00

I am asking this on behalf of a friend who is looking for a gift for his partner

Does anyone know of any plants/flowers called angela? If so where can you find it?
Angela (HMusk x K) The cupped silvery pink, semi-double flowers carried in trusses continually and have fruity scent. Plant is vigorous and open with shiny lime-green foliage, which blend nicely with the flowers and has good shade tolerance; will benefit from good fertile soil for summer-long beauty. 5-7', Z-5, B

http://www.kedemroses.com/photos/ANGELA....
Reply:could you mean angelonia? It's also called "summer snapdragon". Check your local nurseries.

skin disease

Will you accept my gift?

2009-08-03T01:08:00.002-07:00

Note:Please read whichever you like, so please don't complain about the lentgh! It's optional!

Hi.I live in Iran and I'm 18.I've translated these Iranian pop songs by myself..This singer's albums were chosen as the best pop music for the best and the most meaningful lyrics and the best melody in the Europe.It's somehow similar to the "believe" album by Cher.If you like to listen to them just e-mail me and I'll send them to you in no time.Cos I'd sent them to 11 Americans and I don't need to attach them again.They all loved them.

First:(mahboobeye shab)

when the night steps in the gardens, the flowers cannot breathe

when the darkness rains (comes down) from the sky, the blooms become sad

when the darkness doesn't allow the flowers to breathe, the "love flower" stays awake at night

she (the love flower) doesn't allow the night to have any effects on her, her smell can be felt even at the other side of the gardens

if (someone) puts the love flower in a vase, and plants thistles all around her

(even) if (someone) walls up all around her body (existence), (even) if everyone accuses all of her fibers

(even with all these difficulties) the smell of the love flower makes its way to the beyond of all the stone walls

(and) the love flower, has a shelter in the heart of the blooms

at nights when the flowers are sitting in the darkness, and they all have closed their eyes because of the horrer of the night

(and) when their body trembles becuase of the fear of the darkness, you "lover flower" are the shelter for them

Second:(yaade man baash)

you left (me) and your memories have sat down in my mind

without you I'm the prisoner of the impossible wishes (ambitions)

you didn't keep me in your memory (you didn't think of me) but, I broke in the memory of you

I didn't fall in love with anyone but you, (because) you're far from me

sing with me and think of me, think of me (keep me in your memory) without any excuses

when the moon is awake, think of me with all your love

if you be (with me), it is possible to pass the (unfortunate) events

and) it is possible to learn how to burst into flames, in the fire of your love)

if you're away (from me), if you're not (with me), (at least) be the breath of my cry

till the end of the world, forever, keep me in your memory (think of me)

Third:(Tasavvor kon)

Imagine.Even if it is hard to imagine.a world where each person is truly fortunate!Imagine a world where money, race, and power have no place!a world where riot police is not the answer to the calls for unity!a world with no nuclear bombs, no artillery, and no bombardments!a world where no child will leave his legs on land mines!Everybody free, totally free! no one in pain, no pain!You wouldn't read in newspapers that whales committed suicide!Imagine a world with no hatred, no gunpowder,no cruelty of arrogant, no fear, no coffin!Imagine a world filled with smile and freedom!full of flowers and kisses! Filled with up-growing improvements!Imagine! Even if it is a crime to imagine so!even if you'd lay down your life on this!Imagine a world where prison does not exist in reality,where all wars of the world are included in ‘The Ceasefire Treaty'!!a world where nobody is ‘The Boss' of the world!people are all equal!Then each person will have an equal share in each single seed of wheat!No border, no boundaries – motherland would mean the entire world!imagine you could be the interpretation of this dream!

Forth:(Booseye Baad)(club mix)

The kiss of the autumnal wind whispers to the lonely leaf unmercifully that you'll be the victim of the autumn

The new green leaf loses its green color, it drowns in the kisses of the wind and the horror of the new days

It (the leaf) abandons the tree and wanders around in the alley (becomes homeless), an alley that is the reminder of the gone and futile days

It (the leaf) sits down in the corner of the alley, stares up at the sky, thinks of the past, and feels pity for it (with sadness)

(It thinks of) the days that the alley was under my body's shade, and the kind lover tree, loved the smell of my breath so much

My share of the wind's kiss, what can I say oh my gosh, was all getting yellow-colored and faded, and dying and being forgotten

Fifth:(Panjareh)

When at sunset, the rain hits the (window) glass

All the sadness in the world is in my chest

In the rain drops, my choked voice breaks (intrupts)

I don't want anything but a window anymore

I sit down behind this window and sing

I wait for your arrival under the rain

Under the rain, waiting for you is very different

Sounds like I love you more when it rains

Sometimes when you come, you put your head on my shoulder

You take all the sadness away from my heart

But this is only a dream, a dream behind the window (glass)

When I'm awake, sadness sits down in my throat again (I become sad again)

Sixth:

Defrost my frozen tears, open up your heart

Hear the voice of my heart, what have I done to your heart?

I wish in the last moment, you could read the love in my eyes

Your heart didn't hear my voice, you left (me) and stayed with a stranger

If someday I tell you this story that I've got used to you

My heart's lucked up in the prison of friendship, in your heart

If one night, I get to the truth, I'll become the lover God

(And) I'll say my secret to the star of the western sea

Seventh:

Hey actor, don't cry.We're all like each other

When we get up in the morning, we cover our face with a mask

Someone becomes a teacher and someone becomes a homeless

Someone becomes a song-writer, someone becomes a song-seller

The old life's mask is on our faces till night

The tears behind the mask are soundless as usual

Whoever you are, come out of the back of your mask

Don't talk about that fate, free yourself of the night's illusion

Draw the shape of an outlet on the cage's bars

For just once (in your life), breathe in place of yourself (It means don't pretend that you're someone else)

I wish it was possible for us to be ourselves (Not to disguise who we are) and that'd be enough

Even if it's as brief as a short glance or a breath

Until when (should we allow) our mask to talk in place of us?

Until when (staying) silence will be my roll in this show (life)

I want to sing this very song on the floor show so loudly

(I want to) tear my mask and cry out loud as if I'm myself (Not my mask)

Eightth:

The figure in the photo which is in the album is wet

I kissed your memory again, I've asked myself this unanswerable question thousands of times so far:

What makes the songs lifelike?

Its pulse is the throat of yesterday (It means my throat could produce a better voice in the past, so my songs were liflike)

I know that without you, my tomorrow will be the same grey color as yesterday's (grey color)

I'm thirsty like the sun and more landless than the wind, more immediate than the song, outspoken like a loud cry

I'm lonelier than silence, brighter than the star, I love more than ever, sing with me again

I open the eyelids of the window, there are murmers of the moon light in the lane

All the windows are silent, sounds like (everyone in) this deserted lane is asleep

I call out your name aloud noiselessly, my crying closes the window

Once again, the invisible hands of night closes the eyelids of my window

sorry, if it was too long.And also sorry for the gramatical mistakes.The rest of them are as beautiful as these, but I haven't translated them yet.

Will you accept my gift?
that is rubbish.

nanny

What's a good gift for mom?

2009-08-03T01:08:00.001-07:00

Good lady. Not a lot of hobbies. Likes her plants, her grandchildren, reading. Any amazing books out there?

What's a good gift for mom?
maybe some nice stationary (even customized) so she can write letters to people and grandkids. noone ever writes letters anymore and sends them snail mail. they're so nice to receive and she might like the idea.
Reply:Yeah, like you said, you could get her some books, or maybe some jewelry or perfume.
Reply:Some perfume they love that.
Reply:Try making something:

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Reply:Get her a picture book about the home town she grew up in. Some bubble bath too. A couple of plant stands for outside planters. "The Testament" by John Grisham was a good book.

http://www.amazon.com/Testament-John-Gri...
Reply:Sounds like she would love a thoughtfull gift instead of an expensive gift. Try to look for something you made or something that is personal.
Reply:You should get your mom this book titled a "Message in a Bottle" by Christopher Sparks. He is a very good author he writes about life and romance. You should also get her a card. Get it blank and write something from your heart inside. It is the thoughtfulness that counts.
Reply:Get her a brand new swimming costume! She can take the grandchildren to the swimming baths in her new costume. The kids will miss swimming indoors in such miserable weather in December.
Reply:A good no, great gift mom huh... let's see visit these websites. I hope this will help you. This is an awesome website!

Good luck!

http://www.buy.com/dept/Books_Bestseller...

http://www.bigplantshop.com/
Reply:Based on the information provided I came up with a picture frame that can hold multiple pictures of her grandchildren, giftcard to a local bookstore, bookmark, gardening stool, seeds, or a book about plants.

Shoes

Caring for Bamboo Plants?

2009-08-03T01:08:00.000-07:00

I have a 5 stalk Bamboo in water with rocks and keep it with plenty of water.My problem is that some of the leaves are turning yellow at the tips.What am I doing wrong!!! Please help.It was a gift.

Caring for Bamboo Plants?
Try this link.....
Reply:bammboo mainly need a planter, water and rock small ones

and here are some facts of bamboo

Bamboo is a group of woody perennial evergreen plants in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Some of its members are giant bamboo, forming by far the largest members of the grass family. Bamboo is the fastest growing woody plant in the world. Their accelerated growth rate (up to 3-4 feet/day (1.5-2.0 inches/hr)) is due to a unique rhizome system and is dependent on local soil and climate conditions.

They are of economic and high cultural significance in East Asia and South East Asia where they are used extensively in gardens, as a building material as well as a food source. In Filipino, they are known as kawayan, in Chinese as zhu (Chinese: ; pinyin: zhú), in Japanese as take (Kanji: 竹; Hiragana: take?), in Korean as dae or daenamu in Vietnamese as Tre /tʃe/, and in Indonesian as bambuu

There are 91 genera and about 1,000 species of bamboo. They are found in hot tropical regions. They occur across East Asia, from 50°N latitude in Sakhalin through to northern Australia, and west to India and the Himalaya. They also occur in sub-Saharan Africa, and in the Americas from the southeast of the United States[3] south to Argentina and Chile, there reaching their furthest south anywhere, at 47°S latitude. Major areas with no native bamboos include Europe, north Africa, western Asia, Canada, most of Australia, and Antarctica.

[edit] Mass flowering

Although some bamboos flower every year, most species flower infrequently. In fact, many bamboos only flower at intervals as long as 60 or 120 years. These taxa exhibit mass flowering (or gregarious flowering), with all plants in the population flowering simultaneously. The longest mass flowering interval known is 130 years, and is found in the species Phyllostachys bambusoides Sieb. %26amp; Zucc. In this species all plants of the same stock flower at the same time, regardless of differences in geographic locations or climatic conditions. The lack of environmental impact on the time of flowering indicates the presence of some sort of “alarm clock” in each cell of the plant which signals the diversion of all energy to flower production and the cease of vegetative growth. This mechanism, as well as the evolutionary cause behind it, is still largely a mystery.

One theory attempting to explain the evolution of this semelparous mass flowering is the predator satiation hypothesis. This theory argues that by fruiting at the same time a population increases the survival rate of their seeds by flooding the area with fruit so that even if predators eat their fill, there will still be seeds left over. The death of the adult clone, this hypothesis argues, is due to resource exhaustion, as it would be more effective for parent plants to devote all resources to creating a large seed crop than to hold back energy for their own regeneration.
Reply:minght be in a draft or by a heater.. also it happens sometimes. happens to me, but then grow new ones
Reply:Needs little water and try some light maybe.

loan

Mother's Day Gift?

2009-08-03T01:07:00.003-07:00

For an inexpensive present for my mother-in-law and mom I was thinking of getting some kind of nice plants or roses, representing each child they had. That would be 4 for mother-in-law and 2 for my mom. What you think? That sound thoughtful or do I need something else?

Mother's Day Gift?
Sounds sweet, I'd like it...
Reply:nothing else

puppy teeth

What is good gift for transplant patient in hospital?

2009-08-03T01:07:00.002-07:00

I imagine says they have to be so careful of germs that plants are not allowed in their rooms. Any suggestions?

What is good gift for transplant patient in hospital?
No flowers, plants, store bought candy, stuffed animals or cards please.

Fresh fruit, flowers, plants, or cut flowers are barred from the patient's room, as these can carry disease-causing molds and bacteria. Because of the fact that the patient will be immunosuppressed, even a small amount of a pathogen might cause a life threatening condition for him/ her. I met a lady at my transplant clinic who had a kidney as well as a liver transplant. She had contracted some infection from somewhere (in spite of being very careful) and had a fever for 2 months! So you need to be careful.

In fact, if you are genuinely concerned, do not even visit the patient. Persons with symptoms of any type of communicable infection should not provide care or visit. Even if you do not exhibit symptoms like fever or coughing, many a times our bodies are "carriers" to diseases, and this can be harmful to the patient.

There are a couple of things that you can do though.

1) Call the patient or his primary care giver as often as you can. Talk to the patient, in person before and on the phone after the transplant, encouraging him or her. Lend your support - a ride to or from the hospital for additional family members maybe. Family members of the patient need help and support too.

2) There is always e-mail. Write as much as you want. Send the patient e-cards. Chat on Yahoo messenger if you can.

I received my transplant last year and I did not go out of my home much for 3-4 months. I did receive beautiful flowers (from friends who had no idea) but sadly, had to dispose them off. Most of my friends talked to me over the phone and to my family members when I was in surgery. I did not receive any visitors for a long time, but it was wonderful to talk to everyone and contact people over the internet.

Good Luck to your friend!
Reply:Cards and balloons are always nice.
Reply:just a card and if allowed a plant or fresh flowers, it will brighten their day regardless
Reply:well, the best gift that you could really give this person is support and care. Just visting if you can, would probably be the best thing for them. Also, plants are really good...some kind of plant like a fern or something that can be good for filtering oxygen and such would be great, and a card couldn't hurt either.
Reply:A good book,a gift certificate,a box of candy,an offer to bring a favorite food, favorite magazines to name a few.
Reply:Flowers and a personal visit. Flowers promote a cheery atmosphere and require no care and go away in about a week. This is especially good for those who aren't yet able to care for themselves. Don't go cheap. If you can't afford a dozen roses, send 3 in a nice arrangement of more common and cheaper flowers. Just make sure to ask if the recipient has any allergies. If allergies present a problem or you really can't afford them, start a get well card writing campaign and have friends and family all send cards. Then visit and read them so the patient knows how much they are cared for.
Reply:Just the gift of life.

My wife had a liver transplant back in 1999, and she died in 2004. All she ever wanted was thoses extra years so we could be together.

I Love You Suzan!! RIP Hun.

Reebok

I Need a Gift Suggestion for...?

2009-08-03T01:07:00.001-07:00

I would like recommendations for my favorite garden center employee.She's great! She answer every question patiently and frankly,. I appreciate what she brings to the workplace. Of course, she has access to all types of plants and garden things so, I was wondering if you all would suggest something, please.

Thanks!

I Need a Gift Suggestion for...?
As a former garden center employee, I loved pretty scarves with flowers, tee shirts with garden themes and slogans, garden books, garden themed stationery, garden theme jewelry, unusual garden ornaments from places where I could never afford to shop. Garden theme aprons, a really good tool, an unusual flower pot. Lots of journals and interesting books about gardeners and gardening out there that would be good gifts.
Reply:Depends
Reply:When I give a gift to someone who i do not know personally, i give some wonderful food item: baked goods, cheeses, fancy olives, in an attractive, reusable container, are just some ideas. If you bake or cook, something home created is a lovely touch. You are truly lucky to have access to a employee like that. These days they are too rare.
Reply:How about a personalized garden apron with big pockets. Even though she could possibly buy one a the store it would be nice to have one that is personal from you. You can buy an apron almost anywhere, and either have it embroidered or perhaps get a heat transfer from the craft store. I received one as a gift and I love it and use it all the time.

Last year when a new nursery opened in my neighborhood, I went to go check out what they had. When I asked for a certain kind of plant that she did not carry. It gave me a great idea for a welcome to the neighborhood gift. I brought her a small blooming Hoya from my own collection with some cuttings from a few rarer ones that I have collected through the years. Hoyas are like potato chips, you can't ever have just one! She had never worked with them before and she was so excited and was glad that the locals were welcoming a new shop into the area.
Reply:An appreciation bonus. Unless you have other employees, I guess that would make them feel bad if you did not do the same for them.

But if you want to keep this gal, make sure you pay her well or someone will steal her from you.

loan

Mothers Day gift help??????

2009-08-03T01:07:00.000-07:00

Ok I need help figuring out what to get Mom this Sunday. She has more that enough knick knacks and do hickies, and I can't take her out to eat because she's dieting, I've done the scratch tickets in the card to death and flowers/plants are a give in. I need some new and fresh idea's. Something my siblings and I haven't thought of yet. Thanka a bunch guys.

Mothers Day gift help??????
i asked my mom what she would like. she said she just wants someone to cook her a nice dinner (since its just her and my dad living together, and he doesnt cook much, so she has to do all the cooking). if i had enough money, i would like to give her one of these: http://www.ediblearrangements.com/arrang... OR i had an idea that i might do for my mom. get a bunch of pictures of us a growing up, and times we had together, like christmas, her teaching me to ride my bike, etc, and scan them onto the computer, make a slide show, using text for each different picture, to say something sweet, burn it onto a dvd and play it for her on mothers day.
Reply:Have you thought about gift cards? With some creative packaging, you can maintain the element of surprise and still get her a nice gift. For mother's day gift card ideas, click on the link below.

All the best.
Reply:SPA!!!

that what im doing for my mom

take her to a spa

for her to relax.

she'll love it

i mean who doesnt??

or just buy her a nice neclace.

OR!!!

if you wanna get really dramaticy lovey dovey

then make a slide show of the past years of what a great mother she's been..

a little tiny party with not too many people would be nice for the presentation.

yeahh
Reply:Do you have a day spa in your area? If not, spring for a manicure and pedicure. You should be able to purchase a gift card or gift certificate, enclose it in a heartfelt card, and tell her enjoy a day to herself, she definately has earned it!
Reply:I think it would be best if you do the chores for her and then, watch a movie at home with you and your siblings preparing the food. You'll have less expenses while enjoying quality time together.;-)

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Reply:Well its hard to suggest without knowing what things she likes to do ,maybe go play bingo together,or a picnic,a movie she likes,Something different that she normally do but would like to.
Reply:You can't go wrong with a designer handbag every woman would absolutely love a new purse...
Reply:yoga classes,

Tanning salons,

a shopping day,

women love purses,

women love perfume,

Spa treatment,

breakfast in bed,

cruise,

weekend getaway,
Reply:yeah i agree a gift card to her favorite place

or get her tickets to something totally random

that she might end up liking

(ohh go with her ofcourse)
Reply:umm dependin on her age you could get er pjs or slippers if shes older

or a gift card to somewhere so she can pick out the perfect gift
Reply:a song %26amp; love♥

♥good luck♥
Reply:Take her to the spa for a facial and massage...get a manicure and pedicure together. :)
Reply:how about going to BATH AND BODY WORKS and treating mom to soaps shaw gel , body spray
Reply:well i dnt know what shes into but im gettin mine an ipod. the small ipod is only 50 bucks at wal mart
Reply:A Mercedes GL that is what im getting my mom
Reply:Bath and body works gift card!
Reply:a gift card would be sweet
Reply:lapdance from a Chippendale
Reply:uhm...i just bought a necklace for my mom...

i'll suggest that....

women love jewelries...

c++

Mothers' Day gift ideas anyone?

2009-08-03T01:06:00.003-07:00

I'm 16 and my mum is 48, and into plants, fashion and make-up. What do I get for her for under £20 that's sweet, thoughtful and original? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Mothers' Day gift ideas anyone?
If your looking for a unique gift idea for Mother's Day. you can consider sending your mum a personalized love soap from soapcard. com you get to choose a shape, color, fragrance, and then write your mum a personalized message on each soap that will show her how much you love her. You can even put a picture inside. I got it last year and my mum thought it was super cute!
Reply:Under 20...make up, perfume set, bear and card, flowers, nice shirt, etc.
Reply:flowers

candy

music box

jewelry box

necklace

ring bracelet

card

hand made stuff

hobby crafts

statues

stuffed animals

clocks

pictures

frames

car seat covers

baskets

bath cubes

perfumes

colognes

cloths

collectibles

make up

nic-nacs

cups that say mom

mom art

a nice vine or hanging basket

Cd's

dishes

Good Luck

scarf
Reply:how about her favorite flowers and a picture frame with a picture of you and her in it, and tell her you love her, and she's the best mommy in the word.
Reply:rewrite all of her recipes and alphabetize them and place them in a custom decorated recipe box.. she will love it! godo luck xx
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Mothers Day Gift.?

2009-08-03T01:06:00.002-07:00

I want to get my mom something for Mothers Day but I have no clue what to get her. She loves gardening but I don't know what plants she has or doesn't have. I was thinking of having a picture taken of me. One that is professionally done. But I don't know. I think it may be too late for that.

Does anyone have any ideas on what to get...or a place that can have my pic. done in like a day?

Thanks~

Mothers Day Gift.?
IF SHE LIKES GARDENING, AND YOU DONT KNOW WHAT KIND OF PLANT TO GET........THEN GET HER SOMETHING TO GO INTO IT.... LIKE A GARDEN KNOME, OR A BIRD BATH, OR FROG STATUE... SOMTHING TO THAT MATTER.
Reply:YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME. I HOPE SHE ENJOYS WHAT EVER YOU PLAN. Report It

Reply:Since she loves gardening, I would recommend getting her a complete gardening set. There are some available either at Sharper Image or Brookstone that are just awesome... They come with a nice pair of gloves, a complete set of tools, carrying case, and even a kneeling pad to keep your pants clean. I gave one to my mother 2 years ago, and she loves it!
Reply:I dont know where you live, but where I live we have this one hour professional photo place called blue kiss photo. I live in NC. Surely where ever you live has something like this. Necklace or

or rings are nice aswell GOOD LUCK
Reply:If your mom's a gardener, she probably likes seeing the fruits of her labor (no pun intended). You could create a collage showing photos of you from when you were young to the present time (to show how you've grown from a seed to a blossom). You can also frame a picture of the 2 of you together from when you were younger (or recently). Spending a day together doing whatever she'd like is a great gift. You could also get her some pretty gardening tools, a nice mat for kneeling, quality gardening gloves, a pretty straw hat, hand-painted pot, or a nice watering can. You could also write her a letter telling her what she means to you.
Reply:In my opinion, snapshots (good ones, that is) are better than professional portraits anyway, so why not have a pal take a picture of you in a natural setting... maybe your mom's flower garden??? And put it in a cool frame for her. Or better yet, find an old picture of you and your mom, and have it enlarged (you can have it done in a day at your local drug store, or even Wal-Mart). Then, frame it in something that reflects her personality. You could go to Hobby Lobby, or somewhere like that, and pick up a cute, garden themed frame...
Reply:the Picture People would have photos ready in an hour if that is what you want to do. You can buy a nice fram to put it in too. Since she likes gardening, what about a basket with gardening gloves, an apron, a few packets of seeds, a new spade, a fresh bouquet of flowers and a letter about how much she has meant to you growing up. Good luck!
Reply:Spend time with her, doing something she likes to do. That is the BEST gift you can give to any parent. It's what they would like the most, in most cases.
Reply:When you ask a question you have the ability to see others that have already been asked just like the you want to ask.
Reply:Get her gardening tools and gloves so she can plant what ever she whants.
Reply:Are you kidding? This is your mom. It doesn't HAVE to be something material. Start simple...take a piece of paper...write down how you feel about her...how important is she to you...Nooo! try harder...dig into your heart...if how you feel in the deepest part of you doesn't bring a tear to your eye, you're not there yet.

Now, buy a nice card and write a nice letter and put it in the card. It might be the best thing she's recieved on Mother's Day.

Good luck!
Reply:i think if you take her out for the day. a meal, theatre and take photos yourself. shell have pictures of you two together and be able to relate the day forever
Reply:I too love my flower garden but it doesn't matter what or how many plants I have, I LOVE getting more. Get her a patio pot or hanging pot of flowers. I'll bet she will be sooo pleased.
Reply:I personally think its always great to give Mums a personalized gift. You know, a photo of you on a homemade frame (i.e. made of beads, cardboard , etc.). Personalized gift is the best way to go, unlike frames you easily buy over the counter. Its the effort and the impression that you make that goes along with the gift that's what really matters. Even expensive gifts don't mean much.
Reply:it depends. if ur mom is a gud cook then u can gift her a cookery book. if she's a good reader buy a her any novel written be her fave author. if she ud eater then gift her dinner.

if she is a person who likes outings then u can try takin er to a green countryside place.

all the best!!
Reply:Here's something creative that will be appreciated and you will have fun doing:

Make up a crossword puzzle and have all the hints be personal inside moments and jokes that only you two would know about. Put it on a poster board and add some clipart and some pictures to it!

The crossword puzzle could be time consuming and a bit frustrating ... you could do the same idea with a WORDSEARCH or WORDFIND puzzle.

Put your computer skills to work! Use Excel, get clipart from Yahoo Images Search, copy them, and reformat them, use a gluestick to put on posterboard.

Use graph paper, and pictures from magazines if you are not as good on the computer, and it will give it a homemade feeling.

This is a really beautiful poem too!

Women have strengths that amaze us.

They carry children, they carry hardships, they carry burdens but they hold happiness, love and joy.

They smile when they want to scream.

They sing when they want to cry.

They cry when they are happy and laugh when they are nervous.

They fight for what they believe in.

They stand up for injustice.

They don't take "no" for an answer when they believe there is a better solution.

They go without new shoes so their children can have them.

They go to the doctor with a frightened friend.

They love unconditionally.

They cry when their children excel and cheer when their friends get awards.

They are happy when they hear about a birth or a new marriage. Their hearts break when a friend dies.

They have sorrow at the loss of a family member, yet they are strong when they think there is no strength left.

They know that a hug and a kiss can heal a broken heart.

Women come in all sizes, in all colors and shapes.

They'll drive, fly, walk, run or e-mail you to show how much they care about you.

The heart of a woman is what makes the world spin!

Women do more than just give birth.

They bring joy and hope.

They give compassion and ideals.

They give moral support to their family and friends.

Women have a lot to say and a lot to give.

-Author Unknown
Reply:How about taking your mom out to lunch (your treat) and then to get a manicure and facial together. Your mom would probably love a picture of you done professionally but I'm afraid you are correct that they wouldn't be able to do it in such short notice. Good luck to you and God Bless.
Reply:i think you should help your mom in gardening that day and like when she wakes up you can make her some great coffee and you can help her in her work you can make her a mother's day card or search the net for greetings and send it to her id,and you can buy her some plants or but some gardening supplies because she likes gardening does'nt mean u have to give her something related to gardening u can do all house chores and leave her nothing else to do and u can buy her a bauquet of flowers or if ur mom likes pets u can buy her a dog.anyways good luck!!!!!
Reply:hey u give your mom gift to become best role play in gril character in this world u give your mom lot trust and lot i think u give your mom natural gift plz
Reply:1. take her shopping

2. gift card

3. get her a new garedening set and some plants even she ends up already having those plants she'll a ppreciate it

4. her favorite flowers

any of these will work

or you can do all
Reply:give her breakfest in bed and get her roses[[12]] and a heart shaped box filled with chacolte and make her some thing she can have for ever. like a vase, mug or necklace and if you dont know what to make her then buy her something that will show her you love her like a necklace with her name or a ring.
Reply:If she likes flowers...you can never go wrong with flowers, or a simple house plant...you could get her a gift card to a gardening store...as far as the pic. goes...i am not sure where to get it done that fast sorry
Reply:I think you should just her nice little outfit and a card.
Reply:Maybe you can go to a botanical garden with your mom.I think a gift is not the most important,just show you love her,have a nice time with her not just on the Mother's Day,but every day.

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Which gift?

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uuuug! I do not know what to get my dads girlfriend. She says she does not want any calenders. She loves cats and chocolate. But I just cant find the right thing .Oh yeah she likes plants to. What should I get her?

Which gift?
Plants are always good. Any garden center would have information on the right plant for her. Any place with a garden center would have nice plants(like most chain discount stores which are large enough). Christmas cactus's are nice. They also are easy to care for.

If she likes cats and has one buy her cat some toys. However, I would suggest you concentrate on her. What is your relationship with her like? I suppose it is good if you are buying something for her for Christmas.

It also depends on your budget. How much do you want to spend. Sometimes you can start cuttings from other plants, or if you know what kind of plants she likes how about getting her a pot, some peat pellets, and some seeds.
Reply:get her a gift card which has a Credit Card logo on it saves the problem and she can get what she wants
Reply:try finding out what she likes from ur dad.
Reply:if she has a cat then get her cat a cat toy
Reply:i go with chocolate but plants grow so i guess that's better i guess cats are expensive to you
Reply:Just get anything within ur budget. I'm sure she'll love it as much as u do.
Reply:go to the chocolate store and see if they have any chocolate cats or there is always just a nice plant

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Need GIFT IDEAS for couple we are visiting and staying with for vacation.?

2009-08-03T01:06:00.000-07:00

No alcohol or plants.

Need GIFT IDEAS for couple we are visiting and staying with for vacation.?
When I travel and stay with friends to save money, I always take them out for a nice dinner. A week in a hotel would cost al ton more than a $100 dinner. Also, the time spent together is very memorable.
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Bamboo plants care??

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i got one as a gift %26amp;%26amp; i didnt really took care of it ...

%26amp;%26amp; it got all black %26amp;%26amp; nasty %26amp;%26amp; some leaves are yellow

..so i want to take care of it now i changed the water %26amp;%26amp; i cleaned them up my question is how do i take care of them any tips??

Bamboo plants care??
you don't have to change the water everyday. Every week or two is fine. Keep it out of direct sunlight. Make sure there is always water covering the roots. Thats about it, its the easiest plant to take care of.
Reply:You're talking about lucky bamboo right? it's a not like other bamboo

One of the reasons it has become popular is that it is so easy to grow. It does not require a great deal of sunlight. In fact you should keep it out of direct sunlight. It can be grown in water or in soil, and requires little care. Most often you will find it “planted” in a small pot filled with pebbles and water. Some people feel the water should be changed every week and others simply replenish the water as it evaporates. As long as the water is clean and clear, simply refilling the container will keep your lucky bamboo happy. Add a dilute fertilizer every now and then to give it a boost. If you have chlorinated or fluoridated water you can use spring, or distilled water to keep your plant healthy. Or simply leave your tap water exposed to the air overnight in a bowl to rid it of these chemicals
Reply:Its black and nasty? Maybe it could be dieing...Well you always change the water every day. And the plant should be in rocks, or stones.

Remove all dead or yellow leaves.

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Gift for long-distance boyfriend help?

2009-08-03T01:05:00.001-07:00

We're in a long-distance relationship but I still want to give him something [not too expensive] but really nice to show him I care a lot about him and that I love him and miss him. He loves music a lot. Which one do you think I should do?

1.) I created this little song for him.. maybe I can put it up youtube or something?

2.) Send a Christmas card... although that's just too simple?

3.) I so want to visit him but I don't have the money T__T. sob...

4.) Send a CD compiled with a couple weird rants videos and a little document of my life where I live?

5.) A band shirt...?

What should I do? Any suggestions?

PS. It's a given that we'll talk to each other and stuff...

Things to think about:

-Very up-to-date with the music world... basically has everything that has to do with music... so what if he has those music stuff already? [loves rock ie goo goo dolls, velvet revolver, meyer]

NoNos:

-flowers/plants

-food

-basically anything alive

Gift for long-distance boyfriend help?
I've been in a LDR for 4 years now. I once sent my bf a shirt that i thought would look great on him and before i wrapped it i put some of my body spray on it and sent it. He kept it put away and didnt' wear it until the smell went away, he absolutly loved it. So i would say get him number 5 and just add a little something that is you. My bf got me an MP3 player not like an ipod something reasonable and he recorded his voice on there and then put some music in there for me it was great i liked hearing his voice. I also gave hims a CD and decorated the cover with our pictures. So anything that comes from the heart will work. Email me if you have more questions
Reply:hmm, I'd go with 2 for sure unless he doesn't celebrate Christmas (though if he didn't I'm guessing you'd have mentioned that, lol)....but a blank one so you can write your own message. It just makes it feel that little bit more personal.

that's what my GF and myself did last year (she's in North America, I'm in New Zealand) and we also talked on the phone on Christmas day....it was very nice to hear each other instead of instant messaging all the time :)

apart from that, maybe a nice picture of the two of you in a small (about 4"x3" or so) frame?
Reply:A song - created from the bottom of your heart.
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Reply:If you need a romantic gift idea~$50, these personalized soaps from soapcard.com might do the trick. They make romantic heart shaped soaps with your photo and personalized message embedded inside. I got one for my boyfriend and he loved it. You can write all kinds of funny stuff. My boyfriend thought it was super cute, .the "Think of me when you're feeling dirty" soap was the one he loved the most.
Reply:Maybe a small photo-album with just pictures of the two of you?

Or better - art picture from your photo.

A friend of mine took photo and sent it to http://www.photoartomation.com/ArtWork/p... They convert ordinary photo into wonderful!.

I treat it like art because it came from her heart.

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What are some ideas for a homemade Mother's Day basket~besides a card & flowers, when mom is diabetic???

2009-08-03T01:05:00.000-07:00

My mom is diabetic, and she really don't do much or really needs anything. I am clueless about what to get her for Mother's Day, but I was thinking about making her a homemade basket with some goodies in it... In the meantime I started a little project with my kids %26amp; nephews~~planting flower seeds and decorating the pots etc.. and a homemade card with pictures etc... What would be good to put inside the basket when the person you're giving it too don't need anything, is really not into anything- can't eat chocolate...Don't lit candles, don't do home spas etc... LOL- NO JOKE....She has almost everything...lol... Her house is like a store...lol... I need some ideas of what should I buy... I can buy perfumes because she never get tired of those, I would get her a bottle of wine- but she doesn't drink... I don't want to give her a gift card because that looks ridiculus and it'll mean more if I get something myself.... Any help would be appreaciated... Thanks...

What are some ideas for a homemade Mother's Day basket~besides a card %26amp; flowers, when mom is diabetic???
Buy some kind of platter, don't spend much since she has everything, a round pizza pan will do, and get a set of towels, in her favorite color, large bath, small bath, hand towel and wash cloth.

roll them up, large on on the bottom, smaller one in the middle, roll the small 2 up together, make it like a cake.

you can add things around it, or just decorations, one time i pinned little aplique bitterflies, wrapped it in tulle, it doesn't even cost much.

go here and look

http://www.thinkwedding.com/Art-Wedding_...

there are some ideas.if not can you get her an outfit, or go out with her.

your mom seems practical, like my mom, they are so hard, mu mother asked for filters for her ice maker in her fridge : )
Reply:You can get the kids to help make her some special diebetic cookies. Maybe some nice face wash and moisturizer (doesn't every woman need that?) Does she like coffee? You can get a nice BIG mug and some different flavours of coffees.
Reply:I was going to suggest candles and perfumed soaps and fancy bath salts..... maybe a nice CD. But i am wondering if maybe your mom is depressed. How about a book? Does she like to read? Happy Mother's Day!
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Reply:I saw something at a craft show that was cute...it was a bottle for wine (there was no wine in it, it was just a pretty bottle at this point LOL), and someone took colored lights and put in it. I am a mom, and I think that would make a great center piece.

Does she have any hobbies? I love to crochet so my sons (really their daddy since they are 9 and 7 LOL) know that a gift card to Hobby Lobby is always a safe bet. Last year they asked me what I wanted. I actually liked that because they cared enough to find out if there was anything I *really* wanted, you know? :)

What about going to somewhere like that teddy bear place and making her a teddy bear?
Reply:I had all the grandkids go to Michaels they had 40 percent off coupon this week and we did stepping stone mosaics for grammas outdoor garden or lawn.That way when they go to grammas they see the stones...it wont fit in basket.sorry!

Some kids did all stones and other did foot print or handprint.

what about some barcelet kits like from micheals she can make stone bracelets for grandkids...that would be fun for her and the kids.good luck!!

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Mother in law blues?

2009-08-03T01:04:00.003-07:00

I have been having trouble with my mommy in law and now hubby wants me to get a gift for mothers day.

I really want to make good with her so I wanted to make an pretty planter. I got the planter I just need to know what plants to put. I really want to make her day. Help please. As soom of you know she has breast cancer.

Mother in law blues?
My mom went thru breast cancer too. She ended up with a double mastectomy and she has been fine ever since. Just wanted you to know there is light at the end of the tunnel.

I'm not sure how to answer your question. I just want to tell you how awesome you are for doing that. I did read your other question and you are being a wonderful person to do this.

It is a lot to go thru and people have a tendency to do things that are out of character. Hang in there she will probably need you more than ever now. Don't forget about how your hubby is dealing with this too. Good Luck
Reply:If she has breast cancer and is undergoing treatment (chemo) I'd shy away from the flowers as the flowers may pose a threat to her frail health. Cancer patients undergoing therapy undoubtedly have a very compromised immune system and the pollen from the flowers may aggrevate any latent illness or allergies.

Instead, go with a silk flower arrangement or gift basket with her favorite movies instead.
Reply:Your hubby and you read like two peas in a pod ; ) Sorry to hear MIL is going thru a tuffy right now. This may cheer her up:

There are many things that can be grown in a container including a cut-and-come again garden of lettuce for the front porch or balcony. Your local garden center sells packets of seed that are mixed or seedling plants that include a variety of colors - very pretty, delicious, and health beneficial. What I mean by cut-and-come-again is that she should be able to get several cuttings from a container planting because once it's cut, it will grow back. In fact, you might make more of them while you are at it if your family enjoys fresh greens for salad...this makes a good gift for any occassion : )

If you decide to do that make sure the pot is clean and use good potting soil, the best is organic for vegetables purchased from your local store.

http://www.southernliving.com/southern/g...

http://www.ehow.com/how_2071117_grow-let...

http://www.hort.wisc.edu/mastergardener/...
Reply:i would put in a Spider plant, and an Ivy, with a busy Lizzy as well all of these grow well and can be separated into their own pots when they have outgrown the planter, and its easy to do for her to. These plants can be grown in doors as well as being put out doors in soil. have sent links good luck
Reply:Pansies are lovely.

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2nd part of my essay!?

2009-08-03T01:04:00.002-07:00

all tiny things pointing to trust, and trust is honesty.

Honesty is also a flower, a magnificent, stunning purple flower. The meaning of honesty and the flower are both one in the same. You may not see this but when you really look deep in side the meaning of a flower and what they do for your life, it is miraculous. It is shown in statistics that a flower can improve your mental stability and your mood. The way the light bounces off a flower into your eyes and their elegant beauty enhances your spirit. In every culture flowers are an important part, look at Greek mythology for example; Iris was a very trustworthy goddess and delivered messages from the gods to the mortal world, and whenever a mortal died, in return for her faithfulness irises were planted next to their graves for her. Her honesty in everything she did led to her being trusted by the gods for their deepest secrets, could you imagine? And yet as a gift there were flowers.

Growing up honest can be very hard. You learn

2nd part of my essay!?
this is the argumebnt part that needs tyo philosophised becuase it doesn make clear sence and the parts not understood are probubly imporant restains added to the rest of our lives

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Can anyone plz explain the meaning of this poetry written by Annie Louisa Walker.?

2009-08-03T01:04:00.001-07:00

AND HOW DOES THIS POEM RELATE TO WOMEN IN 19TH CENTURY?( i'll realy apreciate it)

You cannot rob us of the rights we cherish,

Nor turn our thoughts away

From the bright picture of a "Woman's Mission"

Our hearts portray.

We claim to dwell, in quiet and seclusion,

Beneath the household roof,--

From the great world's harsh strife, and jarring voices,

To stand aloof;--

Not in a dreamy and inane abstraction

To sleep our life away,

But, gathering up the brightness of home sunshine,

To deck our way.

As humble plants by country hedgerows growing,

That treasure up the rain,

And yield in odours, ere the day's declining,

The gift again;

So let us, unobtrusive and unnoticed,

But happy none the less,

Be privileged to fill the air around us

With happiness;

To live, unknown beyond the cherished circle,

Which we can bless and aid;

To die, and not a heart that does not love us

Know where we're laid.

Can anyone plz explain the meaning of this poetry written by Annie Louisa Walker.?
You cannot rob us of the rights we cherish,

Nor turn our thoughts away

From the bright picture of a "Woman's Mission"

Our hearts portray.

*

A woman or women are not going to give up their unalienable, god given rights, life, liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. They aren't going to change their minds about not listening to the hype of the world around her.

*

We claim to dwell, in quiet and seclusion,

Beneath the household roof,--

From the great world's harsh strife, and jarring voices,

To stand aloof;--

Not in a dreamy and inane abstraction

To sleep our life away,

But, gathering up the brightness of home sunshine,

To deck our way.

*

They just want peace and quiet to think about what is at hand, to continue to ignore everyone else, head held high, standing proudly. They are going to ponder about serious matters and then unleash their ideas, shocking everyone that didn't think they could do it. They just want a chance and they go for it, showing everyone who doubted them their true potential.

*

As humble plants by country hedgerows growing,

That treasure up the rain,

And yield in odours, ere the day's declining,

The gift again;

So let us, unobtrusive and unnoticed,

But happy none the less,

Be privileged to fill the air around us

With happiness;

*

The day is ending, snu turning into moon. They want to be let alone again, to bask in their glory (Showing everyone they could do it ..blah...)
Reply:Verse one. No one can take away from us that which we feel deep inside of us as a woman. It is ours, it is private.

Verse two. Thought we are housewives with responsibilities to our families, we if we so wish, have the right to our own private world, our own private thoughts.

Verse three. Not in selfish thoughts, thinking only of ourselves. But to gather in our hearts the happiness that is called home, that which we have helped create.

Verse four. Just as the hedgerows receive the gift of rain, so we receive the gift of happiness which our families give us.

Verse five. We go about our homely duties, sometimes unnoticed by those we love, but are happy with our lot.

Verse six. We are missed mostly in the homes we help make, and it is those who will remember us the most when we are no longer there.

This is a beautiful poem, and should be dedicated to all of those loyal and devoted homemakers.

Hope this helps.

Robert

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Things fall apart (questions)?

2009-08-03T01:04:00.000-07:00

1.What is the consequence of Okonkwo's accident?

He is required to leave Umuofia for 7 years.

He is required to fight Amalinze the Cat.

He is required to visit the Oracle of the Hills and Caves.

2.Chielo announces that _____________ wants to see Ezinma.

Kotma

Ogbanje

Agbala

3.What gift is the groom's family is expected to bring when they attend the uri?

kola nuts

palm wine

snuff

4.The clan believes that nine of Ekwefi's ten children have died because

she is cursed by an ogbanje.

Chielo has sacrificed them to the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves.

she is an evil priestess.

5.Members of the clan share the kola nut

during childbirth.

during social gatherings.

during the planting season.

6.Ekwefi remembers the love she had for Okonkwo when they were younger, but she did not marry him then because

Okonkwo was a wrestler.

Okonkwo had already chosen a wife.

Okonkwo was too poor.

7.Describe Okonkwo as a father and husband.

loving and patient

rational and slow to anger

stern and often violent

Things fall apart (questions)?
1. he is required to leave umuofia for 7 years

2. agbala

3. palm wine

4. she is cursed by an ogbanje

5. during the planting season

6. okonkwo was too poor

7. stern and often violent

i wasn't sure about #2 %26amp; #4, but hope this can hope you :]
Reply:If I do your homework, what will you be doing in the meantime? (chatting on the cell phone, listening to your ipod, etc) You really need to do your own homework. It's quite obvious that you want us to do all of your homework.
Reply:1.leave for 7 yrs

2.agbala

3.???

4.she is cursed . .

5??

6.too poor

7. rational . . .

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Bells of Ireland seeds?

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i planted some to startindoors... i reallywant and hope they get tall enough to transfer in a bigger pot into a basket as i want them to be a birthday gift for my sis who is near stpatricks day... willl i have success and what do i need to do to make these grow well?

Bells of Ireland seeds?
I suggest you maintain temperature around 60 degrees.Also maintain a source of sun light. As the seedlings grow for the first few weeks add miracle grow potting soil around them. Do not cover any leaves, Make sure soil dries out between watering's. After seedlings get big enough to transplant. Remove them from container without handling plant. They are easily bruised. Place them into basket or pot filled with miracle grow potting soil. Follow same watering pattern do not over water. The soil I recommended takes the guess work out of feeding first started plants. This way they get what they need.
Reply:This is easily started from seed. Sow seeds indoors 8-10 weeks before last frost. Barely cover the seed as they need light to germinate. Germination may be slow (up to a month). To speed up germination, chill the seeds for two weeks (seal the sown seeds in a plastic bag and place in a refrigerator) first. The small plants can be transplanted outdoors once nighttime temperatures are above 40F. Place in sun to partial shade in ordinary garden soil and space about a foot apart. Bells of Ireland often self-seeds in the garden if flower stalks are left on the plants until dried. The dark colored seeds can be collected to save for sowing the following year or allowed to scatter on the ground. Small seedlings can be transplanted to other locations, if desired (although they may wilt temporarily until re-established).

When they come up leave them in sun as much as you can and do not keep them overly wet. Just keep them moist and sunny if you can. Feed them after about six- eight weeks with a half -strength food.
Reply:They are pretty hard to grow. The seedlings do great, once I tansplanted them they died, but that may have been the soil. They grow very tall, so I basket might no be the best option. Even as seedlings they are very tall.

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1980 Dundee Mills. Inc Fabric?

2009-08-03T01:03:00.002-07:00

My friend has this fabric from when she was a baby. I'm not too sure of the history, but instead the fabric it says 1980 Dundee Mills. Inc. I'm trying to locate this fabric for her as a gift, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. It has pictures of a bunny hiding behind a bush, another bunny trimming a tree in a shape of a bunny, a bear watering the flowers, another bear planting flowers in the ground, and also a turtle pulling a wagon. Has anyone perhaps seen this fabric or know where I can locate it? Any suggestions would be highly appreciated. (I tried to google the company, but I don't think it exists anymore.)

1980 Dundee Mills. Inc Fabric?
There is a Town here in South Africa which ic called Dundee I know there was a fabric factury there in the 1960`s but I really don`t know if it still there.Its in K.Z.N. and is not to far from Durban .I will make inquires for you and try and find out if they could help you.If google could not help then I don`t know if I can but I will try anyway.

Good Bless

Christine
Reply:1995 -- Springs acquires Dundee Mills, Dawson Home Fashions and Nanik window coverings; sells Intek office panel business. Company reorganizes into three groups: Bed Fashions, Bath Fashions and Diversified Products.

http://www.fabrics.net/joan204.asp

OK, so that information won't help you *find* the material you're looking for. Try your local antique stores ~ many of them will have stacks of vintage fabric to look through! Tell the store owner what you're looking for, and your search may be shortened.

Good luck!

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Why does prayer not have any affect on the outcome of events?

2009-08-03T01:03:00.001-07:00

people study this stuff constantly, and prayer has no effect on the results, so why do god people still think it is effective? They say faith and god is mysterious and other excuses why god makes no sense. or maybe we just don't understand. So then god created a flawed being with intelligence to understand his world, but planted evidence to point to his non existence and decided to burn everyone who believed in the evidence he left for us and reward those who throw his gift of reasoning out the window and accept fairy tales as fact? Before you say that there is evidence of god, Know that there is not. It has been fabricated by those who wish to push there own agenda. Probably to get rich.Everything that is wrong in the world today, and through out history comes down to idiotic, blind beliefs in magical people who will reward/punish you. Why can't we get past this crap? Maybe after another 100 years of intelectual stagnance like the dark ages? **** but you god morons piss me off.

Why does prayer not have any affect on the outcome of events?
you have some serious anger issues I think you need to see a therapist about.
Reply:What you say makes absolutely no sense? Clearly you do not believe in god. Fine. Commenting on things such as that would take time and patience. Which cannot be easily nor effectively conveyed over an webpage. In order to understand thing like that it takes time to understand things fully.
Reply:A hundred people could tell me prayer has no effect and I would say, "really"? It would not change my opinion at all. I have seen my prayers answered. That is all the "proof" I will ever need.
Reply:cant say i hate to break it down for u, but there is evidence that God exists. prayer works too and patience is a virtue.
Reply:I would wager that any believer would state that it does, and rationalize any possible 'response' to their prayers as such. Doesn't matter if they get what they prayed for or not, there's no such thing as a failed prayer to them. If you get what you pray for, it's god's will! If you don't get what you pray for, it's god's will too! No matter what, god 'answers' one's prayers, because any and all results are interpreted as a response.

Great logic, eh?

ADDENDUM: You know, phrases like "you god morons" make you look like just as much of a dick as the people who're always telling me that I'm going to burn in their hell.
Reply:It does if you pray in the name of Jesus and live a life that pleases God.
Reply:Because prayer is another man made action of a waste of time.
Reply:Nothing fails like prayer.
Reply:who says that prayer doesn't have any affect on the outcome of events. i'll bet someone's prayers were answered. sometimes we might not like the way it was answered, but in the long run learn the wisdom of not getting the answer right away.
Reply:You have a right to believe that there is no God. But you have no proof.

As for prayer, I have seen prayer have an affect and a change on things. But you would only say there was no proof. But I don't need your approval to pray or believe in prayer.

You should state this question as your opinion, because you don't have any proof to back you up that has not been tried before. Just because you have never seen prayer have an affect on something, doesn't mean it hasn't. So again it is just your opinion. You are not an authority on whether prayer is effective or not. Why can't YOU get past it. Why does it bother you so much. If you don't believe, that is fine, your choice, but it could only make you pissed off if you had hidden feelings concerning prayer. Like maybe one of your prayers did not get answered the way you wanted, so no prayer is right in your eyes. Have a nice evening.
Reply:Okay, so basically the early Christians, a very weak minority, gave up all they had and suffered their entire lives %26amp; died horribly because of something they "made up" to get rich? How about if there were people that predicted several things (while being very specific about some of them) way before they happened and got it all right, that evidence enough?

And do you honestly think prayer is a shopping list? That's not how it works. You can pray for guidance and help, but it doesn't really work for making what you want come true.

And how is everything bad in the world caused by Religion? I guess I gotta blame my church if I get in a car accident or a hurricane comes around.
Reply:Why do you think prayer has no effect. Just because it's not the effect you want or expect doesn't mean prayer was not answered.

The only question to be answered here is this:

Jesus Christ, born of a virgin, died on the cross to save us from our sin, rose the third day to conquer death for us, ascended to heaven to prepare a place for us, and is coming back to get all who believe this.

Will you believe this?

Would you like to go with Jesus when He returns?
Reply:False hope is a followers best friend.
Reply:God is merciful and that is something you will need down the road of life.....
Reply:Where is this evidence of God you speak of? I want to see it!

I would also like to know why you are so "pissed off!" as you put it. Does it mean you are extremely angry? Why would that be? How can what a group of us Mormons (Or did you say morons?) believe possibly make you angry? Is it that we insist that there is only one God and only one son of God, through which you must be saved?

This is meant as good news, Happy news, news to be celebrated! It´s the message of How God loves us so much he will...

But you've heard all this haven't you.

How could that possibly make a person unhappy and even angry to the point of killing? I'm not referring to you in that, but that is what has happened to people of faith through out history.

Could it be that there is something heaver behind all this?

Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, That's impossible!

But then again, unless you know everything there is to know... Do you?

Just funnin wit ya?

Have a great eve.

Gypsy Priest
Reply:Prayers do get answered,

Prayer heals,

Prayer changes lives,

Prayer lifts us up, as it is communing with our Lord %26amp; Savior,

Prayers are the path to wisdom %26amp; knowledge,

Selfish Prayer is often answered with a negative, as is rightfully deserved.

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I have heard people claim that God prefers you to be vegetarian. Those who feel this way...?

2009-08-03T01:03:00.000-07:00

How do you combat this scripture:

Genesis 9:3

(God, talking to Noah and his sons) "Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and just as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything."

Seems like eating meat and the flesh of animals is not only allowed, but it is a gift from God Almighty!

I have heard people claim that God prefers you to be vegetarian. Those who feel this way...?
Who is their God? Not the God of the Bible who was in to BBQ and called it a "sweet smelling savor".

And then there is also this in 1 Timothy 4:3...

"...speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth."
Reply:(Mar 7:18) And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;

(Mar 7:19) Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

(Mar 7:20) And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.

(Mar 7:21) For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

(Mar 7:22) Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

(Mar 7:23) All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

1Co 6:13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

Rom 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

1Co 10:25 Whatsoever is sold in the meat market, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:

Col 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

(1Co 8:7) Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

(1Co 8:8) But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.

(1Co 8:9) But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.

(1Co 8:10) For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

(1Co 8:11) And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?

(1Co 8:12) But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.

(1Co 8:13) Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
Reply:Jesus was coming 2000 years ago to teach people stop eating mammal-meat. But have all the Christian listen to him ? all of the christian priests around the world are calling themeselves experts in reading and knowing the Bible, but they even dont understand, why he was coming....the essence of his teachings...How can you advance in evolution, when you are living like an animal ?
Reply:It's also said by god that he gives these things only to be used in times of need.

Maybe the people talking were hindu?
Reply:God gave us animals to eat!
Reply:The Bible depicts a world which was originally vegetarian. And the verse you point to specifically says that earlier, God had given the vegetables for food, and only now (after the flood) did he give the animals for food. Why did God change? It doesn't seem to be a reward for good behavior, because God just wiped out the whole planet except for one family. I believe it could be interpreted as more of a concession to weak human nature. God seems to have "conceded" after the flood that man is just not so strong. He decides not to destroy them by flood again, because obviously man is so sinful. That is the conclusion He seems to reach in the story.

There are some climates where meat-eating has historically been necessary for survival. God is perhaps saying here that you do not need to feel sinful for eating to survive. However, vegetarianism is an ideal, as seen from the fact that in the Garden of Eden, vegetarianism was the way. And in the Messianic Era, the animals are all at peace as well as the humans.

People in Biblical times ate meat very rarely. If you followed their diet, you would be eating mostly beans, grains, vegetables, and on occasion fish, and on a very rare occasion, some meat.

The Bible also makes it clear that blood should not be consumed. The koshering method sees to it that all the blood is drained out of the animal before consumption. And again in the New Testament, it is reiterated that even Gentiles should not eat blood. Therefore, why do you eat non-kosher meat? If you want to avoid blood, you really should eat kosher meat.

I don't know why everyone totally ignores this Biblical command.
Reply:God granted us meat and it is not like that he would prefer someone over the other because of what he eat.

But of course, eating meat or not make a difference and I have experienced it myself.

It said that you are what you eat. If you are a spiritual person, you might believe this is true. When you eat meat of any creature, you also digest with it the feelings of that creature it had when slaughtered. You take the anger and sadness.

To be more scientific, I once read that when you are sad, angry or happy, you release some kind of hormones into your body. Similar to the animals, and thus we take their hormones whether good or bad.

Vegetables and plants are different than animals. They are more calm if that's the right expression.

Anyhow, I know when I stop eating meat and be vegetarian for a while, I become more peaceful, more calm and have a clear mind.

If your peaceful and calm with a clear mind, then you can feel God better I suppose.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that the preference is for you to reach God better, and not for God to like you better.
Reply:if GOD did not want us to eat animals why did He make them out of meat?
Reply:what r u bugs bunny...eat up
Reply:You have sharp teeth and flat teeth which qualifies you as an omnivour. Have a hamburger and go with God. :)
Reply:I have never heard that and from the scripture you have shown I would agree with you about meat being a gift. I am a vegetarian, but not because God prefers it, I just can't stomach eating it.

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Anyone spawn epiplatys sexfasciatus?

2009-08-03T01:02:00.003-07:00

i just got a pair as a gift, cute as a button, im going to try to spawn them if my discus doesnt eat them... they are in a 29 with some pencilfish, selawasi loaches and a juv, turq discus named Earl. pH is 6ish and there is a CO2 reactor and lots of plants, im just not motivated to set up a yarn tank which is how i spawned my psuedoepiplatys annularis, any thoughts?

Anyone spawn epiplatys sexfasciatus?
You can still provide them with spawning mops of java moss, and they should spawn for you. You could, if you wanted and felt motivated, remove the eggs to a rearing tank - because not many eggs will make it to adulthood with all those other fish. But, with heavy planting, you might get a few survivors. Load up on java moss and other plants, that's your best bet.
Reply:A nice big clump of java moss and they should spawn away in there, but I wouldn't expect any eggs to escape the adults, not less and fry or young to escape the other fish for any length of time. Great little fish, I have bred them several times and loved keeping them. Though I have bred about 45 species of killifish, I have never had any significant luck with keeping fry in a community tank.

MM

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Why do people make their life so unhappy and difficult?

2009-08-03T01:02:00.002-07:00

To be given life is the ultimate gift. When we are first born we have the right to cry or laugh. When we grow up we have the freedom to choose the way we want to be. Humans were born with rights equal to every other living thing but because of our unlimited desire human life is often of less quality than most other animals.

A small bird wakes up early in the morning singing a song waking the other birds, merrily looking for food, spending a short time to get all the bugs and grain she needs to fill her small stomach, then spending the rest of her time playing, singing, and courting. She spends a few days to build her beautiful nest. She doesn?t work too much to get the food she needs everyday. Her life is easy. She has a lot of time to play and enjoy living together with the other birds.

Humans have small stomachs as birds do. Just to have enough to eat we too do not have to work a lot in one day. If we want to build a house, we can build one in a few weeks. We can then have a lot of free-time in our life to play and enjoy life together as well. Now days people choose to work very hard, at least 8 hours per day. They work like machines just to have some food to eat even though the food they eat is not good quality. They eat the old plants and animals that have been dead many months in a can or in frozen packages. They have to live in a crowded house like a termite. If they want their own house they have to spend at least one half of their life or maybe all of their life to work for that house. Life is busy and hectic all the time.

We can see only complications with no space for beauty and freedom. We create suffering for ourselves because we don?t know the purpose of life. We are blinded and our soul turns to darkness. We can?t see beauty. We can?t enjoy living. We have only fear growing in our minds everyday. We begin to distrust other people. We cannot be friends with others around us, even relatives or family members. Our lives are lonely, even though the world is full of people. Even though we have a lot of material goods and wealth we still feel like it?s not enough. Even thought other people give us love, we still don?t trust them. We are even disturbed by the rooster?s morning call and we?re proud to say in the middle of this confusion and suffering that this is development and we are civilized.

Why do humans choose to live their life in a difficult and complicated life like this? What do we receive from our hard work all our life? Why is the simple and peaceful way not attractive to people? Life is easy, why do we make it hard?

If we think we are the most clever animal in the world, why do we make our life full of bitterness and suffering more than any other animal? Why do we have to work harder than other animals? Why do we make our lives so boring? Why don?t we have time for our kids and family or even time for ourselves? These are the instincts of all life. In 24 hours we spend more than 10 hours struggling with what we call work or said nicely, ?making a living?. We spend on average less than 8 hours sleeping and 2.5 hours a day eating, maybe .5-1 hour bathing/dressing. This leaves 3 hours left for ourselves and our family in our day. Mostly we spend this time intoxicating ourselves with entertainment such as drinking, going to parties, shopping, watching movies or watching TV. Even on our day off we love to spend the time on entertainment. We don?t see the importance of spending time with family or ourselves because we think we don?t have time. So we are not different from machines or robots because we have lost our heart and soul.

Our kids are like our pets. We take care of them enough to feed them and keep them safe but we neglect to think about their mind and soul. Kids want to be loved and cared for and to feel close to their parents but we think it?s a burden so we push them away by sending them to pre-school. Then we appease ourselves by telling ourselves we?ve done the best by them by giving them good food and expensive schooling so we can have more time to give to working and we can tell ourselves that we work for our kids. But we don?t know if the kids want what we give them or not. We assume we have given the best to them. If the kids know how to compare, they must be jealous of other animals like ducks seeing their whole family playing and looking for food together. But to be born as a human kid is so lonely. They become orphaned even though they have parents. They spend more time with strangers than their parents.

We are losing our instincts. We are destroying the system of life which our ancestors developed and lived successfully with for many thousands of years. Now we become the only animals that work this hard. Even in the past people didn?t work as hard or long as they do now except slaves and prisoners. What made people see slavery as progress or development? What is the reason people choose to live like this? Life is easy, why do we choose to make it so hard and complicated? What makes us think life has no choice when in fact we have a lot of choice?

Why do people make their life so unhappy and difficult?
Desire is the root cause of suffering. Desire for things one does not have, desire for things one cannot have. Desire for things that have been lost. Desire is nature's biggest motivator for progress and at the same time, the source of much of our pain. It's not just humans that suffer from desire, animals do as well. Its at the core of the natural world. The only way to escape the suffering caused by desire is to strive to seperate yourself from it. This is what is at the core of many world religions. It is the central tenant of Buddhism. In Christianity, the state of mind resulting from the temporary release from desire is called "grace" (not the prayer before meals).
Reply:An EXCELLENT and well worded question.

The reason for our contraryness to obtaining an easy life, firstly, is in the humans sense of self. This is at odds with anything else in the animal kingdom. Ego, alas, creates separation.

Further, our society is so constructed to make living an alternative lifestyle an almost impossible dream. We NEED to earn money to continue to exist in the system. Sadly, we cannot just go out and build a home in a few short weeks, as the land would be owned by someone else, there would be the needs for planning and building approvals (in most countries) -and subsequent land rents or taxation, otherwise, the government or others acting on their behalf would buldoze our new dwellings flat.

In short, we are tied into our prisons of misery by the monetary system. Sure, we could opt out, move into a forest and eat plants or bugs, but who would want that?

Our prison is entirely of our own making.
Reply:Abraham Lincoln said that most people are as happy as they make up their minds to be!

This is a sinful, fallen world...we all have a sinful, fallen nature. We choose to do the very things that aren't good for us or others. Like seeks like...even when we know better we can't do the right thing and it makes us miserable. Without God's help and salvation we can't make right decisions and will be unhappy and mess things up for ourselves and all around us!

Seek ye the Lord while you may! Choose joy! Choose life with God! John 3:16.
Reply:Well first off we spend so much time working in part because we have to put ever increasing amounts of money in other peoples pockets so there's less and less for us to live on and second we spend so much time trying to keep up with the neighbors or the guy on TV or whoever else tells us we're not adequate if we don't have the latest and greatest gadget or widget or whatever. Then we screw up our kids because we follow some bonehead who writes an equally boneheaded book and we end up having no idea how to actually be a parent and either try to be a friend to our kids which is wrong, parents need to be parents not friends or at least parents first friends second or they heap mounds of false praise on their kids which: when the kids go out in the real world and those heaps of praise are no longer there end up making our kids think there's something wrong with either them or the world around them which screws them up even more. What this all ads up to is we have screwed things up, badly and it may be more difficult to fix than we have time to do it.
Reply:Happiness is a state of mind but many people are just worried about keeping a roof over their heads no matter how modest and don't really have their heads turned by extravagant desires. Sometimes your choice is working two jobs or working 3 jobs to survive. You're right. That is a crumby way to have to live.
Reply:Our knowledge gets in the way of basal instinct.
Reply:no idea

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Why was this prewar intelligence ignored?

2009-08-03T01:02:00.001-07:00

Iraqi scientist gave CIA information that should have prevented war

Saad Tawfiq told his handlers that saddam had shut down wmd program

By Agence France Presse (AFP)

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

AMMAN: When Saad Tawfiq watched then-US Secretary of state Colin Powell's presentation to the United Nations on February 5, 2003, he shed bitter tears as he realized he had risked his life and those of his loved ones for nothing. As one of Saddam Hussein's most gifted engineers, Tawfiq knew that the Iraqi dictator had shut down his nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs in 1995 - and he had told his handlers in US intelligence just that.Now in his 50s, a round-faced man with a small moustache and lively eyes behind delicate spectacles, Tawfiq described how the CIA set up an elaborate operation to recruit Iraqi weapons scientists and then ignored the results.

From the end of 2002 the US spy agency had sources inside Iraq's weapons plants telling them clearly what the whole world now knows - that Saddam had ended efforts to produce weapons of mass destruction.

Nevertheless, in March 2003 the United States and Britain invaded Iraq to disarm Saddam of this non-existent arsenal and in the process triggered the effective collapse of the Iraqi state, plunging it into chaos and bringing hundreds of thousands of deaths.http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?...

Why was this prewar intelligence ignored?
The Bush Administration willfully ignored any evidence or testimony that didn't fit into the big scary threat they wanted us to perceive in Saddamn Hussein in the wake of the 2001 terror attack on the US.

It follows perfectly the agenda of the "Project for a New American Century" (PNAC) whose members made up a vast percentage of the Bush cabinet and State Department appointments. They had envisioned American intervention in the Mideast, the establishment of bases, preferably in Iraq, and the robust projection of military force into the region to secure American national interests for the next hundred years.
Reply:This is new to you? Did you ever hear of the "Downing Street Memo?" It said that the U.S. was determined to attack Iraq regardless of the intelligence saying that Iraq had given up its weapons programs. This was just a way for Bush to get the war he wanted.
Reply:There was an agenda to make war on Iraq years before Bush was elected. This was mostly because of the HUGE influence that Israel has in US affairs.

Iraq was never a threat to the US, in fact one reason that US authorities thought that it would be easy to find WMDs was because they GAVE Saddam nerve gas back in the early '90s. However he probably used it all on the Kurds, or sold it to someone else as they couldn't find any.

No, the war was undertaken because Iraq was a threat to Israel, as is Iran. You note that there has been a lot of demonization of Iran lately? Same reason.
Reply:It's obvious you didn't watch the 60 minutes interview with the person who interrogated Saddam Hussein. Saddam wanted the whole world to believe he did have WMD and he had succeded in convincing about 95% of the world he did have WMDs. And he wanted Nukes. He also admitted he didn't think Bush would invade and when Bush did invade it was too late.

The US did have some intel Saddam didn't have anything. The intell from a lot more places and sources said Saddam did have WMDs. The bottom line is for every source that said he didn't there was at least a 3:1 ratio that said he did.

If the US had known for certain Saddam didn't have anything we probably wouldn't have invaded. But the US didn't know for (and here is the big word) CERTAIN.
Reply:Because Bush wanted a war. He was not working for the American People. He was working for Haliburton, Dyncorp, Bechtel, and Blackwater.
Reply:You mean like the fact that Russia is delivery 80 tons of nuclear materials to Iran and that Iran's crazy leader has threatened my Israel?? like that you mean..F.P
Reply:Cry Wolf!

Sadddam had been hinting that he had WMD for years. CIA/Bush?Cheney were conditioned to believe that he had them. Any other data could be ignored because it did not fit the accepted "knowledge."
Reply:I wouldn't call anything printed in the Daily Star..."intelligence".

Saddam himself was a weapon of mass destruction. Just ask any of the survivors of his blood bath.
Reply:Saddam himself said he was working on nuclear weapons and had chemical and biological.. I guess we should just ignore what the leader says and take the word of the scientist that may or may not have an axe to grind or may be involved in a misinformation campaign. We made the right decision regardless and now the country has a democracy.
Reply:Because intelligence is not absolute.

It comes in bits and pieces. For each piece of intelligence that suggest Saddam wasn't hiding something, there was probably intelligence that suggests that he was hiding something.
Reply:Because Duhbya and Cheney made sure it was ignored
Reply:Not positive of the validity of this article... but we already knew the theme was true.... that the "threat" of Iraq was .... exaggerated... a bit
Reply:I don't think it was ingored.

It was weighted against all the other information that was out there at the time.

Intel is not as clear as you may think and they look at many factors and not cherry pick the ones you want to get head of the line.

Besides which it is already done and there is nothing you can do about.

You also have to look at the Democrats who believe that Iraq was a threat long before Bush took office.

For your reference:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/wmdqu...
Reply:I don't think it was ignored...it just wasn't popular. It doesn't take much to get a whole lot of people spinning...good grief, look how people get so twisted about Britney Spears! Talk about UNimportant!

So, what do you think would happen in this country if word got out about something IMPORTANT: like, say that there are nuclear warheads pointed at us? How about that we have received information that Al-Quaida is coming.

Everybody would PANIC...and oh by the way, actually have the audacity to think that they're opinion would solve everything. (and that's just people that I know...eek -- I would hate to hear those idiot media pundits would have to say).

Truly, you can tell a certain group of people the truth with diagrams and pictures, and they're simply going to cry "Conspiracy" no matter what. Unfortunately, those people are still allowed to vote...and usually have the most children.

God help us
Reply:So Saddam should have just been allowed to continue his genocidal human rights abuses, for the simple fact that he had quit building the actual weapons? Brilliant. I should have thought of that before.

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What exactly did his (Jesus) sacrifice do for us?

2009-08-03T01:02:00.000-07:00

First you have to understand what sin is and why there is death in the world. Sin was brought unto the earth through man. “Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned.”(Romans 5:12)

Here is God’s curse to us because of Adam: To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat of it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.” (Genesis 3: 17-19) The earth was cursed because of the sin that Adam and Eve committed.

Sin is the cause of suffering. Without sin there is no suffering. Without the law there is no sin. So anything God says not to do is sin. Sin is lawlessness. Sin is simply rebelling against God. The effect of our rebelling against God is death and suffering. Sin was the biggest cancer that was brought on to the earth. Sin separates us from God. When we are separated from God we are cursed. Through the curse of our separation there is suffering and death. Now that you understand sin and death we will go on to why Jesus needed to die for us. Jesus lived a perfect life without sin. If a person sins they need a blood sacrifice to cover their sins. Jesus was without sin so he did not need a blood sacrifice for his sin. He was considered a perfect sacrifice to cover our sins. The bible says: “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”, (Romans 3:23) and “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23) So we deserve death for our sins, but Jesus took our punishment (curse) on the cross for us. When Jesus died for us on the cross our debt to God was paid in full. So to answer your question, His sacrifice covered our sins (with His blood that was shed on the cross), so God will find us innocent and not guilty on the Day of Judgment. “He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.” (Colossians 1:13-14)

What exactly did his (Jesus) sacrifice do for us?
What did Jesus sacrifice do for us? WOWOW . what a question. It did it all. When Adam and Eve lost the blessings of God and brought curse to the world, they lost it all. No longer did that have one on one communion with God , and a life of just paradise, like Heaven will be. They lost all of that, and because of the curse, they lost the earthlease to heaven. Now, they actually had to work for a living , now their were weeds where there were none before. No longer paradise. Life became very difficult and they lost paradise. And all on earth paid the price since then, no longer paradise. BUt, When Jesus died for us, He bought back the right for our having the earthlease back and He went to hell and heaven to get the keys so that He would be able to give them to us. So now, we dont have to continue to do sacrifice of blood letting as they used to for atonement. WE are forgive because of Jesus, if we love Him and obey Him. HE gives us back the authority He has to do all He can, to call on the angles, cast out the demons, do healings and miracles, all in the name of Jesus, and not on our own. HE gave us power to overcome sin and live as He lived, by the precious indwelling of the Holy Spirit. and now, we can have a slice of Heaven right here if we are Gods true children. No need to sin and be in constant curse and misery and agony and on the way to hell. WE can overcome sin by the Holy Spirit , thru obedience to God, and we can live a live as Jesus did, Free of sin, not FREE TO SIN. We are all given choices, and each will be held accountible for the choices they make. But because of Jesus and His death on the cross, we can be set free if we want it, and will turn to Him, repent of our sins, turn from them, confess Jesus as Lord and Saviour, and then live a life of obediece to Him as He did to the Father. and we KNOW we are on the way to Heaven when we do. God is a good God, and noone goes to hell unless it is their choice. God gives us all kinds of warnings of how to avoid hell, but if ppl wont read and listen, He wont force them.

And, one more thing, I think is sokool. Did you know they didnt just kill Jesus? HE said that no man could take His life, so He gave it up for us. Thats love, and yet so many wont lvoe Him and serve Him. What more do they want of Jesus? BUt , we all need to serve HIm soon, cause we have to choose for Jesus before we die or He comes again and He is coming soon. Choose soon and wisley, you all.
Reply:He gave/gives us hope, joy, and love... and everything you said

Keep Spreading the Word

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God Bless :)
Reply:Jesus made it possible to have fellowship with God and to have eternal life.
Reply:But isn't sin an easy way out? It is also quite disempowering in two ways.

First example: Don't blame me it was the devil, he made me do it.

Translation: It isn't my fault.

Second example: You're right, I'm a bad person. I need to be looked after and told what to do.
Reply:Romans 5
Reply:I laid all my sins at His feet.

I have NEVER been happier, more at peace, and TOTALLY content.

Thank you for ASKING!!!!
Reply:Long rant saying nothing.
Reply:Sin is someone else's of idea of what is unacceptable behavior. It's for people who don't or refuse to think for themselves. In realty there is no such thing as sin. There is bad behavior and malicious intent to harm.
Reply:That's just too silly for words.

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Christians, how to build up the soil?

2009-08-03T01:01:00.002-07:00

I really couldn't explain this any better than Jesus himself, so I hope you understand. I have these seeds that have produced the most beautiful flowers. They have been planted on rocky ground. I want to build up the soil so they will take root and not wither. I study and pray many times throughout the day. I have been given this great gift and do not want to squander it.

Christians, how to build up the soil?
Hosea 10:12

NKJV

Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the LORD, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you.

NCV

I said, 'Plant goodness, harvest the fruit of loyalty, plow the new ground of knowledge. Look for the LORD until he comes and pours goodness on you like water.'

Jeremiah 4:3

NKJV

For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: "Break up your fallow ground, And do not sow among thorns.

NCV

This is what the LORD says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem: "Plow your unplowed fields, and don't plant seeds among thorns.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Fallow-ground

The expression, "Break up your fallow ground" (Hosea 10:12; Jeremiah 4:3) means, "Do not sow your seed among thorns", i.e., break off all your evil habits; clear your hearts of weeds, in order that they may be prepared for the seed of righteousness. Land was allowed to lie fallow that it might become more fruitful; but when in this condition, it soon became overgrown with thorns and weeds. The cultivator of the soil was careful to "break up" his fallow ground, i.e., to clear the field of weeds, before sowing seed in it. So says the prophet, "Break off your evil ways, repent of your sins, cease to do evil, and then the good seed of the word will have room to grow and bear fruit."

Websters Dictionary

Fallow ground

1: usu. cultivated land that is allowed to lie idle during the growing season

2obsolete : plowed land

3: the state or period of being fallow

4: the tilling of land without sowing it for a season

OK--I feel two definitions of fallow ground here. Untilled and let laid for a time. Or tilled but not seeded. So I think the key here, is to TILL.

In the literal sense, in planting flowers, go rent a rototiller from Home Depot. Till that ground before you plant. I'm not an expert on flowers. But I do know that farmers rotate their crops every year, or every few years. Consider this...look into it anyway. And--a good fertalizer is always helpful.

Good luck...in prayers and the love of Christ, Joyful
Reply:The best soil I have found for flowers planted on rocks, is the fertile soil of a church rooted in Jesus CHrist and not the men inside it.

I have found that soil, and I was the seed that was scattered on the road, picked apart and eaten by the birds and let loose in the air to fall to the ground.

There I found rocky soil, much better than before , but not what I needed yet.

Once you find the church body that feeds the soal and the body and the need for good friends and fellowship, you will sigh with relief and so will your flowers.
Reply:Quit praying and go buy some fertilizer. It's like 10 bucks. Or, start a compost pile.
Reply:You dig up the ground and remove the rocks and weeds and prepare the soil before you ever begin to sow. The problem is not in the seed, but in the ground in which it's planted.

I hope it's not too late for you.
Reply:Here is a poem I wrote a few years ago.

I hope you enjoy it:

SAGA OF A TINY SEED

The Sower came, scattering His Seed

And a tiny Seed fell from His Hand

Fell in a rather desperate place

A hard, and a rocky land

The Seed sent its roots down and down

Pushing through much heavy toil

Pushing through the rocks and stones

Till, finally, it found fertile soil

A tender Plant began to grow

Tiny shoots began to appear

But soon it was smothered with many Weeds

Called Lust and Greed, named Doubt and Fear

They struggled for space on that rocky ground

For water and sunshine and air

And soon the Plant began to grow tall

And to crowd out the Weeds of Despair

But as soon as Buds began to show

And the Plant began to thrive

A terrible drought turned the green to brown

Soon the Plant was barely alive

Again the roots reached down and down

Till they came to a Living Fountain

The plant became nourished by the Water of Life

And grew strong upon God's Mountain

Now there is a Mighty Tree

Where once was a desolate place

Weary travelers are welcomed to rest in it's shade

And to share there in God's Loving Grace
Reply:I follow shamanism, and nevertheless consider the parable very wise. The nutrients of faith come from revelations, which from your Christian perspective, are the visions and dreams upon which the Bible is formed. Since you are studying, your roots are pulling nutrients from the soil. Your prayers turn your foliage towards the sun, so be sure to include silence in order to receive the light. The message received in silent prayer is not always verbal.

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Quandry over a water fountain?

2009-08-03T01:01:00.001-07:00

I like to create in my gardens.

My front yard has different types of roses, and evergreens adorning the front of the house. Last year I designed and built a nice little water fountain right under my livingroom windlow.

It is simple but it looks nice and sounds pretty when I sit with my windows open. I have landscaping lights on it and the water runs 24/7. I have flowers and plants surrounding the water.

Now my son in law bought me one and is very proud that he did.

I really like it and wanted one for so long. He had heard me talking of one and had some of it hand made.

I don't really want to pull down my creation yet but I know that if I don't attempt to put his up some time this summer he will feel slighted. It was expensive and he and my daughter saved for this in hopes to give me a great gift for mother's day.

any opinions?

Quandry over a water fountain?
You sound like you are very creative! I wish I had a green thumb and the expertise to make a water fountain. Is there no way you could use both of them? That way you could enjoy both his and yours, and create no hard feelings?
Reply:It was a great gift; now you have the choice of how to use it!

If you have the space, please consider using both fountains. If not, consider passing the new fountain on to someone who means a great deal to you, your daughter and your son-in-law, or perhaps to the grounds of a local charity or park, if that is possible.

You clearly have two people who love you greatly; we should all have your problem!
Reply:Do you have a back yard or a side yard? I love fountains. Try to find another space for it so he will feel that you have given this one the attention that you gave the other one.

You don't have to have both of them turned on all the time. You can turn his on occasionally, and make sure you have enough chemicals to keep it from getting algae.

Good luck.

.
Reply:Put his someplace else! Problem solved :)

super nanny

Help with Christmas Cactus?

2009-08-03T01:01:00.000-07:00

As a Christmas gift one of our customers brought us small Christmas cactus. It was in a small little pot. I kept it on my desk and I kept it watered. Then before I knew it... it was too big for the little cup it was in.

I took it home and put it in a bigger pot with more potting soil and brought it back to work.

It's still growing... but now it just doesn't seem very healthy. The leaves on it seem to be very thin.

I've heard that these plants can live for years and years. I want to at least get mine through one! haha! Does anyone have any tips to get my cactus going again?

(I keep it on my desk at work where it can get a little sun from the window thats near my desk... and i just water it whenever teh soil feels dry)

Help with Christmas Cactus?
I've had one for years and I do not garden.

I have transplanted it into a larger pot .

I use those feeding sticks about 3-4 times a year.You just push them into the soil and almost every time, I get new leaves and a bud !

Good luck. Let me know how it goes.
Reply:since it is a cactus, it needs more sun and since you mentioned that the leaves were thinning out you should try using some fertilizer to condition the soil,nitrates from your local garden shop would do, just make sure you ask for the complete type of fertilizer. there are some fertilizers just for specific functions like to induce flowering or growth.

goodluck!

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Help! ,me im confused!?

2009-08-03T01:00:00.003-07:00

this is not a joke!lately whenever i hear the word 'gardenia" or am around the flower ,i get abnormally aroused. i have always been interested in plants and forestry, but this is ruining my relationships. sometimes i find myself going into floral shops just to catch a whiff. if no one is around i will even dare a quick caress. i cant even get intimate with my boyfriend unless gardenias are in the picture. i use to work at an airport gift shop, but i got fired for being " inappropriate" with some of the arrangements whatever that means. they called me a freak:( my questtion is , since i cant get over this, should i just give into my desires and be open with my new found romantic love? please dont report me! no one will help !

Help! ,me im confused!?
deflower the flowers?

how kinky
Reply:what ever gets you going go for it

nanny

How do I take care of my pansies?

2009-08-03T01:00:00.002-07:00

I've had them planted now for a week. I'm not sure how often I'm supposed to water them. I've been watering them every morning, but I'm not sure if this is good or bad. Any other basic care tips would be great. These were given to me as a gift and I don't know the first thing about gardening.

How do I take care of my pansies?
I'VE HAD PANSIES, AND THEY ARE PRETTY FORGIVING. THEY LIKE THE COOL WEATHER. THEY DO GOOD IN ALMOST BY THEMSELF, JUSTWATER THEM WHEN THEY ARE DRY. AND WHEN THEY GET LEGGY PINCH THEM.
Reply:I've had good luck with pansies. just water them when they are dry. i've picked off the dead flowers off of the plants and mine seemed to grow really nice and big. hope it helps
Reply:You know a lot. You planted, you are watering, perfect! Now get some miracle gro from walmart and follow the directions (1 Tbs/gal water) and feed them every 2 weeks. Enjoy!

Stop and smell the pansies, they do have a clean soft scent.

Dead Head, remove spent blossoms.

Shoes

Is Jesus the only way to Heaven?

2009-08-03T01:00:00.001-07:00

"I'm basically a good person, so I'll go to heaven." "OK, so I do some bad things, but I do more good things, so I'll go to heaven." "God won't send me to hell just because I don't live by the Bible. Times have changed!" "Only really bad people like child molesters and murderers go to hell."

These are all common rationales among most people, but the truth is, they are all lies. Satan, the ruler of the world, plants these thoughts in our heads. He, and anyone who follows his ways, is an enemy to God (1Pet 5:8). Satan always disguises himself as good (2 Corinthians 11:14), but he has control over all the minds that do not belong to God. "Satan, the god of this evil world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe, so they are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News that is shining upon them. They don't understand the message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God" (2 Corinthians 4:4).

It is a lie to believe that God doesn't care about small sins, and that hell is reserved for "bad people." All sin separates us from God, even a “little white lie”. Everyone has sinned, and no one is good enough to get to heaven on their own (Romans 3:23). Getting into heaven is not based on whether our good outweighs our bad; we will all lose out if that is the case. "And if they are saved by God's kindness, then it is not by their good works. For in that case, God's wonderful kindness would not be what it really is - free and undeserved" (Romans 11:6). We can do nothing good to earn our way to heaven (Titus 3:5).

"You can enter God's Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose the easy way" (Matthew 7:13). Even if everyone is living a life of sin, and trusting in God is not popular, God will not excuse it. "You used to live just like the rest of the world, full of sin, obeying Satan, the mighty prince of the power of the air. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God" (Ephesians 2:2).

When God created the world, it was perfect. Everything was good. Then he made Adam and Eve, and gave them their own free will, so they would have a choice whether to follow and obey God or not. But Adam and Eve, the very first people God made, were tempted by Satan to disobey God, and they sinned. This separated them (and everyone that came after them, including us) from being able to have a close relationship with God. He is perfect and cannot be among sin. As sinners, we couldn't make it there on our own. So, God made a way that we could be united with Him in heaven. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 6:23). Jesus was born so that He could teach us the way and die for our sins so that we would not have to. Three days after His death, He rose from the grave (Romans 4:25), proving Himself victorious over death. He bridged the gap between God and man so that we may have a personal relationship with Him if we would only believe.

"And this is the way to have eternal life - to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth" (John 17:3). Most people believe in God, even Satan does. But to receive salvation, we must turn to God, form a personal relationship, turn away from our sins, and follow Him. We must trust in Jesus with everything we have and everything we do. "We are made right in God's sight when we trust in Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can be saved in this way, no matter who we are or what we have done" (Romans 3:22). The Bible teaches that there is no other way to salvation than through Christ. Jesus says in John 14:6, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me."

Jesus is the only way of salvation because He is the only One who can pay our sin penalty (Romans 6:23). No other religion teaches the depth or seriousness of sin and its consequences. No other religion offers the infinite payment of sin that only Jesus Christ could provide. No other “religious founder” was God become man (John 1:1,14) – the only way an infinite debt could be paid. Jesus had to be God so that He could pay our debt. Jesus had to be man so He could die. Salvation is available only through faith in Jesus Christ! “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).

Is Jesus the only way to Heaven?
Whether you are the most loved person,do good to all, help the poor, go to church every sunday, you will not go to heaven.

BUT if you accept JESU CHRIST as you Lord and personal saviour,(Read Rom.10:9-10 )and live for Him, change your life according to His will, you will DEFINITELY go to heaven. You will even be a better person.So yes He is the only way!!
Reply:Accept reality ... Christainity is not the only religion in the world. God is one, His names are different. By saying your religion is the only one, you are nothing different than a school bully. Grow up and try to understand all religions before you tarnish them. Report It

Reply:The answer chosen is very poor and falls into propaganda. Report It

Reply:nice "question" there...

sure, jesus might be the only way to that which the christians perceive as heaven....

however, there's all sorts of places for spirits to chill in the astrals. the christian heaven is but a place within the whole. you don't Have to go there, good or evil, if you don't really want to. i prefer a nice bit of space a bit north of heaven. seeya there!
Reply:It is imperative that you understand that this is only a belief of Christianity. Over 65% of the world's population does not worship your savior! Thus, according to Christian beliefs, the answer may be yes, but there are many, many other religions.

I don't know why, but Christians seem to think that nearly everyone else shares their beliefs.
Reply:For sure not.....

again a person who is confused...it is not Jesus who is the only way to GOD it is CHRIST, the SON of GOD...

CHRIST is the SON of GOD not Jesus.......
Reply:Amen!!!!
Reply:Boy, if I ever had an idea of converting to Christianity, you killed it today. Wonder how many other people have been turned off by your rudeness in these long and overly doctrinaire answers to your own questions. It's rhetoric, not a question!
Reply:No man (generic term) can come to God the Father except through Jesus Christ His Son (Jn.14:6 below).

Jn.14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Pat (ndbpsa)
Reply:Go forward three [of YOUR] questions for my response...
Reply:no. do not talk like a frog which lived in a well and thought that well is the whole universe.
Reply:Please take your dear bible and read the old testament again...just look how many times god recommends killing and violence. If this is the way to heaven...thank you very much I would choose the hell.
Reply:Yes Jesus is the only way to god the Father.
Reply:When you say that Jesus is the only way of salvation and he says "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.", then whats the difference between a benevolent dictator and Jesus?

What do you know about Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Buddhism and other religions in the world to say that no other religion teaches the depth or seriousness of sin and its consequences?

Its very nice to believe in one's religion, but when you say yours is the only true religion, and downgrade other religions, it is a sin in itself.

For me God is one and different religions give it a different name. No religion has a right to talk bad about other religion. Period.
Reply:Through believing Jesus died on the cross for our sins asking for forgiveness and turning from our sins living our life for Him!! God Bless!!
Reply:yes for sure
Reply:Definitely in agreement.
Reply:Yes.
Reply:yes- jesus is the only to heaven. i totally agree with you !! :)
Reply:Well..if he was the only way, then everyone that lived before his time would be condemned forever just for not being born at the right time. So there must be other ways.
Reply:Was this a question or just a sermon by Rev Pushy. I believe in an afterlife just not yours. So de me a favor, before you more or less state some is going to hell for not being like you...remember this. Not your job to judge, although you are pretty good at judging people in the name of God. That in it self would be a sin. Hiding behind Christ doesn't give you special rights, it just makes the sin easier to live with. Be ashamed.
Reply:Jesus was a Messenger, he was not crucified Allah (SWT) Leads us To Paradise.... Allah is God! You asked i'll tell you.
Reply:right you are! there is NO OTHER WAY.

face it, THERE IS A JESUS. he is alive and well.
Reply:Accept reality.............There is no JESUS!!
Reply:Jesus is only an image of our essence. The most important that He teach was that the way to God and the Heaven on the Earth is the contact with our Higher Self, our Spirit, or that is the same: our Christic Presence, the God inside us. The another thing that He teach was that we, all are ONE, include all the beings in the universe. Why do you believe that He said that We can do the same things that He do, but two thousand years have happened and We can´t. This Teaching was changed in the Bible and the religion have cheated us... Questions of having us submitted? but the true being, immortal, multidimensional, active, is inside us... the Divine Verb, and we can invoke Him to change our life. That is the thrue knowledge of our self and the real way!When you contact Him, the fear, fury, anger must disappear! That is truth. I can give testimony of that.

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Help ! Mother in Law problem !?

2009-08-03T01:00:00.000-07:00

I keep asking my mother-in-law to NOT send us potted poinsettias anymore. My husband has asked her as well. They are lovely large plants that are very unyielding to carry around to the bathtub to water, I have a terrible green thumb and feel guilty when I can’t keep them alive. Basically, she doesn’t have a clue as to what to send us for the holidays, so, she goes with an old standby. How do I tell her politely that they are more than a nuisance than I care to put up with ? I have told her that I do prefer a bouquet arrangement and I usually send her one with some trinket with it, ie: a candle, teapot or mug. She has told me that she would appreciate it if I were to stop sending the keepsake gift, so I have and only send her the flowers. How can I get her to remember not to send a potted poinsettia ?

Help ! Mother in Law problem !?
Don't bring it up again, take the plant to a nursing home or childrens hospital. They would love it....
Reply:tell her the same way she told you not to send the keepsake.
Reply:Tell her like she told you, she had no problem telling you guys what she didn't want. She should show you the same respect.
Reply:Well it depends on if your relationshipp is good withyour mother in law or not or i should say how good is your relationship with your mother in law? Just honestly tell her they always say that honesty is the best policy anyway right? If she brings the plant over again just say, "Oh, another poinsetta plant, thank you..." just remember to drag the another in the sentence and she might catch on. When she asks if you don't like it then you say, "I just got so many of it from you before that's all but it should go along with the countless ones that you gave to us. All the same thank you." Well that is if you don't want to go the direct way and tell her that she has given you too many of plants before and you had enough. Works like a charm just drag the key words o give her the message that she could change her presents now and again.
Reply:As long as your husband agrees with you, you need to be less' polite'.This woman is obviously on a power trip since you have asked her 'politely' not to send poinsettias. Do one of two things, throw the plants out as soon as they arrive or keep trying to save them but give up the guilt. If you do decide to throw them out immediately, your husband should be the one to settle this. It is HIS Mother. He needs to let her know that she is being disrespectful to both of you by ignoring your wishes. Then offer to send her a list of preferred gifts. If she continues with the plants, she is going to be a problem your whole marriage ...so talk to your husband or get a third opinion from a counselor on how to deal with her. Then concentrate on your marriage and ignore the old biddy.
Reply:You can do one of two things:

1. Let her know you don't want the plants in the same manner she told you she didn't want the keepsakes.

or

2. Take the plant and put ice cubes in it (instead of taking it to the tub, plus they last longer that way) until you can donate it to the hospital, church, or nursing home.
Reply:You have told her and it has not solved the problem. It is time for a different approach.

Thank her for the lovely gift that you were able to share with the residents at the nursing home. Tell her how much they were appreciated by these lonely people that would not have had a Christmas present without her
Reply:as how she has told you not to send her things you were sending before, tell her not to send you the stupid thing..if she still does, then so do you...send her more so it will remind her..so much for in-laws..
Reply:she is being caddy. that mean what i would do is send her

the flowers that she does not want and send the poinsettias

back to her she should get the message. if she asks just tell her

you forgot and you sent the poinsettias back because you dont

like to kill them. I'm like that also. if you have a child or dog or

cat tell her they are poisonous and you dont wish to have them

around. if that doesn't work give them to a neighbor or friend.

good luck
Reply:Don't hurt her feelings, just re-gift them each year, she'll never know the difference.
Reply:I got your solution HUN. You went to an allergist, and guess what?????????? your allergic to nearly all indoor plants. Tell me im not good huh??

Mother in laws are nothing but a pain in the rear. Mine forces food on me constantly, I swear it's an italian thing so us men get fat, and wont be attractive looking, i swear it's a conspiracy lol. Let me know how you make out ok?

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What are some good veggies to grow in partial shade?

2009-08-03T00:59:00.003-07:00

Hello,

My mother has wanted a vegetable garden for decades, but she lives in a forest. The forest was so dense that there was no grass on the ground. Only moss. Last summer, my parents had the forest thinned as part of a forest management program. Now there are areas around their house that get sunlight for about 60% of normal daylight hours. My brother and I have decided that we will build a small ~350 sq. ft. garden for an early Mothers' day gift to mom. I have my own garden (it's a normal sunny veggie garden) so I don't need any tips on making the actual garden. If you would like to share, though, feel free. What I am really looking for are some specific varieties of veggies that would do well in partial shade. If you know of any good ones, I would be glad to hear of them. I think Mom mostly wants tomatoes, carrots, lettuce, zucchini, etc. You know, typical veggie garden plants. Mom lives in Central WI, right on the border of zones 4a and 4b, if that helps. Thanks

What are some good veggies to grow in partial shade?
I had a partial sun vegetable garden in Minneapolis, which is solidly zone 4. I had great success with cucumbers, green beans and hot peppers in addition to tomatoes and tomatillos. I found that the small tomatoes such as cherry and grape did better for me than large types, though I also had pretty good yields from Early Girl and a few container types. My best cukes were pickler types. I think zucchini would do fine. Lettuce and other greens for sure would. Beans, too. I would just try stuff, plants can surprise you and do better than you would ever think.

I think your fence will probably be all right but if you're really worried about it make a top piece that angles out. The further back the deer has to be the higher the jump effectively is.
Reply:Vegetables that are fruit (tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, beans, etc) need a lot more light than vegetables that are leaves (lettuce, cabbage, chard, etc) or roots (carrots, turnips). Hence, you might have difficulty getting much of a yield of tomatoes, but lettuce will probably work. However, it is worth trying out a variety of vegetables and seeing what works.
Reply:I know peas like mainly morning sun, so if you have a spot that would work out that way, you could try some peas. Tomatoes like lots of light, so they may not be the best, but you could give it a try.

Your local extension office will be a treasure trove of info on planting ideas for your location. Goodluck!
Reply:Most any variety of peas do well in the shade. Summer Squash can also make it if you start them from hothouse plants.

Reebok

Birthday present in a new relationship?

2009-08-03T00:59:00.002-07:00

I've been dating this guy for about a month and a half. He turns 40 pretty soon (I am in my late 20s). I want to get him something for his birthday, but I'm not quite sure what to get. He likes plants, has a dog, has children, is into sports, loves to travel, likes wearing sweatshirts, likes sushi, loves to drink beer, and likes to chill and have a good time, and has a great sense of humor.

All ideas are welcome, I just want to make sure I give him something useful and practical...but also thoughtful.

Any opinions out there? I have an idea of what to get him, but I wouldn't mind hearing other ideas.

Oh and we're pretty humorous about the age difference between us, so a funny gift idea that pokes fun at this aspect of our relationship would be welcome too.

Thanks!

Birthday present in a new relationship?
Just take him out for a couple of beers and send him an e-card the day of his birthday.
Reply:Get him a $50 to a $100 gift card at Sports Authority or Dick's Sporting Goods. He could always use some new sporting stuff. ( ;
Reply:an all access gift card

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I ask Democrates, are we going to stand for the Left wing doing what the are doing?Glenn Greenwald?

2009-08-03T00:59:00.001-07:00

Glenn Greenwald

Tuesday March 18, 2008 19:51 EDT

Obama's faith in the reasoning abilities of the American public

(updated below)

I haven't written about the Obama speech yet (video here) because I spent much of the day reading the instantaneous reactions of virtually everyone else, and because the issues raised by the speech are complex and my views about it are somewhat ambiguous. Personally, I found the speech riveting, provocative, insightful, thoughtful and courageous -- courageous because it eschewed almost completely all cliches, pandering and condescension, the first time I can recall a political figure of any significance doing so when addressing a controversial matter.

There were numerous manipulative tactics which the average cynical political strategist would have urged him to employ, and none of those were found in his speech. It was as candid and sophisticated a discussion of the complexities of race in America as any individual could possibly manage in a 45-minute speech, particularly one delivered in the middle of a heated presidential campaign and a shrill political controversy. Then again, I found the whole Wright "controversy" manufactured and relatively petty from the start, and worse, the by-product of a glaring double standard, so the speech obviously wasn't aimed at people who had the beliefs about this whole matter that I had.

The speech will be adored by Obama fans, the political and media elite, and high-information, politically engaged voters other than those firmly entrenched on the Right. But politically speaking, that isn't the target audience either. Barbara O'Brien describes perfectly the real question with regard to the speech's political impact:

I think the question about the speech, articulated by Rachel Maddow on David Gregory’s new MSNBC program, is whether white America will step up and receive the speech in the same spirit in which it was given. Obama's speech was challenging. He assumed that his audience could hear his words and and think about them. He assumed people could get beyond simple narratives, sound bytes, and jerking knees.

Steve M. reluctantly makes the case as to why the speech won't work despite (or, more accurately, because of) its high-minded, steadfast refusal to pander:

The premises [the speech] lays out require you to be an adult, and I'm not convinced that most Americans are adults, at least when looking for a candidate to support. . . .

This isn't what Americans like to hear in political speeches. They like to hear: Good people = us (America, our party). Bad people = them (communists, terrorists, criminals, drug dealers, our ideological opposites, the other party, or some group we identify in code rather than explicitly).

That wasn't the tone of this speech. I hope I'm wrong, but Obama may pay a price for not giving people what they like to hear.

The entire premise of Barack Obama's candidacy is built upon the opposite assumption -- that Americans are not only able, but eager, to participate in a more elevated and reasoned political discourse, one that moves beyond the boisterous, screeching, simple-minded, ugly, vapid attack-based distractions and patronizing manipulation -- the Drudgian Freak Show -- that has dominated our political debates for the last two decades at least.

Nobody actually knows which of these views are right because there hasn't been a serious national campaign in a very long time that has attempted to elevate itself above the Drudgian muck by relying (not entirely, but mostly) upon reasoned discourse and substantive discussions -- at least not with the potency that Obama generates. Will George Bush's ranch hats and Willie Horton's scary face and Al Gore's earth tones and John Kerry's windsurfing tights inevitably overwhelm sober, substantive discussions of the fundamental political crises plaguing the country? Obama's insistence that Americans are hungry for that sort of elevated debate and are able to engage it -- and his willingness to stake his campaign on his being right about that -- has been, in my view, one of the most admirable aspects of his candidacy.

But in Obama's faith in the average American voter lies one of the greatest weaknesses of his campaign. His faith in the ability and willingness of Americans to rise above manipulative political tactics seems drastically to understate both the efficacy of such tactics and the deafening amplification they receive from our establishment press. Even Americans who authentically believe that they want a "new, better politics" may be swayed by the same old Drudgian sewerage because it is powerful and ubiquitous.

Petty, personality-based demonization works, and the belief that it won't work any longer in the absence of a major war against it may be more a by-product of faith and desire than reality. Obama's calm reason and rational (though inspiring) discourse are matched against very visceral images and psychologically gripping strategies. As Pam Spaulding said in commenting on the Jeremiah Wright videos:

That said, people have to acknowledge part of the reason for the discomfort lies in Wright's delivery of the message. It's so black, isn't it? It sounds militant to tender ears outside the traditional black church. . . .

I want to turn the discussion back to race, because I think this episode with Rev. Wright exposed the whole "scary black revolution" primal fear here. . . .

When I heard Wright, I heard a delivery not unlike the unhinged gay-bashing Rev. Willie Wilson . . . . The delivery sounds so angry, so harsh to many. You get the feeling, based on the reaction out there, that people are afraid Barack Obama by association, is some sort of Trojan Horse of Black Anger waiting to be unleashed, prepared to exact revenge on white society by pulling their wool over their eyes by appearing friendly, "articulate" and non-threatening. In other words -- not that [Wright] kind of black guy.

In 1988, those deep-seated, lurking fears were stirred up perfectly by Lee Atwater and Roger Ailes in order to defeat the Willie-Horton-loving Michael Dukakis. The entire Obama campaign is predicated on the belief that it is no longer 1988. As David Axelrod put it when asked if there was debate within the Obama campaign about whether he should give this speech:

It wasn't even a discussion. He was going to do it. I know this sounds perhaps corny, but he actually believes in the fairness and good sense of the American people, and the importance of this issue. His candidacy is predicated on the fact that we can talk to each other in an honest and forthright way on this and other issues.

The New Republic's Michael Crowley, with one of the better discussions of the Obama speech, similarly reported:

The information era being what it is, I was already debating my thesis via email with an Obama aide as I wrote this reaction. He warned me against assuming that Reagan Democrats are defined by the same racial prejudices that defined them in the 1980s, back when crime and welfare were primary political issues, when one Willie Horton could turn an election. He may be right. I hope he is. Unfortunately, I fear that America hasn't come nearly as far as he hopes. But it is the answer to that question that will determine the fate of Barack Obama.

I think that's a perfect summation of the overarching question, one that nobody is really able to answer. The truly distinctive and "change"-oriented aspect of Obama's campaign lies not in any new or exotic policy positions -- his views on the Middle East, for instance, are often as conventional as it gets. What is distinctive is the far more consequential assumption that Americans want and are able to engage an elevated and more noble type of politics than the depressingly familiar garbage spewed from the Rush Limbaugh Show, The Drudge Report, Fox News, the cable news media stars, and all of their cooperating media and political appendages. We'll know soon enough if Obama is right.

UPDATE: In comments, DCLaw1 makes as compelling a case as can be made as to why Obama's speech will succeed politically, with an emphasis on the importance of how well-received it was by the media and political elite. It's well worth reading.

-- Glenn Greenwald

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Monday March 17, 2008 15:45 EDT

The difference between Jeremiah Wright and radical, white evangelical ministers

(updated below - Update II)

Ross Douthat and Ezra Klein are arguing about whether Jeremiah Wright's statements are comparable to those of Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and John Hagee's. To argue that they're not comparable, Douthat -- like most people commenting on this raging controversy -- conflates two entirely separate analytical issues:

(1) Given their close and long-standing personal relationship, does Wright merit more scrutiny vis-a-vis Obama than white, radical evangelical ministers merit vis-a-vis Republican politicians? and,

(2) Are the statements of white evangelical ministers subjected to the same standards of judgment as those being applied to Wright's statements?

Even if the answer to (1) is "yes," that doesn't change the fact that the answer to (2) is a resounding "no."

The statement of Wright's which seems to be causing the most upset -- and it's one of two singled out by Douthat -- is his suggestion that there is a causal link between (a) America's constant bombings of and other interference with Middle Eastern countries and (b) the willingness of some Middle Eastern fanatics to attack the U.S. Ever since the 9/11 attacks, we've been told that positing any such causal connection is a sign of vicious anti-Americanism and that all decent people find such questions despicable. This week we learned that no respectable person would subject his children to a pastor who espouses such hateful ideas.

But the idea that America deserves terrorist attacks and other horrendous disasters has long been a frequently expressed view among the faction of white evangelical ministers to whom the Republican Party is most inextricably linked. Neither Jerry Falwell nor Pat Robertson ever retracted or denounced their view that America provoked the 9/11 attacks by doing things to anger God. John Hagee continues to believe that the City of New Orleans got what it deserved when Katrina drowned its residents and devastated the lives of thousands of Americans. And James Inhofe -- who happens to still be a Republican U.S. Senator -- blamed America for the 9/11 attacks by arguing in a 2002 Senate floor speech that "the spiritual door was opened for an attack against the United States of America" because we pressured Israel to give away parts of the West Bank.

The phrases "anti-American" and "America-haters" are among the most barren and manipulative in our entire political lexicon, but whatever they happen to mean on any given day, they easily encompass people who believe that the U.S. deserved the 9/11 attacks, devastating hurricanes and the like. Yet when are people like Falwell, Robertson, Hagee, Inhofe and other white Christian radicals ever described as anti-American or America-hating extremists? Never -- because white Christian evangelicals who tie themselves to the political Right are intrinsically patriotic. Does Douthat believe that those individuals are anti-American radicals and that people who allow their children to belong to their churches are exercising grave errors of judgment?

Those advancing the argument of Douthat's are also wildly understating the magnitude of the association between "anti-American" white evangelicals and Republican leaders. By all accounts, George Bush had private conversations with Pat Robertson about matters as weighty as whether to invade Iraq. Isn't that a big scandal -- that the President is consulting with an American-hating minister -- someone who believes God allowed the 9/11 attacks as punishment for our evil country -- about vital foreign policy decisions? No, it wasn't controversial at all.

John Hagee privately visits with the highest level Middle East officials in the White House and afterwards pronounces that they're in agreement. John McCain shares a stage with Hagee and lavishes him with praise, as Rudy Giuliani did with Pat Robertson. James Inhofe remains a member in good standing in the GOP Senate Caucus. The Republican Party has tied itself at the hip to a whole slew of "anti-American extremists" -- people who believe that the U.S. provoked the 9/11 attacks because God wants to punish us for the evil, wicked nation we've become -- and yet there is virtual silence about these associations.

Nor have the views of televangelist Rod Parsley, one of McCain's self-proclaimed "spiritual advisers," received a fraction of the attention generated by Wright. As both David Corn and Alan Colmes, among others, have documented, Parsley espouses views at least as extreme and radical as Wright, including his proclamation that "America was founded, in part, with the intention of seeing this false religion [Islam] destroyed." Unlike Wright and Obama -- for whom the former's controversial views are found nowhere near the latter's public or private conduct -- both George Bush and John McCain's Middle Eastern militarism are perfectly consonant with the most maniacal and crazed views of Christian Rapture enthusiasts such as Hagee, Parsley, Inhofe, and Robertson. Yet the controversy created over their close ties is virtually non-existent.

The Republican Party long ago adopted as a central strategy aligning itself with, and granting great influence to, the most radical, "America-hating" white evangelical Christian ministers in the country. They're given a complete pass on that because political orthodoxy mandates that white evangelical Christian ministers are inherently worthy of respect, no matter how extreme and noxious are their views. That orthodoxy stands in stark contrast to the universally enraged reaction to a few selected snippets from the angry rantings of a black Christian Minister. What accounts for that glaring disparity?

UPDATE: Steve M. notes that the Bush White House, in addition to consulting with Robertson, also consulted with the anti-American Jerry Falwell, including on the question of whom the administration should nominate to the Supreme Court. It even appointed a White House liaison for Falwell. When Falwell died, President Bush "said he was deeply saddened by Falwell's death, calling him 'a man who cherished faith, family and freedom.'"

Shouldn't we be very concerned about American children hearing our President praise an American-hating radical who believes that our country is a sick and wicked land that God wanted to be victimized by the 9/11 attacks? Again, the issue here is number (2) above, not number (1).

UPDATE II: Frank Schaeffer, son of highly influential Religious Right figure Francis Schaeffer, writes (h/t FPL-Dan):

When Senator Obama's preacher thundered about racism and injustice Obama suffered smear-by-association. But when my late father -- Religious Right leader Francis Schaeffer -- denounced America and even called for the violent overthrow of the US government, he was invited to lunch with presidents Ford, Reagan and Bush, Sr.

He goes on to chronicle his father's long history of extreme "America-hating" statements, ones which never caused Republicans to repudiate him, and says: "Every Sunday thousands of right wing white preachers (following in my father's footsteps) rail against America's sins from tens of thousands of pulpits."

Yet Schaeffer, like hordes of similar, America-hating white Christian ministers, are celebrated as cherished figures among the very same right-wing faction feigning such outrage and offense over Wright's far more mild statements. White, right-wing Christian evangelical rage against America is understandable, respectable, and noble. Liberal black Christian anger towards America is scary, subversive, and despicable.

-- Glenn Greenwald

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Monday March 17, 2008 08:27 EDT

Time magazine invents facts to claim that Americans support Bush's domestic spying abuses

(updated below)

No matter how corrupt and sloppy the establishment press becomes, they always find a way to go lower. Time Magazine has just published what it purports to be a news article by Massimo Calabresi claiming that "nobody cares" about the countless abuses of spying powers by the Bush administration; that "Americans are ready to trade diminished privacy, and protection from search and seizure, in exchange for the promise of increased protection of their physical security"; and that the case against unchecked government surveillance powers "hasn't convinced the people." Not a single fact -- not one -- is cited to support these sweeping, false opinions.

Worse still -- way worse -- this "news article" decrees the Bush administration to be completely innocent, even well-motivated, even in those instances where technical, irrelevant lawbreaking has been found, as it proclaims:

In all the examples of diminished civil liberties, there are few, if any, where the motivating factor was something other than law and order or national security.

Does Calabresi or his Time editors have the slightest idea how secret, illegal spying powers have been used, towards what ends they've been employed and with what motives? No, they have absolutely no idea. Not even members of Congressional Intelligence Committees know because the Bush administration has kept all of that concealed. So Time just makes up facts to defend the Bush administration with wholly baseless statements that one would expect to come pouring out of the mouths only of Dana Perino and Bill Kristol -- the "motivating factor" for secret, illegal spying was nothing "other than law and order or national security."

This article literally has more factual errors -- pure, retraction-level falsehoods -- than it has paragraphs. It makes Joe Klein look like a knowledgable and conscientious surveillance expert. It's one of the most falsehood-plagued articles I've seen in quite some time. Let's just count the ways this article includes demonstrably false assertions, purely based on facts:

(1) Time claims that "nobody cares" about the Government's increased spying powers and that "polling consistently supports that conclusion." They don't cite a single poll because that assertion is blatantly false.

Just this weekend, a new poll released by Scripps Howard News Service and Ohio University proves that exactly the opposite is true. That poll shows that the percentage of Americans who believe the Federal Government is "very secretive" has doubled in the last two years alone (to 44%) and that "nearly nine in 10 say it's important to know presidential and congressional candidates' positions on open government when deciding who to vote for."

The same poll also found that 77% of Americans believe that "the federal government opened mail and monitored phone calls of people in the U.S. without first getting permission from a federal judge," and 64% believe "that the federal government has opened mail or monitored telephone conversations involving members of the news media." Only a small minority (20%) believe that the Federal Government is "Very Open" or "Somewhat Open." Exactly as was true for The Politico's very untimely article last week falsely claiming that Americans are increasingly supporting the Iraq War again -- on the very day that a new USA Today poll showed that Americans overwhelmingly favor unconditional timetables for withdrawal -- Time today asserts a falsehood that is squarely negated by a poll released the day before.

The proposition that "polls consistently" find that Americans don't mind incursions into their civil liberties is a rank falsehood. From a December, 2005 CNN poll, days after the NSA scandal was first disclosed:

Nearly two-thirds said they are not willing to sacrifice civil liberties to prevent terrorism, as compared to 49 percent saying so in 2002.

More importantly, ever since it was revealed that the Bush administration has been spying on Americans without the warrants required by law, polls have consistently shown that huge numbers of Americans -- usually majorities -- oppose warrantless spying, exactly the opposite of what Time just claimed.

Much of the polling on warrantless eavesdropping occurred throughout 2006 when the NSA scandal was being debated. Here's what a Quinnipiac poll concluded:

By a 76-19 percent margin, American voters say the government should continue monitoring phone calls or e-mail between suspected terrorists in other countries and people in the U.S., according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today. But voters say 55-42 percent that the government should get court orders for this surveillance.

Voters in "purple states," 12 states in which there was a popular vote margin of 5 percentage points or less in the 2004 Presidential election, plus Missouri, considered the most accurate barometer of Presidential voting, want wiretap warrants 57 - 39 percent.

Red states, where President George W. Bush's margin was more than 5 percent in 2004, disagree 51 - 46 percent with the President that the government does not need warrants. Blue state voters who backed John Kerry by more than 5 percent want warrants 57 - 40 percent, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds.

A total of 57 percent of voters are "extremely" or "quite" worried that phone and e-mail taps without warrants could be misused to violate people's privacy. But 54 percent believe these taps have prevented some acts of terror.

"Don't turn off the wiretaps, most Americans say, but the White House ought to tell a judge first. Even red state voters, who backed President Bush in 2004, want to see a court okay for wiretaps," said Maurice Carroll, Director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

From the beginning, pluralities in the vast majority of states -- 37 out of 50 -- believed the President "clearly" broke the law with his NSA spying. A CBS poll (.pdf) found that Americans believe (51-43%) that "the President does not have the legal authority to authorize wiretapes without a warrant to fight terrorism." And back when Russ Feingold introduced his resolution to censure the President for breaking the law in spying on Americans, a plurality of Americans supported censure of Bush despite the fact that Feingold was virtually alone among political figures in advocating it. And most Americans opposed immunity for telecoms accused of breaking the law in how they spied on Americans:

Opposition to immunity is widespread, cutting across ideology and geography. Majorities of liberals, moderates, and conservatives agree that courts should decide the outcomes of these legal actions (liberals: 64% let courts decide, 26% give immunity; moderates: 58% let courts decide, 34% give immunity; conservatives: 50% let courts decide, 38% give immunity).

As is so often true, the facts are exactly the opposite of what Time, in defending the Bush administration, tells its readers. Can one find polls in which pluralites of Americans support warrantless eavesdropping and other secret spying programs? If one looks hard enough for polls emphasizing "spying on terrorists," perhaps one can, but Time's assertion that "polling consistently supports the conclusion" that Americans want to give up civil liberties for security is patently false.

(2) This is Time's next claim:

Even when the White House, the FBI or the intelligence agencies have acted outside of laws protecting those rights -- such as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act -- the public has by and large shrugged and, through their elected representatives, suggested changing the laws to accommodate activities that may be in breach of them.

Have Calabresi and his editors been on vacation for the last four months? During that time, there has been a protracted, bitter debate in Congress over the President's demands for permanent, warrantless eavesdropping powers and amnesty for telecoms which broke the law in spying on Americans. It provoked filibusters and all sorts of obstructionism in the Senate, and House Democrats -- including virtually every conservative "Blue Dog" -- just chose warrantless eavesdropping and telecom amnesty as the issue on which to defy, for the first time ever, the President's national security orders.

Additionally, while it is true that the GOP-led Congress largely endorsed every one of the President's policies, including his lawbreaking, the American voting public threw the Republicans out of power in 2006. When Democrats, once in power, began copying their behavior in endorsing even the President's illegal behavior, their approval ratings plummeted. Just last week, they refused to give legal sanction to the President's illegal spying; demanded that the lawsuits arising from that spying proceed; and even passed a bill requiring a full-scale investigation into what the President did when spying on Americans for all those years. These events were bizarrely ignored by Time because they negate the narrative they want to push.

(3) Time's defense of the Bush administration -- that "law and order or national security" has motivated even the illegal spying -- is perhaps most indefensible of all. The administration has blocked every Congressional and judicial attempt to investigate how it has used these spying powers. Thus, nobody has any idea what has motivated the spying or what the level of abuse is.

As Julian Sanchez wrote in a superb Op-Ed in the Los Angeles Times this weekend, the Federal Government abused its warrantless spying power for decades -- to spy on political opponents and other dissidents -- but nobody had any idea that was going on until the Church Committee conducted a full-fledged investigation. As Sanchez wrote:

If you think an executive branch unchecked by courts won't turn its "national security" surveillance powers to political ends -- well, it would be a first.

We have had no investigation into how the Bush administration has used these spying powers. There has been no Church Committee, no intensive media investigation, no judicial process. The only "investigations" into any of these surveillance activities has come from the executive branch itself. All we have are slothful, government-worshiping reporters like Calabresi and Time editors who sit back content in their own ignorance, having no idea how the Bush administration used its spying powers, citing their own total ignorance as proof that the Government did nothing wrong -- they did everything for our own Good, for our Protection.

Time's vouching for the Good Motives of the Bush administration is completely false for a separate reason. Even with as little as we know about what they've done, there most certainly are examples of politically-motivated spying, even though Calabresi and his editors are apparently unaware of them. From Democracy Now in 2006:

Earlier this week, the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network released documents showing that the Pentagon conducted surveillance on a more extensive level than first reported late last year. De-classified documents show that the agency spied on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell' protests and anti-war protests at several universities around the country. They also show that the government monitored student e-mails and planted undercover agents at least one protest.

But the Pentagon has not released all information on its surveillance activities. The American Civil Liberties Union recently filed a federal lawsuit to force the agency to turn over additional records. The lawsuit charges that the Pentagon is refusing to comply with Freedom of Information Act requests seeking records on the ACLU, the American Friends Service Committee, Greenpeace, Veterans for Peace and United for Peace and Justice, as well as 26 local groups and activists.

Even NBC reported previously:

A year ago, at a Quaker Meeting House in Lake Worth, Fla., a small group of activists met to plan a protest of military recruiting at local high schools. What they didn't know was that their meeting had come to the attention of the U.S. military.

A secret 400-page Defense Department document obtained by NBC News lists the Lake Worth meeting as a "threat" and one of more than 1,500 "suspicious incidents" across the country over a recent 10-month period. . . .

The Defense Department document is the first inside look at how the U.S. military has stepped up intelligence collection inside this country since 9/11, which now includes the monitoring of peaceful anti-war and counter-military recruitment groups.

Are Time reporters and editors just blissfully ignorant of these incidents or do they conceal them because they negate their clean, crisp storyline?

(4) The whole Time article is based upon one of the most pervasive journalistic fallacies: namely, that the choices the establishment press makes as to what they will cover and not cover is reflective of what "Americans" generally care about. Thus, Calabresi begins the article by listing a whole series of recent revelations about the Bush administration's ever-increasing Surveillance State powers and abuses and concludes: "to judge from the reaction in the country, nobody cares."

But the only ones who "don't care" are establishment media outlets like Time, not the "ordinary Americans" on whose behalf they always fantasize that they speak. It's the media that has ignored those stories.

Here is a Nexus count of how much media coverage certain stories have received over the last 30 days, including the Surveillance State stories which Calabresi cites as proof that Americans don't care about their constitutional liberties:

* "Spitzer and prostitutes" -- 2,323 results

* "Spitzer and Kristen" -- 1,087 results

* "Obama and Rezko" -- 1,263 results

* "Obama and Jeremiah Wright" -- 466 results

* "Wall Street Journal and data mining" -- 9 results

* "FBI and National security letters" -- 149 results

* "Intelligence Oversight Board" -- 21 results

This is what establishment journalists like Calabresi always do. Their industry obsesses on the most vapid, inconsequential chatter. They ignore the stories that actually matter. And then they claim that Americans only care about vapid gossip and not substantive issues -- and point to their own shallow coverage decisions as "proof" of what Americans care about. That thought process was vividly evident with their obsession with the Edwards hair "story," when they all chattered about it endlessly, promoted it in headlines, and then, when criticized for that, claimed that it was obviously something Americans were interested in, pointing to their own media fixation as proof that Americans cared.

The Time Magazines of the world ignore stories about Bush's abuses of spying powers. Therefore, Americans don't care about such abuses. That's the self-referential, self-loving rationale on which this entire article is based. And the whole article is filled with demonstrable falsehoods, all in service of arguing that the Bush administration has done nothing wrong, and even if they did, Americans don't mind at all.

UPDATE: Yet another serious factual error in Calabresi's article that I neglected to mention:

There are no scandalous examples of the White House using the Patriot Act powers for political purposes or of individual agents using them for personal gain.

Has Time ever heard of the U.S. Attorneys scandal, which just resulted in the filing of a Congressional lawsuit to compel recalcitrant Bush aides to comply with Subpoenas? From Harper's Scott Horton on Saturday:

This was largely part of an effort to disguise the obvious fact that the dismissals were the implementation of a political plan which had been formulated in the White House, largely under the guidance of Karl Rove. They were also designed to disguise the fact that an elaborate scheme had been concocted to circumvent the process through which candidates are reviewed and confirmed by the Senate using a secret amendment to the USA PATRIOT Act.

It's not surprising that this scandal would be whitewashed from the pages of Time, in light of what its Managing Editor, Rick Stengel, decreed last year while on The Chris Matthews Show:

Mr. STENGEL: I am so uninterested in the Democrats wanting Karl Rove, because it is so bad for them. Because it shows business as usual, tit for tat, vengeance. That's not what voters want to see.

Ms. BORGER: Mm-hmm.

MATTHEWS: So instead of like an issue like the war where you can say it's bigger than all of us, its more important than politics, this is politics.

Mr. STENGEL: Yes, and it's much less. It's small bore politics.

The principal theme of Time Magazine appears to be that corruption and even blatant lawbreaking by the Bush administration is a total non-story, something that nobody cares about and therefore shouldn't be investigated or reported (Joe Klein's first reaction in Time following disclosure of the NSA scandal was to defend the lawbreaking and sternly warn Nancy Pelosi and Democrats generally that they had better not object to the warrantless spying program or else they would be (justifiably) out of power forever).

Identically, Calabresi's declaration that the FBI's unquestionably illegal use of NSL powers under the Patriot Act was harmless and benign because the Bush DOJ said so is equally gullible and dishonest. As Patrick Meighan pointed out in comments:

In other words, we know that the Justice Department has not intentionally abused its unchecked investigative powers because the Justice Department looked at the Justice Department and decided that the Justice Department did not intentionally abuse its unchecked investigative powers.

In 2008, that's what's supposed to pass for checks and balances.

It is not surprising that this is the view of Bush followers, but it's also the predominant view of our ornery watchdog journalists as well. The Founders envisioned that the media would be the watchdog over government deceit and corruption, but nobody is more aggressive in dismissing concerns of government lawbreaking and deceit than the Time Magazines of our country. That's their primary function.

-- Glenn Greenwald

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Friday March 14, 2008 13:59 EDT

House Democrats reject telecom amnesty, warrantless surveillance

(Updated below - Update II - Update III - Update IV - Update V - Update VI)

The House just now approved a new FISA bill that denies retroactive immunity to lawbreaking telecoms and which refuses to grant most of the new powers for the President to spy on Americans without warrants. It passed comfortably, by a 213-197 margin.

Notably, many of the 21 "Blue Dogs" who previously signed a letter indicating their support for telecom immunity and the Rockefeller bill -- including several of the six whom the highly successful blog fund-raising campaign earlier this week targeted -- voted (and spoke) in support of the House bill (only 10 Democrats voted against the bill, including at least a couple of progressives who think the bill doesn't go far enough). Many of those Blue Dogs were persuaded to support the bill by the protections which the bill offers to telecoms (i.e., authorizing them to introduce even classified evidence in the lawsuits to prove they complied with the law, if they actually did).

As impressive as the House vote itself was, more impressive still was the floor debate which preceded it. I can't recall ever watching a debate on the floor of either House of Congress that I found even remotely impressive -- until today. One Democrat after the next -- of all stripes -- delivered impassioned, defiant speeches in defense of the rule of law, oversight on presidential eavesdropping, and safeguards on government spying. They swatted away the GOP's fear-mongering claims with the dismissive contempt such tactics deserve, rejecting the principle that has predominated political debate in this country since 9/11: that the threat of the Terrorists means we must live under the rule of an omnipotent President and a dismantled constitutional framework.

It is possible that the House will ultimately end up capitulating to the President, but I have real doubts about whether that will happen. They have defied the standard GOP Terrorism-exploitation attacks for weeks, allowed the Protect America Act to expire (once the President refused to extend it), and now passed a very good bill even in the midst of intense GOP/media attacks. They did so as a result of a shrewd strategy and a willingness to frame and engage the debate aggressively. My views on the bill, and the unexpectedly commendable behavior of House Democrats, are here, from earlier in the week.

It's hard not to believe that there's at least some significant sea change reflected by this. They have seen that they can defy the President even on matters of Terrorism, and the sky doesn't fall in on them. Quite the opposite: an outspoken opponent of telecom amnesty, warrantless eavesdropping and the Iraq War was just elected to the House from Denny Hastert's bright red district, and before that, Donna Edwards ousted long-time incumbent Al Wynn by accusing him of being excessively complicit with the Bush agenda.

Virtually every one I know who has expended lots of efforts and energy on these FISA and telecom issues has assumed from the start -- for reasons that are all too well-known -- that we would lose. And we still might. But it's hard to deny that the behavior we're seeing from House Democrats is substantially improved, quite commendably so, as compared to the last year and even before that. It's very rare when there are meaningful victories and I think it's important to acknowledge when they happen.

UPDATE: The roll call vote is here. Four of the six Democrats named as fundraising targets voted for the bill (Space, Boswell, Ellsworth and Barrow), while only two voted against (Shuler and Carney). The funds that were raised will be able to be used quite constructively. All Republicans marched in lockstep, as always, voting unanimously against the bill. Only 5 Blue Dogs voted against the Bill; the vast majority voted in favor (5 progressive Democrats voted against as a protest).

One of the 21 Blue Dogs previously expressing support for telecom amnesty -- and who was also one of the six targeted by our fundraising campaign -- was Leonard Boswell of Iowa. Here is what he said when explaining why he voted for the House bill:

Those who feel their civil rights have been violated can seek justice and telecoms who feel they have complied with the law can have a judge review the classified evidence and decide. This means to me that the Constitution and civil rights are protected and telecoms who are asked under pressure to assist in an emergency can know that classified evidence will be seen by a judge . . . . The bill provides telecom companies a way to present their defense in secure proceedings in a district court without the administration using state secrets to block the defense.

As McJoan notes, a primary challenge he is facing undoubtedly helped move him to the right position.

The statements of EFF and the ACLU, both of which support today's vote, are here and here, respectively. And here is what one of the House's most superb members, House Intelligence Committee Member Rush Holt, said today:

UPDATE II: It is, of course, true that this bill will have a hard time passing the Senate (though if even most House Blue Dogs were persuaded to support this bill, why can't most Democratic Senators who previously voted for the Rockefeller bill be persuaded?). It's also true that even if it did pass the Senate, the President will veto it, and there won't be enough votes to override the veto. So this bill won't become law, but that doesn't matter.

The reality is that the best possible outcome here is nothing -- we lived quite well for 30 years under FISA and if no new bill is passed, we will continue to live under FISA. FISA grants extremely broad eavesdropping powers to the President and the FISA court virtually never interferes with any eavesdropping activities. And the only "fix" to FISA that is even arguably necessary -- allowing eavesdropping on foreign-to-foreign calls without warrants -- has the support of virtually everyone in Congress and could be easily passed as a stand-alone measure.

What matters is not that this bill becomes law, but that the Rockefeller/Cheney bill does not. And House Democrats, including Blue Dogs, are obviously comfortable with defending the bill they just passed as more than sufficient to protect the nation, extend fairness to telecoms, and safeguard basic liberties. So there should never be any reason why they feel compelled to vote for the Rockefeller/Cheney bill, or any bill granting amnesty, given that they have just done their jobs. That is the real benefit of today's vote.

UPDATE III: I just spoke with Rep. Rush Holt regarding today's vote, and the discussion can be heard here. Holt is one of the most knowledgeable members of Congress on surveillance and intelligence issues and was instrumental, from the beginning, in working to ensure that the House would pass a good bill. And he articulates quite well why this bill is far superior to the Rockefeller/Cheney Senate bill.

After a year's worth of headlines proclaiming that Democrats have "surrendered," and "bowed" and "capitulated" to one of the most unpopular Presidents of all time -- complicity which, in turn, made the Congress itself increasingly unpopular -- these are the types of headlines they will generate today, from CNN:

They were given control of Congress to do exactly that -- "challenge" the President. If Americans wanted a Congress that bowed to him, they would have left the Republicans in control.

UPDATE IV: The Washington Post's Jonathan Weisman did a good job of describing the significance of today's events, and included a very important new fact:

The House's action ensures that Bush will not receive surveillance legislation for several weeks. But some lawmakers from both parties said the impasse is now so deep that the issue may not be resolved until a new president takes office next year.

Bush and Republican lawmakers have shown no desire to move further toward the House Democratic leaders' position, and the Democrats are showing no sign of buckling under the mounting political pressure.

Since the Sept. 11 attacks, such showdowns have followed a predictable path: After some protest, Democrats have given in to White House demands, fearing the political fallout as Bush hammered them for allegedly jeopardizing American lives. . . .

Bush appeared on the White House's South Lawn yesterday to demand House passage of the Senate legislation, warning lawmakers that "voting for this bill would make our country less safe. . . . The American people understand the stakes in this struggle. They want their children to be safe from terror" . . . .

Then the House went off script. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) responded to Bush's appeal, all but calling the president a liar.

That pretty much sums up the unexpected though astoundingly good series of events this week. And I just need to repeat this because it's symphonic in its beauty: "the impasse is now so deep that the issue may not be resolved until a new president takes office next year." That sentence should be set to music.

UPDATE V: As I wrote earlier this week, and several commenters today noted, the press coverage of this fight has been substantially better because House Democrats have been much more assertive about making their case. Thus, as Scientician notes, the New York Times's Eric Lichtblau today fact-checked one of the White House's principal (and most deceitful) claims:

Even before the first vote was cast in the House, Mr. Bush assailed the Democrats proposal in remarks at the White House on Thursday . . . .

"Companies that may have helped us save lives should be thanked for their patriotic service, not subjected to billion-dollar lawsuits that will make them less willing to help in the future," the president said. "“The House bill may be good for class action trial lawyers, but it would be terrible for the United States."

In fact, while some private lawyers are assisting in the litigation, the groups leading the efforts, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union, are nonprofit advocacy groups.

When you make yourself heard, you will be heard. The NYT article added that this "is one of the few times when Democrats have been willing to buck up against the White House on a national security issue."

UPDATE VI: Two weeks ago, after Chairman Reyes went on CNN and suggested Democrats might be open to compromising on telecom immunity, The Weekly Standard's Michael Goldfarb gloated as follows:

Victory on Telecom Immunity, Greenwald Hardest Hit

The government shows up at your office just days after the 9/11 attack and asks for your help in the war on terror. What are you going to do? According to Glenn Greenwald, you should call a lawyer (isn't that always what the lawyers say). But telecom executives did the only thing they could do -- assist the government in whatever way possible. . . .

After months of demagoguing the issue, the Dems in Congress are finally going to cave and grant the firms immunity from lawsuits that are not only frivolous, but a threat to national security.

Meanwhile, Glenn Greenwald, who's devoted the last three months of his life to this issue, is despondent . . . . And to think of all the other things Glenn Greenwald could have not achieved over the last few months were his energy and resources devoted to other hopeless crusades!

Does The Weekly Standard ever publish anything at all -- on any topic -- that doesn't turn out to be humiliatingly false?

-- Glenn Greenwald

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Friday March 14, 2008 09:45 EDT

High-level right-wing discourse

(updated below - Update II)

Just within the last 24 hours, here is what one learned from National Review, the most respectable venue for "conservative thought" in the country:

Former Dan Qualye aide Lisa Schiffren:

Public sex in Amsterdam's city parks will now be legal. But only for gays. And henceforth dogs will no longer be allowed off their leashes. Read about it here. But I am wondering why the government won't let the poor dogs run free while the gays are "having uncomplicated relations." What are they afraid of?

Conservative columnist Mona Charen:

My own theory, FWIW, is that Obama acquired his far left views at least in part to make himself as authentically black as he could to compensate for having a white mother. His mother, of course, was very left herself. But looking the way he does, and having been raised among only white people (mother and maternal grandparents) he felt the need to better identify with his black heritage. That struggle is what the book is all about.

One can have sympathy for his psychological predicament . But that sympathy certainly does not extend to electing him president of a country that I sincerely believe he does not love.

John Derbyshire:

Here is a 2005 poll showing that: "Almost half of all African-Americans believe that HIV, the virus that causes Aids, is man-made, more than a quarter believe it was produced in a government laboratory and one in eight think it was created and spread by the CIA, according to a study released by Rand Corporation and the University of Oregon" . . . .

Does [] Senator [Obama] believe, as his revered pastor does (and as that pastor's congregation apparently does too) that HIV was made in a government lab? Perhaps someone should ask him. Perhaps someone should have been asking this stuff six months ago.

Lisa Schiffren:

It's funny about those Muslims. Some days I think they need a good dose of sexual liberation. Other days I think their revulsion at current mores makes sense.

So, to recap: Dogs have to be kept on leashes where gays have sex otherwise the gays will molest the dogs. Barack Obama suffers from serious psychological maladies as a result of being black and having a white mother. While Obama's mental illness deserves our collective sympathy, he can't be President because he hates America.

A lot of black people think that HIV was created by whites to infect blacks, so Barack Obama very well might think so, too, and should be asked if he believes that. Islamic radicals pose a grave threat to the U.S. and to all of Our Cherished Freedoms and we must wage War on them forever, but they are right about how depraved, sickly, and excessively liberalized our culture is (and anyone who criticizes America, as Michelle Obama did, is guilty of hating it).

And these are the high-minded, deeply Serious observations one finds in just one 24 hour period in the most respectable right-wing outlet in America. This is to say nothing of what one finds peddled by the lower levels of the right-wing noise machine: Rush Limbaugh, Instapundit, Bill O'Reilly, Drudge, right-wing blogs and the like. But this really is exactly the political faction that has exerted dominant political power in this country for the last 15 years, and has exclusively shaped America's behavior for the last eight years. And, as a result, we have exactly the country one would expect would be produced when people who have these beliefs are empowered.

UPDATE: Andrew Sullivan notes one other sterling example. Here is what Jonah Goldberg wrote about Obama yesterday:

I don't see any problem with Barack Obama admitting that part of his appeal is the hope that he might help mend the racial divide and turn a new page. But he could also say that he's not running for the President of Black America but of all America and that his qualifications involve more than his skin color. He's more than eloquent enough to make that case.

That's a great observation. How come Barack Obama won't ever say that "he's not running for the President of Black America but of all America"? That's the same Barack Obama who came to fame as a result of a 2004 Convention speech with this defining line: "There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America. There's the United States of America," and who inserts lines like this into almost every stump speech, from his victory speech after the South Carolina primary:

I did not travel around this state over the last year and see a white South Carolina or a black South Carolina. I saw South Carolina. . . .

The choice in this election is not between regions or religions or genders. It's not about rich versus poor; young versus old; and it is not about black versus white.

It's about the past versus the future.

How ignorant or deceitful does someone have to be to claim that Barack Obama refuses to say that "he's not running for the President of Black America but of all America"? I don't think you can listen to a Barack Obama speech or interview without hearing that point. It's like saying: "How come George Bush refuses to say that we have to fight against the Terrorists"?

Then again, the only thing one really needs to say to make the same point is that the book they're all buying and finding so riveting is one that has a picture of a yellow happy face with a Hitler moustache on the cover, and which argues that Nazis thought about how to eat healthy and keep the environment clean -- just like liberals do! -- and therefore liberals are fascists. That's what they read to convince themselves they're being intellectual, historical and thoughtful.

UPDATE II: One can't help but ponder what must be going on in Lisa Schriffen's psyche that would actually lead her to make the connection she made between the law decriminalizing sex in a public park and the law prohibiting dogs from being off-leash in the park. Would that thought occur to any remotely healthy person?

Then again, here was another Family Values Hero, Rick Santorum, revealing the same mental process:

AP: OK, without being too gory or graphic, so if somebody is homosexual, you would argue that they should not have sex?

SANTORUM: . . . That's not to pick on homosexuality. It's not, you know, man on child, man on dog, or whatever the case may be. It is one thing. And when you destroy that you have a dramatic impact on the quality —

AP: I'm sorry, I didn't think I was going to talk about "man on dog" with a United States senator, it's sort of freaking me out.

SANTORUM: And that's sort of where we are in today's world, unfortunately.

As we learned this week -- when the desire to express public disgust over Eliot Spitzer's sex life was exceeded only by the intense interest in learning every titillating detail about it (and just by the way, here are two worthwhile Spitzer commentaries by women actually in that line of work) -- the places where a person's mind takes them reveals much about who they are.

-- Glenn Greenwald

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Thursday March 13, 2008 15:10 EDT

The principled, honest House Republicans

(updated below)

Back in February, when the House was preparing to vote on whether to extend the Protect America Act, House Intelligence Committee Member Rep. Rush Holt and several other House Democrats proposed that the House enter into a secret session to have a real debate about the merits of the legislation. This is how House Republicans reacted to that proposal, from The Hill, February 26, 2008:

Liberal House Democrats are pushing for a closed session to discuss the legal underpinnings of President Bush’s intelligence surveillance program.

They believe that the more members know about it, the less likely they will be to support Bush's wish to make it permanent.

“I haven't heard anything in closed session that makes me think we need the Protect America Act,” said Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.), an Intelligence Committee member, referring to a White House-backed interim wiretapping bill that lapsed this month. . . .

[House Minority Leader John] Boehner's spokesman, Kevin Smith, derided the secret session proposal as a stalling tactic.

"There are clear rules and procedures for how Congress handles classified information," Smith said. "This nonsense is nothing more than another stalling tactic from a bunch of liberals who don't want to give our intelligence officials all the tools they need to keep America safe."

Fast forward to today, a mere three weeks later. The House Democratic leadership has scheduled a vote on the rather decent FISA bill they unveiled earlier this week, and House Republicans are eager to block the vote because they fear it will pass. This is what House Republicans are doing today to prevent a vote, from CQ:

House Republicans planned to seek a rare closed session Thursday to debate a Democratic leadership-backed rewrite of electronic surveillance law. . . .

Minority Leader John A. Boehner of Ohio said the House needs to have an "open and honest debate about some of the important details about this program, that don't need to be heard in public."

Boehner today used almost exactly the same language used by Holt three weeks ago to justify a closed debate session -- a session which, just three weeks ago, Boehner's own spokesman said was "nothing more than another stalling tactic from a bunch of liberals who don't want to give our intelligence officials all the tools they need to keep America safe." House Republicans hate it when people play politics with national security.

I'll add updates to this post as the House vote on the FISA bill proceeds. The CQ article reports that the House Democratic leadership is "whipping pretty aggressively" on this bill and that it now appears to have the support of a substantial number of "Blue Dogs" (McJoan has some more details on that). And preliminary reports I have, thus far unconfirmed, suggest that the Speaker's office will first agree to Boehner's request to hold a secret session to enable full and open debate, and then proceed to a vote.

This morning, the President gave his latest "pass-the-bill-I-want- or-be-slaughtered-by-the-Terrorists" speech and, although he recited his standard false, fear-mongering points, he included this particularly creepy and Orwellian formulation to justify his demands for telecom amnesty:

And this litigation would be unfair, because any companies that assisted us after 9/11 were assured by our government that their cooperation was legal and necessary.

Companies that may have helped us save lives should be thanked for their patriotic service, not subjected to billion-dollar lawsuits that will make them less willing to help in the future.

George Bush really believes -- and is outright telling us -- that when he orders private citizens to do something, and they obey, then it means that -- even if what they're doing is illegal -- they are acting "patriotically" and should be protected from all consequences. Are there any monarchs left anywhere in the Western World who even claim such a power -- to be able to order citizens to break the law? That's been a discredited "principle" since at least the Nuremberg Trials, yet this warped assertion of monarchical powers really is the central premise of the case for telecom amnesty.

Continuing with their uncharacteristic though (for now) commendable defiance of the Leader, Nancy Pelosi gave a news conference this morning and made clear that the President was spewing falsehoods when he accused the House Democrats of making us vulnerable to the Terrorists with their latest FISA bill. Here was one representative exchange:

Even after seven years of justifying every corrupt and radical policy imaginable via blatantly false invocations of "national security" and "Terrorism," the President can still utter those words and cause members of the media and others to quiver in fear, as though he has credibility on those matters ("but the President says this is necessary to be safe!"). Pelosi ought to issue many more clear statements like this reminding Americans that the President is the last person whose word on such matters ought to be trusted. A solid majority of Americans have reached that conclusion largely on their own, even though the Beltway media hasn't and won't.

UPDATE: The House accepted Boehner's request to debate for one hour in a secret session. Nothing of any significance will happen there. It's just a delaying tactic by the Republicans because they fear they will lose the vote and the House will pass the good bill. The vote will occur tomorrow morning.

-- Glenn Greenwald

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Thursday March 13, 2008 09:44 EDT

The Politico claims the Iraq war will help McCain

(updated below - Update II - Update III)

The Politico today published one of the most blatantly one-sided, journalistically flawed "news" articles on the Iraq War in quite some time and promoted it as its featured story, filled with dramatic proclamations certain to attract (by design) significant attention. The central theme is one which the political establishment is most desperate to believe -- that Americans are now supporting the Iraq War again and this will drastically re-shape the presidential race in favor of the pro-war McCain. Here is the first paragraph:

American public support for the military effort in Iraq has reached a high point unseen since the summer of 2006, a development that promises to reshape the political landscape.

It repeats this pro-GOP assertion over and over. "The repercussions will be most acutely felt in the presidential contest." And: "Democrats' resolute support for the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces may soon position them at odds with independent voters, in particular, a constituency they need to retake the White House." And: "The uptick in public support is a promising sign for Republican candidates who have been bludgeoned over the Bush administration's war policies. But no candidate stands to gain more than McCain."

The whole article cites only one on-the-record source: the media's favorite all-purpose war cheerleader Michael O'Hanlon, who warns -- yet again -- that the public will soon come to see McCain's pro-war views as the "correct narrative." O'Hanlon: "How could Democrats possibly hand McCain a better issue than to let him run on his record of advocating a robust U.S. presence in Iraq with all the positive battlefield news that is filtering out of that country?" So according to the Politico/O'Hanlon, Iraq isn't just a good issue for the Republicans; it's the best issue Democrats could possibly hand them.

With very bad timing for The Politico, a new USA Today/Gallup poll was released today and here are the results for the key question:

Which would be better for the United States?

Keep a significant number of troops in Iraq until the situation there gets better: 35%

Set a timetable for removing troops and stick to it regardless of what is going on in Iraq: 60%

That comes as close as possible to tracking the Iraq positions of McCain and the two Democratic candidates -- stay for as long as necessary until stability is achieved (McCain) or effectuate a timetable for withdrawal regardless of events in Iraq (Obama/Clinton). The Democratic position on Iraq has a 25-point lead. But the Politico and O'Hanlon screech today that the Iraq debate will be a major asset for McCain's campaign and is a serious threat to Democrats, because Americans are now supporting the war again.

The entire Politico article -- every assertion -- is based on a single, cherry-picked outlier Pew poll from February which found that a "slim majority" now believe "the U.S. will ultimately succeed in achieving its goals" in Iraq. The "trend" on which The Politico exclusively relies is, in fact, negligible, within the poll's margin of error, and, more importantly, is contradicted by virtually every other poll, which they steadfastly and inexcusably ignore.

A Washington Post/ABC News poll conducted after the Politico's poll found that Americans believe we are "not making significant progress" in Iraq, by a 51-43 margin. And a Newsweek poll from last week found that 43% believe things are the same in Iraq while 25% believe they are getting worse. Only 29% believe things are improving. Why would The Politico just ignore all of that to create its "Americans-love-the-war-again" narrative?

But what matters even more is that perceptions of "progress" do not mean that Americans support McCain's position and want to remain in Iraq indefinitely or even until stability is achieved. Polls -- all ignored by The Politico -- have continuously shown that even when American perceive that the "surge" has decreased violence, they still are against the war as much as ever before and support withdrawal. USA Today's poll from today shows a 25-point gap with Americans overwhelmingly wanting a timed withdrawal regardless of conditions there.

Moreover, Americans still believe by huge margins that the war -- which McCain cheered on and continues to cheer on -- was a mistake and, regardless of perceived progress, don't believe that the "benefits" were worth the costs. The Post poll asked:

All in all, considering the costs to the United States versus the benefits to the United States, do you think the war with Iraq was worth fighting, or not?

The Democratic position has a 29 point lead, with 63% answering "no" and only 34% answering "yes." Also, there are no discernible pro-war trends at all. Quite the opposite: those numbers from two weeks ago show record highs for war opposition. How could a war that is so deeply unpopular -- and that remains so regardless of claims of "progress" -- possibly benefit the candidate and party perceived as being responsible for that war?

Worse still for the Politico, the very same Pew poll on which the whole Politico article is based found that Americans trust Democrats over Republicans by a 47-37% margin to "do a better job making wise decisions about Iraq." It also found that Americans, unlike McCain, overwhelmingly think the invasion was the wrong decision (54-36%), with the 36% who believe it was the right decision a record low for the Pew poll.

What is the point of writing a big feature article claiming that Americans are moving towards support for the Iraq War again and this is dramatically re-shaping the political landscape in McCain's favor while purposely ignoring the mountain of extremely recent empirical data completely negating that claim? One could justify such blatantly dishonest presentations from pro-war propagandists like Bill Kristol and Michael O'Hanlon, but shouldn't a newspaper with pretenses to being a news organization do a better job of pretending?

UPDATE: From today's Wall St. Journal:

At the five-year anniversary of the Iraq war, the conflict remains as unpopular as ever, despite the military progress of Mr. Bush's troop buildup of the past year -- of which Sen. McCain was the chief promoter. A majority still wants to start withdrawing troops in 2009 rather than stay indefinitely until Iraq is stable, as Sen. McCain suggests.

There's no better, more natural pairing than The Politico and Michael O'Hanlon. They both propagandize without shame and without even minimal regard for facts.

UPDATE II: The Politico reporter who wrote the article in question, David Paul Kuhn, sent me a lengthy email just now responding to the criticism here. I will address the bulk of his points a little bit later this afternoon, but he did point out two errors in what I wrote that, in fairness, I wanted to acknowledge right away.

In addition to the Pew poll on which he primarily relied, Kuhn also referenced a CBS poll in his piece (so that's two polls he cited). And he did acknowledge, towards the end of the article, that "Democrats remain in step with the public mood on the question of the decision to go to war," as "Pew and CBS have found that a majority of Americans, including independents, continue to believe that the choice to wage war with Iraq was 'wrong.'" Those facts don't meaningfully alter the central problems with the journalism that produced his article, but I appreciate his bringing those corrections to my attention.

UPDATE III: Less than a week ago, Democrat Bill Foster was elected to Congress in Denny Hastert's long-time, bright red district in Illinois. The centerpiece of his campaign was opposition to the Iraq war, and he defeated a pro-war candidate whose policies mirrored those of John McCain. Might that development have merited a mention by The Politico in this piece? Public opinion on the Iraq War is "re-shaping the political landscape" alright -- just in exactly the opposition direction as Kuhn claimed here.

-- Glenn Greenwald

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B) He is required to fight Amalinze the Cat.

C) He is required to visit the Oracle of the Hills and Caves.

2. Chielo announces that _____________ wants to see Ezinma

A) Kotma

B) Ogbanje

C) Agbala

3. What gift is the groom's family is expected to bring when they attend the uri?

A) kola nuts

B) palm wine

C) snuff

4. The clan believes that nine of Ekwefi's ten children have died because

A) she is cursed by an ogbanje.

B) Chielo has sacrificed them to the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves.

C) she is an evil priestess.

5. Members of the clan share the kola nut

A) during childbirth.

B) during social gatherings.

C) during the planting season.

6. Ekwefi remembers the love she had for Okonkwo when they were younger, but she did not marry him then because

A) Okonkwo was a wrestler.

B) Okonkwo had already chosen a wife.

C) Okonkwo was too poor.

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1. What is the consequence of Okonkwo's accident?

A) He is required to leave Umuofia for 7 years.

B) He is required to fight Amalinze the Cat.

C) He is required to visit the Oracle of the Hills and Caves.

2. Chielo announces that _____________ wants to see Ezinma

A) Kotma

B) Ogbanje

C) Agbala

3. What gift is the groom's family is expected to bring when they attend the uri?

A) kola nuts

B) palm wine

C) snuff

4. The clan believes that nine of Ekwefi's ten children have died because

A) she is cursed by an ogbanje.

B) Chielo has sacrificed them to the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves.

C) she is an evil priestess.

5. Members of the clan share the kola nut

A) during childbirth.

B) during social gatherings.

C) during the planting season.

6. Ekwefi remembers the love she had for Okonkwo when they were younger, but she did not marry him then because

A) Okonkwo was a wrestler.

B) Okonkwo had already chosen a wife.

C) Okonkwo was too poor.

Questions from the book "Things Fall Apart" Lost my book.?
1. A

2. C

3. B

4. A

5. B

6. B
Reply:It has been so long since I have read the book that I thought that I would give you several source-links that may help you - good luck !

:0)

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Can anyone plz interpret what this poetry means writte byAnnie Louisa Walker?

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How's my myth?

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THE CATERPILLAR AND THE BUTTERFLY

There was once a kingdom on the other side of the world. This kingdom, Thror, was overseen by a mighty ruler, the god of nature, Lef. Here, Lef created many plants and animals so the human beings living there wouldn’t be bored. Their most hated type of creature was called the smaug which meant great worms. The smaugs were very ugly and the humans loathed them when they crawled up the tall trees of Mirkwood, the kingdom’s biggest forest.

One day hawks that came from the other end of the world flew along the Running River. They then attacked the humans by biting and pecking on them. Soon the humans were scared and they jumped into their boats and paddled away. Luckily, Lef stayed and all the animals at this kingdom fought the hawks. It was the smaugs that found the hawks’ weak spot and defeated them. Now, a couple of hundreds of miles east, the humans were starving and began to see mirages. Because of this, they thought that they were near an island and decided to let the ocean currents do their job and push them towards it. Unfortunately, this island was a mirage. After becoming more tired, they started forgetting things and they didn’t know where they were. Eventually, they stumbled upon a gigantic island where they were fed and taken care of by Erisichthon, the goddess of food. Lef soon heard about where the humans were and along with all the other animals, they sailed off to this foreign kingdom. Along their trip, they got lost and a boat with animals flipped and its inhabitants drowned. That boat contained what we now call them as extinct animals. So Lef and the remainder of his troop trudged on and finally landed on the island where the humans were. There, the animals and Lef were also taken care of and got better quickly.

Now Lef, after he got better, looked for the humans and found them but they had forgotten everything. Lef ran back to the animals and looked for the smaugs. He did this because he thought seeing the animals might jog their memory. But to his surprise, the smaugs were now cuddly flying things. Lef thought that because they killed the evil hawks, they were given the gift of beauty. He also saw that all the other animals changed, too, because they had helped fight the invaders. So now there was no chance of getting back the human’s memory, but at least everyone got a fresh start. (Lef didn’t actually like the sloppy humans on his kingdom.) To begin with, Lef thought, all the creatures should have new names. The smaugs were renamed caterpillars and the new flying things were now called butterflies. So now until the end of time, the caterpillars would begin their life as worms but change into vibrant butterflies.

How's my myth?
i'll like it with some picture to attract my imagination
Reply:Pretty darn good!
Reply:mas puto!

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I am wondering why the media hasn't talked about Obama's past yet?

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These are questions that people are looking at about Obama that the media is not reporting on, and asking themselves why isn't the media reporting on this?

These are the questions?

- Documents regarding your time in the Illinois Senate. (Obama refused and now says the documents were lost)

- The documents concerning your house purchase and the purchase of the lot next door and the subsequent purchase of part of that lot by you.

- A document showing how you handled the "gift" from Rezcko on your house purchase. (If it was not on your tax return during the year you purchased your house then you have violated federal law?

- A list of the people who have bundled your contributions, including any money from overseas sources.

- A transcript of the conversations that you had as a sitting U.S. Senator with Railla Odinga while he was running for the presidency of foreign government( Kenya).

- An explanation of your wherabouts during the period Nov 3 through Nov 8, 1999, while a State Senator from Illinois.

Senator Obama's main contributor from the beginning of his career has been Rezko. Rezko also has close ties with Auchi…who has been found guilty by of deals relating to nuclear plants in Iraq. That makes Obama three times removed from that situation. Auchi is the reason Rezko is in jail now…due to flight risk.

Obama got his money from misuse of taxpayers funds. Rezko said he couldnt pay for the heat in the buildings in Chicago. People going without heat in a Chicago winter? Chicago gets cold. During that time…Rezko gives a thousand dollars to Obama for his political career. I find it hard to believe that Obama didnt know about these conditions in his district…when the City Of Chicago was taking Rezko to court for this. Obama wrote a letter of recommendation for Rezko to get funding for his housing. Those letters are available to see at a website …taylor marsh. They have government heading on them. You cant tell me that Obama didnt know that Rezko was under federal investigation when he go a deal with him to buy his house. Check it out. Senator Obama hasnt been that honest about all of this.

I am wondering why the media hasn't talked about Obama's past yet?
Because the media in America is basically owned by men who want to stick it to Hillary because she is a woman; the coverage, from Day One, has been positive for Obama as if he were perfect, and I sure know that is not true.

I think it's awfully unfair that this serious matter of presidential elections is turned into spin and marekting.
Reply:Peppersham, It should be before he becomes president so we don't have to go through anymore scandels.

But there again the media wouldn't be able to make money. Report It

Reply:Im sure it will, especially when he becomes the canidate for the Dem party. Just like stuff we didnt know about mccain will be known once he becomes the canidate.
Reply:No,he hasn't and I knew about these things months ago and like you wondering why its not news?I think it is and should be.
Reply:HAVE ANYONE TOLD YOU THAT YOU'RE MESSY, IF NOT I'M TELLING YOU OKAY...
Reply:It's because the drive by media is complicit in hiding his past from the general population because of their rotting bias towards socialism. Barry Obama is as crooked as they come. So everyone needs to educate themselves on all candidates backgrounds.
Reply:they ALL have pasts, you hypocrit.

but YOU voted for the coke and boozed up, service-escaping Bush, didn't you?
Reply:Getting desperate, huh?
Reply:Hello, they don't want us to know!

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Selling at a Farmer's Market? Profitable at All?

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My husband and I have been mulling taking some of our seedlings to the Farmer's Market in the spring. Along with seedlings, we could peddle wood and fabric craft gift items and houseplants. We grow and craft because we enjoy it, but some extra money would be helpful :)

I am curious if others have had any success at farmer's markets. If so, with what plants/wares. What kind of a profit margin would be expected on average? Can you give us any other advice? We're in southern MI.

Selling at a Farmer's Market? Profitable at All?
Even if I hadn't made any money I would have kept doing it once a week. I sold veggies last summer in Montana and had more fun than I thought possible getting to know the people of my small town and providing good food.

There's no way to know what will sell until you try. Get a good location, make clear, informative signs. Talk to people to make contact not just to sell.At the end of the day take products around to the other vendors for barter. Get kids involved.
Reply:Thank you for your comments! I appreciate them. I thought it would be pretty fun myself. Report It

Reply:Selling your wares at a Farmer's market can be very profitable. A lot depends on how popular the market is in your area. Nationwide, farmer's market are becoming more and more popular. As to your profit margin, it is hard to give you a definitive answer.

There is a lot of help available for people thinking about selling at farmer's markets. Your county extension office would be the first place I would try. They can usually advise you of the locations of all of the markets in your area, as well as advise you as to the products that sell the best.

There is a lot of information available on Michigan farmer's markets on the internet. A Yahoo search for "michigan farmer's markets" (include the quotation marks in the Yahoo search box) yields 182 results. I'm betting you can find answers to many of your questions if you are willing to do the same search and spend a little time exploring.

Good luck with your venture.
Reply:My sister sold fresh herbs and dried floral crafts with great success for several years, until her interests led her elsewhere... You can make it work! Best wishes!

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The Sims 2 Casaway for DS?

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on the sims 2 castaway for the ds, i've read in a faq from game faqs that your supposed to get ms. weeder to need help on getting some green cure for her plants, but heres the problem, i am ready to help her but everytime i keep going to her my only options are "give gift" "talk" %26amp; One other option that i can't remember right now, but it was definantley not offer help. What do i do now?

The Sims 2 Casaway for DS?
do what's best for you.

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What are some HUMOROUS rebuttals to common vegetarian taunts?

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Anyone who has been a vegetarian or vegan for longer than a minute has indeed encountered the following:

1) So, what DO you eat?

2) But, don't plants have feelings too?

3) Real men eat meat.

4) But how do you get enough protein?

...and a classic:

5) If God did not want us to eat animals why did he make meat so TASTY ???

Focus on one or take a shot at all of them. Also, feel free to add your own uninformed statement if I forgot any. Responding to these statements in a serious manner is easy-as-pie, but being able to discuss a serious subject with humor is a real gift. 10 points to the response that makes me (or the voters if it goes to voting) laugh the hardest. Thanks!

What are some HUMOROUS rebuttals to common vegetarian taunts?
1) So, what DO you eat? "Everything you eat, minus the carcass"

2) But, don't plants have feelings too? "You're and idiot".

3) Real men eat meat. "I got some meat for ya"

4) But how do you get enough protein? "My diet is full of protein... The only difference is I get my protein from something that never took a sh*t."

...and a classic:

5) If God did not want us to eat animals why did he make meat so TASTY ??? "God did not make them tasty. Man did with their butters, oils and sauce. I choose to follow the commandment "Thou shall not Kill".
Reply:1. Anything I want to eat!

Have you ever met an obese vegan?
Reply:Real men eat meat.

That sounds like the title of a gay porno movie.
Reply:Worms don't have faces, do they?

[ I won't eat anything that has a face]
Reply:Might not be funny, but I wonder how many cows would just be roaming around?
Reply:1) So, what DO you eat?

Everything you eat, except meat and for rare exceptions, cheese and eggs.

2) But, don't plants have feelings too?

You'd make a great Scientologist.

3) Real men eat meat.

Real men also don't have size D boobs. Enjoy your burger, b***

4) But how do you get enough protein?

I'm a smart, creative and adventurous enough eater that I don't have to depend on meat for protein. Enjoy your steak, Einstein.

5) If God did not want us to eat animals why did he make meat so TASTY ???

If God wanted us to eat animals, why do meat eaters have so many heart attacks?

Or, if god wanted us to think so much, why the heck did you use a logical fallacy to back up your idea?
Reply:1.) Well, I find food to be quit tasty...

2.) Hmm....good question.....wanna ask them yourself, or should I...?

3.) Real men are also strong and athletic...whats your excuse?

4.) Y'know, meat isn't the only thing with protein...it's called tofu.

5.) Your own opinion. People in other countries say dog is "TASTY", but do you agree with them? Yeah, didn't think so.
Reply:I can think of some rebuttles to those questions, but most of them are dirty.
Reply:1- Uh, food. what doy YOU eat? dead corpses or do you prefer granny (Insert last name here)

2- Yeah, and so does this table, and this seat, and my bottled water, and, and, and....(i can just go on for days)

3- real ment also punch eachother in the face, do you want to be punche dbecause I'd be happy to oblige.

4- i have as much protien in me as you have other animals' blood in you.

5- yeah, dog also made ****, but you don't see me eating ****
Reply:1. prots fats and carbs

2. yes no maybe wait what was the question

3. ok and you have a right to feel that way.

(see people can have their own thoughts and feelings, you dont have to insult everyone at the drop of a hat)

4. yes and thanks for asking

5. this is an interesting question i'll ask him in my prayers
Reply:1) So, what DO you eat?

Food.

2) But, don't plants have feelings too?

My grass doesn't say "ouch" when I mow it.

3) Real men eat meat.

That's okay, I'm not into guys.

4) But how do you get enough protein?

Food.

5) If God did not want us to eat animals why did he make meat so TASTY ???

Go eat some road kill then.
Reply:real men don't wiehgt 400 pounds and have heart attacks as easily.

if you can't deal with my life style. then leave.

it's my life and don't try and make fun of me. if you do... HAVE FUN WITH MAD COW DISEASE BITCHAS!
Reply:God also presumed we might progress from cavemen which is why we don't sniff each others backsides in the streets before offering to wee on their legs...
Reply:) So, what DO you eat?

" Oh, I just lick that frost that grows on the inside of freezers. I eat lichens and moss. I mean, what is there other than meat?" (Say this with intense sarcasm)

OR

" Actually, I still breast feed." (Ha ha, this is absolutely freaking hilarious but I don't think you'd have a social life if you said this more than twice)

2) But, don't plants have feelings too?

" Yeah, you know, that's what L. Ron Hubbard used to think and propagate. You know, that gift to humanity that started a religion based on science-fiction? Yeah, you just gotta believe everything you hear."

(No lie, that's the earliest that I could trace people doing research on the feelings of plants, he was kind of weird about it too, hooking gadgets to plants...)

3) Real men eat meat.

"Yeah, I overheard that at the Gay Pride Parade, they sure eat a lot of meat there. Real manly men, huh?"

( I love gay people and this is just a way to get those machomen off your back, I mean no offense to actually gay people!)

OR

" Yeah, I can see it really made YOU a real man". (glance over him) " Looks like you're even built to be TWO men, must be all that meat, huh?"

4) But how do you get enough protein?

" You know, I don't, I'm on the UnAtkins diet, nothing but carbs" (this is just to make people bug off, it's absolutely lacking any factual information)

" I absorb protein from people when I stand near them. I'm like a protein vampire. You know, you're starting to get pale, you should back away slowly..." (Mwa ha ha!)

(Or just the plain old...)

" There's protein in everything. Beans, whole grains, nuts, vegetables, tofu, soy milk, tempeh."

5) If God did not want us to eat animals why did he make meat so TASTY ???

" Yeah, why did he make all meat tasty?" (Put your finger in your mouth and kind of suck on it like people suck on chicken bones) " Mmmm... I taste delicious."

OR

" Well, you know, convicted, imprisoned cannibals say that human meat is probably the finest, most delectable out there. I guess we should all start eating one another then, using that logic... hey, are you busy around dinner-time tonight?"

OR

" Yeah well I just eat all the other tasty stuff since people like you are stuck in the box eating 'them tasty meaties'. You know, all the great fruits, vegetables, grains, beans, nuts, soy products, etc. etc."
Reply:"5) If God did not want us to eat animals why did he make meat so TASTY ???"

ANS: Eat it raw . Then tell me if its still tasty.

The one I hear most is

" Dont Vegetarians ( and Vegans) get really ill unless they take lots of pills? "

but its an easy answer , "no"

I have a theory that the meat industry is meddling in the education system in america, because the askers always tell me they were taught it in school.
Reply:My brother always goes up to me and says "Oh my god meats so good" or stuff like that and does annoythings and I always beat him up and sometimes he cries. After he annoys me I goe to punch him and he run away like a little girl sometimes if I just pretend to hit him he'll get back up and try to act all tough and he looks so dumb.

A$H!
Reply:1) So, what DO you eat?

Grass clippings. In the fall I like to mix it up a bit with fallen leaves!

2) But, don't plants have feelings too?

Yes, but I hate plants. That's why I eat them alive.

3) Real men eat meat.

Yeah, that Jeffrey Dahmer was a bit TOO real.

4) But how do you get enough protein?

I recycle my protein by eating my own hair and nails.

...and a classic:

5) If God did not want us to eat animals why did he make meat so TASTY ???

God is tempting us with sin, like with the tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden !!!

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Does anybody else get idiotic messages from people about your questions?

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Yup, they have the same right to an opinion as I do, and I delete theirs. I hope these people paid attention when the highway ramp collapsed from the burning fuel tanker, no explosives were planted, concrete and steel collapse from burning fuel, just like on 9/11. Saddam Hussein was universally agreed by democrats with the same info. Bush was given, as a threat and in clear violation of UN treaty, in addition to the WMD issue, and a war criminal. Artillery shells containing nerve/mustard gas are WMDs, and have been found and destroyed, in Iraq. Who really thinks others would be sitting on a desk all gift wrapped waiting for us when they have great value on the international blackmarket? Bush made bad decisions, no doubt, I won't defend that, nor should I. Electing Gore would have been far worse.

Does anybody else get idiotic messages from people about your questions?
Yeah, I get a lot of stupid cry baby libs whining about this or that. Damn control freaks trying to wreak America
Reply:I don't let people contact me, so no, I don't.

I think that there is probably a difference in construction between a skyscraper and a highway ramp.

Yes, the Dems did have the same info. Not arguing with you there.

I think Gore would have been more talky and diplomatic; if that would have been a good thing, we'll never know.
Reply:VETERANS AGAINST BUSH

http://groups.myspace.com/VeteransAgains...
Reply:Wow dude, well said. A question: Am I the only one who remembers Sadam Insane using WMD's (Chemical weapons) on his own people and the Iranians, or was that whole world outrage over that some funky dream???

And no, there are many areas where I cannot nor will not defend Bush. But it has become almost comical, if not tragic, the hate that is spewed, based on misinformation, and never a single fact to back it up...

OK, I Know, now you can all call me a Right wing Christian Fanatic, Neo-Con who is a Klan member. All because I disagree with some of you. I don't go to chuch, have never owned a sheet with eye holes, and I am not sure what a Neo-Con is, but I'm sure it's not a compliment.

See, I went thru all this without calling anyone a name, nor putting a label on anyone. Try it you may like it.....
Reply:Yes, alot of them sound like this rant of yours.
Reply:They are probably the uninformed or dumbfounded. The libs on this website really gets me going, I love to hear the words of illiteracy ringing in my ears. It makes my education well worth the time and monies invested!

Thank God we are all not dumb enough to allow our Country to be ruined by spineless pansy, by sleeping with the enemy(Pelosi's trip to Syria was a disgrace to all Americans).
Reply:If Congress had known the truth about Iraq's WMD programs, about how the Intelligence released was misquoted and massaged to its maximum effect, Republicans and Democratic's would never have begun this war. That is the point.

May I also remind you, and I quote, "While a small number of chemical munitions have been discovered, ISG (Iraq Survey Group) judges that Iraq unilaterally destroyed its undeclared chemical weapons stockpile in 1991". Also from the same report, "Saddam Hussein ended the nuclear program in 1991 following the Gulf War. ISG found no evidence to suggest concerted effort to restart the program"

(from "Key Findings" of The Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI (Director of Central Intelligence) on Iraq’s WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) 9/30/04, also known as the Iraq Survey Group Final Report).

Bush pushed this country into this war and has spent $500,000,000,000 of our money doing it, and when we had a real enemy in Afghanistan, he turned his back.

And you call right wing-ers call Dems big spenders, hell were small change compared to that.

White Teeth

Why should every man ask God (The Almighty) for wisdom who is revealed by king Solomon in the book of wisdom?

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Proverbs 3:18.; "She (wisdom) is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her."

Jesus reveals her (wisdom) to the Pharisees in Luke 7:35.; But wisdom is justified of all her children...[because she teaches those who have her as a gift, all things of the earth, as Solomon, an ancient king of Israel, reveals in the book of Wisdom 7:20. %26amp; 21;]."The nature of living creatures, and rage of wild beasts, the force of winds, and reasonings of men, the diversities of plants, and the virture of roots, and all such things as are hid, and not foreseen, I (Solomon) have learned: for wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me."

Jesus was sent to earth "...to preach the kingdom of God..." or how heaven operates, as he reveals in Luke 4:43.

"Who hath ears to hear, let him...[or her]...hear."

Why should every man ask God (The Almighty) for wisdom who is revealed by king Solomon in the book of wisdom?
SOLOMON REVEALS EVERY ONE SHOULD ASK FOR WISDOM SO YOU CAN LIVE WITH GOD'S LOVE AND GUIDANCE A RICH/ ABUNDANT AND FRUITFUL LIFE IN THE SERVICE OF GOD/ WITH WISDOM AND HELP ALL AS SOLOMON DID.

LOVE GOD/ LOVE ALL/ FOLLOW GOD"S COMMANDMENTS AND WISDOM AND ALL YOU NEED WILL BE ADDED TO YOU. YOU WILL LEARN ALL ABOUT LIVING LIFE ON EARTH AND THE SECRETS AS WISDOM TEACHES ALL THINGS.

IF you seek God and love God with all you strength and soul, and lean not unto your own understanding, follow God's Commandment. lend your heart to understanding and search for understanding then, God will give you wisdom, which will teach you all that the things of the world and earth, ( The essence of life on earth, All that is hidden by nature will be at your command, and all living life on earth that are not understood by man, will be understood by you , for the wisdom that is given to you is the worker of things, that wisdom teaches me.

Wisdom in Book of Wisdom ( of Solomon)

* "The beginning of wisdom is the most sincere desire for instruction, and concern for instruction is love of her" (Wisdom 6:17).

* "I will tell you what wisdom is and how she came to be, and I will hide no secrets from you, but I will trace her course from the beginning of creation, and make knowledge of her clear, and I will not pass by the truth" (Wisdom 6:22).

* "For wisdom is more mobile than any motion; because of her pureness she pervades and penetrates all things" (Wisdom 7:24).

* "With you is wisdom, she who knows your works and was present when you made the world; she understands what is pleasing in your sight and what is right according to your commandments" (Wisdom 9:9).

* "Wisdom rescued from troubles those who served her" (Wisdom 10:9).

Wisdom is called the "fashioner of all things" (Wisdom 7:22). She has a spirit that is intelligent, holy, unique, subtle, mobile, clear, unpolluted, distinct, invulnerable, loving the good, keen, irresistible, humane, steadfast, sure, and free from anxiety (Wisdom 7:22–23). She is easily found and quickly recognized. She swiftly goes to anyone who earnestly seeks her.

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HOW TO FIND WISDOM ( SOLOMON'S PROVERB)

Proverb 2. ..10

1(A) My son,(B) if you receive my words

and treasure up my commandments with you,

2making your ear attentive to wisdom

and inclining your heart to understanding;

3yes, if you call out for insight

and raise your voice(C) for understanding,

4if you seek it like(D) silver

and search for it as for(E) hidden treasures,

5then(F) you will understand the fear of the LORD

and find the knowledge of God.

6For(G) the LORD gives wisdom;

from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;

7he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;

he is(H) a shield to those who(I) walk in integrity,

8guarding the paths of justice

and(J) watching over the way of his(K) saints.

9(L) Then you will understand(M) righteousness and justice

and equity, every good path;

10for wisdom will come into your heart,

and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul

ESV. BIBLE ( online)
Reply:huh?

the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom....
Reply:Because God created king Solomon also.
Reply:I'm not sure of what your question is, or if there is one.
Reply:You're not connecting your biblical dots, grasshopper.

Pst: two kinds of wisdom are compared in James 3,

one being "earthy sensual devilish" (not from above),

and one being "firstly pure" and having seven traits:

1. Peace-able (so not law)

2. Gentle (so not law)

3. Easy to be entreated (so not law)

4. Full of mercy ("merciful": Lk 6:36)

5. Full of good fruit (listed in Gal 5)

6. Without partiality (so not noahic grace)

7. Without hypocrisy (so not from Moses' seat: Law)

Pst: The 'beginning' of wisdom is fear(hath torment),

and such wisdom which began: Law, is of the LORD.

(such is noted in both Father %26amp; Son Psm's %26amp; Prov's)

God isn't the LORD in the flood story. They're contrary.

For God is perfect %26amp; merciful love void of fear(torment).

As for the LORD: Almighty God: Jehovah, he's a Liar,

promised Exodus ppl they'd enter P L. None entered.

Point: LAW demands perfection, but cannot deliver it.

As for Solomon, he's only noted in one,

of two Jesus' genealogy's in Mt1 %26amp; Lk3.

Solomon's wisdom talked about as great,

in sides war of Mt 12:42 and Luke 11:31,

which mentions "greater" of great/greater.

What cld be greater than a judgmental sides war?

Perhaps "first pure wisdom from above" the wars.

"Grace unto you...from God our Father": Holy Kiss.

It's the greeting in all Pauline Epistles except Heb's,

is also Pauline written, but as if a mini bible itself,

and to the Hebrews, and from the OT scriptures.

So then, first pure wisdom from above, in James 3,

dovetails with Grace %26amp; Peace in Pauline Epistles,

pure wisdom having seven traits being pure grace.

So when it says ask God for wisdom, in James 1,

it also clarifies do it nothing wavering, or get zero.

The pass mark on the final exam is 100%, else 0.

For 99/100 sheep won't do, it's gotta be 100/100.

I pray that they may be 100/100 = 1, as we are 1?

Hmmm, doesn't it talk about such in Luke 15,

where it notes the lost(dead) is found(alive).

I wonder what lost some ppl still looking for?

Hmmm, doesn't it say here is wisdom in Rev 13,

followed by let him that hath understanding count.

What happens when count'g days in John 1 %26amp; 2:1?

Nothing wavering speaks not of both good + evil,

for such is called dble minded, which is unstable.

Nothing wavering speaks of either hot or cold,

be either good or corrupt, either grace or law.

For both is as lukewarm, or as mingled wine.

Law? Try and fail to keep it all, then accursed: Moses

Law? All vanity %26amp; vexation of spirit x7: Solomon(Eccl).

Law? I will forget you %26amp; I will forsake you: Jeremiah

Law? Ministration of condemnation %26amp; death: Paul

So the conclusion in all the Pauline Epistles,

which notably got Peter(Satan) converted, is:

The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ WITH YOU ALL. AMEN.
Reply:It doesn't matter where it was revealed. Wisdom is vital, we need to pray for wisdom because we need to grow in the spirit. with wisdom comes growth. i pray God gives you the wisdom to see this.
Reply:Uh... because it's a bunch of tripe?

God needs to find a better method of making his wishes known. Ancient, poorly-translated Nomadic sheep-herder mythology doesn't cut it, and, in fact, it's pretty offensive that God cares so little about us that that's the best effort he's willing to put up to save us from eternal torture.
Reply:Thank you for reminding me why I have rejected religion and their teachings.
Reply:Have enough wisdom to read God's truth in Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch..God bless

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I am wondering if somebody can photoshop a photo or two for me. I would be very grateful! Details are below.

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I have a few pictures of my nephew and step-nephew. There are only a handful of pictures of them together, and my step-nephew, the older child, passed away a few days ago. I would like to do something nice with one or two of the photos, perhaps on photofiddle, perhaps not, as a gift to my sister and her husband. They were taken at Disneyland, just about a week before he died. There are three photos, and I was just wondering if anyone knows how to do a few things that would make the pictures a little nicer for display. Remove other people, the bag on the bench, the handrail in front of the rock, for example. My favorite of them is the one called "brothers," but I hate the background, so maybe it could be put in front of the rock and plants of the other picture? I'm not sure what is possible and could never do it myself and cannot afford to pay anyone, so anything anyone can do to help would be great. The photos are at the link below:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26381145@N0...

I am wondering if somebody can photoshop a photo or two for me. I would be very grateful! Details are below.
I am almost done with one of the pictures email me at knunnemaker@yahoo.com and i will send it to you as soon as i finsh it. if you like what you see i will do the other two
Reply:I can do it with a bit of time. Email me at laurenchildre@gmail.com so I can know where to send them

EDIT: Are these the original size?? If not, email me the full images..

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Help with history final exam!?

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Put an "S" if the information relates to Sumeria, an "E" for Egypt, an "I" for India, a "C" for China, and an "A" if the statement relates to all four civilizations

_____

Buddha was born in this place.

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developed a rough paper made out of plants (papyrus)

_____

system of writing is known as Sanskrit

_____

believed in many gods (polytheism)

_____

this civilization was located in Mesopotamia

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"The Gift of the Nile"

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the men wore skirts and the women wore trousers; dessert came first

_____

the civilization developed along major rivers of the land

_____

leaders were known as pharaohs

_____

leaders were known as raj

_____

leaders were emperors or heads of dynasties

_____

primary religion today is Hinduism

_____

primary religion today is Buddhism

_____

surrounded by desert on three sides and the Mediterranean Sea to the north

Help with history final exam!?
1. I

2. E

3. I

4. A

5. S

6. E

7. C

8. A

9. E

10. I

11. A

12. I

13. (None, though China is probably the answer of the listed choices)

14. E
Reply:papryrus, many gods, and pharaohs are all egypt.

and med. sea 2.

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Can some one translate these sonnet for me? pleaseeee ASAP?

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From fairest creatures we desire increase,

That thereby beauty's rose might never die,

But as the riper should by time decease,

His tender heir might bear his memory:

But thou contracted to thine own bright eyes,

Feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel,

Making a famine where abundance lies,

Thy self thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel:

Thou that art now the world's fresh ornament,

And only herald to the gaudy spring,

Within thine own bud buriest thy content,

And tender churl mak'st waste in niggarding:

Pity the world, or else this glutton be,

To eat the world's due, by the grave and thee.

II (Sonnet 2)

When forty winters shall besiege thy brow,

And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field,

Thy youth's proud livery so gazed on now,

Will be a tatter'd weed of small worth held:

Then being asked, where all thy beauty lies,

Where all the treasure of thy lusty days;

To say, within thine own deep sunken eyes,

Were an all-eating shame, and thriftless praise.

How much more praise deserv'd thy beauty's use,

If thou couldst answer 'This fair child of mine

Shall sum my count, and make my old excuse,'

Proving his beauty by succession thine!

This were to be new made when thou art old,

And see thy blood warm when thou feel'st it cold.

III (Sonnet 3)

Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewest

Now is the time that face should form another;

Whose fresh repair if now thou not renewest,

Thou dost beguile the world, unbless some mother.

For where is she so fair whose unear'd womb

Disdains the tillage of thy husbandry?

Or who is he so fond will be the tomb,

Of his self-love to stop posterity?

Thou art thy mother's glass and she in thee

Calls back the lovely April of her prime;

So thou through windows of thine age shalt see,

Despite of wrinkles this thy golden time.

But if thou live, remember'd not to be,

Die single and thine image dies with thee.

IV (Sonnet 4)

Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend

Upon thy self thy beauty's legacy?

Nature's bequest gives nothing, but doth lend,

And being frank she lends to those are free:

Then, beauteous niggard, why dost thou abuse

The bounteous largess given thee to give?

Profitless usurer, why dost thou use

So great a sum of sums, yet canst not live?

For having traffic with thy self alone,

Thou of thy self thy sweet self dost deceive:

Then how when nature calls thee to be gone,

What acceptable audit canst thou leave?

Thy unused beauty must be tombed with thee,

Which, used, lives th' executor to be.

V (Sonnet 5)

Those hours, that with gentle work did frame

The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell,

Will play the tyrants to the very same

And that unfair which fairly doth excel;

For never-resting time leads summer on

To hideous winter, and confounds him there;

Sap checked with frost, and lusty leaves quite gone,

Beauty o'er-snowed and bareness every where:

Then were not summer's distillation left,

A liquid prisoner pent in walls of glass,

Beauty's effect with beauty were bereft,

Nor it, nor no remembrance what it was:

But flowers distill'd, though they with winter meet,

Leese but their show; their substance still lives sweet.

VI (Sonnet 6)

Then let not winter's ragged hand deface,

In thee thy summer, ere thou be distill'd:

Make sweet some vial; treasure thou some place

With beauty's treasure ere it be self-kill'd.

That use is not forbidden usury,

Which happies those that pay the willing loan;

That's for thy self to breed another thee,

Or ten times happier, be it ten for one;

Ten times thy self were happier than thou art,

If ten of thine ten times refigur'd thee:

Then what could death do if thou shouldst depart,

Leaving thee living in posterity?

Be not self-will'd, for thou art much too fair

To be death's conquest and make worms thine heir.

VII (Sonnet 7)

Lo! in the orient when the gracious light

Lifts up his burning head, each under eye

Doth homage to his new-appearing sight,

Serving with looks his sacred majesty;

And having climb'd the steep-up heavenly hill,

Resembling strong youth in his middle age,

Yet mortal looks adore his beauty still,

Attending on his golden pilgrimage:

But when from highmost pitch, with weary car,

Like feeble age, he reeleth from the day,

The eyes, 'fore duteous, now converted are

From his low tract, and look another way:

So thou, thyself outgoing in thy noon:

Unlook'd, on diest unless thou get a son.

VIII (Sonnet 8)

Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly?

Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy:

Why lov'st thou that which thou receiv'st not gladly,

Or else receiv'st with pleasure thine annoy?

If the true concord of well-tuned sounds,

By unions married, do offend thine ear,

They do but sweetly chide thee, who confounds

In singleness the parts that thou shouldst bear.

Mark how one string, sweet husband to another,

Strikes each in each by mutual ordering;

Resembling sire and child and happy mother,

Who, all in one, one pleasing note do sing:

Whose speechless song being many, seeming one,

Sings this to thee: 'Thou single wilt prove none.'

IX (Sonnet 9)

Is it for fear to wet a widow's eye,

That thou consum'st thy self in single life?

Ah! if thou issueless shalt hap to die,

The world will wail thee like a makeless wife;

The world will be thy widow and still weep

That thou no form of thee hast left behind,

When every private widow well may keep

By children's eyes, her husband's shape in mind:

Look! what an unthrift in the world doth spend

Shifts but his place, for still the world enjoys it;

But beauty's waste hath in the world an end,

And kept unused the user so destroys it.

No love toward others in that bosom sits

That on himself such murd'rous shame commits.

X (Sonnet 10)

For shame! deny that thou bear'st love to any,

Who for thy self art so unprovident.

Grant, if thou wilt, thou art belov'd of many,

But that thou none lov'st is most evident:

For thou art so possess'd with murderous hate,

That 'gainst thy self thou stick'st not to conspire,

Seeking that beauteous roof to ruinate

Which to repair should be thy chief desire.

O! change thy thought, that I may change my mind:

Shall hate be fairer lodg'd than gentle love?

Be, as thy presence is, gracious and kind,

Or to thyself at least kind-hearted prove:

Make thee another self for love of me,

That beauty still may live in thine or thee.

XI (Sonnet 11)

As fast as thou shalt wane, so fast thou grow'st,

In one of thine, from that which thou departest;

And that fresh blood which youngly thou bestow'st,

Thou mayst call thine when thou from youth convertest,

Herein lives wisdom, beauty, and increase;

Without this folly, age, and cold decay:

If all were minded so, the times should cease

And threescore year would make the world away.

Let those whom nature hath not made for store,

Harsh, featureless, and rude, barrenly perish:

Look, whom she best endow'd, she gave thee more;

Which bounteous gift thou shouldst in bounty cherish:

She carv'd thee for her seal, and meant thereby,

Thou shouldst print more, not let that copy die.

XII (Sonnet 12)

When I do count the clock that tells the time,

And see the brave day sunk in hideous night;

When I behold the violet past prime,

And sable curls, all silvered o'er with white;

When lofty trees I see barren of leaves,

Which erst from heat did canopy the herd,

And summer's green all girded up in sheaves,

Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard,

Then of thy beauty do I question make,

That thou among the wastes of time must go,

Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake

And die as fast as they see others grow;

And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence

Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.

XIII (Sonnet 13)

O! that you were your self; but, love you are

No longer yours, than you your self here live:

Against this coming end you should prepare,

And your sweet semblance to some other give:

So should that beauty which you hold in lease

Find no determination; then you were

Yourself again, after yourself's decease,

When your sweet issue your sweet form should bear.

Who lets so fair a house fall to decay,

Which husbandry in honour might uphold,

Against the stormy gusts of winter's day

And barren rage of death's eternal cold?

O! none but unthrifts. Dear my love, you know,

You had a father: let your son say so.

XIV (Sonnet 14)

Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck;

And yet methinks I have astronomy,

But not to tell of good or evil luck,

Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons' quality;

Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell,

Pointing to each his thunder, rain and wind,

Or say with princes if it shall go well

By oft predict that I in heaven find:

But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive,

And constant stars in them I read such art

As 'Truth and beauty shall together thrive,

If from thyself, to store thou wouldst convert';

Or else of thee this I prognosticate:

'Thy end is truth's and beauty's doom and date.'

XV (Sonnet 15)

When I consider every thing that grows

Holds in perfection but a little moment,

That this huge stage presenteth nought but shows

Whereon the stars in secret influence comment;

When I perceive that men as plants increase,

Cheered and checked even by the self-same sky,

Vaunt in their youthful sap, at height decrease,

And wear their brave state out of memory;

Then the conceit of this inconstant stay

Sets you most rich in youth before my sight,

Where wasteful Time debateth with decay

To change your day of youth to sullied night,

And all in war with Time for love of you,

As he takes from you, I engraft you new.

XVI (Sonnet 16)

But wherefore do not you a mightier way

Make war upon this bloody tyrant, Time?

And fortify your self in your decay

With means more blessed than my barren rhyme?

Now stand you on the top of happy hours,

And many maiden gardens, yet unset,

With virtuous wish would bear you living flowers,

Much liker than your painted counterfeit:

So should the lines of life that life repair,

Which this, Time's pencil, or my pupil pen,

Neither in inward worth nor outward fair,

Can make you live your self in eyes of men.

To give away yourself, keeps yourself still,

And you must live, drawn by your own sweet skill.

XVII (Sonnet 17)

Who will believe my verse in time to come,

If it were fill'd with your most high deserts?

Though yet heaven knows it is but as a tomb

Which hides your life, and shows not half your parts.

If I could write the beauty of your eyes,

And in fresh numbers number all your graces,

The age to come would say 'This poet lies;

Such heavenly touches ne'er touch'd earthly faces.'

So should my papers, yellow'd with their age,

Be scorn'd, like old men of less truth than tongue,

And your true rights be term'd a poet's rage

And stretched metre of an antique song:

But were some child of yours alive that time,

You should live twice,--in it, and in my rhyme.

XVIII (Sonnet 18)

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate:

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

And summer's lease hath all too short a date:

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

And often is his gold complexion dimm'd,

And every fair from fair sometime declines,

By chance, or nature's changing course untrimm'd:

But thy eternal summer shall not fade,

Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,

Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade,

When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,

So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,

So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

XIX (Sonnet 19)

Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws,

And make the earth devour her own sweet brood;

Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws,

And burn the long-liv'd phoenix, in her blood;

Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleets,

And do whate'er thou wilt, swift-footed Time,

To the wide world and all her fading sweets;

But I forbid thee one most heinous crime:

O! carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow,

Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen;

Him in thy course untainted do allow

For beauty's pattern to succeeding men.

Yet, do thy worst old Time: despite thy wrong,

My love shall in my verse ever live young.

XX (Sonnet 20)

A woman's face with nature's own hand painted,

Hast thou, the master mistress of my passion;

A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted

With shifting change, as is false women's fashion:

An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling,

Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth;

A man in hue all 'hues' in his controlling,

Which steals men's eyes and women's souls amazeth.

And for a woman wert thou first created;

Till Nature, as she wrought thee, fell a-doting,

And by addition me of thee defeated,

By adding one thing to my purpose nothing.

But since she prick'd thee out for women's pleasure,

Mine be thy love and thy love's use their treasure.

Can some one translate these sonnet for me? pleaseeee ASAP?
Translate to what?
Reply:translate? maybe you mean interpret. it's far too long. try reading it all and making a summary. then, interpret.
Reply:translate them to what?
Reply:I'll translate them for you, but it'll take me all night.

What're you doing, Shakespeare in Highschool or College?

If someone doesn't get back to you, look up the sonnets here:

http://www.sparknotes.com

http://www.http://absoluteshakespeare.com/

Hope that helps, sorry I sucked so hard. :(

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THINGS FALL APART book!HELP PLEASE!?

2009-07-31T03:14:00.001-07:00

1.What is the consequence of Okonkwo's accident?

He is required to leave Umuofia for 7 years

He is required to fight Amalinze the Cat

He is required to visit the Oracle of the Hills and Caves

2.Chielo announces that _____ wantes to see Ezinma

Kotma

Ogbanje

Agbala

3.What gift is the groom's family is expected to bring when they attend the uri?

kola nuts

palm wine

snuff

4.The clan believes that 9 of Ekwefi's 10 children have died because

she is cursed by an ogbanje

Chielo has sacrificed them to the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves

she is an evil priestess

5.Members of the clan share jola nut

during childbirth

during social gatherings

during the planting season

6.Ekwefi remebers the love she had for Okonkwo when they were younger, but she did not marry him then because...

7.Describe Okonkwo as a father and husband

loving and patient

rational and slow to anger

stern and often violent.

THANKS SOOO MUCH!

THINGS FALL APART book!HELP PLEASE!?
don't they have Cliff's Notes anymore?
Reply:Do your own hw...

genealogy mormon

I need a science fair idea, and FAST!!!!!!?

2009-07-31T03:14:00.000-07:00

I am in 7th grade, and it is for a two year project. I am in GT (gifted and talented) science and it needs to be "advanced". the bad part is (they want to make it difficult) if I do something with plants or humans, I have to have 50 of them.

I need a science fair idea, and FAST!!!!!!?
blow up a rat
Reply:Interview different grocery stores in your area, and ask them what they do to keep their shopping carts clean. Do an experiment and swab a shopping cart from each grocery store you interviewed. Add this bacterial swab to a plate of nutrient agar. Let it sit and grow for about a week, observing its growth for the days that it does grow.
Reply:How are fossils formed?

flower

Can anyone identify this palm tree?

2009-07-31T03:13:00.003-07:00

My mother received it as a gift, but she just left it on her back porch and ignored it. I'd like to know what kind it is and how big it would grow if kept in the pot versus planting it. Please let me know what kind of care it needs!

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb240...

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb240...

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb240...

Can anyone identify this palm tree?
i believe that is a Sago Palm..they are Very popular here in South Texas.

Height: 6+ feet //They do spread considerably as well. They keep very circular As i have seen here. So a good 4' plant was a about 4' wide as well

Soil requirements: Quick draining sandy soil.

Sun Requirements: Full sun - strong filtered light

Other Notes:

"This is actually a cycad and not a palm at all. It is a great plant for sunny dry and compact areas. Does not require much care. Great addition to most gardens."

//These are very nice I was thinking of getting some myself from a nursery. They are evergreen and love the heat. Perfect for our hot summers. I imagine it won't grow as fast in a pot. That doesn't mean it won't try to eventually. If you have the space somewhere give it a nice sunny spot so you can really enjoy it
Reply:sago palm cut off the dead parts to keep the rest of it healthy
Reply:Hi:

I agree with the others and it looks like a Sago Palm. Sago palms are more cold hardy then other palms. It will do well in zones seven through ten in the United States. In zone seven people bring their Sago into shelter when there are cold spells.

Palms should have some sand in the soil and you can also mix it with some good light weight potting soil Add some organic mushroom compost to the soil. This is a great organic fertilizer that will last up to one year. Keep the plant moist but don't over water.

I will be doing a page in the next week on different palms on my website. I will link you to my site map as this page has everything that is on the website. Browse through this section and see if you can find anything that will help you. If you like tropical plants, I will also link you to the tropic section, as this has some plants that do well in sub - tropical and tropical locations.

Good luck to you and if you want more information on different palm trees, check out the site in the next week. I just got back from Fort Myers, Florida and got some nice shots on a variety of palm trees. If you need further help on any landscape project, please feel free to contact me. Have a great day!

Kimberly

http://www.landscape-solutions-for-you.c...

http://www.landscape-solutions-for-you.c...
Reply:KING SAGO!

I love these "palm" trees..they dont grow fast, and do well in pots. I would be careful with it in cold conditions, I grew these with ease in california--no frost! Now living in Idaho-my potted sago looks like yours! Brown leaves..ouch. They do not do well in cold climates, I dont care what the others are saying. Keep it in a pot, and move it into your garage during the winter time--expose it to as much sun as you can find--they make sago palm food for them, try it. I cut off the dead leaves and seems to do fine with new growth. They will mold if you water them too much, Ive been told you need to let the soil dry out before the next watering-once a week is good.
Reply:that is a sago palm. it actually isnt a palm tree but a cycad. tey are very easy to grow. all they need is some water and occasional plant food. one of my fav palms cold hardy to 15 degrees in the ground and 25 in a pot
Reply:Sago Palm. When they are small it is common to see them in pots but as they get some size on them move them to the ground.

If you don't live in the deep south (zones 8, 9 %26amp; 10), you may want to leave it in a pot--it will grow slower in the pot.
Reply:Yep...it's a Sago Palm. It's actually a pretty cold hardy palm that can withstand temps to as low as around 10 degrees for short periods of time. It is fairly slow growing, shouldn't outgrow that pot for some time
Reply:Sago Palm

http://www.houseofplants.co.uk/Cycasrevo...

genealogy mormon

What to get for my dad for Christmas?

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Part of my gift is a cd im burning for him of his favorite rock songs, but i want to get him something else.

He owns a landscape company and loves gardening/plants, he's kind of forgetful, likes Orchard Supply Hardware (hes a good handy-man), and likes to cook/barbecue. Any suggestions? Thanks!

What to get for my dad for Christmas?
Your dad sounds like my dad (mine also owns a lanscaping business and we call him "Mr. Fix-It"). Anywho, I think as one of my dad's gifts I am going to get him an herb garden starter kit.
Reply:Well i would get him a book of allotments or a new steel barbeque

if he needs it maybe some aftershave

i would recomend lacoste, joop! or ted baker
Reply:Get him a cool apron, a barbacue cleaner, wrench set, work shirt, etc.
Reply:Can you remember any anything from the past that your dad may have mentioned that he enjoyed? As long as what you give him comes from the heart you can't go wrong. Sometimes it's the smallest things that makes the difference.

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I have a really big problem in oblivion can anyone help?

2009-07-31T03:13:00.001-07:00

Well,

i finished all the Dark Brotherhood mission for that vampire leader.

He offered me a dark gift and i accepted.

i really need a vampire cure.

its very hard to do missions when you gotta be a sun freak.

i went to skin grad and no one would talk to me and i couldnt find the count.

i tried to go to that other dude at arcane university.

But i just remembered i had to collect these ingridients.

Because i got suspended.

But i dont know where to find theese plants.

There called dragon's tongue and redwart flowers

I have to gather 20 of each but some people say only get 20 of one ingridient, and hell take you back in/

is this true?

Please tell me how to find these strange ingridients to pay my dept to the guild and rid myself of this dreaded vampire curse.

I have a really big problem in oblivion can anyone help?
The Count of Skingrad is the only one who will tell you how to cure yourself. Break into somebodies house at night and feed on them. Then go to skingrad and talk to one of his stewards (Hal-liurz i think his name is) they should be walking around the main castle lobby area thingy. Ask for the count, know this. The quest is pretty hard to do and you'll need a few high end soul gems. Raminus Polus can only tell you that the count might know something.

EDIT: I uploaded my version of the guide into this page.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Cure_V...
Reply:Yes,if you find the ingredients they will let you back in. Unfortunately this is not an easy task. Dragons tongue can be found near Fort redwater along the black marsh boarder. You can also find them in the wilderness northeast of Leyawiin. Just look for clusters of bright yellow flowers. The highest concentration of redwort flowers is located southeast of fieldhouse cave near Leyawiin also by the black marsh boarder. Also try the Ayleid ruins of Wendelbek and Morahame both located near Niben Bay along the Panther river.

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SCIENCE?! :] please read?

2009-07-31T03:13:00.000-07:00

well im in 8th grade and in Gifted/Talented Science. I need a topic that is CHALLENGING to get an "A", and not very common. my teacher didn't like the one i presented because it has been done a lot. It can't involve plants or living things other than humans. any ideas? thanks :]

23 hours ago - 3 days left to answer.

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um and also i can't just research something. i have to experiment, and the data can't be too subjective.

oh yeah and this project determines whether my teacher is going to recomment me for GT science in high school so it has to be impressive.

SCIENCE?! :] please read?
You could try to do something involved in the environment

such as

Effects of global warming

Alternative energy sources

-Ethanol - How it works (kinda a plant thing tho)

-Nuclear - why there are no CO2 emissions

-How a hybrid car works

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about these topics and I can help with finding information if you like
Reply:Use GPS to gather location and altitude data. Solve the problems of human sensing of heart rate and respiration and get them into a small computer via bluetooth along with the GPS data. Correlate the sets of data for people of various ages walking, running, or biking in an area with various changes of altitude over varying distance.

Figure out how you would use what you have developed to record information on pulling or carrying loads by people.

Take the idea and work with machinery to measure loads and horsepower - a self propelled mower pulling a trailer on various surfaces (grass, mud, dirt, pavement) and various slopes.
Reply:ok how about what happens to people without sleep another without eating another without bathroom another without umm talking like a reallly talkative person for that :]and write down how or what they do :]
Reply:heart-rate

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I NEED A SCIENCE PROJECT IDEA!!!! read details?

2009-07-31T03:12:00.002-07:00

Why do most baptize in Father Son and Holy Ghost When it says be baptized in Jesus name Just seems obvious?

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First, because it is apostolic in origin and practice. (Acts 2:38; Acts 4:12; 14-18: Acts 19:1-6) It is agreed by Bible students that the apostles are the founders and the foundation of the Church; Jesus Christ being the chief corner stone. That is to say, their teachings and doctrines are the fundamental principles upon which the church is built. Jesus in the days of His flesh taught His disciples the plan of salvation, opening their understanding and making them to know the mysteries of the Kingdom. He said, Thus it behooved Christ to suffer and to rise, from the dead the third day; and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in HIS NAME. Thus the apostles obeyed the command of Jesus in Luke 24:46-47, where He said that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name, among all nations beginning at Jerusalem. Thus the apostles, in obedience to the command of Jesus, became the originators of baptizing in the name of Jesus Christ. Baptizing in the name of Jesus Christ is apostolic, not in origin only, but in practice, for no other mode of baptism is to be found in the New Testament. Upwards of one hundred years after Pentecost, believers were baptized only in the name Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins. All other modes and methods of baptism have arisen since and not in the days of apostles.

Second reason, Because we are exhorted to believe, to obey and follow the teachings of the apostles, Hebrews 2:1-5; Acts 2:38-43; Col. 2:3-9. Jesus told the apostles, that he rejecteth thee rejecteth me. Moreover, He prayed that we should believe in Him through their, the apostles’ words, St. John 17:20. Paul said in the second chapter of Hebrews, verses 1-5, that we should give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard lest at any time we should let them slip. The gospel that was preached by the apostles was according to the will of God, for God confirmed it with signs and wonders as if to say to us, Amen, follow as they have taught.

The saints on the day of Pentecost set us an example that we should follow in their steps. In the second chapter of Acts, verses 38-43 we read that they who gladly received his word, were baptized and they continued in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship; great fear came upon all the people and many wonders were done by the apostles. Jesus said unto Peter: "Upon this rock I will build My church and the very gates of hell shall not prevail against it"

Third reason- WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE THREE COMMISSIONS CONTRADICT EACH OTHER, Matt 28:19; Luke 24:45-48; Mark 16:15-19. We hold that there is no discrepancy in God’s word, therefore we believe that the three commissions all mean the same thing and all meet their fulfillment in Acts 2:38, where Peter said "Repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remissions of sins." All three commissions are given by the same person and all three mean the same thing. Matt 28:19 says, "Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost." Notice, He said not baptize them in the Father and Son and Holy Ghost, but in the name of the Father and of the Son and Holy Ghost. What is the name ? And again, He did not say names as if more than one (plural), but NAME of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost in Matt 28:19 and in MY NAME in Mark 16:15-18, and HIS NAME in Luke 24:47 all mean the same name JESUS CHRIST. "For neither is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved." Acts 4:12.

Fourth reason- BECAUSE TO PUT ON CHRIST WE MUST BE BAPTIZED IN HIS DEATH AND BURIAL, Romans 6:3-6; John 3:5; Acts 2:38. We are all children of God by faith in Christ Jesus, for as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Gal. 3:26-27. If the above Scripture is true, then the only way we can put on Christ is to be baptized into Him. Now the above has reference to the baptism of the Spirit which puts you into the spiritual Body of Christ, but pray, how shall we receive the baptism of the spirit? Peter beautifully answered that question on the day of Pentecost Acts 2:38, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus for the remission of sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost".

We identified ourselves with Christ in His death (Conversion), burial (Baptism -- 3 of water), resurrection (Baptism of the Holy Ghost), Hallelujah! Know ye not that so many of us were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death? Therefore we are buried by Baptism onto death. "For if we have been planted together in the likeness of His death we shall be in the likeness of His resurrection." Romans 6:3-6. The mode of sprinkling people for baptism was never the practice of the apostles and has no foundation in Holy Writ. Jesus said, "Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom." Now to be born of things you must first be conceived, and that which is conceived is covered or hidden. Then to be born of water one must be conceived of water which cannot be unless one is immersed and then born from- Amen.

Fifth reason- BECAUSE WE ARE SAVE BY BELIEVING IN AND ON HIS NAME, I John 2:12; Proverbs 18:10; Acts 4:12. "The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous runneth into it and are safe." I write unto you little children, because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake. We are saved not because of our righteousness nor praying or faith or works; these are conducive to salvation, but not because of these things we are saved, but for His Name’s sake. From time immemorial God proposed to make for Himself a mighty name. Isa. 64:12, and in our time He has made the name of Jesus high over all the earth, and the sea and sky, yea it is above every name. Today God wants us to exalt the mighty name of Jesus. Whatever we do in word or deed, do it in Jesus’ name.

Sixth reason- FATHER IS NOT A PROPER NAME, NOR SON, NOR HOLY GHOST. Father expresses a relationship, also Son; and the Holy Ghost means the Holy Spirit, but does not mean His name but his nature. Holy is an adjective, meaning more excellence, pure in heart, and Spirit is a noun but not a proper name. So that they who baptize in the formula by saying the following words: "I baptize you in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, do not baptize in any name at all. There are many fathers and sons, but what father and son’s name do they baptize in, seeing they do not designate? For this reason the Lord Jesus told the apostles not to depart out of Jerusalem, but wait for the Spirit of Truth who would lead them into all truth, and bring all things to their remembrance whatsoever He had spoken to them. When the Holy Ghost came of the day of Pentecost He brought to the minds and hearts of the apostles what the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost was; and when the people asked, what shall we do? Peter answered, "Repent and be baptized everyone of you in the NAME OF JESUS CHRIST,", The Name Jesus Christ is the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Ghost.

Why do most baptize in Father Son and Holy Ghost When it says be baptized in Jesus name Just seems obvious?
This comes from Jesus own words in Matthew 28:18-19:

Then Jesus approached and said to them, "All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit.

With love in Christ.
Reply:In Matthew 28:19 it says "baptizing them in the NAME of the father, and of the son and of the Holy Ghost" Notice how it is singular and does not say in the names but name. And what is that one name? JESUS is that name! Report It

Reply:Jesus and God(the father) and the Holy Spirit are all the same body...They are but one entity... Report It

Reply:Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? rom 6:3. so if baptized in the name of Jesus Christ then this verse makes since. Report It

Reply:make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit.

What is not being considered is Father, Son, and Holy spirit are all titles when they say the name the bible mean Jesus Report It

Reply:One God, three offices = Jesus

Is Jesus in the Godhead? Or is the Godhead in Jesus?

By Gordon Magee Report It

Reply:couldnt you have just summed all that up in a paragraph? i dont think anyone will read all that
Reply:I read the scriptures to which you referred and you are correct, in the book of Acts the apostles baptized in the name of Jesus. They didn't say "In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit". A lot of churches do baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit -- BELIEVING that the name into whom they are baptizing is JESUS CHRIST. We believe in his name, and we believe that in baptism we are buried as unto his death and raised again. We believe in the name of Jesus before we are baptized. You must remember the prisoner who was condemned to die and hung on the cross next to Jesus when he asked Christ to come into his heart. He wasn't baptized but the Lord said that he would be with him in paradise. When a person comes to Jesus and is baptized, they believe in His name, and there is no other name into which they are being baptized. I praise Jesus and I thank him for being the Lord of my life. Please don't try to discourage people to make them start doubting into whose name they are being baptized. If they believe in Jesus then it is into his name that they are being baptized.
Reply:The father son and holy ghost, father God Jesus son and the spirit of God holy ghost that's on the earth, the trinity- three sides father son and holy ghost..... you connect with one, you have connected with all three. Jesus in the father and the father in Jesus and the holy spirit within. just Jesus would be fine, either way, there's more play there then people think.
Reply:THANK YOU JESUS FOR THIS PERSON BEING BOLD ENOUGH TO TELL IT LIKE IT IS . PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO READ THE BIBLE FOR THEM SELF THEY WANT TO BELIVE ANY THING A PREACHER TELLS THEM
Reply:I am not going to read your sermon I have heard this discussed repeatedly, But being Baptized in the Father Son . And holy spirit is Biblical, I know you know where it is, But I would not say in the Name of Jesus will not work.

Getting to ceremonious about how what when and where is not necessary to Please God, it is your Faith that pleases God and with out faith you cannot please God, Abraham was Justified by faith, never heard of baptism.
Reply:Thank you for sharing this info.

Cordially,

John
Reply:Another one with a rant. Reported.
Reply:The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost are all the same God. They are 3 seperate persons in the one God Head. They are inseparable. One does not act or do without the other 2. The 1 Tri-une God is all powerful.You are right in saying that people should be baptized in Jesus name. For there is no other name

Phi 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Reply:Lot of info for nothing..

super nanny

Some Questions...for the smart people..lol?

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1]Which word is the demonstrative pronoun in the sentence below:

This is the next book in that mystery series.

2]Choose the term that describes the word "caught"

Janie caught the baseball.

a-intransitive verb

b-transitive verb

c-linking verb

d-helping verb

3]Which word is the indirect object in the following sentence:

Pat gave Terry a surprise birthday gift.

4]Which word is the predicate nominative in the following sentence:

William Shakespeare, the author of many sonnets, was also a talented playwright.

5]Which word is the predicate adjective in the sentence below:

The white dog with the fluffy fur looks quite friendly.

6]Choose the term that describes the word chicken:

This brand of dry chicken feed is on clearance.

7]Choose the term that best describes the word "outside"

The sun outside my living room window was blinding.

8]Choose the adjective phrase in the sentence below:

Most plants with petals grow well in sunlight.

Some Questions...for the smart people..lol?
OK, looks like you need a little help figuring out what they are wanting. So I will help you figure it out.

1) The demonstrative pronoun is a pronoun distinctly designating that to which it refers. So what are referring to? The book, right? So what word refers to it?

2) A linking verb and helping very are basically the same, so those are ruled out.

Intransitive verb - A verb that does not need a direct object to complete its meaning.

Transitive verb - A verb that needs a direct object to complete its meaning. Now look at the sentence. What is the verb? What is the object of the verb? So what do you have?

3) An indirect object is the word in a sentence which stands for the person or thing to or for whom something is given.

4) A predicate nominative is a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and refers to the same person or thing as the subject of the verb. William Shakespeare was what? What is the predicate nominative? The part of the sentence that tells what else Shakespeare was.

5) A predicate adjective is an adjective used in the predicate.

6) What describes the word chicken? If you are looking for the word 'chicken' what is the adjective describing it?

7)What word is describing outside?

8) An adjective phrase is a group of words including an adjective and its complements or modifiers that functions as an adjective, as "too openly critical of the administration."

Now you know how to do these so you will not fail the next test. :-)
Reply:1- This

2- Transitive verb

3- Terry

4- a playwright (Not quite sure)

5- quite friendly

6- Unsure (?)

7- blinding

8- Most plants with petal
Reply:Another naughty student who didn't do her homework?

skin disease

What do you think about this?

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i red this chapter of holy quran and affect me

now what do you think about this ? فولادوند

مکارم شيرازی

هر دو ترجمه فارسی

Qarib Shakir Pickthal Yusufali All Translations

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

what do they question each other about! (1)

عَمَّ يَتَسَاءلُونَ ﴿1﴾

about the great news (2)

عَنِ النَّبَإِ الْعَظِيمِ ﴿2﴾

whereupon they are at variance? (3)

الَّذِي هُمْ فِيهِ مُخْتَلِفُونَ ﴿3﴾

indeed, they shall know! (4)

كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ ﴿4﴾

again, indeed, they shall know! (5)

ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ ﴿5﴾

have we not made the earth as a cradle (6)

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا ﴿6﴾

and the mountains as pegs? (7)

وَالْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا ﴿7﴾

and we created you in pairs, (8)

وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا ﴿8﴾

and we made your sleep a rest, (9)

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا ﴿9﴾

and we made the night a mantle, (10)

وَجَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا ﴿10﴾

and we made the day for a livelihood. (11)

وَجَعَلْنَا النَّهَارَ مَعَاشًا ﴿11﴾

and we built above you seven strong ones, (12)

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا ﴿12﴾

and placed in them a blazing lamp (13)

وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا ﴿13﴾

and have sent down from the clouds, pouring rain (14)

وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ الْمُعْصِرَاتِ مَاء ثَجَّاجًا ﴿14﴾

that we may bring forth with it grain, plants (15)

لِنُخْرِجَ بِهِ حَبًّا وَنَبَاتًا ﴿15﴾

and luxuriant gardens. (16)

وَجَنَّاتٍ أَلْفَافًا ﴿16﴾

indeed, the day of decision is an appointed time, (17)

إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كَانَ مِيقَاتًا ﴿17﴾

the day that the horn is blown, and you shall come in crowds (18)

يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا ﴿18﴾

and heaven is opened, having gates, (19)

وَفُتِحَتِ السَّمَاء فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَابًا ﴿19﴾

and the mountains move, and vaporize. (20)

وَسُيِّرَتِ الْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا ﴿20﴾

indeed, gehenna (hell) has become an ambush, (21)

إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًا ﴿21﴾

a return for the insolent, (22)

لِلْطَّاغِينَ مَآبًا ﴿22﴾

there, they shall live for ages, (23)

لَابِثِينَ فِيهَا أَحْقَابًا ﴿23﴾

tasting neither coolness nor any drink (24)

لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا ﴿24﴾

except boiling water and pus (25)

إِلَّا حَمِيمًا وَغَسَّاقًا ﴿25﴾

for a suitable recompense. (26)

جَزَاء وِفَاقًا ﴿26﴾

indeed, they did not hope for a reckoning, (27)

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا ﴿27﴾

and they absolutely belied our verses, (28)

وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا ﴿28﴾

and everything we have numbered in a book. (29)

وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ كِتَابًا ﴿29﴾

'taste! we shall not increase you except in punishment! ' (30)

فَذُوقُوا فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا ﴿30﴾

but, for the cautious a place of prosperity, (31)

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ مَفَازًا ﴿31﴾

and gardens and vineyards, (32)

حَدَائِقَ وَأَعْنَابًا ﴿32﴾

curvaceous (virgins), of equal age (33)

وَكَوَاعِبَ أَتْرَابًا ﴿33﴾

and an overflowing cup. (34)

وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا ﴿34﴾

there, they shall neither hear idle talk, nor yet any falsehood, (35)

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا ﴿35﴾

a recompense from your lord, a gift, a reckoning, (36)

جَزَاء مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَاء حِسَابًا ﴿36﴾

the lord of the heavens and earth, and all that is between them, the merciful, of whom they are unable to speak. (37)

رَبِّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الرحْمَنِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْهُ خِطَابًا ﴿37﴾

on that day, when the spirit (gabriel) and the angels stand in ranks they shall not speak, except he to whom the merciful has given permission, and says what is right. (38)

يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الرُّوحُ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ صَفًّا لَّا يَتَكَلَّمُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ الرحْمَنُ وَقَالَ صَوَابًا ﴿38﴾

that is the day, the truth, so whosoever wills takes a way to his lord. (39)

ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمُ الْحَقُّ فَمَن شَاء اتَّخَذَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ مَآبًا ﴿39﴾

indeed, we have forewarned you of an imminent punishment, the day when the person will look upon his works and the unbelievers will say: 'would that i were dust! ' (40)

إِنَّا أَنذَرْنَاكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ الْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ الْكَافِرُ يَا لَيْتَنِي كُنتُ تُرَابًا ﴿40﴾

What do you think about this?
Personally, I would be concerned about the imminent punishment, the LORD looks upon our works and says,

'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

37"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'

40"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'

41"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'

44"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'

45"He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'

46"Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."

Mercy on all people is what the LORD requires.

nanny

Do you have favoritism in the workplace?

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this girl, who likes to be called "princessa" (ugh) thinks she's God's gift to the world, calls out sick, comes in late, and because she's the owner's niece, gets special treatment. i'd like to give her some special treatment. which do you suggest:

A. planting meth in her purse, and dropping the dime

B. purple nurple

C. donkey or falcon punch

Do you have favoritism in the workplace?
OMG! There was a girl like that at my work as well. She was the bosses niece and demanded that we call her 'Bosses Niece' so we would know where she stood. After a few weeks of painting her toenails on my lunch hour I decided something had to be done. I waited outside her house in a rental van and when she came back from dinner with her husband I sprayed them with mace and threw her in the back of the can. I drove out to a remote location wear I had dug a deep hole. I simply threw her in a covered her up. It was surprisingly easy and efficient. My new boss in name Daryl and he buys us donuts on Fridays!
Reply:Oh, oh, can we choose all of the above? Sounds like she deserves all of the above! That *****. hehehe...
Reply:Although personally I like the idea of A., I'm still not sure what a falcon punch is... so I choose C. only if you come back and tell us what happened.
Reply:As you have described me and my work ethic perfectly, I feel confident in choosing A. At least that's what I would want. Minus the dropping the dime part, of course.
Reply:I can't help but love Dr. McCain a little bit more. Don't you wish he would always tuck you into bed and read you some stories?

Shoes

Some Questions...for the smart people..lol?

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For the racist people?

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i gotta say, every question in cultures and groups is about or relating to black people. are we that famous???

anyway this is 4 them racist peoples who say things like:

we dont need them niggros in america

why cant they jus go back to their mud huts

it goes on n on...

so let me ask, if you white people dont need the africans, why did you bring them here then?

who planted your peoples food?

who broke sweat for your people to survive day-to-day?

who carried your white people around?

it goes on....

i also gotta say, africa dont got mud huts everywhere, theres normal houses, matter fact better houses and space in africa. water, electricity, cars, money is all there.

so why did the white people enslave africans?

coz africans are by far the most naturally gifted physically.

the white people had the idea for america, but who did the job?

and for them people saying africans are nothing, wheres egypt? the first civilization

For the racist people?
Preach, brotha preach!!! I agree with you completely, I thank you for clearing the whole situation by telling racist people that they shouldn't disrespect us like this b/c our freakin ancestors did alll of the work. Your a very smart person!!!

By the way. Kurt shut the heck up, I hope you marry a black person!!!!!!!!!
Reply:not again ... same old stuff, all that you say might be true but thats the way the world was back then .... a hell of a lot has changed over the 300years since except one ..... you whingers that can't move on , if you stopped this and put your energy into making a better life for your selves then it would be great.... after all the blacks have had the vote for such a long time and they have done nothing with it .... they won't even vote for one of their own (same as the females who whinge ).... so if you think I am going to say sorry for what was the norm back then ... think again... get a life and move on
Reply:I comepletly agree with you. White people were lazy and yet they call us lazy? ....... How hard was it to do their own labor honestly. They were the only race to enslave another human race. Its so weird that everyone gives praise to white people but, they have the worst background in history. That is inhuan to own another human. How could a race do that. And for the whites on this thread who are still saying that we dont need you anymore and get over it. Why dont you try reading about slavery and put yourselves in the minorities shoes. Were us minorities the one to capture you from your land tottally minding their own buisness? Were us minorities the one that enslaved? .....I dont think so. We are obviously needed in America (which is NOT your country) you guys took this land from the Native Americans too.,
Reply:White people (back then) where extremely lazy and refused to work. Africa had a very high amount of natural resources which could not be left alone by greedy people.
Reply:Check your history a little closer, your own people sold their own tribesmen into slavery. So get off the high horse and quit blaming the whites only. Blacks had a hand in this too.
Reply:People are stupid. Besides African Americans, Hispanics and Asians were also brought here to work. Thanks for posting this up. Now, I wanna hear something from those racist kids. I bet they have nothing good to say.

Note: The racist kids could be from ANY races.
Reply:mr lovalova, Big Daddy is right, your own people, the African kings of the villages, sold the useless, but physically fit Africans to the Dutch as trade bait

And, your people didn't plant anything for my people's

My family have been farming for hundreds of years, even back in Europe, so maybe it is you who spews racist comments, without the least bit of accurate knowledge, relating to the history
Reply:i cant be live that there is still racist, people, if i would get 1 wish, i would wish that people would treat each other the same
Reply:WHY do you bother? It doesn't matter what you say, it won't get throught their heads. Look at the first answer by Audrey, for example...Some people are ignorant and that, unfortunately, will NEVER change.
Reply:A-MEN TO THAT!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:The horse did more in building this country than african slaves.

And africans did not engineer the pyramids.

Afro-centric history is funnier than the Three Stooges.
Reply:2 PTS
Reply:I agree with you!
Reply:Hahaha! Your imitation of them, was priceless.

And it's no suprise that they imagine Africa to be full of mud huts and camels only--not cars. I mean they just talk and don't research, before saying something like it's a fact.
Reply:If you really want an answer on why many people hate black people .. it is because of things like:

"who planted your peoples food?"

"africa dont got mud huts ..."

"coz africans ..."

learn how to speak somewhat properly and you will be amazed on how differently people will treat you
Reply:That was deep man you should write that down.
Reply:We are all racists some of us struggle to hold it back and some are up front about it . Racism has been around since the dawn of mankind. It's the struggle to fight it within yourself that makes the difference.
Reply:...are you a poet?? you should be.
Reply:I didn't do sh*t to you Africans. I never made you plant any crops, I don't even have a yard much less a field to plant them in anyway. These are questions for people who are long gone and dead. And i'm sure YOU never picked any cotton either so WTF? I am tired of hearing about all the sh*t in the past that I had nothing to do with. How long will this card be played by blacks? Seems like forever.
Reply:"so why did the white people enslave africans?

coz africans are by far the most naturally gifted physically."

What does that even mean?

puppy teeth

Part 2 you might be a redneck if…?

2009-07-31T03:10:00.003-07:00

You have more than two brothers named Bubba or Junior.

Your father encourages you to quit school because Larry has an opening on the lube rack.

You think a Volvo is part of a woman's anatomy.

You think that the Styrofoam cooler is the greatest invention of all time.

You've been too drunk to fish.

You had to remove a toothpick for wedding pictures.

Your lifetime goal is to own a fireworks stand.

Someone asks to see your ID and you show them your belt buckle.

Your Junior/Senior Prom had a Daycare.

The directions to your house include "turn off the paved road".

Your dog and your wallet are both on chains.

You owe the taxidermist more than your annual income.

You have lost at least one tooth opening a beer bottle.

Jack Daniel's makes your list of "most admired people".

Your house doesn't have curtains, but your truck does.

You have started a petition to change the National Anthem to "Georgia on My Mind".

You call your boss "Buddy", on a regular basis.

You consider your license plate personalized because your dad made it in prison.

You have been fired from a construction job because of your appearance.

You need one more hole punched in your card to get a freebie at the House of Tattoos.

You need an estimate from your barber before you get a haircut.

After making love you ask your date to roll down the window.

The biggest fashion risk you take is which plaid you'll wear to the 4-H Fair.

You have flowers planted in a bathroom appliance in your front yard.

Someone in your family says "C*m’n here an' lookit this afore I flush it."

Your wife weighs more then your refrigerator.

You mow your lawn and find a car.

If going to the bathroom in the middle of the night involves putting on shoes a jacket and grabbing a flashlight.

Your dog can't watch you eat without gagging.

You have a Hefty bag on the passenger side window of your car.

You have a very special baseball cap, just for formal occasions.

You bought a VCR so you could tape wrestling while you are at work.

Your dad walks you to school because you are both in the same grade.

Your wife has a beer belly and you find it attractive.

You go Christmas shopping for your mom, sister, and girlfriend, and you only need to buy one gift.

You are still holding on to Confederate money because you think the South will rise again.

You consider pork and beans to be a gourmet food.

You have to go down to the creek to take a bath.

You participate in the "who can spit tobacco the farthest contest".

You roll you hair with soup cans and wash it once a year.

You consider a three piece suit to be: a pair of overalls, a plaid flannel shirt and thermal underwear.

There is a sheet hanging in your closet and a gun rack hanging in your truck.

Part 2 you might be a redneck if…?
You post "you might be a redneck" material on an Answers Website?
Reply:Nothing against rednecks, but that was funny!
Reply:10
Reply:lol
Reply:hahaha. long list but cute
Reply:funny! part 3?
Reply:heard it all before from Jeff foxworthy

Reebok

Why do we make life so difficult and hard ?

2009-07-31T03:10:00.002-07:00

To be given life is the ultimate gift. When we are first born we have the right to cry or laugh. When we grow up we have the freedom to choose the way we want to be. Humans were born with rights equal to every other living thing but because of our unlimited desire human life is often of less quality than most other animals.

A small bird wakes up early in the morning singing a song waking the other birds, merrily looking for food, spending a short time to get all the bugs and grain she needs to fill her small stomach, then spending the rest of her time playing, singing, and courting. She spends a few days to build her beautiful nest. She doesn?t work too much to get the food she needs everyday. Her life is easy. She has a lot of time to play and enjoy living together with the other birds.

Humans have small stomachs as birds do. Just to have enough to eat we too do not have to work a lot in one day. If we want to build a house, we can build one in a few weeks. We can then have a lot of free-time in our life to play and enjoy life together as well. Now days people choose to work very hard, at least 8 hours per day. They work like machines just to have some food to eat even though the food they eat is not good quality. They eat the old plants and animals that have been dead many months in a can or in frozen packages. They have to live in a crowded house like a termite. If they want their own house they have to spend at least one half of their life or maybe all of their life to work for that house. Life is busy and hectic all the time.

We can see only complications with no space for beauty and freedom. We create suffering for ourselves because we don?t know the purpose of life. We are blinded and our soul turns to darkness. We can?t see beauty. We can?t enjoy living. We have only fear growing in our minds everyday. We begin to distrust other people. We cannot be friends with others around us, even relatives or family members. Our lives are lonely, even though the world is full of people. Even though we have a lot of material goods and wealth we still feel like it?s not enough. Even thought other people give us love, we still don?t trust them. We are even disturbed by the rooster?s morning call and we?re proud to say in the middle of this confusion and suffering that this is development and we are civilized.

Why do humans choose to live their life in a difficult and complicated life like this? What do we receive from our hard work all our life? Why is the simple and peaceful way not attractive to people? Life is easy, why do we make it hard?

If we think we are the most clever animal in the world, why do we make our life full of bitterness and suffering more than any other animal? Why do we have to work harder than other animals? Why do we make our lives so boring? Why don?t we have time for our kids and family or even time for ourselves? These are the instincts of all life. In 24 hours we spend more than 10 hours struggling with what we call work or said nicely, ?making a living?. We spend on average less than 8 hours sleeping and 2.5 hours a day eating, maybe .5-1 hour bathing/dressing. This leaves 3 hours left for ourselves and our family in our day. Mostly we spend this time intoxicating ourselves with entertainment such as drinking, going to parties, shopping, watching movies or watching TV. Even on our day off we love to spend the time on entertainment. We don?t see the importance of spending time with family or ourselves because we think we don?t have time. So we are not different from machines or robots because we have lost our heart and soul.

Our kids are like our pets. We take care of them enough to feed them and keep them safe but we neglect to think about their mind and soul. Kids want to be loved and cared for and to feel close to their parents but we think it?s a burden so we push them away by sending them to pre-school. Then we appease ourselves by telling ourselves we?ve done the best by them by giving them good food and expensive schooling so we can have more time to give to working and we can tell ourselves that we work for our kids. But we don?t know if the kids want what we give them or not. We assume we have given the best to them. If the kids know how to compare, they must be jealous of other animals like ducks seeing their whole family playing and looking for food together. But to be born as a human kid is so lonely. They become orphaned even though they have parents. They spend more time with strangers than their parents.

We are losing our instincts. We are destroying the system of life which our ancestors developed and lived successfully with for many thousands of years. Now we become the only animals that work this hard. Even in the past people didn?t work as hard or long as they do now except slaves and prisoners. What made people see slavery as progress or development? What is the reason people choose to live like this? Life is easy, why do we choose to make it so hard and complicated? What makes us think life has no choice when in fact we have a lot of choice?

Why do we make life so difficult and hard ?
You chose it amd you make it that way.

jtm
Reply:Okay....you must live in a house (shack)....with no running water or electricity....outdoor plumbing (if you know what I mean)....As wonderful as it sounds....the reality is....an individual still has to live within the realm of what the outside world dictates to us....you can choose to have a meager existence....that is fine....but it doesn't stop the electric company to continue to raise their rates....or the gas companies....or medical care from stripping stealing every last cent from you if you have the misfortune to require their services....I would love the simple life....but the plain and simple truth is....it doesn't exist any longer.....other people's choices do dictate how our lives are going to be rather we like it or not....so either get on the merry go round and suck it up....or get tromped on as others are getting on.
Reply:GAH! If you want to write a book, go somewhere else!

Birds do not spend their morning "merrily looking for bugs" and being content once their stomach is full. They eat all the time, their metabolism is very high so they have to constantly eat.
Reply:I thought this was a question....not a sermon.
Reply:Who are these people you are talking about? Are they living on some tiny Island in your head?
Reply:In the voyage of life we also need our maturity and in times we face this world the difficulty and hardiness is our mentor. We drew things and picking so much as you said we born and we grow, we wanted the best but it seem be good. I do my way and you do yours and other may do their ways guest this, there are people think that i was an idiot but my way is to understand their opinion and it is good for me, that my way a difficulty and hard is a part of an argue every-time and everyday in our life in our reality.
Reply:Life is not hard, it only needs some positive thinking
Reply:The third grade was like that to me. After my fourth time it got better.
Reply:Life isn't hard. Life isn't always "fair". Life is what it is and nothing more. If you chose to make it hard then it is. If you chose to go with the flow, life is much easier.

Think positive for a change.
Reply:Your question is like asking, "what is everyone's favortie color?" Life is us and we are life (obviously you say). We hear constantly, "life is what we make of it." Also an obvious statement. The word obvious: easily seen, recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge;Therefore what is obvious in natural sight sight is blind to those whom are stuck to physical realities of pleasure. This what make life hard because life teaches if you try to depart from it. A hard life is home sickness.
Reply:First, I read your question only and not that long *** book you wrote but the answer? Because we are bored.
Reply:it seems to me you think life is ****, that you have no choice.people are doing what they like. really: even if it is very bad for him, he doesnt change the situation. why,why,why? i say : why not? u dont understant that people choose.yes, they choose to live like that.they have children, and avoid spending time with them because they dindnt think what a child really means, so they hire a stranger and so on.

life is simple if you choose to be simple.

people like a complicated life for various reasons: because the others are like that; to prove to themselves and others they can; they dont know anything else; they are afraid to try smth else etc.

i dont think life was simpler or easier in the past. it was complicated since we got where we are today.

if you want a change u have to start with yourself. what do you want?

loan

May this dr....... tell me how did you feel?

2009-07-31T03:10:00.001-07:00

May this dream come true

a rose smells so sweet

never knew untill , bought 1 for u

i gifted you a rose perfume

u told me it will end

wanted to give u a immortal rose

the journey begain

started feeling rose in your fragment

hope you start feeling me

i wish upon a shooting star

when u wakeup

may u find my wish

a flower pot in your room

me planted as immortal rose

May this dr....... tell me how did you feel?
eliteskills.com is a poetry website, you should probably join.
Reply:i luv it
Reply:~~very sweet~~
Reply:It's good
Reply:I think it sucks, but that might just be me
Reply:what the ???? is this? How did I feel? Kinda aggravated because I thought it was going to be a medical question.
Reply:i see potential. you definetely have the soul of a poet.
Reply:Sweet.
Reply:keep trying
Reply:very nice
Reply:it has potential
Reply:I thought this was supposed to be about a doctor?

Why can't you freaking people spell out words anymore?

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