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hmm. Well, how about: don't shop at Wally Mart. There are all kinds of options though.. 1. Don't just replace it, get it repaired. Even at half the cost of replacement.. even if you have to miss a couple soaps while waiting.. 2. Things overtly made in china.. don't buy. Buy stuff manufactered in Singapore, Indonesia, Mexico, anywhere but China. I had to buy a calculator for a particular class, but I just didn't have any choice. The damn thing was made in China.. I would have bought used if there was one.. with the global supply chain thingy, five minutes after you buy the $39.95 chinese VCR or DVD, they have another one planned to be rolling off the line. 3. Read the labels.. 4. Buy locally produced goods and produce if and when you can.. Things like cars, I don't think there is a whole lot of options.. so many parts.. some made in U.S., some Mexico, some Canada, some China.. you'd have to perform major surgery to de-China-ize a vehicle.. I think individuals have a little more power than they really think. Sometimes you can't save the world.. but you can kick the bully in the shins..

makes me wonder how much of the exported agriculture was irrigated with water from the Songhua River. Or a river just as polluted..

small as twi is these days.. I don't think it would be quite a coup, mabye more like a mugging in Central Park..

Two year old news, but things are pretty much the same today.. The Real cost of cheap goods..

I dunno how much this will really fix anything.. it gives them the public appearance that they are doing SOMETHING.. but. Maybe not in every circumstance, but I feel like a Chinese "government official" is just a back up plan.. they have a scapegoat in place to take the blame when something goes really wrong.. Same thing happened with the big benzene spill a couple of years ago. Some "official" fell on the sword for it. The government has a cheaper solution than building some kind of infrastructure to deal with toxic releases, and driving business away with harsher standards. Just lop off some poor lackey's head and claim that the government itself was not responsible.

No joke. I wouldn't seek counsel from ex-way's either. The "counsellors" are generally using the same bag of tricks.

I wouldn't advocate merely letting someone beat another either. But exiting USUALLY solves that problem. Especially if you have the luxury to see the situation escalating to that point. I know, some people can snap on a moment's notice.. that's gotta be tough.

No, no snakes.. but he was short. I think he thought he was Napoleon..

It was in WV.

I dunno. I kinda thought a marriage was supposed to be a marriage, or a relationship a relationship. Not a daily session of momentus..

But there is a very real threat to our galaxy.. andromeda galaxy is coming to swallow it up whole. In about six billion years.. :)

Happy Birthday! Old Fart?? Just remember to reply: "Old, yes. Fart, no." :)

They let me in for whatever reason for about the last two or three months or so of the program. Why, I haven't quite been able to ascertain. We didn't exactly do a whole heck of a lot. Maybe they needed a "specimen" to study.. who knows. I remember one participant "flipping out" and herr limb leader trying to cast out "devils" from the person. I also remember being "checked out" by these guys. It was a more of a large vey home setting. I noticed very thin scotch tape and very fine string being used on the edge of the doors to detect whether someone opened certain participants doors, if said door were to be opened, and tape broken. The jokester that I am, I thought about just re-arranging their room, and carefully replacing the thread or tape.. no, I was nice. Figured they must have had it there for a reason. maybe they were trying to figure out who was breaking into their stash..

I know.. some people fight like cats and dogs just to have the thrill of making up again.. just have mercy on the neighbors, the kids, the police, the pets.. most people don't want to hear this kind of thing.. go rent a Maxwell Smart cone of silence or something..

No, I don't put it ALL on the man. The vast majority of men and women have little problem controlling their tongues and actions. I'm plugging the loophole from the man's perspective. Worst case scenario. I still believe that the one with the greater power still bears more responsibility. I can't think of one reason to return insult for insult, scream for scream. Blow for blow..

I could thnk of a few.. he could open a hotmail accout. If all he gets are poison pen letters, he could simply dispose of it. the_driver@hotsmail.com meshugina123@hotsnail.com mogster_nr_2@yarhoo.com

No email address? :)

"The context is being subservient to their husbands" true.. I think it was evolution of thought. I think what Paul asserted was very revolutionary for the time he lived. "wanna be the head? wanna run the show? You'd better do it like Christ loved the church.." I think I know how he felt, dealing with the Neanderthals of his day.

I have a few bad feelings about China.. with a market addicted to cheap goods.. just doesn't look good to me.

All righty! Maybe we can go kick Yellow Pinkie's rear end.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco_Mole

Plus, if somebody does an internet search with my name, I'd rather them find the sites where I'm involved in ham radio. Some of us have good reasons not to post with our real names, other than paranoia.

I've given my ham radio callsign here on more than one ocassion. Even told people where they could look it up.. I am in the FCC database. If people don't know what my name really is.. they don't know how to type a dozen or so characters in on a keyboard, I don't know what to say.. So I'm not exactly anonymous either.. http://www.qrz.com hit the tab key three times kb8pgw hit enter.. don't even have to fish around with a mouse.. OH.. you can send me a christmas card if you want.. :) Just as a general practice, I don't post my name here. I'm not afraid anybody will know who I am or anything.

I was kinda a weird kid.. I think maybe they put me in there to practice discerning spirits or something..

Like I said.. put it under "fix LOTSA things.." :) limited to ten options here.. so many things they should fix.. apologies (sincere), grovelling before those they slandered, fund different therapeutic treatments for the poor women they turned into stepford women.. take care of the poor staffers who slaved for them night and day, give them a really really nice financial package and health benefits.. fire anybody who was raised with or under loy, who wreaked havoc anyway... give proper credit to the sources of materials they lifted.. open the grounds, turn it into an amusement park.. or find some way to give it back to the family.. the list could be almost endless.. so be nice to the Squirrel. Just vote on "fix LOTSA things"

West Virginia.