Occupational Safety and Health Administration Logs

Is the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration trying to block voters from having any say in this issue? "Senate votes to block funds for Mexican trucks; FMCSA says it will continue to work with Congress -- The Senate Tuesday voted to ban Mexican trucks from American roadways, but the FMCSA says it will continue to work with Congress “through the conference process” get the project funded." The following is a big fat lie. There will be no new opportunities for American truckers after Mexican truckers take over except to look for new jobs on their own. Melissa Delaney, director of communications for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, said, “What we are doing is continuing to work with Congress through the conference process as we believe strongly in the demonstration project's benefits, including safe highways, consumer savings and new opportunities for American truckers.” My own senators are wrong too. Quote. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who drafted a Republican alternative to Dorgan's amendment, said the attempt to block the trucks appeared to be about limiting competiti http://www.thetrucker.com/News/Stories/2007/9/12/SenatevotestoblockfundsforMexicantrucksFMCSAsaysitwillcontinuetoworkwithCongress.aspx Opps! That last part didn't make it on. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who drafted a Republican alternative to Dorgan's amendment, said the attempt to block the trucks appeared to be about limiting competition and may amount to discrimination against Mexico. I appreciate the explanation.

Has anyone in law enforcement been trained in the art of hikuta? Does in work in a law enforcement situtation Ive just been to the hikuta website and have lifted this quote off the page. www.hikuta.com www.hikuta.net "The law enforcement personnel that I have trained includes: Los Angeles County Sheriffs- Lennox Station, U.S. Department of Commerce- NOAA Office of Law Enforcement-Long Beach, San Clemente Marine Safety Officers, and numberous individual law enforcement Officers." Do law enforcement officers study hikuta, are you one of them, is it effective, have you used it, does it work, or is this just the sort of crap marketing ploy to get people in the law biz buying there product. Have any law enforcement officer trained in hikuta, and how long did it take to become efficent at it?

I need some help with quotes? Alright for a project I need about 2-3 quotes from each but due to the fact I don't have time to read all these books again I'm looking for help. I need quotes from the movie pay it forward that shows Trevor's mom being motivated by people around her to stop drinking the book Alias Grace by Margret Atwood that shows Grace using her mind to get out of jail/being hurt The movie Lord of the rings the two Towers where Eowyn goes to war to protect her family The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins where it mentions Katniss using her skills with the bow and strategical to survive the book Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer that shows Bella motivated by her family's safety to figure out her powers and finally The Crucible by Arthur Miller where Abigail uses her mind to manipulate the people around her so she could escape the ridicule and possibly death she would face if they knew about her being a Adulterer I'm sorry this is so much I just don't have the time to re read all these books on top of everything else and if you guys could when you put down the quote can you out it sorta like this: Title of work your quoting: "quote" page number and chapter. or website Thank you so so much

Number of safety stewards required at a Premier League match? Have looked on FIFA and cant find anything need an actual official quote...Also how much do they get paid an hour and how long do they usually work?

If your working in a safety-critical computerization project, does the obligatory office powerpath seem like . this quote "...and I looked, and behold a pale horse and he who sat upon it was named Death, and Hell followed with him." The changes the office powerpath is merrily making are incorrect and are likely to kill people, but he doesn't care.

Gun-free zones fail; concealed carry laws work? Gun-free zones fail; concealed carry laws work F. PAUL VALONE If your state lawmakers killed legislation to protect students from slaughter, would you celebrate by saying, "I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly's actions because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus"? This 2006 hubris was courtesy of Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker. The legislation killed was House Bill 1572, which could have enabled concealed handgun permit-holders to protect themselves on college campuses; and harsh reality trumped Hincker's "feeling" of safety when Cho Seung-Hui murdered 32 at Virginia Tech. When gun control advocates peddle their oft-failed schemes as solutions, they avoid mentioning details of three other school shootings where armed intervention saved lives: • In Pearl, Miss., assistant principal Joel Myrick stopped triple murderer Luke Woodham using a handgun from his car. • In Edinboro, Pa., the 14-year-old who killed a teacher at an off-campus dance was captured by shotgun-wielding James Strand. • At Virginia's Appalachian School of Law, student Tracy Bridges used his pistol to detain murderer Peter Odighizuwa. Beyond anecdotes, researchers John Lott and William Landes, then at Yale and the University of Chicago, respectively, studied multiple victim public shootings. Data from 1976 to 1995 showed the number of shootings in states with concealed handgun laws declined by 84 percent, deaths plummeted by 90 percent and injuries by 82.5 percent. The two called their findings "dramatic," concluding: "[T]he only policy factor to have a consistently significant influence on multiple victim public shootings is the passage of concealed handgun laws." Criminals don't obey laws Like North Carolina, Virginia prohibits guns on campuses. But policies purporting to create "gun-free" zones actually increase victimization, found the researchers: "States with the fewest gun free zones have the greatest reductions [in] killings, injuries, and attacks."Indeed, of eight major school rampages tracked by The New York Times, six occurred after enactment of the federal "Gun Free School Zones Act" in 1996. Said Lott, "Gun prohibitionists concede that banning guns around schools has not quite worked as intended -- but their response has been to call for more regulation of guns. Yet what might appear to be the most obvious policy may actually cost lives. When gun-control laws are passed, it is law-abiding citizens, not would-be criminals, who adhere to them." Concealed carry in schools, while novel, is not untested: Utah has permitted it since 1995. If you Google "Utah school shootings," you will find exactly none. Last week, the Tennessee state house voted to join them. Lest you picture drunken freshman shooting into the air at football games, understand that FBI background checks ensure permit-holders are age 21 and free of felonies, violent misdemeanors and demonstrated substance abuse. After 12 years under North Carolina's concealed handgun law, permit-holders have proven themselves sane, sober and law-abiding. Revocations run less than one tenth of one percent, most for reasons unrelated to guns. Protect yourself Moreover, the concept has support among academics: After the recent murders, Virginia Tech graduate research assistant Brad Wiles quoted his unsuccessful appeal to the school's president last August: "The policy that forbids students who are legally licensed to carry in Virginia needs to be changed. I am qualified and capable of carrying a concealed handgun and urge you to work with me to allow my most basic right of self-defense, and eliminate entrusting my safety and the safety of my classmates to the government." Policy-makers will debate Virginia Tech's delayed emergency response and its failure to address Cho's clearly disturbed behavior; they will debate campus security. But if 32 murders say anything, it's that police have neither the ability nor -- as the Supreme Court has twice ruled -- the responsibility to protect you. Seventy-six-year-old Professor Liviu Librescu, a Holocaust survivor, used his body to shield escaping Virginia students. Doubtless, the politicians who killed HB 1572 console themselves that their malfeasance didn't quite cause his murder. But maybe N.C. lawmakers will display uncharacteristic courage by passing legislation allowing concealed handgun permit-holders to deter or stop campus rampages. Heroes such as Liviu Librescu deserve something better than their bodies to stop bullets. F. Paul Valone

Why bother doing accurate work when with little effort you can arrange that it looks like? your section is working well, and with little effort you can forge test results. " the common man accepts external appearances and judges by the outcome" (Machiavelli quote, I believe) I'm not advising it, I'm just saying it must happen, unless you select perfect people. Nor would this normally matter, but it might suddenly matter if the section is supposed to do accurate work. So, in a section producing safety-critical software, say for rockets, it mightn't work at all if new-fangled management techniques led to less emphasis on recruiting quality staff. You'd need good people to set up the right organization structures, so that the organization structure couldn't be dismantled, and so that the organization could work reliably even if some of the components (people) are unreliable. To Ranger: Thanks. terrific insight.

How long after brakes start squealing do you have to get them replaced? Here's my dilemma, my brakes just started squealing last week on Tuesday (only the front driver side brake is squealing). I got several quotes from shops and all range from $700-$800 bucks (I need a full brake job). Money I don't have because I have not been able to find employment up until yesterday (June 7). I start working on the 12th, and this job requires driving and is out a distance from my home (3 miles). I have been taking it easy by driving only when I have to and on surface streets and not speeding. What I want to know is with light driving will my brake hold out until I get that almighty first pay check? Also, my owners manual says the noise is a safety feature to let me know to replace the pads soon, but what's that time frame?

Have the Dems ever heard these quotes? Or would they even recognize or respect the sources? I fear not. "The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." - Thomas Jefferson "I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious." - Thomas Jefferson "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." - Benjamin Franklin "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin "If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams Just a few of many. And my personal favorite, which the Dem party should know well. . . "When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." - Benjamin Franklin Oh, Benjamin, Thomas, Samuel, where are you now when your country needs you?! Stephen K, I agree, but I never said I supported the GOP, did I? Libertarian here, but I'm considering voting GOP for the slim hope that it will slow the slide. Sad, but true. I hate to sacrifice my convictions, but Obama can inspire people to do crazy things, as we all have already witnessed. Kate, I think you fail to understand the meaning of the quotes. I guess that makes you a "reconstructionist." Contact Obama, he'll likely have a Supreme Court seat waiting for you if you're up for it.

Use of private security as a marker for class status? The quote “‘security has less to do with personal safety than with the degree of personal insulation, in residential, work, consumption and travel environments, from ‘unsavory’ groups and individuals crowds” I guess means that access to privatized security services is one of the most significant markers of class status. My question is what are some real-life examples of the use of private security as a sign of class status, rather than personal safety? Thanks in advance.

Are we making ourselves fragile as a thin glass vase? Studies recently have shown that as a result of our society’s fantasy with cleanliness children are growing up with weak immune systems. This is because their parents have been keeping the environment so sterile that when they do come in contact with disease they have no way to fight it. Keeping this in mind is our safety culture making us weak? What I mean is this, in the past there were no weight restrictions on lifting things (unlike now where at work you are no allowed to lift anymore than 20 kg), there were no air bag systems or ABS in cars, There was no very effective anti-bacterial chemicals, etc. So is our health and safety culture making us as a race (the western world) weaker and more fragile or is it helping us to grow stronger? And what (if anything) should be done about it? PLEASE do not quote injury statistics to back up your argument. That is not the point of the question. Serious answers only and please explain your answers. I thank you in advance.

Federal and state laws regarding safety in a business? Hello, Let me start with a simple explanation of what this question is about. At the place I work, I do not want to give its name or take this to a extreme level, My Co-Workers and I have been having issues. (I know a working life always has issues, but hear me out). Not with each other but with the way things run around there. I will admit a lot is just stuff we can complain about but can not really do anything and most of the time, as much as I do not like it, I would have to agree on them with a lot of stuff (That stuff I do not even bring to there attention because I know it's a waste of both our time). But recently there has been issue that I believe I had to stand my own ground (I don't know how else to say it). I refused to do a task given to me by my higher ups, because it has high increase of risk in safety. Not to me but to others, and I have quite a few Co-Workers in the same department as me saying the exact same thing. My superior then got others from a different department to do the task. Me and others have been writing up for not obeying. Please, I do not know what you might think when you read it so I am leaving a note. I'm trying my best to make it sound not a huge big problem and a really bad business. The task most of you would think is stupid and not a big deal if you knew what it was (but it can be a really really really big deal with a simple mistake creating Huge injury) most people wouldn't notice it unless it was there job. Sorry for the wait. My main question is. "If you ran a corporation and a lot of workers below you (way below you) say something is unsafe. can you legally ignore them completely and do it anyway? If there is a law agents this I would be rather grateful to know. Please quote the law and how I would find it. I am not trying to hurt anyone's reputation or current occupation. my main reason of knowing this is so I can have a reason for them site down and listen about a simple issue whether they believe it is a big deal or believe its not even a problem. Unless they do it all the time like us they might not understand something and just really needs to be talked about. And I am trying my best not to give anything away thing that would lead to what this business is. so don't ask. (not trying to make it sound corrupt and bad. I just don't really wish to discus whats going on there unless this safety issue require a step up)

quotes from the greatest men in our country were they liberal or conservative? Ben Franklin said " Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on whats for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote." " They who give up essentail liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety." " the Constitution only gives people the right to PURSUE happiness, You have to catch it yourself." what about Abe Lincoln " You can not help men permanenty by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves" Thomas Jefferson " Most bad government grows out of too much government" "When the people fear the government there is tyranny: when the government fears the people there is liberty" " the strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in the government" James Madison " American have the right and ADVANTAGE of bearing arms- unlike other countries whose government are afraid to trust the people with arms." Thomas Jefferson again " A wise and frugal government which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvements and shall not take from the mouth of labor and bread it has earned- This is the sum of good government" " The tree of liberty Must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrannts" and one last one to think about " The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those willing to work and give to those who would not." we have not had a conservative government, President,or Congress,or House in over 50 years and just look where this country is headed. and PS bush was no more conservative then clinton, Reagan was as close to middle ground as we have had. And Reagan brought us one of the biggest economic time is histroy and he was middle ground? just think what a true conservative could bring. Im sick of 50 + years of liberalism I hope you are too.

Does your work place take care of its employees if they are hurt on the job? Evidently San Fransisco doesn't feel it should cover medical expenses for workers hurt by animals at the zoo. Following is a quote from the website. http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20071226/D8TP94GO1.html "On Dec. 22, 2006, Tatiana reached through the bars of her cage and grabbed a keeper, biting and mauling one of the woman's arms and causing deep lacerations. The zoo's Lion House was temporarily closed during an investigation. California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health blamed the zoo for the assault and imposed a $18,000 penalty. A medical claim filed against the city by the keeper was denied." The city paid a fine for the incident but the worker was not compensated for her medical bills! This same tigress recently killed one man and mauled two others. That should prove she was aggressive. But the city refused to pay the workers medical bills. I hope the place you work is more compassionate!

does anyone have any quotes or sayings about life, growing up, or anything that really moves them? something like this... it's pretty long but puts me in awe. "Maybe I'm wrong in the way I think about love, and being with someone. Maybe I'm messed up to think that the best part of being with someone isn't "hanging out," or physically being there for them. Don't get me wrong, it's a very important and necessary part of a relationship- and if you don't have it, then it can't work. But it's just not, and never has been the best part for me. I just love the silent things. The things you can't touch or see. It's the things you feel. It's not worth not being with someone if you want it. Distance doesn't matter to me. Not one bit. I could care less. Because I've learned a little more about trust. I've grown up a little. And I believe if you find that one person you cannot live without -- Well, I don't know a lot about love, but I know enough to know that if you're lucky enough to find that - If you are blessed enough to come across that one person, don't let them go. Because love, for the most part, is the feelings that you get in return. I don't think love is what you GIVE - but the part you get back. Everyone always says "love" is a feeling. But as nice as it sounds to say that when you give something, you feel it. I think it's wrong. You can care about someone, and would do anything for them. But without them returning that feeling, then you won't feel a thing. And that's what love is to me. Knowing that someone who heartedly cares, and unconditionally wants you there for them, and the other way around. Love is the way they smell when you hug them, and the way when they laugh, just watching them slows down in your mind. Love is when you're talking to someone, and you notice the small things about them - every little detail. Freckles on their collarbone, the blue flecks in the middles of their eyes, the way their hair falls around their face, they way their eyes look when they're sad, ... just all of it. It's finding someone who needs you, wants you, and can't sleep without knowing you're alright. It's the kind of thing that sees why you should be with someone. Why you're with someone not because of the love you THINK you have, but because of the love you know for sure is (and has always been) between you. You're not friends because of the laughs you spend, but because of the tears you SAVE. Love to me is not wanting to be near that one person because of the thoughts you share, but wanting to be near them for the words you never ever have to speak. And I know that you aren't in love to miss someone because of what you DO - but because of what you are TOGETHER. Love doesn't let go, it endures. It doesn't let go because nothing else completely and fully exists outside of it. It's a sense of safety that keeps hundreds of thousands of people going every single day. It's the only way we know for sure things are going to be okay. And I don't know about anyone else in this world, but it's the one thing that makes me WANT to wake up everyday. Because I love. And not just PEOPLE. But I love everything that I'm blessed enough to have. Love holds on because it's all we have. Love is the only way we know for sure that angels DO exist, that hearts DO skip, and that butterflies in your stomach isn't just something cute five-year-old girls say when the little boy who sits beside her lets her use the bright purple crayon. So why would you ever risk letting that person go who makes you feel that? Because of distance? Because of time? Because to risk that - you would be risking letting that angel, that piece to your puzzle, that light, and sense of all things good - you would be letting that go. Letting it slip away. You would be losing that. And to me that's everything. It's the closest thing any of us has to magic. But most of all, it's the only chance any of us in this entire world have to FEEL something. To feel real."

Anybody work with a real jerk? Always moaning, quoting rights on anything from wages to health and safety, and generally causing friction among other members of staff. This person is female, and a real pain in the arse to put it bluntly. As i cant say thanks for listening, thanks for reading. Needed to get that off my chest.............

What are your thoughts on these two quotes from Lincoln? Did his prophecy come true today? "I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of war. God grant that my suspicions may prove groundless." FYI: I know this is about the tenth time I posted this quote lol but it is one of my favorites so one more time

1998 volvo needs wheel bearing, suspension, tie rod, it costs a lot to repair; should I let it go? I would like an idea of whether or not it is worth keeping this car going, or get a newer one? It apparently also needs engine mounts(?), and calipers for the brakes. The repair bill was quoted at $2300!! Seems way too much. Engine and transmission seem great; it runs really well. What repair work listed would be the most critical in terms of safety?

can some one tell me what this means? hi i'm only in the elementary school and i have a project due tommorow and i need to summarize this can some one tell me what this means and how it efects th world! i know i'm a slacker but if you tell me i'll vote you BEST ANSWERER! please help me!!!! The death toll from a landslide of iron ore waste from an illegal mining operation that has killed at least 128 people in northern China could climb by several hundred more, state media said Thursday. The people were buried when a three-story wave of mud and the mining waste inundated a valley in Xiangfen, a county in Linfen city of Shanxi province on Monday. State media put the official death toll at 128 people with 35 more injured. Witnesses said the landslide buried an entire village of 1,000 people, the China Daily newspaper reported Thursday. "There's almost no hope of their survival ... they have been buried for three days under two meters (yards) of slush," it quoted Wang Jun, head of the State Administration of Work Safety, as saying. Wang said there could be several hundred people buried under the sludge, the paper also said. But Huang Yi, a spokesman of the administration, told The Associated Press that Wang had not commented on the possible number of people buried. The landslide from a huge reservoir of iron ore waste, which had been illegally maintained and turned to sludge by heavy rain, occurred just as business at a busy outdoor market was getting under way with morning shoppers haggling at roadside stalls for food and daily necessities, the Shanghai Morning Post said. When the dam broke, a wave of gray sludge flooded the valley washing out homes, cars and a building where more than 100 people from a local mining company were holding a weekly meeting, the paper said. A relative of one of the company's employees told the Shanghai paper that only three of those at the meeting were believed to have survived. More than 2,000 police, firefighters and villagers were mobilized in the search, but conditions were difficult, a woman surnamed Dong who heads the propaganda department of Xiangfen county told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Wednesday.

What was Abraham Lincoln referring to when he quoted? "I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands, and the Republic is destroyed." Some people say he talking about the NWO and Fedoral reverse or banker what you call them.

Quotes from past Republican Presidents and founding fathers who fought Corporate special interest. Your thou_? Your Thoughts? Teddy Roosevelt: "Just as the special interest of cotton and slavery had threaten the nations integrity before the civil war, so now the great special business interest who often control and corrupt the men and methods of government for their own profit." "The Constitution does not give the right of suffrage to any corporation. The citizens of the United States must effectively control the mighty Commercial forces which they have called into being."...... "Laws should be passed to prohibit the use of corporate funds directly or indirectly for political purposes. Corporate expenditures for political purposes have supplied one of the principle sources of corruptions in our political affairs." Abraham Lincoln: "I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of war. God grant that my suspicions may prove groundless." Eisenhower's warning on the industrial military complex http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y06NSBBRtY Thomas Jefferson: "I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country." @Jim: Well Clinton was wrong and Tyson food is actually one of the most corrupt corporations in this country in that they even lobbied for laws in Texas, successfully, that takes away freedom of speech. You can now get sued for talking bad about their company. FYI: Did you think I would disagree with you???

Quotes from past Republican Presidents and founding fathers who fought against Corporate special interest.? Your thoughts? Thomas Jefferson: "I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country." Abraham Lincoln: "I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of war. God grant that my suspicions may prove groundless." Teddy Roosevelt: "Just as the special interest of cotton and slavery had threaten the nations integrity before the civil war, so now the great special business interest who often control and corrupt the men and methods of government for their own profit." "The Constitution does not give the right of suffrage to any corporation. The citizens of the United States must effectively control the mighty Commercial forces which they have called into being."...... "Laws should be passed to prohibit the use of corporate funds directly or indirectly for political purposes. Corporate expenditures for political purposes have supplied one of the principle sources of corruptions in our political affairs." Dwight D. Eisenhower: Exit speech, warning on the industrial military complex http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y06NSBBR… What happened to the Republican Party? When did they stop fighting for the people?

Why do Democrat Tactics Work? BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Ron in Houston, thanks for calling. You're next on the EIB Network, sir. Hello. CALLER: Mega dittos, mighty one. The reason I called, this has been a frustration for about the last three months right now. How long is everybody going to forget how many times the Democrats have tried to give away everything this country's done? I'm to the point now, I'll put up the money to basically put most of the Democratic Party on Ritalin because they're becoming an out-of-control reality program. In fact, they may be the basis for the original reality programs out there. Can you explain to me how they keep getting away with the junk they're putting out there and they do it over and over and over again. I watched it during Reagan, and when the huge threat of the Soviet Union was out there. The Soviet Union was kind of a rusty bucket ready to fall over, but until the day it happened, Reagan was looked at as a fool. I'm not particularly a big fan of George Bush, but George Bush can get the job done. Let him be president. I'm sorry. I want to just scream right now. RUSH: Wait. If I understood everything you're saying, and your call is a little distorted, you're wondering how in the world people keep falling for the same Democrat trick? CALLER: It's the same thing over and over and over again. I'm an ex-Navy officer. I spent a lot of time out on US aircraft carriers. I spent a lot of time watching situations and I'm sitting there watching what's going on and I'm watching what the media is spitting back out in the States, and there's no correlation. RUSH: Well, I explained this. Look, there's so many factors in this answer. In the first place, public education system. Young skulls full of mush have grown up not learning about history. They've grown up being told that Bill Clinton was a great president, and that Abe Lincoln is worth one paragraph. They've, in many cases, grown up and been told that the white settlers of this country, the original settlers were racists, sexists, bigots, homophobes. They've been inculcated with conflict resolution that tells them that we're the problem and we have to cave and give up. We also have a bunch of people here in a nation of prosperity and vast affluence who don't have to pay attention to these uncomfortable thing if they don't want to. They don't have to, quote, "sacrifice," as such when the Democrats and the media in concert convince them there's no problem. It's something they'd like to hear, and so they believe it. BREAK TRANSCRIPT I just had a conversation with our official call screener today, Bo Snerdley, in his office. He says people on the phones are fit to be tied, particularly at Nancy Pelosi. They're throwing the word "traitor" around all over the place. It leads me to try to explain in a little bit more depth an answer to a question we got from a caller near the end of the last hour. He was beside himself, this former Navy man, and his perception is the American people buy everything the Democrats say, and he doesn't understand it. After they said Reagan was the biggest problem facing the free world, Reagan dispatched the Soviet Union. His point was that there are so many instances where you can look, historically, and find that liberal Democrats are wrong in what they claim, not just in foreign policy, but their whole social safety net program has been a disaster, and why people don't see this, and it's very frustrating thing to him. He wanted to know why I thought that was the case, and I had a minute and a half to give an answer. For a minute and a half, it was a brilliant answer. A better answer than anybody else could utter in a minute and a half. That's because I'm a highly trained broadcast specialist who understands the nature of brevity as the soul of wit. But let me expand on this, because it is a frustrating thing, and I feel it sometimes, too, even in the midst of my optimism. Remember, I have said that during all of this the Democrats are sowing their seeds for a massive landslide defeat. There is history for that, too. There is plenty of history that the American people don't buy what the Democrats sell. The reason so many of you think that most Americans are is because of the Drive-By Media. Now, the Drive-By Media no longer has its monopoly but it's still very powerful and it's a one-note samba. It is pro-Democrat. It is pro-liberal. It is anti-Bush. It is anti-Republican, and it is relentless, and I want to remind you of something else. Everybody knows that the three nightly newscasts on the major three networks are not as large, singularly, as they used to be in terms of audience. Combined, they still reach about 30 million people a night, whereas Cronkite used to do that all by himself. There is a new media, and there's an alternative, and it's growing. It's burgeoning, and it's creating problems for the liberal Democrats, although those problems are not often recounted in their house organs, such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Drive-By television networks, the cable networks. So you're looking for validation that they are weakening, and you don't see it because what you watch on television, 90%, portrays the Democrats as omnipotent and powerful, all over the place, gaining strength, the American people love and support them, and that impression has to be considered somewhat valid, what with the election results of last November. At the same time, I don't think it's as pervasive as it used to be. But let's talk about the people that watch the nightly newscasts for one second. Many of you in this audience are multitaskers and you access a whole lot of different sources of media. You listen to this program, and you go on the Internet. You watch some cable news. You're all over the place. You read various different things. You would be surprised at the number of Americans whose only source of news is the nightly newscasts. Now, they're primarily elderly, upper middle-age and beyond. You can see that by looking at the commercials -- and I don't mean this to sound funny, even though it is. But you're watching a newscast and the commercials are burial plots here and Preparation H over there and heart medicine here and Lipitor over there. When basically 80% of the commercials are medicines to sustain your life for another five years, you know who the audience is, and that's habitual. They have not transformed into the new media. They are out there. These are people, too, that have landline telephones. These are people that have not moved into cell phones and the Internet, and guess who it is that pollsters call? Pollsters have a tough time getting hold of people with cell phones, and they're having a tougher and tougher time getting hold of people that use landline phones. But this crowd that we're talking about does; they still do. This generational shift has not been completed yet, and the people that produce these nightly newscasts are well aware of this, and they're always making efforts here to try to lower their demographics. But they've got a problem, because their newscasts happen at the end of the day when a lot of people already know what they're going to see when they turn on the nightly news. But those who watch it -- and there's 30 million of them every night, averaged, if you combine all three -- it's their first taste of the day, and they believe it. It's hook, line, and sinker. It's the Bible to them, and that's it. So there's a large chunk of it, and then you have, sadly, ladies and gentlemen, a lot of people who are just sponges, and they access the Drive-By Media, and they just believe it. It carries with it this note of authority. You know from your own experience growing up: If you read it in the paper, it was true. It's just like law enforcement never, ever falsely charges people. Law enforcement never screws up. If they say somebody did it, you think they did it. That's just human nature. I'm not even talking politics here. There's certain institutions in this country that have always enjoyed a tremendous amount of credibility and respect and very few people have ever questioned it, and the Drive-By Media is one of those. That's really the root of the question. How in the world can people continue to believe this stuff, not just the media, but how can they believe the Democrats when time and time again everything the Democrats say turns out to be not true? Here's a Navy man calling. "How can it be that people are not outraged over Pelosi? How can it be that they're not outraged over the fact that the Democrats are trying to secure the defeat and un-fund, de-fund the United States Military?" Why are there not massive protests in the street of anger and outrage over this? Well, there are answers to this, and they're traditional. Most of the people that would do those kind of protests don't ever protest. The protesters are the malcontent leftists who make it their job. They go out and they secure rent-a-mobs and they try to create chaos and tumult and this is what the media is doing, and the Democrats, they don't want you happy. They don't want you content, not with a Republican in the White House, and certainly not with a Republican they think is illegitimate, and certainly not when the Republicans run the House and Senate or ran the House and Senate. They don't want you happy. And then you've gotta factor in human nature. Sad to say, it's much easier to be a pessimist than it is to be an optimist. It's much easier to be doom and gloom. It's much easier to think the worst is going to happen than to believe the best will happen, and most people's experiences in their lives are that excrement happens, and good things are rare and they're unique, and that's why they're rare and unique, because they don't happen that much. So you factor all of these things together. You know, why is it is that Nancy Pelosi is not the equivalent of Jane Fonda, for crying out loud? She's trying to undermine her own country for her own self-interests and the interests of her party. I know it's frustrating to watch this stuff and think that most of your fellow citizens are just a bunch of blithering idiot sponges soaking it all up. I don't think it's as bad as you think, but it is a problem. There are a lot of people who are not thinkers. There are a lot of people who are not curious. There are a lot of people who want to be mired in misery or doom and gloom. It's a natural mind-set, and it's fed to them each and every day. But, as I say, if you go back and look at the number of things, historically, the Democrats don't win every election, and everything that you think is going to happen doesn't in regards to their prominence and victory. I'm telling you, I know some of you just think I'm whistling Dixie here, but far more people in this country than you might believe or you might be aware of, are watching what's happening and are just as outraged as you are, and when it comes time for them to express themselves, they will do so, and the Democrats are cruising for a major humiliation again. I don't know how soon. It may not be 2008, it may be 2010 or 2012. I'm talking about electorally, but it is going to happen. They're reconstructing the exact circumstances they created post-Vietnam going into Watergate and that they think led them to the Promised Land. Of course they lost in a 49-state landslide with George McGovern as their nominee. Guess who Democrats are talking to about advising them for their future? They're out there having conferences with George McGovern. They have a perverted sense of their own success. When it's defined and when it happens, or how it's defined and when it has happened, this is something that's just going to take time to play out. The tough thing for those of you who are affected by this, is you never, ever see this even when they do lose. Even when they're shellacked, you don't see humiliation or embarrassment in the Drive-By Media. The minute they lose, they ratchet it up again. "Okay, what are the Democrats going to have to do to win?" There is never credit for Reagan, never credit for Bush, never credit for victorious Republicans. They always slough it off to, "Well, again, the right-wing Christian hayseeds, you know? They came through. Democrats failed to," blah, blah, some other thing. Victory is never legitimate. It's because of some mistake Democrats made, and they start out trying to correct the mistakes and the media helps them out with this. It's a one-note samba for the first time in the Drive-By Media. But it's not as one sided and had as bad in terms of the perception of the majority of the American people as you believe, as you might think. Listen to the number of people who call here asking this question. You are not just lone voices appearing on this program. There are countless others, thousands, hundreds of thousands who are sitting out there and throwing things on the radio going, "Yeah! Yeah! Say it again! Say it louder!" They're just as irritated as you are. They don't have an outlet, and they're not interviewed by the Drive-By Media and so forth. News is a product like any other product that's marketed and packaged and put on the grocery shelves or any other store shelf, for sale. I don't care how lofty they think their position is because it's constitutionally protected. I don't care about any of that. These people put together an agenda. There are people (they're working right now) putting together these newscasts this afternoon and tonight, and don't believe that they're not putting these things together with their own agendas and their own desires and what they think will look good, what they think will get ratings in some cases. But for the first the most part, it's not about objectivity or reporting real news or anything of the sort. Their worldview is what it is, and things that don't fit in their worldview they don't even see. So it's buck-up time. (sigh) I hate to being an I told you so, but I warned everybody back in October, this was the kind of thing you're going to have to put up with if the Republicans lose the election. It's bad enough when they win, the Democrats are relentless -- and the Drive-Bys. But now they won, and, of course, they're puffing their chests out and they're beating their chests like King Kong, Tarzan, Mighty Joe Young, whatever you want, and they're just feeling their oats right now, and it's that pompous arrogance and condescension that's also offensive in the way they go about things. But you gotta have faith, folks. The Democrats have not totally triumphed, and they never will totally triumph. There are too many of you who care too much, who will stop it. One other factor -- and I've mentioned this before, too. Particularly when it comes to the war on terror, war in Iraq, the Drive-Bys have done one hell of a job of convincing enough Americans that there's no threat. In fact, not only is there no threat, there wouldn't be a threat at all if we weren't attacking Muslims, if Bush weren't in the White House. 9/11? Why, it was just a mere episode, and most people don't want to remember it. Most people don't want to be reminded of it. They don't want to think that they're going to be, their whole lives, constantly on a vigil protecting themselves and waiting for the next attack. That's not what being an American is. Being an American is to be insulated from the stuff that happens in the Middle East, insulated from the stuff that happens in the Third World, insulated from the stuff that happens in places like Afghanistan and what's going on in the Philippines now, and in some of Indonesia. That's not what being an American is. Being an American is about having as carefree a life as possible with the normal trials and tribulations, but it does not include getting up every day and worrying to death over whether another couple jets are going to go into another couple buildings and another 3,000 people be incinerated. If anybody comes along and convince the American people they don't have to worry about that, then they'll gladly take the bait -- and, voila! It is happening, and because of our affluence and prosperity, people are able to go live their lives however they choose and pay scant or no attention to this whatsoever, and then, some of these people, after deciding that they don't want to pay any attention to this and that they don't want to live their lives under constant fear, constant threat that this could happen again, they don't want to be vigilant about this, all it takes to add to that is everyday a pummeling of the president and the whole thing about the war on terror and how we're creating circumstances. Now the Iranians are doing what they're doing because of us. They were peace-loving people before we came along! The Iraqis had been better off with Saddam Hussein. So you couple all of that natural mind-set of what it is to be an American or what it has been to be an American, with a desire for that to continue, and then you portray the "threat" to being an American as living in the embodiment of George W. Bush. Well, you can see how some people would buy into that, because everybody wants to blame somebody other than themselves. You might say, "Well, why don't they blame the Democrats?" Because nowhere in the media are the Democrats being blamed, other than here. We're not insignificant. We're not small by any stretch. I'll tell you, Fox News is what it is, but it's a speck compared to the three networks, all the rest of the Drive-Bys and the magazines and the newspapers and so forth and so on. There are reasons for this. There are explanations for it. Solutions? Well, in my case I just rely on the ultimate judgment and decency of a majority of the American people, the vast amount of times, to prevail, and I still believe that.

Used jeep failed safety inspection 3 weeks after purchase. Does dealer have to pay for repairs? SORRY!! This is long but I need to know what to do!! I bought a used jeep Nov 18th in Mass. I live in RI. I have a 30 day warranty with a 100.00 deductible. Dealer didn't have the title, said he would have it in 3 days but didn't get it to me till the 25th. This made me ineligible for the 7 day lemon aid law for a full refund if it fails inspection. The engine light came on the 19th. He had me bring it to his mechanic. They put in new spark plugs, a e vap hose and a purge valve hose(? not sure if that is the right thing) Engine light went off but came back on after 80 or so miles. Found it needed a ignition coil. I had also told him the back windshield wiper didn't work and brake light was out. Sent me back to his mechanic. Agreed to pay for the wiper and break light but not the ignition coil. He said it wasn't part of an inspection. It is and it would have failed without it (his mechanic told him that) I told him I would pay the 100 deductible and he had to pay the rest. He said HE would put a hundred towards it and I had to pay the rest! The mechanic only took a hundred from me. Now, last week, it failed inspection. Emissions is fine but it failed for front breaks and front U joint. Got a quote of 250 to fix. I called him again about that and he basically flipped. I told him I talked to consumer affairs and they said he legally had to fix it.(which I really did, called the MASS number) He needed to talk to his partner and was supposed to call me back and didn't. I called the next day...he said he would do the brakes but that he doesn't think the U joint was part of an inspection and his partner was checking into it. He also said I couldn't go back to the original mechanic he sent me too and that he would get to it in the next "week or two" My 30 day warranty will be up on the 18th. I think he is trying to wait till after that to tell me that he didn't have to pay for it. I understand the 7 day Lemon Aid Law but I'm confused about the whole failing inspection thing. Doesn't he LEGALLY have to pay for the repairs because it failed inspection, even if it is after the 7 days?? There is no way the brake pads went down to nothing and the U joint rotted in 3 weeks so those defects were there when I bought it. By the way....he wanted me to bring it to a inspection station where it would have passed when we were arguing about the ignition coil. So this guy is a real jerk. Before I call him back tomorrow I want to know what I'm talking about!! Thank you so much for your time! I forgot to add that I know I was STUPID when I bought this. Just want an answer to my question not a lecture on my stupidity. Believe me I've beaten myself up over this every day since I bought it!!!!!!! IT is a 2001 Jeep Cherokee 4x4 with 112,000 miles on it. I have been researching that law it just keeps talking about the 7 day thing.

Is Harry Reid more concerned with future safety of the US, or his political future? Can he make up his mind? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090523/ap_on_go_co/us_congress_guantanamo quoting... Most notably among them is Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who spent the week sending out confusing signals on just where he stood. "We are wanting and willing to work with" the president to come up with a solution to the detainee controversy, the Nevada Democrat said Thursday — a statement that conspicuously left open the possibility that some detainees would eventually be incarcerated in U.S. prisons. Only two days earlier, Reid had adamantly told reporters he opposed the release of any of the detainees into the United States. On Wednesday, he joined 89 other lawmakers in both parties who voted to prohibit their transfer. apparently hes not alone with issues trying to make up his mind... quoting... Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said detainees can be incarcerated safely inside the United States, but added quickly, "Should they be? That's a far more difficult question to answer."

What do you think of these quotes? Abraham Lincoln: "I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country; corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption in High Places will follow, and the Money Power of the Country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the People, until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands, and the Republic is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of war" James Garfield, 2 weeks before he was assassinated: "Whomsoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerceand when you realize that the entire system is very easily controlled, one way or another, by a few powerful men at the top, you will not have to be told how periods of inflation and depression originate." Thomas Jefferson: “I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armiesIf the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their money, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them (around the banks), will deprive the people of their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered." @Heil Obama: Do you really think its as simple as Liberal vs Conservative, Republican vs Democrat? Tell me why do you think every politian has to whore themselves out to corporations before they make their run for office. Its not exclusive to one party.

What are your thoughts on these quotes? "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin "All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country." -- Hermann Goering “When fascism comes to America it will come wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross.” -- Sinclair Lewis "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." --Theodore Roosevelt "The best place for the facts to be done is by somebody who's spending time investigating it." -- George W. Bush @oompa, no, it was full-on retarded.

What do you think of these quotes and the worlds current economic situation? "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs." -Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president of US (1743 - 1826) "I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. Corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow. The money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed." - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864 "I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world. No longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men." -President Woodrow Wilson (The Federal Reserve Act of 1913) "Some even believe we (the Rockefeller family) are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as 'internationalists' and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure-one world, if you will. If that's the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it." -David Rockefeller, MEMOIRS, page 405 "I think his task will be to develop an overall strategy for America, in this period when a New World Order can be created.” -Henry Kissinger on CNN talking about President Obama “We have before us the opportunity to forge for ourselves and for future generations, A New World Order. A world where the rule of law, not the rule of the jungle, governs the conduct of nations. When we are successful, and we will be, we have a real chance at this New World Order. An Order in which a credible United Nations can use it’s peacekeeping role to fulfill the promise and vision of the U.N.’s founders” -President George W Bush, Senior "We've got to give them a stake, in creating the kind of World Order that I think all of us would like to see" -President Obama "The real menace of our republic is this invisible government which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy length over city, state and nation. Like the octopus of real life, it operates under cover of a self created screen....At the head of this octopus are the Rockefeller Standard Oil interests and a small group of powerful banking houses generally referred to as international bankers. The little coterie of powerful international bankers virtually run the United States government for their own selfish purposes. They practically control both political parties." -New York City Mayor John F. Hylan, 1922

Witty Airplane quotes!? Occasionally, airline attendants make an effort to make the "in-flight safety lecture" and their other announcements a bit more entertaining. Here are some real examples that have been heard or reported: "There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, but there are only 4 ways out of this airplane..." Pilot - "Folks, we have reached our cruising altitude now, so I am going to switch the seat belt sign off. Feel free to move about as you wish, but please stay inside the plane till we land ... it's a bit cold outside, and if you walk on the wings it affects the flight pattern." And, after landing: "Thank you for flying Delta Business Express. We hope you enjoyed giving us the business as much as we enjoyed taking you for a ride." As the plane landed and was coming to a stop at Washington National, a lone voice comes over the loudspeaker: "Whoa, big fella. WHOA!" After a particularly rough landing during thunderstorms in Memphis, a flight attendant on a Northwest flight announced: "Please take care when opening the overhead compartments because, after a landing like that, sure as Hell everything has shifted." From a Southwest Airlines employee.... "Welcome aboard Southwest Flight XXX to YYY. To operate your seatbelt, insert the metal tab into the buckle, and pull tight. It works just like every other seatbelt, and if you don't know how to operate one, you probably shouldn't be out in public unsupervised. In the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, oxygen masks will descend from the ceiling. Stop screaming, grab the mask, and pull it over your face. If you have a small child traveling with you, secure your mask before assisting with theirs. If you are traveling with two small children, decide now which one you love more. Weather at our destination is 50 degrees with some broken clouds, but they'll try to have them fixed before we arrive. Thank you, and remember, nobody loves you, or your money, more than Southwest Airlines." "As you exit the plane, please make sure to gather all of your belongings. Anything left behind will be distributed evenly among the flight attendants. Please do not leave children or spouses." "Last one off the plane must clean it." And from the pilot during his welcome message: "We are pleased to have some of the best flight attendants in the industry ...Unfortunately none of them are on this flight...! Heard on Southwest Airlines just after a very hard landing in Salt Lake City: The flight attendant came on the intercom and said, "That was quite a bump and I know what ya'll are thinking. I'm here to tell you it wasn't the airline's fault, it wasn't the pilot's fault, it wasn't the flight attendants' fault.....it was the asphalt!" Another flight Attendant's comment on a less than perfect landing: "We ask you to please remain seated as Captain Kangaroo bounces us to the terminal." After a real crusher of a landing in Phoenix, the Flight Attendant came on with, "Ladies and Gentlemen, please remain in your seats until Captain Crash and the Crew have brought the aircraft to a screeching halt up against the gate. And, once the tire smoke has cleared and the warning bells are silenced, we'll open the door and you can pick your way through the wreckage to the terminal. Part of a Flight Attendant's arrival announcement: "We'd like to thank you folks for flying with us today. And, the next time you get the insane urge to go blasting through the skies in a pressurized metal tube, we hope you'll think of us here at US Airways."

What does one thnk about the attached quote? "Government can and must play the kind of role that it so successfully performed after World War II, in creating the largest middle class in America’s history. Only government can set minimum standards for wages, health coverage, health and safety, paid sick days, retirement security, and the right to organize a union that ensure that hard working Americans have the basics of a decent life. Only government can ensure that families can be both responsible workers and caring family members by updating the outdated workplace practices and supports. Only government can play the pivotal role in leveraging our resources to provide what workers need to succeed in our new global economy, and create the supports for workers and their families as they move across jobs and/or in and out of the labor force as their life and jobs circumstances change over time. And it is government which has an irreplaceable role in ensuring that all children have the tools they need to fulfill their potential..."

What are your thoughts on these quotes? Agree, disagree and why? 1. “Whoever controls the volume of money in our country is absolute master of all industry and commerce…and when you realize that the entire system is very easily controlled, one way or another, by a few powerful men at the top, you will not have to be told how periods of inflation and depression originate.” 2. “When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes… Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.” 3. "I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed. God grant my suspicions prove groundless" 4. "We have reached a turning point in our nations history. Too many of us tend to worship consumption and self indulgence. Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but instead by what one owns. This is not a message of happiness or reassurance, but it is the truth. 1. James Garfield, two weeks before he was assassinated 2. Nepoleon Bonaparte 3. Abraham Lincoln 4. Jimmy Carter

What are your thought on these quotes about government and Banks/Corporations? “When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes… Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.” “Whoever controls the volume of money in our country is absolute master of all industry and commerce…and when you realize that the entire system is very easily controlled, one way or another, by a few powerful men at the top, you will not have to be told how periods of inflation and depression originate.” "I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed. God grant my suspicions prove groundless" Sorry I know this is a repeat question. Please just bare with me so others can answer. And no insults on either side. Thank you. 1st quote Nepoleon Bonaparte: Empire of France 2nd quote US President James A Garfield: 2 weeks before he was assassinated 3rd quote US President Abraham Lincoln: A letter to Col. William F. Elkins

What do you think about this quote by Abraham Lincoln 150 years ago? "I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed." - President Abraham Lincoln, 1865

Why doesn't the media tell us more about genetically modified food? I have seen little in the media other than what supports the profit agenda of the biotech corporations. Is that changing? See for interest this recent article from Huffington post. Is its presence a sign that perhaps the mainstream media is starting to "notice" the science that contradicts the science of the biotech corporations? Will we see more coverage of these issues in the media? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-smith/will-obamas-food-safety-t_b_178127.html Quote for those who don't follow links: "Will Obama's Food Safety Team Finally Regulate the Biggest Food Safety Hazard of Our Time? If President Obama's new Food Safety Working Group dedicates all their time and credentials to prevent future food recalls, they will have saved thousands of people--but forsaken millions. Over the last decade, our radically changing diet has ushered in the explosive growth of food-related ailments, such as allergies, asthma, obesity, diabetes, autism, infertility, gastro-intestinal disorders, and learning disabilities. Of all the changes in our food, the most dangerous transformation was the introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops. When these gene-spliced concoctions, such as GM soy, corn, canola, and cottonseed, came on the scene in 1996, the proportion of Americans suffering from three or more chronic ailments. After just 9 years, that nearly doubled to 13%. GM foods are the prime suspect. Government policy at odds with science Until now, the government has sidestepped the controversy by hiding behind FDA policy, which asserts that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are "substantially equivalent" to natural foods and therefore don't require any safety studies. But as Obama acknowledged, "many of the laws and regulations governing food safety in America" are outdated. In truth, the FDA's GMO policy was not even up-to-date when it was implemented in May 1992. FDA documents made public from a lawsuit revealed that virtually all the agency scientists asked to comment voiced strong warnings that GMOs may cause serious health problems. But the FDA was under orders from the White House to fast track GM foods, and the person in charge of FDA policy was the former attorney of biotech giant Monsanto--and later become their vice president. The scientists and the science were ignored. Now that animals fed GMOs--in labs and farms around the world--have exhibited symptoms related to the growing list of diseases in the US population, the President's Food Safety team, including Dr. Margaret Hamburg as FDA Commissioner, must update GMO regulation. A scientifically sound regulation would translate into an immediate ban of current GM crops, and the implementation of rigorous safety testing requirements before any GMO was put back into the food supply. And certainly mandatory labeling, as promised by President Obama during his campaign, must accompany any GM food approval. Presidents and industry insiders avoid GMOs The Obama family has wisely opted out of exposing themselves to GM foods by requiring organic--and therefore non-GMO--foods served at the White House. They are even planting an organic garden on the south lawn of the White House, to feature 55 types of vegetables. The Bush family also had an organic kitchen policy. Laura Bush was "adamant" about it, but kept it all quiet. Even at Monsanto, many in-the-know employees won't consume the company's own GM creations. Back in 1999, the management of the cafeteria at Monsanto's UK headquarters in High Wycombe, England wrote: "In response to concern raised by our customers . . . we have decided to remove, as far as possible, genetically modified soy and maize (corn) from all food products served in our restaurant. . . . We have taken the above steps to ensure that you, the customer, can feel confident in the food we serve." And one former Monsanto scientist told me that his colleagues, who were safety testing milk from cows injected with the company's genetically engineered bovine growth hormone, decided to stop drinking milk--unless it was organic. It's now time to let us all opt out of this dangerous and failed GM experiment. If Obama's team is serious about food safety and public health, they must take GMOs off our plates and put them back into the laboratory. (end of quote)

How many rightieLOONS agree with this Lincoln quote? "I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed." -- U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864 (letter to Col. William F. Elkins) Ref: The Lincoln Encyclopedia, Archer H. Shaw (Macmillan, 1950, NY)

Have I received the correct CORGI certificate for the installation of my new gas boiler? I had a new boiler installed recently as part of bathroom refurb works. After chasing, the builder arranged for am engineer to issue a Gas Safety Certificate. I was under the impression I needed something from CORGI as it is a new installation. Do I have the correct certificate? If not, I will not pay the builder the final retention until they provide me with the right one as this was written into the specification they quoted against.

Spiritual people how to you stay centered in faith? We live in a world where banks are cheating people. Crime is something to be very careful about. I have been looking for a work at hom job & the amount of phoney things out there is unbelievable. I know though if I can change my mind & feel safe that I will attract situations that are safe & people with integrity. I also know I have to be careful cause it is foolish to be open to all the negavtive influences. How do you go out & live a full life & stay safe. What thoughts do you have about safety, What ideas, affirmations, quotes, etc can you share & how do you know they are working for you?

Still think Christian persecution is "all in our heads?"? QUOTEMosul police have reported finding the bullet-riddled bodies of seven Christians in separate attacks so far this month, the latest a day laborer found on Wednesday. On Saturday, militants blew up three abandoned Christian homes in eastern Mosul, police said. Father Bolis Jacob of Mosul's Mar Afram Church said he was at a loss to understand the violence. "We respect the Islamic religion and the Muslim clerics," he said. "We don't know under what religion's pretexts these terrorists work.END QUOTE http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081011/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq ************************************************* Yes, here in the United States, we Christians are the majority and we have it easy. Most of the cries of "persecution" are nothing more a person who disagrees with us. But to say that Christians are not persecuted anywhere is completely false. I hope all my brothers and sisters in Christ will pray for our Christian brethren in Iraq. Pray for their safety and strength through this trial. Jurassic - Two wrongs do not make a right. Muslims have no right to kill Christians because of what happened in the Crusades hundreds upon hundreds of years ago. Shame on you for trying justify bloodshed and murder!

How do I reference(harvard style) a quote by an organisation? I've never had to do a reference list before- only recently started uni after & its been many years since I studied. I've got to write a referance list & am a bit confused, I see that you write the author's name first but what do I do if im quoting something written by an organisation or if its a law? Heres 2 examples of what I need to reference, any help from all you brainy folk would be much appreciated: P55 from book 'sucessfull health and safety management' 1997 by the health and safety executive Health and Safety at work act 1974 section 2(1) Also could show me what referance I write next to the quote in the body of the essay inside the brackets. Thanks!!!!

question about employee welfare? looking at hse website, i quote 2. General duties of employers to their employees. — (1) It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all his employees. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of an employer’s duty under the preceding subsection, the matters to which that duty extends include in particular— (a)the provision and maintenance of plant and systems of work that are, so far as is reasonably practicable, safe and without risks to health; (b)arrangements for ensuring, so far as is reasonably practicable, safety and absence of risks to health in connection with the use, handling, storage and transport of articles and substances; (c)the provision of such information, instruction, training and supervision as is necessary to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety at work of his employees; (d)so far as is reasonably practicable as regards any place of work under the employer’s control, the maintenance of it in a condition that is safe and without risks to health and the provision and maintenance of means of access to and egress from it that are safe and without such risks; (e)the provision and maintenance of a working environment for his employees that is, so far as is reasonably practicable, safe, without risks to health, and adequate as regards facilities and arrangements for their welfare at work. with regards to section 'e' should i, as a mobile worker going to rural telephone exchanges with no hot water or toilets, (bearing in mind my van is now fitted with a tracker, and im not allowed off route), have these facilities as i see them practicable. although at an expense to my employer. ive been fobbed off today when enquiring. i did not mention, when working in the underground network, i am at risk from weils disease (leptospirosis) hence the hot water request. also i poo like any one else... toilets would be nice.

Why does every other industrialized nation provide health insurance safety nets for citizens but not the USA? Where do other nations get their money for health care? More than 30 million people in the USA do not have health insurance. What percentage of the total population is this? The number of people who die annually for lack of insurance is around 45,000. The facts and numbers quoted are from an editorial in the Thursday, March 16, 2010 edition of the St. Petersburg Times. URL is http://www.sptimes.com Improving the lives of this many Americans and their families should be a no brainer for the Senate. Why is there so much nit-picking going on in the Senate about passing a health care reform bill? The people in the House and Senate have all of the health insurance and social security benefits they need for their families, themselves and more. Don't medical doctors, nurses, and anyone working in the medical field have insurance coverage as well? Maybe "Physicians for Social Responsibility" should vote on the health care bill instead of members of the Congress. Do you think the constituents in the House and Senate need a class in Compassion 101 and personal examples of people who have suffered from lack of insurance to pass the bill. Why hasn't Nancy Pelosi invited people without insurance to Washington, DC to present their tragic case to Congress? Let the health care bill pass and make adjustments later. Do you agree or disagree?

How to fight for liberty, freedom, and the constitution? I am really disgusted with the world around me these days. Corporations and private interests groups are running the government and using it to promote greed, materialism, and rape our planet. The government is slowly taking away our freedoms, liberties, and trampling on the constitution often under the guise of public safety. (As one of my favorite quotes (sorry if its off a bit) "If we trade freedom for safety you end up losing both"). For all intents and purposes they're spitting in the faces of the founding fathers. The saddest part of it all is the american public buys into the materialism as whats important in life and is complacent to it all as long as they have they're plasma screens pools and two car garages. The poor numb themselves with drugs and alcohol. It seems like we're staring down a dark and dreary path in front of us. What I'm wondering is what can I do about it? How can I become active and actually strive to make a difference. And the real question is it even possible to make a difference? Do enough people even care? If I try to make a difference will it just be like tossing little pebbles at a large bkrick wall? When giving me advice on what I can do just keep in mind I work 40 hours a week and live paycheck forever so I don't have sums of money and time I can put into it. Just what an average joe can do to try to shake things up, open peoples minds, and make some sort of a difference. Get us to the place of freedom and peace that the founding fathers intended. Thank you for your time

how to join cirque du soleil as foreigner? educational qualification, career path, something like that,. i googled in regard to career path, what i found below.. Job Description Projection and Multimedia: Click here and enter our pool of candidatesSHO06223 Description We invite you to discover the various jobs opportunities we have to offer and encourage you to share your profile in order to enrich our pool of candidates. Our recruiters will contact you as soon as a position that matches your qualifications becomes available. Main Challenges For a glimpse of the exciting challenges offered by the Projection and Multimedia team, please take a look at its different job opportunities and find the challenge that will put your talent and skills to the test! Show Operations: ◦ Head of Projection ◦ Lead Projection Operator & Systems Specialist ◦ Projection Technician Production: ◦ Project Manager - Projection/Multimedia Show Operations: By joining our Projection and Multimedia team, you will diagnose and recommend solutions should any of the components malfunction, as well as ensure adherence to the projection design in collaboration with the Designer and the Director, while ascertaining focus and cueing functions to preserve the artistic integrity of the design. You may also be required to: ◦ Operate projection equipment during the show and rehearsals, as well as maintain the systems; ◦ Uphold all archives and records necessary for the upkeep of the system; ◦ Work with the Lighting Team to develop and maintain a safe working environment by conforming to all established safety policies and procedures; ◦ Participate in all required safety classes and emergency rescue procedure training; ◦ Develop a thorough knowledge of all Projections department equipment specific to the production in order to operate equipment safely; ◦ Participate in special projects, including the installation of new projection show elements. Production: By joining our Projection and Multimedia team in Production, you will plan and monitor schedules, conduct feasibility analyses and ensure the technical design of the equipment to be manufactured or acquired based on the standards and criteria required by the designers, and on other production requirements. You may be required to: ◦ Write clear and concise requests for quotes that include specifications the supplier is required to adhere to; ◦ Ensure specifications, costs and delivery deadlines are respected by suppliers through regular communication and supervision of targeted milestones; ◦ Be involved in installation, acceptance testing and final approval of all equipment in conjunction with operations staff providing them with clear acceptance criteria; ◦ Be creative and flexible in sourcing materials, suppliers and manufacturers in line with budgetary demands and timelines; ◦ Coordinate work with other project managers in the Production team (ex: lighting, rigging, etc.); ◦ Install the projections system; program and document the show specifications; ◦ Transfer knowledge to the Operations team. Attributes Essential Attributes You will need the following attributes for your profile to be considered: Show Operations: ◦ Diploma in Electronics or Theatrical Lighting Systems, or relevant experience; ◦ Minimum of 3 to 7 years of experience with video technologies, according to the position; ◦ Experience with PC & MAC hardware set-up and administration, large format video projectors, video cameras, hardware and software video capture, editing and compression experience; ◦ Minimum of 3 years of experience in interactive visual technologies and stage performance; ◦ Experience with digital video formats including DVI, HDMI, fiber optics and HD-SDI; ◦ Working knowledge of MIDI and DMX and proficiency with computer network systems (TCP/IP, UDP, layer 3 switches firewalls, wireless protocols); ◦ Fluency in English, both written and spoken; French is an asset; ◦ Available to travel and work in foreign countries, according to the position. Production: ◦ Diploma of College Studies in Scene Technologies or equivalent training; ◦ Minimum of 8 years of experience in projection, multimedia, video or interactivity, including 5 years as a Project Supervisor or Technical Director; ◦ Experience with PC hardware set-up and administration, large format video projectors, video cameras, hardware and software video capture, editing and compression experience; ◦ Theater experience with large-scale productions and experience with media server; ◦ Experience with creation process of new productions, according to the position; ◦ Working knowledge of MIDI and DMX, of full Adobe Graphics suite including After Effects and proficiency with computer network systems; ◦ Working knowledge of AutoCAD 2008 software is an asset; ◦ Computer literate in Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel Outlook, MS Project, etc.); ◦ Fluency in English and French, b

Guess (or know) what prominent American made the below quoted statement? "I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country... Corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed." If no one gives the right answer I WILL tell y'all. ItsYourWorld was first with the correct answer and will be given the win as soon as Yahoo lets me.

I am resigned to a life of emotional agony.....How can I accept it better? None of the traditional psychotherapy methods have worked for me (i have anxiety and depression 24/7 or maybe 20/7). Things like "think positive" - or "find some friends" - "volunteer" - "think of those less fortunate than you" - "find meaning in life" (uh, there appears to be no intrinsic meaning)..... The definition of insanity is trying the same thing twice and expecting a different result. So I'm going to NOT attempt the above solutions again.....because THEY DON'T WORK! The only thing that may work is some form of acceptance or mindfulness. However, to give you a little background info, I'm in a bit of an existential crisis right now.....I feel like life has NO meaning (accept whatever BS you put into it) - we're no more significant than cockroaches on a macro scale. There is NO safety, NO security in this world. It is mainly who you know, how lucky you are, how smart you are (survival of the fittest). Given this grim perspective that i just shared, how can I accept the depression I feel on a daily basis? How can I cope with it better? (medication, psychotherapy have NOT worked but willing to think outside the box here) Quotes, anything would be extremely helpful! I know it sounds like I'm saying NO to every possible solution but I'm not.........considering some form of acceptance or any other ideas you might have. Basically, it has to ring true and not be rose-colored BS

I don't think I should be paying full rent for this house... what should I do? I'm renting a house in Vancouver B.C. I have ALWAYS payed my rent on time.... never been an issue. Until... our power stopped working in our house. We payed our Landlord half of the rent simply because we have no power ANYWHERE, we pay for our cable and internet and have been unable to use it due to the no power. We also have over 200$ in food gone to complete waste, again because our fridge doesn't work. Also our stoves and even our water doesn't turn hot.... so my fiance and I have had to go to our local community centre to use the showers there.... this is absolutely humiliating!!! We pay 1000$ a month for rent in a house and can't even live in it. Our Landlord is demanding we pay the full rent... but this is absurd!!! We have had 3 weeks and no power... how is this considered habitable? The Landlord does not own the house, he simply re-rents it. The owner of the house refuses to fix the hydro saying it is the Landlords job, but this is an internal problem with the electrical and needs to be looked at by the owner... simple as that! Our Landlord is saying he wants the other 500$ rent even though we can't live in our own house.... we think the first $500 was GENEROUS... we should have had to pay NOTHING! Our food and many other things have been ruined due to this, and not only is he JUST asking for the other $500 but he is also asking us to "pitch an extra $500 for help.... here is the direct quote from an email I got from him "just letting you know i hope you get... the deposit in my acct today, it IS quite urgent for me at this time and if any way possible , an extra 500 , that you mentioned in previous conversation, would be a godsend for me at this time" Don't get me wrong, I know he is going through a hard time.... but this is NOT my responsibility.... I refuse to pay the other $500 until my house is livable! I even pulled up the residential tenancy act and is states clearly in black and white: Landlord and tenant obligations to repair and maintain 32 (1) A landlord must provide and maintain residential property in a state of decoration and repair that (a) complies with the health, safety and housing standards required by law, and (b) having regard to the age, character and location of the rental unit, makes it suitable for occupation by a tenant. (2) A tenant must maintain reasonable health, cleanliness and sanitary standards throughout the rental unit and the other residential property to which the tenant has access. (3) A tenant of a rental unit must repair damage to the rental unit or common areas that is caused by the actions or neglect of the tenant or a person permitted on the residential property by the tenant. (4) A tenant is not required to make repairs for reasonable wear and tear. (5) A landlord's obligations under subsection (1) (a) apply whether or not a tenant knew of a breach by the landlord of that subsection at the time of entering into the tenancy agreement. He also said he does NOT want to take legal action, but if he is expecting me to pay a penny legal action should be taken..... Someone told me that I am in the wrong by with holding the rent.... but the damage was done BEFORE I with held ANY rent money.... Am I really in the wrong? I think he is in the wrong, and I should NOT have to move, I quite enjoy my home.... I just want it fixed!!! Please help ANY advice?!

I need help with a cover letter? Here is a job description. Could somebody pitch me some outline of what I should write on my cover letter for this job description? Job Search Category: Student or Work Study Job Type Part-Time Requisition Number 09306 Listing Title Student-SRTC Storeroom Assistant Job Code 9000 Department Stephenson Res Ctr Adm Offices (RASRTC) Position address: Stephenson Research and Technology Center Storeroom, Room 1075 101 David L. Boren Blvd. Norman, OK 73019-5300 Application Deadline Open Until Filled Work Schedule Monday through Friday - hours to be worked between 8:00am-12:00pm and/or 1:00pm-5:00pm Hours per week 10-20 Salary Range $8.00 Job Function Assist the Storeroom Operator with the following: -shipping/receiving of packages -labeling, stocking, and organizing physical inventory -records maintenance (MSDS binders, expiration dates, etc) -customer service Assist the SRTC Facility Manager with the following: -regular equipment inspections (eye washes, lab safety, etc) -organizing storage areas Assist the Financial Manager with the following: -records maintenance (quotes, financial reporting/tracking, etc) -copying, faxing, filing, data entry, etc ALL OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED!!! Department Preferences Special instructions to applicants Please keep resume to a MAXIMUM of one page in length. If you are selected as a final candidate for this position, you will be subject to The University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Tuberculosis Testing policy. To view the policy, visit http://www.hr.ou.edu/policies/tbtesting.asp. Benefits Provided: No Required Applicant Documents Resume Cover Letter List of References Class Schedule Campus: Norman Listing date: 04-26-2010 Physical Requirements: none Required Education and Experience: Must be currently enrolled for the SUMMER 2010 session as a student in good standing at the University of Oklahoma. Hiring contingent upon verification of current student status. Must attached Spring, Summer, Intersession, and Fall 2010 class schedules if enrolled. Required Certifications, Registrations, or Licenses: These requirements may be imposed by federal, state or recognized accrediting agency as a prequisite of employment none Required Skills and Proficiencies: Please list the skills and proficiences needed to perform the essential duties and responsibilities Excellent oral / written communication and customer service friendly. Must have basic computer knowledge and skills. Must have working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word Applicant MUST plan to be enrolled for the FALL 2010 semester a minimum of part time. Valid Driver's License Required: No Special Indications: None

How much should I pay for break pads replacement and how do I know they really need replaced? (N. Virginia)? My car was rejected on my Virginia Safety Inspection. The mechanic led me to believe that the break pads were worn down and he wrote on the sticker "front breaks". However, he acted as if he didn't want to talk to me about, as if he was lying. Nonetheless, Virginia's got you because you need to pass that inspection so I need to have the pads replaced. All my quotes are around $175. Is a fair price? Also, my breaks work great! I have noticed no problems whatsoever does this not matter or should this be an indicator that they are scamming me? I've been told that changing break pads is easy, however, I don't think it is something I want to attempt. The car is a 1995 Buick LeSabre.

can i sue my landlord? (uk answers only!)? about 8 months ago i decided i needed a load of work doing on my rented flat (owned by a company that runs the funeral parlour in the same building): there are 2 massive patches of damp, a wall fallen down outside, all the wooden sash windows are 35 years old and rotten to the core, as is the front door, the shower didnt work, and the boiler housing is made from asbestos. i rang the letting agency 4 or 5 times about these problems, they sent a couple of people to make quotes but after 5 months nothing had happened. then a guy came round to do the annual gas inspection and condemned the gas fire because it was pumping out carbon monoxide. the gas fire was the only form of heating in the flat (no central heating and 2 storage heaters that had been disconnected) so this was kind of the final straw. i emailed them telling them i was not paying rent to them (without possibility of back payment) until i had dates for the work to start. that was on the 1st of march, so it has been 3 and a half months since they have received any money from me. since i stopped payments i keep ringing the letting agents, who seemed largely unconcerned, and after all this time all they have managed to do is install a new fire (which i gathered from their contractor they already planned to do) and they have only just fixed the faulty shower today. each time they send someone round, even to look at the place, a letter comes the following day asking me to pay all the rent in arrears and threatening me with court action. i keep emailing them and calling them saying i wont pay any rent until the work is done, and im not paying the arrears at all. ive spoken to various people who have looked at my contract and say that im within my rights to do this, as they are in breach by not taking care of the place. i was thinking of paying them the arrears anyway, and getting a health and safety inspector round to condemn the place. would this allow me to sue them for lots of money? is it worth doing? im not bothered about legal action if its gonna get me less than a couple of grand...what should i do? oh, and it needs sorting out soon because even the weakest pipsqueak could kick down my rotten front door while im out and rob me! by the way i signed a 12 month contract so im still under contract till the end of june. and i dont want to stay, my mate can put me up for cheap so i just want out!!!

Evangelizing in the Public Sector: What would you do? So I'm changing buses this morning and as I disembark, I always turn to the driver, thank them, and wish them safety on their shift. As I did so this morning, the driver handed me a little pamphlet of paper that read "Thanks for your excellent service" on the front. My first thought was that Metro was somehow going off the deep end, thanking me for paying them. It made no sense. Then I opened the pamphlet. Inside were quotes from the Bible and various other ideas from the Gospel. I was not at work, so let's not get into an on-the-job scenario as far as I'm concerned. However, the driver is working, and is using his contact with people to reach them w/ these pamphlets. I don't take the man's actions as anything more than his view of doing a good deed. I'm not going to call the Metro Transit Authority. But I ask you, what would YOU do in this situation? Yuna, I see you speak from experience. KML1234: 'I think all should consider a point like the one you are presenting as one they must examine for themselves and act accordingly.' What am I presenting? I'm asking what YOU would do, not what I should do, nor am I blaming anyone or plan to report them...

Motorcycle Insurance? I got a quote on a 2008 Buell Blast. It is very low. Most young people get quotes on motorcycles that are 250CC's less than a Buell for for $2000 a year! Mine is so much less than that! What is the cause of this? Here are my results/setup of insurance. 2008 Buell Blast No anti-theft device Use: To/From Work or School Zip Code: 13340 Name: Yeah Right xD Birthdate: 12/22/1993 Marital Status: Single Driver's License: Valid Safety Course Last 3 Years?: Yes Total # of experience: 0 Years No Fault Accidents, Claims, Violations, or Not At Fault Accidents in the last 3 years. No additional driver. Lived at my current address for 2 years. No current or past policies or bodily injury liability coverage. Bodily Injury: $250,000 person/ $500,000 accident Property Damage: $100,000 Property Damage Supplemental Uninsured/ Underinsured Motorist Bodily Injury: Basic UM/ $100,000 person/ $300,000 accident SUM Pedestrian Personal Injury Protection: $50,000 Optional Basic Economic Loss: No coverage Medical Payments: No coverage Rental Vehicle Physical Damage: No coverage Transport Trailer: 0 2008 BUELL BLAST Comprehensive: $500 deductible Collision: $500 deductible Road Side Assistance: None Accessory Coverage: $3,000 (Included) No surcharges Paid in full $534 no future payments or $89.95 down payment then 11 months: $47.14=$608.00 total So why is it so low?

How smart was Thomas Jefferson? He wrote this stuff over 200 years ago, yet it is as relevant today as it was then: Quotes - Thomas Jefferson The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. -Thomas Jefferson "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms..disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed one." - Thomas Jefferson quoting Cesare Beccaria, Criminologist in 1764. That was 230 years ago. -Thomas Jefferson "The constitutions of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed; that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of religion, freedom of property and freedom of the press." Thomas Jefferson "The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." -Thomas Jefferson The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.-Thomas Jefferson I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.-Thomas Jefferson Power is not alluring to pure minds.-Thomas Jefferson Most bad government has grown out of too much government.-Thomas Jefferson What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?-Thomas Jefferson Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread.-Thomas Jefferson When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.-Thomas Jefferson Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms [of government] those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.-Thomas Jefferson Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.-Thomas Jefferson I think myself that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.-Thomas Jefferson A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.-Thomas Jefferson The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the secon

Really upset crying...is it me? My first semester @ college I lived with a friend of mine. 2 days after we moved in she transferred to a diff. university. Then they put me with a religious girl who had 4 roommates before me. I got freaked out by her being OVER THE TOP religious i.e. posting bible quotes all over the walls not allowing me to listen to rap etc. I moved out to a different dorm. I lived with a girl who I really liked. Prob. was we had no AC in the room I kept dehydrating ended up in the hospital twice. Moved out again to my own room for the rest of my first semester. Second semester I made friends with a girl who "used me" to move into a building with her friends. The girl and I got into a HUGE fight and I got kicked out of the building. Moved to another room for the rest of my second semester and things were fine. Sophomore year - moved to "semi-apartment" style dorm 2 bedrooms 1 living room. The 2 "suite mates" got written up 3 different times for alcohol they lost visitation etc. The thought I had something to do with them getting written up so they decided it would be "funny" to tell public safety that I had a gun in my room & was planning a V-Tech shooting. They searched me forced me to go to the hospital where I got blood work drawn and EVERYTHING drugs, alcohol pregnancy etc came back NEGATIVE!!! I was then forced to move out and almost kicked off campus. I now live downstairs in my own room in the same building. I recently also found out that these girls have been snooping through my face book and following my old roommate downstairs to see where she is going and if she is in my room. MIND YOU I MOVED OUT OF THERE ROOM but last week, they decided to complain to the building director of a "party violation" from last week and I now lost visitation of any guests for the next 2 weeks in my room. NOTE I DON'T EVEN LIVE WITH THESE GIRLS!!! I'm absolutely miserable I hate it here. I'm currently crying right now. I'm afraid to go talk to housing about moving buildings because I'm afraid they will freak out at me. I want to transfer but my mom STILL seems to think this school is great for me because I have a learning disability and they help me with that! please help me!!! is this me?? I'm VERY upset!!!

10 pionts !? I need a job here is my resume I live in Maryland ! Objective: To find an entry-level role in an organsiation that values customer service as one of, if not the, most important area of operations and where I may use my skills to provide the best possible standard of service in accordance with company procedures and policies to clients. Experience: (5/2007-11/2007) Temp. Position-Title coordinator 7090 Samuel Morse Dr Columbia, MD Responsibilities: -Taking inbound calls and analyzing the needs of the customer as well as entering data received during the conversation. -Maintaining client accounts. -Contacting Abstractors to verify legal information -maintain contact with outside vendors to be certain they are responding timely to the needs of the title company regarding a given file. -Update clients on the status of existing products (10/2006-03/2007) Final Title Processor Resource Real Estate Services 300 Redbrook Lane Owing mills, MD Responsibilities: - Audit files for compliance, review closing documents and prepare final Owner's quotes Title Insurance Policies and Lender Title Insurance Policies. - Transmit all required documents to Lender Via email , fax or us mail - Open files in Computer System DMS -Create and Mail client and customer letters -Obtain lender, seller, buyer, borrower, agent, and other transaction related information as required -Collect and deposit all funds in accordance with the settlement HUD-1 -Comply with all requirements detailed in the loan closing instructions and return lender(s) package -Reviewing recorded mortgage and title binders to ensure recordings are accurate. -Performs title, tax and parcel searches. -Review all files to ensure compliance with all closing instructions (2001-2006) Campus Safety Officer Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD Responsibilities : -Greeting customers -Interacting with customers to provide information in response to inquiries about the college or its services and to handle and resolve complaints through a variety of means via by telephone; by e-mail, fax, or regular mail correspondence; or in person. -Keeping an accurate and daily log of crimes, incidents and reported activities -Transmitting messages by radio -Acting as first responder to any emergency situation -Protecting the persons and property of students, faculty, staff and visitors -Patrolling in electric vehicle and on foot on all campus streets, byways and interior areas -Monitoring fire alarms, theft alarms and closed circuit TV surveillance systems -Taking inventory of "lost and found" property -keeping record using the alphabetical filing system Education: (2001- 2003) Family Bible Institute, College, Seminary, & School of Counseling Baltimore, MD (Associate of Biblical Studies Degree) (1998-2000) Southwestern Senior High School Baltimore, MD Diploma Skills: - Experience in reading title binders and reviewing recording mortgages for final policy -Strong verbal communication and listening skills -Good interpersonal skills -Able to work independently within specified time constraints. -Basic to intermediate computer knowledge -Possess a friendly and professional manner - Ability to successfully resolve common client customer problems in a positive, calm, and professional manner. Technical Skills -Ability to use a variety of office machines. -Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook -Ability to apply common sense practical approaches to solving concrete problems References: Available Upon Request

Auto Insurance & Road Service Question? Hi there, Thank you in advance for helping out! I want to know your advice and recommendation on which company to receive my auto insurance/road service from, and what sort of coverage is recommended. I have been with AAA my whole life because my father advocates highly for them so I have trusted his judgment and experience. But I think they may be ripping me off. I am a 27 year old single female with a good driving record (last accident was back in spring 2005 I believe). Yet, every single year they seem to increase my monthly payment by ~$10 and now I'm paying $118.25/month! Are they that superior a company that it is worth paying this and should I try to negotiate with them, or is it worth looking into some other companies such as Geico, State Farm, Progressive, etc. I’ve been receiving invites from them for years and Liberty Mutual supposedly has some college alumni offer for me and claim to be ~$340 cheaper than 21st Century, Allstate, and Mercury…but I never trust ads anymore. I only believe concrete statistical comparison data. Also, my dad said road service is completely separate from auto insurance (although AAA handles both) and I pay $52/year to be part of his joint plan as a “AAA Plus Dues - Associate.” He said he believes this covers 6 visits/year, 100 miles, is the most basic plan, and he only got it because he’s been with AAA for 30 years. Could I get a better deal elsewhere or is this fair enough to stick with? At the end of the day, I want decent coverage for the best price available. I’m saving for a down payment on a home and have to scrape pennies from anywhere I can, but still do not want to be stranded at the time of an accident. I got some quotes online that were considerably cheaper, but if I’m going to be screwed, then are the savings worthwhile? ============================================= As needed, here are details on my car and policy (please tell me which are unnecessary or should be edited): -Honda 2008 Civic LX 4-door sedan -Miles commute USED to be 50 miles one way ~3 days a week, but now I work from home every single day; Notes in Policy say: Prior and Future Annual Mi: 8,000 (22mi per day, so I wonder if they even counted my prior commute in this). -Policy has me down as a student, not sure why, been a full-time professional since Jan 2008 and now make 65K -Bodily Injury: Liability Limits Each person 50K; Liability Limits Each Occurrence 100K; Premium: $193 -Medical Payments: No coverage -Uninsured Motorists: Liability Limits Each person 50K; Liability Limits Each Occurrence 100K; Premium: $78 -Property Damage: Liability Limits Each Occurrence 50K; Premium: $192 -Comprehensive: Actual Cash Value Less Deductible; 100 Deductible; Premium: $242 -Collision: Actual Cash Value Less Deductible; 100 Deductible; Premium: $650 -Enhanced Transportation Expense: Premium: $28 -All Risks: Actual Cash Value Less Deductible; No coverage -Total Premium Per Vehicle (1 vehicle): $1,383 -Auto Death Benefits: 15K/driver listed with ADB coverage above -DSR (Driving Safety Record): 1 Pt -YDE (Years Driving Experience): 12 started at 18, I’m 27…so the actual is 9, but I’ll take it. -Discounts: None except “Good Driver(s): Items 01” and 01 is my Honda, so I guess this means I’m a good driver (don’t know why the price doesn’t reflect it!) -Live in Berkeley, CA (zip code 94708) but am listed as Lafayette, CA (94549) – how do I check which zip is less money? Thanks so much for your advice!! =) I appreciate your time & insight. Oops COLLISION deductible is $500, while comprehensive deductible is $100. So what does that mean if they're different like that? All I know is my windshield replacement fit in the "Comprehensive category." Thanks!

i need some help on my homework. i just need some help like advice or an idea.pls!!? ok here is the topic and what i have to do. Some people think that raising the driving age could reduce accidents and save lives. Should your state raise the driving age by one year? Write an essay in which you both state and support your view on this issue. Remember that you want to convince your audience to agree with you. ok now here is wat i wrote. Raising the driving age you think will save more lives. Well, I don’t think that will help. We would all love for more mature adults to drive instead of some immature underage teenagers. I think raising the state driving age would be great for the safety of our citizens. But just because we raise the age does not mean everyone will start driving at that age. Raising the age will maybe stop a few teens at driving in the streets but that is a very small percentage compared to the average teens that start driving at an early age. They will always have the curiosity in wanting to drive. So if the teens wanted to, they could always just try to convince their parents into letting them. Kids nowadays have girlfriends or boyfriends and they would love to go to the movies maybe. So what do they do? They don’t want their parents taking them. So they just ask for someone to help them in teaching them on how to drive. Most parents would not neglect in teaching them on how to drive because it would usually work out just fine for them. The parents would maybe want to get some eggs from the store but they don’t want to go. So what would they do if they had a child that could drive? Ask them to go for them. _________________________________________________ right here i need to write another paragraph on why am i right. i am against the topic. i need another reason to write about. so can someone tell me a good reason. _________________________________________________ and right here i need "One paragraph that the opposition thinks and why they are wrong" what is in quotes my teacher put down for me to right about which i don't know what it means or what to write about _________________________________________________ - then this essay end with is- What the state should do is require parents to be in the car with their young teenager. That way the adult can correct the teen with any mistakes. They could also give any advice to help reduce any kind of damage to our streets and save the lives that might otherwise be taken in accidents. --i just want some help on the paragraphs that are missing which i put with some line with what should go there. thank you for your help.

Please read this and help me? Please could you find a biased quote for the side of prision does not work and explain what the quote means. Prison does not work. We know that Why do we send more and more there? It doesn't look good Buzz up! Digg it Roger Graef Society Guardian, Monday 5 February 2001 13.54 GMT Article historyWho said that the level of civilisation in any society should be judged by how it treated its weakest members, such as those left forgotten in prison? What government declared that prison was "an expensive way to make bad people worse"? These are not the words of do-gooding, woolly liberal Guardian readers who care more about the rights of criminals than victims. The first was said by Winston Churchill, then home secretary, calling for parliament to respond to the need for prison reforms. Crucially, he urged that we never give up hope on the capacity of the human heart to change. The second comes from a white paper published by another Conservative home secretary, David Waddington, in 1990 under Margaret Thatcher. The prison population fell under those Tories, from over 50,000 to 40,000. The subsequent Criminal Justice Act of 1991 ordered sentencers to use prison as "a last resort", and to give reasons why it was necessary for "serious offences". But that required judges, magistrates, and ministers to face up to the primordial British love of punishment - so vividly expressed daily in our tabloids. And from Kenneth Clarke onwards, they flunked it. As a result, our prisons are now overflowing with half again as many people as only a decade ago. By 2005, the population may have doubled to 90,000. And these are "our" prisons. People are sent to fester behind bars in such numbers using our precious taxes, for our protection and in an attempt to win our votes. When we read the immensely sad stories in this newspaper during the past week, or hear the savage indictment of Brixton prison conditions by Gen Sir David Ramsbotham, Her Majesty's inspector, we cannot merely shake our heads and move on to worrying about where we will take our children skiing at half term. The vast majority of the people now behind bars will be emerging in due course. If they have TB, we will breathe their germs on tubes and buses. If they are mentally ill, they will become our problem soon enough. If they are untrained and unemployable, it is our houses and cars they will be ransacking for saleable goods. If they go in for modest offences, and emerge angrier and better skilled both at heavier crimes and avoiding detection, prison will not have "worked" for the rest of us. Moreover as Emrys James and David Wilson both pointed out, these people are not a sub-race, but people like us, with the same complex feelings, the same urges, vices, restlessness and dreams. Research shows that offending is widespread among all social classes, especially among teenagers and young adults. The difference is who gets caught. The appalling vista laid out in the Guardian's investigation is so bleak it is tempting to believe nothing can be done. But the experience of Grendon is inspiring: the 40 years it took to build a second one tells us more about our love of punishment than our concern for redemption and community safety. Restorative justice operates in the wing communities in Grendon in ways that could change the whole culture of the prison service: complaints and discipline, bullying and many other grievances that now add to the sense of injustice both from inmates and staff would be far better settled through mediation, in which both parties can feel involved. Moreover, mediation and reparation with their victims brings home to offenders the real consequences of their actions while prison makes them feel victimised. If the government is committed to "what works" as its guide for criminal justice policy and crime reduction, then it must bite the bullet and face down public ignorance and vindictiveness which now places prison as the main option, and all else as an alternative to prison. It should again be a last resort. Safety does require some people to be locked up. Prison can lead damaged people to reconsider their lives and learn new skills, take new options. The arts in prison are especially effective both as tools for expression beyond violence and as a route to education and social skills. They too suffer from lack of staff and resources. But to work effectively with those who need to be incarcerated, the prison service must be freed from the disastrous burden of those who could be dealt with effectively and far less expensively in the community. Moreover, for the vast majority of inmates, the loss of local connections with family, job and home sentences them again to return to crime. Is that really why we are spending so much in scarce financial and human resources, and destroying so many families in the process - to increase future crime? The real scandal of prison is that by Churchill's test we are u

UK regulations around ventilation in the workplace? Hi, have been scouring the internet but cant find anything solid! I am a manager for a restaurant chain- my store is very old and every time I attempt to get things fixed, it gets refused funding due to head office budget limitations. Over the past year, our air ventilation system has not been working and it is unbearable at work. I have called about this several times, an engineer is sent to my store, agrees the system isnt working, then puts in a quote for repairs which is ultimately refused. Things have got worse over the last few weeks as myself and many of my staff have been feeling dizzy, sick and have had headaches. I called an engineer out after almost fainting at the weekend who said one of my large fridges is leaking gas. I have since found out that the gas used inside this fridge is practically illegal since 2001 and should have been replaced or the unit condemned ages ago. So, we have a non-working ventilation system which head office refused to fix, a dodgy old fridge which should have been replaced years ago, and now myself and my staff are sick. I enjoy my job and love working with my staff but I cant do anything more than I am currently doing and need to know what legislation there is which I can quote to my employer- I dont want to go down a nasty route but I feel they dont seem to care about our health and safety, and are only worried about their profits! Any help or ideas greatly appreciated! Thanks

History Questions For Those Who Can Answer? 1. “[The] electric light, incredible as it may appear, is produced from a tiny strip of paper that breath would blow away. Through this tiny strip of a paper is passed an electric current, and the result is a bright, beautiful light. . . and this light, the inventor claims, can be produced cheaper than that from the cheapest oil.” Marshall Fox, New York Herald, 1879 The device described in the above passage from the New York Herald was invented by A. Joseph Swan. B. Thomas Edison. C. Henry Bessemer. D. Pierre Curie. 2. How did electric power impact industry? A. It allowed factories to move away from water sources. B. By increasing efficiency, it shortened the work day. C. It increased safety hazards in manufacturing plants. D. It reduced the cost of powering heavy machinery. 3. Which of the following best describes how the Model T automobile changed society? A. It improved personal transportation for the “great multitude” and allowed people to travel greater distances. B. It improved personal transportation for the elite members of society. C. It improved the railroad industry, because it now had a competitor in the transportation market. D. The Model T automobile led to the creation of European automobile industries such as Benz and Daimler which improved personal transportation throughout Europe. 4. How did the radio differ from the telegraph? A. Radio operators used Morse code; telegraph operators did not. B. The telegraph required wires; the radio did not. C. The radio became wildly popular by 1900; the telegraph did not. D. The radio was used primarily in the United States; the telegraph was used mostly in Europe. 5. Who disproved the long-held belief that an atom is a solid piece of matter? A. Marie Curie B. Dmitri Mendeleyev C. Albert Einstein D. Ernest Rutherford 6. Which of the following was a significant factor in the expansion of the railroad system in the 1800s? A. The invention of the Bessemer process B. The discovery of electricity C. The production of the Model T D. The National Railroad Exhibition of 1900 7. In addition to personal communication, the telegraph was used A. to speak with loved ones who lived far away. B. to conduct business and quickly transmit news from far away places. C. to help hearing-impaired students learn how to speak. D. to advance the study of aerodynamics. 8. The work of Joseph Lister with antiseptics would have been impossible without the discoveries of A. Marie Curie. B. Isaac Newton. C. Albert Einstein. D. Louis Pasteur. 9. Which of the following disciplines benefited most from Charles Darwin’s work? A. Physical anthropology B. Cultural archaeology C. Psychology D. Medicine 10. “Bedrooms in tenements were dark closets, utterly without ventilation. There couldn’t be any. The houses were built like huge square boxes, covering nearly the whole of the lot. Some light came in at the ends, but the middle was always black.” —Jacob Riis, The Battle with the Slum, 1902 What is Jacob Riis describing in the above quote? A. Why governments should build parks in cities B. The poor ventilation and lack of light in tenements C. The homes immigrants had before arriving in the United States D. The poor ventilation and lack of light in factories 11. Which of the following was a solution to scarce living and working space in cities? A. The mechanization of industry B. The construction of skyscrapers C. The construction of subways D. The expansion of public education 12. How did leisure time activities change in the late 1800s? A. Leisure time activities included more outdoor activities as people moved from cities to suburbs. B. Leisure time activities grew as people had higher incomes and more free time. C. Fine arts activities were more popular as private funding of concert halls and theaters was expanded. D. Many children had less leisure time, because more of them began to work in factories. 13. One effect of the expansion of the railroads was that A. horse-drawn carriages were no longer used. B. consumers had a greater choice of low-cost products. C. the population of the East Coast declined. D. the price of steel rose. 14. What development was essential for the expansion of cities to the suburbs during the Industrial Age? A. The growth of pre-fabricated homes B. The invention of the telegraph C. The emergence of public transportation systems D. The invention of the refrigerator and freezer 15. Which of the following individuals developed vaccines for anthrax and rabies? A. Louis Pasteur B. Charles Darwin C. Albert Einstein D. Crawford Long 16. Which of the following realistic writers revealed the unfair treatment of women within families? A. Mary Wollstonecraft B. Henrik Ibs

insurance company ignoring my letters of demand now what (long back story)? On March 2, I was parked across the street from my boyfriend's house, his neighbour was washing her car and seen me pull up she even asked my boyfriend and I if we knew who owned a dog that she'd seen running around. We went inside, a few hours later we came out to find the side of my car completely wrecked like I'd been sideswiped, the neighbour wasn't home when we called the police for hit and run so they came back the next day to speak to her and found my paint on her back bumper. She verbally agreed to the police to pay to repair my vehicle if she wasn't arrested and charged, she told the police she didn't know my car was there and thought she hit a pole (there are no poles anywhere!) so clearly that was a lie! My boyfriend was asked by the police to verify my details (I live in a different state) and provide his neighbour with my phone number which he did so, the police told her to call me the next day and provide her insurance details. I came back from my holiday the following week and called her as she never called when she promised the police she would, she told me couldn't call me as she had been supplied her own number clearly another lie as her number and mine are nothing alike! My boyfriend did indeed give her my number as it was in the police notes (no charge so no report) that he did so the police officer wrote everything down. I sent a letter of demand and a quote for repair on the 10th of march I called on the 12th to see if they were received she advised that she was required to fill in a claim form and was waiting for it in the mail clearly another lie as her insurance office isn't far from where she lives it would have been received the day after she requested it, I advised the urgency to repair my vehicle due to safety reasons (driver's door jammed shut) I advised that the forms can be downloaded I downloaded and printed them and gave them to her personally on the 19th of March she made an excuse both her personal computer and business computer were down seems to have been another lie as a friend of mine had emailed her business (sole trader work from home) for a quote and received it the day before, I called on the 23rd of march to see if the claim had been filed as I had an appointment with the panel beater the following week to repair my vehicle (which I had to cancel as her insurance company said she hadn't filed the claim when she told me she had). After the Easter holidays on the 8th of April I called the ladies insurance company they told me that the claim had been filed on the 30th of March, they were waiting for more information from their client but as I had provided everything I needed to they were going to send an assessor to look at my vehicle they advised someone would call the next day or the monday to organse a time to view the vehicle after not being called back when I told I would be I called on the tuesday (13th April) the woman that took my call was rude and said that nobody was coming to assess it to allow me to take it to the panel beater to be repaired even though the registration is due in June and it won't pass roadworthy how it is, she confirmed that they made contact with their client (who has since moved and won't return my calls so I have no choice but to deal with these idiots) and they are waiting for something from her but can't contact her, I sent a letter to their complaints department, they acknowledge my letter of demands (I have sent 2) but emailed back and said they are looking after their client first before doing anything about my demands so what now? the letters of demand clearly say 7 days legally they can't ignore them till a time it suits them surely?! I live in NSW and my car is registered here, the lady who hit my car lives in Victoria, I have third party property damage with NRMA, the lady has comprehensive insurance with Elders, my metallic green lantra received $2000 worth of damage I need both doors replaced, the lady that hit me her hyundai getz recieved just a small dint and a 6cm streak of my paint on her bumper, why is that more important than my car being off the road? she has responded as she advised them of her change of address therefore there is no reason why they can't send someone to assess my vehicle, legally in Australia 7 days is 7 days, they have 7 days to comply with a letter of demand when they recieve it as of today they are due for a third if the third letter of demand is ignored then it goes to court that's the rules

Are some projects helpfully managed by very slow-moving consortium of contractors ? Why are they slow ? "Ian McPhedran April 06, 2008 12:00am NAVY chiefs sent a submarine to New Zealand for an exercise despite warnings of a "potentially catastrophic" safety risk from its faulty main battery. A whistleblower close to the project has told The Sunday Mail the warning was issued on April 20, 2007, and it stated that the eight-year-old battery on HMAS Rankin had "significant safety and performance implications". Quoting directly from the warning, the insider said the Navy was told to replace the battery as early as possible,"to avoid any potential catastrophic incident on Rankin". The Collins class submarine allegedly suffered a serious main battery failure during her trans-Tasman mission, forcing it to the surface. The insider also revealed a second submarine, HMAS Waller, was forced into port in Western Australia when leaking battery acid tripped its earth-leakage system. 2 days ago - 5 days left to answer. Additional Details 2 days ago Acting Commander of the naval fleet Commodore Simon Cullen denied the boat had to cross the Tasman Sea on the surface. "Rankin completed a successful deployment to New Zealand as programmed and dived for the bulk of her recent deployment without any limitations due to her battery," Commodore Cullen said. He added there was no major power failure at sea. But the whistleblower, who cannot be identified, confirmed the main battery had failed during the exercise. The Navy confirmed that it had been told by the battery-maker in 2007 that it needed to be replaced. "This was then factored in to the long-term maintenance cycle for the submarine as a planned activity for mid-2008," the Navy said." 2 days ago Is there someone on the job making weird decisions ? 2 days ago Isn't any leader at the mercy of their staff ? If there is a moron postponing urgent work, no leader would really be able to prevent this. 1 day ago "men are so simple, and so subject to present necessities, that he who seeks to deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived. One recent example I cannot pass over in silence. Alexander VI did nothing else but deceive men, nor ever thought of doing otherwise, and he always found victims; for there never was a man who had greater power in asserting, or who with greater oaths would affirm a thing, yet would observe it less; nevertheless his deceits always succeeded according to his wishes, because he well understood this side of mankind." (machiavelli, the prince, ch 18, para. 21)

Is there a link to the "Australian" Segway safety video? I work at a Segway tour company, and we recently discovered that there is an alternate (hilarious) version of the safety video that my boss says is Australian but it sounds more like the guy is from Boston. If anyone knows what I'm talking about, is there a link to where I can watch it online? I want to send it to a friend of mine who doesn't live here and doesn't believe me when I tell her about it. Edit: It contains quotes like "Don't worry about looking like a loser" and "you don't want to end up like this poor bastard."

Were guardrails built in to the Collins submarine project so this could never happen ? Were guardrails built in to the Collins submarine project so this could never happen ? <<Q/If you're working in a safety-critical computerization project, does the obligatory office powerpath seem like . this quote "...and I looked, and behold a pale horse and he who sat upon it was named Death, and Hell followed with him.">> The changes the office powerpath is merrily making are incorrect and are likely to kill people, but he doesn't care.>> A/( by mtheoryrules)<<I will put it like this If a powerpath does not have a sense of obligation to fulfill ethical duty it is because the organization that the powerpath works within has not established an ultimate goal for its existence as being ethical. Therefore the organization has either provided an atmosphere in which a powerpath is more suited to thrive or conditioned an ethical person to become a powerpath that he may thrive within the organization. This seems simple enough to me. If a psychopath does not truly experience an obligation to be ethical then in an truly ethical organization they would simply fake the obligation to thrive. Essentially the question then becomes what is the difference between faking ethics and having ethics.>> And if so, who built in those guardrails ?

Feminism has never done anyone any harm? It seems that feminism wouldn't hurt a fly. This quote was posted by a feminist earlier today: "Feminism has fought no wars. It has killed no opponents. It has set up no concentration camps, starved no enemies, practiced no cruelties. Its battles have been for education, for the vote, for better working conditions.. for safety on the streets... for child care, for social welfare...for rape crisis centers, women's refuges, reforms in the law." (If someone says) 'Oh, I'm not a feminist,' (I ask) 'Why? What's your problem?'" - Dale Spender, author of For the Record: The Making & Meaning of Feminist Knowledge, 1985 Do you think we should judge a social movement by how few wars it has started and how few concentration camps it has built? Would you agree with the quote that feminism is a force that has only made our lives better?

Is there a qualification of ethical standards that police officers must meet? if not, should there be? Just read this news of an Officer Rivieri: http://www.mahalo.com/Officer_Rivieri caught on tape (twice to his fortune) of abuse of authority. Police officers, like doctors, have a very important role in society. I respect them and admire their roles, to serve and protect. They ensure the safety of citizens and facilitate the works of a community. I question if this police officer understands his role, and to use his very own quote if he "understads the meaning of respect." I am very curious what kind of formal ethical training/examinations officers are required to go through. And to those good police officers (not the bad apples), God bless you for your work.

Why does the CFR want the sheep to believe there is a vaccine shortage? Wednesday, November 4, 2009 CFR confirms vaccine shortage in Canada is a lie! A reader sent me this video: Leaked Recording From CFR [Council on Foreign Relations] Swine Flu Scare Mongering Don't know how "leaked" it was, since the reader has included a link to the official CFR audio of the discussion quoted from in the video, and a link to the transcript. But it certainly oozes contempt for the general public. I can't help wondering if the laughter we hear in the audio isn't rather nervous. I remember the derision and contempt displayed by GWB (it's "amusing") and Harper (it's "sad") at the huge outcry prior to and during the Montebello SPP summit, and I strongly suspect that's an agreed-upon response amongst those who know they are telling us lies. The CFR assemblage was attempting to find ways to counter the anti-vaccine movement. The first male speaker in the above video thinks that people need to be told: "There's less mercury in a flu shot than there is in a tuna sandwich." (In the transcript he's listed as Tom Wilson from Cornell Medical School.) Talk about "sad"! When a medical professional resorts to quoting a journalist to prove the safety of vaccines we're in deep trouble. The truth is that mercury in a vaccine can pass the blood/brain barrier and accumulate there, more and more of it with each successive inoculation, while the same amount of mercury in a tuna sandwich is 90% pooped out within a few hours. (See studies here.) Then there's Lone Simonsen, Research Professor and Research Director, Department of Global Health, George Washington University, who says with equal contempt for the intelligence of the general population: I think what would work better would be to say that there was a shortage and people tend to buy more of something that's in demand. (Laughter.) We saw that -- there was one season where, really, people lined up all night to get a flu shot. She's advocating telling an outright lie. And she was obviously talking out of school because the moderator wasted no time in interrupting her to say, "But there is a shortage" and then cut her off when she tried to speak further. How else do I know she was talking out of school? All you have to do is look at what's happened in Canada. 50 million vaccine doses were ordered for a population of 33 million, but we are told there is a shortage, and the excuse given is that the sole source, GlaxoSmithKline, has to focus at the moment on non-adjuvanted vaccines - for special purposes, like the military. The general population, of course, gets the adjuvanted kind. I heard this with my own ears on a CPAC broadcast of the emergency Parliamentary session on Swine Flu held on Monday evening (Nov. 2) - and the CBC confirms it: "GlaxoSmithKline overestimated their ability to produce the adjuvanted vaccine while they focus on unadjuvanted vaccine" ... But do you remember the video that the Sun dumped as quickly as it published it, and we had to look elsewhere to find it? It said that the vaccine has arrived in two separate vials, one containing vaccine, another containing adjuvant - and the two had to be mixed by the jabbers themselves, which is why the line-ups moved so slowly. So our government is lying through its veneered teeth. It was also brought out in the Parliamentary discussion that private clinics have no shortage of vaccine. This is confirmed by the media. How much you want to bet the people who can pay are getting the sanitized version? All in all, however, the debate in the House was little more than an opportunity to appear concerned while allowing the government to reinforce its lies and get away with not actually answering the questions raised. Just who are the "conspiracy theorists", you might well ask. The reader who tracked down the CFR audio and transcripts comments as follows: They reveal that H1N1 is showing signs of building resistance to Tamiflu (from over-use?). The question period is especially interesting. There's a question about the Canadian study (Those vaccinated with seasonal flu more likely to get sick with H1N1). Apparently the committee agrees that out of Canada, Australia and the US, somehow the Canadian studies are the only one to show this effect. They conclude "there is something funny" about the Canadan studies. And it's here they talk about the vaccine-resistance movement. "How can we stop the anti-vaccine movement...?" the person asks. The response about countering "lunacy" with "truth" and that "you can't really discuss with these people" comes across - a little bit anyway- as religious conflict or even the abortion conflict. There is no middle ground, there is no reason to consider the other's point of view because it is simply wrong. This is significant because the difference here is that theses are not simply differing philosophies [where] each person can live according to his [own]. This is an uneven playing field. These people have the abil

Does anybody know aboout the new law for Volvo 850 ABS and TRAC lights? The state of NH came out with a new law this year requiring the ABS and TRAC dashboard lights to be off. I had the inspection done at an independent mechanic. The car passes inpection except for the ABS and TRAC lights. I went to Volvo and they didn't even know about the new law yet. However, they looked it up and found it in the new book. They quoted $720 for a new computer module and labor. My question is, how can I get around this? Even they said it was a silly law and that the brakes work irregardless. I wouldn't sacrifice safety, but I've been driving under this condition for years. Any ideas? Thanks.

Wayward Patterdale Terrier I have two Patterdale terriers, one is 11 and the other is 12months. We moved to a very rural area last summer, having previously always lived in busy towns. The 11 yr old is a well trained and balanced dog, I have never had any major problems with her. Despite being a working/hunting breed she has never worked/hunted because of our town living, until now! When we first moved here she started on rodents, which was fine, and kinda helpful. Then she moved on to Coypu, a beaver type animal that is considered vermin here. We have several acres of fenced land, and she only hunted on our land. However, since Spring, she has taken to roaming further and further, sometimes up to 3 miles, hunting Coypu. As our community is small and mostly Farmers, she is known, and even respected for the job she does by getting rid of these creatures for local farms, they always call us if they see her on their land, and she always returns home come dinner time, I trust her to look after herself, even though I would rather she did not roam around doing this, I also worry that when inside these earths/dens the earth could collapse on her, and we would never find her, because she is out alone, and unsupervised. The big problem is, she takes the younger dog with her, he is bigger, fitter and stronger than her, but clearly too young and not as smart and comes back with very nasty injuries, to the point I am very concerned for his safety. We have had to resort to keeping the older dog on a long tie in front of the house, because nothing else we do stops her running away after Coypu. As I previously said, our land is well fenced, but she digs under the fencing, and despite our best efforts to seal the weak areas in the fence she has created, she always finds a way out, and sneaks off in the blink of an eye with the younger dog following. We cannot afford to get fencing buried underground, 7 acres of that kind of fencing would cost more than a brand new car (we got quotes) and we just can't afford that. I really hate to tie her up, I still take her for walks, so I am not concerned about her getting excercise, but I feel bad that she is not able to enjoy our land because she can't be trusted to respect her boundaries. Has anyone ever had this problem, is it possible to train a dog not to roam like this or is the instinct to hunt too strong?

Is Selling Anything Containing Mould Illegal? Even if the item is not to be eaten, especially if you do not tell the customer it has mould in it? An example is selling an item in a cardboard box, where the box contains mould, or selling the box itself. I see the obvious hazards of this, as a person may put clothing, toys, or food in the box, which may make them infected by the mould which can be a threat to health and safety. Or even having the box in the same room as a person may cause lung irritation and such. Also, the employees should not have to handle any items containing mould without precautions. This actually happened - I heard of it from someone I know who works in a store that sold cardboard items containing mould. **Are there rules against this in Canada/Ontario? If so, which rules, and can you give me quotes or references?** *Regarding both the employees safety for handling such items, their ability to refuse handling such items, and the legality of such sales without telling the customer the box contains mould. Thanks a billion for any help!

Tradesman Scam? My mother recently got a quote to get her roof fixed, the tradesman gave her a sheet with a header of "quotation/tax invoice" which to me are two totally different things. Anyway he convinced mum to sign the quote... Mum later rang the man to inform him that she wouldnt be using him to do the job. Today he calls my mother to say that himself and 2 of his workers have started working for an hour and my mum being scared said she would pay him for the hours work. I just got home (9 30pm) and fearing for my mums safety called this man, to which he said "no worries" about not going ahead with the job but said my mum agreed to pay him for his work. Im not convinced there is any work even done, i said i would call him back regarding this matter, but the fact he has come on our property and 'done work' without a go ahead to me is trespassing. Any advice would be great before i goto the police.

Help with English!? 10 points!? Question 1 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) Which of the following is NOT true when using paraphrases? They are written in your own words. They do not use quotation marks. They are written word-for-word from the source. In a research paper they are used more frequently than direct quotes. Your voice comes through in the writing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 2 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) Which bibliographical information is NOT required in a citation on your Works Cited page? author's name copyright date publisher author's date of birth -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 3 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) Which of the following demonstrates a correct entry on a works cited page, for a book? Walker, Janice R. The Columbia Guide to Online Style. New York: Columbia UP, 1998. Janice R Walker. The Columbia Guide to Online Style. New York: Columbia UP, 1998. The Columbia Guide to Online Style. Janice R. Walker. Columbia UP, New York, 1998. The Columbia Guide to Online Style. Walker, Janice R. Columbia UP, New York, 1998. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 4 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) Which of the following web pages would contain the most credible information? A researcher’s .edu page contains numerous statistics on the page with no noted sources. A researcher’s .edu web page contains facts with internal documentation, and an update performed within the last week. A company’s .com web page contains information from two sides of an argument with links to the personal web pages of the people who represent each of the opposing sides. A political activist group’s .com web page was found when you performed a search on google. A company’s .com web page contains information on job opportunities and safety statistics, and has not been updated in two years. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 5 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) To condense a large amount of information into shortened notes in your own wording is: quoting paraphrasing summarizing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 6 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) Which is the correct definition of the word “silhouette”? Outline that appears dark against a light background. Bright border to a dull image to heighten effect Document pasted on a soft board to attract attention. Flag attached to a long pole to mark victory. Legal document produced in the court. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 7 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) Which of the following is an example of subjective writing? News articles Encyclopedic entries Editorials Reports -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 8 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) Which of the following is the best definition of plagiarism? Quoting a source and then noting the source at the end of the quote Copying someone else’s words or ideas with no documentation Using internal documentation for several primary sources within one paper Summarizing information from a source and then noting the source at the end Using internal documentation on a paper, including a works cited page at the end -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 9 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) Which is the correct definition of the word “crux”? The edge of a mountain The central or critical point. The end of a problem. The addition of matter. The point of a sword. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 10 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) Which of the following is a common rhetorical technique used for propaganda? Caricature Bandwagon Confusopoly Scapegoating Mud Slinging -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 11 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) An advertisement states, "If you loved your mother, you would buy her Melt-in-your-Mouth Chocolates for Mother's Day." This advertisement is an example of: ethos logos pathos Question 14 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) Which of the following words has a favorable connotation? Captivate Regime Loaded language Annihilate Exterminate Manipulate Fester Hostile -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 15 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points) Which of the following is the best example of an open-ended question? Do you think it is easy to learn to play the guitar? Discuss which artists inspire you to write songs. How many performances do you schedule from week to week? Estimate how much money a person could earn by playing guitar professionally.

In the beginning of Wallace Stegner's Crossing To Safety he quotes a Robert Frost poem. What is the poem?

looking for good safety quotes for a factory?

Can anybody know ELECTRICAL SAFETY slogans / proverbs / quotes. Pleas furnish?

what are some creative quotes for gun safety?? im looking for creative quotes that are good ideas for children things as simple as "dont touch guns" but more creative.

Road Safety Quote......... I need a road safety quote, any one got any ? Best one gets best answer =] Best one gets top answer

What year did safety glass become mandatory in automobiles? I'm really trying to find out safety glass in camper shells. What year did it become mandatory? I also need to know where I can find the information, because I have to quote my sources. Thanks!

If Benjamin Franklin were to address Obama which of his quotes would he use? 1. Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason. 2. Strive to be the greatest man in your country, and you may be disappointed. Strive to be the best and you may succeed: he may well win the race that runs by himself. 3. They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Please feel free to pull another Franklin Quote.

Is this quote relevant to your pet safety-critical project ? “Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.”

Who wrote, "Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happi..."? Full quote: "Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family or Class of men: Therefore the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity and happiness require."

Who made the quote "Safety is no accident"? It's a reference I'm using.

Why are insurance quotes for the Ninja 250 so high? I have been doing a lot of research to make sure I can afford a motorcycle and I have been very surprised with the cost of insurance. I wasn't expecting it to be cheap, but really! Everything has been between $2000 and $3000 a year. I am a 19 year old female who has taken the safety course and I have no accidents in my history. Also, the Ninja 250 is such a low powered machine, I thought that made a difference. Is there an insurance company that is cheaper?

can u give some gud quotes 4 an article on (1)global warming,(2)road safety,(3)adventure.thanks!!!!?

What does these quotes from our Founding Fathers and, Greatest Americans mean to you? A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master. - George Washington Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it. - Thomas Jefferson If GOD is just, I tremble for my country. - Thomas Jefferson A conservative man is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. - FDR Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin

All quiet on the western front book quotes? i need some quotes for the themes:survival, man's inhumanity to man, safety in death, loss of innocence, comradship, futility of war and lost generation. page numbers would help me out extremely! thanx!

How do the following quotes reflect the Enlightenment? 'Give me liberty or give me death!" "My only regret is that I only have one life to give for my country!" "No taxation without representation!" "They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty or safety!"

How do these quotes reflect on the government of today? "When the government fears it's people there is liberty. When the people fear their government there is tyranny." -Thomas Jefferson "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" -Benjamin Franklin

How do you steer your organisation so it is responsible for safety-critical software, as ..? ... opposed to merely feigning responsibility ? "Humans are limited. Everybody wants a reputation for competence, but not everybody is willing to put the effort. There are those who are expert at image. There are some incompetents around. Management may set checks and balances, but there are limits to what they can detect. Also, too many checks can suffocate employees, and the better of them would leave for calmer seas. Good management would set up some checks, but is also aware of their limits." good quote I found on yahoo answers

What is the quote about individual liberties and safety and the danger of losing both?

Do low cost airlines compromise with the safety of their passengers? Plz. support ur answer with facts & figures,quote incidents supporting this fact with the name of the airlines.

Do you agree or disagree with these quotes? “The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.” Theodore Roosevelt ''The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.” Theodore Roosevelt Do you agree or disagree? I personally agree on both of them. I think peace at the cost of personal liberty and freedom isnt worth it. That wanting to lead an easy life, expecting everything handed to you is sad and will get you nowhere. And that every citizen of our nation should pull their own weight. Just my personal thoughts. What do you think or believe? I think neither party goes by what our Forefathers or other great men in our society originally had planned for this country. Im Republican because in my book they're the closest to what I believe was originally intended for this nation. But Im not so naive to believe they hold true to it, I know they don't. Neither party does.

For the quote “Every member of society is in duty bound to contribute to the safety and good of the whole” ? by George Mason. How does the quote "speak" about responsibility?

Do theese quotes stand true today or are they old news to you? and need to be but to bed? No one is free when others are oppressed. ~Author Unknown They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Exact quote of B. Franklin - "who would give away liberty for safety deserves neither"? I have seen many versions of Ben Franklin's famous statement, along the lines of "He who would sacrifice an essential liberty for temporary safety will lose both and deserves neither"; but I want to know his exact original wording. Does anyone know where I can access the original without paying a fee or making a trip to my local library?

Men, what do you think of these user quotes? I am new to Yahoo answers and was very disturbed to read comments from a particular man that seems to always be online. Of course women are free to answer as will but I am really curious to know if this man speaks for the men who hang out here at the Women’s Study page. I don’t know if this person will recognize his own quotes but I respectfully suggest you seek treatment for your many issues. “If she does not want to cooperate get your assets to safety, get a passport and get a girlfriend and if she threathens you with divorce make her know you are willing to bail.” “If I want sex I get a tantrum unless I go slapaslap on her.” “Women like men who are in charge and keep a hard hand over them even if they wont admit that to themselfs.” “Macho men who show their woman who is boss are threated best not because she fears him but because he gives her what she wants.” “Yah well I guess she just couldnt get over beeing UGLY and that goes for 90% of the feminists. The other 10 are just stoppid tvats.” Carrie: I wasn't sure if we were allowed to name names (I don't want to get in trouble) but the persons name is Cassius. Thank you for looking up the community guidelines and I hope my question does not appear to "Harass, threaten, insult, or behave belligerently towards others.” It is not intended that way. ₤Э\/Ĩ†¥ - That is interesting I never thought this person may be a women. Perhaps you are correct. Thanks Cassius - you overestimate your importance but I have a feeling that is typical for you.

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temorary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.? I am looking for an argument for or against this quote by Benjamin Franklin. I am curious to see others opinions on this popular quote.

what does “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety" by Ben Franklin mean? I have to write a 5 paragraph essay based on that quote and I have to use the Bill of Rights and the Patriot Act as sources. Please, someone just give me a couple ideas, I'm completely stuck right now!!

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety? deserve neither liberty nor safety" --Benjamin Franklin DO U AGREE WITH THIS QUOTE? WHY OR WHY NOT -PLEASE ANSWER BY THURSDAY

Emo/Scene kids and safety pins? Why is it that safety pins are becoming a trend among like the scene peoples? Like they have the pins umm pinned to their gloves or hoodies or I see pictures online showing a heart and a safety pin, usually with the quote "a good day" or "love" nearby. What is the significance of a safety pin?

do any of these quotes apply to the present? "Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people". Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) "Freedom is when the people can speak, democracy is when the government listens." Alastair Farrugia "Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers." Aristotle "They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety". Benjamin Franklin "Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been" Winston Churchill "Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government". Thomas Jefferson In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man; brave, hated, and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." - Mark Twain you got bored yet you answered lol.history is boring.thats why its repeating itself. you got bored yet you answered lol.history is boring.thats why its repeating itself.

does anyone know a science safety phrase? i am doing a poster for science about safety. but i dont know what quote to use. its suppose to be like 'dont play with fire'. or anything like that. help me please? :)

What is your experience with tattoo removal? I'm writing an article on tattoo health and safety and need a quote from someone who has had one removed. The longer the quote the better. If you do answer this question, please include your first and last name (I don't care if it's your real last name, just one thats believable). Thanks in advance!

What do these quotes mean to you? "Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind." - John F. Kennedy "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." - John F. Kennedy What do these quotes mean to you? I mean, not literally, but symbolically, think about how our war in Iraq is killing our many young men and women everyday. Loved ones are dieing and many are sobing. John F. K. was right, war will put an end to mankind unless we stop war's forever. Plus, the second quote, many people say, oh security cheaks at airports, thats one thing OUR country is doing for MY safety, but what are YOU doing for the safety of OUR country? What do you think? PLease respond with your opinion's. Please don't say ignorant or rude things please, if you don't knoe don't say anything. JFK was assasinated by a man who had a mental condition. He had a journal that said exatlly why he did what he did. I know the man who investigated on it, you can google it or something. He aslo wrote a book about the assasinator.

Are you willing to sacrifice your right to bear arms for safety? See the B. Franklin quote in reference.? We have plenty of laws in place to restrict the possessing of firearms. Do we need more, or enforce the ones we already have? Do we really need more restrictive laws on abiding citizens? Was the shooter at VT a law abiding citizen with legal gun ownership? If so, did the gun free zone the school had in place help or hurt the students? "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety". Benjamin Franklin "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin

Does anyone else know of anymore good quotes from the founding fathers concerning freedom from Christianity? Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear." - Thomas Jefferson "Religions are all alike - founded upon fables and mythologies." - Thomas Jefferson "History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government." - Thomas Jefferson "In no instance have . . . the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people." - James Madison " The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity." - John Adams "Lighthouses are more helpful than churches." - Benjamin Franklin "The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma." -- Abraham Lincoln "The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity." -- John Adams "Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man." -- Thomas Jefferson And there aren't a whole lot of quotes from Washington, but he was most likely a Deist. Washington DID say this, however: "If they be good workmen, they may be from Asia, Africa, or Europe; they may be Mohammedans, Jews, or Christians of any sect, or they may be Atheists." "In every country and in every age the priest has been hostile to liberty; he is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own." – Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States of America "History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government." - Thomas Jefferson If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. -- James Madison 'When the government fears the people it is a democracy....when the people fear their government it is tyranny...' --- Thomas Jefferson Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.– Thomas Jefferson The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. – James Madison ,,

I'll ask again, Is former bucs safety planning moving back to tampa bay now that he' retired? After all, he loves it in tampa, and still considers it his home, (evidence) he was quoted as saying in an article when he was playing in a preseason game against his former team "the bucs" as calling tampa his "home".

Is there a common law precedent about wearing a disguise in public? How about the Niqab (full veil) or Burka? It seems to me that the safety and security of everyone, for the "public good", would be better served if everyone is identifiable in public. I understand the Universal right to "... freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance." but think these rights are subservient to the right to safety and "security of person". Quoted from the "United Nation's 'Universal Declaration of Human Rights'".

Can someone give me a price quote for all the equipment I will need to play hockey next winter? I'm a 21 year old male. Can someome please give me a price quotes in the form of a list for all the equipment I will need to play hockey next winter? I need a list that has the name of each type of equipment and the individual price of each. I would greatly appreciate it very much. I am trying to be budget conscious but also do not want to sacrifice safety.

What do you think of these quotes? "It is the soldier not the reporter who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier not the poet who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier not the campus organizer who has given us freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag." Father Dennis Edward O'brian "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing is worse war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.'' John Stuart Mill

What is the meaning behind this quote by Benjamin Franklin? "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety" What is the significance of the above quote, and why did Franklin believe it to be so?

Was Ben Franklin smarter than our politicians today in liberty and safety? Quote......."They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety!" That Benjamin.....he was a very smart man! When will Americans realize the Patriot Act and the 2007 Defense Authorization Act completely and directly go against this belief and the gaurantees within our constitution and civil liberties?

How Should Deal With Stress and Anxiety ? Stress is life. Stress is anything that causes mental, physical, or spiritual tension. There is no running away from it. All that matters is how you deal with it. This article does not deal with the factors of stress, anxiety, and depression, nor is it a clinical advice. If you feel depressed, you are not alone. It has been estimated that 75 to 90 percent of all visits to primary care physicians in America are for stress-related problems. This is why it is wise to consult a doctor if you are having physical symptoms of stress. However, here are some tips that can help from a spiritual perspective. Torture. Beatings. Loss of property. The death of loved ones. These were just some of the enormous challenges the Muslims of Makkah faced in the seventh century following their acceptance of Islam in fiercely tribal and polytheistic Makkah. Detention. Harassment. Beatings. Discrimination. Loss of Job. Profiling. Hate Crimes. Constant media attention. Surveillance. These are just some of the challenges Muslims in America today face, post-9/11. Like our predecessors in Makkah, we have begun to face great stress, anxiety, and pressure, more than ever in our recent history on this continent, although Muslims who were brought here as slaves faced worse than what we can even imagine. 1. Ask Him. He Listens: DU`A Turn each anxiety, each fear and each concern into a Dua (supplication). Look at it as another reason to submit to God and be in Sajdah (prostration), during which you are closest to Allah. God listens and already knows what is in your heart, but He wants you to ask Him for what you want. The Prophet said: Allah is angry with those who do not ask Him for anything (Tirmidhi). The Prophet once said that in prayer, he would find rest and relief (Nasai). He would also regularly ask for God's forgiveness and remain in prostration during prayer praising God (Tasbeeh) and asking for His forgiveness (Bukhari). Allah wants you to be specific. The Prophet advised us to ask Allah for exactly what we want instead of making vague Duas. Dua is the essence of worship (the Prophet as quoted in Tirmidhi). "Call on your Lord with humility and in private: for Allah loveth not those who trespass beyond bounds. Do not make mischief on the earth, after it hath been set in order, but call on Him with fear. And longing (in your hearts): for the mercy of Allah is (always) near to those who do good" (Quran 7:55-56). 2. Tie your Camel: DO YOUR PART One day Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, noticed a Bedouin leaving his camel without tying it. He asked the Bedouin, "Why don't you tie down your camel?" The Bedouin answered, "I put my trust in Allah." The Prophet then said, "Tie your camel first, then put your trust in Allah" (Tirmidhi). Muslims must never become fatalistic. Although we know only Allah is in control and that He has decreed all things, we are each responsible for making the right choices and doing the right thing in all situations of our lives. We must take action (link to planning articles on SV). We must work to alleviate the hardships we, our families and our communities face. Ask yourself the following questions if you are worried about the state of the world: are you part of the peace movement? Is your Masjid part of the peace movement? Are you part of an interfaith group with an agenda of peace and justice? Are you working with a group fighting discrimination? If your answer is no, it is time that you sat down to plan your share of time and money in finding solutions to the problems you face. "Verily Allah does not change men's condition unless they change their inner selves" (Quran 13: 11). Turn each worry into a Du`a and each Du`a into an action plan. That will show your commitment to your request and will focus your energy in the right direction. 3. Remember that human responsibility is limited While we need to carry out our duty to the best of our abilities, always remember that you don't control the outcome of events. Even the Prophets did not control the outcome of their efforts. Some were successful, others were not. Once you have done your duty, leave the results to Allah. Regardless of the results of your efforts, you will be rewarded for the part you have played. However, never underestimate your abilities. Understand the concept of Barakah (blessings from Allah) and remember that Allah can and Insha Allah will expand them if you are sincerely exerting your energies for the right path. 4. Leave the world behind you FIVE TIMES A DAY Use the five daily prayers as a means to become more Hereafter-oriented and less attached to this temporary world. Start distancing yourself as soon as you hear Adhan, the call to prayer. When you perform Wudu, keep repeating Shahada, the declaration of faith, as water drops slip down your face, hands, arms, and hair. When you stand ready to pray, mentally prepare yourself to leave this world and all of its worries and stresses behind you. Of course, Shaytan will try to distract you during prayer. But whenever this happens, go back and remember Allah. The more you return, the more Allah will reward you for it. Also, make sure your Sajdas (prostrations) are talking Sajdas, in which you are really connecting to God and seeking His Mercy, praising Him, and asking His forgiveness. (link to Sajda article...ramadan page) 5. Seek help through SABR Seek help through Sabr and Salat (Quran 2:45). This instruction from Allah provides us with two critical tools that can ease our worries and pain. Patience and prayer are two oft-neglected stressbusters. Sabr is often translated as patience but it is not just that. It includes self-control, perseverance, endurance, and a focused struggle to achieve one's goal. Unlike patience, which implies resignation, the concept of Sabr includes a duty to remain steadfast to achieve your goals despite all odds. Being patient gives us control in situations where we feel we have little or no control. 'We cannot control what happens to us but we can control our reaction to our circumstances' is the mantra of many modern-day self-help books. Patience helps us keep our mind and attitude towards our difficulties in check. 6. Excuse Me! You are Not Running the World, HE is. It is important to remind ourselves that we don't control all the variables in the world. God does. He is the Wise, the All-Knowing. Sometimes our limited human faculties are not able to comprehend His wisdom behind what happens to us and to others, but knowing that He is in control and that as human beings we submit to His Will, enriches our humanity and enhances our obedience (Uboodiah in Arabic) towards him. Read the story of the encounter of Moses with the mysteries behind God's decision (Quran: 18:60-82). Familiarize yourself with God's 99 Names, which are also known as His Attributes. It is a powerful way of knowing Him. "God-there is no deity save Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsistent Fount of All being. Neither slumber overtakes Him, nor sleep. His is all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth. Who is there that could intercede with Him, unless it be by His leave? He knows all that lies open before men and all that is hidden from them, whereas they cannot attain to aught of His knowledge save that which He wills them to attain. His eternal power overspreads the heavens and the earth, and their upholding wearies Him not. And He alone is truly exalted, tremendous." (Quran 2:255). The Prophet recommended reading this verse, known as Ayat al kursi, after each prayer, Allah's peace and blessings be upon him. Once Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, approached the Prophet during a difficult time and he found the Prophet in Sajda, where he kept repeating "Ya Hayy Ya Qayyum", words which are part of this verse. 7. Birds Don't Carry their Food Allah is al Razzaq (the Provider). "How many are the creatures that carry not their own sustenance? It is Allah Who feeds them and you, for He hears and knows all things (Quran 29:60)." By reminding yourself that He is the Provider, you will remember that getting a job or providing for your family in these economically and politically challenging times, when Muslims are often the last to be hired and the first to be fired, is in God's Hands, not yours. As Allah says in the Quran: "And He provides for him from (sources) he never could imagine. And if anyone puts his trust in Allah, sufficient is (Allah) for him. For Allah will surely accomplish His purpose. Verily, for all things has Allah appointed a due proportion (Quran 65:3). 8. God controls Life and Death If you fear for your physical safety and security, remember that only Allah gives life and takes it back and, that He has appointed the time for it. No one can harm you except if Allah wills. As He says in the Quran: "Wherever you are, death will find you out, even if you are in towers built up strong and high!" (Quran 4:78). 9. Remember that life is short It's easy to get caught up in our own stress and anxiety. However, if we remember that our life is short and temporary, and that the everlasting life is in the Hereafter, this will put our worries in perspective. This belief in the transitory nature of the life of this world reminds us that whatever difficulties, trials, anxieties, and grief we suffer in this world are, Insha Allah, something we will only experience for a short period of time. And more importantly, if we handle these tests with patience, Allah will reward us for it. 10. Do Zikr, Allah, Allah! "... without doubt in the remembrance (Zikr) of Allah do hearts find tranquility" (Quran 13:28). If you commute, use your time in Zikr. Pick any Tasbeeh and do that instead of listening to the radio or reading the newspaper. Maybe you can divide it up between Zikr and planning. Personally, I recite the Tasbeeh of "Subhana Allahe wa be hamdihi, subhan Allahil Azeem" 100 times as I drive. The Prophet taught us these two short phrases which are easy to say but will weigh heavy on our scale of good deeds in the Hereafter. When your heart feels heavy with stress or grief, remember Allah and surround yourself with His Zikr. Zikr refers to all forms of the remembrance of Allah, including Salat, Tasbeeh, Tahmeed, Tahleel, making supplication (Dua), and reading Quran. "And your Lord says: 'Call on Me; I will answer your (prayer)..." (Quran 40:60) By remembering Allah in the way He has taught us to, we are more likely to gain acceptance of our prayers and His Mercy in times of difficulty. We are communicating with the only One Who not only Hears and Knows all, but Who can change our situation and give us the patience to deal with our difficulties. "Remember Me, and I shall remember you; be grateful to Me, and deny Me not" (Quran 2:152). 11. Relying on Allah: Tawakkul When you awaken in the morning, thank Allah for giving you life after that short death called sleep. When you step out of your home, say 'in Your Name Allah, I put my trust in Allah, and there is no power or force except with Allah' (Bismillahi Tawakal to al Allah wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah). At night, remember Allah, with His praises on your lips. Once you have established a plan you intend to follow through on to deal with a specific issue or problem in your life, put your trust in the most Wise and the All-Knowing. "When you have taken a decision, put your trust in Allah" (Quran 3: 159). Rely on Allah by constantly remembering Him throughout your day. When you lay down to sleep, remember that sleep is death. That is why one of the recommended supplications before going to sleep is "with Your (Allah's) Name I die and become alive". 12. Connect with other human beings You are not alone. Muslims are not alone. We are not suffering in silence. There are millions of good people who are not Muslim with beautiful hearts and minds. These are people who have supported us, individually and collectively, post-9/11, by checking up on us and making sure we are safe. These are individuals and organizations who have spoken up in defense of Muslims as we endured harassment and discrimination. We must think of them, talk to them, connect with them, and pray for them. Through our connections, we will break the chain of isolation that leads to depression and anxiety. 13. Compare your dining table with that of those who don't have as much as you do The Prophet said: Whenever you see someone better than you in wealth, face or figure, you should look at someone who is inferior to you in these respects (so that you may thank Allah for His blessings) (Bukhari, Muslim). Next time you sit down to eat, eye the table carefully. Check out the selection of food, the quality, the taste, the quantity, and then think of the millions of others who don't have even half as much. The Prophet's Hadith reminds us of this so that we can appreciate and thank God for all that we have. Also remember that the Prophet only encouraged us to compare ourselves to others in two respects: in our Islamic knowledge and level of belief in God (Deen). In these two areas, we should compare ourselves with those who have more than what we do. 14. Say it Loud: Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar: Takbirat & Adhan Find a corner of a lake, go out in the wilderness, or even stand on your lawn at your home and call the Adhan with your heart. While driving, instead of listening to the same news over and over again, say Allahu Akbar as loudly as you can or as softly as you want, based on your mood. Year ago, I remember calling Adhan on a Lake Michigan shore in Chicago after sunset as the water gushed against my knees. I was calling it for myself. There was no one else accept the waves after waves of water with their symphony. It was relaxing and meaningful. Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar. 15. Pray in congregation (Jamat) Pray with other people instead of alone. If you can't pray all five prayers in congregation, at least find one or two prayers you can pray with others. If you are away, establish Jamat in your own family. During the Prophet's time, even though the Muslims endured great persecution, including physical beatings, they would sometimes meet on the side of a mountain or valley and tried to pray together. This is a great morale booster. 16. How is your Imam's Dua? Does the Imam at your local mosque make Dua silently or out loud? Ask him to supplicate with the whole congregation. Suggest Duas for him to make. Ask him to make Dua for other people. 17. Work for the Unity of Muslims Bringing Muslims together will not only help the Muslims, but it will also encourage you to focus your energies on something constructive versus zeroing in on and consistently fretting about difficulties you are going through. Invite Muslims from other ethnic groups to your functions. Visit Masjids other than yours in your city. When you meet a Muslim leader, after thanking him for his efforts, ask him what he is doing for Muslim unity. Ask Imams to make Dua for this. These are just small ways you can help yourself and the Muslim community. 18. Sleep the way the Prophet slept End your day on a positive note. Make Wudu, then think of your day. Thank Allah for all the good things you accomplished, like Zikr and Salat. Ask yourself what you did today to bring humanity together and what you did to help Muslims become servants of humanity. For everything positive, say Alhamdu lillah (Praise be to Allah). For everything negative say Astaghfirullah wa atoobo ilayk (I seek Allah's forgiveness and I turn to You [Allah]). Recite the last two chapters of the Quran, thinking and praying as you turn on your right side with your hand below your right cheek, the way the Prophet used to sleep. Then close your day with the name of Allah on your tongue. Insha Allah, you will have a good, restful night. 19. Begin the Day on a Positive Note Get up early. Get up thanking God that He has given you another day. Alhamdu lillahil lazi ahyana bada ma amatana, wa ilaihin Nushoor (Praise be to Allah Who gave us life after death and unto Him will be the return). Invest in an audio tape driven alarm clock so you can get up to the melody of the Quran. Or Let Dawud Wharnsby's joyful notes put you in a good mood. Sing along if you like. Develop your to do list for the day if you didn't do it the night before. Begin with the name of Allah, with Whose name nothing in the heavens or the earth can hurt you. He is the Highest and the Greatest. (Bismillahillazi la yazurru maa ismihi shaiun fil arze wa la fis samae, wahuwal Alee ul Azeem).The Prophet used to say this after every Fajr and Maghrib prayers. 20. Avoid Media Overexposure: Switch from News to Books Don't spend too much time checking out the news on the radio, television or internet. Spend more time reading good books and journals. When you listen to the persistent barrage of bad news, especially relating to Muslims nowadays, you feel not only depressed, but powerless. Cut down media time to reduce your stress and anxiety. It's important to know what's going on but not to an extent that it ruins your day or your mood. (similarly, when you are in a sad mood, refrain from wallowing and listening to sad songs) 21. Pray for Others to Heal Yourself. The Prophet was always concerned about other people, Muslims and non-Muslims, and would regularly pray for them. Praying for others connects you with them and helps you understand their suffering. This in itself has a healing component to it. The Prophet has said that praying for someone who is not present increases love. 22. Make the Quran your Partner Reading and listening to the Quran will help refresh our hearts and our minds. Recite it out loud or in a low voice. Listen to it in the car. When you are praying Nafl or extra prayers, pick it up and use it to recite portions of the Quran you are not as familiar with. Connecting to the Quran means connecting to God. Let it be a means to heal your heart of stress and worries. Invest in different recordings of the Quran and their translations. "O humanity! There has come to you a direction from your Lord and a cure for all [the ills] in men's hearts - and for those who believe, a Guidance and a Mercy" (Quran 10:57). 23. Be thankful to Allah "If you are grateful, I will give you more" (Quran 14:7). Counting our blessings helps us not only be grateful for what we have, but it also reminds us that we are so much better off than millions of others, whether that is in terms of our health, family, financial situation, or other aspects of our life. And being grateful for all we have helps us maintain a positive attitude in the face of worries and challenges we are facing almost daily. 24. Ideals: ONE STEP AT A TIME Ideals are wonderful things to pursue. But do that gradually. Think, prioritize, plan, and move forward. One step at a time. 25. EFFORTS not Results Count in the Eyes of Allah Our success depends on our sincere efforts to the best of our abilities. It is the mercy of Allah that He does not demand results, Alhamdu lillah. He is happy if He finds us making our best sincere effort. Thank you Allah! http://www.imanway.com/en/page.htm

Sky television I have been having reception trouble for months, anyway the guy came around got a free box? Ok for a week after a month of phone calls guy comes back..Recons Its my dish wich is just above the Garrage roof,Wants to drill a hole in house to secure his ladder quotes elf and safety has the world gone totaly bonkersTold him to get lost going to get freeveiw.Do you think I am having all this trouble because I reduced my Sky veiw payment from max to minimum

Those, who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor? I have heard this quoted by Roosevelt. re: Re: giving up our freedoms. What was he really saying? I just don't take it the way it gets quoted. Not looking for an argument looking for a discussion. thanks Our Documents: Franklin Roosevelt's Annual Address to Congress - The "Four Freedoms" January 6, 1941 Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Seventy-seventh Congress: I address you, the Members of the Seventy-seventh Congress, at a moment unprecedented in the history of the Union. I use the word "unprecedented," because at no previous time has American security been as seriously threatened from without as it is today. Since the permanent formation of our Government under the Constitution, in 1789, most of the periods of crisis in our history have related to our domestic affairs. Fortunately, only one of these--the four-year War Between the States--ever threatened our national unity. Today, thank God, one hundred and thirty million Americans, in forty-eight States, have forgotten points of the compass in our national unity. It is true that prior to 1914 the United States often had been disturbed by events in other Continents. We had even engaged in two wars with European nations and in a number of undeclared wars in the West Indies, in the Mediterranean and in the Pacific for the maintenance of American rights and for the principles of peaceful commerce. But in no case had a serious threat been raised against our national safety or our continued independence. What I seek to convey is the historic truth that the United States as a nation has at all times maintained clear, definite opposition, to any attempt to lock us in behind an ancient Chinese wall while the procession of civilization went past. Today, thinking of our children and of their children, we oppose enforced isolation for ourselves or for any other part of the Americas. That determination of ours, extending over all these years, was proved, for example, during the quarter century of wars following the French Revolution. While the Napoleonic struggles did threaten interests of the United States because of the French foothold in the West Indies and in Louisiana, and while we engaged in the War of 1812 to vindicate our right to peaceful trade, it is nevertheless clear that neither France nor Great Britain, nor any other nation, was aiming at domination of the whole world. In like fashion from 1815 to 1914-- ninety-nine years-- no single war in Europe or in Asia constituted a real threat against our future or against the future of any other American nation. Except in the Maximilian interlude in Mexico, no foreign power sought to establish itself in this Hemisphere; and the strength of the British fleet in the Atlantic has been a friendly strength. It is still a friendly strength. Even when the World War broke out in 1914, it seemed to contain only small threat of danger to our own American future. But, as time went on, the American people began to visualize what the downfall of democratic nations might mean to our own democracy. We need not overemphasize imperfections in the Peace of Versailles. We need not harp on failure of the democracies to deal with problems of world reconstruction. We should remember that the Peace of 1919 was far less unjust than the kind of "pacification" which began even before Munich, and which is being carried on under the new order of tyranny that seeks to spread over every continent today. The American people have unalterably set their faces against that tyranny. Every realist knows that the democratic way of life is at this moment being' directly assailed in every part of the world--assailed either by arms, or by secret spreading of poisonous propaganda by those who seek to destroy unity and promote discord in nations that are still at peace. During sixteen long months this assault has blotted out the whole pattern of democratic life in an appalling number of independent nations, great and small. The assailants are still on the march, threatening other nations, great and small. Therefore, as your President, performing my constitutional duty to "give to the Congress information of the state of the Union," I find it, unhappily, necessary to report that the future and the safety of our country and of our democracy are overwhelmingly involved in events far beyond our borders. Armed defense of democratic existence is now being gallantly waged in four continents. If that defense fails, all the population and all the resources of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australasia will be dominated by the conquerors. Let us remember that the total of those populations and their resources in those four continents greatly exceeds the sum total of the population and the resources of the whole of the Western Hemisphere-many times over. In times like these it is immature--and incidentally, untrue--for anybody to brag that an unprepared America, single-handed, and with one hand tied behind its back, can hold off the whole world. No realistic American can expect from a dictator's peace international generosity, or return of true independence, or world disarmament, or freedom of expression, or freedom of religion -or even good business. Such a peace would bring no security for us or for our neighbors. "Those, who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." As a nation, we may take pride in the fact that we are softhearted; but we cannot afford to be soft-headed. We must always be wary of those who with sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal preach the "ism" of appeasement. We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests. I have recently pointed out how quickly the tempo of modern warfare could bring into our very midst the physical attack which we must eventually expect if the dictator nations win this war. There is much loose talk of our immunity from immediate and direct invasion from across the seas. Obviously, as long as the British Navy retains its power, no such danger exists. Even if there were no British Navy, it is not probable that any enemy would be stupid enough to attack us by landing troops in the United States from across thousands of miles of ocean, until it had acquired strategic bases from which to operate. But we learn much from the lessons of the past years in Europe-particularly the lesson of Norway, whose essential seaports were captured by treachery and surprise built up over a series of years. The first phase of the invasion of this Hemisphere would not be the landing of regular troops. The necessary strategic points would be occupied by secret agents and their dupes- and great numbers of them are already here, and in Latin America. As long as the aggressor nations maintain the offensive, they-not we--will choose the time and the place and the method of their attack. That is why the future of all the American Republics is today in serious danger. That is why this Annual Message to the Congress is unique in our history. That is why every member of the Executive Branch of the Government and every member of the Congress faces great responsibility and great accountability. The need of the moment is that our actions and our policy should be devoted primarily-almost exclusively--to meeting this foreign peril. For all our domestic problems are now a part of the great emergency. Just as our national policy in internal affairs has been based upon a decent respect for the rights and the dignity of all our fellow men within our gates, so our national policy in foreign affairs has been based on a decent respect for the rights and dignity of all nations, large and small. And the justice of morality must and will win in the end. Our national policy is this: First, by an impressive expression of the public will and without regard to partisanship, we are committed to all-inclusive national defense. Second, by an impressive expression of the public will and without regard to partisanship, we are committed to full support of all those resolute peoples, everywhere, who are resisting aggression and are thereby keeping war away from our Hemisphere. By this support, we express our determination that the democratic cause shall prevail; and we strengthen the defense and the security of our own nation. Third, by an impressive expression of the public will and without regard to partisanship, we are committed to the proposition that principles of morality and considerations for our own security will never permit us to acquiesce in a peace dictated by aggressors and sponsored by appeasers. We know that enduring peace cannot be bought at the cost of other people's freedom. In the recent national election there was no substantial difference between the two great parties in respect to that national policy. No issue was fought out on this line before the American electorate. Today it is abundantly evident that American citizens everywhere are demanding and supporting speedy and complete action in recognition of obvious danger. Therefore, the immediate need is a swift and driving increase in our armament production. Leaders of industry and labor have responded to our summons. Goals of speed have been set. In some cases these goals are being reached ahead of time; in some cases we are on schedule; in other cases there are slight but not serious delays; and in some cases--and I am sorry to say very important cases--we are all concerned by the slowness of the accomplishment of our plans. The Army and Navy, however, have made substantial progress during the past year. Actual experience is improving and speeding up our methods of production with every passing day. And today's best is not good enough for tomorrow. I am not satisfied with the progress thus far made. The men in charge of the program represent the best in training, in ability, and in patriotism. They are not satisfied with the progress thus far made. None of us will be satisfied until the job is done. No matter whether the original goal was set too high or too low, our objective is quicker and better results. To give you two illustrations: We are behind schedule in turning out finished airplanes; we are working day and night to solve the innumerable problems and to catch up. We are ahead of schedule in building warships but we are working to get even further ahead of that schedule. To change a whole nation from a basis of peacetime production of implements of peace to a basis of wartime production of implements of war is no small task. And the greatest difficulty comes at the beginning of the program, when new tools, new plant facilities, new assembly lines, and new ship ways must first be constructed before the actual materiel begins to flow steadily and speedily from them. The Congress, of course, must rightly keep itself informed at all times of the progress of the program. However, there is certain information, as the Congress itself will readily recognize, which, in the interests of our own security and those of the nations that we are supporting, must of needs be kept in confidence. New circumstances are constantly begetting new needs for our safety. I shall ask this Congress for greatly increased new appropriations and authorizations to carry on what we have begun. I also ask this Congress for authority and for funds sufficient to manufacture additional munitions and war supplies of many kinds, to be turned over to those nations which are now in actual war with aggressor nations. Our most useful and immediate role is to act as an arsenal for them as well as for ourselves. They do not need man power, but they do need billions of dollars worth of the weapons of defense. The time is near when they will not be able to pay for them all in ready cash. We cannot, and we will not, tell them that they must surrender, merely because of present inability to pay for the weapons which we know they must have. I do not recommend that we make them a loan of dollars with which to pay for these weapons--a loan to be repaid in dollars. I recommend that we make it possible for those nations to continue to obtain war materials in the United States, fitting their orders into our own program. Nearly all their materiel would, if the time ever came, be useful for our own defense. Taking counsel of expert military and naval authorities, considering what is best for our own security, we are free to decide how much should be kept here and how much should be sent abroad to our friends who by their determined and heroic resistance are giving us time in which to make ready our own defense. For what we send abroad, we shall be repaid within a reasonable time following the close of hostilities, in similar materials, or, at our option, in other goods of many kinds, which they can produce and which we need. Let us say to the democracies: "We Americans are vitally concerned in your defense of freedom. We are putting forth our energies, our resources and our organizing powers to give you the strength to regain and maintain a free world. We shall send you, in ever-increasing numbers, ships, planes, tanks, guns. This is our purpose and our pledge." In fulfillment of this purpose we will not be intimidated by the threats of dictators that they will regard as a breach of international law or as an act of war our aid to the democracies which dare to resist their aggression. Such aid is not an act of war, even if a dictator should unilaterally proclaim it so to be. When the dictators, if the dictators, are ready to make war upon us, they will not wait for an act of war on our part. They did not wait for Norway or Belgium or the Netherlands to commit an act of war. Their only interest is in a new one-way international law, which lacks mutuality in its observance, and, therefore, becomes an instrument of oppression. The happiness of future generations of Americans may well depend upon how effective and how immediate we can make our aid felt. No one can tell the exact character of the emergency situations that we may be called upon to meet. The Nation's hands must not be tied when the Nation's life is in danger. We must all prepare to make the sacrifices that the emergency-almost as serious as war itself--demands. Whatever stands in the way of speed and efficiency in defense preparations must give way to the national need. A free nation has the right to expect full cooperation from all groups. A free nation has the right to look to the leaders of business, of labor, and of agriculture to take the lead in stimulating effort, not among other groups but within their own groups. The best way of dealing with the few slackers or trouble makers in our midst is, first, to shame them by patriotic example, and, if that fails, to use the sovereignty of Government to save Government. As men do not live by bread alone, they do not fight by armaments alone. Those who man our defenses, and those behind them who build our defenses, must have the stamina and the courage which come from unshakable belief in the manner of life which they are defending. The mighty action that we are calling for cannot be based on a disregard of all things worth fighting for. The Nation takes great satisfaction and much strength from the things which have been done to make its people conscious of their individual stake in the preservation of democratic life in America. Those things have toughened the fibre of our people, have renewed their faith and strengthened their devotion to the institutions we make ready to protect. Certainly this is no time for any of us to stop thinking about the social and economic problems which are the root cause of the social revolution which is today a supreme factor in the world. For there is nothing mysterious about the foundations of a healthy and strong democracy. The basic things expected by our people of their political and economic systems are simple. They are: Equality of opportunity for youth and for others. Jobs for those who can work. Security for those who need it. The ending of special privilege for the few. The preservation of civil liberties for all. The enjoyment of the fruits of scientific progress in a wider and constantly rising standard of living. These are the simple, basic things that must never be lost sight of in the turmoil and unbelievable complexity of our modern world. The inner and abiding strength of our economic and political systems is dependent upon the degree to which they fulfill these expectations. Many subjects connected with our social economy call for immediate improvement. As examples: We should bring more citizens under the coverage of old-age pensions and unemployment insurance. We should widen the opportunities for adequate medical care. We should plan a better system by which persons deserving or needing gainful employment may obtain it. I have called for personal sacrifice. I am assured of the willingness of almost all Americans to respond to that call. A part of the sacrifice means the payment of more money in taxes. In my Budget Message I shall recommend that a greater portion of this great defense program be paid for from taxation than we are paying today. No person should try, or be allowed, to get rich out of this program; and the principle of tax payments in accordance with ability to pay should be constantly before our eyes to guide our legislation. If the Congress maintains these principles, the voters, putting patriotism ahead of pocketbooks, will give you their applause. In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression--everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way--everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want--which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants-everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom from fear--which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor--anywhere in the world. That is no vision of a distant millennium. It is a definite basis for a kind of world attainable in our own time and generation. That kind of world is the very antithesis of the so-called new order of tyranny which the dictators seek to create with the crash of a bomb. To that new order we oppose the greater conception--the moral order. A good society is able to face schemes of world domination and foreign revolutions alike without fear. Since the beginning of our American history, we have been engaged in change -- in a perpetual peaceful revolution -- a revolution which goes on steadily, quietly adjusting itself to changing conditions--without the concentration camp or the quick-lime in the ditch. The world order which we seek is the cooperation of free countries, working together in a friendly, civilized society. This nation has placed its destiny in the hands and heads and hearts of its millions of free men and women; and its faith in freedom under the guidance of God. Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them. Our strength is our unity of purpose. To that high concept there can be no end save victory. Nosey girl lol. yes I do have alot of time on my hands. for those of you who have answered thank you. The way I took what he said was less about our personal freedom and more about letting others do our fighting for us. but that's just me.

Should people change the locks if they buy a new home? We have just brought a new house recently and I took it for granted that we would get new locks put on the front and back doors so I got a few quotes. Now my husband tells me we are not getting it done because it is unnecessary. He says we should trust the previous owner that nobody else has keys or could access the property (and all our stuff!) while we are out. My husband accused me tonight of having an obsessive compulsive disorder because I am security/safety conscious and would prefer to know ONLY we have the keys. Hubby says he will just ask the previous owner and he will know if the owner is lying to him about the possibility of other keys being around. I said I still would like new locks. Hubby says I should trust his judgement because he will know if the owner is lying. Now hubby says I don't trust or respect his judgement. :( What do most people do when they move house? Am I too paranoid or just being sensible?

The greatest quotes in the world? 1. Do not think dishonestly. 2. The Way is in training. 3. Become acquainted with every art. 4. Know the Ways of all professions. 5. Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters. 6. Develop intuitive judgment and understanding for everything 7. Percieve those things which cannot be seen. 8. Pay attention even to trifles. 9. Do nothing which is of no use. - Musashi Miyamoto, A Book Of Five Rings (Go Rin No Sho) "Do nothing which is of no use." Miyamoto Musashi "In battle, if you you make your opponent flinch, you have already won." Miyamoto Musashi "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought." Matsuo Basho "There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind." - Napoleon Bonaparte The no-mind not-thinks no-thoughts about no-things - The Buddah “Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.” Bruce Lee “To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.” Bruce Lee "A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough." Bruce Lee "Knowledge will give you power, but character respect." Bruce Lee "If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." Bruce Lee "The Japanese master Nan-in gave audience to a professor of philosophy. Serving tea, Nan-in filled his visitor's cup, and kept pouring. The professor watched the overflow until he could restrain himself no longer: "Stop! The cup is over full, no more will go in." Nan-in said: "Like this cup, you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup." "...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), (Sherlock Holmes) "It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important." Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), (Sherlock Holmes) "You see, but you do not observe." Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), (Sherlock Holmes) "A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it." Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes) "A trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so." Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes) "Come, Watson, come!" he cried. The game is afoot." Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes) "Holy men? Holy cabbages! Holy bean-pods! What do they do but live and suck in sustenance and grow fat? If that be holiness, I could show you hogs in this forest who are fit to head the calendar. Think you it was for such a life that this good arm was fixed upon my shoulder, or that head placed upon your neck? There is work in the world, man, and it is not by hiding behind stone walls that we shall do it." - -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either." - -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes) "I have learned never to ridicule any man's opinion, however strange it may seem" - -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle There comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) (Sherlock Holmes in A Study in Scarlet) "It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - there's the rub, the task." Virgil "Mind moves matter." Virgil "The only safety for the conquered is to expect no safety." Virgil "The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts. " Virgil "There's a snake lurking in the grass." Virgil "Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance. " Virgil "I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts." Virgil "Flectere si nequeo Superos, Acheronta movebo." (If I cannot move heaven I'll raise hell) Virgil "I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us.” Thomas Jefferson "Veni, Vidi Vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered. ) Julius Caesar "I love the name of honor, more than I fear death." Julius Caesar "If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it." Julius Caesar

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor safety." What do you all think of this quote by 'terrorist' Benjamin Franklin? I think him 100% correct.

Women supporting men and protecting men? There was a 1980's quote in a National Orginization for women (NOW) educational report which stated it would be very nice for a man to quit a job he doesn't like, rest at home for a while, go back to college and/or change careers. He would find a career that is not about money but is more emotionally fulfilling. In the meantime his wife would provide financial support/protection to pay for any career changes or education as well as emotional support along every step of the way. The wife become his psychological and financial safety net as it was phrased. The wife would always work a reasonable number of hours and would encourage the man to work as FEW HOURS AS NEEDED so he can be more involved with the family since studies show the key to happiness is having a balanced combination of family life as well as well as sucess in careers. Also considered by feminists who hold the same view is the viewpoint that men are equally emotional and should be allowed to show an EQUAL amount of emotional vulnerability without being labeled as wimps and be able to show some amount of anger and not be labeled as abusive. There was also a sentiment that the walls men built meant men required MORE empathy and compassion than women. I dont think women love men enough to do this. I cant imagine a woman doing more in a relationship. what do u think?

Tell Me What You Think :P? Okay, the assignment was a persuasive essay, with 3 reasons you're right, a counterarguement, and transition words in the beginning of each paragraph. In the 8th grade, I know its long, please read, tell me what you think? Refine Oil Safely, Refine Lives. Help oil refineries put danger in check When you think “oil refinery” you think “big factory that pollutes the air, and makes the road smell.” Right? Well, chew on this, have you ever thought about the people in those plantations? How about the work that goes into processing your oil? Have you bothered to notice the dangers behind those pipes? Who breathes the smoke emitted from the towers you watch from the freeway? The brave, intelligent, skilled, hard-working, alert, on-task refinery workers, that’s who. You wouldn’t believe the types of things they go through every single day. The hazards in oil refineries should be completely eliminated. They are working way too hard and way too long in a day. Not only does all of this have a short-term effect on the workers, but a negative long-term effect to their health. They are spending a lot of precious time away from their families, and their lives are at stake! We must do everything in our power to do away with all dangers in oil plantations. Did you know that a refinery worker will work what’s called “seven twelve’s”? That’s twelve hours a day, seven days a week! With the amount of hard labor they must perform to keep the machines running, the heavy equipment they must wear and use, and the horrible air quality they must deal with every day, these hours are way too much! Have you ever heard the expression, “History repeats itself”? Well, back in the early 1800’s, the “Lowell Girls” worked in cotton plantations where dangerous machines and horrible air quality threatened their lives. These girls put their lives in danger just so they could get a little more money than some of the other destitute women. Strikes and trade unions formed to improve working conditions, and a woman named Sarah G. Bagley worked to lessen the hours from 12-14 to 10. Even ten was a lot! Here is a quote from one of the Lowell girls from The Diaries of the Lowell Girls: “We work for long hours all the time, and the machines are deafening. All the girls in my unit have the cough. One of the girls next to us died because her hair was not fastened, and was ripped from her scalp by the machine. The others say it was the blood that killed her.” This example from the past shows how dangerous the plantations were. Must the same rebellious behavior take place to ensure safety of the people in our modern-day plantations? Not only do the plantation workers have to endure hard-working, long hours for months at a time; creating muscle, bone, breathing, and other dangerous problems, but the refinery leaves permanent scars on its tenders. How so? The chemicals, gases, and smoke create horrible health hazards-resulting in early death. Cancers of the lungs, heart, and brain are just a few long-term effects. The same happened with the Lowell Girls. Our society is much better than it was in the 1800’s! To have the same dangerous working conditions is ridiculous! Our men and women do not deserve to suffer from cancers, lung problems, organ failure, and poisoning! Anyone who knows of these unethical conditions and doesn’t do everything in their power to improve them is sick! Our community must come together and put a stop to this nonsense and sickness. In addition, people’s lives are at stake! One wrong step, one wrong move, one inch too far, and they’re dead. For example, S2S monitors are required by anyone walking or working in an active unit. If somebody walks into a cloud of S2S, they drop dead on the spot. A monitor is even required so that when a certain chemical is detected, it will warn the others to get out of the area. Why? Once the chemical is detected, the person wearing the monitor is already considered dead. There are “watch men” required outside a building at all times so that if somebody drops inside, there will be someone who isn’t exposed to the source to warn everybody else. There are also “mile-highs” or the towers you see from the freeway that have only a ladder up the side to get up and down! Is this not dangerous? When a worker goes up, if he/she drops their hard-hat, the person below them is dead. Do you see the life-threatening conditions faced every day by our beloved family members? Lastly, there may be many safety precautions such as M.S.D.S.’s (Material safety data sheets) that explain the hazards in an area, how to avoid them, protect yourself, and responding procedures. There is also the required P.P.E. (Proper protective equipment) such as certain clothing, hard hats, steel toed boots, air equipment, and monitors. These precautions are hardly enough! Benzene, Aragon, and Sodium Chloride are just a few deadly agents, not to mention S2S. Heavy machinery, high towers, dangerous surroundings and equipment…these

'06 Tundra. My reverse lights turn on when I hit the brakes.? The problem is slightly compound. 1.First the trailer harness plug was hit by a rock and shorted out the fuse for the trailer assembly. I was in the dealership, the guy quoted me $338 for the plug assembly. 2. I replaced the fuse and this did not fix the problem for the reverse lights illuminating when I hit the brakes. The service guy said that there may be a neutral safety switch that is not working properly. Advice please.

PLESE EDIT MY PARAGRAPH !!!!!! best answer 10 points!!!!!!!? PLEASE EDIT!!!!!!! In the novella, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck conveys the theme that achieving the American dream is ideally hopeless. In other words, this means that the characters dream of a better life, which they cannot achieve because circumstances have deprived their wishes. However, the book is about two migrant workers named George and Lennie search for work to attain their dream of owning a huge farm. In addition, they work so hard for their dream is because; George aspires for a freedom of working on his independent homestead and Lennie intends to own numerous soft animals to quench his fixation of soft objects. For example, when both men are warm around the campfire Lennie longs to hear about the rabbits and the land so George explains, " 'O.K. Someday-we're gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs and-' 'An' live off the fatta the lan,' Lennie shouted. 'An' have rabbits.' " This quote means that they have their hearts set on owning the land with all the animals and food, especially Lennie's rabbits; also by living of the land they can live peacefully for the rest of their lives separated from the in hospitable world. Nevertheless, when they reach the ranch the dream seems closer to reality. Their hopes are drastically raised when Candy, the aged, one-handed ranch-hand, offers to pitch in with them so they can buy the farm by the end of the month. Candy latches on desperately to George's vision of owning a couple of acres with them because, so he can retire in peace. Yet, the American dream is prototypically as their dream. For instance, through their journey George is awaken by the impossibility of the dream because he knew they would never have the farm, yet only Lennie's childish personality kept the tiny light of hope alive. Their dream is not the only impossible one; Curley's wife who is a huge flirt had numerous desires to be in Hollywood. When she confided to Lennie about not liking Curley she says, " 'Couda been in the movies, an' had nice clothes-all them nice clothes like they wear. An' I coulda sat in them big hotels, an' had pitchers took of me. When they had them previews I coulda went to them.' " This particular quote means that even though after she resigned herself to a unfulfilling marriage she still had these fantasies of having beautiful clothes and going to major premieres. The author uses these characters to prove that by trying to accomplish the American dream in those circumstances are impossible, because they can only hope and dream for a better life. Furthermore, what makes all of these dreams typically American is that the dreamers wish for polished happiness and for the freedom to follow their own desires. Likewise, such freedoms and safety are not to be found in this world because; they are hopes and dreams that cannot be attained.

sex offender shopping at a family store? i've been conflicted lately. i work at a small store that specializes in resdential swing sets for children. a few nights ago a man came in and i immediately got weird vibes from him. it was bothering me all week about the way he acted, so on a whim, i checked the local sex offender website. sure enough, the first face i see is his. i wasn't even surprised...my gut told me something was wrong. i'm not so worried about my safety, since he was convicted of assaulting a minor, but you never know. it just makes me angry and uncomfortable to remember how he paid an unusual amount of attention to the children that came into the store. he's only been in my mind lately because i was trying to follow up on a quote i wrote for him. but i don't feel like i can go on working with this particular customer. i spoke to my manager about it, but he just laughed at me. he said i can do whatever i want, but i'm making mountains out of mole hills. the man is listed as a level III sex offender and i think that's what's making me feel so uneasy. so my question is, would you continue working with this customer despite him being a level III sex offender? am i out of line deciding not to pursue this sale at all? i tend to give people the benefit of doubt, but my clients and their children also deserve to shop in a safe and comfortable setting. does this man deserve the same? thank you all for your suggestions. i agree that i walk a thin line here. if he is happily married with kids and really wants to buy a set, then i've lost a sale (which i can live with). but if i do sell to him, i'll always expect to open the paper to hear that he lured a victim in using our set. before i knew about his offenses, i left him a message letting him know about a great deal i could give him. i haven't heard back, so i think i'm just going to stop pursuing the sale. if he comes in and wants to buy, there's nothing i can do about it. like i said, i want to give people the benefit of the doubt, and maybe he is just a dad wanting to get a nice gift for his kids. i will talk to the owner of the store, since my manager (who is a father!) clearly doesn't understand my concerns. i want to believe that people can change, but i live in reality. thanks again for your comments.

Whats Palestine like today, ask a Holocaust Survivor.....? Hedy Epstein: I have never felt such anger after what happened to me and the friend travelling with me at the Ben Gurion airport in January 2004... Hedy Epstein, is a German Jewish Holocaust survivor, born in 1924, whose parents were sent to Auschwitz in 1942, where they perished. In 1948, Hedy Epstein went to live in United States. In 2003, she decided to make a trip to Palestine. Shocked by the oppression that the Israeli government is imposing on the Palestinians, she is, since then, devoting herself to make it known to the world. In the interview she gave to the Swiss journalist Silvia Cattori, Hedy Epstein speaks, with her gentle and mild voice, about her last travel to Palestine after a moving visit to one of several concentration camps to which her parents were deported. And she said: "I would like to dedicate this interview to the children of Gaza, whose parents cannot protect them or send them away to safety as my parents did when they sent me to England in May 1939 on a Kindertransport" (1) While on the plane, still full of rage, I wrote on every page in the magazines provided by the airline "I am a Holocaust survivor and I will 'never again' return to Israel." I sometimes pressed so hard on the paper with my pen, that I tore the page. It was one small way to vent some of my anger. After I returned home, still very angry, traumatized, I decided to get some counselling, which helped me to work through my anger and allowed me to plan my next trip back to the West Bank just a few months later, in the summer of 2004. I have been back every year since then, a total of five times since 2003. I have gone back because it is the right thing for me to do; to witness and to let the Palestinians know there are some people who care enough to come back and stand with them in their struggle against Israel's occupation. Palestinians have asked me upon my return home, to tell the American people what I have seen and experienced, because the American people don't know what is happening, because the media does not inform them. I made a commitment to do so and have taken every opportunity to honour this commitment. Silvia Cattori: What was your interpretation of the fact that the Israeli officers treated you in such a brutal way? Hedy Epstein: They tried to intimidate me, to silence me, hoping I would never come back. Though momentarily they may have succeeded, ultimately they did not. To quote General McArthur, an American army general, who said "I shall return", I have returned four times since the January 2004, event at the Tel Aviv airport, on my way back from Israeli occupied territory, and will continue to return. They will not be able to stop me. And, so, I plan to aboard ship to Gaza in a few months. Silvia Cattori: Was it not too traumatic for a sensitive person like you to go back to the West Bank and see the Isreali soldiers humiliating, threatening, killing, and destroying Palestinians lives and properties? Hedy Epstein: As an American I am a privileged person. I am very much aware of this and feel uncomfortable wearing this cloak, especially when I am in Palestine, conscious of the fact that I can come and go any time I want to, a privilege denied the Palestinians, who have great difficulty in moving from one place to another, restricted by road blocks, check points, the imprisoning 25 foot high wall, by young Israeli soldiers who can decide who can pass and who cannot, who can go to school, to the hospital, to work, to visit family and friends. I have seen the long lines of Palestinians at the Bethlehem checkpoint. I spoke to a 41 year old man, who told me he works three days a week; in order to get to work on time, he gets up at 2:30 A.M. and arrives at the checkpoint at 3:15 A.M. to wait in line, a long line, with others, for the checkpoint to open around 5:30 A.M. He has to come this early because many people line up. Sometimes the Israeli soldiers allow no one to go through. He would like to work full time, but there are no jobs in Bethlehem. During each of my five visits I have spent some time in Jerusalem. I have been painfully aware how increasingly its current size and boundaries share very little with the city's historic parameters, Israeli only settlements, such as Har Homa and Gilo are referred to as Jerusalem neighbourhoods. East Jerusalem is dotted with Israeli flags flying from homes from which Palestinians were "removed," thus judaizing the area more and more. During my last visit, in August 2007, I only had time for a brief visit with my dear Palestinian friend, and her husband in Ramallah. During prior visits, I and some of my American travel companions were their houseguests for several days, basking in their hospitality, typical Palestinian hospitality, which is unlike any other I have ever experienced anywhere. The wife, ever cheerful in the past, seemed downcast, though she did not complain, simply stating "Life is more difficult since my husband is no longer working." In a conversation later, alone with her husband, he stated that he left his job in order to go to school and study. There is truth in both statements, but the husband's comments reflect an effort to salvage and maintain some of his dignity. I also visited and stayed overnight with my Palestinians friends and their children in Bethlehem. The TV, which is always on, at one point caught our attention. There was a story about Jews from all over the world, immigrating to Israel. There were many small Israeli flags waving and welcoming the new citizens of Israel arriving at the Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv. A big banner in the background spelled out in English and Hebrew "Welcome Home". As the story continued, we all stared at the TV, silently. Then one of us, I don't remember who, broke the heavy silence, asking no one in particular "What about the return of the Palestinians?" At the regular weekly non-violent demonstration in Bi'lin, as the teargas tossed at us by young Israeli soldiers, choking us, as we all ran to get away from it, I overheard a conversation between two Palestinian boys, one saying to the other "I don't want to die" "Nor do I" said the other. Their fear has stayed with me. What will happen to them? What is their future? And yet, despite the almost hopelessness of the situation that might never change, Palestinian people are amazingly strong. Even though the Israeli oppression goes on, and gets worse, with new types of military oppression, the Palestinians have not given up; they are going on living there. They are an amazing, resilient people. They will never give up. The Israeli may kill many of them, destroy their homes, destroy their lives, but they will never be able to destroy their hope for a different way of existence, for a better way of living together. No matter what the Israelis do, they cannot take away the hope and the dignity of the Palestinian people. The Israelis have the power, the Palestinian people have dignity and despite all odds, still have hope. The Israelis have the airplanes from which they drop bombs in Gaza, they have bulldozers made here in the United States, not far from my home, they can do all those things, but despite this imbalance of power, the Israelis will never be able to destroy Palestinians' hope and dignity.

Pool fence - installed aluminum is way too expensive. Safe and attractive cheaper alternative? I have a 2 y/o and a baby, so I really need a fence that is safe around the pool of the house we just bought. It's a 18x36 pool and the best quote for an aluminum fence installed I've found is $4,625. She also told me we can put up a 5ft chain link fence for $2,560, but that makes me nervous, even though she says it's up to pool code for safety, also I doubt it's pretty. I can't imagine spending a month's pay on something that's not aesthetically pleasing (chain link). I can't imagine spending almost two months pay on anything (aluminum). But I need to keep our children safe. Do you think we can install an aluminum fence ourselves? It's our first house, and we're smart people, but inexperienced in handy work. Would installing our own chain link fence be easier? Is there another alternative? I'm seeing different forms of safety fences around the internet, but nothing has a price, not sure if they'd be any more affordable than aluminum. I've seen safety covers rather than fences, but I'm feeling strongly that it would seriously deter us from using our pool if we had to uncover and cover it every time we wanted to use it. Thank you for your help.

Christians and Tattoos? Read all before you answers Leviticus 19:28 teaches that “Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] the LORD.” But after reading up on theological research, I believe that this verse is looked at in the wrong prospective, though I’m still undecided on that. Here’s what I’ve read. Leviticus also says not to eat meat with blood in it, cut the hair on the sides of your head, or cut your beard…tell me now that everyone follows those rules! I’m obviously not saying that the bible is full of rules that don’t apply to us anymore…I’m just saying that some of the rules mentioned in the bible have either been made new by Jesus in the New Test, or that these rules were meant for the people in that time period for safety reasons. In Leviticus, people were told by God not to make cuttings in their flesh because during that time the risk of injury or death was almost a 100% thing. In today’s time, that risk has lowered drastically…though there are still risks involved. Leviticus 19:28 also says, “Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead….” The theologians’ work that I’ve read also says that this part of the verse is looked at in the wrong way as well. They have found that people used to make cuts into their skin to respect the dead, in order to please the “gods” of those times. This today is looked at as a satanic ritual. Therefore, people now believe that tattooing in general is satanic and sinful…where in fact, it’s only sinful if it’s done to please other “gods.” (At least that was the view point of these theologians.) The bible also teaches that all we do is to be done for God’s glory. Another theologian and minister brought up the point that “getting a tattoo to glorify God is not wrong.” (there wasn’t much to that article besides just that point and quote) So…what’s your viewpoint on Christians and tattoos? I’m still undecided as to what I believe. It’s such a taboo subject and there is no definitive “black and white” answer. What do you believe? Thank you.

What are some good ideas for 4 t-shirts I'm making for a basketball game? Ok, so on Friday night, our school and our rival school is having a sectionals basketball game. Me and 3 of my other friends are going, and we want to make some cool t-shirts before the game. We were thinking about each having a letter on our shirts to spell out the name of our school, and then the letters of the rival school on our backs crossed out, for when they come onto the court or something. Does anyone have any other cool ideas or designs? And our school mascot is a cougar, our rivals is a panther. Pictures or quotes or just descriptions of designs would be awesome! (I'm not giving away the name of my school or the rival school, just for safety reasons, but the initials of the schools are 4 letters long, so it works out haha) Thanks =)

What does this question mean to you? What allows you to value the differences in others? I saw this sign on a billboard and I do not know exactly what it means. It is a plant that makes gas tanks and they had this quote on their billboard. They usually have something about safety but now this is what it says. What does it mean? What allows you to value the differences in others? Thankyou!!!!!

Best way to find a reliable Chinese manufacturer? I'm a London based inventor, who has developed a new home safety product that I'd like to put into production. I've received a number of quotes for tooling from the UK, which are way beyond our budget, so I'm considering looking to the Far East. There seems to be so many options for finding a quality Chinese manufacturer and I've heard some horror stories about quality and delivery times. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Many thanks