LILLYLADY Forum Posts (1,293)

RE: Banning the Burqa in France

Then I guess Sarkozy is being very proactive. If it works politially in his favor, then great! Obviously from what you have said, there are a couple of 100 old women with the head coverings. But with the younger generation wanting to go back to the old ways and the males who want to embrace the radical views of Islam...this may have to be the new law of the land.

So for those who don't aspire to the new rules in France...then they can go go wherever they choose to fit in with the cultural dress norms that they embrace and insist on.

People need to go with the law of their land or graciously take a courtsy, bow out and immigrate elsewhere. And the curtain will drop down after they exit blocking their return.

RE: Banning the Burqa in France

Ray is just trying to "rattle my cage" a bit Stress with his new conspiracy of the week story.

He should write a book to encompass his "new flavor of the week" conspiracy theories.

He never ceases to amaze us all with his entertaining ideas and story lines.

RE: Banning the Burqa in France

OK Ray,

Your viewpoint is rather scary to say the least. OMG....with your views, better hope for your sake that you never get attacked or beat up by persom(s) with a full face covering of any type, be it in public or in your own home. Since you won't be able to identify who beat you up, then there is no probable cause for police to bother to look for them if we are to follow your views on security and anonymity.

After all as you have stated, 1)"The idea that people's faces must be seen and identified in a public place for the sake of security is ridiculous. 2)Anonymity is a right.
3)And anonymity contributes more to security than anything else.In my opinion anonymity in public places contributes far more to security than does exposing everybody's identity at every moment.4)Invasion of privacy isn't synonymous with security.
It's often the exact opposite."

Suicide bombers are trained, be they women or men and they can cover their face and body with burqua or whatever they want to try to fool their victims and they have been very successful. THE IDEA IS TO IDENTIFY THEM AND APPREHEND THEM BEFORE THEY DO THEIR DIRTYWORK. That is exactly why countries are taking a stance on face coverings now.

Israel has it right when they say that they have been looking at people's eyes and can spot suspicious terrorists and they have been rather successful with this approach in general. The burqua won't cut it when it comes to security. Took many loss of lives in Israel to get to this point. Perhaps European countries are now wanting to become more vigilant of their residents and are taking steps to prevent such a loss of lives as has happened in Spain, Germany and other countries where these bombers have infiltrated and taken over.

Suicide bombers aspire first to a radical Islamic ideology that is not of mainstream peaceful Islam. Then they meet their trainers and learn to do the dirtywork that they so willingly want to do. I don't buy that they are innocent victims whatsoever...poppycock!!

Guess if you don't like the laws of the country you live in at this time...I think you would not meet any resistance from your government if you want to emmigrate to a country that embraces your views.

RE: Banning the Burqa in France

Thank you for clarifying that. I am absolutely fascinated with your input, Icchis and Trish's. That is so different over there than anything I've even seen over here in all my life.

Unfortunately, if people would be wearing burquas in public around here, they would be racial profiled for sure and asked to remove the covering so they could be picked up by the police. Their activities would also be closely scrutinized. Here it is law to see the face. If they want to cover their face, then they can do it in their own home. That is the rule.

I live in the Baptist Bible Belt so anyone who would be radically different than how most people here would conservatively dress in public would have some major problems on their hands. The police would not go for that as a religious thing by us I can assure you. The head covering would come off when out in public but a hijab would be allowed.

Thank the jihaddists for making our laws change. If they want to live here then they need to abide by our laws. We don't change our laws to accomodate them.

RE: Banning the Burqa in France

Oslojente, thank you for posting such an eye opening article. I have personally never seen this type of religious police and I don't know anyone who wears a burqua. Most Muslims in my area are rather liberal in my opinion.

In my view after reading the article, if the Iman is unable to get the point across to men who still want to be "Moral police enforcers", then I believe the government from those countries should ship the radicals to a country of their choice where Moral Police Enforcers are the norm. Or ship these idiots off to jail for a stint. Maybe that will quiet them down a bit.

RE: Starting the day with yucky coffee

Stress,

Just for your info, when your coffee maker doesn't brew the entire amt of water after it cycles, that is the time you know for sure that the coffeemaker needs the vinegar/water mixture.
Some peopl do it routinely every week or month but myself, I do it when the water ceases to fully brew out.

RE: Starting the day with yucky coffee

I think I misunderstood you Stress. You perhaps left the old coffee in the coffee pot from yesterday and then brewed a fresh pot right into the old stuff?
If that is the case...yucky is right as for taste of new pot now.

RE: Starting the day with yucky coffee

OMG Stress, this is a terrible predicament you are in and also some of the other CSers. Well, take heart...I make a very good pot of coffee and am sending one your way right now via my coffee fairy and also a flower to you.

Run a 50/50 mixture of vinegar and water thru your coffee maker once and then repeat flush with as many cups of plain water you want. This will open up any clog so that the next time you make coffee you will find that all the water will be brewed and you don't have any sitting stagnant. Thus you will ensure yourself a good pot of coffee in the future. It will also protect the heating elements from burning out because of corrosion from the hardness of the water if you don't have water softners in your water. There is no vinegar flavor to your coffee either when you flush with plain water after the initial 50/50 mixture.
Lastly, vinegar is cheaper than the commercial coffee pot cleaners anyway.
Let us know how your next pot of coffee tastes.

RE: Banning the Burqa in France

Very meticulous, concise, accurate and well said Trish. I agree with you 100%

RE: Your thoughts/prayers DESPARATELY needed!

I'm sending my prayers your friend's way right now and also some over to you to help you at this time. If this is his time to leave, then may he pass in peace with no pain and in his sleep.

If he pulls through this tough time, may he open his eyes and smile and know that people do care and want to see him enjoy life again.

RE: vindictiveness in groups

Ewwwwww!!(pun intended) LMAO

RE: vindictiveness in groups

Woose=wussie? Are they the same?

RE: vindictiveness in groups

RE: vindictiveness in groups

All's well ends well at this point. Hopefully there will be no catfight. The OP just invited all CSers for their input as she gracefully makes an exit from CS. Guess she is seeking closure for herself

RE: vindictiveness in groups

Thank you. I was there to help her pick up the pieces as she went through a tough time getting over him. She was very seriously making plans to go over and see him and had other female CSers and their families who were going to go the mile to act as intermediaries to help her through understanding the customs of the CS member's country and traditons. She is very dignified and had shared all her hopes, dreams, future and feelings about him with me. So it was quite a "smack in the face" as you can ever imagine.
It was the most painful thing to see my sister in a disheveled painful emotional state for a long time. My sis had also shared some personal issues about her boyfriend with Angleface in private emails when my sis was going with this guy. That trust was betrayed according to my sister. That also hurt.
My sis and I spent alot of time talking through the pain.

RE: Banning the Burqa in France

I concur with your choice of "This is France, if you don't like it, leave!" With the increase in radical Islam and the increase in women being trained as suicide bombers, I can well understand the French government's banning the burqua in public places. If they want to keep it on in their home, then so be it.
Besides, they are making themselves more obvious to police surveilance by being profiled.
When you think about it, a young orthodox Jewish boy donning his morning Tefillin prayer paraphenalia on a plane caused the pilot to land the plane and have security interogate the young man. Well, I am in 100% agreement for not allowing even that on the plane. Afterall, if there was a radical Jewish guy or some radical Muslim pretending to be an orthodox Jew who wanted to bring down a plane, hiding explosive mixtures in a prayer box pretending to pray would be a very good hiding place for bomb ingredients.
Myself, I would have thought nothing of it to see a Jewish guy with his tefillin wrapped around his arm and strapped to his forehead praying. But for anyone else who is not aware of the tradition, I must say that it is rather odd to see it on a plane for sure and certainly arouse suspicions in this day of terrorists infiltrating our air security.
I applaud the pilot for landing the plane and using very wise discretionary caution in this case.

RE: Is there an on-going process to reduce the population..?

I think Gilly must have seen this site. Now I know where he got his tin foil hat.

RE: Would you date someone that does not drink ?

Absolutely. Don't have to deal with slobberly drunk puking male. My b/f does not touch even one drop of alcohol and has no desire to either. I only have 1 or 2 glasses in an entire year believe it or not. And that is only on my birthday and maybe a holiday. Beyond that, none. I do not wish to be drunk at anytime.

RE: Shocking Story - A Human Lamb !!!!!!!!!

One of the CSers posted on this last week and also put up the picture. Many comments were given. Yes, it is quite a shock to see it. The article posted along with it also spoke of a goat some time ago that gave birth similarly. Gives real meaning to giving birth to a "kid."

Seriously, can you imagine the ridicule that the biological father will be getting if he is found out? So now....the rest of the story...as the late Paul Harvey would say.

RE: HAITI: Plane With Full Hospital Blocked From Landing in Haiti

Just saw this on CNN today. Perhaps it is a better assessment of why planes are being turned away and rerouted. The magnitude of trying to get international aid organized and to the people in ravaged areas that need it the most is monumental. Not to mention the language barriers that countries have with trying to coordinate with each other. English to an American may mean one thing but to a foreigner who english is not their native language but yet they speak it, it may mean something else. Hence an explanation for possibly some of the confusion with well meaning countries all trying to help their fellow man in distress at such a crucial time.

Port-au-Prince, Haiti(Jan 19 10) (CNN) -- Limited runway space and battered telecommunications networks are hindering efforts to get food, water and medical aid into the hands of desperate Haitians amid the devastation of last week's earthquake, relief agencies said Monday.

Doctors Without Borders reported that flights carrying critical medical equipment were being diverted to the neighboring Dominican Republic. Oxfam warned that fuel shortages could be on the horizon. And a volunteer at a hospital in northern Haiti said he has large numbers of open beds, but no way to get patients there from Port-au-Prince.

"My surgeons are sitting around looking at each other, wondering why they came," Tim Traynor told CNN.

While visiting the injured at a U.N. clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haitian President Rene Preval said his ravaged population -- already the Western Hemisphere's poorest -- needs medicine, food and long-term reconstruction assistance.

"The more we receive help, the more we can take care of them," he said.

Louis Belanger, a spokesman for Oxfam in Port-au-Prince, said many roads have been cleared of debris since the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti on Tuesday. That has allowed trucks to deliver aid to parts of the capital and its suburbs that had been cut off by collapsed buildings.

But with thousands of tons of aid heading into Haiti, the airport in Port-au-Prince "can't handle all the aid that's coming through," Belanger said.

The U.S. military has been helping Haitian authorities direct air traffic around Port-au-Prince, said Capt. John Kirby, a spokesman for the U.S. Joint Task Force Haiti. But he said "literally hundreds" of flights are trying to land at Port-au-Prince, which has "one tarmac, one runway, one ramp for all the aircraft."

"It is a sheer volume issue," he said. "There are more planes that want to land here than we can accommodate in any given hour."

Bypassing the airport, the U.S. Air Force began dropping supplies by parachute into Haiti on Monday. A C-17 transport flying from North Carolina dropped more than 55,000 pounds of supplies, including 6,900 bottles of water and more than 42,000 packets of combat rations, about five miles northeast of Port-au-Prince.

In addition, Belanger said, the damage to phone lines and wireless networks has made it difficult for aid agencies to communicate with each other and with the United Nations, which is in charge of coordinating relief efforts.

RE: SONG OF SOLOMON

Very beautiful indeed WW. "To everything, there is a season." (The Yardbirds) Somewhere out of the bible also I believe.

Wow, your dogwoods are already in bloom? Gosh, we are still in the threat of snow yet. How fortunate you are to see the budding of the dogwoods after all the snowstorms we all had lately.

RE: would gillyloves69 make a good or bad president of the united states of America go on tell the truth

Yes, the foil is very important for Gilly. He will be a very effective leader with that foil on his head. It is the antennae for direct communications for all his citizens to call him with their concerns. Very innovative and effective in my opinion.

I say YES, Gilly for president of the U.S. You got my vote.

RE: angels

Yes, I believe in guardian angels. Mine leaves me pennies to find when she is around. It is usually regarding something medical that I need to follow up with or when she is with me at the time I am having a medical test done.

The meaning of the penny to this angel who leaves it for me to find is not lost upon me. She was the treasurer of her organization for many years and collected the dues. She was also a bookeeper and kept the ledgers in real life.

RE: GOD..can we talk about with.....

You crack me up with laughter Pirhana. Listen to the wonderful Oz? You mean, "Dr. Oz, the TV know it all guru? Maybe WW is him in disguise?

RE: GOD..can we talk about with.....

Interesting, please do explain who you know for sure a real god is faceless such as yourself? How can you be sure? And do explain why you blame WW for the real reason behing SF's obsessive weeny fondling?

Now this is getting to be pretty deep here. WW thinks he's the god of CS member creations with an interesting explanation and now you do? Are you both the godfathers of CS...or a polyistic(spelling) god plethorim of sorts?

This is only meant to be humourous questions so please do not make anything overserious philosophically here or too graphic for our eyes

For anyone else reading this forum, don't take this bantering seriously. Join in the fun.

RE: GOD..can we talk about with.....

Now back to some fun bantering again.

Stress,

You have a spiritual devotion to your c#*@k? OMG, how do you explain that one? And Pirranh has no face? Your devine creator Wonderworker is really something huh?

RE: GOD..can we talk about with.....

Wow Stress, you put the entire gamit of meanings and perceptions of what I was trying to say early on about God/non God spiritual experience in perfect perspective. I knew that you would be the right person to explain this.
You are so 100% correct as life and what we make of it is our personal journey and with knowledge, new doors will be presented. But on the way to reach the new doors, it is not appropriate to cause disharmony and pain to others.
Now, if only some of the religious fanatics on this site would respect others and not insist that their way is the only way, there would be so much more harmony on this site in general.

RE: Sheep gives birth to human faced lamb!!

If this is real, it sure gives some credence to the Egyptian gods of the ancient empires. They were always depicted as bodies of humans with heads of animals in the hieroglyphics and the statues found. And what about the sphinx? Now that is the face of a man.

RE: GOD..can we talk about with.....

OK divine creator ....I'm questioning your verification of this matter. Are you denying the evolutionary importance of Streefree and Bodhipirranha's here and now existence? OMG, the implications of their non existence is just awful.

RE: GOD..can we talk about with.....

You have also very nicely stated how people should feel regarding their belief in their creator. Like you say, it is a personal experience that is individualized. There is no right or wrong way to have that experience. I believe it is the same idea for a person who doesn't believe in a God though.
Each person has something that guides them in right and wrong actions but not necessarily a belief in a formal God or deity as their spiritual experience.
I believe an atheist would have a much better explanation than I am offering here as to their personal views of life and their experiences that form their views.