I quit for 13 years.... but am a smoker again. What can I say, I enjoy it and my last lung xray was clear, the doc says that even with the smoking and the extra weight I carry my health is excellent. I´m sure the time will come again when I choose not to smoke... but until then
The case against Ali al-Marri, 43, an alleged al Qaeda operative from Qatar who has spent the past five-and-half years in solitary confinement in the U.S. naval brig in Charleston, S.C., without any charges levied against him is one example.
President Obama has overturned the Bush admins policy of holding prisoners with out charges and now this man will have a day in court... America has to lead by example, you can´t say "do as I say, not as I do" and expect to have any credibility.
Regarding the the reporter... nothing is so well hidden as that which is in plain sight... I´m not saying she is a spy, I´m saying there is that possibility.
If America wants to tell other countries how to run things, then they need to set the example. How many are being held in the US with no due process... only suspicion? How can you write "not in my country"?
I feel terrible for the woman involved and because she was a former beauty pagent contestant doesn´t mean she´s stupid and could easily be working for the CIA... we don´t know the whole story.
How can America say anything about this when so many are being held without due process?
It makes you realize how much confidence is in your appearance rather than your talent... when you see some of the pop stars and the incredible lack of talent but the high level of success... it has to make you wonder.
Only to a point... when I meet a man there is either an interest in something more than friendship or there isn´t... I´m happy to go along slowly letting the friendship develop to a degree... once it goes past that point than all it will ever be is friends.
That would be like him... I don´t think he was quite expecting these sorts of replies.... there are people out here who don´t believe in all the mumbo jumbo and are quite happy in our belief that there are no crutches or excuses.
You´re right... it wasn´t a very popular opinion... Sorry I went outside the scope of the initial post... to put it in a nut shell... I believe in personal responsibility and not blaming things on Karma, the stars, fate, or other people.
But doesn´t the fact that "fate" made you follow through take away the personal responsibility? If we do things because it seems like fate led us to the door... how are we being responsible? It then becomes an excuse if it goes poorly...
That´s what I preach constantly... it´s a bit of a soap box issue for me! I get angry with people who sue for their own stupid mistakes, yes they get a big payout but at what cost? More control over your daily life. Until people are willing to take the responsibility for their own lives and their own decisions there can´t be any true freedom.
The attitude that so many Christians have of "giving it up to God" annoys the hell out of me. Waiting for a "higher power" to make your life better is ridiculous to me... we are all responsible for the good and bad things that happen in our lives.
I got into a bit of a discussion with people a couple of weeks ago regarding why they were divorced. I firmly believe that both parties are responsible. If the person you married winds up to be a cheater or a beater then you obviously didn´t know them well enough prior to getting married. They were that way all along and you made the decision to marry them and there for part of the responsibility is yours.
Hi Jeff... That´s how I do live my life. I don´t believe in anything but the hear and now and perhaps a vast electrical consciousness that the little electrical impulses in our brain are a part of. Of course it´s fun to read horoscopes and have a reading done but I don´t give it any merit.
That is why I said in my initial post that I do believe that people are capable of unconditional love when it comes to their children... but not so much with anyone else.
RE: THE JUKEBOX
You´r rockin´ out tonight Trish! I´m going a little more mellow... Jason Mraz, I´m yours