pastortim Forum Posts (243)

Can you afford health insurance for your entire family?

That is a lot really. Who in the average home can pay out an extra 800 or so dollars a month? I know the minimum wage here is 6.50 an hour. That is two months pay to have health insurance, since 35% is taken out in taxes. They would have to raise minimum wages to $15 an hour here. The thing about insurance rates is they don't change state to state for health care or fit the economy in each State. So people would be paying anywhere from 600 to 800 just for one person, not including their wives or children they have.
A lot people will simply quit their jobs and file for welfare to keep out of jail for not buying health insurance.

Well I know in Europe they have to pay for it anyway with their wages, but they all make 5 times more than most Americans do.
Their wages fit their inflation and their insurance payout doesn't hurt them as bad. Here it would mean almost two months of pay.

There are places that pay out more in different States, but not in the Northwest. I can see where some States will just separate from the Union to avoid any Federal Law to buy health insurance since so many can't afford it. Or the jails will be so full of poor people that the Government will tax working people more so the Government can pay for more jails and to feed the poor who get sent to jail.
Add that onto what you make and you are poor too, then more go to jail because they can't pay their taxes or insurance. What a mess.

RE: Do you believe our world will ever become perfect?

The world to become perfect? A dream, it would take something like a global thermal nuclear war to help or perhaps the earth slamming into the sun and what rock is left uninhabited may be close to perfect.

It will never happen. We just like to blow stuff up too much.

RE: Do you need a vacation?

Mars sounds good about now. I hear the summers are warm and dry this time of year. I am never lucky to win a trip to the Island though. Sniff.

RE: The shortest period of time your where "In love"

Does 14 seconds count? Like meeting a sweety honey bunny and find out she is leaving on the next plane in the airport..sniff. That was a quicky.

RE: the best action movie star is...

Oh, if its the goofiest comedian, then its surely Mr. Bean all the way.
That guy cracks me up.

RE: do u believe that real life is after our death?

Couldn't resist a comment.
Difference between religions as in taking revenge on their enemy is, the Christian use timers on their bombs, the Buddhists ninjas just sliced people in half and disappeared. Chop, chop, hey where did he go? That is scary, the dude cuts an arm off then leaves..poof..gone. Freaky stuff. Then the Muslims just come riding in on you with groups on Camels and wipe out everything in site, kind of like a ninja on a camel. Then there Hindu masters who just pulverize a person to death with their fists and feet and a few slices just to make you suffer more, kind of like a total revenge thing with torture included..ack.. So there are differences.

RE: do u believe that real life is after our death?

Actually, the media makes most other religions in the world look worse than they are. Such as Islam, it really isn't a bad religion and I remember when the media made Buddhists look like a bad religion. They are peaceful religions.
What is a really scary few religions are a few that I have watched on the Discovery Channel over the years, in which one African religion eats the brains of those family members that die so they can carry on their relatives souls. Ack...no thanks.
Another was the ritual of tearing the hearts out of people, an Aztec religion as a sacrifice to their god.
There are thousands of religions in the world, some worship a cow, some worship a chicken, some worship a fish, others a tree, some the moon, and some even the snake. And then there are those who worship the devil. Some that worship the toilet god, some that worship the bottle, some that worship..wait those don't count I guess.

Freedom of religion is still around, so we are all safe for now.

RE: the best action movie star is...

Mel Gibson is an awesome actor, however, Bruce Willis just puts some flare and comedy into the action as well. I mean, who else can mix comedy with a good action film like Bruce can.

Die Hard movies are some of the funniest and his quick comic entries like "Now I know what a TV dinner feels like" when he is inside the vent system or after he knocks the bad guy in the head and says, "that must have hurt".

RE: just for all you obama lovers....

I am not a republican and I think Obama is a fairy wannabe dictator who wants nothing more than to make America like his childhood town. Poor, hungry and destroyed. So Obama wants to feel like its home, I guess.

RE: If you see somebody robbing a store...

If the person was robbing a store, then of course it time to act. If they are robbing a bank or casino, then you just let them go free. Here, there was a spree of young ladies who were robbing casinos, it was seemingly funny because here were some young ladies robbing casinos just to survive. (Or maybe it was to buy drugs or just wanted that pretty dress.) However, they were never caught, but the men who robbed any casino were caught right away. haha
The sad truth is I expect to see more bank robberies and casinos being robbed more in the near future, because the economy is so bad and so many are out of work they will do anything to survive and I don't blame them one bit. However, someone needs to rob Obama and Congress once. haha

When people can't even get a job, lose their home, have no food to feed their children with, no matter what my values are and what I believe, if I see someone robbing a bank or casino, I will look the other way. Maybe those in Washington will wake up then when banks are robbed on a daily basis by poor hungry people. Instead of sending billions to third world countries, its time to help those in this country who need it too and have spent their lifetime paying taxes only to get thrown out on the street.

I however can live off the land. I have several thousand different kinds of seeds to grow a garden for at least 50 years. I have wild meat in my back yard I can shoot and an artesian well. However, others out there just don't know how to survive in the wild and depend on store foods and need to feed their families.

RE: How many pets do you have?

2 for me, a dog named Tuffy (wolf mix) and a Turkish Angora cat named Snowflake which both are more like kids than animals.
Snowflake learned how to bark, which she is doing right now at me for attention. What a crew I have here. Goodness.

RE: Yankees or Phillies?

Yankees won again.
I got yelled at because I was supposed to root for the Phillies.
oops.

But, another side of me is happy the Yankees won.

RE: Would u convert to another religion for sake of marriage?

Unless the person doesn't have any solid belief, they probably would. However, for me, I can't imagine being without my Beliefs.
If I gave up my religion, I would probably be insane or suicidal and dangerous person. What keeps me sane is my religion, my God and my solid beliefs. Without them, I am not me anymore, but a monster.
haha

I don't think anyone would want me to change my religion or give it up completely. I would probably drive them insane as well. The the world would have two more crazy people who would be monsters.

No thanks, I will stick to my religion and the other person doesn't like it, they don't have to date me.

RE: Will You Date A Person Of different Race ? (please answer with honesty)

Oh dear. Lost for words.

RE: would you intervene if you saw a mugging takeing place on the street?

Evidence is a few marks on the kids body to show you actually hit him, he was there and he cannot deny getting a black eye.

However, in the case of many against one, pepper spray works great.
That is if you don't know self defense. Or even if you do, it helps from them making a bruise on you.

However, I travel everywhere with a gun. Some would cringe at the thought, but here we are able to carry weapons on our persons and in our vehicles and its legal. There is a gun in every room of the house..just in case some fool tries to enter my home unwanted at some late hour. However, I do know self defense as well. But, why ding myself up when I can use something else to deter the intruder or mugger and prevent further incident to myself or to protect other innocent people. Probably more arguments from those who hate guns, but it is just I have had extensive training with weapons so it benefits me to have them handy.

Yes, some are not threatened by guns when they have several themselves. Such as the gangs in Chicago, which I have had an encounter with over an old girlfriend in the service. Somehow she got on a date with one before I met her, but they were not going to let her go so easily. Anyway, it took a little more than a gun to settle the dispute. I needed an Army of men, which of course friends are good for that in the service. However, nobody was harmed and the gang left her and her family alone. It was a close call. But it was needed to protect her and her family.

Now, to say if I saw a mugger on the street mugging some woman or other helpless man, I would probably most likely use my body as a weapon instead of a gun, unless he had a gun, then it would have to be the choice to use my gun to defend all on the street including myself. Now if its just a man beating up his wife, then there is no reason for any weapon, just a nice knock along side his head and maybe a little torture from me and of course me holding him down for her to beat on him for a while before the police arrive..of course all in the name of self defense..of course. Mostly it would be because I can't stand to watch any woman get beat up, even on a movie it disturbs me and angers me. It might be considered excessive force, but usually the police take a while to get to the scene so there is time to make sure the woman gets her revenge on the man who beat her up and of course the truth is she was defending herself..as it would be testified in a court of law. Justice is sweet.

RE: How to know a female is single?

How do you know if a woman is single:

If she accepts your date offer.

If she doesn't cry when you ask her out. A woman cried once and said I was the 5th person to ask her out that day, I felt bad. But she did have a nice..everything.

The obvious, if she says yes she is single but still tells you no. Rejection time..accept it and get on with life.

She thinks about it for a while and then gives you an answer, which means she just probably dumped her other boyfriend in her mind and is now single to take your offer for a date. Which means the other guy will come looking for you for revenge.

If she doesn't have a ring on her marriage finger. Good sign.
However, if she has a boyfriend, refer back to previous notation. She will decide if you are maybe better than her other boyfriend if she has one. Expect her to pause to think.

If she is single and has no boyfriend and still says no, repeat process on another girl and use a different line. Repeat process till you find a date.

RE: Who Should Be First

If you two have each numbers number, it doesn't matter who calls first. Just someone make the call. haha

Then it gets easy from there. No more nervous thoughts. Just enjoying each others conversations.

RE: i need your prayers

In my Prayers also. Keep the Faith.
I am sure your child will be fine. Lumbar compression is curable.
God Bless

RE: would you intervene if you saw a mugging takeing place on the street?

I don't believe in killing, but I do believe in torture so if I did catch a mugger, a few broken bones never killed anyone and then maybe he will think twice next time.

Yes, as SoldierByte has said, we took an Oath in the Military to protect and to defend the innocent. It seems that Oath is bestowed in many of us Vets till we die. I guess its an Honor thing.

RE: MEN'S VIEWS ON SINGLE MOM'S?

Every child is a blessing to this world. No matter what the reasons were for the child to have one parent, it is still an innocent child who needs love, guidance and comfort. For any man to judge the child by its mother for her mistakes, for her leaving her husband for whatever reason she is single to raise her child is cold hearted. I for one would have no problem marrying a woman who had children, sure I still want some of my own, but I am talking about if I loved her it wouldn't matter.

I see tons of single moms out there who are extremely cool, have such loyalty, and willing to give so much, but it takes time for them to trust again and that is what friendship is for so they can get to know the man. Once a woman is burned, it is hard for them to just trust anyone off their cuff anymore so easily, so give them time to get to know you.

As for a woman trying to pass off their kid like some of you other men have mentioned, that is false. A woman wants her child to know who their father is, any other man is hopefully going to be father like, but will never be truly that child's father, but can still love that child as his own. The woman marries out of love, not for any man to be a father to her child. She will however have set rules for what the man is allowed to do, such as any punishments to the child for their wrongs will have to go through her since the child is not his child, its a protective mother instinct.

So give the single mothers a chance, even more so they are far wiser than those who have not been burnt yet. Plus, they are more responsible and more mature in many ways when they have children to take care of. When you date a single mother, you are not just blessed by one wonderful woman, but also blessed by her child.

RE: Will You Date A Person Of different Race ? (please answer with honesty)

There is only one race, the human race. As for nationality, yes, I would date any woman of any nationality. There are extremely awesome women all over the world.

As for what you are looking to find from women, I am sure you will find the same answers from women, they would date any nationality unless they just have a favorite preference they stick dating with.

The only thing I can see is maybe the women think you live too far away from them, but perhaps putting in your profile you will travel anywhere to meet a woman would help. Or just throw some Romantic thoughts in your profile and melt a womans heart that reads it.

Best wishes. Never give up.

RE: Percentage of women on CS who don't really like and want to marry a man like me.

Thanks for being so perceptive of what the guy was trying to say solsticemoon you goof. Now he deleted his account thanks to your input. Usually when a guy talks like he was doing, he has not had any dates or if any it was short and nothing happened.
Now, to put someone down and take all hope from them is the worst thing you can do. Do you see me telling you that you are not a supermodel either and you will probably be single the rest of your life? This is an example, I am not saying you are not a supermodel so don't get upset. So No, he didn't either, which he could have done out of spite.
So don't go putting people down any further when they are looking for a boost of confidence. The guy may have been someone some other girl on here would have wanted to meet, but that chance is ruined now. For crying out loud, if you have nothing to say that will boost someones confidence when they are already down on themselves, then don't say anything at all. If you want respect, respect others.

Sorry if I crumbled your confidence. Just a lesson.
Hopefully you learn something.

RE: Percentage of women on CS who don't really like and want to marry a man like me.

Wait a minute, come on. First, there is always a woman out there that finds any man good looking, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Truly, I tell you I have seen guys I thought were from Mars they looked so different, but had really cute girl friends and some had beautiful wives. (Got a friend like that.)
Now a girl sometimes doesn't care about looks, if the guy is sweet to her and has a good personality and can make her laugh, smile and charm her heart, she will date him and even marry him.

I also have a friend that women were going nuts over, but he married a woman who was not so pretty and she had some skin problems, but she is a wonderful sweet lady with a great loving heart and they are still married after 7 years. He could have had any woman he wanted pretty much as by what the women say around here. He choose a woman that was not so pretty because she was cool, fun to be around, they became best friends, and he married her and now he even gets pissed when people make funny faces looking at her.

So don't go hide in a corner, if you have a good personality, you are funny since I have read some of your things on here so you can make a girl laugh, and just be yourself and write to as many girls as you like and become friends with them. You can be desperate, but just don't let them know you are. haha
Give it time for them to get to know you and then work your magic, then put a ring on their finger and you never have to worry again. But if you need advice what to say to a woman, there is no set of rules, just be yourself, tell jokes, get involved in what they talk about and open up to them. Sure you win a few and you lose a lot as any man does, but there is always one woman that will stick around and stay interested and will want to spend her life with you. Its like making friends first, then date, then the rest comes in. If you don't think a supermodel will date you, then go after those that you find cute and you can find a common interest together with. You know, there was this girl in college that was always dressing like a geek, she wore black clothes like she was goth and her makeup was so bad you thought she was a metal rock band singer. She came in to college one day after Christmas break and you would never know it was her, she was smoking hot, a few weeks later she was dressing like she always did before. But during that time, the guys were all over like flies on peanut butter. After she changed her looks back, the guys didn't even look at her. So even those goth looking or geek looking girls can clean up really well and look pretty hot. So, just find a girl that you find appealing and write to her. She just may turn out to be a supermodel looking hottie after you get to know her or you just may find your heart is stolen, but don't judge a book by its cover. So others will not judge you that way as well if you treat all the same.

Dig through CS, write and write some more and so who writes back.
Post a photo, you may think you are smugly, but some girl may find you hot. You don't know unless you get yourself out there and get women to see you, they want a face with the heart.
You can write sweet things all day, but a woman likes to put a face with whom she is writing.

I took mine down because I am in lingo right now till I decide to put it back up. But, yes I am still writing to 3 different women who are really cool, but we are just friends. So that is how it starts, make friends, as many as you want and see who starts giving you hints to take it further to something else.

Hope that helps, but I hope you stay and try your best here.
We all get shot down, we all get frustrated, we all get broken hearts, but none of us gives up. The day you give up is the day you have to face being alone forever. That sucks, never give up.

RE: GENETICALLY ALTERED FOOD .....

I am also surprised California hasn't banned any hazardous foods yet, since they are heavy into air pollution, non-smoking and just about every environmental issue, but food they are just scarfing down and nothing said about it. Wonder when they will wake up and start a ban on deadly chemicals in the food as well.

If the food industry sold healthy foods, there would be no use for a health care plan since very few people would get sick. Most people who get sick are those who ingested hazardous chemicals that caused cancers, cause tumors, stomach legions, ulcers, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart attacks, kidney and liver diseases, blood diseases, and a ton of things including asthma and lung diseases just from the food they ate that had dangerous chemicals in it.

But..how long before more people demand healthier foods on the shelves and will it be too late then when GMO foods take over the crops and trying to reproduce heirloom foods is going to take longer each year. Just with High Fructose Corn Syrup, there was a study and most people eat about 64 pounds of it each year, which is ten times the sugar in starch than regular sugar in one teaspoon. Then people wonder why they can't stay thin, because the starch turns to sugar and turns to fat. That is the main cause of obesity in the USA is modified Corn starch, corn starch, High Fructose Corn syrup (all mean the same thing, but labeled differently on labels.)

But you are right, we have to research everything to know the truth since the food industry and the FDA doesn't even tell you the slightest dangers from these chemicals they allowed in your foods. It is like we are on a chemical diet.
Not me, I refuse to eat garbage created in a lab.

What is the most Romantic Gift to give a lady?

Babies are cute and everything, but I am sure that is not exactly what a lady wants as a romantic gift. Not unless she wants a baby and she has enough of everything else or heard it all from you.

Between you and the swiss lady with the baby thing..oh goodness.

If babies were a romantic gift I would surely be giving her lots of them because I want a tribe of munchkins running around.

Ok, to get a woman pregnant without her approval is as romantic as a post card in the mail. Stick to diamonds, they are a womans best friend. Then the baby romantic thing can come later.

RE: How attractive are you (in your opinion, obviously)?

Depends on which woman you are asking what I look like.
I get all kinds of answers, but never ugly from women.
So its usually average or above to higher, but hey, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. I look in the mirror and I just see me, then I think, gosh I need a shave or where did that nose hair come from or my eyes look bluer today.
I know women look at everything on themselves, even focus on their butt in the mirror, but for guys to do that, no way.

I think as long as you don't have bad hygiene you are good to go.
Rating..I leave that up to the ladies.

RE: DO U THINK THE YEAR 2012 IS END OF WORLD ????????????????

That is the most sick, demented, and funniest thing I read all day.

Anyway, who was the goofball that started the 2012 end of the world thing anyway? It is like 100 different versions of what is supposed to happen, of course nothing will happen, but its like the 2000 calender on computers when the world would shut down on New Years 2000 and people were stocking up on food, gas, water, flashlights, heater fluid, generators, and guns because it was supposed to be a huge lights out for planet earth and no banks would be open and total havoc would ring across the world with people eating people just to survive. Nothing happened.

So don't get worked up anyone about what could happen or what might happen or what someone says will happen, because every single crazy person that made a prophecy has turned out to be a fool.

On 2012 on January 1st, I will be probably headed for the closes ski resort like I always do and hoping to find some new fresh snow on the slopes and maybe if I am lucky the sun will be out that day.
Its a 50 50 chance of sun. Best prediction yet, eh?

RE: DO U THINK THE YEAR 2012 IS END OF WORLD ????????????????

Bets are on around this area Obama will be impeached within 6 months. Then I will party like it was 1999!!!! WOOOHOOOOO!!


I don't drink, but I will sure party till I puke that night he is ousted.
Kind of like in that order. hee hee

RE: Good Woman/ Bad Woman?

That is true. It is the choices we make that define ourselves and our actions of how others perceive us.

However, if you are saying every man should have a bad (evil) woman who has chosen to live that way and make a mans life a living hell, then I disagree. I hope to avoid any such women as I am trying to keep my life as stress free as possible.

I prefer a good woman with a good heart who has chosen to be better than her evil side. As long as she can keep that evil side contained, the happier I am.

If its just playing and its a bad kitty kitty kind of thing, that is different from a pure evil woman though. Big difference.

What is the most Romantic Gift to give a lady?

Well at least most of you have said some nice things, but at least nobody said they would give her their boxer shorts or give her a hickey. But so far so good, thanks for throwing some ideas around.