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If Paul ends up on the national ballot in some way, I'll be making a statement with my vote by casting it for him. . . =(_8^(1)

I can't believe that many people are oblivious to the fact that their candidate is no longer running. Could they be making some sort of "statement"? . . =(_8^(1)

I've not said a single word about your use of ellipsis. Sorry you're confused about that. You seem to be very easily entertained. What keeps getting "funnier" is that you continue WRONGLY insisting that I'm misusing a word that has been widely accepted and used for years in the EXACT WAY THAT I USED IT. Your argument couldn't possibly be more silly or meaningless. Take another look at that quote you keep posting -- maybe it'll eventually dawn on you who it ACTUALLY applies to in this ridiculous conversation we're having. What you might be missing is that I was not referring to a "liberal education" in my original one line statement. Instead, I was referring to what liberals have done to education (and parenting). . . =(_8^(1)

Pointing out the irony of someone who doesn't understand basic punctuation techniques criticising someone else for "misusing" a single word hardly constitutes an Ad Hominem attack. . . =(_8^(1)

I'm not looking for anything different than exactly what I wrote. 99.99% of the folks on this board will understand exactly the body of persons I'm pointing to when I use the term "liberal". Sorry you got a problem with it. . . =(_8^(1)

And your punctuation still sucks. Crappy punctuation just might be a sign of a dim-bulb nation. . . =(_8^(1)

Nonsense. The meaning of words often change to fit the vernacular -- and that's among the least of our problems as a nation. . . =(_8^(1)

Well, I'll just be wrong in your eyes then. To me, "liberal" describes the general political persuasion of the folks who've systematically removed "dicipline and respect for Rational Thought and Reason" from our children's lives, both at home and at school. . . =(_8^(1)

The results of liberal-minded education and parenting are upon us. . . =(_8^(1)

Watch it, or I'll reach through your monitor and strangle you, you . . . uh . . uh . . . just what the heck are you? . . =(_8^(1)

This is the Internet. We're all tough guys here. . . =(_8^(1)

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I was drawn to skydiving by the adrenalin rush of jumping out of a perfectly good airplane. I've stayed involved in skydiving because my dropzone's restrooms have tons of space under the partitions between each stall. . . =(_8^(1)

You're prone to violence, huh? . . =(_8^(1)

See any contradiction there? . . =(_8^(1)

Do you? You brought up the questions of drugs and incarceration in your post; Cut off the supply of drugs, the prison population will reduce. Wrong. The "war on drugs" (namely, marijuana which recieves more than half of the funds allocated) has been a collosal failure. In the 80 years of marijuana prohibition, not one inch forward has been gained to eradicate. In fact, the number of smokers has risen. You simply cannot wipe a plant that is so widely used world wide off of the planet. Marijuana has been used for more than 5000 years. It will never go away. It is impossible to cutoff the supply. Concurrently, make the drug penalties ten times more severe. They have done that already. All that it has accomplished was to generate an industry of corporate owned prison facilities. Billions of dollars are wasted locking up otherwise law abiding citizens for a little bit of weed. Don't you find it odd that a child molester does less time than a pot smoker who is hurting no one? We don't have an incarceration problem; we have a drug problem. Wrong. We do have a incarceration problem. Our government locks people up for what they consider immoral. Prisons should be used for the violent, theives, murderers, child molesters and the like. Why do we lock people up for a joint? What's the purpose? What does it accomplish? (other than overcrowding, waste of tax dollars, ruining someones life). A friend of mine did 6 months at Gumbo, in St. Louis county, for falling behind on child support. He pays over $2000.00 a month for one child. At the time of his divorce, he made close to $100,000.00 a years (his ex-wife makes about the same, she's a lawyer and a major bitch). When the company he worked for shut its doors, that flow was gone but, he still is required to pay the $2000.00. He was locked up when he could not pay that amount. Locking him up solved nothing and made his situation worst. He now owes for the lock up and is further behind on child support. He's back to working but makes around $20,000.00 a years now. Situations such as his is proof that we have an incarceration problem. How is it that you consider locking up more people is the answer to all of the problems? With marijuana, it's not the pot that is the problem, it is the out of date law that is the problem. Excellent points. You've "got it". BIGUN, on the other hand, is miles away from "got it". . . =(_8^(1)

Shutup, I want my flat screen TV! . . =(_8^(1)

Properly leveraged, WOW can be an effective tool for getting a kid to keep his grades up. . . =(_8^(1)

Damn, I thought I was good at remembering who said what and when around here. However, I must now bow to your mad skillz in that department. . . =(_8^(1)

Much more accurate. . . =(_8^(1)

Very much so. . . =(_8^(1)

I'll have what he's havin'. . . =(_8^(1)

None. . . =(_8^(1)

That's it -- we've GOT to do something! . . =(_8^(1)

I'd like to see a poll asking people who voted for Bush on the "lesser of two evils" premise if they'd vote for him again if Kerry was the choice. I bet it'd have a high percentage of "yes" responses. . . =(_8^(1)