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leave the toilet seat up or I'll Saran Wrap the bitch...er toilett. www.FourWheelerHB.com

Are you talking about bachelor/bachelorette parties or just a boys/girls night out? www.FourWheelerHB.com

If I haven't read a book prior to the movie release, I'll watch the movie first so it's not ruined by pertinent knowledge and since generally the books are better than the movies. www.FourWheelerHB.com

I agree and I read the book first. I think that has more to do with the ability of the writer (journalist) since the film stayed pretty accurate to the book. One thing though...the observation by the writer and eventually the reasoning behind the title Generation Kill was left out of the series. www.FourWheelerHB.com

Sum of All Fears was massacred thanks to Ben Affleck who was decades younger than Jack Ryan is suppose to be in the book. Jack Ryan is the Assistant Director of the CIA in the book but was made a lowly annalyst thanks to Affleck. IMO Ben Affleck is the new Keanu. Unfortunately Harrison Ford, who was asked to play Ryan in Sum of All Fears, was busy filming K-19. Although he agreed to do the movie once K-19 was completed the producers elected not to wait and cast the worst actor to ever play Jack Ryan requiring a rewrite of the entire movie. The book was exponentially better than the movie. Without Remorse is due out in 2011...maybe. Last I checked it was due out in 2010 but I think they decided to release Rainbow Six first which makes sense since they did very little to develop John Clark's character in all of the other Tom Clancy movies. www.FourWheelerHB.com

that depends on which way she is facing. www.FourWheelerHB.com

hah! For a semester I was that bullied student. It was a creative writing class and I have no idea why the teacher didn't like me but it certainly wasn't because I never "got it." She was highly critical of my writing style. Admittedly it was a bit "out there" but it didn't deserve her extreme criticism nor the disdainful look in her eyes when she would regard me. I never received higher than a C on any of my work whereas the other four students in the class, who were superb writers, all received nothing but A's. I got kicked out of her class several times that semester for mouthing off. Then one day the entire class got kicked out with me for defending me during one of our many arguments. I swear to this day she would provoke me just so she could kick me out of class. On the final I wrote about a narcisistic teacher who was blind to her own ugliness which ultimately led to her downfall. There were no threats invloved. Just a nice little story about an extremely flawed character. She gave me an A. www.FourWheelerHB.com

Correction: My memory is terrible sometimes. She only needed one class to graduate. She wanted to take college classes the rest of the day which she was denied for whatever reason. www.FourWheelerHB.com

First of all I earned that through 8 years of service to my country. You can to. Secondly, I don't use it nor will I ever because I have had too many medical professionals warn me against going to the VA due to healthcare there being a nightmare. Thirdly, what makes you think Obama's nationalk healthcare plan will be any better than the VA? www.FourWheelerHB.com

That's the key. But I don't think the test scores have anything to do with household economics. I think it can be directly attributed to the parents participation in their children's education. Economics plays a part in ability not quality. I said correlation, not causation. Some inner city schools have ridiculously low graduation rates. Household economics is a pretty decent indicator. Another problematic group are recent immigrants who do not speak English. Neither of these types are common in the home schooling population and both would do very poorly in that learning environment. Meanwhile, if you only looked at test scores for those in public schools that are similar to the home schooled, you'll see the same sorts of high results. At my Orange Co high school, virtually everyone went to college. Indicator of what? An indicator that parents who live in the inner city do not care about their childrens education? Or is the inner city a small scale Idiocracy? Speaking of Orange County or more specifically Huntington Beach....my boss' daughter had filled all requirements for graduation after her junior year. She wanted to take community college courses during her senoir year but the school board wouldn't let her. She was required to sit in a study hall all day on punishment of not graduating. Well she flipped off the establishment, dropped out, aced her GED test, and started college a year early. This is our public school system. www.FourWheelerHB.com

Right but I wouldn't call the cold war a military success. Also wasn't Reagan's budget largely responsible? SO you disagree with bodypilot90, then, The govt. CAN do things right. Not necessarily. Especially in light of the phrase even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once and a while. www.FourWheelerHB.com

Right but I wouldn't call the cold war a military success. Also wasn't Reagan's budget largely responsible? www.FourWheelerHB.com

The cold war was an economic win. Had we actually gone to war we would have lost. www.FourWheelerHB.com

Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force... Korean War, Vietnam, Iran Hostage Rescue, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan. www.FourWheelerHB.com

ah missed that. thank you. betcha that politcally inept, well intentioned person was a Republican. www.FourWheelerHB.com

Thank you very much to both of you for your replies. It's certainly interesting to see first hand accounts of successful home schooling. www.FourWheelerHB.com

Do you have evidence or is this simply your opinion? www.FourWheelerHB.com

aw shit....you know we are all in trouble when a brit is schooling us! www.FourWheelerHB.com

of course not quade. but doesn't the buck stop with Obama just the same way it stopped with GWB? www.FourWheelerHB.com

With one sentence you just summed up my personal experience with K-12 public education. I was frustrated and bored with school due to grasping the knowledge very quickly while my teachers spent the majority of the class catering to the one freaking student who just could not get it. I got kicked out of class a few times for standing up and calling bullshit. www.FourWheelerHB.com

Excellent post! THAT was what I was upset about as well. Where does he get the balls asking children what they are going to do to help him succeed? Not help America succeed. Help OBAMA succeed. It's perfectly reasonable to wonder WTF when our President does stupid shit like this. Thankfully the paranoid people of world got him to fix it. www.FourWheelerHB.com

I agree socialization (is that the correct term?) is highly important in developing a child into an adult. However, what is it the public schooling does differently than home schooling that socializes students and why is this not possible (or at least seen as a possibility) with homeschooling? pointing back to my original posts....I don't believe it's a problem without a solution. www.FourWheelerHB.com

in comparison to a guy that said," I don't know all the facts but the police acted stupidly?"(paraphrasing) www.FourWheelerHB.com

That's the key. But I don't think the test scores have anything to do with household economics. I think it can be directly attributed to the parents participation in their children's education. Economics plays a part in ability not quality. www.FourWheelerHB.com

Well let's see. I was a sophmore in highschool at the time skipping class and smoking drugs. Damn I wish I coulda heard his speech. www.FourWheelerHB.com