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Nope... Just got know several trucker/skydivers. Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.
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Little box on the bottom right... iTunes or Google Play.
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Oh YEAH!!! Fuck rap. Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.
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Not a one. The PD F-111 260 is an awesome canopy. Most of us remember when tippy-toe landings on the X were cool. Everything else that needs be said; has been said by those above. Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.
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One of these... http://www.amazon.com/Carhartt-Arctic-Quilt-Lined-Overall/dp/B0041T42LY Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.
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The common view of political and economic systems holds that the various types of governments are best understood by placing them on a continuous, horizontal line with one end being the opposite of the other. This "political spectrum" is usually arranged from the "Far Right" to the "Far Left." Anchoring the "Far Right" is Nazism as it was practiced by Hitler's Germany. Next comes Fascism and other kinds of totalitarian regimes of lessening severity. Many of the military governments of South America as well as true monarchies could be classified as examples of this region of the spectrum. Democracies and capitalist countries such as the United States are placed somewhere in the middle. Moving farther to the Left, there are semi-socialist and fully socialist countries. Nations such as Sweden would fit in this region. Anchoring the Far Left end of the political spectrum are communist countries, the best representative of which has been the Soviet Union. While this division of the world's political systems has had a great deal of impact on the thoughts and discussions of people in political circles as well as on those of everyday citizens, a focus on the basic principles which underlie these various governmental/economic systems reveals that the differences between the Far Left and the Far Right are more differences in surface details than in the essential nature of their attitudes, actions, and philosophies. A closer examination of the three best examples of the political spectrum -- Nazi Germany (the "Far Right"), capitalist United States (the "Middle"), and Communist Russia (the "Far Left") -- reveals that a truer layout of these political systems places the United States (an individualistic system) at one end and Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union as variants of each other (that is, of collectivist political systems) at the other end. Attempts are often made to justify the polar positioning of Nazism and communism by stating that in Nazism the "State" (or Nation) is all-powerful and is personified in the person of the leader (Führer) and that in communism it is the people in the form of the "Proletariat" which is the supreme governmental authority. In essence, however, these two terms are merely variations on the same fundamental theme. Whether called the "State" or the "Proletariat," it is the collective -- however it is defined -- which takes precedence over the individual. The individual's life belongs to that state or society of which he or she is a member. In collectivist political systems, when a conflict arises between the ends of the state or society and those of the individual, the needs of the collective always come first ("the greatest good for the greatest number"). Society and the state are viewed as capable of having desires and wants above, beyond, and separate from those of the individual citizens who must obey without question any edicts which are issued. The decision as to when a citizen's interests must be sacrificed for those of society or the state is made by a small number of rulers. In Nazi Germany, the person who decided what the State needed was Hitler. In the U.S.S.R., the elite who decided what was best for the Proletariat was the Supreme Soviet. If the individual disagreed with the actions of these dictatorial elites, he faced the real danger of imprisonment or death for his political opinions. In contrast to this collectivist view of the relationship between the individual and government, capitalist democracies such as the United States hold that "majority rule, tolerance of dissenting views, freedom of thought, speech, and the press, (and the) equality of all men under the law" are essential for a healthy society. As opposed to collectivist societies, the government of the United States was established on the principle that the majority is not always right. The rights of minorities (and the individual citizen is the smallest minority there is!) are to be protected. The Constitution of the United States (and in particular the Bill of Rights) was established in order to accomplish "the subordination of society" to the individual and to protect the rights of the individual citizens against the possible abuses of the governing leaders. In this society, individual rights take precedence over any public or societal powers. "A private individual may do anything except that which is legally forbidden; a government official may do nothing except that which is legally permitted." Socialism and communism advocate that the ownership and control of the means of production be placed in the hands of society. Nazism and Fascism hold that ownership of property can be kept by private citizens but that the control of that property should be held by the State. In the latter case, however, when the State dictates what can be manufactured, how much can be manufactured, where the goods will be sold, and what the price for those items will be, ownership becomes ownership in name only and has no practical significance. Indeed, Nazism stands for the National Socialist Workers' Party even as the U.S.S.R. stands for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Under both political systems, the government decides what job an individual will be permitted to hold, when or if that individual will be permitted to change jobs, how much the individual will be paid, and even where the individual will be permitted to travel or live. The state or society has ultimate power over every aspect of the life of the individual citizen. Hitler himself, perhaps, best expressed the similar spirit which underlies both Nazism and communism: There is more that binds us to Bolshevism than separates us from it. There is, above all, genuine revolutionary feeling, which is alive everywhere in Russia.... I have always made allowance for this circumstance, and given orders that former Communists are to be admitted to the party at once. The petit bourgeois Social-Democrat and the trade-union boss will never make a National Socialist, but the Communist always will. Hitler was, in fact, grateful to the Communists: I have learned a great deal from Marxism, as I do not hesitate to admit. The difference between them and myself is that I have really put into practice what these peddlers and pen-pushers have timidly begun.... I had only to develop logically what Social Democracy repeatedly failed in because of its attempt to realize its evolution within the framework of democracy. National Socialism is what Marxism might have been if it could have broken its absurd and artificial ties with a democratic order. The antagonism between the German Communists and the German Nazis was not a disagreement between basic philosophy or goals. Each group believed in the supremacy of the absolute state. The fighting between them was over the form which that absolute state was to take and which of their groups was to become the ruler of that state. For the individual citizens, there could be no significant difference in the nature of their lives under either type of totalitarian regime. The capitalist democracy of the United States, however, was and is the antithesis of these principles. In this political system, the function of the government is the protection of individual rights and property. Citizens are free to work for any employer who will hire them; are free to live wherever their resources and desires take them; are free to manufacture what they want and to sell those products to whomever will purchase them and for whatever price those customers are willing to pay. Voluntary cooperation rather than governmental coercion describes the relationships among citizens. No one is to be deprived of his or her property without due process of law and then only for objectively defined reasons instead of arbitrary governmental decrees. In collectivist societies, the use of force against citizens or other nations is always an acceptable means of compelling them to follow a certain course of action. In this country, the use of force is to be avoided as much as possible and to be used only against those who initiate force against other citizens or the nation. Reasoned debate and persuasion is the preferred method of changing the direction of the country. Even though the United States has strayed in some ways from its founding principles, it still stands in sharp contrast to the nations of the Far Right and the Far Left. The federal government of the United States has become much more powerful in the past two centuries. It often does pass laws restricting the private affairs of its citizens and issues regulations which interfere with the free exercise of its citizens' rights. These moves echo the actions of socialism of the fascist variety. Yet as long as there remains two-party rule, a ban on imprisonment or execution for political offenses, a respect for private property, and no governmental censorship, this political system remains free to alter its course and to adhere more closely to the principles of individual freedom and individual responsibility which made this nation the most free and most productive nation that this world has ever seen. In essential principles then, the political spectrum runs not from Far Right to Far Left with democracies in the middle. Instead, a clearer, more accurate representation of this spectrum places on one end nations which respect individual rights and subordinate the nation and government to the individual citizens. On the other end of the spectrum are collectivist societies which hold to the fundamental principle that the individual must be subordinated to the collective or state and that any freedoms the citizens have are granted as favors rather than guaranteed as rights. The old view of political systems focused too much on surface details. This newer view recognizes that basic philosophies are much more important in revealing true similarities and differences among the governments of the world. The Right vs the Left: A = A by Russell Madden Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.
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Do you think 0.38/hour is acceptable? You're trying to tie me down with one variable in the equation. I won't play. Did you visit the local Goodwill training center already? Or, you can read this article... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-gibbons/goodwill-and-the-power-of_b_3293985.html Training center? No. But I make regular visist for donations to my local store. Oh my; isn't that perpetuating the problem you brought up?
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Do you think 0.38/hour is acceptable? You're trying to tie me down with one variable in the equation. I won't play. Did you visit the local Goodwill training center already? Or, you can read this article... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-gibbons/goodwill-and-the-power-of_b_3293985.html Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.
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Goodwill was spotlighted by the Teamsters for advancing their own agenda and the whole thing took on its own whirlwind of copycat non-fact-finding reporting. Goodwill does not use the disabled _as employees_ per se. It is a workforce skills training program (endorsed by disability.gov; a sub-agency within the US Department of Labor) of which the disabled are paid to learn. Goodwill finds out from the community the types of jobs they should train for in assembly, sub-assembly, packaging, fork-lift driving, sewing, light manufacturing, food service, etc. required by the community's for-profit organizations. Some of the disabled are taught things like sweeping a floor - so that for-profits will hire them. The money paid is in addition to their disability benefits. Go check out your local Goodwill Organization to see what they do FOR the disabled. While you're at it; then go visit your local SERTOMA... who does the same thing; but because they are not quite as large as Goodwill don't make as wonderful a target for the media. Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.
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Who is the HOTTEST Sky "God" or "Male" you have ever met?? lol
BIGUN replied to rhino's topic in The Bonfire
Evidently, no pics needed... My hotness exudes through the written word. Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. -
Who is the HOTTEST Sky "God" or "Male" you have ever met?? lol
BIGUN replied to rhino's topic in The Bonfire
Holy heck... I never saw the thread (used ta be Nightjumps) Good to know someone who never met me thought I was hot ten years ago. Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. -
Doctor Who google.com This was fun... Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.
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http://www.google.com/patents/EP1718790A2 Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.
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Next you'll tell me that Bill Gates isn't going to send me a million dollars for forwarding that email to two million of my closest friends. Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.
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Is There an Optometrist / Opthamologist in the House?
BIGUN replied to NewGuy2005's topic in The Bonfire
Eat your carrots. Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. -
Would you ever consider having children with a friend?
BIGUN replied to npgraphicdesign's topic in The Bonfire
+1 Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. -
These kinds of pranks can also escalate into a leap-frogging of rivalry that can lead to bad things in this sport. Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.
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Your logic statement broke. Look, I'm not advocating a full face for all students, but the OP made it sound like he had a medical condition (turns out he had a want, not a need, more jumps than originally stated and was looking for validation). The point was... on occasion we need to look outside the cookie cutter training program. Turns out in this situation; I was mislead. Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.
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I'm currently on contract for an organization that has a similar program... In fact, employees can donate a portion of their sick time to a Catastrophic Sick Time bank. Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.
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The Walmart Spokesperson.... OMFG... Here is another example of how great Walmart is: http://www.thenation.com/article/177254/labor-board-sides-workers-walmart-cant-silence-employees-any-longer So, you don't like the real shit.... so you go find something tangential to your original post to support it. You should be on "Dancing with the Stars" with that kind of side step. Why don't you just come out with a "top ten list" of reasons to hate Wal*Mart and include your own reasons for beating this drum and be done with it. No one's saying Wal*Mart is king here. Least of all me... but, don't point to a rancid news reporting, what another news agency reported, that someone said, 3rd generation, Huffington style article without peeling back a few layers of research first. Use the Internet; don't let it use you. That'll get your hand slapped. Consider this a life lesson and go do something nice for someone. Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.
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Big All Staff Meeting at work in 30 minutes.....
BIGUN replied to GogglesnTeeth's topic in The Bonfire
He ain't that guy. Bhaaahaaahahaaa!!! -
STOP!!! This isn't about handouts and shit. It's about Walmart employees helping WalMart employees who've had a catastrophic situation occur this year and helping them through the season. Things like a spouse losing their job, another spouse becoming terminal, etc. You're reading the 3rd generation of morphed fucking journalism. Read this: Wal-Mart spokesperson Kory Lundberg told Today.com that the store’s employees are upset their actions are “being twisted and misinterpreted” and that the food drive was for employees who have a “special, critical, unforeseen need,” such as their home burned down or their spouse lost a job. As Lundberg told The Cleveland Plain-Dealer: ”This is part of the company’s culture to rally around associates and take care of them when they face extreme hardships.” In a phone call with me, Wal-Mart spokesperson Brooke Buchanan echoed these sentiments, adding that the Ohio store’s food drive is just “one example that’s been completely mischaracterized and taken out of context” of a program that allows any of its local stores or employees to “come together to help their fellow associates in need.” The company also has a program called the Associates Critical Need Trust that allows employees to donate money to help colleagues in the aftermath of catastrophes. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/wp/2013/11/19/wal-mart-food-drive-photo-looks-bad-because-well-its-wal-mart/ Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.
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Big All Staff Meeting at work in 30 minutes.....
BIGUN replied to GogglesnTeeth's topic in The Bonfire
Corporate code for: The layoffs will come later after we combine departmental activities and see who's excess. Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. -
Wow. Both great guys. Both gone. They will be missed. Thanks for posting. Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.
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Hey, Ron. Used to own a 182 DZ. Agree. Smaller DZs are better to learn at. Larger DZs - much better for gaining skills. Used to drive the locals in these parts nuts when I would pat a student on the butt and tell them to head down to Skydive Dallas for a month.