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meet the new boss, same as the old boss Peace, love and hoppiness

If your girlfriend is cheating you, and she may very well be, she has definitely told her friends (and probably her mom). I would suggest respectfully broaching the subject with any mutual friends you have with her, the closer the better, seeing as you're cohabitation (at least drawing from my past experiences) there has to be at least one girl that both of you are really close with, and if you actually put it out there you will probably get a good clue whether your fears are warranted (whether or not her response is truthful). Or, if you're brazen enough, you could simply ask her. It's more adult than spying on her, and your intentional cutaway following her tearful admission can be pretty cathartic. If she denies it, and you believe it to be sincere, you can just emphasize the importance of remaining faithful and how much it means to you. What this boils down to is the importance of communication in a relationship. It's the number one factor in building, maintaining, and -yes- ultimately ending relationships in a healthy and adult manner. Not a relationship counselor or anything, just a woman's studies student who stayed at a holiday inn express last night. Peace, love and hoppiness

Got out of the military in August of last year, never stepped out of an aircraft until June of this year. While i don't seem to be particularly good at it, I am enjoying myself Peace, love and hoppiness

how anyone can read that article and still say "the 16th amendment is A-OK with this guy" is beyond me. I'm sure there's plenty of voices in this forum that can set me straight though. Peace, love and hoppiness

God bless that trailer park queen, I haven't laughed that hard in a while http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1oViZkT6G8&feature=related That one is pretty good too, I never knew people would actually resort to violence over shitty fast food before. Peace, love and hoppiness

Oh, I'm not arguing with that at all. Just noting how the pass it first, find out later method has been working out so far. Peace, love and hoppiness

Or should it be sellers remorse? or both? Senate Majority leader Harry Reid has finally read the affordable healthcare act apparently...unfortunately it doesn't seem to be the case he likes what he sees. http://newledger.com/2010/08/harry-reid-reads-health-care-bill-decides-he-doesnt-like-it-any-more/ The video is pretty informative for anyone who hasn't figured out this legislation is not the panacea you may have been led to believe it is. Peace, love and hoppiness

Ignoring O.I. and O.M. and just looking at the 2A textually that doesn't really hold water with me. The amendment isn't saying "the right of the militia shall not be infringed" (well regulated or not is immaterial), it is directly contrasting "the people" with "the militia." Let remember the context in which our constitution was written, revolution was kind of on the minds of our founding fathers. So why the use of the word "the people"? It can only be logically assumed from the contrast, other uses of the phase "the people" and that pesky comma separating the clause of the militia and the people that our founding fathers understood there may be a time when the people may have to revolt again. In order for that ability to be available to "the people" our founding fathers made it an inalienable right to keep and bear arms that the militia (which has to exist to protect a free sovereign state from other nations) could not take away. Don't assume because I realize the textual significance of this contrast I'm implying that the people today have any reason to "refresh the tree of liberty" so to speak, I'm just merely noting that was clearly the O.I. to endow the people with the ability to do so. Peace, love and hoppiness

I would love for you to show something to back that statement up with, because I can't find a single textualist or O.I. argument to back that up with following the writings of our founders. I can however quote you several to the contrary: "And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the right of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms; ...or to prevent the people from petitioning , in a peaceable and orderly manner; or to subject the people to unreasonable searches and seizures of their persons, papers or possessions." - Sam Adams "Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people's liberty teeth keystone... the rifle and the pistol are equally indispensable... more than 99% of them by their silence indicate that they are in safe and sane hands. The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour." - George Washington "The constitutions of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves;that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed; that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of religion, freedom of property and freedomof the press." - Thomas Jefferson O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms, wherewith you could defend yourselves, are gone..." - Patrick Henry Peace, love and hoppiness

Well I'll tell you. It's all about the the original intent of our bicameral legislature. Have you ever considered why the house of representatives is comprised of numbers that represent the populations of states, and the senate a static 2 regardless of state populations? The Senate, as I understand it, was never intended to represent the American people, but rather to represent the state legislatures in congress, hence senators originally being appointed by legislatures and not the product of direct vote. This, coupled with the staggered election process, ensured that senators, similarly to the house of lords in the British parliament, would not be influenced by the reactionary sentiments of the American people. The Senate could let cooler heads prevail without worrying their jobs depended on pandering to mob rule (remember we do not live in a democracy, our founding fathers hated the idea of democracy) So at the end of the day, why I don't support the 17th amendment is based on the premise that it makes it easier for the hoi polloi to have a negative impact on our government through being reactionary, our states have no formal representation in our government as originally intended (while foreign nations do through their ambassadors), and it demeans the very idea of having a bicameral legislature. Peace, love and hoppiness

Not associating with those who would want to repeal the 14th by any stretch of the imagination. I wouldn't lose any sleep if congress repealed the 16th and 17th amendments however. Peace, love and hoppiness

Douche bag, probably...but you don't know me bud Frat boy...never Maybe if you took the time to try some of the beers in this thread you would understand just being beer isn't such silly thing to discuss. Have a very hoppy day! Peace, love and hoppiness

between him and Alvin Greene I don't know what is happening down here in the south with politicians. The good news is this guy only grabbed .5% of his states Republican voters in his primary...but seriously, who comprised that half percent. Peace, love and hoppiness

This question is like asking a father to pick a favorite child if the father had thousands of equally awesome kids... Peace, love and hoppiness

I love love love auto-tune the news. So good. Peace, love and hoppiness

Thanks for all the replies guys. Peace, love and hoppiness

I did a search and I couldn't find any information about how the Capewell riser release system actually works. I've couldn't really find any information on the procedures for using it on the internet anywhere either. So i'm wondering if anyone (old timers, military jumpers, etc) could give me any info on how to use it. I don't really have a good reason for wanting to know about it, just like trivial knowledge. I'm posting this here as I guess it's a "historical" piece for sport jumping and maybe not as relevant for the gear forum. Thanks. Peace, love and hoppiness

special needs middle school tries Also sprach Zarathustra cute Peace, love and hoppiness

not running from anything, I just don't find this conversation that interesting. you asked a question I answered it, sorry if I didn't write "other" to preface it. I figured you were smart enough to follow. Anyways, if you want to talk about why not spending money on unemployed people for nearly 2 years is a bad thing feel free to ask a question and I'll probably have a response. If you want to talk about tax cuts start a thread it would be relevant to and i'm sure people who are willing to defend the practices of bush and regean would love to talk to you. Peace, love and hoppiness

it's a completely unrelated issue While irrelevant, since you're so curious I'll let you know how I feel about it. I support eliminating our tax system and creating a new progressive consumption tax in it's place. Peace, love and hoppiness

So instead of addressing my point you merely make, incorrect, personal inferences of me. Cool thread bro. Peace, love and hoppiness

When did I say tax cut either. Having a debate with you is like herding cats. I'm talking about cutting needless spending as our debt is unsustainable and at some point we are going to have to rely on something other than being able to just pay off the interest and let china foot the bill. Do i really need to quote historical context of why spending money you don't have is bad, or do you have a basic understanding of macroeconomics? Peace, love and hoppiness

So again instead of looking at yourself and thinking is what i'm supporting going to be good or bad in the long run you say "well it doesn't matter look what bush did!" Which is doubly insulting because i'm a libertarian and probably like bush and Reagan about as much as you do. Peace, love and hoppiness

You know, I wonder. I wonder in the coming years when the US loses it's credit rating and can't take on any more debt, and starts dramatically, draconianly cutting benefits for no other reason then there isn't any money to pay for it if people like lucky are going to look back to today and remember that we had a chance to get our financial house in order with common sense cuts in welfare spending, and yes lucky before you say it, military spending as well. I wonder if they will remember they have only themselves to blame just like the greeks, or if it'll still be all the "sociopathic" rw's fault Peace, love and hoppiness

Most definitely, they have been on air with both cnn, fox and msnbc that I've seen, I've had several (I wish there was a word like whuffo for non beer drinkers) non beer people call and ask me about this "awesome new Scottish beer in the squirrels." I just wish they could creatively create a beer I wouldn't pour down the drain Peace, love and hoppiness