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My plan is to pick up one course at a time in academics, including during the summer. I hope in time that I manage to save enough money to finish my major(s) going full time for two years after that. But I won’t be ditching my GF, Actually she is working on her 2nd Bachelors in Nursing right now when she done, it will be my turn.

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Ok, I will keep my yap shut.

No offence or anything but I think that this is probably the smartest thing that I have heard you say so far. :lol:

Still, either figuratively or literally, I cannot remember a time when we have ever come close to ripping each others throats out. ;)

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No offence or anything but I think that this is probably the smartest thing that I have heard you say so far. :lol:

Still, either figuratively or literally, I cannot remember a time when we have ever come close to ripping each others throats out. ;)

Not me.......

Did or are you going to watch the live debate of the West Wing tonight JT.

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My plan is to pick up one course at a time in academics, including during the summer. I hope in time that I manage to save enough money to finish my major(s) going full time for two years after that. But I won’t be ditching my GF, Actually she is working on her 2nd Bachelors in Nursing right now when she done, it will be my turn.

I would not do this if I were you. Picking up one course at a time is good but it will take a LONG time to finish your degree and you will eventually get "burned out" after a while. If I were you, I would seriously start thinking about going full-time right from the beginning.

Just a word of warning, if I may. Engineering Professors are brutal people. They WILL work your butt off with homework, projects, etc., to the point that you are literally exhausted. You are not going to have a whole lot of free time.

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Not me.......

Did or are you going to watch the live debate of the West Wing tonight JT.

No, I hate that West Wing show. It gives a false impression of politics. Also, I think that the producer of the show has been arrested for cocaine possession.

I like to be entertained on Sunday night. This is why I watch Desparate Housewives.

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No, I hate that West Wing show. It gives a false impression of politics. Also, I think that the producer of the show has been arrested for cocaine possession.

I like to be entertained on Sunday night. This is why I watch Desparate Housewives.

Oooooooooky….. and the producer on Desperate House Wives properly will get arrested for chilled molestation some day. Pleeeeeeeeeeease...

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Oooooooooky….. and the producer on Desperate House Wives properly will get arrested for chilled molestation some day. Pleeeeeeeeeeease...

Well, I do not know about that one........... ;)

Also, if you want to be an engineer someday we are definitely going to have to work on those grammar skills. :lol:

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Well, I do not know about that one........... ;)

Also, if you want to be an engineer someday we are definitely going to have to work on those grammar skills. :lol:

Yeah that's a hang up in my life, Dyslexia, did not take the time to double check the spell checker.

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Dr. Shoe, J-turbo, I am sorry I did not get to reply on the forum where we left off. While the British Labour party is a nominally socialist party, New Labour is a neo-liberal group that has betrayed the tradition of Clem Atlee, etc. That is why Blairites amended clause four of Labour Party constitution. To say that socialism does not work because Blair and Brown are pillocks is like condemning the New Deal or the Great Society programs in the U S because the Clintons are pathologically dishonest. J-Turbo, what can I say ? Republicans are well educated ? Why is that President Bush cannot complete an English sentence ? Why is that Vice-President Cheney resorted to the use of the foulest profanity in an argument with Senator Leahy in well of Senate ? Even the well educated Republicans like " Scooter" Libby are prone to extremely stupid conduct. If life is not fair and not meant to be. then, why not accept that society has decided that high heels are for women only ? Society is not meant to address unfairness and goose stepping in high heels is nearly impossible, Thank God. Cheers, Red Kate

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Actually, the failures of socialism has nothing to do with the fact that Messrs. Brown and Bliar are pillocks it is more to do with the inherent flaw of the socialist system- laziness. We will work damned hard for the basics of life: water, food and shelter, but if someone is prepared to give it to us then we won't work. A welfare state is fine when 95% of the work force have jobs but when unemployment goes through the 7% mark then welfare payments startto make a serious dent in the government's income so the net result is either cuts in spending in other areas such as defence, transport, health and education or increases in taxation. With an increase in taxation you get a phenominon called "welfare creep" where workers realise that they are better off on the dole so join the dole queue. This increases taxation so more join the queues etc. etc. If you reduce services then you get a situation where people are dying whilst waiting for operations, the NHS are denying live-saving medication on the grounds of cost and hospitals refusing to treat people on the grounds of their lifestyle. Socialism like communism is great in principal but unworkable in practice which is why even left wing governments still have selective schools (and send their own kids to them) and do not nationalise profitable industries.

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Dr. Shoe, Of course I do not take political discourse at fetish site for anything but a bit of laugh. I think you are well aware that Blair, Brown, and Straw are not socialists. The late and lamented Robin Cook and Mo Mowlam were socialists and internationalists and correct about Iraq. The question should be, "who would let us wear our heels to a party function." Not Bush and not Galloway ! Blair ? I have seen "Red Ken" with people that make shoe fetishists look very normal. Now as Londoner, I expect you will be giving out to me about driving your car. There is no place better than the tube to practice balancing in heels. Speaking of balance, how is life without the time bell ? All the Best, Red Katie

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Actually, I agree with the congestion zone as it makes it a lot easier to drive my truck around in central London! There are pros and cons. I don't like the idea that Hackney council are sizing the idea up though! With or without the CCZ I have always used public transport because of the cost of parking and the inconvenience of getting stuck in the traffic. The shopping area is so large that you need to use public transport anyway...

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Dr. Shoe, You are avoiding my question. If you were going to wear heels to a party gathering, what party would it be ?. Labour, Torries, Lib Dems, BNP, Respect, SNP. You know the Lib Dems and Labour are the only ones that would not chuck you out. As the Lib Dems are an anachronism, that makes Labour the only choice. I am going to support RESPECT and end up wearing a burka or being beaten because by earrings rattle. I still want to hear about 24 pubs. Cheers, Red Katie

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The only party meeting I would go to is the inaugural meeting of the Anglo-Democrats but that is still some way off sadly. As far as the Respect Party goes I'm inclined to stay well clear because I catch a bit of whiff of rat with that one, George Galloway is a complete liar. He lied to the senate committee and the only reason he wasn't locked up pending further investigation is because he is British and this would not have reflected well on Bliar. He has probably made a fortune from Saddam but has hidden it so well, putting it in his wife's name or by running it through one of his dodgy "gentlemen's clubs". He comes across as a socialist but like Livingstone is a bigger capitalist than most tories! 24 hour pubs seems to have been a success because any problems would surely have been done to death by the media. I have always thought them a good idea for several reasons: 1. You don't get big crowds of drunken yobs spilling out of all the pubs at 11pm thus reducing fights etc. 2. Many drinkers would nip down the pub "for a quiet one" and then find they're still in the pub at 10 and think "I may as well stay til the end now." Now they would just go home at 10. 3. Many drinkers are more relaxed about getting as much down their neck as possible and can now pace themselves thus cutting down on binge drinkers.

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Dr. Shoe, I agree completely with you about Galloway. Anyone who calls the collapse of the Soviet Union "the saddest day of my life " is an unreconstructed Stalinist. When I lived in Glascow, Galloway was my M P. He and I agree on supporting Celtic and that is it. Is it Party like the American Democrats you wish to join ? You know the American humourist Will Rodgers once said. "I don't belong to any organized political party; I am a Democrat." There are as many positions on the Iraq War in the Democratic Party as there are elected Democrats. If you will take Bill and Hillary off our hands, will gladly send them over. They already live like royalty they might as well get titles as well. If you want no NHS at all, take the Democrats, please. Speaking of Celtic my ambition is to go to Celtic v. Hiberian match fully dressed and walk out of Celtic Park alive. Then you and I can go to pub for couple of jars, though I personally will always be listening for the time bell. Red Katie PS If London looses Red Ken, to the current tempest in teapot, London will also loose my tourist dollars/ pounds/ euros during the Olympics. If this foolishness blows over I will look forward to meeting you at some point during our holiday in London Cheers, Red Katie

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No, the Anglo Democrats is a party of my own devising. The aim is to bring common sense to bear on all strata of government. I would put an end to "Political Correctness" atleast as far as it's taken these days though I accept that many of the principles behind it are fine and have a purpose. I would introduce a system of referendae for many of the proposed bills. Emotive issues such as Hunting, The Death Penalty, Our position within the EU. Some laws will not be ratified without the nod from the country at large. I would abolish VAT on Fuel, Booze and Fags because most of the VAT is actually applied against the duty meaning that we pay tax on the tax! I would put long term patients awaiting operations into private hospitals or even send them abroad for treatment. I would replace ASBOs with corporal punishment. I would also look at ways to replace income tax either by raising it as a property tax or as a purchase tax. Road fund licence would be replaced by some kind of pay-as-you-drive strategy so that those who use the roads most will pay the largest contribution towards maintenance. I doubt if I would make heel wearing compulsory though!

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Just illustrates US government hypocrisy. They demand better "human rights" in other countries but deny the same rights to their own people because of their sexuality....

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And not only because of their sexuality, (that would be the LG and :D but also because of their transgender status (the T in the LGBT acronym). Transgender is an umbrella term that often includes dissertations on equal clothing rights for men. Go figure.

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I wonder which of the following 6 arguments set forth by BuschCo j-turbo2002 would use to defend BushCo's warrantless wiretapping? 1. Statutory arguments 2. AUMF defense 3. FISA deficiency 4. 4th Amendment 5. Article II 6. Harm to national security

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I'm afraid that wiretapping is a fact of life and it will happen whatever. The moot point is what happens next: if the organisation has a warrant or not is not a matter of playing by different rules but playing a different game entirely. Evidence obtained without a warrant is not admissable in a court of law nor is any evidence obtained as a consequence. Evidence obtained as a result of following up a recorded conversation would be inadmissable and any subsequent arrests would not be legal. However, a warranted tap, though inadmissable in itself, can lead to evidence that can be used and a person can be arrested and held pending further enquiries. In answer to your question, anything is allowed when in a national defence scenario IMO but it is an abuse of power of the highest order to use these techniques in order to snoop on political opponents and to catch criminals who pose no real threat to the defence of the realm. In short: spy on the spies and the terrorists but leave the loyal citizens alone.

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The entire legal debate in the NSA scandal comes down to these few, very clear and straightforward facts: Congress passed a law in 1978 making it a criminal offense to eavesdrop on Americans without judicial oversight. Nobody of any significance ever claimed that that law was unconstitutional. The Administration not only never claimed it was unconstitutional, but Bush expressly asked for changes to the law in the aftermath of 9/11, thereafter praised the law, and misled Congress and the American people into believing that they were complying with the law. In reality, the Administration was secretly breaking the law, and then pleaded with The New York Times not to reveal this. Once caught, the Administration claimed it has the right to break the law and will continue to do so. That's where we are in this country -- with an Administration expressly claiming it has the power to engage in actions which the American people, through their Congress, expressly made it a criminal offense to engage in.

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The sooner you Americans get rid of that gangster the better!

Ditto Tony "Mussolini" Bliar.

Arggh, look at this article from U.S. News and World Report:

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060327/27fbi.htm

Not only have countless American citizens been caught in the broad blindly casted net of Bushco's illegal domestic fishing expedition, but now it appears as if their is a physical search component to the argument hiding in the closet as well.

:D

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These are dark days. At the moment Tony Bliar is pushing through a new law which is said to reduce red tape and beaurocracy. One of the side-effects would be to hand the Government the means to postpone a general election indefinitely and so Bliar could remain in office indefinitely riding roughshod over democracy and the only way we'd be able to do anything about it would be to have a civil war.

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These are dark days. At the moment Tony Bliar is pushing through a new law which is said to reduce red tape and beaurocracy. One of the side-effects would be to hand the Government the means to postpone a general election indefinitely and so Bliar could remain in office indefinitely riding roughshod over democracy and the only way we'd be able to do anything about it would be to have a civil war.

Yeah, I've heard some not so good things that Blair had done to free speech too. Apparently it is now illegal to mount a protest within 1km of Parliament, without special permission, which is in opposition to Article 19, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, "'Everyone has the right of freedom of opinion and expression; this includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to [n]seek, receive and impart information through any media and regardless of frontiers."

Bush does the exact same thing here in the U.S. with the media's exposure of the NSA scandal.

I think Tom Jefferson's words apply similarly in both cases:

Our first object should therefore be, to leave open to him all the avenues of truth. The most effectual hitherto found, is freedom of the press. It is therefore, the first shut up by those who fear the investigation of their actions.

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Indeed. Say anything remotely anti-government and you're a terrorist, criticise the immigration policy and you're a racist.

This was sent as an Email to me today and as far as I can tell it's all totally true.

Can you imagine working for (or investing your hard earned cash in)

a company that has a little over 500 employees and has the following

statistics?

29 have been accused of spouse abuse

7 have been arrested for fraud

19 have been accused of writing bad cheques

117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses

3 have done time for assault

71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit

14 have been arrested on drug-related charges

8 have been arrested for shoplifting

21 are currently defendants in lawsuits

84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year

So, can you guess which organization this is?

That's right. It's the 535 members of the Houses of Parliament. The

same group that cranks out hundreds of new laws each year designed

to keep the rest of us in line. Democracy eh?

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