Posts by patio34

posted

24
A couple of plans on solving this whole 'divided' US thing:
by Xander in
1. social
2. humour
.

how about this one?.

.
patio34

C'mon, that only proves points made in other threads. People in uneducated, sparsely populated, rural areas voted for Bush. Notice where all the cities are? ---Xander

Xander, here's another map that's compares interestingly with "Red America":
8
Is the mighty dollar becoming monopoly money?
by Simon in
1. social
2. current
worthless !.

forget all the jokes about the loonie ...it's not far off 1:1 (and heading that way) !.

http://www.x-rates.com/d/cad/usd/graph120.html.
patio34

ConfusedJW, does the US export many goods any more? I thought we all but quit most manufacturing--we don't make much.
Lol @ Simon. I saw US $$ referred to as Euro-trash.
Pat
27
Please help me; Do you believe in an afterlife? If so, why, if not...
by Fleur in
1. jw
2. friends
...how do you cope when someone dear to you dies?.

i have felt this sense of total panic over me since my grandmother's passing earlier this week, because i don't know where she is or what is happening to her, if anything.

part of me clings to the jw indoctrination that she is just asleep, but i don't believe in the resurrection to life on earth anymore so that leaves me cold and empty.
patio34

Dear Fleur,
My deepest condolences. Your post brought tears to my eyes and I'm sorry that you lost your Grandmother.
I hesitate to share what I currently think about what happens as I'm an atheist. To me, the fact that we die is as natural as anything---all life on earth dies. We didn't exist for infinity before our lives and it's no harm to us to not exist again. It's kind of a comfort to me that it'll be eternal rest.
My best thoughts to you,
Pat
18
Hey Americas not to blame its religion
by sleepy in
1. jw
2. friends
maybe its not america or its way of life as such that winds us foreigner whingers up .

maybe its not america that invaded iraq.

maybe its religion, the religious elemnet found in most western countries but to a much larger degree in the us.
patio34

Thanks FHN,
Thomas Dewey, I think, said a long time ago:
Politics is the shadow corporations cast on the country.
Pat
18
Hey Americas not to blame its religion
by sleepy in
1. jw
2. friends
maybe its not america or its way of life as such that winds us foreigner whingers up .

maybe its not america that invaded iraq.

maybe its religion, the religious elemnet found in most western countries but to a much larger degree in the us.
patio34

FWIW, imo, it's big corporations tapping into religion. It's the religious views that makes people vulnerable to being manipulated, but it's corporations that are running the politicians and country.
Pat
39
how about you?
by teejay in
1. jw
2. friends
1. scrambled or sunny-side up?

"early bird" or "night owl"?

3. be polite or honest?
patio34
Lol @ Teejay! Not in the order you asked (not all were applicable):
1. scrambled eggs
2. early bird
3. polite mostly
4. coffee
5. pjs
6. Centrist politics
7. dramas
8. no pets
9. penthouse
10. no pets
11. I'd be a lion (ess)
12. beer
13. hand wash dishes
Cheers!
Pat
2
Tribal Sovereignty :-D
by patio34 in
1. social
2. humour
this is a video of a news question for pres.

bush.

achtung.. http://media.ebaumsworld.com/sovereignty.mov.
patio34

The answer he gave remind me of JWs "commenting" on the Watchtower when they don't know how the bible verses fit the paragraph!
Pat
2
Tribal Sovereignty :-D
by patio34 in
1. social
2. humour
this is a video of a news question for pres.

bush.

achtung.. http://media.ebaumsworld.com/sovereignty.mov.
patio34

This is a video of a news question for Pres. Bush. Achtung.
http://media.ebaumsworld.com/sovereignty.mov
14
Study puts civilian toll in Iraq at over 100,000
by Simon in
1. social
2. current
tragic.

remember the neo-con jokes such as "shock and awe" and "precision bombing"?

how about the rediculous notion that you only need a couple of hundred thousand troops to control an invaded country?
patio34

Powell: "We don't do body counts."
Well, others do for the US/UK illegal invasion, thank God!
Willythink, good point about bringing freedom to the 100,000 dead Iraqis. I bet their families are so grateful.
Where I work there's a 20-something college student working part-time. I was talking to her a couple of months ago, and she didn't honestly know that any Iraqis had died because it wasn't shown on American news. God, I hope she doesn't vote! I told her to watch Farenheit 911 but she said no because it was rated "R." Pathetic.
Pat
16
"I'm Osama Bin Laden ... and I approve this message"
by Simon in
1. social
2. current
.

it seems like everyone is making election videos .
patio34
This week has been crazy!!!
1. Missing explosives: Hussein did it, the Russians did it, we blew them up, etc.
2. 20,000 more troops needed
3. 70 Billion $ more needed
4. FBI opening a criminal investigation on Halliburton's 5-yr no-bid contract from the Pentagon (YES!)
5. Osama's "campaign ad" (Lol @ Simon)
The spin the Bush campaign is attempting is dizzying!
Pat