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[edogxxx]

j_m_w wrote:

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Since you're laid off, feel like a trip to sunny Florida next week?
;)

Nah, I'm back to work next week. But got many more layoffs coming! You sport for the tickets and I'm there!:)

[Mimi Seattle]

Toj wrote:

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Good luck Mimi. Don't forget the 'net has a lot of inspiration for papers. What subject does it have to be on? You know you'll get suggestions here.

IRA prisoners inside Maze prison in the 70's and 80's, esp. Bobby Sands and his hunger strike, the other prisoners who followed his lead (and died) and the policies which lead to them to: 1) being in the IRA, 2) being in Maze prison, and 3)choosing to go on a hunger strike.

Additionally, the culture within the prison vis a vis the IRA prisoners (political prisoners or terrorists?), other prisoners, guards, and policy(ies) of the British government in regards to labeling them criminals rather than political prisoners.

There will also be a (relatively) short digression into the development of the IRA in the 20th century and the 1960's specifically, the concept of justified war, Catholic vs Protestant in Ireland and how this affected treatment of Irish Catholics as the policy makers are/were predominantly Protestant.

I have the concept, I'm just having issues writing the abstract/proposal so that it sounds good. <shrug>

[Mimi Seattle]

j_m_w wrote:

Dammit, Toj. I had a turkey sub and some chips & salsa but now I want pizza.

Turkey meatloaf from the deli and rice pilaf. <shrug> Oh, and salad.

[RedheadwGlasses]

I bought "Lost in Shangr-La" tonight. Story from WWII, plane of touring military people crashed in Papua New Guine, 3 of 24 survived, badly injured and burned, facing cannibals and Japanese soldiers.

Then a few men risked their lives to rescue them. Heard about it on NPR, sounded fascinating.

[j_m_w]

Mimi Seattle wrote:

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Turkey meatloaf from the deli and rice pilaf. <shrug> Oh, and salad.

I had vegetarian chili for lunch. I feel like that pretty much counts as a salad.

[j_m_w]

Toj wrote:

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What??? You didn't even share with us.:)

In spirit I did!
:)

[RACE]

How is either of those an example of me "Wielding" The full use of the law against someone else?

No cigar yet.

Sam I Am wrote:

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The examples are all through this forum. Heck, look at your own posts. "The law says I can have a gun and I'm gonna have me a gun, dammit." And in other situations you have basically stated that you don't care what the law says, you're gonna do what you feel is right.

[loose cannon]

Sub,
That man from Minnesota is the new posterboy for irresponsible gun ownership.

[RACE]

And besides sam, we already covered that EVERYBODY chooses which laws they will or will not follow, everything from jay walking to speeding, to right on red and who goes first at a 4way stop, on up to self defense. So if you're going to call me a hypocrite look in the mirror and say it to yourself.

[RACE]

You shared your spirits in spirit?

j_m_w wrote:

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In spirit I did!
:)

[loose cannon]

Civilized society finds his inaction following the fatal shootings to be contemptible.

[PEllen]

http://www.topix.com/forum/chicago/T7E44H5TBI...

Abby

[PEllen]

http://www.topix.com/forum/chicago/TSQCTM90S1...

A^my

[RACE]

Why? They will be just as dead later as they are now.

loose cannon wrote:

Civilized society finds his inaction following the fatal shootings to be contemptible.

[j_m_w]

RACE wrote:

You shared your spirits in spirit?
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Yes. I should have shared them in person though... did not feel good this morning. But I worked it off, my friend P and I got a LOT of stuff moved over today. We packed her SUV to the gills and only two boxes - out of 20!- didn't make it. We also took the largest and most fragile pictures from my walls (those went in my car).

My friend A met us at the new place and helped unload and then we had lunch. Boyfriend called at least three times during this, I lost track. He was mad at her because she'd already missed a couple of calls from him today and he hates it when she doesn't answer her phone. Lame excuses like being asleep, walking the dog in the rain, or having her hands full of boxes don't fly with him.

[PEllen]

j_m_w wrote:

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Yes. I should have shared them in person though... did not feel good this morning. But I worked it off, my friend P and I got a LOT of stuff moved over today. We packed her SUV to the gills and only two boxes - out of 20!- didn't make it. We also took the largest and most fragile pictures from my walls (those went in my car).
My friend A met us at the new place and helped unload and then we had lunch. Boyfriend called at least three times during this, I lost track. He was mad at her because she'd already missed a couple of calls from him today and he hates it when she doesn't answer her phone. Lame excuses like being asleep, walking the dog in the rain, or having her hands full of boxes don't fly with him.

That boy is highly insecure. Any idea what his last girlfriend was like or is she in Peru?

Has A met his family?

[j_m_w]

PEllen wrote:

<quoted text>That boy is highly insecure. Any idea what his last girlfriend was like or is she in Peru?
Has A met his family?

His last girlfriend was EIGHT years ago so yeah, she must be in Peru. So's his family so A has not met them.

[RedheadwGlasses]

Her boyfriend is annoying ME and I won't even ever meet the dickhead.

Leaving in an hour or so for my company holiday party. Exciting! can't wait to see who the MVP is for 2012!(Hint: It ain't me!)

[j_m_w]

RedheadwGlasses wrote:

Her boyfriend is annoying ME and I won't even ever meet the dickhead.
Leaving in an hour or so for my company holiday party. Exciting! can't wait to see who the MVP is for 2012!(Hint: It ain't me!)

HA! Come visit me, I'm sure I can arrange it. Oh, wait, no... it'll get rescheduled 9 times and you'll be back in MN by the time he drags ass up here again.

You guys have an annual MVP? That's pretty cool. Does the title come with cash?

[Mimi Seattle]

j_m_w wrote:

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it'll get rescheduled 9 times and you'll be back in MN by the time he drags ass up here again.

What Angela said. Dude's annoying ME too. Sounds like a total douchebag tard.