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Fellow Americans, there comes a time every mans life when we must give up ourselves before we are worthy to recieve. There comes a time in this war on terror when in order to protect liberty, we have to give it up in the mean time for safty. That's right folks. Today, Americans have forsaken the creator for the creation and have decided that they would value our "civil liberties" than protecting western civilization and rich white people from the tender mercies of radical Islamic terrorists. Selfish liberals insist and whine that Bush has no right to spy on Americans and ban certain undesirables from using our airlines. They demand the right to criticize and blaspheeme the name of our supreme commander and cheef George W Bush while forcing multiculturalism down our throats and praising Bill Clinton. We all know however that it's totally Clintons fult for everything bad in america. Now we are at war and we must make a decision. support the safty of America and defeat terrorists, or support civil liberties and give victory to the enemy. Its all because of Bill Clinton and civil liberties that we are in this war so it is only fair that we give it up. no one said life was supposed to be fair you liberal crybabys. Dont give me that rubbish about equality and diversity. WE ARE AT WAR! If your not for Bush and against civil liberties your a terrorist! Your probably even a Communist and should be detained. Therefore fellow Americans we must throw all of our trust and resources behind George W Bush and behind this war with no ifs ands or buts. Be sure to report any and all detractors and freedom supporters to your local military and never question. Bush knows what hes doing and we will win this war once and for all. Thank you and May God bless America.

2,161 posted on 02/10/2006 5:06:05 PM PST by NicknamedBob (Well, we had our Uncle Joe. Then we had our Uncle Ho. Now it looks like we have an Uncle Mo.)

I play with numbers only when my station in life demands it. Other than that, I leave them alone because I can't be trusted to make them work properly for me.

You mean you just jump in and post "cold?"

I thought everyone did that. You need to understand this: my mind runs all day long, making it hard to sleep at times.

Nah...I have to at least read back a few posts (sometimes 100 or more...)in order to know what I'm doing.

And even then, it's debatable. ;o]

I was fascinated, years ago, when I saw this construction ...

X111111111
X111111111
__________

12345678987654321

If memory serves, it was one of the ways of whiling away the hours for an American POW.

2,170 posted on 02/10/2006 5:18:27 PM PST by NicknamedBob (Well, we had our Uncle Joe. Then we had our Uncle Ho. Now it looks like we have an Uncle Mo.)

If memory serves, it was one of the ways of whiling away the hours for an American POW.

But once you solve it, the fun is over--unless you move on to:

222222222
X222222222
___________

Dripping, sickly-green, lurid numbers...with long nails that have their own blackboard "screeeeeeeeeeeeeee...."

All right, you asked for it!

Numbers

The world is what the world is,
You can’t make it perfect.
You can’t make it safe.
You can’t make it make sense.

If you live an average life,
Half the people that you come to know,
And love,

Will die,

Before you do.

This is a statistic. You can check it out.
It’s just numbers at work.
The cold equations.
Numbers at work.

Numbers,
Numb.

Nobody said that Life was fair.
One thing we know for sure.
Death is not fair.

It may be equal,
But it isn’t fair.

Young children shouldn’t die.
Healthy young adults shouldn’t die.

Old people, who have seen too much of sadness,
And have grown weary of the torment,
May welcome uninterrupted sleep.

But I’m getting tired of it.

NicknamedBob April 29, 2004

2,178 posted on 02/10/2006 5:31:58 PM PST by NicknamedBob (Well, we had our Uncle Joe. Then we had our Uncle Ho. Now it looks like we have an Uncle Mo.)

Yah. That sounds like me, alright. Of course, I've pepbably seen a lot more death than a lot of people, beginning when I was 14, and even that's a number.

It never gets easier. It never becomes "common." It just IS. And you stated it quite well.

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