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Yeah and with this comment I am going to stop talking to you because it's clear that the only point of view you have is your own. If you do believe in Hell though, you may want to stop judging people....I heard that's kind of a no-no.
Well you act like because game systems exist,children cannot be deprived.
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I am happy though...played Just Dance 2 with my son and little cousins. They beat me horribly and my arms will probably be sore tomorrow but it was fun
No idea what this is....
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Now I'm watching Love & Basketball on BET and eating cherries ($1.99 a pound on sale) so yeah I am quite happy. Thanks for being concerned.
$1.99 pound for cherries is a great price,buy more,pit and freeze them to make cherry pies later...
So are books.....I understand that modern parents are lazy and don't actually want to do too much with their children but plop them in front of something to keep them busy but really....
How many kids did you say you have?
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When did automotive A/C become factory-installed? My aunt had a Studebaker with an under-dash A/C unit.
The last Studebaker was built in 1966. Let's see, that was 45 years ago now. I'd bet that car is in the scrapyard by now.
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Well with only 51% of the people paying taxes and that percentage decreasing each year it's just going to be a matter of time before this all blows up and those poor "victims" will be rioting in the streets.
That is federal income taxes only, and it includes some of the conservatives on this forum.
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Genuine compassion is when you reach into your own pockets to help out the less fortunate. Reaching into other people’s pockets and forcing them to pay for compulsory government programs is false philanthropy and should not be considered noble.
Read that elsewhere at it is quite appropriate to this discussion....
Perhaps. However, "true compassion" can only help so many. That's why we have other programs as well.
Well you act like because game systems exist,children cannot be deprived.
No idea what this is....
$1.99 pound for cherries is a great price,buy more,pit and freeze them to make cherry pies later...
Never said they cannot be deprived...but as for as your comment kids survived before video game systems...well that's not the world we live in anymore.
Let me explain my point of view. I had a Nintendo, super Nintendo, Sega and PlayStation (at different times) growing up but I rarely played them because I was outside with my brothers or my cousins or my neighbors kids. I knew all the people on my block and most of the blocks around me. They knew me and my parents. I was always with a huge group of kids. We watched each other and the parents of the neighborhood watched us. My mom would be cooking dinner and I'd be off on my bike. My household could have survived without cable, video games, etc easily.
My son is very active..hyperactive ...but he can't go outside without me. Not even to ride his bike or bounce his ball and I don't live in a bad area but the world just isn't like it used to be. I don't know my neighbors. there are never any kids out playing except inside their own yards. Tried to get to know some two houses down because they have kids but they had so many activities it was almost impossible to spend any time with them.
I don't even let him play in the back yard unless I'm outside because it's not fenced. So the only time he goes out is if I take him So in times that I'm busy I really like having the Wii because he still gets to move around (without running in circles, which really annoys me) and I can be doing other things, like cooking dinner. And I don't have a DVD player (and he can't use my computer ) so he needs it to watch movies that I pick rather than Spongebob, which isn't allowed but on ALL day EVERY day.
And for me that is a benefit that is important to my family. If I was too run into financial trouble and need assistance for a short time, I wouldn't sell it because like I said the short-term benefits of selling it are outweighed by the long term benefits of him having it. Now I wouldn't go buy one if I was on assistance but if I had one, I wouldn't sell it.
And I'm not a big pie eater this bag of cherries will be gone by Friday.
How can an obama bureaucrat overrule a state's legislature and Gov?
They can because the libs, for the most part, believe the Federal Government should be the ONLY government. They are trying to take our "normal" system of Capitalism that contains some elements of socialism into what is almost all or ALL socialism because they think America's problem is because the rich run the country and the hate that. The rich don't run the county, they make is POSSIBLE for the county to run.
The libs are like this: If you have something out of reach of three people and a forth person comes in who is tall enough to reach the item, everything works for everyone. The tall person can reach the item and everyone - including the tall person - benefits. A Conservative viewing this situation would say, lets find a way for the shorter people to reach the item for themselves so they are less dependent on the tall person. The way the government works when the Liberals are in charge, like now, the tall person would be made shorter some how because it is "unfair" that only one person should be tall enough to reach the wanted item. After the tall person is shortened, no one can reach the wanted item, leaving all four people more dependent.
You mean American children cannot survive without gaming systems???
Please tell me how many kids you have, since you assert that parents these days are "lazy".
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Is it your assertion A/C is a necessity in a vehicle?
Not unless you're a traveling salesperson or a visiting nurse, or some other professional that spends a lot of time in the car. I was simply answering a post about Studebakers.
Please tell me how many kids you have, since you assert that parents these days are "lazy".
Not unless you're a traveling salesperson or a visiting nurse, or some other professional that spends a lot of time in the car. I was simply answering a post about Studebakers.
I can tell you from personal experience that being without AC in the car in Tucson's summers is a very sweaty (and sometimes nauseating) experience. Ours was down for most of the summer, and we were miserable.
How many kids do you have, as you are such an expert on parenting. Please answer the question.
I know using a gaming system or TV to keep your children busy is poor parenting.
Katiana,do YOU think it is good parenting?
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and my arms will probably be sore tomorrow but it was fun 
) so he needs it to watch movies that I pick rather than Spongebob, which isn't allowed but on ALL day EVERY day. 
