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I'd just be happy to know the kid is still in one piece..

No.. I don't think my cable company has it..

actually, alternative energy sources might be more expensive to set in place.. but once its there, like the hydro power dams, they generally just sit quietly and produce for decades.. the same can be said for well made solar cells. but it is a proven fact that capitalism will seek the lowest cost of energy, at practically any environmental cost. They get their energy at approximately half price in China, compared to u.s. costs.. if they could get away with running old fashioned coal burners in the u.s. they'd do it in a heartbeat. In my opinion anyway.. really.. roll back emission standards and laws.. and penalties.. we'd have a coal burner in every neighborhood.. Lest you cry "weasel words" look at what they burn where they can.. it's "obvious"..

Of course they might have to take their own water along. Or they could forego the water, and minimize the investment,if they agree with the side of the debate that there might be some in the poles.. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090615-mm-moon-water.html Then they could go with the sure bet, Mars. There IS water there.. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080620-phoenix-ice-update.html Don't know how long it will take them to adapt to the thin air, however.. hold your breath fellas..

We'll see I guess.. I think they have a current energy glut. I haven't even brought India into this discussion.. they are not far behind China as far as pollution and all. Of course India has always been fairly nasty.. open burning of "biomass" to cook and heat with.. But if the Chinese really are waking up on these issues.. where will the corporations go next for cheap labor and cheap energy? Lessee.. how about Somalia.. oops.. already been there.. maybe Mexico.. oh, already there.. polluting like there's no tomorrow.. maybe Canada? Naw.. too many darned environmental laws and such.. I know. We can pack them up, and send them to the moon.. that's pretty much "undeveloped"..

There was at least one leadership type held under house arrest until they could properly coordinate his departure..

I wonder what the ratio of coal fired chinese power plants to wally marts is..

yep. I agree entirely.. I've actually outlived my ancestors.. I've lived long enough to watch my children grow and mature, graduate from high school and college.. get married, start a family.. maybe I will live long enough to have the blessing of being a grandparent.. for the most part, it's new ground for the blood line I'm a part of.. Heh.. try telling "them" (the underwriters and all).. they will find two loan officers, one a real "saint".. one a "devil".. and give both of them explicit instructions to collect from me, five seconds before shooting both of them in the head..

I think I am partly clueless in this regard, because the males of my family typically did not live past 49, 50, 51, 52.. and the younger generation really never had the opportunity to take care of or really get to know the older generation..

Don't blame math.. numbers only do what numbers do.. I've told my kids.. now this might be *slightly* morbid.. but if I expire before things are financially "worked out".. just find a lawn chair, and prop me up in the woods somewhere. I'll be "all right".. No problem anyway.. I have to live at least another twenty years. If not, *they* will sent collectors to hell and other places to try to get back the student loans..

Tienanmen was the real turning point.. what do you think happened to all of those who wanted some change.. well.. those who weren't caught, prosecuted and jailed.. they went back to their huts.. and likely chose to just give the westerners exactly what they wanted.. its a curse. Well, in a slightly inebriated Squirrels opinion anyway..

Considering global awareness.. and all.. its a very very large irresponsible part of any larger "natural" cycle.. China has had it's rear kicked in any kind of colonialism.. the British beat the snot out of it, removing any wealth with its then legal opium trade.. now they (environmentally) just lay down to die.. sure, the government gets (a little bit) richer.. but who really stands to gain? China once was a gem.. they weren't a "primitive" third world country or anything.. now they make war. They give the intruders exactly what they want.. probably the best weapon they could choose.. I don't know if I'd call this "natural" and all..

I think we've been in this battle one lifetime after another.. to the sowers, da way.. etc. etc.. I'll take off my mask, if you'll take off yours..

but one really really good "hallucination" very well might defuse a similar kind of religious "zeal"..

Maybe as he approached the end, he could hear the screams from the other twisted creatures like himself, being worked over by the guy in the red suit.. and started having a few doubts..

That makes a lot of sense.. box his ears in private.. then "reward" him with followers who praise his name.. rewards/punishment.. yep. it is obvious that mac can't do it on his own. Pathetic.. idea of "witnessing" is trespassing on way property. and pa.. apparently didn't have enough power to keep rosie, or was it loy, from tossing him out on his rear.. pathetic. usurped by those who learned the "craft" from his pa (gramps).. I sense a great deal of thinly veiled anger there..

Out of the mouth of one of your "babes".. I may not have been there for the "training".. but I certainly can observe BEHAVIOR. Do you observe anything you remotely consider "troubling"? As soon as you open the starting gate.. what are his first words.. words of praise, praising a YOUNG INEXPERIENCED KID. He's your emissary, out singing the praises of vic II. There is no God in this.. here we have a newest recruit praising the virtues of a MAN.. a boy, at that.. "he is agreat man of God".. there is no question in this kid's head.. as regards to vic II.. in my opinion, you have created a monster..

I think it started with the vicster, himself. He called himself that in the dialog with the "Indian Official" right in the first session of pfal. He had the Indian guy say "That a *manogawd* would bless god's people, irrespective of whether they are christian or hindu.." but he wouldn't call himself that, directly. He let others. Maybe early corps could chime in on this.. my impression is that the concept of the vicster being some kind of prophet or apostle may have been drummed into them by the overseers.. same for vic II. He has little emissaries going about praising his itty bitty name..

The "schizophrenic" part of it is that these "men" want to be (or have the appearance of being) some kind of great "menogawd".. and that is a PUBLIC role. But they feel inquiry is a violation of their private lives.. which makes me conclude, their public and private lives and ethics are far, far removed from one another.. in real life, they have no more power than me.. no power to silence their (supposed) critics.. their pants don't go on any different in the morning.. the "great manogawd's" "humility" he speaks of.. is only part of the public personna.. in private, I get a response to a few relatively easy questions.. in essence, "harrumph.. an elder outgher not act like that.." I guess the "elders" are supposed to kiss his rear..

I agree.. its the same.. same as the old "ministry" in every manner.. including the dodging and secrecy of those on top.. so they sit comfy with diligently and precisely split hardwood fire in their fireplaces.. and send child warriors out on missions like this.. technically, he's probably doing exactly as they "trained" him..

but he's confused.. would he go through the program again? Noooo.. did he like the "rules"..? Noooo.. as bad as this sounds.. I think the parents couldn't figure out any other place for him to go.. he seems to have a good work ethic and all.. I wonder who really is calling the shots in all of this.. is he back on the parents farm.. seventy hours of work a week? too many questions.. too few answers..

Wasn't that the "sin" of Achan? just a thought.. and this goes to another question.. is one "encouraged" by the "modern" organization to remember der way in the will? To give the money to those who supposedly have a greater purpose for it, instead of "thankless" children who need an education and such? I always thought "dr's" dream of including herr way in the will as a rather morbid concept as well..

I'm surprised, just because somebody stuck their head up out of that nasty old hole.. or whatever it is there.. just the wrong person. I prefer someone supposedly "in charge".. and I'd be polite, as long as I wasn't handed a big line of bull sheet..

Yep. And the only difference between this little "adventure" and the subject of the link.. the sowers guys carry bibles, not ak-47's. I think that could change in a heartbeat.. but to name a kid after a less than admirable character.. raise him to think he's some kind of messiah.. destined to "resurrect" da word and all.. how many false prophecies went on before him.. really, it is no less than child abuse.. in my opinion. I hold the "elders" at lower regard than him, at the moment.. I think they are despicable..

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,970386,00.html