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Re: Matie, will love the later posts too. Quite illuminating. Great.
You're welcome. And thanks for visiting.
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Matie
on August 26, 2007 at 8:30 AM
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Re: Matie
The same to you
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Matie
on August 26, 2007 at 8:29 AM
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Thank you. Glad you liked it.
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Matie
on August 26, 2007 at 8:29 AM
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Thank you and keep visiting this blog.
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Matie
on August 26, 2007 at 8:29 AM
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Re: Matie - Very good post. I appreciate the smaller chunks when reading
Yes, I realized it's better that way. Thank you.
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Matie
on August 26, 2007 at 8:28 AM
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Re: Great post, Matie. Can't wait to read the rest of it. But I don't know
Thank you, saul_relative. I will write an entry with a detailed response to your comment and enigmatic68's later.
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Matie
on August 26, 2007 at 8:28 AM
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Re: Interesting read!
Thank you. Keep visiting.
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Matie
on August 26, 2007 at 8:26 AM
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Matie, will love the later posts too. Quite illuminating. Great.
Thanks for sharing.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on August 25, 2007 at 10:23 PM
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Matie
posted by
FoliageGold
on August 25, 2007 at 5:25 AM
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festinating read!
posted by
Christopher_Shannon10
on August 25, 2007 at 1:36 AM
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posted by
Amanda__
on August 24, 2007 at 3:12 PM
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Matie - Very good post. I appreciate the smaller chunks when reading
serious subject matter.
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FoliageGold
on August 24, 2007 at 2:14 PM
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Great post, Matie. Can't wait to read the rest of it. But I don't know
that we've seen the last of the great dictators, just a shift in the way they do business. Tyranny and despotism can be democratically elected and sanctioned. Look at the authoritarian strides made by the Bush and Blair administrations in the name of national security for their respective countries. What utter crap. They'll spy on our conversations (which they've been doing for years and would have continued doing, despite Congressional oversight and allowance)and suspend habeas corpus to catch a terrorist but they increase border, airport, and port security by a handful of personnel? As for recent dictators, look at Pol Pot, Ahmadinejad, and Chavez. Hitler was elected as well. Tyrants and despots rule by the will the people who think they're being protected and feel they need direction in matters they feel they cannot control. Such is the triumph of the wills.
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saul_relative
on August 24, 2007 at 10:55 AM
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Interesting read!
posted by
MiaElla
on August 24, 2007 at 8:22 AM
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Thank you riri, soul_builder and enigmatic68
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Matie
on August 23, 2007 at 6:38 PM
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Re: Humans have always needed some higher power than themselves to give their
That's the reason certain people can be so overrated today. You and lustorlove summed it up pretty well.
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Matie
on August 23, 2007 at 6:37 PM
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Matie
Enlightening!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on August 22, 2007 at 8:11 PM
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Matie
I think lustorlove and proc, really nailed it down - good post!
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Enigmatic68
on August 22, 2007 at 7:49 PM
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posted by
riri0322
on August 22, 2007 at 7:23 PM
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Humans have always needed some higher power than themselves to give their
lives meaning. Thats why gods and goddesses were worshipped in ancient times. Today we worship celebrities,beautiful people and corrupt leaders because they give us a glimpse of greatness ,power or whatever. I mean look at Marilynn Monroe. She was a mediocre actress,a drunk,adulterous woman who took drugs and aborted her unborn babies. Yet people still worship her as some icon of what an admirable woman is. go figure.
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proc
on August 22, 2007 at 6:38 PM
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matie
with power comes an strange attraction
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Lanetay
on August 22, 2007 at 6:31 PM
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