kuuipo
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Congratulations! If you don't mind, I'll include a verse for you I found a while back. The author is unknown.
You cannot possess me for I belong to myself
But while we both wish it, I give you that which is mine to give
You cannot command me, for I am a free person
But of my choice, I pledge to you my fidelity and loyalty, that you will be foremost in my life and my in plans for life
I pledge to you that I will always strive for the betterment of our relationship; that I will communicate honestly and openly with you in all matters
That I will be your friend, lover, confidante, advisor and shoulder to cry on,
And that every new joy I experience I will share with you, that I will enjoy it the more for knowing it brings you pleasure.
Not two halves becoming a whole,
But two individuals united for the joy and betterment of both.
This is my wedding vow to you.
This is the marriage of equals.
It isn't the best in the world, but I thought it was kind of nice.
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I am wondering what type of careers my fellow Objectivists pursue. I have two basic questions:
1. What is your current job?
2. What is it your goal to become? (if not the answer to #1).
My answers:
1. I work in a local pharmacy (which is a pretty good job for someone my age
) I have a lot of duties, my favorite of which is processing and refilling perscriptions;.2. I want to become a mechanical engineer.
I am a Public Safety (Police) Dispatcher, have been for going on 8 years. I love the work, but the philosophy they have been trying to cram down our throats is just getting worse with all of the new mandated classes. It's a good thing I can test well without actually having to pay attention to some of them or I might vomit.
Others are very informative.I am currently working on getting my ducks in a row in order to open my own business. I have three options in the works, depending on circumstances, but I think I'll be able to merge two ideas and make things work out quite nicely. This also includes moving to another state. I am sooooo looking forward to that!
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No, that's the hippies talking. Kosher salt will do fine. Sea salt just means it has random crap in it (not good). Alton Brown of the food network is a good source of info on salt. Probably way more than you want to know, lol!
Oops, I completely forgot about Kosher. I don't know about the hippie thing. Random crap like trace minerals? I guess I fell for that too, thinking our bodies needed those. This place really is a fount of information.
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My understanding is that salt does not cause or raise high blood pressure, but rather that if you have high blood pressure, reducing your salt intake will lower it. So no effect if your blood pressure is normal. Assuming here that you can measure your daily salt intake in grams and not Kg's.
As far as salt goes, I'm no expert, but I remember hearing that it is iodized (processes) salt that is bad for you. Natural sea salt is good for you and has all the correct nutritional stuff.
If you're on a budget, I hope you are using good sealing, reusable containers to freeze stuff. It's cheaper than zip bags, even if you try to reuse them.
...... I have a simple shredded chicken and black bean chili that I make about six quarts of at a time, which can easily be stretched to twelve meals. ......If you need some recipes, let me know,....(underline and break up of wording mine)
Are you willing to share it with others? I'm happy to share one with you if I have one you have been looking for, though I admit I'm not a Chef or anything.
Edited post due to some kind of glitch with the quotes and posting
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I don't see the contradiction. There is no contradiction in saying "I value my life, but not his life". Indeed, if I were to say "I value my life and his life", then you can arrive at the contradiction of altruism.There's no problem here: general benevolence is a rational virtue (it allows us to live in civilized societies). It is a recognition of causality -- virtuous actions should be rewarded. Correspondingly, evil actions should be punished -- it is not right to consider the peaceful trader and the evil butcher to be equally deserving of the good things of life. Benevolence should not be twisted into unconditional life-absolutism. The fact that you take your life to be your fundamental value and that you benevolently wish other rational men to enjoy the same kind of benefits of existence does not mean that you should abstractly worship life itself, regardless of the bearer of the life. Some life-forms are deserving of death, and Saddam is an example. Since (I assume) you were not directly affected by his atrocities, i.e. you have no friends or relatives living under his rule in Iraq, you would not have a reason to actively rejoice in his execution, but still you can be satisfied that justice was done. (Indeed, the conduct of the trial indicates to me that there is hope for that country).
This probably isn't the right place to put this, but I didn't know where else to do it, it is kind of related.
I want to reply now to you, briefly, and say that I appreciate what you said and it has helped me put a few more pieces in place. I can understand what you were saying and see the flaw in my thinking. There have been a few things come up death related and now I think I have the right perspective. Thank you for that. Sometimes just a few simple words or the right phrasing can make all the difference.
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Can you explain that? Like, why do you value all life? What does it do for you?
Perhaps, DavidOdden, you will end up, unwittingly, being one of my teachers…
I know that some of that thought/feeling has to be irrational. I cannot pinpoint it just yet, but I am working on it. You ask me ‘why?’ and ‘what can be done’ for me. I value life in general, NOT necessarily the individual people; some are not worth the air they are inhaling. I look at the now and the future as far as what can be done for me. The now directly relates to the future. Since I happen to value my life, I also by extension value life surrounding me, in general. To not do so would be a contradiction. Since I happen to care a great deal for my life and happiness, I, naturally, would like the same for others (that also benefits me). It hasn’t always been this way, not that I wished ill for others. I have had a very long road and still have a long way to go, but I go with a bounce in my step now.
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When I heard the announcement this morning, I had two things happen almost simultaneously. I knew justice had been done, while at the same time it hurt my heart to see the end of a life. I have the same reaction to all deaths I hear of, to different degrees, because I value life, some might disagree with my initial feeling (hurts my heart to see the end of a life). Saddam Hussein very much deserved to be executed. He lost his right to life through his vile taking away of others right to life, among other things.
If he were allowed to live, he would have been very dangerous because he would still be able to direct his followers' actions and we already have a long history on the way he does things.
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Apparently I am an ISTJ on the Jung test. I took the test on the Advisor Team website and it labeled me as a Guardian but I don't know which type - Supervisors (ESTJ) | Protectors (ISFJ) | Inspectors (ISTJ) | Providers (ESFJ) - because I don't want to pay $14.95 for the rest. What I read for Guardian only fits me a little so I don't think it is very accurate. A lot of the questions were ridiculous, as others have pointed out, since neither answer is logical. I'm going to guess it would end up being the ISTJ on there as well since I don't ever score very high on the touchy-feely scale and I am definitely NOT an extrovert.
I don't know why I take tests like this anyway, their explanations generally don't fit me.
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I see no one wants to touch this (52 views, 0 replies so far). One thing I will add is I tried to speak with him logically while he was home on leave, but didn't have the time I needed with him. His Mother kept interrupting and generally screwing things up since she had no idea about my line of thought and how I was trying to help him thinks things out. I did not want to hurt her feelings because of the stress she was already under at the time so decided it could wait until a later time rather than tell her to be quiet and butt out. Perhaps I was wrong. I was never able to get him alone. I now can only write him a letter, but I am having difficulty figuring out exactly how to word things. I didn't mean for someone to give me all the answers so I could just write down someone else’s thoughts, but just to have something to bounce my own off of and make sure I don't get off track.
Suggestions would be appreciated.
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I am wondering if anyone has some advice on what to say to my nephew that will help him hold on until he can come home. My nephew is a Combat Medic in Iraq and is quite in the thick of things. He has been expressing more and more lately how difficult it is becoming for him, psychologically, being there seeing his friends getting blown in half (literally), having to repair the damage done to people who have just tried to kill him -but injured themselves instead (literally), etc. Of course he is extremely frightened that he will not make it back alive. Then he has problems with his wife back here. I'll have to say that from the moment I met her I thought she was a piece of excrement and she has proved me absolutely correct for the last several years. My sister had a talk with her yesterday because she was supposedly concerned about his mental state so my sister told her that when he gets back he will need a lot of loving support, patience and possibly some counseling. Today she told him she can't take it and wants a divorce (she has already been openly having an affair). He is an extremely intelligent person with very strong character. I guess I'm looking for the right thing to say to give him something to chew on and build up hope and esteem within himself, something rational to hold on to in the chaos he is living, that way possibly he can start working through some of the terrible nightmares he has so he can actually get more that 30 minutes sleep.
It would be different than what he gets from his Mother. She fills him full of ‘we love you, the rest of the world is just f’d up’ and other irrationalities that aren’t helpful.
There is more to it, of course, but I’ve already been so long-winded. I figured I’d just try this condensed version. Any true assistance more than a ‘Buck up Chap’ would be appreciated.
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Thanks, that was a nice way to start my day. Now I have to go to work, but I'll make the drive with a grin.
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................... while there is much that is bad in the world, there is so much that is good, and great, and rational, and tasty, and fun, and charming, and beautiful, and enjoyable.
I completely agree with you!
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House
Dexter
Dr. 90210
Flip This House
Property Ladder
Designed to Sell
House and Dexter keep me in stitches. Dr. 90210 I like because of the surgeries. I just get really annoyed by constantly hearing some of them talking about 'giving back to the people'. I mean really, what are they giving back? What did the 'people' DO to EARN it? Did the 'people' learn the medicine for them or work their butts off all the hours necessary to pay for their college and everything else that goes in to it? One guy went to a foreign country to do volunteer work, which is fine, until I heard him say he was 'giving back' to them, ugh
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I will apoligize ahead of time if I do not get this out as clearly as I would like. I will do my best. I am still a work in progress. Fear is natural, we all experience it in various forms. It helps keep us alive at times or can get us killed. Our fear is what is counted on to keep us bound in chains, heads down doing what we are told, even when we know something is wrong with the picture. When you are able to finally find the answer to your freedom, I think it is illogical to continue in the chains any longer than necessary to get your feet planted and break them. I cannot abide remaining in the chains because of fear of what may be done to me for doing what is right. There will always be some kind of chain to bind me, I cannot break them all. I can only pick certain battles because the outrages against us are too many to count. When I contemplate what was said about the judges, etc., I am buoyed with thoughts of the book Anthem and The Fountainhead. Of course Roark broke the law, which is different, but I think the spirit is similar.
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OK, I definitely agree with the following that I have seen so far:
Danny DeVito - Orren Boyle
Liam Neeson - Hank Reardon
Billy Zane - James Taggart
Antonio Sabato Jr. - Francisco (looks only, since I don't know his acting skills)
Adrian Brody - Ellis Wyatt
I have seen the suggestion of a black Galt, which I am in favor of. I only care about the acting skills of the person in making me believe in what they are saying, so may I suggest the following?
Djimon Hounsou - John Galt
Val Kilmer - Ragnar
Halle Berry - Lillian Reardon
Johnny Depp or Robert Downey Jr. - Reardon's brother
I was just thinking too, it might be that Hounsou just captivates me and cannot act at all, so I could be wrong
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I get you now. So in that case reason and logic go out the window, fear takes over........and the makers of vaseline keep making a tidy profit
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softwareNerd
Anyone who is not going to pay income tax on the basis that the government does not have a legal basis to apply the tax should speak to a lawyer who is not affiliated with an organization that is telling you that you do not have to pay taxes.
Good luck finding one! You only have yourself to rely on, ultimately. You are the only one who can know your individual circumstances. That is why I said do the research. Maybe I should have highlighted and stated Do the research yourself . You don't need a lawyer in order to understand what is written, nor can one necessarily tell you the correct forms to use when the time comes to take care of your financial business, whatever that might be. They can be useful in your research though.
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I forgot to add in a comment (last year) when I posted last time. Yes, Schiff, Rose and many others are correct in that most Americans are not liable to pay an income tax. Unfortunately, they have led many astray in the way to go about correctly filing. They try to show you a loop hole or how to "get out of it". If you really want to find out what the LAW says, research it, and/or go to a very handy website www.losthorizons.com. This gentleman has put together a book that helps explain the law and makes it a lot easier for you to go and look it up for yourself to verify what is being shown. Good luck!
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I don't know if this is correct, but I read it on this forum somewhere, but wasn't income tax once illegal in the United States? Why do you have it now?Groovenstein Today, 03:41 PM Post #17
Yes, there was a time when at least the federal government could not levy taxes on income. Why do we have it now? Because some people in the early 1900s availed themselves of the legal procedures for amending the Constitution. As far as I know, there was no usurpation, no bribery. The correct process was used. They just made a big philosophical mistake.
The income tax has always been Constitutional (legal) since the Founding Fathers set it up. The 16th amendment to the Constitution (whether actually ratified or not, I don't believe it was) according to the Supreme Court did not afford any new taxing powers, but was to clarify things. Not that it did. The problem actually lies in the fact that people (the ones that actually try to find out) are not reading the tax laws properly because they are purposely being obscured. Most just go with the flow out of ignorance and /or apathy. Believe it or not, not every American worker or business is a federal taxpayer, but it is up to each individual to study thoroughly and find out. I have a link that will help each person with finding out what the LAW says http://www.losthorizons.com
Sorry for that diversion off the topic.
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Oakes: That makes sense, but my question was specifically about orphans. If a child's parents die in an accident, for example, why would it be the responsibility of the government to step in and find a new caregiver for the child?
I would have to say yes. Every human has the right to life, liberty..... and it is the government's purpose to protect those rights. I believe this question falls under the right to life.
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The message usually goes: "Send me $5 form a booklet that tells you why you do not owe taxes."
Maybe we should pay our taxes in liberty dollars!
That would be great, but the IRS wouldn't take them. They won't even take the FRN's.
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I started to think that a NST would be a good idea as well. Partly because it is supposed to eliminate several items like estate tax, FICA etc. and simplify things. A 15% tax sounds great since you spend about 50% of your income in taxes from Federal to State and local. What is to stop them from making it a 100% tax? I didn't see anything in HR25 (I hope I got the bill # right) that put a check on that. I might have missed it. I believe the founders came up with a great taxing system. I have never found anything in the taxing laws that makes me or most Americans liable to pay a Federal Income Tax. I have read cases on the subject and one stands out to me, since someone brought it up, that says the 16th amendment never changed the way taxes were to be implemented. Unfortunately most people don't have the time, interest or education to research where they fall in with the tax laws. I'm not much different. Most of the people in government know this, but keep spreading the lie and enforce it through fear. The IRS employees that are high on the food chain also know this. Keeping us in the dark and feeding us half truths keeps them in power.
Point is I don't agree with the NST and if the tax laws were implemented as they are really supposed to be we would be that much closer to laissez-faire capitalism (in this area) than we are now.
I think I'll stop here, I can barely think coherently right now. I might be rambling. If so, I apologize and hopefully I'll do a better job later.
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