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I took apart my milwaukee 0824-20 1/2" 18v cordless hammer drill and the gearcase fell apart. Have no clue how it goes back together. Is there a diagram to help me reassemble the gearcase?
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There is no parts breakdown on the gearcase assembly. It can be put back together if you know how it came apart. It sounds like you may need to replace the gearcase.:(
Model 0824-20 When I push the switch with a fully charged battery the chuck just stalls and doesn't move. I suspect the motor might be bad please comment.
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I have the 18 volt Li-ion drill. I am disappointed in the quality of the batteries. They have never held a charge and when it is cold they are useless. I have found that the Ni-cad batteries are much better. The drill with those batteries is a remarkable tool. Beware the Li-ion batteries are JUNK!
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Titus O'Neil Interview: WWE Reaction to Darren Young Coming Out 'Very Positive'
WWE Superstar Titus O'Neil joins 4th & Pain to discuss Darren Young's recent decision to announce he is gay.
O'Neil, who teams with Young as The Prime Time Players, says WWE's reaction to Young's coming out has been "very positive."
"For him to exhibit the courage that he did to go and discuss his sexual orientation to the world was a brave move to some, but to me is just an act of what type of man he is," O'Neil said. "You can only live behind certain people's stereotypes or certain barriers in life for so long. At some point you have to say 'man, to hell with it. I am who I am. I do what I do and I'm going to be who I want to be.'"
O'Neil says he's know about Young's sexual orientation for "a while," but that it was irrelevant.
On how the reaction may be different in NFL locker room
"The football locker room and the WWE locker room are two completely different things," said O'Neil.
He says that unlike an NFL locker room where 53 players comprise a single unit, the wrestling locker room is constructed of more individuals which lends itself to "more shots" for backstabbing.
"If you play a position, you play a position. If you don't play a position, you're really not a threat. In WWE, everybody really plays the same position. Everybody is trying to be a WWE Superstar. So, whatever shot you can take, whether it be if a person is gay or not, they're going to try to make something of it. Whereas in football, whether a person is gay or not it doesn't matter. If they go out and make plays, they make plays. Period."
"I can assure you there are guys, whether they came out openly gay or not, there gay guys in NFL and college locker rooms."
Super Bowl Contenders
He says it's tough to say this early, but he thinks the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks — both from NFC West — have the best shot.
Washington Redskins defensive end Adam Carriker teams with radio veteran Chuck Carroll to host 4th & Pain — the only football and pro wrestling show hosted by a NFL player and a former wrestling announcer turned weight loss champion.
The show is heard weekends on 106.7 The FAN in Washington, D.C. as well as online each weekday at 1 p.m. ET on 4thAndPain.com as well as the Layfield Report.

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Posted on 1 October 2010
Praise the Lord -- Always!!
by Becky Calvert
Not many weeks ago I arrived at church and went to the piano, as usual, about ten minutes before the Wednesday night meeting. Glancing at the order of service that had been placed on the piano for me, I realized there was no special musical item scheduled.
Beckoning to my husband, I let him know that no "special" was planned that evening. He smiled warmly in reply and declared that he would like to hear me sing.
"I'd love to, dear," were the words I heard issuing from my mouth before my racing mind had a chance to fully weigh the implications. "Ummm…this shouldn't be too difficult?" I told myself. "I have less than five minutes to prepare; I'll have to accompany myself, I don't have any music; and right now I can't think of anything I might know well enough from memory because I'm trying to think of too many other things like playing the introductory music and getting ready to accompany the hymns."
Then praise the Lord, a song popped into my mind! As I mentally rehearsed it, I decided that it might work. By the end of the opening prayer I felt sure of it.
Then it was my solo turn. I played the opening chords on the piano. I voiced the opening phrase of the song. And…
"Oh, no!" my mind yells. "Nothing is coming out of the monitor. Nobody can hear me."
My hands are playing. My mouth is singing. My mind is racing. A three part conversation develops: one part of me continues to sing; one part of me worries about the sound system; and one part of me is debating my next move.
"Should I stop and begin again?" I ask myself. "No!" I answer. "But," the other part of me says helpfully, "if you start all over maybe the system will fix itself." I continue this for a split second.
"On the other hand, maybe not. Just keep singing." This is the moment of opportunity. I keep on singing and praising the Lord and suddenly the microphone snaps on and all is well. I finish the song and make my way to the pew.
The Lord has used that situation in a wonderful way to remind me that I will have circumstances where I will be challenged to praise Him anyway. The Psalmist said in Psalm 7:17, "I will sing praise to the Lord."
How many opportunities to praise the Lord will be lost if we wait for our circumstances to be just right? In the case of my almost non-song, I only had one opportunity to sing that specific song to that specific group of people. I may never know who was in the service that night with a need that God had planned to meet through the ministry of my song, and they may have left the meeting empty and unsatisfied if I had chosen to remain silent.
Yes, it was an uncomfortable experience, even a little embarrassing. But I know that then, in that moment, what God wanted me to do was to keep singing.
What about you? Are you choosing to praise God always? Or do you find yourself waiting for a special set of favorable circumstances? Are you letting opportunities slip by to be a help and blessing to others because you just don't feel ready yet?
God could let the rocks and trees praise Him, but instead He gives us that privilege. So I've decided to praise Him continually and get in some practice for eternity while I'm doing so. For me, Psalm 30 says it all!
Taken from the Temple Trumpet Vol 15 Issue 1, p. 7, a ministry of Fairfax Baptist Temple, Fairfax Station, VA. Used by permission.
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Thinking of Going on a holiday?
Types of party vacations
Travelling solo
Travelling on your own may raise eyebrows for some people, but in modern times it's becoming a lot more common. With today's busy lifestyles, you can't always bring your family and friends along - so why skip the experience just because you don't have someone come along?
Travelling by yourself can be very safe if you plan your holiday well and keep your wits about you – but for those who are still a little unsure about it, get yourself started and make friends for life on a Thirsty Swagman tour, where you'll be able to travel with the safety of an experienced tour guide and a big group who are likely to become friends for life.
Mancation – Traveling with the boys
Mancations have been a growing trend among close mates over the past decade, whether it be a fishing or a camping trip with the lads, a bachelor's weekend away before a big wedding or just a simple annual catch-up to avoid losing touch with your childhood besties.
But if you've got a real special occasion or are looking to just add some more oomph to your male bonding time, what better way to do it than heading on a Thirsty Swagman tour.The Euro tour is the ultimate 12 day lads-venture of a lifetime - kicking off in the chaotic bliss of the beer tents at Oktoberfest. Here, you and the crew will be raising your stein with around 10,000 fellow pissed punters, to a traditional brass band that you'll be swearing you're seeing in twos.
And if the Mrs won't let you go away for that long – you and the boys can always head on the Asia Annihilator tour; a crazy 5-day pub tour that crawls through South-East Asia's Singapore and Phuket, heading to some of the best nightlife spots, including the hardest rocking pub in Thailand – Rock City! Suggest it to your mates now…the boys will love ya for it.
Girly Get-a-ways
With all the daily stress, tension and pressure our busy work and social lives can present us with, it can be hard to get all the girls together for longer than the duration of a lunch or coffee-date - but not if you plan a proper get-a-away for the girls.Why not head on a wildly different experience with one of Thirsty Swagman's tours – where you'll be able to party like the old days? There's nothing like creating new memories with old friends.
There's nothing like a big holiday to spice up your love life and regain that spark with that special person in your life. Although a private get-a-away on an isolated tropical island might be nice (although possibly boring after a couple of days) – who's to say that you and your partner can't spend that special holiday on an authentic pub tour through South-East Asia or Europe?There have been a number of couples who have come along to Thirsty Swagman's tours, as well as two couples who actually met and found love on one of our very own tours.
Singles with the close mates
Are you single, looking for a bit of fun, and with a strong passion for traveling and seeing the world? Travel with the company of other like-minded travellers, and use that freedom to travel wherever you want to go, for as long as you want to be there, and with who-ever you want to party with.
Travelling solo
10 Reasons why you need a holiday
1. This morning you woke up to an alarm clock and proceeded to follow the same routine you've been doing for countless weeks.
2. On Monday's, your FB status consists of depressing statements about the new working week
3. When you heard about Thirsty Swagman's wild pub tours through Europe and South-East Asia you said "Yes! That'd be fun to do!… one day"
4. You are way to serious, responsible and you frown too much. It is so fun to let your hair down and it also gives your frown lines a rest!
6. Experts are now saying that regular holidays are a vital necessity, not a luxury – and you can't ignore the experts!
7. You've forgotten what the inside of a pub looks like
8. The thought of going on holiday is about as heavenly as winning the lottery, but also about as unlikely
9. In the last week, someone has commented on how tired you look and your 3pm sugar fix gets larger every day
10. You could potentially save yourself from a $1000 of therapy sessions in the long run, by giving yourself a chance to let loose for once.
10 Reasons why you should have booked a TS tour a month ago
1. Book Now, Prepare Now.
The sooner you book, the more time you have to start practising and get in form.
2. No Tourist Traps.
You'll get exclusive, VIP entry into some of the best and most unique nightlife destinations the world has to offer. Experience only the most authentic pubs and bars with the comfort of knowing that every place we head to has been well researched (and that means none of those expensive tourist traps).
3. Live The High Life.
If you've done the travel thing before, you'll know that staying in cheap hostels and backpacker's lodges really isn't all it's cracked up to be. On our tours you will be pampered with 100% VIP luxury, travelling by 5-star coach (on any European tours), staying in the comfort of 3/4 star hotels, and receiving exclusive VIP entry in all the best nightlife spots.
4. No Early Wake-ups and None of That Boring Sightseeing.
If you've ever been on a different tour, you'll know that after a big night the last thing you'll want to be doing is getting up at 6am for a long bus ride to a monument you couldn't care less about due to your hung over state. Wake up whenever you like – that way you'll be all refreshed for another awesome night.
5. Free-time.
One massive pro about Thirsty Swagman's tours are our flexible itineraries. They're not jam-packed with activities every ten seconds, giving you time during the day to do what you like (whether it be sleeping, shopping, heading to a pub or checking out that boring sightseeing). If there is anything specific you'd like to do during the day, you can also ask our tour guide for assistance – we have all the "inside" expertise you'll need.
6. Travelling Solo / Travelling Safe / No Stress.
For anyone travelling with us, there's no need to stress over safety issues, late night public transport, foreign languages or getting lost. The group is always kept together and every aspect of our tours is well thought out, so that your holiday can be completely safe and hassle-free.
7. Tour Guide's You'll Love.
Every Thirsty Swagman tour includes 2 amazing tour guides. All of our thirsty guides are highly trained and have all the local expertise you require. They are screened from a large pool of applicants and are always very friendly, fun and responsible.
8. Simple booking Process.
Just fill out and send us the booking form and your tour package can be all sorted the very same day. We also always have our thirsty staff available for a chat so that any of your questions can be answered right away.
9. Flexible Payment Plan.
All we require is the deposit up front and we'll save your party spot on tour! After that, the full tour payment isn't required until 8 weeks before the tour.
10. Your "Experience of a Lifetime" Guarantee.
Forget the Eiffel Tower, the river cruises and the museums. Let's face it; you don't make best friends standing in line. The best travel stories are written in a pub. With our flexible itineraries and experienced tour guides, a lot of the group's nights out will go by gut feel. If the atmosphere isn't absolutely amazing in one place, then the group has the choice of heading somewhere else, giving the tour a special element of the magic of the moment.
1. Book Now, Prepare Now.
Air Deals
There are a couple of great places to find good deals for flights.
Some of our favourites are:
For those of you with itchy feet, head to these sites to plan your perfect round the world itineraries, booking with flights to and from every country in the world:
Star Alliance
Or if you'd prefer VIP service, with everything sorted for you and none of the messing around… Book your flights with a professional travel consultant. Thirsty Swagman recommends you contact Claire Evans at Flight Centre Kalamunda on +61 8 9257 1900 during normal office hours. Alternatively you can e-mail her directly here
There are a couple of great places to find good deals for flights.
Group Travel Discounts
Group Bookings
Two's company and three's a party! That's why if you're looking at travelling in a group, bookings of 3 or more are eligible for a party discount! Please note that this discount is only valid if the deposit is paid together and in full. The remaining booking cost can then be paid separately if you prefer.
Military Bookings
People in the Military are eligible for a military discount, as long as there are 2 or more people booking the tour. Please note that this discount is only valid if the deposit is paid together and in full. The remaining booking cost can then be paid separately if you prefer.
Terms and Conditions- Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer
- All tours must be made on one booking for discount to apply
- The deposit for the group members must be paid together and in full
Are you interested in customising your own perfect pub tour itinerary for a special trip?
Whether it's a wild mancation for your mate's last holiday as a bachelor, a corporate retreat to the most picturesque breweries Europe has to offer, or an all-ladies get-a-away to the most happening destinations around the world, bring us the idea and we'll customise the perfect pub tour itinerary.Simply contact the thirsty crew at Thirsty Swagman with your proposal. Only available to groups of 15 or more, for pub tours of 4 days or longer.
Group Bookings
Travel Insurance
Everyone embarking on a Thirsty Swagman tour is required to purchase travel insurance (but we'd also recommend this for on any holiday you head on!). Travel insurance covers you for a whole bunch of important things, such as if you get hurt, lose luggage overseas, or sustain expenses from delayed flights or cancellations.
Luckily for you, we've done all the hard work and listed 3 places where you'll get the best deals! Just make sure you check out what your insurance will cover you for, because policies can vary quite a bit.
1. Your banks (Aussie travellers only)
Bank west / Westpac. They use Vero Travel Insurance
2. Online
Travelex Insurance
3. Your Credit Card Insurance Policy
Most Platinum and Gold credit card holders receive complimentary travel insurance from their banks when they purchase flights on their Platinum/Gold card (Please check the T&C's for this to make sure that you will be covered).
Bookings and Deposits
Q. How much is the deposit and how do we have to pay for the tour?
A. An initial deposit is needed to guarantee a spot. The deposit is 25% of the tour cost. You can then pay it in any amounts you like after that, as long as the balance full paid before 8 / 9 weeks before the tour.
Q. How do I book?
A. To book, all you have to do is fill in the booking form and get it to us via fax or email. If you want to fax it through, our fax number is +61 8 9257 3899, or you can email it to email@example.com. Also if you don't have a credit card, it would be preferable to then pay through electronic funds transfer (please tick the box on the booking form to say that you're paying by this option).
Q. How much is the deposit and how do we have to pay for the tour?
Q. How are rooms allocated on tour?
A. All Thirsty Swagman tours allocate twin share accommodation. We always try and allocate a "similar" roommate, ie. same gender and age if possible. If we can't allocate you with another person of the same gender, you will receive a room for yourself at no extra cost.
We do also shuffle roommates sometimes, although this is always up to the traveller – if you're happy with the other person, you're welcome to stay with them throughout the tour.
Q. What accommodation is arranged for the tour?
A. All people are allocated into twin share rooms (unless they request otherwise). All our Hotels are at least 3-star (4-star resorts in Asia) and rooms are very spacious / private.
Q. Can I request single room accommodation throughout the tour?
A. Yes, at an extra cost, this will be no problem - as long as the rooms are available at the time of tour. Can I book extra nights of hotel accommodation before or after my tour?
Q. Can you provide me with a list of the hotels we will be staying at?
A. A list of hotels is no problem. Once you have booked the tour, you will also be sent out a more detailed itinerary with all the tour info you'll need.
Q. Can I join the tour later or leave the tour early?
A. Yes, this can be made possible, however it would depend on when and where you would like to get on and off the tour, and substantial prior notice must be given unless it is an emergency.
Q. How are rooms allocated on tour?
Bookings and Deposits
You've booked a TS tour...what now?
10 Travel tips and tricks
1. Travel Light! Before you head off on your party tour, lay out all your clothes and all of your cash on your bed, then take half the amount of clothes you thought you would need, and double your cash – because you're going to definitely need twice the drinking money.
2. Always budget to have some spare cash left by the end of your trip. Guaranteed you will need it for an emergency or just some extra cash before the end of the trip.
3. ALWAYS get travel insurance. Travel insurance usually covers you for illness, lost baggage, theft, and flights cancelled by an airline that you might be travelling with. Make sure that you get travel insurance when (or soon after) purchasing your flight tickets – as insurance usually covers the cost of your ticket if your airline unexpectedly goes bust. Also – it is usually cheaper to purchase travel insurance straight from your bank or an insurance company, rather than a flight agency. Make sure you always check what your insurance covers you for before you purchase it!
4. Before leaving for your trip, make two sets of photocopies of your valuable documents such as tickets, railpass, passports and any forms of I.D. Pack a copy and leave another at home with anyone you can contact if you get into any sticky situations when you're away. These copies are worth having if anything gets lost or stolen – it will both prove that you really owned what you lost, and also speed up the replacement process.
5. Familiarise yourself with local conditions and laws. When you are travelling in a foreign country – you are subject to their laws. Make sure you always check out what is acceptable and legal in another country before you go and get drunk there – or you may wind up in jail just for having, what you thought, was a good time!
6. Don't take candy from strangers. You know not to do it growing up – so why start now? When travelling around, whether it be on your own or with mates, it is inevitable that you will meet and mingle with new people. You should always be careful of strangers and shouldn't completely trust anyone. It is strongly advised not to take illicit drugs of any form in a foreign country – firstly because there is no way of telling what you actually could be taking, and secondly, because some countries, such as Singapore and Thailand, have VERY tough laws on drug possession. Also – If anyone buys you a drink, you can accept it – just make sure it's unopened first!
7. Dress to Un-impress! Theft is quite common in some countries and travellers definitely make an easy target. When leaving your hotel, just carry enough cash for the day and leave those unnecessary credit cards in the rooms! Fancy dressed travellers with Rolex watches and other bling are just asking to get mugged. In the case that anything is stolen however, ALWAYS file a police report if you intend on making an insurance claim, and be prepared by making two copies of your passport I.D page before your trip (this will speed up the process of getting anything replaced).
8. Buddy it up! This tried system, works! If you're heading out, whether it's to the shops, the beach, a bar or club, try and stay together at all times, or at least keep tabs on the whereabouts of one another. If might be unrealistic for travelling groups to stay together at all times, but it benefits both guys and girls to travel safe.
9. Pack appropriate footwear – For the ladies; many places don't mix well with high heels, such as many areas in Europe with its cobblestone streets, and places such as Thailand, where the streets are usually not very level. For the lads, enclosed shoes are usually best for if you're planning on partying hard at places such as Oktoberfest in Europe, as people usually spill their drinks and drop glasses a little too regularly.
10. Keep it local!
- Get a local sim card – it's always good to be able to keep in contact with the people you're travelling with, and global roaming can sometimes cost a fortune!
- Grab a local power adapter – your phone and camera batteries aren't going to charge themselves.
- Learn the basics of the local language – not only will the locals appreciate it, but it will make life a hell of a lot easier and will make you a less likely target for getting ripped off.
- Take some local cash – ALWAYS have some local currency on you before you arrive in the country (in case of any unexpected situations such as your card not working in the local ATMs).
1. Travel Light! Before you head off on your party tour, lay out all your clothes and all of your cash on your bed, then take half the amount of clothes you thought you would need, and double your cash – because you're going to definitely need twice the drinking money.
What to pack on a pub tour
1. Travel Light! Before you head off on your party tour, lay out all your clothes and all of your cash on your bed, then take half the amount of clothes you thought you would need, and double your cash – because you're going to definitely need twice the drinking money.
2. Pack appropriate footwear.
For the ladies; many places don't mix well with high heels, such as many areas in Europe with its cobblestone streets, and places such as Thailand, where the streets are usually not very level.
For the lads; enclosed shoes are usually best for if you're planning on partying hard at places such as Oktoberfest in Europe, as people usually spill their drinks and drop glasses a little too regularly.
3. Clothes for European tours:
- The beer tents can get pretty messy, so it'd probably be best to just wear a top and jeans.
- It's recommended that you don't wear thongs or open shoes as people tend to spill their drinks and drop their steins.
- If you really want to celebrate Oktoberfest in style, you can wear traditional Oktoberfest outfits. The traditional outfit for men is a Lederhosen and for ladies is a Dirndl (Google it and check it out). You can buy these outfits from plenty of stores in Munich and these start at about 60 Euros and can be priced up to about 1000Euros for more authentic quality outfits (ladies, make sure you ask where the knot on your Dirndl should be tied, as the position of the knot signifies a women's marital status).
- Some parts of the Euro Hard'n'Fast tour get pretty cold at night so bring lots of clothes to layer up and one real warm jacket/jumper.
4. Clothes for Asia tours:
- BATHERS! Trust us, in this heat, you'll want to hit up the luscious hotel pools and near-by beaches as much as possible.
- Clothes that you don't mind getting completely soaked – for Songkran; a nation-wide water fight celebration
- A couple of nicer outfits for heading out on the town in Singapore's famous Clarke Quay.
- In Thailand everyone usually goes casual, heading out in shirts, shorts and thongs.
Savings secrets
When it comes to saving the dollars, it's easier said than done!
But educate yourself with some of these saving secrets and you'll have a stash of booze money saved for your Thirsty pub tour in no time!
100 great tips for saving money for those just getting started/
Wikihow: Save-Money
Money Central Saving and debt
This is money: 50 ways to save
Or if you can't be bothered reading up on it, here are a couple of our favourite saving tips that should get you started:1. Know how much you earn/spend! You would be surprised how many people have no idea how much they earn, and how much of that income goes to their debt or discretionary spending. Keep track of how much you spend on bills, groceries and booze and then adjust your spending accordingly.
2. Kill your debt first! Calculate how much debt you have, and work out how much you need to pay off a week to totally eliminate it!
3. Set savings goals and time frames to achieve them in. Make sure you set shorter, attainable goals to keep you motivated!
4. Master the thirty day rule. Whenever you're considering making an unnecessary purchase, wait thirty days and then ask yourself if you still want that item. Quite often, you'll find that the urge to buy has passed and you'll have saved yourself some money by simply waiting, but if it's something you really can't get out of your head – save up and get it.
5. Write a list before you go shopping – and stick to it!
6. Invite friends over instead of going out (or if you do head out - bring a flask …it's a great way to save money – but this behaviour is not at all encouraged!). Almost every activity at home is less expensive than going out. Invite some friends over and have a cookout, then play some cards and have a few drinks. Everyone will have fun, the cost will be low, and the others will likely reciprocate not long afterwards.
Responsible Travel
The opportunity to travel in today's society has never been so easy, and the travel industry is now the world's fastest growing industry. This is why it's important for today's travellers to make sure they are aware of their impact on the countries they are entering, so that environments and cultures are sustainable for travellers of the future.
When you head overseas, become a local - don't transport your culture to them. Take the time to find out about any local customs and cultural characteristics of your desired destination. The 10 minutes you spend finding out about the place you are going, could prevent unwanted disturbances to the local community, and could even be the difference between a nasty fine or a night in jail.
Try to be observant and keep buddy systems with your friends (don't just bail home when you're really drunk without telling them where you're going!). Taking note of what is going on around you and being cautious of strangers could save yours or your mates wallet, or even your lives.Also our little tip; drink the local wines and beers if you want to really experience the place.
Travel Hints for Health and Safety
Okay, so we realise that you're about to go on an epic pub crawl, where drinking for days on end is likely to occur…but it's times like these that you should think about checking whether your health is in order. Travelling to different climates and environments abroad (and coupling that with drinking for 2 weeks straight) can expose you to viruses and health risks – so make sure you head to the GP and get a check-up before you jump on that plane.
Do I need any vaccinations?
Please consult your doctor to find out which vaccinations are required. If you suffer from any form of illness, be sure to have an adequate supply of medicines before departing on your trip. You must advise us of any important medical condition you may have, before departure.
Emergency numbers
When travelling abroad, it's usually a good idea to know the appropriate phone numbers for an emergency. Make sure you ask your tour guide – he/she will usually have a list of these numbers available.
To check out emergency numbers for yourself:Emergency numbers for Asia Pub Tours:
Emergency numbers for European Tours:
Czech Republic
Travel InsuranceRegardless of how well prepared, healthy and fit you are - if you cannot afford travel insurance, you cannot afford to travel. Overseas medical costs are not covered by Medicare (See "So you're thinking about going on a holiday?" section for all travel insurance info).
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if she really didnt want to hangout today, she shouldve just told me.
i know everyone needs some alone time every now and then.
and i know i can get to be a pain in the ass after awhile.
but still. even if she didnt want to hurt my feelings, she shouldve just told me.
i know i said i wasnt going to call last night, but i did.
like always.
i cant stay mad at her for that long. -_-
i might just hide out at home today, play video games, watch tv.
you know, that sort of thing.
i dont have any money to go anywhere (and neither do my parents)
i dont have a job to keep me busy. (and i have a feeling i wont for a long time)
our call was dropped this morning. at 9:30 am.
i was hoping she'd call me back, but obviously that didnt happen.
i waited til 12:37 to call her back.
i didnt call back because this had happened several times before and i was the one who was always calling back.
i asked if she was busy (sounded like she was at the market)
she said yeah.
then i said "btw i love how you called me back this morning"
she replied with " yeah, well why didnt you call back...hold on my cousin's calling"
and i hung up.
im not gonna stay and get mad just cause she's being a smartass.
or cause she is kinda being a jerk for not just telling me she wants some time alone, and instead making me feel miserable.
i would feel better knowing that she just wants some time alone.
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Hi can you clone a plant that is flowering without using rooting gel or rooting powder i want do do it naturally and any info would be great thanks in advance the pics included are my plant
Hi can you clone a plant that is flowering without using rooting gel or rooting powder i want do do it naturally and any info would be great thanks in advance the pics included are my plant
I don't think your pictures uploaded properly or maybe I just can't see them.
I took some clones after sexing my pants when they had been one 12/12 for about two weeks and were starting to pre-flower, and of nine clones from three plants, all pulled through. Of coarse, I use an areoponic cloning system. I'm trying some clones in pure tap water in dark glass bottles in a window sill with some cuttings I took today. I'm going to do three w/ rooting powder and three without. I'll be happy to share my results!
Yeah any input would b great il try uploading pics now
Those are a bit farther in flower then i thought, which its not a good idea to clone in flower, but they may make it. I would use the rooting hormone though as its main ingredient comes from the Willow tree and if ya have one of these tress you can make a tea out of it to clone with, but there is not advantage to not using a cloning gel/powder.
What are you trying to prove by not using the cloning powder, it is all natural i do believe. Lookup Willow trees its a good read about how a branch will float down a river and start to grow as they have the natural rooting hormone in them.
''If you substitute marijuana for tobacco and alcohol, you'll add 8 to 24 years to your life.''
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This has worked for me. And during Flowering too. i had around a 80% success rate usin
Willow Water is a homebrew plant rooting hormone that is easily made and can be used to increase the strike rate (growth of roots) of cuttings that youre trying to propagate.
The way that it works can be attributed to two substances that can be found within the Salix (Willow) species, namely, indolebutyric acid (IBA) and Salicylic acid (SA).
Indolebutyric acid (IBA) is a plant hormone that stimulates root growth. It is present in high concentrations in the growing tips of willow branches. By using the actively growing parts of a willow branch, cutting them, and soaking them in water, you can get significant quantities of IBA to leach out into the water.
Salicylic acid (SA) (which is a chemical similar to the headache medicine Aspirin) is a plant hormone which is involved in signalling a plants defences, it is involved in the process of systemic acquired resistance (SAR) where an attack on one part of the plant induces a resistance response to pathogens (triggers the plants internal defences) in other parts of the plant. It can also trigger a defence response in nearby plants by converting the salicylic acid into a volatile chemical form.
When you make willow water, both salicylic acid and IBA leach into the water, and both have a beneficial effect when used for the propagation of cuttings. One of the biggest threats to newly propagated cuttings is infection by bacteria and fungi. Salicylic acid helps plants to fight off infection, and can thus give cuttings a better chance of survival. Plants, when attacked by infectious agents, often do not produce salicylic acid quickly enough to defend themselves, so providing the acid in water can be particularly beneficial.
Willow water can be made from cuttings of any tree or shrub of the willow family, a group of plants with the scientific name of Salix. The more cuttings that are used and the longer they are soaked in water, the stronger will be the resulting willow water. Recommendations for the exact method of soaking vary. Cold water can be used, and soaking times of four or more weeks are often quoted. Other gardeners use boiling water to steep the willow twigs and soak the mixture for around 24 hours.
How to Make Willow Water
Here is the procedure for making willow water:
Collect young first-year twigs and stems of any of willow (Salix spp.) species, these have green or yellow bark. Dont use the older growth that has brown or gray bark.
Remove all the leaves, these are not used. Dont waste good green material though, compost the leaves or throw them in the garden as mulch.
Take the twigs and cut them up into short pieces around 1" (2.5cm) long.
The next step is to add the water. there are several techniques to extract the natural plant rooting hormones:
a) Place the chopped willow twigs in a container and cover with boiling water, just like making tea, and allow the tea to stand overnight.
b) Place the chopped willow twigs in a container and cover with tap water (unheated), and let it soak for several days.
When finished, separate the liquid from the twigs by carefully pouring out the liquid, or pouring it through a strainer or sieve. The liquid is now ready to use for rooting cuttings. You can keep the liquid for up to two months if you put it in a jar with a tight fitting lid and keep the liquid in the refrigerator. Remember to label the jar so you remember what it is, and write down the date you brewed it up, and to aid the memory, write down the date that it should be used by, which is two months from the date it was made!
To use, just pour some willow water into a small jar, and place the cuttings in there like flowers in a vase, and leave them there to soak overnight for several hours so that they take up the plant rooting hormone. Then prepare them as you would when propagating any other cuttings.
The second way to use willow water is to use it to water the propagating medium in which you have placed cuttings. Watering your cuttings twice with willow water should be enough to help them root.
.. Just look for a Weeping Willow
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i never knew that about the Willow Tree... Thanks for the tips.. Learn something new everyday
Bubble cloning, just use plain old water. Just takes a few more days. Willow water or Bayer asp work too.
This hippy Denver guy shows you how, best way to clone imo, with clonex(not dip gel or powder-a water additive) in the mix you have rooted plants in 7 days.
tokin daily: the bubble cloner - YouTube
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I didn't have any on me and was pruning plants, so I went ahead and stuck the cuttings into soil without it. It's been about two weeks now and I've lost about 25% of them so far. I'm pretty sure the other ones are rooting.
I use ez clone aeroponic cloner I take cuts at more or less same stage as you and have 100percent success with or without clone x gel small tent 200 watt cfl rizotonic and low water temps perfecto
I have dug plants up from an outdoor harvest and brought them inside to veg into mothers.
Cloning flowering plants can be done and I have used willow tea before on my clones. Great post btw Crownius. Cloning in a willow tea or straight water is my favorite way to clone. Just buy a cheap fish tank aeroater to keep oxygen levels up and wait for the roots to come.


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The Nerdist Way
By Chris Hardwick on February 21, 2011
As many of you know because of my blabbings, I'm releasing a book later this year (Fall-ish, I think) called The Nerdist Way. It is a productivity book for Nerds. It was born out of the fact that I have released many fuck-ups into the world throughout my life, and a handful of years ago turned to the Nerdier parts of my brain for help. I sense that there are many other Nerds out there looking for answers, so this is my attempt to reach out to all of them (or YOU) and share methods and tricks I've employed to straighten out my life. In my experience, Nerds have a very specific world-view and problem-solving approach coupled with hyper-self-awareness and a very active internal monologue. I believe it is possible to aim some of the traits that normally seem to attempt to cripple us with inactivity into the very engine that drives us forward. The content is a sort of first-person walk-thru of challenges I faced, and how I got around them. Tonally, it's not unlike the WIRED article I wrote in '08, Diary of a Self-Help Dropout. Though, if you listen to the podcast or read this site with any regularity, you probably have a pretty good idea how I present stuff.
I am BY NO MEANS perfect, but I pretty much never stop thinking about work, and how to streamline my life. I would tend to think I'd get an "above average" mark were there some kind of report card. I'm usually juggling a bunch of small, fun projects that I enjoy and that make me happy. If you are so inclined, I feel you deserve to be sprayed with some happiness as well doing what you love if you're not currently experiencing it. Nerds were always shit on when I was growing up, so I feel excited and proud that we've now inherited a large chunk of this planet. IT IS OUR TIME TO RULE.
So now the point of this post…earlier today I got the following tweet from a nice chap who goes by @MDBowden:
Hey Chris, do you have any tips to get over writer's block? I haven't been able to write jokes for a while.
As I responded in a series of abbreviated DMs (I really do try to answer as many of those as possible) it occurred to me that there were probably more than a few specific points I might miss. Since the Nerdist stuff is really just a community of like-minded folks, I thought I would end each chapter or section by answering a few related queries. What you should know is that the book is that it's divided into three sections:
MIND – how to manage your brain
BODY – how to manage your physical self
TIME – how to manage Einstein's favorite dimension better to achieve the productivity you "so sorely need" (as Carl Carlson once said)
So that's it. If you have any questions relating to any of the above-referenced sectors, please post them here and I will pull a few into the book and answer them to the best of my experience. Make sure to use whatever name suits you for crediting purposes. Also, hashtag your question with mind, body or time for easy sorting. And please don't be shitty here. My intention with this book is to help other Nerds benefit from the lessons of my anxieties and mistakes, kind of like an older brother. Or an Overlord. Whoops! That last part just slipped out.
Hashtag HUGS.
How do you discipline yourself to not just mindlessly play RPG games and waste hours of your life then channel that into something productive?
How does one manage time so that they can do all the creative things they want to do, all the things they have to do (school and/or work), AND still have room for nerdy things, from little things like getting a little farther in a video game to big things like attending conventions?
What kind of babies come out of a vader pussy?
With all the stuff you did for G4, what was your favorite show to be on or do?
With the ever-expanding definition of the word "nerd", what kind of person, in your mind, does not qualify as a nerd?
How can I break my addiction to doing nothing and turn my down time into something creative?
How do you plan out your projects? Is it "tackle the largest project first then work your way down by the size of the remaining projects" or "tackle the project that's most important first no matter what its size is"?
Also, do you have any tips on keeping your mind focused? I've always been a thinker so my mind often wanders and I end up procrasting on projects.
What's the cheapest, most efficient way to stimulate all parts of the brain?
Nerds love learning almost as much as they love things they've learned. As younglings, they are often teased and tormented for their yearning for knowledge, but once they enter the real world they can quickly develop a certain arrogance and sense of superiority. Do you think that sense is justified? If so, where do you draw the line? And if not, how do you silence that desire to be the smartest guy/gal in the room? Put simply, how does a nerd in the modern era comport himself on and offline without seeming too meek or too smug?
What do you think is the best way to overcome feeling intimidated or overwhelmed by the nerd culture? Also is it possible that everyone is a nerd about something?
At what part in your life did you decide you wanted to try acting? Who influenced you most growing up?
Do you feel that the complete elimination of alcohol from your life was an essential part of your development as a creative person, or was it more of a general health issue? Do you advocate sobriety as a important step to growing creatively?
I've always felt the biggest barrier to me is not knowing how to do the things to make my life better. It has always been a disconnect between planning and action. Always planning to make things better, maybe even making the first step, but never able to go past that. Did you face this challenge? How did you overcome it? Many people who finally overcame it seem to have a moment of clarity where everything has gone so wrong that they have no choice but to face being that way forever or changing, does that mean I have to continue down this path until there is no other choice? I'd like to have some hope for change before then.Thanks for your time and I look forward to the book.
How come my dog hates dog food, but loves to eat his own shit?
I thought you were gonna have a survey and ask for our input when I clicked on the link. I was up for that as it was gonna help me procrastinate from doing my work, which is responding to student writing. Yes, I'm a writing teacher–not your mother's writing teacher, I should point out, and I don't red pen stuff and I work on lots of mind/attitude stuff in the classroom. (Occasionally we talk yoga, but only about fun things like how cool it is that dogs actually do the down dog pose!) Anywho, I got input galore, but no questions per se.
One thing that has dogged me throughout my life is I have always seemed to lack the ambition gene. I was blessed with an uncommon intellect, and have, at the ripe old age of mid thirty-something, started back at school, pursuing a major in Biochem. But I am still looking for any advice on keeping myself motivated through undergrad then grad school.
How do you stay focused on projects and interests? I spend a lot of time obsessing over all my nerdy interests but have a hard time staying focused on any one nerdy obsession long enough to complete many projects.
Flatulator brought up sidepoint. Having achieved more success sober than as a drunk, do you feel there is any credence to the idea that creative people need drugs or alcohol to be creative?
If you could be the Doctor, but it would only be for one 2-part episode, what would you want to do and why?
When it comes to reach ones goals, how do you put your mind into a positive place when things aren't really going your way?
I've been unemployed for 7 or 8 months now and somedays its hard to shake this feeling like you don't know where your life is heading. I have my goals in mind and have them defined, but when you feel like things just aren't working how do you keep trucking?
Thanks Chris, can't wait to pick up the book.
How do you decide what you want to actually work on when everything you do you love? I'm in medical school so I have that aspect of my brain, I write stand-up, I have a few ideas for novels that I've tried to start, I've written poetry/songs, and I want to read new interesting books (ps can't wait for the book) and watch documentaries. How do you choose whether you want to write stand up or work on Hard and Phirm songs or come up with stuff for Web Soup or write wired articles or write a book? Do you focus on one (which is difficult when your doing long term projects) or jump around?
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Where do you make the distinction between anxiety and analysis with regard to reflecting on recent actions, events, interactions with peers and coworkers, and motivations?
When does the inner monologue become destructive rather than reflective, and what are the best ways to keep your conscious mind tuned toward analysis for future improvement rather than anxiety over the past?
1. As a curious people, nerds have a tendency to engage in research allowing our interests to follow different tangents. How do you make the most of tangential research?
2. We nerds often have deep cerebral interests which at times may expand at the exclusion of more physical and social activities, what are three things one can do to stay in shape, stay connected, and stay nerdy?
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How did you bring yourself to overcome the fear of uncertainty to just leap into your dream which was in your case comedy? #MIND
I know this issue has been hashed and re-hashed and who-hashed over and 0ver again. But I want the expert's opinion: how would YOU define the differences between a nerd and a geek? For me, it's a fine line, but I lean toward "geek" myself.
You define a "Nerd" as one who absorbs themselves, for instants you and comedy, in things that interest them. But at what point can that adsorption become obsessive? What are identifying marks to help one from getting to that point?


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Derby County have a potential banana skin in the 3rd Round of this seasons FA Cup.
The Rams have been drawn at home to Tranmere Rovers, who are riding high at the top of league one.
Tranmere disposed of another Derbyshire side in the last round of the FA Cup played yesterday, beating Chesterfield 2-1. Hopefully the Rams at Pride Park will be a tougher propersition.
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good,durable torch units for a great price.I have grown so fond of the first one,@ 7.99,,I grabbed another @ regular price,still super cheap as compared to some of my higher end lighters that are useless anywhere but on a desk.These have withstood all the abuse I can throw at them.great product!
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Huschke von Hanstein - The Racing Baron
Under the patronage of his wife, Ursula von Hanstein, the Auto & Technik MUSEUM SINSHEIM dedicated a special exhibition to their late honorary member Huschke von Hanstein. Von Hanstein won worldwide recognition and respect as a racing driver, PR-manager, and chief of the racing department of Porsche as well as a functionary in German and international organizations. On exhibit are cars and motorbikes with a special relation to Huschke von Hanstein. Furthermore, show cases showing plaques and badges, posters, cups and other memorabilia commemorating the racing baron - among them e.g. also his first crash helmet.


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Israeli settlers' attack on Palestinian family captured on video
(Read article summary)The recording's release comes as the UN Security Council prepares to discussa resolution demanding the halt of Israeli settlement construction.
A Palestinian family's brutal beating by Israeli settlers has been captured on video and aired just a week before the UN Security Council is set to consider a resolution condemning construction of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory.
The BBC reports that the video, recorded last Sunday, shows four men attacking an elderly shepherd, his wife, and his nephew after the four told the shepherd to move his flock, which was grazing near the settlement of Susia in the West Bank. The BBC describes the film, which is available on its website:
Over the brow of the hill walk four masked men holding baseball bats. To the right of the screen, in the foreground, stands a 58-year-old Palestinian woman.
Thamam al-Nawaja has been herding her goats close to the Jewish settlement of Susia, near Hebron in the southern West Bank.
Within a few seconds, she, along with her 70-year-old husband and one of her nephews, will be beaten up.
As the first blows land, the woman filming - the daughter-in-law of the elderly couple - drops the camera and runs for help.
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Eager young minds
Western Spring College
designworks recently played host to a group of students from Western Springs College in aid of Workchoice Day 2009. Fifteen eager young minds interested in design, descended upon the studio for a morning.
To start with students were given a series of presentations on our practice. Topics included an introduction to brand experience design and what it's like to work in our respective areas: account management, research, design, and the experience of being a fellowship designer.
They were also treated to a studio tour, and participated in a practical session where they developed mood-boards for a new brand of sparkling fruit flavoured water (aimed at teenagers). There were many great ideas in the room hopefully in a few years we will see some of these fresh faces working in the design industry.
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Commercial garbage disposals take the grind out of getting rid of larger pieces of food waste. Installed under your restaurant sinks, commercial garbage disposals are designed to make short work of any plate scrapings or stubborn food pieces that remain after a chef or customer has done their work, decimating loads that would bring residential disposals to their knees.
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Domestic Spying Gets Uglier
What a warped world. The Washington Post yesterday reported that the White House may have selectively shared sensitive information about its warrantless surveillance program based on which lawmakers supported legal immunity for telecom companies that cooperated with the legally dubious program.
The Post quotes White House Press Secretary Dana Perino as saying that the leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee "showed a willingness" to write immunity into their legislation. "Because they were willing to do that, we were willing to show them some of the documents that they asked to see," Perino said. And, indeed, the bill that came out of Senate Intel would dismiss pending lawsuits against the companies that provided information to the government without a warrant.
To make a questionable situation all the more distasteful, the New York Times reported yesterday that Senate Intelligence Chair John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.) received tens of thousands of dollars in political contributions from telecom executives. Did Rockefeller become one of the strongest supporters of immunity because of White House pressure? Or did he take that position to appease his contributors? Either way, it doesn't look good.
Naturally, the White House's open-door policy toward Intelligence Committee members generated cries of foul from Senate Judiciary Committee members, who figure that they, too, ought to be able to review details of the government's domestic spy program before having to write legislation that would legalize or ban it.
An immunity-for-intelligence quid pro quo is "unacceptable," said Judiciary Committee Chair Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and ranking Republican Arlen Specter (R-Pa.). Meanwhile, Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.), who is a member of both committees, told The Post that briefings he received from his Intelligence Committee aide, who had reviewed the documents extensively, suggested that the surveillance program is illegal. "It['s] an executive power grab that is not justified by the statute or by the Constitution," Feingold said.
Lawmakers must ensure that their new surveillance bill has better judicial and congressional oversight than the previous version. They should also consider whether there is a compelling reason to protect the assets of big corporations at the expense of individual privacy. This story, though, is rapidly becoming a symbol for all that is wrong with the legal war on terror.
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Immunity for the telecoms is the last straw for me. I have no faith in the American system, absolutely none. America is morally bankrupt.
Posted by: Jukeboy | October 24, 2007 12:49 PM
Someone at the WH must have noticed that it's cheaper to buy the Congress than the jury.
Posted by: | October 24, 2007 01:14 PM
Morally bankrupt, indeed. Hundreds of thousands of Americans call, email and sign petitions to Congress in a public outcry against this adminstration's abandonment of of ethical and moral principals. Yet there is little moral outrage expressed by our elected legislators. "Good Germans" stand by as the Constitution of the United is shredded daily and universal principals of morality are ignored or twisted by our government. The shame!
Posted by: c. O'brien | October 24, 2007 01:53 PM
Apparently, Americans (stupid, ignorant Americans, who seem to now be the majority) can't tell the difference between "Reality TV" and reality. How else to explain the complete lack of outrage at the systematic deconstruction of our Constitution, the unwarranted sacrifice of our young troops, the multi-billion dollar warmongering by Bush's corporate allies and the spineless, cowardly lack of response from the democrats?
As one of our Founding Fathers said, "The greatest enemy of a democracy, is an ignorant electorate." Perhaps he should have added "a fearful, cowering and ignorant electorate".
Posted by: Wally D. | October 24, 2007 02:46 PM
Oh, come on, Andrew, how dare you and the Post suggest that the Administration would conduct itself on matters of substance by looking to political considerations.
Hope you all caught Thornburgh's testimony today. Yes, Dick Thornburgh, just another partisan who doesn't know what he's talking about. A DOJ spokesman apparently is touting the Department's fair and balanced public corruption docket by pointing to the prosecution of . . . Duke Cunningham?
Uh, let's see, which U.S. Attorney prosecuted Cunningham and was investigating his well-connected friends? I wonder what happened to that U.S. Attorney. Oh, I guess the incredibly qualified Kyle Sampson, using the royal (White House) "we," had a "real problem" with her.
What a joke.
Posted by: ExAUSA | October 24, 2007 02:48 PM
The administration let the committee members see the legislation based on who they figured would agree with the legislation.
Just when I thought my outrage fatigue was fading.
Posted by: CRix | October 24, 2007 03:00 PM
I thought I lived in the United States, which honored the Constitution. However, the Republicans are in lock step with the White House and the Democrats in Congress do not have a spine, except of course Chris Dodd. Why are we considering a vote for the top tier candidates? The lobbyists have bought them. Why not try to get a President, who is in the bottom tier that does not owe anyone anything. One who speaks out against the corruption of this Administration? We are asking you, the legislators to not sign an immunity bill for the telecommunication industry. This is a violation of the fourth amendment. If you don't respect the American people at least respect the Constitution.
Posted by: Vicki Lawson | October 24, 2007 04:10 PM
Good comments section. Keep your powder dry and weapons clean. Shortly we might have to use them as the foundling fathers
intended their use according to the 2nd amendment of the constitution. Bush should be arrested to stand trial for trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Posted by: Jason Abdon | October 24, 2007 04:58 PM
ex-AUSA, do you think the promise of Mukasey reviving a professional JD is enough to suggest that he be affirmed, despite his apparent reverence for the unitary executive theory?
Posted by: mark_in_austin | October 24, 2007 05:33 PM
President Bush and his administration have done an exellent job keeping the American people safe from terrorist attacks. If the American voters are dumb and elect a Democrat for president in '08 though, that won't be the case. With the liberal Democrats lack-a-daisyal and what-me-worry style of governing giving the terrorists a free hand to do us harm, tying our Intelligence Services hands so they can't prevent future attacks against us, and preventing their capture with a lot of legalese BS, it will be the American people who will get killed and who will have to pay the piper.
Posted by: madhatter | October 25, 2007 02:37 AM
Peace of mind is germane to everyone's well-being, however, information in the wrong hands imperil our personal well-being.
Too often privacy framed in a context subjugated to concealment and secrecy renders the privacy issue moot; it completely ignores the actual merits of the case. Argued on the assumption privacy is equivalent to hiding something by-passes the substance necessary to validate people's real concerns. Privacy has nothing to do with hiding "bad" behaviour. In contrast the proper and improper use of personal information, who, what and whether legal or illegal, consequences arising from abuse are germane to the conversation.
Assessment is critical at this juncture. To the public's detriment the conversation ignores the elephant in the room: the consequential effects on individual lives as a result of operating outside oversight. We do not know how our information is used or who has access. No matter what precautionary measures are taken absent oversight virtually marginalizes a person's ability to control their personal information. In the event something did happen it would be too late, the damage was done. Conjecture as such raises questions about identity theft; what assurances preventative measures are in place so that our private information is inaccessible to simple curious or unsavory intentioned hackers?
Granting telecom companies immunity deprive individuals the right to redress any abuse or misuse of his/her information. In blatant disregard for constituents, representatives in Washington jumping on board to immunize the telecoms have abandoned their obligation to uphold the Constitution and protect the people -- the same people who elected them into office.
Shielding telecoms leaving the public unprotected contravenes our Constitutionally protected rights afforded every American. The government simply has no interest in protecting its citizens.
Granting immunity to companies illustrate just how low the bar measuring corporate and government accountability has fallen simultaneously raised the bar measuring a willingness to marginalize the will of the people.
In an environment absent oversight a free-for-all mentality continues today. However the gross abuse of power gave way to several instances alleging government retaliation against political enemies and others who failed to adhere to the demands of the WH. For instance the administration is accused of exacting revenge on Qwest, a telecom company, and its CEO Nacchio for not complying to NSA demands to turn over all customer records is one example.
As early as February 2001 -- 7 months "prior" to 911 -- Nacchio discovered the NSA was engaged in a project gathering surveillance data on millions of Americans. Later (although the WH denies it) Nacchio fell victim to political retaliation. Acting on the advice of legal counsel Nacchio had refused to relinquish company records to the NSA. Doing otherwise would be committing a felony. Presumably punished for adhering to the law not only got Qwest cut out of pending billion dollar contracts, the administration brought criminal charges against Nacchio alleging insider trading.
Other concerns regarding privacy and accurate information is the outsourcing of intelligence to profit motivated businesses and employees gathering what was once relegated strictly to trained and seasoned agents to interpret sensitive information! Third parties selling intelligence to the government are inclined to exaggerate or even falsify information to make it appear more threatening than it really is.
Thus unrestrained and unaccountable without mechanisms of oversight or accountability what prevents or even quells the urge to go beyond the limits of the law. Politically motivated government officials' whose evidence (at best) tenuous and subject to interpretation, brought charges (usually over-blown) against (mostly) innocent individuals are testament to the consequences when overzealous individuals run a muck of the justice system proven by the majority of cases dismissed. The gross perversion of power is a travesty of justice.
The aforementioned reasons alone (and others not mentioned) emphasize the need to change the context of the debate to focus on security issues coordinated in a wild west environment also validate our concerns related to eroding: rights, safety, privacy in addition to a host of other questions that have not been, but must be addressed in this debate.
Never in my wildest dreams, did it remotely occur to me that the US government could so quickly subvert democracy that is transforming the land of the free into Big Brother Orwellian 1984. Steps already taken closely resemble those taken by other leaders to close down open societies.
Constantly challenged in unfamiliar ways fundamental rights and freedoms woven neatly into the fabric of society are unraveling. The crumbling democratic institutions reflected by our nation's crumbling infrastructure are both attributable to our collective negligence. We took for granted everything would remain as it always has for over
two-hundred years. Apparently it is clear that the men and women in power do not appreciate that fact.
Denial that a revision in the power structure is transforming our system of government is no longer an option. Dangerously close to completion America will be forever changed into something, without hesitation, Americans would reject. But the media loathe to focus on subjects considered too controversial for the administration (putting the breaks on usurping powers no American president ought to have) will probably not bring this subject to the forefront, but it should before it is too late.
Herein an unsuspecting citizenry, too busy to notice, standing on the brink of momentous change -- change not conducive for sustaining an open and free society, will wake up and ask what happened and when.
While privacy issues are but a small part of the overall picture they are just another step that moves us further from the fundamental protections and rights guaranteed in our Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Hopefully arguing the merits, rather than assumptions, will reap a more balanced approach to legitimate concerns as voiced by the people. After all peace of mind is germane to the health and well being of a nation on the brink of a possible crisis.
Posted by: serena1313 | October 25, 2007 07:05 AM
It is amazing to me that we see protesters in the streets of Venezuala -- Chavez is proposing that civil rights be suspended in the case of a declaration of a state of emergency.
Why have we not seen hundreds of thousands of Americans in the streets protesting the already accomplished supensions of civil rights in the USA?
It seems that we do not even see a sense of outrage amongst the leading presidential candidates. Not one has stated that they will reverse these power grabs by Bush. They look like they are licking their chops at the thought of all that power they will be wielding.
One thing is sure, if the government has a power, they will use it.
Posted by: RickyD | October 25, 2007 10:57 AM
There's been ONE CANDIDATE for President that has stood up and said THIS IS WRONG. Chris Dodd. For demonstrating true leadership, instead of the "which way the wind blows attitude of the "Top Tier" Dodd has secured my financial support and my vote.
Let's work together to make sure the idea doesn't make it out of the Senate Judiciary Committee -- where it will be considered shortly.
If we can get it stripped there, it will have to be offered as an amendment to the overall bill where it will be a lot easier to get 41 votes against retroactive immunity than 41 to sustain Dodd's filibuster if necessary.
Take a moment and call up members of the committee, (follow the link below for names and phone numbers)
Tell the Judiciary Committee to grow a spine. Tell Harry Reid that we don't need to WIN all the fights, but we should at least show up for them!
Damn, I'm angry!
Posted by: | October 25, 2007 12:40 PM
There are a few good men in Washington that are working for 'We The People'. We know that Rockefeller 1V D-W.Va received BIG BUCKS in political contributions from AT&T to write amnesty/immunity into legislation, because AT&T and Verizon broke the law by giving information on U.S. Citizens without a warrant. Harry Reid,Majority Leader is looking to push the Bill for a vote in November. Senator Dodd D-Ct. said he would put a 'hold' on the bill and is prepared to go to the floor and fillibuster if his hold is not honored. 'We The People' have to contact our Senators and have them stand behind Senator Dodd, he will need plenty of support. Do not allow the greedy no-gooders to distroy our Constitution and our Country.
Posted by: iroxnow | October 25, 2007 01:26 PM
The telecoms appear to be afraid of lawsuits from outraged subscribers whose Constitutional and probably civil rights have been violated by the telecoms just GIVING the Feds anything they asked for, no questions asked, and possibly doing the legwork on the "databases" to boot.
Let's see if we can parse this correctly:
1. If the telecoms didn't do anything wrong, they don't need a get out jail free card. The will win all the lawsuits, and people (even the "we advertise on TV lawyers) will give up.
2. If the telecoms feel they NEED this legislation, then somewhere in management there must be at least one weasel who will out the fact that they did something illegal.
Any questions?
Posted by: VA_Lady2007 | October 25, 2007 02:51 PM
Even if he telecoms did do nothing wrong (a highly unlikely scenario) and win all the lawsuits, it will be at the cost of considerable millions of dollars to them. That is a lot of what they are concerned about.
I agree that they should NOT be given immunity, but it might be fair for the government to agree to indmenify them for their costs if, in fact, they do win the lawsuits. If it turns out that they were just good citizens doing their duty (I'm trying to keep a straight face here) then the country should pick up the costs they incurred in defending themselves.
Posted by: | October 25, 2007 03:29 PM
People like madhatter are very casual about giving up constitutional rights. But if the world wasn't filled with idiots, it wouldn't be the world. That, my friend, is the rub.
Posted by: Dee | October 25, 2007 04:37 PM
Right on bro (Wally D)! The corporate broadcast media (the big 3 and especially the nitwit greedy scumsucking vacuous juveniles of cable outlets -- which reaches far bigger numbers of viewers than any single print media source)-- has been especially complicit in cheerleading, ignoring and hastening the destruction of our formerly free, former democracy, former republic.
We're rapidly becoming nothing but the Police States of America -- a consumer culture of passive vidiots.
We get the government we deserve.
Posted by: Amen to Wally D.! | October 25, 2007 10:11 PM
Mark in Austin --
I at first considered Mukasey presumptively qualified, but I found his testimony deeply troubling. We need an attorney general with guts right now, enough guts to stand up to an often rogue administration. Mukasey faced at least two questions that called on him to show some guts. In the first, he would not acknowledge that waterboarding is torture and is therefore unacceptable. That was bad enough, but then when asked whether he thought the president had to obey federal statutes, he said it depended and suggested that the president's authority to defend the country could trump his obligation to follow the law. I'm sorry, but even the president must obey federal statutes. Why didn't Mukasey have the guts to accept this basic truism? Did someone get to him, like they got to Fredo, Frankie Pantangeli (Monica), and the rest?
So no, if the nominee is afraid to lock himself in to the idea that the president must obey federal law, then he's unfit. He ought not to be swayed so easily by the little toadies that the White House assigned to his hearing preparation. He needed to man up. He failed. I vote no.
Posted by: ExAUSA | October 26, 2007 01:03 AM
Left-wing liberals like Dee can't see the forest for the trees in the debate over ALLEGED wiretaps of American citizens and our Constitutional rights. We are at war. We have been at war for over 25 years with one terrorist attack after the next. The Islamic-Fascist terrorists have hijacked dozens of civilian commercial aircraft like at Lockerbee and blown them up killing hundreds if not thousands of innocent westerners. They have bombed and murdered our Marine peacekeepers in Lebanon, bombed the Saudi Khobar Towers killing our Air Force personel living there, bombed our two US Embassies in Africa murdering hundreds of our fellow citizens, bombed our ship the USS Cole killing our sailors, and the list goes on and on and would make a book. This war didn't START with President Bush taking out Saddam Hussain, it started long ago and is a war against Islamic-Fascist global terrorism. That fact though is lost and conveniently forgotten by the liberal Democrats who'se political agenda is solely to bash-Bush and get their guys elected, because that's what all these 'wiretap', water boarding interogations, and 'Constitutional rights' issues is all about. Nobody noticed 'Constitutional rights' Geneva Convention rules, the human rights of captured terrorists, water boarding, and other now-important to liberal Democrat issues when Bill Clinton was sending captured terrorists to Egypt and Jordan for "interogation". These issues ONLY became important to liberals when a Republican got into office. The bottom line is that the liberal Democrats are putting their political interests of gaining power ahead of the interests of our country. And that's what all this is all about!
Posted by: madhatter | October 26, 2007 12:30 PM
There is also the possibility that the root of the term "mad hatter" is drawn from a time when mercury was used in the process of curing felt used in some hats. It was impossible for hatters to avoid inhaling the mercury fumes given off during the hat making process. Over time, the residual mercury caused neurological damage, as well as confused speech and distorted vision. As the mercury poisoning progressed to dangerously high levels, sufferers could also experience psychotic symptoms, such as hallucinations. (http://www.reference.com/search?q=mad%20hatter)
Sorry, madhatter, but we really don't need to destroy this village to save it. Go get some rest and have someone make sure your affairs are in order.
Posted by: Dee | October 27, 2007 08:37 AM
Poor Dee is the typical liberal. When confronted with facts, she by-passes the gist of the discussion because she can't dispute them and resorts to character assasination of the messenger. Like David Horowitz, who was the target of these sort of smear-campaigns said after his Islamo-Fascist Awareness Week event where he was shouted down and physically threatened, "The left has only one strategy when dealing with it's opponents, and that's to smear them. They learned from Stalin."
Posted by: madhatter | October 27, 2007 01:10 PM
Umm, Mr. Madhatter, your position is without merit. Instead of going back to Stalin, whose techniques have more in common with the present administration than with the liberals you seem to loathe so vehemently, why not go back to the founding fathers who believed in Constitutional guarantees. And yes, there were terrorists then as well. Was not the White House burned by the British in 1812? Yet somehow the country survived, may I say flourished, while preserving the rights of its citizenry. Oh, and please note that the possessive its has no apostrophe.
Posted by: Diogenes | October 27, 2007 02:35 PM
Instead of just attacking madhatter, I think you need to explain the facts to those who think (?), as he does, that Bush has kept us safe from attack since 2001. This position is based not only on a fear that makes them ready to surrender their civil liberties (Why do I need civil liberties, I ain't done nothing wrong?), but on a complete denial that pulling out of Afghanistan and attacking Iraq did more to generate the threat of terror against us than anything since the earlier Gulf War. Of course, when the next attack comes (such things take years of preparation), it will probably be during a Democratic administration, so Rash Limbo and his ilk will blame the "Liberals". That is, if Americans still have the right to express their opinion by then.
Posted by: hesthe | October 27, 2007 07:27 PM
"There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter." - Napoleon Bonaparte
Posted by: me vexat pede | October 27, 2007 11:07 PM
The problem with the 'liberal' label that's used by you charlatans here; in the Democratic Party--controlled MSM, and on the campuses of academia is that none of you actually are liberal. You're all just a bunch of America, Bush, and US Military-hating Socialists and Communists hiding under the liberal label. Calling yourself liberal doesn't make it so.
Posted by: madhatter | October 28, 2007 10:35 PM
is madhatter a bush shill?
Posted by: greenhat | October 29, 2007 04:44 PM
Okay, let's see if conservatives can identify with these facts: In an effort to combat the terrorists that attacked us on 9/11, we attack Afghanistan which housed the Al-Qaeda terrorists, and the rest of the civilized world rejoiced and joined us in the fight. When we decided that Saddam and not Mushurraf was the bloody dictator that had to die in that region, we committed over 4,000 American soldiers to death in the process and have let a 6'6" Saudi man who can't go two days without his dialysis machine remain free for six years, yet we have deposed and executed Saddam, who did not attack our sovereignty. I know our armed forces are not inept and they can capture one man with such infirmities, so the truth must be, we really are not seeking him.
When this administration was trying to make the case for going to war against Iraq, anyone that gave conflicting information from what they wanted to do was marginalized and censored. Now I can assure you that a US Ambassador with a covert wife that can raid anyone's computer files is the perfect cover while the Ambassador is downstairs being diplomatic, but because the Wilson's didn't agree with the intelligence that WMD were being sought by Iraq, the administration weakened our nation's ability to combat terror and have such a covert operative do its bidding, and revealed a covert operative that had worked for twenty years in the shadows. And this bit of anger management helped our country how, Mr. Mad hatter?
The conversation about giving telecoms immunity is interesting, but what of the information that telecoms were giving the government this information prior to 9/11? If this were common knowledge, would those lessening of civil liberties still be okay for you conservative hawks? I do not agree that giving telecoms immunity is the way to deal with their unlawful behavior. Let the chips fall where they may and in the end, some government lawyer will just say "States Secrets" and the courts will dismiss them anyway.
So one commenter would have us believe the US has been in the rendition business long before 9/11, yet there's no evidence to be attributed to this, just rampant speculation. Mad hatter, you are really mad to think this administration has done such a wonderful job of keeping Americans safe. (LOL) Who was the commander in chief during the largest scale attack on American soil? Oh, that would be this same administration. So you feel they have gotten their act together since 2001, I take it? There is your claim that if we elected a democrat that we would be attacked again, despite acknowledgment that the Republicans and their "intelligence" failed to stop 9/11 from happening.
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