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Skip to comments.Is understanding Plato's "Republic" the key to understanding the left's need to have power? (vanity)
Posted on 10/24/2009 12:13:59 PM PDT by Benjamin Harrison
I was just teaching Plato's "The Republic" in school and a terrifying thought occurred to me
I think a simpler, and therefore more likely, explanation is that they think we are in the "dictatorship of the proletariat" stage, that is, the transition stage between capitalism and communism.
Now, your typical blue state voter lives in the city. Might have a criminal record. May not own a car. Scared of guns. No savings at all -- maybe no job. But, still, smart enough to vote for the Democrat ever time.
Face it: Democrats are just a superior kind of human. [/s]
Yes. And you are right to loath them for it.
The answer to your question is "YES".
The bad news is these restraints are being dispensed with daily and there is little rising up of the people in a consistent, goal oriented way in which to put a stop to this take over. Thus the forefather's placed restraints seem not to be taught nor matter or be effective anymore.
There will always be the push for complete power take over. But if obstacles are in place to stop it (which is what the United States has had) it is not as concerning. Now however this ram rod ding through and the dispense of our stops is the concerning part.
You are correct about the liberals seeing themselves as philosopher-kings. There is a coalition of academics and media elite such as NYT reporters and editorialists that want to run things through the Democratic party. One example is "climate change". They think that science has proven we must limit carbon emissions, so any opposition to cap-and-trade must be "cynical", to use a word Obama has used recently.
And Nancy and Harry are idiots.
An old medieval saying was that power revealed the true person...they got power, and look what it's showing....
Thank you...I was telling my students that the founding fathers set up a wonderful system where democracy and a republic could succeed because they believed that masses would not be ignorant like Plato argued. A system where everyone could work hard, study, and be the master of their own destiny. Individual merit would replace blind ignorance to "authority". I tell my students if Plato was right then we must believe that everyone can be a philosopher king...I lead it into a lecture on why it is important to not become the "masses", reading about Congress, studying a candidate and issues before you vote, etc
I think the Philosopher-King complex explains much of the liberal mentality. For example, it's gospel for them to think of conservatives as knuckle-draggers. But there's more to it than that. For some liberal leaders, it's all about power. When Rham Emanual mails a dead fish to a pollster or repeatly stabs a knife into a table and yells "Dead" about party defectors, he is not thinking about the peoples' problems. People like him are megalomaniacs not unlike Hitler or Stalin. Fortunately for us, many megalomaniacs overreach and defeat themselves. Think Napolean in Russia. The downside is that the downfall of the megalomaniac is aften accompanied by piles of dead bodies.
but that is my fear...I am fighting against a gov't induced mentality that encourages them not to think for themselves, accept hand-outs, etc. The left is trying to turn them into "the masses"
Well, yes, they do think they are smarter than us and that they know better. Isn't that obvious? The great thing is that we have a third entity between elites and those who are only interested in plodding along, and that is a fiery conservative bunch of wonderfully educated and thoughtful folks + a great military who have joined, 75%, for very good reasons + a great FBI, etc. who have sworn to uphold the Constitution from foreign and domestic enemies + homeschoolers + Talk Radio + a wonderfully Free (internet) Press. Plus a great Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, and Constitution that we, the above, will not let go without a fight.
Plus, we are a Republic and NOT a democracy of the masses, regardless of Hilary's endless tries to get rid of the Electoral College so 'everybody can vote.'
In your dreams, libbies. Molon Labe.
You can probably find something similar in Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies. Plato, though, was a lot bigger than all this. Some say the Republic is actually a defense of philosophy, rather than a blueprint for governance.
Plato also talks about the Warriors, who are designed as a 2nd class to make sure the Kings do not abuse the people. Maybe the constitution and a vigilant citizenship are that warrior class.
I'll have to look at that...thank you
First, the description of liberals and how they behave is accurate. The more interesting question is why do they behave that way? I believe the answer to that question is because they are God players, ceaselessly in rebellion against God because they would be God. If you accept that premise everything laid out in the description fits.
Second, on a more prosaic level, democracies are not very good at making the right decisions. But we are really good at correcting bad decisions before they wreck the country. Totalitarian regimes, like the Soviet Union, are often incapable of changing course to avoid piling up on the rocks. So, after 70 years, the accumulated mistakes of the Soviet Union brought it down. It could not cope with Ronald Reagan's challenge because the entire structure was built on mistake after mistake which could never be cured. That is why the Soviet Union had 70 years of "bad harvests." That is why the Polish people joked, "we pretend to work and they pretend to pay us." The system had to go on pretending.
Democracies on the other hand govern much by looking through the rearview mirror. And we correct course by throwing the rascals who then tack the ship of state in a slightly different direction until that direction nearly runs us onto the shoals, whereupon we throw those rascals out and change course again. So the ship of state in a democracy is never perfectly trimmed but it is generally navigated away from the shoals.
The God Players want the ship of state to be perfect, they want it to be sailed in a perfect way. A way which only they have the skill and experience to accomplish. This explains exactly why Democrats perennially find it necessary to call Republican candidates stupid. If one is so arrogant as to want to play God, it is highly unlikely that he will find the ability to admit and correct mistakes.
"I would rather be governed by the first two thousand people in the Boston telephone directory than by the two thousand people on the faculty of Harvard University."
I will put that quote on my classroom wall.
"Rhetoric and Madness: Robert Pirsig's Inquiry into Values"
R. Pirsig
He argues that a true gov't would be based on rational thinkers who are "smarter" than the masses. (philosopher-kings).
These kings will know what is best for the people and take care of their needs based on rational choices.
I am certain at some level some of them do.
However those that do certainly are not rational.
A philosopher King would be isolated annd immune from the influence of special interest.
Members of congress swim in a sea of special interest. Members of congress are creatures that depend upon and seek out lobbyist opinions (and contributions).
Kings are born to their station; congressmen are elected and serve at the whim of the electorate. Congressmen will bow to the will of the electorate when forced to do so, a King may suffer revolution before bowing to the will of his subjects.
Even Kings did not really rule as Plato theorized. Kings were subject to the intrigues of court. Kings had to be aware of the ebbs and flows of the currents of the nobility. Kings also had to negotiate the intrigues of international political maneuvering.
These socialist no doubt look down upon We the People as ignorant pesants and think that they must rule because they must protect us from ourselves but it only goes to show that they are not nearly so rational as they think.
I agree with everything you said...my fear is that they do not see these truths.
If you are looking for the sources of about half of the progressive movement (Both right and left) you should not look to Plato but to Ralph Waldo Emerson. What became the movement that we see as social justice and equality among men was started by his great enlightenment. Most of the (Politics) that you read on the web or hear on (Some) radio talk shows and cable channels is only a bad characterization of what social and Christian movements became. Some of the criticism is earned (Trust me) but if you want to understand the beginnings of what you are seeing now and want to understand the left a lot better than you do now, find a better source than Plato.
Part of them fit your description, others who do believe in a God are taught from birth to worship a human superior who is "smarter than them"...such as the Catholic religion, which explains why most of Europe has succumbed to socialism over and over.
There is your real explanation for the hate directed by the left in the USA toward Evangelical Protestants. Most really do not understand or appreciate their independence fully.
The problem comes in when you understand that men are just men and that they can be corrupt, even if they do sound eloquent and educated. Massachusetts is just Chicago with a European/British accent.
There is no one human who can be fully trusted to have a persons best interest at heart at all times...IMHO. Why would anyone allow a few people to govern a mass of people with absolute power?...Early training.
I think you're right. The thing I find most interesting is that EVERY liberal thinks they would be a part of the ruling philopher-kings. Little do they know that they are regarded as "the masses" by the leaders of their own group...
PS Hopefully that is your real name, otherwise I could suggest a few better Presidents than Indiana's lone contribution to the office....
Elitist, top-down, coercive Gov't has been the norm for nearly all of human history. It's only a matter of degree.
In fact, the United States and its Constitution, at least in its first 150-200 years can be considered quite an anomoly in the sum of human history.
Yes, the Elites do think that way and yes democracy does fail but not necessarily because the 'masses' are uninformed, but because from time to time the 'masses' are whipped into a mob and their actions are used by those that seek to impose tyranny as a consequence.
Democracy is often jokingly referred to as a poitical process where two foxes and a chicken decide on what is for dinner. It is a system that our Founders knew was flawed and would never stand up to tyranny.
Our founders were schooled in philosophy, antiquities such as Plato, and of course the Bible. Our Founders deliberated many many years on the best new form of government to preserve our freedoms and they produced what many consider to be a devinely inspired 'Constitution' which was considered by the civilized world at the time to be a "grand experiment", the "American Idea". The American form of government was considered an "idea", that other nations observed and some thought would fail.
The United States was not founded as a democracy. Kids today are taught in error that the USA is a democracy. It is a republic, and can be said to be a democratic republic insofar that the House votes democratically but is checked by the republican form known as the Senate (which was weakened by the 17th Amendment but I digress), and the Senate is in turn checked by the Executive Branch. Each form is checked by the Constitution upon review by the Supreme Court and lastly the States and the People can override all other forms.
In short our system of government makes it maddingly tough for a tyrant to seize control of all government. And we often see why when we read Free Republic here, from discussions of 10th Amendment sovereignty, to the constitutionality of federally imposed healthcare.
I am certain that the would-be tyrants that occupy the Obama administration are aware of just how difficult it is to change America from a democratic republic to a socialist 'democracy'. They can't move too fast and they can't move too slow. As the late leftist socialist Ted Kennedy said to wit "We will take anything we can get whenever we can get it". So the leftist elite and the rightist elite (they are all totalitarians forming two political mafia families) will move slowly and will sprint when the opportunity presents itself. They will seek crisis and catastrophe from which to impose further laws and programs to control people, thereby inserting government between people and their freedom.
And to the elite, the notion of freedom for non-elites is frightening, because it means they are subject to those that would rise up from among the 'masses' and challenge their power. Therefore, the elites seek to control the media and its influence on the people's thinking, to control the incomes of people, to control the armaments of people, to control the candidates that feign to be representatives of the people, and now they seek to control the 'health' of people. And we know that 'health' can mean anything that can be construed as having an effect on the socialist ideal of egalitarianism for masses, but not for themselves.
Socialists can easily control a democracy by controlling the lists of those they approve for election. It matters not if a citizen votes for person A or person B as long as the Elite have pre-approved person A and B. If an unapproved person C gets on the ballot in what is considered to be a strategic office, then the Elite's army of government and media will descend on person C (witness Palin) until the socialist democracy has removed the unapproved intruder. Palin was approved as VP of a forordained losing ticket. However, her popularity was surprising and caused the machinery of the Elite to react against her. Time will tell if the Elite can overcome the Palin factor in the years ahead.
It is my hope that the People will continue to be awake and act in such a manner as to reform the government and return it to a form more true of its founding. To this end, the single most important issue that transcends all others is the issue of taxation which in 97 years has become a cancerous monstrosity.
Ans here is the cure:
Teach your students about the history of taxation in America and why the above system would restore the Republic and they need not worry about tyranny as much.
Aristotle believed that what we see is true and we can learn about the real world by investigating it. That philosophy is the source of the scientific and industrial revolutions. Aristotle believed that rational thinking was the source of wisdom.
Plato believed, in addition to his idea that we should be ruled by Philosopher Kings, that our perceptions could not be trusted, that what we see with our eyes and hear with our ears are only imperfect representations of the real world and cannot be trusted as a source of wisdom. Totally contrary to the views of Aristotle.
So if the Liberals of the children of Plato, and they are, then we Freepers, at least some of us, are certainly and proudly the children of Aristotle, the rationale thinkers. The Liberals rely on the "wisdom" of their Philosopher Kings. Freepers rely on science, study, investigation, skepticism and research. That the Aristotelian way.
"...a true gov't would be based on rational thinkers who are "smarter" than the masses. (philosopher-kings). These kings will know what is best for the people and take care of their needs based on rational choices."
That's pretty much how they think.
"...the masses are not educated enough to make an informed vote on any issue."
That's pretty much how those whose thinking is in accord with the first quote above get elected.
"...does the left think that they are Plato's Philosopher-Kings?"
I doubt that they are educated enough and at the same time thoughtful enough to make the connection with Plato.
You left out the part about our service owed to them or what lengths they would consider acceptable means to that end.
Congrats on being able to teach it—I barely had the patience to read it. A grade made me soldier on. Caves and forms and how "those who know" would make the rules as well as take the children and "raise them up right" ... it was like trying to read Faulkner or Joyce: an endless stream-of-consciousness BS.
The Greeks didn't know the earth revolved around the sun or even about soap: athletes cleaned themselves by wiping-on oil then scraping it off with tool called a strygle (sp?), The average American 11th grader todays knows more about how the world actually works than any number of dead Athenians. So I'm not at all sure why anyone would devote serious time and effort to reviewing Plato's `revelations' unless it were a literary exercize, like reading Homer, and I'm not at all sure it has any political relevance at all. Aristotle, certainly; Democritus and the atomization theory; Isocrates and "man is the measure of all"; the playwrights, certainly. But Plato? Fuggedaboutit.
Simon Blackburn in studying Plato's Republic described religions as "fossilized philosophies," or philosophies with the questions left out. Again, however, I'm not all sure that young people today are dazzled by quasi-religious `revelations' two millenium old when given the choice between the pipe dreams of pedants and the replicable, realities of empirical scientific study and the natural world and universe, with all its mystery and wonder.
I can only recall that it must be to them something like being offered a choice between warmed-over kool-aid or a good, cold beer.
"I will put that quote on my classroom wall."
You'll be famous, but fired.
Thank you for your points...I always teach them that we are a Republic. I inform them of the constraints against mob rule that are found in our rule of law...and like I said before, I encourage them to not become "the masses"...to be informed and to not accept authority just because they are told to...I always encourage them to carry the Constitution with them. Maybe I am a dying breed, a social studies teacher who loves this nation so passionately that what is happening is keeping me up at night.
I like that, but I like to think of us the Freepers as children of Aquinas and his addition to Aristotle that God can be found in all we observe.
Therefore you were a slave to your betters in every way, shape and form.....Sounds like the left.
Your mission to your students is vital. You are doing the Lord's work. The baton MUST be passed to our kids and grandkids. Maybe there is hope—I was encouraged by those two young people who taped ACORN and exposed their rottenness. Soon enough, the course of the country will be in THEIR hands when all of us Boomers are gone.
It's been a grand 250-year "experiment." I wrestle daily with the prospect of it being over. By the way, I often think of Ben Franklin's (?) comment: "Gentlemen, you have your republic—if you can keep it."
The Left is all about planning for the rest of us, whether we like it or not. They have a visceral hatred of the idea of individual liberty and individual responsibility.
Keep in mind that in the time of the founders, in most states you needed to be some sort of property owner in order to vote. This didn't exclude as many people as one might think, since land was cheap enough that anybody arriving penniless could have his own land within a few years. It did try to ensure that those too incompetent to make it on their own were excluded from the franchise.
In their hearts, the elites are oligarchs. They wish to ensure that their positions are secure from smart, energetic climbers. Many are the children of inherited wealth, who don't really have the intelligence that enabled their fathers to make it.
"I'm a philosopher king," is what they tell themselves when they are looking in the mirror and blowdrying their hair (if they know what "philosopher king" actually refers to. "I'm so smart and have such a wide perspective. If those stupid, close-minded rubes would only do what I told them . . . " is probably closer to the real thought.
But the real driver is lust for power and babes and greed for money. Human nature does not change. The ancient Jews were closer to the mark than the Greeks.
And a significant aspect of the right, too.
Yes... something like that.
Unfortunately, their "thinking" they are philosopher kings doesn't make them so.
The great and renowned philosopher, Confucius -- or Kong (king) fuzi (teacher)-- was acualy very humble.
"Plato basically argues that democracy cannot work because the masses are not educated enough to make an informed vote on any issue."
Judging by the last election I'd say maybe Plato was on to something!
typo: acualy = actually
Plato Republic is one of the most dangerous books ever written. You are correct in your analysis.
huh? I love the Republic. One of the greatest works ever written.
You can draw a straight line from British Victorian thinkers like Ruskin and Arnold, British and American private schools, and someone like Franklin D. Roosevelt who attended Groton and Harvard. As someone who never really had to work, Roosevelt found the position of guardian of the public interest against the market place flattering and pleasant.
But I don't think we can really make this an all or nothing conflict as Quigley or Skousen did. You need the marketplace to keep people working and to create wealth. But "guardian" or "castle" institutions like national parks, or environmental and financial regulation serve a purpose and shouldn't simply be dismissed either.
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Skip to comments.People in Developing Countries 'Have lower IQs because their bodies are focused on surviving'
Posted on 07/02/2010 11:55:56 PM PDT by wac3rd
People in developing countries have lower IQs because their bodies divert energy from brainpower to fighting disease, researchers claimed today.
In hot nations blighted by deadly infections, the priority is survival and populations have evolved to develop stronger immune systems rather than intelligence, according to the controversial theory.
Some critics warned the study could become an excuse for racism if it was used to suggest that people in the Third World are not as intelligent as those in cooler, richer climes.
Others pointed out that the ancient Persians, Greeks and Romans lived in hot climates and still boasted extraordinary civilisations. U.S. researchers claimed their work could explain why national IQ scores vary around the world and are lower in some warmer countries stricken by diseases such as malaria, tetanus and tuberculosis.
Infection could have as important an impact on intelligence as education, diet and wealth, said researcher Randy Thornhill and a team from the University of New Mexico. Children under five use most of their energy for brain development and this can be restricted if the body has to fight disease, they wrote in the Proceedings of the Royal Society. They compared data from worldwide IQ studies with disease maps drawn up by the World Health Organisation and concluded that the higher the level of infectious disease in a country, the lower the average national IQ.
'The effect of infectious disease on IQ is bigger than any other single factor we looked at,' said Chris Eppig, lead author on the paper. Disease is a major sap on the body's energy, and the brain takes a lot of energy to build. If you don't have enough, you can't do it properly. (snip)
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Sounds like racism to me...
It is a terrible vicious cycle, but the scientists are trying to tie survival vs. intellect, which is an interesting take...the problem is that they use climate as a base, and there are exceptions to a rule they are desperately trying to prove.
...they live in Developing Countries.
I've known some who've left such places. To a man and a woman, they're very intelligent.
This study would tend to support reintroducing the use of DDT.
What decides a high IQ?
Good memory, math skills, logical thinking? I really don't know what the-powers-that-be value in order to make a high IQ.
Developing IQ's result in developing countries.
Except the smart people, as I've encountered, up and leave and come here.
These are the kinds of people we SHOULD want to come here. Even if they eventually go home and try to make things better back there, they're contributing while they're here.
My sister used to be a peace corps volunteer in Africa in the 1970s. The thought at the time was that the children in Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) were as smart and able as any on the planet between birth and age four or so. When they were completely weaned from breastfeeding and had to get by on the local, meager and unsanitary food, they began to fall behind in development, compared to children in other countries.
It's poverty, not heat.
BTW, Singapore is plenty hot, and it has a lot of smart people, but they are well-fed.
I don't think it's racist, although it could be cherry-picked to push a racist agenda.
If you don't get enough nutrition, if you get sickened by bad drinking water, if your parents are uneducated, if you live in a war zone. . .
you are probably not going to grow up to your full potential. Regardless of your race.
Sounds reasonable.... hafta have a stable economic base to pursue education, etc...
Of course, the benefits of western civilization seem to be ignored here. Things like, educational emphasis, stable governments, stable currencies with a capitalist economy come to mind.
There are plenty of developing countries that are becoming developed countries. Singapore, the Chicoms, and several others are making the transition from more humble conditions just 50 years ago. As I recall, the literacy rate in Singapore is higher than the US. There's more to account for the "retardation" than infectious disease.
Egypt is loaded with infectious diseases and parasites, plus it ain't too cool there either. Yet, living conditions are not so bad.
As to the "oiled" middle eastern countries, they are definitely a mixed bag. Were those countries lacking the blessings of oil, they would be driving something more organic than a Mercedes. When the oil runs out, there will no be much to support their "lifestyle". Even the Iraqis educate their women. The rest of the arab/islamic countries....not so much.
How do they know the frequency of infectious disease isn't a result of low IQ, rather than vice versa? A low-IQ society would obviously have more trouble avoiding infectious disease than a high-IQ one.
could education count for it? A few lessons to teach you how to think /look at issues can make a huge difference in any IQ test.
"People in Developing Countries Are Focused On Survival Because of Their Lower IQ's, hence the word "Developing""
You nailed it. Very succinctly.
If the author's hypothesis is correct, African Americans born and raised in chilly Detroit or Chicago's south side would have higher IQs than Africans in Africa. Hmmm.
It may seem far-fetched but versions of the role of diet can be racist or, at least, a way of explaining why some are intellectually inferior. For example, consider the great and influential 19th century German philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach. Feuerbach constructed a broad and complicated materialistic philosophy that said, in part, "You are what you eat." From there he went on to say that some peoples - like the Irish, who had potatoes as a disproportunately large part of their diet - were intellectually inferior as a result of this diet. Time and space force me to oversimplify this but Feuerbach elaborated on this dietary role at great length.
I can't cite a source, but it's been argued from time to time that the dominance of entrenched aristocracies in pre-modern societies was partly due to superior nutrition, which led to superior physical and mental development. The peasantries tended to be underfed and malnourished.
IQ's just the measurement of how well you can adapt to a stress-free Western Culture. Things like logic and mathematics mean nothing to somebody who's trying to hunt for their next meal or grow their next crop and try to avoid crop failure. There needs to be more culturally sensitive IQ tests in order to truly measure "intelligence".
That being said, I wonder why those thugs from the ghetto have such low IQs even though they grew up in this country yet the Africans FOB do so well even though there's such a cultural difference. They face the same racism (Sometimes from many African-Americans) and bigotry as these ghetto rats, but they do so well economically.
Nutrition definitely has a lot to do with it. I remember being in a hospital waiting room several times with a group of pregnant black teenage girls who were part of a project aimed at improving their diet during pregnancy. The nurses asked the girls to provide a list of what they ate every day.
I had no idea that people could even survive on a diet of potato chips and Coke, let alone have babies. These kids had been given all sorts of supplemental welfare payments, free vitamin supplements, etc. They didn't take the vitamins and they didn't use the money to buy food. They said it was too much trouble to cook and nobody cooked in their homes. They all sounded and acted as if they had what are politely called "developmental disabilities" themselves. I was pretty stunned.
Needless to say, things didn't look great for their babies. They had a high rate of premature births, infant mortality and congenital defects. Those were things directly related to nutrition, and the sad thing was that none of these girls seemed to take it seriously or want to change their habits.
I think nutrition has a lot to do with it. The correlation with disease may be that people who are malnourished have less resistance. As for the southern connection, tropical climates are very favorable to insects, so you also have more disease carriers there and more opportunity to spread disease among an already weakened population.
I was taught some 35 years ago the brain worked on a food first,then shelter,then reproduction basis. The plain fact is you have countries like ours and organizations like the U.N. gifting the first 2 which leads to too much of the third.
Its not a hot cold comfortable situation by itself but one of achievement. If you need to perform to have the first 2 then you by that very process become more cunning and more intelligent. Remove the first part of the process and you have an unintelligent reproductive machine.
Rampant disease is a natural result of being unintelligent,not the other way around.
And all the morons on Leno's "Jay Walking" segment would answer his very simple questions correctly.
As a side benefit, we could probably balance the budget with the fines this would generate.
This is very sloppy thinking.
I can blow a hole in this theory with a single name...Nancy Pelosi.
"I've known some who've left such places. To a man and a woman, they're very intelligent. "
The people whom you have met are not necessarily representative of where they came from. Quite obvious that if they left the hell-hole where they were born it follows that they are intelligent. This has made America what it is today.(well used to be anyway)
This article recalls the eugenic thought that was so popular back in the 20's and 30's that brought about Hitler's "final solution" and Margaret Sanger's starting Planned Parenthood to get rid of the "blacks and undesirables". We've been there and it's ugly!
I've heard about that theory too. If we control for epidemics and pandemics, the affluent and powerful were the healthiest. By the way, speaking of epidemics, pandemics, wars, and natural disasters - there was a priest in the Church of England, Thomas Malthus, who was a mathematics scholar at Cambridge prior to his ordination. Over 200 years ago he published a work called "Essay on Population." His contention was that food supplies tended to increase by arithmetic ratio while, on the other hand, population increased by geometric ratio. He concluded that those famines, diseases, etc. were NECESSARY in order to keep population under control. Even though some of his precepts have become dated, the gravamen of his thesis still has some truth to it. But for most, life was, as Hobbes put it, "brutish, cruel, savage and short."
I don't think you need a government mandate; you just need families where people actually feed their own kids and the kids learn how to cook by watching somebody actually do it. There's no shortage of food in this country, no endemic diseases that cause mass deaths, and no excuse for the fact that these girls had never seen anybody do anything but open a bag of Ruffles for breakfast. (The other thing that amazed me was that they always bought the most expensive potato chips.)
This program was an attempt to teach these girls to take some control over this aspect of their lives and at least be responsible for their diet and that of their babies/children, things that they should have learned from their parents...except for the fact that they really didn't have parents in any meaningful sense of the word.
I used to work with developmentally disabled adults, and there was a category for those who had been "culturally deprived" as children. Most of these people were white. They had no organic problems, but functioned like people who did, because they had been so poorly socialized as children. They had never received any intellectual stimulus (mostly, nobody talked to them) and had abominable diets that included drinking beer from cans left around the trailer by their parents the night before. Heck, the beer was probably the most nutritious thing they consumed.
You may think this is a joke, but it's not. The cost of these pregnancies was very high, and you the taxpayer are paying it; the cost of having a population of people who are so low-functioning they are barely employable is also high, not to mention the crime they generate.
I would say that creation of this group (poorly nourished, poorly socialized, low-functioning) dates to the Great Society. Food assistance to the poor had, prior to that, been in the form of the famous "surplus foods," things like corn meal, canned meat, beans, powdered milk, cheese, etc. In other words, all real foods that required cooking.
Then it was decided that this was undignified, and the government not only started to hand out food stamps, but did campaigns throughout lower income neighborhoods to get people on food stamps whether they had previously gotten surplus foods or not. Once the government stepped in and started playing mommy and daddy, families fell apart and the basically good nutrition people got from their home diet disappeared. Coupled with the fact that girls were having children at increasingly young ages, several generations were produced in rapid succession that suffered from the effects of this lack, and I think that much of this population genuinely does have nutritionally linked developmental deficiencies.
That was my point--the smart ones left.
"Its poverty, not heat."
It's the corrupt, cannibal-king tyrants.
To make things fair the UN should introduce a disease program for the developed world, nobody gets vaccinated and every child must get at least one documented infectious disease a year. Seems fair.
Did it not occur to them that perhaps all the intelligent people were simply smart enough to leave?
Ruffles hold the dip better. :)
What decides a high IQ?
Good memory, math skills, logical thinking? I really dont know what the-powers-that-be value in order to make a high IQ.
IQs just the measurement of how well you can adapt to a stress-free Western Culture. Things like logic and mathematics mean nothing to somebody whos trying to hunt for their next meal or grow their next crop and try to avoid crop failure. There needs to be more culturally sensitive IQ tests in order to truly measure intelligence.
it turns out that intelligence is helpful for essentially EVERYTHING, whether tossing spears at game, shooting hoops, designing boats, or deciding where to gather water from the river.
All other things being equal, the smarter person will probably be better at the task.
Of course it's not a perfect predictor of everything, nor possibly to measure with perfect accuracy, but it provides an advantage in just about everything (and any exceptions one might offer would likely prove the rule).
It has more to do with how we measure IQ. We set the standard to make only developed, school educated people score well on the test. The ability to survive in harsh environments without technology isn't something we deem useful, so it has no place in IQ tests.
The ability to survive in harsh environments is correlated with the kind of intelligence that can be measured with conventional tests (which don't necessarily test book learning.)
It is possible to test the intelligence of "savages" and testing is done, and first world schooled people's scores on these tests correlate with with their scores on other intelligence tests.
We only have so much energy. If we use it to find enough food for the day, that doesn't leave much to contemplate the origins of the universe.
>>>>> "I've known some who've left such places. To a man and a woman, they're very intelligent." <<<<<
Perhaps these individuals weren't subjected to the many infectious childhood diseases of their country of origin; perhaps their intelligence is the reason they decided to leave and come to America - OR perhaps their inate high intelligence and consequent success in education made it easy for them to find employment in the USA.
What would be interesting to know is if IQ has truly substantially increased in the West through history -- how about those centuries before modern sanitation when Black Death and many other plagues swept through Europe??? What was the impact upon IQ and what circumstances lead to high IQ in such conditions???
I had no idea that people could even survive on a diet of potato chips and Coke, let alone have babies. These kids had been given all sorts of supplemental welfare payments, free vitamin supplements, etc. They didnt take the vitamins and they didnt use the money to buy food. They said it was too much trouble to cook and nobody cooked in their homes. They all sounded and acted as if they had what are politely called developmental disabilities themselves. I was pretty stunned.<
It's criminal that schools have done away with home economics classes in favor of feminism and political correctness. If teenagers were introduced to cooking and nutrition in a group setting perhaps, just perhaps, they'd learn that nutritious food is not only vital, but it tastes really good.
Hey, your IQ goes down if you just gotta have that Double Big-Mac Bacon Burger with a six pack of Papst Blue Ribbon.....right now!
But aren't most populations in poor developing tropical nations subsisting on traditional diets?
Aren't "traditional" diets supposed to be superior???
And all these tropical populations are OBVIOUSLY super super super healthy, because most of them get LOTS of sun, and therefore their blood Vitamin D levels are super high ---- just open any FR thread about Vitamin D, and you'll learn that lack thereof is responsible for ALL ills, ALL cancers, etc/etc/etc.
It's poverty, not heat." <<<<<
Age 4? Were they given IQ tests and then tested again at, say, age 10?? I thought that IQ was developed VERY young in life? I thought IQ was a constant?
What does this thesis of your sister's say about programs such as Head Start, or about the subsidized school lunch program???
Are there any scientific studies to back up her impressions of the local population during her time in the Peace Corps?
I want to throw everyone a two curveballs.
What is the explanation of the white farmers in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia), South Africa and other African nations that no longer have slave labor or aparteid?
Two: Communist countries which have little food and medicine due to shortages and usurping of resources by the Government still produce science, math and technology advances (see USSR, China, N. Korea).
I mean the myth that we are all equal, and that racism is the reason for differences, and that measuring intelligence is racist because there is no such thing.
Honestly, The Bell Curve is an excellent book worth an enjoyable read.
Traditional diets are not necessarily healthier than a good modern diet, although they will keep people alive unless something (like the local Communist/Islamic dictatorship) interrupts the food supply.
One of the big lacks in a lot of traditional diets is protein, either because it is actually unavailable (shortage of animal protein) or because it is artificially limited (for example, European peasants being forbidden to hunt game because the landlord wanted it all).
I agree. I went to school in NYC, and while I didn't come from a "non-cooking household," I enjoyed our home ec classes in jr high school.
We had little kitchens in the classroom, and we were assigned in groups of 4: 2 boys and 2 girls. We learned to make basic dishes, and even if you already knew how to cook or thought the dishes were horrible, the class was fun, although it was usually the girls who did all the cooking. The boys set the table and occasionally brought the girls things they had made in metal shop.
The school I went to was about 1/3 Northern European white, 1/3 Caribbean Hispanic (who can be any color), and 1/3 African American. We all enjoyed the class.
Our teacher was a black woman who said that it was her mission to teach kids that cooking was more than just a boring duty. I remember we spent a lot of time decorating with paprika.
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While her "Iron Man 2" and "Avengers" character Black Widow may not technically have any superhuman abilities, actress Scarlett Johansson could be about to take home a superpowered payday for "The Avengers 2."
According to the Sun, Johansson will reportedly be paid $20 million to reprise the role of Agent Natasha Romanoff in the sequel to May's superhero ensemble, a record fee for an actress. The haul would top Angelina Jolie's $19 million payday for 2010's "The Tourist" and officially make Johansson the highest-paid actress in Hollywood.
It's definitely a step up from ScarJo's previous Marvel movie fees. When compared to the massive box-office take of "Iron Man 2" ($623 million), the actress' $400,000 paycheque seems paltry. Johansson's take for "The Avengers" was slightly better, with many reports estimating she was paid anywhere between $4 and $6 million. A $20 million paycheque for "The Avengers 2" would be quite the jump, but given how successful the original film was at the box office — an estimated $1.45 billion and counting — the raise would be entirely justified.
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Sadly, the record-setting payday for Johansson will likely still pale in comparison to what Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man) will make for "The Avengers 2." Thanks to the success of the two "Iron Man" movies, Downey was able to get a piece of "The Avengers'" back-end. It's estimated that Downey made $50 million-plus due to the "percentage of gross" clause in his contract. If "The Avengers 2" does better than the first one (which is currently the third-highest-grossing movie of all time), Downey's take for the sequel would likely be even larger.
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Still, Johansson fared better than most of her male co-stars in "The Avengers." Chris Evans (Captain America), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Mark Ruffalo (The Hulk), and Chris Hemsworth (Thor) reportedly earned between $2 and $3 million, while Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury) pulled in about the same as ScarJo. It's reasonable to assume that all these actors will get a raise for the sequel, but Johansson's alleged payday sets a pretty high bar. If all the actors received comparable increases in their pay, the talent budget alone for "The Avengers 2" would likely be in excess of $100 million before a single frame was filmed. Add in the behind-the-scenes costs — like paying writers, producers, and the director — and the superhero sequel becomes an extremely expensive proposition. Still, what's a few hundred million dollars when you stand to make billions? Talk about a return on investment.
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Implied volatility for at-the-money options expiring in February, a measure of expected price swings in futures and a gauge of options price, jumped to 25.02 percent at 3:20 p.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange from 23.62 percent yesterday.
Crude oil for February delivery fell $1.47 to settle at $88.66 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the biggest drop since Dec. 6. Futures sank from a two-month high after House Speaker John Boehner canceled a planned vote to allow higher tax rates on annual income above $1 million.
More than $600 billion per year in U.S. spending cuts and tax increases are set to start in January unless an agreement is reached. House members and senators won't vote on the end-of-year budget issues until after Christmas, giving them less than a week to reach agreement to avert a budget crisis.
The most active options in electronic trading today were February $85 puts on volume of 1,981 contracts. They gained 32 cents to $1.10 a barrel at 3:36 p.m. The second-most active, with 1,743 lots exchanged, were February $78 puts, which rose 10 cents to 27 cents a barrel.
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Walter Energy to Buy Western Coal for C$3.3 Billion
Walter Energy Inc., a southern Appalachia producer of steelmaking coal, agreed to buy Canada's Western Coal Corp. for C$3.3 billion ($3.3 billion) to add reserves and boost production of the commodity as prices rise.
Walter Energy offered C$11.50 a share in cash or 0.114 of a Walter Energy share, the companies said today in a joint statement. The deal, which has unanimous approval from both boards, follows a Nov. 18 announcement that they were in exclusive talks.
Mergers and acquisitions in the coal industry are increasing as demand from steelmakers in China, the biggest producer of the alloy, drives up prices for the raw material. Prices for coking, or steelmaking, coal sold to Asia will rise 8 percent next quarter, according to UBS AG.
"We do love coking coal," said Ian Henderson, who manages about $7 billion at JPMorgan Chase & Co. including Western Coal shares. "We were long-term investors in this particular project, but we thought the company was too lowly valued. We are not expecting anybody else to come in and counter-bid."
Walter previously agreed to pay C$630 million for a 19.8 percent stake in Western Coal from largest shareholder Audley European Opportunities Master Fund Ltd., it said Nov. 18.
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Western Coal soared $1.30, or 13 percent, to C$11.60 in Toronto trading. The stock jumped as much as 51 percent on Nov. 18. Walter Energy rose $4.92, or 4.7 percent, to $110.52 in New York Stock Exchange composite trading.
The offer price is a 26 percent premium to the 20-day average price of Vancouver-based Western Coal through Nov. 17. That's in line with the average premium for coal-industry deals announced this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
"The offer price is a decent premium to where it was trading beforehand," JPMorgan's Henderson said. "For shareholders it's probably the best that they can get."
Rising coal consumption has prompted Rio Tinto Group, the world's third-largest mining company, to team up with Aluminum Corp. of China on coking-coal projects in China. In the U.S., Massey Energy Co., the largest coal producer in central Appalachia, has received bids from companies including Alpha Natural Resources Inc., two people with knowledge of the matter said last month.
"The outlook for coking coal is good," Richard Knights, an analyst at Liberum Capital Ltd., said by telephone from London. "The big picture is all about China's move to become a net importer."
Financing Committed
The total amount of cash paid to Western Coal holders is expected to be about C$2.1 billion, with an estimated 9 million shares to be issued, according to today's statement. Financing for the offer is fully committed, the companies said.
"This is a transformative transaction at a time when global demand for metallurgical coal is surging," Joe Leonard, interim chief executive officer of Tampa, Florida-based Walter Energy, said in the statement. "Western Coal has an attractive high-quality metallurgical coal asset base and has embarked on an organic growth strategy that is expected to increase production more than 60 percent by fiscal 2013."
Shareholder Audley said other parties, including steelmakers, were interested in its Western Coal stake.
"Walter is the best match because there were a lot of synergies, geographically, in terms of customers and management," Julian Treger, managing partner of Audley Capital, said in an interview. "It's likely the other shareholders will follow in accepting Walter's offer in due course. In the absence of another alternative I don't see why they wouldn't approve."
Deal Completion
Walter Energy plans to maintain its listing on the New York Stock Exchange and will apply to sell shares in Toronto. The company expects the deal to be completed by the second quarter of 2011. Morgan Stanley is advising Walter, and RBC Capital Markets is advising Western Coal.
"With its size and financial strength, the combined business will have future growth opportunities that neither one of us would have on our own," Keith Calder, president and CEO of Western Coal, said in the statement.
The combined entity will have total coal reserves of about 385 million tons and be the world's largest publicly traded "pure-play" metallurgical coal producer, according to the statement. The company expects to produce more than 20 million tons a year by 2021.
"Strategically, this kind of fits," said Jim Rollyson, an analyst at Raymond James Financial Inc. in Houston. "I like it. They now have access into Asia that they didn't have before."
Rollyson said barring another global economic setback, prices for metallurgical coal will remain strong and the combined company will be poised to benefit.
Western Coal will hold a shareholder vote to approve the transaction, according to the statement.


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Yields on Brazilian interest-rate futures contracts dropped for a fifth week as inflation below forecasts fueled speculation the central bank will cut benchmark borrowing rates to less than 10 percent.
The yield on the Brazilian interest-rate futures contract due in January 2013 fell 21 basis points this week, or 0.21 percentage point, to 9.29 percent, its fifth straight weekly decline. The yield fell four basis points today at the close of trading in Sao Paulo, after earlier touching a record low of 9.27 percent. The real weakened 0.3 percent to 1.7224 per U.S. dollar today.
Three out of four Brazilian price reports this week showed slower inflation than analysts estimated. The first preview of the IGP-M index said prices fell 0.1 percent in January, after a 0.22 percent rise in the earlier period, the Rio de Janeiro-based Getulio Vargas Foundation said today. Consumer prices in Sao Paulo and nationally both rose less than forecast in the past month, data showed earlier this week.
"The inflation numbers are better," said Flavio Serrano, a senior economist at Banco Espirito Santo Investment Bank in Sao Paulo. "The market forecasts that the Selic can fall to 9 percent to 9.25 percent" this year, he said.
Consumer prices in the full month of January, as measured by the IPCA index, rose 0.56 percent, matching the median estimate of 49 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. The annual inflation rate was 6.22 percent.
Brazil targets annual inflation of 4.5 percent, plus or minus two percentage points.
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Inflation trended downward in January and "has some room to continue doing so in the next months, but in yearly terms it will remain above target, which will not prevent the central bank from taking real interest rates below neutral levels," Enestor Dos Santos, senior Brazil economist for Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA in Madrid, wrote in a note to clients today.
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Elizabeth Loveless (Lovelace)
I'm looking for some connection between Elizabeth and her parents Joseph and Dorothy Rodger Loveless (Lovelace), Wills, birth, death, marriage with parents names, letters of administration. Any ideas?
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He was buried at Arlington Cemetery, you mentioned a memorial but no mention of where he was buried. He was a cousin and I was at the service at Arlington with his parents and my parents.
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I am always interested when someone is researching Parks AND I have a George McClellan Parks in the mix so your McClellan certainly caught my eye! Do you have an ancestry or other tree to view? And, how fortunate you are to have a family and father who participate in genealogy!!!
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"While at play at her home, Bernice, the 4-year-old daughter of Nathan Shockey, living near Papinsville, was killed. The little girl was leaning against a gate which was suddenly opened, causing her to fall backwards on her head. Her neck was broken."
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Do you have information on where Mary Potts - B. 1860 and Ella Potts - B. 1862 - children of Elisabeth Shockey Potts and Wilson Potts, are buried? I am related on the Potts side of the family and have located most of the other children. Also, is Baby Nevilles the daughter of Emma Elizabeth Potts Nevilles, both buried at Riverside Cemetery, Jones County, Iowa? Do you know where Nevilles is buried. Don't have a first name for him. Dora Potts is buried at Mount Auburn Memorial Park, Cook County, Illinois, but can't locate her husband, Albert A. Clarke - B. 1875 - England - Died before 1940 in Iowa. Any help would be appreciated.
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First of all, let me thank you for creating the memorial to my 3rd great grandmother Elizabeth Shockey Wagner. Second of all, thank you so much for the transfer, I am doing the happy genealogy dance.
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She was my 3rd great grandmother. I have traced the Rock family back to Robert Alexander Rock (born 1717 in Balleymoney, Ireland). I have not been able to back any further and would appreciate any information that you would be willing to share.
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James Elmer Easterly was my 1st cousin twice removed. You created a memorial for him, because he is listed on a memorial page of the Clinton County War Memorial. (Memorial # 130779096)
Thank you very much for remembering James. He has a personal memorial on Findagrave (#3525778) that says he died in the Philippines during World War I. I had never questioned that until I saw your posting of the Clinton County War Memorial, that showed James as having died in the Spanish-American War. When I looked up the dates of the two wars, the Spanish-American war was the only war at the time of James' death.
Thank you very much for posting the picture of the Clinton County War Memorial. Otherwise, I may never have known. Below is what his other memorial says.
Birth: Feb., 1822
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Death: Jul. 21, 1901, Philippines
Killed during World War I. He had been in Company "L" of the 38th US Infantry. He had a brother, Oliver Harvy Easterly, who was in the same company.
James' parents were George Washington Bible Easterly of Tennessee and Martha D. Gill of Kentucky.
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I have traced my wife's Shockey Family back to Johann Cristoff Shockey. Her line was through the 2 David's of Franklin County, PA. near Quincy. I recently told my Father-In-Law, Kenneth Shockey, about his family and would like to share with him as much information as possible. He is 85 years old, but in pretty good health. He is interested in visiting the area around Quincy and Waynesboro, PA and learning about where his family lived.
Anything you can share with me would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi! I've been poring over this, and just came to a surprising possible answer: could it be that these girls were not Kerfoots, but rather Shepherds? I ask because I photographed a stone on Saturday at Berryville Baptist Cemetery, and the stone is for "Ellanora and Hattie Kerfoot, infant children of Rev. T.B. and Ella Shepherd."
Seems unlikely that these aren't one in the same--there was only one "T.B. and Ella" in the cemetery, and that was the Shepherds.
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MTV announced Tuesday that ďDjango UnchainedĒ and ďTedĒ each have seven bids at the annual kudo-fest, set to air live on April 14 from the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City, Calif.
ďSilver Linings PlaybookĒ earned six nominations and ďThe Dark Knight RisesĒ collected five. Other top nominees include ďThe Avengers,Ē ďSkyfall,Ē ďPitch PerfectĒ and ďThe Perks of Being a Wallflower.Ē
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Great chapters, you two! Havoc, that was a very brave death!
YD, I couldn't keep count of the number of movie references you had in there
Let's see...Spiderman, The Matrix Reloaded trailer... what else?
Actually, the only references are Spiderman (trailer, haven't seen the whole movie yet), Matix reloaded trailer (all the spoken text of the trailer is in that chapter
), Lord of the Rings (ofcourse ... from the trailer, but YES I have seen the whole movie) and Like Havoc said, the whole David and Goliath story ... I just couldn't resist
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The phone rang and Gilbert rushed over as if his butt was on fire. He picked up the phone and jumped on the sofa, almost sending Ludwig flying as he was sitting on the other end. He just rolled his eyes and went back to reading as Gilbert answered the phone in his usual obnoxious and arrogant manor
"Ja, this is the Awesome Me speaking, how may I direct your call?" He said, smiling and admiring the wedding ring on his finger
"We have your wife" a certain American said
He froze and almost dropped the phone in shock. He went pale, paler than usual if that were possible. Then, once what America said had sunken in, his blood began to boil ... almost literally. Saying he was furious was an understatement. He loved his beloved wife [Name] more than anything else. She was the one that he decided he wanted to spend the rest of his days with
"You'd better not have hurt her, or-"
His heart skipped a beat
"Gil ... help me!"
"[Name]! Are you alright? Are you hurt?" He asked
"No, I'm not hurt. I-OH!"
"What's wrong?" He asked, sitting up straight
"I-it's nothing I-AH!"
"G-Gil ... I think the baby's coming"
He froze and his heart lept
"Cross your legs, I'll be right there!" He said
The phone went dead and he threw it on the floor angrily, breaking it
"What the hell?!" Ludwig shouted
"They've got [Name]! And she's gone into labour!" Gilbert growled
Ludwig's eyes widened
"Scheiße ..." He breathed
"We have to get to her, or those savages could kill my baby!" Gilbert said, angry and worried
[Name] screamed in agony
"What do we do?!" America cried
"It's too late to get her to hospital. She's going to have the baby here" England said, sighing
"Gilbert, hurry!" She wailed
"Who's going to deliver the child?" England asked
"I'll do it, aru" China said
"N-no! Don't touch me!" [Name] squeaked
"We have to do something, ma chere" France said
"Da, or the baby will die" Russia said
[Name] squealed when she heard this and began to cry heavily
"Everyone leave the room. I'll deal with this ... and call an ambulance, aru" China said
The others obeyed and [Name] whimpered
"Gil ..." She breathed
Just then, the sound of the front door breaking down filled the building
"[Name]! Where are you?"
"Gil!" She breathed
She screamed as the baby began to make it's way out. The door burst open. An angry looking albino was standing there
"G-Gilbert! Th-the baby ..." She breathed
He suddenly became calm and hurried to her side
"The baby ... it's ..."
"Ok, she needs to start pushing. Hold her hand, aru" China said
[Name] looked at her baby proudly as she was helped into the ambulance. Gilbert looked at the Allies with a look of pure anger
"Why did you take her?" He asked
"It was his idea, aru" China said, pointing at America
America looked down
"I thought she was just fat" He said
Gilbert hit him
"You touch her again, and I will make sure you wish you had never been born" He growled, getting into the ambulance with [Name]
She smiled
"Are you ok?" He asked
"I'm alright ..." She mumbled, holding the baby close
"Sehr Gut" He sighed
"I'm so glad you came" She said, smiling
"I'm glad I made it in time" He said
He took her hand and sighed
"I will never let anyone take you again ... you have my word" He said
"It's ok, it's not your fault" She said
"I was unawesome today. Can you forgive me?" He asked
She nodded, smiling and they looked at their newborn daughter with pride
"Looks just like her daddy" She said, smiling
"Impossible! No one could be as handsome as I!" He declared
Unfortunately, this outburst made the baby cry and [Name] laughed
"Not so loud" She whispered
"Sorry ... but it's true" He grumbled
"Maybe, but next time ... don't wake the baby" She said
"I won't make any promises" He said, pouting
GOOD JOB AMERICA *loud slow clap* JUST PERFECT
Aw. I laughed so hard at America
"I thought she was just fat."!?!-- Man, Alfred must be a complete and totally idiot to mistake a pregnant woman for a fat woman --and, no doubt, the rest of the Allies think so too!
Ireland gives all the fucks
She ain't one to be messed with xD
So many flip offs!
'America looked down
"I thought she was just fat" He said'
*swings baseball bat to Alfred's head*
"I thought she was just fat" He said'
*swings baseball bat to Alfred's head*
OMFG!!! ALFRED THAT WAS A VERY RUDE COMMENT YOU *insert a really "colorful" word here*!!! *hits said American*
AWWWWWWW, THIS is TOTALLY AUWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!XD IT"S TOTALLY OBVIOUS A CERTAIN AMERICAN DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION IN HEALTH CLASS, YOU LEARN THAT STUFF IN SEX ED. FOR GAWDS SAKE!!!!!!!!!XD AND THATS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DUDE!!!!!!XD I LOVED THIS, AUWSOME JOB DUDE !!!!!!!XD LOVE ALFIE THO but PRUSSIA IS 1000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 BETTER!!!!!XD
Actually it's middle school for my city
The overuse of mojis
tankyou but seriously call the number you need help ;-;
LOOK DUDE, I appreciate the fact you are worried about my sanity(sarcasm implied) but I reassure you that am 100% sane, thank you EVER so much for caring though!!!XD I am genuinely a very happy person and that is why I use ALOT of EMOJIS!!!!!XD I am truly sorry that this bothers you, but I will NEVER change how I am, if you don't like the fact that I use the emojis to much, simply don't read any of my comments that MAY OR MAY NOT have the over use of emojis in them,simple as that. THE MESSAGE WAS NOT AIMED AT YOU SO WHY READ IT OR EVEN REPLY TO IT?!?!? OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO MIND THEIR OWN FREAKIN' BUSINESS AND MIND THEIR FREAKIN' MANNERS!!!!(EXTREME SARCASM IMPLIED)
Holy shit this comment is just painfully funny to read, I was simply stating that you use quite a lot of emojis and it was quite hard to read.
AWWW! And really America....how did you not know.
Why Alfred took the reader??
Cuz' he thought she was just fat LMAO
she means the real reason-
sure she was 'fat', which is why he thought it was okay to take her.
But why would he want to take her in the first place?
sure she was 'fat', which is why he thought it was okay to take her.
But why would he want to take her in the first place?
Wow America...... On the brightside China knows how to deliver kids!
Oh, and America you are a dick.
China:Glad I'm not the only one who realizes this...
*no one notices canada*
Oh, and America you are a dick.
China:Glad I'm not the only one who realizes this...
*no one notices canada*
Well China is the only one that actually helped me. *looks at other allies* Thanks for nothing, fucktard's
But that one line...
"We have your wife" a certain American said
. . .
. . .
That was all he could say... that bitch
But that one line...
"We have your wife" a certain American said
. . .
. . .
That was all he could say... that bitch
Really America?! Fat?! How bout i i teach u a lesson bout mood swings!
Great story btw!
Great story btw!
America...you thought I was fat? -mutters- talk about the pot calling the kettle black...
America is an idiot
I'm glad Gil was there when I gave birth
I'm glad Gil was there when I gave birth
You come near me or my family ever again America and I will fucking kill you. I will personally beat the shit out of you and beat you with a shovel. I will shove you ina closet of angry chipmanzees. Then I will hang you up side down, and beat you with a bat. And for calling me fat I will shove over one 1000 pounds of meat down your fucking throat. You will wish that you've never messed with me you fucking idiot of an American!!!!!!!!!!!!
D'aww. <//3
What Nationality is the baby?
LOL, Nice going China. Leaving America out to dry.
america when I get out of the hospital I will make you sure you weren't born..*death glare*and china thank you aru XD
really Alfred? that's your excuse now? You thought she fat. great job!
England great job for raising him
Great story! ^^ (keep it up )
England great job for raising him
Great story! ^^ (keep it up )
Me: when I get out of this hospital I am hanging you from the ceiling fan and stapling your balls to your head, Alfred
Everyone: *winces from the mental image*
Everyone: *winces from the mental image*


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Parkland Mall lawsuit still in place
Muskego - Muskego's motion to dismiss the Parkland Mall lawsuit - which alleges the city, its Community Development Authority and some former officials mishandled development of the commercial property - was denied by Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Lee Dreyfus Jr. last week.
Parkland Venture LLC, which owns the now mostly vacant property occupying about 10 acres on Janesville Road at Lannon Drive, is suing the city for $46 million. Art Dyer is the most visible member of Parkland Venture.
While Dreyfus dismissed some of the claims in the lawsuit last month, the most serious ones remain. They include whether the city and the CDA virtually took the land, said Remzy Bitar, attorney for the city.
Also to be determined are whether the individual defendants have immunity and whether the statute of limitations has run out, Bitar said.
The city now has until Oct. 12 to file a motion for a summary judgment, he said. If that is dismissed, a pretrial hearing will be held Dec. 17. No trial date has been set.
Website to donate to memorial now set up
New Berlin - The website to accept donations for signs needed to designate the New Berlin West High School football field as the Frank Granger Memorial Field has now been set up.
Granger was the school's first football coach and he took his teams to many statewide and conference victories. The New Berlin School Board recently approved dedicating the field to the beloved coach.
The website with information about Granger and more information about the fundraiser is at frankgranger.com.
Local authors win national award for 1st novel
New Berlin - The Sixth Annual National Indie Excellence Book Awards declared "The Legend of L'Esprit" by Pandre' Shandley of New Berlin and Doris Greenberg of Greendale the Best Young Adult Fiction in 2012.
The former dance teachers turned novelists plan more novels in their Dance Legacy Series.
This national competition is judged by independent experts from all aspects of the indie book industry, including publishers, writers, editors, book cover designers and professional copywriters. Indie stands for independent book publishers that include small presses, mid-size independent publishers, university presses, e-book publishers, and self-published authors.
"The Legend of L'Esprit" is a story of romance and time travel and has a universal theme of love and forgiveness. It can be found at many local dance studios, shops and bookstores and is available through the authors' website at DancersatHeart.com or with online retailers Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Shandley holds a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where she also trained and performed as a dancer. She's married with two children, both graduates of New Berlin Eisenhower High School. After leaving a career in marketing and finance, Shandley followed her dream and joined a local dance studio and for 20 years taught ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical dance and hip hop.
Area youth chosen for Badger Boys State
New Berlin - Jake Schreiner of New Berlin, a junior at Catholic Memorial High School, was honored to attend the 2012 session of Badger Boys State at Ripon College this month.
He was one of 866 junior boys from Wisconsin who had the opportunity to take mock state, county and city government positions at the leadership camp.
Jake was appointed a state trooper, where he had the responsibility of maintaining law and order. He had the opportunity to escort Gov. Scott Walker when he arrived by helicopter to attend the inaugural session.
Jake, who was sponsored by Roger Bjerke of the American Legion Post 8 in Waukesha, received the Ron Boylan Memorial Scholarship for his desire to pursue a career in law enforcement.
Rotary Club sponsors midnight volleyball
New Berlin - The New Berlin Police Department has announced that the Rotary Club of New Berlin will be the major sponsor of the department's Midnight Volleyball Program for the second year in a row.
Last week, Capt. Mike Glider and Officer Dan Hanlon accepted a check for $1,000 from club President Dianne Moore. The donation helps pay for the T-shirts awarded to the winning team each week and for food served at several of the Monday nights of volleyball.
Midnight Volleyball is open to all high school age students who live in New Berlin. It started this week and runs every Monday night through Aug. 20. It starts at 7 p.m. at the Malone Park volleyball courts. It is a police-supervised, drug and alcohol free activity.
BuySeasons wins diverse workforce award
New Berlin - The Wisconsin Seasonal Workforce Coalition, a service of Interfaith Older Adult Programs, gave BuySeasons, owner of BuyCostumes.com and BirthdayExpress.com, its Commitment to a Diverse Workforce Award for the results-oriented approach it has taken to attract and employ people various ages, backgrounds and cultures.
The coalition, made up of 40-plus member companies and organizations, coordinates more than 2,000 seasonal employment opportunities across the calendar year. BuySeasons is one of the coalition's founding members.
Woman's Club elects leaders
Muskego - The Muskego Woman's Club has elected its leaders for 2012-14.
Dena Squaires, will be president, succeeding Loretta Jorn who will become a director.
Also elected were Nancy Dickman, treasurer; Kim York, corresponding secretary; Kate Olszewski, second vice president; and Carol Casey, recording secretary.
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