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To: TobagoJack who wrote (96156)	11/1/2012 8:16:41 AM
From: Robin Plunder	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 219426

drugs are very commonly used among teens, alot of very strange behavior makes sense when you are really high...and the thought process can become very short term, with strong lack of concern for the impact of ones behavior on others...school work is mostly neglected, these folks dont know anything about history or ethics or even think about their long term future..trying to get them out of this mindset can be very difficult... I wonder if Corzine his this excuse... rp actually, I was not so far away from this when I was a teen (altho I thought I was bad at the time I now realize I was a total amateur in relation to others I have known since..)...what got me out of it? I read Atlas Shrugged when I was 16...:)

To: TobagoJack who wrote (96156)	11/1/2012 9:11:39 AM
From: Amelia Carhartt	Respond to of 219426

Mien Gott! Glad I'll either be dead or too old to care by the time that generation takes over.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (96156)	11/1/2012 11:20:23 AM
From: Maurice Winn	2 Recommendations Respond to of 219426

She is just copying President Obama and that whole ideology so is not even aware of her absurdity. They think money is something that just sort of floats around out there. It even looked as though it was just an actor it was so absurd, but maybe it's real. People do steal stuff. Starbucks can't be too happy that she was holding a Starbucks container and sucking from it. "Starbucks, your reward for stealing money from Girl Guides selling cookies". Starbucks should presume they received stolen money [inadvertently] and make a donation to Girl Guides to return the money. Mqurice

To: TobagoJack who wrote (96156)	11/5/2012 12:28:14 PM
From: JJJK	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 219426

My first trip to China was in 2001. My first stop was 3 weeks in Beijing. Whether at home or while traveling, I have a long standing habit of liking to walk at night after 10PM or so. It is the best way that I know of getting a good night's sleep. I also get some of my best thinking done then. When I go to a new city, I usually walk but before I do, I always try to ask a few locals about local "crime issues". Regardless of the answer, I still walk, but the answers do affect my choice of foot wear! Accordingly, at my hotel in Beijing, I asked the assistant manager if it was safe to walk in the evening. I will always remember the answer. In excellent English, he answered: " Well the only problem that I've ever heard of a foreigner having in this area was about two years ago. It happened just before (Chinese) New Year which is a time when many workers need cash in order to buy presents for their families. As it happened, a Westerner was walking through the crossing tunnel under the ring road at about 1 AM and someone approached him and stole his wallet. The police caught the thief latter in the morning and he died while being arrested. Everyone around here knows this story and I haven't heard of any problems since then. No, I don't think you'll have any problems." .....and then he smiled. Whether this story was factual or an urban legend, I was reassured and opted for sandals. I also felt that in the story I had received several lessons in Chinese culture, jurisprudence, and social theory__ all of which had an inferential bearing on economics, gold and the eventual trajectory of the dollar. Culture springs to life from values and thoughts. The quality of those values and thoughts is what informs action and it is the sum of the daily actions of millions that at the end of the day determines the fate of the nation....its economy, its culture, and its currency. JJJK