AmyMcClair

I am tired. I am going to bed.

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Because I see stupid people, and they scare me. Why?

Plea bargains are definitely legal, and in many cases they are the best way to go. There are some people who are coerced into pleading guilty when they are not, but the majority who plead out did something wrong. They may not be sent to prison for the exact crime they committed, but at least they are there for something. At the same time, plea bargains allow the court system to flow. If we had to try every person who committed a crime and plead not guilty, no one would ever be convicted. The system is too overrun for that to be allowed.

I am back. I am congratulating Daz on baby bliss. I am thanking Trae and sending him and the tech team a big hug for fixing my mess.

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I am a complete moron. I am one week late starting my two new classes for this term. I am apparently unable to read a calendar correctly. I am hoping I can make it all up, without too much difficulty.

Yeah, the Christmas holiday rips off a lot of other religions. As for exploiting the holiday too much, a friend of mine was accused of stalking Santa Claus and Rudolph with her unhealthy obsessions with that particular holiday. I don't know, I am more of a Holloween person.

In England, there are two main parties (Labour and Conservative), and several smaller parties. While the two main parties are primarily in charge of the government, it is possible (and currently applicable) that a small party member is elected to the House of Commons. Granted, English government is really, really different from American government, but for a multi-party system it works. Well it works as well as any democratic government on the face of this planet does anyway. Trae, your idea about having each person a party unto him/herself is also sort of represented here. There are currently 3 Members of Parliament here that have no political party. However, in order for the two party system to be abolished, we would have to completely start our government over again. BTW Yhitzak, when you say "term limits" do you mean the time spent between elections or the total time in office? Just curious.

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I am about ready to make dinner so that I won't be late for class tonight.

I used to work in retail when I was still in highschool, and those who worked with me couldn't count their toes. It was quite disturbing. I saw things like a manager giving someone 3 dimes and 5 pennies instead of a quarter and a nickle because the math was apparently easier that way. Most of the fun I had working there was had during the last 20 minutes that the store was open, when I would make comments like, "the voice in the sky should tell everyone to get their stuff to the registers and get out." I was not made for retail or customer service of any kind. Oh well!

What I'm saying is that its the job that makes politicians such irritating people. I haven't had the chance to vote yet because no matter how much I try, I just can't seem to get an absentee ballot over here. That doesn't mean I won't stop trying, but it is getting a bit annoying. BTW Big Sam, that image of picking corn out of poop will haunt me.

I can't say for certain what the intentions of all politicians are. What I can say is that some of them probably start out with good intentions, but we all know where that leads. I am currently taking government in college, and I have determined that while they claim to be for or against certain issues, they will change everything come election time just to keep the job. It is kind of disheartening. I think the best way to deal with it all is to laugh when you can. Otherwise you'll just be crying all the time. So if politician jokes make you laugh, then have fun with it. I certainly won't hold it against you.

Jees, I'm slow. Happy Belated Birthday! Hope it was great.

I have had everything from the mechanical "have a nice day," to "so is it someone's birthday?" when buying a cake that says happy birthday. The ones I love the most are the ones that cannot count your change back to you. If they punch in 20.00 and then you give them a penny, they look at you like you have three heads. It is especially fun when there is a power outage/the registers don't work, because then the managers have to come to the front of the store with a calculator to figure out what change you should get.

I can't stop laughing. Those are just great! I especially liked where the links would have taken me.

I agree with you on the violence thing. Nothing will be solved if the violence continues. I also agree that sometimes the solution is worse than the problem, but I also believe that this can work given time and resources so long as the Iraqi people want it to. I know that Iraqis are not Americans and that their ways of life are fundamentally different from ours, but so were the Russians. We helps depose the dictator there. Things were rough for a while, but they got better. If we give it enough time and energy, Iraq can be the same. As for your statement about Saddam being a nasty person. That is the understatement of the century. Saddam was a modern day Hitler. He performed genicide. Hitler kept Germany going too. Should we have kept our noses out of Germany? When WWII ended, Germany was worse off than it had been before the war. Should we have left Hitler to his mechanations?

I have to disagree with the last statement there. Ever since the Iraqi military has started patrolling the streets with American and Coalition forces, the Iraqi people in general have been more supportive of our efforts. I think ultimately, we should let the military decide with the Iraqi government what is best for Iraq. Take the politics out of it. There are plenty of politicians who very recently voted to cut funding for the war and in the same breath stated that our troops didn't have the supplies they need to win this war. If we give them the money to get the supplies they need, they will have what they need to do their jobs. Otherwise, you have a walking contradiction.

Here's one in honor of St. Patrick's Day! A man stumbles up to the only other patron in a bar and asks if he could buy him a drink. "Why of course," comes the reply. The first man then asks: "Where are you from?" "I'm from Ireland," replies the second man. The first man responds: "You don't say, I'm from Ireland too! Let's have another round to Ireland." "Of Course," replies the second man. Curious, the first man then asks: "Where in Ireland are you from?" "Dublin," comes the reply. "I can't believe it," says the first man. "I'm from Dublin too! Let's have another drink to Dublin." "Of course," replies the second man. Curiosity again strikes and the first man asks: "What school did you go to?" "Saint Mary's," replies the second man. "I graduated in '62." "This is unbelievable!" the first man says. "I went to Saint Mary's and I graduated in '62, too!" About that time in comes one of the regulars and sits down at the bar. "What's been going on?" he asks the bartender. "Nothing much," replies the bartender. "The O'Malley twins are drunk again."

Aww, you're taking the easy way out. That's cheating. No really, I think this is a sad commentary on society in general. No one is responsible for their own actions any longer. It's still funny that he's trying it though.

Not for me, it's not! I have to wait until the 25th before I can change my clocks. Last year we were some of the first to change. This year we seem to be playing catch-up to everyone else.

Elf Defense This is just too funny. I can't believe someone is actually trying this. This is very much akin to the "twinky" and the "video games/TV made me do it" defenses.

Well now, I guess there is a reason to be thankful for England after all. At least this year y'all go first. It has been us first since I got here in 2004. We have a few more weeks yet before we lose the hour. PS - to those in the states who don't like DST, Move to New Mexico. They don't do DST. They just change time zones so their time remains the same.