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  1. I have XM and have had it for a few years and I LOVE IT. I really don't know what i would do without it, particularly on long road trips.

    They are merging but i am not sure if it will be for awhile.

  2. Rather than vote, I would love to see those women who have a "tramp stamp"

    i think they are pretty cool and some are quite beautiful and creatively designed

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    Our health care system is the best in the world.

    No. Our top-tier health care is probably the best in the world. But calling it a system should take into account all of the users, not just the ones who have access to it because of either insurance or money.

    Wendy W.



    You make a good point. Its a myth that the US has the best health care system in the world. In fact, out of most industrialized countries, the US is far behind in quality and health outcomes. For those that are willling to pay at some of the specialized hospitals or integrated systems, yes, they will get the most advanced technology and latest treatments. But as far as what is available to the population, it is very tiered.

    The question of health care coverage and whether individuals have a RIGHT to health coverage is truly a philosophical question. Some believe it is a commodity like any other and that the market should prevail and that it is a decision that belongs to the individual. Others believe that everyone has a right to a certain standard of care and coverage. The problem that we have here in the US is that we have both systems.. its the dirty little secret. We have both socialized medicine (45% of the country is under govt. health care) and the rest are either private/employer based coverage. And even those that are not covered, can get care at the ER as hospitals are required to provide care.

    in my view, there is a definite need to do something in our health care system. It is definitely hemoraging badly. For those that want a market system -- well, there is no market right now. For those that want single payer government -- well there is no one government system. Its really going to take the involvement and hard decisions by every group -- and that includes the consumer who right now doesn't want his choices limited but wants everything to be free and wants to eat all the donuts in the world.

    Face it -- health care is a commodity like everything else -- and there is a limited amount of money to spend. So at some point we have to make some hard decisions, before the system blows up.

    just my little opinion.

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    I can't believe i know this but it was Ashlee Simpson. She was lip synching and then realized the music skipped and tried to hide it by doing some stupid dance on stage. Then she ran off. Hilarious:)



    The music didn't skip. They started the wrong track, it threw her off, and while she was trying to figure out what was going on, her voice magically started singing without her mouth moving.:ph34r:


    I stand corrected! ;)

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    Didn't Britney once get busted for lip-syncing on Saturday Night Live a few years back when the CD player started skipping?

    :D



    I can't believe i know this but it was Ashlee Simpson. She was lip synching and then realized the music skipped and tried to hide it by doing some stupid dance on stage. Then she ran off. Hilarious:)

  10. While I am sure that it depends on the individual, it seems that guys don't realize a good thing until its gone and then they do realize it and want the girl back. Or he is in a different place than the girl when they meet and he isn't ready for commitment but once he loses her, he realizes that "hey, maybe i can commit after all because she really is worth it" And then, sometimes she is still there or sometimes she is not.

    Or it just might be that once the pressure is off the guy realizes that he was with an exceptional woman and once he commits then both sides are equal.

  11. nNe of my favorite things to do on sunday morning is to buy the paper and go to brunch with my boyfriend and just sit there pouring through the entire paper. Throughout the entire time we sit there and read certain parts to each other or get into a discussion/debate on the various articles. Plus I love reading the travel section and dreaming about trips i want to take.

    Otherwise, no i don't read the paper every day. Jut bits and pieces of it online. i wish I had the time or energy.

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    Well, the next day i had a dozen HUGE gerber daisies delivered to me in a beautiful vase. I was completely surprised and touched by his thoughtfulness.



    Does that mean he got some??:o:P:D


    hahaha.. thats for ME to know Mister....

    Honestly he did not because of those flowers, but that gesture, among many other thoughtful and kind gestures/actions, did result in me thinking of him a different light. He and I had always just been friends (although I knew he liked me much more) but his constant support through some rough times and consistently being a friend, has resulted in something a bit more.

    So who knows, your "investment" in flowers may help. But don't count on it :P

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    The shoes can also give you pain from being a poor fit for your foot.

    I once developed severe pain from a new pair of shoes that were my size, but just the wrong fit.

    Get new shoes and more importantly get some advice on the correct fit for your foot shape.

    BP
    :)



    i second what you said -- it might just be the shoe that is the wrong fit for your foot. That can make a world of difference. You may need different support than that shoe provides. However, i usually replace me shoes after 6 months -- and I run about 20 -25 miles a week. And then keep them around for kicking around the house shoes.

  14. i was having dinner with a guy friend of mine and somehow the topic of flowers came up ( i honestly cannot remember why). Anyway I mentioned how much i love gerber daisies. He of course had no idea what they were and i told him what they looked like and why i liked them.

    Well, the next day i had a dozen HUGE gerber daisies delivered to me in a beautiful vase. I was completely surprised and touched by his thoughtfulness.

    :)

  16. there are waaay to many great songs to even list. i feel badly for those who grew up in the 90's and had to suffer through Pearl Jam and the other depressing songs.

  17. Information on your son's medical record is "owned" by the individual; the records themselves are "owned" by the provider/doctor. While there are probably states that permit providers to charge administrative fees for transmitting or copying records (not sure what your state law is), lawyers generally discourage the charging of a fee as a dispute on this issue could result in a malpractice case alleging all sorts of unethical activities.
    Nevertheless, it is probably permitted to charge a fee.

    my suggestion would be to talk with the office and see if you could come pick up the records for a nominal fee -- and maybe find out what the law allows in your state. However, from an ethical standpoint, your physician should know that he could be sued for malpractice if you decided to go that route (from a principle standpoint).

    personally I think that its disgusting -- sounds like his office (or nurse/staff) just doesnt' want to deal with the administrative hassle of copying records and/or is lazy.

  19. I agree with you completely. I think the best kind of Valentine's day is staying in and having a nice meal with wine and candles. maybe have some decadent chocolate dessert that you can feed each other NAKED. WHy go out when going out to dinner is what one does almost every weekend?

    i do like Gia's idea of a chocolate festival though. YUMMMMMMMMMMM! Count ME in

  22. Great goal for the year and something I aspire to do too. I agree with you whole heartedly... too often people respond with personal attacks or degrading omments because they don't have/don't want to admit the facts, are feeling defensive because they know they are wrong, or can't take their emotions out of the discussion.

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    I think your comments are quite ugly... As an

    George Bush is an idiot, but he's our idiot. Thank god he's already a lame duck (some mandate eh?). I wouldn't go to war for him, but I would for our country.

    Blues,
    Dave



    Thats what makes this country great --we love our idiots ;)

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    He's not the most "polished" public speaker;)



    Which doesn't equate to being an idiot. Just means what you said.



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    50. "I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here." —at the President's Economic Forum in Waco, Texas, Aug. 13, 2002

    49. "We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease." —Gothenburg, Sweden, June 14, 2001

    48. "You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.'' —Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001

    47. "We both use Colgate toothpaste." —after a reporter asked what he had in common with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Camp David, Md., Feb. 23, 2001

    46. "Tribal sovereignty means that; it's sovereign. I mean, you're a — you've been given sovereignty, and you're viewed as a sovereign entity. And therefore the relationship between the federal government and tribes is one between sovereign entities." —Washington, D.C., Aug. 6, 2004 (Watch video)

    45. "I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves." —Washington, D.C., Sept. 21, 2003

    44. "I'm the commander — see, I don't need to explain — I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being president." —as quoted in Bob Woodward's Bush at War

    43. "I am here to make an announcement that this Thursday, ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport." —Washington, D.C., Oct. 3, 2001

    42. "The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize himself." —Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 29, 2003

    41. "I saw a poll that said the right track/wrong track in Iraq was better than here in America. It's pretty darn strong. I mean, the people see a better future." —Washington, D.C., Sept. 23, 2004

    40. "Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties." —discussing the Iraq war with Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson, as quoted by Robertson

    39. "I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft." —presidential debate, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 8, 2004 (Watch video)

    38. "Haven't we already given money to rich people? Why are we going to do it again?" —to economic advisers discussing a second round of tax cuts, as quoted by former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neil, Washington, D.C., Nov. 26, 2002

    37. "We need an energy bill that encourages consumption." —Trenton, N.J., Sept. 23, 2002

    36. "After standing on the stage, after the debates, I made it very plain, we will not have an all-volunteer army. And yet, this week — we will have an all-volunteer army!" —Daytona Beach, Fla., Oct. 16, 2004 (Watch video)

    35. "Do you have blacks, too?" —to Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso, Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2001

    34. "This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating." —as quoted by the New York Daily News, April 23, 2002

    33. "I got to know Ken Lay when he was head of the — what they call the Governor's Business Council in Texas. He was a supporter of Ann Richards in my run in 1994. And she had named him the head of the Governor's Business Council. And I decided to leave him in place, just for the sake of continuity. And that's when I first got to know Ken and worked with Ken." —attempting to distance himself from his biggest political patron, Enron Chairman Ken Lay, whom he nicknamed "Kenny Boy," Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 2002

    32. "It is white." —after being asked by a child in Britain what the White House was like, July 19, 2001

    31. "I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah." —at a White House menorah lighting ceremony, Washington, D.C., Dec. 10, 2001

    30. "For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it." —Philadelphia, Penn., May 14, 2001

    29. "I don't know why you're talking about Sweden. They're the neutral one. They don't have an army." —during a Dec. 2002 Oval Office meeting with Rep. Tom Lantos, as reported by the New York Times

    28. "You forgot Poland." —to Sen. John Kerry during the first presidential debate, after Kerry failed to mention Poland's contributions to the Iraq war coalition, Miami, Fla., Sept. 30, 2004

    27. "I'm the master of low expectations." —aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003

    26. "I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things." —aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003

    25. "I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe — I believe what I believe is right." —Rome, Italy, July 22, 2001

    24. "We need to counter the shockwave of the evildoer by having individual rate cuts accelerated and by thinking about tax rebates." —Washington, D.C. Oct. 4, 2001

    23. "People say, how can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil? You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's house and say I love you." —Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002

    22. "I wish you'd have given me this written question ahead of time so I could plan for it…I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with answer, but it hadn't yet….I don't want to sound like I have made no mistakes. I'm confident I have. I just haven't — you just put me under the spot here, and maybe I'm not as quick on my feet as I should be in coming up with one." —President George W. Bush, after being asked to name the biggest mistake he had made, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2004

    21. "The really rich people figure out how to dodge taxes anyway." —explaining why high taxes on the rich are a failed strategy, Annandale, Va., Aug. 9, 2004

    20. "My plan reduces the national debt, and fast. So fast, in fact, that economists worry that we're going to run out of debt to retire." —radio address, Feb. 24, 2001

    19. "You know, when I was one time campaigning in Chicago, a reporter said, 'Would you ever have a deficit?' I said, 'I can't imagine it, but there would be one if we had a war, or a national emergency, or a recession.' Never did I dream we'd get the trifecta." —Houston, Texas, June 14, 2002 (There is no evidence Bush ever made any such statement, despite recounting the trifecta line repeatedly in 2002. A search by the Washington Post revealed that the three caveats were brought up before the 2000 campaign — by Al Gore.)

    18. "See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction." —Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 3, 2003

    17. "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." —State of the Union Address, Jan. 28, 2003, making a claim that administration officials knew at the time to be false

    16. "In Iraq, no doubt about it, it's tough. It's hard work. It's incredibly hard." —repeating the phrases "hard work," "working hard," "hard choices," and other "hard"-based verbiage 22 times in his first debate with Sen. John Kerry

    15. "The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him." —Washington, D.C., Sept. 13, 2001

    14. "I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." —Washington, D.C., March 13, 2002

    13. "But all in all, it's been a fabulous year for Laura and me." —summing up his first year in office, three months after the 9/11 attacks, Washington, D.C., Dec. 20, 2001

    12. "I try to go for longer runs, but it's tough around here at the White House on the outdoor track. It's sad that I can't run longer. It's one of the saddest things about the presidency." —interview with "Runners World," Aug. 2002

    11. "Can we win? I don't think you can win it." —after being asked whether the war on terror was winnable, "Today" show interview, Aug. 30, 2004

    10. "I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace." —Washington, D.C. June 18, 2002

    9. "I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn't do my job." —to a group of Amish he met with privately, July 9, 2004

    8. "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." —speaking underneath a "Mission Accomplished" banner aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, May 1, 2003

    7. "We found the weapons of mass destruction. We found biological laboratories … And we'll find more weapons as time goes on. But for those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they're wrong, we found them." —Washington, D.C., May 30, 2003

    6. "Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere!" —President George W. Bush, joking about his administration's failure to find WMDs in Iraq as he narrated a comic slideshow during the Radio & TV Correspondents' Association dinner, Washington, D.C., March 24, 2004

    5. "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." —Washington, D.C., Dec. 19, 2000

    4. "There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." —Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002 (Watch video)

    3. "Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country." —Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004 (Watch video)

    2. "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." —Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004 (Watch video)

    1. "My answer is bring them on." —on Iraqi insurgents attacking U.S. forces, Washington, D.C., July 3, 2003



    Really????



    if someone followed me around all day long, quoting EVERY word I say, I am sure I would say some pretty inane things too -- and for what it's worth, my GPA and SATs are far higher than the President's.