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Name: Laura
Country: United States
State: Ohio
Birthday: 11/3/1984
Gender: Female
Interests: Sleeping, eating, playing cards, foseball, soccer, running, cooking, and reading. Oh yes, I can not forget the arguing about freedom of religion (Patty) and the state of kentucky (Candice). I also have a deep love for horses, eventhough I haven't gone riding in four years and general love for all animals. Ask anyone, I'm a sucker for cute animals.
Expertise: What am I'm doing? Don't I wish I knew. But, really I love politics, history, and english, which will probably yield a law degree in the future, or maybe not I'll see what happens. Hmm...maybe i'll go to France...or Cuba.
Occupation: Student
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AIM:  trulyred05
Member Since:
2/2/2004
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| My mom forwarded this to me and I really enjoyed it... People do indeed forget rather often that when they are spouting out a variety of things about the evils of the government that without that government they would be unable to speak so freely. Well they could, but they wouldn't be speaking for very long...So regardless of what dumb thing that the government may be doing in the present there is a larger picture to view..
One of my sons serves in the military. He is still stateside, here in California. He called me yesterday to let me know how warm and welcoming people
were to him, and his troops, everywhere he goes, telling me how people shake their hands, and thank them for being willing to serve, and fight, for not only our own freedoms but so that others may have them also.
But he also told me about an incident in the grocery store he stopped at
yesterday, on his way home from the base. He said that ahead of several people in front of him stood a woman dressed in a burkha.
He said when she got to the cashier she loudly remarked about the
U.S. flag lapel pin the cashier wore on her smock. The cashier reached up and touched the pin, and said proudly," Yes, I always wear it and probably always will."
The woman in the burkha then asked the cashier when she was going to stop bombing her countrymen, explaining that she was Iraqi.
A gentleman standing behind my son stepped forward, putting his arm around my son's shoulders, and nodding towards my son, said in a calm and gentle voice to the Iraqi woman: "Lady, hundreds of thousands of men and women like this young man have fought and died so that YOU could stand here, in MY country and accuse a check-out cashier of bombing YOUR countrymen. It is my belief that had you been this outspoken in YOUR own country, we wouldn't need to be there today. But, hey, if you have now learned how to speak out so loudly and clearly, I'll gladly buy you a ticket and pay your way back to Iraq so you can straighten out the mess in YOUR country that you are obviously here in MY country to avoid."
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| Update on puppy: Her name is now Ellie. Lizzy was a result of the guy that we brought her from named the 5 females after several queens of England. She was Elizabeth II, so we went with Lizzy, since we didn't have any more ideas. But last night Mark came up with Ellie and we liked that better. So yeah, she is now Ellie...
Also, on the note of Heidi, we had to have her put to sleep this past summer. She had been having several problems, but she started having seisures. She had some type of developed neurological problem, maybe a tumor on her spine.
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| So, here is my new puppy. Her name is Lizzy. She is a 9 week old minature schnauzer and I love her very much... My parents got her this past friday night, which happened to be the day that I decided to go home. Yeah!!
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| Car update: now instead of waiting until after I get back from Ecuador
to get my car, I am going to get it when I get back from Spring Break..
and I still get my parents car for the next three weeks....
yeah...
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| I just wanted to inform you all that I am now the proud driver of an 06' silver civic. I am so excited. I will get it when I get back from Ecuador in June. Next Saturday I shall have my parents Corolla to drive til then.. Yeah.. I am so excited..
Laura
http://automobiles.honda.com/models/exterior_gallery.asp?ModelName=Civic+Sedan
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