Obama visited 57 states... No typo here, 57!

[ZenMaster]

you do know that his dads name is Barrack Hussain Obama Sr. and his name is Barrack Hussain Obama Jr..............you are a very ignorant person................I didn't know religion was passed down through DNA

Thank you for validating my point.

Why did he change his name to fit his radical biological father's name if he is indeed not a muslim?

 

[Seamaiden]

you do know that his dads name is Barrack Hussain Obama Sr. and his name is Barrack Hussain Obama Jr..............you are a very ignorant person................I didn't know religion was passed down through DNA

It actually depends on who you are and what religion we're talking about. Judaism dictates that matrilineal lines be adhered to, in other words Jewish mother begets Jewish children. The Zoroastrians will not ever accept converts, you must be born Zoroastrian in order to belong to the "church". They are very big on marrying within your religion in order to keep that bloodline.

 

[Hydrotech364]

Not in federal elections. The trade off is they do not pay federal taxes. We're currently in Guam (a territory) and there is no campaigning here. Additionally, my wife (Seamaiden) has family in Puerto Rico (another territory) and they never have been able to vote.

Hows the cost of living in guam now dave????fuel utilities,good to know.
never can tell when guam may look good.peace bro!!!

 

[Hydrotech364]

Well said, Vi.

And to answer Med's earlier assumption about me-

No, I am not rich, by any stretch of the imagination.

Maybe not rich but definitely informed and educated.Some fuckin awesome rebuttles!keep it up ZEN

 

[Seamaiden]

Hows the cost of living in guam now dave????fuel utilities,good to know.
never can tell when guam may look good.peace bro!!!

The local government can't even pay for their street lights and the local utility is turning many of them off. In general island living is EXTREMELY expensive, even more so on an island with little to no agriculture (there are trees FULL of breadfruit and coconuts, so this is hard for me, personally, to grasp). Even on an island with agriculture and farming, such as Puerto Rico, it's just very expensive to live. Part of the reason for that are archaic shipping laws dating from the Spanish-American war and what ships the U.S. allows to make port in these territories (Puerto Rico and Guam were both taken by the U.S. at the end of the Spanish-American war).

Better to find a piece of arable land on solid U.S. soil and work that, I say.

 

[Hydrotech364]

The local government can't even pay for their street lights and the local utility is turning many of them off. In general island living is EXTREMELY expensive, even more so on an island with little to no agriculture (there are trees FULL of breadfruit and coconuts, so this is hard for me, personally, to grasp). Even on an island with agriculture and farming, such as Puerto Rico, it's just very expensive to live. Part of the reason for that are archaic shipping laws dating from the Spanish-American war and what ships the U.S. allows to make port in these territories (Puerto Rico and Guam were both taken by the U.S. at the end of the Spanish-American war).

Better to find a piece of arable land on solid U.S. soil and work that, I say.

i have a buddy who bailed out to costa rica.he said his rent is 180 a month lights are 10 dollars and internet is 20.hes loving life,growing sweet bud.he also said it stays 72 deg f all year long.....

 

[medicineman]

i have a buddy who bailed out to costa rica.he said his rent is 180 a month lights are 10 dollars and internet is 20.hes loving life,growing sweet bud.he also said it stays 72 deg f all year long.....

I wonder what the penalty for growing "Sweet Bud" is if caught in Costa Rica? Some places it's life, or death.

 

[Seamaiden]

Mm hm.

i have a buddy who bailed out to costa rica.he said his rent is 180 a month lights are 10 dollars and internet is 20.hes loving life,growing sweet bud.he also said it stays 72 deg f all year long.....

A lot of people are hitting Costa Rica, but there are two things different there -- First, unstable government (with some rather draconian laws, especially those for women), Second, it's not an island.

I think it gets a little warmer than 72F all year-round, I have a feeling it gets at least as warm as Puerto Rico. Also, because of the huge influx of U.S. ex-pats, prices are rising, rapidly. I don't know if the influx of money has relieved some of the abject poverty that exists, I do hope so and would think so, to some degree.

In any event, if I were going to take my chances with a non-U.S. government, I think I'd rather a country with an English or Dutch-based governing style. Believe me, this is something I've thought about a LOT, especially given that I'm a woman who grows and smokes.

 

[ViRedd]

Seamaiden ...

Interesting comments. Would you elaborate a little on how the laws are more severe for women? Thanks ...

Vi

 

[Seamaiden]

Crap! My mistake, I confused Nicaraguan laws with Costa Rican. What I can find directly (using an immediate Google search while trying to pack for our return home) is all in Spanish and I haven't got my diccionarios with me.
Here's a story that had caught my attention, though, of a young Nicaraguan girl who was raped and impregnated in Costa Rica.
Revista Envío - The Names of the Rose

 

[medicineman]

Crap! My mistake, I confused Nicaraguan laws with Costa Rican. What I can find directly (using an immediate Google search while trying to pack for our return home) is all in Spanish and I haven't got my diccionarios with me.
Here's a story that had caught my attention, though, of a young Nicaraguan girl who was raped and impregnated in Costa Rica.
Revista Envío - The Names of the Rose

I'm pretty sure this happens all over the world, No links, just my theory. BTW, anyone have a problem with this abortion???

 

[ViRedd]

I'm pretty sure this happens all over the world, No links, just my theory. BTW, anyone have a problem with this abortion???[/quote]

Not this ONE, no. However, the thought of 46,000,000 abortions since Roe vs Wade, most of which were for the sake of convenience, is pretty appalling, isn't it?

Vi

 

[medicineman]

I'm pretty sure this happens all over the world, No links, just my theory. BTW, anyone have a problem with this abortion???[/quote]

Not this ONE, no. However, the thought of 46,000,000 abortions since Roe vs Wade, most of which were for the sake of convenience, is pretty appalling, isn't it?

Vi

Then this sanctity of life thing is negotiable, eh?

 

[ViRedd]

Then this sanctity of life thing is negotiable, eh?

Not by me it isn't. You asked if I/we had a problem with this abortion and I said, no ... not this ONE. Now you want to extend that out to the debasement of all human life? Sanctity of life is not negotiable at all. In fact, the debasement of life that our liberal policies on abortion has caused is leading us into areas where we really don't want to go as a human race.

Vi

 

[medicineman]

Not by me it isn't. You asked if I/we had a problem with this abortion and I said not this ONE. Now you want to extend that out to the debasement of all human life? Sanctity of life is not negotiable at all. In fact, the debasment of life that our liberal policies on abortion has caused is leading us into areas where we really don't want to go as a human race.

Vi

Well, OK, just asking, no need for a tirade.

 

[Dankdude]

 

[arabmobster]

he was jus tired and hungry

 

[Dankdude]

I know, I just thought the pic was funny

 

[Parker]

Voting records, and knowledge of government are a few of the reasons I vote for my candidate. We should be discussing the issues. I do not care if the candidate makes a gaff during a speech or if he gets $400 haircuts.

ok off soapbox

 

[Hydrotech364]

Ed gein????????????? Skin em and eat em!!!!!!