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Name: Nate
Country: United States
State: Indiana
Metro: Indianapolis
Birthday: 5/13/1981
Gender: Male
Interests: God, Family, Friends, Apologetics, Philosophy, Worldviews, Critical Thinking, Cultures, Traveling, All things Mac, Volleyball, Basketball Swing Dancing, Late night trips on the town with good friends,
Expertise: Auctioneering, Culinary Arts, Graphic Arts, SCUBA Diving
Occupation: Photographer
Industry: Art
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AIM:  checknatester
Member Since:
7/1/2005
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| The government cannot give anyone except what it has first taken from someone
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| 1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept in an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse (solar)
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa (I was right off the Coast)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Gave flowers for no reason
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone (More than 4)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chicken pox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (Dan Quayle)
92. Joined a book club (Bookit baby! Free pizza)
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a lawsuit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
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| A recent article in wired magazine describes some of President Oboma's plans to reach out and touch the American people using technology. I love the idea. I don't watch the news nor do I listen to it on the Radio. I might see a presidential news release once in a while if I'm lucky. I usually get my news online or I'll watch the release later on youtube or a news site. Wired magazine goes on to describe the desire for Americans to provide feedback on this new format. I'm afraid however that the majority of people that would take advantage of this new format will be young people. A bad thing if this is the only format that Oboma uses to communicate and provide feedback. A great idea if he uses it to reach out to the younger generation which in votes has been historically silent. It's not that they don't care, it's that no one speaks their langauge. Well now someone does and now it's time to listen. If you don't like what you hear then get your Grandma online. | | |
| CNN released a story which reveals Obama's struggle to keep his promises before he's even sworn in as President.
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| My take on the presidential debate. 3 main things.
1. Obama's statement on abortion as a morality issue
2. Partial Birth Abortion and the health of the mother
3. Education
Obama's statement on abortion as a morality issue
Abortion is only a morality issue if you value life from conception. If you don't value life from conception then it's clearly not a morality issue. If you admit it's a morality issue and pro-abortion you're either a liar or insane. I thought it odd that Obama would say something like that. Which brings me to my next point.
Partial Birth Abortion and the health of the mother
Obama said that he would only support partial birth abortion if the health of the mother was on the line. Do people really not know what partial birth abortion mean? Do they not know what it does? Does Obama not really know what it does? The health of the mother has nothing to do with a partial birth abortion. You practically have to hold the baby in the mother to perform the abortion. The best thing for the health of the mother at that point is to let the last half of the baby out.
Education
The very structure of education is flawed. Based on a 9-5-factory shift. We're no longer in the industrial boom. We're in the technology generation. Why sit in a class while someone lectures you spending a ton of money that will take you years to pay off when you could be on the job learning. Of course you learn better by doing. So why do we put off the best way of learning in the "name" of education? We spend a lot of money on education to get jobs that are often in fields unrelated to the degree or are able to pay off in the jobs they get. I'm all for putting in time for learning. Education is essential; I disagree with how we do it.
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