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Avatars might serve therapeutic purposes, helping those with social phobia become more confident.

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  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 02/29/2008 2:23:46 AM

    IN THIS ENVIORNMENT OF ECONOMIC FEUDALISM WHERE THE MIDDLE CLASS MUST SUFFER IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE pROFITS OF MULTINATIONAL CORpORATIONS, WHO BENEFIT FROM CHEAp LABOR, THE AMERICAN DREAM HAS BEEN LOST.
    MULTINALTIONALS FROM INDIA HAVE BROUGHT THEIR CHEAp WAyS TO AMERICA. WE NOW HAVE AMERIANS GOING TO GET HEART SURGERy IN INDIA BEAUSE IT IS CHEApER. OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLy JOBS HAVE BEEN OUTSOURCED TO INDIA.
    CHINA WAITS UNTIL WE INVENT IT AND THEN THEy STEAL IT. WHy REINVENT THE WHEEL.
    ARABS FINANCIERS OWN OVER TWELVER pER CENT OF OUR ECONOMy AND IN RECENT MONTTHS HAVE "BAILED" OUT OUR BANKS. IN ADDITION, ARAB INTEREST FROM DUBAI AND KUWAIT HAVE FINANCED OUR pOLITICAL LEADERS ENDEVOURS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE pOLITICAL SpECTRUM.. IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE.

    We have been fooled by our own government and there is no way any Republican is going to win this election. THE Middle class has had it with all this Bin LADEN terrorist crap. WE are now scared of our own government more than we are of the terrorist because the decisions this government is making on our behalf is not in our best interests and it is killing us. The government is now dominating our civil liberties. They are giving the states millions for Real ID Cards. This is just the start of government intrusion. Combine this with the misuse of the Patriot Act and the future Plans of insurance comPanies and corporations to have full access to our personal records and we have a real crisis.
    Credit Card companies have already started selling and sharing our personal information with the private sector. We really have to wake up and protect our constitution it is all we have to defend ourselves against interests that become too rich and powerful in this country. The government keeps expanding and is being predominantly controlled by special interest and lobbyist. The middle class is being weakened and our civil liberties are being threatened. Real ID Cards will not make "us safer" infacat terrorists can obtain fake ones and move about freely. The American people did not vote on Real ID Cards, we need a vote. Our constitution would have to be ammended in order for Real ID's to become legal. I do not know what has happened in Washington but it is getting out of hand. They know what they are doing is unconstitutional so they are trying to bribe the states by offering them money. I hope every state agrees with me and Prevents the federal govenment from imPosing THIS unconstitutional law. If the states allow the government to do this then they would have set a bad Precedent that could lead to further government violations.
    WHy IS THERE A NEED TO WIRE TAp EVERy CITIZEN. ARE yOU KIDDING ME. yOU NEED A WARRANT. THIS IS MADNESS. GOVERNMENT IS USING TERRORISM AS AN EXCUSE TO INTRUDE ON OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES. THIS IS INSANE.

    McCain will continue to implementt these misguided REpublian policies. McCain's ONE HUNDRED year agenda is not in AMERICA"s BEST INTEREST.

  • Posted By: Erica Asahan @ 02/26/2008 9:35:08 PM

    Erica Asahan wrote:

    Looks like this is not being moderated if something like the post below slips through?

  • Posted By: famulla @ 02/19/2008 7:02:09 PM

    People who get into debt really do have only themselves to blame...I see no relevance here at all. Let me elaborate. I have one computer in my college. There is a demand; there are more students in the IT era who want to learn the PC fast. I need extra machines. I go to bank, show my credits, receipts, cash flow, in-laws, outlaws, and the price of new machines and try my best to even give a gift to the bank manager to give me the extra cash overdraft. He obliges and I have three extra machines. Comes another college near mine with twenty machines, albeit cheaper then mine but whet the hell, students do not know the quality. They want to learn few things for the employment. I am now sitting with my two machines not occupied and the bank keeps on charging me monthly interest and demands me to clear the money borrowed or they sell my house, car, dog, etc. This is not my doing. The market, the competition, my prudence still hold but I am the sucker now. I have to pay the loans to the bank no matter how. This put me in a very dodgy condition.
    Banks are not to blame. I am clear. So where do we go from here.
    I thank you
    Firozali A. Mulla MBA PhD
    P.O.Box 6044
    Dar-Es-Salaam
    Tanzania
    East Africa

  • Posted By: phiomalibumalibu @ 02/16/2008 4:17:05 PM

    Proteus effect is beginning to affect all of us. Just like the kids who have heros, now we become our own heros. Personally I can see it getting out of hand. I thought about starting a club in 2nd life, and may still do it, but right now the best fullfillment I get is with my life coach at healthyvibesuk.com She is absolutely changing my values and self-esteem for the better. And I'm enjoying my life outside of the computer more!

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