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molarbear

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  1. Meh, you eventually develop a mental filter over time when scrolling through threads I just kind of view it as for some people this may be their only means of outside contact due to numerous reasons More power to them but I just choose not to click on their threads and now I'm going to post the entirety of the The Gettysburg Address because, well, you left the door wide open for this "Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives, that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." Here's FDR's radio address to the public on D-day "My fellow Americans: Last night, when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that troops of the United States and our allies were crossing the Channel in another and greater operation. It has come to pass with success thus far. And so, in this poignant hour, I ask you to join with me in prayer: Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity. Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in their faith. They will need Thy blessings. Their road will be long and hard. For the enemy is strong. He may hurl back our forces. Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again and again; and we know that by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph. They will be sore tried, by night and by day, without rest-until the victory is won. The darkness will be rent by noise and flame. Men's souls will be shaken with the violences of war. For these men are lately drawn from the ways of peace. They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. They fight to let justice arise, and tolerance and good will among all Thy people. They yearn but for the end of battle, for their return to the haven of home. Some will never return. Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants, into Thy kingdom. And for us at home -- fathers, mothers, children, wives, sisters, and brothers of brave men overseas -- whose thoughts and prayers are ever with them--help us, Almighty God, to rededicate ourselves in renewed faith in Thee in this hour of great sacrifice. Many people have urged that I call the Nation into a single day of special prayer. But because the road is long and the desire is great, I ask that our people devote themselves in a continuance of prayer. As we rise to each new day, and again when each day is spent, let words of prayer be on our lips, invoking Thy help to our efforts. Give us strength, too -- strength in our daily tasks, to redouble the contributions we make in the physical and the material support of our armed forces. And let our hearts be stout, to wait out the long travail, to bear sorrows that may come, to impart our courage unto our sons wheresoever they may be. And, O Lord, give us Faith. Give us Faith in Thee; Faith in our sons; Faith in each other; Faith in our united crusade. Let not the keenness of our spirit ever be dulled. Let not the impacts of temporary events, of temporal matters of but fleeting moment let not these deter us in our unconquerable purpose. With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogancies. Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister Nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men. And a peace that will let all of men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil. Thy will be done, Almighty God. Amen."
  2. It's 1 am and the Dodgers and Brewers are going into the 13th inning
  3. The HR people quit around the time they had to start wearing HAZMAT suits into work
  4. Her mind created the Harry Potter novels and she's quite attractive for being 50ish granted she's not Jada Fire or Kate Upton but damn dude..... that's cold
  5. I believe a quick Google search would remedy that
  6. she's the lady that wrote the Harry Potter books
  7. Used to be? This is going to sound really weird but I've always kinda wanted to hook up with J.K. Rowling
  8. Given the flexibility of most people when they attempted the crane they probably kicked them in the nuts instead of the face and won the fight instantly It just took another decade for the patented "LET GO OF MY PURSE, I DON'T KNOW YOU!" move to become main stream
  9. Was the XFL 90's or way early 2000's?
  10. Pro tip: everything I know about Ka-Ra-Te I learned from the Karate Kid movies greatest documentary ever, IMHO.
  11. He didn't have anyone set the blocks on fire so he could super focus on them
  12. Good old dial up internet letting little brothers get revenge on their older brothers by walking into the other room and secretly picking up the phone for years
  13. I love the graceful exit you can tell the Dog still thinks he can pull off that it wasn't in the pool
  14. You forgot to mention the national anthem was changed for a short time to the AOL dial up sound
  15. I'd say Crosby redeemed himself pretty well tonight Defense looked like shit most the game though
  16. I really want a turkey leg now
  17. Just a heads up (especially to headphone people) it's loud
  18. What if you killed Master Splinter?
  19. ^ Who wants a shit ton of weird ass floaties in their drink?
  20. There is a Ron Swanson clip that would fit perfectly here but I can't find it on youtube
  21. Dude you have no idea I'm not making fun of people with hearing problems but those things are like a straight up game genie when it comes to cheat codes She'd get mad and straight up turn her hearing aids off sometimes
  22. Meh if you like her then take a shot at it ASL isn't that difficult to learn and in the meantime since you don't talk much you could always just text each other
  23. *my fantasy football team posts because you can't kill what's already dead unless it's a zombie
  24. Is she 100% deaf or just hearing impaired? One of my really close friend's has a twin brother that was hearing impaired and I dated one of his friends for awhile who had hearing aids. I didn't really have any problems communicating with her, I tend to mumble and had to try to not do that and it helped to look her directly in the face when speaking because she could read lips The only big problem was arguments..... I could never tell if she was mad and giving me the silent treatment or just didn't hear me
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