http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:47:12 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:47:12 I have had the pleasure of meeting California Peggy a couple of times at SoCal DU meetups.

We need to have another SoCal DU gathering.

California Peggy is a very gracious woman. California Peggy, :yourock: ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/447 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:38:15 I might say what I think about a particular topic or matter, and if what I say influences someone else to do some thinking, great. If not, no problem.

Incidentally that is one of the nice things about not being a Christian, particularly not being a fundamentalist Christian like Zebedeo. A funda... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/445 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:22:29 I myself have always had a liking for body hair on women, particularly unshaven or hairy legs. I have always had a wish that women, in non-trivial numbers, would let their body hair grow out, and feel OK about doing so.

I certainly do not think it is weird to like body hair on women, any more th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/446 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:52:48 Thanks very much, Strong Atheist, for taking over the work of newyawker99.

I now finally have 1000 posts after having posted here since May 2002. Thanks for the acknowledgment.

I understand about your life being stressful and hectic. I myself am now taking a couple of classes at my local com... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/444 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:11:09 Congratulations and best wishes to both you and your bride.
:toast:

I heard once that two printer color inkjet cartridges got married. A short time later the bride said excitedly to her groom, "Darling, I think I'm pigment."
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/443 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:55:27 And I still have the book (more for historical interest than for any other reason).

At the time I first read the book [i]Born Again[/i] I was serious about Christianity, and had “accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior”, in the hopes that doing so might make some kind of difference in my life. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/442 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:12:56 Happy 85th birthday.

Happy birthday to probably the most truly good person to hold the office of President of the United States, certainly in recent times.

A Christian in the best sense of the word.

A Choice Between Two Futures in 1980. America has been much the worse for the choice made t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/441 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:39:27 I knew Robert Zoellick. I did much of my growing up in Naperville, Illinois, and lived there most of the 1960's. Robert Zoellick lived just half a block from where I lived. I knew Robert Zoellick, his older brother, and his mother. I was 3 years ahead of Robert in school, and his older brother w... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/439 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:54:31 I particularly like a woman who is otherwise attractive, and who has some serious body hair (i.e. more than just a little), and who lets her body hair grow out, and who likes and is not ashamed of her natural state and her natural hair. I find such a woman to be very sexy. I particularly like hair... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/440 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:23:10 I joined DU in April 2002, and made my first post on May 1, 2002. Here is a recent post in which I linked to my very first DU post (as requested by the OP to which my post was a response), and also to a pun thread in early 2003 in which I had posted a number of puns (I like puns).

http://www.dem... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/438 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:37:47 :hi: ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/437 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:46:12 I had a friend who voted for Bush in 2004, felt that what we were doing in Iraq was the right thing for us to do, and said that he was not bothered that we did not find any of the weapons of mass destruction because, as he pointed out, intelligence is not an exact science.

This was a friend whom ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/436 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:45:13 And yes I am happy with my height.

It is a gruesome story how I came to be tall; I was once a little boy, and then I grew some.

Actually in high school I was very unathletic and very poor at sports, especially team sports. So I always hated it very much when somebody would ask me if I played ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/435 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:19:59 I was in summer school at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois at the time of the first moonwalk. This was between my freshman and sophomore years at college, and I was taking a couple of classes, and living in the dorm (my parents were living in Michigan at the time).

I made the commen... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/434 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:48:12 I was working at my very first full time job, which was as a Civil Service GS-5 (entry level) job as a Mathematician at Edwards Air Force Base in California, and living in the town of Lancaster. I had been working there for almost a year on that date (my one year anniversary was July 19).

I woul... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/433 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:03:55 My dad would often say this to me when I was a young man if I were angry or upset with him or with something he said or did.

As if "being independent" were that simple and easy, and as if I wasn't going through any major struggles. Or as if, because he was helping me out, that he could do no wro... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/432 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:18:14 This is true whether justifying imperialism or slavery, as indicated in the Chomsky quote in your post, or whether justifying abuse or mistreatment of children.

The Swiss writer and psychotherapist [link:http://www.alice-miller.com/|Alice] [link:http://www.naturalchild.org/alice_miller/|Miller] h... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/431 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:37:01 One of the circumstances is that for various reasons, including some problems that I had when I was young, but also due to some choices I have made as an adult, I have so far not had any serious relationship with a woman. This is admittedly one of the biggest disappointments of my life. (I am a 58... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/430 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:08:34 http://www.democraticunderground.com/cgi-bin/duforum/duboard.cgi

Right now when I click on the links to any of the forums I get a script error.

Here is a link to a pun thread on the old board from 2003, shortly before the new board was implemented, in which I posted a few puns.

http://www.d... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/428 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:20:05 The Swiss writer and psychotherapist Alice Miller, in her now online book [link:http://www.nospank.net/fyog.htm|For Your Own Good], has [link:http://www.nospank.net/fyog11.htm#drugs|a chapter about Christiane F.] (along with a chapter about Hitler and a chapter about a child molester and murderer).
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/429 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:43:56 My personal feeling has been that if there is anything at all to our sense of justice and fairness, and value and meaning of life, then there just [i]has to[/i] be something after this present life. And I find very depressing the thought that after I, or anyone else, dies, that is it, there is nothi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/427 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:32:35 I indicated in a [link:http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5692371&mesg_id=5710315|response to one of your earlier threads] about the Swiss writer and psychotherapist [link:http://www.alice-miller.com/|Alice] [link:http://www.naturalchild.com/alic... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/426 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:19:51 I don't know whether to be more upset about the ruling today or the fact that it was passed in the first place back in November.

I am angry about the religious people who feel, based on their religious beliefs, that it is their damned business to decide that a certain group of people are to be de... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/424 Tue, 26 May 2009 19:36:23 I am sorry to hear about your marital troubles and your divorce, k4d. I am glad that your faith is of help to you. Hugs to you. :hug: :hug:

I myself used to be a Christian; I no longer am because I came to the realization that being a Christian, and supposedly having a personal relationship wit... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/423 Tue, 26 May 2009 03:37:46 First, I want to let you know, Time for change, that I always look forward to and enjoy your thoughtful posts with your thoughtful analyses. I have linked to your journal on my journal blogroll.

I have come to like and appreciate Bob Altmeyer’s book about authoritarians and the phenomenon of aut... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MikeH/422 Sat, 23 May 2009 21:18:58