Mommy and Daddy sure as hell take care of halliburton and carlysle. Do they? And who works for these companies? These are productive jobs for individuals to support themselves and their families and pursue their own dreams with. Making it on our own could mean getting politically active to force th...

Mommy and Daddy Government can't take care of you. You need to take care of yourself. Government and the laws that allow it and limit it is there so that we all get to try. We succeed or fail by our own merits and effort. Any minimal safety net agreed upon by the citizenry should only be a hand up f...

I think the quote is:

Great spirits will always encounter violent opposition from mediocre minds

Albert Einstein

I understand that much of the oil the U.S. gets and will get (ANWR) is sold to Asia.

2Green wrote: Having been told countless times that I'm doing a technique wrong, I now only practice general stuff and Kata mnemonics at home. Way too often I believed I had the right idea, went home and practiced it faithfully until it "sank in", and then 6 months later have to re-learn i...

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Ray Berry used to STRONGLY encourage personal practice. We had class twice a week for 2 hours or so. He would comment on the difference between those who had obviously been working on things outside of class and those who had not. He taught, and I strongly believe, that one's personal practice is wh...

Actually, it's my brother who has the HUMVEE, genuine USMC prior service. But, even he drives a diesel Jetta for general transport.

I agree.

If you don't practice alot on your own, class time is almost wasted.

I very much enjoy these debates you guys have. It is good to see people thinking about their vehicle choices with regard to actual usage and still be enthusiasts. I catch crap about my minivan all the time, until a group needs to go somewhere. The SUV argument is kind of frustrating. As a kid, I kne...

If executed fully, most of the throws and takedowns in kata do not allow the opponent to fall or roll to prevent injury. If one is able/allowed to fall or roll properly following a technique, it is an opening to be capitalized upon. Ukemi is about allowing and taking advantage of the attackers force...

There were many positive aspects to this seminar. First and foremost, for me, is the high quality of the people I meet at these events; good and respectful people seeking knowledge together. I reconnected with folks from my past and intersected orbits with others who I see too rarely. I made new aqu...

I did the "Weapons"

Your data suggest a slight automatic association between European American and Weapons

HMMM...

I am a "chi-ster" and I believe in God. and I agree I just don't buy it as being anything that can't otherwise be explained with western scientific concepts. From a MA perspective, my mind fits around the chi-ster version of the same principles that can be expressed in a more modern way. S...

I grew up in Virginia both hunting and fishing. I agree 100% with Laird on our disconnectedness from our food supply. In Virginia, especially Charlottesville/Albemarle, the elimination of food producing land (both farm and game) for the McMansions and mini-estates and the multi-big-box "town ce...