<p>Yes, the lighthouse reopened last spring. Wonder why I haven't seen Carolina Cider Company... I think we don't usually go that way. I'll have to look it up! Thanks for the tip!</p>
<p>Appreciate this site more every day! (I have a feeling it will become even more crucial as I-day approaches! Good luck to all you parents shippin' your kids back off to school! Mine was just snoozing right here on the sofa - glad I get to keep him for a little while longer!).</p>
<p>Hey - whatever happened to our thread with "confused"? Can't even track it from "previous posts". Have y'all ever known of a thread on here to be pulled or deleted before??</p>
<p>So how would I find out if there is a ball in my area?</p>
<p>The balls are hosted by the area parents clubs; if you are a member of the parents' clubs, you should be invited. Hosting the ball rotates between the various clubs and, it seems based on postings of others, that it is in a select city for the area.</p>
<p>Gulf Coast of Texas parents in Houston. North Texas in Dallas. South Texas in San Antonio. Smaller areas or states may combine up with others.</p>
<p>Re: Confused? Not to re-ignite the debate, [and risk being bumped] but this is the pm I received and the response I sent. As you can see from the subject line, its not really worth hearing from him/her again. Just further evidence that arguing complex subjects on a thread like this is really a hopeless exercise. Best keep this thing light and frothy . . . yes, other threads have been pulled in the past.</p>
<p>i suggest you shove it
well i see that thread was wiped out, but it may please you to hear i got several pm's from people who said i had an excellent argument, but shouldn't argue with bigots like you. And I assure you the only place you deserve to be more than me is a prison, preferrably the one in guantanomo. If you know anything you knew Hobbes was very pessimistic, but I like to think humans have reason and more of an intelligence than the brute with the soveriegn nation. Try looking at many Scandanavian countries, many have no military. Even their police don't carry guns. They're doing fine, is that simple enough for you to understand.</p>
<p>Re: i suggest you shove it
Its almost not worth replying . . .but, as with most psuedo-intellectuals, you simply get your facts wrong.</p>
<p>The members of the Swedish Air Force, the Norwegian & Danish Armies, & the Finish Defence forces would probably take exception to your assertion that many Scandinavian countries have no armies. Iceland doesn't really have an Army but I am not sure if one country qualifies as "many." In your world, I would guess that it does.</p>
<p>As with many young people, you don't even confirm your basic assertions; that is why the others on the thread jumped on your case. You were simply wrong on many of your facts. That's not to say that you were wrong in some of your conclusions, you were just wrong on your facts.</p>
<p>Pitifully, you resort to the last bastion of those that have no argument: name calling. You will have to learn to do better.</p>
<p>Since I don't know you and don't care to know you, how you deal with this is of no concern to me. I did not jump in earlier on the main thread because it was not worth my time. You won't listen to anybody anyway.</p>
<p>Oh Bill. You are gooood. My usual response to anxty teens is "No habla ingl</p>
<p>JM- thanks for the great pics! Being the novice that I am, however, I am having difficutly distinguishing between the uniforms for USNA and USMMA- and USCGA- the blue ones I assume are airforce? (The USMA ones I got!) Please help- don't want to look like a fool and the dress ones are really mixing me up!</p>
<p>In general, PM's should be kept private, just like emails. Quoting them is against the forum rules and is not ethically friendly. Paraphrasing such private communications in a public forum would be more acceptable.</p>
<p>Confused must have invited a few close "friends" to read and PM him on his thread opinions... I can't imagine any regular here PMing anything nice or agreeable to "confused".</p>
<p>I was raring up to bid further on that thread...just after they pulled it I guess. As fun as it was to read and as enticing as it was to expand deep thoughts on the subjects at hand, I suspect we're all better off without that particular thread. General subject matter was good stuff though!</p>
<p>Quote by bz2010 - appropriate for the confused topic I think
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For more info & a great video about how higher education institutions try to force certain political views on students. It's called Brainwashing 101 (soon to be a feature film). Visit the link below:</p>
<p><a href="http://onthefencefilms.com/video/bw101/%5B/url%5D">http://onthefencefilms.com/video/bw101/</a></p>
<p>The filmmaker, Evan Maloney makes great short political documentaries (funny if it weren't so pathetic!) and has an interesting & creative website called brain-terminal. The videos are especially good (watch "The Clinton Legacy" and "Gettin' a MoveOn". Check it out:</p>
<p><a href="http://brain-terminal.com/%5B/url%5D%5B/quote%5D">http://brain-terminal.com/
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</a></p>
<p>JM: Thanks, you are amazingly upbeat all of the time. You are a nice offset [in a bubbly, frothy sort of way] to those that constantly feel a need to correct everybody over every little transgression that, at the end of the day, doesn't mean a thing just so he can have the last word. Amazing! [Or should I say that you are awesome!]</p>
<p>Hope that you don't miss your son too much. Ours received an extra day of leave [oops, almost typed liberty which I am sure somebody would have corrected] because of his going to the Poinsettia bowl.
He returns on Thursday. [I think he is actually looking forward to it.] </p>
<p>For those of you already trying to plan next summer, he is applying to be part of the Summer Seminar cadre. You will be lucky if you get him. . ..</p>
<p>So the CC moderator pulled the thread...? Amazing that they could monitor all the threads going on this site & discover inappropriate content -certainly lots of posts flying around! Not sure what was really unacceptable about that discourse except perhaps it was more vitriolic than they would like to see here.
I agree w/ dad2b that we're better off w/out all that conflict here - a nice spirited debate is great, but "confused" was out of line.</p>
<p>About posting pm's, I feel once someone sends a msg, it becomes the peoperty of the recipient to do with what he/she wishes - that's why one should never put in writing what one does not wish for others to see. Once you write something and "put it out there", you can't always control where it goes. Bill0510, I appreciate you sharing that pm exchange - it served to enlighten all of us about the personal attacks this idiot was launching, showed what an eloquent gentleman you were in your response, & hopefully allowed you to purge some of the frustration involved in having to deal w/ the jerk on your own, outside of this public forum where we all had your back. </p>
<p>In any case, even tho' I haven't posted any pm's, I didn't know it was against the rules - I better brush up on those myself! Thanks dad2b for bringing that to our attention. Cheers!</p>
<p>BTW, did anyone view any of the videos on brain-terminal yet??</p>
<p>I had no problem with what Bill0510 did actually. I'm sure "Confused" fully appreaciates Bill0510's freedom of speech and I don't think the nature of either conversation was "confidential".</p>
<p>i just couldn't resist the temptation...Bill0510 had that one coming for a while now... :D
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BTW, did anyone view any of the videos on brain-terminal yet??
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Haven't taken the time yet...but I did email the links to my freshly liberalized grad student daughter. ;)</p>
<p>Great - the "Purple Fingers Point the way to Peace" under the Previous Highlights section presents a well-informed and reassuring case for our efforts in Iraq. I really admire what this guy Evan Maloney is doing by rather single-handedly taking on some big establishments (i.e. Liberal-minded higher education institutions) and exposing some of the idiocy of certain idealogues. I respect anyone's political views, even if they are different from my own, as long as they are rational! However, it always seems to be the people without a clue that are the most vocal - go figure! Sometimes it's quite comical when those folks are exposed (or "skin their ignorance" as we say in the south!). Evan does a good job of documenting some warped political thinking!</p>
<p>Thanks bz, with the help of fossil fuels, a cuddly husband, two cats and two dogs (including, of course, a Huskie!) we keep pretty toasty! </p>
<p>The kids were running around outside in the dark the last couple of days and put the Carhartts & bunny boots to good use! It took them a few tries to get the Christmas Tree to light, but since they were on the lake Dad and I got to watch the merriment from the comfort of the kitchen. Tonight they were playing flashlight tag in the -10 below with snow and maglights. Nuts! At least the Dark Ages will be more light than our mid has seen in the last couple of weeks!</p>
<p>Really, Jamzmom, for our mid the second semester was much better last year. Settled in, knew expectations, and was just less stressed about academics than Fall Term. I know they are all different, but I'm sure that James will feel more settled, too. </p>
<p>Hey, and from our experience in Jesup, Georgia, it's not "boiled" but, as the sign at the intersection of Highways 301 and 341 extolled, (for 3 years) "boilded peanuts." :)</p>
<p>We always laugh about the different spellings of "boiled" you see on the side of the road - we've seen: boiled, boild, bolled, boil peanuts, and now - boilded!! That's a big joke w/ us! The things you see here in the south!</p>
<p>Momof1, thats too funny. I'd shear that husky and make me a sweater! And don't you find a grin when you hear boiled peanuts actually pronounced in the true southern accent. I had to ask twice what they said the first time I'd heard it. Its pronounced "bowled" peanuts. Another good one that left me scratching my head is "Yunt some?" for "do you want some?". I have it down pat now. Thanks for the reassurance about this next tri-mester. Wrapping up four years of education into three is a tough road for these kids and I pray mine keeps the motivation to just get by physics with his head still attached! By the end of Feb., they will begin their new tri and it will be equal to a soph. in civy college.....:(</p>
<p>Bz - interesting take on the brain terminal. I believe we'll see more of Mr. Maloney. I've always told my boys to never never ever converse on topics that they aren't fully educated on. It will always turn around & bite you in the behind as it did with the folks in the Clinton video. Could be why I stay so frothy in here. :D No need for me to comment on things I'm not 100% sure on. I'm not surprised about the powers that be watching this site. I am surprised that political debate and attacks don't pop up more often considering who & what we are. Then again, we are the most well behaved, educated & best looking group of people on CC forum. And have the most brilliant children I might add.</p>
<p>Speaking if which... Navy2010, those uniforms are indeed confusing. The ones with the short jackets and gold cummerbunds are Coasties. The blue are Airforce, Navy guys look like handsome airline pilots :) & the guys with the "black chokers" (white pants/black high collared jackets) are USMMA. You'll notice one kid from USMMA in service dress blues... ehm.... He tried to get the black chokers as the firsties were to provide them but alas, no one could find any that fit him. And the grey West Pointers.... What can I say here? Those white gloves were just classy! Being from SC, I overheard one of the service kids ask what the Citadel boys were doing there. Their uniforms are rather West Point-ish. So don't feel bad. Even our own kids were asking. A lady sitting with me while the group photo was being taken, teared up and said, "They look like shining stars". I was speechless. For once.</p>
<p>Bill - I am just so happy to have woken up yet another day! Thats whats it all about man! That & boiled peanuts. I can't wait to see if I can pick your son out at Summer Seminar if photos are posted. Mine is looking into Cadre for Indoc. Should be interesting to see them hone their leadership skills. Summer seems forever away & mine could end up doing some internship work with the Coasties in NY instead. He's excited about both prospects. Either way, the oppotunities are AWESOME! :D</p>
<p>HA! HA! Bz! And the signs are always made of whatever is lying around in the back yard. Old car hoods, doors, ect. Always in red paint too! LOL</p>
<p>BZ2010....</p>
<p>For the record I contacted CC shortly after they pulled the thread...here is the reply I received from CC:</p>
<p>...."That post was removed for a variety of reasons: it contained a lengthy
copyrighted article (not allowed per TOS), it had nothing to do with college
admissions, and was starting to turn into a political debate.</p>
<p>Admin".....</p>
<p>I hope that this posting does not break any rules of "privacy"!</p>
<p>Now I am confused (not to be confused with "Confused23") as there seem to be many links to copyrighted articles on CC.</p>
<p>The most likely reason the thread got pulled is that someone reported it as offensive, which brought it to their attention. At that point, if they see anything even marginal....they will pull it.</p>
<p>Dad2B2010...</p>
<p>I wonder why CC administration didn't just say that someone reported an offense if that is the case?</p>
<p>Because it probably didn't meet "offensive" guidlines. I just points the thread out to them...they scan it quickly and if they don't like it they pull it. Not a big deal, but I think it is sad they didn't just pull a post or two instead of the whole thread... Maybe just too lazy to get into the detail. That's my guess.</p>
<p>Yes, there was some good info on that thread - I really appreciated what all of you were contributing to the discussion.</p>
<p>I would venture to suggest that this "Service Academy" area of CC is more prone to political debate because of the nature of the schools as well as the astuteness of those posting. And I agree with JM's last two lines of the 2nd paragraph of post #34!</p>