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In my years in command, I have officially been in the field of war 11 times. Afganistan twice, Iraq twice, Bosnia three time, Croatia twice, and Kosovo twice. I've been sent back to Afganistan on 6 short missions and have been on other missions as well. Over 22 years I have lost 6 young British men, 17 Afgans, 3 Americans and one Polish soldier. 77 wounded...well 78 if you include myself. I have witnessed genocide in both Bosnia and Kosovo. Walked in to villages where every male regardless of age has been executed and every female regardless of age was raped. There's all the broken homes caused from overseas deployments, the stress on spouses and children. I personally have suffered through a very broken relationship with my son, who now as an officer himself understands how difficult a life he has chosen. My own marriage broke apart due to being posted overseas so often. 20 years ago in April, I held my new born son in my arms and teared up as I looked at him. As a parent all I wanted to do is protect him for the rest of his life. In February it is his turn to head off to war for the first time, now I grasp more than ever the stress my parents and wife went through. It has brought my son and I closer than ever.

It is day 55 of occupy Wallstreet. The world has come together in a plight against the 1%. Among many of the issues being protested some stand out more than others such as healthy food, clean water, health care, workers rights, better pay ect.. When protests began I was excited to see so many people come together for a good cause, and had a glimmer of hope. Now, not so much. I don't want to accept it, but this is the world we live in and I don't see any changes coming in the future. The news is telling us of stories of protesters being beaten, shot at and gassed. You tube is filled with videos, some inspiring and some I wonder how anyone is getting away with treating protesters this way while being caught on camera. It's all too much for me. It's all for nothing. The sad part to me is that to make change, this world has a twisted way to do that and if you want to make history, then to war it is. War? Highly unlikely. We can't all give up our jobs and mortgages, protest, eat off the land and forgo all credit cards, loans and investments. We are dependent off of these almost like a bare essential to live. But..if we all did, all 99% of us started a movement, a spiritual journey let's say..all dance around naked planting potatoes and trading amongst the people..Can't picture that either. So, what can be done? What do you think? Does it matter to you? Would you be willing to make changes, what kind? What do you think about all of this? http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lub42ogI201r25y9yo1_500.jpg

Fabulous thread and it should lead to some spirited debates and differing points of view. Looking forward to it. No system is perfect and it wasn't that long ago that a great many in world celebrated the tearing down of the Berlin wall as the symbolic of the end "communism" as we knew it. I used " " around the world communism as it certainly wasn't the system of Karl Marx. It's not only CEO's of multinationals that can be perceived as greedy. One can take a ride through most suburbs in most NA cities and see how greed or want has ballooned to unsustainable and unrealistic proportions. 2-3,000 and more sq foot houses with 2-3 car garages and all of them filled to max with newest and best disposable items. On one hand I could rage against untold consumerism but I don't. Most households require two incomes to feed the need.. I just chose to live my life differently. I live in an 865 sq foot house which is smaller than most apartments. No kids. We grow food that sustains us for 5 or so months of the year. There is one car, it is a Lexus but it's a 1997 Lexus purchased when it was 8 years old. The household income is well in excess of 6 figures and I could easily afford to live that life style. I chose not to simply because I don't want to be bound to something I don't want to do. To me it comes down to personal choices and personal responsibility. I see no point in the occupy protests. If they are really serious...they'd go occupy the first nations communities that continue not to have access to potable water. Peace MG

just cuz... ummm... okay.... she's hot.

As modern-day Canadians most of us have been fortunate to not have personally experienced the ravages of armed conflict. The same cannot be said for the men and women of our armed forces: air, land and navy. The message submitted by roamingguy sheds some light on the sentiments of those who have not served, yet are very grateful to those that have. Remembrance Day is always bittersweet as we give thanks to those that paid the ultimate sacrifice, as well as those that have been injured, for our freedoms and liberties which we too often take for granted.

I can't believe this is happening in this land. The animal guy raped a woman on the side of a road and admitted telling the woman "it would only hurt for a little while." and then the idiot judge says that it was the mistaken belief by the guy that "sex was in the air" and a "heightened expectation" that sex would occur. Why, as the judge said " the victim was dressed in tube tops and high heels when they met the guy outside a bar "and made it publicly known that they wanted to party!!!!." What the hell is this? Women around the world are looking up to Canada as a model when they demand for their well-deserved rights and now this ..... http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2011/02/26/17418376.html Women can dress the way that they choose and no one or no damn judge or no damn govenment has the right to tell them how to dress and it is no damn indication of invitation to rape. Women can choose how to dress whom to socialize (and whom not to), where to go, what to eat and drink and whom to sleep with (or whom not to). This is ridiculous and appalling and I go further and say the remarks from someone in a judgement position is disgusting in this free land. NO MEANS NO. Anyone who do not hear that IS A RAPIST and belong to jail.

The whole Occupyregina movement is a joke. In the beginning I had been part of the planning stages but had to bow out because it was basically a bunch of people who couldn't stop arguing amongst eachother and didn't have jobs. If I would have said to my boss hey I'm taking an indefinite amount of time of to go camping in the park he would have said well have fun with that don't worry about ever coming back. How about occupy a job? My bank doesn't take good intentions as payment on loans. Every hipster kid I see out there wearing Dolce and Gabbana black framed glasses, in tents mommy and daddy bought, using government provided wi fi on their ipads literally makes me so mad I could Probably get away with justifiable homicide. Its a good idea, there should have been a better cohesive plan or ideology behind it... But what it is now is basically a joke. All I can comment on is what is going on in regina, I don't know what the movement is like in other places, who knows maybe it will do some good. Posted via Mobile Device

Julia. Your words are on target and I could, as could many of us, cite example after example of multitudinous injustices and inequities. It is clear to me that countries that have their own borders and governments, including even Canada, the United States, China and Germany, are not the power brokers. It is in fact the countries that have no borders, that have no elected officials, that have no desire for 'government BY and FOR the people', that give individual and obscene profits to their CEO's, that has the world in its present state. The multinationals are the root cause. Whether I be correct in that or not is irrelevant because you are correct in saying, "But this is the world we live in." Neither you nor I, nor merely thousands of well intentioned protesters can change that world. What you can do, and I can do, and each of us as lone individuals can do, is only what we can do at the moment, at the time. One small step at a time, a kindness, an act of support, a helping hand, a vote of confidence, a shoulder to cry on, be a voice in the wilderness, step outside of our social boundaries, recognize the power of one. If you did this, if I did this, then there are two steps forward. Ghandi and King changed their worlds. My sense of idealism and optimism remain.

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I couldn't agree more ;) Flirting, flirting can be very hot !

Sorry, I'm far too busy being horny and having my head faced down with my moon up to notice what Moon cycle it is. :)

It's a dragon! Not a dinosaur:P Barney is a dinosaur

I like AngelaofOttawa,because she like's tacky christmas ties...:) and despite never having the blessing of her company,apparently quite the hottie....:) This does feel nice,Great thread...(big smiles)

Wow always showing us the way! Congrats!

What a great album cover Designed by Arthur Suydam who worked on the Marvel Zombies comic series... I need a life, big time!

I hope you realize not only an escort can give you an std I know this thread refers to the sp/client case but you made it sound as the risk of contracting a disease from unprotected sex is only if with an escort and is the same risk from a woman you meet up randomly and decide to get intimate with, in the end they are both strangers who you know nothing about.

To this question, in my experience, I never had knowledge of an SP offering all BBFS; and I would run away if somebody would offer that to me. In a way, if some SPs do offer BarebackFS, it would be a good thing to know, so that everybody with common sense would avoid them. Here at CERB, there is an ethic about this hobby; we are here for pleasure and fun, not to risk our lives, and when I say "our", I am speaking about the hobbyists, the SPs,, MPs, and all that share this community.