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Yesterday the tornados in the news were no hype.

We and our neighbors stood outside yesterday afternoon and watched the
funnels form.  Fortunately for us, they would started to form and then
dissipate.

It was wild to watch.  The clouds would swirl together, then one side start
dropping down and ballooning out while the other side you could see pushing
up.   At the same time you could see the swirling motion.



-- Amy

In the beginning was The Word,
and The Word was Chocolate.
  And The Word became flesh, and dwelt upon us forever.
 ~ Confections 1oz:360cal

"Craig Becker" <jlpicard@serv1.jump.net> wrote in message
news:9d13f2$mq$2@news.jump.net...
> In austin.general mapanari <mapanari@earthlink.nut> wrote:
> > You might want to know, that hysterical bad reporting that came out a
couple
> > of weeks ago about the "facts" about day care and aggresive children has
> > been generally discredited in intelligent circles, which means the news
> > media has moved on and can't be bothered fixing the headlines or
reporting
> > any truth that won't pander to the lowest common denominator.
>
> I'm not especially surprised -- the media tends to jump on
> any kind of "cute" correlative study and promote the hell
> out of it, with little if any concern for validity, or caveats
> on how seriously the 'results' can be taken.
>
> *sigh* the media in general -- I don't know how most of these
> "journalists" get to sleep at night. It just kills me how often
> the local news will do these "tie-in" stories keyed off of a
> teevee show that aired in the previous timeslot -- the other
> night, during _The Practice_, the news commercials were hawking
> a special report about "Austin's real-life rape crisis counselor".
>
> Actually, that's one of the more innocuous examples -- what really
> gets me is when, oh, there's a movie like _Twister_ coming out,
> and (oddly enough) the local news all had "special reports" on
> tornadoes and severe weather. Do ya think there was some money
> changing hands here???
>
> Methinks that the big news story we'll _never_ see is just how
> close-knit the entire media/entertainment industry is.
>
> Craig
>
> > mapi
>
> > "Craig Becker" <jlpicard@serv1.jump.net> wrote in message
> > news:9cv3n9$rvp$1@news.jump.net...
> >> First off, for some reason I can't access the article anymore,
> >> but Lyn: yes, I _am_ Travid III, and if you're a cute hirsute
> >> Jewish woman I'd love to get together sometime and tell you
> >> how Jesus and Rush Limbaugh changed my life . . . <g> *
> >>
> >> Mapi, I really wasn't trying to be holier than thou -- it just
> >> struck me that someone who says
> >>
> >> > . . .  Their kids, the ones raised by
> >> > institutions instead of parents, are more likely to end up costing
> >> > society in later years.
> >>
> >> is pretty obviously childless, otherwise they'd realize that
> >> the vast majority of children in this country are indeed raised
> >> by "institutions", regardless of how their parents choose to
> >> divvy up the wage-earning responsibilities: From the age of
> >> about 5 on up, most children spend 6 or 7 hours a day in an
> >> institution called "school". It may be a public institution --
> >> it may be a private institution -- but unless they're being
> >> homeschooled, the kids are spending a lot of time in an
> >> "institutional environment", and it's been going on for a long,
> >> long time.
> >>
> >> What's that? Oh, it's being in a daycare "institution" for the
> >> first 5 years that causes a child to become a warped burden on
> >> society? Get real.
> >>
> >> Craig
> >>
> >> * for the sake of anyone who's going to give me grief on this,
> >>   yes I _have_ met Lyn and I realize that she is neither hirsute
> >>   nor Jewish -- although she _is_ awfully cute, but I'll stop
> >>   while I'm ahead :)
> >>
> >> In austin.general mapanari <mapanari@earthlink.nut> wrote:
> >> > That's like telling a psychologist that he couldn't possibly
understand
> >> > degenerative mental depression because, well, he just never has had
the
> > same
> >> > problems.
> >>
> >> > What is is with people who screw and pop out children that makes them
> > think
> >> > they're so wise and holier than thou and strut around making comments
> > like
> >> > "well, if you've never had children then you couldn't possibly know
what
> > I'm
> >> > talking about"?
> >>
> >> > I've heard that it really doesn't take a college degree and
intelligence
> > to
> >> > learn how to make babies.
> >> > In fact, I was very bright as a youngun, and I learned at about 9.
> >> > You?
> >> > ;-)
> >> > Come on Craigmeister!
> >>
> >> > mapi
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> > "Craig Becker" <jlpicard@serv1.jump.net> wrote in message
> >> > news:9cu99b$6nc$1@news.jump.net...
> >> >> In austin.general Gary Carson <garycarson@mindspring.com> wrote:
> >> >> > I'm not so sure thats bad.  Their kids, the ones raised by
> >> >> > institutions instead of parents, are more likely to end up costing
> >> >> > society in later years.
> >> >>
> >> >> Say what?!?!?!
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that you're not a parent,
> >> >> right?
> >> >>
> >> >> Craig
> >> >> --
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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>
>
>
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