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karate kid

One of the best movies of all time. Directed by John Avildsen, this 1984 drama centers around a displaced youth who seeks self-defense training from an aged maintenance man named Mister Miyagi to defend himself in a Karate Tournament against a San Fernando Valley biker gang. Most of the movie was made on location throughout the San Fernando Valley in 1983.

The Karate Kid is one of the most well-known dramas of the 1980s.

by [e-mail] September 12, 2007

prosperity gospel

a doctrine taught by mostly evangelical Christian televangelists that wealth and propserity are promised in the Bible for devoting your life to God, or that a life of wealth and health and prosperity are signs of God's favor. Unfortunately, the prosperity gospel is not just unBiblical, but is used by these televangelists to get you to donate your money to their organization. I am a Christian myself and dont buy into the prosperity gospel.

The prosperity gospel unfortunately leads others astray and exploits one's desire to have wealth and health in this life. In a way, the prosperity gospel teaches a person to pursue wealth and not God himself, and could be considered a form of idolatry. If the prsperity gospel is true, then why wasn't Mother Teresa or Jesus rich?? Does being "poor" mean you are being chastised by God? Just a few thoughts.

by [e-mail] July 15, 2009

Fear Factor

A summer "reality" series that airs on NBC where contestants compete in dangerous and sometimes digusting stunts for $50,000 that often include eating something sick.

Fear Factor was disgusting and NBC should have pulled it off the air a long time ago.

by [e-mail] October 6, 2007

detroit

Hell's corporate headquarters

Where corporate HQs like Comerica move to better places in the SunBelt.

Gunbelt.

Where people don't live anymore.

Where urban revitalization is not.

The single-worst city in the country.

A population loss of over 50% in 5 decades. Current population of about 850,000 from 1.6 million and not even in the top 10 largest US cities anymore.

Where jobs are not.

Anything south of 8 Mile Road where you turn around as you approach the city limits.

A place called Flint is even better.

Where the first state government moved out over 100 years ago.

Even San Jose, CA now has a larger population.

The opposite of San Diego and Seattle.

urban blight

rampant homicide

hell

revitalization is a joke

"white flight"

Detroit

by [e-mail] March 23, 2007

Democrat

One of the two major political parties in the U.S. run by rich lobbyists known for radical spending, special interest and high taxes.

see: Republican

The Democrat party represents its own self interest.

by [e-mail] February 2, 2008

airline

A transportation company that is supposed to get you from one coast to the other in a a few hours but is permitted by the FAA and Dept. of Transportation to abuse its customers by trapping them for hours at a time on the ground without access to water, snacks, or a bathroom; and losing your expensive baggage--only to return it to you weeks later and in bad condition; not to mention having seats that are dangerously narrow and if a person is fat, they have to buy an extra seat; and the aircraft's operator is drunk.

The airline lives up to its reputation--it doesn't matter wheather you are going to heaven or hell, you have to go through Chicago.

by [e-mail] May 9, 2008

NAFTA

The North American Free Trade Agreement, signed by President Bill Clinton in 1993. It is likely the soul cause of employment oursourcing to Mexico exacterbating illegal immigration and the eroding of heavy manufacturing, especially the auto industry of the Rust Belt in the name of "cheap labor."

NAFTA is the worst mistake our government couuld have made because it resulted in thousands if not MILLIONS of Americans losing their jobs to Mexico for cheap labor.

by [e-mail] August 22, 2007