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RE: What's going on with American economy?

As goes the American economy, so goes the global economy... Stock up on bottled water, canned beans, and bullets... It's going to be a rocky road.

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the dollar is tagged to the price of oil (paid for in dollars). as the price of oil increases (now about $105/barrel), the dollar goes down.

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that is just sooooo wrong

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u have that backwards. the falling dollar is the problem.

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shuussss! At this rate we will start seeing more and more hosts from US.....ahhhh, I can smell the fries already

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The problems are a result of Woodrow Wilson taking the US off the Gold Standard in the 20's and now we are seeing the decline of the American Empire. By 2050 or sooner the US will be a Chinese colony.

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So...it;s Woody;s fault. Not Ronald Ray-Gun, Not George HW Bush, not this current administration that is spending 8 Billion $$$per month in Iraq.

Not the fact theat we borrow from the Chinese to pay the Saudi's...it's Woodrow Wilson's fault???

Talk about your trickle-down voodoo economics!

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or block less members?

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Then you´ll have fewer viewers, less money and u think you´ll have to raise prices again... until all u need is a guy who pays 20 dls per minute to make for the lost income from the rest . good move.

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The expenditures for the war in Iraq are being felt. When all is said and done we will have spent over 2 trillion dollars on the war. To put that in perspective...the USA could rebuild from scratch every public school, hospital and highway in the USA for that amount of money.

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yeah that hurts real bad i a 300 trillion dollar economy, try again

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Just think, isn't that crazy really what is going on? Doesn't it mean that we, people on this earth, have no power anymore to rule our own lives and to chose those leaders who can manage politics properly, saving money for humanity's real needs? Seems so...I am lost for words :(((((((

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You just now came to that conclusion ??? You are finally getting the picture...another step closer to maturity, cynicism, and despair.

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How much more will you have to spend before you start winning the peace? As you rightly state, you could have regenerated the entire US infrastructure. So where has all the money been spent, that a regular supply of electricity still cannot be guaranteed in Baghdad? I suspect we will start seeing some Iraq-sourced US names in the Forbes/Fortune rich lists in a few years time.

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I agree with Well. The cost of the war has definitely taken money from others parts of the economy and made it unstable. This has happened at other times in the history of the USA. (the depression of the early 30's) I do not think the USA can continue to do things around the world that drags down the economy in the USA. I think that we should start to take care of the USA and only do what is necessary to defend ourselves. In order for the war on terror to succeed all of the countries must become involved physically and economically. If they do not want to do this, then the USA should take care of USA and let other countries take care of themselves. People are always burnig the US flag and blaming a lot of things on the USA. We should pull back to our boundries and take care of ourselves if others do not want us there. Others will say that seperatism will not work in this time in the world, but I sure would like to try.

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isolationism will not work in modern world and hasn't for a century, and war did not cause the depression, in fact it was war that ended it, not the the policies of fdr, those actually added little to ending it. lack of liquidity and the fact that 90% of the cash in the US was held by 1% of the population. there were factors too, including bad investments made in europe by the US rich, but that could fill books

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Why does the neocon war-mongering set always insist on conflating and confusing non-interventionism with isolationism?
It's intellectually dishonest... please knock it off.

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his remark discussed doing so much in the world, not necessarily war and the conv has nothing to do with intervention and i am no neo con. and you because you obviously know nothing about the economy , which is what the conv is about, could only pick that out to criticize and that is actually intellectualy dishonest. so we can assume you are in the left wing then?

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Where was Riv dicussing economic policy? He was questioning the simple economic cost of waging war and maintining a military presence around the world to protect allies who can well enough protect themselves.
That, in essence, is exactly what non-interventionism is... and from that stance to one of isolationism and its accompanying economic nationalism is quite a further leap for sure.

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started as agreeing with well, the comment had more to do with well's comments should have been directed at him mostly, sorry for that misunderstanding

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wait riv's comment about war and the great depression was the only part of my comment directly related to him. fact of life is the war ended the depression for the US not started it, the rest was merely a part of the reason we are in recession now, which still has little or nothing to do with iraq

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You are a bit naive...about usa alturistic motives in "taking care" of the the rest of the world. They do it out of fear and monetary self-interest...that's why it will never be successful and ultimately harm other countries. That said...historically other countries do the same thing...usa simply has a broader reach and more "borrowed" bucks to throw around. There is chaos in the financial and housing markets at the moment with not end in sight. Other countries have been riding on the backs of the usa for years investing for their own self interest/greed propping up flawed economic policies. The ripple effect is widespread and its gonna get worse. I wouldn't wanna be taking the reigns to the next administration.
Thank you reagan, bush sr, clinton and gw for the wonderful legacy you've left the american people.

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let's all heap ultimate blame for the stte of the economy on the presidency..... and then, let's all pine for the golen days of the carter administration.
wow... too funny.

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A few points to make, first this is not an argument (as some would like it to be about Republicans vs. Democrats) it is about economic policy. Ronald Reagan, and now George Bush have incurred more debt than all other American Presidents...combined, that is a fact. A quick Google on Presidential economics will confirm that. So, throwing Carter's name against the wall is meaningless. While he may not have been a great President, his policies did not lead us to the brink of bankruptcy.

Secondly, the so-called "War on Terror" is a sham, a mis-guided effort in the wrong place, against the wrong enemy, fought with a strategy doomed to fail. Many international organizations agree on the following 1 million Iraqi civilians dead, 4 million Iraqis made refugee either inside or outside of their own country, oil at the highest price the world has ever seen, Al-Qaeda stronger than before conflict began, U.S military budget larger that all other countries in the world combined, does this sound like victory or strategy to anyone?

Lastly, if we were to discuss Democrat vs. Republican policy, I'll take Democrats thank you. THe CCC program of FDR, the National Parks Program, Social Security, Civil Rights Bill of 1964-5, public libraries, labor movement, Student loan program, insured bank deposits, all initiated or brought to fruition by Democrats.

Republicans? I'll take Lincoln, and Eisenhower, both of whom would find no home in today's Republican party.

I am not a Democrat, have never registered as a Democrat...I am a freedom lover, but any student of American history should know where the most democratic policies in this country started.

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while some of those programs had value to the american people in a social way, they contributed little to ending the depression

as for tiraq misguided, hell yes it was, but the 1,000,000 figure has been proven to be bullshit and the refugees from the war is closer to 2 mil many of whom are now returning

and you're right the carter slander was a joke, but his economic policy was a disaster or have u forgotten the misery index

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no his policies didn't lead the country to the brink of bankruptcy just the people to the brink..........the prime rate was what?, interest rates and inflation were what? and everything was the people's fault..always remember those two famous line of his

"the american people are in a maiaise" uhm, who put us there

"americans have to get used to not being number 1" really we went to bed that night and when we woke up the soviet blcok had won the cold war?

the true secret to reagan was it was ok to be american, that's why the people voted for him in droves, but i suppose being cognizant of what was happening during those times gives one a different perspective

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oh yeah i forgot...reagan did take us to the brink of bankruptcy but they knew what they were doing and that was the little known fact the plan was to spend the soviets actually in to bankruptcy......kind of worked didn't it

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back when were backing obl et al against the soviets in afghanistan and spouting just enough bs about sdi to promt th ussr to invest their resources to combatting a technology that wan't even there.
reagan was awesome.

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you forgot johnson , nixon ford and carter and the housing market isn't even the worst yet to come

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Sure, but the 50 cal machine guns on them is going to cost more.
And those 8th grade educated veterans are going to need jobs when the bullets stop flying, not much a demand for a machine gunner in the private sector..

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not to worry...they're all psycholocally tramatized for the rest of their lives and will be showing up on your streets and homes with guns ablazing...enjoy!

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u both are full of crap about GI's, need to stop reading the NY Times

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what's your fav news rag...illusionary times?

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interestingly, the NY Times, once one of the great papers of the world has become a lying rag ever since "pinch" took it over from his father andyou;d be amazed at the people who refuse to read it anymore hell your better off getting our news from the damn net. is;t amazinng how many stories they've been called out on lately for bogus facts and figures, especially regarding the so called murderous gi's amongst us, the ridiculous figure about civilians the army killed in iraq, which ofc is courtesy of the likes of moveon.org and plastered all over television by the likes of rosie o'donnel as the gospel. then there's the recent mccain story, shades of the national enquirer. so it would seem that it is u who is reading the illusionary news.

hello the NY post amt the NY daily news, two of the worst rags in the country report more honestly than the times

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RE: What's going on with American economy?

in this day and age especially, anyone who gets their news from a single source or multiple sources reflecting the same singular political bias is pretty much a tool anyway.

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I think you'd better go there and check out the stats...first hand...just so you can be assured of your pov.

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if i want to read lies, they've already been printer in the NY Times

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that pretty coed from auburn university who was murdered recently....turns out the murderer was an iraqi vet....some guy who his family described as being "changed" by his exprience as a gi.

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Maybe you should pay some russian taxes baby...instead of buying that f**k'm pumps next week...lol

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Just look what has been slowly happening...the dollar is no longer the currency of safe haven...the US is no longer THE economic powerhouse and global leader of financial trade. It's going to take the next administration a whole lot longer to attempt to fix what the current administration has screwed up. It wont matter what you call it "non-interventionism or isolationism" we are going to have to protect our own asses starting very soon. The world is a different place but we have "leaders" that still act like we are the toughest guys on the block...until we get some intelligence at the top the path we are on just keeps getting darker.

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usa has credit problems unrelated to the dollar and the dollar has no effect on the typical american. as a matter of fact, it is good for exports. the only ones suffering are europeans being paid in dollars. as a side note the weak dollars favors the american tourist business for europeans traveling in the usa.

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To Non-E? Huh? Shall we ask the European, and Asian hosts that work on this site if a weak dollar is helpful to them? How about the hotels, touring companies, restaurants, and countless other industries that formerly thrived in part because of a strong dollar. Do you think it's good for Europe, and Canada, and Asia (excepting China) that the dollar is wilting?

Any hosts care to comment? Gortensia, Origami, Laughing Girl...would like to hear your thoughts?

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in perfect agreement, the dollar cannot remain this low, it's a bad policy that the bush admin turned absolutely had a hand in doing and now they have no clue how to get out of it

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lost my train of thought for a minute when i typed that, but i'm sure u get the drift

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there too busy spending your weak dollar to comment...lol

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In rebuttal, the true number of Iraqi civilian casualties is very hard to calculate. The World Health Organization puts the figure at 150,000 - 200,000 after doing a door to door survey last year. They admit that figure may be low based on many factors. Even if the (i million) figure cannot be confirmed...yet, is the death toll of 150, 000 dead men, women, and children ok? Does that make the war less evil? As companies like Haliburton, KBR, and Blackwater, make hundreds of millions of dollars from death and misery from a war that never should have happened, are we going to sit behind our comfortable computers, and actually argue about the correctness of this mis- begotten policy?

Secondly, Reagan was not awesome...he was an old, senile, demagogue without a clue as to what was going on in his own administration...Oliver North and the war from the basement, ring a bell?

Also, again easy to check, had more members of his Administration convicted of felonies than any American president in history. Additionally his crime policies were racist, as was he.

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are you arguing for a pull-out of american forces in iraq then? and jut what wowuld you suppose would happen after ward, all tribal and sectarian differencesand hotilities will magically be healed once the "great satan" is gone?
no, we'll leave then be forced to return to quell the humanitarian tragedy.. after all that's always the left's excuse for waging war, right?

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wrong argument, you don't slander the GI's that way, they have nothing to do with haliburton and the others and the talk of them being dangerous amongst us when they come home is an outrageous lie, in fact they are less dangerous in society than the average citizen of their age in america. as fort whether the was is evil, i leave that for all you left and right wingers to decide, but keep in mind when you discuss that the animal they toppled killed at least 100,000 more of his own people for no legtimate reason and before u bring up the question of weapoms of mass destruction, yes the data was wrong but everyone thought he had them, he had used them ask the kurds and the iranians he slaughtered with it. even that argument doesn't hold water
besides if the brits hadn't artifically credated that country in 1921 by forcing three groups of people that hate each other into one place. iraq discussions could go on forever

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what about Rep Jefferson with $90,000 in his freezer.

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lame argument. reagan as demagogue? and who used awesome. but better is the same tired crap that gets dragged out..republican bad...democrat good

how many scandals were the clintons invoved in, how about LBJ hiding the fact he was fighting a full scale war from his own economic advisors who when asked about it said if we thought we were fighting a war on that level we'd be in the office writing a tax bill. oops is that why we got a 10%surcharge on the already too high taxes for the era two years late......sorry, you'll have to find another argument other than one party is bad and the other good since they both suck to high hell

for every "fact you keep pulling out of some website or textbook saying one thing, the other side can find "facts: to counter it. try opening your own eyes and thinking on your own instead of what someone else tells you to think. big wide world out there to understand if you think it through without the arguements of either the right or the left

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RE: What's going on with American economy?

As we are not going to change each other's minds...I'll just say this one more time. I am not a Democrat, never have been, and probably never will be. I did not support LBJ, and found his coduct in Vietnam reprehensible. The most courageous thing he ever did was sign the Civil Rights Act of 1965. This argument is not about left vs. right, Elephant vs. Donkey. IMHO, it is about a foreign policy that for over 40 years has used war as the engine to drive both the domestic economy and foreign policy, to the detriment of both. I notice that my facts aren't disputed just my tone. So, one more time, to argue that after we have wrongly invaded Iraq that we cannot pullout is a nonsensical circular argument, particularly since the Iraqi's when asked in polls again and again, say they want U.S. troops gone ASAP.

The world community, and Iraq's neighbors need to be involved in the reshaping of Iraq. The U.S. which is building the largest Embassy in the world in Iraq, has no credibility in the region except with the Saudi's (oil, weapons) and Israel (military partner, weapons). We need a more peaceful rational foreign policy, and a more balanced trade policy to help U.S. domestic growth.
That is factual, if you care to check, also having the world's largest military, and a larger military budget than all other countries combined, does not make us safer. Just ask yourselves, are we safer than we were 25 years ago, if we increase the budget...will we be safer 25 years from now?

Further starting wars in the wrong places, Cuba, Angola, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Iraq, and assassinating leaders (Lumuba, Allende, attempts on Castro and Chavez) we don't approve of is not the way to win hearts and minds.

I am a American, I love the ideals of the U.S when they are upheld, but when they are not...we must not be quiet.
America has more people in prison than China both in quantity, and per capita. Just today, President Bush vetoed a bill that would have made water boarding an outlaw technique. I am not OK with that.

Our economy is about to into recession, and the U.S. dollar is worth less than the Pound, Euro, and Canadian dollar is that alright with everyone?

I have said my piece...peace!

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RE: What's going on with American economy?

your facts are disputed, you have no concept of the current problems with the economy. the war in iraq has next to nothing to do with it.

just pulling up stakes getting out of iraq is inviting genocide and which regional states are yuou counting on to help shpe their future...iran, syria, saudi arabia or were you thinking of pakistan, maybe even egypt. any of those make any sense

the world community? who the europeans? sure they will help same as they were sooooooooooo wiilling to help prevent genocide in bosnia, had to be dragged kciking and screaming into preventing that

as a final point you should be reminded that the french and the british created most of these states in the region out of next to nothing that you think the europeans can straighten out the region, sure proclaim some new kings perhaps or maybe they can figure out how the hell they created iraq anyway.

every point you have made is actually pointless and without a clue and most assuredly about why the economy and the dollar are in such bad shape.

actually there's no point in listening any further to someone calling themselves freedon lover and has no idea what freedom is

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RE: What's going on with American economy?

regarding the former yugoslavia, it was actually blair who convinced clinton to bomb over the supposed genocide being committed by serbs against muslims.....subsesquent evidence has never proven anything more than all sides on the ground were intent on killing each other. but considering that the newly declared independent nation of kosovo is 90% muslim, you have to wonder which side was ultimately more effective in riding itself of the other.

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RE: What's going on with American economy?

was meant for bosnia, where europe did have to get dragged in and why did the euros need the usa to handle either of them, being they are such world powers in their own right. besides this was an economic discussion that fl hijacked to spout political nonsense and not discussing world politics any further

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RE: What's going on with American economy?

I was going to let my last comment be my last...but I see perhaps one more is called for. First, an educated person may have a different opinion without become insulting, or personal.

Second, saying you dispute my facts without saying how, or which facts you dispute is also not a proper debate. Dispute what? How? Do you dispute my facts about American military budget, about foreign leaders we have overthrown and murdered, dispute our President vetoing bill that would have stopped the CIA from waterboarding suspected "terrorists", dispute polls of Iraqi people in which they opined that American military should leave Iraq ASAP, dispute the theft of more than 10 billion US taxpayer dollars in the last five years, dispute the fact that Saddam Hussein was not behind the 9-11 attacks on the U.S., dispute that the US dollar is now worth less that the Pound, Euro, or Canadian dollar??? Which facts sir, are you disputing?

Anyone who believes that spending 25-30 billion dollars a month on this war is not affecting the American economy IMHO is incorrect. If it were not the case, we would not be financing the war by borrowing from the Chinese and Japanese, and we would not have become the largest debtor nation on Earth. Or do you also dispute that?

I don't mind arguing, or debating if you feel differently, I just suggest not being personal, and please provide some facts that would prove your point.

Lastly, I support the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, and some of my friends and relatives have fought and died defending this country.

Sir, I have a right (and a duty) as an American to express myself as I choose. That is why I am, and will remain...a freedom lover.

Peace

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didn't bother to read it, not discussing politics anymore, dont care enough about it, but i do know them...enjoy ur day

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The former Yugoslavia was a very fragile alliance of peoples with long standing historical antipathies---ultimately rooted in religious differences---artfully sewn together by the political genius of Tito. There was no one to fill his shoes upon his death and before long Milosevic was beating the war drum, invoking the memory of a 600 year old war between the Serbs and Croats that was more fundamentally a war of Orthodox Christians vs. Roman Christians.

The modern political alliances reflected this without expressly invoking religion. But religious leaders from each Rite assured its faithful of its moral rectitude, preaching a thinly veiled hatred of the enemy and an implicit justification for human slaughter---all in the name of God. The Muslims of Kosovo could not have surmounted the Orthodox Serbs without the expressed support of the more powerful Western (i.e. Roman) nations.

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"you have no concept of the current problems with the economy. the war in iraq has next to nothing to do with it." oh please...."Smart"Strike you need to freshen up on economics...whenever a country is at "war' it is THE major factor on that country's economic condition. Economics 101 dude.

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reading textbooks, especially one dealaing with ths tudy of economics 101 is silly, not reality based. better to read finance 101 then again i've had people quote me from that one too. doesn't work that way in reality. ask ur investment banker what the prob is with the economy. it's not the war, strike is right, the was is peanuts in a $3 trillion dollar economy and explain how the economy was booming for the first 4 years of it. you need to understand the credit markets and the reasont eh investment and commercial banks aren't lending. the investment banks have some cash now, they won't lend it, they can't, they need it to boost their reserves in the near future when the value of commercial real estate and other little goodies,are corrected on their books. doesn't sound like tanks to me either

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correction $300 trillion

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Americans have a nasty habit of spending money they don't have.

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I quite agree, and the aggressive marketing tactics of banks issuing credit cards encourage it. The credit card divisions of banks are the most profitable and deregulation has enabled banks to engage in unconscionable usury. It's loan sharking in a three piece suit.

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RE: What's going on with American economy?

ahh,pandora that was a fine box you opened there :==)

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RE: What's going on with American economy?

Yes, the dollar keeps falling. This is because the Federal Reserve keeps cutting interest rates. Why does the Federal Reserve keep cutting interest rates? The same reason the administration will be sending out tax rebate checks in May. The government wishes to stimulate the economy, so the USA does not enter a recession.

Why does the American economy need stimulating? Its simple, many Americans are starting to have problems spending as much as they used to spend. Americans **love** to spend. When housing prices were increasing, many Americans simply used their homes as ATMs. Now that they are in debt up to their eyeballs in a falling housing market, many Americans are in real financial trouble. Look for an increase in auto repossessions and credit card defaults in the next few months.

So what will be the consequences of current Federal Reserve & Administration actions? Please remember that this is only my opinion :-).

The US Dollar will continue to fall. US government debt will increase. The price of everything denominated in US Dollars will rise. Oil is denominated in US dollars, so look for the price of gasoline to increase, as they say in Boston, “wicked high” (I won’t even bring up the topic of peak oil – too doomish to mention ;) ).

Anyway, the return of inflation will cause further real financial trouble for more Americans, although Mr. Bernanke will not notice - the Federal Reserve does not include food prices and energy prices when they mention the “core” inflation rate. Apparentally, the Federal Reserve believes that Americans neither need to eat nor commute to work.

As US government debt becomes less attractive (because of the falling dollar), historical buyers of T-Bills (which includes many foreign governments, such as China, Japan, the UK and the Petroleum States) might look for alternate investments. Any guesses what they might buy? My guess would be commodities and companies that produce commodities. This will further increase American inflation and depress the US Dollar.

In short, the current actions of the Federal Reserve and the administration would cause them to fail macroeconomics 101. The fact that they are actually pursuing these actions is, for lack of a better word, fucked up.

But then again, Americans live in a country that cares about more important topics - like the previous employment of an “American Idol” contestant and the recurring Britney Spears train-wreck.

ivymike

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nice answer mike, but you forgot the next genius move the fed is atalking about. selling $200 billion doilars in t bills to wall street companies, so they can write down the junk paper against it. another stupid idea

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Being nice to hosts.

I always try to be polite to any girl I visit, and like to chat after a nice sexy session as my way of saying thank you to the girl. I've been told that I'm a fool and my "thank you" chat is just a waste of money, but I still continue to chat with and thank girls I visit. Whats your opinion ? Am I just kidding myself or do hosts really appreciate a polite guest ?
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With the dollar where it is now? Wham, bam, thank you ma'am... :-)

Naah. Not really. A good experience deserves gratitude, not attitude, and I would certainly stay around to express my thanks. Can't speak for all viewers, and certainly not for all American guys... esp. poor ones...

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of course they like it...it gives them more time and for them every minute is money....but anyway i think its good to be nice with them or else they will start not being nice with us

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RE: Being nice to hosts.

You've been told you are a fool?!? By who? Host? I doubt that.
So it must be members, to which you must be telling them the fine details of your scessions, in which case you are a fool.
Here's a hint, stop telling others every little thing you do in vid, lest you look like a fool.

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Here's a hint for you..don't jump to conclusions !!!

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That's not a hint, that's a statement.
Anyways he said he's been told he's a fool, so according to him someone told him right? Do you think a host would say that to him? No, so who else is there?

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They do appreciate it. They are women and many are kids. But it also about the money and never forget that.

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xrazy just call me a dear fat ass,but not a fat-assed dceer :--)

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i have my opinion on this subject. Being nice and polite to the hosts either in text or video should be paramont with any veiwer. i know this is not the case. most of us were raised to respect each other. the hosts deserve this also. they are here working, yes trying to make some money, but so are the bank tellers, and fast food workers, and anyone else you come in contact with during the course of your day. you give them the respect they deserve. everybody appreciates getting told they did a good job, or you really enjoyed yourself or whatever. the little extra time you spend may come back to you in the end.

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I'm big on role play...so sometimes things get a bit heavy during a "show". My usual method after a show is to log-on to text chat. i will then thank the host for the show, let them know what rating I'm giving etc. Or, sometimes will CC-mail a message.

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English guy, I agree with you. I think it always is best to be polite to the host that I visit. It makes for a better chat and you can become friends. When a host is polite to me also I am more likely to return. Treat people the way you want to be treated.

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RE: Being nice to hosts.

Have the thank you chat in free text chat. I always return to free chat directly after videochat

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RE: Being nice to hosts.

Here i just must add something, I also tend to return to free chat right after a video session and it is here IMHO that hosts shows their true face...

Some hosts are very happy to chat with you afterwards while others suddenly gets stone cold and ignores you - so being a fool? No not really, it is the matter of the individual host being friendly or stone cold.

Being friendly is certainly always a true gift, but dont expect a life on roses. Some visitors are evil and the same are some hosts!

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RE: saw messages and think

I posted the original question and after thinking about it I wondered how much exercise accounts for a tigher pussy. I doubt fat women have firm Kegel muscles ( doubt they have any firm muscles) , hense the fat woman = loose pussy coorolation.

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RE: saw messages and think

hmm i will have to disagree here.
I'm uk size 16-18 now and probably what you call fat but 2 years ago when i was size 20-22 i was introduced to the gym and I then started visiting regularly. My body shape changed dramatically and i've got quite firm muscles now. I do regular kegel exercises especially when i'm nervous it helps me release tension and I even don't do them on purpose, just clench my pussy and buttocks.
Anyway I've got a very good friend of mine, she hates any form of exercise and 2 years now I can't persuade her to come with me even to the easy thai chi or body balance classes. She is as limp as a sponge but size 8-10 :)

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RE: saw messages and think

had to start another stupid thread about it on the same page

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Fulfilling a fantasy

There's a beautiful young woman where I work who's giving me naughty thoughts. Where would I find on cc a young, Irish-looking lass, fairly petite, stylish, very firm calves in high heels, a yoga babe with a body to die for? Can you tell I'm getting obsessed? just keeping it healthy... I'm not a stalker by any means lol
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RE: Gortensia... for members

try visit her as a member and you will know how nice she is

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RE: Gortensia... for members

i can tell that i was chatting with her clean and friendly chat....i didnt say anything bad to her but she was rude.
probably her stars she got them from the few members who like her and still persist to visit her
anyway hosts should be nice, at least to members who are nice with them

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RE: Gortensia... for members

i agree. she is quite nasty.

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RE: Gortensia... for members

Nasty smells make people turn up their nose's.Your aura must be very nasty.

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RE: Gortensia... for members

Gorty rules!!!

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RE: Gortensia... for members

All publicity is good publcity.

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RE: Gortensia... for members

if what u say is right then this is not publicity...it is a way to show how bad someone is so maybe to stop her from being on cc....we dont need so bad chathosts here they damage cc....if someone wants to work then she should do good work or at least be nice

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RE: Gortensia... for members

same damn people that complain about the regulars in chat always being th same with the same lines appear to be the same people that continuously have the same dull, boring conversations in forums

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RE: Gortensia... for members SAME

bother

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RE: Gortensia... for members

this message has been editied to only alow the good words about her....
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RE: Gortensia... for members

hehe good one

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RE: Gortensia... for members

i wonder why she always hides her face from pictures....is it so ugly?:P

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RE: Gortensia... for members

she should be a DOM for guys craving to be abused.

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RE: Gortensia... for members

She is very polite to me when I visit her. I know my visits with her have always rated 5 stars.

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RE: Gortensia... for members

I have never visited G in video, but i will say this. I read many of her posts on the Forums, and as I have said before, she is thoughtful, usually positive, and highly intelligent. Therefore, and it's just my assumption...that if she blocks a member, it is not out of a desire to diminish her income.

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RE: Gortensia... for members

if you are a weak guy. go see her for yourself. but be prepared to be blocked if you do not agree with her.

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RE: Gortensia... for members

hopeless rude and just swearing,she used to be nice,now she treat members like shit

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RE: fetish

sure...only old north-westeuropean men are here on CC. Bad luck....lol!!!!!!!!!!!

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RE: fetish ABT MEN

but tanusha ;)

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RE: fetish

sasha U seen too many movies - klem

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RE: fetish

its in our genes rus, the eyes first for personality, then the ass somehow for fertility, then the rest if u got to choose , don't mind a tanned real blond neither

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RE: fetish

it seems nobody here knows what FETISH means:)))

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RE: fetish

I guess all of this leaves out all of us older guys lol

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RE: fetish

white undershorts)))
good perfume

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RE: fetish

i didnt know sweaty latin guys were the faces on currency

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BITCH is an acronym for:

Beautiful ... Intelligent ... Totally ... Charming ... Host

if u agree, then CC is full of BITCHes! (^_*)
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Sorry

If this info was posted here before or in someone's profile, i apologize. A friend emailed me this recently and I thought it was cute so I'd share with u. Thought u might get a chuckle, but i guess not :(

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RE: Sorry

and such goooooooood " bitches"""" yummmm !!!! LOL

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RE: BITCH is an acronym for:

odes to yourself ori?

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RE: one status on yahoo

you don't change people's minds,only their perceptions :--)

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RE: one status on yahoo

what about the old adage "let's agreee to disagree"?

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RE: one status on yahoo

well peoples opinions are based on their bias and their existing knowledge, if you bring new information you can change their opinion, and therefore you can encourage someone to agree with you!

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RE: To members.....and hosts

You either got a stalker [permanent invite to vid] or you got a real friend.

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RE: To members.....and hosts

I get romantic sms all the time from hosts saying:
Baby, im online cum to c me :P

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RE: To members.....and hosts

Depends on the messages, if it's messages like "when are you coming back to my vid" or "hey, I'm on-line now" she's after your money.
Judging the fact you can't figure that out on your own, I'd say she has you pegged for a sucker.

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asiandoll

asiandoll--stay cool and keep on smiling,, and watch out for the people walking along the sidewalks while driving

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RE: To members.....and hosts

if she got my number, then she won my trust , so shes a good friend

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RE: To members.....and hosts

If she says she missed you and cant wait for your next video on CC you can look in the mirror and say hi to the goat. If she is talking about her own life outside of CC and just wants to chat with you on CC....forget the video then you have someone who likes you...still a long way from anything more. As always tred lightly and carefully here....sooner or later the question of money arises.

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i would be angry about the cell text , because if i were to give to a host she would know not to text me.
yahoo, or in my case msn, i wouldnt mind that at all.

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RE: Why?

Why r some host so nice and other see nothin but money???

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RE: Why?

Because all people are different. Men are different as well as women are different. Nurture, education and experience are the factors I guess.

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RE: Why?

Why do some hosts use 2 year old pictures when they look nothing like it now?

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RE: Why?

I guess that explains the rudeness.

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RE: Why?

lol, too funny

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RE: Why?

Why do most hosts ask to see them now?

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RE: Why?

they don't. men just think they want to see.

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RE: Why?

Why do hosts always ask to show our cocks first, then I see 3 or 4 heads peeking at your monitor?

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RE: Why?

LOL

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RE: Why?

why do members get angry if a host is selective with her viewers and dont allow anyone to see her?

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why young chics so arrogant think their shit don't stink?

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RE: Why?

You missed the point...but isn't that the point. lol

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sappiest love storry on cc

im bored as hell, and im waiting until my favorite host comes back from vacation.

i was wondering who was willing to post the saddest love story from cc. they cancelled the OC and now i dont have any soap operas to watch. i figure reading stories here will be the next best thing.

i guess people should be warned that if they post their stories they will be subject to much harsh criticisms and most likely ridicule. post away!
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RE: sappiest love storry on cc

First tell us who your favorite host is pls.

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RE: sappiest love storry on cc

Once apon a time a host scammed a member out of alot of money.
The end.

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RE: sappiest love storry on cc

That sounds like me !!! But you live and learn by your stupidity and nobody twisted my arm. I'm now a wiser man. I hope !!!... lol

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RE: sappiest love storry on cc

perhaps if you were truly wise...we'd not be reading your comments.

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RE: sappiest love storry on cc

Once upon a time there was a memeber waiting for his favorite host to come back from vacation.
The end.

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RE: sappiest love storry on cc

pathetic. isn't it? then again. we're all a bunch of saps for being here. hell, if we can afford it, why not? wine, women, and song for everyone!

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hmm. im curious how often hosts fall in love with members. we members are true saps. it is easy for us to fall blindly in love with u hosts. i figure hosts have more self control.

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RE: sappiest love storry on cc

do not bet on that

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Oct 11. 2007 - March 5, 2008

Wooooohoooooooo, finally, vacations over. Oct 11 was a sad sad day. Due to a situation I had no control of, I was layed-off from work. Today, I accepted a job offer. So happy, I wanted to share with all of you. Now the fun begins,........moving. Sigh.
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glad to hear Roger:) im happy for you

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5 month's without working? wow, I didn't realize it was that hard to get hired at MCDonalds

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RE: Oct 11. 2007 - March 5, 2008

should pay more attention......14,000 people applied for jobs at a new walmart in georgia last fall........lower the pay scale you are offering. save money

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RE: Addicted to Internet Porn

oh no that fits me to a tee :( lol

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with all due respect for one of my favorite hosts

what a nice lovely visit the boys had at the San Siro. Still a long way to go......

ivymike

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question for hosts

just curious what hosts think when a member tries to tell the other members in open session to leave so he can be alone with the host. personally i find it cheesy as hell. especially when the host tells me she does not want to be alone with him
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RE: question for hosts

the other members a pussy , im not going to leave open session because some idiot tells me too.

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RE: question for hosts

my sentiments exactly

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this is what i hate more on cc..the fact that we dont have the possibility to accpet members when they try to enter in video..
it is true that it happened to me many times to tell to the second member that i am busy and i cant be with him too..
what can i do if the 1st member ask me for bare feet and the other one is asking me to wear boots?or when another one is asking me to wear a strap on and the other one is asking me to change in another outfit....there are moments when we cant deal with 2-3-4 members in the same time..and i hope one day members will understand this..and stop rating us low because of this..lol

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I agree with Thomas. I would not leave because the other viewer was telling me to do so, but I would leave if the host asks me to leave. If I return to that host again depends upon if it is a friend host and if it is somebody new, I want them to say to me to come back later. I am chatting to the host anyway by private even when the host is in open session; therefore, I can make 3 or 4 closing statements to the host before I leave.

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I'd tell if he wanted privacy he should have went 1-2-1, other than that just ingnore him.

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Slim and Tight or Fat and loose?

Ok, so I like slim and trim laidies but when I have sex with them I'm a little "too big" down below and can't enjoy the full pleasure as I have to worry about if they are in pan or not.
Do fatter women have bigger pussys?
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RE: Slim and Tight or Fat and loose?

no, but considering women have the potential to give birth, i very much doubt even you are too big to split them in half. Bare in mind the bigger you are, the gentler you will have to be at first

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RE: Slim and Tight or Fat and loose?

Seriously, if you can't tell if they are in 'pan' you need glasses!! The handle should be a dead give-away!!

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RE: Slim and Tight or Fat and loose?

True, bbw girls have tighter pussies. Just because someone gains weight doesn't mean that their vagina will be looser LOL. On contrary, since they have more fat tissues not only under skin but inside, among the organs, their vagina will be pressed together a little bit. at least that's what I read..

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RE: Slim and Tight or Fat and loose?

Any actual pain they feel is either partly psychological (thye see you are big expect it to hurt and become tense so it hurts) or due to your poor technique (not enough foreplay).

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RE: Slim and Tight or Fat and loose?

Gotta go with the slim and tight for one simple reason.....it is so fleeting for most women. So it is a rare commodity found usually with yournger women. Slim and tight is the same as young and thin...and so many women are slim when they are young but childbirth and other factors pack on the pounds. Still beautiful women but a bit heavier. CC members seek what they cannot find in the real world...young, slim and tight.

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RE: Slim and Tight or Fat and loose?


I think age is not the only reason and im certain that childbirth comments are not true. I have had good experiences with younger and older even very recently one nice lady of 37 with 3 kids,
but very fit , (ex fitness instructor ) tighter than any younger girl i have experienced.
So I think like many things including your own personal gene pool, ageing and looks and fitness and size are very different for all.

and the differences can be large, and totaly oposite than u expect.
some Very young girls ( seen a few here too) are not tight at all.

and as with many things -the looks and the sizes do not make a good lover - often the opposite....

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RE: Slim and Tight or Fat and loose?

yep, not so good looking guys put more efforts and are better lovers. Trust me, I've had them all LOL

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RE: Slim and Tight or Fat and loose?

If you have to ask such a question, I doubt you've even had sex at all.

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RE: Slim and Tight or Fat and loose?

not with a fattie, take one on a date and they can eat three times what a "normal" girl can eat....lol

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Does any ladies smoke brown cigarettes? If so let me know and I will come and see you.
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I'm here...

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RE: WHO SMOKES AND WEAR GLOVES? BS***T

Actually when members only stay 1 min, it is because they realize how ugly you are.

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Talk about selective...like, why would you even give a fuck about whether or not they are brown? You probably think there is a difference between light and regular cigarettes too, huh?

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HOW? wildxrose

Could anyone explain me how is it possible that one new host, in cc since 10 days, has already 5 stars? Maybe so amazing? So great show? So lovely? She is in glamour too. Is it a possible falsification? A new trick by the site?
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10 viewers in 10 days all 5 stars? And this is impossible because....?

Sounds such a obvious point one has to wonder if it is not just self promotion.

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RE: HOW? wildxrose

She got good ratings by all members that visited her, Duh!

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The math is simple. Everyone who saw her gave her 5 stars. She must give a good show for a fair price or be so smolin hot nobody cares about either. Or she has only seen a handful of very admiring men.

I wonder about the other hosts that have 1 or 2 stars. Seems like nobody is happy with their shows.

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RE: HOW? wildxrose

I think most hosts with only 1 or 2 stars have technical problems so that members cannot connect easily

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How do u feel about guys joining Open Session

This question is mainly for hosts. Let's say a viewer and u were spending a "quality" time in Open Session. Then other guys come in and join ... in general, how do u feel? Would u feel annoyed and prefer the 2nd guy to wait until u were free? Or do u think more is merrier and welcome others with open arms?
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mmmmmm,good idea,we will start to talk on text chat and we will go to one2one if they dont like Open Session,

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RE: How do u feel about guys joining Open Session

There is one very good reason why we would not enter text chat if u already in video, cos u cant see our words if u already in video.

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RE: How do u feel about guys joining Open Session

I guess some host are not aware that when a video session is started txt chatters are unable to send you txt chat any more. You are given a message saying the host is busy but feel free to join them in video if you want. Of course if the video is one2one then you cannot but that is fair enough.

For the record though members can always see when you are in video either one2one or open. When you are in one2one members are prevented completely from seeing you, but when you are in open the one2one option disappears so they know you are already occupied and if they do join know they are not the first person and as such should not be disappointed for not being able to direct things. Of course cooperation with other members means everyone can participate which I suppose is the ideal thing for everyone.

Hope that helps you to not be so frustrated with members CherryLips. Sometimes it really is not their fault ;)

TNTHASHSIHTAHFKA

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RE: How do u feel about guys joining Open Session

Actually text chat can still be available if a host is in video, if the host has not turned on the Private Room mode. With the Private Room mode turned off, messages can still be sent back and forth between members and hosts in text chat even when she is currently in video chat with another. Also when the Private Room mode is turned off, the video alert that the host has just entered a video session is not displayed in text chat when another viewer enters her video. Most host's activate the Private Room mode though because it makes it easier on them, not having to keep several conversations going or risk losing the member in video because they are talking to someone in text chat. Personally I wish the Private Room mode allowed a viewer in text chat and a host to send a certain number of messages back and forth to each other after someone else enters their video, say maybe 3 messages... because many times you are in the middle of answering a question the host asked when someone enters her vid and your reply is blocked. 3 messages would be enough to send the answer you were typing, and let the host know if you were going to wait or return later and say bye, without being overly distracting to the host. Also the host could inform the member in text if she was going to be logging off for the night after the video session ended or whatever. I think it would be less frustrating for both. Maybe... hopefully... CC will implement something like that.

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RE: How do u feel about guys joining Open Session

I think most guys ... nope I better not speak for "most" guys but for myself -- I'd at least extend u a courtesy & respect and go to Talk and ask if I can join, or if u are just chatting, almost finish with viewer or whatever. But unfortunately once u are in vid, I cannot "talk" to u. I can type but u can't read what I typed. Didn't u know? Have u ever wondered why no one "talks" to u when u are in vid?
Anyway, now u know that we can't "talk" to u. Knowing this, how do u now feel about guys joining a session in progress?

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RE: How do u feel about guys joining Open Session

It is a crapshoot to enter an open session and expect a hot video in progress. That only works if the host or member is speaking in public during the video so you can follow what is going on and for a few hosts who go right to work with no smalltalk. It is double money for the host and saves the member some money in the foreplay chat. But I agree if I am sloppy seconds I will let the initial viewer guide the action. If I dont like what I see I will go and come back. Sometime immediately upon the end of the first video to again avoid the warm up time.

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About DizzMissLiz

Looking at the wievers forum it seems that all are in love to her. Maybe she agrees and likes all these attentions, business is business, but is it right give all these illusions to guys who come in CC perhaps 'cause alone and without any other to talk with?
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RE: About DizzMissLiz

u paus your money mo a fantasy site illusion can be good as long as you don't lose sight of it. she's apparently a very good host

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klem Liz U can take all this or already used ur digital skills to hide the bad ones ? ;)

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RE: About DizzMissLiz

Doh how "many friends" you could get in 3 weeks? Is just your moment of glory as a new one, dont flate yourself! And with your attitude i dont think you would get more in the future huh!

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RE: About DizzMissLiz

Miss Liz is a very dear friend of mine and i take exception to anyone saying anything bad about her. i think the only person with a problem here is you mitic. liz is friendly and a very good host. she doesn't promise anything in her vids. It's nice to find a host like her.

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time for a timeout

no more cc for me for awhile --bye all
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RE: time for a timeout

where you go

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RE: time for a timeout

hurry back chase-we already missing wayne-dont stay away to long

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RE: time for a timeout

who left this time

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RE: time for a timeout

theyre going to the drama queen's annual conference .

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RE: time for a timeout

have fun in Romania

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RE: time for a timeout

vacation in Russia

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RE: time for a timeout

can i go with them

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RE: time for a timeout

they went together ?

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RE: time for a timeout

they are both with me--i do chase on every other day and wayne on the others and back at cc on sundays--i have to let them rest

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RE: time for a timeout

real funny people--stay cool

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RE: time for a timeout

have I got a follower--cool,,, didn't know I left,,, oh by the way I feel honor now i see a host here that has the chase name---cool,,, maybe we can meet someday and discuss the real meaning of this name--

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video problems

Has anyone here noticed video and chat being very slow??
I am in the u.k and between 4pm and midnight chat and video is so slow it is not worth trying to enter a video.
Any other time it seems fine, this has been happening for about 4 days.
Would like to know if anyone has an answer, or is it just my computer has a problem!!
It is not just here is on other chat sites too!!
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RE: video problems

I do know that certain ISP's in the UK slow down a person's internet access between peak hours if they exceed their monthly download allowance (BT Openworld for one)

If that is not your problem then sorry I can't help any further.

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Hi.. I had a similar problem a few months ago. In the evening streaming video would get slower and slower and then stop completely. I never did find out the reason but this slowing down but it has not happened to me for some weeks now. The only rational explanation I got was from someone who said it was most likely due to very heavy traffic on the internet in the evenings !!!! I hope your problem clears up like mine did, because I know how frustrating it can be. Cheers :)

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I'm on a 20000/1000 kbs plan. but can only reach a download speed of around 10000/ kps.. My ISP reduces my speed to 64kps when i reach 12g.. I NEVER USE IT ALL..
Cheers!

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RE: video problems

I too am in the Uk I use BT but have unlimited usage so I know traffic isnt the problem. But from reading other posts it seems it might have something to do with cc software because people from other countries seem to suffer too. I cant get anywhere in cc whether it be Chat, Vid or Comm Chat. All other web browsing is fine

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the other day i had a vid session that was a bit choppy (stop and go) but normally never a problem.

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Yep Ive had these problems 2, im on Virgin MEdia with a20meg connection, everywhere else on net is very quick, apart from cc, disconnection probs etc, slow videos, am hoping its gonna clear.xx any suggestions?

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RE: video problems

maybe cc is too damn popular . they will have to limit persistent self abusers. all shows limited to 5 minutes. the most popular hosts have to dress as parking meter attendants ( Mind you someone is probably up for that:)

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Sergei Lukyanenko

Have any Russian/ non-Russian members/ hosts read the "Watch" books by Lukyanenko? Night Watch/ Day Watch/ Twilight Watch?

If so, do you know whether the last book, "Final Watch" has been released yet in Russia?

It won't be available in UK until October :-(
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RE: Sergei Lukyanenko

Thanks, but can't speak Russian :-(

Yes, his books are quite famous for non-English language author.

Films too... But the films are very different from books.

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RE: Sergei Lukyanenko

Well, in France we saw only the 1st movie, sad.... I wanted to know what happens after..... but it's a good news to know that others exist in english :-)

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RE: Sergei Lukyanenko

Only the first two books as films so far, Night Watch and Day Watch.

But read the books instead... The films are very different from the books and the books are better, I think.

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About Russia

Well, a "new" president has been elected. So i would ask to russian people here what is their opinion about it, and how they see the future for russia.
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RE: About Russia

I think nothing will totally change inside Russia with ANY president until he and his government starts to truly invest in country's economics and starts to really care about the population. I hope those times will come. As for foreign policy, I can't discuss it here.

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RE: About Russia

Sad, you can't discuss about it here... I hope too that one day the population will be really take into account...
And about the topic of foreign policy, it interests me a lot, moreover i will continue my studies in russia next year...

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RE: About Russia

I am glad to know you are interested in such a things and I sincerely wish the best of luck in your studies in Russia :-) When you'll come here, I am sure you will meet some well-informed people who would help you to puzzle out many things concerning Russia.

I just wish there would be much more talented and really intelligent people everywhere, who are doing foreign policy in the world.

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RE: About Russia

wow somebody gets that having petro dollars alone does not make an economy for everyone else

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yep all will in his hands. dont look like democraty at all but it better than before

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RE: About Russia

yes! nad what gals thinks about new law about sex and porn in russian internet? great !!!!!

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RE: About Russia... katerinka

What exactly do you mean? What determination?

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RE: About Russia... katerinka

right now our laws cant say that is that porno. so i think they will give exactly explaining what is. like shows genitaly or something similiar i cant say exactly because do not sure

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RE: About Russia... katerinka

Can any Russian host do a Catherine the Great? If so, she will be Miss Russia 2008!!

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RE: About Russia... katerinka

Catherine the Great.... Now that was one hot German chick.

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RE: About Russia... katerinka

Im talking about Catherine the Great and her stud, the horse.

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RE: About Russia

I think Putin has been a good president for Russia generally, but he is far too proud and aggressive on the world stage. Makes many empty threats and sees the Western democracies too often as enemies.

With him as President, Russia looks to me like a teenage boy: full of boasts and empty rhetoric and prone to unwise action.

I have difficulty understanding why he is so popular in Russia. The Russian people are so intelligent and highly-cultured... I have seen press-conferences from Russia where most of the journalists were fawning all over him, asking sycophantic questions... The females even openly flirting with him.

I think it must just be that Putin has restored the nation's pride after so long. But too much pride can lead people and countries into trouble.

I think he was the right man for Russia at the time, but I hope he will not return and the Russian people will select a President who is wise and calm, more in keeping with their historical national character.

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RE: About Russia

all Europe laught at Russia because of this*VOTE*

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Re: about russia economy

I'd like to know if host feel better off after Putin? Has more opportunity come about as result of his rule?

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RE: About Russia

Maybe it is because they have been listening to much to Gary Kasparov who seem like is getting more and more crazy those days

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At least that's how he's being characterized in Pravda.

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RE: About Russia

Yes we will crush them! (Pounds shoe on table!!)

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RE: About Russia

LOL...that would be too old-fashioned nowadays :-p
Any other ideas?

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really, he does after all wear better shoes than krushev did wouldn't want to damage them anyway

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RE: About Russia

serve them all some radioactive sushi?:)

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RE: About Russia

No, no need to crush any country.
President of Russia should be a woman. If I was a president of Russia I, firstly, would care about all the people like a good mother... those bad ones I would spank and no more sweet-stuff!
Secondly, I would charm all the other presidents as they usually are men, so they automatically started to adore my country. The only problem if they could start to crush each other as a competitors, but then I could send the best of Russian girls to marry them and therefore keep peace everywhere without a single shot. Ah, why that wise traditon is forgotten? Seems every president takes his wife from his own country these days :-(
In case some presidents are women, that also would be fine. We would talk for hours about fashions and men, swap our jewelry and stylists, as well as any other goods. We would be the best friends ever. As a result, no politics and no wars anymore... Is it so impossible, really? ;-)

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RE: About Russia

Putin restored nothing to Russia but a crackdown on political dissent and the belicose rhetoric you mention.
All else is the product of nothing but the price of oil.

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I think not being allowed to openly speak critically of Putin is partly the problem many have with him.

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RE: About Russia

Yes, you are right with your statement about price of oil.

And the next questions are: "And what? Does any of Russian populace have any benefit from that? Or does Russian economics bloom because of that? Are those huge money working for the country?" The answer is obvious...NO, they work somewhere for someone, but not for the simple Russian worker.

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RE: About Russia

If any of you knew how effective government works then you would realise that propaganda and the creation of an enemy like say western opinion or USA etc added to apathy means you can rule . Personally I like Putin and he is not so stupid he understands the West very well despite rhetoric etc . I look at politics in the UK and I dont think any are fit to govern . We have over 650 MP's on huge salaries and even greater expenses combined with huge pensions . There is no dissent within the political party system and we have a government that has wasted huge amounts of tax payers money . Instead of our tax burden getting less and so giving us more freedom we pay more and more tax and seem to have less freedom .

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RE: About Russia

I just partly agree with you. First of all, not all Russians admire Putin. And not all of them think that for the such enough long period he and his government did something really significant for the country and people. The life here is still far from normal and most of main problems are still the same. Moreover, some of his actions and changings are very disputable (softly speaking).

The only important thing which is visible for everyone is a "sober face" of Russia in the world's eyes (comparing to Eltsin) which makes it as a country to be taken seriously. Yes, Russia became a little bit stronger and steady but still much much far from what could give its huge potentiality, including humans factor.

So yes, Putin looks much better comparing to a previous president but still not the one who could regenerate this country and uplift it on the really high level.

Personally I don't think at all that Russia is aggressive country and Putin is aggressive president. History knows much more aggresive ones. Russia is just trying to keep its own opinion, its own originality and its own safety, which I think is an inherent right of any country.

P.S. By the way, it is not only my opinion. I know many people (and not only Russians) who think the same. Of course I could say much more if it was allowed here. Politics! Sorry... :-)

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RE: About Russia

lots left unsaid.

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RE: About Russia

70% of putin's political junta are former or current KGB/FSB. No different than any dictator he suppresses the opposition and will continue to rule the country as prime minister. He wants to maintain control of russia's vast mineral and oil energy resources and as you've seen in the past will stop at nothing to do so.

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What is wrong with some individuals?

I never did it before and was not going to...but this one post in a Viewer's forum made me really feel necessity to react. Since I cannot reply directly to that person there, I post my reply here in General forum just because I think those things should be totally reproved.

This member, I guess "western euro one" or whoever he is, posted such a comment: "sorry, as the consumer i prefer my hosts to realize who is paying and act accordingly (especially eastern euro ones). if you want to spend your time tiptoeing around afraid to offend a girl who takes her clothes off for money then you have issues"...

Well, mister trixster, I am quite sure it is useless to try to change your disgusting attutude to "your" hosts (just tell me when and how they became YOURS? I presume, after you have paid for the fantasy?), but I have to say that such an attitude to a people of other nationalities and locations is absolutely a question of decency and equality, and goes far out of just a discussion about a certain host.

I personally have nothing against ANY country, moreover I am the one who would fight with any kind of discrimination and abasement, that is WHY I am posting this. And all what I want by posting this, is the next time when someone is going to show to everyone his super-duper ignorance and outrageous arrogance, he should think twice before doing that. Firstly because CC is an INTERNATIONAL site, secondly because for sure there are always people who are much more intelligent and educated, and have no any need in stupid and inadequate advices.

It doesn't matter if we are males or females, if we are customers or hosts, if we are paying or paid, but everyone still MUST show respect to everyone, and not only here.

I have doubts that you, "trixster", changed your point, but at least any other the same as you who now is reading this, would think before to post his insolent comments.
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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

Oh yes, I know such a type of people. Unfortunately, many of them are not able to learn a simple things which makes even their own life poor and defective.

Thank you for the support :-)

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

if this is about trixster in the viewer's forum then not only is he predisposed to mount a vociferous argument based on simply reading a profile, but if he's begging eastern euros, then besides being a CS he is a blatantly convenient liar

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

I am afraid you are mistaken, MadisonLee. People CAN change themselves if they want to...or if they were forced by someone or something. And very often it happens because other people do not prefer to keep silence and do not indulge those facts. Probably this one certain member will stay in his opinion, but some others would think at least, especially if I am not the only one who thinks such behaviour is inadmissible at any place.

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

I costs notting to treat a person with respect, this is something that should not be requested it should be a taken for granted

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

Respect? Taken for granted? Hmm...Respect for human life i agree...however, respect for nuance of behavior and actions need be earned and not given freely.

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

respect should be given to everyone...not on conditions...if they do not deserve it do no tgive it ...but no tto be given later on condition

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

if respect is to be given to everyon eunconditionally, then no one would ever not deserve it......including the dude who prompted the self-righteous outburst that started this whole thread, true?

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

you can respect his point of view...no matter how stupid it is

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

It is attitudes like yours that have helped cause a general "dumbing down" of forum debate. One of the things that used to (and to a lesser extent still does) set CC apart from being, just another porn site, was that forum debate was not limited to which host has the biggest tits or could push a marrow further up her asshole but covered many other issues. It was a porn site where many members and hosts treated each other as human beings rather than as human ATM's and wank fodder. It was this that helped create some sense of community, a sense that is rapidly disappearing.

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

I totally agree with you, N3 :) Very well said :D

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

I will post here whatever I want to post since this forum is a place for free debate by default. You can stay there where you think your place is. I am not trying to teach you how to live so don't try to teach me, especially in such a manner. I have my own views on the things and not necessarily they should be the same as yours.

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

ML just isn't content with only proving she's stupid in the chat room, she likes to do it here as well?

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

you preach respect and call another person stupid/ what a hypocrite you are.

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

serious CS alert...lol

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

quite capable of being both CS and PW. you should try it sometime

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

Can you launch a "Should doers" anonymous? Might settle differences in this thread. Otherwise know as SDAA...even got your initials. :)

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

calling someone stupid while not posting your screen name are words of a coward

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

used your screen name" and no one said anything about respect, but then ML never shows any to anyone

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

as always stupidity reigns

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

so does Claude:-)

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

what makes you stupid is your INSISTENCE that everyone is totally wrong but you.....you're also very unpleasant

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

i don't recall stating an opinion insisting over and over gain tht i am right, but you never fail to scream it's a porn site and no realtionship beyond that is possible. so ll those frieds you made in the chatroom a few of which you have met aren't anything more to you tahan customers from a porn site? they should duly note that then

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

reported any girls for speakig a foreign language lately, did you report yourself too

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

nothing new about it

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

talk about unpleasant.

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

he's right she is

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

who said anything about looks? stay on topic

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

must have been short "quit"....lol

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

Normally agree with most of what you say but today you criticize a member who posts bravely under his screen name while you hide yours. Shame shame.

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

Well, I don't see a shame in fact that any host may not want to post her/his host name because of some number of reasons. I have my own some reasons which can be much far of what you are thinking.

I don't know personally a member "trixster" as well as he personally doesn't know me, but this fact cannot be an obstacle for posting my opinion based on the concrete statement of ANY person. Knowing his screen name gives me nothing, I am not going to write him ccMails. I am not interested in nor how he looks, nor who he actually is, as well as he or someone else should not be interested in how I look or any other info about me when I post just my thoughts here but not the invitation to my room.
To post a real name or not to post is a matter of free choice, after all...

Also, no need to shout too loud "shame shame" while you posted without any name.

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

My only point LG was that its unfair to criticize someone by his screen name while you hide yours. Get it? He has no recourse to respond to anonymous host. Anyone can use here the name LG. On the other hand no one can use your real screen name. Many hosts do not like being criticized anonymously. Give viewers the same respect or is this a way way street?

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

what more recourse does he require than to reply directly to her words here?

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

Okay I was going to keep out of this but your post has changed my mind.

Firstly your statement "posts bravely under his screen name" made me laugh. I never realised I was so brave just because I use my screen name.

Secondly I fully understand why Laughing Girl does not use her real name as it could effect her income with certain "brave" members who cannot handle a girl with a different opinion to them.

Thirdly (and my reason for posting) in his final reply to me on the viewers forum he signs his name trikster rather than trixster suggesting that, at the very least, he either has another screen name or was going to post to me using a different name. Perhaps he has one name to be abusive and one name to be a sychophant.

Fourthly, Laughing Girl, I think you can work out my opinon from my posts in the viewers forum so I won't say any more here:P

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

Yes, ImNotYourFriend...Thank you :-)

I cannot deny I've got a great pleasure while reading your posts (and some other members as well) and a big smile is still on my face :-p

You definitely have a style...and also much more than just a style :-)

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

LG, the world is full of people such as *trixter*. People that believe in the power of money, and with the thought pattern that just because they have it, everyone else that doesn’t rise up to their level, especially women that come from Eastern European countries are some kind of possession and lesser being that should obey his “superiority”. People that judge others just because of a job they are doing only show an inferior level of intelligence.
These type of people, often let themselves fall into power trip situations where they like to believe that their “power” (money), could and should suppress others just because he is a paying costumer. In his ignorance, he doesn’t realize that is not the money that makes someone powerful but amongst other things, their respect for another human beings. These types of people do nothing else but live a life full of ignorance and arrogance usually brought on by the fact that they are under achievers.
As for his comments about having experience with women, knowing how to treat them, and his all attitude towards women can only allow me to ascertain that in his real life he is in fact dominated by women, so he finds CC to be the perfect place that allows him to shift the balance of power by the use of money.

I wouldn’t think too much of it though, as I said the world is full of people like that. As there aren’t many chances for them to change, I guess the only thing left to do is rise above it. :)

P.S. to AA :) I wouldn't call *MadisonLee* stupid, I would say that she is a person with low self esteem that bows in front of people with money ( paying costumers), and allows them to offend her AS WELL, even if not directly. :)

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

BS. Power of money? Power of blocking? Sounds equal.

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

It seems that you have failed to comprehend the essence of my post and therefor I will not try to make an explanatory attempt. Instead of "duh" I will stick to - no comment.

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

I hope you have read my reply to you before CC removed my post I have no idea why? Hmmm...very strange, I'd say...Maybe because of other attached posts??

Anyway, Thank you again DD, for your very nice and warm response :-)

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

Yes I have LG but unfortunately I didn’t get the chance to reply. That was very nice of you :)

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

you really know how to pontificate on all the many reasons you have to look down on other person....that's a real gift, dude.

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

Wow… I would have expected a bit more from a person that is using words such as “pontificate”. You have only replied to mine and *AA*’s posts. What do they have in common? …ummmmmmm …...*MadisonLee*. Oh, and the word “dude” …where have I seen that word being used excessively before?….. You are no secret to me. Don’t get me wrong, you can defend your friend as much as you like, that’s nice of you but it looks like quite a few people around here have a pretty good idea of what’s what.

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

i don't hate her

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

Your whole dictionary-aided babbling is just a big /failure. You can fool yourself all you want, but your ferocious reaction only proves that you take this very personal - nothing less, nothing more than that...

Give us a break...you're sitting there desperately trying to attract customers who'd pay you money and you're ready to get naked for them and wiggle your naked privateparts at them. All that, instead of getting a decent education or a job.

If you think we should treat you with same respect as we treat the women we know in real life, women that do not choose to server any wanker with a credit card.....you're just blatantly DELUSIONAL. Think about it...

/sage off

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

hahaha
I can't be bothered to post
but the way some viewers see things is absolutely hilarious :)

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

You can't be bothered to post but you can't resist to post...Good example of delusional behavior.

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

And now you are sure you have "killed" me with your miserable post, aren't you? Haha...Nooo, you only have showed here your poor essence, dirty thoughts and short-sighted mind...as well as your whole attitude to a people, both men and women. Well, nothing new and all the same...

As for "dictionary-aided babbling "...You know what? Go and learn Russian first, dear...and then come back to me I will tell you something. And I PROMISE you will turn into dot...Understand my English? Ok, I see you understand.

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals? ~ Laughing Man etc etc etc..

My my my, seems that all this high emotion has caused lots of people not to think straight. Personally I can see why LG is upset and if I had been around over the weekend I would have put my four penneth worth in as well. Not the first time has it been up to some ingrate to tar an entire nation (on in the cause half a continent) with the same brush just because they have had a bad experience.

What is more amusing though is the reaction to what she said and all the moronic responses that seem to delight in being so far up there own arseholes they cannot even hear how mind-numbingly stupid they are. Not that I want to single anyone out, but Laughing Man's obviously missed the plot (or perhaps replied to the wrong person) by suggesting that LG kicked up such a fuss to promote herself. Have you looked for Laughing Girl as a host lately buddy? Some promotion that is, don't you think?

As for the rest of this charade, just goes to show the forums are becoming dangerously stagnant if it takes only half and issue to generate so much traffic. Some of the things people have been saying they ought to be ashamed of themselves. Worse than school yard bullies some of them.

Anyone who thinks that paying money entitles them to anything other than an image of something they want but something they can never have, has more than a few screws loose. In fact they've lose so many it is chewing gum and sticky tape holding their grip to reality.

TNTGTGTBVSSNN

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals? ~ Laughing Man etc etc etc..

In regard to people all gettin' along and treating each other as valued unique individuals and such, what exactly has this thread accomplished?
Seems to me if you go a callin' other people names like "moron", you ain't much lookin' to go about changin' their minds or makin' things better - you're most likley just gonna make those whose beliefs you find reprehenible cling to them defensively just to spite ya.
Anyhow, if this is your game, God bless - enjoy.

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals? ~ Laughing Man etc etc etc..

If you think all this thread was failed, I will answer you that nothing is failed when people are openly discussing any problems.

The aim of starting this tread was not my personal insulted feelings like someone said here, just because the post of "trixster" was not addressed personally to me. My aim was to show to everyone that some things are still reprehensible even on the site like CC, and I mean not only disgusting attitude of some members to women at all, but mostly intolerant attitude of some of them to a certain countries.

At least NOW they know that their provocative comments have not been left without dispraise and there always will be someone who will put them back on their places. Would it change their beliefs or not...most likely not, but at least they will be warned that they are not in favor, and most of normal people are thinking contrary. I am sure, sooner or later those "wrong" individuals will be learnt again by someone else...or finally by their own failed life.

As for calling names...well, it was not "name" in TNT post but adjective. And what if it is true?

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RE: What is wrong with some individuals?

Why must we fight?

I, for one, find this entire thread a pointless exercise in accomplishing nothing but giving convenience for embarrassing flares of ego.

Shameful.

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