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In reply to the discussion: Chinese company schedules destruction of ancient Buddhist city in Afghanistan (PLEASE read) [View all]littlemissmartypants
(34,941 posts)60. Man
are you ok? ... Go sign the damn petition and get over it. Good grief Charlie Brown.... A friend of mine who happens to be a physician found out recently he has cancer. I was reading the sweety pie crap people were writing on his facebook page and this is what I said to him and I am saying it to you:
Come on People, get out of that silver canoe on the serene lake and jump on your Pamlico pony ... sometimes it is the thunder and lightning that make us appreciate the rainbows but sometimes we just have to ride with abandon through the rain. "Now remember when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb mad dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is." from the movie, "The Outlaw Josey Wales" with Clint Eastwood holds that "aspire to the truth" meaning for me. I know he is a fictional character but there is some truth to aspire to here and the ability to grab your internal fortitude with courage can bring peace. Thank you for inspiring these thoughts.
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Chinese company schedules destruction of ancient Buddhist city in Afghanistan (PLEASE read) [View all]
cali
Sep 2012
OP
"MCC plans to extract over $100 billion worth of copper...." Nothing will deter this company/China.
WinkyDink
Sep 2012
#18
Just ask the folks in Priypat, Ukraine how well the Soviets managed their pollution
Taverner
Sep 2012
#36
The irony is painful. Taliban destroy ancient Buddha statues for Allah.
redgreenandblue
Sep 2012
#46
Actually they preserved it for a while and it was a training site for 9/11 under
littlemissmartypants
Sep 2012
#81
UPDATE: Chinese schedule destruction of ancient Buddhist city... TIME SENSITIVE PLEASE READ...
littlemissmartypants
Sep 2012
#55
I didn't say you had do. I merely asked why you changed it to all Chinese instead of one company.
Prometheus Bound
Sep 2012
#85
The utter hubris and entitlement of those who would do this is flabbergasting. n/t
Fire Walk With Me
Sep 2012
#77
travertine ...Calcium-carbonate-encrusted, yet growing moss, early stage of porous travertine
littlemissmartypants
Sep 2012
#99