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I am a 36 year old New Zealander living in Minnesota USA and am happily married. I've been in the USA for 18 months and saw helium as another vehicle for expressing my ideas and opinions.

I've been expressing my thoughts for some years now and was a regular

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Politics, News & Issues > War in Iraq Patriotism or Collaboration: What would you do?: 1 of 5
Patriotism seems to be the honourable way to do defend your country and this is a question I have faced before in both high school and university. In short, collaboration can be an incredibly successful form of patriotism and those who choose this path face extraordinary danger, just like those involved in more overt resista... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Murder: 39 of 194
Dial J for Murder. Jacqueline Langston parked her car in the street next to a line of posh houses in a north London suburb. She didn't mind the short walk to her niece's flat, and had deliberately parked the car a little further down the street rather than trying to wrangle a berth directly in front of the house. She strutte... More..
Entertainment > Musicians & Bands What is your favorite band and why?: 45 of 219
Right now I have my head phones on and work hasn't yet started. I'm listening to my favorite bands of all time, Pink Floyd. It's the final cut, not one of their best albums, but it is the last album they did with Waters in the group and Gilmour's guitar solo's on the Fletcher Memorial Home and Not Now John are brilliant. The... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center How can US foreign policy be improved by the paradox that Iran is often viewed as America's most serious threat even though its youthful population is among the most pro-western Muslim countries?: 9 of 42
There is no doubt that US foreign policy can be improved with Iran, but the question is not solely down to the attitude of the youthful Iranian population, but rather their hard line theocratic government which has suppressed the population since the 1979 Revolution. Furthermore, the Iranian Government's apparent sponsorship... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Military (Other) Should soldiers be allowed to opt out of wars they disagree with?: 16 of 73
The risk of allowing soldiers the choice in which wars they would like to fight in, is making a fragmented, overly political and ultimately unreliable armed forces. Most soldiers are well aware of the political issues surrounding their deployment and acutely aware of issues when objectives are not being reached or are compli... More..
Politics, News & Issues > War in Iraq Predicting the outcome of the war in Iraq: 10 of 45
My own prediction is something like this: The next U.S administration will be forced to remain in Iraq in some guise; forced to out of paradoxically practical reasons, largely moral ones and also for oil. The U.N will finally rally up the courage to offer it's services again in purely humanitarian terms and spend millions ga... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change Is Al Gore right to call global warming the most serious problem facing America today?: 2 of 9
There is no doubt that Global warming is one of the most serious problems facing America today, because unlike some of the other issues which we face as a nation, we have no simple, short term solutions to global change. We now know that we, as part of the industrial nations, have contributed to the global changes in our env... More..
Autos > Driving & Safety Driver safety: Tips for driving in the rain: 5 of 20
Driving in the rain can be a difficult challenge and requires the driver to be much more alert, since the handling of the vehicle may be affected and most definitely the time it takes to stop is increased significantly. The crucial things to remember are: reduce your speed and allow greater distances for bringing the vehicle... More..
Autos > Cars The best looking cars in the world: 1 of 4
Cars these days are all things to all people. For most of us necessity dictates that we have one to get from A to B, and back again. The consideration is budgetary and of course practical and yet even within these tight parameters we almost always want something that looks nice, or cool. Cars elicit a strangely primal respon... More..
Autos > Autos (Other) Why Formula One drivers are the best drivers in the world: 1 of 4
In the world of motorsport, Formula One is regarded as the pinnacle of open wheeled racing. Cars made from the most exotic space age materials, chiselled and refined from years of testing and the most stringent rules and regulations, scream around the world's more demanding tracks by arguably, the world's best drivers. What ... More..