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    • justinbieber  •  Weaverville, North Carolina  •  1 day 13 hrs ago
      MY STORY LOVE IT
    • NenitaB  •  Manila, Philippines  •  7 days ago
      I wish I could contribute stories or events but aside from I'm not a writer I fall short of infos and recorded histories , thou i wanted to maybe in the near future.
    • Zorro  •  3 days ago
      Allow me to share a real life event that has taken place in my life am 55 plus of age and with the cost of living sky rocketing my income was not meeting my day to day life needs... I began to talk with friends telling them about my situation... one day at the local market a total stranger approached me asked me if I would like to earn 5000 dollars just by driving to another state I was hooked - I drove a new car to another state across country... well while driving it came to my thoughts oh my why would someone pay some old man this kind of money ? Did not think anything about it till I was pulled over by four state trooper vehicles on Interstate 10 hidden inside was meth and a drug that I would have never guessed I was facing 33 years to 99 years in state prison WOW I would have been 86 plus or 100 plus when I would get out - - - my life was over no family - no one to call for what I was guilty NO I did not know that there was hard line drugs in the vehicle - I was in shock I broke down and cried like a baby in front of the state trooper and the local sheriff - I have never been in jail other than locally for failure to appear release on OR ticket but this was in another state known for its tough lawas on anti drugs criminal activities I know I was facing the near end of my life I gave up I attempted to to end my life by stop eating - my fellow inmates saw to it I ate so I ate very little to appear I was eating - I have to say life in jail is NO fun for old people - I can say anything against the law enforcement people they were all great people they treated me very WELL can not say that for the inmates many would con me into many of things -

      WHY am I writing this message is to inform Innocent older people they are watching US navie innocent down on our luck per say - type of individuals (they drug cartel) I never did get my 5000 dollars - WATCH FOR strangers that approach you to offer you huge amount of money to drive from on point to another - even its a short trip 500 miles its NOT wroth the chance - today I am homeless I lost my home - my car - all my friends that I once cherrish - no one trusts me - my monies are gone - am falt broke - NO am not on any drugs am strong enough not to use drugs or alochol - but am lost without friends when I see a friend she or he runs the other direction - BEWARE of strangers I attempted to contact Dr Phil for help and to warn others on his show that the drug cartel is picking on innocent senior citizens but he never contacted me as of this writing I need again friends in my life big time the question I have will I ever win my old friends back ?
    • Jose  •  Inglewood, California  •  20 days ago
      Yahoo you guys are simply the best. Keep going forward.
    • TNH Auto Insurance  •  Staten Island, New York  •  21 days ago
      Apple iPhone 5 or Yahoo iPhone 6
    • fistycuffs  •  25 days ago
      I have more comments than stories
    • Norman  •  Show Low, Arizona  •  27 days ago
      i think there shude be away to fire the congress they send money over seas and take it from ss and food stamps andanyway to heart the people hear that need it
      • BeverlyM 13 days ago
        You are right if only people could see the truth.The REPUBLICANS are only for the rich and richer.History shows that they deplete our resources and use scare not be tactics to control the common working class.Americans need to use common sense and be leaders,we as people need tostand up for our rights
      • bigpig 10 days ago
        Your losing surfers and home page's YOU TRIED TO FIX SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT BROKE nowyour going down hill better go back to the simple life,,,,the way it used to be....and also your becoming like fox news,
      • NenitaB 7 days ago
        The head or the leader is the driver who holds the stirring wheel. Whatever comes out of a country is reflective of the kind of leadership a nation has.
    • Ultrabrut1  •  1 mth 2 days ago
      Stories. I got stories. The Space Shuttle. Saw two blow up. I based my entire hopes for the future on the Jetsons. I expected so much more. Q. Does troop withdrawl spell defeat in Afghanistan? A. Only when we're gone. Behind the numbers: Struggle continues fr the unemployed. As an unemployed worker, (2 years) my personal feel is that unemployment sucks. Things are always better when you got a gig that you dig, and do well at it. Who's to blame for high gas prices? Newt Gingrich. No, Herman Cain. No, the Pope. No, yo' momma. I mean if you can hang that mess wholly on President Obama, the you might as well blame them, too. The lucky ones: A near-miss from Joplin Tornado: The real lucky ones live in Hawaii.
    • Richard  •  17 days ago
      The republican party, the tea party, the five conservative justices, and the evangelica so called christians are the AMERICAN TALIBAN!!!!!
      • BeverlyM 13 days ago
        These people are not interested in what is good for the country,they only want to help themselves
    • Patricia  •  El Paso, Texas  •  26 days ago
      President ObamaI: I have a very intrested story a real story, my husband retired 5years ago he was paying about half of 800 dollars for health insurance with Atena Insurance company. When he retired he started paying 800 and more a month for insurance for both of us. He resently qualified for social security, his insurance with Atena only picks up 20%, why? his paying to much for this insurance, the goverment should make the insurances pay more this includes copays,detuctables etc. I resently applied for individual insurance with Atena, guess what they denied me for no important reason. I have no major illnesses. reason being so we could have a little bit more money monthly for bills etc. what can we do.
    • MICHELE  •  1 mth 18 days ago
      leave Obama alone
      • BeverlyM 13 days ago
        you are right pres.obama deserves respect,he saved us from the last administrations mistakes and obama care is mostly mandated by republican congress.pres,obama has tried to help us as a nation.He also wants to tax the wealthiest,senators,congress,need to cut their pay and expenses.also we pay their Insurance,they want to take away the working class benefits.also someone needs to help Viet-Nam vets and previousvets the same as the vets of today.My husband is a decoratedV-Nam vet.Bronze Star for carrying wounded across rice patty under fire ,he is wheelchair bound and only 50% which is not 1/2 of 100.we went to V A drs&hosp.one ultrasound was done at my insistance,the dr.wantedto amputate his leg,all he neededwas stents to open his veins.This is not our presidents fault, that system has been broken for years.Every vet should have the same benefits as our senators,congress and former presidents.They should have the best our country can give benefits and respect.
      • NenitaB 7 days ago
        It's hard to believe or who to listen to, the Dems or the Repubs. Always people's thoughts are split. Almost all countries share a common economic worry. The leader who solves the problem or even reduce it is the better leader.
    • Frankiii  •  1 mth 9 days ago
      I have a story about our own government, and how it will destroy America, and there is nothing anyone can do about it!
      • Shocky_Hertz 1 mth 8 days ago
        Yeah, who told you it was "our" Government?
      • bigpig 10 days ago
        Who wants to do any thing about it ? Obamamigo ? Hahahahaha I feel myself in a down hill slide rigth now......
    • RAY MAULANA  •  Johannesburg, South Africa  •  1 mth 23 days ago
      The most beautifful is at night
      people suffer at days & rest at nights
      night brings wonderful stars of heaven
      the most beautiful is at night
      everything good happens at nights
      Jesus was borned at night
      the most beautiful is at night
      nice darkness of night turns my angel to bed
      but light of the day takes her away
      at nights we are attouched and stappled
      at days we are eyed contacted
      the most beautiful is at night
      black is edge of beauty
      the best type of diamond is black
      the most loved suit is black
      the qualitiest human skin is black
      the most beautiful is at night
      I love you my black african queen.

      BY: RAY MAULANA . South Sudanese minstrel
    • Jason  •  Spanish Fork, Utah  •  1 mth 23 days ago
      A new inventive idea that has never been developed is the Vacuum train. Scientists believe this train can go around 4000 miles an hour, being inside a vacuum tube floating in the middle of the tube. This train would be cheap to run but very expensive to build, about 10million per mile. This great idea has been around for a long time but lacking the financial support. I believe it could be a good long term investment.
      • Nightryder 1 mth 10 days ago
        Jason, is it the mushrooms again?
    • RAY MAULANA  •  Johannesburg, South Africa  •  1 mth 23 days ago
      The intery of Jesus into Jerusalem mark his intery into my life
    • RAY MAULANA  •  Johannesburg, South Africa  •  1 mth 23 days ago
      Struggle for every one to believe in you but never ever trust any human
    • Andrea  •  Texarkana, Texas  •  2 mths ago
      why would it be ok for us troops to be prosecuted for burning the quaran, when other individuals have free reign to burn our flag a symbol of our freedom throughout the world and it is ok to burn the bible and be persecuted for being christian, explain to me!
    • Rick  •  Apple Creek, Ohio  •  2 mths ago
      (AMERICA IS GOING TO HELL) Our land is been taken over by Islam Muslims, there saying, this is Islam land, Islam Muslam wants a National holiday of Mohamad the prophet. them retards has never fought and died for this country, your president Obama (little Hitler) is taking away our right. He enforcing people to buy Obama health care, not in law yet,,, When it comes to law, if you don't have his health care, you will have to pay a hefty fine to the federal goverment.. he will be enforcing women to take birth control.. Obama has sign into law, Bill HR347, that makes free speech a felony where secret service agents are present. HR 347 gives federal agents sweeping power to arrest and bring felony charges against citizens engaged in protest where secret service is present.. Obama is destorying this Great Nation little by little..Obama has been caught in so many lies. Obama wants American people to bow down to him, one thing i can say, I will never bow down to no man. i only bow down to my Lord Jesus Christ and our Farther in Heaven.
      Obamas head is so swealed with power,(like Hitler) he wants to bring American people to there knees. The only way to destory this great natoin, is from the inside out. Obama is doing a good job.
      IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP, ALOT OF YOU STUPID AMERICAN PEOPLE, ARE YOU A YELLOW BELLY CHICKEN. IT'S TIME FOR AMERICAN PEOPLE TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST OBAMA,,OUR FARTHERS, BROTHERS AND UNCLES HAD DIED IN WARS TO KEEP US FREE AND THIS LAND FREE. IT'S TIME TO STAND UP FOR OUR RIGHTS AS AN AMERICANS SHOULD. EVEN IT CAUSE US ANOTHER CIVIL WAR. IT'S TIME TO TAKE OUR GREAT NATION BACK. WE MUST GET READ OF OBAMA,, MATTER OF FACT, HE IS NOT AN AMERICAN. HE WAS NOT BORN IN THE UNITED STATES.
      I AM NOT AFRAID TO STAND UP TO OBAMA, I AM NOT A YELLOW BELLY CHICKEN LIKE ALOT OF YOU AMERICANS ARE,, I AM AN AMERICAN AND PROUD OF IT. I WILL DEFEND MY RIGHTS AND MY FREEDOM.. I WILL STAND UP AGAINST COMMY OBAMA. THIS IS MY LAND. HOME OF THE BRAVE AND THE LAND OF THE FREE. YOU WILL NEVER TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME. (OBAMA)
      IT'S TIME FOR AMERICAN PEOPLE TO GROW SOME BALLS AND STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS AND OUR FREEDOM.
    • Richard Feller  •  Newark, New Jersey  •  2 mths ago
      THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE FABRIC OF A WORLD CONSCIENCE THAT ADVOCATES MURDER AND NOT LOVE, BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE DON'T KOW WHAT IT IS! I've written a free book at killthedevil.org which is an eye opener to unweave one from the pattern of violence and into one of life.
    • Ron  •  Spring Hill, Florida  •  2 mths ago
      I'd like to pass along a gun control law that we can all live with and in the end will help get guns out of the hands of criminals. Let's make a gun control law that states that if you legally can you can only purchase two more guns and that's all. Now you can trade in these two guns for other guns if you like. Registered hunters and rural farmers can have a few more guns. Doing this will eventually dry up the guns that criminals can get there hands on. I'd like for ALL of you to contact Congress and the people in public office and DEMAND that they pass this law! I'm sure that the police will appreciate it. I'm sure that many of you will appreciate it when you face a criminal who will have to use some other weapon other than a gun which he won't be able to get because of this law and you'll have a chance to fight back and survive after the crime. I'm sure a lot of parents and love ones will appreciate it if their love ones decided not to commit a crime because using another weapon besides a gun was too difficult to commit the crime. Let's make America safer by passing this law. I have written everyone in Congress to pass this law and now it's up to you the people to protect yourselves by getting this law passed.

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