tagged w/ Insecurity
-
of Edward Davies speaks for itself! Prepare to be educated and entertained! And, Thank You Bill Maher!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mA-57ZkL6Q
Cheers,
savroDof Edward Davies speaks for itself! Prepare to be educated and entertained! And, Thank... more
-
-
savroD
-
added this
-
1 year ago
- |
-
(VIDEO) USA Gun Owners Buy 14 Million Plus Guns In 2009…More Than 21 of the Worlds Standing Armies Combined
That is 14,033,824,000 billion+ rounds of Ammo..you think that is why we have an Ammo shortage?
For Full Story and VIDEO click here...http://ctpatriot1970.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/video-usa-gun-owners-buy-14-million-plus-guns-in-2009-more-than-21-of-the-worlds-standing-armies-combined/
Washington, DC –(AmmoLand.com)- Data released by the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) for the year reported 14,033,824 NICS Checks for the year of 2009, a 10 percent increase in gun purchases from the 12,709,023 reported in 2008.
So far that is roughly 14,000,000+ guns bought last year!
The total is probably more as many NICS background checks cover the purchase of more than one gun at a time by individuals(VIDEO) USA Gun Owners Buy 14 Million Plus Guns In 2009…More Than 21 of the... more
-
-
Courtney has pretty good hearing so there is no need to mutter around her.
U People Stories are stories from regular everyday people, gay, straight, black, white and with varied beliefs who have had been made to feel like the "other". These are the kinds of stories that we all have carried with us; where it would make you cry if you thought about it but makes you laugh when you talk about it.
What the U People Story Archive does is build a bridge of understanding that unifies our struggles while at the same time lifting an emotional weight off the shoulders of the storyteller. These stories are humorous, moving and timeless. They are individually a testament of how discrimination and the emotions that result connect, effect and can change us all.
www.iloveupeople.comCourtney has pretty good hearing so there is no need to mutter around her.
U... more
-
-
Documentary me and other Coventry University students created in our second year. The documentary looks at urban city youth involved in crime (gangs, violence, theft).Documentary me and other Coventry University students created in our second year. The... more
-
-
Harvir
-
added this
-
3 years ago
- |
-
i don't even know what to say to this, but it scares me i hope this doesn't or isn't something that asian women feel that they need to do.i don't even know what to say to this, but it scares me i hope this doesn't... more
-
-
JcX
-
added this
-
4 years ago
- |
-
From screaming baseball fans to political rally-goers, groups that engage in boastful self-aggrandizing may be trying to mask insecurity and low social status.
"Our results suggest that hubristic, pompous displays of group pride might actually be a sign of group insecurity as opposed to a sign of strength," said researcher Cynthia Pickett, associate professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis.
The new study reveals how two types of pride are related to a person's good feelings about one social group or another to which they belong. These good feelings could come from being a Los Angeles Lakers fan (when they win), a war veteran, a member of a particular ethnic group or a sorority gal or fraternity brother. But while authentic pride is linked with real confidence in your group, hubristic pride is a false arrogance that belies insecurities about one's group.
These results build on past research showing similar pride characteristics in individuals.
"It turns out, people who have the hubristic collective pride in their group, underlying it all is an insecurity about whether the group is good enough, really," said researcher Jessica Tracy, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia.
The research was presented last week at a meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology in Sacramento.
---more at link---From screaming baseball fans to political rally-goers, groups that engage in boastful... more
-
-
Alive In Baghdad: Checkpoints throughout Baghdad still remain, but many people want the government to get rid of them.
The ongoing fighting in Baghdad pushed the Iraqi and US forces to establish checkpoints all over the city, but today many people question them and have begun pushing the Iraqi government to take down the walls that block much of the city.
Baghdad, Iraq - The ongoing fighting in Baghdad pushed the Iraqi and US forces to establish checkpoints all over the city to secure the roads and neighborhoods. Controlling the cars inside the city and preventing them from distributing weapons or bombs was the first aim of these checkpoints. There are four main types of checkpoints in Baghdad, the checkpoints made by US forces those of the Iraqi National Guard, and finally those established by the Iraqi Police or the Ministry of Interior.
There are approximately 500 checkpoints deployed around the perimeter as well as inside the city. Most of the checkpoints are directed by the Iraqi National Guard or Coalition forces. These checkpoints are getting attacked repeatedly by IEDs, car bombs, and sniper attacks. Many Iraqis were killed because of these attacks, for example, they may be driving into a checkpoint or getting killed by stray bullets fired after a car bomb attack.
On the other hand, starting several years ago, militias began using what are known as “fake checkpoints” in order to kidnap or kill people. The fake checkpoints generated great fear among the Iraqi people agains Iraqi forces whether they were military forces or police. It become something very familiar within Iraqi society that if someone was kidnapped or disappeared at one of the “fake checkpoints,” the family should go and look in the morgue looking for that person.
Another type of checkpoint began appearing in late 2007, these ones have been run by the Sahwa “Awakening” Forces, in order to control the Sunni Areas and keep them out of al-Qaeda control and free of any other groups that may be related to al-Qaeda. These Sahwa Forces were selected from the same area they work in, their local knowledge helps them to know everyone coming in or out of neighborhood. These forces have assisted in establishing many of the stability gains in the Sunni neighborhoods.
The Iraqi security forces used to wear masks to hide their identity form other extremist insurgents, and not to be followed when they return home. Many militias also used masks to hide their faces and keep a low profile. In late 2007 the Iraqi government ordered all security forces to take off their masks to give a greater impression of honesty and trustworthiness to the Iraqi people and prevent them form being afraid due to the threat of fake checkpoints.
Today, although security appears to have returned to much of Baghdad, blast walls and checkpoints continue to choke the city streets. These measures helped re-establish security in the capital, but today many people question them and have begun pushing the Iraqi government to take down the walls that block much of the city.
Alive In Baghdad: Checkpoints throughout Baghdad still remain, but many people want... more
-
-
Can you really have TOO MANY facebook friends? One online reporter in the UK seems to think soCan you really have TOO MANY facebook friends? One online reporter in the UK seems to... more
-
