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Hi Drolgin! =) On the "right to work/fire", I've worked for both a state agency with almost total job protection, and for a fortune 50 corporation with total "right to fire". I can honestly say that I prefer working in a "right to fire" situation. When you can't fire an...

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After living in the UK for a year, I've had my eyes opened to national health care. It's not as expensive as I thought. My total income taxes are only a couple percentage points more here than in the US because you just pay national tax here - no state tax on top of it. The quality of public health ...

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After an extended hiatus, the Brawlers have returned to the AFC. =)

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1973 ... "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Jim Croce

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Just got back from St Lucia to find this post waiting for us. Thanks Tony!

And thanks for the kind words everyone. Power, indeed.

The goodwill is palpable. Even Kyou let me off easy!

Matt aka (e)Mplor aka Mippy

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It was inspiring to hear his attitude towards modern day thinking, whereby the innerself, the spiritual self becomes lost in stupid, and emotive ways of thinking, which makes it much much harder to even contemplate basic reality. I think a lot of people forget that simple truth. Uh, it may be "...

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...and then blow the game with 2 strikes, 2 outs, to a very mediocre hitter - granted that ballpark is just too small...335 to a freakin power alley should not be allowed. For what it's worth, Ausmus's home run in the 9th was to the power alley and traveled 408 feet. My gf said she'd never seen me ...

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Tough game for both teams. As much as the announcers like to say that neither team deserved to lose, it seemed more likely that neither team deserved to win. Garner blew it by totally depleting the firepower of his lineup and I was sure that Chavez's dropped ball at first base would haunt him. On th...

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Houstonians

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Funkmaster, you are a poster child for gun control afiac. And some guy from Minnesota claiming street genius is a riot.

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I know at least some of you are semi-literate, but just how handy are you with the English language?

http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testi ... 8064322170

Watch out for page 4!

English Genius

You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 88% Expert!

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Neziroth wrote:
Yeah that is WTF. Can you name an object that could not in some way be used as a weapon?
A HOUSE!

hohoho I win the internet

You never saw the Wizard of Oz, I guess.

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Radiohead - OK Computer
The Cure - Full Moon Concert (Disintegration era concert bootleg)
Morrissey - Viva Hate

(can you guess my generation?

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No company in an mixed area is going to offer english only services because they feel it is a person's duty to learn the language. This system of government does not promote mixing very well. No company in a mixed area is going to offer English-only services, because money talks and it would be sui...

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Forcing kids to participate in the Pledge/Anthem is probably the worst way to teach them the meaning of being an American. I did not participate in the Pledge in HS and was never troubled by a teacher (this was in Texas, mind you). However, I do participate now and will even sing God Bless America a...

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Akaran_D wrote:Why are signs like this always in english?
That would be like me walking to DC with a sign in Russian.

The real audience for that sign all speak English: Europe and the US.

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But what really gets me is the people all homo'd up in their spandex, they do not NEED to be on ANY road. Well I have no clue about your spandex collection but I'd say the same about you. From the few driving threads you've posted on it's obvious you shouldn't have the privilege of owning a drivers...

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Blinkers are on a need to know basis. If I'm going to slow you down or cross your path, I'll use a blinker. Yeah, but what about the guy you didn't see in your blind spot? No matter how good a driver you are, one night you will check your blind spot and not see the car there due to rain, or some ba...

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So how do y'all define "tailgating"? Less than one car length? Less than 2?

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He was joking, even a liberal can see that. Don't be so sure. The reason most liberals are liberals is because of their inability to see through the eyes of reason, logic, and common sense. Receptionist: How do you write women so well? Melvin Udall: I think of a man, and I take away reason and acco...

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Blink has definitely been a guilty pleasure for me over the years, since Dammit hit the radio.

I especially get a kick out of A New Hope.

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Soreali wrote:#1 - OutKast shouldn't even be on there

I'm no fan of hip-hop in general. Still, even I can hear the originality and genius in Outkast's music. I won't argue placement, but I definitely think they deserve to be high on the list.

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Whenever I get the urge to go to Vegas, I'll drink a bottle of booze, buy a pack of cigarrettes and leave them burning around the house, put some coins in a tin bucket and shake it violently for an hour or two, put my mp3 collection of 100 most annoying ring tones on random play at high volume ... ...

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Cool so we can attack and kill thousands without saying anything first and it is okay then, as long as we plan on declaring war? Er, two things: 1 - We invaded all of Iraq without ever declaring war. 2 - Even if you count Bush's announced "deadline" as tantamount to a pre-scheduled declar...

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I hope the Mets first charter flight crashes into Scott Boras's home and everyone dies in a glorious ball of flame.

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Mine has been no lower than 4th overall for the last 25 years. Hooray for conformity!

edit: This data is sourced from public Social Security Admin data, which you can see here. You can see the top 10 or 100 (or whatever) name for a given year here.

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Am I the only one who actually mails in a paper 1040a? Single renter.

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Item #1 hands-down factor in quality of life: Do you go to bed hungry? Our generation has cheaper access to calories and protein than any in the history of the world. This is primarily due to increases in productivity resulting from the industrialization and globalization of farming, butchering, tra...

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Calls to mind Matthew Wayne Shepard. Can't really see the humor.

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Ah, but what do you do with those sealed plastic salt shakers? We used to spin a penny on the table and, while it was still spinning upright, slam the plastic salt shaker down on it. The next person to pick it up would get a giant pile of salt on the table.

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Godaddy's commercial may have lacked content, but I'll tell you this: Our lively first quarter trash-talking was instantly silenced when that strap blew. No other commercial the whole game had that effect

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Anybody have a plasma TV and a nice surround system that both complements the TV's sleek design and doesn't dominate the room? A main reason I chose the plasma instead of rear-projection was to avoid bulky AV equipment in the living room. I'm hoping to find a reasonable balance between quality of so...

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Deathticle

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Had a barbacoa burrito for lunch today, then came home and looked up the nutrition facts. Tasty, but only if you don't mind skipping dinner.

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At the end of first two hours of the series, I gotta say it's a winner. Wish I'd known about and seen the mini-series. Maybe they'll show it again someday... in less than 5 years from now. :/ I can't help but wonder why an established series with financial backing like Start Trek can't run out bette...

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* This holiday is designated as "Washington's Birthday" in section 6103(a) of title 5 of the United States Code, which is the law that specifies holidays for Federal employees. Though other institutions such as state and local governments and private businesses may use other names, it is ...

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If they come here to work they take people's jobs. Construction workers and janitors are the hardest hit. What is there for untrained americans then? They don't "take" anyone's job. They simply offer to work for less money. Every citizen has access to training, even if it means student lo...

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This was posted on the front page of our corporate website today. There's still a lot of debate going on about how big the problem is, but obviously if my company (in blue) is posting it internally, there is real concern. US Businesses Overseas Threatened by Rising Anti-Americanism By Jim Lobe LewRo...

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Those kids are hilarious. I remember all the 10 year-olds I knew as complete morons - including me!

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Edit: btw if the Creationism being taught is discounting evolutionary theory then I disagree. There are many different brands of Creationism and to each his own, but in a science class it should incorporate the science. Obviously this is why I choose private schools for my children. I agree with th...

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The day I believe in your brand of evolutionism is the day you show me how matter was created, when time started, and you can explain how if matter is neither created nor destroyed and the law of entropy anything you think can be true. You are using "infinite regression". <snip> This form...

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I don't care what fingering you use, if you have to look at the keyboard to when you type then you wouldn't have survived long on a MUD. Regardless of your WPM, you have nothing to be proud of.

I use the home keys and touch type pretty clackety-clackety fast.

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Wow, that shot has major Photoshop potential.

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I have lots of bad habits, but I'll never know if I'm addicted to them because I never plan to stop!

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Your Score 60.00%
United States's Previous Score 54.061%
Arizona's Previous Score 57.249%

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Shrug, it never occurred to me to be bothered when someone else joined me harvesting a node. And likewise, it would have surprised me to find someone annoyed were I to do the same -- until this thread, that is. I guess the general rules of PNP *panic* will develop and be agreed upon as the game matu...

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Mippy the gnomish bard-to-be on Unrest.

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And what about poor Beaver College?.

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<Marb's predictions> Note this date: You can argue all you want about intelligence, greed etc... but I promise you this. If we privitize social security the US will fail as a nation within 100 years. I say this because the world has become socially dependent on one another, the US espeically. You c...

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