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- March 13, 2009, 3:17 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Honest question about fundamental beliefs
- Replies: 52
- Views: 4965
Re: Honest question about fundamental beliefs
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...
- March 12, 2009, 9:32 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Honest question about fundamental beliefs
- Replies: 52
- Views: 4965
Re: Honest question about fundamental beliefs
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 ...
- June 13, 2007, 2:56 am
- Forum: Sports
- Topic: FANTASY FOOTBALL 2007!
- Replies: 50
- Views: 8648
Re: FANTASY FOOTBALL 2007!
After an extended hiatus, the Brawlers have returned to the AFC. =)
- June 8, 2007, 2:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: #1 Song from your D.O.B.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 5884
Re: #1 Song from your D.O.B.
1973 ... "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Jim Croce
- July 21, 2006, 2:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mplors Recent Life
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2380
- November 21, 2005, 10:44 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Wonder how ID supporters deal with poor design...
- Replies: 105
- Views: 10541
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 "...
- October 10, 2005, 10:24 pm
- Forum: Sports
- Topic: Braves v. Astros
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4293
...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 ...
- October 9, 2005, 9:08 pm
- Forum: Sports
- Topic: Braves v. Astros
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4293
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...
- May 6, 2005, 10:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any Houstonites?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1447
- March 24, 2005, 12:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: shopping cart return ethics
- Replies: 101
- Views: 13690
- March 22, 2005, 1:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Literate?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 4506
Literate?
I know at least some of you are semi-literate, but just how handy are you with the English language?
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- March 21, 2005, 1:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OMG SURPRISE!!! FREE IPOD!!!
- Replies: 49
- Views: 5027
- March 13, 2005, 4:10 am
- Forum: Audiophilia
- Topic: Three Albums
- Replies: 68
- Views: 19690
- March 13, 2005, 3:54 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: McDonald's may outsource drive-thru order-taking
- Replies: 65
- Views: 5251
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...
- March 8, 2005, 12:02 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Teacher caught on tape pulling chair from under student
- Replies: 52
- Views: 3737
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...
- March 7, 2005, 11:23 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Signs..
- Replies: 4
- Views: 663
Re: Signs..
The real audience for that sign all speak English: Europe and the US.Akaran_D wrote:Why are signs like this always in english?
That would be like me walking to DC with a sign in Russian.
- March 2, 2005, 1:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Turn Signals
- Replies: 51
- Views: 3257
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...
- March 2, 2005, 12:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What kind of driver are you?
- Replies: 63
- Views: 5469
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...
- February 28, 2005, 3:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: fucking assholes
- Replies: 65
- Views: 6284
- February 23, 2005, 10:28 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: 'ridiculous but totallly fuckin possible'
- Replies: 58
- Views: 6984
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...
- February 23, 2005, 2:01 am
- Forum: Audiophilia
- Topic: Blink 182 Hiatus
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1437
- February 21, 2005, 5:19 am
- Forum: Audiophilia
- Topic: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2660
- February 20, 2005, 6:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Vegas Vacation - Suggestions Needed
- Replies: 44
- Views: 4691
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 ... ...
- February 20, 2005, 5:52 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Torured Iraqis - Bad, Tortured Americans - not so much
- Replies: 75
- Views: 7756
- February 20, 2005, 5:45 pm
- Forum: Sports
- Topic: Willie Randolph sets a rule for Mets players
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1457
- February 19, 2005, 11:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Baby Name Wizard
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2016
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.
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.
- February 19, 2005, 1:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Taxes
- Replies: 32
- Views: 5377
- February 15, 2005, 1:43 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Walmart says NO to fair treatment of employees.
- Replies: 52
- Views: 9898
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...
- February 9, 2005, 2:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This girl got pwnnnedddd
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3350
- February 8, 2005, 2:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: the salt/pepper enigma
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1458
- February 8, 2005, 1:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Superbowl commercials?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3065
- February 6, 2005, 5:22 pm
- Forum: Audiophilia
- Topic: Sleek Surround for Plasma?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 477
Sleek Surround for Plasma?
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...
- February 5, 2005, 3:20 am
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: New Episode III Trailer - My hope is restored
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1244
- February 3, 2005, 2:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Free burrito...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2518
- January 15, 2005, 3:55 am
- Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
- Topic: Battlestar Galactica
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2486
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...
- January 15, 2005, 3:23 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: MLK Day?
- Replies: 88
- Views: 4814
- January 3, 2005, 11:53 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: New Comic Book from Mexico
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1358
- December 30, 2004, 5:58 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: US Businesses Overseas Threatened by Rising Anti-Americanism
- Replies: 0
- Views: 300
US Businesses Overseas Threatened by Rising Anti-Americanism
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...
- December 29, 2004, 2:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hilarious!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1185
- December 16, 2004, 3:14 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Religion forced into public schools
- Replies: 80
- Views: 7706
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...
- December 15, 2004, 4:26 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Religion forced into public schools
- Replies: 80
- Views: 7706
- December 10, 2004, 2:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fingering!!!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2273
- December 8, 2004, 12:53 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: The rumors were true - Bush orders a draft for "freedom
- Replies: 10
- Views: 759
- December 3, 2004, 2:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Addictions
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2951
- December 2, 2004, 12:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Geography Olympics
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1138
- November 24, 2004, 12:56 am
- Forum: Sports
- Topic: A jab at the NFL and NBA.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 491
- November 23, 2004, 2:07 am
- Forum: Everquest 2
- Topic: If You are Going to Lock Encounters...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5632
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...
- November 23, 2004, 1:42 am
- Forum: Everquest 2
- Topic: Server / Name ?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 11696
- November 21, 2004, 6:22 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Indiana Congressman trying early for Darwin Award
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1907
And what about poor Beaver College?.
- November 21, 2004, 6:13 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Social Security Reform
- Replies: 42
- Views: 1979
<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...