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I'd tell you but I'd have to reformat you.
Wanna be author http://www.nopoliticianleftbehind.com
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February 17, 2010
Amazing. First time I visit forever, and I find generally everyone so far agreeing that tax payers shouldn't pay for this kid.
Patriot - I would look for a connection between this woman and the legislator. Was it really the dead husband's baby??? It is a shame the kid has to be raised by such a selfish idiotic women, eh?
Penelope - I don't know about this "protecting embryos" reference you mention, but I am "mostly" anti-abortion, so I'll admit I choked on my morning caffeine on reading this one. Did I misunderstand that a man dying of cancer did not make a will, so now the wife wants a law changed to help feed her kid? Bravo if she wanted to have a kid with that husband, but this comes off as not caring squat about raising kids, but about money. (I have the same objection to that woman who had 8 kids through in vitro and can't afford to raise them without a reality show to pay for it)
I adopted my son. If his birth parents die without a will, can he go to court to get any wealth they might have? Hmm. Ack! How much can we perverse the law for monetary gain for idiots?
In vitro children raise dilemma
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November 19, 2009
Thanks reuther for pointing out not all experiments are torture.
I like the slant of the article. We need to encourage all people to give a darn and be willing to fight for the right things, but how childish is it to break in and damage property? Encourage this behavior for animals rights now and maybe one day they will be a counselor at a military base that goes on a shooting spree. Greenpeace blocking whaling boats (or scaring whales away or whatever they do) is not destroying property or anything illegal.
What if some vegetarians decide to break into homes or grocery stores and destroy meat products? They then harm the income of people or risk jobs of people at the store (but it's OK because they are doing it for a "good reason"?) How much did tuition go up at the university to pay for the damage? How many animal activists eat meat?
Don't get me started on PETA.
Jail is no place to help animals
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November 17, 2009
[quote]array said: "GOOOH.com
Its not a third party but its interesting to say the least.
GOOH.com? Get Out OF Our House"[/quote]
YES! A great example of wrangling control back from a 2-party system that cares more about protecting its own power than fixing any of our problems. We need people to TRULY represent out interests (pun intended since all spending of moneey must originate in the House.
Isn't it interesting that the more financially burdened WE are, the less time and resources we have to control government spending? In the last year gov't has spent enough money to guarantee high taxes for at least the next two generations.
No obvious options for independents
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November 16, 2009
Third parties will not work. It doesn't matter if they are liberal or conservative or libertarian or centrist. The problem with "center" is that the party members will start bickering about what is center. I won't speak for/about liberal third parties, but I'd bet they have the same inherent problem with conservative ones. That is, they may agree on 90% but be very pig-headed about the other 10%. There are principles and there is the bigger picture. To me, it is better to gain ground on 90% of the issues than lose on much more just because of the 10%.
Other than taking over the major parties from the ground up, the only other way is to force them to adopt a new voting system that allows us to choose where our vote goes when/if our first choice drops out.
No obvious options for independents
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May 05, 2009
old_timer84 - putting spare coins in meters is an act of kindness and courtesy sorely lacking nowadays, IMO, but isn't just about money, it is about responsibility, which is something even more lacking nowadays. I don't know if it is a nation-wide law, but you can usually get a ticket for flashing your lights to oncoming traffic to warn of a speed trap. It really is no different. People want to keep pushing the edge of the laws expecting that at some point the police won't bother enforcing that law anymore (cause there are bigger crimes they should focus on, right?). People should be conscious of how long they are parked in a spot, they shouldn't block sidewalks, or speed. But we do, because we see nearly everyone else get away with it. I've never 'liked' getting a ticket, but I've never fought one because everytime I know I was in the wrong. It doesn't matter where the money goes.
Davenporter gets ticketed in driveway
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March 02, 2009
Really - It is NOT "I'm not a racist, so there is no problem". It is "I'm not a racist, so stop blaming all white people FOR the problem". And you have no proof my resume or any white man's resume has not been thrown out based on name recognition. I'm not discounting that that happens, but the example is just as anecdotal as any other example of personal experience here.
Deedub - I don't need to read the book to agree with the title. Both blacks and whites are quilty of "destroying the promise". Both sides fall into a trap of misreading "behaviors" into the models/stereotypes they fear/hate. Both sides need to say "Hey, that's not me." and help the other side recognize who their enemies really are. It doesn't help for a group of blacks to "intimidate" whites with attitudes or take advantage of things as if all blacks have experienced "firehoses, etc". And it doesn't help for whites to be insensitive to history OR to be OVER-apologetic.
It sure would be nice if people could communicate openly again without every damn thing turning into an HR/racism/lawsuit. Sometimes people need to say stupid things or ask stupid questions and (gasp) learn from other perspectives. I rather like examples like from the "Robin Hood with no accent" movie with Kostner where a kid asks Morgan Freeman's character "Did God paint you?" He didn't go into a religious or racism tirade. He laughed and said "Most definitely"
Let's talk - or not - about race
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February 27, 2009
Really - It is all relative. Someone who grew up on a mountain has more to prove when "moving to the city" than someone who grew up in the city. If I run a small business and can't do it all myself, I need employees, but I need employees I feel I can work with. It isn't racism if I have a handicap with thick accents. It isn't racism to not worry about equal demographics of people being interviewed. If every time I had a job opening, only white applicants were looking for a job at the time, should I fire a white employee 3 months later when a non-white applicant calls "racism" as the only possible explanation? 99.9% of affirmative action appointments? Based on your completely accurate data that represents life better than all the examples in this thread you have dismissed? Very noble of you to "say" you'd give up a promotion, but I'm sure you wouldn't be so righteous if was unemployment vs "reversing a terrible course".
You respond to rdclfmnst with "How would a group of blacks disliking whites affect a manager at john deere?" First, you make a racist assumption with assuming all managers at John Deere are white. Second you prevent getting past ANY racism by justifying blacks can dislike whites but not the other way around. What does it hurt? It hurts to work environment and personal relationships. Maybe work is just work to you, but I can't work as well with "one way walls" between me and a non-white coworker. I'll stand up against ANYone being treated as inferior or whatever, but I refuse to be punished for my hard work to make up for something *I* never did.
rdclfmnst - I didn't see the cartoon you refer to, but I don't need to see it to know where the outcry went. Sometimes a monkey is just a monkey, right? "ableism"?? Hadn't heard that one before. I've had coworkers that were complete morons but I guess they were protected from stupidism, because they kept their jobs when better employees were laid off.
RI-grrrl - I hear ya. There are barriers in "groups" that create discrimination and they suck. How many "groups" was I friends with. Not many, because I wasn't going to "sing and dance" around things I didn't even have a concept of at that age. If I knew then what I know now, I might have easily broken some barriers, but maybe I wouldn't have been given the chance because they might assume I'm "a typical white person". I moved from the QC to Texas and thanks to my mother-in-law, I have heard things I NEVER heard growing up.
Funny story. In college, a student, who obviously was from India, was in charge of controlling access to the gym/center. A group of white students expected to get in without their IDs (because who really cares), but the India guy was doing his job and wouldn't let them in, so the called him an "?hole". With a reply that only cool accents make funny, "You forget your ID, so I am ze ?hole".
Sometimes people don't need "isms" to treat people badly. Some people can't be cured from thinking they are better because of {color, money, background....}. Punish them and leave the rest of us alone.
Let's talk - or not - about race
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February 26, 2009
Really - Employers do see interviewees as "lazy or criminal" before they sit down. It is their responsibility to prove themselves different than the first impression. That's what interviews are about. They can make the same assumption on weight, height, clothing style, confidence level, where you went to college, etc. How about you imagine being passed over for someone who is not qualified because you are white. Yeah, that really helps heal the past by punishing those that are not guilty of racism.
Let's talk - or not - about race
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February 26, 2009
Mike Olson - I truly would like to see skin color of equal note to eye or hair color. I prefer to hire on (good) attitude first and then experience. That may sound backwards but it isn't. The problem is that "some" with less experience want to blame certain unfair factors of life so they get paid as if they have experience they don't. I don't want to be forced to hire someone with less experience AND a bad attitude either. They should accept fair pay for what they can do, be rewarded for growth and achievement.
Really - You have been condescending to every example as if your robust (under 40) experience is so much better than everyone else's. Try showing respect for what people are pointing out and maybe you'll get respect for your points. Advantages? Let's see. I grew up in a blue collar family with no money for college. No "connections" to ivy league schools. Didn't qualify for the scholarships meant to "make up for all the advantages us 'whites' have had". No, I had 10 years of student loans to pay off for all the advantages *I* had. I didn't get "handed" a job by having a boss that went to the same college or fraternity. Willing to work hard was the only advantage I had. Oh, unless you count getting beat up by a black gang an advantage. But that's just another "not representative of society" thing you want to dismiss.
Let's talk - or not - about race
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February 25, 2009
Old Nick - I think you are right. Far be it for us to do anything but wallow in the guilt of past generations whose decedents have NEVER uttered hatred or racist remarks at "angry" white people. But according to someone's logic, power is the primary element and look who has the power now.
jar - I can't tell you how hard I am laughing. Not at your experiences but the response to it. No matter how many examples, no matter how much of society has these examples, it is the first rule of people like Really to deny anything that doesn't support to continued blame of racism for all their troubles. The "Oh yeah, well MY list is longer" response to you is classic denial.
Let's talk - or not - about race
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