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2009: The Things I Want to Forget
Commented Dec 28, 2009 at 22:29:32 in Home
“What station was that show on? I like shows about The Dark Ages.”
THINKB4USPEAK replied on Dec 28, 2009 at 22:58:11
“I found this on Netflix. It was from the History CHannel.”
2009: The Things I Want to Forget
Commented Dec 28, 2009 at 20:29:01 in Home
“Who are all those characters that Arianna wrote about? I can't remember who they are!”
Feminomics: Women Reformers Motivated by a No Tolerance Rule
Commented Dec 21, 2009 at 20:04:12 in Business
“By the way, you don't seem to know what you're talking about. Also, learn to add punctuation marks to your writing so that it takes less than an hour to decipher each sentence. And learn some common courtesy.”
Feminomics: Women Reformers Motivated by a No Tolerance Rule
Commented Dec 21, 2009 at 18:26:31 in Business
“I guess you don't understand my ironic humor. I know full well that I had nothing to do with whatever was being discussed. But by the way the post was written, it looked like I, as well as all males, was being held accountabl
enhancedvibes replied on Dec 21, 2009 at 21:59:43
“That is like white people saying they personally had nothing to do with slavery in this country when their ancestry goes back enough generations that their families likely had slaves. This is a very generally written article, but I guess Im not surprised that some guys feel it singles them out enough to feel the need to say "hey thats not me." Correct, that might not be you but she isnt talking specifically about you. I dont think you got the writers point at all if your first response is a defensive one.”
Feminomics: Women Reformers Motivated by a No Tolerance Rule
Commented Dec 19, 2009 at 20:46:47 in Business
“Getting back to your post, where you said we should get away from the idea that 1) money is the only value worth pursuing and 2) that constant "growth" is required. For me, it is a no-brainer. Of course you are correct! But there is one proviso: replace the word "growth" with the word "change" which makes more sense for me. Change will always happen; it's part of the universe ( at the risk of boring you, Newton's Laws of Thermodynamics describe this) and happens with or without our help. However, it is up to us to make sure that we have good change, rather than bad change. As far as "fewer and fewer people and corporations owning more and more"---that's one place where we had better make some good changes, and if we don't do that, we are in for some pretty turbulent times. Since I don't relish the thought of revolution, I suggest we devise some changes that can be instituted piecemeal, gradually and gently, almost without the knowledge of those who would rather keep the status quo (GOP). Do you have any ideas for such piecemeal changes?”
Feminomics: Women Reformers Motivated by a No Tolerance Rule
Commented Dec 19, 2009 at 18:07:47 in Business
“I like the way you explained it. But the original message of Nomi still stings. She may not have had me in mind ( especially since she doesn't know me) but I feel a little traumatized by a presumed character attack. She didn't say "nonsense by all males except Seablood". She said "male nonsense" period. But I'm feeling much better now, thank you. Your answer helped.”
Feminomics: Women Reformers Motivated by a No Tolerance Rule
Commented Dec 19, 2009 at 12:10:44 in Business
“Hey! If I'm being blamed for ruining everything, then I have the right to explain why I did it!”
enhancedvibes replied on Dec 21, 2009 at 16:03:12
“I cant edit to add - with comments like yours you are not giving men enough credit. Your "woe is me" response negates your part in the whole "mess" so you can continue to say what me worry, i had no part in this. Fail”
enhancedvibes replied on Dec 21, 2009 at 16:02:14
“You arent explaining s**t. In fact, your lame excuse is biology? That dont even come close to cutting it. Its not nature that is the cause its nurture!”
maggiedancer replied on Dec 19, 2009 at 14:59:56
“SeaBlood - why are you taking this so personally? And why are you excusing reptilian behavior as if it is unchangeable and, indeed, should not be changed? And why don't you recognize that each person contains the entire continuum of gender-labeled behavior and that this society, in its race back to the cave, is insisting that we must each retreat back to our gender-assigned behaviors.
I am a born, died-in-the-wool feminist. I do and have known decent men who will not race you to the boss's office to take credit for your work. I've known more men who will.... But I've also known women who will do that same race...tho
I am inclined to agree with Ms. Prins. But I think that it would be a good idea for this society to get away from the ideas that: 1) money is the only value worth pursuing: and 2) that constant "growth" is required. I also think we have to start back on a path of anti-trust work - we have fewer and fewer people and corporations owning more and more, which gives them the power and ruins competition. But then the big boys who run these giant corporations don't really want competition anyway. They just want to line their own pockets. There's more to life than that.”
I am a born, died-in-the-wool feminist. I do and have known decent men who will not race you to the boss's office to take credit for your work. I've known more men who will.... But I've also known women who will do that same race...tho
I am inclined to agree with Ms. Prins. But I think that it would be a good idea for this society to get away from the ideas that: 1) money is the only value worth pursuing: and 2) that constant "growth" is required. I also think we have to start back on a path of anti-trust work - we have fewer and fewer people and corporations owning more and more, which gives them the power and ruins competition. But then the big boys who run these giant corporations don't really want competition anyway. They just want to line their own pockets. There's more to life than that.”
Celebrating The Young Victoria
Commented Dec 18, 2009 at 22:47:49 in Living
“I will definitely see your film. It sounds fascinating and, with such an illustrious author, is sure to be truthful. On an unrelated note, I am livid with rage that some singer has started calling herself "Fergie"! As far as I'm concerned, that name belongs to you, and you alone!”
noschica replied on Dec 19, 2009 at 23:24:53
“To be fair to Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas: "Fergie" is a perfectly appropriate nickname for anyone with the surname "Ferguson.
Feminomics: Women Reformers Motivated by a No Tolerance Rule
Commented Dec 18, 2009 at 22:06:46 in Business
“"Male nonsense" ? Thank you for blaming me for everything. Since it's all my fault, allow me to explain. It is what we males do. It's called aggressiveness, and it's part of biology. It's not always pretty, since it involves hunting and killing and acting selfish. It is also what women often look for in a man. I didn't make this up; it's existed since before humanity came along.”
hippynanainblingland replied on Dec 19, 2009 at 01:00:34
“And a fine pickle you've gotten us into, Mr. "it is what we males do!"
You don't want to be blamed, I gather, but then go out of your way to explain all about the biological imperative of aggressiveness. . . and I take it that since it has "existed since before humanity came along" it needs no change. . .”
You don't want to be blamed, I gather, but then go out of your way to explain all about the biological imperative of aggressiveness. . . and I take it that since it has "existed since before humanity came along" it needs no change. . .”
Warning: Graphic Images
Commented Dec 16, 2009 at 13:40:20 in Media
“There is nothing wrong with us. This how we've always been. When we are fixated on some tragic scene, it's probably part of some instinctive self-preservation behavior----we are all shocked to see harm come to a fellow creature. so we look! What's perverted is that the media uses this natural reaction as a way capture, as quickly and cheaply as possible, an audience to sell junk to..”
Barack Obama Is a Traitor
Commented Dec 14, 2009 at 19:24:58 in Politics
“I don't think it was over sensationalized at all. It was a direct quote by Cheney, and it merited our attention. Many readers might have missed the incredible thing Cheney said. Let them see it.”
unitron replied on Dec 14, 2009 at 19:58:33
“Funny how the headline left out the quotation marks.”
Can the Obama White House Course-Correct in Time to Avoid Hitting the 2010 Iceberg?
Commented Dec 14, 2009 at 18:52:42 in Politics
“There isn't much that Barack's admin can do. The GOP is doing everything surreptitiously possible to make sure he fails. Thus, ensuring a GOP victory, since our brilliant voters have a very short memory. The way the republicans ruined the country under Bush has been completely forgotten and they want Busch and Cheney back!”
dollbaby replied on Dec 14, 2009 at 19:43:35
“And the public will go along with their blame game and vote GOP. Most people don't know that hery are using stall statics or are voting no on everything. They will just want a tempory fix to real pain without remembering that this drug didn't work the last time.”
Fat Greg replied on Dec 14, 2009 at 19:25:42
“44% say they would take bush Bush back over Obama”
The Irrefutable Stupidity of Sarah Palin
Commented Dec 08, 2009 at 10:11:58 in Politics
“It's very scary that there seem to be many, many people out there who think she's the "bees knees". This is a blot on democracy. We are no longer fit to rule ourselves.”
carolr51 replied on Dec 08, 2009 at 11:25:46
“"We are no longer fit to rule ourselves"
-I was sure of this until the election of Barack Obama. What is sad is that it seems many impatient people are abandoning their support for the President.
-I was sure of this until the election of Barack Obama. What is sad is that it seems many impatient people are abandoning their support for the President.
Inghram replied on Dec 08, 2009 at 11:09:07
“"We are no longer fit to rule ourselves.
This sentiment is just as frightening as the idea of Sarah Palin as president.”
This sentiment is just as frightening as the idea of Sarah Palin as president.”
Jim281 replied on Dec 08, 2009 at 11:02:20
“Relax, Seablood. Palin is the best Republican candidate that a Democrat could hope for! (Because she OBVIOUSLY could never come close to winning in a general election.)”
c2morow replied on Dec 08, 2009 at 10:51:17
“You are absolutely correct. It is very scary that there are people out there who completely buy into her garbage, and actually believe in her! I do not understand it at all. I don't hate her ( I dont hate anyone as a matter of fact) but it does drive me crazy sometimes that she gets the attention and following that she has. As Spock would say, "it is illogical".”
Dementia: A Tragic Fate for My Father
Commented Dec 06, 2009 at 13:16:40 in Living
“Not too long ago, I had to make the long trip back home to NYC to attend my mother's funeral. Strangely, I had no emotions about it; it was just a routine train ride, Don't get me wrong. I loved my mother, and I had many memories of her and how strong and intelligent she was for me. But that person had already died years before this funeral. She suffered from complete dementia, as had both my grandmothers. The person in the coffin was something else----not the mother I knew and remembered. The dead woman hadn't known who I was for years, For me, she was an empty shell, just like a peanut shell after you've eaten the nut inside, completely inconsequential. It was not my mother; she died a long time ago.”
Why I Changed My Mind On Afghanistan
Commented Dec 03, 2009 at 23:52:31 in World
“I agree. We have to get our of Afghanistan. But Obama's actions really puzzle me. I think somebody must be forcing him to do this against his will. This is not the Obama I voted for. Somebody nefarious is pulling strings from behind the curtain.”
America Without a Middle Class
Commented Dec 02, 2009 at 22:25:52 in Business
“As the former owner of a small pharmacy, I can tell you that large corporations put me out of business. They dramatically undercut my prices for prescriptions ( which I scrupulously kept fair and low) selling prescriptions for much less than cost to take away all my customers. Once I had gone out of business, they promptly raised their prices to "normal" levels. For example, I was charging a ridiculously low $3.00 for a certain generic prescription, but my corporate foes now soak their customers $20.00 for the same thing. How many independent pharmacies do you have in your area? In my town, they are few and far in between.”
dzagama replied on Dec 02, 2009 at 22:45:51
“Yeah, that totally sucks, SeaBlood.
Is it possible to compete by having a virtual storefront?
I mean, the market has a way of balancing itself out.”
Is it possible to compete by having a virtual storefront?
I mean, the market has a way of balancing itself out.”
Lord of the Gingers
Commented Nov 30, 2009 at 15:29:49 in Media
“Has, the rather "gingery", Conan O'Brien made any comments so far on this?”
Amy Goodman And Canada's Olympic Paranoia
Commented Nov 28, 2009 at 16:04:56 in Sports
“That may be true, but I'm still experiencing post traumatic stress syndrome when I approach the Canadian border. It may have been a random team of jerks at the immigration office that day but they got me when I wasn't expecting anything.”
LatteLiberals replied on Nov 28, 2009 at 17:33:26
“So one person explains a bad experience at the Canadian border, than all of the US and Americans need to be condemned as a result. Get a gripe.”
Amy Goodman And Canada's Olympic Paranoia
Commented Nov 28, 2009 at 14:58:42 in Sports
“I live on the USA side of the Canadian border. Often I would cross the border to eat at one of my favorite restaurants. On one of those occasions, however, I was stopped at the border. They made me get out of the car and enter the office, where I was interrogated. They wanted to see what was in my pockets, So far so good. When I got back to my car, I found they had ransacked it, looking for drugs or something. Again, so far so good. Then they said I was free to go. But my car wouldn't start!p-- In their zeal, they did something to the car's linkage, and I didn't even know at the time what a linkage was. So I went back into the office and said, ". Can you please fix whatever you did to my car so that I can be on my way" They wouldn't look at me or listen to me. So I was there parked by the immigration office for about an hour, wondering how I was going to get out of this mess in time to eat at my favorite restaurant. It was scary. I fiddled with everything under the hood that I could reach, not knowing what I was doing. Finally, I discovered what a linkage was and reconnected it. It was a miracle! But now I'm afraid to cross the border; to do so would trigger Post Traumatic memories. Now I no longer associate Canada with politeness.”
AlisonCarnie replied on Nov 28, 2009 at 15:44:41
“As a Canadian who has crossed the border for over forty years and currently lives in Chicago, I find the negative comments hysterical ... Firstly, Canada is the second largest country in the world ... the border is rather long ... you are going to find a jerk somewhere sometime. Secondly, upon my many trips back to Chicago, if I get a polite American "crossing guard" I am stunned. Thirdly, Americans have been coming across into Canada for years making cracks about "funny money" (ours has colours); parading around my home town of Toronto looking for igloos (Toronto is farther south than all of Washington and most of Oregon) with an imperious "we invented the world" attitude ... Well, Yanks, a Canadian invented BlackBerry AND basketball .. maybe the Canadian Immigration officer just exhibited, albeit rudely, what the rest of the world thinks most of the time ... the United States is one of 195 countries in the world ... find humble.”
The Republican Way: Keeping Everything The Way It Is
Commented Nov 24, 2009 at 20:03:51 in Politics
“I agree ! Less money for HMO's equals less money for GOP. But let's not be in such a hurry to annoy the "beast". They still have enough money to do us real harm---if we get them mad, they may even take away all our oxygen ( figuratively or not figuratively, they are evil enough to do it)”
George Carlin: The Last Words of America's Greatest Comedian
Commented Nov 22, 2009 at 17:37:25 in Comedy
“As a person who is interested in language, it occurs to me that it would be extremely useful for teachers of English as a foreign language to assign Carlin's rants to their students. They are filled with up-to-date neologisms as he was:
"a modern man,
A man for the millennium,
Digital and smoke free.
A diversified multicultural postmodern deconstructionist,
Politically anatomically and ecologically incorrect.
What a great lesson for your students of English! Assign his books to your class!”
"a modern man,
A man for the millennium,
Digital and smoke free.
A diversified multicultural postmodern deconstructionist,
Politically anatomically and ecologically incorrect.
What a great lesson for your students of English! Assign his books to your class!”
We Must Replay the Match
Commented Nov 21, 2009 at 17:16:02 in Sports
“"Je n'aime pas les sports d’équipe". Those are the words my cousin from Marseilles said to me upon visiting us here in the USA and seeing an amateur American soccer team playing in the park. Strange, how it was to realize that I agreed completely with him. There was something in our common DNA which united us after 100 years of transoceanic separation
vim876 replied on Nov 21, 2009 at 17:48:39
“It's a tribal thing. It would of course make sense to have some people in a society be genetically disposed to overlook tribal boundaries, otherwise we'd be at war all the time.”
Why I Love Thanksgiving
Commented Nov 20, 2009 at 14:21:25 in Comedy
“My favorite thing about Thanksgiving is when I guzzle down a whole quart of store-bought eggnog by myself ! Man, that's "good eats"!”
Mnemanth replied on Nov 20, 2009 at 15:53:59
“*urp*”
Caveat Emptor: Jewish America's West Bank Sell-Out
Commented Nov 20, 2009 at 12:22:54 in World
“I'm glad to hear you tell it like it is. It's something I've always felt was true, but, as a non-jew, I feared being considered anti-semitic if I said it, even though that is not the case.”
Pyrrhic Victoria: Why Men Are Becoming More Like Women
Commented Nov 17, 2009 at 22:32:37 in Living
“You're all looking at the subject wrong. Males of MANY species are becoming feminized to some extent! Recently we've read of numerous cases where male frogs and fish have been seen sporting both male and female organs. In some cases, males fail completely to develop male organs. Scientists hypothesize that some pollutants in the environment mimic the effects of estrogens . If frogs and fish can be effected, why can't humans also get over-estrogenized ? Who knows how many "intersexed" cases are actually the result of environmental poolution? And, if this keeps up, all species that reproduce sexually are in big trouble.”
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