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18 Sexy Golf Euphemisms Tiger Woods Should Have Texted
Commented Dec 12, 2009 at 16:57:55 in Comedy
“I am surprised there is not a version of the Arnold Palmer/ Johnny Carson exchange.
Arnold: Before a golf tournament, my wife kisses my balls for good luck.
Johnny: Does that make your putter stand up?”
Arnold: Before a golf tournament, my wife kisses my balls for good luck.
Johnny: Does that make your putter stand up?”
Journalism Needs a Business Model for the Truth
Commented Dec 08, 2009 at 19:45:29 in Media
“We do not have Main Stream Media.
We have Corporate Owned and Corporate Biased Right Wing Slanted Media.”
We have Corporate Owned and Corporate Biased Right Wing Slanted Media.”
cheeriogirl replied on Dec 08, 2009 at 20:29:45
“Swift goat, you are aptly named, as you speak the TRUTH. Something we don't often hear from our Corporate Biased Right Wing Slanted Media.”
Journalism Needs a Business Model for the Truth
Commented Dec 08, 2009 at 19:44:12 in Media
“"TRUTH"?
There is no "truth".
There are "facts", and there are "points of view".”
There is no "truth".
There are "facts", and there are "points of view".”
hp blogger David Nordfors replied on Dec 10, 2009 at 21:02:22
“Yes, that is the whole point of the posting :-)
There is in the physics theory of relativity something called the "time paradox", I will spare you the details. There is a joke version that applies vto journalism before and after the Internet: "He who has a clock knows what time it is. He who has two is uncertain".”
There is in the physics theory of relativity something called the "time paradox", I will spare you the details. There is a joke version that applies vto journalism before and after the Internet: "He who has a clock knows what time it is. He who has two is uncertain".”
Two Common Sense Ways to Improve the Economy
Commented Dec 08, 2009 at 09:50:48 in Los Angeles
“Why aren't the Corporations doing this, instead of asking the government to do it for them?”
America Without a Middle Class
Commented Dec 03, 2009 at 13:05:33 in Business
“Last 30 years. Reagan.
And the $787 Bil Stim package.
About a quarter of it is tax rebates. Is that throwing it down a rathole?”
And the $787 Bil Stim package.
About a quarter of it is tax rebates. Is that throwing it down a rathole?”
GRAycon replied on Dec 03, 2009 at 13:19:24
“What's the other three quarters..
America Without a Middle Class
Commented Dec 03, 2009 at 13:04:25 in Business
“Obama.... right.
He has been in office 10 months.
Income redistribution has been going on since 1980.”
He has been in office 10 months.
Income redistribution has been going on since 1980.”
America Without a Middle Class
Commented Dec 03, 2009 at 13:03:23 in Business
“we have government price controls.
It re-distributes money from the middle class to the rich.
What else do you think a 15% Capital gains tax does?”
It re-distributes money from the middle class to the rich.
What else do you think a 15% Capital gains tax does?”
America Without a Middle Class
Commented Dec 03, 2009 at 11:17:58 in Business
“The USSR never had socialism. Never. Ever.
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland.
You want REAL socialism, look at those countries.
Norway, highest wages in the world.
Highest cost of living, too. But also largest middle class.”
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland.
You want REAL socialism, look at those countries.
Norway, highest wages in the world.
Highest cost of living, too. But also largest middle class.”
GRAycon replied on Dec 03, 2009 at 12:41:27
“Really. You DO realize that USSR stands for Union of Soviet SOCIALIST Republics (Soyuz Sovietskikh Sotsialist
Yes, let's look at those countries. Each has a population only a FRACTION of the US, and so necessarily their social resources will go farther and will apply to more people. Sweden also has the highest teen suicide rate in the world; what causes that, I wonder....
Yes, let's look at those countries. Each has a population only a FRACTION of the US, and so necessarily their social resources will go farther and will apply to more people. Sweden also has the highest teen suicide rate in the world; what causes that, I wonder....
ReturnOfTheTruthTellaPod replied on Dec 03, 2009 at 11:57:34
“those are largely homogenous culture which make them easier to govern, but besides they are still capitalist societies. They might have more government control over private sectors but they are not socialist societies nor communist societies.”
America Without a Middle Class
Commented Dec 03, 2009 at 11:15:40 in Business
“Corruption is even easier to do on a state level.”
Samcat604 replied on Dec 03, 2009 at 11:23:23
“But it is then relegated to that state. You would have options to escape. If the Fed govt is corrupt, what choice do you have? You are forced into a bad situation with no possibly of escape. That is tyranny.
That is the EXACT reason, things should be left to the states to decide.”
That is the EXACT reason, things should be left to the states to decide.”
America Without a Middle Class
Commented Dec 03, 2009 at 11:12:50 in Business
“Europe. Austrailia. New Zealand.”
totaldisbelief replied on Dec 03, 2009 at 12:43:53
“try getting in.”
America Without a Middle Class
Commented Dec 03, 2009 at 11:11:28 in Business
“WWII WAS a government sponsored work program.”
Samcat604 replied on Dec 03, 2009 at 11:14:30
“No. WWII was a response to being BOMBED. Oh yeah and freeing milions of people from tyranny.
Sounds familiar..
Sounds familiar..
America Without a Middle Class
Commented Dec 03, 2009 at 11:10:50 in Business
“Wall Street does that as a by-product of their main business, which is outsized profits for themselves at the expense of real free markets.”
Samcat604 replied on Dec 03, 2009 at 11:15:28
“And you are the all-knowing authority of what is the appropriate amount a company should be allowed to make?”
America Without a Middle Class
Commented Dec 03, 2009 at 11:09:29 in Business
“The rest of government is bought by CEOs.”
America Without a Middle Class
Commented Dec 03, 2009 at 11:09:00 in Business
“No. CEOs created the Gilded Age.
Labor Unions created the middle class.”
Labor Unions created the middle class.”
ibsteve2u replied on Dec 03, 2009 at 11:15:30
“What? You mean the CEOs of old wouldn't have created the middle class without the impact of unions?
Although the CEOs of today seem to be focused primarily upon eliminating the middle class, come to think of it...”
Although the CEOs of today seem to be focused primarily upon eliminating the middle class, come to think of it...”
America Without a Middle Class
Commented Dec 03, 2009 at 10:56:39 in Business
“To me "restrictions on Free Trade" would mean environmental controls as well as more worker benefits.”
America Without a Middle Class
Commented Dec 03, 2009 at 10:54:45 in Business
“True.
Geitner should be forced to live in Detroit for about 10 years.”
Geitner should be forced to live in Detroit for about 10 years.”
America Without a Middle Class
Commented Dec 03, 2009 at 10:53:56 in Business
“Not back far enough.
30 years. Reagan.”
30 years. Reagan.”
BBinMT replied on Dec 03, 2009 at 10:59:15
“Reagan and Greenspan.”
America Without a Middle Class
Commented Dec 03, 2009 at 10:53:23 in Business
“This is the GOP goal.
They welcome your thanks.
This is what Starve the Beast is all about.”
They welcome your thanks.
This is what Starve the Beast is all about.”
America Without a Middle Class
Commented Dec 03, 2009 at 10:52:40 in Business
“This is not within the purview of the Treasury.
This is policy, corporate and social, that resides in the laws that Congress makes.
A lot of the situation she describes can be moderated with labor and tax law.”
This is policy, corporate and social, that resides in the laws that Congress makes.
A lot of the situation she describes can be moderated with labor and tax law.”
America Without a Middle Class
Commented Dec 03, 2009 at 10:51:13 in Business
“The difference is that catering to the very poor results in a better economy for all.
We all do better when we all do better.”
We all do better when we all do better.”
America Without a Middle Class
Commented Dec 03, 2009 at 10:50:25 in Business
“"To be a social conservative is to believe that the poor have too much money, and the rich don't have enough."
- J.K. Galbraith”
- J.K. Galbraith”
The Economic Reality That No One Wants to Talk About
Commented Dec 03, 2009 at 10:49:02 in Business
“And the US elected the GOPers.
(I am proud to say I voted for Carter twice.)”
(I am proud to say I voted for Carter twice.)”
The Economic Reality That No One Wants to Talk About
Commented Dec 03, 2009 at 10:46:48 in Business
“perhaps.
But such a strategy did not work for the USSR, and will not work for us.”
But such a strategy did not work for the USSR, and will not work for us.”
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