Artegal

I fall in the in-between. In-between poor and middle-class--or the working poor as it were. I make too much money to be eligible for any benefit--yet not enough to make ends meat. Like many americans that are being squished by the rise of energy cost, inflation, interest rates, and HMO insurance--that insures you pay every dime of the medical cost one way or another.

AOS approved but waiting for name checks = AOS still pending

touched = No change in my status, but I still check every hour

it's not fair = I am just now realizing that life is not fair

You are an idiot = I don't like you

we basically agree = I'm tired of arguing and have conceded

you don't need a lawyer = I didn't use a lawyer and I'm willing to risk your future with my advice

go for it = I'm willing to risk your future with my advice

any phrase beginning with "You should..." = I'm willing to risk your future with my advice

I have to go do some laundry = Your avatar has made me horny

He is too busy locking and deleting threads to be concerned about policing timelines.

From the Thread title I thought he was selling his babies. But its really his baby's poo he is selling.

I see nothing wrong with that considering what else has been sold online. But I bet no one will really buy unless its like a ####### in the image of L. Ron Hubbard--that is Scientology for Virgin Mary.

In a related story GM has dropped sponsorship of Survivor because of the racial team component of this season.

I have stopped watching Survivor after the 3rd season--its kind of wornout. You know.

Anyway I was surprised to see they have a Peruvian on the team.

Cecilia

The Civil War was a battle over states rights--to have and own slaves.

The war had everything to do for and about slavery. It was not a war just about states rights. The loss of slavery meant the loss of an economic advantage for the southern states. The southern states were rich, very rich in comparison to the northern states. But the loss of slavery meant a loss of cheap labor and the economic power they held. That is why the southern states were put under a boycot and embargo by the north. Then to settle the issue Lincoln emancipated the slaves.

If this was a war about states rights then the states any state would have gone to war before or after over other issues. It was the states right to own slaves that was being removed--and therefore the war was about slavery.

As far as the confederate flag--its a symbol of treason. It is the rebel flag against the United States of America. It should be banned in all settings accept in historical educational purposes.

The rise of the Rebel flag after the end of the civil war began in the 1950s as the southern states resented Federal mandates and oversight in the matter of voting rights and segregation of schools and society. This is why the Conferedate flag and symbol is so divisive and why it was rightfully removed from the flag of the state of Georgia. The use of this flag to represent superiority over blacks and other minorities.

Lets put the flag in its historical perspective and then move on.

The final stretch, folks. Three more weeks or thereabout until our little angel arrives.

It's the "any day now" period. And yes, we're ready.

the final stretch oh yeah--so are we--like 1 week or two behind you! But I dunno if we are ready--I mean I am still sanding the craddle--hope to have it with a new finish by Monday and installed in the Nursery by middle of next week. But I have court, doctor's appointments, job interviews, and I wholly luck! I was called for Jury Duty. But I called the court and asked could I serve some other time and they said that I could report for Duty in October. Thank God. I can't sit in a jury panel and not have access to cellular and pagers etc. waiting on my wife's water to break etc.

well as it is right now, my vote wouldn't count for anything since Georgia is historically a republican state

Historically? Or Recently? Perdue was the first Republican Governor in what?

Maybe you should think more historical when you think Historically. Like actually look back in history.

Let's have a bit of real democracy and have the winner win on popular vote

That would not work in our system--because we are a republic. Popular vote would mean that Candidates would only care about New York, California, Texas, and Florida, and the rest of the USA would be unrepresented. Keep the system the way it is just require registered voters to have proper identification, and continue to install idiot proof voting systems.

For the arguments presented, I have an awful solution. You can use a system similar to the Indian one (paper ballots with SYMBOLS representing each party running, gentian violet on finger to show that person has voted) and invite former Election Commissioner TN Seshan to supervise/certify it.

Are we that Illiterate that we need symbols to represent which candidate we want to vote for?

Lets just have a ballot built like a popup book too! And yeah finger paint our choice. And make sure we each get a Gold star and candy for exercising our civic duty!

If people want a paper trail give them a number two pencil and a piece of scratch paper. Or have them vote with an abseentee mail in ballot.

Ignorant people and people without identification should not be allowed to vote--or else let everyone vote as often and as many times as they want for the Democrats as is currently customary.

This is the most dramatic computer problem I have ever seen, and I have worked in the PC support industry for 10 years now.

The U.S. is behind even China when it comes to fuel efficiency standards. While the rest of the industrialized world has ratified the Kyoto Protocol, we've thumbed our noses. It's not because of capitalism - it's because of lack of leadership in making it an important issue.

So China is a good example. All we need to do is replace cars with bicycles and interstates with cow trails. And do they still have a law that limits population growth in China. If humans cause the problem then just get rid of the source. Lets all take birth control and stop breathing.

I am almost 40 years old and my whole life I have heard about the following issues:

War in the Middle East

Global Warming

Abortion

Nothing has changed in 40 years. It is still as cold and hot now as it was 40, 30, 20, and 10 years ago. Muslims, Christians, and Jews still can't get along as they couldn't in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. A woman's right to choose is constantly challenged, but yet guaranteed.

The earth has been changing, will change, and what we feeble humans do to this planet won't matter one bit. We could do things to make us all feel better. Like we could all go live like the Amish, but that is not practical. We could put more money into alternative fuels--why isn't every home in the world constructed with solar panels or wind turbines, when space and geography allow it.

But even if we were to stop all human generated green house emissions tomorrow, we would still have trillions of sources of naturally occurring green house emissions. Venus has global warming, as far as I know there was never human activity on that planet. So yeah, turn off the telly, use one of those energy saving light bulbs that use less fuel but contain poisonous mercury (wait till our landfills get full of them in a few decades), and buy a hybrid car--or walk because we all know that our feet moving is what causes the earth spin properly on its axis.

A cop is not going to stop you and just out of the blue ask for if you are a USC or not. They will within the law for probrable cause, or in the investigation stop you and ask for identification--if you show proper identification, that could be your Green Card, Passport, Voter ID, Driver's License, State issued ID, other Government ID, Student ID, or a Social Security card and a Birth Certificate, or a Notorized sworn affidavit that you are a legal resident or US Citizen. Anyway not likely just show a Driver's license and you are pretty safe they are not going to ask your status.

The only expection to this would be when once in a while they have a task force with ICE where they are running an immigration raid or setting up an immigration checkpoint. This is a special circumstance in most states but pretty standard in the American South West near the border with Mexico.

I don't carry my ID unless I need it, and I have instructed my wife to do the same--if she does not need her ID then she does not carry any. If we want to travel, go to a job interview, get into a Rated R movie or buy some beer, then we will carry ID.

Who owns greenland anyway? I know the USA has a Air Base there, but like if its Bush's fault that Global Warming is melting Greenland, you know because we pollute and never signed the Kyoto treaty--like if its Bush and the USA's fault that Greenland should actually turn ###### Green, then I think we should be able to have sovereignty over this new less than artic land mass--you think of all the wheat and potatoes we could grow, all the walmarts and starbucks we could build there, not to mention cluster homes and we need the space--all these illegal aliens are taken over, and its too dangerous to live in the gulf coast--what with all the 26 hurricanes we are supposed to have this year because of Global Warming--oh yeah its almost the anniversary date of Katrina--and we have had just one ###### hurricane and two named storms. Oh well can't count out fuzzy math, chaos theory and politically motivated sciene.

I would like to sell my blue dots, avatar, and ownership to any witty forum post I have made since joining VJ.

total agreement..a reactionary knee jerk reaction to solidify the masses..

Is that anything like a redundancy copy cat repeating to glorify the causes..?

Thousands of holidaymakers in parts of Italy and Spain have been told not to enter the water due to the threat of stings and poisoning from unusually large outbreaks of algae and jellyfish, which ecologists say are yet another symptom of global warming.

Supposedly yet another thing ruined by Global Warming

Steve-inky can you refund all the computer upgrades I made to avoid that last dooms day--Y2k?

Seems like the same yahoos that predicted the end of the world with one are on the Global Warming bandwagon too.

The earth will end as we know it one day--but it will be completely natural when a huge ###### asteroid or comet hits this planet and settles all of man's disputes once and for all and then in a trillion years Intelligent dionsaurs will marvel at all the neat mammal bones they find when foraging for food.

The only thing a Wall between Mexico and the USA will do is prevent us from seeing them dig the tunnel under it.

duh! we've been warming up since the last ice-age 12,000 years ago.

Dinosaurs must have had high emissions farts.

Go see An Inconvienent Truth and you'll stop making ignorant comments about global warming.

Yeah watch anything and listen to anything from Al Gore and you will stop making ignorant comments about global warming!

Only problem is once you start thinking like Al Gore you will start making ignorant comments about everything--remember it was Al Gore that initiated the creation of the Internet.

Other Classic Al Gore ignorant comments

Hey Steven how does Jinky feel about you lusting for Rosario Dawson all the time?

My wife carries her USC with her to show proof she is a legal resident!

40 Days until D-Day! (Dar-la-luz Day). Well I am trying to get wife and I in a birthing class tomorrow and take a tour of the OB clinic etc. Home stretch now!

Oh and congrats to those of you who have since given birth or found out you were pregnant since my last post!

Oh and we are having a Baby Shower next Saturday 26 August. Hope to see you there-- 1pm at my house

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Dickies Redesign Means Less Plumber's Crack

POSTED: 8:28 am EDT August 18, 2006

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Dickies has redesigned its work jeans to tug less, shift more and improve comfort.

Just don't say the pants defend against the unsightly blue-collar phenomenon known as plumber's crack.

The new design does seem to curtail rear exposure, but the jeans' maker isn't promoting that aspect. In fact, a Dickies spokesman insists the designers never had that in mind. A designer who led the redesign, however, did say that when the wearer moves in the jean, the pants "will stay more on the high-hip area."

Dickies said the new design will be incorporated into its line of pants by the spring. The new design replaces the traditional V-shaped cut inside the jeans with a rounder U-shaped design, which the designer said means less restriction and pull during movement.

The company is calling the update the most significant change for the manufacturer's denim line in almost 20 years.