Sassy1natl

so we got a memo about changin our pay dates.. instead of twice a month, we're gonna get paid weekly, any pro's or con's regarding weekly pay? (get paid the following friday after that week)..

my hubby gets paid weekly.. I love it... so much easier for paying the bills and stuff... I haven't really noticed any cons so far...

Curious how the federal tax will compute....cheaper at a weekly rate? Hmmm...

I haven't been paid weekly in so long...I couldn't begin to weigh pros or cons. Seems like it might be better, though.

I guess because the carbs are pure energy. His body probably burns it before it even hits hits stomach. Must be nice...

All of these adorable baby pics are making my have baby envy...

Oye, peejay...I thought you were on here long enough to have been in on the running joke. The real joke is the absurdity in how people make associations and misuse labels like 'commie liberal.' So if there's anyone you should be asking as to whether they understand the weight of such a label, you should ask those who throw it out there as being synonomous with liberalism or liberal ideology. I've been called a 'commie' enough times to claim it as my own now...and by making light of it, the joke is really on those who even use that term in their political vocabulary.

Funny you say that because I find people with left wing views tend to stereotype more than anyone else. These guys just so happen to be the same people who say they "think outside the box" and are "open to new ideas". When in reality we all know this is bull #######.

How many times have we seen someone with left wing views attack a conservative rather than actually discuss the issue. Keith Olbermann, for example, is an aficionado at this. Half his show is spent ridiculing others.

Who???

but drinking c'mon dude, everyone drinks even Muslims like me.

You need to make that statement on VJ's middle eastern forum... the hijabi Muslimahs there will eat you alive...

Cant wait to blow up myself so i can go to heaven and meet my virgins waiting for me.

I was kind of curious how this remark was going to go over if you work for the US military

(or worse-- if his wife sees it!)

Oh, c'mon that was clearly tongue in cheek.

Yeah. I don't think he really meant it literally. Drunk speak.

it's not nasty, rainy days are cool

For sleeping in, maybe...

too cute

Cloudy and icky here...curly hair day. Blah.

*bump*

**2 snaps and a twist**

I think Ossetia is near Decatur in Georgia..

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let's all drink german beer..

Decatur where it's greater?

I have some AB steins we can use...lol. Do Germans really use steins or is that just a marketing ploy???

I think steins are a thing of the past. I prefer Ukrainian or Russian beer honestly. Using that as a choice would have blunted the poll humor

Thats good I didn't actually buy them for drinking...the steins, that is.

Mornin'

I think Ossetia is near Decatur in Georgia..

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let's all drink german beer..

Decatur where it's greater?

I have some AB steins we can use...lol. Do Germans really use steins or is that just a marketing ploy???

HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. (AP) - Officers armed with military rifles have been stopping and questioning passers-by in a neighborhood plagued by violence that's been under a 24-hour curfew for a week.

On Tuesday, the Helena-West Helena City Council voted 9-0 to allow police to expand that program into any area of the city, despite a warning from a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas that the police stops were unconstitutional.

Police Chief Fred Fielder said the patrols have netted 32 arrests since they began last week in a 10-block neighborhood in this small town on the banks of the Mississippi River long troubled by poverty. The council said those living in the city want the random shootings and drug-fueled violence to stop, no matter what the cost.

"Now if somebody wants to sue us, they have an option to sue, but I'm fairly certain that a judge will see it the way the way the citizens see it here," Mayor James Valley said. "The citizens deserve peace, that some infringement on constitutional rights is OK and we have not violated anything as far as the Constitution."

The area under curfew, in what used to be a West Helena neighborhood, sits among abandoned homes and occupied residences in disrepair.

White signs on large blue barrels warn those passing by that the area remains under curfew by order of Mayor James Valley. The order was scheduled to end at 3 p.m. Tuesday, but Valley said the city council's vote would allow police to have the same powers across Helena-West Helena.

Among the curfew operation's arrests, 10 came from felony charges, including the arrest of two people carrying both drugs and weapons, Fielder said. The police chief said the officers in the field carry military-style M-16 or M-4 rifles, some equipped with laser sights. Other officers carry short-barrel shotguns. Many dealing crack cocaine and marijuana in the city carry pistols and AK-47 assault rifles, he said.

"We've had people call us, expressing concern for their children," Fielder said. "They had to sleep on the floor, because of stray bullets."

Fielder said officers had not arrested anyone for violating the curfew, only questioned people about why they were outside. Those without good answers or acting nervously get additional attention, Fielder said.

However, such stops likely violate residents' constitutional rights to freely assemble and protections against unreasonable police searches, said Holly Dickson, a lawyer for the ACLU of Arkansas who addressed the council at its packed Tuesday meeting. Because of that, Dickson said any convictions coming from the arrests likely would be overturned.

"The residents of these high-crime areas are already victims," she said. "They're victims of what are happening in the neighborhoods, they're victims of fear. But for them to be subject to unlawful stops and questioning ... that is not going to ultimately going to help this situation."

The council rejected Dickson's claims, at one point questioning the Little Rock-based attorney if she'd live in a neighborhood they described as under siege by wild gunfire and gangs.

"As far as I'm concerned, at 3 o'clock in the morning, nobody has any business being on the street, except the law," Councilman Eugene "Red" Johnson said. "Anyone out at 3 o'clock shouldn't be out on the street, unless you're going to the hospital."

The curfew is the second under the mayor's watch since the rival cities of Helena and West Helena merged in 2006. That year, Valley set a nightly citywide curfew after a rash of burglaries and other thefts.

Police in Hartford, Conn., began enforcing a nightly curfew for youths after recent violence, including a weekend shooting that killed a man and wounded six young people.

Helena-West Helena, with 15,000 residents at the edge of Arkansas' eastern rice fields and farmland, is in one of the nation's poorest regions, trailing even parts of Appalachia in its standard of living.

In the curfew area, those inside the homes in the watch area peered out of door cracks Tuesday as police cruisers passed. They closed the doors afterward.

http://my.att.net/s/editorial.dll?pnum=1&a...p;rg=blsadstrgt

I went to college in Georgia (UGA). But Ossetia doesn't sound familiar. Must be further south.

Haha. The 2 things you say to avoid discussing were the first things my dad asked about...lol. Religion and politics. My dad is very liberal. So the only thing he wanted to know was how Laeeq felt about Bush and did he need to get chicken instead of bacon wrapped filets for dinner...lol. Gotta love it.

My family loves my husband almost as much I do...that is very important to me.