BethFromVA

Actually she'd have to get the rest from DH cuz I don't smoke. I think I heard him on the phone earlier, come to think of it... and I saw him walk outside with a crowbar and plumbing snake.

Today's R party is the D party of 20 years ago.

Happy Mother's Day to all our moms! I've been spending the last two days attempting to organize nearly four years' worth of filing (crap was just stuffed in boxes, ugh), and DH is outside trying to "cultivate" some wild blackberries so that he can have him a stash. Kiddo couldn't understand why dad wasn't taking me out for Mother's Day, and I asked her WHEN in her entire existence has he EVER done anything for me for Mother's Day? After all, "I'm not his mother" (thank GOD). Speaking of which, I think Slim's MIL just called me and asked if I had any extra toothpaste, caulk, and pink glitter. I have no idea what that's all about...!

I learned some time ago that she is not.

Do you? What is it about you that, when faced with facts or, worse yet, an opinion that differs from yours, you resort to such infantile tactics? Maybe you should stay off debate-style threads because you most certainly can't keep up.

I bought Lavin's book but haven't started it yet. I look forward to doing so.

What BJean seems to lack understanding about is that corporations don't really "pay" taxes. They incorporate those taxes into the costs of doing business. The TAXPAYING PEOPLE pay those taxes -- on top of the enormous taxes many already pay (and many others pay none of). :tt2:

You're right, it IS amazing. It is amazing that you don't see that STRONG CORPORATIONS HIRE AMERICAN WORKERS -- or should. If they were given incentives to hire Americans over outsourcing these jobs, even better. Stupid people who take on more than they KNOW they can afford are thieves, pure and simple. If I was offered a hot item that is likely stolen because it's just too good to be true, am I simply some poor soul with NO responsibility in the matter, or am I culpable as well? I say I am culpable. If the numbers don't add up (i.e. I make $30,000 a year and am being "offered" a $500,000 house), then yes, I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING MYSELF THERE and then having to declare bankruptcy. If people are so effin' stupid that they can't see the logistics in this, then they have NO BUSINESS buying homes at all. They are just as guilty as the lenders who offer up some bullshit loan that 1) the people can't understand or 2) they can understand but will worry about later when the terms change. You keep talking only about corporate greed, but HUMAN greed in the form of buyers has also caused this collapse. The lenders were told they MUST make loans available to people who had horrible credit ratings and were high risk. High risk people are not entitled to the low-risk interest rates that I, who has been careful with her credit and worked hard to pay her bills, is entitled to. These people didn't deserve to buy houses if they had already proven they couldn't pay off their big-screen television sets. WHO don't I fault?? I have constantly and consistently say I blame ALL involved here: Government first for making it a requirement that the industry come up with some scheme to get these people into houses; the PEOPLE who took advantage of this situation and bought things they knew they couldn't afford; and the lenders for creating such insane schemes to get them approved. Who did I miss?? Sleeze tactics are not acceptable, but simply making profits is not inherently evil either -- so long as you have done so legitimately. Holding Congress up to any level where anybody must answer to them is laughable, especially since the lot of them are crooks, thieves, and liars themselves. They are NOT honorable men and women, and that very Congress that you believe must be answered to is the same Congress that helped make all of this come about. Depends on what you feel is a "fair share," now, doesn't it? However, I AM all for giving them breaks for hiring Americans and keeping the jobs IN America and hitting them where it hurts if they choose not to do so. If a company who keeps jobs on American soil and hires ONLY Americans is able to do so unfettered and not taxed to death, well then that frees up more money to hire employees. It happened in recent history under Reagan, and businesses thrived, as did the economy. Libs seem to feel the only way to keep things going is to tax people to death. The problem with that is the money eventually dries up, and as usual, our idiotic government has essentially killed the Golden Goose. Liberalism does NOT work. It's been proven time and again, and not just in our civilization. Liberalism gone unchecked and unhindered smothers the very economy it claims to try to enhance.

What does one have to do with the other?? That sentence makes about as much sense as saying, "If you don't like eating brussels sprouts, then get a Chevy."

Government is the ONE entity that consumes the most amount of money while showing the least amount of viable, usable, worthwhile output.

You're right, it IS amazing.

The sad thing is that anybody feels the states need to reclaim that which was always theirs since the founding fathers made it so. It was never intended that the federal government would dictate what different states would do.

You've got it only partially right. The government, including the congress, didn't just "encourage" banks to make more loans, they demanded it. It was considered a "fairness in lending" crap sandwich that wasn required by the government, abused by the lenders AND the borrowers, and now the government goes, "Wow, you banks were all greedy." There is enough blame to go around. The government certainly played ITS part as did the borrower who KNEW they were getting way in over their heads. To constantly harp on the lenders as the only reason this all went to hell in a handbasket is inherently dishonest.

You know, I was so ticked about my ex not having anything to do with my DD that I never really took into account that my ex's family NEVER saw her after we split. She had a grandmother and aunts and uncles, and they never ever once saw her or, as far as I know, even inquired about her. The grandmother thing for me is almost worse than her own father not seeing her.

Thanks. I love her, and she is very easy to ride. So... have you bid yet? :glare:

When I was working in the family courts, we had certain days we did child support cases, and frankly I needed a barf bag for all the freakin' excuses these guys had. THEY can't seem to keep it together, yet the mothers of these children always held down jobs and kept food in the kids' stomachs. I wanted to punch each and every one of those guys in the mouths. We had one guy we called the sperm doner because he had 12 kids with 10 different women. No joke. People like that ought to be sterilized.

They probably have tons of them, but in the disciplines I'm combining, it will be all campus, all the time.

Obviously more than some, yes.

Hehehehe!!! I keep saying nwo is about the time to check CraigsList and places that buy used workout equipment. All that stuff people got for Christmas with the best of intentions is probably collecting dust about now.

Wow, I'll have to look that one up! I love mine. It's a 2005 Victory Vegas, red (of course), and looks fast even standing still. She looks just like this except mine doesn't have the flame motif on the back fender: 2008 VICTORY VEGAS WITH PREM.: Cruiser - CycleTrader.com And I have these wheels: http://www.arlenness.com/p-357-18-x-500-03-05-slayer-wheel.aspx I've added a few extras (saddlebags, floorboards, air horn), but overall, that's my baby.

I just bought some Jillian Michaels stuff -- the book mentioned here plus two dvd's, another book, and a box full of 50 different exercise routines. Guess I'm gonna get Jillianized.

Omg, my last one lasted an hour and a half.

I have no idea. And frankly, I am not responsible for how others feel about what I say about Perez Hilton.

So? The comment was directed AT Perez Hilton ONLY.

I'll put the order in today. Pink it is.