I guess it's official, unless...

[Steven Vaccaro]

I agree, the everyone is equal sports thing bugs the hell out of me. I know I'm going in a diff direction, but I coach football. I told the kids at the beginning of the year, if you miss an entire weeks worth of practice you will not play on Sunday. Its first for safety of not being ready, but I also feel its not fair to other kids that worked hard at practice. It only happened once, the kid missed all the practices, then on game day asked why he didn't play. I explained and he left upset. I got an email from his mother complaining and the sentence that got me was this, "If I knew that, I wouldn't have even sent him to the game".

Now back to the topic sort of. In keeping with your equality idea, I believe this. When the sexual revolution came about and women all of a sudden became as aggressive as men I think this is and was a big downfall to relationships/our society. Think about this, women had "sex" held over a mans head. You had to court the women you liked, build a relationship and then just maybe you enjoyed each other. These days its totally different.

[ron1950]

not to get too far off subject but lets face it...congress is a joke....when we get rid of the parties and have them actually repersent us instead of doing as the parties tell them to do we alll will be better off....

[drwayne]

Some very greedy people at the top of politics, industry, banks ... all fighting for their fat profit margins ... leaving the majority in economic distress
They do say turds float to the top ...

[domwilson]

I believe when you get that far up the ladder, it's no longer the money that drives them. It's the power and control. It becomes more like playing chess and we are nothing more than pawns.We are manipulated, deceived and controlled. We fight amongst ourselves over the same issues while they do their dirty work. Haven't you ever wondered how abortion, immigration, racism, taxes, government spending, communism, socialism, etc. have been on the political agendas for more than 30+ years and little to nothing has been done? What about the promise of alternate fuels that's been discussed the the 70's? What about large financial institutions and oil companies posting record profits during times of economic uncertainty? Do they really feel the pain that we do? The middle class and REAL small businesses (counted by employees and profits, not by the number of owners) need help and not politics. We need equal opportunities and not handouts. We need efficient and responsible government that serves the needs of the people it governs and not the agendas of few whose only concerns are to control. I'm finding it strange that the EU is taking up privacy concerns before our own government does.

[tharmer]

I'm reminded of a quote I heard many years ago. It concens sports, but it's applicable more widely.

Football players think that beause they're rich, they're worth it.
Football team owners think that because they're rich, they're smart.

[tharmer]

Dom,
Political courage is an oxymoron.

[Jeepers]

I agree with the mooching thing and people riding the system.

my wife is a manager at a local retail store , some of the part time employees refuse to work more hours, they complain that they will loose there government aid if the do.

Its a common trend here to be approached by people asking if you wanna buy food stamps.

[domwilson]

I agree with the mooching thing and people riding the system.

my wife is a manager at a local retail store , some of the part time employees refuse to work more hours, they complain that they will loose there government aid if the do.

Its a common trend here to be approached by people asking if you wanna buy food stamps.

It's unfortunate, but that's how the system works. Even unemployment benefits are like that. If you take a temp job for a couple of weeks, you could lose your long term benefits. It's a system designed with a unfortunate consequence.