happythoughts

Your post only makes sense if you think party positions are randomly arrived at and support for them is mindless. I view it more as supporting GOOD or EVIL. For example, if McCain voted 90% of the time for EVIL, and Obama voted 96%% of the time for GOOD, would you say that McCain was better because he showed more independence from his party's line? You do realize that you are one of the Old White Guys that Hillary is trying to remove? She is looking for a woman professor as I type. Take a look at her voting record and see if she is currently on Womens Issues - Resolution 4024, or Helping Old White Men In Power - Resolution 1. Obama voted in sync with Hillary 96% of the time, according to the previously attached chart. That makes a vote for Obama into a vote for the Hillary surrogate. "Good" isn't my general reference for her. I prefer the more accurate - Shrieking Blue Robot. (I didn't see a lot of help for me in Obamas voting record either) All us old white guys are rich and powerful.

I think I've found it. The same people who argue against Creationism, because it flies in the face of facts, will now put their hands over their ears and merrily sing, "Flintstones...meet the Flintstones..." Ignoring the puppetry when it does not favor Your Faith in the Anointed One? What is the punishment for 21st century heresy? After the election, all the denizens of Hollywood will have to go back to being Scientologists and waiting for L. Ron to clear their Thetans.

Man... all this cynicism about reheads. Some of them can't cook, so they have no reason to own a knife-block. She will not get all his stuff (if his main is 170+).

I was a cowgirl at the Hog Flop. How come we can't see your hands in any of the pics?

Well... remember, it doesn't end tomorrow. Only Reps will vote on Tuesday. Dems polling day is Wednesday. (Joke Joke Joke)

The cowgirl belts with their names on the back are handy. (For those awkward moments when you forget.)

An interesting feature of OpenCongress is the comparison feature. It has been mentioned that McCain voted 90% of the time with his party. Nobody has mentioned Obamas record. He followed the party vote 96% of the time. A slacker compared to Hillary, 98% of the time. Perhaps voting independently over 4% of the time does make you a maverick. The H and O team seem to be party puppets. Also, you can compare senators to each other. The attached voting chart is a comparison of Obama and Hillary. Obama is the green color. Hillary is the tiny orange sliver. So, what are the actual FACTS? It turns out that they voted the same way 96% of the time. So, it turns out that there isn't any difference between a vote for Hillary and a vote for Obama, except, as Hillary said, experience. However, The Hillary Experience is a painful one.

You hear a lot about that. Faith is believing without a rational foundation. "I haven't seen it. I have no physical proof. I believe it." It is usually applied in a religious context. TV evangelists go pay $300 for a good hairstyle and sing. It's good entertainment to some, important to others, avoided by me. Cool is important too. TV is used to sell a lot of products. Cars that are cool, clothes that make you cool, politicians. Bill Clinton got on MTV and played the sax. No substance there, just cool. Nice haircut too. Both parties yell Change! So? My friends parakeet can say "pretty bird". So, instead of faith-based voting, there should be some facts. What bills have they sponsored? What bills did they co-sponsor? What is their voting record? What is important is what they DO. Open Congress This website contains links for every senator and their voting record. The sad part? I've never met anyone who has actually read the voting records of any candidate. Their candidates say, "pretty bird, pretty bird" and they repeat it as true. Many of the resolutions have "cool value", but are otherwise valueless. "A resolution to say that we are against bad stuff and we like fluffy bunnies." Uh... thanks.

Ummm, based on your criteria, there's quite a few of us on here that will be looking for our dinner. Ha, you're too big for anyone to afford to feed.

One thing that I am pretty certain of... if someone jumped into the trees, at night, in the rain, in 40 degree temps, and spent the night trying to survive... they deserve the money and some peace and quiet. If I knew who they were, I'd buy them a good dinner at my favorite Italian place and never tell.

After thoughtful analysis, I believe your personality calls for a Tampon outfit : 1) It's quick to get it in and out 2) Allows you to pee without taking the outfit off 3) Nobody will take bloody random swings at you (pun intended) 4) Nobody will pull your string (there are no handles) 5) You can forego the big plastic adapter 6) It's not scary (to most) Tried that at a bar one year. I made a white beret-type hat and put a string on it. Good points? It was a great costume. Guys thought it was hysterical. Poor points? The DJ was the MC of the costume contest and kept saying, "And let's hear it for the banana...." because he was too big a weenie to say tampon. Bad? No woman in the bar would be caught dead talking to me. Slow dancing would have been a Kodak moment.

I once rented a house that was behind a house rented by a motorcycle club (well known, but only minor violence). I was invited to their HW party and showed up as a ninja. They were (without exception) dressed as really drunk bikers.

Someone once told me that there are only 4 COBOL programs. The remaining 52 Billion (really, that many) lines of code are just copies with a few changes. If you look at the first 100 posts of the original locked thread, the contents of the first and second threads are just that same 100-post block repeated and repeated.

Over the years, I discovered that my comfort was the primary concern. That comfort has many aspects. First, I have to be able to eat and drink easily. Masks that prevent that are a problem. Next, the corollary to the first rule. You have to be able to easily pee later. I wore a Batman outfit one year. The cape and bodysuit were a hassle. It took 5 minutes to get off for a simple pee break. Beyond that, part of comfort is relaxing and enjoying the evening. The drawback of wearing a ninja outfit is that people take random swings at you all evening long. Not relaxing. Being a skydiver at a non-skydiver party? Everybody is going to touch your handles without asking first. There again, constant vigilance equals stress. Big plastic butts are funny, but everyone will grab it. I don't do scary costumes. I'm just not into scary. I like imagination.

The one around here is the "free trip to the Bahamas". I used to sign my ex-wife up for the fishbowl phone calls. Also, the occasional visit from the Mormons. Almost anything that starts with "Christian..." something, and is there "to help you". The ladies from the Christian Marriage Support Group were a hoot.

It's true that unless you un-check the box to opt-out of the spam, you'll get the spam. However, by law, personal and financial info given to potential lenders is confidential. So if a potential lender shares your personal or financial info (other than your e-mail address if you don't un-tick that little box), with anyone else, it's illegal. Not saying it's never done, but it is illegal; so it's probably done less often than one might think. It's not an external company, so it is essentially legal. They call them "business partners". My bank has its own brokers and insurance subsidiaries. They just pass the info along to them. You get a phone call and a regular clump of snail-mail.

"Up north, you folks could drink from any fountain that you like, just not around here." It didn't seem too comforting to the people affected. Of course, that was discrimination. In this case, neither his, or her, company has that policy. Since he is planning on going back to school, it has a immediate financial impact.

This isn't a law. This is a decision by private companies on how to apply their health benefits. They have the choice to apply it fairly to different-sex couples also, and choose not to. Disney definitely does this, and I believe Verizon does, but can't remember. It is an active choice by the company, not a law.

Never tell them why you know. If you educate a liar, you just get better liars.

Marriage - the idea of lifetime rights - is an out-dated concept. People don't want to give a carte blanche set of rights to another person on a permanent basis. It is handing someone the knife that may cut your throat at their whim, at any future date. Things have changed. There are many couples who are living together, but are not married (I believe that is the arrangement for many people on this site, as everywhere.) Most people have spent some time in their 20s in this arrangement. That is the situation and the law needs to address it. Many rights are revocable. A power-of-attorney. Access to financial or medical information. We already select rights. Any unmarried couples should be able to give certain revocable rights to others. Right now, in Florida, unmarried same-sex partners are given rights that unmarried different-sex partners do not have. Companies allow same-sex couples to give medical plan coverage to their SO, just on their signature on a form. My son and his live-in g/f do not have the same option. Different-sex couples are being discriminated against.

First, mow the lawn so that there is a lot of lawn clippings. Next, turn on the sprinkler to dampen it a tiny bit. Not wet, just moist. Then, the kids come up and yell "Trick or Treat". Hold the back of candy and say, "Ok, first... let's see The Trick." Convince the kids that they misunderstand the process. Explain that they must do a Trick to get a Treat. What is the one trick that kids know? Somersaults So, you get costumed kids doing slow, imperfect rolls on a lawn of damp, clipped grass. They leave with a grass-mat on their back. I know... I'm goin' to Hell. Old news.

BWaaaahaaaa She will SO extract a bodily organ from you when she reads it.

When you sign up for Facebook, Reunions, or a zillion other sites - you will get to a point where it says, "Since you gave us your email address, would you like us to go through your address book and spam all your friends?" That's is how to do it. Also, when I get a "friend request", it also has a button that says, "We have your frickin' email address, would you like to 'opt out' of our spam database?" So, you don't even have to be a member to get "valuable updates". Non-internet businesses do it too. When I was signing up for a bank loan, there is a little box that says, "It is ok for us to provide your personal information to our 'business partners' for your benefit?" That means all manners of new insurance, in-house bank stock brokers, and fund managers will get every aspect of your financial picture with your phone number. Read before your click or sign.

When John Lennon died, I think he was worth about $200 million. I imagine that he could have shared a little more. Nice song though. You have to set the bar somewhere. I get along with everyone, as long as they don't expect me to do anything.

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