Sexism is such a big fucking deal when it happens to rich white famous pretty Christian ladies.

Since when do blockquote tags not work? Do any html tags work anymore?

That first line up there was Beans&Greens, not me.

Men are lumpy and hairy and stinky and should not be seen naked by the light of day.

Excuse me, but I know several men who are strong and svelte and muscular and absolutely lovely to look at.

Are you the only man you've ever seen naked? You shouldn't extrapolate from such a small sample you know...

"If it doesn't help the corporate bottom line, fuck the American dream."

I don't find it difficult to "click to enlarge" (got to be a penis joke in there somewhere) but I fail to understand why it's necessary to make the original version so fracking tiny in the first place. I mean, I don't wear glasses, I have excellent eyesight, and I don't even bother trying to read the small version. It hurts my eyes too much.

There is a disparity between blacks and whites as far as committing murders goes, but The Unlovely Truth inflated it by a factor of three. Blacks are 6 times more likely to commit a murder than whites are.

TUT neglects to mention that blacks are also about 6 times more likely than whites to be the victim of a murder.

And that most (>80%) crimes are intra-racial.

Which rather bursts his little theory that us pasty faced types are justified in being scared of every black person we see.

If you want to continue pissing your pants whenever you see a dark-skinned person walking down the street, you Unlovely coward, then have at it. Just know that your fears are irrational.

All stats from the DOJ.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/welcome.html

"The lack of standards impoverishes third world countries, and that's what makes America attractive." ...to migrants, I mean.

Are we talking about how to keep everyone healthier? In that case, it doesn't make sense to bar illegal immigrants from purchasing health care or turning them away from doctors' offices.

But if we're talking about how to have less illegal immigration, that's a whole nother can of worms. Seems like many here would prefer to have that conversation.

Deporting everybody isn't going to help. Turning immigrants away from doctors' offices isn't going to help. The only thing that's going to help is erasing the wage gap between the US and Mexico and other third world countries. "Free trade" means tree movement of capital and industry. And yet humans are barred from moving about as freely as the factories they work in and the billions of profits which they generate by their work. So "free" trade isn't really free, unless you're in the owner class.

We should not be in free trade agreements with nations whose labor and environmental laws are non-existent, or who do not enforce labor and environmental standards. The lack of standards impoverishes third world countries, and that's what makes America attractive. Of course, American demand for cheap goods drives international companies' hunger for cheap labor, which in turn fuels the relocation of manufacturing to countries with non-existent or unenforced labor and environmental standards. These companies rely on the inequality of wages in order to turn a profit. Some do the same here in the US. If all American employers were willing to pay a living wage, and if well-paying jobs were available in third world countries to the same degree they are here, we wouldn't even be having this discussion.

It's sad that so many people think that the solution to the problem is further separating the working class peoples of the world from each other. That is indeed the very same strategy that powerful multi-naitonals rely on to keep their workers from rebelling against unfair working standards and insisting on fair compensation, which would cut into profit margins. Too many people in America are deluded and think that their interests are synonymous with those of the multi-nationals.

Those who subscribe to the childish, black-and-white "argument" that the Terrorists attacked us because they hate our Freedoms seem incapable of hearing any nuanced counter-argument. When someone tries to explain "blowback" or any other of the actual reasons given by the terrorists themselves about why they attacked us, they can't hear it. All they can hear is "The Terrorists attacked us because we are evil."

I mean, yes, the terrorists think we are evil. They even have specific reasons for thinking so. Is it possible that we can listen to them, examine the reasons they present, and still not believe that we are 100% evil? Or are we all so weak-minded that merely hearing our "enemies" describe what they perceive as evil will destroy our ability to believe in ourselves? Perhaps the terrorists should try Jedi mind tricks.

Tom the Dancing Bug.

That's it, I'm going back to bed.

is an elaborate setup for tejano and Zorkna's pithy one-two punchlines.

Now that's humor.

Excuse me, gay women would have to make up about 30% of female service members to account for the discrepancy. Not 50%.