Why it's okay to be mad at Garrison for writing something you disagree with, but not okay for Garrison to be annoyed or disgusted by something he disagreed with.

I don't know why the fact that some of the guys are vets makes anything they choose to do tasteful or acceptable.

I don't know why just because it's constitutional, you can't complain about it.

I'm tired of hearing that people "bled for me". I hate that the current crop of kids sent to Iraq, mutilated, and denied benefits by the Republicans (in case they leave the army to improve their lives!) are dying for nothing, for machismo, for approval ratings, because someone wanted to be a war presnit. These kids aren't bleeding for me. They are bleeding for 4 dollar gasoline, for a debt load that my and their children can never pay off, because we can't take money from Halliburton and spend it on decent equipment, for 100 more years of war.

I can't stand the sound of Harleys either, or the culture that surrounds them. If I were a writer, I think I might write that. I might think, you know, under the constitution, that I could choose my own subject, and express my very own thoughts on it.

Because there isn't anyone, anyone, who can do no wrong, who can't think more deeply about the symbolism of what they are doing.

I am SO SICK of being told by bicycle commuters that this is the only (virtuous) way to get to work. Not everyone lives in California! I know that is shock to your system, so I apologize in advance, but here, in a part of the country you didn't know existed, 9 months of the year there is likely to be ice or snow on the road. All year long, there is a good possibility of 50 mph wind gusts. I drive 33 miles to work. I could sure move closer...then my husband could drive 60 miles instead of 27 for HIS job! And get one closer? Well, it's not wall to wall people, businesses, and employers here. Not much use for an analyst in the high empty desert or corn fields that lie between my tiny town and my job in a tiny city.

A railroad runs right behind my house. And it runs into the town I work in. If there were a train to take, I would certainly do so, and then walk the 6 blocks or so from the terminal to my building. But it doesn't exist (unless I wanted to figure out how to jump on a freight train moving 30 mph through town, I guess, and then jump off).

But good thing you have all the solutions, and can be disgusted at other people! Self-righteousness rocks!

Whoa! People are required to read your entire oeuvre before responding to you (at least on this topic). Dang! Ego, much?

You do have a point. It just struck me as...egotistical. Maybe something like "I responded to that upthread. If you wouldn't mind reviewing those posts, we could have a more useful conversation." Or something. But.. don't talk to me unless you've read everything? Yikes!

Salon could enforce that, too...no posting a letter unless you've clicked through all the pages for a post, and all the pages for the letters thread.

Okay, anyway, point taken. Perhaps it was the style, not the substance.

sounds a lot like "not gonna happen" to me.

Oh, yeah, you betcha. Bursting with pride. I'm terribly excited to know I get to stand by the less than literate folks like Mrs. Smith!

I wonder what it says? But of course Salon can't get its links right again. It's terribly difficult to do, I guess.

I would say to my husband, if he were complaining about something like this to me, well! Now I don't DRINK right? Let's just add that to the long list of disappointing things about me, shall we?

Sounds so familiar...I bet it's Electro Robot!

No one would ever volunteer such information for the exact reason of gaining a point or two, would they, whatever their plans? If I got the idea that my employer or interviewer would prefer that I be childless, then by golly I would certainly sound childless! Of course, I currently have no plans to have any more children (mine's in college), but you never, never know, do you?

As for the idea that you might train someone who would get pregnant and leave, well, anyone might leave (with your training) for a different job at any time. Why does it make a difference if it is moving for a spouse's job, leaving for a better opportunity or to go back to school, or to have a child? There's no lifetime employment guarantee from employers, and no agreement to be a lifetime serf from employees.

From TNR?

I thought it was Molson-Coors?

can attest that all the women HE'S known have a low sex drive.

And,

War is peace

Freedom is slavery

Ignorance is strength.

Got it!

You so right! In fact, if you are not drinking, you have a magic bubble of protection around you that will not allow anyone who is drinking to hit you.

Obama is giving the speech at Mile High Stadium. I think I'll say that again. He is giving the speech at Mile High Stadium. The field, on which the Broncos play football, is Invesco field. Thus, Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium.

Just sayin'.

Yes, Kathleen. Yes. Over the issues, over the idiocy of bomb bomb Iran, and every single nasty little self-serving flip-flop. Absolutely.