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Wednesday, May 16, 2007 12:59 PM

Italian Ice

if made well, is superior to sherbet/sorbet, which I often find too sweet. It reminds me of my youth when we kids used to consume drinks made European style such as fruit compote made from boiled fruit which my mom made or Oranzada (orangeade soda), all of which had some sweetness but, more so than sweetness, had real taste from real fruit. The only analog I find today in Texas is hand-made local Mexican style agua fresca where the flavor is stronger than the sweetness, rather than the opposite, which is evey g'dam product made by American companies- the sweetness compounded by (unconsumable by the body) and fattening high fructose corn syrup.

Thursday, May 17, 2007 07:47 AM
Original article: Are you being mommified?

MerelyMortalMale

Makes some very good points that will inevitably be ignored by the feminists on this site because the feminists cannot be bothered to occupy the same coarse plane of existence as mere men.

But really, what, if anything, do women EVER do to ease men's lives?

It seems most times women are content to sit on their asses and make guys suffer for life based on the slick premise that guys should be grateful merely for being born out of the vagina of a woman. I never hear women chastising or berating girls for not being grateful merely to be born.

Lots of female ego, arrogance and vanity- that is the norm. Part of the air we all breathe and assume is the accepted way things should be.

Maybe another fifty years of MEN beating women over the head (figuratively) may finally begin to make a dent in American feminist women's vast and infinite sense of entitlement and selfish gender piggishness. Then again, I am not holding my breath. I am convinced this female ego is deeply genetic and as 'autopiloted' in women as are tails on scorpions.

Thursday, May 17, 2007 08:03 AM

Mortal is the MASTER now (I bow to you...)

Wow, Mortal. You make me want to slit my wrists. I tip my hat to you. You have OUTDONE ME!

One of your best observations (of so many)--

Feminists say men dislike women who are sexually assertive. That’s an excuse. Assertive women WILL sometimes get rejected. So what? Men face rejection every day. Was she rejected for being assertive…or being pushy, awkward, rude, unwashed, goofy? Was the guy gay or married?

I love how women have these options to not bother asking guys out because sooner or later another guy comes along to do the heavy lifting. And of course the MOST CONFIDENT man is always the biggest player getting the most yesses and hence the most poon. As a result of players getting all the actiuon, women feel justified in labeling all men to be like the players they encounter (because again, they are too chicken to go after the men they really want- or maybe they really DO want the players). This labeling of all men as like the players is of course another slight against all the good men in the world.

HEAR IT??? Crickets chirping. Silence in the night.

The feminists think they have won again because they refuse to confront and challenge the VALID assertions and observations in your letter- the letter of someone they call TROLL, as if it invalidates what you say. Your testimony does not matter to them, because you are only a MAN. Never mind that men have been listening to the endless drone and whine of women for a century and have bent over backwards to accommodate women's desires.

THAT is arrogance, a much greater arrogance than anything a man will ever attempt, and it makes me realize why men feel justified in treating women like dirt IN RETURN.

BTW, I am saving your letter in my personal anti-feminist distribe collection. You are right that more and more GOOD men really cannot stand giving a shit about women and their needs anymore.

Thursday, May 17, 2007 08:10 AM

Oh, one objection Mort

I can personally vouch, having worked alongside many renegade former NASA types, that Roswell is only the tip of an iceberg you do not want to know about. There is a lot of compartmentalized, isolated stuff inside NASA and the government (some of which nonetheless gets out for various reasons) that makes Roswell seem like a trifle.

Friday, May 18, 2007 01:08 PM

That this is even an issue is what is shocking

it seems women have numerous protection that they and only they are afforded. That men are not protected as much as women jusdtifies men doing all they need to do to right this situation. We men are not leftovers, slaves, or mindless robots merely in existence to provide sperm for society. It is high time men ROAR and make this right.

and too bad if it steps on other people. This never stops women from having all the ludicrous rights THEY are granted by society.

Seriously though, why are men so devalueed in society?!? Who is responsible??? WHO NEEDS TO PAY FOR THIS TRAVESTY?!?!!!

Friday, May 18, 2007 01:10 PM

THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT

the more pissed off I get.

WHO THE HELL THINKS THIS IS A FAIR THING TO DO TO MEN??????

Saturday, May 19, 2007 09:37 AM
Original article: Who's afraid of Ron Paul?

About the Alleged Quotes from Ron Paul:

Right. Ron Paul says it like it is. He does not spin or ally with lines of PC bullshit.

That alone is reason to elect him president (not counting the oodles of other reasons).

Saturday, May 19, 2007 09:41 AM
Original article: Who's afraid of Ron Paul?

The problem with Ron Paul

is he is too good for this country

Saturday, May 19, 2007 09:44 AM

So what explains the present?

they spent much of their time inventing the tools and foundations of future society."

So what has happened since then? Have women become really stupid since those times?

Because despite all the freedom in the world to do as they please, all women create today is noise and grief.

Label this one: "hoax"

Saturday, May 19, 2007 09:50 AM
Original article: Behind every great man...

Strong woman

strengthens a two for one.

strong, conceited, arrogant, dishonest, manipulative woman (Hillary) does not strengthen a two for one.

I think Obama and his campaign is better off for having a great wife with her own merits like Michelle.

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