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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 19, 2013 -> 10:03 AM) According to what one nbc anchor said a month ago. Great journalism! Duke has never really been concerned with reality. Well done, sir.

QUOTE (YASNY @ Jan 19, 2013 -> 03:34 AM) I haven't visited the buster in years. I'm not planning on clicking on any other threads. However, I did want to post this here and see what the reacton(s) might be. I just posted this on Facebook, so some of you have or will see it there as well. Gun control leads to gun confiscation which leads to a gun free population. Liberals love that thought! But, there is one more part in this equation: A gun free population is a helpless, controlled population. It's the proverbial slippery slope. America used to be a nation that would take so much, but only so much before it collectively said "Hell No! This will not stand!" I don't know if that America still exists. We've been indoctrinated since youth by public education, morally corrupted by various forms of entertainment, spiritually supressed by the elimination of God from our public lives, and brainwashed by a complicit newsmedia. My generation has witnessed the slow and steady progression toward "The Wussification of America". Just this week, two little 6 year old boys were suspended from school for playing cops and robbers by simulating guns with their hands and yelling "Pow!". What happened to letting little boys actually be little boys? These kids are growing up without a gender identity, or a confused one at best. Boys are growing up not knowing who they are supposed to be. The messages they are receiving are suppressing their potential manhood. If a boy shows signs of not following the program, they pump them full of Ritalin or some other mind-messing drug and stick a label on them of 'troubled'. Women, you've been victimized by this grand scheme also. You are now in the work force because it takes two incomes to make any progress, but they are also collecting taxes from twice as many workers as they were just two generations ago. While you bring home the bacon, you send your kids to their indoctrination camps knows as school, come home from work tired and not quite as on top of things as you should be when it comes to what they are teaching your kids. Now, I know it's dad's responsibility too but we used to have at least one parent with their fingers on the pulse of their kids' lives at all times. We need to wake up before it's too damn late. well this happened. 'Murica.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 18, 2013 -> 04:00 PM) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry Wiki seems to indicate it's a fruit, it's just a different type of fruit yeah... i mean... i figure it's a fruit the same way a platypus is a mammal.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jan 18, 2013 -> 03:07 PM) interesting. i did not know that. yeah i didn't either... so like... what is it?

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Jan 17, 2013 -> 10:42 AM) Taxpayer subsidized living wage. If they want to actually earn it by entering a competitive environment without their ridiculous public unions they can go right ahead. Find a pothole filling business out there that'll pay you $65k a year. I dont see why we all have to assume responsibility for lazy government workers and their happiness. f*** them, they chose to be public servants. Duke what do you do for a living?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 17, 2013 -> 10:41 AM) Federal student loan rates are fixed. hmm... i didn't realize that stafford loans could cover the ENTIRE cost of schooling. wonder why i didn't do that then... oh wait, because they don't.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Jan 17, 2013 -> 10:38 AM) Hell yes I would. Then they can do something halfway productive with their labor as opposed to being only marginally better than people who get free s*** from the government while doing nothing. and... by making them unemployed... they'll... be getting... more... free s***... from the government... and from you. so. you're silly.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 17, 2013 -> 10:29 AM) The government will lend you any amount of money you need so long as it goes to education. There's no application really beyond name/address. hm. this is fascinating. and there really isn't a difference from loan to loan right? none of them gouge you with higher interest rates or other fine print right? every loan that's available to the public certainly doesn't try to take advantage of them in any way right? get off your pedestal. you have no idea what you're talking about.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Jan 17, 2013 -> 10:31 AM) Yea I think bringing in 2 people working to have their basic needs met saves the taxpayer a lot of money compared to teams of 8 city workers each making $65k standing around for 8 hours trying to fix a pothole. and... what are those city workers going to do? you going to make them a part of the 33% by laying them off since you've now got access to cheaper labor? this plan is terrible y'all.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jan 17, 2013 -> 10:19 AM) There is nothing wrong with having people work for the money. As was stated there are many jobs they can do and will learn as they go. If someone doesn't show up, it's just like a real job, you don't get paid. Learning responsibility will be part of the process as well. ugh, you're acting like unemployed or underemployed people are children who need hand holding. they need to "learn responsibility". for every person who takes advantage of the system there are countless others working their asses off with the odds stacked massively against them. 1/3 of Illinois doesn't become poor because they're lazy. It's because the system is simply broken.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 17, 2013 -> 10:13 AM) It's called borrowing. All of us affluent whites know that loophole! I'm sorry... really? who's gonna lend you money when you're living on foods stamps?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 17, 2013 -> 10:09 AM) I agree with the second part of that statement, not the first. We provide the poor in this country with every opportunity to NOT be poor. It's up to them to utilize the assistance properly. And yes, there is a lot of rural poor in this country and even this state. The difference is that those people generally stay quiet and just live their lives, whereas the poor in the City commit crime and keep other people from getting out. tuition costs say hello.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 17, 2013 -> 09:15 AM) to be totally fair neither party makes poverty a focus of their campaigns. it's all about the "middle class" which seems to include about 90% of Americans. for as awful as he was, at least John Edwards tried to make that a campaign issue in 2008. lol which is the reason i liked him. he had the balls to do stand up for something that wasn't politically smart because it was the right thing to do. ironically.... haha

if anyone thinks Republicans care more about getting people out of poverty than Dems you are awfully mistaken.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Jan 16, 2013 -> 09:25 AM) I've never brought up the cars/guns comparison except for once, I think I was pointing how banning semi-automatic rifles while leaving handguns is imposing a horsepower cap on cars. We also dont have a constitutional right to drive, and on our own property we can drive however the f*** we want. Its from public roads that we get traffic laws. 1) speed limits = semi-auto ban/mag limits 2) sure man, have whatever gun you want inside your house. the moment you step outside and that gun could affect the public, you gotta play by our rules.

New York rocks. http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/15/us/new-york-....html?hpt=hp_t1

the government, like i said, is retarded. tomatoes are fruits.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 15, 2013 -> 02:20 PM) I love steel cut oats, but they take too long to make, but IMO they do taste the best. That said, they have the same nutritional content as any other oatmeal...so the regular 5 minute oats work fine for me. I prefer the texture of steel cut > regular 5 minute > instant...but I'll also eat whatever is available. Also, Reddy, dump the brown sugar and use honey. this is true, i should use raw honey. now THAT is $$$$.

the gov't has no idea what it's talking about when it comes to food, fitness and health. end of story.

guys. steel cut oats, little salt, brown sugar. you will never go back. i also dump chia and ground flaxseeds in it for good measure

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 15, 2013 -> 09:37 AM) This is more of the same thing we've already been talking about it... It's about personal choice and having some self control. I LOVE me a fountain Coke once in a while -- no, not that fake ass diet s***, either -- but a REAL Coke, out of a fountain...not sure why, but I love it out of the fountain. That said...it doesn't mean I have to drink 5 of them a day...or a week...or even in a month. Have some f***ing willpower. Just because some fat retards have none, doesn't mean I should lose the choice of a Coke, or a Big Mac, or whatever the f*** else for that matter. I'm sick of brain dead, no willpower having asshats ruining s*** for everyone else. Stop blaming Coke for making you fat, and stop f***ing drinking it. Haha I love when you rage on things I agree with.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 15, 2013 -> 10:45 AM) I couldn't handle it. Getting in shape now and I may try it again in April, but it's absurd how difficult it is. haha right? i really do love when people say that home workouts are bulls***. I had my brother (who was talking s***) try Core Synergistics from P90X and he died halfway through. Would love to see him attempt Insanity. lol

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 14, 2013 -> 09:13 PM) http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/14/health/c...sity/index.html Perfect, Coca-Cola's going to "spin" that now they want to be part of a proactive solution and deflect the blame from their beverages and say they're just a symptom of the epidemic, not the endemic cause or one of the primary ones. well... what other choice do they have really?

QUOTE (farmteam @ Jan 14, 2013 -> 09:55 PM) Clinton, and I hope he acts like the Family Guy version of Bill Clinton. absolutely

Obama says hi.