This is the exact reason why our two party system is a failure.
People like me end up having to choose the "lesser of two evils" between a candidate who completely fails me on social issues or one who completely fails me on fiscal issues. Fucking terrible.
Meh, failure is relative. We have massive room for improvement, but it's not like our government runs around beheading people for their religious beliefs, and people don't take to the streets with Uzis on a regular basis. The government has never been overthrown by a rogue militia. Give us some credit.
Yes. We shouldn't strive for a better system because at least we aren't beheading people. This is the take-away here. ::eye roll::
This is the exact reason why our two party system is a failure.
People like me end up having to choose the "lesser of two evils" between a candidate who completely fails me on social issues or one who completely fails me on fiscal issues. Fucking terrible.
Meh, failure is relative. We have massive room for improvement, but it's not like our government runs around beheading people for their religious beliefs, and people don't take to the streets with Uzis on a regular basis. The government has never been overthrown by a rogue militia. Give us some credit.
You really like taking things to the extreme, don't you?
You realize that doesn't make you look reasonable (as it pertains to this discussion), right? That's pretty much a Fox News specialty you are using there.
Meh, failure is relative. We have massive room for improvement, but it's not like our government runs around beheading people for their religious beliefs, and people don't take to the streets with Uzis on a regular basis. The government has never been overthrown by a rogue militia. Give us some credit.
You really like taking things to the extreme, don't you?
You realize that doesn't make you look reasonable (as it pertains to this discussion), right? That's pretty much a Fox News specialty you are using there.
I think to say our system has failed is extreme. I do not disagree with any of the points made regarding the shortcomings of the political system or the how much it sucks that Washington is run by insider elites or that the 24 hour cable news cycle has reduced politics to sound bytes. Not will I disagree that we have no shortage of serious issues in this country. I was merely pointing out that our system has not 'failed' if we all have the right to sit at our computers and disagree with the government without fear of retribution.
You really like taking things to the extreme, don't you?
You realize that doesn't make you look reasonable (as it pertains to this discussion), right? That's pretty much a Fox News specialty you are using there.
I think to say our system has failed is extreme. I do not disagree with any of the points made regarding the shortcomings of the political system or the how much it sucks that Washington is run by insider elites or that the 24 hour cable news cycle has reduced politics to sound bytes. Not will I disagree that we have no shortage of serious issues in this country. I was merely pointing out that our system has not 'failed' if we all have the right to sit at our computers and disagree with the government without fear of retribution.
I think the problem is that you started talking about a failure of government when we were actually talking about a failure of a two party system. The failure of the two party system has ZERO to do with us being able to sit at our computers and disagree with the government without fear of retribution.
I have not seen a preview for this yet, but my niece has picked it to be the movie that we take her to for her Christmas gift. I hope it is good, my last niece made us watch The Hobbit...
I've seen a few previews the past couple days. Do you watch Game of Thrones? It's really weird to see Robb Stark dressed as Prince Charming.
You mean watching Rose and Daisy from Downton Abby?
Long story short, MH's company pays a different country's taxes on his behalf. The US takes this into account for our taxes. Depending on which country my husband is working off the shore of (right now Angola put there's talk of this summer moving to the Mediterranean) they pay those taxes on his behalf. What we owe changes from year to year and with bonuses and training pay we usually end up underpaying and getting charged the fine anyways. When he worked in South Korea, the US paid us money because the taxes paid there was more than here. This is the confusing joys of being in the merchant marine.
Ah, gotcha. I was so confused. Thanks for explaining!
FFTC: I can't drive stick. I've had many people try to teach me over the years, and I just kill it every. single. time.
When I got my license, my parents made an agreement with me that they would give me my dad's car in exchange for helping my mom drive my 3 younger brothers around if she needed help. The car was a standard, so I had no choice but learn if I wanted to have a car.
Both my parents tried teaching me and it didn't work. 20 minutes in a parking lot with my then BF and I figured it out. The person you have trying to teach you is really important.
I've never been able to figure it out. Right now my car is in the shop. I have no idea how to drive MH's car because it's a manual., so I'm pretty much out of luck for the next couple days.
He doesn't want to teach me on his car because the shifter is too broken in. (That's what he says anyway) Maybe one day I'll learn how.
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I don't know enough about politics to chime in, like the IN DEPTH stuff I have read about before, but I have not retained enough to really make a good argument one way or another.
Post by snakefisherbub on Feb 26, 2015 16:25:21 GMT -5
I like reading the comments on YouTube/articles what not especially on controversial/hot button issues. People say not to read the comments because you'll get pissed off but I like to. Yes sometimes people say things that make my blood boil but what can I say. I never respond but sometimes I just like to watch people duke it out online. Plus I just find it interesting what other people think about such issues.
Still my favorite. DH wants to watch every show on PBS now. I love no commercials. And also I want to live in their mansion.
I couldn't deal with the ending of that season.
Yeah I'm still pissed about that part. But they have done a great job of showing Mary, Edith, and Rose being more active in business and charity work which is refreshing for historical fiction.
I like reading the comments on YouTube/articles what not especially on controversial/hot button issues. People say not to read the comments because you'll get pissed off but I like to. Yes sometimes people say things that make my blood boil but what can I say. I never respond but sometimes I just like to watch people duke it out online. Plus I just find it interesting what other people think about such issues.
I love reading the comments on super vanilla topics too, people get sooo passionate. Yahoo is the best shit show for comments
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We have separate finances. Yes, please. The logistics of combining just seem way too hard. We have a good system for bills and savings so the rest is just ours. No questions, no permissions, just freedom. I love it.
We keep ours separate too for a couple reasons. One is security. If one of us gets hacked/identity stolen, one of us still has money. The other is I see it cause a lot of fights between couples I know. If DH wants to go out and buy some comics it shouldn't be my business (as long as we're not talking hundreds of dollars). Or if I want to get a pedicure. Freedom is good
I'm so far behind here, but I wanted to comment on this.
The "as long as we're not talking hundreds of dollars" part - my husband and I have combined finances and we use the exact same rule it sounds like you're using. I want to get a pedicure? I do it. H might ask me "did you spend $x at place Y?" but it's purely for verification that our cards weren't compromised or something.
So I think it probably depends on the couple. I've known couples with separate finances who still have arguments over one of them spending their own money. Or couples who make vastly different amounts of money and one ends up resentful because the other has lots of extra cash to spend freely.
I'm sorry this UO has turned into a weather thread. I'm ready to be lashed.
I'd probably like it.
Weather UOs are a nice break from God UOs.
Okay, so I waited until I got caught up to comment on this, but I was so, so scared that the pages upon pages was going to be about this. So glad it wasn't.
I'm really excited for this Cinderella! The commercials make it seem like a mix of the Classic Cartoon (which I wasn't really fond of) and Ever After (one of my favorite retellings of Cinderella) That's all!
I have not seen a preview for this yet, but my niece has picked it to be the movie that we take her to for her Christmas gift. I hope it is good, my last niece made us watch The Hobbit...
I don't know enough about politics to chime in, like the IN DEPTH stuff I have read about before, but I have not retained enough to really make a good argument one way or another.
I think this post is hilarious considering your avatar.
I guess Leslie is more into government than politics, but it still made me chuckle.
I work at a university - the county schools are closed.
Oh, oh. I see. My university would do this (rarely). Usually their thought was: you can't drive in this? Who gives a fuck.
Ugh, I hate universities that do this. One year, the university I went to refused to close even though there were was almost a foot of snow on the ground. The argument was what on earth would the dorm students do without classes to go to? It was dumb. The University president had to be picked up from her house by the security team to get to work. And then her husband fell while walking between buildings on campus and broke his hip. She still refused to cancel. There were like 4 different instances of an ambulance coming to campus to handle an injury. They had to block off certain pathways because foot long icicles kept falling off the eaves of buildings.
So ridiculous. All because we can't trust that dorm students can entertain themselves. And I'll add that even if the university closes, there are "critical" staff that have to come in. Among them are the maintenance crews and a skeleton crew of the university dining team, so they wouldn't be stranded without food and stuff.
Post by nerdykitten on Feb 26, 2015 17:19:14 GMT -5
If we weren't partnered with another university for general education courses our President would also never call off school in bad weather. Luckily it has been decided that we do what the partner school does unless it is a special occasion like accreditation visits are happening.
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Oh, oh. I see. My university would do this (rarely). Usually their thought was: you can't drive in this? Who gives a fuck.
Ugh, I hate universities that do this. One year, the university I went to refused to close even though there were was almost a foot of snow on the ground. The argument was what on earth would the dorm students do without classes to go to? It was dumb. The University president had to be picked up from her house by the security team to get to work. And then her husband fell while walking between buildings on campus and broke his hip. She still refused to cancel. There were like 4 different instances of an ambulance coming to campus to handle an injury. They had to block off certain pathways because foot long icicles kept falling off the eaves of buildings.
So ridiculous. All because we can't trust that dorm students can entertain themselves. And I'll add that even if the university closes, there are "critical" staff that have to come in. Among them are the maintenance crews and a skeleton crew of the university dining team, so they wouldn't be stranded without food and stuff.
My grad university was rumored to never close because one time they did, and a student walked to campus, couldn't get in the buildings to warm himself, and he died of exposure. I don't think that really happened, but we had classes (no delay, no closures) no matter what in the 5 years I was there. People would occasionally XC ski to class. But 99% of students, grad students, and profs lived within 1 mile of campus, so it made a lot of sense.
My current university closed the day I came to interview. Having walked to class in 18 inches of snow the year before, I was really overjoyed for this job. Everyone here drives in, usually from quite a distance, including about 60% of the students. So we close a lot.
If we weren't partnered with another university for general education courses our President would also never call off school in bad weather. Luckily it has been decided that we do what the partner school does unless it is a special occasion like accreditation visits are happening.
Two weeks ago we closed due to cold. The next day it was colder, and we stayed open - they just told people to try not to go outside. Uh, how will the students get to class, morons?
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Post by nerdykitten on Feb 26, 2015 17:38:57 GMT -5
We are a purely commuter/online college; there are no dorms. So if it is bad weather they will have to drive in and some of our students have to drive an hour or more to get here.
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Living together without getting married =/= fraud. Getting married, seeing it affects your taxes, then legally divorcing but making other arrangements to still have the rights married couples do in order to save a few bucks on taxes = fraud.
I see a lot of this in my line of work, but we call it a "check divorce" - that way both people can collect a disability check without the other's factoring into the amount of the check. You also see a lot of couples who have been engaged for a decade for the same reason. I can't imagine getting a divorce just to save a few bucks.
I haven't read past this yet but H's brother is in, I guess, this type of situation and it pisses me off to no end. Him and his gf live together but she doesn't work and gets all sorts of assistance for an "illness". She CHANGED HER FUCKING LAST NAME to ours but they won't get married so she can still receive whatever assistance she gets.
And I say "illness" because according to our nephews (BIL's from previous marriage) she is completely fine when they're behind closed doors. ::rage::
I like reading the comments on YouTube/articles what not especially on controversial/hot button issues. People say not to read the comments because you'll get pissed off but I like to. Yes sometimes people say things that make my blood boil but what can I say. I never respond but sometimes I just like to watch people duke it out online. Plus I just find it interesting what other people think about such issues.
I love comments for similiar reasons - I like to hear what people think about different things. Comments were my gateway to message boards.
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