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Hmmm, Porter gets shot after going to a football game. Wonder what Ray Lewis was doing last night?...

Clarification: I'm not saying Nash will ruin the Punisher movie. I meant his presence is sort of like how Jumptheshark.com uses Ted McGinley as an indicator of whether or not a show is on a downward spiral. Note to MrRant: Jumptheshark said this -- not me. Now if Nash was in the Spiderman move in Macho's role, Mr. Parker could have just stayed at the opposite side of the ring from Nash and win -- it would have taken Kev three minutes just to walk across and swing at him. Oh, Hulk was OK. I didn't love it like I did Spiderman, but I still thought it was a decent movie. I really liked its comic-style delivery...

This one line made my day because I find it funny how you have claimed so many people to be ignorant, etc. in this folder (including me a few times, but hey it's all good) yet you make a statement like this. I'm sure Howie wouldn't approve...

Bummer...

As opposed to veggie ribs?...

Wow, somebody's panties are in a knot tonight. Oh, I was responding to your last post, Tyler...

To answer the point of this thread. I think Wal-Mart makes a good chunk of its money via customers that come in because they want to get a product cheap PLUS the opportunity to get a boost of confidence by seeing people truly in need of a(n) batch/dentures/deodorant/education/birth control/job/car that passes emissions inspections/etc. My favorite "Wal-Martian" is the 500lb nimrod that always hangs out in the in-store eatery, annoying customers, harassing employees and scaring children. Is making fun of these people mean? Sure. But that's why God gave us the under-class...

"Go for the eyes Boo, Go for the eyes! ARRRRGH!..."

I'm just going by past experiences involving Nash in movie roles -- Super Shredder. And when did Big Lazy find the time to be on the set? And how many Confidential specials will be dedicated to his role? Also, I'm not a comic book guy, but I did read a few Punisher ones because I liked the concept. Jane doesn't really seem like a fit for the Punisher -- am I wrong?...

Yeah, and these would be the same people bitching about people like me/you still in the game while they were sitting on the sidelines...

Yeah. Eh, whatever (I read that last post)...

I went to a community college my first 2 years out of high school. I transferred all my credits to the college I was going to go to anyway and saved around $16,000 in the process. What I really liked about the whole experience is that it gave me a chance to figure out what I wanted to do with my life and not have to spend precious $ switching my major 20 times...

Actually, the people that get picked last in gym are usually the same people that we end up working for 20 years down the road. I say getting picked last makes them more determined to succeed in the real world, forcing us, the winners of the 2nd period volleyball/street hockey/flag football/etc. championship to grovel before them in hopes of finding a way to pay our bills...

Not really Tyler, and my post had nothing to do with yours. I was responding to the article Marney had linked to her post. (*Sarcasm on* Contrary to what you may think, not everything people respond to in this folder revolves around your posts. *Sarcasm off*) To prevent future misunderstandings, would you like me to write a disclaimer at the beginning of my posts saying that my post is responding to yours? Heck, there have been times where I thought you were taking a pot-shot at me, but it turns out you weren't (or at least you weren't yet)...

Forget the actual story -- just look at a picture of him. You know this guy is virus-free. What chick in her right mind would spread her legs for this hoss?...

Keep the student picking system. I was usually picked last at everything. Not because I bad at most of the sports we played -- it was because nobody liked me (big shock, I know). And whatever team I was on usually won because I played better than the people picked in the same round I was, and it did WONDERS for my self-esteem...

How dare we violate the civil rights of this upstanding person. Why, I bet his scout troop went leaderless during all the time he was away. I say let him go if only he promises to blow up a courtroom or something equally useless institution...

I moved from a Hannity market to a non-Hannity market so I didn't hear the show. Bummer...

Forget dodgeball -- try "tag." Oh, for the record, when it came to dodgeball, I was one of the people that hid in the back. Because my arm power was bad my role was to wait until we were losing and try to make a half-court shot to bring in everyone on my team back on the court. When we played dodgeball in the gym the basketball hoops were down and if your team made a shot in the other team's hoop, anyone eliminated on your team got back in the game. I made a few shots in my day, and it did WONDERS for my self-esteem... http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNew.../tag020624.html June 24 — Depending on your brawn, athleticism or popularity, if you ever went to grade school you remember well your place in the playground game hierarchy. You either desperately dodged the ball or fiercely beaned classmates with it. You were the captain of the team or the last one chosen. Or perhaps out of fear or shyness, you just blended in until the bell saved you. For generations, recess games were considered mere child's play, even if they broke limbs occasionally or, more regularly, hurt feelings. These days, though, some educators have their sights set on some of the more potentially vicious playground activities, prompting a debate about whether banning such games is enlightened or over-protective. In one school in Santa Monica, Calif., the familiar game of tag is "it." The principal of Franklin Elementary School caused a ruckus when she wrote in a recent weekly school newsletter that the chase game was banned during the lunch recess of the grade school, which houses kindergarten through fifth-grade students. Tag and similar games caused concussions, broken bones and numerous bumps and scrapes among the Franklin Elementary students in the past year. But physical danger was not the only harm cited. "In this game, there is a 'victim' or 'It,' which creates a self-esteem issue. The oldest or biggest child usually dominates," the principal wrote. The playground tag prohibition spurred a public debate. The Los Angeles Times picked up the story, as did at least one local talk radio show whose host lambasted the principal for her decision. The Game of Life The Santa Monica tag debate resembles a similar fracas the last few years over dodgeball — also known in some areas as bombardment. Concern over the game's potential for brutality and intimidation led school districts in New York, Virginia, Maryland, Maine, Ohio and Texas to ban dodgeball. What's all the fuss about the games we have all played — and for the most part, survived? To their critics, dodgeball-type games unfairly pit the weak against the strong, inevitably making the scrawnier students easy prey for tougher classmates. In tag, children may be repeatedly chosen as "it" as a form of humiliation. Then there's the social rejection inevitable when children are asked to "pick teams" and the worst athletes or least popular children are left for last. There appears to be no consensus among educators and childhood education experts about the wisdom of banning certain games from the playground, and such prohibitions are certainly not widespread. Some say the fun of playing certain games is not worth the harm done to weaker or less popular children. "There are lots of opportunities for bullying," said Dr. Charles Shubin, a pediatrician and high school physician in Baltimore. Those who oppose banning games say the pecking orders revealed by playground activities can teach important lessons for the future, albeit painful ones. "Kids have to learn how to deal with everyday disappointments such as being singled out," said Dr. Kenneth Haller, a pediatrician and professor at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. "It's a cliché that games are a metaphor for life, but it's true." Everybody Hurts Sometimes Although it may be true that children need preparation for the dog-eat-dog adult world, Shubin says not every child will succeed in a cutthroat environment. Forcing them to compete, and more often than not, lose, will do nothing to help them cope in the future. "Some kids are never going to make it that way, so they are just fodder for the kids who are going to make it that way," Shubin said. Rick Swalm, an education professor at Temple University, believes in a laissez-faire organizing principle to the playground. While a potentially violent game such as dodgeball should not be part of a well-rounded physical education curriculum, he said, it can be a perfectly healthy activity for willing participants at recess. Restricting children from planning their own activities at recess can also be damaging to their feelings of self-worth, he said. While some students may want to play hopscotch, others will still choose tougher games. And the latter will learn important lessons about winning and losing that are not in themselves, harmful, Swalm said. "It's all in a context of 'life doesn't always deal us a royal flush,'" he said. Keeping Fun In Sight Experts said there are ways to continue the tradition of playing games like tag and dodgeball without permanently scarring some children. Adult supervision is key, they say. For one, teachers can select teams, therefore eliminating the scenario of some children always being the last ones picked. In tag, Swalm said, students can be paired off in twos, so they can alternate being "it" and being on the chase. That way, no child would be "it" all the time, and no child would be left out completely. As for dodgeball, some experts said the rough character of the game makes it beyond rehabilitation. But with adequate supervision and an emphasis on fun and not competition, others said, even that occasionally violent playground standby should be allowed. "If one kid is throwing the ball really hard, they need to be told that. Kids need to be told what the rules of game are," Haller said. "They need to be reassured that this is a game, the goal is to have fun."

They were probably playing in hot weather and you know white guys such as myself need every edge we can muster up. (Oh, by the way, Romo won't be going to any supper parties of mine in the near future...)

Could it possibly be on one of WWE's recap shows this weekend?...

Maybe they were flashing their, umm, tits to passerbys, enticing them to do business?...

Those kids needed to be mobile. My Kool-Aid stand was a little red wagon that shot around the neighborhood so the Man couldn't find me...

Hell yeah we need them -- I didn't have to buy toilet paper for weeks after those wonderful writings were posted...

First it was Wal-Mart forbidding girl scouts to sell cookies there, then it was that girl in Florida, now this. Oh the lawlessness that goes on in this country (Oops, hit "enter" by accident to prematurely ejaculate this thread up)... http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4067833.html Mikaela Ziegler, 7, and her 4-year-old sister, Annika, were selling refreshments Wednesday afternoon near the State Fairgrounds when a woman approached them. But she wasn't there to buy. "She said, 'You can't sell pop unless you have a license,' " Mikaela said. That's how it came to be that an inspector with St. Paul's Office of License, Inspections and Environmental Protection shut down Mikaela and Annika's pop stand. Their outraged father, Dr. Richard Ziegler, called City Hall for an explanation. He was told that St. Paul is cracking down on unauthorized merchants and that his daughters would be free to hawk their beverages once they obtained a $60 license. "Is there anything sacred anymore?" he asked Thursday. "We're not running a business here. This is fun and games for kids. I think [Mikaela's] netted, after paying me, a whole $13. "It's laughable and it's tragic." But Licensing Director Janeen Rosas said Mikaela was violating St. Paul Legislative Code Chapter 331A.04(d)(24), which requires a license for "A temporary establishment where food sales shall be restricted to prepackaged nonpotentially hazardous foods or canned or bottled nonalcoholic beverages; operating no more than fourteen (14) days annually at any one location." Rosas said the city has received more complaints than ever this year about sellers at the fair, although she said no one had registered a gripe about the enterprising Ziegler sisters. "If someone were to get ill from one of these products, with a license we're more able to track them back," she said. "And at the fair it's an equity issue. Allowing some people to sell without licenses gives them an unfair advantage over others." In fact, any lemonade stand in St. Paul must be licensed to operate, Rosas said. Not that the licensing department is out randomly patrolling for juvenile scofflaws. "But if we get a complaint, an inspector would go out and respond to that kind of call," she said. In June, police in Naples, Fla., responded to a neighbor's complaint by closing the lemonade stand of a 6-year-old girl who didn't have a permit. After fielding indignant phone calls from around the country, embarrassed city officials waived the $35 permit fee and allowed her to reopen. The story won national attention. Before she was shut down at her stand on Como Av. a block or two from the fairgrounds, Mikaela had been in business for four days, offering passersby an assortment of packaged lemonade, orange juice, water and pop. What the city did made her sad. And mad. "I don't think that was right," she said, "Cause you should be able to just sell stuff without having something that you don't know you're supposed to be having."