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Dr. Octopus looks like he's been hitting the juice in this MacFarlane picture. I rest my case.

First of all, there simply are not enough of these "high-paying jobs" to go around. And the jobs that ARE available to everyone do not pay enough to live on. Do you know what would happen if everyone in America went to college? You'd have the world's most educated unemployment line. Second, these "shitty" jobs wouldn't seem so shitty if people were actually paid a decent wage to do them. But, as long as you have employers that can skirt the law with the full blessing of their friends in the government, that will never happen. Market forces within the US have determined that the pay for these jobs needs to go up, but employers simply hire people who do not need to make as much for their family to survive because they are sending their money outside of the country where the standard of living is much lower. We've basically become an ATM machine for Mexico at this point. Third, as long as we're going all the way back to the Industrial Revolution, let's look at how bad things were for working people before the Progressive movement. A hundred years ago, government action brought health, safety, and pay standards to American industry. But even the most basic of these protections are being ignored as long as US employers are allowed to use undocumented workers. And fourth, if free trade was working the way it was supposed to, we wouldn't have all these people coming over from Mexico in the first place.

I guess we'll find out next January.

I've been sick of Larry the Cable Guy since I first heard of him six years ago, but somehow I was arm-twisted into to watching the "Blue Collar Comedy Tour" DVD by my sister-in-law. I have to admit that all this Ron White praise is well deserved, as he really is the most talented one of the four. The said article: http://www.bobanddavid.com/david.asp?artID=183

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/...e.ap/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/...e.ap/index.html

Both Extreme and Ultimate have the original director's cut. Ultimate also includes the rare "Sarah Connor as an old woman and John as a politician" ending as an extra.

Or how to draw average people in a way that makes them look like bodybuilders. Talk about over-muscled...

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washingt...ct_requirement/ I didn't want to start a new thread on the Patriot Act, so here you go. (Also, I had a good time reading old threads in my search for one about the Patriot Act. The pro-Iraq War threads ALONE were worth the price of admission.)

The article's pretty short on detail about what's in the law. Here was my favorite part Why is it wrong to think this shouldn't continue? This man is paying paid starvation wages, and whoever is employing him is breaking a multitude of labor laws. I could care less if immigrants are ever "assimilated" into American society, but I'm against illegal immigration. My reason for wanting tighter borders is twofold: 1. Security. Sneaking into this country presents a huge loophole for terrorists to sneak into the U.S. Maybe I'm being paranoid, but there seems to be a huge risk in letting people in without even knowing who they are. 2. Economic. Companies are exploiting cheap illegal labor in defiance of labor laws, the tax code, and minimum wage laws to the detriment of the American worker. If we allow illegal immigration to continue, we might as well repeal our minimum wage, overtime, and income tax laws. These laws aren't being followed, and more and more people will begin violating them as this continues.

The vending machines are allowed because districts get kick-backs from snack food and soda companies. I'm sure cash-starved private schools get the same deal.

Yikes.

I just started watching this show. I shouldn't have listened to the people who bad-mouthed it when it originally debuted, because this show's funny as hell.

I'm calling for a moratorium on all Marvel cross-overs for at least 2 years. The stories aren't even that bad, but it just seems like asking their readers to follow one gigantic story every few months is tiresome. Didn't we just get finished with House of M? Enough already.

Thank you for posting that. Its sad to me that the only thing most people know about Islam comes from the barbaric "interpretations" that terrorists use to justify their insanity.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/25/...ssia/index.html

"Flight of the Valkyrie" owns my ass. I can't decide where its usage I found most amusing: Apocalypse Now, the Blue Brothers, or "What's Opera, Doc?". Kill da wabbit, indeed.

As did you. And we joined at roughly the same time too. Yeah, weird that. Early '03 was the time for good posters to join. Liar.

Technically, agnosticism is a form of atheism. Strictly speaking, an atheist is anyone who does not believe in a God or gods. An agnostic is someone who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God or gods. You can't believe in something if you think its impossible to know whether it exists or not. There are different levels of atheism. I disagree with this, mostly because I have a different definition of atheism. To me, an atheist is someone who denies the existence of a god or gods. You can claim it's impossible to determine whether a god exists without stating flat-out that there is no such being. That's technically considered antitheism (which is also a form of atheism) or positive atheism.

I once got a blowjob during a screening of "Mumford". Yes, in case you couldn't tell by the choice of movie, the theater was empty.

<---Another happy Toyota owner. I've had mine for 6 years (110,000 miles) and the only problem I've ever had with it was the A/C.

Technically, agnosticism is a form of atheism. Strictly speaking, an atheist is anyone who does not believe in a God or gods. An agnostic is someone who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God or gods. You can't believe in something if you think its impossible to know whether it exists or not. There are different levels of atheism.

I own Ultimate Edition because of the extras, and it has the theatrical cut (which I think Cameron actually said he preferred on the Extreme Edition DVD commentary).