Lotus I appreciate your last post more than you know. We need a "cheers" smilie on this board.

I wonder why people from all those countries keep coming here. People come to the US mostly from Mexico, China, India and the Philippines, not Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland or the Netherlands. It's been a hundred years since there was significant immigration from those countries, which occurred ...

That happens a lot. Slightly less rude is when somebody new asks a question about something and gets raked over the coals because there's an existing thread about it. Never understood that.

That's probably all true. No way for me to know. Like I said, I'm not trying to change anybody's mind here. And even if I was, it wouldn't work.

That's the thing, I don't care whether or not any of you guys agree with me. Never have. I'm just here to talk.

I wonder why people from all those countries keep coming here.

Yesterday's Wine-George Jones and Merle Haggard.

211poundsofpork wrote:

Really? I thought this was pretty widely recognized as one of the best and most influential rap albums of all time.

To each his own. The sound of the drums on Justice is better than all the others to me.

7NXoLyGlJa8 This isn't meant as any sort of backhanded compliment but I never found anything virtuosic about Bill Berry's drumming style, it just suited R.E.M.'s sound perfectly, especially the somewhat muffled sound of those early albums. Yeah I agree. There is nothing that any one member of that ...

Zip City wrote:

Cole Younger wrote:Every song on ...And Justice For All by Metallica.

One of the worst produced/mixed albums ever. No bass at all, and the drums are really thin. The whole mix is incredibly dry, too

LOL. Well obviously I like the drums on it Zip. I'm sorry it offends you so.

Every song on ...And Justice For All by Metallica.

tinnitus photography wrote:

Yes sir! Dave Lombardo is the drummer on my personal metal supergroup.

4sooner wrote:ABAAC

This.

Unless Miami has gone through some sort of change, come over some sort of hurdle, etc. I think they wilt in the spotlight of a game seven against a Boston team that is much tougher. No doubt that Miami is better athletically, Boston is just so old. But they are tougher than Miami and I think that wi...

The Celtics love situations like the one they are in right now. They don't seem to like for things to get too comfortable. Now everybody is right back to talking about how great Miami is. I was listening to Scott Van Pelt yesterday and he was saying that Garnett in particular loves these situations....

Very good comparison. I loved Friday Night Lights too. Mostly because I lived it. There aren't many tv shows that I can relate to but I enjoyed it.

I'm against the voter ID and the equal pay act for the exact same reason: They're both political bullshit. Neither party gives a shit about any of the concerns supposedly underlying the initiatives. They're just playing to their constituencies and sowing divisiveness, sometimes outright, sometimes ...

Many believe that requiring a citizen to pay the government $25 in order to vote equals a poll tax, which is illegal and unconstitutional. If you want to require a state photo ID, great, then give them away for free. That would work. Is the fee required to purchase an ID the only sticking point? If...

There's nothing to take out, except political games, as you've said. Yall have no sense of humor, I swear. But seriously, where voter ID is concerned, if you can legally vote, what's the problem? The problem are with he laws that are obviously targeting the poor or minorities. The GOP is being pret...

I love gardening and our garden is doing great this year.... we have had lots and lots of string beans, pole beans, squash,patty pan squash zucchini , okra ,cucumbers and the eggplants ,limas, bird house gourds black eyed peas, figs,and pears are about to produce and there are tons of tomatoes almo...

Zip City wrote:There's nothing to take out, except political games, as you've said.

Yall have no sense of humor, I swear.

But seriously, where voter ID is concerned, if you can legally vote, what's the problem?

I don't think women should make more than men for the same job either, all things being equal. I believe there is a good reason for this bill, though the onus would still be on the woman to prove their pay disparity is based solely on gender. There are plenty if other bills being debated in state l...

No I realize that descrimination exists and I'm against it. I just don't see descrimination around every corner. If there are employers who pay all of their female employees less than their male employees, they are a prime candidate for one heck of a law suit that they would almost certainly lose an...

Where were you working sactochris?

An Equal Pay Act wouldn't be necessary if there was equal pay. Seems pretty simple to me. Men and women doing the same work already get equal pay and have for quite a while. The dozens of studies and reports saying they don't would like to have a word I don't mean that every woman is making the sam...

sactochris wrote:

LuthierJustin wrote:But this law would mandate equal pay no matter what I believe

Is that what Ayn Rand told you?

Smart lady, Ms. Rand.

Zip City wrote:An Equal Pay Act wouldn't be necessary if there was equal pay. Seems pretty simple to me.

Men and women doing the same work already get equal pay and have for quite a while.

I would probably get you fussing and mubling and spitting if I really went to how I feel about abortion but that is yet another point that I don't argue. It's here, it aint going anywhere. I don't like it but there's not a thing I can do about it. As for the last topic though, like I said, I agree t...

Whereas I think the old white conservatives come across as goons when they vote down such a common sense bill. The war on women meme would go away if the R's voting record wasn't so one-sidedly against them I got ya. To me it is just as bad to create a dependancy on government whether we are talkin...

Paying men and women equally for the same job is a no-brainer. It has nothing to do with "taking care of women". I also don't like the implication that having to pay women fairly will somehow tie the hands of companies. If your budget for hiring two managers is $100,000, you pay two peopl...