Just like a Canadian to start blaming the Brits.

Are you kidding? Canada pioneered Mad Cow!

Why should anybody have to dumb themselves down in the first place? If somebody is intimidated by your intelligence, maybe they aren't the right person for you anyway...

Personally, I'm about who I feel comfortable being around and with, and that's pretty much it. I don't care how you dress, how much money you make, or any number of other things that seem to be priorities to some people. Snooty people piss me off. Maybe that's why I'm still single though.

Mad Cow is awesome. Everyone should try it.

Sump day. That's right. I said it. Deal with it.

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Aren't the weak minded ones the ones who are intimidated though?

Pump day???

That is sound.

I thought it meant door to door service. I'm still waiting for mine by the way.

I'm not sure if I am or not, but hey if not, practice makes perfect.

meh to the infinite power

The few emails I have gotten from some females on this site haven't been literary works of genius either. "Nice pics." Um, thanks?

Isn't there a point where enforcing the law to protect a minor trumps any perceived privacy interests? I could see getting bent out of shape over a violation of privacy between two consenting adults, but we're talking about kids here.

As far as I'm concerned, kids have no privacy rights. At least not concerning anything done outside of the home. That would include sending pictures over cellphones or webpages like facebook.

Well considering the government now has 80% controlling interest in AIG and with talk of taxing the bonuses at 100%, is it any wonder, really?

This is a power grab by the government cloaked in "It's the economy stupid!" I find it disgusting that the government is whining about $165 million in "bonuses" while turning a blind eye to the billions of the bailout that went to foreign banks.

Make no mistake, I have no love for the crooks in AIG, but they were never alone in this. The government is up to their eyeballs in it as well.

Proposed. Nobody knows for sure either way.

I believe the company should have been allowed to fail or file chapter 11. It would have been hard for awhile, but probably resolved itself by now. And another more deserving company probably would have taken AIG's place.





Correct.

That's what the government claims. I suspect differently. But who knows?



Nope. Bush dropped the ball on that one as did Congress.

There were exceptions in the bailout bill that specifically ok'd this. Thank you Chris Dodd. However, there was a clause that left it open for the Secretary of the Treasury to determine a contract valid before being obligated to pay it. So yes, the government knew this was going to happen. Yes, they are still griping about it. Yes, this is all smoke and mirrors to detract from the fact that a lot of the bailout money is going overseas. And yes, there's little to nothing we can actually do about any of it.

Giving AIG a bailout to begin with was a mistake. Now we're starting to see the consequences of that mistake.

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Of course not. They knew what they were doing when they were driving the company into the ground. They still want their fat paychecks though.