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Reply to Job Search: First Open House in Business JoeUser Forums

It's my theory that unless you are a fully Type A person, a workaholic who just can't stop yourself from getting up each morning and hitting the streets, working the biz, then self-driven sales jobs probably aren't right for you. In your position, I'd be much better off using my gas station job experience to improve my resume and get another steady day job that's slightly better than my current one. A year or two at that, and you can do it ag

Reply to Everyone Needs Support in Gaming JoeUser Forums

Dude, all I'm saying is, poker is a luck game, suitable only for sharks and chumps.

Reply to My Head Says Go, but my Heart Says No!! in Misc JoeUser Forums

It's my belief that the heart is great for telling you that something needs to be done, but totally sucks at telling you what needs to be done, and why.

Reply to The Bible in Religion JoeUser Forums

There is a field of scholarship called "textual criticism". It is a rigorous method for studying and interpreting works produced by other people in other times and places. It is used extensively by serious scholars seeking a more deep and accurate understanding of Shakespeare, Homer, etc., as well as the Christian Bible, of course. As it turns out, there are all sorts of ways you can tell how a text was meant to be read, and how it was mean

Reply to Righty Bloggers Are the Best! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Please. We all know there are asshats and assclowns on both sides of the political blogosphere. How do we know your article isn't some kind of Democratic smear tactic, trying to demonize the right by overgeneralizing from one extreme case? Or maybe it's some kind of Democratic smear tactic, trying to demonize the right by portraying legitimate partisan politics as unacceptably evil? Or maybe, why should we take this

Reply to My first tournament win at a casino! in Gaming JoeUser Forums

Chumps.

Reply to Interview with a Pirate in Internet JoeUser Forums

Bah. If it's not boarding ships at sea, overpowering their crews with violence, and stealing their goods to add to its loot pile, it's not a pirate.

Reply to There Oughta Be A Law! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

G'N'R is totally classic rock. The last great heavy metal band, before grunge brought the suckening. Today's post-grunge emo-pop no-talent assclowns have nothing on a classic like G'N'R. See also: either Van Halen, Poison, Motley Crue, etc.

Reply to Bush Policy on Education is a TOTAL Inconsistency in Politics JoeUser Forums

Sounds good to me. What better way to increase competition than to restrict resources? Those that really want it will work for it, exercising their abilities to the utmost in order to enjoy the best of what life has to offer. Those that don't want to work hard for the good things--education, experience, a competitive advantage--no longer get quite as much of my money to waste on their slacker lifestyle.

Reply to Couplets on the Conservative in Politics JoeUser Forums

A $.25/hour raise will cut into profits, especially if you give out more than one. And an extra $30k isn't much if a company wants to give out raises, expand their market, make new capital investments, comply with new regulations, hire more talent, etc. I could easily imagine a manager, knowing the full financial situation of the company, thinking that a 25-cent raise was really good, considering the company only grew revenues by $30k, rather

Reply to Salvation: Old Testament vs. New Testament in Religion JoeUser Forums

I'm surprised nobody has bothered to read any of the New Testament authors. The early Christians certainly wondered the same thing, and the NT authors included the issue in their basic theology.

Reply to Latest Zogby Poll shows.... in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

And what "regional backdoor influences" are in play, and how are they "dealing" with the concerns Iran presents?

Reply to Smarter Than The Average President in Politics JoeUser Forums

My favorite conservatives criticize the President all the time. It's not criticism that makes the critic unpatriotic or servile. Tt's criticism which is partisan, rather than principled, that makes the critic unpatriotic or servile. More accurately, a "servile" critic will support the President even when he is wrong, for partisan reasons. An "unpatriotic" critic will oppose the President e

Reply to Bush Administration Tries to Silence TOP NASA Scientist in Politics JoeUser Forums

It seems as though the conflict comes from the Scientist wanting to use his position as a government spokesman to make policy speeches. That not being his job, I can see how the Adminstration which funds him would want him to not abuse his position by putting his words in their mouth.

Reply to Political Humor (The right is gonna LOVE this) in Politics JoeUser Forums

Great joke, thanks!

Reply to ALL OF YOU SHEEP BETTER WAKE-UP BEFORE YOU GET SLAUGHTERED. in Politics JoeUser Forums

Oh, he found his CAPSLOCK alright...

Reply to Liberals Are Not Pro-Abortion in Politics JoeUser Forums

Well, at least we can all agree that by the same token, not all conservatives are pro-war. Rather we believe that it is the Executive (charged with the grave responsibility of national defense by the Constitution) "who must under trying circumstance[s] make the weighty decision" to go to war. So there's that cleared up, then.

Reply to Smarter Than The Average President in Politics JoeUser Forums

See, this is why none of the JU conservatives take the JU liberals seriously. "Bushtards"? Isn't that kind of derogatory, non-affirming, hate speech exactly the kind of tool The Man uses to oppress people? Shouldn't all you good liberals be practicing tolerance and cultural diversity and whatnot? Anyway, let me see if I can translate kingbee's story for you: MONKEY: Why can't you get wiretap warrants? PANTS:

Reply to A true 3rd Party? in Politics JoeUser Forums

In practice, I find conjoined legislative and executive branches weird and overly complicated. One thing I like about the two-party system is that it forces all the special interests and minority factions to align with one party or the other. Everybody has to compromise a little bit. Everybody has to dig deep in their ideology and their convictions, and find something that the majority of the American people can agree with. Then an

Reply to The Roe Effect in Politics JoeUser Forums

I began to wonder about the possibility of this, last year. I concluded that it would be kinda creepy, if true. So, yeah. Kinda creepy.

Reply to Angels and Demons in Religion JoeUser Forums

1. Yes. 2. Magic. 3. Sometimes. 4. Magic. 5. Yes. 6. Nobody knows.

Reply to Routine in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

The Army is big on routine. They have a routine for everything. They've made a list of all the tasks a soldier could possibly do, and they've written step-by-step instructions for all those tasks. Soldiers spend a huge amount of time practicing those tasks, until they're not just routine, but habit, automatic, instinctive. But the Army's job is anything but mundane or boring. In fact, while soldier's tasks may be routine, his job is to g

Reply to Don't Put On a Uniform, Put On a Bumper Sticker in Republican JoeUser Forums

I'm with RW. A politician gives a motivational speech to his base. Where's the problem? I mean, it's not like he tried to fire them up by telling them they were enslaved and oppressed by the opposition faction.

Reply to Ends And Means in Ethics JoeUser Forums

So what's the difference between selling your muscular services on a construction site and selling your sexual services on a porn shoot?

Reply to Ends And Means in Ethics JoeUser Forums

Exactly, Guy. The question is, how much of you would you willingly sacrifice, for a million dollars worth of Better Tomorrow? Would you give up the part of you that insists that torturing butterflies is always unaccpetable, no matter what good may come of it? Would you give up the part of you that insists that rich jerks shouldn't be allowed to buy "quality time" with your body? It's not a question of prostitution, t