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Reply to "Free Range" Parenting and "Helicopter" Rearing in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]I read a few articles today about a columnist in NYC (Lenore Skenazy) who [B]allowed[/B] her 4th grader son to take a subway by himself from an Upper Eastside store back to their Manhattan home.[/quote] Emphasis mine. From the MSNBC article: [quote]He had been nagging his mother for a long time to let him ride home alone, and finally she agreed to let him take the downtown Lexington Avenue subway and then transfer to a crosstown bus to get home from Bloomingdale’s.

Reply to How Do You "Solve" the Health Care Problems? in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

Some resources: [link="http://www.freemarketcure.com/"]Great website with short documentaries, lots of research, and numerous links regarding the Canadian healthcare system and its many problems.[/link] [link="http://freemarketcure.com/brainsurgery.php"]Man needs brain surgery for malignant tumor, ~8 month wait in Canada (free + lifetime of taxes), 4 weeks in US ($28,000).[/link] [link="http://www.freemarketcure.com/singlepayermyths.php"]Research on single-pa

Reply to JoeUser Version 2 Arrives in Blogging Stardock Forums

Does the forum feature no longer exist? I can't find a forum link, and when I visit a channel through the "popular channels" area, it doesn't list all the available articles, but rather the blown up title and 200 words, similar to what's found on the homepage. Is there an easy way to browse through articles?

Reply to Whose fault is the "mortgage crisis"? in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

desperate potential homeowners who... wanted to own a home of their own.

Reply to A Shrug and A Fart. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[quote]It was my understanding that university 'cops' really don't have any authority and so couldn't collect on the ticket anyway[/quote] [quote]I don't think they have "legal" authority.[/quote] Probably depends on the school, but at the University of Washington, the UWPD is a fully vested police force with exclusive jurisdiction over the campus. All officers go through the same academy as city, county, and state police. It has it's own Detective and Crime Prevention uni

Reply to Tasers Are Torture? in Misc JoeUser Forums

I would much prefer being tazed by a cop than having my shoulder dislocated and my face punched as they pinned and cuffed me. Maybe these people haven't enjoyed the opportunity to experience all of the above. I sure have (minus the cuffing).

Reply to What's Your JoeUser History? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I bought "The Political Machine" in early 2004, my senior year of highschool. The associated website had a Politics forum, and I cut my teeth reading the likes of Bakerstreet, Steven D, Myrrander, LW, etc. I eventually expanded into greater JU, and have read heavily and thoroughly most every dedicated poster on these boards, and probably only created three articles or so during that time (I don't even know how to check!). I don't think I even launched

Reply to Straight from the horses mouth in Politics JoeUser Forums

I teach my kids credit cards are a trick...a trick to steal your money (the interest rates alone on some cards are staggering). And I believe living within our means is important, and provides proper motivation to do better, earn more, whatever. I think more important than credit cards being a trick, i

Reply to Is It Time for the "Poor" to Pay Their "Fair" Share? in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

And there's your problem. $1 in New York isn't $1 in LA isn't $1 in Boise isn't $1 in Lowcostoflivingsville, Kentucky. Get rid of ALL federal taxes, leave it to the states, which then pay a flat rate to the federal gov. This also places more incentive on states to keep their spending and rates low. If all taxes are being paid to states, those with higher rates will stick out more, those with lower rates will look more appealing. Pr

Reply to Woman Dies in ER Lobby in Current Events JoeUser Forums

When Quinn was born, we skipped the ER at UMC in Vegas and went straight to OB. My wife was in labor, which we found out later was keyed off by dehydration. We sat there for over three hours without her even being looked at, and when I asked for water or ice chips or something for her, they absolutely refused, saying they couldn'

Reply to Another Republican Sex Scandal in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Nolo Contendre Legal term, basically a neutral plead. Simply a method of pleading "guilty" while refusing to admit said guilt. Basically to say, "Well the evidence seems to demonstrate guilt, and I cannot win. Instead of fighting I plead Nolo Contendre, but still maintain my innocence."

Reply to No More Free Lunches in Politics JoeUser Forums

I don't understand this.. The sales tax on nothing is...NOTHING. He didn't charge them, he fed them. Weird. Technically, he purchased the sandwich for them. There is of course no physical transaction, but the product was paid for by the owner, as he ate the costs. Instead of charging his employees, he "charged" himself, and legally is liable for the sales tax just like any other sales transaction.

Reply to Liberals Make No Sense To Me in Politics JoeUser Forums

Dr. Guy--I think we are talking about two different things. Your article might be fact, I don't know--I haven't had time to read it. My point was that what KFC said wasn't a fact. If the first 600 cats I see are all brown--that doesn't mean that all cats are brown, right? By the same token if 600 Adventist give more than 600 Catholics, that doesn't mean that all Adventist give more than Catholics. That's what I was trying to get at. I'm reading a book on the p

Reply to The Lunatic Leftist Loves it When Americans Die in Politics JoeUser Forums

that's good enough for me,,,i was just curious. but i never really thought about our military "farming out" intelligence work before. hmmmmmmm... Unless I am mistaken, I believe the author was active duty in US military intelligence. Describing himself as a "contractor" in the original post, he was simply highlighting the fact that he signed a co

Reply to Flying Imams were up to something in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

Granted, and the airline made the right decision on the first day. Yet the second, even though they were suspicious, clearly they had done no wrong, nor were affiliated with any wrong doing, nothing legally chargeable, yet were not allowed to board. If it simply was a case where they refused service because of the trouble caused, I accept and support and respect that, howe

Reply to When is it Proper to Slaughter Pigs? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

The number of shots fired at one target makes me really suspicious on this one. I mean, I went in to Iraq with 120 rounds for an M-16. 50 rounds for a side arm is one huge amount. There were multiple offers. One fired 31 of the 50 shots. Standard PO magazines hold 15 rounds + 1 round chambered. He emptied his handgun of 16 rounds, reloaded a se

Reply to Is Our Representative Democracy Becoming Obsolete? in Pure Technology JoeUser Forums

which states do this? i was under the impression that all states are required to give all their votes to one candidate. There is no requirement - states are granted the constitutional right to select their electors however they desire. From there, for a state to enact a proportional voting system means

Reply to Was He Too Stupid To Get The Joke? in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

This obscure line would have drifted into the political graveyard except for one thing. The butt of the joke, the one being called "stupid", didn't get it. The one being called stupid was the President. This unobscure line's lasting power has nothing to do with the President "not getting it." 1. The way it came out of Kerry's mouth makes

Reply to Bible Mythbusters in Religion JoeUser Forums

God has blinded their eyes for a season What does this mean exactly? By god's own hand the Jews refused, and still do today, Christ?

Reply to The Good Terrorist in Politics JoeUser Forums

At what point does a Patriot become a Terrorist, and vice versa? When the winner writes the history book. But I do wonder what it's going to take to stir the American pe

Reply to A very Important Concept of All Laws in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

Doctors, all of them, are blood-sucking parsites one step up on the evolutionary ladder from lawyers. They live by profiting from the misery of others, and charge exorbitantly for the privilege of merely walking through their doors. It would do no one any harm (in your sense or any other) for the medical profession in general to

Reply to Is there a different rule for celebrities? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Being underage in Seattle, it is extremely easy to enter a bar or club and drink oneself silly. You just need to know the right people, and hold the right friends. If anybody can manage that, it is those with star power. I apologize, but "unjust" as it may seem, I honestly believe our law enforcement officers have better things to do than follow Lindsay Lohan around and see what clubs are allowing her spoiled self to consume alcohol. I refuse

Reply to Prayer in Religion JoeUser Forums

If I faced the same situation, with the same result, but never prayed about it, what then? Do you think Bob might have done the same if you had not prayed? Many things, good and bad, have happened in my lifetime. I do not see any of them as being due to prayer, or lack thereof. My mother heartily disagrees. Who is right? I can answer for you, my mom, but that is the only answer you can honestly give, for you honestly believe it.

Reply to Israel Attacks Qana in Politics JoeUser Forums

There is something known as time difference in the world. Your patronizing tone is unnecessary and rude. I know perfectly well there are differences in time worldwide. The building was struck, or nearly so, around 1 AM local time, and reported collapsing closer to 8 AM local time. This does not preclude an earlier fall, but people did vacate the

Reply to Terrorism of a Different Sort in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

God gives us a job and we are to be obedient and not worry about results. You...think everything should be results based when God is doing a work in each individual's heart. <