I love the idea, I hope the guy makes a lot of money on it, I may even buy one for myself, but something REALLY 'bugged' me in this video.

"... so I went to China ..."

To me, that's the fundamental problem with my country, the USA. We don't manufacture much any more, and when we do, it seems nobody wants it. I don't blame the guy in the video... after all, he wants success just like everyone else here does, and when Americans think of manufacturing, we tend to think of China (since everything we have is made there).

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Welcome to AmIRAQa, land of the free (to be arrested).

As someone who has been bitten by a greedy puffer fish, I probably would have spent a good minute laughing at it first before I felt bad and removed the hook anyway. These guys aren't so innocent and sweet.

I... ummm... didn't really see the content of the video, as I couldn't take my attention off the hot therapist. Thumbs up!

Damn the Business of Punishment. Was Consolidated wrong about ANYTHING?!

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You're willing to let Arizona stew in their mess because it doesn't affect you. If you were a latino in Arizona, you'd feel differently.

Again, you're ass-uming. I never said I'd be willing to let Arizona stew in its own mess. In fact, I'd be willing to take action against Arizona, especially if I was a resident. If I was a Latino in Arizona, I'd feel no differently, I'd STILL be willing to take action against the law. The beauty of America is that we CAN do that. In addition, if you re-read what I said, I said we don't need to ('let them be dumb'), which MEANS that we fight against it. If it's against federal law, the law will get invalidated!


Not to mention the fact that I not only grew up in a predominantly Latino area (there was a small handful of Caucasians at my school), but I LOOK Latino myself, and have been mistaken for one many times.

But go ahead and keep ass-uming.

Apples and oranges. What I'm talking about is freedom of speech. I can say all day long that I hate such-and-such group, and if I own a private business I would even be able to say that such-and-such group can't come in. But does that REALLY hurt them?

I'm not saying we should allow ANYONE to do ANYTHING by force or by the removal of anyone's right to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. Don't be silly. That's just bad logic.
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>> ^wax66:
Let the racists be ignorant and racist, they're only hurting themselves, not the people they hate.
That comment belies your understanding of history.
To all the personal property fanatics, people used to be considered property. Should we go back there?

That's good assuming there, Lou!

So you're saying the US government is going to specially treat certain groups poorly because Ron Paul would be in office? FAIL.

go to Mississippi, talk to anyone black over the age of 60 about life before the late 1960s. Then ask them if federal enforcement of civil rights helped at all.

The civil rights act helped primarily because it prevented the public institutions run by the local, state, and federal government from discriminating. We definitely have a problem when the government treats people unequally. And yes, I'm sure that there were some private institutions that did more than inconvenience minorities before the 1960s because they discriminated, but guess what? That's not applicable today. If Taco Bell says no more white people allowed, the white people will go next door! Barely even an inconvenience.

You don't care because you don't think you will be turned away from buying goods or services. Not your problem.

This is where you show that you're just trolling and not actually serious. If you were serious, you wouldn't make an ass out of yourself by ass-uming.

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No, the reason I'm not going to vote for Ron Paul is because of his specific position on a specific piece of legislation and policy.
Special (negative) treatment for certain groups is what I don't want. I'm not even talking about affirmative action (where did that come from?), I'm talking about the civil rights act of 64.
"Social change comes from social elements, not the government. A person feels much more pressure from their peers than from laws."
As one example out of many, go to Mississippi, talk to anyone black over the age of 60 about life before the late 1960s. Then ask them if federal enforcement of civil rights helped at all.
As for businesses not allowing a certain group or groups to buy from them, and people putting up signs of "none of your kind here"... who cares?
You don't care because you don't think you will be turned away from buying goods or services. Not your problem.
Let that occur on the state level, if it's needed at all. Could it cause certain states to become more racist? Sure, but that would only hurt that state more in the long run.
I'm sure any brown citizen in Arizona strongly disagrees. Again, you don't care because you don't think you'll ever be affected negatively.


I'm sure any brown citizen in Arizona strongly disagrees. Again, you don't care because you don't think you'll ever be affected negatively.

Again, we're talking about government legislation. Silly laws get passed all the time. In this case it has surely hurt Arizona already, and will continue to hurt them. I'd say 'let them be dumb', but in this case we don't really need to, as I doubt their law is constitutional.

So, you're not going to vote for Ron Paul due to FUD?

Are you really afraid of America repealing special treatment to specific groups? Then you don't understand human nature.

Sure, affirmative action did some good, but did it do more good than bad? Do you have the facts to prove it? Are you sure that the animosity that non-minorities felt didn't do more damage than simply letting nature take its course?

Social change comes from social elements, not the government. A person feels much more pressure from their peers than from laws. Ever see someone speeding in their car? But what about that 55 MPH sign? Yet, even though there's no distinct laws against it, most people won't cut in orderly lines... why is that? Because people relate to people

We never needed to tip the scales, we only needed to balance them, and special treatment for one group over another is NOT balance, and balance is what Ron Paul wants.

As for businesses not allowing a certain group or groups to buy from them, and people putting up signs of "none of your kind here"... who cares? Let the racists be ignorant and racist, they're only hurting themselves, not the people they hate. The government should only step in when there's an extreme problem, and there is NOT an extreme problem in the United States AS A WHOLE. Note what I said there... "AS A WHOLE". Why did I say it that way? Because he's talking about FEDERAL laws. We do NOT need more federal overhead in terms of laws, bureaus, committees, etc, when it comes to enforcement of fairness. Let that occur on the state level, if it's needed at all. Could it cause certain states to become more racist? Sure, but that would only hurt that state more in the long run.

You know what happens when you push a group to do what they don't want to do? Extremism. Push against racist groups and it only makes them more hateful.

Educate and care for the people, then love will overcome the fear. But in Ron Paul's world, do it at the state level, that's all.

I counted 2. One would be where they are in that nasty brown water in the first place, and the second was when I nearly died watching that dude strip.

Other than that, it just looked like a HELLUVA lotta fun. I wanna party with these folks.

Moral of the story: If you want a good sex life, get with one of us Atheists.

OMGROFLMMFAO!

HUGE props to the band and whoever decided to do that. I <3 Fishbone and think Bachmann is despicable. No way I'd have been able to keep my composure if I was at the show. Bachmann would have thought, "WTF is up with that guy in the 3rd row dying laughing?!"

I don't like Newt, wouldn't vote for him if you paid me tons of cash.

However, this isn't as bad of an idea as it may seem. You don't mandate it, you ALLOW it. Allow students to sign up for janitorial duty, pay them a decent minimum wage, even give them an hour during school with which to perform their duties, or an hour before or after school. Allow the head janitor to also fire them if they suck, and hire outside help if resources are low. Make it a maximum of 5 or so hours a week per student.

I see nothing wrong with this.