I've been doing this fun experiment when I see something Romney says and it gets a reaction. I open up CNN, BBC, some other sites and at last I open Fox News. On the CNN and BBC there will be some analysis, maybe politely saying he's making a bit much of what he's saying and then citing some statistics and what have you. Fox News will have two articles ready when you open the page. One will be the News article that reports on what happened and very much misreports it. Then there will be the Opinion article which will agree completely with what Mitt has said.

The opinion article always agrees with what Mitt says...that doesn't make sense to me. Opinions seem to me to be fickle things, how can they always be in lock step with someone else. Especially a candidate going for the presidency. You should try my game it's fun.

LOL I'd keep it. The fickle masses don't know what they're missing but such is life!

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By rights this *femme and her band shouldn't be obscure, but that's fine with me. *quality! :



why thankies my man!
i was on the fence about putting that in the obscure channel.
but so many have no idea who garbage,or shirley manson (gasp/horror) actually are.
but my stats are anecdotal based,which is not very scientific lol.
maybe i should pull that channel tag.....

I'm fickle
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But why?
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*kill

I know my momma loves me
I know my poppa loves me
I know the camera loves me
I can tell my brother loves me
I know that Boston loves
And San Francisco loves me
I love the city back,
I just can't help it, it's so lovely

I'm in my lucky underwear, i'm feeling debonair
If it's a lonely trip to heaven, I'm already there
I'm in the bedroom i'm like stepping like I'm Fred Astaire
I make it happen, battlerapping at my Teddy Bear
When I was twelve I'd leave my door open a crack
afraid if getting busted sneaking porno on my mac
I guess I was a freak
Until I got caught last week
(who's been loving you?)
I was reading Booker T, I threw the book at me
I go for the lookers but they never look at me
I would get a hooker if I could unhook her bra
I'd be looking soft as soon as she took her top. off
let's go rolling in a broken winnebago
stop and smoke a bowl out of a hollowed out potato
It's hash now, but it's hash browns soon
(who's been loving you?)

I know that Jesus loves me
I know that buddha loves
The fucking easter Bunny
and the ghost of gandhi love me
I know that santa loves me
I think my Aunties love me
I know my Grandma loved me
she thought I was handsome trust me

this insanity, that's heredity
it's my family, we can let it be
wish I pretended that mom and dad are dead to me
But i love my dad, that motherfucker read to me
my first words were "where's the love?"
mad smug, assed up on a bearskin rug
fashodo, mom'll show you the photo
(who's been loving you?)
I do embarassing better
I could wear a pink sweater
with a pair of slick pleather pants
derelicte e-va-ry day and it's well known
that I hop off stage with my cell phone
fake a dropped call when everybody's near me
and shout "I love you mom!" so everybody hears me
I need to and true nothing new but
(who's been loving you?)

Even though I owe them money
I think it's pretty likely
that my whole family loves me
My lovers tend to like me
I know my homies love me
My teachers loved to hate me
The haters love to fuck with me
the fickle love me lately

I'm a percussionist. I never knew guitar
it's cheesy, but I'm stunting like a superstar
it's easy man I'm hopping out a moving car
call me weezy cause I'm coughing at the hookah bar
I don't do cigars, but I got hella game
I can make a lady out of styling gel and cellophane
so you can yell my name, I make the bed frame move
(who's been loving you?)
me and my better friends are heading to the town strip
if they don't let us in we'll never take roundtrip
because I took an hour picking out my outfit
and then I took another slicking down a cowlick
and I like house sitting, but fuck it now's different
I'm going out and there ain't a bouncer for cowtipping
So I'ma tear this joint up
And i'ma party till the hoofs point up
(who's been loving you?)

this is for Charles Barkley
This is for Poison Ivy
This it's for Draco Malfoy
And it's for Bill O'Reilly
This is for Ned Mencia
It's for the corporate lawyers
it's for the backseat drivers
And for my friend Ann Coulter

What percentage of that is wishful thinking?

People are fickle. Rush will be back, for better (hah!) or worse.

I have to admit, It doesn't sit with me well that this is being done to kids.

Adults on the other hand, go nuts. I just think it's kinda dangerous to do this to a kid. I'm not going to fall into the trap of attempting to determine when exactly is a good age to allow gender reassignment surgery. I'm just asking though, how do you reliably determine when someone is genuinely able to make that mature decision and when is someone just being a fickle child of rich parents? Are we going to subsidize gender re-assignment surgery for the poor kids too?

I just have to be honest though, I have had zero experience dealing with this in real life. I've known exactly one person my entire life who has went through with gender re-assignment and i'm not exactly privy to this person's daily struggles so I just have to admit I don't know.

So yeah, I have to echo Chilaxe here as I don't understand how someone can be that uncomfortable with their own gender and lack the flexibility and adaptability Chilaxe mentioned.

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Even though we have a server bill in the thousands, the sift does manage to pay for itself through advertising - but not with much fat left over.>> ^UsesProzac:

I love the Sift. If I had a regular income, I'd totally go charter. I'd support the Sift a lot more if I could. I often wonder how you and Lucky keep the Sift up. Does it cost you two a lot of money? I know it takes a lot of your personal time and it can be quite thankless; we Sifters can be a fickle lot and often bicker amongst ourselves.
I come here for the community more than the videos, honestly. At first it was the videos, but when I saw the quality of the comments and discussions, it was very plain to me that the Sift is a place peopled with intelligent people who are artists, creators, musicians, photographers, philosophers, etc. I love this place. If I can do anything to help you, dag, I will certainly try.

I love the Sift. If I had a regular income, I'd totally go charter. I'd support the Sift a lot more if I could. I often wonder how you and Lucky keep the Sift up. Does it cost you two a lot of money? I know it takes a lot of your personal time and it can be quite thankless; we Sifters can be a fickle lot and often bicker amongst ourselves.

I come here for the community more than the videos, honestly. At first it was the videos, but when I saw the quality of the comments and discussions, it was very plain to me that the Sift is a place peopled with intelligent people who are artists, creators, musicians, photographers, philosophers, etc. I love this place. If I can do anything to help you, dag, I will certainly try.

... seconded... I have a broken crazy cakes radar.
In theory I rely on the advice of friends, in practice they always appear to be a fickle bunch.

>> ^bareboards2:

A friend of mine was standing with a bunch of men at the local wooden boat building school with their instructor.
A beautiful blond woman walked in, crossed the workshop floor to get something, and then left. Everyone knew she was the ex- of the instructor.
All eyes followed this beautiful woman. After she left, the instructor quietly shook his head, said tersely "You DO NOT want to go there" -- and everyone instantly understood that she was crazy cakes and not worth it.
So even if I am hot, you might want to consider whether I am crazy cakes or not. It does make a difference!
>> ^kulpims:
look, all I need to know is - are you hot? want pictures, or I won't like you by default
>> ^

Well, remember how we were talking about taxes? If we're going to play the fashionable game and tack dollar values of benefits onto people's salaries to pad the number for demagogic effect, then my effective tax rate is even smaller, more like 8% if you add the value of my health & retirement benefits to my income. You really need to consider doing your taxes yourself, clearly your CPA is doing something wrong.

So here's the thing, you say firefighters have such a sweet deal because of unions. I have an idea, how about instead of taking away unions from firefighters, why not get unions for everyone?

As for why you get flack from liberals for being a selfish fascist when you bitch about taxes, it's because you never give anyone a reason to think you're somehow being treated unfairly. There's one set of Federal tax laws, and most of us can fill out our 1040 or 1040EZ, grumble, and go on with life. You aren't running your business as a charity to help the unemployed, you're trying to make a buck. There's no blankfist tax, or anti-entrepreneurial tax. On the contrary, there are tax subsidies for small business all over the place, to the point where little middle class worker bees like me get fucking tired of hearing about it.

GE somehow paid zero taxes, and got a 3.2 billion dollar check from Uncle Sam. Instead of bitching about the insanity of that, all you want to do is fuck over all public sector employees all across the nation because you think they might be getting a slightly better deal than you.

Surely by now you've seen this:

A CEO, a tea party member, and a union worker are all sitting at a table when a plate with a dozen cookies arrives. Before anyone else can make a move, the CEO reaches out to rake in eleven of the cookies. When the other two look at him in surprise, the CEO locks eyes with the tea party member. “You better watch him,” the executive says with a nod toward the union worker. “He wants a piece of your cookie.”

That's what you're doing.

Oh, and by the way, student loans are subsidized by tax dollars. As was your K-12 education, I suspect. I bet you've also taken advantage of the services of countless thousands or millions of people who had their education paid for or subsidized by tax dollars. I bet the navy taught you some marketable job skills even (beyond the right way to use a glory hole). You were probably born in a hospital that was subsidized by tax dollars, and delivered by a doctor whose education was subsidized by tax dollars, and received vaccinations for childhood illness that were developed by research subsidized or wholly funded by tax dollars. You might even occasionally use this thing called the Internet, which is based on technology developed at DARPA as part of the defense budget.

Look, I have sympathy for anyone who's struggling to make ends meet, and I know running your own business is tough -- that's why I haven't tried it. But it's your philosophy that says people have to own their failures even if it's not really their fault. If you were working for, say, Blockbuster the last 15 years, did an excellent job, but then got laid off because traditional rentals got destroyed by Netflix, that's your fucking problem, and nobody else should have to help you out with your plight. That includes bailouts in the form of tax cuts.

Me, I want a safety net so that if you seriously fall flat on your face, you won't have to worry about having a place to sleep, and food to eat, and will still be able to go see a doctor for the STD you picked up from fucking farm animals. I think all life is precious, and that the markets are a fickle and harsh mistress, while the nanny state should always welcome you into her large, welcoming bosom.

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Yes, LA is really fucked up. So is California in general. And so are my apocryphal firefighters and policemen.

The average pay for firefighters you linked me to doesn't account for benefits and pension, does it? That's just base salary. So, if the average pay for firefighters is just under $44k, then that's pretty much their taxable income because I cannot image what possible expenses they'd deduct, because they have zero financial risk being an employee. And I'd imagine his benefits alone would equal around $15k to $20k. And then of course their pension which is available when they retire at 55.

That's a pretty good deal. And they get women fawning over them and the vox populi calling them heros. Then there's the guy in the private sector, who's painted to look selfish and evil. People like me. But we don't have unions to protect us, give us great pensions and benefits, and we actually create jobs. I created two last year myself. That aside, the real problems with LA and CA are the unions. They were one thing when they protected proletariats from the bourgeoisie in Charles Dickens' England, but they're something entirely different today, especially when allowed to collude with government and legislators.

I grew up in a milltown in the South. You can't get more working class than that. I'm almost 40 and I'm still paying off my college loans, so suffice it to say no one helped me out. Being happy? I know what makes me happy. The same things you mentioned: not having to worry about rent, not having to worry about food, etc. But without getting too personal here, I can safely say some of that worries me right now because of what I owe to the taxman. And probably nine to eight years back I was in a really, really bad place, yet the taxman cometh. I tried to cash a honkey check, but apparently those don't exist. I guess being white only goes so far contrary to modern lib rhetoric.

What I find interesting is if someone like me bitches that the tax is too high, which it is, then some of you complain I'm selfish and refusing to pay my fair share. But isn't it you, the statists who believe in stealing my money to give to others, that are actually being selfish by laying the tax burden so heavy on the middle class? Specifically income tax.

I love me some fickle women who trade their boyfriend in a heartbeat simply because the guy next door has an awesome Fiero.
I also love women who would mistake a Fiero for a Ferrari.
Lastly, I loooooove women with no face.

Yes, @GDGD exactly. Television audiences are fickle, and quick to flip. I loved the series, but even now when I watch the episodes on DVD, I have to skip the horrible intro.

>> ^quantumushroom:

Public opinion is turning against them, at least with weed.


Define "Public Opinion"
People's opinions are about as fickle as the people they stand beside!
(meaning their opinions change depending who is within earshot or who they talked to last)

Although I still disagree with you I appreciate your view and taking the time to post it.

It's really hard for me to understand how we're allowed to let fear-mongering and propaganda continue to run the American people. You and I both know that any claim that gay marriage will destroy family values, etc. is bullshit. But I also am aware that it's a slippery slope when a judge overturns the popular vote. It is a scary government action and to say that it's ok in certain instances means "it's ok when I'm ok with it". I do understand that. But civil liberties is one of those instances where, at the end of the decade, maybe two, we'll look back and say "damn I can't believe how barbaric we were".

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I have written additional words at this sift, if you are interested.

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HAHAHA! Yea being gay is the new "hip" thing that all the young kids are doing these days. Grandpa, is that you?

Society is stupid. A large community of people in Germany decided killing Jews was ok (Godwin seekers you can now leave). It's a big reason we don't have a pure democracy: because people are STUPID. They're ignorant, they're fickle, they're quick to react to things they're afraid of and it is just plain stupid put somebody's rights to a vote, if that right isn't violating another person's rights.
>> ^quantumushroom:

Same-sex "marriage" remains part and parcel of the "making shit up" argument. It's something that did not exist until very recently, and has never existed in any religion or society except in extremely limited instances with zero far-reaching consequences.
Society has a right to define what is best. That doesn't mean polygamists, cohabitators, gay couples, etc. are left out in the cold with no rights, it means since society has deemed a marriage of one man/one woman the way that works best, then that is the relationship held in highest esteem.
Olson can obfuscate however he wants, the fact is this GAY judge was acting as an activist, and had NO precedent for his decision to overturn the will of the people. Comparing gay equality to the Civil Rights movement is bogus...Civil Rights was about achieving the SAME rights, not special rights.
Why should the rest of us be forced at gunpoint to accept gay "marriage" as equal to traditional marriage? Tyranny of the minority is just as bad as the other way.

I have written additional words at this sift, if you are interested.

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HAHAHA! Yea being gay is the new "hip" thing that all the young kids are doing these days. Grandpa, is that you?

Society is stupid. A large community of people in Germany decided killing Jews was ok (Godwin seekers you can now leave). It's a big reason we don't have a pure democracy: because people are STUPID. They're ignorant, they're fickle, they're quick to react to things they're afraid of and it is just plain stupid put somebody's rights to a vote, if that right isn't violating another person's rights.
>> ^quantumushroom:

Same-sex "marriage" remains part and parcel of the "making shit up" argument. It's something that did not exist until very recently, and has never existed in any religion or society except in extremely limited instances with zero far-reaching consequences.
Society has a right to define what is best. That doesn't mean polygamists, cohabitators, gay couples, etc. are left out in the cold with no rights, it means since society has deemed a marriage of one man/one woman the way that works best, then that is the relationship held in highest esteem.
Olson can obfuscate however he wants, the fact is this GAY judge was acting as an activist, and had NO precedent for his decision to overturn the will of the people. Comparing gay equality to the Civil Rights movement is bogus...Civil Rights was about achieving the SAME rights, not special rights.
Why should the rest of us be forced at gunpoint to accept gay "marriage" as equal to traditional marriage? Tyranny of the minority is just as bad as the other way.