>> ^Tofumar:
"I mean, even the Republicans, with their dastardly foreign policy and love of corporate welfare wouldn't think of proposing the elimination of Social Security. Do you know why? Because it's a good program with good effects that is very popular across ideological lines.


ZOMG.

Tofumar, welcome to the internet. In this crazy place it's actually possible to look up interesting facts like this one:

Ron Paul doesn't want to straight-up abolish Social security. He wants to ween the nation off of it. Keep the people on it that are on it now, but don't make any new workers pay into it. It's a failing system with a shrinking treasury, and the people that pay into it now won't see that money in the future.

jonny, you got two downvotes with no comment as to why. So I mentioned it and didn't downvote it, and that's a bad thing?

I honestly think you're a good guy somewhere under it but you judge damned quickly, harshly, and based on your standards as if they are the only legitimate ones. Step back a second and think about it.

If she already has cats she can't keep adopting them forever, there's a limit to how much any person can do. By adopting one more she saves just one. Most people who adopt an animal don't have the skills or the time to work with a difficult one and difficult they are likely to be if not around people between weening and old enough to spay. If it's adopted and returned months older because it's difficult its chances of seeing a needle to end its life is that much greater, it's the young who get adopted fast and the older ones often die.

By doing what she's doing she offers not one animal but many of them a better chance to find permanent homes as well as offering them a home for that time instead of a cage alone in a shelter. If you honestly understood the situation and still think that's worth "I'd rip their fucking throat out" as you put it I don't know what to tell you other than you might want to examine some priorities. You've got a lot of potential to do good things and are often enough on the right track in intent at least, but the good isn't really going to come if you can't see others points of view as well as your own. You've put yourself in their shoes if you can and explain things from a point of view they can understand to convince them, not judge them based on your point of view.

I'm a father of three (4, 3 and 1.5) and have seen within the extended group of mothers that the few that practice attachment parenting tend to be doing for reasons other than what they truly think is best for the child. In a large number of cases it seems to stem from the mother having an inability to let go, or deriving to much self worth from the children needing her. This, I'm sure, is not the case all the time, but certainly seems to be the case more often than not in those that we know.

That's not to say that Western society in general hasn't swung a too far the other way, and kids are born and then chucked into full time child care almost as soon as they can, but in a large part that tends to be driven by financial pressures and the need for both parents to go back to work. (yes, you could go on and on about priorities and well, do you really need $X to live comfortably etc. etc... but that's another discussion).

I just feel that the attachment idea of thinking that babies/toddlers are the best authority on knowing when they should sleep in their own bed, or when they should ween, or when they need to start using a toilet are all a little bit of ascribing a tad too much knowledge onto them that they don't really have. I think some people have the problem of putting an adult mindset into a child and thinking that they have this amazing innate knowledge which I just don't think they do.

Kids need boundaries, kids need rules, kids do feel most happy when they know/think that their parents do indeed know best and that they are there to keep them safe and secure. Not there to wait on kids every need. (Admitted this video is only showing the breast side of things, but I would imagine that they ascribe to the belief that their kids get to decide a whole gamut of things that they really aren't in the position to).

Having said all that, will this damage the kids? Turn them into freaks? It all depends on the extent of the 'always being there for my kid' thing... the mothers who drop everything any time their kid wants anything are going to find they have a little brat that doesn't know the meaning of no. Mothers who are just very nurturing but still lay down a good set of boundaries and rules will probably end up with happy, well adjusted kids.

Everything in moderation.

True, cows of different breeds can be more aggressive then others. Most all of the cows I've driven have been Angus, which are known for their mild temperament.

I think you bring up a good point about environment. I lived on an Indian Reservation for a while and dog there ran wild, no owners and were often abused and riddled with disease. They acted different then more domesticated dogs in that if you turned your back they would charge you. Usually turning to them and pretending to bend down would cause them to scatter and regroup at a safe distance. For those dogs it was a harsh upbringing and survival was much more paramount then it would be for another dog.

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In reply to this comment by gorgonheap:
Just wanted to clarify some things you seem to be ignorant about. If a cow had horns it would not "happily impale" anyone. Cows are herbivores and have a lot of natural predators. It's in their nature not to seek confrontation with other animals. Most cows need to be dehorned anyway because the horns grow into the skull and eventually kill the animal prematurely.

Chances are that your friend who was once charged was doing something to the calf that seemed threating to the mother. After calves are weened mothers become significantly less protective. In fact unless a cow has a young calf I've never seen one become aggressive or defend itself from an attack. I say this because I've worked on a dairy farm since I was 5 and been a ranch hand for close to 5 years.

The cow in question was grazing with her calf in the jungle in Mexico. Folks let the cows forage in the jungle, they leave the horns on them, and according to the locals, the cows do kill things that mess with them. I was walking down a trail, saw the cows, didn't think much of it, until I heard this snorting/stomping, turned around, charging cow, horns pointed at me. I half hid behind a small tree on the path edge, stuck out my hand, made some WHOA! type sounds, and the cow stopped. She would scrape and snort in an obviously threatening manner when I tried to keep walking down the path where I realized her calf was. I ended up turning around and going the other way.

I submit to you that cows raised in a more hostile environment may be more prone to aggression then you are likely to see on a farm. I'm not saying she was a genius, I'm just saying she was not to be trifled with. This event is on the short version of my "If I hadn't noticed I'd be dead" list.

In reply to this comment by gorgonheap:
Just wanted to clarify some things you seem to be ignorant about. If a cow had horns it would not "happily impale" anyone. Cows are herbivores and have a lot of natural predators. It's in their nature not to seek confrontation with other animals. Most cows need to be dehorned anyway because the horns grow into the skull and eventually kill the animal prematurely.

Chances are that your friend who was once charged was doing something to the calf that seemed threating to the mother. After calves are weened mothers become significantly less protective. In fact unless a cow has a young calf I've never seen one become aggressive or defend itself from an attack. I say this because I've worked on a dairy farm since I was 5 and been a ranch hand for close to 5 years.

The cow in question was grazing with her calf in the jungle in Mexico. Folks let the cows forage in the jungle, they leave the horns on them, and according to the locals, the cows do kill things that mess with them. I was walking down a trail, saw the cows, didn't think much of it, until I heard this snorting/stomping, turned around, charging cow, horns pointed at me. I half hid behind a small tree on the path edge, stuck out my hand, made some WHOA! type sounds, and the cow stopped. She would scrape and snort in an obviously threatening manner when I tried to keep walking down the path where I realized her calf was. I ended up turning around and going the other way.

I submit to you that cows raised in a more hostile environment may be more prone to aggression then you are likely to see on a farm. I'm not saying she was a genius, I'm just saying she was not to be trifled with. This event is on the short version of my "If I hadn't noticed I'd be dead" list.

Just wanted to clarify some things you seem to be ignorant about. If a cow had horns it would not "happily impale" anyone. Cows are herbivores and have a lot of natural predators. It's in their nature not to seek confrontation with other animals. Most cows need to be dehorned anyway because the horns grow into the skull and eventually kill the animal prematurely.

Chances are that your friend who was once charged was doing something to the calf that seemed threating to the mother. After calves are weened mothers become significantly less protective. In fact unless a cow has a young calf I've never seen one become aggressive or defend itself from an attack. I say this because I've worked on a dairy farm since I was 5 and been a ranch hand for close to 5 years.

Now having said that I hope you'll realize that most the comments I make on this site are satirical in nature and have an exaggerated and dry sense of humor. And if cannibalism wasn't frowned upon in most societies that might not be a bad idea.

In reply to this comment by dgandhi:
On your list of "racisms" I only come anywhere near the calling Christians Morons one, but I assure you that I reserve that for morons who happen to be Christians. While I do agree that we all have racism "issues" I find that they are more often systemic, rather then interpersonal.

Since I will be assumed to be more competent then somebody else because I am white, or male, or from an upper middle-class family I find the unaknowledged affirmative action of racism a much more prevalent form of racism then crass bigotry, which you seem to think everyone is prone to.

GH: I don't know if I'm the token vegan who needs to respond to your jab, but allow me to assure you that a cow who has not had her horns snipped would happily impale you, or a wolf any day of the week. I say this as somebody who was once charged by a horned overprotective momma cow, I would not mess with her.

P.S. since GH wants to eat others on the basis of intelligence how about everybody post your IQ/SAT scores so we know who to roast over the spit next

These guys put on an amazing show. Upvote for Ween any day!

As a proud member of the Cult of the Boognish (peace be upon him), I may be a bit biased in saying Ween is perhaps the greatest band in the history of existence. It is a shame that their videos never stand up to the quality, originality, and pure genius of their music. Honestly, though, how could they?

"Mutilated lips leave a kiss on the worm-like tips of tentacles expanding in my mind..."

Tags for this video have been changed from 'ween, voodoo lady, music' to 'Ween, rock, voodoo, underwater, psychedelic, 90s' - edited by Spiff

What can I say, I love myself the WEEN

Correction: Awesome video by Ween. Great album.

Sad thing is that we can't even ween Fedquip from his addiction with the Colbert Report.

"Why do u riff with me, the maniac psycho??"
And when I pull out my jammy get ready cuz it might go
BLAAAAW, how ya like me now?
-James Todd Smith

So don't you be late,
I see the Beacon Light and it's on,
So strap on that jammy pack,
Fuel it up,
Cause Im gone.
-Jean and Dean Ween

Same Jammy??

Sounds like a tribute to Ween.

From Slice:
"Earlier in 2002 we were hired by the largest advertising firm in the country to write music for a Pizza Hut commercial. Pizza Hut had hired them to come up with a whole new image to promote their new Pizza, "The Insider" which had all the cheese inside the crust. In keeping in line with their new cutting edge image, the agency hired Ween to do the music, and we delivered in a big way. Unfortunately, they didn't like a single piece of the 6 tunes we submitted and they had us rewriting the song every day for a couple of weeks before they hired someone else. In my opinion, it is one of the best tunes we wrote all last year."
Make sure you listen to the 'gangsta' version .

You can watch a higher res version of this vid here.