Foul language
Poor grooming
Smoking
and the worst of all --
BAD ATTITUDE

Yes, I agree and I think it was very wise. I'm just curious what people on both sides of the spectrum think today. One person has suggested "no taxes" as the meaning of . . . something, he doesn't say what. I have a feeling he's not serious, but who can tell?

This idea has been around for a very long time. The government has not done a very good job of advertising these dollar coins, except for the Sacagawea ones. They need to just go ahead and do it. This is exactly the kind of efficiency in government that both Republicans and Democrats ought to jump on.

The confusion with the quarter could be lessened by not milling the edges of the dollar coin. Or maybe someone knows some reason why the edges need to be milled? They could also make it a different color.

Well, what does "promote the general welfare" mean? and securing the blessings of liberty? That's really broad.

You win the first round, you actually answered the question in a way I could understand.

I guess the problems come when we start trying to define what those three items mean.

Well knock me down with a feather if I don't agree with Conrad's point.


Little bitty houses all over the landscape aren't the solution. They need to be clumped together in one area. The town I used to live in in Maine had zoning like that. People love to live in the "wilderness" but when they build their houses there it's no longer wilderness and it's spoiled for everybody. But if you build houses (even normal sized houses) in a designated area, you can be much more efficient about waste disposal, utility connections, and all that other expensive stuff.

I don't mean to make this sound black-and-white. I like a lot of space around me. But it's worth while thinking about other ways of living before we turn the entire earth into an anthill.

. . . in 25 words or less?

Just curious what people think. Please just say what you believe and don't trash other people's opinions. (I'm going to make a bet with myself on how long that one will last, but what the hey.)

WOW, thank you!

Women will stop being confusing the day that men stop.

That's not just offensive, that's a sexual predator.

Lighten up, this is supposed to be a funny thread. If you don't enjoy it, don't post.

Sleep.

Blaming the victim is so much fun. . .

Whatever makes you think an emergency department can even be aware of a "pattern of injuries"? Emergency medicine is the epitome of NON-integrated healthcare. The doctors rotate through and there's no coordination with the patient's regular physician--not to mention that a lot of people in the ED don't even have regular physicians. Even if they suggest followup to the patients, they have no way to know if it ever happens.

People assume that healthcare records are all integrated these days and their doctor can find out anything just by looking it up, but that is absolutely NOT the case. Partly that's because of HIPAA (the patient protection act) but another large part is just technical, in that software programs for various hospitals and practices don't even recognize each other's data. Not to mention all the smaller private practices that may not even have digital records yet because of the cost and inconvenience.

I wish the people who want government services to be cut back even more than they already have been could understand that your story is exactly the problem they are advocating. Suppose this had been an emergency situation for the girl? Would spending an entire day making phone calls to "hotlines" (obviously barely warm, if that) be acceptable?

Your friend's niece is lucky she has such a caring uncle, and he's lucky to know you. I hope she gets the help she needs.

Good luck! That would be a terrific Christmas present.

Oh goodie, I get to be the first one to point out how UNreligious Christmas has been for the past few decades.

Tri Health seems to be a provider of health services, so people working for them would probably have a higher than average risk of contracting the flu, and then of course spreading it around. I suppose that is why it was required.

I have read that the flu shot is ineffective for people over -- either 50 or 60, I forget which, but I'm over both, so I don't plan on having it. I'm in excellent health and not usually in crowds, so it seems to me I'm at low risk.

I totally agree with this. Back a few years ago, maybe quite a few years ago now, I began to notice how often I could hear or see this kind of thing from women. It was exactly the kind of generalization that women were complaining about from men. I seldom see it addressed.

Let's face it, a lot of people of both sexes take the easy way out and just run their mouths. I'm convinced that the majority of these people have pretty good relationships with the opposite sex in their own lives. But casting things in black and white is easy and attention-getting and can make you feel good for a moment. It makes you a hypocrite one way or another, but maintaining integrity all the time is hard.

A lot of time I think this is done with the idea, "Just between you and me, don't you agree that men are XXXX? (Of course we don't REALLY mean it, but it's been a bad day." You know, just ordinary complaining/venting. I'm not sure there's so much harm in that. The harm comes when everyone starts trumpeting it, writing books about it, having season after season of it on TV, as if it were actually true.

Am I rambling?

Very good point, thank you, Dodo.

Sounds like you're learning the hard way. As long as you ARE learning. People do take advantage of others on these sites. I am far more cautious with people I "meet" on the web than if I had first met them in real life.