I don't think anyone actually expects that. It's a tradition. That's all...

There are hundreds of things we do every day that are rooted in something ugly. But over time, those ugly things disappeared, and the traditions evolved into something out of love, respect and honor. Those three virtues are now being replaced with the splitting of hairs and attempts to make beautiful things ugly. I have an issue with that. Everything seems to be so 'oppressive' now. My friend back east got married to a woman who threatened to call off the engagement because she refused to recite the traditional vows of 'love honor and obey'. I mean, seriously... But that's another topic altogether...

I'm a traditional man. I come from a long line of traditional men. I don't see the taking of my last name as letting go of my wife's past, but an embracing of our present and future. If the tradition were the other way around, then fine, I'd drop mine and take hers. The bottom line is that in a marriage you become a family. And families typically have the same surname.

If the taking of a husband's last name is such a big deal, then why stop there? Let's just drop the whole pretense of marriage altogether? I know I'm exaggerating the subject with that statement, I'm just curious as to when the discarding of perfectly beautiful traditions will stop?

My last name is very valuable. I don't just hand it out to anyone... The woman who accepts it is going to be very lucky.

She can hyphenate if she really wants, but my feeling on this topic has always been more like "why should I give it to you" more so than "why should you take it"

Two way street.

Ummm.. yeah... room for two please?

Honestly, you pretty much got the whole thing covered. I know what your boobies, booty legs and face look like. What else is there, besides the bits and pieces?

18 is good.

the same people you blame when little billy fails school and can't get a job (the teacher?)

the same people you blame when little billy starts selling weed and crack to make money (the people who took prayer out of school?)

the same people you blame when little billy goes on a shooting rampage (the gun manufacturer?)

the same people you blame when little billy gets a girl pregnant at 16 (the movies? porn?)

the same people you blame when little billy blames YOU for his problems (ooooh... thats a tough one...)

all i hear is 'you can't control your kids' from parents these days. well i tell ya what. i grew up not very long ago, and you better damn well believe my parents had a handle on my brother and i. same goes for all my friends i grew up with and the vast majority of my family. not everyone turned out perfect, but we all damn well knew better than to try stupid stunts we saw on tv.

very few people want to take responsibility anymore, so quite frankly, if a few thousand people are incapacitated tryin to be the next johnny knoxville, i'll chalk that up to darwinism.

Jingle Jingle....

(ring) Room Service, may I help you?

Prncs: Can I get a wake up call for 6:30AM?

Yes, we'll send Taylor up at 6:29AM just for you. Would you like him in a fuzzy robe or a rhinestone covered g-string?

McCain is an X factor candidate. He's old school in the sense that he'll say whatever it takes to get into office. A lot of his statements are against his very long voting record, so I assume he's just trying to solidify his conservative base (they don't really like him). He's about as liberal as you can get (As far as a Republican is concerned), and though he's all buddy buddy with Bush, he really doesn't like the little twit.

Hillary is not to be trusted. She campaigns on experience, but she really has none. She barely has the political experience Obama has, yet she campaigns on that platform? She is basically a person who will take a phrase and repeat it until you're brain washed. She has an agenda, but no one knows what it is. She changes her tune to fit the audience, and when called on it, backtracks and tries to 'clarify' every statement. I don't think she has the balls (no pun intended) to affect any significant change, especially based on the fact that Republican members of the House and Senate absolutely despise her existence. The next president will need to be able to bring people together to develop a bipartisan consensus, and she clearly does not have that ability, and never will.

Obama is untested, and really hasn't set out any clear vision, but he is one thing. Inspirational, and he does have the respect of Republican Party members (although you won't see that during the election). He does have the ability to bring the country together, but I'm not really sure about his vision. If he's elected, I see him putting together a broad and diverse cabinet of liberals and conservatives and working to eliminate a lot of these issues.

In short, Hillary is untouchable in my book. She can't beat McCain anyway, and if she did, she'd be a hot stinking messy disaster. (Of course, so was Bush...)

Obama is dynamic and intelligent, and I do believe he'd try his damnedest to change the country for the best. I just don't know what his idea of the best is. If he'd clarify that, I'd have no second thoughts about voting for him. (I voted for him in the Primaries, but I'm not sure what I'll do in the General...)

McCain is a known maverick and rebel, but you really don't know what he'd do once he was in office. He's not an oil man, so at least he's got that going for him.

All in all, taxes don't have to be raised, the war is sucking the life out of the economy. It may have to be stopped or scaled back. Those three know that, regardless of the campaign rhetoric.

(knock knock) roooom service...

You wan' me turn your bed?

(knock knock) roooom service...

You wan' me give you towel?

(knock knock) roooom service...

You wan' me sucky sucky??

(knock knock) roooom service...

Mistress of shadows? Don't make me get my flashlight...

The Euro is not sustainable. It will fall. May take a few years, but will not last. The yen has already been exposed to be highly volatile. It will fluctuate forever. The biggest issues with the dollar are:

Trade defecit (See NAFTA, lack of American manufacturing base and breaks for corporations who outsource jobs overseas)
Budget Defecit (see WAR)
Lack of Federal Regulation of corporations and finance (See Sub Prime Credit Meltdown)
Skyrocketing crude oil prices (See point 3)
"Conservative" Economic Principles (see points 1-4)

These can all be mitigated if not completely eliminated, but it all depends on the political climate and the public's stomach for the government's brazen disregard for the American people.

Tease...

Tell us

My name is Ahmed Al-Malik bin-al-Zaquarazzhit

To pronounce it correctly I would I have to pull out your tongue.

Ayn Rand.
Objectivism rocks

My housekeeper and take out.

I like to use my tool.

I'm wearing a condom right now. Ya know... Just in case.

Good Lord people... Quit bickering and read.

Abstinence or lifelong monogamy are the most effective ways to avoid HPV infection. However, for most sexually active women, the most important preventive measure women can take to protect themselves from developing cervical cancer is having regular Pap tests (Janicek & Averette, 2001). Avoiding skin-to-skin contact with someone with HPV is the most effective strategy to prevent HPV infection. And although condoms may not eliminate the risk of transmitting HPV, the CDC recommends them for risk reduction (CDC, 2001). Since HPV sheds beyond the covered area, however, condoms do not provide as complete protection as they do for some other pathogens, such as HIV and gonorrhea (Stone, et al., 1999). The claims of condom-use opponents who suggest that condom use leads to increased numbers of HPV infections are false and alarmist. Condom use cannot be blamed for the high prevalence of HPV infection or the incidence of cervical cancer among women in the U.S.

i'm brown.