he's in the jailhose now....shhhh

Find and fulfill your bliss in something other than monetary gratification and you will be wealthy beyond your dreams.

Yeah, doin' laundry is what must make me horny.

I always have a smile. One just for you Fran... Awolf calls every day just to make sure I get my dose of laughter too.

No, I've not seen it in a while either. Have a great day Fran! Everyone

Hello Fran! The short version is that I'm spending a lot of time with family and working way too much. Nice to see you!

Believe it or not, there are "commoners" who do not use foul language, who know how to show respect to their families and others and operate within the boundaries of extremely high moral standards. It has everything to do with their own moral fiber, how they value themselves and others, and the manner in which they were raised...and little to do with the manner of their dress, or the girth of their portfolio.

I have had the experience of living in more than one social class, and have seen no correlation between the amount of rooms in a house and how those within it's walls conduct themselves. Yes, your depiction of class is indeed a perceptive of where you sit, and means something different to each and every social, economic and academic class, but most think of your version of class, simply as a higher etiquette standard adopted by the wealthy elite because they have time to dress for dinner etc. Those of us who find ourselves lacking a nanny and kitchen staff find it difficult to do so...but we do not see ourselves as being without class because of it, we simply perceive class as something that relates to our own lives.

This is as it should be since most definitions of the word class all relate the same thing, and that is simply a division by grade or quality. Class in it's most general meaning is the best of a kind. That being said, the kind of class that refers to the way we treat one another is universal and spans all other classes. No? I think we can agree on this at the very least.

I thought you were referring to any individual donning jeans and...not just your family. Levi Srauss will be sorely disappointed to hear that your family is too classy to support their empire, I'm sure.

You'll have to forgive me for disagreeing with you, my perception is a bit skewed. I am only a Levi clad hillbilly myself, and don't understand a thing about the class you speak of.

I'm so sorry to hear that you've been hanging around all the wrong people. If your friends have to put a suit and tie on to remind themselves how to behave and treat others, then they have only been trained how to "act" like they have class.

I've known many people in my life, who lived monogrammed lives but that don't exude the weakest link of anything close to class. I have also known people that somehow, while living in torn jeans, display outstanding life etiquette on a daily basis as natural as instinct itself.

Being born into a "class", does not guarantee a person will inherit CLASS. It's like dressing for dinner...it doesn't make you nice, it simply makes you look nice. Nice comes from within, as does Class.

I was the poor kid in a pretty wealthy school. Kids in Izod shirts, monogrammed sweaters and Adidas shoes took one look at me in my homemade clothes and hand-me-down discount shoes and nicknamed me Cinderella within minutes. Sure those kids were cruel, but I got more out of my education there without all the distraction of having all those friends.

And I met my best friend here, and though he's quite attractive, I didn't see his pic til a month after he had me hooked.

Ideally, I believe the perfect relationship is that of mutual support. The individual supporting the community, so that the community can support the whole.


The state should serve as a means of mediation between those individuals within it, and the individuals serve to form the way in which the state can best do so.



I think Communism is the worst form, as it takes away a persons God given right to determine and work toward their own destiny. I think a democracy is the best form of government, as an individuals right to determine their own path is preserved, so long as they do so in a reasonable fashion...as dictated by the laws that WE dictate together.


I don't see that one single man or even a small group is "justified" in any disobedient action against his state. It is his/their duty to choose those who best represent them. If they have failed to elect such officials in their community and they feel they have enough support behind their cause to justify change, then it's their duty to evoke that change through proper channels, or influence the majority to elect such people into offices that can influence such change come the next election.


I believe it is the majorities job to protect the minority and see to their interests as best they can.


When the majority stands behind him in his views...but by then he will have no need to create a new state, as he has won over the existing one.


Communism: everyone but the military starves and no one is free.
Socialism: ditto
Capitalism: no one starves and everyone has the freedom to imagine they are free.
Fascism: few starve and everyone is free to work.
Democratic Republic: no one starves and we are free to elect who regulates our freedoms.
If you wanted Democracy and Republic broken down separately, I'm not sure how to do that, since the only difference I can clearly see between the two is 4-8 years.


Sure...free will to ruin...I mean RUN our lives as we see fit.

No, seriously though. Sure God has everything to do with it...he started the whole thing by outlining the need for laws, means of enforcement, as well as judges. Check the bible...it's all in there.

No, I've know more than one guy who's gone through that. I applaud him for not fighting back...then warn him to GET OUT!

Hey, if the kids can manage it and he can't....*phah*

I would be more concerned that a grown man doesn't know how to empty his own pockets before throwing his pants in the hamper.

I think a lot of people make the subconscious equation that the stronger the love is now, the harder the fall will be later.

We have Einstein to thank for pointing out that the larger the apple the bigger the lump. Ouch!

I think I can be any one of those at different times. Lately I've been the absent poster though.

Like totally giddy in love! Think I was about 14 or 15.