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Spoken truth

right on target

posted by Rach0602 on May 25, 2008 at 7:41 PM | link to this | reply

Some people are busy. I saw a fellow whose last name is Whitetower on

C-Span's Book TV this morning. He said it is cheaper to buy a bus than to rent one for carting people around for political rallies. He is a Democrat who supports Obama, btw.

posted by Decshak_ on May 24, 2008 at 11:14 AM | link to this | reply

I'm young and frustrated!

A lot of my peers have given up!-  Talia

P.S.  I'll check out the youtube on "shoes".  Thank you.

posted by versatalia on May 23, 2008 at 12:07 PM | link to this | reply

You know my rant...media and pop culture.

They have dialed in on the kids with sex, fake macho, and soap opera, then keep it up the age ladder. Nowadays it is all about being "hot", which does NOT qualitatively or quantitatively equal most earlier adolescent sex drives, or being "hard" but drooping your opants, dragging your hat backwards and basically trying to be a thug.

Most kids aren't true hoochie mamas and gangstas, but they see these folks as their role models, a lifestyle demanding only money and show, not study and investment.

My daughter teeters on this abyss but so far can still make good grades sometimes. My adult son, however, went Dean's List but wound up arranging ice cream in supermarkets for a living so far. Oh, well.....

posted by majroj on May 23, 2008 at 8:18 AM | link to this | reply

and that's only the surface stuff

I could rant but so much work on

posted by Azur on May 22, 2008 at 7:50 PM | link to this | reply

Yes, it is depressing when people seem to think it clever

to attach these names to people. Osama  instead of Obama gets old fast.

posted by Azur on May 22, 2008 at 7:49 PM | link to this | reply

True. You can only do so much. Then it's up to the next generations....

posted by Decshak_ on May 22, 2008 at 12:03 AM | link to this | reply