Jauronimo
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Well, you don't say anything about how he treated you in middle school, or how long it's been since then, or how old you are now. So why the hatred toward him?
Before anyone takes this too seriously, I do not consider "poking" on facebook to be an act of agression that is appropriately met with violence, and I do not condone facebook related violence in any way, shape, or form. My comments were entirely facetious, in fact, no long lost middle school acquaintance "poked" me on facebook.
I am a little concerned that the sum of my work here at TBD has led some to believe that I may be prone to extreme and violent over-reactions.
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It is a crime that all inhabitants of earth do not work and live as comfortably as I do, and one which needs to be adressed immediately. I propose that all US companies should be forced to source all supplies domestically or that all foreign suppliers employ workers who are paid equivalent to thier American counterparts under equally suitable working conditions. Foreign goods made by exploiting cheap labor should be subject to large tariffs, taxes and quotas to ensure that a Samsung tablet is at least 50% more expensive than the $1,100 US made iPhone. By ensuring that our goods are obscenely expensive both abroad and here in the US, and our imports are even more expensive, we will reduce consumption of all goods and thus prosper.
Clearly the path to global prosperity is paved with extreme regulations, tariffs on foreign goods, and subsidies for domestic industry. Free trade is blight on economic progress.
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Check out his page, maybe he's changed since middle school and just trying to reconnect with old classmates. I've started checking my classmates and I'm a little surprised at how some of them are now, compared to then, in terms of who they are "friends" with, and what they are up to.
So you're saying I should beat up his kids when they get off the bus today or just set his care on fire?
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If you unfriend any of them, I will shiv you.
Mofo.
Some dude I went to middle school with, out of the clear blue f'ing sky poked me the other day. Clearly he's probing for weakness, and with over 200 friends watching this go down, I need to send the message that I am not to be F#$%ED with. What would you recommmend?
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Surprise her with something sexy.
Like a trail of rose petals leading to the boudoir where she finds lit candles, softly playing music, and on the bed she sees a 5 gallon tub of mayonnaise, leather gloves and an oyster shucker. Thats when you jump out of the closet wearing nothing but a hockey mask and a toolbelt. She'll love it.
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Riiiight. Pitt would shop Big Ben because he wouldn't get along with the new OC.
Jay Cutler
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i'll be sure to point it out next time we debate an issue.
Of course you will. Just like you did today.
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you've consistently looked at events and information in the political arena and come to the wrong conclusions. why should anyone expect that trend to change?
Care to back that up?
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i anticipated this response (you're so predictable) and therefore noted it was "most often homosexual". i don't think one can read some of the recent posts on the romney thread and not conclude they allude to homosexuality. nevetheless, i'm quite certain of my sexual orientation. i was just expressing concern for the posters who may not be. i'm certain confusion in this area can be traumatic.
could it be that the canadian politician made an uninformed decision? has he checked outcomes data for the us vs canada for valve replacement surgery? have you? when i get time, i will. i nsuspect perception doesn't equate to reality in this instance but it would probably make sense to find out before indicting the canadian system as inferior based on one mans actions.
Fine, I'll bite.
So when did you know that you're gay?
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good one
Clearly that joke was way over your head, else you'd literally be punching yourself in groin right now trying to contain the laughter. Lets be thankful that Nazi's didn't get their hands on Picnic F'er. He's the second coming of Ernest Scribbler.
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Get her a new vacuum cleaner.
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But you didn't say "old white men comprise a shrinking percentage of the electorate." You said "the fact that old white men comprise a shrinking percentage of the electorate is a good thing."
And if you said "the fact that young, black men are disproportionately represented in the us prison system is a good thing," it would in fact be racist.
Isn't that DaveInElma's bumper sticker?
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I need more rooster in my ass.
No more rooster till you finish your testicles!
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They don't have the right to vote...no freedom of expression...no liberal media...no right to assemble, or protest, to strike, they have it worse that the poor workers in our country 100 years ago. Teddy stepped up for the Anthrecite Coal miners 110 years ago, that won't happen in China.
Sad
Actually they do have the right to assemble and protest in mainland China, albeit it with government permission, and since strikes have been prevalent across China over the past few years as Chinese laborers have halted production and demanded the same level of pay won by Foxconn employees, I'd say the above is just another example of your special brand of ignorance. Sad indeed, Dave.
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I disagree completely. The QB is the most overrated position in the game of football. All the credit when they win and none of the blame when they lose. Most of the so called "great" QBs are simply system guys who look good due to brilliant schemes and play calling. Plug and play, mix and match, Bledsoe, Brady, Cassel or Mallet, makes no difference. Look at the Ravens. Same offense no matter McNair, Boller, Dilfer, Flacco. Steady as she goes. Montana and Young were both system guys getting all the credit for Bill Walsh's genius when opposing D's had no answer for the west coast offense.
Teams that spend high draft picks on QBs are delusional at best, and bat guano crazy at worst. Tom Brady, 7th rounder; Romo, undrafted; Fitzpatrick, 7th rounder. Meanwhile high draft picks like Jamarcus, Leaf, Heath Shuler, JP Losman have all flamed out. LOOK AT THE STATS!! QBs don't matter, not in a run first, ask questions later game.
Not like I need to present more proof, but look at the 2008 Dolphins. They finished 11-5 up from worst in the league in 2007. How'd they do it? They moved that first round waste of space QB Pennington up to wideout and ran wildcat with 2, sometimes even 3, RBs on the field at one time. Unstoppable!!! Don't even need a QB on the roster in my opinion. The forward pass is a flash in the pan and soon it will go the way of Milli Vanilli, parachute pants and the pet rock. Kaput!!! Its always been a ground game, it will always be a ground game.
Get yourself a competent game manager, like Trent Edwards, draft a stable of good young RBs and pound the rock 50 times a game!!!!! Smashmouth football baby!!
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Football players partying in the offseason? Despicable.
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You don't seem to have any clue as to what he was even saying in that statement do you? The way these workers are being treated would be illegal here in the United States. They are systematically abused and have no recourse. Hence the reason you see so many suicides. Is 300 dollars a month worth the use of your hands after the age of 35?
Will they make the leap overnight. No. But if you want to help them along how about we refuse to import items from any nation that does not practice safe labor. That takes away their competitive edge and brings manufacturing jobs back to the United States.
I understood his rambling disjointed attempt at a point completely. Clearly, you did not.
1. They have all the recourse in the world. They can quit. But instead of quit, they flock in droves to Foxconn becuase its better than the alternatives.
2. With 1.2 million employees, there has been no proof that the suicide incidence is greater than that of the population and therefore your causality is pure speculation. China's suicide rate is already among the highest in the world, and 12 suicides at Foxconn isn't moving the needle.
3. I don't live in China and that isn't my best option to make a living. I won the birth lottery just like you and Bmore did. Difference is, I'm not crying about it.
4. You're plan to help Foxconn employees by rendering them unemployed and shipping their jobs to the US is intriguing. You care about these people so much that you'd rather see them without jobs than earning an above average wage?
You continue to try and compare a different culture, with different values, in a developing economy, with an entirely different cost of living, to the United States. Your whole aimless point rests on some pretty loose moral equivalency. I'll let you try and reconcile your bleeding heart for the Chinese worker with your desire to see them all lose their jobs. Competitive advantage, our current standard of living and the global economy will have to wait until you can at least comprehend the above. (Hint: Can you afford an LED tv, a smart phone, tablet, laptop, GPS, etc. without cheap foreign labor? Can the global economy acheive the same level of production without the competitive advantages of cheap abundant labor?)
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I thought you folks down in Tidewater wanted to be called 'BadNewz,' or 'BadNewz Kennels,' or 'Newport Nightly Newz at 5' or some other such reference to the local crime reporting there. My sister is in the Navy stationed in Norfolk. She seems fond of calling it BadNewz.
Does she know Dave?
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All I asked for was a number by number discussion since he made it clear that China had a good deal going, whether or not he was joking is beside the point. My point is that if capitalism unchecked is the ultimate goal of corporations and draws support, where will the abuses end? I NEVER said all or nothing, otherwise I would not have taken the time to break it down line by line as to how China attracts business. They do it in Africa, where African leaders will take the money over the welfare of its people. We're not Africa, and so China is trying to dominate the slave labor market- shocker. We're complicit in this venture, and so I'm just pointing out what happens when we allow it to happen, no matter the corporation, it is an affront to the senses.
I'm not begging for insults, for to debate a topic, sticking to the subject matter, is somthing I just don't see and don't expect to last very long. We'll see.
1. What abuses? How Foxconn employees, all 1.2 million of them, are being denied the glitz and glamour of subsistence farming?
2. How can you reasonably compare the Chinese labor force to a continent? Which country in Africa, in your estimation, is attracting business by providing a massive, educated and literate workforce ideal for mass production of technology?
3. What do government abuses in the continent of Africa have to do with anything?
4. Slave labor? Foxconn employees earn about $300 a month compared to the average manufacturing monthly haul of about $200 in China.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/business/global/08wages.html
5. We are totally complicit in this thing called the global economy. China is leveraging their competitive advantage to become a manufacturing power. I know you think this is evil, so how do you propose China makes the leap from industrial revolution to self-righteous service economy overnight?
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I'm going to play this one real safe and refer to them as "Americans who happen to be darker than me, not that there's anything wrong with that" until I've had a chance to talk this over with PPP's sensitivity trainer, Dave_in_Elma.
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Now that we have established it is more than just Apple, what about the points I mentioned? Just because it is rampant industry-wide does not make it right.
What makes these practices wrong? Sure, those conditions sound crappy to you and I, but how does Foxconn stack up against every other manufacturer in China making products that you and I don't give a s#$% about? 1.2 million people willfully work there for a reason, and despite the suicides, dorm living and inhumance conditions you describe, Foxconn is still a popular place to work.
Please explain how the Chinese labor force will be better off by removing their competitive advantage.
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While my effective tax rate is -5%, it is my contention that the rich clearly aren't paying their share.
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The reverse Woody Allen?
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What the hell are you talking about? This is so stupid it's hard to really reply to it. I just said that we should keep chruch and state separate.
And by the way, my God is named Ulthar, he lives in the lake behind my house and pisses all over Indian wolves when he's mad.
There's no lake behind your house you f#$%ing liar! Keep your flying lake monster out of my wallet!
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