Just to be clear, I was agreeing with you and elaborating a bit. :)

My first thought when reading that was that he was referring to bad teeth and things like that that tend to be caused by poverty but also act to prevent people from escaping it because other people judge them for it. After thinking about it a bit more I think (hope) he's referring to elective stuff like visible…

Yep, "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" is a Kenny Chesney song.

My understanding is that she left the car on (but not the engine running) and the AC running. She didn't realize that without the engine running, it doesn't work. So when that is taken into account, leaving the windows up makes sense.

I think the thing people need to remember whenever the topic of welfare fraud/abuse comes up is that yes, there are some people who scam the system or who just don't want to work, but they're a tiny minority. The vast majority of people on welfare desperately need it and either are working but aren't paid enough to…

My favorite part is where she makes a point of mentioning her working her ass off doing 12 hour shifts. HOW DID YOU GET THAT JOB, LADY? MAYBE BY INTERVIEWING FOR IT?

It isn't nearly as effective as suing, but if people are in that situation they can still file a complaint with their state's department of labor. It's a hassle and might not go anywhere, but if enough people do it, it might help change some of these practices. Here's a link to a breakdown of labor agencies by state.

I had to get a tetanus booster last year and my arm was mildly sore for nearly 2 days! Why doesn't Big Pharma publicize THAT, I ask you???

People don't realize how easy it is to be scammed like this. Scammers are good at what they do and know how to target people's vulnerabilities. You don't have to be stupid to fall for one of these, just lonely and kind.

For what it's worth, I've read about several suicides (as well as some that were possible suicides but might have been accidents) that were committed after someone had taken Ambien. As others have said, there is the potential to black out and do crazy things while you're on it.

That's what my doctor said when he was discussing it with me. I still opted not to take it...the side effects were way too scary for me especially because I'm really bad about getting into bed and then realizing I forgot to do something so getting up to do it. But my understanding was that most of the problems come…

Exactly. There's really no way for the authorities to win in these situations—if they seize the animal, they're big bullies taking away a family member and the owners sue and fight to have the animal returned. If the animal attacks someone, they're blamed for not removing it sooner and sued by the victim.

You can't just drop this comment and not give some details. That sounds like an interesting experience, to say the least! :)

I believe her argument is that they were negligent in not seizing Travis despite having concerns about his behavior. Which, I can kind of see but I also see why they didn't seize him. IANAL so I have no idea about the legal aspects, but morally I don't think the state officials are to blame.

Yeah, I'm having a very hard time blaming the state officials considering the outcry that has happened in similar cases where they tried to remove the animal before a serious attack occurred. There have been several cases in other states where they attempted to remove primates after the animals caused minor injuries…

To be fair, I think that's a pretty unflattering picture of him. I've seen others where he looks a lot better. I think it's that weird thing he's doing with his mouth.

I still like most of his films (barring, you know, the racist one and probably a few others I'm just not thinking of right now), but I just think he comes off as the biggest douchebag in interviews. He's like that hipster fuckwit at a party who is convinced he's so brilliant and enlightened but everyone is just…

When I turned 28 I became an incorporeal psychic field. Are you saying that's not normal?

For me it really depends on what they do after it. If it takes them experiencing it to bring them over to the pro-choice side, well, that's not as good as if they had been there all along, but I'm also not going to attack them for it.

Yeah, the fact that the kid was shot in the head made me a bit suspicious too. I mean, yeah, of course it's possible that it was just what he happened to hit...but it does really make me question how it all went down.