There are no manufacturing jobs. Most of those people lost their jobs to robots.

Yeah, but come on, E-MAILS, man.

the irony of that is both Flynn and Petreus were found guilty of mishandling classified documents.

Of course there was no alternative candidate who would have tried to close the wage gap and protect Medicare and SS.

Newsflash; people who can’t tell they’ve been conned surprised when it turns out they’ve been conned.

I’m glad that the law has finally stopped looking the other way with this bullshit.

St Nicolas was Turkish (technically then-Greek, but ethnically modern-Turkey).

I vote for Fuck With Them. Tell them you sent them a birthday card with “something special” in it. When they ask where their card is (that you don’t send, of course), just tell them that they got it. When they say they didn’t, just say, “well, that’s your opinion.”

You’re a special kind of stupid, aren’t you.

He probably uses Scotch Tape instead of Spanx too.

I live in California, too. Our votes do not count. :(

Bets on what cabinet position the dude will get?

Rural American ≠ farmer.

The time is ripe for non-white frontier-family shows, I think! Big country, rich regional history, tons of different family viewpoints to learn.

Nowhere in my statement did I say or even imply that, but nice attempt at building a straw man.

*applause* Well said. I’m sick of being called a Not-Real American, because I live and work in a beautiful coastal city and used my education to climb into a good job with a retirement savings account— isn’t that supposed to be what the American Dream is? Work hard, don’t blow any of the opportunities you’re given,…

I have a fascinating idea for a series called “Public Library”. Episode 1: a librarian with two advanced degrees is required to clean shit off the reading room chairs after management outsources the cleaning staff. Episode two: A staff member spend six months getting HIV tests after she breaks up two homeless men…

With a crystal candy dish filled with solidified “Pep-o-mints” on top of a huge console TV.

Why are we equating “everyday Americans” with specifically “rural” America.

The vast majority of people live in urban areas/cities. The vast majority of the middle class live in urban-surburban areas/cities. Most colleges and universities are in urban areas/cities. The major areas of growth in the nation are in urban…