You could always consider the converse which is the utter anonymity and invisibility of most men. Each gender has their problems when they cross into a realm dominated by the other gender. I imagine hetero-male gymnasts and figure skaters could probably relate. Tangent: what the heck do women do for fun? I like cars,…
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God bless Teddy Roosevelt. That’s why I have six children. My offspring shall be as numerous as the stars in the heavens.
Liberal >> “Spending on anything other than free shit for poor people is waste.”
Conservative >>”Spending on anything other than killing non-Americans is waste.”
The CAFE standards are problematic. As safety standards have increased, cars have become much heavier. At the same time CAFE standards are pressuring automakers to produce more efficient cars. They way they have been getting this done is by pushing turbos, which only really get great fuel economy when driven at the…
I think the potential is there, but as we see in RotJ, the Force Lightning plays havoc with his cybernetics, leading to his ultimate demise.
Terrence, thanks for sharing your story, but your entire article is based completely on anxiety. People like your brother are exactly the type of people medicare and medicaide were intended to protect. Even Ayn Rand in Ayn Eddie Muster costume would agree with that statement.
The truth is we don’t know what will…
My argument is that it is better spending than student loans because the money goes to more people, improving the quality of life for communities. Shifting the spending to loans would primarily benefit fewer people and those gains would be concentrated in financial centers which are already doing pretty well.
It is actually a great reason. If you want people who owns guns to be well trained in using them - so they do not represent a danger to themselves or others via negligence or poor marksmanship - then they need places to shoot. If you take away all the places to shoot, then you can guarantee that the folks walking…
So what is the downside?
Se. Gillibrand is suffering from the same delusion of many Americans who are unfamiliar with the armed forces. She believes that just because everyone is in uniform and is accountable to a chain of command, that all military members are part of some “hive-mind” that can be controlled with enough shouting and…
Military members are Americans. The UCMJ curbs some rights for active duty, but seriously, what you are suggesting is a cure worse than the disease. Just because someone has to legally follow orders from the chain of command doesn’t mean we can stop them from being assholes. Further, unless the asshole behavior is…
I just can’t get behind free college.
1. Just because people go to college doesn’t mean there are jobs for them.
2. It only encourages colleges to charge more, or encourages a government take-over of the industry.
3. How do we incentivize people to finish their degrees and to get skills that are in demand? Right now we…
Military spending generates lots of good middle class jobs. Cutting that spending means cutting those jobs. Redirecting the spending to student loans would only serve to enrich bankers while encouraging universities to raise their rates. There are already tons of people going to college. The problem is that many of…
I agree. The US needs to scale down the scope of missions we expect our military to support. Europe needs to be more responsible for its own defense, same with Israel, Japan, and South Korea. We must continue to work with our international partners and support them, but our level of forward basing and direct aide need…
Medicare costs more than the entire DoD, just sayin...
Did you know that there are other levels of government besides the Federal level. There is nothing stopping a State from enacting its own version of ACA. Its time to make politics local instead of national. We are a diverse nation, one size rarely fits all.
What is preventing the States from taxing their citizens in order to make up the deficit left my the reduction in Federal spending? This seems a non argument to me. The cost is just shifting from one balance sheet to another. I would think Democrats would be happy about this since they will no longer have to export…
That has been the problem with the ACA’s individual market all along. Young healthy people would rather pay the penalty than buy overpriced insurance. The AHCA would allow those young healthy people to buy less comprehensive plans at premiums they are willing to pay. This may actually get more young people into…
My theory is that men are more mercenary than women. Men will go were they can earn the best pay for their skills. This is often regardless of the quality of working conditions: stress, danger, bad boss, long hours, travel, etc. Take for example that the vast majority of migrant workers are male. Women, in contrast,…