Gary_Yngve

Why won't the Army, as desperate as it is for fresh meat, recruit dropouts?

In my mind, this country should aim for 100% high school graduation rate. Though Kurt, I think it would be great to have high school opportunities for prepping for vocation rather than prepping for college. I see lacking a high school diploma as being a huge disadvantage for someone, even in a skilled trade. What happens if you become injured and need to take on a desk job? Given two resumes with roughly equal experience, would you choose the graduate or the dropout? Does dropping out carry a stigma of "bad judgment" or "poor choices" that might harm your chances of getting hired? (Certainly there is a set of jobs so crappy that only dropouts work there, because no one else wants to.) Wouldn't it be easier to finish HS and then start an apprenticeship, rather than drop out and try for a GED later?

Woah, I'm not saying he even has to go to college.. just finish high school. Not finishing high school is bad juju. You even have to finish high school to join the Army. The fact that I have a stupid fancy degree is irrelevant here.

i think they meant to say: "6700 vertical feet of snow and rock"

lol, wearing a helmet in the gym.

and FW, what do you think of these t-shirts? http://www.squidoo.com/hillaryclintonshirt

that is such a republican disney-style commercial. he's having a little scandal now, eh? well it does seem to stick with the formula of dems have heterosexual affairs and repubs have homosexual affairs

And this is way Rep. Lewis's words, condemned by McCain, were so sadly true.

don't the people in the movie violate some commandment about false idols or something?

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1131ap_palin_wasilla_heartthrob.html he decided to drop out of HS to pursue an electrician apprenticeship in the middle of nowhere Alaska wtf? this just shows even more how retarded abstinence-only education is, and how much of a problem teen pregnancy is. it severely limits people's potential because they aren't becoming as educated. in the same article, it mentioned he didn't register to vote in time.. how UNAMERICAN is that? where is his sense of civic duty?

This part kinda freaked me out. Reads like ANAM waiting to happen. I can understand taking risks for soloing and being careful, but this was basically soloing and at their speed, borderline reckless. Does anyone but them actually give a damn about shaving a few seconds off the speed ascent?

aren't the repubs all supposed to be about states rights?

stick clip!

Anyone else sickened by the number of times McCain said "my friend"?

I'm wondering how bad it gets before the American people take matters into their own hands and Richard Fuld gets merrily lynched.

oh, i forgot it was ones you disagree with. i was just listing ones in general.

off the top of my head: marbury v madison scopes v whoever (tennessee?) brown v (kansas) board (of education) roe v wade bush v gore recently there have been cases advocating legal rights for guantanamo detainees, reversing affirmative action in michigan i think, some shit about cheney.. i'd expect more from a politician, especially a vp wannabe, than an engineer

Asked what newspapers and magazines she reads, Palin - a journalism major in college - could not name one publication. "I've read most of them, again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media," she said at first. Couric responded, "What, specifically?" "Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me all these years." "Can you name a few?" "I have a vast variety of source where we get our news," Palin said.

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/30/you-can-see-russia-from-here/

$85,000,000,000 / 200,000,000 = $425.00 as an aside, note that the Brits say that 10^9 is a milliard and 10^12, which we call a trillion, is a "British" billion.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1131ap_palin_pakistan.html McCain attacked Obama in the debate when Obama said he would go into Pakistan unilaterally to take care of business (kill Osama), saying that you do not announce those things ahead of time. Palin later said that she would go into Pakistan for the purposes of national security. McCain then said that Palin's words are not official policy of the campaign. WTF?

I'm an expert on geese, because they fly over my house and shit on me!

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Hi, I'm Palin. I know nothing about the issues. I have made no decisions. I don't know anything about my running mate's history, but trust me, we're the best thing for America! Vote for us!

it's pretty obvious why. palin totally bombed the couric interview, despite couric trying to help her along. Couric: Would you support a moratorium on foreclosures to help average Americans keep their homes? Palin: That's something that John McCain and I have both been discussing - whether that ... is part of the solution or not. You know, it's going to be a multi-faceted solution that has to be found here. Couric: So you haven't decided whether you'll support it or not? Palin: I have not. Couric: What are the pros and cons of it do you think? Palin: Oh, well, some decisions that have been made poorly should not be rewarded, of course. Couric: By consumers, you're saying? Palin: Consumers - and those who were predator lenders also. That's, you know, that has to be considered also. But again, it's got to be a comprehensive, long-term solution found ... for this problem that America is facing today. As I say, we are getting into crisis mode here. Couric: You've said, quote, "John McCain will reform the way Wall Street does business." Other than supporting stricter regulations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac two years ago, can you give us any more example of his leading the charge for more oversight? Palin: I think that the example that you just cited, with his warnings two years ago about Fannie and Freddie - that, that's paramount. That's more than a heck of a lot of other senators and representatives did for us. Couric: But he's been in Congress for 26 years. He's been chairman of the powerful Commerce Committee. And he has almost always sided with less regulation, not more. Palin: He's also known as the maverick though, taking shots from his own party, and certainly taking shots from the other party. Trying to get people to understand what he's been talking about - the need to reform government. Couric: But can you give me any other concrete examples? Because I know you've said Barack Obama is a lot of talk and no action. Can you give me any other examples in his 26 years of John McCain truly taking a stand on this? Palin: I can give you examples of things that John McCain has done, that has shown his foresight, his pragmatism, and his leadership abilities. And that is what America needs today. Couric: I'm just going to ask you one more time - not to belabor the point. Specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation. Palin: I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you.