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once again your superior wit and reasoning rule the day. I tak ponimau ti i KK virosli v odnoi pesochnise

i bow to your obviously superior logic and reasoning.

nice rejoinder. once again proving that expletives are the refuge of the feeble minded.

so you think there's absolutely NOTHING wrong here that couldn't be fixed? not the overwhelming influence of corporate interests on politics? not the ever-increasing intrusion of government into people's lives, etc ad nauseum? in your opinion the system as it stands now is absolutely perfect? if you think that, your feeble-mindedness knows no bounds. there is a reason for the phrase 'the price of freedom is eternal vigilance'. if you think there aren't forces (both liberal and conservative) working to erode your freedoms, you're a moron and no amount of your posturing and chest beating will convince me otherwise.

just as bad? no. things we need to fix? yes.

i actually like them for several reasons, except the crazy stuff.

but what about all the republican shitty drivers who live here? they'll feel bad if you don't have a raging hissy fit about them too.

I was thinking more the theme to Mission Impossible.

Mom. Dad. I'd like you to meet the Mrs..... Abduction is a Kyrgyz wedding rite Bride-to-be often last to know By CRAIG S. SMITH NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - When Ainur Tairova realized she was on her way to her wedding, she started choking the driver. Her marriage was intended to be to a man she had met only the day before, and briefly at that. Several of his friends had duped her into getting into a car; they picked up the would-be groom and then headed for his home. Once there, she knew, her chances of leaving before nightfall would be slim, and by daybreak, according to local custom, she would have to submit to being his wife or leave as a tainted woman. "I told him I didn't want to date anyone," Tairova, 28, recalled. "So he decided to kidnap me the next day." Such abductions are common here. More than half of Kyrgyzstan's married women were snatched from the street by their husbands in a custom known as "ala kachuu," which translates roughly as "grab and run." In its most benign form, it is a kind of elopement, in which a man whisks away a willing girlfriend. But often it is something more violent. Recent surveys suggest that the rate of abductions has steadily grown in the last 50 years and that currently at least a third of Kyrgyzstan's brides are taken against their will. The custom predates the arrival of Islam in the 12th century and appears to have its roots in the region's once-marauding tribes, which periodically stole horses and women from rivals when supplies ran low. It is practiced in varying degrees across Central Asia but is most prevalent here in Kyrgyzstan, a poor, mountainous land that for decades was a backwater of the Soviet Union. Kyrgyz men say they snatch women because it is easier than courtship and cheaper than paying the standard "bride price," which can be as much as $800 plus a cow. Once a woman has been taken to a man's home, her future in-laws try to calm her down and get a white wedding shawl onto her head. The shawl, called a jooluk, is a symbol of her submission. Many women fight fiercely, but about 80 percent of those kidnapped eventually relent, often at the urging of their own parents, who have been summoned to help make their daughters stay. The practice has technically been illegal for years, first under the Soviet Union and more recently under the 1994 Kyrgyz criminal code, but the law rarely has been enforced. "Most people don't know it's illegal," said Russell Kleinbach, a sociology professor at American University in Bishkek whose studies of the practice have helped spur a national debate. Brutal as the custom is, it is widely perceived as practical. "Every good marriage begins in tears," a Kyrgyz saying goes.

you missed a perfectly good opportunity there....

I often ask myself the same question when I see people golfing....

The 5.9 pitch is mostly psychological I think. Just the huge exposure.

nice pigeonholing.

how about another stadium?

and yet, here you are. i've not been climbing because i've been skiing fuck-nuts. what happens on the day you say something both intelligent and intelligible?

The content is pretty suck ass. That's why they keep showing up back here. Not that we're a brilliant bunch but it seems they need someone to argue with in order to maintain their misbegotten sense of superiority. I was kind of hoping they'd turn into a better resource than that.

i'm saying i'd like to see the digits on how much it 'helped' the economy. anecdotally, i've not seen any of our ostensible public servants going around saying 'woo hoo, 3000 *new* jobs'. i'm beginning to suspect either few or no new jobs or it was all just a bribe to keep Boeing here regardless. what about all the other poor sods who wanted a tax break? what about them? if everyone doesn't get it, isn't it a subsidy?

what Boeing jobs? where? corporate welfare? i might be for it if it were true but i'm not seeing the return on a $3 billion tax break. my guess is it's mostly going to go to the pockets of investors and execs.

subsidy = tax break (e.g. Boeing but no one else)

the only problem with that is that the journo's bosses went to business school and / or law school with the politicians. it's them that decides what gets published and investigated. if corporate media wants to continue to expand, it has to go through government to do it. don't expect the media to be too critical of the government any time soon.

But aren't people's expectations conditioned by your behavior?

that explains a lot.....

if you want some microwave popcorn, just toss some kernels in a paper bag and throw it in the microwave. works just fine. then you can put real butter on it instead of whatever petroleum product du jour the pre-packaged kind has. It's also a hell of a lot cheaper.

Nothing personal, it's just coincidental that they happen to be technical writers. They'd be annoying if they were in any position. My wife's theory is that their husband's stopped listening to them and they need an outlet or they'll explode.

1) the belching fat chick (now a memory) 2) the "chatty cathy's" (otherwise known as HR and technical writers) who, unfortunately, congregate outside my office and discuss (ad nauseum) their husbands, their precious Bratleigh and Snotleigh, their weight/health/fluids, gardening, crafting, quilting, etc. if they worked as much as they talked, they'd get paid more. that'd give them one less thing to 'talk' about i suppose...