KaskadskyjKozak

or the worms

wtf are you talking about, eric? Children CHOOSE to be raised poorly. Aren't you listening to KaskadskyjKozak? Sheesh. he just chooses not to put words in my mouth --- something you left-wing-nuts love to do.

Was talking to my Dad the other day (assistant superindenant, working closely with the WASL, used to be a principal at a very poor elementary school in Spokane where he managed to improve reading and math scores from around 30% to close to 90% in the space of 2 years, yada, yada, yada.... any way, lots and lots of experience dealing with kids from poor families, and lots of time spent looking at how to improve scores and improve kids chances of escaping the poverty cycle) Anyways, a study a few years ago looked at a whole bunch of possible predictors of whether a kid would end up going to college/be gainfully employed/escape the drugs/crime/poverty cycle was? Grades, family life, divorce, single parents, etc, etc, etc, etc...... So any guesses what the best predictor was with nearly a 90% accuracy rate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The opinion of they're 5th grade teacher. So for most kids, by grade 5, they are already on the path that they will be on for the rest of their life. How can you even be responsible for the decisions that affect the rest of your life at that age? That doesn't negate personal responsibility, and some people do manage to break the cycles anyway, but they're few and far between. One big mistake I see made over and over is to assume that you are average and project yourself into the shoes of other people and say you could do better. Very few people I've met in the Seattle area, and even fewer climbers I've met are anyone I would consider in "average", or typically representative of "poor" people (measured in schools by the percent of kids that receive free or reduced lunch). An interesting example is one of the Hell's Angels that was recently convicted in Seattle. Turns out he has a daughter, and is one of the most caring, active parents in his school district. He's still committed murder, and done some nasty shit, but he's also doing everything he can to be a good parent. The problem is that he joined the gang 25 years ago, did some stupid nasty stuff, and now he's stuck. He can be a Hells Angel and try to be a good father. Or he can not be a Hells Angel and die. As a single parent, how does that affect his daughter, and her chances of getting out of the same cycle? please. people make choices and then blame "fate", "the system" or the "man", but the fact is, they make choices. repeatedly.

Vegans would be healthier if they ate grubs and bugs. They all look so sickly.

Think I'll grab a nice, juicy burger! Yum! Eat grass, vegan dorks.

Yeah, it's about waffles, with chicken mincemeat and gravy. Yum!

+1

sorry, I can't beat your meat.

Our right to effect change went by by the minute Bush took office. hmmm...no right to effect change?? whatabout the dem congress?? that was a change voted in. aren't they s'posed to be making changes? they're too busy spraying too. pulling an all-nighter on something they admit won't pass....and wouldn't be binding if it did. Oh but that Dem congress has really been busy enacting laws to bring about the social change they've been promising. Or wait.....What they've actually been doing is voting on resolutions to take our troops out of Iraq, that the president subsequently vetoes that the Senate subsequently doesn't have the votes to overcome nor will it until perhaps the next election. You talk about a bunch of posers....when in the hell are they going to quit their political posturing and start bringing about the social change that they keep talking about. that's the beauty of a split gov't - deadlock baby!

Are you saying there's no room for one more? Only if someone bans Kevbone. He takes up the space of a few dozen assclowns.

Our right to effect change went by by the minute Bush took office. Oh God, not this shit again. Take of the Beer googles your using for politics and use where they belong. Gee, didn't the Dems just take congress? I guess Bush controlled that too - it was certainly the outcome he wanted.

yeah, they just get "trapped". all by accident, nothing they ever did (or continue to do). You're right -- every single person in the country can be rich -- all at the same time! You believe in perpetual motion machines, too, don't you? Yay! Free Energy! I said nothing of the sort. Another assclown joins Spray.

yeah, they just get "trapped". all by accident, nothing they ever did (or continue to do).

you're swift! that was exactly what I was parroting

Don't like a Quadrant Home? Don't buy one!

the War on Poverty is a crock of crap and a waste of money, just like the War on Drugs. Net change = zero. Great ROI!

No. JFK just sent advisors. Johnson escalated. I guess Bush's successor will be like Nixon if we repeat history according to your analogy. Impeach Hilary!!

I am not sure I've heard anyone voice this opinion before. Johnson was as sneaky, heavy-handed, mean, and power-hungry as Nixon.

Looking at Kennedy's strong anti-Commie stance, hawkish approaches to Cuba and the Sovyetskij Soyuz, and tax-cutting policies and he smacks more of a Republican than a contemporary Demo-lib.

And Jed can not only speak Spanish, but English as well!

THIS IS SPRAY. GET OVER IT BEYOTCHES!!!

String concatenation in Java is evil. Better to use StringBuffers. StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(64); buf.append("start "); buf.append("concatenating "); buf.append("and "); buf.append("continue "); buf.append("as long as you like!"); buf.toString():

that thread totally rocked. simply awesome. I have the link here handy somewhere... sorry no time to give it to you.

haven't read that one yet (or seen Kubrik's film)

Dostoevsky has a way of making you feel as insane and anxious as his main characters. Ditto for the bro in Karamazovy who keeps obsessing about the damn wallet with the $$ in it.