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It's the whole "the poor can just pull themselves up by their bootstraps" myth.

JayB, I'm too lazy to read all your comments, but are you really arguing that the poor don't really need college, anyway? If so, you're a total douche. It's kind of hard to imagine you wouldn't think a college education is a good idea for, well, pretty much anyone. The reason the republicans and the well-to-do don't want free college for everyone is because they know they won't be able to exploit the middle and lower class worker quite as much. It's all about investors, you know -- employees are just chattel. The LAST thing republicans want is any sort of upward mobility. Ironic that their biggest supporters are the very ones stuck under their boot.

I used to be quite poor. My son's birth was paid for entirely by medicaid. Social services really helped me and my family get on my feet until I didn't need help anymore. I can't imagine why anybody would think these services don't genuinely help people. I suspect they are heavy on opinion, and light on fact.

That shit will make your outie an innie.

Yes, but who's ass is more disgusting -- Serena Williams, or Kim Kardashian?

SERVICE GOON!

Pretty sure it's "affect." But I always get these two confused. http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/affect.html

worse = the status resulting from whatever changes people like you would effect I think it's "affect?"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/16/new-york-gay-marriage_n_878358.html

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9938823-7.html?tag=mncol;txt WHAT ARE THEY HIDING UP THERE IN FAIRBANKS???????

How many people want to bet that joblo lives in a shack with bomb-making supplies, and is currently writing his manifesto? I mean, after all, the men in the black sedans even came and snooped on him because he's laying out the truth online.

black stealth helicopters don't exist, they're = 100% BULLSHIT!

Sounds like shingles. Sometimes you can have shingles without the rash.

Imperialism isn't too bad, it brought us the double IPA, after all.

Smelly poos? BO? Body hair?

This thread is really boring. Can we please step up the ad hom attacks, donkey fuckers? Who the fuck cares about the greek, anyway. They have smelly poos and their civilization has collapsed before anyway, lots of times. They'll just roll with the punches -- poor people are good at surviving. That's why they never go away.

It's too bad the Greeks can't make money off their body hair and BO. Maybe they can sell their gold chains?

Define a "living wage", quantitatively for say, a family of 4 in the metro Seattle area in 2011 dollars. Then define how you would achieve such a wage for all while preserving a balanced budget and sound economy. By taking money from the rich, duh.

considering they've NEVER won, you think they'd be used to failure.

Wait, the axle sheared? Or do you mean just the skewer? The quick-release skewer slides into a hollow axle inside the wheel itself. The reason I ask is it looks like part of the wheel cone is stuck to the quick-release skewer (on the inside of the fork in picture 1 & 2). My guess is the wheel axle failed. Do you have any pics of the wheel, the wheel hub, and the remaining skewer? Also, was the skewer on tight? The axle in the wheel hub relies on compression from the QR skewer to prevent it from breaking. (I notice that the skewer in this picture is in the "open" position).

Um, is that really an aluminum frame? I'm pretty sure it's not. That looks like a steel frame to me, I can even see the Reynolds 531 sticker on the seat tube. This kind of failure is NOT common, btw, not even on a 20 year old bike. Especially a steel bike. Was that fork previously damaged in a crash?

That, and pictures of dead kids.