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15 years ago @ KY3 - Teenagers\' theft of g... · 0 replies · +4 points

"It appears to be an expensive end-of-summer prank"... Seriously? C'mon KY3, are you for real? Stealing five grand worth of go karts is hardly a prank.

15 years ago @ KY3 - Billboard criticizing ... · 0 replies · +7 points

How is this billboard an example of slander? I don't see any false accusations that are damaging this president's already lousy reputation.

We can agree on one thing: We all need to pay down our debts, including our national debt. For somebody that is concerned with this, I would think that you would have a problem with Obama so drastically increasing the deficit. I know Bush increased it as well, but does that make it okay for Obama to spend so recklessly? Aren't we all sick of the blame game by now? I just want somebody in there with some common sense and the ability to understand basic economics.

15 years ago @ KY3 - Billboard criticizing ... · 0 replies · +10 points

Criticizing our government is one of the most American things we can do.

15 years ago @ KY3 - Japanese beetles devou... · 0 replies · +1 points

Three more weeks according to the article.

16 years ago @ KY3 - Woman gets probation a... · 0 replies · 0 points

I just pray that the two years of counseling will be paid for by the woman herself and not with our hard earned tax dollars (whether it is medicaid, medicare, etc). Let's say that the sessions are $90 a pop. Two years would be 104 sessions. That would total $9,360.

I agree that two years seems excessive. Maybe a few months jail time and a few months counseling would have been more appropriate. I know if this person's dog had killed my beloved pet, I would be hoping for a more severe punishment.

16 years ago @ KY3 - Marriage statistics mi... · 0 replies · +13 points

Are we reading the same news story? Nowhere in the article did it state that people should not work in high school or college. Are you getting the point of this article? The point is that marriages have a better chance of success if you do things in a certain order: 1) Complete school/job training. 2) Get a decent job. 3) Grow up and mature a little. 4) Get married and have kids.

16 years ago @ KY3 - Marriage statistics mi... · 0 replies · +14 points

You are right: marriages do fail for a number of reasons. The number one cause of divorce in North America is money problems. What is the best way to ensure that you will have money problems? Get married very young and have a baby immediately before you get your education/career figured out.

Another big cause of divorce is people getting married before they are mature enough to handle the stresses that will be coming their way. I got married at 29, after finishing my training and getting my career started. Thank God I did not marry before this. Looking back, if I had married a couple of my early girlfriends, it would have ended in disaster. I was way too immature.

This is not to say that some people are not mature enough to get married young before college/career, but for the most part you will have the best chance of success if you achieve these other things first. To say that this is hog wash sounds silly to me.

16 years ago @ KY3 - Woman from Springfield... · 0 replies · +1 points

That's pretty harsh. I'm sure you've never done anything stupid that would preclude you from passing your genes along.

16 years ago @ KY3 - Vigilante Justice: Spr... · 0 replies · +6 points

Hats off to Mr. Batten, Way to go! And to the thief that was worried that the police were being rude to you, just wait until your life of crime takes you to the penitentiary. I'm sure you will find plenty of "rudeness" there!

16 years ago @ KY3 - Missouri House approve... · 0 replies · 0 points

Excellent news! And to think that I was getting oh so worried that my tax dollars would no longer be shot up some junkies arm. Thank goodness I can keep funding these losers drug habits with my hard work! Phew, that was a close call!

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