SoCal Deek

Wasn’t he from Cincinnati?

Keep trying Chef. I’ve told you numerous times that mine isn’t a religion based position. Can gay people get married? Of course they can! They do now. That doesn’t mean our shared language couldn’t be more definitive. Does it?

On the list of problems facing this country, the abuse of glorified guns by ‘rural white people’ has to be pretty darn close to the very very bottom. I’m not sure it’d even register on a poll! 😂😂😂

While BillSy and I do go back and forth from time to time to time….I can attest that I’ve have actually seen him/her on the football side. Not very often….but I have. GO BILLS!

Not everyone goes to college on limitless funds Tibs. Some of us have to pay for it!!

I got out of taking the SAME COURSE over again in college, and having to pay out of my own pocket for it. Have you never heard of AP credit? It’s been around for years!

Poor rural whites own guns so they can feel powerful? Really? That’s the first I’ve heard that one….but okay.

Didn’t we jail that dude for the infamous Mohammed cartoons?

It’s one of the reasons why my company has such a high employee retention history. We’re proud of it. Take that away and what am I really offering….better free coffee?

No idea….it was a long time ago. But it got me out of a year of college history. 👍

Thanks…I’ll be sure to write a stern letter to the administrators of the AP American History exam to let them know my nationally recognized high score was based on total ‘junk’! May I give them your name?

It’s an interesting discussion point for sure. For many years, benefits were considered something that drew employees to work for certain companies. I know it’s true of my company. (If I’m correct, that’s why we have employer provided health care.) If you take away that competition you’re bound to end up with way more turnover of employees, which is obviously not good for business. While your intentions are noble I prefer the current free market approach.

Reasonable people don’t belittle others because of their faith. Reasonable people don’t accuse other people of thinking that other are ‘dirty’. Something to think about…if you’re open to it.

That figures seems rather high to me. Those are FULL TIME employees? Are they hourly? Or salaried? Now with regards to the portability of sick leave, as an employer I disagree with your position. That sick leave wasn’t accrued/earned while working at my company. But just to show you that I’m not a slave driver, we allow sick leave and vacation to be accrued virtually indefinitely. Unused vacation time you are compensated for upon exit but not sick time.

I‘ve been told it’s one of my greatest assets. 😉 (But it usually comes from my wife.)

I can see how reasonable adults talk to each other. That I can clearly see. It’s amazing how well it works when ‘someone’ isn’t trying to WIN every discussion. Every topic isn’t supposed to be a fight to the death.

Goose….I’m curious, but do you have any statistics on the percentage of full time working Americans who don’t get paid sick leave? I know I’ve never worked a full time job that didn’t offer it. I have to think it’s a very small percentage.

Thanks! There’s no intent on my part to be disrespectful to anyone. I just personally loathe the new hyphenated trend in our shared language. And while it’s immediately exciting for the gay community to be married, I believe over time if it continues to be called “gay-marriage” they are going to look back and think this isn’t the equality they were striving for. We’ll see where the language takes us.

Obviously a move to free up space for Zach Ertz. Get ‘er done! 😉

Post of the Year!

Well reasoned response. My sole contention is that people in general do in fact use two words to define it. It’s most commonly referred to as ‘gay marriage’ not ‘marriage’. So to show my sincerity to your hypothetical proposition, yes I’m okay with changing traditional marriage to another word. Again, mine is not a primarily religious position. It’s in essence a linguistic one. Trust me when I say I’m not losing sleep over the matter. I just believe it’d be a more accurate (not right or wrong, nor better or worse…as Chef likes to accuse/imply) use of the language. I’m fully aware that my position goes against the common narrative. But I can also assure you that it’s not coming from a position of hate or ridicule. Thanks for the discussion.

Those old time Bills had some really great names.

That picture gives new meaning to the phrase “just rub some dirt on it”. RIP: John Hadl…remember him well.

Yikes…there’s an awful lot of anti-Christian posts on here today. I guess that’s the one remaining acceptable form of group hate speech. Who knew?

Ha! Thanks….I thought maybe I’d just ease him into the misery! 😉