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Now that is funny....any political jokes/feelings aside. Next thing is they'll be breaking away from Austin by apartment number. It will be "old" Berlin all over again....only taken to an exponential level.

Mayans no doubt. Trying to get the inside scoop on our imminent destruction....

You better get an attorney....abusing intellectual property like that. I also like Oxrock's take. The 'over the top' posting at times is a significant part of the entertainment of coming here. Take 3rd's 'abuse' of Tom's copyrighted material as an example. It's how individuals like to express themselves in this corner of the internet. I think everyone has a pretty good sense when a line is truly crossed and it's unfortunate when it happens. Most of the time, however, it's folks taking shots at each other's politics. Let it be....

Seriously.

I'm sure you do. My response, however, was to point out that he is not necessarily the exception.

Dead on about the lazy part. McD's is so much easier than cooking for half an hour. I agree that this is the biggest culprit here. The low end fast food stuff fattens the poor (and rich)...... and the high end dripped in butter and fat stuff fattens the well off. My wife and I have greatly expanded our cooking efforts in the last few years. Now...we rarely go out because we feel we make stuff just as good and at a fraction of the cost. It takes effort (and acceptance of the cooking learning curve) but it is so much healthier and cheaper. I buy most of my ingredients at a discount food market. Actually i prefer to run....a lot. And yes.....I'm certifiable at times.

Obama gets 'hated on' as do all Presidents. As for it being worse than any prior I'm not so sure. Look no further than Bush...and recall what he has done for AIDS in Africa and then consider the.....umm....commentary below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIUzLpO1kxI

So.....you're saying they're full of ****? Must be eating something. Seriously....eating healthy is not 'that' challenging. Spend 7 bucks at McD's and feed yourself once. Spend 10 bucks on a pound of pasta, a couple pounds of chicken and you can feed a family of four. Splurge and get a 'bag' of pre-made salad for a buck. Cook the same meal for two and you have leftovers for the next day. Cut out the garbage and get cooking! Then go for a walk...

Soda is the plague of our generation....and a much slower death than the bubonic type. Keep preaching fellas....you can eat well and cheap!

Yes. May the following Rest in Peace: "The decisions of my predecessor..." "The policies of the prior administration...." "The mess I inherited..." "The choices of the past four years..." They all apply to one man now....President Obama. It's time to pull out the yardstick. He has 'essentially' completed a four year term. I.e. a FULL term as President. The free pass card has been used up. I think most understand no President operates in a vacuum. Bush made a lot of bad decisions....it doesn't mean Obama should have a Teflon coating under the guise of 'Bush bad.' It's about time folks look at what he has done/is doing about the 'mess' he so eloquently describes. As above....it's his mess now....according to his 'own' standard.

Destroy a person's dignity? Ask the child whipped with the antenna about dignity. I said I understand your concerns about the more violent 'punishments' such as caning and that it is a very controversial issue....with a very slippery slope. Does it have a role? You say no. I'm not sure. Does our current system protect our children to a level that is satisfactory to you? The realism of child abuse is horrific and if a better punishment exists then I'm all for it. Protecting the dignity of the perpetrator, in this scenario, is not my concern. Lastly, I don't see the beef with someone hanging a sign around their neck indicating what they did. That's not exactly a lynching....different issue.

Agree with the bolded part. I think the argument, however, is that 'old school' punishment might be more effective at reducing violence in total. I.e. be a more effective deterrent against the subhuman elements that prey on children (as an example). I don't think anyone views this as entertainment. It is certainly a controversial issue. I tend to react with my gut when I read things like the story of the guy whipping the kid with an antenna....and I tend to have very little no sympathy. I can see your point, however, in terms of this being a 'bad example' and a very slippery slope for the caning type phenomenon. I don't really understand the beef with the 'shaming' stuff however.

IF I am following your question correctly....who's saying the employer/background checker wouldn't see a record for this person? They are still charged and convicted and a record is there to be found. The sentence is 'living in a doghouse' versus 'living in a statehouse.'

He's likely one who wants sadistic animals to stop doing this to kids.

I don't know. By today's standards...it certainly is unusual and atypical. Again...I, personally, could care less. They could have the townspeople line up and smack his bare backside with the antenna he used on the kid. I wouldn't lose any sleep. It certainly would be a lot more cost effective than incarceration. Caning would be fine for number six as well.

They all seem pretty good to me. I like 'linking' the time to the crime. Number six, however, seems as though it would fit the definition of 'cruel and unusual.' Given what he did, however, I'm not particularly concerned about his suffering. http://www.rr.com/ne...ordered_shaming List from article: 1. UTAH: PONYTAIL CUT OFF The mother of a 13-year-old Utah girl chopped off her daughter's ponytail in court in order to reduce her community service sentence. The teen had landed in court in May because she and another girl used dollar-store scissors to cut off the hair of a 3-year-old they had befriended at a McDonald's. 2. HOUSTON: 'I AM A THIEF' Daniel and Eloise Mireles were convicted of stealing more than $265,000 from the crime victims fund in Harris County, Texas. In addition to restitution and jail time, the Houston couple were sentenced in July 2010 to stand in front of the local mall for five hours every weekend for six years with a sign reading, "I am a thief." A sign was also posted outside their house stating they were convicted thieves. 3. PENNSYLVANIA: 'I STOLE FROM A 9-YEAR-OLD' Western Pennsylvania residents Evelyn Border and her daughter, Tina Griekspoor, 35, were caught stealing a gift card from a child inside a Wal-Mart. In November 2009, the Bedford County district attorney said he would recommend probation instead of jail time because the women stood in front of the courthouse for 4 1/2 hours holding signs reading, "I stole from a 9-year-old on her birthday! Don't steal or this could happen to you!" 4. WISCONSIN: 'I WAS STUPID' A man who crashed his car into the gates at a Wisconsin waste water treatment plant spent eight hours holding a sign saying, "I was stupid." Shane McQuillan decided he would rather do that than spend 20 days in jail on a charge of criminal damage to property. McQuillan had a blood alcohol level of 0.238 percent, nearly three times the legal limit for driving, at the time of the 2008 accident in Eau Claire. 5. OHIO: 'SORRY FOR THE JACKASS OFFENSE' An Ohio judge ordered a man and woman who vandalized a baby Jesus statue in a church's outdoor nativity to march through town with a donkey to apologize. Jessica Lange and Brian Patrick admitted to defacing the statue at St. Anthony Roman Catholic Church on Christmas Eve 2003. They led a donkey provided by a petting zoo through the streets of Fairport Harbor carrying a sign that said, "Sorry for the jackass offense." After the 30-minute march, the pair were taken to serve 45-day sentences that included drug and alcohol treatment. They also were ordered to replace the statue. 6. TEXAS: FROM COURTHOUSE TO DOGHOUSE Curtis Robin Sr. made a deal with Texas prosecutors to spend 30 consecutive nights in a 2-by-3-foot doghouse after pleading guilty to whipping his stepson with a car antenna. Robin served the sentence outside his home in Vidor in 2003 so he could avoid jail time and continue working as a foreman for a demolition company. Police were assigned to randomly check on Robin to ensure he was in the doghouse each night from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Robin was allowed to have a sleeping bag, mosquito netting, plastic tarp or similar protective items. 7. CLEVELAND. A woman caught on camera driving on a sidewalk to pass a Cleveland school bus was ordered this week to hold a sign at the intersection reading, "Only an idiot would drive on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus." It was the latest example of creative, and sometimes controversial, sentences handed out by judges to publicly shame offenders.

Perhaps the best thread title ever....

He's welcome to hold to his views... but to not admit that this was a total screw up....and then laugh as others have to pay for it (perhaps including himself) is interesting to say the least.

One of the most sickening posts I've ever read here. Seriously??

It's reasonable to start with blood work. Lots of infectious causes (lyme for example) can produce neuropathy. Vitamin deficiencies (B12) can produce neuropathies. Medical illness such as undiagnosed diabetes, thyroid concerns, rheumatologic concerns, just to name a few. Sometimes these things happen in the setting of viral infections i.e. bad colds, flu. Given his reported symptoms were diffuse (arms, hands, legs) it makes a focal source (a single pinched nerve or point of compression) less likely. Wait a minute....nobody told me there was a handbook. It actually seems like a reasonable approach based on what has been presented. My only advice to the Captain.....Follow your doctor's instructions/recommendations!

You know someone was laughing hard when they set that up. How could they think nobody would catch it?

No personal offense to Beerball.....but I haven't laughed like that in a while. well played GBID.

I was being sarcastic...especially in light of recent state decisions re: pot legalization. I also agree that this petition will be greeted with little, if any, response.

Yeah...because legalizing pot in the US will never happen. I agree with you...just saying.

Relax Tom...just throwing it out there for discussion. I don't think I ever said it was up for a congressional vote or it was a 'serious' movement. The petition is actually filed on whitehouse.gov. I suppose that's meaningless if you say so. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/peacefully-grant-state-texas-withdraw-united-states-america-and-create-its-own-new-government/BmdWCP8B