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I have no problem with erotica, I have read some very well done erotica. My favorite is fantasy and erotica, such as the vampire series, some revolve around magical worlds that are very entertaining. I don't even object to porn, it doesn't disgust me or make me sick like people claim it does and if so fine. I can take or leave it. I started the topic to discuss how people thought they would manage an R rated movie with the bad material that was left after you took out the explicit sex scenes. It was beyond lame and down right uninteresting. The words OH MY must be repeated well over 10,000

Oh lawdy that man is purdeeeeeeee! :rofl:

As far as I am concerned firing anything is a declaration of war and I suspect the rest of the world will see it that way. This is a touchy situation and I think the American people know that. We wait. Something we don't always do when it comes to atrocities it pulls our heartstrings and off we go to right the wrong. There are no good guys in the middle east. They don't want peace, war is a way of life for them. They raise their son's to fight. With the exception of the women killed in the attack every male from 2 days old to 70 was a warrior. That is how they view the world, I am sorry, i

You leave out how the rest of the world sees a nation that takes it upon themselves to remove dictators they don't agree with. Lets imagine for a moment that China and Russia don't like president Obama. They do have the power to try and take him out. I am not sure that they would not get support for putting America in it's place. If we have that much proof, take it to the UN. Why would we not take it to the UN? We walk a fine line of not creating fear of a country as strong as we are. We may believe ourselves worthy of policing the world that does not mean that everyone agrees with us about

We do agree on a lot, I would like to see the government force their hand by making them move 80% of their labor force to full time. They have always paid more in northern states, 20 years ago they were paying 9.00 an hr. I know 15 seems extreme but it is not for the area. Until manufacturing comes back we have to do something to save the economy and the taxpayer from this proliferation. I don't hate them, they are buying this business model because it is extremely profitable. It is the percentage that creates a risk we can't play with. At this point you probably won't close them by making t

Obama is getting plenty of Republican support and plenty of opposition from his on party. This thing is not going to divide down party lines. The polls say 60% of the American public are against it. He goes to the American people when he can't get support from congress, now he goes to congress when he can't get support from the people. We need to wait this out, let the UN investigate, wait and see if they use them again. The Syrian government is moving troops and weapons into schools and apartment buildings. We will have just as much collateral damage if we go in as we are seeing now and

Pubby I still believe there is too much at stake to go in without the UN backing. It is not as simple as they used chemical weapons lets go punish them. The UN is investigating to confirm it was the government. Our intelligence may be absolute but that does not change the world view of what we do and that is more important than ever. Here is Reuters article I found interesting. I find this to be significant in weighing what the US does at this point. Our actions effect the world and the lives of many, not just those we believe we have the right to police. Ignoring the UN is causing more

I see plenty of demand, I have five Walmarts within 10 miles of my house. The closer you get to cities you sometimes see them every 5 miles. As if that were not enough they are now squeezing in little markets in between. The same with fast food you can't go 5 miles without seeing one and sometimes they are clustered at 5-10 of them every few miles. The demand seems to be there. Of course the proliferation of business models are based on cheap labor and even cheaper food. You can hardly find anything made in America in Walmart. The one thing made in America, food, is so expensive you need gove

We won't really know the details until October,which is aggravating. I also have a child that sees specialist. I am pretty sure that certain conditions will end up on state provided insurance rather than the exchange. I am pretty sure it will be income based with a cap. Kaiser is very limited in Georgia. They don't have hospitals and are limited in specialist. I think Kaiser's issue has always been how much they had to pay for outside of network. There cost for everything was much cheaper because they were a system. I think we will see cost come down with all hospital systems when the cas

Let me rephrase that erotica is generally soft porn marketed mostly to women. I don't object to it at all. Women like a story line and romance when it come to erotica. Men generally just want hardcore porn and generally want it delivered visually. When erotica does not have the elements of romance or a healthy relationship, in my opinion it crosses the line into pornography. You don't run across it often, but in my opinion Shades of Grey crossed it and so did Beauty and the Beast by Anne Rice.

Actually I read about 1000 romance novels a year. There is a very fine line. Since you did not read the book how do you know it did not cross the line? Anne Rice is also known to cross the line.

I could not get through enough of it to find a story, it is mostly erotica and not that good at that. I just don't see movie material there. All I see is erotica which is pornography.

When the majority of those workers go full time the government is going to have to back off all the supplements, unless they raise the bar again. I guess it's ok for the prices to go up so much these people can't live, but it is not alright if the prices go up so that the middle class is stressed. People just don't get it. We have lost every bit as much ground as we have stood back and watched these people lose. Treat them right give them full time positions and a decent wage for God's sake. Not everyone wants a handout like we are led to believe. A lot people want to work and a lot of

So they are making a movie based on the book. I will admit right now I never got through a quarter of the book. The Oh my's were driving me bonkers, in between the episodes of kinky sex that did little or nothing for me, the emails bored me to tears. If you made it all the way through the book maybe there is a story to it other than one sex scene after another. It is pure and simple pornography for the sake pornography. It is a xxx book and it is the point of the book. As far as I know those movies are played in limited venues. How in the world are you going to depict just how kinky th

A lot of things are going to change so dramatically you won't recognize them. The issue of your health will not be a factor in your premiums. Your health issues are assigned to you because insurance companies micromanage cost to keep their profit margins high. The doctors, equipment and medicine will be sitting there the cost to cover those things is paid for whether 1000 people need it or 100,000. It is hard to get your mind around how much money the health system will have at it's disposal to assist people. You take into consideration that hospitals have had so little to do so much with. 5

That is an issue for now. If Tanner and Emory create systems you will be able to change your system in the future. Wellstar is bringing in more doctors all the time. If Wellstar is the only system then it becomes an issue. This is not going to be an over night thing, and it may become an uphill battle. The hospitals will do much better by coming together to create systems then to end up having to take what the government gives them out of tax dollars to treat every patient that walks through their doors, which is what happens under a single payer system. My understanding is that we will a

I never claimed I agreed with 15 an hour. I want them to stop gaming the system and give them full time work. They are well aware that they are gaming the system. Guess what manufacturing is coming back to the states because educated workers are needed to run their machinery. Our junior high students even from the poorest homes are more computer literate than the countries they ran to to get away from corporate taxes. They get over seas and find that corporate taxes eat up what they save in cheap labor, much of which is uneducated and not qualified to run high tech equipment used in modern ma

That will never happen because so many are benefiting from it. Grocery stores, apartment owners, day cares, medical facilities, utility companies and cellphone providers. It is a racket we are forced to pay for. The only benefit we ever see is on a dollar menu or cheap imported clothes and goods from China, which we are more and more forced into purchasing as our incomes dwindles due to the rise in the cost of living that we pay with no help and the tax burden that always falls to us.

The wages are relevant to the cost of living. The dollar amount is what bothers you. That number might not seem extreme to you if you live in NY city. You can print as much money as you want as long as you have labor to back it up, because we are a consumer driven economy and not on the gold system. You can not raise the quality of life of a small percent of the population while lowering it for the majority in a consumer driven economy it collapses. The product is not what has value, it is the labor that holds the value in our system. Devaluing labor grinds our economy to a standstill.

If I copy and paste you will know it there will be a link. It will not come close to consuming all my eating out money. It makes no difference if they are unemployed. You really don't get that taxpayers are already paying every dime that it takes to feed and shelter these people. Their little 100.00 a week are going into eating at a different fast food restaurant with a dollar menu. They buy some baby diapers and dollar store stuff they need with the rest. If they become unemployed the only people it hurts are the ones that own the dollar store. If they owner a little junker car it

I have brought this up a couple of times. This is the best alternative to single payer system. With hospitals and doctors coming together to create systems which will compete with one another for your healthcare dollars. It removes the middleman allowing healthcare dollars to go straight to the professionals that provide care. Instead of paying a premium to an insurance company that pockets about 25% then demands you come up with another 15% in co-pays and deductibles. You will pay a monthly amount to the system of your choice and be covered for all your care. The hospitals will have

Here is the website that explains it all. Another tidbit about these being entry level for teens and college students, the unemployment rate for young people in the age group is 34%. That happens to be another myth. http://www.minimum-wage.us/states/Georgia

Sorry Eddie I clicked on the post with your quote in it. It was intended as a response to Cmorg.

I can afford a 5.00 hamburger, especially if I am not taxed to help their employees survive. As far as that goes I can live the rest of my life without another fast food meal. It causes me indigestion knowing that meal actually cost me twice what it does a person that does not earn enough to pay taxes.

Wages have been flat for professionals and many executives for years. That is what is so scary about our economy.My brother-in-law has worked as an executive for a well known bank. He has not seen a penny of his raise in his take home for 10 years. It has all gone to pay insurance rates. They live very well, but my sister had to go back to work. They have a MCmansion very nice cars ect. These things were rather easily affordable at the time they obligated themselves. The cost of living continued to climb until the point that they were struggling to meet the obligations. One of the issues