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When I found out that my school district was one of the few who cow-towwed to fringe national politicians to block my son from watching his Commander-in-Chief give a presentation to call him to scholarship, the big, ugly mess that somehow passes for national politics suddenly landed at my front door. It's somewhat amusing watching the partisans on either side snipe at each other, and certainly the President can take care of himself.

However, these fringe elements made the mistake ...

No, nothing shocking or horrifying, sorry!

But the truth is, I'm getting fat. My mental self-image and my physical self are not the same and haven't been for probably a couple years now. It didn't use to be that way - it wasn't THAT long ago that I was @46" chest and 32" waist. Somehow I've managed to stop the ever-increasing pants size train, but I'm really, really dissatisfied with where I'm at. Looking at pictures is disheartening, especially looking at my face. ...

This afternoon I received an email from one of the various interests out there on the Left arguing on behalf of health care reform. I have extreme reservations regarding the actual content of the House Bill as I’ve seen it, but in a general sense I am receptive of health care reform. However the email I received pointed out to me glaringly why the Democrats have lost control of the discussion on reform.

Everything I learned about marketing, I learned in high school (with much, ...

In a lot of conversations we have around here, people throw around terms like 'liberal', 'conservative', etc. and I'm not sure they give the terms themselves much thought. Below are definitions I wrote up a couple months back on another board (with a couple minor edits to make the definitions more general to this board than specific to the other) that I think will help people understand what I mean when I use them in a discussion.

Originally Posted by Conservative Definition

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Well let's give this a shot.

My son's seven years old now, and he'll be going into second grade in another month. He's seven. My god, he didn't weigh much more than seven pounds not too long ago. Anyhow, tonight he got himself into a little trouble. See, he's got this thing. He somehow manages to destroy every headset I ever bring into the house.

Every
single
one.

Don't believe me?

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