Thanks. I feel a little better.

Too true. I worked at high-end restuarants that were so heavily audited, under-the-table stuff like your friend accomplished just wasn't possible. Still, under-reporting was too high (10-20% is my guess). As a waiter I was always amazed by the number of my co-workers unable to connect the overall conservative nature of our job to actual politics. Don't get me started on my teaching friends--there is the real problem.

Yep. Like a duck out of water.

Don't confuse me with PL. I was a professional waiter for nearly 15 years. Now I am a public school teacher. It's bad enough that I keep choosing professions loaded with people like PL, however, some of us are actually OK people who need a hug--uh-oh, the liberalism is rubbing off, I need more help than I realized :)

The real problem created by someone like Elizabeth Warren is the waste of time she creates. The truth, some minorities have been treated badly by this countries policies (past & present). Rather than spending time on a healthy discussion leading to practical solutions dealing with the lingering problems of race (great & small), we need to spend time making sure foolishness like Warren doesn't lead us. Patriotic Lib happily feeds into this silliness. Sad

A wave carries the ocean? Patriotic Lib--you don't know oceanography, either. Oceans carry waves. Slavery was supported by the Democratic Party. Jim Crow was supported by the Democratic Party. Democrats philibustered the Civil Liberties Act; a philibuster ended by Republicans led by Sen. Dirksen from Illinois. Nixon instituted affirmative action; Robert Bork successfully defended the policy before the Supreme Court. I can continue. We need to look at right now. Warren made a false claim suggesting she was a minority. She says this is no big deal. This is racist. The Democratic Party should distance themselves from her if they truly are a party supporting minority rights. So far, the Democrats are too quiet.

Hey sounds good too me. I am a Social Studies teacher and that list basically torpedoed (oops, weapon), cut (darn, violence), culled (wait, that's hunting), eliminated (no, bodily function) much of what I teach. This next quarter is devoted to Political Science-I'm doomed!

Banning words/concepts necessary to teach a number of subjects.

A family will save $8000 over time? How much time? At five dollars per gallon, that is 1600 gallons of gas. I get 30mpg currently, translating into 48,000 miles. That represents five years of driving for me. This means it will take ten years for me to save $8000. I think I would save more money is fuel was less expensive. As always, when I listen to Obama, I am left scratching my head.

Anne, condoms don't work as intended when they are in the kids' hands. Maybe you need the education...