Meh.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by spookyfish
Assuming they can be rehabilitated. What kind of a fucked-up home do you think they are growing up in? And I've gotta believe they are home-schooled or some such. I've been to some backwards-assed places, but I still find it pretty astounding that someone can be that unabashed in those beliefs in this day and age without being almost completely cut off from "normal" society.

They are home-schooled. Both parents are Hitler-friendly types. In fact, the dad got permission to use the swastika as his personal steer brand sign (or whatever).

Originally posted by spookyfish
And you just know they have to be completely talentless.

Unlike Paris, who has her own show, has appeared in movies and has an album coming out?

TM

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Do you wear Patagonia or Mountain Hardwear?

I think that is a loaded question and I think I know which way, but I will be honest, more Mountain Hardwear than Patagonia.

[dtb]

Originally posted by spookyfish
I've been to some backwards-assed places, but I still find it pretty astounding that someone can be that unabashed in those beliefs in this day and age without being almost completely cut off from "normal" society.

I agree. At least the hurricane victims wouldn't accept their charity. That was the most appalling thing I can remember from the article -- how they wanted to help the hurricane victims - but only the white ones. O.M.G.

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Unlike Paris, who has her own show, has appeared in movies and has an album coming out?

TM

Paris is a Nazi?

(Actually, I saw some of a performance on the ABC news report a couple of nights ago. Musically, they are pretty decent for a couple of 13 y.o.s. Lynx (I think it was Lynx) is no Hendrix, but she can play a guitar respectably. For a 13 y.o.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by spookyfish
I dunno about you, but I'd consider it a compliment.

Yeah. I'm more like the babyjesuschristsuperstar with a soul patch and a man-skirt, although I cut my hair back from almost shoulder length not too long ago (hi Slave!).

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by dtb
Ding! Ding! Ding!

(In fact, when I read the article, after reading how they were home-schooled, I said to myself, "Huh. What a surprise.")

A co-worker homeschools her kids, and they seem like normal, well-adjusted kids. They socialize with other homeschooled kids in the neighborhood and they do a lot of reading.

She's not super religious or intolerant, and I've never really asked why she went the homeschool route instead of the normal school route. But the kids seem ok.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by LessinSF
Except for you play with your own money, i.e. you pay the entry fee, say $500, which goes into the prize pool, and you buy in with $500 of your own money for that 50 hand round. Playing with one's own money cuts down markedly on the goofy play. What you actually get is people betting $10 a hand until the deck becomes favorable and then they bet $50. Double downs and luck differentiate players until the last five hands, when it becomes all about luck, bet amount, and position.

Do you have to play every hand or can you bet everything you have three hands in a row and then sit it out until the next round if you've won?

TM

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Unlike Paris, who has her own show, has appeared in movies and has an album coming out?

TM

And if Paris were a "nobody,"* she wouldn't have either of those things and would likewise, need a hook.

Similar in concept to most "Contemporary Christian" musicians -- "somebodies" among a very small segment of the population.




* (And it's a sad commentary on American society that she isn't.)

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
I get "OMG, you're a Republican? You don't look like a Republican." How should I take that?

Like your mother likes it. Right up the ass, no lube.

TM

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
A co-worker homeschools her kids, and they seem like normal, well-adjusted kids. They socialize with other homeschooled kids in the neighborhood and they do a lot of reading.

She's not super religious or intolerant, and I've never really asked why she went the homeschool route instead of the normal school route.

[not a political commentary, but more a parental lament] Maybe because the public school systems suck and not everyone can affourd private? [/not a political commentary, but more a parental lament]

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Like your mother likes it. Right up the ass, no lube.

TM

So, in a complimentary sense. thanks.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
I get "OMG, you're a Republican? You don't look like a Republican." How should I take that?

"You dress like a fag."

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by spookyfish

"About this big..."

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
I think that is a loaded question and I think I know which way, but I will be honest, more Mountain Hardwear than Patagonia.

Yep, it was a loaded question. Patagonias are NFH Repubs. MHs are actual people. You are a demon in human's clothing.

PINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG! POW!

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
A co-worker homeschools her kids, and they seem like normal, well-adjusted kids. They socialize with other homeschooled kids in the neighborhood and they do a lot of reading.

She's not super religious or intolerant, and I've never really asked why she went the homeschool route instead of the normal school route. But the kids seem ok.

Plus, there's such high quality teaching materials available for free on the web these days.