I don't know any conservatives who want that so I don't know why they would admit it.

I'm curious what you'd consider a gazillionaire.

Anyone with a net worth of at least a gazillion dollars, silly.

can you guys take this shyt to your "grind"?

Honest to God- if you won't let me partake in the snide conversations you are now parading around in the regular forums the least you can do is take the political sniping somewhere else.

I'm actually trying to ignore the rampant snarky comments on this thread....don't you have forums for this kind of stuff?

What can I say, Neph, liberalism survives only in the absence of truth.

As Neph points out, the political side-topic has taken on a life of its own. So here we are in the Daily Grind.

Uhmmm....so....how's the weather been down there?

Well since you asked, wb, I just finished playing a game of basketball and I'm drenched in sweat.


(My first real lather since hurting both my knees a month ago. Yay!)

ML really needs better flooring!!!!!

I thought I made it clear in the Soooo.... thread:

It's not people of color they have issues with, it's people of poverty. In this country it's nearly impossible to separate the issues of race and poverty, but if you look back, Western Civilization has a long and storied history of the rich not wanting anything to do with the people or culture of the lower classes. (Which is where many of the anti-class discrimination clauses in our country's establishing documents come from) In the end, it's more about cultural differences (as defined by social class) than it is by color of skin. But since certain oft-oppressed races have become identified with certain social classes, it's very hard to separate the two types of prejudice. Especially since it's hard to tell at first glance what social class someone is in. So race becomes a scapegoat for what is, in its origin, a cultural bias.

Which doesn't make either of them "right", I just wanted to point out the distinction.