Tuesday, April 14, 2009

You might be a liberal if....................?

*You might be a liberal if ...


* By Chris Grawburg - You might be a liberal if:





* you%26#039;ve ever left your sociology class thinking, %26quot;That professor


really knows what he/she/it is talking about.%26quot;


* you associate the words %26quot;model American%26quot; with %26quot;Bill Clinton%26quot;


* you think Dan Rather represents media impartiality


* your response to anything Rush Limbaugh says is, %26quot;Well, he%26#039;s fat.%26quot;


* the first word in the description of your hair color is %26quot;neon%26quot;


* you%26#039;ve ever tried to protect the ozone layer


* you%26#039;ve stood for animal rights, but wear leather belts and sandals


* you%26#039;ve ever given a dollar to a bum so he can buy more liquor


...ummm ... food


* you ever use the words %26quot;Clarence Thomas%26quot; and %26quot;Uncle Tom%26quot; in the


same sentence


* you are a vegan


* you have a bumper sticker that says %26quot;You Can%26#039;t Hug With Nuclear


Arms%26quot; on your car


* you believe diversity represents the extinction of the white race


* you%26#039;ve ever walked around carrying one of those Javah mugs


* you pay a 185 percent markup for organically grown food


* you cheered for %26quot;Obstructing Justice Simpson%26quot; last Tuesday at 1 p.m.


* you don%26#039;t think it%26#039;s right to kill rapists and murderers, but do


think it%26#039;s right to kill babies


* you have anything to do with the Compassionate Living Fair


* you want more funding for AIDS research but less for cancer,


despite the fact that cancer kills many more people per year


* you have the entire menu at Cup-A-Joe memorized


* you consider yourself open-minded but refuse to listen to anything


Jesse Helms has to say


* you abhor censorship unless it%26#039;s censoring race, religion,


Conservatism, Western culture or Rush Limbaugh


* you found yourself unemployed after this past November%26#039;s election


* you%26#039;re a dope smoker or a womanizer ... oh, sorry, that%26#039;s %26quot;You


might be a Clinton cabinet official if ...%26quot;


* you%26#039;re the dolt who stole the %26quot;Helms %26#039;96%26quot; bumper sticker from my car


* you think the phrase, %26quot;... separation of church and state%26quot; is in


the Constitution


* you cry, %26quot;You can%26#039;t legislate morality,%26quot; but defend the Roe v.


Wade decision in order to legalize your moral position on abortion


* you stay informed by watching MTV News


* you have an %26quot;I%26#039;m Straight But Not Narrow%26quot; button pinned to your


book bag


* there is a ring in any part of your head other than your ears


* you think religion is bad for school kids to learn, but think


condom giveaways are just what schools need


* you molest campaign workers, then lie about it on national


television . . . oops, my mistake again, that%26#039;s %26quot;You might be Mel


Reynolds if . . .%26quot;


* you think Jesse Jackson is a good spokesman for the black community


* you think Jesse Jackson is good at anything


* you lie in bed at night worried that Pat Robertson might be out to


get you


* you attribute the rising illegitimacy rate, crime rate or problems


in the inner city to Ronald Reagan


* you%26#039;ve ever held up a grocery store line trying to pick between


plastic, which isn%26#039;t biodegradable, or paper, which cuts down


innocent trees


* you think the National Organization for Women is made up of


average heterosexual women with no lesbian agenda


* you%26#039;re on the committee to construct the Gay Jewish Women%26#039;s


Cultural Center -- there%26#039;s a slight chance you%26#039;re a liberal


* you blame Ronald Reagan and George Bush, but not the spend-happy


%26quot;Democrooks%26quot; for the huge national debt


* banning assault weapons is your solution to end crime (what do you


mean punish the criminals?)


* you tell me how to live by telling me I can%26#039;t tell people how to live


* And finally ...you think Ted Kennedy is sober and monogamous.

You might be a liberal if....................?
*You might be a liberal if ...


* By Chris Grawburg - You might be a liberal if:





* you%26#039;ve ever left your sociology class thinking, %26quot;That professor really knows what he/she/it is talking about.%26quot;


[I%26#039;ve met some who DID.]





* you associate the words %26quot;model American%26quot; with %26quot;Bill Clinton%26quot; [Nope, he wasn%26#039;t a model American, but better than many I%26#039;ve met.]





* you think Dan Rather represents media impartiality


[No media figure who gets paid to read news does so impartially, they are all mouthpieces of the organization that pays them. This applies to ALL of them, not just Dan Rather.]





* your response to anything Rush Limbaugh says is, %26quot;Well, he%26#039;s fat.%26quot; [Mine is generally, he%26#039;s a pompous blowhard, a drug addict, and a liar, but, he HAS had his moments... I listen, and then make my own decisions.]





* the first word in the description of your hair color is %26quot;neon%26quot;


[It actually was at time... Neon Lagoon Blue from Punky Colors...]





* you%26#039;ve ever tried to protect the ozone layer [I think this should be a responsibility for all of us.]





* you%26#039;ve stood for animal rights, but wear leather belts and sandals [I only allow for %26#039;animal rights%26#039; for a certain degree... I disagree with the way foie gras is made for example, but a burger I can deal with...]





* you%26#039;ve ever given a dollar to a bum so he can buy more liquor ...ummm ... food [I%26#039;ve known a few people who were down on their luck... been homeless myself once... this one is a judgement call... not everyone is there because they are buying booze or drugs... just have to watch for the signs and go with your gut...]





* you ever use the words %26quot;Clarence Thomas%26quot; and %26quot;Uncle Tom%26quot; in the same sentence [That would be demeaning to Harriet Beecher Stowe. She was trying to educate, Clarence Thomas is trying to show the world the way to black superiority...]





* you are a vegan [See the aforementioned comment about burgers...]





* you have a bumper sticker that says %26quot;You Can%26#039;t Hug With Nuclear Arms%26quot; on your car [Well, you can%26#039;t. I don%26#039;t have this on my car, but I DO agree with the sentiment...]





* you believe diversity represents the extinction of the white race [Diversity doesn%26#039;t represent the extinction of the white race... the government giving business tax breaks to hire minorities rather than qualified candidates DOES...]





* you%26#039;ve ever walked around carrying one of those Javah mugs [Huh...???]





* you pay a 185 percent markup for organically grown food [Rarely, the wife supports organically grown because it is also locally grown and keeps the money in our community rather than sending to whatever state the supermarket is based in, as well as being pesticide free and healthier...]





* you cheered for %26quot;Obstructing Justice Simpson%26quot; last Tuesday at 1 p.m. [We don%26#039;t watch TV so I never saw it...]





* you don%26#039;t think it%26#039;s right to kill rapists and murderers, but do


think it%26#039;s right to kill babies [I support the death penalty and think we should have a limit to the number of appeals... I also support Roe v Wade and think it IS a womans right to decide, up to a point, after that, it is no longer a choice...]





* you have anything to do with the Compassionate Living Fair [The what...?!?]





* you want more funding for AIDS research but less for cancer, despite the fact that cancer kills many more people per year [I don%26#039;t think we are likely to find a cue for either one... an inoculation against HIV maybe someday, but I don%26#039;t think we will ever have a cure for either of these, and I think if you believe it you are as guilty of playing God as the people you are criticizing...]





* you have the entire menu at Cup-A-Joe memorized [Nah. We prefer Starbucks.]





* you consider yourself open-minded but refuse to listen to anything Jesse Helms has to say [Tht%26#039;s because Jesse Helms is a moralizing, self-important, bigoted ******]





* you abhor censorship unless it%26#039;s censoring race, religion,


Conservatism, Western culture or Rush Limbaugh [I was a US Army soldier, I have defended your right to NOT be censored, no matter what my personal feelings... As to my personal feelings, I am against censorship for adults, they can make their own decisions, but until you are an adult, I believe your parents can and should censor what you are exposed to within a degree of reason...]





* you found yourself unemployed after this past November%26#039;s election [I did, but that was because the industry I was in downsized and laid off people, it actually had nothing to do with the elections...]





* you%26#039;re a dope smoker or a womanizer ... oh, sorry, that%26#039;s %26quot;You might be a Clinton cabinet official if ...%26quot; [Could be, but has Bush done any better...? I think not... I%26#039;d rather have 4 more years of the %26#039;dope smoking womanizer%26#039; thanks...]





* you%26#039;re the dolt who stole the %26quot;Helms %26#039;96%26quot; bumper sticker from my car [Not me. As noted above, I support your right to free speech, no matter how assinine your speech may be, and I feel you can speak away... as an adult, I don%26#039;t have to listen, I CAN just walk away...]





* you think the phrase, %26quot;... separation of church and state%26quot; is in


the Constitution [Actually, I think there is a passage that refers to it, but not in those words... I%26#039;d have to look it up...]





* you cry, %26quot;You can%26#039;t legislate morality,%26quot; but defend the Roe v.


Wade decision in order to legalize your moral position on abortion [You CAN%26#039;T legislate morality... people will either have it, or they wont...]





* you stay informed by watching MTV News [Again, I don%26#039;t watch TV of any sort... OK OK, cartoons on Saturday with the kids, but that%26#039;s it...]





* you have an %26quot;I%26#039;m Straight But Not Narrow%26quot; button pinned to your book bag [Nope]





* there is a ring in any part of your head other than your ears [I%26#039;m male and have one in my (left) ear, does that count...?]





* you think religion is bad for school kids to learn, but think


condom giveaways are just what schools need [Yes I do. I don%26#039;t think the school should teach religion, I think the parents should... Hell, there are so many different faiths let alone different forms of the same faith (several schisms in the Catholic church come to mind), that it should be up to parents to teach their faith to their children... I also disagree with handing out condoms in schools because I feel that it sends the wrong message to kids that it%26#039;s ok to have sex at their age... but then, I support it at the same time because I know that by this point the kids will do it without the condoms if they are not available... another breakdown from parents who didn%26#039;t teach their children...]





* you molest campaign workers, then lie about it on national


television . . . oops, my mistake again, that%26#039;s %26quot;You might be Mel Reynolds if . . .%26quot; [No idea what you are talking about on this one]





* you think Jesse Jackson is a good spokesman for the black community [Never has been, never will be]





* you think Jesse Jackson is good at anything [Fund raising, self-agrandizement, and stirring up **** are off the list then...? He%26#039;s good at all three of those...]





* you lie in bed at night worried that Pat Robertson might be out to get you [You mean he%26#039;s not...?]





* you attribute the rising illegitimacy rate, crime rate or problems in the inner city to Ronald Reagan [To a degree... mostly I blame parents for not teaching their children better... but Reagans programs that drove things to a point where both parents had to work outside the home to make ends meet didn%26#039;t help matters any...]





* you%26#039;ve ever held up a grocery store line trying to pick between plastic, which isn%26#039;t biodegradable, or paper, which cuts down innocent trees [Nope, I just take whichever they give me, I have uses for both...]





* you think the National Organization for Women is made up of average heterosexual women with no lesbian agenda [Not made up of, I think there are all sorts there, but I do agree there seem to be more %26#039;femi-Nazi%26#039;s%26#039; there than anywhere else...]





* you%26#039;re on the committee to construct the Gay Jewish Women%26#039;s Cultural Center -- there%26#039;s a slight chance you%26#039;re a liberal [Ok. You got me on this one... that would be nuts...]





* you blame Ronald Reagan and George Bush, but not the spend-happy %26quot;Democrooks%26quot; for the huge national debt [I will point out that AFTER Bush Sr left office there was a debt that Clinton balanced and turned into a surplus in 4 years. After Clinton left office BUSH Jr has turned that same surplus into a greater national debt than ever before AND led us into a false and illegal war... I will continue to blame Reagan, and both Bush%26#039;s for what they have done wrong...]





* banning assault weapons is your solution to end crime (what do you mean punish the criminals?) [I think we need to do both, and anyone who says they NEED an assault rifle for hunting is a liar, and anyone who says they NEED one for protection is an idiot...]





* you tell me how to live by telling me I can%26#039;t tell people how to live [See my above comments on freedom of speech. You can tell me how to live all you like, I will ignore you all I like.]





* And finally ...you think Ted Kennedy is sober and monogamous [Chappaquidick... Need I say more...?]
Reply:All of that is funny and...........true!!!
Reply:hmm...I actually do over half of these...guess I%26#039;m a liberal!
Reply:Oh that sucks I%26#039;m a liberal then.
Reply:You might be a fool if... you set up a bunch of straw men, push them over, and declare yourself triumphant.



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Vegan footwear in Glasgow-where can it be found?

Leather-free shoes/sandals can I even find them here?


And i don%26#039;t mean those cheap plastic trainers that make yout feet smell


(Hehe)


Also-I%26#039;m looking for cute slippers


I had a Wallace-and-grommit pair but they%26#039;re worn out


What Glasgow shops could have them?

Vegan footwear in Glasgow-where can it be found?
Hi


check this page


FAQ: UK vegan cruelty-free shoes clothing footwear boots belts and jackets


A humdinger of a list for vegan vegetarian shoes boots belts and jackets in the ... MyVeganShoes Vegan, vegetarian and Kosher footwear: ex Jade stock and sandals (0) ...


www.musonix.demon.co.uk/faq


alby
Reply:The Incredible Veggie Roadshow


Saturday 29 September, 10.30am-4.30pm


The Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow (Strathclyde Suite, Level 3)


Organised by Viva!


Entry £1 (under 10s free). Everything you ever wanted to know about going, being or staying veggie/vegan. A brilliant family day out, there will be food tastings, cookery demonstrations, talks, free diet and health advice, stalls, competitions, vegan fashion and footwear, beauty products, books, vegan food products, information and campaign news. Click here for details.
Reply:Easterhouse and Barlanark are full of them....lol
Reply:Primark. Fake leather it%26#039;s all the same, why do you like to be charged 60 quid for something that actually costs 5?
Reply:You want vegan slippers (didn%26#039;t know such things existed!) but you used to own a pair of slippers made out of a dog?!



under my skin

Why do we feel so compelled to judge people by their appearance rather than by their attributes and talents?

It was the sixties and a group of producers, educators, sociologists and the like were meeting at a fine hotel to discuss the plans for an educational program. It was in the fledgling stages and no one was sure if the idea would even take off. As these %26quot;fine, upstanding%26quot; people came together to discuss the plans of this program which would eventually reach legendary proportions, a man walked in. Somewhat bedraggled, with a beard, leather vest and sandals he caused a bit of a stir and some nervousness among the other attendees. At the time a terroroist group, %26quot;The Weathermen.%26quot; was very active in bombing buildings and creating havoc. This man strongly resembled their look and dress.





One of the attendees, the leader of the group, kept looking over her shoulder and finally nervouslly asked her companion, %26quot;How do we know that that man isn%26#039;t here to kill us?%26quot;





Her companion answered, %26quot;He%26#039;s not, he%26#039;s Jim Henson.%26quot;

Why do we feel so compelled to judge people by their appearance rather than by their attributes and talents?
Interesting story. Given the situation, most people would have been nervous. Wouldn%26#039;t you?





Maybe it%26#039;s part of what keeps us alive. Being aware of differences in our environment protects us from harm. We really need to see what%26#039;s out of the ordinary to be ready to defend ourselves. Very Darwinian.





It takes time to get enough information to get the real picture of what someone is all about. Appearance is just one of the first things we react to in forming an initial judgment about someone or something in deciding if they might harm us.
Reply:Because what we see has an impact upon us, and many in society are driven by visual stimulation first and foremost.


It doesn%26#039;t make it right or better, and it%26#039;s good to see a person like yourself asking a question like this. Ultimately, your question is what fuels thought that should make our world a better place for everyone.


As your example well indicates, one cannot judge a book by its cover. Yet it is so sad that many still do this and don%26#039;t take the time to know what the essence of somebody is before pre-judging them solely upon how they look.
Reply:Television brought us up that way, showed people that it was easy to kill, do drugs, do crimes, judge people. More or less tell us that good looking people%26#039;s *hit don%26#039;t stink, WRONG, probably stinks the worst.
Reply:It takes too long to get to the soul of everyone you meet. You meet too many people in a day to possibly get to know them well enough to formulate a judgment on anything else but appearance in most cases.





Most people do judge books by their covers -- if they didn%26#039;t,. all those blurb writers and cover artists would be out of a job. (So would all those stylists that celebraties employ.)
Reply:As human beings, we don%26#039;t pace oursleves, we just rush in like a bull in a china chop.





Instead of taking the time to find out what a person is like on the inside, we are quick to judge what they are like by looking at their physical appearance.





It is something quite unavoidable, and everyone does it, often not even realising they are. If people took more time to find out about a person%26#039;s inner attributes, the world would be a very different place. Unfortunately, it is not in our nature to do so.





We are only human after all!
Reply:we are a society of pettiness
Reply:Appearances matter, because we rarely tap into our intuition which readily offers us info about the person at soul level, so we have to rely on external sources of information about the person.





Perhaps we do the same with ourselves. Giving our appearance more importance than the strength of our character or our soul for that matter, we think appearances matter in the real world so they do for us, after all we create our own reality.





Unlike Jim Benson of course, the man who thought what he was good enough as he is within, as babies think. You never see a new born baby fussing over his looks, or his wrinkles, he is happy just to be born again.





No wonder, we go to extra ordinary lengths to save our appearances, even go for an image makeovers, forgetting that it is the inner you that matters, in the end.
Reply:The answer is very elementary and you have already answered it....
Reply:When u first meet a person, it%26#039;s only the beauty with which we can judge him because we don%26#039;t know him.


But later when you get to know the person your attitide towards different people can change. Towards good or bad, that depends on the person.
Reply:As the old saying goes, it%26#039;s easier to judge the book by it%26#039;s cover than to look inside %26amp; discover what it%26#039;s really about.
Reply:we first look at their appearance
Reply:because we are taught to be stupid. its only like that in america. hollywood tells us what is beautiful and what is not. the ugly guy or girl are usally the bad person. while the good looking thin one is the good person. english or movies from other countries. do not always follow that plot.
Reply:Great story... In answering your question, I blame the media and television.
Reply:I%26#039;ve read this story before and I honestly think Jim was one of the greatest geniuses of our time. It is still so sad to think of him gone.


And the main question of judging, especially refers to women from my standpoint. Two men meet and they shake hands and say,%26quot;How ya doing? Nice weather.%26quot; But women meet and they only think to themselves,%26quot;Oh my God, look what she%26#039;s wearing. Who does she think she is?%26quot; Their whole attitute is different to one another. I don%26#039;t understand why society has made this? It this true of other countries? I try so hard not to do this, and still find myself doing this at times. I would love to hear some more insight on the matter.
Reply:Your appearance is the mirror of your soul. You can tell the difference between a homeless person and a succesful business person by the way they dress. Your dress code tells everything about you.
Reply:Is appearance not an attribute? I think one%26#039;s dress can tell us a little about them. After all, many people dress a certain way for that very reason, to tell the world a little about themselves. For instance, maybe Jim Henson was a free spirit type of guy. The problem comes when people put too much stock in that one attribute. Also, problems occur when the judging person does not really know what a certain type of dress signifies.



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Question about Rainbows flip flops?

Alright well you see I was wondering if it is possible to clean the premier double layer arch leather rainbows. The sandals get dirty really easily and I was wondering if I could put them in the washing machine or if there was any other way to clean them. Please reply and thanks!

Question about Rainbows flip flops?
Do not put them in the washer.


Gently, in the sink rub them with lukewarm soap and water, but if you rub violently or put them in the washer or anything like that, it will ruin the leather, so unless you want to have to buy a whole new pair of them, just be gentle!
Reply:Scrub then with that bathrrom tile cleaner.
Reply:Go to Walmart,and but another pair for 97 cents
Reply:buy a new pair and always wash your feet when you take them off
Reply:You can try to clean them, but u may scuff it more. just buy a new pair
Reply:Have you ever seen this cool round brush battery operated made by Tide? They sell it everywhere, Walmart, Target, Kmart, it was included on a soap purchase I made, I think @ Costco, anyway, if you use Spray N Wash, comes in a green bottle (it%26#039;s the best stain remover) and use the brush, or really any other brush, and rinse out, they end up looking like new. I did that to my pink Nine West sandals, they had clusters of iridescent squares that looked like rainbows, and changed colors in the light, like sequences. any how if you use that you%26#039;ll be happy


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What kind of shoes should I wear?

Okay -- so I bought a super cute jersey knit halter dress (Poly/Spand blend), and I can%26#039;t figure out which shoes to wear. The dress is a basic black knee length with no detail, and a deep V neck. I%26#039;m pairing it with an auqa beaded shrug... would black patent leather high heeled sandals with closed backs (in patent leather of course) put me on the worst dressed list? Any other suggestions for shoes?





Thanks!

What kind of shoes should I wear?
I%26#039;m not entirely sure about the shoes that you%26#039;ve chosen- they%26#039;re not to my personal taste however, if you like them, you%26#039;ll be pleased to know that they%26#039;re not unfashionable.





Have you considered a basic black slingback shoe? The shape of the straps would compliment the halterneck of your dress, and a slingback is always classy and chic.


http://www.asos.com/Eva-Longoria/ASOS/Ba...





I%26#039;m always a fan of Mary Jane shoes with knit dresses- makes the whole thing seems feminine and girly:


http://www.asos.com/Fergie-Black-Eyed-Pe...


Plus, they%26#039;re super %26quot;in%26quot; right now.





The links are UK links but they%26#039;re just for ideas.





I hope you find a gorgeous pair to wear :)
Reply:How about something like this:





http://www.saksfifthavenue.com/main/Prod...





http://www.saksfifthavenue.com/main/Prod...



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Help with rainbows!!?

I want to purchase some rainbows for this summer. I have a few questions.


Are they going out?


Are they worth the money?


Also some rainbows sold in stores are flat, http://www.journeys.com/catalog_detail.a...





While others are not.http://www.amazon.com/Rainbow-Sandals-Pr...





Am i better off with the flat ones or ones with the little bit of extra rubber??


Thanks so much for all your answers.

Help with rainbows!!?
Flat shoes are horrible for your back and your posture, your legs and feet will be in pain. Go for a sandal that has some arch support.





Honestly I think they%26#039;re ugly...I%26#039;ve never cared much for flip flops.
Reply:Rainbows don%26#039;t look like they%26#039;ve ever been in to begin with. If you ask me, they%26#039;re an overpriced knockoff of the ever hideous birkenstocks. If you%26#039;re looking for a flip flop, and are willing to lay down some cash, why not try something with a bit of a twist:





http://www.oceanminded.com/store/pc-547-...





Or something a little more casual:





http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/24390999/c/...





Or totally mix it up:





http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/35088363/c/...





Good luck!





RE: Extra rubber





They will provide a fair bit more arch support than the completely flat one. If you%26#039;re going for it, get the extra rubber.
Reply:I think those are going out of style. sure they%26#039;re comfy, but they%26#039;re not exactly exiting or stylish. I would reccomend Havanna%26#039;s flip flops. They are cute coulours, and very cute couture.



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Another Outfit-Making Question.?

Since school is rapidly approaching, I need to fine some trendy pieces/outfits to wear for back to school. There really isnt a set budget, just try not to go overboard in the price region. I adore Mischa Barton%26#039;s style; skinny jeans, embellished sandals, patent leather bags, cream colored peacoats, etc., but I cant find any items that arent really expensive. I appreciate any help. Thank you very much and have a great day =) =Þ


-Laura.

Another Outfit-Making Question.?
I don%26#039;t know if any of this will work for you, but the prices are pretty good.





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