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Seriously: any pledge must be voluntary, because if it isn't, it's meaningless. Better our kids learn to believe what's in the Pledge of Allegiance, than parrot it by rote. I never say it, but I try to live it, because that is what it means to me.

Somebody better get you some crayons - your 'explanations' are getting further & further 'out there' all the time. "The first black President"?

There is one leeetle difference between management shutting the doors and workers going on strike: the workers can be [and often are] replaced and fired. In either scenario, the workers pay a much higher cost for their actions. I'll grant that sometimes, a strike is just about unreasonable...

That's exactly why people [including me] object to forcing schoolchildren to recite it. Not because we have any problems with what it says, but because the way it's done is just indoctrination. Unless it's done differently than when I recited it every day in school, it's just words, memorized...

Turtle: the belief that if you can reproduce you're fit to be a parent is what I consider pure evil, myself. Munchausen by proxy certainly does exist, and when it happens, [indeed, when any child abuse happens], who should intervene to protect the child? In a civilized society, somebody has to...

In the 5 years that I worked at a major hospital, there were quite a few patients admitted solely because the insurance wouldn't pay for treatment unless they were formally admitted - but none were kept against their will, or for any length of time. Hospital admin and doctors will deny it till...

So why didn't Allen West ask the prosecutor who made the determination as to whether it was or wasn't a hate crime? He [West] certainly has enough name recognition to expect that he might get an answer, unlike those of us who are simply the 'public', so why did he choose instead to ask it as a...

Isn't expediting just the craziest? You get so pumped up in orientation, so ready to hit the ground running, show what you can do, run the wheels off the truck, and then, you sit, and wait, and wait, and wait some more, sigh. Welcome! And you're smart not to get discouraged, because it will...

How is it naive to think most issues are management, when they have the final say on everything, and they have the power to enforce their choices? Labor has nowhere near the bargaining power, and both sides know that too. I don't think my goals would be unrealistic, because I'd want everyone to...

The problem with using the term "the union" is that most everyone associates it with either the Teamsters, or UAW, but there are a lot of much smaller and more effective [and not at all corrupt] unions in this country. Like I said, many nurses are union members, too. The big guys did get too big...

Sarcasm does not an argument make. Your father in law [in this example of what passes for 'wit' among those who denigrate college - maybe because it was never an option for them?] sounds both ignorant and bitter, and we hardly need more like that.

Amen to that, but then, what is? As to ceding control of education to parents, that's how it was before schools were built, and it didn't work out so well. Because what it takes to have babies is not even remotely related to what it takes to educate children. There are numerous examples of...

Either, neither, or both - it's irrelevant, when every piece produced must pass quality control inspections before being accepted/credited. Some plants do it one way, some the other - if there were a difference in quality, they'd all do it the same way. It boggles the mind that you believe the...

Which makes as much sense as vilifying the counter clerk when you have to wait for your fast food, or the store doesn't have your brand of smokes - it's not their fault, but the person responsible [who makes a lot more money] is never exposed to your wrath. And if you never deal with anyone in...

So, if you are paid to run 500 miles, but find enough 'shortcuts' that it's only 450, do you refund the money for the 50 miles you didn't drive? That was a rhetorical question - here's a real one: do you know why the job your BIL did [like most] was governed by a list of expected achievements...

Oddly enough, it's only some people who claim that Obama has done nothing worthwhile, and that it's only the blind and the apologists who defend him - and those people are not a majority of Americans. I didn't watch the vid, because I prefer to read it, so I can think, reflect, and try to be...

You know how it goes: one day it's busy, the next it might be dead - but I delivered in SC on Wed, and barely made 10 hrs before the next load. I was actually kind of bummed about it, lol, because it was the first time I'd been out of the snow & ice & cold, and I wanted to stay there. Until...

You can send Garmin [not sure about Rand McNally] a question or suggestion about it, on their website. I did, when I wanted to ensure that the model I bought does NOT change the ETA time when entering a new time zone. Now I'm going to suggest they add an option to 'backtrack' the same route...

"This is further proof that the IRS is a rogue agency" - huh? What do they consider "proof"? One woman's story? One photo of a letter written in crayon? What's truly shocking is how easily some people are convinced to be outraged. SMH. Again.

I don't know what you expect, but I reserve judgement until more facts are available. This is just one side of the story - the hospital is legally gagged and cannot present it's side. But hey, you go ahead and make up your mind based on what the parents have said. Because parents always know...