Here’s a decision that saves money, improves expediencies, allows for greater flexibility of crew assignments, et al

and people are pissed because apparently all those positives and very valid reasons for doing it are outweighed by the idea that in their head this was done to satisfy some PC or liberal agenda.

LoLLoL…

Only if they are headed into the wind.

So I am an unattentive parent. For 10 seconds, my daughter had to play in the yard by herself without me, while I sat on the patio and texted her mother that we needed a can of black beans. I can forward the pic if you’d like to add me to that page.

Shoot, now that I think of it, I was in the grocery store with her the other day and answered a text message, too. Mother-effer, I am just a horrible father.

*Holy shit, i just realized that instead of giving dear daughter my undivided, undistracted attention for the entire day, I had the gall to step away from her for nearly 20 minutes in order to make her dinner. Jesus H. Christ on a rubber crutch, someone call CPS and save her from me…

Are you seriously suggesting that children should have their parent’s undivided attention, 100% of the day, with no distractions whatsoever?

Would you have posted those pictures with that snark about “parents of the year” if the dad in the lawn chair had been reading a book instead of reading something on his phone? Why is a Dad reading a book in a lawnchair while his kids play okay, but as soon as he gets his phone out he’s “Dad of the year”?

Anyone who looked at those photos and thought “wow, what crappy, unattentive parents” is not a parent. Any parent who looked at those felt a twinge of fear that the next time they get their phone out to answer a text from their wife about what time dinner is going to be, that they’ll have their pic snapped and be branded “parent of the year” on some snarky website full of assholes that have never raised a child.

For the life of me, i can’t figure out how taking a picture of your kid playing in the sand at the beach makes you “parent of the year”. WTF?

http://jezebel.com/5918382/catholic-church-quietly-declares-holy-war-on-child-sex-abuse-victims

If any of those kids can’t entertain themselves at the park, the beach, a party, or what looks like either a museum or library, their parents are doing it wrong anyway.

omg, for reals? I am totally going to register to vote now!

On second thought, no I won’t.

They never did quite kill straight inc, they just renamed it, again.
Synanon-> The Seed-> Straight -> Drug Free America Foundation.
I guess cause it sounds less like an evil cult when they say it that way, but it’s still the same old game, still run by Mel and Betty Sembler, and still every bit as fulla crap as it always was.

And of course, Mel is really good buddies with Romney, used to be his money man till wind of where the money CAME FROM got around and Romney had to get him and Lichfield out of the spotlight in a hurry.

Not that I am any fan of Obama by a longshot, but if the War on (some) Drugs is gonna be a factor, know who you’re getting into bed with when it comes to Romney.

There is writing for a fifth grade level, and then there is writing pap. The pulp magazines of the 1930′s were, in large part, written for a lowbrow audience. While there are honorable exceptions (Hammett and Chandler come to mind) checking out a single Doc Savage story will demonstrate what I mean. Not that the stories weren’t one hell of a lot of fun.

The problem with the politicians, journalists, and assorted asshats who use the “fifth grade level” as an excuse is that they conflate ignorance with stupidity. And in doing so they talk and write in a manner that could be expected to insult a mildly concussed infant.

Think about the “maintenance” for that.

No, the people against the T-SPLOST are opposed to it because the money to upgrade infrastructure already exists. The powers that be just don’t how to prioritize between necessities and pet projects. That, and half the projects listed aren’t going to effectively alleviate traffic or aren’t cost effective means of transportation. This isn’t about getting a free lunch. It’s about not feeding corruption anymore.

The article may not convey that message effectively, but that is the basis for the T-SPLOST opposition.