StickThatClutch

Yeah when I was a Kings season ticket holder I was never sure quite what to do when they sung O' Canada. Sounds like you East Coasters are more apt. Maybe its not cool to show love for your country on the West Coast?

So when I was at the fight last weekend the brought some celebrity to sing the national anthem like before every fight. Like custom everyone stands and usually dreads the formality. I always put my right hand over my heart and I noticed I was just about the only guy who did it (the ref in the ring was another and Don King was waving his little flags). Now I think if you're an American you should show respect when the anthem is being sung. However, I notice that almost no one does this (though most are good about removing hats). Baseball games seem to produce the most patriotic responses and boxing the worst. I figure in these post 9/11 days of flag waving more people would show a bit more respect for the anthem. So do you guys think one should put their hand over their heart during the singing of our national anthem?

Doug doesn't sell his nice piece to cheapskates. Thus, he doesn't sell it to the VS crew. :lol:

And my dealer makes me call 3 weeks in advance just to get a loaner. Time to buy a Lexus.

No one remembers the root beer commercial? Mr. Dumass?

Same around here. Diesel used to be a bit cheaper than 87 octane, now the price hovers around the price of 91. Not sure for the reason in the increase. Maybe its a seasonal thing. Boats and construction equipment are more prevalent in the warmer months?

A- no ccw for me? :(

I must say your response was very funny. Anyways, I think its hard to tell a bunch of folks who are by any standard pretty lucky (I don't think those in poverty mod Volvos) about being poor. As for being worse off four years ago I don't think you can attribute all of people's success around here to age. If that were true everyone would be getting richer/more successful all the time. For me the weak dollar is good because I deal with export to Europe. It makes our products appeal much more to the Europeans than even locally produced goods (industrial machinery in my case). I've been at it for the last couple years and my customer base has actually shrunk, so its not a product of my hard work (not that I don't try). The admin is right about the media. Since we are an on demand communications society we must know all aspects of life. Its a fact that depressing/concerning news stories are better for ratings. While I agree that there is a part of this nation that isn't doing to well these days I'm pretty sure that many those people that are in poverty were in poverty 4 or more years ago. The statistics you point out at the beginning of the post seem to indicate the well being of the general middle class (I'm sure poor people don't worry about shorting their shares of Krispy Kreme). But, there are statistics that do show things of this to the contrary. For example, home ownership continues to rise, consumer spending is going up things of that nature. I think you'll find that most people here/their parents are probably where they were or better off than 4 years ago. I guess my real point is your intial argument is probably going to fall upon deaf ears here. It may be that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, but I'm guess most of us fit into the former category rather than the latter. Cheers.

Weak dollar is good for business. :)

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But its a girl (I assume) shouldn't all the high school kids begin operation leghump? Maybe the poster would like to share some car talk?

Did you forget your medication this morning?