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"Plastic surgeons tell me how to fix my face"
I enjoyed your article on this topic. I wish more women could see past the offerings of making a more beautiful face. I think a lot of us took on a low self image at an early age due to our acceptance with society`s belief that females should look beautiful. In our ignorance we never questioned the definition of Beauty!. After years of image ...
Posted to Human Guinea Pig by pennylane on October 30, 2008
Can I have my word (elite) back, please ?
e⋅lite /ɪˈlit, eɪˈlit/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [i-leet, ey-leet] Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 1. (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons. 2. (used with a plural verb) persons of the highest class: Only the elite were there. When did ...
Posted to The Chat Room by drugdoc on October 24, 2008
Gail Collins hits, and also misses, the mark
“Confessions of a Phone Solicitor” is the title of Gail Collins’ column in today’s New York Times. Here are some excerpts. [A] telemarketer named Ted Zoromski quit his job this week over John McCain’s message. Zoromski was prepared to nterrupt people during their dinner hours to encourage them to vote Republican. But when he got the script saying ...
Posted to Today's Papers by mathpol on October 23, 2008
Gail Collins hits, and also misses, the mark
“Confessions of a Phone Solicitor” is the title of Gail Collins’ column in today’s New York Times. Here are some excerpts. [A] telemarketer named Ted Zoromski quit his job this week over John McCain’s message. Zoromski was prepared to nterrupt people during their dinner hours to encourage them to vote Republican. But when he got the script ...
Posted to Trailhead by mathpol on October 23, 2008
Ya know, I actually resent elites, too
As other posters have pointed out, cramming the idea of ''intellectual'' and ''elite'' together doesn't really seem to describe the way things actually work in this country. There are intellectuals out there, and they're mostly harmless. ''Overpaid intellectual'' is not a term you hear all that often in America. But there are elites out there, and ...
Posted to XX Factor by ophymirage on October 15, 2008
Intellectuals are the ones under attack
I've never quite understood how so many people in America feel that they are being personally attacked by elitist intellectuals. I suppose by most anyone's measure I'm an intellectual - I read voraciously, my idea of a good time is an afternoon with some friends a Shakespeare matinee, and I spend a lot of time just generally thinking. And quite ...
Posted to XX Factor by ophymirage on October 13, 2008
Re: Palin Accent
Would you want a doctor, a lawyer, an accountant, or a mechanic who only knows as much as you do? Of course not. Our country should be governed be experts who are accountable to the people, whose duty is to keep them honest.
Posted to The Good Word by marsviii on October 4, 2008
Worst Candidate ALWAYS Wins U.S. Elections
Looking back on United States Presidential Election History, I have concluded that the WORST Candidate ALWAYS Wins the Election for the U.S. Presidency. I could cite all the examples, such as Wendel Wilkie, Adlai Stevenson, Richard Nixon, Michael Dukakis, Al Gore and George H. Walker Bush (Senior) along with George W. Bush (Junior); but you get ...
Posted to Trailhead by MichaelBernard2 on September 25, 2008
Dear Senator McCain
Wiki describes elitism in a variety of ways: *the belief or attitude that those individuals who are considered members of the elite — -a select group of people with outstanding personal abilities, intellect, wealth, specialized training or experience, or other distinctive attributes *may be used to describe a ...
Posted to Fraywatch by mizclark06 on September 21, 2008
What the dems need to be talking about
Mr. McCain says the reason he is running negative and false ads is that he did not get the debates he wants and the trip to Iraq with Senator Obama that he wants. That puts him in the same group with 2 year olds. Do you want a two year old to be president? It also says this is the way he is going to be with congress if he does get elected. That ...
Posted to Kausfiles by Coffee NBagodoughnuts on September 15, 2008

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