The Vent / Metro

I wonder what our politicians have had to give up because of the economy. I'm thinking the answer is nothing.

Score: 813

You must be smoking something funny if you believe most Georgians would agree it's time to repeal the Second Amendment.

Score: 719

Tell Mike that my fear is that we are becoming a nation of uneducated takers instead of achievers.

Score: 627

I have chaired no less than 10 major charity events in Atlanta and have NEVER seen any of the cast from Real Housewives. In fact, I would have any guest removed from a party that behaved like they do on the show. My children have better manners than they do!

Score: 589

The (dysfunctional) state government we now have in place is a reflection of the voters who elected them into power.

Score: 372

Great Robert Bork quote. A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos is not likely to be either happy or stable. Fits the times to a T.

Score: 369

Where can men over the age of 60 find younger women who are interested in them...Try a bookstore under fiction.

Score: 336

Re: no choice but to watch internet video ads. I just open another tab in the browser and do other things until they finish. Some organization may get the marketing dollars for the ad but it's still ineffective marketing.

Score: 311

Maybe intead of placing guns in classrooms, they should place prayer back in.

Score: 294

It's not either/or, it's and...as in we need to focus on mental health AND look at how we handle gun ownership and responsibility in this country.

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Absolutely amazing! It takes the mass destruction of children to address safety issues rather than thinking outside of the box and being proactive. Now those with mental issues are being stigmatized and placed in a box as terrorist when the real mental issues are on Capitol Hill and I don't just mean Washington. Knee Jerks, be proactive rather than reactive for a change!

Score: 207

Your employer doesn't really pay into Social Security for you - that portion of the payment is still a part of what it costs the employer to employ you.

Score: 178

Re: ADD won't allow you to stare at your phone all day. ADD would keep you on the phone as there's lots to divert your attention. However the people you refer to are habitual multitaskers, and/or are just rude.

Score: 139

Being honest, if my retirement income had been dependent on my investment choices, I would now be up a creek, as would the vast majority of you full-of-beans blowhards crowing about how much better you could do without SS.

Score: 138

I sense the person specifying the difficulty level for the Find Five Challenge has a higher than normal IQ! Some of those things are IMPOSSIBLE!

Score: -38

Am I the only person who finds it outrageous that there are more restrictions on getting a driver's license or a tag for your pet than for getting a gun?

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Rep. Allen West says we got rid of the word lunatic in federal laws. More importantly, we got rid of Rep West as well.

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Those who want no gun control think more not less guns is the answer. This is truly warped thinking. They think guns are "fun." Tell that to those who have lost a precious child.

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