The Vent / Metro

Politicians should have to wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers so we could see who their corporate sponsors are.

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I'm sick of seeing adolescents act like they're heroes because they can run fast or throw a ball. Why can't there be a national signing day for our top scholars?

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Good manners are rare...period! Not taught anymore.

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I don't care how good you are at sign spinning, I am not getting my taxes done at a place promoted by a guy dressed as the Statue of Liberty.

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Here's a suggestion for all the young and newly hired: Match everything you pay into Social Security with a like amount in your own savings. Though we never earned more than $70k, we are worth well over $2mil. You can do it too.

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Whoppi and Sharrie venting on Christie's weight. Have they looked in a mirror lately??

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The problem is that many people do NOT realize that "money spent by any government is taken....from taxes." They think is materializes out of thin air and it's "free."

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ANYONE can afford the internet. They can have access in public libraries.

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Sorry but Social Security is NOT and entitlement program. We paid good money for these benefits and if the money had been properly invested, our returns would have been much greater. A good example is the City of Galveston Texas.

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If a college athlete is signed to the NFL before his scholarship is up, why can't the schools collect a percentage of the signing bonus to compensate them for money spent training that athlete?

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Post office losing 16 Billion per year. They take steps to save 2 Billion per year. Even if they delivered mail just one day a week they would still lose 8 Billion per year. They simply have to charge more for all the junk mail.

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Why not save even more money by ditching the union contract that prohbits any layoffs of USPS union members? The Post Office will not solve its financial problems if it is prohibited from reducing employment to fit demand.

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Seriously. What promoter in his/her right mind would want Lindsay Lohan at their event?

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There is no shortage of skilled workers in the U.S. There is a shortage of skilled workers in the U.S. who will work for next to nothing.

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And.....as Paul Harvey used to say.....the rest of the story is that New Orleans may be a fun place, but you haven't seen their recent crime statiistics or you wouldn't want to go there.

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So, now we're being blackmailed into getting a new stadium? If we don't, then according to the 'media' the Falcons will move to L.A. Booo!

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It might be wise not to harbor terrorists nor stand next to one.

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Obamacare is nothing but socialism at work. Are we happy with that? How about people working so that they have their own insurance? Or is that too novel an idea?

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New city of Lakeside in Dekalb? If it gets me out of watching my taxes go to corruption, incompetence and defending those who are guilty of it then sign me up.

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Hey NBC, I sure miss Ann Curry. A lady who stood for honest news and not false entertainment. I see that NBC news president Steve Capus came out stating he wanted more "YES" people working for him and not reporting the TRUTH, Go Ann Go!!

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If the Post Office, which is not a government agency, wasn't required to pre-fund its heathcare and retirement for seventy-five years, it would be solvent. Talk to your Representatives.

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Every one of us should be ashamed when we elect officials that do not balance the budget. That means "WE" approved FUTURE taxpayers to pay OUR current bills. All sides point the finger, but point the finger to yourself.

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Sure, let's dumb down HOPE requirements for Tech School Students. I want the person that comes to fix my AC to be a 2.0 student vs. a 3.0 student. I don't think so.

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WITH makeup on Lady GaGa looks like a gargoyle.

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Stop mail on weds also...all that comes are ads and flyers...nothing important...

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I can still remember Johnny Carson telling a joke about no Saturday mail delivery. "It's one less day to say 'What happened to the mail?'"

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I believe that SS will be depleted in another 15 years; that is why the program needs to be reformed now.

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I believe in gum control, money is always lost by people when Fast Eddie Long flaps his.

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I believe that the comment should have been- Skilled Workers in other countries are not out of work. Germany is doing better than USA against China.

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Another great year for big oil, and despite their obscene profits, they still manage to raise prices at the pumps. With all the subsidies they get, you'd think they show a little appreciation.

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You need a refresher course in US History...Citizens cannot sue the Federal Government...Sorry.

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New Orleans is about like any other city except it has a seedy, rundown area about like Little Five Points but larger.

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If your vent is longer than 2 sentences write a Letter to the Editor. The USPS thanks you!

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Yeats: "The ceremony of innocence is drowned. the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." Truer now than ever.

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Sad to see the iron go, as my little dog uses the Monopoly iron to press her tiny clothes.

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Between China and Salt Lake City- finally someplace with worse air than Atlanta!!

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Can we please have a drone with the baby face North Korea Kim Jong-un dedicated and sent aloft with the traditional Champagne launch.

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If you've been paying into SS for 40+ years, you're old enough to get full benefits. Don't have such a large chip on your shoulder.

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Where did we get the yahoos who choose which VENTS we get to vote upon? I want THAT job! (bet we don't get to vote on this one.0

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An LA Cop just freaked and killed a bunch of people and he's being chased all over southern California. So much for a "well regulated militia' having all the guns.

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I've put money into Social Security for years and will never be able to draw one penny because I don't have enough quarters of credit earned. You-all enjoy my money, okay?

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The Social Security deduction is backwards - instead of everything up to $113,700... it should be only everything above that amount with no upper limit - - PROBLEM SOLVED!!

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Y'all can GRIPE all that you wish- I do not see any of you brilliant people (VENT, Tea Party, or Congress) offering any Better Suggestions to Social Security OR Obamacare.

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My stock dropped to almost nothing in 2008. Who was president? It has now gone way up and is stable. Who is now president?

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