I would like to talk about funding for after school programs

[bluestateguy]

Would somebody care to begin the discussion?

[BlooInBloo]

1. Does this have anything to do with the Special Olympics?

[Spangle]

2. Not right now

Folks in our neck of the woods are having problems funding regular school hours.

[rucky]

3. Most crime happens between the time school's out and working parents come home.

coincidence?

After school programs are a great investment. They produce well-rounded individuals, gives kids something productive to do in the "downtime" (or at least supervised), and gives working parents a break.

[bluestateguy]

4. Remember midnight basketball in the 1990's?

Bill Clinton tried to fund it for cities (a miniscule amount of money), but the idea was roundly mocked by Rush Limblob and the Republicans in Congress, and the money had to be taken out of the crime bill.

[LeftyMom]

5. People do need to spend some time with their own kids.

Geez.

[bluestateguy]

6. I'd like to talk about how Steve Bartman cost the Cubs the pennant in 2003

Would someone care to start the discussion?

[LakeSamish706]

7. Yeah, but first a question... Are you off your meds? n/t

[Vickers]

8. Fuck the Cubbies!

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

9. Jeff Leonard called St. Louis a cow town in the 87 play offs.

They lost but he got MVP.

[bluestateguy]

10. I'd like to talk about the O.J. Simpson trial

Would someone care to start the discussion?

[Gman]

11. OJ was set up by the man

he didn't do it.

[marketcrazy1]

13. I`d like to put you on my ignore list

keep posting these stupid threads!!

[valerief]

12. Ashley Simpson lip-sync horror! nt

[JI7]

14. why are you posting all of these threads ?

[Angleae]

15. Which trial?

There are at least three.

[bluestateguy]

16. I'd like to talk about homosexuality, abortion and taxes

Would someone care to start the discussion?

[valerief]

17. Natalee, Natalee, Natalee. nt

[Hello_Kitty]

18. How about circumcision or breastfeeding?

[BostonMa]

19. spam

[Horse with no Name]

20. Just curious

How many discussions are you going to start...and if you want to talk about it, why don't YOU start the discussion?

[Wiley50]

21. I'd like to talk about homosexuality, abortion and taxes too

Unfortunately I don't know a damn thing about any of those disparate subjects

so I guess I won't

[B o d i]

22. I propose a special new tax for homosexuals who have abortions

How's that?

[bluestateguy]

23. I'd like to talk about the flag burning issue

Would someone care to start the discussion?

[valerief]

24. Fetuses forever! nt

[Jim Sagle]

25. No.

[baldguy]

26. If you honor what the flag represents, you must endure it when people desecrate it.

[BuyingThyme]

27. If it's your flag, you can burn it. If you're in a national forest,

get a permit.

[stevedeshazer]

28. Sure, as long as we talk about socialism, communism, and gun control, too

:)

[cherokeeprogressive]

29. I wanted to talk about Slap Chop the other day. I couldn't get any takers then either.

I guess no one else thought Vince was funny.

[eridani]

30. Would anybody want to burn flags if other people weren't telling them not to? n/t

[bluestateguy]

31. I'd like to talk about the Forced Busing issue

Would someone care to start the discussion?

[valerief]

32. Missing 18 minutes. nt

[MadHound]

33. What's there to discuss?

As far as I know, busing is a dead issue anymore:shrug:

[Horse with no Name]

34. I was forced to get on a Greyhound to Dallas once when I was 17

He was cute, had a nice ass and I dated him for 3 years.
Anyways, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

[skooooo]

35. I remember seeing Boston on the news..

...and parents picketing against busing - violence and anger on the news every evening. Personally, it didn't effect my schooling.

[bluestateguy]

36. I'd like to talk about the Whitewater Scandal from the 1990's

Would someone care to start the discussion?

[valerief]

37. Two words: blue dress. nt

[phaseolus]

38. It seemed kinda petty and trivial back then, didn't it?

And now it seems REALLLY trivial...