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My DH took the kids to the IL's today for their Christmas gifts. They went shopping afterwards with SIL. I have no idea why they went (sincethey just got gifts)but that's not the point of this. Anyway, DH called me to ask if he should buy DS snow boots since he found them in a shoe store they happened upon. He told me how much they were. I said yes, since DS needs a new pair. DH calls me later when he's driving home stuck in traffic. I ask if he got DS the boots and he said yes. He also told me that SIL bought DD a pair of knock-off Uggs. So I ask if she bought DS his boots. He said, well DD's boots were expensive. I said I still don't know how you do for one and not the other. I knew I would get nowhere with the convo so I dropped it.

I know for a fact that no one in my family would have bought for one kid and not the other. If you can't afford forboth then don't buy at all or pitch in a little for each. Am I wrong? I'm not going to argue with DH about it or anything. But I just need to know what others think. My kids are 7 and 4 so they clearly understand. It's not like either of them is a baby and doesn't get it.

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Tax payers are spending billions of dollars housing non-violent criminals for ridiculously long sentences and it has not proven to be successful in stopping the use or distribution of drugs. Clearly the drug laws are really stupid as long as smoking and alcohol are legal. Ask yourself this question: "If I placed food on a stand in the middle of a neighborhood full of homeless or extremely poverty-stricken people and made it illegal to eat from, could I in good conscience consider condemning them as a common criminal if they were to eat from it?" To the point! Allowing drugs into this country to some of the poorest neighborhoods and saying you can't deal them or use them is almost the same thing. WHY???? In a poor neighborhood people are hurting more than ever, good jobs are almost none existent, drug dealers are most times seen as role-models, and people do most of these drugs to help them make since of their pitiful lives. As a result the "War on Drugs" is rendered ineffective. The only real result from this "War" is the fact that the jails remain over populated with non-violent offenders from predominantly poor neighborhoods that were only trying to reach a weird shimmer of success that they were cultured into.

Like I alluded to earlier, many drug dealers in poor neighborhoods are idolized in a since and seen as some-what successful people in the eyes of people from these neighborhoods. What also kills me is when I see people act as if drug dealer's aggressively court their customers, or court them at all. For the Record DON'T Believe the Smearing Propaganda the Government and Media have fed you… "DRUG DEALERS DON'T GO AFTER THEIR CUSTOMERS TO TRY TO GET THEM ADDICTED TO DRUGS"… Most of their customers if not all were doing drugs before the drug dealer started selling drugs to them. So all these commercials showing drug dealers standing outside of school trying to get kids addicted drugs are just "NOT TRUE". The people in our society that do drugs are simply the same people who have being doing them from generation to generation like Bill Clinton, George Bush, Al Gore, your parents, and many, many, many more. Weather it was the people who were doing opium in the 1800's to the hippy's of the 1970's, and many others. People Will Do Drugs, either to escape their realities, or whatever reason they have. Rather over the counter prescription drugs, street drugs, alcohol, gas, Listerine, or who knows. It will continue to happen until we as a society learn how to fight the root of the problem which is the CONSUMER.

We need to be treating the addictive behavior to drugs in a much more aggressive way, giving more assistance, better remedies, and expanding our psychological treatment centers to stop people with psych issues from becoming drug users because of mental illness or whatever other reasons would be the first step. Second, reduce the time drug dealing offenders spend in jail to about 2 years and do not put the first drug offence on their record if they comply successfully with either a school or work program for a certain mandated time. Not doing so only creates more career dealers. Most drug dealers don't sell drugs to be cool or bad. Most do it for the money where financial opportunities are either low or non-existent. If you have not ever lived in these neighborhoods you really have NO CLUE. People are so easy to pass judgment on others not like them but quickly overlook the sin of those conveniently that fit their ideal mold. Like Bill Clinton, George Bush, Al Gore, and ext. HINT, HINT. I personally know many good people behind bars on drug convictions with ridiculous sentences just because they were trying to feed their families. Don't believe the movies and stereotypes of the evil drug dealers on the corners or kingpins with no regard to human life. It's just NOT TRUE. Most of them are the exact opposite, just regular people trying to get ahead just like everyone else. I honestly feel that if we're going to put people in jail for illegal drugs. We might as well put anyone who sells liquor, cigarettes, propane, or anything else that gets people high in jail as well, because they all cause societal problems.

People will always use drugs until treated correctly for using, and people will always sell drugs when someone is willing to buy. As one drug dealer is incarcerated another one will soon replace him. Just simple Supply and DEMAND… Statistical studies have shown the "War on Drugs" as a sham that has been in NO WAY successful. If anything, perpetuated the problem and drugs since the so called "War on Drugs" have began have become more accessible, and cheaper to get.

One more Point. It's really strange how people in our country who have held the highest office in the land have experimented with illegal drugs at one point in their lives almost risking their chances of ever becoming president of the United States; but just didn't get caught, Sits OK on the conscience of most Americans. Yet, if they had been accused of child molestation, murder, or rape and had gotten away with it, it would have by no means sat well on the conscience of most American and would have probably heavily prevented the possibility of them ever becoming president. But yet child molestation charges start at 2 yrs. and the typical drug charge can get one 15 yrs to life. WOW!!!

I was watching the debate tonight and had equal 0pinions and once i watched the whole thing and then saw the news footage what is going on. Obama was so not ready point for us regular folk but for some reason the press is following obama. Obama called McCain Jim and said he would take out pakistanwhich took my breath away. He referenced the word Orgie and agreed with McCain so many times i lost count.

To me it was a no brainer but i now realize he does not have enough experience and i am so mad that when it comes to a countrys leader the press would take the risk to get the vote and the viewers. It was so obvious it was insulting to watch the news footage after. McCain should get the job and we dont need to put a kid in office.

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Second, your suggestion is hardly new -- I've been hearing it for more than two years, and nobody, not a single person has been able to come up with a way to do it. The problem is that you can't integrate the criticism we have into the rest of the article, because most of the things that are being criticised aren't covered elsewhere in the article. Where would we put content about digital rights management or file copy operations in the main text of the article? Under "new features"? The fact that Vista has a new file copy engine is waaayyy down on the list of things that we need to cover. Likewise with the new DRM stuff, because it doesn't actually affect the vast majority of people in any appreciable fashion that is new to Windows Vista (compared with XP), so it doesn't get much airtime in the article. UAC is the only exception here, and if that were moved inline with the rest of the article, we'd end up with a situation where some of the criticism is inline, and some of it is in its own section, thus making it more difficult for readers to get a quick summation of the major points of controversy and criticism about Vista (which, let's face it, is a topic of interest to our readers, given how many people dislike it). -/- Warren 01:23, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Concerns have been expressed that Windows may be experiencing software bloat. Speaking in 2007 at the University of Illinois, Microsoft "Distinguished Engineer" Eric Traut said, "A lot of people think of Windows as this large, bloated operating system, and that's maybe a fair characterization, I have to admit." He went on to say that, "at its core, the kernel, and the components that make up the very core of the operating system, is actually pretty streamlined." Former PC World editor Ed Bott has expressed skepticism about the claims of bloat, noting that almost every single operating system that Microsoft has ever sold had been criticized as "bloated" when they first came out; even those now regarded as the exact opposite, such as MS-DOS.[47]

Two things. One: Any attempts to duplicate large amounts of information between articles will be stopped. It's an extremely stupid idea. Writing criticism of the platform as a whole in a criticism article about a single version of it would be like going to the Michigan article and writing criticism about the American government's actions in Iraq.

Two: If you or anyone wants to write criticism that relates to the entire history of Windows, that's fine , but use the Criticism of Microsoft Windows article. Don't be put off by the fact that it's a disambiguation article -- the reality is that, after several years of Wikipedia's existence, nobody's actually produced reliably sourced material that applies to the entire platform. If it can be demonstrated that a criticism applies to every release from 1.0 to Server 2008 SP1, then put it in that article. Otherwise, if the criticism only applies to Windows NT, go for Criticism of Windows NT. Yes, that article doesn't exist of that writing, but don't be put off by that either.

Warren -talk- 17:51, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

What exact unsupported conclusion is being drawn? Windows 7 Annoyances supports entire sentence, Windows Vista Resource Kit supports the first part about concerns. What's the problem? 1exec1 (talk) 10:03, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

There is still no source for criticism. Trying to label it as "slight" criticism doesn't cut it, especially since the claims have been taken out of context of the books which each also explain the advantages and the reasoning. WP should explain all significant viewpoints. Cherry-picking single sentences and passing them as criticism (while they're not) is dishonest and is not supported by the sources. Fix it or remove it. --Useerup (talk) 06:25, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Useerup, I find it disgusting that you are going ahead and removing large chunks of text when this talk page obviously shows there is no consensus to do so. Wickedjacob (talk) 11:10, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Consensus is not required to remove material when it is 1) not properly sourced and 2) potentially damaging. In this case I tagged it before removing it and allowed for ample time to find a source of criticism. In general, when material is disputed and until consensus can be built to keep material in an article, it should be left out until such consensus can be built. In this instance the "criticism" was expressed by WP editors - not by any of sources. Expressing your own criticism of a certain decision by a public figure or company and then referencing sources which merely report on the decision is not properly sourcing. This article is about criticism; it is not a web page where random editors can express their personal criticisms. For criticism to get a mention here it must be notable, it must have been expressed through a media which has meaningful editorial oversight and effort must have been made to see is there are any significant opposing viewpoints. If there are, they must be mentioned too. Be disgusted all you want, but that is the standard this article will be have to meet. Useerup (talk) 16:01, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

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That I happen to know and like and enjoy the company of a number of gay Republicans is rather a cliche at this point in that, "I have lots of [insert minority here] friends!" kind of way. It does, however, happen to have a fairly large kernel of truth, as I actually do know and like real, flesh-and-blood gay Republicans and/or conservatives. Perhaps because I've never completely left my upbringing and political roots behind, I have some fairly Republican tendencies of my own -- in a nutshell, some of the aspects of the libertarian and free-market wings of the Republican party. This doesn't mean I'm a Republican, which is a hard thing to be when, like me, you're an agnostic-slash-Buddhist, anti-death penalty, pro-drug-legalization proponent of a (mostly) free market system who supports health care reform because it would be a good thing for my business.

Believe me, it makes it hard to be a Democrat, too.

I bring this up because I think having active and open gay Republicans is an important part of advancing equality for LGBT people. Having consistent allies on both sides of the aisle would truly be a good thing.

That's why it frustrates me to no end that so many gay Republicans -- of both Log Cabin and GOProudstripes -- are focused exclusively on attacking the Democrats. Now, don't get me wrong, there are plenty of reasons to complain and kvetch and attack Democrats for cowardly inaction on LGBT issues. Tom Coburn, one of the most ludicrously socially conservative Republicans, like, ever, an ideologue who opposes not only gay marriage but gay adoption, a politician whose primary contribution to the advancement of gay equality has been hiring onto his staff a hatchet-man to go after HIV prevention programs that had the temerity to serve gay men and sending spokesmen to tea-bagger conferences to proclaim that straight pornography will turn young boys into queers?

I mean, fucking seriously? Changing a party from within doesn't mean providing apologia and cover to curry favor with the party's most notorious social conservatives. Just as I anxiously wait for Obama to deliver on his promises, I'm also eager to see gay Republicans deliver some change I can believe in.

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I was thinking about buying a skeleton Artelier from Oris, and was wondering if you think skeleton watches have some lasting power in terms of style?

First of all, let get something straight: You referring to a skeletonized face, not an actual skeletonized watch. Yes, I do think a watch such as this will have lasting power as I predict an increased awareness of, and attention to, the mechanics of high-grade watches in the near future. I tried to bring it back to the same store for a trade-in, but they offered me about 20% of what I paid. How is this fair?

How is that fair? It fair because this is how the world works. Just like if you buy a car, the minute you drive it off the lot it loses 30% of its value, the same can be said of watches. Your first mistake is paying full retail price for anything. You clearly haven mastered the art of "the deal." No matter where you go, negotiate the price down and don be afraid to walk away. You could bought that Hamilton at any of 50 stores in any major town. The reason they offered you so little is because of two reasons: The first is, they know few people will want that watch second-hand (who would even want it new, for that matter?) and the second reason is that if, due to some strange twist of fate, someone actually does want to buy it, they need to make money on the sale. With a watch people want, I recommend trying to sell it privately, but with that one good luck.

I met a guy at a party who was wearing a Patek Philippe watch. He acted all superior to me because I was wearing a U-Boat, a watch that I think is very cool, and was pretty expensive to boot. What the deal with that?

The deal with that is he is superior to you. Let me try to imagine the scene. You were wearing Diesel jeans, square-toe Kenneth Cole Shoes and a striped American Eagle button-up with a piece of cheese hanging off your lip? He was wearing gray wool pants from Zegna, shoes from John Lobb and a Ralph Lauren Purple Label V-neck with a professional salsa dancer on his arm, right? This person you are mentioning understands that luxury is about tradition and precision, not about showboating and attracting attention to yourself. Patek Philippe make some of the best watches in the world, U-Boat doesn come close. Get some class and put away the little boy watch -- you look foolish.

question from a watch knob I have to admit something: I think all you watch people are crazy. I own a Timex that my dad paid $69 for at Wal-Mart and it keeps time just as well as any of these $5,000 watches people go crazy for, and even looks better than most. To me, a watch is a watch. What makes these expensive timepieces worth the money when they don do anything my Timex can do?

A simple question from a clearly simple person. Yours is one we heard before and one we likely hear again. It is true that your Timex tells you the time as accurately as someone Rolex or Breitling, but a watch isn about telling the time, it is about your relationship with time. A watch is about style, a story and the history of both your watch and your own life. On a more practical level, there are countless hours of research and development put into high-grade watch movements, employing the finest mechanical engineers in the world to compile hundreds of tiny parts into a durable and accurate machine, all in the size of something slightly larger than a quarter. High-grade watches are about craftsmanship and style, not just about telling time. If life was as simple as you make it seem, none of us would own anything of quality because, after all, a shirt is a shirt as long as you not naked; a bus can get you someplace as fast as a car; and a cardboard box can keep the rain off your head as well as a home.