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Paying Housewives
Two other things: SD, aren't you a teacher? Well, that's yet another profession. Are you guys saying female teachers make less than male teachers? No. And, what you'll end up seeing, when you throw out ANY profession, that it just isn't the case. Writers. Do female journalists make less than men? Not at any of the publications I worked. Radio. To this day, my friend Peg claimed that as the afternoon DJ and music director, she was paid so low because she was female. I then had to explain to her...that our morning show, which got decent ratings (we were ranked somewhere in the middle of the San Diego market), yet we were all men, and paid the lowest of any other morning show in this market. Our program director was a man. He was paid the lowest of any other PD in the SD market. Yet, here was a WOMAN that made the conclusion, because she was paid crap, that it was because she was a woman. It was faulty logic.— May 10, 2009 11:24 a.m.
Liar Liar Pants on Fire
Well RG...I agree that every team AT LEAST has one player that is juiced. But I disagree with your premise that these things started when players started making "ridiculous" money. Because, really, if you think about it...what is "ridiculous" money? Is it when Mike Piazza was offered close to $100 million to go play for the Mets? Or, was it Mike Schmidt in the 70s, getting a million a year. I mean, in the 70s, to make that kind of money to play baseball, seems ridiculous to me. Yet, nobody was doing that stuff in the 70s. Jackie Robinson, Josh Gibson, Satchell Paige...they surely didn't make ridiculous money. So...at what point do you think players started getting paid ridiculously? And, what makes you think if players were all paid something like $100,000 a year, with bonus incentives for playoffs and world series appearances...that would all of the sudden clean up the problem? I hardly see how. Sure, there wouldn't be millions to make playing the sport. But you'd still have guys on the cusp, that want to go from making the $30,000 a year in doube-A ball, to the 6-figures in the majors.— May 10, 2009 11:20 a.m.
Paying Housewives
First, refried...you tell me to throw the government sector out. Why? It's a large part of employement in the U.S. Second, let's take crappy jobs...waitressing, etc...anything paying minimum wage or around that. There's no difference in men/women, we all agree, right? I'd even bet, (I've read this anyway) that women make more at waitressing then waiters. I think it had to do with men usually paying the bill at restaurants, and tipping a waitress more than a waiter. So, we all agree in the government and in low paying jobs, there's no difference. So, please....give me the jobs where there is a difference. I don't need to do the research until you guys tell me where. I've already read people say there is no difference. From the people that really matter, and write the stories unbiased (not some womens group). Tell me refried...tell me one private sector company. Geico, Pepsi Co, Wal-Mart....give me one company, where the guy makes a dollar to the womans 80 cents. It just doesn't make sense, and it's a bogus stat. mike1: I worked for five years at the Carmel Mountain post office, doing overnights. During that time, I spent 3 years keying mail for the PB branch (typing in all the streets in Pacific Beach). I also sorted mail, would occasionally work on the dock loading the trucks. I would occasionally work in the P.O. Box section, putting mail in those. I would sometimes work in 150...which was sorting mail that didn't fit in the machines (ie post cards, or envelopes that someone decided to put an item in and made them a weird shape). I also worked for two years on a machine that sorted the mail for the carriers. oh, and two months delivering mail in Encinitas (boy, that is a hard job!) And...all the things I saw women refuse to do that men had to do: Sweeping mail, when the tubs got filled from the machines that sorted them (not all women, but enough that it was annoying). When we had to "cut the mail"...which meant taking the trays off the APC's. So again...for all you people that think this is the case, just give me one company: Qualcomm, Sony, any...and I'll look into that company. What you'll find is that the stat is the most bogus stat ever.— May 10, 2009 11:17 a.m.
What's your least favorite commercial?
SD...you bring up good points about sound effects and songs in a movie. I just meant most of the time, you aren't supposed to notice when someone is punched, if it sounds real...or wonder if it's someone hitting a melon in a studio, with a claw hammer.— May 10, 2009 11:07 a.m.
Paying Housewives
I agree with the above post. I think being a stay-at-home mom is often HARDER than a job a man has to do. I just hate when women start saying they would make X-amount of dollars to do that job. Really? Let's check what a daycare price is, a maid, and the meals the guy would pay for and see. And, for any of you that think women make less, you're sadly mistaken. First off...in the government sector, there are pay scales. And, from my experience at the post office...women got paid the same, and actually DID LESS WORK, as they weren't required to do the heavy lifting involved (even though they were required to pass a test showing they could lift a 50 lb package). In firefighters and cops tests, they lowered the physical requirements for women. Why? If a firefighter has to be able to put a 200 pound man over their shoulder and walk down stairs, a woman should, too. And, that Marilyn Von S (?) woman who does a sydnicated column, and has one of the highest IQs in the world, said she doesn't think women make less than men. For all you that disagree, please...tell me which profession. Or which company, and I"ll gladly look into it. Because...first off...if a woman is making less than her male counterparts, can't she ask for a raise? And if she isn't given one, she can go to where her services are more desired? Or, can't she get the ACLU or some organization? The simple answer is...when they do these surveys, they find out...."Oh...women lawyers on average make $125,000 a year, and male attorneys are making on average, $180,000 a year...therefore, women make less than men." This is NOT how you figure out things like that. Because, I know a female attorney who told me she made significantly less than her male co-worker who started the same time as her, because she refused to put in the extra hours. She WANTED TO GO HOME and make dinner and be with her kids. So....start telling me the professions and the different pay scales, and I'll do all the research. You guys are going to quickly find out you're wrong, and yuo're buying into whatever agenda the group is that releases those bogus things.— May 9, 2009 8:55 p.m.
The Death Pool and Dom DeLuise
Boxing Helena. I thought that was going to be a sports movie about a female fighter. Imagine my surprise when a guy is cutting off a womans limbs and putting her in a box (oh wait...it was all a dream and never happened; what a cop out). Yeah, the "ing" can get old. But, I may not judge a movie by its title, or a book by its cover....but it leaves a bad taste in your mouth when it's a dorky sounding title. And, a perfect example of titles and what they can do. My friend would not see "Diggstown," even after I told him how much fun it was. When I finally got him to see it years later, on video, I asked why he was so opposed to a film with Bruce Dern, Lou Gossett, the underrated Oliver Platt, former boxer Randall Tex Cobb.... He said that the title was just so stupid, he didn't think it could possibly be any good! Although, I do know a foreigner that was disappointed when he took his wife to see "An Officer and a Gentleman." He thought it was going to be a double-feature.— May 8, 2009 9:37 a.m.
Liar Liar Pants on Fire
The thing is...I don't even have a problem if Manny wants to use an excuse, or blame some unknown doctor. I'm more mad at the idiot agents and talking heads on sports shows that say how great it is he's taking the blame. Because he is NOT taking the blame. He's making excuses as to why this stuff was in his system, and finishes up with the statement "I won't be talking about this again, so don't ask." Which means, nobody will get to the bottom of his BS story.— May 8, 2009 9:32 a.m.
What's your least favorite commercial?
Well, in movies I never, ever think of the sounds. Probably because if they're done well, you really aren't supposed to. But yeah, I'm usually good with details regarding cans. Yes, those are the commercials...Hemmingway type of dude. Exactly.— May 8, 2009 9:30 a.m.
Skullcrusher and Vaporizer
I'd have to think if a woman drank out of a guys flask, she probably doesn't care about the risks involved. Especially when there's such a collection of alcohol to choose from off the counter. The editor made some weird cuts in this story. When I talk about the Moonbounce and wondering what the weight is, and someone behind me says "105"...I had originally written how it became a "who's on first", because he was telling someone the temperature of the water in the Jacuzzi, not answering my question on the weight limit of the Moonbounce. Thanks for the kind words, though, rg.— May 8, 2009 9:26 a.m.
Police Officer Shootings
I love it!!! I heard this on the radio today, and almost crashed my car with excitement. The judge made it a $20 million dollar bail, too.— May 8, 2009 2:10 a.m.