Sure.

by Slainte Joe , Raleigh, Tuesday, April 22, 2014, 08:11 (3662 days ago) @ Mike (bart)

Most of us are probably at least in the lower echelons of The Beautiful People.

My beef is with our country's cultural and political Liberaltarianism. And with its odious alternatives.

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Jeff (BGS) and others - Chad and Trixie Have Kids! - Mike (bart), 2014-04-22, 06:48
- Does that mean no more dollar burger Wednesdays at McGees? - irishted, 2014-04-22, 15:43
- Enough about the rich people in Chicago. - KGB, 2014-04-22, 11:18
  - Can't be that bad, can it? - Kevin, 2014-04-22, 11:39
  - How do you get a handle - crazychester, 2014-04-22, 11:38
  - Oops, made a post above - Busco21, 2014-04-22, 11:30
  - Really good, comprehensive (short!) read on that - Mike (bart), 2014-04-22, 11:23
    - That's about what one might expect. - KGB, 2014-04-22, 11:58
      - Rahmsterdam - Buck Mulligan, 2014-04-22, 13:19
- while we're talking child-rearing - Pat, 2014-04-22, 08:38
  - Kids should learn 3 skills by ages 7-9. - Ken Fowler, 2014-04-22, 11:23
  - That was pretty much my childhood. - Bryan (IrishCavan), 2014-04-22, 08:55
    - This debate gets sidetracked a lot, I think - HullieAndMikes, 2014-04-22, 09:11
      - times have changed, too - Jay, 2014-04-22, 09:44
        
        Yet violent crime is way, way down from - Mike (bart), 2014-04-22, 10:07
        
        There's an urban planning element to this - CK08, 2014-04-22, 10:28
        
        I think those are independent issues - Mike (bart), 2014-04-22, 10:52
        
        I don't think hitchhiking is more dangerous than it was - crazychester, 2014-04-22, 10:09
        
        Its an interesting chicken-egg question - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2014-04-22, 10:14
        
        I've done a fair amount of hitchhiking in my day - Mike (bart), 2014-04-22, 10:38
        
        Hitchhiking: now called Lyft or UberX. - Tim, 2014-04-22, 12:41
    - One little bit of input - Greg, 2014-04-22, 09:03
  - I haven't read that one yet - HullieAndMikes, 2014-04-22, 08:52
    - She's fantastic when the topic isn't sex or gender. - Slainte Joe, 2014-04-22, 11:12
    - OT: can I get a lightning round of - Mike (bart), 2014-04-22, 08:56
      - just read the New Yorker every week - Jay, 2014-04-22, 10:52
      - I'll give it a shot. - HullieAndMikes, 2014-04-22, 09:13
        
        Ok, here goes. - HullieAndMikes, 2014-04-22, 09:37
        
        The Atlantic has really gone downhill. - Slainte Joe, 2014-04-22, 11:15
        
        They never recovered after Michael Kelly died - crazychester, 2014-04-22, 11:34
        
        Speaking of insufferable and Glenn Greenwald - Jim (fisherj08), 2014-04-22, 11:13
        
        I didn't realize HamNo had a mode other than insufferable. - Mike (Embrey), 2014-04-22, 10:47
        
        He has a slighly more enjoyable hate spew than others - HullieAndMikes, 2014-04-22, 10:58
        
        Magary (not his interview work with GQ) >>>> Nolan - MHB (Rakes of Mallow), 2014-04-22, 11:15
        
        Barton Gellman - Dylan, 2014-04-22, 10:27
        
        One of the obvious names I forgot - HullieAndMikes, 2014-04-22, 10:28
        
        Interesting - Mike (bart), 2014-04-22, 10:05
        
        Hayes is there on the strength of his book - HullieAndMikes, 2014-04-22, 10:26
        
        Do not attempt to figure out Jezebel - MHB (Rakes of Mallow), 2014-04-22, 10:09
        
        Just wait until I start linking to Thought Catalog - Mike (bart), 2014-04-22, 10:53
        
        An ND grad writes for them - HullieAndMikes, 2014-04-22, 10:27
  - I laugh when I think back to what my parents allowed - Jay, 2014-04-22, 08:48
    - How did that type of parenting produce - Kevin, 2014-04-22, 10:17
      - we know more now? - Jay, 2014-04-22, 12:04
        
        And with knowledge comes culpability. - Tim, 2014-04-22, 12:40
    - My parents - crazychester, 2014-04-22, 09:54
    - Feral childrearing. - KGB, 2014-04-22, 09:28
    - From first grade on, my parents had a rule - Dylan, 2014-04-22, 09:08
    - Similar - Mike (bart), 2014-04-22, 08:53
      - I agree it's largely overwrought - Pat, 2014-04-22, 10:40
        
        The "playdate" is pernicious. - Dylan, 2014-04-22, 10:48
        
        I'd say around 1st grade or so - Mike (bart), 2014-04-22, 10:55
        
        The kid asked? How old? - Mike (Embrey), 2014-04-22, 10:46
        
        he was 6. my daughters are 3 - Pat, 2014-04-22, 10:54
        
        I've got one of those too. Take comfort in the fact - BillyGoat, 2014-04-22, 11:29
- semi-related - HumanRobot, 2014-04-22, 07:37
- a day care called "Creme de la Creme" - Jay, 2014-04-22, 07:19
  - The American petit bourgeois continue to founder... - Slainte Joe, 2014-04-22, 07:55
    - Aren't we the bad guys, here? - Mike (bart), 2014-04-22, 08:04
      - Sort of - Greg, 2014-04-22, 08:57
      - I would hope most of us have the sense - HullieAndMikes, 2014-04-22, 08:17
      - Dammit, Kevin - Mike (bart), 2014-04-22, 08:15
        
        WTF? - Slainte Joe, 2014-04-22, 08:16
        
        Fine. - Kevin, 2014-04-22, 08:21
        
        The 2nd draft is even better - Mike (bart), 2014-04-22, 08:48
        
        This post is like the bat signal for me - CK08, 2014-04-22, 10:23
        
        couple of things - Mike (bart), 2014-04-22, 11:05
        
        Your general point makes a lot of sense - CK08, 2014-04-22, 11:45
        
        Hah, yes, I read that post and thought "CK08 catnip!" - PAK, 2014-04-22, 10:47
        
        It's the Great Moving Region - CK08, 2014-04-22, 10:54
        
        And..... - Domer99, 2014-04-22, 08:44
      - Sure. - Slainte Joe, 2014-04-22, 08:11
        
        Serious question - Domer99, 2014-04-22, 08:47
        
        It's essentially racist code. - Slainte Joe, 2014-04-22, 08:53
        
        Disenfranchisement via "voter fraud" is my hot button. - PAK, 2014-04-22, 10:56
        
        They've successfully confused terms to fit the agenda - Dylan, 2014-04-22, 11:21
        
        No kidding. - KGB, 2014-04-22, 12:47
        
        Huge problem in NC. - Slainte Joe, 2014-04-22, 11:10
        
        And as you know, they're doing a good job of it. - hlewis, 2014-04-22, 12:19
        
        That's a country-wide phenominon. - PAK, 2014-04-22, 12:30
        
        I don't disagree about gerrymandering - CK08, 2014-04-22, 14:09
        
        the 90-10 thing is the goal of gerrymandering - Samari, 2014-04-22, 14:26
        
        Very true. But... - Greg, 2014-04-22, 14:39
        
        That guy is a full-on creationist -- the kind that made Bill - hlewis, 2014-04-22, 10:01
        
        I want to kick him in the balls every time I see that ad. - Slainte Joe, 2014-04-22, 10:50
  - I guffawed the first time I drove past it. - Tim, 2014-04-22, 07:38
  - C'mon. - Buck Mulligan, 2014-04-22, 07:29
    - "Raising assholes for assholes since 2014" - Jay, 2014-04-22, 07:34
      - One of BOLD Academy's very top feeder programs - Mike (bart), 2014-04-22, 07:37
    - Prestige Day Care™ - Mike (bart), 2014-04-22, 07:31
      - Crucial™ Preschool - Samari, 2014-04-22, 07:56
      - Tricycles 'n' Hos? - BillyGoat, 2014-04-22, 07:32
- 12-hour preschool? - CK08, 2014-04-22, 07:06
  - that's what the website says - Pat, 2014-04-22, 07:47
    - Ok, that makes more sense - CK08, 2014-04-22, 08:06
  - Probably includes drop-off and pick-up time - Mike (bart), 2014-04-22, 07:11
  - Who's the day care and who's the parent at that point? - PAK, 2014-04-22, 07:09
    - Four hours a day is plenty of time - Pat, 2014-04-22, 07:34
    - Cool - we're going to be judgy today! - irishvol, 2014-04-22, 07:14
      - Yeah, sorry, that was unncessarily harsh. - PAK, 2014-04-22, 07:34
    - I figure that they're open something like 7 to 7 - CK08, 2014-04-22, 07:14
    - Step easily here. - HullieAndMikes, 2014-04-22, 07:13
- Sounds like Trixie has upgraded from her Jetta. - Domer99, 2014-04-22, 06:57

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