Did Obama or his speech writers bother to check out the HHS guidelines for determining who is living in poverty? $9.00 an hr @ 40 hrs a week (assuming said employee could actually get 40 hrs a week)= $18, 720. HHS poverty line for family of 3 $19,090, family of 4 $23,050. I'm all for us little people being able to make...more

Yep...I'd love those lights in my neighborhood. It's not like he's got them up in May or anything. Holiday displays are fun. I hate HOA's...if I'd known what they were about I would never have bought in a neighborhood that has one. They need to stick to worrying about grass length, hedge trimming and keeping the common...more

Holy schnit....here I thought we were doing okay but it turns out we're no where near the middle class family we thought we were.....yet we make too much to be considered poor (but not much more, evidently). What gives?

Crying babies don't really bother me. I've never seen a parent willfully ignore a crying or upset child. I can't stand b**ching, whining adults though.

Ew. 400 kids a day touching this thing one after the other? Bet they don't get to wash their hands either...it would be a waste of time.

I really wouldn't care one way or the other....because I have no problem saying "excuse me" when I'm trying to pass by someone. Guess what? They move because I'm polite about it. However, if this is a "mommy neighborhood" then the cafe probably just bit itself in the butt. And since "no strollers" doesn't equal "no chi...more

Cellphone etiquette? I'd just like to see some good, old fashioned manners, period. It's difficult to get a "please", "thank you",or "have a nice day" out of people these days.

Our local mall is decent but the Sears there sucks. It's messy, poorly stocked, and good luck finding a friendly face to help you. Maybe they need to return to their roots as a mail-order business....well, it would be internet now. I remember waiting for the Christmas catalog every year (this was in the 80's) and going...more

Um, high. I was high at 22. Didn't live with my parents. Too bad, though, my mom always had really excellent smoke.