MSN, like most internet based companies, make their money  by the number of hits they get on their articles.  More hits more advertisers, and the more they can charge.  It has become journalism by sensationalism.  They don't need facts, links or accurate data to do their job.  The more controversial the topic the more ...more

I went on the GI bill.  Started community college fresh out of high school and was not mature enough to buckle down.  Spent 3 years for Uncle Sam and was married with kids by the time I got a discharge.  Its funny how responsibility for  more then yourself tends to focus the mind.  Ex GI's got preference in the part-ti...more

We raised chickens for years in open pens on the ground where they could eat insects, grass, seeds etc.  It was very expensive to raise them but the flavor was night and day to store bought.  Eggs had a better flavor also.   The fertilizer was almost worth the feed cost.   The weasels and racoons put us out of business...more

Didn't like the term even though it may be very true.  Much of what I hear and see on the media is getting worse with time.  I also felt uneasy when I saw the Gov. of Ariz. shaking her finger in the face of the President.  I gave me an unsettling feeling and I detest the guy.   I hope I continue to have these feelings ...more

Of all the things that are leading to a loss in productivity I wouldn't even have "lazy" on the list.  It does give you a catchy headline that pulls the reader into the comment section.    good job!

I had a friend that was happy because his minimum wage just got increased.  He had been working stocking shelves and logging inventory for 5 years.  I asked him if he had to train the new guy that also got the new minimum wage.  He said, ya, and that it sucked.  The question is whether or not the company would be payin...more

Not a Donald or Rosie fan, but the national anthem really did it for me.. after that she was just a pig!   Jokes are good disrespect is beyond the pale.

I would bet that the worthless lazy adult kid that lives with partents is probably the exception not the rule.  But it gets people stoked so more articles are written about it.  My son came home to the farm after a few years on his own and surviving to help with the boomer parents and ailing mother and currently works ...more

havasu46 I am beginning to agree with you that I need to take whats left of my IRA and handle it myself.  Spent my life in timber and timberland and I know very little about the investment game.   I do not need my ira for as long as my health holds up, and my SS and part-time gigs have actually produced a little savi...more