Four for Friday Saturday

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Q1 - Hair: Which do you like better... the hair you had as a kid or the hair you have now?

Mom always cut my hair very short when I was a kid. I hated it. Plus, I can now add color. So, by default...now.

Q2 - Talking to Kids: While the President of the United States prepares to deliver a back-to-school speech to the nation's school children on Tuesday, September 8, some parents are convinced he is going to use the opportunity to advance a partisan political agenda on the nation's young minds, and are threatening to keep their children out of school on that particular day. "At a minimum it's disruptive," says Minnesota's Governor, who is a possible future Presidential candidate himself. "Number two, it's uninvited. And number three, if people would like to hear his message they can, on a voluntary basis, go to YouTube or some other source and get it. I don't think he needs to force it upon the nation's school children," the Governor told reporters this week. Taking the issue a step further, the chairman of the GOP for Florida released a statement this week accusing the President of the United States of using taxpayer money to "indoctrinate" children. Background: President George H.W. Bush delivered a nationally televised speech to students from a Washington D.C., school in the fall of 1991, encouraging them to say no to drugs and work hard. And in November 1988, President Ronald Reagan delivered remarks that were made available to students nationwide. Among other things, President Reagan called taxes "such a penalty on people that there's no incentive for them to prosper ... because they have to give so much to the government." The President's talk next Tuesday... It focuses on encouraging students to study hard and stay in school. How do you feel about the President's upcoming address for the nation's school children?

Oh for PETE's sake, this is so absurd. If parents can't get past party politics for the good of their country, they need to move the FUCK outta this country. Jesus, I put up with President Retard for 8 years while he indoctrinated and KILLED our kids.

This.is.why.I.don't.read.the.paper.or.watch.network.news. People in this country piss me the fuck off.

Q3 - Learned: What's the most valuable thing/lesson you learned as a kid?

In light of the previous question, I believe it might be the ability to listen to other people whose opinions are not the same as mine without bursting an aneurysm.

Q4 - Cash for Kids: Japan's new ruling party is floating a proposal to pay Japanese parents approximately $3,400 a year per child (until the child reaches high school age) as a way of boosting the country's birth rate, which is one of the lowest on Earth and is said to have future negative ramifications on Japan's economic welfare. How do you feel about 'cash for kids'? If you were on the fence about having a child, would an extra $3,400 per year ($283.00/mo.) sway you one way or another?

It wouldn't sway me since I'm having no more kids regardless of the payoff. I think it's not the greatest idea, but since I don't live in Japan it's totally not skin off my nose.