# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=273 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 274 --- ## [Can we all just agree...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-all-just-agree/550309)
**Author:** [@lurking\_guest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurking_guest)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-all-just-agree/550309 "2010-08-17T13:03:04Z")
That we have just been being hosed by folks with money and power for many, many decades. And not just in this country. In Every country and on Every Continent. AMERICANS are ‘Special’ of course, because their Governme… --- ## [Anyone feeling buyers remorse about Obama yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-feeling-buyers-remorse-about-obama-yet/542201)
**Author:** [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Replies:** 411\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-feeling-buyers-remorse-about-obama-yet/542201 "2010-08-17T04:22:03Z")
These are dark days for Barack Obama. After looking over Real Clear Politics today, there are a dozen articles from writers on the left and right talking about how he seems to be drowning. Here is one paragraph from J… --- ## [Been a while since we had a good RO thread. (Choke the deaf guy!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-a-while-since-we-had-a-good-ro-thread-choke-the-deaf-guy/550216)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-a-while-since-we-had-a-good-ro-thread-choke-the-deaf-guy/550216 "2010-08-16T17:26:49Z")
I’ve sort of been waiting for this story to break on the SDMB for a day or so, but no go. So, y’all might want to check this shit out: “I didn’t like the way the security guards were choking my brother, that they almos… --- ## [You Beat your Dogs 2 Months Ago Because You’re Frustrated with Them, so You Adopt Another Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-beat-your-dogs-2-months-ago-because-you-re-frustrated-with-them-so-you-adopt-another-dog/549041)
**Author:** [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Replies:** 346\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-beat-your-dogs-2-months-ago-because-you-re-frustrated-with-them-so-you-adopt-another-dog/549041 "2010-08-16T16:30:49Z")
This thread is in response to Papsett’s new dog adoption. Link contained herein. Two months ago, you posted a thread that you were depressed, could barely handle the four dogs you already own, and that you were “smacki… --- ## [Worst. Doctor. Ever.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-doctor-ever/550054)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-doctor-ever/550054 "2010-08-16T15:49:18Z")
(30 minutes before appointment) Me: Hi, I’m early for my appointment. Her: I’ll call the doctor. (45 minutes later) Dr: Come in! I haven’t seen you since last year! Me: (Because you misdiagnosed me last time, you as… --- ## [NYT apologized for ACORN story, where are Doper apologies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-apologized-for-acorn-story-where-are-doper-apologies/534945)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 333\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-apologized-for-acorn-story-where-are-doper-apologies/534945 "2010-08-16T14:32:36Z")
There are Dopers who ran with the anti-ACORN video that righty O’Keefe showed to the world. It was bullshit. He never went into any ACORN office dressed in that insulting garb. He wore a pair of Dockers and a dress shi… --- ## [Who do conservative bloggers think are the worst figures in American history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-conservative-bloggers-think-are-the-worst-figures-in-american-history/550222)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-conservative-bloggers-think-are-the-worst-figures-in-american-history/550222 "2010-08-16T11:09:46Z")
Well, thanks to a link outside any of those bloggers, there’s an answer. Interesting list, eh? (Put in the Pit because you know it’s gonna end up here anyway.) --- ## [Stop embarrassing us!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-embarrassing-us/550124)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-embarrassing-us/550124 "2010-08-15T18:34:26Z")
Goddamn it! Look, I know South Carolina isn’t populated solely by porch-dwelling banjo players of questionable genetic diversity. Some of you know that. But other people don’t know that, and it’s unfair but we have to… --- ## [Lesson learned the hard way, wear a life vest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesson-learned-the-hard-way-wear-a-life-vest/549973)
**Author:** [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesson-learned-the-hard-way-wear-a-life-vest/549973 "2010-08-14T17:47:16Z")
Well my town finally makes it to CNN and it’s because of these fools. I am sorry for their families, but this is just so stupid. http://http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/10/idaho.boat.search/index.html?hpt=T2 If you are g… --- ## [Resolved: Bicycles are un-American](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-bicycles-are-un-american/549434)
**Author:** [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2010, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-bicycles-are-un-american/549434 "2010-08-14T05:58:14Z")
Bicyclists are infantile. They are not fit participants in a free society. They are nuts, hippies and wimps. They are far more selfish than their carbon footprint or their effects on traffic patterns would suggest. Yes… --- ## [Brother Laser Printer Technical Support](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brother-laser-printer-technical-support/549756)
**Author:** [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brother-laser-printer-technical-support/549756 "2010-08-14T03:17:39Z")
Why yes, when I call you with a recurring problem for which you have sent out technicians in the past, it makes sense to start by having me basically disassemble the printer and read out the serial numbers on 8 different… --- ## [Obamacare may have saved the nation from bankruptcy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamacare-may-have-saved-the-nation-from-bankruptcy/549548)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2010, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamacare-may-have-saved-the-nation-from-bankruptcy/549548 "2010-08-14T00:55:35Z")
There needs to be a subforum for gloating, but since that doesn’t exist I’ll use this forum. A big part of the health reform bill was just to change health management and delivery to improve efficiency over time. The go… --- ## [Hey asshole, buy your scratcher and move on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-asshole-buy-your-scratcher-and-move-on/549959)
**Author:** [@EVIL\_COW\_PIE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EVIL_COW_PIE)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-asshole-buy-your-scratcher-and-move-on/549959 "2010-08-13T19:52:35Z")
God Damnit! I know the economy sucks and it causes you to want to win the lottery. I could care less Mr. Homeless man that you spend all your panhandling money trying to win more. But buy your ticket and get the fuck out… --- ## [Diogenes: would you kindly just shut the fuck up already?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-would-you-kindly-just-shut-the-fuck-up-already/549972)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diogenes-would-you-kindly-just-shut-the-fuck-up-already/549972 "2010-08-13T18:23:40Z")
It doesn’t matter what our own experiences are, or what other sources say – if Dio didn’t see it, or Dio disagrees, we are wrong. Period. The Almighty Dio has declared it, thus it is correct. (I suggest he change his … --- ## [Kanicbird, Just Leave It Alone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanicbird-just-leave-it-alone/549414)
**Author:** [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanicbird-just-leave-it-alone/549414 "2010-08-13T17:13:02Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12769988&postcount=2 I know you have some…special…ideas about violence and rape. I find them exceptionally deviant, forthrightly offensive, and would question your sin… --- ## [Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic re Christopher Hitchens: STFU](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffrey-goldberg-of-the-atlantic-re-christopher-hitchens-stfu/550025)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeffrey-goldberg-of-the-atlantic-re-christopher-hitchens-stfu/550025 "2010-08-13T15:48:57Z")
Hitchens: “I’m dying. Well, we all are, but the process has suddenly been accelerated on me. So I’m looking for ways of trying to die more like, you, say.” Goldberg (straightfaced): “Well, you have no way of knowing how… --- ## [You're in denial that you knocked her up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-in-denial-that-you-knocked-her-up/548866)
**Author:** [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-in-denial-that-you-knocked-her-up/548866 "2010-08-13T14:17:26Z")
Earlier this year, someone I hung out with told me a girl he was dating told him she was pregnant with his child. He denied it, stating that any other one of a number of guys is more likely the father, claiming they used… --- ## [Why the sudden surge in Xenophobia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-sudden-surge-in-xenophobia/549155)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-sudden-surge-in-xenophobia/549155 "2010-08-13T05:54:53Z")
Apparently, Republicans are now unhappy with the 14th amendment they passed 145 years ago. More specifically, the provision that guarantees citizenship to all persons born in the United States. So why the sudden hard-o… --- ## [pkd88 is a sore loser!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pkd88-is-a-sore-loser/549697)
**Author:** [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pkd88-is-a-sore-loser/549697 "2010-08-11T19:34:41Z")
Wow! Someone is harbouring some hurt feelings! Imagine my surprise to come back from vacation and have this message in my inbox. WTF!? I schooled this clown almost 2 years ago and he sends me a PM about it now? Coward… --- ## ["I don't like to see him like that."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-to-see-him-like-that/549627)
**Author:** [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-to-see-him-like-that/549627 "2010-08-11T14:43:58Z")
When my brother was dying of a brain tumor, that was the reason cited by some family members for not visiting. News flash: We didn’t like seeing him that way anyway. What you really meant was that you were willing to … --- ## [Enough with the Fuckin' Vampires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fuckin-vampires/547001)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2010, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-fuckin-vampires/547001 "2010-08-11T05:31:42Z")
Playing right now on my cable system From Dusk Till Dawn 2 Lust at First Bite Underworld: Rise of the Lycans The Thirst A little earlier, reruns of Twilight and True Blood (rerun pretty much every night). And other… --- ## [Stop flirting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-flirting/549669)
**Author:** [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-flirting/549669 "2010-08-10T19:52:35Z")
Okay, yeah, you, shop girl. You’re probably not reading this, but if you are, stop flirting with me. Yeah, you with the cute derriere. Stop flirting with me and giving me free stuff. It’s creepy. We don’t fit, and I… --- ## [I applaud the consistency of climate skeptics this hot summer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-applaud-the-consistency-of-climate-skeptics-this-hot-summer/549597)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-applaud-the-consistency-of-climate-skeptics-this-hot-summer/549597 "2010-08-10T18:45:39Z")
There are those who believe that a one-season anomaly does not disprove or prove any given climate theory. On the other hand, there are those who believe that a single cold winter or temperate summer proves that global … --- ## [I pit thieves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thieves/548608)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-thieves/548608 "2010-08-10T04:21:12Z")
Some pig-fucker managed to withdraw some money from our checking account without our permission. I hope whatever you buy with the money kills you, slowly and painfully, you reeking glob of human filth. And then I hope … --- ## [Good joke society- I can't get a teaching job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-joke-society-i-cant-get-a-teaching-job/549081)
**Author:** [@escape3500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/escape3500)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-joke-society-i-cant-get-a-teaching-job/549081 "2010-08-10T03:10:34Z")
Okay- here is my beef. All my life I was told that if I worked hard enough, I would get a job. Well four years of private college and 3.97 gpa later- no employer will even give me the time of day. I am a certified teache… --- ## [Professor Moron McDumbass, Adjunct Lecturer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professor-moron-mcdumbass-adjunct-lecturer/549463)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professor-moron-mcdumbass-adjunct-lecturer/549463 "2010-08-09T12:45:49Z")
I’m back in school, with the goal of eventually completing my long-unfinished bachelor’s degree in computer science. I don’t actually need it, having worked my way up through a variety of positions and having become succ… --- ## ["I'd rather have been BEATEN than see you spit in God's face." REALLY??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-have-been-beaten-than-see-you-spit-in-gods-face-really/549319)
**Author:** [@Cyningablod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyningablod)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-have-been-beaten-than-see-you-spit-in-gods-face-really/549319 "2010-08-08T20:12:49Z")
That’s a direct quote. From my mother. Yep, she’s at it again. The sanctimonious, melodramatic, wounded-heart, flagellant martyr act, again. It gets SO fucking old and annoying! I’ve posted in other threads about ho… --- ## ["We need conservatives" why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-conservatives-why/548524)
**Author:** [@The\_Facts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Facts)\ **Replies:** 311\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-conservatives-why/548524 "2010-08-07T22:14:10Z")
In my last thread, I asked for people to give me any reason to think that society wouldn’t be better off without the teabaggers. Some people huffed and puffed at that, but nobody could actually give me any reason those … --- ## [Stupid @#$% on-line Anthem Medicare application](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-on-line-anthem-medicare-application/549342)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-on-line-anthem-medicare-application/549342 "2010-08-07T13:25:51Z")
I’m turning 65 in 8 weeks, and will be getting Medicare on September 1st. I have spent the entire past three weeks learning about all the options and various plans available. (The rules and options are WAY more complicat… --- ## [Conservatives Overwhelmingly Oppose Healthcare for 9/11 Workers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-overwhelmingly-oppose-healthcare-for-9-11-workers/548816)
**Author:** [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-overwhelmingly-oppose-healthcare-for-9-11-workers/548816 "2010-08-07T03:21:20Z")
Couldn’t believe there was no thread on this: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/nyregion/30zadroga.html?\_r=2&src=mv The bill was to provide medical care for 9/11 rescue workers and NYC residents who suffered illnesses … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=272) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=274)