Open Question: anyone else thinks it sucks that as Americans we have to "press 1 for English" our own home language?....

You might say things like giving to charity, volunteering to build homes, or putting the desires of your friends before your own are selfless.

However, all of these actions stem from your own ideologies. You believe that for some reason or another, whether it is religion, morality, god's will, whatever, you should do the above actions. Consequently, doing these charitable acts gives you a kind of satisfaction that you have done what you believed in. This satisfaction has to outweigh any costs of helping the other people (the $100 donation, 10 hours of time, etc). If this is the case, then you are still putting your desires first; you are just weighing more intangible things (the benefits of doing what you believe in) against the costs of helping other people.

How do you get around this problem?

Open Question: Man gets sentenced to 6 months in jail for building a fence around his house?! What are your thoughts?

A man built a fence around his home without the appropriate permits but when he tried to get the right permits he claims the city dragged it's feet and wouldn't issue them. His bail is set at $100,000.

How can Nicole Ritchie and Lindsay Lohan get sentenced to less time in jail after they endangered people's lives driving drunk and high? And in Ritchie's case down the wrong side of the freeway.

Here's a link to the story: http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=5641823

Open Question: anyone else thinks it sucks that as Americans we have to "press 1 for English" our own home language?....

I was in a Lowes building supply store the other day and for every English sign, no matter how big or small there is an accompanying Spanish language sign...Now I know how the Canadians feel when everything up there is in two languages, English and French...What is up with our traiterous government leaders????

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