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TreeFan

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Self: As I see it, the USA expends too much of its moral energy to satisfy its desire to punish the sin of (a largely myth-based) laziness, while taking no effort at all to identify, prevent, or shame anyone for the sins of greed and selfishness.

And I find this extremely ironic, given that so many Americans pay far more lip service to the virtues of "hard work" than they actually give to doing hard work themselves. Yes, there are workaholics (some of which are just, honestly, pathological), but is it not true that, if given the chance, most of us would prefer to work half as many hours for twice the salary and then just decide how we want to spend our extra time and money (even if it involves things that could be considered "work" - fixing our cars, working in the garden, reading/learning, etc.) ??

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Seriously, Dennis Kucinich - WTF?? A $150K lawsuit over an olive pit?

I've given you a LOT of support over the years, including money. But this sort of thing just isn't helpful. Your chances of ever even becoming a VP candidate went from about zero to something less than that. This is pretty disappointing. An olive pit in your sandwich. Highly unpleasant, a bit shocking, perhaps even very painful (if you bit hard on it in just the right way), but worthy of a big lawsuit? (to me, $150K is a lot of money - is that the cost of your dental work, or some extra tacked on??)

Why couldn't you have just talked to the kitchen manager and simply acknowledged that sometimes mistakes happen?? Also, in this case, I'm betting that the mistake happened at the oli

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