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From the great philosopher Leo ! - Chris Ames

It seems Leo got this in his E-mail. - Brent - Long Live Rock

Heard this from a customer the other day, but he ended it, "So don't giver her any crap." It's funnier that way. - Jeremiah Green

In my house you have to give me the groceries to get a meal, but you can give my wife flour and sugar and she'll give you back bliss in a cookie. - dthree

How true, and how soon us men forget... - Sean Higgins

Give the greats a sad song, they'll make it better - won't bore people w/my list - heretic_twit

If I give her a shirt will she iron it? *ducks* - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF) from iPod

I'll give her the sperm and let the government pay for the baby like all the homies do in compton. - John Hillestad

"when the leaf falls, the tree trembles" - remember Neda from Iran - heretic_twit

If you give her your wallet, it will become full....... (not with money, but with bills) *ducks* - Sudar

Love it. - Michele Lorito-Chase

How true! I just gave a bad answer and got back the Hell. - Opensource Obscure

Too True! - Lillian Banchik from twhirl

I love it. Sent it to my girlfriend. I know she is going to agree. - Parvez Halim

I am a woman ..... trying to give me some money and see what happens FIUUU! FIUUU! :-) - pallina60 Loon

First comes the Wedding Ring then comes the Suffer-Ring ;-) - Richard Bitting

@pallina60Loon LOL a massive exception to the rule - Parvez Halim

@pallina60loon not an exception, still the rule. When a man gives a woman money, that is a small debt, which the woman "then multiples and enlarges what is given to her" :) - Ken & Kiyomi

@ Parvez Halim: I do not think is exceptional. People prefer to think that the woman is sweet and helpful. Sometimes it is not so - pallina60 Loon

@ ❦ ❦ Kiyomi & Ken: I have not talked to repay the money :-) - pallina60 Loon

@Richard Bitting: LOL - pallina60 Loon

One ring to rule them all... - Ryo / Fuck Facebook

um... - Liz Dorland

Someone please create a male counterpoint! - ZuDfunck

For ZuDfunck: Whatever you give a man, he will make less. If you give him a musical instrument, he'll pawn it. If you give him a house, soon you will be homeless. If you give him groceries, he'll give you a mess.. If you give him a smile, he'll give you a grope. He reduces and diminishes what is given to him. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

When did you start 'reading' your mail Leo? I had a lot to write to you for years but couldn't find a way to reach you. I didn't bother writing an e-mail since you repeatedly mentioned that you didn't read them at all :) - M. Serdar Kuzuloglu from Android

MVB: Dude! That was Cold. - ZuDfunck

با عضویت در اتاق " در ارتباط با توییتر... " از جدید ترین متعلقات این سرویس با خبر شوید... اسمایلی : (تبلیغات).http://friendfeed.com/twitte-r - سینه سرخ

Am I the only one who thinks this quote is a bit male chauvinistic? The quote has a wrapper that appears to make women look great but underneath, it stereotypes women as a typical "wife" in a submissive male chauvinistic system. Again, my 2 cents based on a cursory reading on a hectic day. - Krishnan Subramanian

Good point. Groceries and meal are chauvinistic, among others. Sorry, but the theme had good intent. - Dan Barber

Too good - Anand Sharma

Hello and welcome to "Proud to be a Woman". - Mine Ekim

LOL - Love it - Tyson Williams

I was for Obama, and that never changed, but I gradually became more and more *against* Clinton. Her campaign seemed straight out of the Karl Rove playbook after a while. - ha3rvey (free hugs!)

I started out supporting Richardson. When he dropped I started to support Obama. But regardless who got the Democratic nomination I intended to vote for the Democrat. This country can't four more years of Republican rule. - Paul from fftogo

I've been for Obama, not because I agree with him on every issue, but because I think he has the best chance of reforming government to its proper purpose... serving the people. I'm voting to improve the process of government. - LogEx

Dave, glad you posted it here. Much easier to see people comment underneath. - Steve Rubel

The Repubs are missing an oppty to call Obama an appeaser. After all, he's meeting with a terrorist, right now, w/o pre-conditions. :-) - Dave Winer

Marc Ambinder has questions about the meeting. http://x.newsjunk.com/8P - Dave Winer

Saw it on both Twitter and FriendFeed Dave. :) Which is faster? I saw it on Twitter (via Twhirl) first. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

haha...nice one Mr. Winer! - JA Castillo

@Brian When Twitter's down all the time, who cares? - Brandon Titus

i wonder if they're drinking a nice scotch together.... - Ňicķ

A play for veep on HRC's part? - Josue Salazar

I think a "nice" scotch would conflict with her Working-Class Hero persona. Perhaps they are just, you know, sitting on the front porch, drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon out of the can... she is probably pulling a Maxwell Smart, saying she hopes he didn't take that crack about "white people preferring her" seriously, and by the way does he have $20 million to spare. - Karim

It's all very "chicago" style politics - he finds a way to break the law and give her 20 million and she helps him get ahead. "change" indeed :) - Soulhuntre from twhirl

This is the kind of thing that would make politics a bad fit for me. I would find this kind of meeting awkward and uncomfortable, whether I'd just won or just lost - Charlie from twhirl

new nickname for Hillary.. Scortch Clinton. She lived up to it the other night, watch her reinforce it again - Andrew Deal

we are hardly the third world, but our world IS changing and we need to be aware of how and why! - marty nickel from twhirl

“Fuel price rise is a conspiracy by the Middle east Oil Cartel. FOOK Then” - Arjun

What kind if idiotic statement is that? We have clothes on our backs, food to eat everyday, and don't have to worry about leaving our homes (yeah we have HOMES) out for fear of someone kidnapping us or killing us. You want to know what third world is? Go to the ghettos of Jamaica or Haiti or South Africa, India, Somalia. Ridiculous - Shey, Jamaican of FF

@Shey: You have my respect, man! - directeur

@marty when a presidential canadate can spend 20 million on an deligate hunt and watch our economy go down hill, when we are cutting or the home less we may be in a better position than other countrys but we are the third world we just have better toys - Charles Rice from twhirl

Companies s/ just invest in virtual meeting A/V app's. This will cut out the need to travel at all. Telecommuting is the way to go.. a face2face meeting is really required and most of the time the decisions are still made at the backend..never upfront. - Peter Dawson

@shey I respect what you have to say but how much has your cost of living gone up with out a better job, I myself am disabled and it is harder for me to work and find a job but because of the position of our country im screwd, thier are things we could do to bring our country back up but as i see it where i live suffers more for the way our countrys econnomy has fallen - Charles Rice from twhirl

What do you expect when we send all our dollars to China. What do you think they're buying with the money? 1. Cars. 2. Highways. 3. Gasoline. 4. Inflation (for us). - Dave Winer

just b'coz a countries economy has fallen does not mean that its become 3rd world !! I will agree with @Shey,- having worked in slums /leper colonies in India, I have seen what is meant by being an "outcast" .no food, clothing or family . Trust me the Americans and most of the 1st world have barely scratched the surrface of the poverty line, let alone understand the morbid intricacies of humans treating other humans like animals. - Peter Dawson

@Dave you're absolutely right (OMG I'm agreeing with Dave Winer *marks it down in calendar*). China owns the US right now, literally, I hear they are even buying up real estate. Don't forget how much y'all owe them too. If they were to call back all that debt all at once the entire economy would collapse and Canada's with eventually. - Shey, Jamaican of FF

@dave , what did you expect when all the americans wanted was more and more stuff-- 1 xmas present is not enough for the kid, they need 5/6 items.. there greed of the Americans is its downfall.. don't blame the Chinese.. you demanded , they supplied .. yeah and don't 4get, US is spending $2B a week in Iraq- get over that spending first..and feed your ecomomy with food first - not oil - Peter Dawson

Calculus anyone? - Yuvi

@Charles My condolences, I dont' think many anyone can appreciate the struggles you have to go through on a daily basis. Especially because most people have it a lot easier, which makes your statement about the country being Third World kinda ludicrous. Yes, your situation must be extremely difficult, but North America is doing pretty darn well compared to the rest of the world. - Shey, Jamaican of FF

Peter, I totally agree, I don't blame the Chinese. We're fat and dumb here, we're going to have to start getting smart soon, and I don't think people are going to like it. If Americans saw the kind of cars people drive in Europe they'd freak out. If Americans understood who we're competing with (in China and India) they'd freak out. Ultimately our economies are going to, at best, look like theirs. That means our standard of living will go down and theirs will go up. This will happen in Europe too. - Dave Winer

@shay I have respect for you and your view, I speak by what my eyes have seen I am white and have lived in an american ghetto no it was not as bad as other countrys but thier is more to what I classify as a third world than just economy. - Charles Rice from twhirl

Dave, your very much correct "That means our standard of living will go down and theirs will go up" - we are getting to "the world is flat" state. I don't think that their std of living will go up. Last week, I spoke to a team from India who flew into FL for a gig I asked them hows the clubbing, - it sux's, clubs are better in India. - Peter Dawson

If we want to be competitive again, we have to stop being afraid of immigrants. This country was founded on the idea that poor people from other countries would be willing to move here and do backbreaking labor at cheap costs because it gave them a better life than they had at home. The American Dream was that their CHILDREN would have a better life. Now, Americans are afraid of competition. And, we're fat and lazy. - Robert Peterson

@ Peter Dawson..the food's better in India too :) - Iain Baker

@shey, What a shitty, ignorant and stupid statement to make.That India is a ghetto. Have u ever been to harlem or say seen the people staying in the under ground tunnel in the so called "first world" country US.I have respect for US.But its has its own problems like our. And @peter what kind of slums/leper colonies are u talking abt.It not 1942.How long back have u been to India? Have u ever been to the ghettos like china town in New York or say Harlem? Leprosy is a tropical disease so its prevalent here. - Arjun

Also population is very high here.So even if we earn and GDP is high, u sudo so called 1st world country(btw who gave that term to u) calculates the per capita GDP as low. And finally its in DOLLARS.Take just the conversion rate and we "poor" Indians are fucked.Do u know with the purchasing parity, we can kick anyones ass any day.And why do "wester" 1st world people come to india for doing there "social work" thing here in India.Why not say dafur or somalia or even bangladesh? - Arjun

@Robert great point that us is trying to block out mexico and our statue of liberty says "Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me.I lift my lamp beside the golden door." and yet we are now blocking them out - Charles Rice from twhirl

Because India is percived as 3rd world but :) actually is not. You get all the luxury and still play the saviour to the poors.Yes there are poor here in India.So are they in US.Help them first.After sub-prime issue lot will not have a HOME>Help them first - Arjun

@Robert great point that us is trying to block out mexico and our statue of liberty says "Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me.I lift my lamp beside the golden door." and yet we are now blocking them outhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Charles Rice from twhirl

The US will still be the number 1 economy 10 years from now, but the scary numbers are the fact that in the next 10 years China and India are going to drive 90% of the global GDP growth. The US will stay a world power for a while but we're now witnessing the 'rise of the rest' as Fareed Zakaria says in The Post American World. It's an interesting read check it out http://tinyurl.com/6aokgo - Marc Ryan

@Arjun EVERY country is has their filthy rich no matter how poor it or the people may be. And I NEVER said ALL of India was a ghetto -- take the time to READ my statement before trying to chew me out. - Shey, Jamaican of FF

@Arjun, "Help them first -So are they in US.Help them first.After sub-prime issue lot will not have a HOME>Help them first -" - NO- you can go ahead and help them. The American greed for money created the sub-prime mess, the american's now have to reap the consquenses. we in canada, have 'nuff of our own problems to tend too :)- As for the question"How long back have u been to India? " - there in Jan 2007. - Peter Dawson

@Charles Rice Third world? Come to Cape Verde if you wanna see the third world, mate! - ※Fu※

Arjun - Chill out. - Yuvi

I'm not typically a conspiracy theorist, but I do believe the run-up in oil futures smacks of the kind of manipulation that Enron used in driving up electricity prices in California. Personally, I think there are many positive long-term benefits to high gas prices as it is finally forcing consumers to make long-term positive decisions that have been put off because of cheap oil. However, I wouldn't be surprised to see a bust in market. I just hope such a bust does not make Hummers look attractive again. - Rex Hammock

Did you see that GM may be phasing our new Hummers? - Larry Kless from twhirl

@peter @yuvi, well the point taken. :) got a bt emotional. But the thing is sometimes I feel I know or atleast make a effort to know other countries. But most from other countries(mostly wester hemisphere) don't! And that pains me. No I am not a psyco fanatic patriot.Just like to have the fact staraight.And going back to the original q: I really beleive the whole thing is due to OPEC not wanting to increase output and the iraq war preventing disruption frm a big supplier. - Arjun