tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post114081370655835279..comments2023-10-28T10:12:35.184-04:00Comments on Big Tent: Slaves to Appliances' AppearancesStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14620478836945715498noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1141418992522687242006-03-03T15:49:00.000-05:002006-03-03T15:49:00.000-05:00Can we be clear: Nazis were evil. Stalin's Soviet ...Can we be clear: Nazis were evil. Stalin's Soviet Union was evil. Apartheid South Africa was evil. The New York Yankees are evil. <BR/><BR/>Wal Mart is not evil. I am not the biggest fan of Sam Walton's company, and I would not argue that it has necessarily been a force for good, either, but it certainly is not inherently evil, and often times may even bring a net good to some communities. let's dcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921385244556780254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1141243608386266632006-03-01T15:06:00.000-05:002006-03-01T15:06:00.000-05:00My wife cooks. I clean. We have no kids (yet). ...My wife cooks. I clean. We have no kids (yet). Works for us so far.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14620478836945715498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1141233973298048822006-03-01T12:26:00.000-05:002006-03-01T12:26:00.000-05:00The problem was not your suggestions. Of course i...The problem was not your suggestions. Of course it is a good idea to give kids responsibilities in the kitchen and around the house. The problem is the pontificating tone. We are not a bunch of high school students who need a lecture in how to properly think and behave. <BR/><BR/>Try, just for once, to give us the benefit of the doubt as adults who have thought through our opinions. We get Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12616206952252181603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1141188202808551602006-02-28T23:43:00.000-05:002006-02-28T23:43:00.000-05:00some people, not naming any names here, have insis...<I>some people, not naming any names here, have insisted that in the interest of fairness every family must be a dual income home</I><BR/><BR/>Good grief. Not sure where I said that (if you're indeed implying I said that). I said it wasn't realistic to expect that women would be the only ones preparing dinner for their families today. This does not necessarily imply a dual-income family. Lots of Jodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10440831261432225677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1141182801846038472006-02-28T22:13:00.000-05:002006-02-28T22:13:00.000-05:00Always High Taxes:Brendan MiniterWSJ- Opinion Jour...Always High Taxes:<BR/>Brendan Miniter<BR/>WSJ- Opinion JournalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1141182740961848932006-02-28T22:12:00.000-05:002006-02-28T22:12:00.000-05:00http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/bminiter/...http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/bminiter/?id=110008023Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1141157319813564752006-02-28T15:08:00.000-05:002006-02-28T15:08:00.000-05:00Not to add fuel to the fire, but once all of us ki...Not to add fuel to the fire, but once all of us kids were in school my mom went back to work and the four of kids shared cooking duties with both parents. <BR/>Concerning WalMart, if it wasn't for stores like WalMart and Sams Club, prices of a lot of goods could, and most likely would, sky rocket. These types of stores make the market more competative and help keep prices in check.<BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1141144397096086462006-02-28T11:33:00.000-05:002006-02-28T11:33:00.000-05:001. It is none of your business whether or not wom...1. It is none of your business whether or not women do most or all of the cooking in the homes of the individuals who chose to comment here. You do not know their situations. As far as us corrupting future generations, no one here argued that women have to do the cooking. In fact, the only person who insisted anything here was the one who said the responsibilities in the kitchen had to be Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12616206952252181603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1141099772773271812006-02-27T23:09:00.000-05:002006-02-27T23:09:00.000-05:00My mother used to involve all of us in the prepara...My mother used to involve all of us in the preparation of some key meals or meal elements when we were smaller. The much-anticipated taco night (where we prepared all the fixings) or pizza night ('crusts' made of pitas, and again, all the fixings) were much more fun than our job cutting the salad veggies, but all had the same purposes of (a) encouraging us to be in the kitchen at the same time, (Jodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10440831261432225677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1141060082506204492006-02-27T12:08:00.000-05:002006-02-27T12:08:00.000-05:00I work for a large cookware manufacturer and speak...I work for a large cookware manufacturer and speak with people all the time who buy stuff they don't know how to use, and blame the product when they can't figure it out. I would compare it to buying a standard transmission and expecting the car to shift like an automatic. <BR/>As for eating with the family; during the time I lived at home with my parents, we almost always ate together with no Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1140908478929417482006-02-25T18:01:00.000-05:002006-02-25T18:01:00.000-05:00My Mom, and my sisters do it still, used to do thi...My Mom, and my sisters do it still, used to do this thing called once a month cooking. Every four weeks or so, she would spend a saturday cooking all day. She would make a couple of pans of lasagna, enchiladas, and some other casseroles, probably about 10-15 during the day, plus make a couple of different kinds of soup. At the end of the day she would freeze it all, then pull it out the day weJohn Blomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107885785348587581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1140817001378321252006-02-24T16:36:00.000-05:002006-02-24T16:36:00.000-05:00No advice here just a long-held observation of min...No advice here just a long-held observation of mine that I believe more than any other single factor, my mother's preparation of my breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday until I was a senior in high school and the fact that we ate together as a family without the TV is the most important in keeping me out of prison. It kept me grounded. <BR/><BR/>One piece of advice: keep calling Steve names, g_robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12486379048583197723noreply@blogger.com