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John Wayne

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Paparazzi Shorts: Stars In Their Favorite Denim Cutoffs (Stylelist)

Jun 28th 2011 1:33PM Jessica Simpson looks great in those short shorts, but the models with the stick legs, please keep your long pants on!! You need shapely legs to pull off the look in the shorter shorts. My daughter, who has danced pointe ballet and jazz since she was 3 (just turned 21) has those type legs. We went to Disney in Orlando last year and she had on some shorts that I had been kidding her about being too short. Though all those long lines at Disney, every guy from 12 to 65 couldn't take their eyes off her. One woman that worked at Disney came up to her and said, "you look fabulous." Tried to get a modeling agency interested, but at 5' 4" and 112 pounds, they said she was too short. Guess they think the public likes the 6 foot, 90pound, shapeless, stick leg girls.

Younger Baby Boomers Hurt Most by Recession (AOL Jobs)

Jan 21st 2011 2:05PM Businesses can't openly discriminate against women, blacks, Hispanics or other racial or ethnic groups, but they can and do discriminate against American workers over the age of 50. No one, certainly not the government, is watching as they break our equal rights laws. My only way to get re-employed after turning 59 and being one of a dozen being laid off, all were over 50 in the group, was to apply strictly to governent positions. And within 9 months I got a good job with a governent agency. The pay is less than half what I earned as an outside sales representative ($85-$99k per year), but it is the one place that values the knowledge and work ethics that baby boomers can bring to the work place. And the heatlh care benefits alone can't be beat. What private industry doesn't seem to see, is most younger workers start out as eager, high energy workers, but within a couple of years get bored, start goofing off, leaving early, calling in sick and spending most of their day applying for other jobs via the Internet while at work. The younger sales reps I worked with considered the workday over at 3 pm and headed to the gym or to the bar. Those highly capable and motivated hold no loyalty to employers and are huge job jumpers with no alliances to anyone but themselves. Look all the high profile executives in business and read their resumes. They have worked for dozens of companies in the last 10 years. This trend is never going to change. Our society values youth more than any other generation. However the youths that are replacing older workers are going to see even shorted careers than baby boomers. The age workers are considered "old" is droping every few years and old is going to be over 40 in another decade. With Americans living longer, just what are these workers supposed to do to support themselves????

My Unemployed Life: The Forgotten Woman (AOL Jobs)

Nov 27th 2010 7:19PM Actually, no they are not.

My Unemployed Life: The Forgotten Woman (AOL Jobs)

Nov 27th 2010 6:15PM Whether this is a made up story by AOL or not, it is a true story for millions of American's. I am one, except I have enough investments to live on for several years if necessary. As a sales representative in the industrial piping industry for 29 years, I was surprised to be laid off at the age of 59. During my career I built a territory from $0 to over $5 1/2 million a year. The former CEO (retired about 6 years ago) thought of me as one of his best sales reps out of a total of 68. He held me up as an example for my prospecting and relationship skills. After his retiring and selling the company to the second largest wholesaler in the country, I and many other long time employees were out the door, in favor of younger workers. How sad that capitalism has gotten so ruthless. Never thought I would feel that way. As a lifelong Republican voter, I never thought that government would be the answer, however, that thinking is changing. If the government can bail out Wallstreet, GM, Chrysler and hundreds of banks, they can bail out citizens that are out there suffering in an economy we didn't bring about. The same Wallstreet bankers that brought down our economy and got government bailouts are back to getting their multi-million dollar bonuses, while other workers are standing in line for a free meal at the local homeless shelter. Our once great country is on the way down. China and Japan are the future leaders in our global economy and the USA is dropping on the list fast.

Elderly Americans Increasingly Declaring Bankruptcy in Retirement (WalletPop)

Nov 25th 2010 3:38PM Beth,
Mark is already struggling to survive. Are you such a low life person that you are willing to try to feed on him with some "low start up cost" scheme?

Elderly Americans Increasingly Declaring Bankruptcy in Retirement (WalletPop)

Nov 25th 2010 2:42PM With congress and President Obama wanting to cut Medicare and Social Security, this problem is only going to get worse. They refer to these programs as "entitlements" rather than retirement plans we pay into all our working lives. Once congress bankrupts our seniors, at least they can get on the true entitlements that congress only wants to increase-welfare, food stamps, medicaide, subsidized housing and others. Programs that currently most of the people getting the benefit pay not one dime into. They won't touch these since those receiving them will vote those supporting these programs back into power.

'Teen Mom' Stars Earn $60,000 Per Season (PopEater)

Oct 30th 2010 2:21AM Right!! Aren't we teaching the young generation the right things. No wonder our schools are so screwed up. Look at what kids are watching. Parents have a hard enough time keeping their kids in line and out of trouble without having all these stupid reality.

'Teen Mom' Stars Earn $60,000 Per Season (PopEater)

Oct 30th 2010 2:09AM So many hard working people out there that roll out of bed and work their butts off everyday for less than these idiots earn. Hollywood produces nothing but pays anyone that can entertain, no matter how dumb, so much. Wonder how many high school dropout failures in life with failure parents will get themselves knocked up in an attempt to get on this show?

Ron Paul Wins CPAC Straw Poll, Sarah Palin is Third With 7 Percent (Politics Daily)

Feb 21st 2010 1:42AM Last election John McCain. Next Ron Paul. Are there no real candidates left in the Republician party?

As 'Chopper' Crashes, We Remember Our Dear Mikey (PopEater)

Feb 12th 2010 10:39PM I always thought all the shouting was fake just to get people not that much into bikes to wait for the next episode to see what would happen. Kind of a soap opera thing with cool motorcycles. Seems from reading the above all the hostility was for real. LA Ink used to a good show too, but the made up drama killed it. Funny to have the camera recording the blonde shop manager saying something about Kat and then saying, on camera, hope Kat doesn't hear what I say. That show became the most stupid show on tv.