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You get what you pay for... (and not even that, in this case, because you are paying some serious taxes for crap service)

And you'd better hope that they have no diversity essays in store either, but then again - there are many occupations where college degree is not a requirement, as long as you don't mind serving people fries that is... Softwarenerd's analogy with witholding the truth from the criminal is spot on. One should never deny reality.

Here's some horror stories from the model country when it comes to totally "Free" healthcare - Sweden: You can't go to a private doctor in Sweden, even if you could still afford to do it after paying 102% taxes - private practices are illegal down there...

Are you sure you are posting on the right forum??? Universal health care is idea is just plain silly and minimum wage laws are one of the causes of unemployment.

I don't know about the other countries, but when it comes to Belarus - the majority of citizens themselves doesn't want to be freed.

12. They'd grow up to be future Hitlers.

This thread brought back memories:

Put yourself in place of the person reading your essay - and write them what they want to read. I doubt admission staff would look favorable on Objectivist views - chances are they have their jobs thanks to "equal opportunity" employment laws, and not merit...

Anyone watched "Rules of Engagement"? There was a scene with kids shooting at the marines. Squad leader's order comes to mind: "Blast the motherf....s!"

Know your stuff. I have no problem being assertive, when I know I'm right.

Back in my old country, there was a band, that did this to a few of their songs. They didn't convert the entire poem into lyrics though - only picked parts for the chorus. Also - I heard the song, before I ever came accross the poem in school, and even though the words and meaning were the same, the context totally changes your reception. I did listen to some sang poetry, and enjoyed it as well - the music makes a big (positive) difference - it's like listening to the radio vs. watching the TV.

Here's an interesting article on GUI design, from one of my favorite magazines: To err is human: teaching a GUI good manners.

Undocumented immigrants are ineligible for welfare, food stamps, Medicaid, and most other public benefits. People come to the USA because there's litte socialism here - they come here exclusively to work (look up statistics on illegal immigrants employment rate). This is in stark contrast with Europe, where Muslim population is basically living off welfare. Not true - I don't know why would you want to move to Europe in the first place, but if you wanted to, you'd have very little trouble obtaining work permit, especially coming from the USA. It's the other way around that's almost impossible to accomplish. Newsflash - it's been done in the US for decades. Read up on H1-B visas. That's pretty much the only legal way (other than marriage), that you can eventually become a citizen.

Are you refering to CAPTCHA's?

Lack of time. The management guys would rather have badly designed product to sell on time, than well designed software that's never released.

I think, it's safe to say that at least 80-90% of immigrants fit that profile - whether they're from South America, Africa, Asia or Europe (myself included).

When it comes to tests nothing helps more than doing a bunch of sample ones. I'd suggest googling: "sample gmat tests". When all else fails - the answer is always ©.

I don't know much about the financial side of the restaurant business, but back in high-school I did work in one for a few years. I was involved in doing renovation at first, when the location was first rented, then waiting, and even some cooking at one point. The place did eventually get somewhere, but the amount of work and time that went into it, was disproportionate to returns. It could be just my experience, but my advice to anyone who wants to get into that kind of business is three words: DON'T DO IT!!! The main problem with food business is just that - food. If you can't sell it, you've got to dump it. Any other type of goods, you can pretty much store indeterminately, but with food - refrigeration will only get you so far, and it's better to lose some money throwing food in the garbage, than losing customers trying to serve something that's not fresh. Power outages are always fun too - especially if they last long. Not a problem you say - I'll get just enough food, so I don't have to throw anything out? Then you better hope you can estimate things well, because cutomers get pissed off even more when they can't get what they want. And that's not even covering the whiny customers, because taste is a very subjective thing (unlike engineering, where I design according to the given specs). Then, there's pest control - and you better make sure that your place is spotless, because a customer spotting one roach can ruin you (and I should mention you have little control over how well other businesses/appartments in your building take care of their bugs - and those things do have legs) Finally - the operating hours - totally out of sync with normal businesses - and I hate nothing more than having to work on Sundays. And all this is not even getting into Liquor Licences, FDA inspections, and staff issues. To sum up - there are better/safer/easier ways to make money.

It seems to be the age-old problem of great product, with poor marketing (USA), vs. poor product with great marketing (Iran). Islamofascist aplogists are falling for the marketing...

The fare itsef may be free, but you end up paying $200 for the baggage check-in, and another $200 for food... There's no such thing as free lunch.

I recognize #2 as one of the stories from "Crash".

It could be just another conspiracy theory, but I've seen this article around the net: If they can bury JETS, they are more than capable of burying a few crates of bio-weapons. It's NOT the rocket that is the WMD. It's the payload...which is about the size of a grapefruit. How many grapefruits could you fit in the same space as a Russian Mig?

That would be me - I just couldn't help myself, and ended up trolling that thread.

I'm actually a little surprised, about the marriage part. As an atheist, I consider myself to be compatible with a girl of any religion (think type '0' blood). In other words, I have no problem going along with their "bedtime story", because I have no "fairy tale" of my own to conflict with theirs.

Here's another atheist prayer: Oh Lord, save me from your followers.