You know what really grinds my gears??

[MarKOed]

Regardless of a person's politicalbend...politics really grinds a lot of peoples gears.

I was at the Cracker Barrel getting ready to eat breakfast when a couple started yelling at me while their son glared threateningly. I was wearing a shirt with an American flag and the caption: Evil Empire. The couple were Veteran's of the first Gulf War. They yelled the typical "love it or leave it" mantra, interrupting mine and many other diner's meals. All I could say was thanks for fighting for my freedom to not say what you disagree with. They continued heckling. I asked if they feel like they've been taken care of as well as the contractor's and other private entities that aid in war. "Nope, fighting the VA every step of the way for even basic treatment" they said. I told them if they don't like it they should leave.

Never seen a shirt like that before, got a pic of it?

 

[JDub]

Never seen a shirt like that before, got a pic of it?

Pretty close anyway. Mine has quarter length sleeves that are black with a white body and black print...pretty much a negative of this.

 

[JDub]

Double post, but I'm a loser with no one to talk to to get things off my chest. My immediate family owns a Payday Loan in the state of Missouri. The banks have ran smear campaigns against our industry for years. We can only loan up to $500.00. Our loans are supposed to be short term so the rate is 17% for two-weeks. Most customers just borrow around $200.00 dollars, so to pay it off it's $234.00 after two-weeks. Anyway, the banks charge up to $36.00 on a single overdraft and up to $8.00 a day for staying in overdraft. Which makes us a waaaay cheaper alternative. Instead of competing the banks have lobbied and created phony grass-roots organizations along with convincing local religious organizations to deem us evil. Now, there's a ballot measure that, if approved, will only allow us to make a max of $180.00 per year per customer. The only way we would even be able to make that $180.00 is if a customer took out a full $500.00 loan, then paid it off and took it back out every two-weeks at $500.00 for a full year. People call us predatory without even looking into who started the whole "Payday Loans are predatory" theme; which was basically part of the banks campaign to manipulate public opinion. The same banks that can make $180.00 off of a single overdraft. Anyway, bottom line is, because we're in an industry that competes with a more influential industry, we may be put out of business by the end of the year. Everyone in my immediate family, and myself, will be jobless all at the same time.

What really grinds my gears is the wording of the ballot measure. There are nearly 10,000 Missourians employed by the Payday Loan industry who pay over $3,000,000.00 in payroll and un-employement taxes. Yet the Missouri Supreme Court approved the wording on the ballot that says that passing this bill will have little to no significant impact. Really? 10,000 people jobless, no longer paying taxes, and asking for state assistance is insignificant? This is why, after this election, I'm done with American Politricks.

 

[MarKOed]

Pretty close anyway. Mine has quarter length sleeves that are black with a white body and black print...pretty much a negative of this.

Well I guess a veteran would have gotten mad about that xD and I didn't realize Rage had that kind of shirt! Personally I'm not overall patriotic but I wouldnt wear something like that, I'm more of a no sleeves kind of guy

 

[Norik]

Dumbasses that use the word "Gay" as an insult.

Retards that use "your" instead of "you're" and "there" instead of "their".

People who bring up the bible in a politics discussion.

People who bring up the bible in a scientific discussion.

People who bring up science or politics in a religious discussion.

People who say "Rocket Science".