Who cares about the constitution? The government does whatever it wants to. They have the big guns.

If you are complaining about service centers, try a brand like Saab, or even worse something like Isuzu (which isn't even being sold in America any more as a passenger vehicle). Parts and service are a real pain in the rump.

Some old people don't know shit. They still use sccs and rcs, pre ansi c and perl to write software because they won't learn new stuff.

From your European link on gender pay:

Not the solid evidence I was seeking, is it?

However, the gender pay gap is not an indicator of the overall inequality between women and men since it only concerns salaried people. The gender pay gap must be looked at in conjunction with other indicators linked to the labour market, in particular those ones that reflect the different working patterns of women. In countries where the female employment rate is low (e.g. Italy), the pay gap is lower than average. This may be a reflection of the small proportion of low-skilled or unskilled women in the workforce. A high pay gap is usually characteristic of a labour market which is highly segregated, meaning that women are more concentrated in a restricted number of sectors and/or professions (e.g. Czech Republic, Estonia and Finland), or in which a significant proportion of women work part-time (e.g. Germany and Austria). Finally, institutional mechanisms and systems on wage setting can influence the pay gap.

Regarding education, the focus was switched from end of year exams to ongoing continual coursework at the same time that teaching styles adjusted to better suit girls. This was done partly to address the underachievement in schools by girls, but has now led to underachievement by boys.

Neither is good, but since your point was that women aren't treated equally in education, I guess I should concede: They're definitely getting preferential treatment at the moment.

yeah, kinda. It is documented that girls lose interest in STEM subject matter in elementary school, presumably because they pick up on society clues that 'women aren't supposed to like math'. We aren't spitting at them or threatening them for showing up to flip bits, but it isn't easy to swim against societies expectations. The (few) girls that I have meet that write code have been fairly unconventional individuals that didn't fit any traditional female archetype. It seems to me that the girls that are becoming coders are the types willing to fly in the face of society's traditional gender perceptions. So, yeah, there are.

Or to put it another way: if it was a 54/46% gender split, I could write it off and say that there isn't anything wrong. 90/10% split? Yeah, something is going on.

In this particular case (male teachers) it is far more about the painting of all males as child molesters and rapists who cannot be trusted around children.

But yes, the huge feminisation of many aspects of society, including schooling, is a major factor.

Most male teachers end up seeing their views ignored, themselves patronised, and their care values bought in to question on a continual basis, basically to marginalize their position as a teacher.

Anyway, personally, I can turn off any sense of empathy at will. I figure that comes with certain genetics, and I'm not embarrassed about that fact. Mind you I also don't put myself into that state be because I don't believe it is emotionally healthy.

> You mean like Medicare (single-payer) or the VA (government-run?) Both have high satisfaction ratings.

You must be joking? The VA with high satisfaction ratings? And Medicare is an insurer of LAST RESORT, of course people are going to at least appreciate that aspect of it. It's that or NOTHING.

That would be racist because it would exclude millions of illegal Mexican immigrants, who are actually eligible to purchase insurance under obamacare.

Obamacare does not discriminate on citizenship status. Anyone living in the US, legally or not, can purchase insurance under Obamacare.

The real question is, if they so badly mismanage something so common and widely implemented elsewhere as one Web site, why should they be trusted with anything more complex?

It is absurd to claim the Kochs somehow control or own a political network that has no links to them, even as a donor.

As part of the deal, two Arizona-based nonprofits, the Koch-linked Center to Protect Patients Rights and Americans for Responsible Leadership, admitted violating [California] state election law.

Koch Industries made an official statement that they never donated "either directly or indirectly".