I've lived in both predominantly black and white neighborhoods growing up in Virginia and Maryland and the assumptions that people make about other races is funny as hell. You can walk into any neighborhood you want to but if you act stupid or weird towards anyone in that neighborhood then of course they will act on it. Common sense is all that is needed but even that in some people isn't enough. I've been the only black man in an all white bar and it wasn't the greatest time there. Ignorance knows no color or sexual preference so if you want to know more about another race just ask. The only dumb question is one that isn't asked. This country will never be united because no one has the balls to actually sit down and learn from each other by talking about their differences. Only then will we actually be united.

Well most schools have spent the technology money in different ways other than making it so teachers can email the parents and email and post lesson plans. Most schools now have smart boards in the classroom replacing the blackboard completely. The schools I've seen no longer use chalk and overheads so they are kind of up to date in some aspects. Grade books are now completely online so teachers no longer have to keep a written copy of their grades and their lesson plans are actually submitted online to the principal weekly in some schools so the principal knows what's going on. So they are almost there but they still have a ways to go when it comes to keeping the parents informed in a more up to date way. And not all states in the US put the same value on education. Some states just spend more when it comes to education and a lot of schools just are too old to support the needed technology upgrade. They would need to rebuild many schools in order to make them able to support the current technology. My high school was originally built in the 50s and was only supposed to hold a max of 1500 but when I graduated in 1995 the school was holding 3000 students. It's just now being rebuilt so it can support more technology and hopefully be able to catch up to the 21st century.

I agree with you on that one. They just sound like they are throwing darts at a dart board hoping that an idea will sound good and work. No way the government will allow them to create spyware and install it on everyone's computer just because they are worried about a few movies.

I agree with you on that. But some people are also just awkward in social settings when they are around other people. I don't think I suffer from severe depression but when I am gaming on my pc at home I see it as a stress relief instead of a way to hide in a fantasy world. If I didn't game and instead went to a bar, I would come out drunk and worse off than when I went in there.

Well with the phone companies saying what they can do compared to the next company and vice versa. I don't see the iPhone or any phone achieving it's full potential in the US until either one or several carriers decide to provide coverage in the US like the carriers are able to do in Japan. Both AT&T and Verizon have big faults when it comes to their abilities. Verizon says their 3G coverage covers the entire country but their speed stinks. AT&T claims their speed is tops, but their coverage stinks. The companies are still trying to get 3G coverage throughout and until that happens the latest smartphone will always not run at its full capabilities.

Pat Robertson said that it was a true story that the Haitians made a pact with the devil. Does that mean that Pat Robertson is the devil since obviously he was the only other person there to witness this deal going down.