Great show and interesting topics but don’t blame the UK for the barrel size since the first commercial oil well was just outside Pittsburg in 1859 and there are 42 US gallons in a barrel which is 34 UK gallons.
Don’t forget to turn off your tvs and dvd at the outlet and not to leave them on standby.

Damn guys, i was surprised when i heard how much you spend in utilities, 200 bucks, really ?!?!?!?! Damn that is cheap.
Here where i live (Mexicali, Mexico) our electricity bill is 200dlls…A MONTH!!! since the temp goes really high (112F typ) we all have AC on all the time and that is the monthtly drama, at least in summer but then in winter it goes down to around 50dlls average.
But not only that, add to all the rest. Electricity $200, Gas $45 (it lasts maybe 1 month or 6 wks depending on how much u use it), Phone bill which i pay $80 a month, water, well water is cheap like $6 a month, it adds to around $330 a month for the basics and many people earn that in 1 wk of work, so you know :oP

Oh ok, we are the same then :oP

Why is it “ghetto” to buy food from a cheaper outlet that many economically-challenged people have depended on for years before this current recession? And according to Mr. Shaff, since the store is ghetto, so is banking there as well.

One must live and experience the ghetto to truly understand and appreciate what it means, and using the term as an interchangeable derogatory description for “tacky” or “cheap” is offensive. We can’t all have computers and multiple external hard drives connected to power strips. Some of us have to work at these ghetto establishments just to keep a roof over our heads.

I did not mean to put down anyone who bargain shops! I do a lot of my grocery shopping at Target. I was just commenting on the poor quality of food…most of which was junk. If you like off-brand cheetohs, sugary soda, and popsicles, more power to you. I just was hoping for a better selection of produce and healthy snacks.

Not all of us can be clones. We are individuals warts and all. At least Jay and myself see through the bull crap of McCain.

Like many people, I’m also feeling the effects of our current economy on my pocketbook; I’ve been barely scraping by for the last year. But my issue isn’t bargain-shopping; it’s that he used the word “ghetto” more than once to describe what he thinks of going to certain grocery outlets or patronizing banks located in said stores. “Ghetto” is a term that gets tossed around way too often, and usually by people who have no idea what it means to live and survive in that environment. So before he makes those prejudiced judgments, perhaps he should try being a young person of color trying to safely get to school every day or a single mother working 3 jobs to take care of her children.

As for the comments about women in power, I agree that a huge discrepancy exists on all levels of the government hierarchy. But sometimes we may have to temporarily sacrifice certain beliefs in order to further other ones. Mr. Shaff is so hung-up on his male feminism that he would cast his vote against the only group that would even CONSIDER fighting for any of his rights.

Personally, I feel his comments reek of privilege and self-righteous bitterness.

Darnit Fishsauce, I signed in just to complain about this grown, supposedly intelligent man using the word “ghetto” as an adjective! That’s what I get for listening to shows a day late.

Marc: Yes, among trashy, ignorant people

Marc: I agree that lots of people use it, but does that make it right? It’s like a white person using the “N” word or a hetero using “faggot”. Just because everyone uses it doesn’t mean that they are necessarily entitled to use it, especially when there are a plethora of alternative and more appropriate descriptions he could’ve chosen, such as “tacky”, “cheap” or “shabby”.

I may no longer live in the “ghetto”, but I still have family and friends there that weren’t fortunate enough to have been given those opportunities. And as a person who puts on an air of knowing-it-all, Mr. Shaff’s choice of vocabulary seems to further demonstrate his white male privilege.

Funsizedsnacks: Thank you for understanding my position.

Favorite quote: “Jesus is the ultimate trick stealing bitch” :-O

I <3 Trader Joe’s. Each week I spend about $140 and get 5 huge bags of food. That’s kind of shocking that they’re owned by the huge german company. They’ve pushed the image of TJ’s as local Southern California town hero but it makes sense since they’ve been opening up all over the US. I know the reason their prices are so low is that they pay cash up front for everything.

Great show today. Funny you should mention Ronnie, because he is on this month’s cover of Instinct Magazine. I think he heard this show, because he gave a shout out to Jay on his myspace page to listen to the show. Hope Ronnie can be on the FOF show one day.

Got it! It was http://www.MINT.com
Sorry my ears weren’t that sharp!

I know you’ve been hoping to interview a gay man who supports the Republican party, but please try to find one that doesn’t distort the facts. If Jay had been paying attention he would have known that the Democrats have had a majority in the House for 2.5 years, not four. Democrats do not have a majority in the Senate, where I believe it is 49/49/2 (Democrats/Republicans/Independents). Since gaining back some clout in Congress, the Democrats have attempted to pass legislation protecting us from hate crimes and from being fired from our jobs due soley to our sexual orientation. It was the Republican members of Congress, for the most part, that killed this legislation. Legislation, I might add that our Republican President was prepared to veto. I’m more than willing to listen to some thoughtful debate on the issues from all parties, but this Republican campaign (like the two which came before it) can’t seem to tell the truth. It’s very sad when “inaccuracies” which could so easily harm us come from within our own community. PLEASE either lose Jay’s contact information or next time call him out on what he says.