Dave a great article, thanks f

2008-05-22T00:26:46.488+02:00

Dave a great article, thanks for posting it. "Second wives can be far better marriage material than their inexperienced never-married counterparts who have stars in their eyes and expect a huge wedding and a rock the size of a bowling ball. " If I were still single, I would approach a divorced woman with extreme caution. For we know the numbers: 70-80% of divorces initiated by women, and only a tiny minority were for "real" reasons such as infidelity or abuse. The lion's share of divorces are filed because the woman is unhappy. So chances are her first husband failed to make her happy. What makes a guy think he can do any better? Why should he give her a second kick at the cat? Now I may be partial, but I think divorced men make much better marriage material on average than divorced women. Why? Well, for one thing, they have shown that they can commit. They have shown that they have fulfilled their part of the social marriage contract, whereas their ex wife broke it. They are also smarter than never-married guys-not only have they experience with women, but they're more likely to have greater self-knowledge too. The only real detractor to a divorced man that I can see, other than his cautiousness with women, is the fact that he likely has less earning power than a never-married man due to child-support debt peonage and such. These money woes can and will be a turn-off to women, who despite their claimed independence, still viscerally want the provider and protector. In the end, what advice would I give to my boys when the time comes for them to look for a bride? Simple. #1 is that she is a Christian, in that her master is God. If she isn't accountable to Him, she isn't accountable to anyone but herself and we know where that leads. #2 is that she must--must--be willing to submit herself to his leadership in the home (note to feminists..you need to learn what Biblical submission is before you hyperventilate about it). A ship cannot have two captains, and certainly not a co-captain who, if she chose to quit, takes half the cargo and the rest of the crew with her. And has claim to 20 - 40% of your future earnings for the next two decades. If she fails those two criteria, he needs to look elsewhere

"How many social engineers

2008-05-20T00:57:05.246+02:00
"How many social engineers get sued because they create policy and law which flat out doesn't work and hurts people?" I don't disagree, but it's probably because it's a lot harder to draw a clear cause-and-effect for a government agent's misconduct. And also because the person being held accountable is a government agent...they don't work for the taxpayer/customer, they work for the system. Their job is to follow the law, regardless of what the results are. The others you spoke of were in private industry, where either the gov't holds them accountable, or the marketplace does. Either way, they're held to a standard of performance that g-men are not because of the way bureaucracies serve themselves.

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