futility

Obtaining healthcare for those experiencing homelessness is an exercise in frustration and often futility.  Most of the time, ERs simply hand the poor sod a script that can't be filled - no money - and send them back into the street.  Unless you're suffering an obvious emergency that is life threatening, don't hold your breath for any additional treatment, y

This is a voters' worst polling place nightmare.  The problem is, poorer voters are those mostly likely to live out the nightmare.  How many votes were lost while people were waiting in a sense of futility?

This is a tough election. It’s hard not to be overwhelmed by feelings of sadness (let’s face it, some of us really suck) and futility (2004 election, anyone?).

Outside of Bama and Florida, there's one team in the SEC that I want to beat badly year in and year out and that's Georgia. I've endured a lot of Georgia fans over the years who seem to be unhappy in winning and unhappy in losing, so I'd honestly rather see them unhappy for losing.

This is a harsh thing to say on the heels of what has been an incredible Vanderbilt football season (until today), but Commodores Coach Bobby Johnson is solely responsible for a bitter 17-14 loss to Mississippi State in Starkville this afternoon.

Gosh darnit:

James Antle breaks down what has become of the Ron Paul Revolution:

Alt-weekly editor Pete Kotz on the futility of forced integration:

After all, Woods is right: For 40 years we’ve been trying to integrate poor kids into middle-income class rooms. And for 40 years it’s been killing urban school districts.

I work as part of a SOAR Team. We have one of the finest records in the nation for winning first time pass-through approvals of Social Security Disability claims.

I’m going to talk about the two tv shows I watched this weekend which made an impression. My rant about homosexual men on reality shows turned out to be longer than I thought, so I’ve more-tagged the Design Star portion…

First, though, let’s talk about Battlestar Galactica
[spoilers here, gang]