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| Candy Corn (OP) Because humans are like that User ID: 19171124 07/07/2012 12:22 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | In Phennommennonn's thread titled "caption this pic 7-7" Quoting: Tzar Om some posters have suggested the caption to read 'gimmie dem skittles' do you think this refers to you? Lol, no, but it should. I'd bet anything Obama got some skittles during the behavioural stages of his training. Last Edited by The Loophole on 07/07/2012 12:23 PM |
| Candy Corn (OP) Because humans are like that User ID: 19171124 07/07/2012 12:25 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Which is better: Quoting: Ardhanarishvara A life where you get to have a bunch of profound and crazy experiences, but die young and hated by everyone or A life where you don't get to do anything you want, but you die old and loved by some? Love is nice, I would choose it. I've only had the profound and crazy so maybe I'm just looking across the fence thinking the grass is greener on the other side. |
| Ardhanarishvara User ID: 12662903 07/07/2012 12:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Which is better: Quoting: Ardhanarishvara A life where you get to have a bunch of profound and crazy experiences, but die young and hated by everyone or A life where you don't get to do anything you want, but you die old and loved by some? Love is nice, I would choose it. I've only had the profound and crazy so maybe I'm just looking across the fence thinking the grass is greener on the other side. But remember, in the loved life, all of your experiences are ONLY repetitive, tedious / boring, nothing profound or exciting or crazy at all. But people miss you when you're gone. OR Crazy life, but no one misses you when you're gone and in your last weeks alive everyone hates you and treats you as such. :sun:Ardhanarishvara | You died, and death was complete freedom from suffering - bliss. But it very quickly got lonely and repetitive in bliss, so you decided to be born once more. You've been doing this forever. Whilst I may not agree with what you say, I will defend to the death my right to disagree with you. Some say "think outside the box". I say "what fucking box?!" xx:taosmilie: |
| Candy Corn (OP) Because humans are like that User ID: 19171124 07/07/2012 12:28 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Which is better: Quoting: Ardhanarishvara A life where you get to have a bunch of profound and crazy experiences, but die young and hated by everyone or A life where you don't get to do anything you want, but you die old and loved by some? Love is nice, I would choose it. I've only had the profound and crazy so maybe I'm just looking across the fence thinking the grass is greener on the other side. But remember, in the loved life, all of your experiences are ONLY repetitive, tedious / boring, nothing profound or exciting or crazy at all. But people miss you when you're gone. OR Crazy life, but no one misses you when you're gone and in your last weeks alive everyone hates you and treats you as such. What did you do in the last few weeks to get to that point? O_o |
| Candy Corn (OP) Because humans are like that User ID: 19171124 07/07/2012 01:28 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Which is better: Quoting: Ardhanarishvara A life where you get to have a bunch of profound and crazy experiences, but die young and hated by everyone or A life where you don't get to do anything you want, but you die old and loved by some? Love is nice, I would choose it. I've only had the profound and crazy so maybe I'm just looking across the fence thinking the grass is greener on the other side. But remember, in the loved life, all of your experiences are ONLY repetitive, tedious / boring, nothing profound or exciting or crazy at all. But people miss you when you're gone. OR Crazy life, but no one misses you when you're gone and in your last weeks alive everyone hates you and treats you as such. The thing is we all create our own path, there is not just one path that offers gluttony and evil while another one only offers boredom and goodness. If we are to accept such limited paths then we are being deliberately led, which is something I cannot in good concious do, as those that deliberately and misleadingly point you down one path as the "true" path, without letting you see all of the options for yourself, do not have your best interests in mind. Chances are they're either lonely themselves, or looking for a body to feed to the wolves so that they can gain safe passage themselves...which seems to be what the "fun" path would be in this particular choice...as the only reason one would be hated that much is if they were the scape goat thrown to the wolves as a distraction to allow the leader to finish down a path they could not have gotten to on their own without sacrificing the follower. I say let the wanna-be leader follow their path alone and don't let them lie to you and tell you the only other option is the monotonous life of the mortal. Last Edited by The Loophole on 07/07/2012 01:32 PM |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 13958950 07/07/2012 05:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Which is better: Quoting: Ardhanarishvara A life where you get to have a bunch of profound and crazy experiences, but die young and hated by everyone or A life where you don't get to do anything you want, but you die old and loved by some? Love is nice, I would choose it. I've only had the profound and crazy so maybe I'm just looking across the fence thinking the grass is greener on the other side. But remember, in the loved life, all of your experiences are ONLY repetitive, tedious / boring, nothing profound or exciting or crazy at all. But people miss you when you're gone. OR Crazy life, but no one misses you when you're gone and in your last weeks alive everyone hates you and treats you as such. The thing is we all create our own path, there is not just one path that offers gluttony and evil while another one only offers boredom and goodness. If we are to accept such limited paths then we are being deliberately led, which is something I cannot in good concious do, as those that deliberately and misleadingly point you down one path as the "true" path, without letting you see all of the options for yourself, do not have your best interests in mind. Chances are they're either lonely themselves, or looking for a body to feed to the wolves so that they can gain safe passage themselves...which seems to be what the "fun" path would be in this particular choice...as the only reason one would be hated that much is if they were the scape goat thrown to the wolves as a distraction to allow the leader to finish down a path they could not have gotten to on their own without sacrificing the follower. I say let the wanna-be leader follow their path alone and don't let them lie to you and tell you the only other option is the monotonous life of the mortal. I like that. What you've written here. I understand it and concur. Just had a similar experience. An experience that turned rotten. And I'm waiting for the day we reach when skittles are made from anti-decaying properties. We'll get there. [smile] |
| Candy Corn (OP) Because humans are like that User ID: 19171124 07/07/2012 07:01 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Candy Corn Love is nice, I would choose it. I've only had the profound and crazy so maybe I'm just looking across the fence thinking the grass is greener on the other side. But remember, in the loved life, all of your experiences are ONLY repetitive, tedious / boring, nothing profound or exciting or crazy at all. But people miss you when you're gone. OR Crazy life, but no one misses you when you're gone and in your last weeks alive everyone hates you and treats you as such. The thing is we all create our own path, there is not just one path that offers gluttony and evil while another one only offers boredom and goodness. If we are to accept such limited paths then we are being deliberately led, which is something I cannot in good concious do, as those that deliberately and misleadingly point you down one path as the "true" path, without letting you see all of the options for yourself, do not have your best interests in mind. Chances are they're either lonely themselves, or looking for a body to feed to the wolves so that they can gain safe passage themselves...which seems to be what the "fun" path would be in this particular choice...as the only reason one would be hated that much is if they were the scape goat thrown to the wolves as a distraction to allow the leader to finish down a path they could not have gotten to on their own without sacrificing the follower. I say let the wanna-be leader follow their path alone and don't let them lie to you and tell you the only other option is the monotonous life of the mortal. I like that. What you've written here. I understand it and concur. Just had a similar experience. An experience that turned rotten. And I'm waiting for the day we reach when skittles are made from anti-decaying properties. We'll get there. [smile] I hope you've been blazing your own path since then :) |
| Ardhanarishvara User ID: 12662903 07/07/2012 07:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | K i'm gunna ask the question in a different way. Would you rather be a compassionate and loving person who dies young with no friends, or a conscienceless psychopath with lots of friends who dies old? :sun:Ardhanarishvara | You died, and death was complete freedom from suffering - bliss. But it very quickly got lonely and repetitive in bliss, so you decided to be born once more. You've been doing this forever. Whilst I may not agree with what you say, I will defend to the death my right to disagree with you. Some say "think outside the box". I say "what fucking box?!" xx:taosmilie: |
| Candy Corn (OP) Because humans are like that User ID: 19171124 07/07/2012 07:16 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | K i'm gunna ask the question in a different way. Quoting: Ardhanarishvara Would you rather be a compassionate and loving person who dies young with no friends, or a conscienceless psychopath with lots of friends who dies old? Psychopaths have few real friends, just people that hang around because they're being fed a pack of lies or because they hope the psychopath to be human. Whereas people that care for others usually eventually end up finding others that respond in kind. So, while you are implying that dying young and living life comes with no companions, you are asking if someone should trade that in for a long empty meaningless life with people that will turn their backs the moment they discover who you are or that you have no immediate purpose they can utilize. The question can't be answered because it has paradoxes within itself. It can only be answered with an even more complex contradiction. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 13958950 07/07/2012 07:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Ardhanarishvara But remember, in the loved life, all of your experiences are ONLY repetitive, tedious / boring, nothing profound or exciting or crazy at all. But people miss you when you're gone. OR Crazy life, but no one misses you when you're gone and in your last weeks alive everyone hates you and treats you as such. The thing is we all create our own path, there is not just one path that offers gluttony and evil while another one only offers boredom and goodness. If we are to accept such limited paths then we are being deliberately led, which is something I cannot in good concious do, as those that deliberately and misleadingly point you down one path as the "true" path, without letting you see all of the options for yourself, do not have your best interests in mind. Chances are they're either lonely themselves, or looking for a body to feed to the wolves so that they can gain safe passage themselves...which seems to be what the "fun" path would be in this particular choice...as the only reason one would be hated that much is if they were the scape goat thrown to the wolves as a distraction to allow the leader to finish down a path they could not have gotten to on their own without sacrificing the follower. I say let the wanna-be leader follow their path alone and don't let them lie to you and tell you the only other option is the monotonous life of the mortal. I like that. What you've written here. I understand it and concur. Just had a similar experience. An experience that turned rotten. And I'm waiting for the day we reach when skittles are made from anti-decaying properties. We'll get there. [smile] I hope you've been blazing your own path since then :) My suggestion was boarding a mutual path. I stopped her in dead her tracks from derailing me from mine while she was trying. Doing so saved at least one life. :) |
| Ardhanarishvara User ID: 12662903 07/07/2012 07:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | K i'm gunna ask the question in a different way. Quoting: Ardhanarishvara Would you rather be a compassionate and loving person who dies young with no friends, or a conscienceless psychopath with lots of friends who dies old? Psychopaths have few real friends, just people that hang around because they're being fed a pack of lies or because they hope the psychopath to be human. Whereas people that care for others usually eventually end up finding others that respond in kind. So, while you are implying that dying young and living life comes with no companions, you are asking if someone should trade that in for a long empty meaningless life with people that will turn their backs the moment they discover who you are or that you have no immediate purpose they can utilize. The question can't be answered because it has paradoxes within itself. It can only be answered with an even more complex contradiction. I think you might have made this a little more complicated than it needs to be. All I am asking is which of the two lives would you rather have? :sun:Ardhanarishvara | You died, and death was complete freedom from suffering - bliss. But it very quickly got lonely and repetitive in bliss, so you decided to be born once more. You've been doing this forever. Whilst I may not agree with what you say, I will defend to the death my right to disagree with you. Some say "think outside the box". I say "what fucking box?!" xx:taosmilie: |
| Candy Corn (OP) Because humans are like that User ID: 19171124 07/07/2012 07:20 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | K i'm gunna ask the question in a different way. Quoting: Ardhanarishvara Would you rather be a compassionate and loving person who dies young with no friends, or a conscienceless psychopath with lots of friends who dies old? Psychopaths have few real friends, just people that hang around because they're being fed a pack of lies or because they hope the psychopath to be human. Whereas people that care for others usually eventually end up finding others that respond in kind. So, while you are implying that dying young and living life comes with no companions, you are asking if someone should trade that in for a long empty meaningless life with people that will turn their backs the moment they discover who you are or that you have no immediate purpose they can utilize. The question can't be answered because it has paradoxes within itself. It can only be answered with an even more complex contradiction. I think you might have made this a little more complicated than it needs to be. All I am asking is which of the two lives would you rather have? A lonely life or a lonely life isn't a choice, not one I would choose from anyway. |
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| Ardhanarishvara User ID: 12662903 07/07/2012 07:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | K i'm gunna ask the question in a different way. Quoting: Ardhanarishvara Would you rather be a compassionate and loving person who dies young with no friends, or a conscienceless psychopath with lots of friends who dies old? Psychopaths have few real friends, just people that hang around because they're being fed a pack of lies or because they hope the psychopath to be human. Whereas people that care for others usually eventually end up finding others that respond in kind. So, while you are implying that dying young and living life comes with no companions, you are asking if someone should trade that in for a long empty meaningless life with people that will turn their backs the moment they discover who you are or that you have no immediate purpose they can utilize. The question can't be answered because it has paradoxes within itself. It can only be answered with an even more complex contradiction. I think you might have made this a little more complicated than it needs to be. All I am asking is which of the two lives would you rather have? A lonely life or a lonely life isn't a choice, not one I would choose from anyway. Come on though, play the game! :) Say you HAD to choose between these two options and there was no other choice, which would it be? xx :sun:Ardhanarishvara | You died, and death was complete freedom from suffering - bliss. But it very quickly got lonely and repetitive in bliss, so you decided to be born once more. You've been doing this forever. Whilst I may not agree with what you say, I will defend to the death my right to disagree with you. Some say "think outside the box". I say "what fucking box?!" xx:taosmilie: |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 13958950 07/07/2012 07:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Candy Corn Psychopaths have few real friends, just people that hang around because they're being fed a pack of lies or because they hope the psychopath to be human. Whereas people that care for others usually eventually end up finding others that respond in kind. So, while you are implying that dying young and living life comes with no companions, you are asking if someone should trade that in for a long empty meaningless life with people that will turn their backs the moment they discover who you are or that you have no immediate purpose they can utilize. The question can't be answered because it has paradoxes within itself. It can only be answered with an even more complex contradiction. I think you might have made this a little more complicated than it needs to be. All I am asking is which of the two lives would you rather have? A lonely life or a lonely life isn't a choice, not one I would choose from anyway. Come on though, play the game! :) Say you HAD to choose between these two options and there was no other choice, which would it be? xx If you're playing the game then that's what it is. Game. And that's usually too wild. |
| Candy Corn (OP) Because humans are like that User ID: 19171124 07/07/2012 07:29 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Candy Corn Psychopaths have few real friends, just people that hang around because they're being fed a pack of lies or because they hope the psychopath to be human. Whereas people that care for others usually eventually end up finding others that respond in kind. So, while you are implying that dying young and living life comes with no companions, you are asking if someone should trade that in for a long empty meaningless life with people that will turn their backs the moment they discover who you are or that you have no immediate purpose they can utilize. The question can't be answered because it has paradoxes within itself. It can only be answered with an even more complex contradiction. I think you might have made this a little more complicated than it needs to be. All I am asking is which of the two lives would you rather have? A lonely life or a lonely life isn't a choice, not one I would choose from anyway. Come on though, play the game! :) Say you HAD to choose between these two options and there was no other choice, which would it be? xx I've never believed that there was no other choice. I believe there's a choice that you believe is more right than the other. But since I see both as inherently the same, I see no point in "voting for the lesser evil". I think I may have spent too long in school answering what the teachers believed was the right answer, rather than answering what was true. I can't in all honesty keep that up, it seems dirty. Last Edited by The Loophole on 07/07/2012 07:32 PM |
| Ardhanarishvara User ID: 12662903 07/07/2012 07:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Ardhanarishvara I think you might have made this a little more complicated than it needs to be. All I am asking is which of the two lives would you rather have? A lonely life or a lonely life isn't a choice, not one I would choose from anyway. Come on though, play the game! :) Say you HAD to choose between these two options and there was no other choice, which would it be? xx I've never believed that there was no other choice. I believe there's a choice that you believe is more right than the other. But since I see both as inherently the same, I see no point in "voting for the lesser evil". I think I may have spent too long in school answering what the teachers believed was the right answer, rather than answering what was true. I can't in all honesty keep that up, it seems dirty. It's only a hypothetical question! Just pick one! :( Also I totally agree with what you say here about right answer vs true answer xx :sun:Ardhanarishvara | You died, and death was complete freedom from suffering - bliss. But it very quickly got lonely and repetitive in bliss, so you decided to be born once more. You've been doing this forever. Whilst I may not agree with what you say, I will defend to the death my right to disagree with you. Some say "think outside the box". I say "what fucking box?!" xx:taosmilie: |
| Candy Corn (OP) Because humans are like that User ID: 19540132 07/11/2012 05:19 AM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I've got a cup of coffee, rain, and nothing to do for hours. Any more questions out there that only the most astoundingly non-psychic person can answer? |
| George B User ID: 3341563 07/11/2012 11:05 AM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I've got a cup of coffee, rain, and nothing to do for hours. Quoting: Candy Corn Any more questions out there that only the most astoundingly non-psychic person can answer? Who was the voice of the car . . . In "My Mother the Car ". . and who was the male lead? Last Edited by George B on 07/11/2012 11:06 AM Martin Luther King . . . Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter! All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer & physicist (1564 - 1642) The only thing guaranteed in life is deception. . . everything else is optional . . . George B |
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| Candy Corn (OP) Because humans are like that User ID: 19542924 07/11/2012 11:28 AM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Who was the voice of the car . . . In "My Mother the Car ". . and who was the male lead? Quoting: George B That pleasant rain turned into thunder and I had to turn off the modem..horrors. I need to watch more television. Was that a B rate movie? Obama will be the last president. I have a twin!! :) |
| George B User ID: 2327140 07/11/2012 11:47 AM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Who was the voice of the car . . . In "My Mother the Car ". . and who was the male lead? Quoting: George B That pleasant rain turned into thunder and I had to turn off the modem..horrors. I need to watch more television. Was that a B rate movie? Obama will be the last president. I have a twin!! :) I think it was lower than a B rating . . .Ann Southern & Jerry Van Dyke I think . . . Why do you think O will be the last President? Martin Luther King . . . Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter! All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer & physicist (1564 - 1642) The only thing guaranteed in life is deception. . . everything else is optional . . . George B |
| AnotherNotPsychic User ID: 19420749 07/11/2012 11:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Who was the voice of the car . . . In "My Mother the Car ". . and who was the male lead? Quoting: George B That pleasant rain turned into thunder and I had to turn off the modem..horrors. I need to watch more television. Was that a B rate movie? Obama will be the last president. I have a twin!! :) I think it was lower than a B rating . . .Ann Southern & Jerry Van Dyke I think . . . Why do you think O will be the last President? The votes have already been counted! ![]() |
| Candy Corn (OP) Because humans are like that User ID: 19542924 07/11/2012 12:08 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I think it was lower than a B rating . . .Ann Southern & Jerry Van Dyke I think . . . Quoting: George B Why do you think O will be the last President? For decades I've observed how the Republicans and Democrats work together in unison towards certain projects (war, removing of rights within the US etc). Each pulls as far as they can go without upsetting public opinion TOO much, and then control is handed over to the other one who completes the job (even though the platform they ran on is invariably a claim that when elected they will stop the job, not complete it). The public allows this because they get caught up in the "he's your president you voted for so of course he's pushing forward death" or "He's my president I voted for so I'll excuse this one thing, because there must have been some reason I voted for him.." This slow sawing back and forth has been going on for years and years with seamless teamwork between the parties. It reminds me of the lumberjacks of old times, each holding one side of a two handled saw and they slowly work together to saw down a tree. If one gets the blade caught, the other pulls it through. But it's not a tree they're sawing at this time, it's something more vital than just one tree. This last push...named Obama... this isn't them continuing to saw for eternity. It's the nudge that knocks down the tree. It's already ready to fall, there's so little left supporting it, only the bark and a few threads of wood remain intact at the base. How do I know? It's simple. He can get away with anything. The position he is in as the first non-white president..it doesn't make him the same tool as all the others. They were a saw, he's the axe. There is nothing he cannot do. There is no "Oh you can't push that through until a Republican gets into office". It's smooth sailing for the party behind the curtain, they don't need to saw any more. Timber.... |
| Candy Corn (OP) Because humans are like that User ID: 19542924 07/11/2012 12:09 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Lol. Probably that too. |
| George B User ID: 2327140 07/11/2012 12:17 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I think it was lower than a B rating . . .Ann Southern & Jerry Van Dyke I think . . . Quoting: George B Why do you think O will be the last President? For decades I've observed how the Republicans and Democrats work together in unison towards certain projects (war, removing of rights within the US etc). Each pulls as far as they can go without upsetting public opinion TOO much, and then control is handed over to the other one who completes the job (even though the platform they ran on is invariably a claim that when elected they will stop the job, not complete it). The public allows this because they get caught up in the "he's your president you voted for so of course he's pushing forward death" or "He's my president I voted for so I'll excuse this one thing, because there must have been some reason I voted for him.." This slow sawing back and forth has been going on for years and years with seamless teamwork between the parties. It reminds me of the lumberjacks of old times, each holding one side of a two handled saw and they slowly work together to saw down a tree. If one gets the blade caught, the other pulls it through. But it's not a tree they're sawing at this time, it's something more vital than just one tree. This last push...named Obama... this isn't them continuing to saw for eternity. It's the nudge that knocks down the tree. It's already ready to fall, there's so little left supporting it, only the bark and a few threads of wood remain intact at the base. How do I know? It's simple. He can get away with anything. The position he is in as the first non-white president..it doesn't make him the same tool as all the others. They were a saw, he's the axe. There is nothing he cannot do. There is no "Oh you can't push that through until a Republican gets into office". It's smooth sailing for the party behind the curtain, they don't need to saw any more. Timber.... Interesting observations and analogy . . . I don't disagree . . . Think this has been going on for centuries . . . Why do you think the grapes are now ripe anymore than let's say during the Great Depression and WWII???? Martin Luther King . . . Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter! All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer & physicist (1564 - 1642) The only thing guaranteed in life is deception. . . everything else is optional . . . George B |
| Candy Corn (OP) Because humans are like that User ID: 19542924 07/11/2012 12:34 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I think it was lower than a B rating . . .Ann Southern & Jerry Van Dyke I think . . . Quoting: George B Why do you think O will be the last President? For decades I've observed how the Republicans and Democrats work together in unison towards certain projects (war, removing of rights within the US etc). Each pulls as far as they can go without upsetting public opinion TOO much, and then control is handed over to the other one who completes the job (even though the platform they ran on is invariably a claim that when elected they will stop the job, not complete it). The public allows this because they get caught up in the "he's your president you voted for so of course he's pushing forward death" or "He's my president I voted for so I'll excuse this one thing, because there must have been some reason I voted for him.." This slow sawing back and forth has been going on for years and years with seamless teamwork between the parties. It reminds me of the lumberjacks of old times, each holding one side of a two handled saw and they slowly work together to saw down a tree. If one gets the blade caught, the other pulls it through. But it's not a tree they're sawing at this time, it's something more vital than just one tree. This last push...named Obama... this isn't them continuing to saw for eternity. It's the nudge that knocks down the tree. It's already ready to fall, there's so little left supporting it, only the bark and a few threads of wood remain intact at the base. How do I know? It's simple. He can get away with anything. The position he is in as the first non-white president..it doesn't make him the same tool as all the others. They were a saw, he's the axe. There is nothing he cannot do. There is no "Oh you can't push that through until a Republican gets into office". It's smooth sailing for the party behind the curtain, they don't need to saw any more. Timber.... Interesting observations and analogy . . . I don't disagree . . . Think this has been going on for centuries . . . Why do you think the grapes are now ripe anymore than let's say during the Great Depression and WWII???? My bet would be on how long it takes to raise a generation that will accept it all. Also, there really was slow and steady work done to give people time to become adjusted to the tightening collar. It took a while to get as far as we have. It's like the boiled toad (frog?) analogy..if the pot had heated up too quickly, people would have fought back. At this point the water is boiling, yet the response rate is fairly consistent and steady from being worn out over so many years. It's highly unlikely you will see real revolution; just some bickering, yelling, and infighting. Also, after WWII we got an influx of ass holes (cough* project paper clip) which helped to speed along the ripening of the masses in the states. I don't know what was available before that or how it was being used, I wasn't alive :) Last Edited by The Loophole on 07/11/2012 12:35 PM |
| Candy Corn (OP) Because humans are like that User ID: 19542924 07/11/2012 12:38 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Oh, just to add..in the lab situation in which we played out "the first black president" decades ago, there was another after him. The problem is that one is still in power 20something years later and corrupt as hell. |
| George B User ID: 1471216 07/11/2012 12:53 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Oh, just to add..in the lab situation in which we played out "the first black president" decades ago, there was another after him. The problem is that one is still in power 20something years later and corrupt as hell. Quoting: Candy Corn I do know most things have been computer simulated millions of times before they happen like the Gulf War, etc . . . But I don't get . . . "The problem is that one is still in power 20something years later and corrupt as hell." Martin Luther King . . . Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter! All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer & physicist (1564 - 1642) The only thing guaranteed in life is deception. . . everything else is optional . . . George B |