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From: nobody #1 on 24 Dec 2009 08:23 Steve Irving wrote: > On 12/23/2009 4:17 PM, nobody #1 wrote: > >>> >>> >> >> >> No one is getting represented because one side overcompensates on >> everything and the other side pretends that that they are a goddamn >> fence post. >> > > And both sides got bought off........ > > Probably so but you should keep in mind this is a group of fence posts. nobody #1
From: JMark on 24 Dec 2009 09:34 Nasty wrote: > JMark wrote: >> kridder wrote: >>> MrScottly#54 wrote: >>> >>> As a nation, both conservative and liberal don't like the health care >>> bill that is going through the Senate, and yet the damn senators are >>> going to vote for it anyway. >>> >>> What happened to "representation"? I didn't vote for a "leader", I >>> voted for someone to represent me and my wants and needs. So, we have >>> a bill that doesn't meet the criteria for either side of the political >>> equation, that will cost billions, and they will vote "yes" on it >>> because our jackass President wants it that way, to save his promise >>> to the voters? >>> >>> MrScottly#54 >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> "B-b-b-but we gotta pass something!" >>> >>> That mindset is maddening. What a bunch of slack-jawed, >>> booger-eating morons populating Congress... >> >> Aye, but what of the possibility that they do accurately represent the >> average American? >> >> >> -- >> JMark > > > /I'm/ an average American. All of my friends are average Americans. All > the people I interact with are average Americans. /None/ have expressed > support for the bill. /All/ distrust the federal government, even the > liberals. So, just who ARE the average Americans you refer to? It's a sentiment expressed by George Carlin - a response to the notion that representatives are different from those they represent - he felt differently - the notion is that representatives are an accurate reflection of the Americans they represent, in the way they behave, how they operate and in that their first priority seems to be to serve themselves. The "average" you use above is a bit skewed if "none" have expressed support for the bill and if "All" distrust the federal government. How many have actually read the bill and how do they obtain the information to formulate their opinions - possibly in the same way many representatives do? -- JMark
From: Tommy Shannon on 24 Dec 2009 12:02 Steve Irving wrote: > On 12/24/2009 12:16 AM, roach AH#123 wrote: > >> >> That's what I mean when I say you are well versed in details >> of nthe affairs of the day, I don't need to go into details to >> make my main point here. Defence is a legitimate job for the >> federal govt, health care is not. I don't know enough to argue >> dollars and cents, but it's not necessary. >> > > Huh???? > > The job of the government is to serve the people, to do what they wish > it to do, as long as it's not prohibited by the constitution. BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAAAAA! That was funny. I laughed.
From: 1hogrider on 24 Dec 2009 14:35 On 12/24/2009 2:25 PM, Spunky the Tuna wrote: > Steve Irving wrote: > >> Gotta love this: >> >> "AP updated 59 minutes ago >> >> WYTHEVILLE, Va. - A man accused of taking three people hostage in a >> Virginia post office told them he was angry at the federal government >> because his son had died in Afghanistan and his beloved truck was >> about to repossessed, one of the hostages said Thursday." >> >> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34586811/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/ >> > > I've been to Wytheville (pronounced Wiffle by the locals) and it's > entirely credible that a local Wiffler thought he'd get even with the > people who killed his kid in Afghanistan and the banker who was going to > repossess his truck by holding hostages in a post office. Entirely > believable. Not even surprising. 'Twern't a local. This guy was an import from Tenn and was imported there from Fla. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091224/ap_on_re_us/us_hostage_situation_post_office I live about 75 miles east of Wytheville. He was ultimately on his way to this area but stopped there to take a break and guess he thought, "what the heck...Wytheville is just as good as Roanoke". ....and you are correct. The locals DO pronounce it "Wiffle". Yankees pronounce it "Withe-ville" (long "i" like the word "white"). (t-o) Andy
From: MrScottly#54 on 24 Dec 2009 14:47
On Dec 23, 4:41 pm, Tommy Shannon <DoubleTrou...(a)bass.gov> wrote: > > Scooty, stop pretending that you anything about, well, anything. Stop pretending you can write a complete sentence. MrScottly#54 |