Second City: For Those with Vaginas
Don’t forget who really has the power
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228 comments
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darthstar Mon, Apr 11, 2011 2:24:29pm |
I like the woman ripping the guy’s still beating heart out of his chest after the credits…nice touch.
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Kid A Mon, Apr 11, 2011 2:25:26pm |
I’m very vagina-friendly, and this is just….brilliant!
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, Apr 11, 2011 2:27:55pm |
I have loved these guys for some time! They are brilliant.
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darthstar Mon, Apr 11, 2011 2:28:49pm |
re: #1 darthstar
I like the woman ripping the guy’s still beating heart out of his chest after the credits…nice touch.
Okay…turns out it’s a “how to deal with global warming deniers” video…
A little urine never hurt anyone.
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Kid A Mon, Apr 11, 2011 2:29:04pm |
“And there is nothing less hot than a man who doesn’t care about vaginas.”
Hello, Republicans?? HELLOOOOOO???
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, Apr 11, 2011 2:35:30pm |
Greetings from central Virginia. This is my first post from my fairly new iPhone.
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Funky_Gibbon Mon, Apr 11, 2011 2:36:49pm |
Just had a big belly laugh watching that thanks :D
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wrenchwench Mon, Apr 11, 2011 2:37:21pm |
re: #7 NJDhockeyfan
Greetings from central
VirginiaVagina. This is my first post from my fairly new iPhone.
You came so close to being on topic, I couldn’t resist.
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NJDhockeyfan Mon, Apr 11, 2011 2:38:38pm |
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Fozzie Bear Mon, Apr 11, 2011 2:39:42pm |
It’s a modern day Lysistrata, and it’s about time.
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Shiplord Kirel Mon, Apr 11, 2011 2:41:30pm |
This reminds me of something. Oh yeah:
Lysistrata
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Shiplord Kirel Mon, Apr 11, 2011 2:42:03pm |
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Apr 11, 2011 2:45:22pm |
re: #13 Shiplord Kirel
This reminds me of something. Oh yeah:
Lysistrata
Lysistrata was actually written to mock women. Aristophanes was saying, “women have this awesome power, but they can’t get their act together to actually use it!”
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Shiplord Kirel Mon, Apr 11, 2011 2:52:50pm |
re: #15 Alouette
Lysistrata was actually written to mock women. Aristophanes was saying, “women have this awesome power, but they can’t get their act together to actually use it!”
It is hardly a feminist treatise, but Lysistrata the character did succeed in her goal and demonstrated her power over men. Along the way, many other female characters are portrayed as irrational and pretty much matching the stereotypes of the time, but this turns out not to be universally the case.
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Mon, Apr 11, 2011 2:56:01pm |
A guy in the office is taking Latin classes. I just rendered him completely worthless for the rest of the day by showing him a Sator Square.
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Mon, Apr 11, 2011 3:02:45pm |
As expected when the AU announced Daffy had agreed “in principal” to a ceasefire,
Libya Rebels Reject Peace Proposal
Libya’s rebel leadership rejected a cease-fire proposal drawn up by a delegation of African leaders and backed by Col. Moammar Gadhafi, insisting that any deal include the ouster of the Libyan leader and his sons from power.The proposal was drawn up with Col. Gadhafi’s backing by African leaders indebted to him for his years of largesse to their small impoverished nations.
It was widely seen as an effort to bestow a measure of international legitimacy on Col. Gadhafi’s increasingly isolated regime and portray the besieged Libyan strongman as open to peaceful compromise, while the rebels in the east refuse.
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wrenchwench Mon, Apr 11, 2011 3:03:25pm |
re: #15 Alouette
Lysistrata was actually written to mock women. Aristophanes was saying, “women have this awesome power, but they can’t get their act together to actually use it!”
The same can be said of many large cohorts of people (the Democratic Party came to mind first) but it will always be true for women, because like every other large cohort, we are not monolithic.
On that note, Lila Rose, you can go to hell.
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Iwouldprefernotto Mon, Apr 11, 2011 3:06:38pm |
If I like vaginas and I like people that like vaginas am I a lesbian? Gay? I’m so confused.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, Apr 11, 2011 3:22:40pm |
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 3:26:25pm |
vagina lite!
less filling…
tastes great!
it’s Miller time in the mountain west
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 3:30:15pm |
VAGINA
slow down
ZONEre: #23 Obdicut
That’s a hard post to follow.
(if you know what I mean.)
can’t beat it
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wrenchwench Mon, Apr 11, 2011 3:35:56pm |
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darthstar Mon, Apr 11, 2011 3:36:06pm |
Auto-buds - when two cars of identical make, model, and color are parked next to each other.
Jersey double:
[Link: autobuds.tumblr.com…]
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Killgore Trout Mon, Apr 11, 2011 3:43:06pm |
9-11 truther Alex Jones if filling in for Beck this week.
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 3:44:09pm |
Boobs Balinskaya speaks out…
Khadafy’s former nurse calls Libyan madman a health-obsessed ‘Stalin’
“I had everything I could dream of: a furnished two-bedroom apartment, a driver who appeared whenever I called. But my apartment was bugged, and my personal life was watched closely,” she wrote.
Read more: [Link: www.nypost.com…]
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sagehen Mon, Apr 11, 2011 3:45:31pm |
re: #4 abolitionist
Ladies, I care.
Which is a necessary, but not sufficient, criteria to be allowed access to vaginas. What else ya got?
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sagehen Mon, Apr 11, 2011 3:47:58pm |
re: #18 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
A guy in the office is taking Latin classes. I just rendered him completely worthless for the rest of the day by showing him a Sator Square.
So Cracked really is educational, and useful in your daily life.
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Gus Mon, Apr 11, 2011 3:48:04pm |
re: #30 Killgore Trout
9-11 truther Alex Jones if filling in for Beck this week.
Wouldn’t surprise me. Then Fox News will be able to get Alex Jones’s “bipartisan” following.
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 3:51:23pm |
Easter eggs are now ‘spring spheres’….hahaha!
the Rest Of the Story at Am Thinker
hahahoho!
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ProBosniaLiberal Mon, Apr 11, 2011 3:52:04pm |
re: #33 sagehen
I just learned something about the Civil War on TVTropes. Want to hear it?
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Killgore Trout Mon, Apr 11, 2011 3:52:39pm |
re: #36 albusteve
Easter eggs are now ‘spring spheres’…hahaha!
the Rest Of the Story at Am Thinker
hahahoho!
Is it time for the war on Easter again?
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 3:55:03pm |
re: #38 Killgore Trout
Is it time for the war on Easter again?
I’m entering my local Bunny Head Bite Off this year….wish me luck!
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Gus Mon, Apr 11, 2011 3:56:06pm |
Let’s see who stop following me on Twitter after I just Tweeted this. I’m in one of those moods today.
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 3:59:34pm |
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:02:21pm |
A prominent consitutional scholar and former official of President Barack Obama’s Justice Department, Laurence Tribe, is decrying the Pentagon’s treatment of Wikileaks suspect Pvt. Bradley Manning in a Virginia brig.
this has already gone on about long enough…charge him, and run him through the courts…get it over with
[Link: www.politico.com…]
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sagehen Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:02:28pm |
re: #37 ProLifeLiberal
I just learned something about the Civil War on TVTropes. Want to hear it?
Always.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:03:50pm |
re: #29 darthstar
Auto-buds - when two cars of identical make, model, and color are parked next to each other.
Jersey double:
[Link: autobuds.tumblr.com…]
Yeah, parked today next to a car identical to mine. I even walked up to it in the parking lot, but my real car chirped when I pressed the key fob.
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:05:58pm |
re: #42 Gus 802
The fickle finger of fate.
Arab response…
“may the dung of a thousand camels infest your nares!”
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:07:11pm |
re: #46 Alouette
Yeah, parked today next to a car identical to mine. I even walked up to it in the parking lot, but my real car chirped when I pressed the key fob.
I never park next to another car like mine….
[Link: blog.hemmings.com…]
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darthstar Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:08:53pm |
re: #48 albusteve
I never park next to another car like mine…
[Link: blog.hemmings.com…]
I’ve got three of those.
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:09:47pm |
Conservative radio host Mark Levin spoke with Neil Cavuto yesterday on Fox News and was not in the mood to celebrate the deal that avoided a government shutdown. Instead, he declared the compromise to be “a historic scam” and expressed disappointment with Republican leaders saying “I think they don’t have a strategy.”
a leak in the GOP dike
[Link: www.mediaite.com…]
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:10:23pm |
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Gus Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:11:29pm |
12,915 died from the tsunami and earthquake in Japan. Thus far no one has died from the resulting Fukushima nuclear power plant accident. Looks to me like poor urban planning and building design is far more dangerous than nuclear power.
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Gus Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:13:57pm |
re: #50 albusteve
Conservative radio host Mark Levin spoke with Neil Cavuto yesterday on Fox News and was not in the mood to celebrate the deal that avoided a government shutdown. Instead, he declared the compromise to be “a historic scam” and expressed disappointment with Republican leaders saying “I think they don’t have a strategy.”
a leak in the GOP dike
[Link: www.mediaite.com…]
John Boehner says he and Obama have built a good working relationship
I’m sure you are aware of this already but the left is rather pissed off at Obama too.
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:14:09pm |
At his public school, Little Village Academy on Chicago’s West Side, students are not allowed to pack lunches from home. Unless they have a medical excuse, they must eat the food served in the cafeteria.
you mother is an idiot and we know what’s best for you
[Link: www.chicagotribune.com…]
Nanny Gone Wild
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darthstar Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:15:05pm |
re: #54 albusteve
At his public school, Little Village Academy on Chicago’s West Side, students are not allowed to pack lunches from home. Unless they have a medical excuse, they must eat the food served in the cafeteria.
you mother is an idiot and we know what’s best for you
[Link: www.chicagotribune.com…]
Nanny Gone Wild
I was just about to post that link…
For parents whose kids do not qualify for free or reduced price school lunches, the $2.25 daily cafeteria price can also tally more than a homemade lunch. “We don’t spend anywhere close to that on my son’s daily intake of a sandwich (lovingly cut into the shape of a Star Wars ship),
I want a star wars ship shaped sandwich in my lunch!
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:15:40pm |
re: #53 Gus 802
John Boehner says he and Obama have built a good working relationship
I’m sure you are aware of this already but the left is rather pissed off at Obama too.
Barak “Feet Of Lead” Obama?…who’s ratings are sinking like a stone?
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ProBosniaLiberal Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:16:28pm |
re: #44 sagehen
The Battle of the Crater late in the war seems to have been the first time the US Military was race-conscious. Quote below:
The Battle of The Crater: The Union plan was to dig a mine to a Confederate strong point, pack in as much explosives as they could find, blast the place sky high and then send in a crack unit of Colored Voulenteers to march around the resulting titular Crater and turn the Confederate lines. Everything went like gangbusters until point 4, when political reasons (specifically the fear that if it failed, the Union would be accused of using the black soldiers as cannon fodder) resulted in the highly trained black soldiers being replaced with untrained, poorly led whites. Said soldiers, not knowing what to do, marched into the crater, which they had no means of getting out of, and were proptly chewed to shreds by the Confederates. For added insult to injury, the Colored Voulenteers suffered massive casualities attempting to bail out their replacements.
Lesson: Always go with the original plan.
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:18:33pm |
re: #57 ProLifeLiberal
The Battle of the Crater late in the war seems to have been the first time the US Military was race-conscious. Quote below:
Lesson: Always go with the original plan.
Petersburg…been there, an amazing place for buffs
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Gus Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:18:38pm |
re: #54 albusteve
At his public school, Little Village Academy on Chicago’s West Side, students are not allowed to pack lunches from home. Unless they have a medical excuse, they must eat the food served in the cafeteria.
you mother is an idiot and we know what’s best for you
[Link: www.chicagotribune.com…]
Nanny Gone Wild
Also see Are You Raising a Douchebag?
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Killgore Trout Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:19:50pm |
re: #53 Gus 802
John Boehner says he and Obama have built a good working relationship
I’m sure you are aware of this already but the left is rather pissed off at Obama too.
There’s a little bit of grumbling on both sides but not much. I’m happy the Republicans are selling the comprimise as a victory. There’ll be more bitching when we see more of what’s in the deal.
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reine.de.tout Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:24:11pm |
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:25:55pm |
re: #61 Killgore Trout
Heh. Not a word.
It is too!
It’s a contraction of “there will”.
[Link: esl.about.com…]
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jaunte Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:27:10pm |
re: #61 Killgore Trout
The Lion in Winter:
Henry II: The day those stout hearts band together is the day that pigs get wings.
Eleanor: There’ll be pork in the treetops come morning.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:27:54pm |
re: #62 reine.de.tout
[Link: www.merriam-webster.com…]
It’s in websters so I guess it’s ok. Firefox Spell Check rejects it. I have some odd spelling and grammar quirks so I’m never really sure. I thought for a second I just made it up.
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Stanley Sea Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:30:52pm |
BreakingNews Breaking News
Fukushima nuclear plant operator says a fire has broken out at the No. 4 reactor - Reuters
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:32:49pm |
re: #54 albusteve
At his public school, Little Village Academy on Chicago’s West Side, students are not allowed to pack lunches from home. Unless they have a medical excuse, they must eat the food served in the cafeteria.
you mother is an idiot and we know what’s best for you
[Link: www.chicagotribune.com…]
Nanny Gone Wild
my solution as a parent would be to immediately get a medical excuse from a doctor friend for his entire diet, and then pack him AWESOME LUNCHES as protest. :D
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:34:03pm |
re: #68 WindUpBird
oh man, a whole Heath bar? And french dip? With a thermos of au jus? THAT’S STILL WARM?? Thanks imaginary dad!
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:35:26pm |
re: #68 WindUpBird
my solution as a parent would be to immediately get a medical excuse from a doctor friend for his entire diet, and then pack him AWESOME LUNCHES as protest. :D
my solution as a parent would be to immediately remove my kids from that school system…they can fuck off with their nosy, intrusive bullshit
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Gus Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:35:51pm |
re: #68 WindUpBird
my solution as a parent would be to immediately get a medical excuse from a doctor friend for his entire diet, and then pack him AWESOME LUNCHES as protest. :D
This is supposed to be an enchilada dish from that school.
Looks like glop to me.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:37:37pm |
re: #69 WindUpBird
oh man, a whole Heath bar? And french dip? With a thermos of au jus? THAT’S STILL WARM?? Thanks imaginary dad!
Quick post, then I must go:
The elementary school my kids attended before I homeschooled them would only allow birthday treats that were store bought. No homemade.
My mother suggested that I bring fudgsicles.
That’ll teach them.
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:38:36pm |
Oregon’s electric car owners shocked by proposed bill that would tax their cars
“What’s the message they’re sending?” he said. “With one hand, they’re offering a tax rebate to get you to buy an electric car. With the other, they’re proposing a new tax. It looks like money-grubbing.”
ahh, progressive Oregon….Portland, a beacon of personal freedoms
[Link: www.oregonlive.com…]
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Killgore Trout Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:38:54pm |
re: #67 Stanley Sea
BreakingNews Breaking News
Fukushima nuclear plant operator says a fire has broken out at the No. 4 reactor - Reuters
Ugh. They just can’t catch a break.
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wrenchwench Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:40:18pm |
re: #69 WindUpBird
oh man, a whole Heath bar? And french dip? With a thermos of au jus? THAT’S STILL WARM?? Thanks imaginary dad!
When Mr. w was a kid, he got a Thermos of tomato soup with a hot dog in it tied to a string it so he could pull it out and put it on the accompanying bun. This was back when Thermoses had a cork, not a screw top.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:40:47pm |
re: #73 albusteve
Oregon’s electric car owners shocked by proposed bill that would tax their cars
“What’s the message they’re sending?” he said. “With one hand, they’re offering a tax rebate to get you to buy an electric car. With the other, they’re proposing a new tax. It looks like money-grubbing.”
ahh, progressive Oregon…Portland, a beacon of personal freedoms
[Link: www.oregonlive.com…]
No comment. Although I will point out that if I’m going to downtown-downtown Portland, I take the light rail.
Parking.
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Gus Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:43:28pm |
re: #76 wrenchwench
When Mr. w was a kid, he got a Thermos of tomato soup with a hot dog in it tied to a string it so he could pull it out and put it on the accompanying bun. This was back when Thermoses had a cork, not a screw top.
Don’t you know that children who are raised on a diet of hot dogs wind up leading a life of violence and imperialist tendencies!!11ty
//
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wrenchwench Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:44:49pm |
re: #78 Gus 802
Don’t you know that children who are raised on a diet of hot dogs wind up leading a life of violence and imperialist tendencies!!11ty
//
Well, he did join the Navy a few years later.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:45:49pm |
re: #70 albusteve
my solution as a parent would be to immediately remove my kids from that school system…they can fuck off with their nosy, intrusive bullshit
that seems like an awful lot more work *_*
if the school is otherwise okay and they’re just psychos about food, I’d just run around that
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Gus Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:45:50pm |
re: #79 wrenchwench
Well, he did join the Navy a few years later.
Yeah but if he joined the Navy he wound up choosing a non-violent career.
//
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:46:16pm |
re: #80 WindUpBird
that seems like an awful lot more work *_*
if the school is otherwise okay and they’re just psychos about food, I’d just run around that
all this ignores the fact that the only children I have are cats and paintings
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wrenchwench Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:46:37pm |
re: #81 Gus 802
Yeah but if he joined the Navy he wound up choosing a non-violent career.
//
That must have been the influence of the tomato soup.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:47:06pm |
MSNBC: Warmongering liberals….
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Gus Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:47:54pm |
re: #83 wrenchwench
That must have been the influence of the tomato soup.
I used to love tomato soup with Romano cheese when I was a kid. That and “stabbing” the eggs when they were sunny side up. ;)
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:49:05pm |
re: #84 Killgore Trout
MSNBC: Warmongering liberals…
[Video]
RT is like the Weekly World News: Pravda edition
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:50:11pm |
re: #73 albusteve
Oregon’s electric car owners shocked by proposed bill that would tax their cars
“What’s the message they’re sending?” he said. “With one hand, they’re offering a tax rebate to get you to buy an electric car. With the other, they’re proposing a new tax. It looks like money-grubbing.”
ahh, progressive Oregon…Portland, a beacon of personal freedoms
[Link: www.oregonlive.com…]
Electric car people here are retarded, oh god tax the shit out of them, they annoy me hahaha
I literally saw a guy with a teeny little golf-cart sized electric car PITCHING IT TO PEOPLE IN A 7-11 PARKING LOT. It looked like one of those tiny little cars from idia where the wheelbase is like 5 feet. it looked significantly smaller and less robust than The Smart car
But honestly, there’s plenty of real REAL green in PDX, and real green means walking, bikes, and trains. Electric cars in Portland are for rich yuppies who want to show off their toys. If someone in PDX is the real thing, knows their stuff, and they’re super green with a car, it’s usually a old mercedes or an old VW diesel, that they’re putting biodiesel into.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:50:54pm |
re: #86 kragar (proud to be kafir)
RT is like the Weekly World News: Pravda edition
They also hace a very strange love afair with American libertarians. Ron Paul and Alex Jones are on there all the time.
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wrenchwench Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:51:08pm |
re: #85 Gus 802
I used to love tomato soup with Romano cheese when I was a kid.
Pretty sophisticated. It was my favorite food when I was five. I think it was garnished with a pat of butter.
That and “stabbing” the eggs when they were sunny side up. ;)
Now there’s your violent food tendencies!
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:51:24pm |
re: #67 Stanley Sea
BreakingNews Breaking News
Fukushima nuclear plant operator says a fire has broken out at the No. 4 reactor - Reuters
Oh, dear!
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wrenchwench Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:52:52pm |
re: #88 Killgore Trout
They also hace a very strange love afair with American libertarians. Ron Paul and Alex Jones are on there all the time.
They (RT and the Jones/Paulians) would all love it if America would take its weapons and go home, and stay there.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:52:56pm |
re: #87 WindUpBird
saw an AWD passat wagon, running on fryer oil, at a bite of portland booth
I want that car. Actually I want that car with the V10 diesel from the Touraeg in it so I can get 550 ft lbs of torque from a station wagon using the grease they throw out at Jack in the Box
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:53:17pm |
re: #88 Killgore Trout
They also hace a very strange love afair with American libertarians. Ron Paul and Alex Jones are on there all the time.
Hey, when you’re whole schtick is showing the world how dumb Americans can be, you got to go with your best material.
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Gus Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:53:27pm |
re: #84 Killgore Trout
MSNBC: Warmongering liberals…
[Video]
Oh brother. RT. “Television makes war possible”? Um, actually. Ever since the era of TV we’ve seen the occurrence of wars go down. These idiots have no concept of history.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:53:40pm |
re: #87 WindUpBird
We have a form of road rage here, called Prius rage”.
They get into the carpool lane, and do their sedate 55 MPH.
People can’t get past them.
NO ONE drives 55 MPH in LA, except Prius drivers.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:54:23pm |
re: #94 Gus 802
Oh brother. RT. “Television makes war possible”? Um, actually. Ever since the era of TV we’ve seen the occurrence of wars go down. These idiots have no concept of history.
That’s a great line to start off some cyberpunk thriller
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:55:45pm |
re: #94 Gus 802
Oh brother. RT. “Television makes war possible”? Um, actually. Ever since the era of TV we’ve seen the occurrence of wars go down. These idiots have no concept of history.
Prior to the first TV demonstration in 1925, human history has no record of war.
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goddamnedfrank Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:55:56pm |
re: #92 WindUpBird
saw an AWD passat wagon, running on fryer oil, at a bite of portland booth
I want that car. Actually I want that car with the V10 diesel from the Touraeg in it so I can get 550 ft lbs of torque from a station wagon using the grease they throw out at Jack in the Box
All you’d need then is a bosun’s whistle and you’re ready for Thunderdome.
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Gus Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:56:38pm |
re: #97 kragar (proud to be kafir)
Prior to the first TV demonstration in 1925, human history has no record of war.
Yeah. Television was the driving force behind Hitler’s Germany. /
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:57:00pm |
re: #95 Floral Giraffe
We have a form of road rage here, called Prius rage”.
They get into the carpool lane, and do their sedate 55 MPH.
People can’t get past them.
NO ONE drives 55 MPH in LA, except Prius drivers.
LA’s traffic seems to me like staring into the sun
I mena, you know there’s activity on the surface of the sun, but you know you can never really truly understand it, because it’s the sun
that’s what LA traffic feels like to me :D
Anyway tho, what i was referring to was actual ELECTRIC electric cars, not hybrids. Electric cars here are sort of a bugaboo, because they’re these little 25mph golf cart things that people in Portland evangelize, and, they’re just not ready for prime time. If you can’t drive it at car speeds, it’s not a car
also, the Tesla doesn’t count, the tesla is garbage for rich people
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:57:10pm |
re: #99 Gus 802
Yeah. Television was the driving force behind Hitler’s Germany. /
hahahahahahahahahahaha
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:57:25pm |
re: #97 kragar (proud to be kafir)
Prior to the first TV demonstration in 1925, human history has no record of war.
Televising Hannibal!
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:58:21pm |
re: #98 goddamnedfrank
All you’d need then is a bosun’s whistle and you’re ready for Thunderdome.
I’d paint it flat black and put it on knobby tires. WHERE STRIDES THE WAGONTHRONE FROM THE MURK OF UNDERDARK
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:58:26pm |
re: #99 Gus 802
Yeah. Television was the driving force behind Hitler’s Germany. /
That was video games. Hitler kept asking when Battletoads 2 was due to be released.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:58:35pm |
re: #103 WindUpBird
I’d paint it flat black and put it on knobby tires. WHERE STRIDES THE WAGONTHRONE FROM THE MURK OF UNDERDARK
why aren’t I writing shitty genre fantasy
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blueraven Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:58:41pm |
re: #95 Floral Giraffe
We have a form of road rage here, called Prius rage”.
They get into the carpool lane, and do their sedate 55 MPH.
People can’t get past them.
NO ONE drives 55 MPH in LA, except Prius drivers.
Here in Texas, the state legislature just passed a bill that would allow an 85 mph speed limit on some highways. Now it goes to the senate.
[Link: www.star-telegram.com…]
It’s insane. Wheee!
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:58:44pm |
re: #104 kragar (proud to be kafir)
That was video games. Hitler kept asking when Battletoads 2 was due to be released.
BATTLETOADS!
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goddamnedfrank Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:58:58pm |
re: #99 Gus 802
Yeah. Television was the driving force behind Hitler’s Germany. /
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:59:15pm |
you guys are killing me today, awesome :D
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Gus Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:59:49pm |
It’s almost like they’re saying “control the airwaves” and you can “control the wars”. Sounds like some stupid Utopian fantasy dabbling into faux social engineering. Right, MSNBC is what started this “war” in Libya. Has it occurred to these idiots that there already was a a war going on Libya?
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:59:53pm |
re: #106 blueraven
Here in Texas, the state legislature just passed a bill that would allow an 85 mph speed limit on some highways. Now it goes to the senate.
[Link: www.star-telegram.com…]
It’s insane. Wheee!
I drive faster than that in eastern washington! In texas? it’s flat and all straight lines! In a decent car, 85 on a straight road is snoozeville
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Mon, Apr 11, 2011 4:59:55pm |
re: #107 WindUpBird
BATTLETOADS!
I’m working on a crossover fighting game. Daikatana 2: Battletoads vs Duke Nukem.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:00:48pm |
re: #113 kragar (proud to be kafir)
I’m working on a crossover fighting game. Daikatana 2: Battletoads vs Duke Nukem.
My friend works VERY VERY close to Jon Romero, like he’s a block down the street and shoots the shit with their CEO, I asked my friend to ask him DO YOU STILL HAVE ALL YOUR FERRARIS?!?!?!?!
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wrenchwench Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:01:04pm |
Electric bicycle sales people make me crazy. They sell ‘em as a green thing, which is fine if they’re replacing a car, but it’s MORONIC if it’s replacing an acoustic bike. Which it would be if you’re trying to get bike shops to sell them. Which they are.
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engineer cat Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:01:29pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:01:55pm |
re: #115 wrenchwench
Electric bicycle sales people make me crazy. They sell ‘em as a green thing, which is fine if they’re replacing a car, but it’s MORONIC if it’s replacing an acoustic bike. Which it would be if you’re trying to get bike shops to sell them. Which they are.
“acoustic bike” :D
I would have gone “analog bike”
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:02:06pm |
if nothing else, which is way too often, posters here have quite an active collective imagination….anyway, TV is the logical next step from pro football…how many times have you been told?
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blueraven Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:02:07pm |
re: #112 WindUpBird
I drive faster than that in eastern washington! In texas? it’s flat and all straight lines! In a decent car, 85 on a straight road is snoozeville
From the artcile
A spokesman for the insurance industry called the proposal “ludicrous.”
“Obviously, the two things that kill most people on our highways are speed and alcohol. Increasing it to 85, or even 75, will have a dramatic impact on the death and injury rate,” said Jerry Johns, a spokesman for the Southwestern Insurance Information Service.
Read more: [Link: www.star-telegram.com…]
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:02:15pm |
re: #116 engineer dog
i consider most of the shows on tv today to be weaponization
What is the Venture Bros preparing us for? :D
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:03:01pm |
re: #115 wrenchwench
Electric bicycle sales people make me crazy. They sell ‘em as a green thing, which is fine if they’re replacing a car, but it’s MORONIC if it’s replacing an acoustic bike. Which it would be if you’re trying to get bike shops to sell them. Which they are.
acoustic bike?…as opposed to the Purple Haze bike?
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wrenchwench Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:03:42pm |
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Gus Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:04:28pm |
re: #115 wrenchwench
Electric bicycle sales people make me crazy. They sell ‘em as a green thing, which is fine if they’re replacing a car, but it’s MORONIC if it’s replacing an acoustic bike. Which it would be if you’re trying to get bike shops to sell them. Which they are.
Acoustic bike? That’s a good one. First time I ever saw that used.
Do they make bikejos? It’s like a banjo bicycle. /
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:04:35pm |
re: #119 blueraven
From the artcile
A spokesman for the insurance industry called the proposal “ludicrous.”
Read more: [Link: www.star-telegram.com…]
and I say he’s lying about increased fatalities…pretty sure that’s a myth
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:04:43pm |
re: #119 blueraven
From the artcile
A spokesman for the insurance industry called the proposal “ludicrous.”
Read more: [Link: www.star-telegram.com…]
I wouldn’t call it ludicrous :D Then again, I am biased towards speed and zoomy cars
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wrenchwench Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:06:23pm |
re: #123 Gus 802
Acoustic bike? That’s a good one. First time I ever saw that used.
Do they make bikejos? It’s like a banjo bicycle. /
They do, but it only has one string.
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Gus Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:07:08pm |
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:07:47pm |
If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street,
If you try to sit, I’ll tax your seat.
If you get too cold I’ll tax the heat,
If you take a walk, I’ll tax your feet.
GH
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Four More Tears Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:08:08pm |
Sully’s chart of the day:
[Link: dailydish.typepad.com…]
Kinda getting tired of being told that our defense spending needs to stay where it is or the Chinese might think we’re weak…
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blueraven Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:09:20pm |
re: #124 albusteve
and I say he’s lying about increased fatalities…pretty sure that’s a myth
If you say so…I will go with these people
Speed was a factor in 30 percent (12,477) of all traffic fatalities in 1998, second only to alcohol (39 percent) as a cause of fatal crashes.
[Link: www.smartmotorist.com…]
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wrenchwench Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:09:21pm |
RT must be talking about TV and war because they don’t understand Twitter and Facebook yet.
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Simply Sarah Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:09:59pm |
re: #129 JasonA
Sully’s chart of the day:
[Link: dailydish.typepad.com…]
Kinda getting tired of being told that our defense spending needs to stay where it is or the Chinese might think we’re weak…
We’re under 50%? That just means we need to spend more! If we can’t do that, what’s the point?
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:10:40pm |
re: #130 blueraven
If you say so…I will go with these people
[Link: www.smartmotorist.com…]
I have heard tales of texas drivers being usually really slow, actually
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Simply Sarah Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:10:48pm |
re: #130 blueraven
If you say so…I will go with these people
[Link: www.smartmotorist.com…]
In general, I trust most insurance industries when they say X will increase risk. It’s their business to know that and they won’t be around long if they don’t.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:10:56pm |
DAMN IT.
A second dear friend has passed away in a week.
It’s fricking MONDAY!
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:11:04pm |
re: #130 blueraven
If you say so…I will go with these people
[Link: www.smartmotorist.com…]
doesn’t address the issue of increased speed limits…speed is relative, and 85mph is not crazy out in west Texas
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wrenchwench Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:11:31pm |
re: #135 Floral Giraffe
DAMN IT.
A second dear friend has passed away in a week.
It’s fricking MONDAY!
{{{Floral}}}
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Gus Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:11:55pm |
re: #128 albusteve
If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street,
If you try to sit, I’ll tax your seat.
If you get too cold I’ll tax the heat,
If you take a walk, I’ll tax your feet.
GH
If bicycles ever replaced cars they’d force you to register, license and insure all bicycles at the same rate as they do for cars. Heck, that’s already started.
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:13:36pm |
re: #138 Gus 802
If bicycles ever replaced cars they’d force you to register, license and insure all bicycles at the same rate as they do for cars. Heck, that’s already started.
really…to improve my quality of life, I’m moving to Botswana and open a shoe store
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Gus Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:14:10pm |
re: #135 Floral Giraffe
DAMN IT.
A second dear friend has passed away in a week.
It’s fricking MONDAY!
Seriously? Since the one you mentioned last night? Damn.
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wrenchwench Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:14:20pm |
re: #138 Gus 802
If bicycles ever replaced cars they’d force you to register, license and insure all bicycles at the same rate as they do for cars. Heck, that’s already started.
I have nothing against registering, licensing, and/or taxing bicycles and/or bicyclists. ANYTHING to get some respect on the road.
On any part of the road we choose to use, not some stupid narrow lane on the shoulder where most cyclist-killings occur.
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blueraven Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:14:57pm |
re: #136 albusteve
doesn’t address the issue of increased speed limits…speed is relative, and 85mph is not crazy out in west Texas
Actually it does
In the 24 states that raised their speed limits in late 1995 and in 1996, fatalities on Interstate highways increased 15 percent. Deaths on other roadways where speed limits were not raised were unchanged. (IIHS, 1998)
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:16:25pm |
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wrenchwench Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:17:41pm |
re: #140 albusteve
really…to improve my quality of life, I’m moving to Botswana and open a shoe store
Gonna sell the lefts or the rights?
//
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abolitionist Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:17:50pm |
re: #32 sagehen
Which is a necessary, but not sufficient, criteria to be allowed access to vaginas. What else ya got?
I have a sense of humor and I enjoy multiple orgasms. Mine and/or my partner’s. Used to anyway. It’s been a while.
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prairiefire Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:17:59pm |
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:19:17pm |
re: #146 wrenchwench
Gonna sell the lefts or the rights?
//
LOL…jeez
maybe a speed boat dealership would be less hassel
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sagehen Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:20:07pm |
re: #56 albusteve
Barak “Feet Of Lead” Obama?…who’s ratings are sinking like a stone?
His ratings look pretty steady to me.
[Link: www.gallup.com…]
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:20:08pm |
re: #149 Gus 802
Ha! Fuck 55 MPH speed limits.
I routinely drive a 100mph plus on rural NM roads….I’m still here
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wrenchwench Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:20:44pm |
re: #150 albusteve
LOL…jeez
maybe a speed boat dealership would be less hassel
Especially in Botswana. It’s landlocked.
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Achilles Tang Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:21:33pm |
re: #145 albusteve
I don’t believe it
The quote was fatalities, not accidents. If you don’t believe that fatalities increase with speed, I have to ask what religion you follow.
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:21:46pm |
re: #152 albusteve
I routinely drive a 100mph plus on rural NM roads…I’m still here
Then you need the Open Road Song…
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moderatelyradicalliberal Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:24:01pm |
Apparently Romney released a video announcement of come kind.
[Link: www.theatlanticwire.com…]
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:24:21pm |
re: #157 moderatelyradicalliberal
Apparently Romney released a video announcement of come kind.
[Link: www.theatlanticwire.com…]
Pervert.
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Four More Tears Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:24:33pm |
Unlike Gilbert Gottfried… I know when a joke is a bridge too far.
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moderatelyradicalliberal Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:25:59pm |
LOL!
[Link: www.theatlanticwire.com…]
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prairiefire Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:26:28pm |
Economists say President Obama’s probably getting a second term:[Link: www.theatlanticwire.com…]
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engineer cat Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:27:03pm |
re: #157 moderatelyradicalliberal
Apparently Romney released a video announcement of come kind.
[Link: www.theatlanticwire.com…]
the bland leading the bland
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:27:13pm |
re: #155 kragar (proud to be kafir)
Then you need the Open Road Song…
[Video]
what?…I thought it was the Muppets!….bummer
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Four More Tears Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:28:44pm |
Mitt Romney is the Right’s best chance at beating Obama, and they’re going to do everything in their power to stop him.
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:29:23pm |
re: #154 Naso Tang
The quote was fatalities, not accidents. If you don’t believe that fatalities increase with speed, I have to ask what religion you follow.
back in the 70s Mi lowered the limit to 55mph…after a few years they realized that the new limit did not reduce fatalities…that is what I’m basing my assumption on, that, and I don’t trust anybody to tell me the truth when it’s politically expedient not to
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moderatelyradicalliberal Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:29:45pm |
re: #163 engineer dog
the bland leading the bland
I just thought it was hilarious that nobody is talking about it. It’s like the tree falling in the woods thing.
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Gus Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:31:50pm |
re: #166 albusteve
back in the 70s Mi lowered the limit to 55mph…after a few years they realized that the new limit did not reduce fatalities…that is what I’m basing my assumption on, that, and I don’t trust anybody to tell me the truth when it’s politically expedient not to
Or California…
Higher Speed Limits, Lower Death Rates / Statistics surprise many observers of state’s highways
November 02, 1998|By Marshall Wilson, Chronicle Staff Writer
1998-11-02 04:00:00 PST Regional — When California revved up speed limits nearly three years ago, critics predicted highway carnage as drivers sped past the new 65 mph signs — and into trouble.
It didn’t happen. Fewer people died in California auto wrecks last year than in any year in the past four decades, despite a doubled state population and triple the number of vehicles on the road…
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:32:03pm |
re: #167 moderatelyradicalliberal
I just thought it was hilarious that nobody is talking about it. It’s like the tree falling in the woods thing.
people get burned out on tickey tack predictions and made up scenarios…sooner or later people will just sit back and wait to see what happens…not here of course, but in the meat realm
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albusteve Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:33:28pm |
re: #168 Gus 802
Or California…
Higher Speed Limits, Lower Death Rates / Statistics surprise many observers of state’s highways
November 02, 1998|By Marshall Wilson, Chronicle Staff Writer
there you have it
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moderatelyradicalliberal Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:34:32pm |
re: #162 prairiefire
Economists say President Obama’s probably getting a second term:[Link: www.theatlanticwire.com…]
The better the economy, gets the nastier with the personal stuff the GOP will get. The GOP base loves it and if Obama has an approval rating of 55% going into the fall of 2012 combined with his already personal approval rating of 84% and unemployment numbers dropping every month, they won’t have anything else.
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darthstar Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:34:39pm |
Mitt Romney is running for President! Mitt Romney is running for President! Mitt Romney is running for President! Mitt Romney is running for President! Mitt Romney is running for President! Mitt Romney is running for President! Mitt Romney is running for President! Mitt Romney is running for President! Mitt Romney is running for President!
Gooo….MITT! I suppose watching Donald Trump get all of the praise and attention of Sarah Palin was just too much for him.
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Achilles Tang Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:37:01pm |
re: #166 albusteve
Car, and driver habits like seat belts, have become much safer since then. I suspect that a crash at 55 was as likely to kill you as one at 70, without seatbelt or airbags or deformable chassis and steering column and with cheap tires. But I’m sure you realize that there is a big difference in momentum of 55 and 70 or 100.
That energy has to go somewhere, and will.
I do however agree with you that statistics are often the root of evil. Someone once said there are lies, damned lies and statistics.
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:37:05pm |
re: #172 darthstar
Mitt Romney is running for President! Mitt Romney is running for President! Mitt Romney is running for President! Mitt Romney is running for President! Mitt Romney is running for President! Mitt Romney is running for President! Mitt Romney is running for President! Mitt Romney is running for President! Mitt Romney is running for President!
Gooo…MITT! I suppose watching Donald Trump get all of the praise and attention of Sarah Palin was just too much for him.
His hair isn’t ready to take on Donald’s yet.
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darthstar Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:38:06pm |
re: #174 kragar (proud to be kafir)
His hair isn’t ready to take on Donald’s yet.
Mitt’s hair is merely bullet-proof. Donald’s is radiation-resistant.
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Gus Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:38:11pm |
It’s also highly dependent on vehicle design. Which would you rather be in? A 1982 Datsun that slams into a tree at 55 MPH or a 2011 Volvo that slams into a tree at 85 MPH?
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Achilles Tang Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:39:12pm |
re: #172 darthstar
Gooo…MITT! I suppose watching Donald Trump get all of the praise and attention of Sarah Palin was just too much for him.
Do you think he will go as far as to even acknowledge what Trump is pimping?
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Killgore Trout Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:40:27pm |
re: #176 Gus 802
It’s also highly dependent on vehicle design. Which would you rather be in? A 1982 Datsun that slams into a tree at 55 MPH or a 2011 Volvo that slams into a tree at 85 MPH?
Can I choose “none of the above”?
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Four More Tears Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:40:30pm |
re: #177 Naso Tang
Do you think he will go as far as to even acknowledge what Trump is pimping?
My money’s on yes, Mitt will kneel before the birther legion when he has to.
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darthstar Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:40:39pm |
re: #177 Naso Tang
Do you think he will go as far as to even acknowledge what Trump is pimping?
Nah, Mitt’s entering the race as the “only adult in the room”…this is a winning strategy (if you don’t count Republican primary voters).
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blueraven Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:40:58pm |
re: #168 Gus 802
Or California…
Higher Speed Limits, Lower Death Rates / Statistics surprise many observers of state’s highways
November 02, 1998|By Marshall Wilson, Chronicle Staff Writer
Yes and the there is this from the link
Although the chance of dying on a California road is diminishing, the picture isn’t perfect.
In the first two years of higher limits, the number of fatal accidents increased 8.7 percent over the previous two years on the 2,317 miles of highway where limits were raised from 55 mph to 65 mph. Fatal accidents increased 9.7 percent on the 1,297 miles of highway where limits went from 65 mph to 70 mph. Relatively few people, however, are killed on freeways, with most dying on surface roads where hazards such as cross- traffic and the lack of center dividers raise the risk.
The mileage death rate — the number of people killed per 100 million miles of travel — fell to 1.29 last year in California, a record low. That was better than the nationwide rate of 1.6 deaths per 100 million miles, also a record low.
Safety officials credit tougher laws and greater safety awareness. Nine in 10 Californians now wear seat belts — the highest percentage in the nation. Alcohol-related accidents have dropped, and safer vehicles equipped with air bags save lives.
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wrenchwench Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:41:58pm |
Later, lizards. I gotta go see what the kittehs are up to.
Image: funny-pictures-hard-to-keep-a-kitteh-oudda-trubbol.jpg
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Gus Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:43:22pm |
re: #182 blueraven
Yes and the there is this from the link
I don’t understand though. Obviously higher speeds mean greater chance of death. However, I still don’t ever want to see the 55 MPH speed limit ever again. Traffic fatalities are still on a downward trend.
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blueraven Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:45:02pm |
re: #184 Gus 802
I don’t understand though. Obviously higher speeds mean greater chance of death. However, I still don’t ever want to see the 55 MPH speed limit ever again. Traffic fatalities are still on a downward trend.
I think 70 is fine and dont like 55 at all. I will often speed over the 70 mph. But 85 is ridiculous, cause people will be driving 90/100.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:45:49pm |
I tore out an old hedge today. It was taking up space and wasn’t edible. Now begins the delicate negotiations with the neighbors about where the property line is. They are nice people and they’re enthusiastic gardeners but they’re yuppie gardeners who go to the nursery and spend insane amounts of money on plants and pack every square inch of land whith whatever looks pretty at the moment. They’ve been slowly encroaching on my territory for years. It’ll be interesting to see how this goes.
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Gus Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:46:40pm |
re: #185 blueraven
I think 70 is fine and dont like 55 at all. I will often speed over the 70 mph. But 85 is ridiculous, cause people will be driving 90/100.
I don’t think so. Well. Speaking personally if the speed limit is 75 MPH I’ll go 84 to keep it under 10 MPH over the speed limit. This is in Colorado though and not in those Northeast “police states”.
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Four More Tears Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:46:54pm |
Wasn’t drunk driving a heck of a lot more acceptable 25+ years ago? That maybe have anything to do with it?
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Gus Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:48:13pm |
re: #187 Gus 802
I don’t think so. Well. Speaking personally if the speed limit is 75 MPH I’ll go 84 to keep it under 10 MPH over the speed limit. This is in Colorado though and not in those Northeast “police states”.
Police states: New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, etc.
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blueraven Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:49:26pm |
re: #187 Gus 802
I don’t think so. Well. Speaking personally if the speed limit is 75 MPH I’ll go 84 to keep it under 10 MPH over the speed limit. This is in Colorado though and not in those Northeast “police states”.
But that’s what I’m talking about. If TX raises the speed limit to 85mph as has passed the state house, most people will push it to 90 or more.
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Gus Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:50:32pm |
re: #191 blueraven
But that’s what I’m talking about. If TX raises the speed limit to 85mph as has passed the state house, most people will push it to 90 or more.
I’ll leave that up to the people of Texas. If that’s what they want then they should go for it. I’d be going 90 MPH right along with them.
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darthstar Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:50:50pm |
re: #188 JasonA
Wasn’t drunk driving a heck of a lot more acceptable 25+ years ago? That maybe have anything to do with it?
25 years ago I drove drunk all the time…but I was 22 years old and usually coked up to the gills…so I needed six or seven kamikazes to mellow me out enough to drive. I’m kind of glad I survived that period of my life.
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zora Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:51:11pm |
[Link: wonkette.com…]
Mitt Romney Takes Slogan From Loser John Kerry, Logo From Toothpaste
Mitt Romney found himself an empty news cycle this afternoon, so he finally announced his candidacy for president in a video carefully crafted to be more boring than President Obama’s first campaign video. In a way, Romney was taking an idea from his last campaign, which featured an inexplicable ad of him running. Now Mitt is standing above a running track, rather than on a course. See, things are different this time! Romney’s slogan, “Believe in America” was actually last used in August 2004 by loser John Kerry, when he was on a two-week, 21-state tour flailing like a bland loser while the Swiftboaters swiftboated him. Romney has also taken his logo from Aquafresh, of all things, which isn’t even one of the top two toothpastes in America. When Mittens steals something boring, he only steals it from fellow losers.
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prairiefire Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:52:39pm |
re: #186 Killgore Trout
Property lines are real, dude. You might have to force the issue.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:52:40pm |
re: #193 darthstar
25 years ago I drove drunk all the time…but I was 22 years old and usually coked up to the gills…so I needed six or seven kamikazes to mellow me out enough to drive. I’m kind of glad I survived that period of my life.
Yeah, I look back at all the insane shit I used to do and am very thankful to be alive.
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Killgore Trout Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:53:29pm |
re: #195 prairiefire
Property lines are real, dude. You might have to force the issue.
If it becomes an issue I can get the city to send out a survey team for a couple hundred bucks.
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Four More Tears Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:53:38pm |
re: #193 darthstar
25 years ago I drove drunk all the time…but I was 22 years old and usually coked up to the gills…so I needed six or seven kamikazes to mellow me out enough to drive. I’m kind of glad I survived that period of my life.
Me too, bro.
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Achilles Tang Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:53:40pm |
re: #187 Gus 802
I don’t think so. Well. Speaking personally if the speed limit is 75 MPH I’ll go 84 to keep it under 10 MPH over the speed limit. This is in Colorado though and not in those Northeast “police states”.
The police states probably also have more traffic, not to mention snowbirds going one way or the other depending on season. 70 (aka 75) is fine by me here.
One very simple rule that I suspect would help with safety is no passing on the right and no loitering in the left. Works great in most of Europe. Of course if implemented the education period would be pretty hairy in the US.
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blueraven Mon, Apr 11, 2011 5:58:08pm |
re: #192 Gus 802
I’ll leave that up to the people of Texas. If that’s what they want then they should go for it. I’d be going 90 MPH right along with them.
Well just my one voice, but I live in TX and I would vote no if I had the luxury to do so.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:07:08pm |
re: #186 Killgore Trout
Good luck. Might be worth having your property boundaries surveyed, or marked.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:10:28pm |
re: #172 darthstar
I don’t believe that Mitt can win. I don’t think he’d be a bad President. Business experience is a bonus.
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engineer cat Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:18:12pm |
re: #203 Floral Giraffe
I don’t believe that Mitt can win. I don’t think he’d be a bad President. Business experience is a bonus.
i regard “business experience” as a minus in regard to qualifications for becoming president
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:19:04pm |
re: #204 engineer dog
Really, why is that?
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engineer cat Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:20:05pm |
re: #205 Floral Giraffe
Really, why is that?
a successful businessman has training in all the wrong objectives
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:21:35pm |
re: #206 engineer dog
Like negotiating deals? What do you thing the “wrong objectives” are?
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reine.de.tout Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:22:09pm |
re: #206 engineer dog
a successful businessman has training in all the wrong objectives
Indeed.
I was just about to say business experience requires focus on different sorts of concerns than government.
Business experience does not always translate well to governmental leadership.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:22:40pm |
re: #168 Gus 802
Or California…
Higher Speed Limits, Lower Death Rates / Statistics surprise many observers of state’s highways
November 02, 1998|By Marshall Wilson, Chronicle Staff Writer
I am guessing this has a lot to do with the fact that the average texan cannot drive, whereas the average californian drives very well
so manye it’s just that texas can’t be trusted to go fast
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:25:08pm |
re: #208 reine.de.tout
Indeed.
I was just about to say business experience requires focus on different sorts of concerns than government.
Business experience does not always translate well to governmental leadership.
you want a CFO, an infrastructure person, someone who knows suppliers, someone who has to be on the floor making sure parts are working
as opposed to charismatic business guy who has one skill, and then delegates all the actual dirty work
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:26:37pm |
re: #208 reine.de.tout
Indeed.
I was just about to say business experience requires focus on different sorts of concerns than government.
Business experience does not always translate well to governmental leadership.
I would say a small business owner who does everything themselves, and who is forced to learn new skills constantly, is a thousand times more qualified to run government than many CEOS and people who run larger companies, because the more insulated and disconnected you are, the more useless you are, the more your intellectual skills athrophy and you become soft and lazy
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engineer cat Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:26:59pm |
re: #207 Floral Giraffe
Like negotiating deals? What do you thing the “wrong objectives” are?
a government is not a business. the main objective is not profit. you can’t let “employees”, er, citizens go when you have too much labor. “a corporation is not a democracy” - a vice president of human resources said that to me once many years ago, and of course it is self evident. a business has a hierarchical command structure, not a bargaining and consensus model of decision making. negotiating deals is something businessmen do when dealing with people in other businesses, not internally, where they give instructions, instead
in a business, you win when the outcome is more money than you started with
tell me, what do you think a government is for? how do you tell when a government is successful?
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engineer cat Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:28:25pm |
besides, i can’t think of any “successful businessmen” who have ever been president, so there’s no evidence to go on…
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:29:13pm |
re: #212 engineer dog
a government is not a business. the main objective is not profit. you can’t let “employees”, er, citizens go when you have too much labor. “a corporation is not a democracy” - a vice president of human resources said that to me once many years ago, and of course it is self evident. a business has a hierarchical command structure, not a bargaining and consensus model of decision making. negotiating deals is something businessmen do when dealing with people in other businesses, not internally, where they give instructions, instead
in a business, you win when the outcome is more money than you started with
tell me, what do you think a government is for? how do you tell when a government is successful?
people in business infrastructure, if they have decent motives, would be fine in government. All my IT friends who redesign traffic grids in their heads for fun. But this is a country where jocks win, so the IT guys quietly make massive $$$ in private industry because the jocks and the pigs make it impossible for them to contemplate politics
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:32:20pm |
re: #213 engineer dog
besides, i can’t think of any “successful businessmen” who have ever been president, so there’s no evidence to go on…
Ever notice the weird amorphous place “business” occupies in politics? As a buzzword? Business leader! Experience! Business OF what! Experience WITH what? What business experience tells me is someone amassed enough money doing a similar thing over and over again, and didn’t screw it up.
I run a business, my friends run businesses. They probably have more actual skills than Mitt Romney will ever have. it’s so silly, such a dumb game
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engineer cat Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:34:50pm |
re: #214 WindUpBird
people in business infrastructure, if they have decent motives, would be fine in government. All my IT friends who redesign traffic grids in their heads for fun. But this is a country where jocks win, so the IT guys quietly make massive $$$ in private industry because the jocks and the pigs make it impossible for them to contemplate politics
the people who are put forth for the presidency with the qualification “successful businessmen” are usually ceo types, not engineers. engineers aren’t interested in becoming politicians, anyway…
a successful politician, imho, should have a vision of how the country can become a better place for all its people to live, and an idea of how to accomplish that. they should have the skills to convince other people to help them. they should have an excellent understand of both law and the legislative process (two related but very different things) since these are their primary tools
making a profit, making profitable deals, commanding a hierarchical organization - these skills don’t come into it
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reine.de.tout Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:35:31pm |
re: #212 engineer dog
a government is not a business. the main objective is not profit. you can’t let “employees”, er, citizens go when you have too much labor. “a corporation is not a democracy” - a vice president of human resources said that to me once many years ago, and of course it is self evident. a business has a hierarchical command structure, not a bargaining and consensus model of decision making. negotiating deals is something businessmen do when dealing with people in other businesses, not internally, where they give instructions, instead
in a business, you win when the outcome is more money than you started with
tell me, what do you think a government is for? how do you tell when a government is successful?
“… a bargaining and consensus model of decision making. “
I worked in government for my entire career.
We had the force of law behind us in some things, but in other things, we were only successful when we were able to influence and convince agencies that it was in their best interest to do a, b or c, rather than doing something to FORCE them to do a, b or c.
Internally, as well - final policy was established after meetings and more meetings, taking everybody’s input into consideration, drafting and re-drafting and re-drafting again, and finally coming to a staff consensus. No dictatorship.
It’s a whole different way of getting things done.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:36:24pm |
re: #217 engineer dog
People skills do come into running a good business. Getting the right person for the job is HUGE. It’s not about P/L, it’s about getting the right person into the job.
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reine.de.tout Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:36:27pm |
re: #215 WindUpBird
Ever notice the weird amorphous place “business” occupies in politics? As a buzzword? Business leader! Experience! Business OF what! Experience WITH what? What business experience tells me is someone amassed enough money doing a similar thing over and over again, and didn’t screw it up.
I run a business, my friends run businesses. They probably have more actual skills than Mitt Romney will ever have. it’s so silly, such a dumb game
WUB - the minute I hear a politician say, “We need to run government like a business!”, that is a person who will never, ever ever get my vote.
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wee fury Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:38:16pm |
I find this video to be without an ounce of class.
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abolitionist Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:39:00pm |
re: #217 engineer dog
[snip] commanding a hierarchical organization - these skills don’t come into it
I disagree on that one point. The military is a command structure.
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engineer cat Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:43:10pm |
re: #222 abolitionist
I disagree on that one point. The military is a command structure.
one of the principal skills ike brought into the presidency with him was his command of politics that he had learned well in a lifetime in the military. this skill did not come from any of the situations where he could say ‘jump’ and everybody else had to say ‘how high?’
they came from learning how to negotiate and maneuver with his very political peers on the general staff
remember, there are two very different levels in the army
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b_sharp Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:47:38pm |
re: #186 Killgore Trout
I tore out an old hedge today. It was taking up space and wasn’t edible. Now begins the delicate negotiations with the neighbors about where the property line is. They are nice people and they’re enthusiastic gardeners but they’re yuppie gardeners who go to the nursery and spend insane amounts of money on plants and pack every square inch of land whith whatever looks pretty at the moment. They’ve been slowly encroaching on my territory for years. It’ll be interesting to see how this goes.
Walk softly, carry a big stick, and swing for the fence.
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, Apr 11, 2011 6:58:38pm |
re: #186 Killgore Trout
I tore out an old hedge today. It was taking up space and wasn’t edible. Now begins the delicate negotiations with the neighbors about where the property line is. They are nice people and they’re enthusiastic gardeners but they’re yuppie gardeners who go to the nursery and spend insane amounts of money on plants and pack every square inch of land whith whatever looks pretty at the moment. They’ve been slowly encroaching on my territory for years. It’ll be interesting to see how this goes.
Hire a survey. It’s going to be messy no matter what but if you can at least point at a third party saying where the line is you might get along with each other afterwards.
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