Lasher and the Magic 8 Ball...

[Oliver Clozoff]

The discussion gets a little heated and you pick up your 8-ball and go home? I expected better from the great Lasher.

If you look back at page 3 you even participated in the "devolution" of this thread with your take on the Bush's drunk driving arrest. You can comment seriously while we're all restricted to frivolity?

Don't deprive us of the 8-ball when we need it most!

 

[Lasher]

LOL. And here I thought you'd be pleased to know you're safe from the wrath of the Space Alien now, Oliver.

 

[Laurel]

However, if he's lied about it, it's much more troubling and it's a similar situation to Clinton lying to the Paula Jones Grand Jury and to the Independent Counsel's investigation. It may point to a pattern of deception which might continue into his Presidency.

I agree that, if he did in fact attempt to conceal it, it would be a very similar situation to Clinton's. However, I'm not entirely convinced that lying to cover up personal embarassments means you will lie to the American people. Ronald Reagan sold arms to terrorist groups behind Congress's back, but he didn't cheat on his wife or hide a criminal record. Bush's DUI is irrelevent. His actions while governor of Texas are more relevent. What kind of President he is will only be shown if he gets into office.

Personally, I believe that neither candidate has enough support to really lead the people. Whoever it is - though I'm pretty sure it'll be Bush - the next President is not going to have it easy.

Your World War II analogy is wrong, however.

I stand corrected, oh wise Oliver. I also agree with you that it's naive to believe that the US should completely isolate itself. Like the song says, It's a small world, after all. It's unrealistic to believe we can allow the rest of the world to go to shit without it having serious repercussions on us.

Jesus' ways could be construed as communist, does that make him a Marxist? Communist is tied to U.S.S.R now. Look up the word "communist" and print all definitions here...

I never used the word "communism" - I said Marxist. If you read the Green Party platform, you will see that I'm not wrong. They advocate publicly owned means of production - government over corporations. Libertarians advocate private enterprise and little or no federal interference - corporations over government. Neither seems to realize that both government AND corporations are groups of people. Both are inefficient (as anyone who's worked for a big company knows) and can be corrupt at the expense of the people (as the Firestone tires mess shows).

What's best for everyone, IMHO, is a balance between the two. The Green Party are extremists. As much as everyone complains that the two big party candidates are too alike and too middle of the road, there's a reason for that - they're trying to appeal to the majority of people, and most people realize that a good balance, like on a teeter-totter, lies in the center.

Boring, yes. But it works. We have the lowest tax rate of any civilized country. We have more freedom of speech and action and most places in the world. We have good roads, a strong military, and a low unemployment rate. Yes, there's corruption, inefficiency, and on and on, but I don't think you toss the whole piece of wood because there's a few rough edges. Instead, you work on sanding those edges out.

I know there was something else I wanted to say, but I gotta go work on tonight's update.

 

[Thumper]

Whattaya want already???

Every GD serious thread ever started ends up a flirt-a-thon and silliness convention...

...and now a goofy thread ends up serious and you complain...

Make up my mind willya!

 

[Cheyenne]

Re: Re: No update for 11/5/00, Lash?

Along with that, I removed myself from the undecided category over the weekend, so there wasn't any work left for the Magic 8 Ball to do.

??? And ?

 

[Ezzy]

Re: Whattaya want already???

Every GD serious thread ever started ends up a flirt-a-thon and silliness convention...

...and now a goofy thread ends up serious and you complain...

So try starting a seriously goofy thread, that way you can cover all the base's, and no one will respond to it or everyone will (I'm not sure which).


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[Thumper]

Beg to differ Lashman!

My question has not been answered yet.

Every thread I start is "seriously goofy",

...or mildly disturbed...semantics I say.