US Government Bitches

[Ad Hoc]

Originally Posted by Boat Design Net Moderator

There are lapses in good behavior in other threads, but with political threads to date, I don't think that what has been learned has been worth the cost to the focus of the site since there is already such a huge number of venues on the net for political discussion and political action in comparison.

I disagree.

Do those on "letsattackobam.com" or "ihatepalin.com" or "iwannashootmygunwheneveriwant.com" or whatever other fanatical political or ideology website one wishes to choose, do they discuss hydrodynamics, do they discuss the merits of 5083 to 5383 alloy for example on their "open forums"..?? No!

Open forum should be open on marine related rather than a thread which is specific and exact, ie not “open”.

I won’t go to "ihatepalinandobama.com" to debate marine issues nor would anyone else for that matter, so why would one wish to debate political stuff on a marine website??

Ergo...politics/religion etc should be left where it belongs...and not hi-jack this website.

[Submarine Tom]

Amen!

[Frosty]

Ad hoc if I were for example to find you an interesting chappy, I might well say "Japanese steel is better and cheaper to build a boat with" I would skim the opportunity for political opinion, especially if we were to go on to discuss why it was expensive and the market forces concerning it.

However I might be more blunt and say Ad hoc I like your opinion,-- what do you think about the turmoil in Egypt at present?

I talk to people that talk sense and I also would never ever go to --what was it Ihatepalanandobama.com--- (if there is such a place) to read the opinions of raving lunatics.

I would never talk to a raving lunatic,--well I try not to, but a good conversation is firstly attributed to the person you are talking with and not the conversation matter.

[nordvindcrew]

In politics, there never seems to be any answers, just bitterly expressed opinions and , sometimes, outright lies. I want well reasoned answers; thought out with no ax to grind except to suggest the best solution for a problem and have it backed with facts. On the boat forum, I can get that kind information about boats, but will never get the same on politics. Can the politics!

[rasorinc]

It is different on this forum. At least here when you talk politics with those commie loving, progressive, anti-US, gun control freaks, who believe arabs are good, terrorist Pinkos, your talking to someone you have something in common with, The Love of Boats.

[cthippo]

Originally Posted by rasorinc

It is different on this forum. At least here when you talk politics with those commie loving, progressive, anti-US, gun control freaks, who believe arabs are good, terrorist Pinkos, your talking to someone you have something in common with, The Love of Boats.

HEY! I resemble that remark, well, parts of it anyway

You do have a point though. I wonder if they discuss boats in the "off topic" section at the political blogs.

[Frosty]

Hey I just got knocked on points. The knocker could not even leave a reason that made sense just gobbledy gook.

He is a newby --he was able to knock only 5 points. What a dork. yes you-- a dork.

[Boat Design Net Moderator]

Hey I just got knocked on points. The knocker could not even leave a reason that made sense just gobbledy gook.

He is a newby --he was able to knock only 5 points. What a dork. yes you-- a dork.

Frosty I have reviewed and removed that comment/rep in question where the person remarked only "theshyjreth"
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[Boston]

Speech delivered at Wisconsin Capitol in Madison, March 5, 2011

America is not broke.

Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-grandparents had, America is not broke. Not by a long shot. The country is awash in wealth and cash. It's just that it's not in your hands. It has been transferred, in the greatest heist in history, from the workers and consumers to the banks and the portfolios of the uber-rich.

Today just 400 Americans have more wealth than half of all Americans combined.

Let me say that again. 400 obscenely rich people, most of whom benefited in some way from the multi-trillion dollar taxpayer "bailout" of 2008, now have more loot, stock and property than the assets of 155 million Americans combined. If you can't bring yourself to call that a financial coup d'état, then you are simply not being honest about what you know in your heart to be true.

[whitepointer23]

Originally Posted by Boston

Speech delivered at Wisconsin Capitol in Madison, March 5, 2011

America is not broke.

Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-grandparents had, America is not broke. Not by a long shot. The country is awash in wealth and cash. It's just that it's not in your hands. It has been transferred, in the greatest heist in history, from the workers and consumers to the banks and the portfolios of the uber-rich.

Today just 400 Americans have more wealth than half of all Americans combined.

Let me say that again. 400 obscenely rich people, most of whom benefited in some way from the multi-trillion dollar taxpayer "bailout" of 2008, now have more loot, stock and property than the assets of 155 million Americans combined. If you can't bring yourself to call that a financial coup d'état, then you are simply not being honest about what you know in your heart to be true.

last week i watched mike moores doco, capatilism, a love story. it was a real eye opener, showed exactly what you are talking about. are these mike moore programs all true because they sure seem to be. in australia we have the same problem, the rich are a law unto themselves and no one seems to doing anything about it.

[Mr Efficiency]

Without being taxed away or otherwise redistributed, wealth will always become concentrated. The bail-out phenomenon is basically an aid to the concentration process. The pervasive belief that capital ought to be able to be invested "safely" to accrue real ( above inflation rate) gains into perpetuity, does not stand up to simple arithmetic analysis. As an example, a single cent invested at 4% compounding interest at the time of Christ is now worth something like the weight of the earth in gold, even at the inflated prices today !

[hoytedow]

Originally Posted by Boston

Speech delivered at Wisconsin Capitol in Madison, March 5, 2011

America is not broke.

Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-grandparents had, America is not broke. Not by a long shot. The country is awash in wealth and cash. It's just that it's not in your hands. It has been transferred, in the greatest heist in history, from the workers and consumers to the banks and the portfolios of the uber-rich.

Today just 400 Americans have more wealth than half of all Americans combined.

Let me say that again. 400 obscenely rich people, most of whom benefited in some way from the multi-trillion dollar taxpayer "bailout" of 2008, now have more loot, stock and property than the assets of 155 million Americans combined. If you can't bring yourself to call that a financial coup d'état, then you are simply not being honest about what you know in your heart to be true.

"The world is not a fair place; However, the more of it you won, the fairer it becomes.", said by some actor several decades ago.

And Michael Moore should go to ______.

[hoytedow]

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