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but to gobern dat wicked

Richard Day — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 17:42:18 +0000

but to gobern dat wicked natur, dat is de pint...

There is a real point here. So-called conservatives will tell you this aim is an impossible aim so forget about it.

I don't think rush or the rest of the radio animals or the leaders in Congress really believe there is no global warming, even though that is what they say. What they do believe is that there is nothing you can do about it.

There is poverty in this country, there is a need to update educational opportunities, there is a need....but you really cannot do anything about that.

The best formula is to let capitalism alone and it is only through unbridled capitalism that humanity or the humanity that counts, will eventually survive.

Of course we need law and order in order to protect the humanity that counts.

We need to imprison as big a portion of the humanity that does not count as we can--hell we can even permit corporations to make a lot of money on the slave labor available in our prisons.

In other words, do not worry about the humanity that does not count!

That too.

EmmaZahn — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:53:22 +0000

In reply to I think it's more like:You

That too.

I think it's more like:You

Donal — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 23:21:31 +0000

In reply to When you see that humanity is

I think it's more like:

You should take this expensive new treatment to survive.

You should cut back on your bad habits.

And, by the way, you are

EmmaZahn — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:39:20 +0000

In reply to Ob-la-di, ob-la-da

And, by the way, you are wrong 3rd Sign of the Apocalypse

Third seal:
5And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine
This third horseman of the apocalypse rides a black horse with scales in his hands. He is associated with commerce and therefore is said to bring an imbalance in the costs of goods. Famine is his legacy. The third sign is famine.

Ob-la-di, ob-la-da

EmmaZahn — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:35:56 +0000

In reply to I believe you said, "actuate

Ob-la-di, ob-la-da apocalypses come and go but life goes on bra, la-la, how life goes on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJhcGepfG04

I believe you said, "actuate

quinn esq — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 04:59:17 +0000

In reply to When you see that humanity is

I believe you said, "actuate their potential" on Seaton's blog earlier today.

Near as I can tell, that's the 3rd Sign of the Apocalypse.

It is hard to understand how

moat — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 01:54:48 +0000

In reply to It seems so hard to imagine

It is hard to understand how what was the mainstay of politics is now a matter of something else.

It is funny how the stories in films and literature today are so focused on global catastrophe but the ruling political discourse can barely tolerate a moment of doubt in the inevitable movement toward what have you.

The divide between the processes makes me nervous.

When you see that humanity is

EmmaZahn — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 01:36:00 +0000

In reply to Doom, Doom and More Doom

When you see that humanity is running up against a problem, and you write a book about it, are you actually a doomer?

It really depends on how the problem is presented.

"Omigod, we're all gonna die!" - Doomer

"Houston, we've got a problem." Not a doomer.

Also, if a solution is offered, it should be more than sending money to author's pet charity and preferably not involve perpetual guilt. Those are definite doomer indicators.

It seems so hard to imagine

Donal — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 01:11:50 +0000

In reply to When Orlov says, "However,

It seems so hard to imagine people voting in their own interests anymore.

When Orlov says, "However,

moat — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:19:20 +0000

In reply to Doom, Doom and More Doom

When Orlov says, "However, any reform of a complex system, such as our existing one, involves further investment in social complexity through a wide variety of costly initiatives", it seems to me that he is overlooking the possibility that a sufficient consensus could happen within our existing social complexity that could precipitate change.

Take the tax code issue. If enough people no longer believe that preserving a vast pool of unexpended capital is necessary for the possibility of future prosperity then they will return to the percentages of the 1950's faster than a rabbit without a carrot.