America is NOT broke!!

[hambon4lif]

Is this an e-mail someone sent you with a bunch of exclamation points behind it?

[chefcraig]

Is this an e-mail someone sent you with a bunch of exclamation points behind it?

Either that or the "How To" guide for posting while medicated, that seems to come with certain people's computers or are printed on give-away bookmarks at public libraries.

[hambon4lif]

It might be some smug message the '400' are giving to the rest of us....who knows?

[Seshmeister]

Whoever wrote the line slow and effortful\reading with little expression has no business making lists about literacy.

[ELVIS]

Blaze's mom made it...

[Blaze]

Elvis, Shame on you!
You are very ungrateful. Quit pissing on your dear mother's grave; quit being a cad.

[chefcraig]

Blaze's mom made it...

...out of some magic markers, clothespins and cereal boxes.

[Nitro Express]

This seems to be a running theme, every thing has gone to shit since your day.

Maybe it's all your fault gramps.

Isn't that what us old fucks are supposed to do? The old fucks always told us we were spoiled and they had to live in the depression and walk up hill both ways and shoved snow with a tea spoon.

[Nitro Express]

No, I would not. You may want that situation, I would not want, wish, nor nurture that pattern. -_-

Let's give the money to the people who say they would be better with it and see how benevolent they really would be with it. I guess that's why revolution tend to just bring in the next dictator. I think the old saying power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely is true.

[Nitro Express]

I'm glad we have some optimists here but I've given up on society. The people in this society can be bought off and distracted so easy that those in control will remain in control. Not that they are that brilliant but hey, they make lots of money keeping the rest of the world down and they have the power. So I'm just going to watch it all unravel at the sidelines being old enough to know, we are too stupid to really change anything and enjoy watching the whole mess tank. With the technology we have now, that should make a fairly good dent in the population and resource problem everyone seems to whine about these days.

[FORD]

[Blaze]

Nitro,

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely . That is a fallacy. I do not know what kind, but I know it is a fallacy.

Corruption is a form of fraud (we use the word fraud here loosely). For fraud to occur one of the corners above must be compromised.

I do think you are confusing rationalization of corruption as being equal to power. Being able to rationalize corruption does not make one powerful, it simply makes one corrupt.

As I have been saying, “Fighting corruption with corruption will give you corruption.” Moreover, this is not a magical world where a by a bolt of lightning corrects areas of neglect. What cleans up the mold of corruption is exposure. Furthermore, it has been proven that exposure (the fear of being caught) does more than the fear of punishment. Nevertheless, I do think the death penalty is suitable punishment for certain frauds.

[Seshmeister]

I'm glad we have some optimists here but I've given up on society.

You gave up on society the day you started work as a stockbroker.

You get the amazing gift of a blink of time alive on this wonderful planet and you choose to use it for that?

[ELVIS]

Hmmm...

[BigBadBrian]

Raise taxes on those that currently don't pay any taxes or get a full refund. Make THEM contribute to society.