A question for those who voted FOR Obama

[sadaist]

Yeah, funny how nobody ever wants to take credit for ridiculous lies like that. But it sounds like something Ayn Rand would write. Before she went on Social Security and Medicare in order to pay for her medical bills that resulted from her self-induced lung cancer. Guess that "personal responsibility" mantra only goes so far?

Yes. But a great example just today. A lady I work with at my insurance company was speaking to a class about earthquake insurance. This lady has been with the company 15+ years and draws a very decent salary. She chooses to not have earthquake insurance in California because of the cost. She stated, happily and giggling I might add, that she would rather save the money & hope FEMA saves the day.

WTF?

Taxes are being ripped from my paycheck every 2 weeks at an alarmingly increasing pace, and much of it is because of this attitude which is far too rampant in this country. If your shit hits the fan and you need help, fine. If you would rather save your own money and if the shit hits the fan be bailed out by everyone else, fuck you!

[SilvioDante]

Exactly. I know that nothing I do is going to help. Greed and ignorance are too powerful. So I want my pot. If I'm going to Hell in a bucket, at least I'm enjoying the ride. Fuck it. They're all lying thieves! Every one of them. Just keep your head down and try to enjoy every day.

That's another honest answer I can agree with.

[FORD]

Yes. But a great example just today. A lady I work with at my insurance company was speaking to a class about earthquake insurance. This lady has been with the company 15+ years and draws a very decent salary. She chooses to not have earthquake insurance in California because of the cost. She stated, happily and giggling I might add, that she would rather save the money & hope FEMA saves the day.

WTF?

Taxes are being ripped from my paycheck every 2 weeks at an alarmingly increasing pace, and much of it is because of this attitude which is far too rampant in this country. If your shit hits the fan and you need help, fine. If you would rather save your own money and if the shit hits the fan be bailed out by everyone else, fuck you!

I'm not a fan of mandatory insurance laws of any kind, but I'd say if you own a house in California without earthquake insurance, you're probably too stupid to live. And not a very good representative of an insurance company either. Isn't that like a vegan working at McDonalds??

[Nitro Express]

If you live in an earthquake area you want to buy or build a house that sits on solid rock and a home that is made of either steel or wood framing that can flex. Masonry does not fare well in earth quakes. What you want to avoid is ground that is loose sediment. Also build or buy away from a major fault line. Even Eddie Van Halen said his home and 5150 studios held up fine during the Northridge earthquake because both buildings sit on the bedrock.

[Nitro Express]

Yes. But a great example just today. A lady I work with at my insurance company was speaking to a class about earthquake insurance. This lady has been with the company 15+ years and draws a very decent salary. She chooses to not have earthquake insurance in California because of the cost. She stated, happily and giggling I might add, that she would rather save the money & hope FEMA saves the day.

WTF?

Taxes are being ripped from my paycheck every 2 weeks at an alarmingly increasing pace, and much of it is because of this attitude which is far too rampant in this country. If your shit hits the fan and you need help, fine. If you would rather save your own money and if the shit hits the fan be bailed out by everyone else, fuck you!

Your taxes are going to get worse too. They are going up in California. The thing is we have this attitude because too many people in the country have no skin in the game. They don't know what it's like to work and try to support a family and have that money taken out of their checks. The biggest problem is the ever rising debt. It's not going to be sustainable and then you have Ben Bernanke purposefully inflating the US dollar because we don't want to pay the debt down. This ends with a very inflated currency where real goods get expensive. The government won't be able to buy anything and it won't be able to do anything. What are these free loaders going to do then? They naively expect the money to be there and they expect the government to step in. Well when you have tens of millions of people who think the same, it's unsustainable.

[FORD]

If you live in an earthquake area you want to buy or build a house that sits on solid rock and a home that is made of either steel or wood framing that can flex. Masonry does not fare well in earth quakes. What you want to avoid is ground that is loose sediment. Also build or buy away from a major fault line. Even Eddie Van Halen said his home and 5150 studios held up fine during the Northridge earthquake because both buildings sit on the bedrock.

Yeah.... I learned all that in the 6.8 quake we had here back in 2001. I live in one of the oldest neighborhoods in town. A lot of the houses here have been around over 100 years. The houses themselves made it through the quake alright, but a lot of them had to repair/replace their chimneys.

And most of downtown Olympia (as well as a big chunk of downtown Seattle) is built on land that used to be part of Puget Sound, but was filled in some time in the 19th century. And the quake turned it to jello, so a lot of buildings downtown got serious damage, and the road that went around Capitol Lake was totally fucked.

[Nitro Express]

They're just called chicken wings here, and they don't burn my ass. I may have a belt sander on my ass, but you're more often than not talking out of yours...

I was expecting a more colorful reply Nick. Come on man. Let the creative juices flow. Be an artist! Be like Kristy.

[Nitro Express]

Yeah.... I learned all that in the 6.8 quake we had here back in 2001. I live in one of the oldest neighborhoods in town. A lot of the houses here have been around over 100 years. The houses themselves made it through the quake alright, but a lot of them had to repair/replace their chimneys.

And most of downtown Olympia (as well as a big chunk of downtown Seattle) is built on land that used to be part of Puget Sound, but was filled in some time in the 19th century. And the quake turned it to jello, so a lot of buildings downtown got serious damage, and the road that went around Capitol Lake was totally fucked.

Seattle is an earthquake area but it's also got a tsunami danger. Yeah I would say an old house that's been through a few earthquakes unscathed is a good place. If you are on good ground and up a hill away from the sound, that's where you want to be.

When I went to BYU a lot of the buildings went three or four stories below ground. They built down instead of up. It's expensive to build that way but later found out the campus is on a major fault line and is built on sediment from the Wasatch mountains. In an earthquake that ground turns to jello and they constructed the buildings to hold up in that. In theory.

[Nickdfresh]

I was expecting a more colorful reply Nick. Come on man. Let the creative juices flow. Be an artist! Be like Kristy.

Why do the most boring, uncreative troll assholes crave the witty diatribe?

[Nickdfresh]

You really want me, Nitrous Asshole? Kay, Walter Middy cunt....

[Seshmeister]

Each causes harm. I don't approve of kids doing pot OR alcohol though you and Angel obviously do. You're trying to justify your legalization of pot with a completely irrelevant argument.

That's a senseless argument, who says I approve of that?

Personally if pot was legalized here tomorrow I still wouldn't touch it, I prefer booze and I would worry about it being a gateway drug back to tobacco which is worse than any of them.

[BigBadBrian]

Did you ever think that it might be you? Not many people would give you a job.

Ooh, LOVE "do you have kids"-question. You raise your offspring yourself.

Once again, a simple concept went completely over your head.

[BigBadBrian]

Yeah.... I learned all that in the 6.8 quake we had here back in 2001. I live in one of the oldest neighborhoods in town. A lot of the houses here have been around over 100 years. The houses themselves made it through the quake alright, but a lot of them had to repair/replace their chimneys.

And most of downtown Olympia (as well as a big chunk of downtown Seattle) is built on land that used to be part of Puget Sound, but was filled in some time in the 19th century. And the quake turned it to jello, so a lot of buildings downtown got serious damage, and the road that went around Capitol Lake was totally fucked.

When the Cascadian Fault Zone lets go, it's going to make the quake in Japan last year look like child's play. Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, and environs will be decimated. It's not a matter of "if," it's a matter of "when."

[Angel]

Each causes harm. I don't approve of kids doing pot OR alcohol though you and Angel obviously do. You're trying to justify your legalization of pot with a completely irrelevant argument.

Where the fuck do you get that idea? I don't think either is good for kids. I do, however hate alcohol, and think there are too many people in jail for pot-related offences


Sent from my GS2, bitches

[Satan]

When the Cascadian Fault Zone lets go, it's going to make the quake in Japan last year look like child's play. Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, and environs will be decimated. It's not a matter of "if," it's a matter of "when."

Maybe that's why they legalized weed?