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Originally posted by Greadius:
After reading John D. Harris' post I feel like crying.
Now remember kids, this is constructive discussion, we tread the line sometimes but lets not make any personal insults and be minimally respectful at least.
Anyway, what makes you so convinced the US will collapse because people want to mooch off the government... I think you need to know more liberals. I know alot... and I don't know any of them who WANT to be supported by the government. I have known people on welfare, its the same thing. The picture that has been painted is distorted. Pride in ones work is a human quality, not a conservative one. And try and have a little more faith in people and this country...
And the accountability in government... this local government accountability theory is the silliest thing I've heard. Name your Mayor, County Comissioners, State Representative, State Senator.
I'm involved in local politics,... I still hardly know who these people are.
The media watches national politicians with the eyes of a hawk (there is a man from california who knows this too well)... and our local politicians are too often anonymous faces. How are they MORE accountable if you don't know the stupid things they are doing? And even if YOU do, will your neighbors, and your city... will they care?
I don't have the time or interest to keep track of so many politicians...
And for Gaelic, can you please provide more specific examples of Gore lying about his Vietnam service. You seem very convinced that he lied about it... care to fill us in. Please link an article or something... don't just paraphrase Rush.
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Greadius,
I don't take anything writen here personally. As for treading the line where?
I have argured logic, I have agrued oppinion, where have I made a personal comment? or anything aproaching, what was the term oh yeh "dito-monkeys"
Anything I have writen that was sarasctic I have stated it was sarastic or used the smilies so that it was not to be taken to serious. If you were to ask several of the others in the forum you'll find that to be the case. Fljostdale and I are diametericlly (SP?) opposed in almost all of our beliefs yet neither of us (to my best knowledge) have taken anything personal. Infact I seek out her threads because they are always thought provoking. Please don't assume that a bunch of 1's & 0's coming arcoss the phone line and exciting phosferous SP? atoms on my CRT are going to bother me.
As for the colapse of the U.S. where did I use the term liberal? I stated that the cause will be because of ecomonic reasons. Then I stated a personal oppinion as to why the colapse will be like "what has not been seen on the earth since Rome". I'm sorry if there was confusion as to that. I see from your profile that you are fairly new, I have been gone for several weeks working (seperating people from their money
), so I can understand if you misunderstood my post. Believe me I am fully capitable of using the English language, I may drop a comma,period, or letter here or there. Here is a link to an earlier post made before the time of trouble
http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/No...ML/005287.html (Boy I sure hope I got the link thingy right)
If you will read my thread you'll see that I leave No doubt as to my thoughts. And I do it without any cussing, and if it calls for it I use it in the proper context.
I hope this helps you in reading any of my future posts. JDH
edited some of my typos I know I didn't get them all
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"the memories of a man in his old age,
are deeds of a man in his prime"
[This message has been edited by John D Harris (edited 06-24-2001).]