Something about this guy always creeped me out, sort of like
a slick, used car salesman. Screwing another woman while
your wife is battling cancer? Doesn't he lose his privilege of
saying anything about anything in the public spot light,
forever? Ridicuolus; and incredibly sad for his wife and children.
The things people do...
(http://pinkdome.com/archives/holiday-card-2006-top.jpg)
Yeah, and his oldest daughter is showing some LEG for that family portrait.
I never liked the guy either, but I have a feeling he's coming clean before he's announced as the VP candidate.
QuoteYeah, and his oldest daughter is showing some LEG for that family portrait.
I never liked the guy either, but I have a feeling he's coming clean before he's announced as the VP candidate.
pretty sure the news today ended his hopes for VP
QuoteQuoteYeah, and his oldest daughter is showing some LEG for that family portrait.
I never liked the guy either, but I have a feeling he's coming clean before he's announced as the VP candidate.
pretty sure the news today ended his hopes for VP
Hmmm...I wish I could say I was kidding. Didn't really think that one through too well. I blame the alcohol (for me, not him) ::) ;D
"In the course of several campaigns, I started to believe that I was special and became increasingly egocentric and narcissistic. If you want to beat me up feel free. You cannot beat me up more than I have already beaten up myself. I have been stripped bare and will now work with everything I have to help my family and others who need my help."
Wow.
Quote"In the course of several campaigns, I started to believe that I was special and became increasingly egocentric and narcissistic. If you want to beat me up feel free. You cannot beat me up more than I have already beaten up myself. I have been stripped bare and will now work with everything I have to help my family and others who need my help."
Wow.
That's quite the confession. :o
BLAH!!! WHO Cares? People cheat. It's a real life thing. Are we not used to it yet? We're not all virgins. Cast thy stones.
PS: F-You, Fox News!
Quote"In the course of several campaigns, I started to believe that I was special and became increasingly egocentric and narcissistic. If you want to beat me up feel free. You cannot beat me up more than I have already beaten up myself. I have been stripped bare and will now work with everything I have to help my family and others who need my help."
but, you know, i'll still run for president and ask for the trust of the nation all the while denying i ever had an affair when my wife had cancer. oh wait... her cancer was in remission. and i didn't love the woman i was screwing... so it's all good, man. no harm, no foul.
QuoteBLAH!!! WHO Cares? People cheat. It's a real life thing. Are we not used to it yet? We're not all virgins. Cast thy stones.
PS: F-You, Fox News!
I'm a virgin.
QuoteBLAH!!! WHO Cares? People cheat. It's a real life thing. Are we not used to it yet? We're not all virgins. Cast thy stones.
PS: F-You, Fox News!
I would imagine not too many people cheat on their wife while she's battling two cancers and campaigning for you to step into the White House.
I mean, he's a scumbag just for cheating, in my opinion, but to do so at the same time that she was risking her health by touring the US telling us what an awesome dude he is and could be if running our country... wow.
You can hate Fox News all day long, but it was the Enquirer that busted the guy with his love child and it was ABC that got the exclusive interview, that the A/P streamed all over the place yesterday.
democrats are philanderers and republicans are closeted homosexuals or KKK members....NEXT
QuoteBLAH!!! WHO Cares? People cheat. It's a real life thing. Are we not used to it yet? We're not all virgins. Cast thy stones.
PS: F-You, Fox News!
Fox News? I'm no fan of Fox News, but if you want to stay off Fox News, well, come on.... your wife is dying of cancer, and you're fucking some woman who is on your payroll, all the time lying to her, your kids, and the 1,000's of people trying to get you elected, running on a platform of honesty and how you relate to the average Joe, putting yourself into a possible position for the Democratic nomination for President and knowing the whole time if you get caught you're screwed, your family is screwed, the 1,000's who support you are devastated, and the Party is put at risk for getting Bush out of office, I believe you have a little more responsibility than the average Joe he compares himself to.
Go tell his kids and wife (and all those campaign workers) to get over it; that we're all used to this immoral and unetheical bullshit from politicians.
You cannot be honest with your wife and kids, but you're going to shoot
me straight and tell me what this country needs and how you're going to spend MY tax money and what ethics you're going to shove down my throat; is that how that works? That's it, who cares about my wife and kids, I can lie to them, but I have to be honest with that 44 year old social worker in Nashville. Please.
Come on Vespa, don't buy into it. Aren't you sick of being lied to? And why do women take these assholes back? Baffling. I mean, if the vows you made to your wife before God aren't enough to deter cheating, then you'd think at least all the TV cameras, reporters, and press would be.
Didn't he ever watch Fatal Attraction? Boiling the bunny? Sound familiar?
Quotedemocrats are philanderers and republicans are closeted homosexuals or KKK members....NEXT
Don't forget the warmonger thing on the repubs!
i would say this is why he said he wasnt interested in the VP spot months ago. he knew it was going to come out. what a fuck stick. i used to like him, but damn. i know people cheat on their spouses, but that doesn't mean i have to accept it. as much as i loath hillary, i thought it was shitty that bill cheated on her (not that it deserved the impeachment). its sad that there isn't any honesty and love anymore. if someone wants to have sex with someone else, have the decency to leave the spouse first. and this isn't fox news' fault, or any news outlet for that matter. it is john edwards' fault for fucking his wife over in the first place.
QuoteBut Elizabeth knew back in 2006 and still campaigned for him meaning they both knew about this potentially career/Presidency killing (and now actual career killing) affair and still went for it. I think they're both lame for lying to us all. But then again, they're pols. Of course they suck! Goodness, what am I thinking.
the status quo in washington is to stand by your man, no matter how dumb (G.W.), gay (Larry Craig), corrupt (G.W.), or unfaithful (apparently all politicians) they are.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not condoning cheating at all. I just feel like it's none of my business what people do after hours. People do fucked up things. Mistakes, errors in judgment, whatever you want to call it. Certainly I have been a victim of such things, but I am no angel either. I do know that if I ever made marriage vows I would certainly hold them to the highest level of sacriment. Good times, bad times, etc. I would like to believe that such a level of commitment deserves a higher standard.
I shouldn't have even posted what I did, I mean, I try to not involve myself if these sorts of convos because there's never any sort of resolution. But I did. So to explain: I don't care who anybody fucks and when media outlets choose to focus on these sorts of things only reminds me to what great depths our country has sunk. I mean, why do I even know who Paris Hilton is? It's completely ridiculous to me that I have whatever modicum of information about her, about John Edwards sex life, about Brangelina's twins.... Do you see what I mean? I know, his platform was family life, I get it. But still. If every public servant/persona (call it what you will), if everyone's life where put to a petrie dish, we'd be here all day pointing fingers. And I said f-u to Fox News it was because the newscaster I happened to be watching at the time (because I was looking for some Olympic coverage and ended up scratching my head in wonderment) essentially he had the keys to the klink swinging in his hand because he evidently knew the paternity of this love child. He must've been there at the conception as far as I can tell. I don't know because he didn't offer any evidence. I just don't like certainty with which Fox News presents conclusions without offering any sort of back up. That's all. Now I'm gonna go back to watching Michael Phelps. Go America!! (Especially Dara Torres!!) 8-)
We're not jumping on ya, Vespa - I think we're all just sick of these career politicians in Washington.
I think Jefferson and Franklin were able to get away with their scandals without much scrutiny because they actually performed their jobs with such excellency and never campaigned or spoke of themselves as anything but statesmen - maybe if our politicians were worth a damn on our time, we'd be a little less interested in what they do in theirs?
I dunno.
Quote
So to explain: I don't care who anybody fucks and when media outlets choose to focus on these sorts of things only reminds me to what great depths our country has sunk. I mean, why do I even know who Paris Hilton is? It's completely ridiculous to me that I have whatever modicum of information about her, about John Edwards sex life, about Brangelina's twins.... Do you see what I mean? I know, his platform was family life, I get it. But still. (Especially Dara Torres!!) 8-)
I hear that
Do people really hate Bill Clinton today?! I dont think so
As far as Im concerned, & probably most of America Id like to think, John Edwards can fuck the queen of Egypt and I wouldnt care as long as #1) Our national economic troubles get resolved #2) Our nation finds a way to somehow tax the insanely rich and while thereby supporting the insanely poor and try to re-establish a steady middle class #3) Take care of the dive our international relations has taken in the last decade and create more international allies
Basically, Edwards can stick his dick in a glacier and stop global warming for all I care, lets just move this country forward by helping its citizens and the international relations of the country
Quote#2) Our nation finds a way to somehow tax the insanely rich and while thereby supporting the insanely poor and try to re-establish a steady middle class
Some of the words you chose in this statement just sound strange to me. Why do we need to "find a way" - invent more ways, you mean - to tax - to further tax, you mean - the rich? Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the top 5% already paying over half of all federal income taxes?
I may be in the minority, but I just don't view the wealthy in this country as the "bad guys" - and I worry what our country could be reduced to if the upper class wasn't around the employ the middle class...
QuoteQuote#2) Our nation finds a way to somehow tax the insanely rich and while thereby supporting the insanely poor and try to re-establish a steady middle class
Some of the words you chose in this statement just sound strange to me. Why do we need to "find a way" - invent more ways, you mean - to tax - to further tax, you mean - the rich? Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the top 5% already paying over half of all federal income taxes?
I may be in the minority, but I just don't view the wealthy in this country as the "bad guys" - and I worry what our country could be reduced to if the upper class wasn't around the employ the middle class...
Well, I wouldnt say Im the most informed person about these types of things, but I really doubt the Top 5% are paying over 50% of this country's taxes. Just look at companies like Halliburton and Enron. If these huge corps. arent providing what they should to even maintain business, is the rest of the richy rich compensating their share? Thats hard for me to believe.
Im still in grad school so Ive got no salary or income, but isnt the tax break 40% if youre making over 75K or so? And the break doesnt change until you get into the Top 5%, which means youre probably making well over 800K or so, at the least? That looks like a big discrepancy to me.
I dont view the upper class as the 'bad guys', and Id also say that maybe 20% of what the upper class employs Id consider middle class, tops, but that I know even less about
QuoteNow don't get me wrong, I'm not condoning cheating at all. I just feel like it's none of my business what people do after hours. People do fucked up things. Mistakes, errors in judgment, whatever you want to call it. Certainly I have been a victim of such things, but I am no angel either. I do know that if I ever made marriage vows I would certainly hold them to the highest level of sacriment. Good times, bad times, etc. I would like to believe that such a level of commitment deserves a higher standard.
I shouldn't have even posted what I did, I mean, I try to not involve myself if these sorts of convos because there's never any sort of resolution. But I did. So to explain: I don't care who anybody fucks and when media outlets choose to focus on these sorts of things only reminds me to what great depths our country has sunk. I mean, why do I even know who Paris Hilton is? It's completely ridiculous to me that I have whatever modicum of information about her, about John Edwards sex life, about Brangelina's twins.... Do you see what I mean? I know, his platform was family life, I get it. But still. If every public servant/persona (call it what you will), if everyone's life where put to a petrie dish, we'd be here all day pointing fingers. And I said f-u to Fox News it was because the newscaster I happened to be watching at the time (because I was looking for some Olympic coverage and ended up scratching my head in wonderment) essentially he had the keys to the klink swinging in his hand because he evidently knew the paternity of this love child. He must've been there at the conception as far as I can tell. I don't know because he didn't offer any evidence. I just don't like certainty with which Fox News presents conclusions without offering any sort of back up. That's all. Now I'm gonna go back to watching Michael Phelps. Go America!! (Especially Dara Torres!!) 8-)
yeah vespa, i wasnt saying anything negative and i agree with you that i personally dont give a fuck about what people do in their private lives. HOWEVER, if these people are going to have the power to decide what is good for me and mine, then they need to live up to the standards that they impose on me. a politician can cheat on his wife but has the audacity to tell me i cant smoke a joint? what the fuck?
QuoteQuoteNow don't get me wrong, I'm not condoning cheating at all. I just feel like it's none of my business what people do after hours. People do fucked up things. Mistakes, errors in judgment, whatever you want to call it. Certainly I have been a victim of such things, but I am no angel either. I do know that if I ever made marriage vows I would certainly hold them to the highest level of sacriment. Good times, bad times, etc. I would like to believe that such a level of commitment deserves a higher standard.
I shouldn't have even posted what I did, I mean, I try to not involve myself if these sorts of convos because there's never any sort of resolution. But I did. So to explain: I don't care who anybody fucks and when media outlets choose to focus on these sorts of things only reminds me to what great depths our country has sunk. I mean, why do I even know who Paris Hilton is? It's completely ridiculous to me that I have whatever modicum of information about her, about John Edwards sex life, about Brangelina's twins.... Do you see what I mean? I know, his platform was family life, I get it. But still. If every public servant/persona (call it what you will), if everyone's life where put to a petrie dish, we'd be here all day pointing fingers. And I said f-u to Fox News it was because the newscaster I happened to be watching at the time (because I was looking for some Olympic coverage and ended up scratching my head in wonderment) essentially he had the keys to the klink swinging in his hand because he evidently knew the paternity of this love child. He must've been there at the conception as far as I can tell. I don't know because he didn't offer any evidence. I just don't like certainty with which Fox News presents conclusions without offering any sort of back up. That's all. Now I'm gonna go back to watching Michael Phelps. Go America!! (Especially Dara Torres!!) 8-)
yeah vespa, i wasnt saying anything negative and i agree with you that i personally dont give a fuck about what people do in their private lives. HOWEVER, if these people are going to have the power to decide what is good for me and mine, then they need to live up to the standards that they impose on me. a politician can cheat on his wife but has the audacity to tell me i cant smoke a joint? what the fuck?
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QuoteQuoteQuoteNow don't get me wrong, I'm not condoning cheating at all. I just feel like it's none of my business what people do after hours. People do fucked up things. Mistakes, errors in judgment, whatever you want to call it. Certainly I have been a victim of such things, but I am no angel either. I do know that if I ever made marriage vows I would certainly hold them to the highest level of sacriment. Good times, bad times, etc. I would like to believe that such a level of commitment deserves a higher standard.
I shouldn't have even posted what I did, I mean, I try to not involve myself if these sorts of convos because there's never any sort of resolution. But I did. So to explain: I don't care who anybody fucks and when media outlets choose to focus on these sorts of things only reminds me to what great depths our country has sunk. I mean, why do I even know who Paris Hilton is? It's completely ridiculous to me that I have whatever modicum of information about her, about John Edwards sex life, about Brangelina's twins.... Do you see what I mean? I know, his platform was family life, I get it. But still. If every public servant/persona (call it what you will), if everyone's life where put to a petrie dish, we'd be here all day pointing fingers. And I said f-u to Fox News it was because the newscaster I happened to be watching at the time (because I was looking for some Olympic coverage and ended up scratching my head in wonderment) essentially he had the keys to the klink swinging in his hand because he evidently knew the paternity of this love child. He must've been there at the conception as far as I can tell. I don't know because he didn't offer any evidence. I just don't like certainty with which Fox News presents conclusions without offering any sort of back up. That's all. Now I'm gonna go back to watching Michael Phelps. Go America!! (Especially Dara Torres!!) 8-)
yeah vespa, i wasnt saying anything negative and i agree with you that i personally dont give a fuck about what people do in their private lives. HOWEVER, if these people are going to have the power to decide what is good for me and mine, then they need to live up to the standards that they impose on me. a politician can cheat on his wife but has the audacity to tell me i cant smoke a joint? what the fuck?
<<<pineapple __express>>>~~~~~~
HA! indeed.
QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteNow don't get me wrong, I'm not condoning cheating at all. I just feel like it's none of my business what people do after hours. People do fucked up things. Mistakes, errors in judgment, whatever you want to call it. Certainly I have been a victim of such things, but I am no angel either. I do know that if I ever made marriage vows I would certainly hold them to the highest level of sacriment. Good times, bad times, etc. I would like to believe that such a level of commitment deserves a higher standard.
I shouldn't have even posted what I did, I mean, I try to not involve myself if these sorts of convos because there's never any sort of resolution. But I did. So to explain: I don't care who anybody fucks and when media outlets choose to focus on these sorts of things only reminds me to what great depths our country has sunk. I mean, why do I even know who Paris Hilton is? It's completely ridiculous to me that I have whatever modicum of information about her, about John Edwards sex life, about Brangelina's twins.... Do you see what I mean? I know, his platform was family life, I get it. But still. If every public servant/persona (call it what you will), if everyone's life where put to a petrie dish, we'd be here all day pointing fingers. And I said f-u to Fox News it was because the newscaster I happened to be watching at the time (because I was looking for some Olympic coverage and ended up scratching my head in wonderment) essentially he had the keys to the klink swinging in his hand because he evidently knew the paternity of this love child. He must've been there at the conception as far as I can tell. I don't know because he didn't offer any evidence. I just don't like certainty with which Fox News presents conclusions without offering any sort of back up. That's all. Now I'm gonna go back to watching Michael Phelps. Go America!! (Especially Dara Torres!!) 8-)
yeah vespa, i wasnt saying anything negative and i agree with you that i personally dont give a fuck about what people do in their private lives. HOWEVER, if these people are going to have the power to decide what is good for me and mine, then they need to live up to the standards that they impose on me. a politician can cheat on his wife but has the audacity to tell me i cant smoke a joint? what the fuck?
<<<pineapple __express>>>~~~~~~
HA! indeed.
power 2 tha people
QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteNow don't get me wrong, I'm not condoning cheating at all. I just feel like it's none of my business what people do after hours. People do fucked up things. Mistakes, errors in judgment, whatever you want to call it. Certainly I have been a victim of such things, but I am no angel either. I do know that if I ever made marriage vows I would certainly hold them to the highest level of sacriment. Good times, bad times, etc. I would like to believe that such a level of commitment deserves a higher standard.
I shouldn't have even posted what I did, I mean, I try to not involve myself if these sorts of convos because there's never any sort of resolution. But I did. So to explain: I don't care who anybody fucks and when media outlets choose to focus on these sorts of things only reminds me to what great depths our country has sunk. I mean, why do I even know who Paris Hilton is? It's completely ridiculous to me that I have whatever modicum of information about her, about John Edwards sex life, about Brangelina's twins.... Do you see what I mean? I know, his platform was family life, I get it. But still. If every public servant/persona (call it what you will), if everyone's life where put to a petrie dish, we'd be here all day pointing fingers. And I said f-u to Fox News it was because the newscaster I happened to be watching at the time (because I was looking for some Olympic coverage and ended up scratching my head in wonderment) essentially he had the keys to the klink swinging in his hand because he evidently knew the paternity of this love child. He must've been there at the conception as far as I can tell. I don't know because he didn't offer any evidence. I just don't like certainty with which Fox News presents conclusions without offering any sort of back up. That's all. Now I'm gonna go back to watching Michael Phelps. Go America!! (Especially Dara Torres!!) 8-)
yeah vespa, i wasnt saying anything negative and i agree with you that i personally dont give a fuck about what people do in their private lives. HOWEVER, if these people are going to have the power to decide what is good for me and mine, then they need to live up to the standards that they impose on me. a politician can cheat on his wife but has the audacity to tell me i cant smoke a joint? what the fuck?
<<<pineapple __express>>>~~~~~~
HA! indeed.
power 2 tha people
word!
QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteNow don't get me wrong, I'm not condoning cheating at all. I just feel like it's none of my business what people do after hours. People do fucked up things. Mistakes, errors in judgment, whatever you want to call it. Certainly I have been a victim of such things, but I am no angel either. I do know that if I ever made marriage vows I would certainly hold them to the highest level of sacriment. Good times, bad times, etc. I would like to believe that such a level of commitment deserves a higher standard.
I shouldn't have even posted what I did, I mean, I try to not involve myself if these sorts of convos because there's never any sort of resolution. But I did. So to explain: I don't care who anybody fucks and when media outlets choose to focus on these sorts of things only reminds me to what great depths our country has sunk. I mean, why do I even know who Paris Hilton is? It's completely ridiculous to me that I have whatever modicum of information about her, about John Edwards sex life, about Brangelina's twins.... Do you see what I mean? I know, his platform was family life, I get it. But still. If every public servant/persona (call it what you will), if everyone's life where put to a petrie dish, we'd be here all day pointing fingers. And I said f-u to Fox News it was because the newscaster I happened to be watching at the time (because I was looking for some Olympic coverage and ended up scratching my head in wonderment) essentially he had the keys to the klink swinging in his hand because he evidently knew the paternity of this love child. He must've been there at the conception as far as I can tell. I don't know because he didn't offer any evidence. I just don't like certainty with which Fox News presents conclusions without offering any sort of back up. That's all. Now I'm gonna go back to watching Michael Phelps. Go America!! (Especially Dara Torres!!) 8-)
yeah vespa, i wasnt saying anything negative and i agree with you that i personally dont give a fuck about what people do in their private lives. HOWEVER, if these people are going to have the power to decide what is good for me and mine, then they need to live up to the standards that they impose on me. a politician can cheat on his wife but has the audacity to tell me i cant smoke a joint? what the fuck?
<<<pineapple __express>>>~~~~~~
HA! indeed.
power 2 tha people
word!
I wasn't going to get involved in this conversation, but I have two words to offer:
LEGALIZE IT!
i think most people on here would agree with you---not sure we'll see it in our lifetime, though :-[ :-[
QuoteWell, I wouldnt say Im the most informed person about these types of things, but I really doubt the Top 5% are paying over 50% of this country's taxes. Just look at companies like Halliburton and Enron. If these huge corps. arent providing what they should to even maintain business, is the rest of the richy rich compensating their share? Thats hard for me to believe.
I don't know
anything about how an international corporation is taxed, so you might be onto something there, but I'm talking about individual people's income taxes... I did some googling and according the the Wallstreet Journal, the top 1% pays over 40%... the top 10% are paying over 70%... That's pretty substantial, this article says its the most they've had to pay in about 40 years.
Meanwhile, the bottom 50% are only paying 3% (doesn't feel like it, though, does it?)... so looking just at the numbers coming from the IRS, its going to be hard to tax the rich any more than we already do, or to tax the poor any less than we already do (although, I'd love to give it a shot! ;D)
I know if a group of sensible folks, like us, who aren't in any lobbyist or special interest group pockets, were to get together and try and figure out a way to bolster our economy, we'd eventually come to an agreement that could make almost everyone happy. Profit and prosperity is the American dream, right?
I say taxing people more isn't a solution, that windfall tax is an absurd concept, that corporate bailouts are absolutely criminal, and that nationalizing any industry is like economic suicide (the government can't even make a profit at a cafeteria, do we really want them taking over anything else?). I say that instead of raising taxes on oil, we should raise royalty on oil - American royalties on oil are among the lowest in the world, I think.
Quotei think most people on here would agree with you [on legalizing marijuana]---not sure we'll see it in our lifetime, though
Oh yeah, even the "official forum Republican" ( ::) :P), who doesn't smoke, is wondering why marijuana is illegal. I don't smoke the stuff, but I find potheads to be generally interesting people - alcoholics, on the other hand... I mean, is this an example of the government not wanting to legalize what they couldn't levy a tax against?
All I ask for is the truth. Again, if John Edawrds is going to lie to his cancer stricken wife and kids, how the hell am I to trust that he is going to be truthful to me? Giving my support to someone who I know will lie to me is something I'd rather not do. But some of the responses here lead me to believe that people are OK with it. They got you right where they want you; do as I say, not as I do.
As far as wealth, there will always be poor people. However, as the gap continues to widen between the rich and poor, the next revolution will not be about race or sex, it will be about wealth. Might not happen in our lifetime, but it will happen. Money and power corrupt, but so does lack of money and power. Then again, people do good things with money and power, and people without do the same.
Do something good for your fellow man today. here's a link to a friend of mine's web site: http://www.coolpeoplecare.org/
QuoteAll I ask for is the truth.
I'm sick and tired of hearing things
From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
I've had enough of reading things
By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
With just a pocketful of hope
Money for dope
Money for rope
No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
With just a pocketful of soap
Money for dope
Money for rope
I'm sick to death of seeing things
From tight-lipped, condescending, mama's little chauvinists
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth now
I've had enough of watching scenes
Of schizophrenic, ego-centric, paranoiac, prima donnas
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth
No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
With just a pocketful of soap
It's money for dope
Money for rope
Ah, I'm sick and tired of hearing things
From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocrites
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth now
I've had enough of reading things
By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth now
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth now
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
QuoteMoney and power corrupt, but so does lack of money and power. Then again, people do good things with money and power, and people without do the same.
"Let me give you a tip on a clue to men's characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.
"Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper's bell of an approaching looter. So long as men live together on earth and need means to deal with one another--their only substitute, if they abandon money, is the muzzle of a gun.
"But money demands of you the highest virtues, if you wish to make it or to keep it. Men who have no courage, pride or self-esteem, men who have no moral sense of their right to their money and are not willing to defend it as they defend their life, men who apologize for being rich--will not remain rich for long. They are the natural bait for the swarms of looters that stay under rocks for centuries, but come crawling out at the first smell of a man who begs to be forgiven for the guilt of owning wealth. They will hasten to relieve him of the guilt--and of his life, as he deserves.
"Then you will see the rise of the men of the double standard--the men who live by force, yet count on those who live by trade to create the value of their looted money--the men who are the hitchhikers of virtue. In a moral society, these are the criminals, and the statutes are written to protect you against them. But when a society establishes criminals-by-right and looters-by-law--men who use force to seize the wealth of disarmed victims--then money becomes its creators' avenger. Such looters believe it safe to rob defenseless men, once they've passed a law to disarm them. But their loot becomes the magnet for other looters, who get it from them as they got it. Then the race goes, not to the ablest at production, but to those most ruthless at brutality. When force is the standard, the murderer wins over the pickpocket. And then that society vanishes, in a spread of ruins and slaughter.
"Do you wish to know whether that day is coming? Watch money. Money is the barometer of a society's virtue. When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion--when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing--when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors--when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you--when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice--you may know that your society is doomed. Money is so noble a medium that is does not compete with guns and it does not make terms with brutality. It will not permit a country to survive as half-property, half-loot.
I can't find anything to explain why marijuana can't be legalized, though.
:-/
Quotei think most people on here would agree with you---not sure we'll see it in our lifetime, though :-[ :-[
i have a friend that is working on that.
www.mpp.org
QuoteQuotei think most people on here would agree with you---not sure we'll see it in our lifetime, though :-[ :-[
i have a friend that is working on that.
www.mpp.org
He or she is fighting the good fight. I wish I could be more active, but it is illegal afterall.
QuoteQuoteQuotei think most people on here would agree with you---not sure we'll see it in our lifetime, though :-[ :-[
i have a friend that is working on that.
www.mpp.org
He or she is fighting the good fight. I wish I could be more active, but it is illegal afterall.
their are perfectly legal and legitimate ways to be active through the MPP. check out their website.
QuoteSomething about this guy always creeped me out, sort of like
a slick, used car salesman. Screwing another woman while
your wife is battling cancer? Doesn't he lose his privilege of
saying anything about anything in the public spot light,
forever? Ridicuolus; and incredibly sad for his wife and children.
The things people do...
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Oh no never, we can never cast judgements on anyones behavior. Don't you know there is no good or bad nowadays? If you feel like doing it and it feels good--go for it.
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PS: F-You, Fox News!
What the hell do they have to do with this?!? They put a gun to Edwards head and made him bang that video vixen while his wif was puking from chemo? Don't think so.
Quotedemocrats are philanderers and republicans are closeted homosexuals or KKK members....NEXT
Guess you never heard of the DEMOCRAT Robert "KKK" Bird?
it kinda bothers me that all anyone has to do these days is say that they are sorry- and you don't really have to be it, or even act it, for that matter, just say it!- and everything is all good.
a shitty message for the kids, if you ask me. 'sure, junior! make fun of the poor kids when their stomachs growl in class and make sure you point out that their clothes are out of date and smell bad. just remember to say you're sorry in the principal's office.'
QuoteQuotedemocrats are philanderers and republicans are closeted homosexuals or KKK members....NEXT
Guess you never heard of the DEMOCRAT Robert "KKK" Bird?
the dixiecrats/democrats of yesteryear are the republicans of today. look how the south votes. it isn't blue anymore.