Petro wrote:
I'd bet my wife's next paycheck that at least 90% of those bastards are appointed.
I wouldn't take that bet because I'm sure you are right. However, that just begs the question. Ultimately those bastards were appointed by someone who was elected democratically. (Now don't hang any signs on me. I'm not saying this is a "good thing" only that it still falls within the democratic paradigm.)
The problem is that we've got a bunch of pansy ass fascists running this country, and they are willing to hand large parts of our sovereignty over to a committee made up mostly of other fascists and socialists.
No argument there, but I think the barbarians at the gate (the rioters) would be infinitely worse.
While I disagree with (what little) philosophy is behind these protestors, I have to agree that what is going on behind those doors is *not* in the best interests of America, nor IMO in the best interest of the "poorer" nations in this world.
You are right again, but, as above, the rioters' "cure" would be worse than the disease. A plague on both there houses.
I have so sympathy for militant ignorance when the world is awash in information about how things work.
The problem is that *most* of the information is wrong...
Theodore Sturgeon once began a speech at a science fiction convention by saying, "90% of science fiction is crap." After the stunned silence he added, "90% of EVERYTHING is crap." Sure most of the information is wrong; so what? That's where critical thinking has to come in. The rioters are clearly on an emotional trip not an intellectual one.
They want to work a "fulfilling" job, make 100k a year, and have the government pay for their retirement when they don't feel like working any more.
Yeah, and I want to fuck Claudia Schiffer. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. The world is as it is, not as how we would wish it to be. The Genoa rioters are throwing a childish tantrum. When (if) they grow up, maybe they will do what is really necessary to change the system.
Come on, "global warming" is a fact. We've gotten about .6 degrees warmer in the last 100 years. WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE NEW YORK IS UNDER WATER.
Yup, I'm buying my beachfront property in the Sierras, even as we speak. My next door neighbor is Kevin Costner. :-D S a n d y