[Sandy Sandfort]

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


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