In your brightest moments, what are the thoughts you entertain, and hope to see fully realized?
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 06:52
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Finn, love the house, though I'd build mine in Cornwall looking the other way.
I was considering all kinds of things including a kind of "taken away" scenario where all the world's spammers, telemarketeers, and conmen "Raptured" their way straight to Hell.
But that's not a great thing to wish for. I want long life and good health for my partner, because I can't really live without her, health and happiness for my family and friends and some sanity for the world.
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Quote:No. It’s not an objection, a criticism or a negative judgment. It’s a distinction.
Originally posted by rue:
This isn't an objection? A criticism? A negative judgement? My bad. I didn't realize it was a supportive comment.
And I didn’t post in the other thread because the opportunity or the interest didn’t present itself, I guess. It wasn't because I have an objection to it.
Oh, he's so full of manure, that man! We could lay him in the dirt and grow another one just like him.
-- Ruby
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Quote:It would definitely look better in Cornwall, I agree. But the price of property in the UK, these days?
Originally posted by Fletch2:
Finn, love the house, though I'd build mine in Cornwall looking the other way.
Oh, he's so full of manure, that man! We could lay him in the dirt and grow another one just like him.
-- Ruby
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That would be because we're at least the second most overpopulated country in the world
(not sure about that, but I remember a report saying the Tokyo had the same number of people per square mile as London).
Cornwall, like much of Wales is quite cheap though (no jobs ). I remember my father was looking to buy a place and he asked what he could get for our semi in Surrey, the responce was:
"How much of the county do you want?"...
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
You should never give powers to a leader you like that you’d hate to have given to a leader you fear
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Quote:Well, that didn't take long. I had hoped to see more personal, real life comments here, instead of the standard political rhetoric.
Originally posted by Giantevilhead:
To crush my enemies, to see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentations of their women.
Chrisisall
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So anyway, to get back to your judgement "Dreams have to be real life otherwise they're just fantasies", I was wondering why you felt you could set the standards for what gets posted on the thread.
Nearly everything I know I learned by the grace of others.
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Quote:Is that what you were wondering? Well, that's a dumb thing to wonder.
Originally posted by rue:
So anyway, to get back to your judgement "Dreams have to be real life otherwise they're just fantasies", I was wondering why you felt you could set the standards for what gets posted on the thread.
Oh, he's so full of manure, that man! We could lay him in the dirt and grow another one just like him.
-- Ruby
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Since the term Corporatism was coined by Mussolini, who called it the 'merger of corporation and state' and thought it was a good idea, or the perfect idea; And since Mussolini was a fascist, and evil, and the enemy of the west, of which I think we are all a part: I don't think anti-Corporatism really constitutes a political point of view.
That's like saying if someone said "Nazi's are bad" turning around and saying "oh there you go with your political zionist rant again."
I don't think that the idea "Corporatism is bad" is really one that is even a matter of debate at this point. I think "Bush is Corporatism" is something you could try to debate, but you would be starting from a losing position. If you wanted to argue "the good in Bush outweighs the bad" I don't envy you, but this is probably where you would have to begin.
Logically, the counterstatement to Chrisisall's statement becomes this one: "Corporatism is good" which doesn't just imply, but actually inherently states "Mussolini was right." Since this is an absolutely untennable political position, I think it makes Chris' statement not particularly political. Certainly not a partisan point.
Anyway,
I think that the way in which corporatism fails is that it makes the govt. into a giant leech that drain life from a society and gives nothing in return, eventually the people hate govt., and eschew it. I think the natural end to corporatism in America, if we don't manage to replace it with something better, is that United States of America will die. Within 10 or 15 years. All of the business and culture of America will continue to exist, but everyone will secede from the leech state. I don't think that at the present time, a USA which is seemingly completely incapable of conquering Iraq could even conceivably take New York, let alone more than one state at a time, let alone half of them or more.
Iraq has a population of 23 million prior to the US invasion, 12 million of whom are adults, terrain is desert. 1 in 3 are armed, relatively few have advanced degrees.
Population of Iraq: 23 Million
Population of New York: 17 Million
Adult Population of Iraq: 12 Million
Adult Population of New York: 13 Million
Square Mileage of Iraq: 171600
Square Mileage of New York: 54471.144
But since much of Iraq is uninhabited, uninhabitable desert, it's really under twice the size.
Number of international airports in Iraq: 2
Number of international airports in New York: 13
GDP of Iraq: $36B
GDP of New York: $988B
Terrain of Iraq: Flat, open, steppeland.
Terrain of New York: Low lying mountains and forest.
Gun ownership in New York is probably even higher of that in Iraq, most of the citizens are educated, and whereas Iraq had one luke-warm potential ally on its borders and many hostile states, a secessionist New York would have two strong allies and no enemies: Canada would undoubtedly support the idea, as would New England, which has always been more averse to federal control than New York has.
While this idea may seem extreme, and is, the New Yorker printed something about NYC session fairly recently, and they weren't really joking. I think right now, a federal union like the USA has to make a very strong case to a state like NY which pays roughly half of its own revenue to support the union, and gets virtually nothing out of the relationship. And please don't say "oh it gets defense." New York has been dying for years to take over its own defense as it is thoroughly convinced that its own resources are superior to that of the federal govt.
I'm sure if anyone here is from California that they have worked out a similar argument.
Anyway, if it's not too political, in my brighest moments I hope that we as a species will organize a way to force ourselves to respect the Earth.
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Quote:I failed to see the distinction, so I dragged out the old internet dictionary (I can't believe I'm doing this) and found the following:
And as for dreams- why make them "real life"? Isn't that what dreams are NOT supposed to be??? -Signy
No. Dreams have to be real life, otherwise they are just fantasies.-Finn
DREAM- Series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; a cherished desire; imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; indulge in a fantasy; someone or something wonderful
So I don't think this IS a distinction, I think this is dyspeptic interference from someone who apparently has no heartfelt dreams to call his own.
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Quote:I propose that we just stop wondering anything at all about Finn since he apparently has nothing to contribute.
So anyway, to get back to your judgement "Dreams have to be real life otherwise they're just fantasies", I was wondering why you felt you could set the standards for what gets posted on the thread.- Rue
Is that what you were wondering? Well, that's a dumb thing to wonder.
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