Everybody will be happy with the Dutch model!
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
because they have rights and because they have men; the cyclists are
happy because they have respect; everybody is happy because they are
safe, etc, etc.
Perhaps the happiest of all will be the cyclists! I've been saying
that all along, and now it is confirmed...
"The five happiest countries in the world — Denmark, Finland, Norway,
Sweden and the Netherlands — are all clustered in the same region, and
all enjoy high levels of prosperity."
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-35010143
***
Now you know what the Wise Tibetan Monkey stands for!
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THE WISE TIBETAN MONKEY SAYS
"Happiness has to do with prosperity OR with CHILLING IN A HAMMOCK
like in Costa Rica"
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
wrote:
> Send Doutzen Kroes to my house immediately and I'll be happy with a Dutch
> model.
>
> http://i33.tinypic.com/2mdsd3a.png
I'm so happy they did away with the oppressive underwear...
(To me, the underwear is like the burqa)
Rod Speed
Tantra-Hammock wrote:
> The men are happy because of the girls; the ladies and gays are happy
> because they have rights and because they have men; the cyclists are
> happy because they have respect; everybody is happy because they are
> safe, etc, etc.
>
> Perhaps the happiest of all will be the cyclists! I've been saying
> that all along, and now it is confirmed...
>
> "The five happiest countries in the world — Denmark, Finland, Norway,
> Sweden and the Netherlands — are all clustered in the same region, and
> all enjoy high levels of prosperity."
>
> http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-35010143
Usual utterly mindless line. The suicide rate in Finland is one of the highest in the entire world.
If you cant manage to grasp what that means happiness wise...
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
It must be the Christians because everybody else is happy.
But the Christians can only be happy when people is unhappy so it
fulfills the prophecies and people turn to God.
Actually I think all those suicide rates are a lie.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
> In article <earle.jones-762774.21033320072...@news.giganews.com>,
> Earle Jones <earle.jo...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> > In article
> > <1e7b2a19-bf54-4a73-ba07-80596d438...@g35g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
> > "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of
>
> > > The men are happy because of the girls; the ladies and gays are happy
> > > because they have rights and because they have men; the cyclists are
> > > happy because they have respect; everybody is happy because they are
> > > safe, etc, etc.
>
> > > Perhaps the happiest of all will be the cyclists! I've been saying
> > > that all along, and now it is confirmed...
>
> > > "The five happiest countries in the world ‹ Denmark, Finland, Norway,
> > > Sweden and the Netherlands ‹ are all clustered in the same region, and
> > > all enjoy high levels of prosperity."
>
> > >http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-35010143
>
> > *
> > "Happiest Country in the World" for the past several years, and has one
> > of the highest tax rates of any country (about 50% of income) does it?
>
> > Maybe we should raise our tax rates and become happier.
>
> > I have talked to several Danish families recently (there are a lot of
> > European visitors where I volunteer as a Docent/Naturalist at the Ano
> > Nuevo State Reserve on the coast near Santa Cruz California.)
>
> > As near as I can tell, the Danes are very happy to pay what we would
> > consider ungodly taxes because they are convinced they get their money's
> > worth. Every kid can go to school for free from the age of four through
> > a PhD in a good university -- as long as they can keep up their grades.
> > Classes are small -- a few students per teacher -- and the health care
> > is some of the best in the world. The crime rate is low and the country
> > runs smoothly.
>
> > They get their money's worth.
>
> > We (in the USA) pay some of the lowest taxes of any country in the
> > world, and constantly bitch about taxes. We have an educational system
> > that ranks somewhere between Bulgaria and Argentina and a health-care
> > system that ignores about 40 million people. We have hundreds of
> > thousands of armed troops overseas fighting wars with no strategy, no
> > end point, and no hope of success.
>
> > This country (USA) is broken.
>
> > Let's fix it.
>
> > earle
> > *
>
> It might also be noted that because those 5 high tax countries provide
> so well for the average citizen, and have so few really poor or really
> rich, that the importance of religion in them is fading.
Or maybe they have a better life because religion is fading.
Here the taxes are lower, but they are totally squandered in wars and
contracts without ever solving anything.
There's a 1 mile long fancy mixed path around here (for riding bikes,
walking dogs, etc) that hasn't solved the problem that people must
ride bike on sidewalks to do errands. It is the owners of the dogs
that are happy with it and they are affluent. I've given up on
bureaucracies ever solving the problem in America without shaking the
tree. There's Big Black Hole that swallows everything.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
<Rina...@turkish.delight.info.invalid> wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:14:38 -0700, Earle Jones <earle.jo...@comcast.net> wrote:
> >In article <dclc46h1dglaa0kumt24dqka8rc4pau...@4ax.com>,
> > Rinaldo of Capadoccia <Rina...@turkish.delight.info.invalid> wrote:
>
> >> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:57:01 -0400, BE-VA
> >> <blackwater-evangil...@testland.org> wrote:
>
> >> >On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:49:17 -0400, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator
> >> >of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote
> >> >(in article
> >> ><1e7b2a19-bf54-4a73-ba07-80596d438...@g35g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>):
>
> >> >> Subject: Everybody will be happy with the Dutch model!
> >> >> From: "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the
> >> >> Movement
>
> >> >> of Tantra-Hammock" <comandante.ban...@yahoo.com>
> >> >> Date: Today 1:49 PM
> >> >> Newsgroups: alt.atheism, alt.politics.homosexuality, alt.atheism.satire,
> >> >> alt.religion.christianity.hypocrisy, alt.polyamory
>
> >> >> The men are happy because of the girls; the ladies and gays are happy
> >> >> because
>
> >> >> they have rights and because they have men; the cyclists are happy because
> >> >> they have respect; everybody is happy because they are safe, etc, etc.
>
> >> >> Perhaps the happiest of all will be the cyclists! I've been saying that
> >> >> all
> >> >> along, and now it is confirmed...
>
> >> >> "The five happiest countries in the world — Denmark, Finland, Norway,
> >> >> Sweden
> >> >> and the Netherlands — are all clustered in the same region, and all enjoy
> >> >> high levels of prosperity."
>
> >> >with no obligations other than to work and give their earniing to the state
> >> >so that the state can keep their children happy.
>
> >> Yeah, fuck your ideological take; did you notice "happiest"?
> >> It isn't an external judgment, but self-reported.
>
> >*
> >No -- it is definitely not "self-reported".
>
> >The data, reported by Forbes Magazine, comes from the OECD, the
> >Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development, a Paris-based
> >group.
>
> And the OECD discovered which countries were happiest, how?
> By pointing a happyometer at each of the countries rated?
>
I guess they asked people who didn't worry about being laid off or
about getting sick.
People enjoy long vacations, low crime, and a healthier lifestyle
where they walk or bike.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
> In article <981d469pc4etm8dngjq72tanbrjtr64...@4ax.com>,
I think our "pursuit of happiness" has become a Rat Race for survival,
and once that happens there's no happiness possible.
We must slow down and ride a bike or lay back in a hammock, not unlike
Key West.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
Movement of Tantra-Hammock" <nolionnoprob...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> We must slow down and ride a bike or lay back in a hammock, not unlike
> Key West.
"A trip to Key West is a vacation to one of the music capitols of
America and will surely evoke a deep desire to leave the RAT RACE
behind. Soak up the tropical sun while listening to original Key West
Music playing in the breezes and sip a cold beer. While maybe not the
center of the universe, it certainly comes close to being paradise."
Tropical Key West Radio... (ENJOY!)
The Henchman
"Rod Speed" <rod.sp...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:8am7gh...@mid.individual.net...
> His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of
> Tantra-Hammock wrote:
>> The men are happy because of the girls; the ladies and gays are happy
>> because they have rights and because they have men; the cyclists are
>> happy because they have respect; everybody is happy because they are
>> safe, etc, etc.
>>
>> Perhaps the happiest of all will be the cyclists! I've been saying
>> that all along, and now it is confirmed...
>>
>> "The five happiest countries in the world - Denmark, Finland, Norway,
>> Sweden and the Netherlands - are all clustered in the same region, and
>> all enjoy high levels of prosperity."
>>
>> http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-35010143
>
> Usual utterly mindless line. The suicide rate in Finland is one of the
> highest in the entire world.
>
> If you cant manage to grasp what that means happiness wise...
Finland has greatly reduced it's suicide rate because it developed
programmes to deal with and recognise depression. Finland's rates for
suicide are now on par with France and Australia and New Zealand and Canada.
When Finland experienced their great economic boom in the 1960s and 1970s
they forgot to deal with health care issues, amongst them mental health.
But they have since corrected that.
Countries such as Russia, Ukraine and Japan all lead Finland in suicides as
well as Estonia, and Latvia and Lithuania, who themselves are facing the
same economic growth pangs that Finland faced in the 60's and 70's.
Rod Speed
> Rod Speed <rod.sp...@gmail.com> wrote
>> His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote
>>> The men are happy because of the girls; the ladies and gays are
>>> happy because they have rights and because they have men; the
>>> cyclists are happy because they have respect; everybody is happy
>>> because they are safe, etc, etc.
>>> Perhaps the happiest of all will be the cyclists! I've been saying
>>> that all along, and now it is confirmed...
>>> "The five happiest countries in the world - Denmark, Finland,
>>> Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands - are all clustered in the same region, and all enjoy high levels of prosperity."
>>> http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-35010143
>> Usual utterly mindless line. The suicide rate in Finland is one of the highest in the entire world.
>> If you cant manage to grasp what that means happiness wise...
> Finland has greatly reduced it's suicide rate
No it hasnt. Its just reduced it a bit and its not quite as outrageous as it once was.
> because it developed programmes to deal with and recognise depression.
Still blows a damned great hole in the mindlessly silly happiness claim.
If they really were that happy, that wouldnt have been necessary.
> Finland's rates for suicide are now on par with France and Australia and New Zealand and Canada.
Another pig ignorant lie, and if they really are one of the happiest
countrys, it would be much lower than those countrys anyway.
> When Finland experienced their great economic boom in the 1960s and 1970s they forgot to deal with health care issues,
> amongst them mental health.
Have fun explaining why they had the highest suicide rate in the entire world.
> But they have since corrected that.
Nope, ALL they have done is make the evidence that its nothing
like one of the happiest countrys in the world less visible.
Its completely stupid to be claiming that if you can stop those who
want to suicide from doing that, that those are anything like happy.
> Countries such as Russia, Ukraine and Japan all lead Finland in suicides
By fuck all.
> as well as Estonia, and Latvia and Lithuania, who themselves are facing the same economic growth pangs that Finland
> faced in the 60's and 70's.
Its got nothing to do with economic growth pangs.
dgk
I've read that it has a lot to do with less daylight since most of
these countries are far north. Except for Japan, which has its own
problems.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
> > When Finland experienced their great economic boom in the 1960s and 1970s they forgot to deal with health care issues,
> > amongst them mental health.
>
> Have fun explaining why they had the highest suicide rate in the entire world.
>
> > But they have since corrected that.
>
> Nope, ALL they have done is make the evidence that its nothing
> like one of the happiest countrys in the world less visible.
>
> Its completely stupid to be claiming that if you can stop those who
> want to suicide from doing that, that those are anything like happy.
You are using a pathetic excuse to deny the obvious (one I hear all
the time), which is that their system works for most people better. My
being denied space for my bike to the road in a safe manner, leads to
obesity and depression, which is a SLOW FORM OF SUICIDE. Of course,
our Medical Industry is there to save me and keep me breathing as long
as possible. No, we can't have Euthanasia either, so we must have long
agonizing death...
By the way, the leading country in happiness is Holland not Finland.
Or you can go to Costa Rica and chill on a hammock. Suicide is very
rare there. "Pura vida" is their motto.
Rod Speed
>>>>> http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-35010143
>> By fuck all.
No they arent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate
And even if it was due to them being far north, and it isnt, they clearly cant be that happy.
> Except for Japan, which has its own problems.
Its always had a pretty sensible approach to suicide.
Rod Speed
> Rod Speed <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote
>> The Henchman wrote
>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote
>>> When Finland experienced their great economic boom in the 1960s and 1970s
>>> they forgot to deal with health care issues, amongst them mental health.
>> Have fun explaining why they had the highest suicide rate in the entire world.
>>> But they have since corrected that.
>> Nope, ALL they have done is make the evidence that its nothing
>> like one of the happiest countrys in the world less visible.
>> Its completely stupid to be claiming that if you can stop those who
>> want to suicide from doing that, that those are anything like happy.
> You are using a pathetic excuse to deny the obvious (one I hear all
> the time), which is that their system works for most people better.
The system cant be working that well for those who are depressed enough to kill themselves.
> My being denied space for my bike to the road in a safe manner, leads
> to obesity and depression, which is a SLOW FORM OF SUICIDE.
The other obvious way to avoid obesity is to not shovel so much shit into your mouth, stupid.
> Of course, our Medical Industry is there to save me and keep me breathing as long as
> possible. No, we can't have Euthanasia either, so we must have long agonizing death...
In your case, that is precisely what you deserve.
> By the way, the leading country in happiness is Holland not Finland.
Irrelevant to the fact that the fins cant be that happy if
they have the highest suicide rate in the entire world.
> Or you can go to Costa Rica and chill on a hammock. Suicide is very rare there.
Another pig ignorant lie. It actually higher than in Holland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate
> "Pura vida" is their motto.
Fat lot of good that does them.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
> > My being denied space for my bike to the road in a safe manner, leads
> > to obesity and depression, which is a SLOW FORM OF SUICIDE.
>
> The other obvious way to avoid obesity is to not shovel so much shit into your mouth, stupid.
What kind of fad diet are you selling? There's no diet without the
capacity of BURNING THE CALORIES. We always have been hunter-
gatherers, and all of a sudden we found happiness in watching TV and
driving to the market.
No wonder America is #1 in obesity, right? I'm not even bothering with
the statistics.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
On Jul 22, 6:14 pm, e_space <espace1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> man ... you must be obese ... after all, youre scared to go for a bike
> ride and all you talk about is hopping on your hammock ... hope its
> got strong strings attached ;-^)
No, I'm not obese, but I've been sitting on my ass for a while, so
things are not normal like last year.
By the way, THE FATTEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD (guess)...
Yep, we are #1, a nation of lazy Christians, SUVs and junk food!
Rod Speed
> Rod Speed <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote
>>> My being denied space for my bike to the road in a safe manner,
>>> leads to obesity and depression, which is a SLOW FORM OF SUICIDE.
>> The other obvious way to avoid obesity is to not shovel so much shit into your mouth, stupid.
> What kind of fad diet are you selling?
Not selling any diet, fad or otherwise.
JUST rubbing your stupid nose in the FACT that if you dont shovel any more
calories into your mouth than you burn, you cant get fat, let alone obese, stupid.
> There's no diet without the capacity of BURNING THE CALORIES.
Yes, but even someone as stupid as you should have noticed that the human
body does burn calories even if the individual doesnt ride some stupid bike.
> We always have been hunter-gatherers,
We aint been hunter gatherers for millenia now.
> and all of a sudden we found happiness in watching TV and driving to the market.
> No wonder America is #1 in obesity, right?
Wrong. Hordes of non americans watch TV and drive to the market.
> I'm not even bothering with the statistics.
No surprises there, you fuck that up every time you try it.
The Henchman
> Its got nothing to do with economic growth pangs.
Fuck!!!!! How In the hell did I respond to a Rod Speed post? Gotta
read the headers more closely next time. I forgot that retard hangs out in
this group.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
> His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote
> > No wonder America is #1 in obesity, right?
>
> Wrong. Hordes of non americans watch TV and drive to the market.
I always back my statements with statistics or common sense: America
is #1, Mexico #2, and the UK #3... Holland is in great shape! ;)
Rod Speed
You never ever could bullshit your way out of a wet paper bag.
Rod Speed
> Rod Speed <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote
>> His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote
>>> No wonder America is #1 in obesity, right?
>> Wrong. Hordes of non americans watch TV and drive to the market.
> I always back my statements with statistics or common sense:
Another lie. You never did anything like that with your
stupid pig ignorant claim about suicide in Costa Rica.
> America is #1, Mexico #2, and the UK #3... Holland is in great shape! ;)
And they watch TV and drive to the market, stupid.
> http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_obe-health-obesity
dgk
<rod.sp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>dgk wrote
>
>> I've read that it has a lot to do with less daylight since most of these countries are far north.
>
>No they arent.
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate
>
>And even if it was due to them being far north, and it isnt, they clearly cant be that happy.
>
>> Except for Japan, which has its own problems.
>
>Its always had a pretty sensible approach to suicide.
>
>
Actually here's one that says the opposite:
http://www.weatherwing.com/Daylight-and-Suicide.html
What it looks like is that areas of long daylight or short daylight
could be problems. Of course, not having enough money to retire after
working all your life would seem to be a cause as well.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
On Jul 23, 7:23 am, chazwin <chazwy...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> What can the fattest nation teach the world?
>
> How to chew the fat?
We can teach the world that we have more fat people and more diets
than anybody else... But we can't have the cake and eat it too!
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
> In message
> <9a7a0b68-481e-4d9f-beac-d83be6865...@g35g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, at
> 19:16:14 on Thu, 22 Jul 2010, "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator
> of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock" <nolionnoprob...@yahoo.com> remarked:
>
> >We must face those issues that come from chaos, and most importantly
> >NO BIKES ON SIDEWALKS OR MIXED FACILITIES where they endanger other
> >people and themselves.
>
> And yet, that's exactly what Amsterdam is peppered with (much to the
> danger of pedestrians), and you seem to approve.
> --
> Roland Perry
I approve the overall idea of a large chunk of the population riding
bike, but I do NOT approve of MIXED PATHS. Do they have mixed paths
all over? I don't think so.
So what is your solution? Mine is TAKE THE LANE and the let cars avoid
you and be responsible if they hit you, which is another great feature
of Dutch law.
Rod Speed
>>> I've read that it has a lot to do with less daylight
>>> since most of these countries are far north.
>> No they arent.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate
>> And even if it was due to them being far north,
>> and it isnt, they clearly cant be that happy.
>>> Except for Japan, which has its own problems.
>> Its always had a pretty sensible approach to suicide.
> Actually here's one that says the opposite:
> http://www.weatherwing.com/Daylight-and-Suicide.html
It doesnt explain the countrys which have a high suicide rate
and plenty of daylight like Japan, Guyana and Sri Lanka.
> What it looks like is that areas of long daylight or short daylight could be problems.
Its much more likely to be cultural instead.
> Of course, not having enough money to retire after
> working all your life would seem to be a cause as well.
Doesnt explain the countrys that have a very high suicide rate amoungst younger people.
And quite a bit of the suicide rate amoungst the elderly is just people with
enough of a clue to kill themselves when they dont like the downsides of old
age. Its hardly surprising that plenty prefer to pull the plug on their lives instead
of having to have someone wipe your arse when you are bed ridden etc.
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
> "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of
>
>
>
> > I bet it's also the one run by the Christians...
>
> > On Jul 22, 3:35 pm, "Rod Speed" <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > My being denied space for my bike to the road in a safe manner, leads
> > > > to obesity and depression, which is a SLOW FORM OF SUICIDE.
>
> > > The other obvious way to avoid obesity is to not shovel so much shit into
> > > your mouth, stupid.
>
> > capacity of BURNING THE CALORIES. We always have been hunter-
> > driving to the market.
>
> > No wonder America is #1 in obesity, right? I'm not even bothering with
> > the statistics.
>
> *
> In about ten seconds, one can Google "obesity statistics world" for the
> following. Here are the top 20:
>
> Rank
> Countries
> Amount
>
> # 1
> United States:
> 30.6%
>
> # 2
> Mexico:
> 24.2%
>
> # 3
> United Kingdom:
> 23%
>
> # 4
> Slovakia:
> 22.4%
>
> # 5
> Greece:
> 21.9%
>
> # 6
> Australia:
> 21.7%
>
> # 7
> New Zealand:
> 20.9%
>
> # 8
> Hungary:
> 18.8%
>
> # 9
> Luxembourg:
> 18.4%
>
> # 10
> Czech Republic:
> 14.8%
>
> # 11
> Canada:
> 14.3%
>
> # 12
> Spain:
> 13.1%
>
> # 13
> Ireland:
> 13%
>
> # 14
> Germany:
> 12.9%
>
> = 15
> Portugal:
> 12.8%
>
> = 15
> Finland:
> 12.8%
>
> # 17
> Iceland:
> 12.4%
>
> # 18
> Turkey:
> 12%
>
> # 19
> Belgium:
> 11.7%
>
> # 20
> Netherlands:
> 10%
>
> You're a bunch of fat asses!
>
> earle
> *
America is "Fast Food Nation," where happiness is doing nothing and
watching TV. Then the disease is exported to Mexico and England, but
the Dutch don't buy that.
They have all kinds of freedoms in Holland unknown to the American
Taliban. Freedom to ride a bike is one. Euthanasia another. Healthcare
for all. Prostitution too. Marijuana no problem...
We only have the name here, nice and big: DEMOCRACY, THE BEST MONEY
CAN BUY!
His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock
jungle. The subject is happiness and obesity in the Netherlands vs.
America, which is discussed in a religious forum. Yes, I believe they
are a big part of the problem)
On Jul 24, 5:15 am, BE-VA <blackwater-evangil...@testland.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:05:42 -0400, Rinaldo of Capadoccia wrote
> (in article <dclc46h1dglaa0kumt24dqka8rc4pau...@4ax.com>):
>
>
>
> > On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:57:01 -0400, BE-VA
> > <blackwater-evangil...@testland.org> wrote:
>
> >> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:49:17 -0400, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator
> >> of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote
> >> (in article
> >> <1e7b2a19-bf54-4a73-ba07-80596d438...@g35g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>):
>
> >>> Subject: Everybody will be happy with the Dutch model!
> >>> From: "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement
>
> >>> of Tantra-Hammock" <comandante.ban...@yahoo.com>
> >>> Date: Today 1:49 PM
> >>> Newsgroups: alt.atheism, alt.politics.homosexuality, alt.atheism.satire,
> >>> alt.religion.christianity.hypocrisy, alt.polyamory
>
> >>> The men are happy because of the girls; the ladies and gays are happy
> >>> because
>
> >>> they have rights and because they have men; the cyclists are happy because
> >>> they have respect; everybody is happy because they are safe, etc, etc.
>
> >>> Perhaps the happiest of all will be the cyclists! I've been saying that
> >>> all
> >>> along, and now it is confirmed...
>
> >>> "The five happiest countries in the world — Denmark, Finland, Norway,
> >>> Sweden
> >>> and the Netherlands — are all clustered in the same region, and all enjoy
> >>> high levels of prosperity."
>
> >> And all those who exist in this little cluster are children of the state.,
> >> with no obligations other than to work and give their earniing to the state
> >> so that the state can keep their children happy.
>
> > Yeah, fuck your ideological take; did you notice "happiest"?
> > It isn't an external judgment, but self-reported.
>
> Everybody is happy when the lunch is free. But the time will come when they
> have to pay for the beer.
>
That's exactly what we are going through now. The Christians supported
the war and now we are in big debt. All the basic services, like
hospitals and public transportation are cut down.
If they had taxed the fuel up front, we wouldn't be in this mess. It
is said, "the Democrats tax and the Republicans borrow," but nobody
messes with taxing gasoline.