You know...
Onyx_Hokie
first became interested in such stuff, and I remember seeing political
stories about other countries. I remember seeing two sides in a debate
or in a system, etc... so enraged with each other that they couldn't be
bothered to tell when one side actually had a point to make. They
couldn't seem to drop their disgust for each other long enough to
actually accomplish anything... and those they served, ostensibly, were
the ones to suffer.
I remember being thankful that my country wasn't like that.
*sigh*
--
Onyx_Hokie
"To those who have fought for it,
freedom has a flavor the protected will never know."
mianderson
> ...I remember being a kid, watching the news back in the days when I
> first became interested in such stuff, and I remember seeing political
> stories about other countries. I remember seeing two sides in a debate
> or in a system, etc... so enraged with each other that they couldn't be
> bothered to tell when one side actually had a point to make. They
> couldn't seem to drop their disgust for each other long enough to
> actually accomplish anything... and those they served, ostensibly, were
> the ones to suffer.
>
> I remember being thankful that my country wasn't like that.
>
> *sigh*
hmmm....you were a kid I'm guessing during the reagan years? The
venom on both sides of the aisle was *fierce* then......you had
dirtier tricks then than you did now.
The Henchman
"Onyx_Hokie" <onyx_...@yahoo.cem> wrote in message
news:MPG.203f14b41...@news-europe.giganews.com...
> ...I remember being a kid, watching the news back in the days when I
> first became interested in such stuff, and I remember seeing political
> stories about other countries. I remember seeing two sides in a debate
> or in a system, etc... so enraged with each other that they couldn't be
> bothered to tell when one side actually had a point to make. They
> couldn't seem to drop their disgust for each other long enough to
> actually accomplish anything... and those they served, ostensibly, were
> the ones to suffer.
>
> I remember being thankful that my country wasn't like that.
>
> *sigh*
Yeah that's progress for ya.....
Trent Woodruff
>...I remember being a kid, watching the news back in the days when I
>first became interested in such stuff, and I remember seeing political
>stories about other countries. I remember seeing two sides in a debate
>or in a system, etc... so enraged with each other that they couldn't be
>bothered to tell when one side actually had a point to make. They
>couldn't seem to drop their disgust for each other long enough to
>actually accomplish anything... and those they served, ostensibly, were
>the ones to suffer.
>I remember being thankful that my country wasn't like that.
>*sigh*
The Grant Two Party Disappointment.
..."I am certain that most Americans find your whining unbecoming of an NCO.
Thank you for quitting. This country doesn't need your kind of leadership.
Your kind weaken national security."
Charles Beauchamp, 25 Nov 06
..."Whatever the standards are today they need to be high enough to
prevent people like you from entering - we've lost enough wars
recently."
Hugh Sullivan, 26 Jan 07
Steve Cutchen
Onyx_Hokie <onyx_...@yahoo.cem> wrote:
> ...I remember being a kid, watching the news back in the days when I
> first became interested in such stuff, and I remember seeing political
> stories about other countries. I remember seeing two sides in a debate
> or in a system, etc... so enraged with each other that they couldn't be
> bothered to tell when one side actually had a point to make. They
> couldn't seem to drop their disgust for each other long enough to
> actually accomplish anything... and those they served, ostensibly, were
> the ones to suffer.
>
> I remember being thankful that my country wasn't like that.
>
> *sigh*
Stoopid Democrats
Steve Cutchen
Onyx_Hokie <onyx_...@yahoo.cem> wrote:
> ...I remember being a kid, watching the news back in the days when I
> first became interested in such stuff, and I remember seeing political
> stories about other countries. I remember seeing two sides in a debate
> or in a system, etc... so enraged with each other that they couldn't be
> bothered to tell when one side actually had a point to make. They
> couldn't seem to drop their disgust for each other long enough to
> actually accomplish anything... and those they served, ostensibly, were
> the ones to suffer.
>
> I remember being thankful that my country wasn't like that.
>
> *sigh*
Stoopid Republicans
alic...@yahoo.com
> ...I remember being a kid, watching the news back in the days when I
> first became interested in such stuff, and I remember seeing political
> stories about other countries. I remember seeing two sides in a debate
> or in a system, etc... so enraged with each other that they couldn't be
> bothered to tell when one side actually had a point to make. They
> couldn't seem to drop their disgust for each other long enough to
> actually accomplish anything... and those they served, ostensibly, were
> the ones to suffer.
>
> I remember being thankful that my country wasn't like that.
>
> *sigh*
You must be olde:
http://medicolegal.tripod.com/sumner-assault.jpg
-Tom Enright
2006 TIME Magazine Person of the Year
Onyx_Hokie
[15 Feb 2007 19:52:38 -0800]
> On Feb 15, 8:09 pm, Onyx_Hokie <onyx_ho...@yahoo.cem> wrote:
>
> > ...I remember being a kid, watching the news back in the days when I
> > first became interested in such stuff, and I remember seeing political
> > stories about other countries. I remember seeing two sides in a debate
> > or in a system, etc... so enraged with each other that they couldn't be
> > bothered to tell when one side actually had a point to make. They
> > couldn't seem to drop their disgust for each other long enough to
> > actually accomplish anything... and those they served, ostensibly, were
> > the ones to suffer.
> >
> > I remember being thankful that my country wasn't like that.
> >
> > *sigh*
>
> You must be olde:
>
> http://medicolegal.tripod.com/sumner-assault.jpg
Even 20 years ago, raging politards were the exceptions, not the rules.
--
Onyx_Hokie
"I love America; I wish my government did." -- me
Scott Hendryx
"Onyx_Hokie" <onyx_...@yahoo.cem> wrote in message
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> first became interested in such stuff, and I remember seeing political
> stories about other countries. I remember seeing two sides in a debate
> or in a system, etc... so enraged with each other that they couldn't be
> bothered to tell when one side actually had a point to make. They
> couldn't seem to drop their disgust for each other long enough to
> actually accomplish anything... and those they served, ostensibly, were
> the ones to suffer.
>
> I remember being thankful that my country wasn't like that.
>
> *sigh*
>
will be just like the rest of the world. Civil war, famine, aides running
amuck, a political party system that's a joke, religious fanatics, a
government you can't trust and steals all your hard earned money, etc.
Hmmm, I see your point.
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abor...@redshark.goodshow.net
> ...I remember being a kid, watching the news back in the days when I
> first became interested in such stuff, and I remember seeing political
> stories about other countries. I remember seeing two sides in a debate
> or in a system, etc... so enraged with each other that they couldn't be
> bothered to tell when one side actually had a point to make. They
> couldn't seem to drop their disgust for each other long enough to
> actually accomplish anything... and those they served, ostensibly, were
> the ones to suffer.
>
> I remember being thankful that my country wasn't like that.
>
> *sigh*
You misremember being thanful your country wasn't like that. Or
you lived completely oblivious to political reality.
--
Aaron
RJ
After ww2 until the 1960s, most partisan wrangling stopped at the
country's borders. There was substantial unanimity in foreign policy,
at least in the mainstreams of the two major parties.
Jim Gysin
Yep. The world doesn't really tend to change all that much over the
course of a few decades. Each of us, OTOH, changes considerably
during the same time frame. And we each experience things based on
where we are in our own lives at the time.
It's not surprising that most of us see the world of our youth as
being somehow better than the world today, and it has probably always
been that way. "The world is going to hell" is no more true now than
it ever was. We just grow up and start to notice things that weren't
important to us when we were younger.
--
Jim Gysin
Waukesha, WI