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Hugh Lawson

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Feb 22, 2013, 8:34:45 PM2/22/13
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MITO MINISTER

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Feb 23, 2013, 1:38:18 AM2/23/13
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On Feb 23, 10:34 am, Hugh Lawson <hu.law...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://tinyurl.com/ajshkgd

One of the few White Southerners I have ever respected and admired.
Worked on his campaign in 1976. Nobody asked me where I was from.

Joel Edge

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On Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:34:45 -0500, Hugh Lawson wrote
(in article <87txp3i...@gmail.com>):

>
> http://tinyurl.com/ajshkgd
>

Hollywood inaccurate??!! I'm shocked!!

Hugh Lawson

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Feb 23, 2013, 9:50:29 AM2/23/13
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Carter put the credit where he thinks it belongs, with the Canadians
involved. History movies get some things right, but unless you go
through them in detail, you won't know which parts are correct.

Those of us who followed the news at the time learned in general that it
was the Canadian diplomats who organized things. But that was over
thirty years ago, and much of the population has no actual memory of the
matter. Such persons often get what they think they know from
Hollywood and TV.



hl

Hugh Lawson

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Feb 23, 2013, 9:51:39 AM2/23/13
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Your opinions are worthless MM.


Wiregrass Willie

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Feb 23, 2013, 10:51:25 AM2/23/13
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On Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:34:45 -0500, Hugh Lawson <hu.l...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>http://tinyurl.com/ajshkgd

I'm not up on the movies.

I have to admit I was surprised a few days ago when I read an article
about Carter's grandson being responsible for that "47%" tape about
Romney.

After all these years, I had finally begun to like Carter. Now I'm
faced with the unsettling realization that had it not been for his
grandson -- Obama would probalby have been defeated. And we'd be
better off :-)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Obama thanked Carter's grandson, who found '47%' tape

(CNN) - President Barack Obama expressed gratitude last week to former
President Jimmy Carter's grandson, who had a role in leaking
secretly-recorded video of Mitt Romney's infamous "47%" comments,
James Carter said Thursday on CNN.

http://tinyurl.com/aoqnzsq

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/21/carter-obama-thanked-my-grandson-for-47-tape/?iref=allsearch

Hugh Lawson

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Feb 23, 2013, 12:01:52 PM2/23/13
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Wiregrass Willie <wiregrass_...@yahoo.com> writes:


> After all these years, I had finally begun to like Carter. Now I'm
> faced with the unsettling realization that had it not been for his
> grandson -- Obama would probalby have been defeated. And we'd be
> better off :-)

Maybe after a few more decades you'll change your mind about that as
well. :-)

hl

slotrot

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Feb 23, 2013, 7:31:10 PM2/23/13
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Don't get your history from the movies, as Leonard Malden (sp??) the film critic said regarding Argo's authenticity. Or, as someone else put it, don't let the truth get in the way of a good story. I won't go to see it.

Joel Edge

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Feb 24, 2013, 8:00:15 AM2/24/13
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On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:01:52 -0500, Hugh Lawson wrote
(in article <87hal3x...@gmail.com>):
After a few more decades our grandkids will be scrounging for scraps of food
in the street.

slotrot

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Feb 24, 2013, 10:46:53 AM2/24/13
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How many are out there now?

Wiregrass Willie

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Feb 24, 2013, 5:52:02 PM2/24/13
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On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:00:15 -0500, Joel Edge <joel...@planttel.net>
wrote:
I have no use at all for Obama. However, I do not see him as any
kind of a threat. No more than I see him as any kind of positive
inluence.

Some people want to "Be" and some people want to "Do". Obama is not
a "do-er". He is a "be-er". Just "being" president satisfies
all his ambitions and desires. He is not philosophically nor
intellectually capable of any kind of revolutionary thought or plans.
Whether good, bad or indifferent.


slotrot

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Feb 24, 2013, 6:40:41 PM2/24/13
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How would you describe Bush? Was he "philosophically nor
>
> intellectually capable" of anything? Or is he, as Michael Moore said, a fictitious president fighting fictitious wars.

MITO MINISTER

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Feb 25, 2013, 6:22:19 AM2/25/13
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On Feb 24, 10:00 pm, Joel Edge <joele...@planttel.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:01:52 -0500, Hugh Lawson wrote
> (in article <87hal3x8u7....@gmail.com>):
>
> > Wiregrass Willie <wiregrass_willieO...@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> >> After all these years,  I had finally begun to like Carter.   Now I'm
> >> faced with the unsettling realization that had it not been for his
> >> grandson -- Obama would probalby have been defeated.      And we'd be
> >> better off :-)
>
> > Maybe after a few more decades you'll change your mind about that as
> > well. :-)
>
> > hl
>
> After a few more decades our grandkids will be scrounging for scraps of food
> in the street.

Southern White grandkids. Just as they do now.

MITO MINISTER

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Feb 25, 2013, 6:22:51 AM2/25/13
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On Feb 25, 8:40 am, slotrot <rtaub...@rogers.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, 24 February 2013 17:52:02 UTC-5, Wiregrass Willie  wrote:
> > On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:00:15 -0500, Joel Edge <joele...@planttel.net>
>
> > wrote:
>
> > >On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:01:52 -0500, Hugh Lawson wrote
>
> > >(in article <87hal3x8u7....@gmail.com>):
>
> > >> Wiregrass Willie <wiregrass_willieO...@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > >>> After all these years,  I had finally begun to like Carter.   Now I'm
>
> > >>> faced with the unsettling realization that had it not been for his
>
> > >>> grandson -- Obama would probalby have been defeated.      And we'd be
>
> > >>> better off :-)
>
> > >> Maybe after a few more decades you'll change your mind about that as
>
> > >> well. :-)
>
> > >> hl
>
> > >After a few more decades our grandkids will be scrounging for scraps of food
>
> > >in the street.
>
> > I have no use at all for Obama.   However,  I do not see him as any
>
> > kind of a threat.      No more than I see him as any kind of positive
>
> > inluence.
>
> > Some people want to "Be" and some people want to "Do".    Obama is not
>
> > a "do-er".   He is a "be-er".      Just "being" president satisfies
>
> > all his ambitions and desires.    He is not philosophically nor
>
> > intellectually capable of any kind of revolutionary thought or plans.
>
> > Whether good,  bad or indifferent.
>
> How would you describe Bush?  Was he "philosophically nor
>
>
>
>
>
> > intellectually capable" of anything?  Or is he, as Michael Moore said, a fictitious president fighting fictitious wars.

He was a coke head in NOLA.

Wiregrass Willie

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Feb 25, 2013, 7:25:24 AM2/25/13
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On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:40:41 -0800 (PST), slotrot
<rtau...@rogers.com> wrote:

>> Whether good, bad or indifferent.
>
>How would you describe Bush? Was he "philosophically nor
> intellectually capable" of anything? Or is he, as Michael Moore said,
> a fictitious president fighting fictitious wars.

I had no use for Bush either, but for different reasons. Say what
you will about him, Dubya was a very capable chief executive. He
did exactly what he was sent to Washington to do. He started two
wars that gave profits and security to the two entities who owned him.
Texas Oil and the American Israeli Political Action Committee.
(AIPAC)

Unlike Obama, he was put in office to "do". Not to just to "be
seen".

Joel Edge

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Feb 25, 2013, 7:36:13 AM2/25/13
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On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:52:02 -0500, Wiregrass Willie wrote
(in article <q06li818qeis7ke2b...@4ax.com>):
I never claimed he was. It's just the general trend downward. I personally
see Obama as place holder controlled by the Dem party. It's the Democrat
party I see as the evil.

Joel Edge

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Feb 25, 2013, 7:37:39 AM2/25/13
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On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 06:22:19 -0500, MITO MINISTER wrote
(in article
<b9838df0-aa7e-4255...@hd10g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>):

> On Feb 24, 10:00ᅵpm, Joel Edge <joele...@planttel.net> wrote:
>> On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:01:52 -0500, Hugh Lawson wrote
>> (in article <87hal3x8u7....@gmail.com>):
>>
>>> Wiregrass Willie <wiregrass_willieO...@yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>>>> After all these years, ᅵI had finally begun to like Carter. ᅵ Now I'm
>>>> faced with the unsettling realization that had it not been for his
>>>> grandson -- Obama would probalby have been defeated. ᅵ ᅵ ᅵAnd we'd be
>>>> better off :-)
>>
>>> Maybe after a few more decades you'll change your mind about that as
>>> well. :-)
>>
>>> hl
>>
>> After a few more decades our grandkids will be scrounging for scraps of food
>> in the street.
>
> Southern White grandkids. Just as they do now.

Might want to go check the list of the most miserable places in American.

slotrot

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Feb 25, 2013, 2:35:06 PM2/25/13
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OOOOH. More "evil-doers". Secret Chinese tunnels under the Mexican border preparing for an attack on the U.S. OOOOOH.

MITO MINISTER

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Feb 25, 2013, 8:09:18 PM2/25/13
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On Feb 25, 9:37 pm, Joel Edge <joele...@planttel.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 06:22:19 -0500, MITO MINISTER wrote
> (in article
> <b9838df0-aa7e-4255-b96a-6f9f3b034...@hd10g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>):
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Feb 24, 10:00 pm, Joel Edge <joele...@planttel.net> wrote:
> >> On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:01:52 -0500, Hugh Lawson wrote
> >> (in article <87hal3x8u7....@gmail.com>):
>
> >>> Wiregrass Willie <wiregrass_willieO...@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> >>>> After all these years, I had finally begun to like Carter. Now I'm
> >>>> faced with the unsettling realization that had it not been for his
> >>>> grandson -- Obama would probalby have been defeated. And we'd be
> >>>> better off :-)
>
> >>> Maybe after a few more decades you'll change your mind about that as
> >>> well. :-)
>
> >>> hl
>
> >> After a few more decades our grandkids will be scrounging for scraps of food
> >> in the street.
>
> > Southern White grandkids. Just as they do now.
>
> Might want to go check the list of the most miserable places in American.

The White South.

slotrot

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Feb 26, 2013, 5:33:54 AM2/26/13
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You are funny, but you can't be serious. Sarcasm, LOL.
He was "doing" someone, and I think it was Americans generally.

Joel Edge

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Feb 26, 2013, 8:22:44 AM2/26/13
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On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:35:06 -0500, slotrot wrote
(in article <868e165c-200c-4caf...@googlegroups.com>):
Are you saying there are no evil-doers? Might want to check the news and be
very cautious if you go out after dark.

slotrot

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Feb 26, 2013, 1:18:56 PM2/26/13
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Oh, I'm not worried about going out after dark. I'm not that paranoid. Cautious at times, but not paranoid. I don't live in a country where every idiot is allowed to carry a gun. Thank heavens for that!!! Although I did carry one myself for 37 years and never had to draw it. I don't imagine that would be true today though, depending upon in what city you reside.

Actually, I was mocking your previous president and his attempts to put fear in the hearts of his citizens to justify an attack on Iraq.

"Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”

Who said that??

MITO MINISTER

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Feb 27, 2013, 12:14:19 AM2/27/13
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On Feb 27, 3:18 am, slotrot <rtaub...@rogers.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, 26 February 2013 08:22:44 UTC-5, Joel Edge  wrote:
> > On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:35:06 -0500, slotrot wrote
>
> > (in article <868e165c-200c-4caf...@googlegroups.com>):
>
> > > On Monday, 25 February 2013 07:36:13 UTC-5, Joel Edge  wrote:
>
> > >> On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:52:02 -0500, Wiregrass Willie wrote
>
> > >> (in article <q06li818qeis7ke2b7uf8lksoimle8n...@4ax.com>):
>
> > >>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:00:15 -0500, Joel Edge <joele...@planttel.net>
>
> > >>> wrote:
>
> > >>>> On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:01:52 -0500, Hugh Lawson wrote
>
> > >>>> (in article <87hal3x8u7....@gmail.com>):
Edge's buddy, Adolph.

Joel Edge

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Feb 27, 2013, 8:56:46 AM2/27/13
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On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:18:56 -0500, slotrot wrote
(in article <4e45c6b6-c45b-438a...@googlegroups.com>):
So I'm guessing you also denounce the fear mongering coming from the current
administration?

>
> "Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the
> leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being
> attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the
> country to danger. It works the same in any country.ᅵ
>
> Who said that??

Obama? Sounds like a Democrat at least.

Joel Edge

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Feb 27, 2013, 8:57:29 AM2/27/13
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:14:19 -0500, MITO MINISTER wrote
(in article
<d5be40fd-6da9-4ca8...@w2g2000pbw.googlegroups.com>):

> On Feb 27, 3:18ᅵam, slotrot <rtaub...@rogers.com> wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 26 February 2013 08:22:44 UTC-5, Joel Edge ᅵwrote:
>>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:35:06 -0500, slotrot wrote
>>
>>> (in article <868e165c-200c-4caf...@googlegroups.com>):
>>
>>>> On Monday, 25 February 2013 07:36:13 UTC-5, Joel Edge ᅵwrote:
>>
>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:52:02 -0500, Wiregrass Willie wrote
>>
>>>>> (in article <q06li818qeis7ke2b7uf8lksoimle8n...@4ax.com>):
>>
>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:00:15 -0500, Joel Edge <joele...@planttel.net>
>>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:01:52 -0500, Hugh Lawson wrote
>>
>>>>>>> (in article <87hal3x8u7....@gmail.com>):
>>
>>>>>>>> Wiregrass Willie <wiregrass_willieO...@yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>>>>>>>>> After all these years, ᅵI had finally begun to like Carter. ᅵ Now I'm
>>
>>>>>>>>> faced with the unsettling realization that had it not been for his
>>
>>>>>>>>> grandson -- Obama would probalby have been defeated. ᅵ ᅵ ᅵAnd we'd be
>>
>>>>>>>>> better off :-)
>>
>>>>>>>> Maybe after a few more decades you'll change your mind about that as
>>
>>>>>>>> well. :-)
>>
>>>>>>>> hl
>>
>>>>>>> After a few more decades our grandkids will be scrounging for scraps of
>>
>>>>>>> food
>>
>>>>>>> in the street.
>>
>>>>>> I have no use at all for Obama. ᅵ However, ᅵI do not see him as any
>>
>>>>>> kind of a threat. ᅵ ᅵ ᅵNo more than I see him as any kind of positive
>>
>>>>>> inluence.
>>
>>>>>> Some people want to "Be" and some people want to "Do". ᅵ ᅵObama is not
>>
>>>>>> a "do-er". ᅵ He is a "be-er". ᅵ ᅵ ᅵJust "being" president satisfies
>>
>>>>>> all his ambitions and desires. ᅵ ᅵHe is not philosophically nor
>>
>>>>>> intellectually capable of any kind of revolutionary thought or plans.
>>
>>>>>> Whether good, ᅵbad or indifferent.
>>
>>>>> I never claimed he was. It's just the general trend downward. I
>>>>> personally
>>
>>>>> see Obama as place holder controlled by the Dem party. It's the Democrat
>>
>>>>> party I see as the evil.
>>
>>>> OOOOH. ᅵMore "evil-doers". ᅵSecret Chinese tunnels under the Mexican
>>>> border
>>
>>>> preparing for an attack on the U.S. ᅵ OOOOOH.
>>
>>> Are you saying there are no evil-doers? Might want to check the news and be
>>
>>> very cautious if you go out after dark.
>>
>> Oh, I'm not worried about going out after dark. ᅵI'm not that paranoid.
>> ᅵCautious at times, but not paranoid. ᅵI don't live in a country where
>> every idiot is allowed to carry a gun. ᅵThank heavens for that!!! ᅵAlthough
>> I did carry one myself for 37 years and never had to draw it. ᅵI don't
>> imagine that would be true today though, depending upon in what city you
>> reside.
>>
>> Actually, I was mocking your previous president and his attempts to put
>> fear in the hearts of his citizens to justify an attack on Iraq.
>>
>> "Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the
>> leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being
>> attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing
>> the country to danger. It works the same in any country.ᅵ
>>
>> Who said that??
>
> Edge's buddy, Adolph.

I think we've already settled the issue of who's the fascist here. You.

slotrot

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Feb 27, 2013, 3:23:21 PM2/27/13
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> > country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
>
> >
>
> > Who said that??
>
>
>
> Obama? Sounds like a Democrat at least.

Actually, was a right-wing group.

slotrot

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On Wednesday, 27 February 2013 08:57:29 UTC-5, Joel Edge wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:14:19 -0500, MITO MINISTER wrote
>
> (in article
>
> <d5be40fd-6da9-4ca8...@w2g2000pbw.googlegroups.com>):
>
>
>
> > On Feb 27, 3:18 am, slotrot <rtaub...@rogers.com> wrote:
>
> >> On Tuesday, 26 February 2013 08:22:44 UTC-5, Joel Edge  wrote:
>
> >>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:35:06 -0500, slotrot wrote
>
> >>
>
> >>> (in article <868e165c-200c-4caf...@googlegroups.com>):
>
> >>
>
> >>>> On Monday, 25 February 2013 07:36:13 UTC-5, Joel Edge  wrote:
>
> >>
>
> >>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:52:02 -0500, Wiregrass Willie wrote
>
> >>
>
> >>>>> (in article <q06li818qeis7ke2b7uf8lksoimle8n...@4ax.com>):
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:00:15 -0500, Joel Edge <joele...@planttel.net>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>> wrote:
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>> On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:01:52 -0500, Hugh Lawson wrote
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>> (in article <87hal3x8u7....@gmail.com>):
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>> Wiregrass Willie <wiregrass_willieO...@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>> After all these years,  I had finally begun to like Carter.   Now I'm
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>> faced with the unsettling realization that had it not been for his
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>> grandson -- Obama would probalby have been defeated.      And we'd be
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>> better off :-)
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>> Maybe after a few more decades you'll change your mind about that as
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>> well. :-)
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>> hl
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>> After a few more decades our grandkids will be scrounging for scraps of
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>> food
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>> in the street.
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>> I have no use at all for Obama.   However,  I do not see him as any
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>> kind of a threat.      No more than I see him as any kind of positive
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>> inluence.
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>> Some people want to "Be" and some people want to "Do".    Obama is not
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>> a "do-er".   He is a "be-er".      Just "being" president satisfies
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>> all his ambitions and desires.    He is not philosophically nor
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>> intellectually capable of any kind of revolutionary thought or plans.
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>> Whether good,  bad or indifferent.
>
> >>
>
> >>>>> I never claimed he was. It's just the general trend downward. I
>
> >>>>> personally
>
> >>
>
> >>>>> see Obama as place holder controlled by the Dem party. It's the Democrat
>
> >>
>
> >>>>> party I see as the evil.
>
> >>
>
> >>>> OOOOH.  More "evil-doers".  Secret Chinese tunnels under the Mexican
>
> >>>> border
>
> >>
>
> >>>> preparing for an attack on the U.S.   OOOOOH.
>
> >>
>
> >>> Are you saying there are no evil-doers? Might want to check the news and be
>
> >>
>
> >>> very cautious if you go out after dark.
>
> >>
>
> >> Oh, I'm not worried about going out after dark.  I'm not that paranoid.
>
> >>  Cautious at times, but not paranoid.  I don't live in a country where
>
> >> every idiot is allowed to carry a gun.  Thank heavens for that!!!  Although
>
> >> I did carry one myself for 37 years and never had to draw it.  I don't
>
> >> imagine that would be true today though, depending upon in what city you
>
> >> reside.
>
> >>
>
> >> Actually, I was mocking your previous president and his attempts to put
>
> >> fear in the hearts of his citizens to justify an attack on Iraq.
>
> >>
>
> >> "Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the
>
> >> leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being
>
> >> attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing
>
> >> the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
>
> >>
>
> >> Who said that??
>
> >
>
> > Edge's buddy, Adolph.
>
>
>
> I think we've already settled the issue of who's the fascist here. You.

When corporations control the government, that could be taken as facism. Sounds like what has/is happening in the U.S. where corporations control the politicians and draft policy for state and federal legislation.

Joel Edge

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Feb 28, 2013, 8:20:16 AM2/28/13
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On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:25:28 -0500, slotrot wrote
(in article <e1e22c5d-82d3-4226...@googlegroups.com>):

> On Wednesday, 27 February 2013 08:57:29 UTC-5, Joel Edge wrote:
>> On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:14:19 -0500, MITO MINISTER wrote
>>
>> (in article
>>
>> <d5be40fd-6da9-4ca8...@w2g2000pbw.googlegroups.com>):
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Feb 27, 3:18ᅵam, slotrot <rtaub...@rogers.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> On Tuesday, 26 February 2013 08:22:44 UTC-5, Joel Edge ᅵwrote:
>>
>>>>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:35:06 -0500, slotrot wrote
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>> (in article <868e165c-200c-4caf...@googlegroups.com>):
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>> On Monday, 25 February 2013 07:36:13 UTC-5, Joel Edge ᅵwrote:
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:52:02 -0500, Wiregrass Willie wrote
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>> (in article <q06li818qeis7ke2b7uf8lksoimle8n...@4ax.com>):
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:00:15 -0500, Joel Edge <joele...@planttel.net>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:01:52 -0500, Hugh Lawson wrote
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>> (in article <87hal3x8u7....@gmail.com>):
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>> Wiregrass Willie <wiregrass_willieO...@yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>>> After all these years, ᅵI had finally begun to like Carter. ᅵ Now
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>>> faced with the unsettling realization that had it not been for his
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>>> grandson -- Obama would probalby have been defeated. ᅵ ᅵ ᅵAnd we'd
>>>>>>>>>>> be
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>>> better off :-)
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>> Maybe after a few more decades you'll change your mind about that as
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>> well. :-)
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>> hl
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>> After a few more decades our grandkids will be scrounging for scraps
>>>>>>>>> of
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>> food
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>> in the street.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>> I have no use at all for Obama. ᅵ However, ᅵI do not see him as any
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>> kind of a threat. ᅵ ᅵ ᅵNo more than I see him as any kind of positive
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>> inluence.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>> Some people want to "Be" and some people want to "Do". ᅵ ᅵObama is not
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>> a "do-er". ᅵ He is a "be-er". ᅵ ᅵ ᅵJust "being" president satisfies
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>> all his ambitions and desires. ᅵ ᅵHe is not philosophically nor
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>> intellectually capable of any kind of revolutionary thought or plans.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>> Whether good, ᅵbad or indifferent.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>> I never claimed he was. It's just the general trend downward. I
>>
>>>>>>> personally
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>> see Obama as place holder controlled by the Dem party. It's the
>>>>>>> Democrat
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>> party I see as the evil.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>> OOOOH. ᅵMore "evil-doers". ᅵSecret Chinese tunnels under the Mexican
>>
>>>>>> border
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>> preparing for an attack on the U.S. ᅵ OOOOOH.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>> Are you saying there are no evil-doers? Might want to check the news and
>>>>> be
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>> very cautious if you go out after dark.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> Oh, I'm not worried about going out after dark. ᅵI'm not that paranoid.
>>
>>>> ᅵCautious at times, but not paranoid. ᅵI don't live in a country where
>>
>>>> every idiot is allowed to carry a gun. ᅵThank heavens for that!!!
>>>> ᅵAlthough
>>
>>>> I did carry one myself for 37 years and never had to draw it. ᅵI don't
>>
>>>> imagine that would be true today though, depending upon in what city you
>>
>>>> reside.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> Actually, I was mocking your previous president and his attempts to put
>>
>>>> fear in the hearts of his citizens to justify an attack on Iraq.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> "Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of
>>>> the
>>
>>>> leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being
>>
>>>> attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing
>>
>>>> the country to danger. It works the same in any country.ᅵ
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> Who said that??
>>
>>>
>>
>>> Edge's buddy, Adolph.
>>
>>
>>
>> I think we've already settled the issue of who's the fascist here. You.
>
> When corporations control the government, that could be taken as facism.
> Sounds like what has/is happening in the U.S. where corporations control the
> politicians and draft policy for state and federal legislation.

Fascism tends to control corporations and means of production rather than the
other way around. Kind of like communism does. That's one of the reasons I've
just begun to label communists and fascists the same.
Corporations are collections of people, like unions are a collection of
people. Either will try and promote their welfare. It's to be expected. I
wouldn't silence either.

slotrot

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to
You would be wrong then. They are not the same. So anything with people,,,

Dogs are animals with four legs ergo all for legged animals are dogs?

Wiregrass Willie

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Mar 1, 2013, 7:21:25 AM3/1/13
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On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:20:16 -0500, Joel Edge <joel...@planttel.net>
Actually a corporation is a legal entity. At least as defined by our
overlords on the Supreme Court. True, a corporation has the power
and wealth that belongs to millions of people. But when it comes
down to making a decision -- that decision is made by one man. The
CEO. So that one man has the power of millions in his vote. And
at the end of the year, that one man gets a bonus of many millions of
dollars for using his power to buy politicians -- who we erroneously
think represent us.

Yes ...as much as I hate to admit it -- we have become a fascist
state. Not a lot different from those states that selected Benito
and Adolph for their leader.



Joel Edge

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Mar 1, 2013, 9:13:27 AM3/1/13
to
On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:26:41 -0500, slotrot wrote
(in article <b8fd9a39-ec1e-4d18...@googlegroups.com>):

> On Thursday, 28 February 2013 08:20:16 UTC-5, Joel Edge wrote:
>> On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:25:28 -0500, slotrot wrote
>>
>> (in article <e1e22c5d-82d3-4226...@googlegroups.com>):
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Wednesday, 27 February 2013 08:57:29 UTC-5, Joel Edge wrote:
>>
>>>> On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:14:19 -0500, MITO MINISTER wrote
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> (in article
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> <d5be40fd-6da9-4ca8...@w2g2000pbw.googlegroups.com>):
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>> On Feb 27, 3:18ï¿ am, slotrot <rtaub...@rogers.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>> On Tuesday, 26 February 2013 08:22:44 UTC-5, Joel Edge ï¿ wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:35:06 -0500, slotrot wrote
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>> (in article <868e165c-200c-4caf...@googlegroups.com>):
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>> On Monday, 25 February 2013 07:36:13 UTC-5, Joel Edge ï¿ wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:52:02 -0500, Wiregrass Willie wrote
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>> (in article <q06li818qeis7ke2b7uf8lksoimle8n...@4ax.com>):
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:00:15 -0500, Joel Edge
>>>>>>>>>> <joele...@planttel.net>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:01:52 -0500, Hugh Lawson wrote
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>>> (in article <87hal3x8u7....@gmail.com>):
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Wiregrass Willie <wiregrass_willieO...@yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> After all these years, ï¿ I had finally begun to like Carter.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ï¿ Now
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> faced with the unsettling realization that had it not been for
>>>>>>>>>>>>> his
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> grandson -- Obama would probalby have been defeated. ï¿ ï¿
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ï¿ And we'd
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> be
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> better off :-)
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe after a few more decades you'll change your mind about that
>>>>>>>>>>>> as
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> well. :-)
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> hl
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>>> After a few more decades our grandkids will be scrounging for
>>>>>>>>>>> scraps
>>
>>>>>>>>>>> of
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>>> food
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>>> in the street.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>> I have no use at all for Obama. ï¿ However, ï¿ I do not see him as
>>>>>>>>>> any
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>> kind of a threat. ï¿ ï¿ ï¿ No more than I see him as any kind of
>>>>>>>>>> positive
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>> inluence.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>> Some people want to "Be" and some people want to "Do". ï¿ ï¿ Obama
>>>>>>>>>> is not
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>> a "do-er". ï¿ He is a "be-er". ï¿ ï¿ ï¿ Just "being" president
>>>>>>>>>> satisfies
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>> all his ambitions and desires. ï¿ ï¿ He is not philosophically nor
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>> intellectually capable of any kind of revolutionary thought or
>>>>>>>>>> plans.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>>> Whether good, ï¿ bad or indifferent.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>> I never claimed he was. It's just the general trend downward. I
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>> personally
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>> see Obama as place holder controlled by the Dem party. It's the
>>
>>>>>>>>> Democrat
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>>> party I see as the evil.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>> OOOOH. ï¿ More "evil-doers". ï¿ Secret Chinese tunnels under the
>>>>>>>> Mexican
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>> border
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>> preparing for an attack on the U.S. ï¿ OOOOOH.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>> Are you saying there are no evil-doers? Might want to check the news
>>>>>>> and
>>
>>>>>>> be
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>> very cautious if you go out after dark.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>> Oh, I'm not worried about going out after dark. ï¿ I'm not that
>>>>>> paranoid.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>> ï¿ Cautious at times, but not paranoid. ï¿ I don't live in a country
>>>>>> where
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>> every idiot is allowed to carry a gun. ï¿ Thank heavens for that!!!
>>
>>>>>> ï¿ Although
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>> I did carry one myself for 37 years and never had to draw it. ï¿ I
>>>>>> don't
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>> imagine that would be true today though, depending upon in what city
>>>>>> you
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>> reside.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>> Actually, I was mocking your previous president and his attempts to put
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>> fear in the hearts of his citizens to justify an attack on Iraq.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>> "Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of
>>
>>>>>> the
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>> leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are
>>>>>> being
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>> attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and
>>>>>> exposing
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>> the country to danger. It works the same in any country.ï¿
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>> Who said that??
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>> Edge's buddy, Adolph.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> I think we've already settled the issue of who's the fascist here. You.
>>
>>>
>>
>>> When corporations control the government, that could be taken as facism.
>>
>>> Sounds like what has/is happening in the U.S. where corporations control
>>> the
>>
>>> politicians and draft policy for state and federal legislation.
>>
>>
>>
>> Fascism tends to control corporations and means of production rather than
>> the
>>
>> other way around. Kind of like communism does. That's one of the reasons
>> I've
>>
>> just begun to label communists and fascists the same.
>>
>> Corporations are collections of people, like unions are a collection of
>>
>> people. Either will try and promote their welfare. It's to be expected. I
>>
>> wouldn't silence either.
>
> You would be wrong then. They are not the same. So anything with people,,,
>
> Dogs are animals with four legs ergo all for legged animals are dogs?
>

Faulty comparison.

Joel Edge

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On Fri, 1 Mar 2013 07:21:25 -0500, Wiregrass Willie wrote
(in article <s871j8p08meoue6qj...@4ax.com>):
Yep.The Democrat Party is following the blueprint.

slotrot

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Mar 1, 2013, 11:37:29 AM3/1/13
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It amazes me, a probably millions of U.S. citizens, that a corporation can have the same rights as a person. Can't wrap my head around that. But that's why your elections are so screwed up with the basically unlimited amount a corporation can inject into scurulous advertising. Not that we're any better with the lug we have.

slotrot

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Mar 1, 2013, 11:38:55 AM3/1/13
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On Friday, 1 March 2013 09:13:27 UTC-5, Joel Edge wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:26:41 -0500, slotrot wrote
>
> (in article <b8fd9a39-ec1e-4d18...@googlegroups.com>):
>
>
>
> > On Thursday, 28 February 2013 08:20:16 UTC-5, Joel Edge wrote:
>
> >> On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:25:28 -0500, slotrot wrote
>
> >>
>
> >> (in article <e1e22c5d-82d3-4226...@googlegroups.com>):
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >>> On Wednesday, 27 February 2013 08:57:29 UTC-5, Joel Edge wrote:
>
> >>
>
> >>>> On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:14:19 -0500, MITO MINISTER wrote
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>> (in article
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>> <d5be40fd-6da9-4ca8...@w2g2000pbw.googlegroups.com>):
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>> On Feb 27, 3:18ᅵam, slotrot <rtaub...@rogers.com> wrote:
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>> On Tuesday, 26 February 2013 08:22:44 UTC-5, Joel Edge ᅵwrote:
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:35:06 -0500, slotrot wrote
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>> (in article <868e165c-200c-4caf...@googlegroups.com>):
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>> On Monday, 25 February 2013 07:36:13 UTC-5, Joel Edge ᅵwrote:
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:52:02 -0500, Wiregrass Willie wrote
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>> (in article <q06li818qeis7ke2b7uf8lksoimle8n...@4ax.com>):
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:00:15 -0500, Joel Edge
>
> >>>>>>>>>> <joele...@planttel.net>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:01:52 -0500, Hugh Lawson wrote
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>> (in article <87hal3x8u7....@gmail.com>):
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Wiregrass Willie <wiregrass_willieO...@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> After all these years, ᅵI had finally begun to like Carter.
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> ᅵ Now
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> faced with the unsettling realization that had it not been for
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> his
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> grandson -- Obama would probalby have been defeated. ᅵ ᅵ
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> ᅵAnd we'd
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> be
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> better off :-)
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe after a few more decades you'll change your mind about that
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> as
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> well. :-)
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> hl
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>> After a few more decades our grandkids will be scrounging for
>
> >>>>>>>>>>> scraps
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>> of
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>> food
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>>> in the street.
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>> I have no use at all for Obama. ᅵ However, ᅵI do not see him as
>
> >>>>>>>>>> any
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>> kind of a threat. ᅵ ᅵ ᅵNo more than I see him as any kind of
>
> >>>>>>>>>> positive
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>> inluence.
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>> Some people want to "Be" and some people want to "Do". ᅵ ᅵObama
>
> >>>>>>>>>> is not
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>> a "do-er". ᅵ He is a "be-er". ᅵ ᅵ ᅵJust "being" president
>
> >>>>>>>>>> satisfies
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>> all his ambitions and desires. ᅵ ᅵHe is not philosophically nor
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>> intellectually capable of any kind of revolutionary thought or
>
> >>>>>>>>>> plans.
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>>> Whether good, ᅵbad or indifferent.
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>> I never claimed he was. It's just the general trend downward. I
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>> personally
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>> see Obama as place holder controlled by the Dem party. It's the
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>> Democrat
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>>> party I see as the evil.
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>> OOOOH. ᅵMore "evil-doers". ᅵSecret Chinese tunnels under the
>
> >>>>>>>> Mexican
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>> border
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>>> preparing for an attack on the U.S. ᅵ OOOOOH.
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>> Are you saying there are no evil-doers? Might want to check the news
>
> >>>>>>> and
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>> be
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>> very cautious if you go out after dark.
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>> Oh, I'm not worried about going out after dark. ᅵI'm not that
>
> >>>>>> paranoid.
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>> ᅵCautious at times, but not paranoid. ᅵI don't live in a country
>
> >>>>>> where
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>> every idiot is allowed to carry a gun. ᅵThank heavens for that!!!
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>> ᅵAlthough
>
> >>
>
> >>>>
>
> >>
>
> >>>>>> I did carry one myself for 37 years and never had to draw it. ᅵI
>
> >>>>>> don't
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> >>>>>> imagine that would be true today though, depending upon in what city
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> >>>>>> you
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> >>>>
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> >>>>
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> >>>>>> Actually, I was mocking your previous president and his attempts to put
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> >>>>
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> >>
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> >>>>>> fear in the hearts of his citizens to justify an attack on Iraq.
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> >>>>
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> >>>>>>
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> >>>>
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> >>>>>> "Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of
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> >>>>>> the
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> >>
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> >>>>
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> >>>>>> leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are
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> >>>>>> being
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> >>
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> >>>>
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> >>>>>> attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and
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> >>>>>> exposing
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> >>
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> >>>>
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> >>
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> >>>>>> the country to danger. It works the same in any country.ᅵ
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> >>>>
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> >>>>
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> >>>>>> Who said that??
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> >>>>
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> >>>>>
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> >>>>
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> >>>>> Edge's buddy, Adolph.
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> >>>>
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> >>>>
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> >>>>
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> >>
>
> >>>> I think we've already settled the issue of who's the fascist here. You.
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> >>
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> >>>
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> >>
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> >>> When corporations control the government, that could be taken as facism.
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> >>
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> >>> Sounds like what has/is happening in the U.S. where corporations control
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> >>> the
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> >>
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> >>> politicians and draft policy for state and federal legislation.
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> >>
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> >>
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> >> Fascism tends to control corporations and means of production rather than
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> >> the
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> >>
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> >> other way around. Kind of like communism does. That's one of the reasons
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> >> I've
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> >>
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> >> just begun to label communists and fascists the same.
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> >>
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> >> Corporations are collections of people, like unions are a collection of
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> >>
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> >> people. Either will try and promote their welfare. It's to be expected. I
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> >>
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> >> wouldn't silence either.
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> >
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> > You would be wrong then. They are not the same. So anything with people,,,
>
> >
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> > Dogs are animals with four legs ergo all for legged animals are dogs?
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> >
>
>
>
> Faulty comparison.

An over simplification.

Wiregrass Willie

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On Fri, 1 Mar 2013 08:37:29 -0800 (PST), slotrot <rtau...@rogers.com>
wrote:
I certainly agree with you on that assessment. I don't see how any
sane person could have decided corporations are "people". And in
that recent decision -- the SCOTUS turned the election over to Big
Business. It makes me wonder. Are the justices just stupid -- or
are they bought ?

Wiregrass Willie

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Mar 1, 2013, 5:20:35 PM3/1/13
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On Fri, 1 Mar 2013 09:14:29 -0500, Joel Edge <joel...@planttel.net>
wrote:

>On Fri, 1 Mar 2013 07:21:25 -0500, Wiregrass Willie wrote

>> Actually a corporation is a legal entity. At least as defined by our
>> overlords on the Supreme Court. True, a corporation has the power
>> and wealth that belongs to millions of people. But when it comes
>> down to making a decision -- that decision is made by one man. The
>> CEO. So that one man has the power of millions in his vote. And
>> at the end of the year, that one man gets a bonus of many millions of
>> dollars for using his power to buy politicians -- who we erroneously
>> think represent us.
>>
>> Yes ...as much as I hate to admit it -- we have become a fascist
>> state. Not a lot different from those states that selected Benito
>> and Adolph for their leader.
>>
>
>Yep.The Democrat Party is following the blueprint.

When I look at the Democrats and Republicans of today, I can't help
but remember -- and agree with -- what George Wallace said in 1968.

"There is not a dime's worth of difference between the Democrat and
Republican Parties!"

Hugh Lawson

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Mar 1, 2013, 10:35:23 PM3/1/13
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Wiregrass Willie <wiregrass_...@yahoo.com> writes:

[ snip ]

> I certainly agree with you on that assessment. I don't see how any
> sane person could have decided corporations are "people".

Mitt to the contrary notwithstanding, corporations are not people.
Here is a wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood

hl

Hugh Lawson

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Mar 1, 2013, 10:38:45 PM3/1/13
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Wiregrass Willie <wiregrass_...@yahoo.com> writes:

>
> "There is not a dime's worth of difference between the Democrat and
> Republican Parties!"

When you compare two things it's helpful to have an explicit principle
of comparison.

I don't know what Wallace meant by this, but at the time I took him to
mean that both parties would undermine Jim Crow, by voting for
civil-rights laws.

hl

MITO MINISTER

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Mar 2, 2013, 7:47:02 AM3/2/13
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On Mar 1, 9:21 pm, Wiregrass Willie <wiregrass_willieO...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:20:16 -0500, Joel Edge <joele...@planttel.net>
The US is not a fascist state. You are an alarmist idiot.

MITO MINISTER

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Mar 2, 2013, 7:49:12 AM3/2/13
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On Mar 2, 12:38 pm, Hugh Lawson <hu.law...@gmail.com> wrote:
First sensible thing you've posted in years. I will reduce your
sentence to 19 years of hard labour at NEW LEAVENWORTH, from 19 years-
and-a-day.

Hugh Lawson

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Mar 2, 2013, 8:51:48 AM3/2/13
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MITO MINISTER <cigarm...@gmail.com> writes:


> First sensible thing you've posted in years.

Your praise is more repellent than your censure, Mito Minister.

hl

slotrot

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Mar 2, 2013, 3:19:57 PM3/2/13
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It resembles one, as it mirrors to a degree Mussolini's Italy and the control corporations.

slotrot

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Mar 2, 2013, 3:21:54 PM3/2/13
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You are wrong Hugh.

Hugh Lawson

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Mar 2, 2013, 9:40:17 PM3/2/13
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slotrot <rtau...@rogers.com> writes:


> You are wrong Hugh.

Hugh replies: when you have studied the issue more carefully, slotrot,
you will agree with me.

hl

Hugh Lawson

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Mar 2, 2013, 9:42:07 PM3/2/13
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slotrot <rtau...@rogers.com> writes:

>
> [ The US ] resembles [a fascist state ], as it mirrors to a degree
>Mussolini's Italy and the control corporations.

When you have studied the issue more carefully slotrot, you will drop
this opinion.

hl

MITO MINISTER

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Mar 3, 2013, 12:42:12 AM3/3/13
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On Mar 2, 10:51 pm, Hugh Lawson <hu.law...@gmail.com> wrote:
> MITO MINISTER <cigarmanw...@gmail.com> writes:
> > First sensible thing you've posted in years.
>
> Your praise is more repellent than your censure, Mito Minister.
>
> hl

Reading any Catullus on the rockpile, Pefesser?

MITO MINISTER

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Mar 3, 2013, 12:48:25 AM3/3/13
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Not by a long shot. You fail again. You WISH it were, thereby
justifying your sense of grievance over being a financial and social
failure.

Joel Edge

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Mar 3, 2013, 8:51:37 AM3/3/13
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On Fri, 1 Mar 2013 17:20:35 -0500, Wiregrass Willie wrote
(in article <43a2j8tom01545baa...@4ax.com>):
Agreed. The Republicans only get a slim edge because of (so far) refusing to
pander to various factions that the Dem party have made their base. I don't
care much for a large predatory government from either side.

slotrot

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Mar 3, 2013, 9:19:08 AM3/3/13
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Possibly, but the recent SC ruling leads me to believe otherwise.

Hugh Lawson

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Mar 3, 2013, 2:55:08 PM3/3/13
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slotrot <rtau...@rogers.com> writes:

[ snip ]

> Possibly, but the recent SC ruling leads me to believe otherwise.

I don't like the ruling either, but it doesn't declare corporations to
be human beings.

It has long been held that corporations are entitled to some
constitutional rights. But do those rights include the right to
contribute to political campaigns? If I understand rightly these
present judges said it does.

hl



Hugh Lawson

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Mar 3, 2013, 3:50:28 PM3/3/13
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Mito Minster read a few lines of Latin verse in a kiddie reader back in
the 1970's, as he has told us.

hl

slotrot

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Mar 3, 2013, 6:38:11 PM3/3/13
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I see what you are saying. Will do more reading. Thanks.

Hugh Lawson

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Mar 3, 2013, 7:00:46 PM3/3/13
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slotrot <rtau...@rogers.com> writes:


> I see what you are saying. Will do more reading. Thanks.

The problem is the 1st amendment rule against infringement of freedom of
speech. I think we can easily see that that protects human beings; but
does it protect some associations of human beings (of which corporations
are an instance).

I'm not sure how far judges ought to go in denying Congress power to
regulate these matters. What the question is one of actual human
persons, I'd like more judicial watchfulness than in the question of
corporations (profit or non-profit) who seem to have a lot of money to
throw around.

I'd like to see more public discussion about what is effective, a good
idea, etc., and maybe less about rights. There are free countries, as
you know, which lack the great emphasis on rights that is typical of
the US. But the actual situation is, we have this written constitution,
and a tradition of arguing about what it means.

We also have this long tradition that the most important language in
which to discuss public affairs is the language of rights. Everybody
sooner or later appeals to the language of rights when it is to his
advantage.

hl


A.Lu...@who-knows-where.com

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Mar 3, 2013, 10:41:20 PM3/3/13
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Paranoid idiot is more like it. If this were a fascist state, the
Republicans in Congress would have been removed and shot long ago, or
vice versa. But our inability to rein in large corporations and their
excesses is alarming. In this, the Democrats are ineffectual and the
Republicans don't even want to try.

slotrot

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Mar 4, 2013, 5:42:12 AM3/4/13
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They are all sucking at the same teat.

Hugh Lawson

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Mar 4, 2013, 5:51:03 AM3/4/13
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slotrot <rtau...@rogers.com> writes:


> They are all sucking at the same teat.

Let's remember that this was a *judicial* decision; it's doubtful the
principle could have passed Congress.

But since there is this new source, then of course everybody will be
trying to tap it.

This talk about the US being a "fascist" state is just ignorance. It's
not to be taken seriously by grownups, and I suspect few of those who say
it believe it themselves.

hl

slotrot

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Mar 4, 2013, 8:35:38 AM3/4/13
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Hugh, I don't think anyone really believes this. The impression/fact that corporations dictate policy in some states, perhaps even in the federal government, gives rise to the comparison to Facism. It's a subject for debate but it doesn't mean the brown/black shirts will be knocking at your door. The CIA maybe, but not the SS or its Italian counterpart. (last part said in jest)

Hugh Lawson

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Mar 4, 2013, 10:19:54 AM3/4/13
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slotrot <rtau...@rogers.com> writes:


> Hugh, I don't think anyone really believes this. The impression/fact
> that corporations dictate policy in some states, perhaps even in the
> federal government, gives rise to the comparison to Facism. It's a
> subject for debate but it doesn't mean the brown/black shirts will be
> knocking at your door. The CIA maybe, but not the SS or its Italian
> counterpart. (last part said in jest)

Right. People sometimes exaggerate for emphasis. The problem comes when
the hyperbole is repeated so often that it comes to be taken as a
factual statement, rather than as an expression of a political
sentiment.

hl

slotrot

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Mar 4, 2013, 11:51:12 AM3/4/13
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That's rather ironic, Hugh, that you would phrase your response in that manner.

"If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth. // If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. // If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it. // If you repeat a lie long enough, it becomes truth. // If you repeat a lie many times, people are bound to start believing it."

Variations of quotes attributed to either Adolph Hitler or Joseph Goebbels.

MITO MINISTER

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Mar 4, 2013, 10:33:12 PM3/4/13
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On Mar 4, 5:50 am, Hugh Lawson <hu.law...@gmail.com> wrote:
> MITO MINISTER <cigarmanw...@gmail.com> writes:
> > On Mar 2, 10:51 pm, Hugh Lawson <hu.law...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> MITO MINISTER <cigarmanw...@gmail.com> writes:
> >> > First sensible thing you've posted in years.
>
> >> Your praise is more repellent than your censure, Mito Minister.
>
> >> hl
>
> > Reading any Catullus on the rockpile, Pefesser?
>
> Mito Minster read a few lines of Latin verse in a kiddie reader back in
> the 1970's, as he has told us.
>
> hl

Yes. I did and I admit it. More like 5,000 lines, but anyway. What's
your point?

Hugh Lawson

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Mar 5, 2013, 5:05:58 PM3/5/13
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slotrot <rtau...@rogers.com> writes:


> That's rather ironic, Hugh, that you would phrase your response in that manner.
>
> "If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth. // If you
> tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually
> come to believe it. // If you repeat a lie often enough, people will
> believe it. // If you repeat a lie long enough, it becomes truth. //
> If you repeat a lie many times, people are bound to start believing
> it."
>
> Variations of quotes attributed to either Adolph Hitler or Joseph Goebbels.

I wasn't being ironic; I just wanted to say that exaggeration for
emphasis can come to be seen as a factual statement. The difference
between me and those guys is this: they wanted to use this possibility
as a means of increasing tryannical control, while I have no such
purpose.

HL

Hugh Lawson

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Mar 5, 2013, 5:08:12 PM3/5/13
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Your comments are worthless Mito Minister.

hl

MITO MINISTER

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Mar 6, 2013, 4:38:17 AM3/6/13
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> Hypocrite White Boyl

========


Afraid of Shakespeare's sonnets? Boccaccio? D.H. Lawrence? Kerouac?
Allen Ginsberg? Come on, Perfesser, tell us about your love of
(conventional White-Bread) literature.

Hugh: Runs out onto the field from where he was sitting in the stands
and yells out "WE WON! WE WON!".

Hugh Lawson

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Mar 6, 2013, 6:05:16 AM3/6/13
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MITO MINISTER <cigarm...@gmail.com> writes:

[ snip ]

> Afraid of Shakespeare's sonnets? Boccaccio? D.H. Lawrence? Kerouac?
> Allen Ginsberg? Come on, Perfesser, tell us about your love of
> (conventional White-Bread) literature.

Mito Minister recites a list of well-known authors. Up next: Mito
Minister names the Great Lakes, and spells "potato". LOL.





slotrot

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Mar 6, 2013, 6:10:04 AM3/6/13
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I'm sure you weren't. It just seemed fitting considering the topic. I thought it was funny, co-incidental, ironic, whatever the appropriate description.
Relax, take a deep breath, and enjoy the rest of the day.

MITO MINISTER

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Mar 7, 2013, 3:13:59 AM3/7/13
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On Mar 6, 8:05 pm, Hugh Lawson <hu.law...@gmail.com> wrote:
That's your boy, the Indiana Ingrate.

MITO MINISTER

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Mar 7, 2013, 3:35:30 AM3/7/13
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On Mar 6, 8:05 pm, Hugh Lawson <hu.law...@gmail.com> wrote:
These are well-known transgressive authors. Rebels in their day. Not
your style.

Hugh Lawson

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Mar 7, 2013, 7:15:50 AM3/7/13
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Next Mito Minister will recite for us his seven-times tables.

hl

Hugh Lawson

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Mar 7, 2013, 8:41:42 AM3/7/13
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Mito Minister needs to give up his obsession with the US.

hl


MITO MINISTER

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Mar 8, 2013, 7:57:33 PM3/8/13
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That would be YOUR obsession with how REAL AMERICA views the fake,
bullshit WHITE SOUTH. Your grandfather raped African women.

Hugh Lawson

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Mar 9, 2013, 8:45:04 AM3/9/13
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MITO MINISTER <cigarm...@gmail.com> writes:

[ snip ]

> That would be YOUR obsession with how REAL AMERICA views the fake,
> bullshit WHITE SOUTH. Your grandfather raped African women.

Mito Minister needs to give up his obsession with the US, absorbed from
American tv.




MITO MINISTER

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Mar 12, 2013, 1:02:30 AM3/12/13
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On Mar 9, 10:45 pm, Hugh Lawson <hu.law...@gmail.com> wrote:
And 25 years of residency.

Hugh Lawson

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Mar 12, 2013, 9:51:22 AM3/12/13
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Mito Minister should clean up his language.

He has improved a little, for the genocidal language appears less
frequently in his posts.

Perhaps he is "hearing footsteps." LOL.


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