Re: Why not discuss the topic?

2009-07-20 Thread John Williams
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 1:09 AM, John Williams > wrote: > Many apologies for being able to make my point without being long winded. Apparently I was too subtle. I simply meant to convey that there are many questions that can be posed

Re: Why not discuss the topic?

2009-07-20 Thread John Williams
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Nick Arnett wrote: > Democracy, which is the subject at hand, is not based on that assumption and > I suspect you learned that in high school civics, so I imagine you are being > disingenuous. Ah, that explains it. I thought the subject at hand was health care. I

Read 'em and weep . . .

2009-07-20 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
http://comics.com/ed_stein/2009-07-18/ http://comics.com/nate_beeler/2009-07-17/ http://imgsrv.gocomics.com/dim/?fh=8b0d653f91b05d3bfba4972e68e47593&w=900.0 http://cserver.rbma.com/content/Koterba?date=2009-07-18&referer=http://www.dailyink.com&uid=ot33z0&token=b27feq&size=large http://imgsrv

Re: Read 'em and weep . . .

2009-07-20 Thread John Garcia
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Ronn! Blankenship < ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > http://comics.com/ed_stein/2009-07-18/ > > http://comics.com/nate_beeler/2009-07-17/ > > http://imgsrv.gocomics.com/dim/?fh=8b0d653f91b05d3bfba4972e68e47593&w=900.0 > > > http://cserver.rbma.com/content

Re: path-dependence

2009-07-20 Thread Nick Arnett
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: > JDG posted this article on Facebook, very apropos to our discussion. > > > http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/01/26/090126fa_fact_gawande?currentPage=all > Indeed. I read every word and it's one of the best things I've seen about br

Re: Why not discuss the topic?

2009-07-20 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Nick Arnett wrote: > >> It seems odd to conclude that the way to get other people to >> behave as one thinks they should behave is to coerce them >> at gunpoint > > There are people with guns showing up to demand that you pay > your taxes?  That suggests to me that you've been a bad, bad boy. >

Re: Why not discuss the topic?

2009-07-20 Thread Nick Arnett
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > G*vernment is consent robbery. Sounds like my neighbor who says he isn't afraid to walk the streets at night because "you can't rape the willing." Yes, it is "consent robbery" if you choose that metaphor (or oxymoron). There are other

Shouldn't it be _green_?

2009-07-20 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6719741.ece . . . ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle ___ http://mccmedia.com

They Did It!

2009-07-20 Thread John Garcia
Touchdown at 4:16pm Eastern. ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

On the Occasion of a Seventeenth Birthday

2009-07-20 Thread Warren Ockrassa
Son of a friend is turning 17 Saturday. I think I've distilled my life's wisdom (for 17-yer-olds anyway) down to three things. 1. You're too young to drink and too young to vote. But you're old enough to be tried as an adult. 2. Always, always, ALWAYS use a condom. 3. Never say "I love you"