Post #201,357
3/31/05 5:29:22 AM
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Three Were Told to Leave Bush Town Meeting
Is this for real? [link|http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10969-2005Mar29.html|http://www.washingto...69-2005Mar29.html]
I thought the US was heavily activist at the grass roots level. In the UK, it is the statutory right of commoners to bitch at politicians in public. Party conferences are exempt, of course. Surely, US politicans can't be seen to be completely shielded from the common folk? Surely, town halls are open forums? Or am I missing something?
Matthew Greet
But we must kill them. We must incinerate them. Pig after pig, cow after cow, village after village, army after army. And they call me an assassin. What do you call it when the assassins accuse the assassin? They lie. They lie and we must be merciful to those who lie.
- Colonol Kurtz, Apocalypse Now.
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Post #201,359
3/31/05 6:14:38 AM
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Where were you during the campaign?
This has become WSOP. All W events are nothing but staged pageantry. Real citizens not allowed.
"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
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Post #201,363
3/31/05 6:58:14 AM
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I'm still missing something
In a country that regards itself as the most democratic in the world, how can anyone (except persistent trouble makers) be thrown out of a town hall without triggering protests? Or do people think the US should really be a dictatorship?
Matthew Greet
But we must kill them. We must incinerate them. Pig after pig, cow after cow, village after village, army after army. And they call me an assassin. What do you call it when the assassins accuse the assassin? They lie. They lie and we must be merciful to those who lie.
- Colonol Kurtz, Apocalypse Now.
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Post #201,364
3/31/05 7:01:04 AM
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There's a time and a place for expressing your views.
I don't know where the place is, but the time is "when you're very rich and have a suitable understanding of which politicians will make the most beneficial decisions WRT the bottom line".
Everyone else just isn't in a position to make an informed judgement.
Peter
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Post #201,365
3/31/05 7:05:18 AM
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Not all of us are W's zombie slaves you know
And obviously many do pride themselves on freedom - that's why the newspaper article.
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] Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #201,366
3/31/05 7:08:36 AM
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"Not all of us are W's zombie slaves you know"
...yet.
Don't drink the water!
Peter
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Post #201,368
3/31/05 7:31:43 AM
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Don't worry - I never touch the stuff!
[link|http://www.runningworks.com|
] Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #201,379
3/31/05 9:11:09 AM
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I can well believe that you never touch water
At least not while beer is available!
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #201,385
3/31/05 9:20:11 AM
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*grin*
[link|http://www.runningworks.com|
] Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #201,423
3/31/05 11:35:47 AM
3/31/05 11:36:34 AM
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Not "people", just W (and his puppetteers)
You do remember his "dictatorship" remark, don't you?
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
Edited by jb4
March 31, 2005, 11:36:34 AM EST
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Post #201,436
3/31/05 12:13:22 PM
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It's very simple, actually
It's precisely because we know so well that we are the most democratic and free country in the world that we can also be so very sure that anyone who questions events like these must be seriously delusional or have an ugly, anti-american agenda.
Don't look inside the Whited Sepulchre!
Giovanni
The scorn we feel towards performing Good Works is a powerful proof of the strength of our Faith.
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Post #201,480
3/31/05 5:48:18 PM
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This is the New World?
If that's the reason this is happening, then the one thing I admired about the Americans is gone. Common folk used to be more energised than Europeans but now the US are just sheep. Sheep in a constant state of fear, war fever, religious frenzy, debt and poor medical care. The New World is a failure and the Old World is the bastion of social progress. Get out while you can.
Matthew Greet
But we must kill them. We must incinerate them. Pig after pig, cow after cow, village after village, army after army. And they call me an assassin. What do you call it when the assassins accuse the assassin? They lie. They lie and we must be merciful to those who lie.
- Colonol Kurtz, Apocalypse Now.
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Post #201,482
3/31/05 5:58:33 PM
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No, it's not
Lots of other places in the New World.
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Post #201,492
3/31/05 8:30:07 PM
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Same as the old world
only greedier
"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
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Post #201,393
3/31/05 9:58:14 AM
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Paraphased quote from local radio news
"Another midwest meeting with carefully selected audience, protesters will be asked to leave."
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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Post #201,411
3/31/05 10:47:56 AM
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He tried it elsewhere, too.
As reported in "[link|http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,343281,00.html|BUSH IN GERMANY : With a Hush and a Whisper, Bush Drops Town Hall Meeting with Germans]".
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(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575|Ashton Brown]
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Post #201,499
3/31/05 11:11:46 PM
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As to those up/coming MBAs: gehabt kindern. Cowardly pissant
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