On 3 Jan 2006 07:39:27 -0800, wrote:


wrote:
I see no reason why second home loans or boat loans should be
deductible on income tax. This is simply a subsidy for the rich. Now
that I have made myself so popular here, what do y'all think?


Nice job, DB.

Fire up a political discussion with a veiled reference to boating.

Gee, under this program, I could post, "Do you suppose that if GWB
succeeds in running the deficit up to the point where it tanks the
whole economy or creates hyper inflation that it will affect boating?"
I don't know that such a phony ruse really cuts it. We could get a
whole squad of folks arguing that its OK to start 10 threads a day
ragging on some individual poster or another because "I based my
insults on his choice of boat, lack of boat, or etc......"

Notice the results? We've got posts yakking on about Harry this, Harry
that. We've got posts in here from people who *never* participate in
boating discussions, and none of them are positive or constructive.
We've got a few guys who have struggled mightily to help change the
tone of the NG from what it has been to what it can improve to become
who are unable to resist the bait and are slipping back into their old
ways- right here in this thread.

The sad thing is- when you fire up a political discussion in this group
you don't even get a decent political discussion. You see the same
dozen guys calling one another childish names and cut 'n pasting
propaganda from one side or the other.

Here's a link to a whole batch of political newsgroups:

http://www.politicalindex.com/sect29.htm

Why not check them out?

A-friggin-men!

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes