On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:40:39 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:55:55 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 19:26:20 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:11:04 -0800, jps wrote:
On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:56:05 -0600, wrote:
On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:22:00 -0800, jps wrote:
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Now we're into protecting against the next guy. It's not the
hostile
country, it's the hostile neighbor. We've grown small and petty.
And you don't see this in your behavior in this NG? Or in Harry's?
Your next insult will be the anecdote to affirm what you've
described
of yourself above. Where does change begin?
Frankly, whateveryournameis, my disgust with the system has been
building since Reagan started this greedy bull****.
I'm plenty fed up and in no mood to be civil. If I heard a modicum
of
bitching from the right while Bush and Cheney were in office and
sending this country down a ******** between tax cuts and war, I'd be
a little more flexible.
All the greedy assholes thought those tax dollars belonged to the
folks that put 'em in. Turns out they were loans from China.
Now the right wing shows up and starts bitching about spending when
it's about spending on health care and our economy. Didn't hear a
bloody peep when it was bullets, bombs and tax cuts.
So, your side hasn't much credibility (or any at all) and no
standing
to talk to me about civility nor patriotism.
If I offer you civility, consider it a gift.
The only thing you have to offer, or care to offer, is the death of
reason. You are far too removed from it to esteem its worth.
I think jps has a point though. I think he's wrong to not attempt
civility,
but it's a tough road.
Civility is only tough for those that extol its virtue but deny its
exercise, Em. Personal civility is as easily attainable as is
personal charity. A victim, though, will cheat himselves of both
virtues if he languishs in that miserable role, if I may apply some
unction to it (smarmy critter that I am).
himselves = himself (I've been reading too much Tolkien :)
I haven't done that in a long time. 
If only I had more time to read! It seems I have to spend most of my
time earning a living...
I know the feeling. I'm fortunate in that I own my own business, I work
nearly 100% at home, and I don't have any set hours. Of course, the latter
isn't too good if it means being up at 1am to get things ready for the next
morning at 8 am. I like to get up early, weather permitting, and go for a
run, so 1am gets old fast.
Sometimes I sit in front of the computer (like now), waiting for something
that will need a very quick response. I've done "nothing" for hours
sometimes. Then, it comes in a tidal wave. The crunch days are (right now)
usually Thurs through Monday (not much happens on Sat., but I have to
prepare for Sunday), with stuff just trickling in the other days. As the
holiday season approaches though, it'll expand to most of the week, but
that's only through mid-Jan.
That's interesting, Em. Is your business service-oriented? I have
entertained the notion of pursuing some type of work-at-home option
before; but, I don't trust myself. I'm not sure I'd have the
discipline to attend to the demands that any such vocation would
require. I suspect that I would wander off into all the small
avocations that I'm always tempted to indulge, as it is (like posting
in this NG, or reading some forlorn book). I've previously owned a
manufacturing concern, and I'm personally intimate with the demands of
a small business. Generally, it requires hard work, dedication, and
interminably long hours. I have to admire you for being able to
discipline yourself to work at home.
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