On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:52:00 -0700, Canuck57
wrote:

On 20/11/2011 11:58 AM, California Rocket Scientist wrote:
On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:41:14 -0800 (PST), TopBassDog
wrote:

Pay attention Herr Krause; you too JIPS- I know the odds are against
it, but there remains hope that you both may learn something.

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/was...ng-big-in-2012

We need to face it, we're a nation that claims to be fiscally
conservative, yet we never tire of goofy wars to name just one
bizarre contradiction. Then when we see the bill we look to elect
somebody new no matter what crazy claims he makes as long as he
doesn't mention our previous assinine decisons, or criticize us for
making them. The latest crazy claims are that the applicants can make
up for the 5 trillion cost of the middle east fiasco by cutting taxes
further and getting rid of the EPA, unions, etc. Who'd be dumb enough
to believe that except for maybe 51% of the voters? So Cook could be
right. God help us.

Need to get rid of "In Debt We Trust!" and put God back in there.

You mean the god who likes to flood backup generators at nuclear power
plants and give cancer to innocent kids? How is trusting in him
supposed to help anything? Look to the most wretched in the world to
find the most likely to believe in nonsense. The benefits of
worshipping imaginary beings are almost entirely imaginary. On the
other hand the worst of the downsides is that we've accepted that it's
perfectly respectable and wise to believe that a supreme being has a
grand plan that includes killing the innocent in droves. How then can
we tell someone that it's neither respectable or wise to believe that
a Nigerian prince has willed them a fortune? Or that lower taxes
combined with increased spending is retarded and immoral?

Dishonored debt is a sin

Let's just call it a bad thing and leave out any fairy code
violations.

Unpaid debts is a form of theft.

Agreed. And in the case here in the US we're demanding ever lower
taxes at the same time we're pretending that all the costs that have
increased in the last couple of decades will somehow get paid by
magic. Try telling your banker that the problem of not wanting to pay
your bills can be cured by lowering your payments. When he balks tell
him that the fix for his disagreeableness is a new banker or more
praying.