What a great country, eh?
 

On 2/2/2014 9:05 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 08:28:57 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/2/14, 8:04 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 21:09:54 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/1/14, 9:08 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 17:30:14 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/1/14, 4:53 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 09:05:54 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/1/14, 8:38 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 21:06:03 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/mntn3y7

I can think of only two people who would use that story to indict the USA.



What, that we have a country that allows corporations to fire someone
because they get sick? What a wonderful country.

A person got fired - justly or unjustly. If justly, the country did nothing wrong. If unjustly, then
the employer is at fault. How do you possibly get off indicting the USA for this action?

I really can't understand why anyone responds to any of your ****.



There you go again, with the personal insults.

Read what you wrote. What you wrote was an indictment of America based on what one woman gave as her
side of a story.

It was ****. We've all written some **** in our time. That happened to be an example of yours.


I'm not engaging in personal insults against other posters here. You
are. Period. It's perfectly within your rights to not like my political
opinions, as it is within my rights to not like your political opinions.
No need to make it personal.

Horse manure. A journalist who writes **** should expect to face the consequences. Seems like that
happened fairly recently. Both Lara Logan and David Kilpatrick wrote some ****. Logan got fired.
Kilpatrick was simply supporting a liberal newspaper which revels in lies.

Both wrote ****, which is what you did. I suppose you feel insulted, but on the other hand, I live
in the country you continuously insult.



I think it is reasonable to attack an idea you don't like, but I don't
see where it is necessary to attack the person *here* who posted the
idea you don't like.

Fine, attack an idea. If I post something that is ****, attack that post also. I don't give a rat's
butt. If it's ****, and I posted it, then I deserve the attack.

Amen.


You seem to be admitting defeat, and stating you cannot control
your temper and engage in adult-level conversation without engaging in
personal insults.

Seem? Are you pretending to be your wife now, with a touch of psychoanalysis?


I had a feeling the righties who post here would not be able to control
their tempers and would engage in personal insulting even if the usual
"object" of their hatred (me, of course :) ) refrained from those same
sort of personal insults. Thank you for proving me correct. At least a
half dozen of you righties, many of whom complain about the "tone" in
rec.boats, are perpetuating the tone you claim you don't like.

None of which has any bearing on the post you made which I deemed '****'.


This, by the way, is not a venue of journalism in which people who are
paid to write are paid for what they write here, so therefore I think
your attempts to make comparisons to Ms. Logan or Mr. Kilpatrick (never
heard of him, actually) are invalid.

Look him up. Both wrote ****, and both were called for it.

As for *your* country...it is *my* country, too, and I would like my
country to do a better job of what most people would find important.

Then treat your country with some respect. It does a hell of a lot better than 90% of the other
countries in the world. Don't denigrate the entire country based on a one-sided view of a problem.


Oh, and I shall continue to not engage in personally insulting other
posters here, and simply observe the hypocrisy of "the right."

Good. That's suitable. Remember, when you proudly announce the members of your 'bozo bin' along with
the 'reasons' for entry thereto, you're insulting those folks also.

As always, have a wonderfully terrific day.

DITTO!!!!


I for one am proud to be in Harry's bozo bin. In fact, I wish he'd issue
plaques honoring that accomplishment.

I try to stay out of his discussions as much as possible. How can you
communicate on a rational plane with someone whose head is waayyyy out
in La La Land? He'll have to settle for an occasional insult from me,
because that's the only way to relate to assholes.

What a great country, eh?
 

On 2/2/2014 9:19 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 2/2/14, 9:05 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 08:28:57 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:




I think it is reasonable to attack an idea you don't like, but I don't
see where it is necessary to attack the person *here* who posted the
idea you don't like.

Fine, attack an idea. If I post something that is ****, attack that
post also. I don't give a rat's
butt. If it's ****, and I posted it, then I deserve the attack.



I might attack an idea you posted, but I'm not going to engage in
calling you names because you posted it.




You seem to be admitting defeat, and stating you cannot control
your temper and engage in adult-level conversation without engaging in
personal insults.

Seem? Are you pretending to be your wife now, with a touch of
psychoanalysis?


It's called being polite.




As for *your* country...it is *my* country, too, and I would like my
country to do a better job of what most people would find important.

Then treat your country with some respect. It does a hell of a lot
better than 90% of the other
countries in the world. Don't denigrate the entire country based on a
one-sided view of a problem.

There are what, 200 or so countries in the world? So, 20 of them do a
better job in terms of what most people find important? Actually, I
suspect the number of countries doing better might be higher in some
categories that are really important. Perhaps if we cut back drastically
on military spending, we can address some other really important issues.






Oh, and I shall continue to not engage in personally insulting other
posters here, and simply observe the hypocrisy of "the right."

Good. That's suitable. Remember, when you proudly announce the members
of your 'bozo bin' along with
the 'reasons' for entry thereto, you're insulting those folks also.


The inmates of my bozo bin aren't there because of their politics,
they're in there because they can't behave reasonably here and cannot
post without insulting others.


I have no politics to speak of so it must be the insults that you can't
deal with. It would be impossible to recount your deeds and not leave
you feeling insulted. Example: When I call you deadbeat, you feel
insulted, right?. Facts is facts, Jack. Learn to live with it.

What a great country, eh?
 

On 2/2/2014 10:36 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 10:03:33 -0500, Hank wrote:

On 2/2/2014 8:04 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 21:09:54 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/1/14, 9:08 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 17:30:14 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/1/14, 4:53 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 09:05:54 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/1/14, 8:38 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 21:06:03 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/mntn3y7

I can think of only two people who would use that story to indict the USA.



What, that we have a country that allows corporations to fire someone
because they get sick? What a wonderful country.

A person got fired - justly or unjustly. If justly, the country did nothing wrong. If unjustly, then
the employer is at fault. How do you possibly get off indicting the USA for this action?

I really can't understand why anyone responds to any of your ****.



There you go again, with the personal insults.

Read what you wrote. What you wrote was an indictment of America based on what one woman gave as her
side of a story.

It was ****. We've all written some **** in our time. That happened to be an example of yours.


I'm not engaging in personal insults against other posters here. You
are. Period. It's perfectly within your rights to not like my political
opinions, as it is within my rights to not like your political opinions.
No need to make it personal.

Horse manure. A journalist who writes **** should expect to face the consequences. Seems like that
happened fairly recently. Both Lara Logan and David Kilpatrick wrote some ****. Logan got fired.
Kilpatrick was simply supporting a liberal newspaper which revels in lies.

Both wrote ****, which is what you did. I suppose you feel insulted, but on the other hand, I live
in the country you continuously insult.

What did Lara do? I thought she was a good, honest, and brave reporter.

She made a mistake when reporting on Benghazi which ****ed off the White House and was suspended.
Kirkpatrick's story was also found to be bull****, but it supported the administration, so nothing
happened to him. After all, what is the New York Times if not a liberal mouthpiece.


What was her mistake? Did she report something wrong or did she
editorialize and **** off the prez?

What a great country, eh?
 

On 2/2/2014 10:36 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 10:03:33 -0500, Hank wrote:

On 2/2/2014 8:04 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 21:09:54 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/1/14, 9:08 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 17:30:14 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/1/14, 4:53 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 09:05:54 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/1/14, 8:38 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 21:06:03 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/mntn3y7

I can think of only two people who would use that story to indict the USA.



What, that we have a country that allows corporations to fire someone
because they get sick? What a wonderful country.

A person got fired - justly or unjustly. If justly, the country did nothing wrong. If unjustly, then
the employer is at fault. How do you possibly get off indicting the USA for this action?

I really can't understand why anyone responds to any of your ****.



There you go again, with the personal insults.

Read what you wrote. What you wrote was an indictment of America based on what one woman gave as her
side of a story.

It was ****. We've all written some **** in our time. That happened to be an example of yours.


I'm not engaging in personal insults against other posters here. You
are. Period. It's perfectly within your rights to not like my political
opinions, as it is within my rights to not like your political opinions.
No need to make it personal.

Horse manure. A journalist who writes **** should expect to face the consequences. Seems like that
happened fairly recently. Both Lara Logan and David Kilpatrick wrote some ****. Logan got fired.
Kilpatrick was simply supporting a liberal newspaper which revels in lies.

Both wrote ****, which is what you did. I suppose you feel insulted, but on the other hand, I live
in the country you continuously insult.

What did Lara do? I thought she was a good, honest, and brave reporter.

Oh, forgot this. The Canadians seem to have a handle on it:

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/60868

I'm amazed that Obamma allowed the Canadians to print that.

What a great country, eh?
 

On 2/2/2014 11:09 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 09:37:52 -0500, Hank wrote:

Good point, there are far more unfunded government pensions than
private sector pensions. The biggest one is Social Security

What happened to the social security *trust fund*


FDR passed the legislation that allowed the government to spend in it
1939 and they have spent every dime of it since then.
The trust fund was just another line item on the debt since then.

*POOF* gone. Words used to have meaning.

What a great country, eh?
 

On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 11:06:21 -0500, Hank wrote:

On 2/2/2014 10:36 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 10:03:33 -0500, Hank wrote:

On 2/2/2014 8:04 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 21:09:54 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/1/14, 9:08 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 17:30:14 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/1/14, 4:53 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 09:05:54 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/1/14, 8:38 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 21:06:03 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/mntn3y7

I can think of only two people who would use that story to indict the USA.



What, that we have a country that allows corporations to fire someone
because they get sick? What a wonderful country.

A person got fired - justly or unjustly. If justly, the country did nothing wrong. If unjustly, then
the employer is at fault. How do you possibly get off indicting the USA for this action?

I really can't understand why anyone responds to any of your ****.



There you go again, with the personal insults.

Read what you wrote. What you wrote was an indictment of America based on what one woman gave as her
side of a story.

It was ****. We've all written some **** in our time. That happened to be an example of yours.


I'm not engaging in personal insults against other posters here. You
are. Period. It's perfectly within your rights to not like my political
opinions, as it is within my rights to not like your political opinions.
No need to make it personal.

Horse manure. A journalist who writes **** should expect to face the consequences. Seems like that
happened fairly recently. Both Lara Logan and David Kilpatrick wrote some ****. Logan got fired.
Kilpatrick was simply supporting a liberal newspaper which revels in lies.

Both wrote ****, which is what you did. I suppose you feel insulted, but on the other hand, I live
in the country you continuously insult.

What did Lara do? I thought she was a good, honest, and brave reporter.

She made a mistake when reporting on Benghazi which ****ed off the White House and was suspended.
Kirkpatrick's story was also found to be bull****, but it supported the administration, so nothing
happened to him. After all, what is the New York Times if not a liberal mouthpiece.


What was her mistake? Did she report something wrong or did she
editorialize and **** off the prez?

Here's the story, one of several. Disregard the video.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/1...n_4344883.html

What a great country, eh?
 

On 2/2/14, 11:09 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 09:37:52 -0500, Hank wrote:

Good point, there are far more unfunded government pensions than
private sector pensions. The biggest one is Social Security

What happened to the social security *trust fund*


FDR passed the legislation that allowed the government to spend in it
1939 and they have spent every dime of it since then.
The trust fund was just another line item on the debt since then.



Just exactly how did Roosevelt "pass" such legislation?

--
There’s no point crying over spilled 4-Methylcyclohexanemethanol.

What a great country, eh?
 

On 2/2/14, 11:19 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 09:55:50 -0500, Hank wrote:

So, why do so many self-described pro-lifers oppose
free and accessible birth control?

For some it's a religious issue. Others believe it's an area that that
the govt. has no jurisdiction over. Free and accessible birth control is
fine so long as tax payers are not burdened with paying for it.

If you are actually a fiscal conservative you know money spent on
birth control and abortion comes back 100 fold in welfare and prison
costs you don't have to spend.
It is a very efficient use of public money. Birth control and abortion
should be part of any welfare package.

When a single 15 year old has a baby, it destroys 2 lives and they
become a burden on the rest of society, virtually every time.

The ONLY issue is religious.



Religious and...control over women.

--
There’s no point crying over spilled 4-Methylcyclohexanemethanol.

What a great country, eh?
 

On 2/2/2014 11:18 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 11:06:21 -0500, Hank wrote:

On 2/2/2014 10:36 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 10:03:33 -0500, Hank wrote:

On 2/2/2014 8:04 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 21:09:54 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/1/14, 9:08 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 17:30:14 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/1/14, 4:53 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 09:05:54 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/1/14, 8:38 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 21:06:03 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/mntn3y7

I can think of only two people who would use that story to indict the USA.



What, that we have a country that allows corporations to fire someone
because they get sick? What a wonderful country.

A person got fired - justly or unjustly. If justly, the country did nothing wrong. If unjustly, then
the employer is at fault. How do you possibly get off indicting the USA for this action?

I really can't understand why anyone responds to any of your ****.



There you go again, with the personal insults.

Read what you wrote. What you wrote was an indictment of America based on what one woman gave as her
side of a story.

It was ****. We've all written some **** in our time. That happened to be an example of yours.


I'm not engaging in personal insults against other posters here. You
are. Period. It's perfectly within your rights to not like my political
opinions, as it is within my rights to not like your political opinions.
No need to make it personal.

Horse manure. A journalist who writes **** should expect to face the consequences. Seems like that
happened fairly recently. Both Lara Logan and David Kilpatrick wrote some ****. Logan got fired.
Kilpatrick was simply supporting a liberal newspaper which revels in lies.

Both wrote ****, which is what you did. I suppose you feel insulted, but on the other hand, I live
in the country you continuously insult.

What did Lara do? I thought she was a good, honest, and brave reporter.

She made a mistake when reporting on Benghazi which ****ed off the White House and was suspended.
Kirkpatrick's story was also found to be bull****, but it supported the administration, so nothing
happened to him. After all, what is the New York Times if not a liberal mouthpiece.


What was her mistake? Did she report something wrong or did she
editorialize and **** off the prez?

Here's the story, one of several. Disregard the video.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/1...n_4344883.html


As a matter of courtesy, she should have sought White House approval of
the story. There seems to be discrepancies between her version of the
truth and the official White House version.

What a great country, eh?
 

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On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 09:37:52 -0500, Hank wrote:

Good point, there are far more unfunded government pensions than
private sector pensions. The biggest one is Social Security

What happened to the social security *trust fund*


FDR passed the legislation that allowed the government to spend in it
1939 and they have spent every dime of it since then.
The trust fund was just another line item on the debt since then.

The trust fund is paying off.
Thank God and FDR for the trust fund.
http://www.ssa.gov/oact/trsum/

It's the same as US Savings Bonds in that it will be paid.
Good as gold, and backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States of America.
Only Congress can change it.
They're welcome to try.