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Before everyone freaks out ....
Keyser Söze
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Before everyone freaks out ....
John H. wrote:
On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 18:09:24 -0500, Justan Olphart wrote: On 2/2/2016 5:02 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 2/2/2016 4:21 PM, wrote: On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 15:30:17 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: On 2/2/16 3:28 PM, wrote: On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 12:01:05 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: Y'all seem to want to bend over backwards to protect hate speech. No wonder ' merica is so screwed up and getting worse. Sure hope it doesn't spill over the border when y'all implode. Freedom of speech is EXACTLY protecting the speech you hate. As soon as you let the government decide which speech is worthy of protection and which is not, you are on your way to a dictatorship. Bull****. I bet you were not saying that when guys like me were still defending the rights of the protestors in the 60s, right up until they started blowing stuff up. I disagreed with what they said but I understood they still had the right to say it. It seems that the left is actually the least tolerant of anyone else's views. You only have to look at a college campus now to see that. In our lifetime we have witnessed a transformation of the USA from a creative, resourceful nation populated with people who demonstrated self initiative, responsibility and accountability. Those classic values have been replaced with a dependence on "government" to provide for and take care of all. That mentality also comes through loud and clear among the young college students. They don't know any better because they don't know anything else. It's only us old farts that remember what it was like 40-50 years ago. Sad. My next door neighbor's son graduated college last year. He's been laying about her house and he isn't looking for work and doesn't volunteer to do any chores around the house. She doesn't know what to do with him. So she's enrolling him back in school. That'll make him so smart he'll be over qualified for any job he's capable of doing. What a life! When my daughter graduated high school she went to George Mason University. At the end of her first year she was on probation because she played around too much. Told her I wasn't going to foot the bill for that anymore, and that she could go to a community college and get her grades up. She wanted to just hang around the house - no job and no college, much like the kid you mentioned. I told her she could stay, but it would cost her $250 a month for food and lodging if she wasn't going to school. She moved out, and moved in with a bunch of other girls in a townhouse. That lasted a bit over three months. She then decided to go to community college, got her grades up to a 3.0 average, got accepted to George Mason's nursing program and became a nurse. Sometimes a bit of 'tough love' is called for. -- Ban idiots, not guns! Perfect example on why it DOESN'T "Take a Village..." |
Before everyone freaks out ....
On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 14:12:25 -0500, John H.
wrote: On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 11:50:33 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 09:48:46 -0500, John H. wrote: On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 18:09:24 -0500, Justan Olphart wrote: On 2/2/2016 5:02 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 2/2/2016 4:21 PM, wrote: On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 15:30:17 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: On 2/2/16 3:28 PM, wrote: On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 12:01:05 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: Y'all seem to want to bend over backwards to protect hate speech. No wonder ' merica is so screwed up and getting worse. Sure hope it doesn't spill over the border when y'all implode. Freedom of speech is EXACTLY protecting the speech you hate. As soon as you let the government decide which speech is worthy of protection and which is not, you are on your way to a dictatorship. Bull****. I bet you were not saying that when guys like me were still defending the rights of the protestors in the 60s, right up until they started blowing stuff up. I disagreed with what they said but I understood they still had the right to say it. It seems that the left is actually the least tolerant of anyone else's views. You only have to look at a college campus now to see that. In our lifetime we have witnessed a transformation of the USA from a creative, resourceful nation populated with people who demonstrated self initiative, responsibility and accountability. Those classic values have been replaced with a dependence on "government" to provide for and take care of all. That mentality also comes through loud and clear among the young college students. They don't know any better because they don't know anything else. It's only us old farts that remember what it was like 40-50 years ago. Sad. My next door neighbor's son graduated college last year. He's been laying about her house and he isn't looking for work and doesn't volunteer to do any chores around the house. She doesn't know what to do with him. So she's enrolling him back in school. That'll make him so smart he'll be over qualified for any job he's capable of doing. What a life! When my daughter graduated high school she went to George Mason University. At the end of her first year she was on probation because she played around too much. Told her I wasn't going to foot the bill for that anymore, and that she could go to a community college and get her grades up. She wanted to just hang around the house - no job and no college, much like the kid you mentioned. I told her she could stay, but it would cost her $250 a month for food and lodging if she wasn't going to school. She moved out, and moved in with a bunch of other girls in a townhouse. That lasted a bit over three months. She then decided to go to community college, got her grades up to a 3.0 average, got accepted to George Mason's nursing program and became a nurse. Sometimes a bit of 'tough love' is called for. My parents went the other way. I got my job at IBM pretty much the day I got off active duty in the CG (still living at home) and they just came in one day shortly after that and said "see ya, we are moving to Florida" and handed me the lease. You had a job! Yup $435 a month and don't spend it all in one place ;-) |
Before everyone freaks out ....
On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 19:53:39 -0500, wrote:
On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 14:12:25 -0500, John H. wrote: On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 11:50:33 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 09:48:46 -0500, John H. wrote: On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 18:09:24 -0500, Justan Olphart wrote: On 2/2/2016 5:02 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 2/2/2016 4:21 PM, wrote: On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 15:30:17 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: On 2/2/16 3:28 PM, wrote: On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 12:01:05 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: Y'all seem to want to bend over backwards to protect hate speech. No wonder ' merica is so screwed up and getting worse. Sure hope it doesn't spill over the border when y'all implode. Freedom of speech is EXACTLY protecting the speech you hate. As soon as you let the government decide which speech is worthy of protection and which is not, you are on your way to a dictatorship. Bull****. I bet you were not saying that when guys like me were still defending the rights of the protestors in the 60s, right up until they started blowing stuff up. I disagreed with what they said but I understood they still had the right to say it. It seems that the left is actually the least tolerant of anyone else's views. You only have to look at a college campus now to see that. In our lifetime we have witnessed a transformation of the USA from a creative, resourceful nation populated with people who demonstrated self initiative, responsibility and accountability. Those classic values have been replaced with a dependence on "government" to provide for and take care of all. That mentality also comes through loud and clear among the young college students. They don't know any better because they don't know anything else. It's only us old farts that remember what it was like 40-50 years ago. Sad. My next door neighbor's son graduated college last year. He's been laying about her house and he isn't looking for work and doesn't volunteer to do any chores around the house. She doesn't know what to do with him. So she's enrolling him back in school. That'll make him so smart he'll be over qualified for any job he's capable of doing. What a life! When my daughter graduated high school she went to George Mason University. At the end of her first year she was on probation because she played around too much. Told her I wasn't going to foot the bill for that anymore, and that she could go to a community college and get her grades up. She wanted to just hang around the house - no job and no college, much like the kid you mentioned. I told her she could stay, but it would cost her $250 a month for food and lodging if she wasn't going to school. She moved out, and moved in with a bunch of other girls in a townhouse. That lasted a bit over three months. She then decided to go to community college, got her grades up to a 3.0 average, got accepted to George Mason's nursing program and became a nurse. Sometimes a bit of 'tough love' is called for. My parents went the other way. I got my job at IBM pretty much the day I got off active duty in the CG (still living at home) and they just came in one day shortly after that and said "see ya, we are moving to Florida" and handed me the lease. You had a job! Yup $435 a month and don't spend it all in one place ;-) === What year was that? In 1965 I had a summer job with Western Electric installing central office telephone equipment in Binghamton, NY. With over time and allowances was taking home over $200/week - thought I'd died and gone to heaven. It was not easy work but it sure paid well for a summer job in the 60s. |
Before everyone freaks out ....
On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 23:05:31 -0500,
wrote: On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 19:53:39 -0500, wrote: You had a job! Yup $435 a month and don't spend it all in one place ;-) === What year was that? In 1965 I had a summer job with Western Electric installing central office telephone equipment in Binghamton, NY. With over time and allowances was taking home over $200/week - thought I'd died and gone to heaven. It was not easy work but it sure paid well for a summer job in the 60s. This was 66 and you must have gone to heaven. IBM was underpaying me but the manager was smart about it. He gave me a little raise every few months for a couple of years instead of just giving it to me all at once. They didn't actually pay me right until they got the request for a reference from the Maryland State cops. Suddenly I started making some money. |
Before everyone freaks out ....
On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 23:05:31 -0500, wrote:
On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 19:53:39 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 14:12:25 -0500, John H. wrote: On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 11:50:33 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 09:48:46 -0500, John H. wrote: On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 18:09:24 -0500, Justan Olphart wrote: On 2/2/2016 5:02 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 2/2/2016 4:21 PM, wrote: On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 15:30:17 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: On 2/2/16 3:28 PM, wrote: On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 12:01:05 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: Y'all seem to want to bend over backwards to protect hate speech. No wonder ' merica is so screwed up and getting worse. Sure hope it doesn't spill over the border when y'all implode. Freedom of speech is EXACTLY protecting the speech you hate. As soon as you let the government decide which speech is worthy of protection and which is not, you are on your way to a dictatorship. Bull****. I bet you were not saying that when guys like me were still defending the rights of the protestors in the 60s, right up until they started blowing stuff up. I disagreed with what they said but I understood they still had the right to say it. It seems that the left is actually the least tolerant of anyone else's views. You only have to look at a college campus now to see that. In our lifetime we have witnessed a transformation of the USA from a creative, resourceful nation populated with people who demonstrated self initiative, responsibility and accountability. Those classic values have been replaced with a dependence on "government" to provide for and take care of all. That mentality also comes through loud and clear among the young college students. They don't know any better because they don't know anything else. It's only us old farts that remember what it was like 40-50 years ago. Sad. My next door neighbor's son graduated college last year. He's been laying about her house and he isn't looking for work and doesn't volunteer to do any chores around the house. She doesn't know what to do with him. So she's enrolling him back in school. That'll make him so smart he'll be over qualified for any job he's capable of doing. What a life! When my daughter graduated high school she went to George Mason University. At the end of her first year she was on probation because she played around too much. Told her I wasn't going to foot the bill for that anymore, and that she could go to a community college and get her grades up. She wanted to just hang around the house - no job and no college, much like the kid you mentioned. I told her she could stay, but it would cost her $250 a month for food and lodging if she wasn't going to school. She moved out, and moved in with a bunch of other girls in a townhouse. That lasted a bit over three months. She then decided to go to community college, got her grades up to a 3.0 average, got accepted to George Mason's nursing program and became a nurse. Sometimes a bit of 'tough love' is called for. My parents went the other way. I got my job at IBM pretty much the day I got off active duty in the CG (still living at home) and they just came in one day shortly after that and said "see ya, we are moving to Florida" and handed me the lease. You had a job! Yup $435 a month and don't spend it all in one place ;-) === What year was that? In 1965 I had a summer job with Western Electric installing central office telephone equipment in Binghamton, NY. With over time and allowances was taking home over $200/week - thought I'd died and gone to heaven. It was not easy work but it sure paid well for a summer job in the 60s. So what. In 1965 I was making $72/month. But, my food, clothing and shelter were all free. And I didn't have to pay for ammo. -- Ban idiots, not guns! |
Before everyone freaks out ....
John H.
- show quoted text - "So what. In 1965 I was making $72/month. But, my food, clothing and shelter were all free. And I didn't have to pay for ammo." ......and you were grossly overpaid at that! |
Before everyone freaks out ....
On Thu, 4 Feb 2016 05:56:14 -0800 (PST), True North wrote:
John H. - show quoted text - "So what. In 1965 I was making $72/month. But, my food, clothing and shelter were all free. And I didn't have to pay for ammo." .....and you were grossly overpaid at that! Amen to that! You hit the nail on the head, for sure. -- Ban idiots, not guns! |
Before everyone freaks out ....
On 2/4/2016 8:56 AM, True North wrote:
John H. - show quoted text - "So what. In 1965 I was making $72/month. But, my food, clothing and shelter were all free. And I didn't have to pay for ammo." .....and you were grossly overpaid at that! I distinctly remember paydays early in my Navy days on the first ship. Every two weeks the crew lined up in and outside the mess decks to be paid. When my turn came, I'd present my ID card and the dispersing officer would hand me a small, manilla envelope with all $50 and some change in it. We were paid in cash back then. Now-a-days everything is direct deposit. |
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