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On 4/12/17 11:04 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/12/2017 10:13 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/12/17 9:55 AM, Tim wrote:

8:46 AMKeyser Söze
- show quoted text -
Politically speaking, right is wrong.


Harry Is that why you live and love politics so much?

I neither live nor love politics so much.

BTW, one of our too many community churches had one of those huge vinyl
signs or billboards up on its building, proclaiming:

"Easter is the answer to all your questions."

I thought about that for the 30 seconds I was waiting for the traffic
light to change, and concluded that people who believe that sort of
nonsense are nucking futs.

Another local church, which is paid by the state to let its large rear
parking lot be used by those taking the commuter bus downtown has a sign
you drive under that proclaims "We've been waiting for you."

Religion seems to be getting...creepier.




Those pesky churches offend Harry.



There you go again. I'm not offended. I simply believe those churches
are...weird. I drive by another church twice a day most days, and its
signboard urges people to pray for peace, donate food and used clothing
to the needy, and volunteer to help those who need it. We've put
clothing into its collection shed at least a half dozen times.

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On 4/12/17 11:08 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/12/2017 10:48 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/12/17 10:44 AM, Its Me wrote:
On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 10:31:41 AM UTC-4, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/12/17 10:23 AM, Its Me wrote:
On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 10:13:36 AM UTC-4, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/12/17 9:55 AM, Tim wrote:

8:46 AMKeyser Söze
- show quoted text -
Politically speaking, right is wrong.


Harry Is that why you live and love politics so much?

I neither live nor love politics so much.

Yet you make nothing but political posts here. Several a day.

You are in deep denial.


Several a day, and I may spend up to 30 seconds on each. I'm awake at
least 16 hours a day, so obviously the time I spend here making
political posts is of no consequence.

Oh, and your premise - make nothing but political posts - is wrong.

Yeah, you're right. You did make one anti-corporate post today, and
many of your posts are anti-religion or just juvenile name calling.

I stand corrected. You post nothing but asshole remarks designed to
get attention.

:)



I was hoping someone here would start a pro-corporate post extolling the
virtues of dragging someone who paid for his ticket off a plane so the
corporation could fly a crew to another city.

Why would you do that?
What makes you think non-progressive liberals would automatically side
with corporate United Airlines? He's a jerk and he now realizes it's
going to be very costly to his airline and stockholders.





Yikes! I better use shorter sentences and words.

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On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 06:35:21 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 4/11/17 10:17 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 18:19:27 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:



I do limit my vocabulary here because I take into account the audience.

You are running at your Peter Principle limit most of the time from
what I see.



We've seen many times that your opinions of what and how I think
typically are completely wrong, Mr. Aleppo.

You constantly brag about your writing abilities here in notes that
look like they were written by a 10 year old.
Real "writers" do not have an off switch on their writing skill.

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On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 05:24:51 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

You seem to spend a lot more time on "progressive liberal" media than I do.

Maybe Richard is much more informed than you.

He certainly seems to have a more rounded scope of knowledge on many
things.

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On 4/12/17 11:31 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 06:35:21 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 4/11/17 10:17 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 18:19:27 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:



I do limit my vocabulary here because I take into account the audience.

You are running at your Peter Principle limit most of the time from
what I see.



We've seen many times that your opinions of what and how I think
typically are completely wrong, Mr. Aleppo.

You constantly brag about your writing abilities here in notes that
look like they were written by a 10 year old.
Real "writers" do not have an off switch on their writing skill.


You're in no position through education or experience to judge the
writing ability of others. Your long, seemingly endless posts usually
are little more than nonsensical libertarian screeds or near-lunatic
reinterpretations of history.

I rarely brag about my writing skills. I am capable, however, of writing
*to* an audience and, based upon what I have read here over the years,
my conclusion is that writing at no higher than a grammar school level
is appropriate. Hell's bells, most posters here cannot follow a simple
sentence, and that includes you.

gummer's squat in Taft, CA
 

On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 10:48:23 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:


I was hoping someone here would start a pro-corporate post extolling the
virtues of dragging someone who paid for his ticket off a plane so the
corporation could fly a crew to another city.

United handled that wrong but the guy got dragged off the airplane for
violating a federal law (not following the orders of a flight crew
member). The man was a moron.
OTOH the airline was wrong by not just upping the offer until 4 people
bit. I blame your K street lobbyist friends who got the original
passenger bill of rights law changed so they only had to offer $800 in
vouchers. (4x the cost of the ticket total for the cattle car
passengers they bumped)
You notice, they don't usually bump first class passengers.

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On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 11:08:29 AM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/12/2017 10:48 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/12/17 10:44 AM, Its Me wrote:
On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 10:31:41 AM UTC-4, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/12/17 10:23 AM, Its Me wrote:
On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 10:13:36 AM UTC-4, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/12/17 9:55 AM, Tim wrote:

8:46 AMKeyser Söze
- show quoted text -
Politically speaking, right is wrong.


Harry Is that why you live and love politics so much?

I neither live nor love politics so much.

Yet you make nothing but political posts here. Several a day.

You are in deep denial.


Several a day, and I may spend up to 30 seconds on each. I'm awake at
least 16 hours a day, so obviously the time I spend here making
political posts is of no consequence.

Oh, and your premise - make nothing but political posts - is wrong.

Yeah, you're right. You did make one anti-corporate post today, and
many of your posts are anti-religion or just juvenile name calling.

I stand corrected. You post nothing but asshole remarks designed to
get attention.

:)



I was hoping someone here would start a pro-corporate post extolling the
virtues of dragging someone who paid for his ticket off a plane so the
corporation could fly a crew to another city.

Why would you do that?
What makes you think non-progressive liberals would automatically side
with corporate United Airlines? He's a jerk and he now realizes it's
going to be very costly to his airline and stockholders.

It's not unusual to get bumped from a flight. It happens all the time, and across all airlines. United kept increasing the compensation offer to the passengers, but didn't get the volunteers needed.

Where things went sideways is when the passenger got belligerent and the (non-United) security guys overreacted.

The CEO certainly could have handled it better. He's learning a lesson the hard way.

gummer's squat in Taft, CA
 

On 4/12/17 11:48 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 10:48:23 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:


I was hoping someone here would start a pro-corporate post extolling the
virtues of dragging someone who paid for his ticket off a plane so the
corporation could fly a crew to another city.

United handled that wrong but the guy got dragged off the airplane for
violating a federal law (not following the orders of a flight crew
member). The man was a moron.
OTOH the airline was wrong by not just upping the offer until 4 people
bit. I blame your K street lobbyist friends who got the original
passenger bill of rights law changed so they only had to offer $800 in
vouchers. (4x the cost of the ticket total for the cattle car
passengers they bumped)
You notice, they don't usually bump first class passengers.


The man was a moron? Really? For refusing to give up a seat for no good
reason so that United could fly a crew to another city...with the help
of a bunch of jackbooted thugs?

Whenever possible, we fly on planes operated by European Union airlines.
More passenger rights.

And what makes you think the airline lobbyists are *my* K Street
lobbyist friends? You really need to cut back on those 'shrooms.

gummer's squat in Taft, CA
 

On 4/12/17 11:51 AM, Its Me wrote:
On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 11:08:29 AM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/12/2017 10:48 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/12/17 10:44 AM, Its Me wrote:
On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 10:31:41 AM UTC-4, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/12/17 10:23 AM, Its Me wrote:
On Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 10:13:36 AM UTC-4, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/12/17 9:55 AM, Tim wrote:

8:46 AMKeyser Söze
- show quoted text -
Politically speaking, right is wrong.


Harry Is that why you live and love politics so much?

I neither live nor love politics so much.

Yet you make nothing but political posts here. Several a day.

You are in deep denial.


Several a day, and I may spend up to 30 seconds on each. I'm awake at
least 16 hours a day, so obviously the time I spend here making
political posts is of no consequence.

Oh, and your premise - make nothing but political posts - is wrong.

Yeah, you're right. You did make one anti-corporate post today, and
many of your posts are anti-religion or just juvenile name calling.

I stand corrected. You post nothing but asshole remarks designed to
get attention.

:)



I was hoping someone here would start a pro-corporate post extolling the
virtues of dragging someone who paid for his ticket off a plane so the
corporation could fly a crew to another city.

Why would you do that?
What makes you think non-progressive liberals would automatically side
with corporate United Airlines? He's a jerk and he now realizes it's
going to be very costly to his airline and stockholders.

It's not unusual to get bumped from a flight. It happens all the time, and across all airlines. United kept increasing the compensation offer to the passengers, but didn't get the volunteers needed.

Where things went sideways is when the passenger got belligerent and the (non-United) security guys overreacted.

The CEO certainly could have handled it better. He's learning a lesson the hard way.


Usually the "bumping" is done in the terminal, before the plane is
boarded. I certainly hope there is a huge lawsuit and settlement.

gummer's squat in Taft, CA
 

On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 08:51:55 -0700 (PDT), Its Me
wrote:

United kept increasing the compensation offer to the passengers, but didn't get the volunteers needed.

Not exactly true. They offered up to $800 in various vouchers that
made the passenger responsible for finding their way to louisville
within that price, take it or leave it.