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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2010 - 10:02pm PT
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Wes, get over it already. I've taken college science courses. on the engineering side and advanced mathematics (for electronics). You just want to portray me as a toothless fool.
Dingus, what?
EDIT;
If you think you and Dr. F are equals on opposite sides of the spectrum you're even more fuked up than I realized.
Hey, dipsh#t, I didn't do that, Dingus did. Pay attention. He made the comparison.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2010 - 10:07pm PT
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That's like asking a welfare recipient if they'll vote for welfare limitations and more jobs programs. Of course they won't, why work when the gov't gives you everything????
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Feb 25, 2010 - 10:12pm PT
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Welcome to the land of fossilized grey matter.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Feb 25, 2010 - 10:28pm PT
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Certainly Reagan and the Bushes were out in the open about their objectives. They promised to f*#k up the American worker and they did. The middle class is next.
I thought the workers were the middle class.
See, there's part of the problem. Since you're so good at analysis, analyze wages, incomes and shares of total wealth by income brackets in this country from 1970 on.
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jstan
climber
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Feb 25, 2010 - 11:07pm PT
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The corporate and employee share of US income from Bureau of Commerce.
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=634
It is apparent profits have no limit if labor cost can be driven to zero. Salary and bonus for the CEO and their lieutenants of course are included in wages. If these are not so included the total compensation curve may look somewhat different.
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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Feb 26, 2010 - 03:44am PT
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This whole string is hilarious.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Feb 26, 2010 - 05:28am PT
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Bruce is right, and I am laughing. Bluey boy, settle down, contact your local Birch society branch and you will be alright. In the meantime, I'll ask the local priest to pray for you. Since I am an atheist, I can't. I am godless. Oh my gawd, I must be a commie. I'll hang myself now so you won't get the chance to do me in.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Feb 26, 2010 - 06:23am PT
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Karl, you're probably right about Jesus. The difference is that he was truly benevolent, not seeking power, not greedy. He wasn't bound by the flaws of mankind.
Men (or women) CANNOT make communism work on any significant scale.
No pure system works and all for the same reasons... Impure human nature.
The reason US government sorta works is checks and balances. Capitalism needs that too.
Peace
Karl
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jstan
climber
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Feb 26, 2010 - 12:11pm PT
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Blue:
Go look at the "Creativity" thread.
These are the devils we have fought bitterly for fifty years.
To whose benefit?
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 26, 2010 - 12:30pm PT
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No pure system works and all for the same reasons... Impure human nature.
The reason US government sorta works is checks and balances. Capitalism needs that too.
I agree Karl.
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jstan
climber
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Feb 26, 2010 - 12:36pm PT
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FWIW:
Werner said something. "You got to let people be who they are."
Now that can sometimes be hard when you feel damage is being done.
Political correctness used to advise one always to walk away and let what will be, alone.
Political correctness has not served us well.
The time has come to sing out when we see a problem.
But do it with agreement as the goal.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 26, 2010 - 01:13pm PT
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Well said, John, I agree.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 26, 2010 - 01:28pm PT
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Dr. F, re-read John's post. It sounds like you'd agree too.
He's saying we're better served to speak out, as long as the goal is to reach a better comprehension if not an agreement.
To converse, have a dialogue.
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Hawkeye
climber
State of Mine
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Feb 26, 2010 - 01:32pm PT
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bluey said, You just want to portray me as a toothless fool.
you are doing an adequate job of that yourself...
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Feb 26, 2010 - 01:51pm PT
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Not many self identified Comunists left,
but plenty of Manchean Neojacobins.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Feb 26, 2010 - 02:19pm PT
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but plenty of Manchean Neojacobites.
Shh! Quiet!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 26, 2010 - 02:22pm PT
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How many card-carrying Communists are there in the State Department, anyway? And what about the card-carrying Christianists? I always get the various 'ists' confused.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Feb 26, 2010 - 02:39pm PT
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Shh! Quiet!
One posted imediately after me.
They know we are on to them.
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