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  • C Chris Quinn

    You forgot to mention that they are all shape-shifting lizards!


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    :laugh: Poor, poor David I. I feel sorry for him and moreso for the fools that hang on his every word. The worst part is that he has so much of the truth and he's a brilliant presenter so when he mixes it all up with a pack of lies his audiences just swallow it all down and are as oblivious to the difference as he is. A footballer given an open goal and lacking the basic training to take advantage of it. :sigh:

    "The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)

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    • R R Giskard Reventlov

      Socialists have very selective memories.

      "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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      mark merrens wrote:

      Socialists have very selective memories.

      That is obviously correct for socialists... and capitalists... and liberals... and opportunists... and pessimists... and optimists... and men... and women... and nearly everbody on the whole plante. :thumbsup:

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        Socialists have very selective memories.

        "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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        Jorgen Andersson
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        mark merrens wrote:

        Socialists People have very selective memories.

        FTFY

        "The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise." Matthew Faithfull

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          Bob Dole

          The internet is a great way to get on the net.

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          R Giskard Reventlov
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            mark merrens wrote:

            Socialists have very selective memories.

            That is obviously correct for socialists... and capitalists... and liberals... and opportunists... and pessimists... and optimists... and men... and women... and nearly everbody on the whole plante. :thumbsup:

            ------------------------------ Author of Primary ROleplaying SysTem How do I take my coffee? Black as midnight on a moonless night. War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who's left.

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            R Giskard Reventlov
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            You are correct in a wider sense but we're talking specifically about a political bloc that promulgates a particular economic stance and justifies it, each time they gain power, on the perceived failings of the previous government rather than admitting (as if that would ever happen) that what they are promising to do will make things even worse. The thing with 'socialists' is they want everyone to wear a cloth cap and live in a 2-up, 2-down whilst they reap the rewards of being in power. Conservatives, on the other hand, are quite happy to let you know how rich they already are but at least bring economic common sense to the table (usually). Again, I've lived through a number of these cycles so am under no illusions as to how bad all sides of the spectrum really are; I simply see socialists as the worst possible choice in a democratic society: it leaves everyone poorer.

            "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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              mark merrens wrote:

              Socialists have very selective memories.

              That is obviously correct for socialists... and capitalists... and liberals... and opportunists... and pessimists... and optimists... and men... and women... and nearly everbody on the whole plante. :thumbsup:

              ------------------------------ Author of Primary ROleplaying SysTem How do I take my coffee? Black as midnight on a moonless night. War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who's left.

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              Good one

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              • R R Giskard Reventlov

                jschell wrote:

                Just an observation...many humans do that.

                Are you inferring that you are not human?

                jschell wrote:

                And the ones that don't become absolutely focused on one single event that occurred in the past and ignore everything else that has happened since then.

                LOL: not a single event: I've lived through a number of "Labour" (for which read socialist and, sometimes, closet communist) governments and, without fail, they do the same thing each and every time even after promising they won't: tax and spend.

                "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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                mark merrens wrote:

                Are you inferring that you are not human?

                I am stating that most humans do not consider the past when making decisions. Politics has nothing to do with it.

                mark merrens wrote:

                not a single event

                Not sure what that means in terms of my comment. But again politics has nothing to do with my comment.

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                      You are correct in a wider sense but we're talking specifically about a political bloc that promulgates a particular economic stance and justifies it, each time they gain power, on the perceived failings of the previous government rather than admitting (as if that would ever happen) that what they are promising to do will make things even worse. The thing with 'socialists' is they want everyone to wear a cloth cap and live in a 2-up, 2-down whilst they reap the rewards of being in power. Conservatives, on the other hand, are quite happy to let you know how rich they already are but at least bring economic common sense to the table (usually). Again, I've lived through a number of these cycles so am under no illusions as to how bad all sides of the spectrum really are; I simply see socialists as the worst possible choice in a democratic society: it leaves everyone poorer.

                      "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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                      mark merrens wrote:

                      I simply see socialists as the worst possible choice in a democratic society: it leaves everyone poorer.

                      I don't want to say you are wrong (because you are right in some way). But, well in Germany we had a so called social capitalism (it's still called so, but they perverted the term social) and I think that's a good combination. Everyone can live from the money he earns and still - if you want to and have the right ideas - you can get rich. Socialism is not possible in our world, it can't work, and capitalism pervertes often the "work" of people, that they can't live from their jobs.

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