From the US liberal elite.....

[Channman 2]

Damn, the luck...she showed so much promise, just can't see giving up on her yet. I think she needs to start hanging around the RIGHT kind of people.

Wendy, we love ya girl.

[wmw999 2,532]

Walt, we first met long before then when you were an Austin jumper and I was a newbie from Houston. Were you on my SCR out of Tim's Airport, jumping into Bird's Nest?

I came to Texas in 1972; been here a long durn time.

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

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Walt, we first met long before then when you were an Austin jumper and I was a newbie from Houston. Were you on my SCR out of Tim's Airport, jumping into Bird's Nest?

I came to Texas in 1972; been here a long durn time.

Wendy W.

Damn!!! My brain needs a rebuild! I don't think I was on your SCR, but wish I woulda' been!

Edited to add: Wendy, could you post a picture of yourself from back then?

Walt

p.s. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease on't tell anyone how geeky I was back then!

[gemini 0]

ahhhh, but she's a tormented soul living among all "we" less educated, conservative, muscle bound , red meat eating savages!

Blue skies,

Jim

[wmw999 2,532]

Interesting choice of tagline to go with that post, Jim
(Wendy checks teeth)
(Wendy checks Jim's tagline )

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

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Concerned. I was reviewing your original post in this thread with my distinguished colleague, Ted Kennedy, when he raised the subject of your residency status. !

Please pass along regards to the good Senator, along with the usual case of Vodka.

Please assure him that my residency status is no longer in question. The only thing holding up my citizenship status is my friends' and family's fear that I will finally be able to purchase the armory I've had my eye on for several years.

TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

[Zenister 0]

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it usually devolves into less than parody and just the same serious positions.

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Re: [Gravitymaster] From the US liberal elite.....

ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner...

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Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

[Channman 2]

See Jim, thats what happens when you get a public education..the government trying to keep us down.

Now there is a law suit in that somewhere I'm sure. There is going to be people coming out of the wood work, demanding back pay because they had an inadequate education, which resulted in low pay.

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ahhhh, but she's a tormented soul living among all "we" less educated, conservative, muscle bound , red meat eating savages!

Texas had to import its rocket scientists, then?

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

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It was pretty good, except that it makes it sound like the liberal intellectuals WANTED to send the red state people to war, when actually most of them didn't want the war at all.

though quite close ... those were east and west coast
intellectuals that sent red state people to war (allow me for
simplicity to consider the campus of the U of Chicago as part
of that establishment) . Of couse one wouldn't consider the
disicples of Strauss, Wohlstetter, etc has liberals.

Nonetheless, the war was effectively instigated by ivy league
egg heads who saw it as the adequate corollary to their
polito-philosophical world thought experiments and ideological
elaborations.

It was intellectuals vs working class, alright - but all confined to
the conservative types of each. Liberals of either flavor were
hardly driving forces for (and unfortunately also not against)
the path to war in either way.

Cheers, T

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I wish I were at home so I could crack open a beer to go with the popcorn .

BTW -- "Us 'liberals'" should be "We 'liberals'" in the sixth paragraph, and the "it's" (all of them) in the ninth paragraph should not have apostrophes.

GAHD DAMMIT!!! I HATE it when someone beats me to what I was going to say!
...And yet I love you for it....
Love, and Hate, at once?!
Perhaps I am more complex a person than I once believed. Perhaps I am not bound simply be knee-jerk, spoon-fed, socio-political dogma, but, instead, driven by a need to find my OWN mindset - HOWEVER AMBIGUOUS.

...Then why am I in the SC?!


O.K. so that was deliberately inflammatory.
Sue me.

OrFunV/LocoBoca Rodriguez/Sonic Grieco/Muff Brother #4411
-"and ladies....messin with Robbie is venturing into territory you cant even imagine!-cuz Robbie is

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It was pretty good, except that it makes it sound like the liberal intellectuals WANTED to send the red state people to war, when actually most of them didn't want the war at all.

though quite close ... those were east and west coast
intellectuals that sent red state people to war (allow me for
simplicity to consider the campus of the U of Chicago as part
of that establishment) . Of couse one wouldn't consider the
disicples of Strauss, Wohlstetter, etc has liberals.

Nonetheless, the war was effectively instigated by ivy league
egg heads who saw it as the adequate corollary to their
polito-philosophical world thought experiments and ideological
elaborations.

It was intellectuals vs working class, alright - but all confined to
the conservative types of each. Liberals of either flavor were
hardly driving forces for (and unfortunately also not against)
the path to war in either way.

Cheers, T

I just have one thing to say about your remarks...

....WTF?!



mh

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"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

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It was intellectuals vs working class, alright - but all confined to
the conservative types of each. Liberals of either flavor were
hardly driving forces for (and unfortunately also not against)
the path to war in either way.

I think there's an interesting point regarding Straussian philosophy and whether it really can be considered compatible with the traditional republican ideals.

Liberalism has been so villified in the US that it's rarely going to play a part in the decision making process.

There's a great comment I read somewhere: In the rest of the world the Democratic party would be considered a viable right wing opposition, the Republicans would be considered an extreme right wing organization with marginal support.

I'll leave it to the citizens of other countries to weigh the truth of that statement.

TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.

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Liberalism has been so villified in the US that it's rarely going to play a part in the decision making process....
In the rest of the world the Democratic party would be considered

What some aspects of "Liberalism" has become has become a source or mockery for many, but not villified as it has also become the mantra for about half the people too - it's as maintsteam as fiscal conservatism is in the US, and subject to much less unreasonably emotional opposition - the PC cards still play well in many areas.

In a dictionary sense, what passes for liberalism isn't liberal at all, it's more socialism and failed social engineering based on good intentions. If you define just 'liberal' as open to new ideas, I think you'll see most people fall under that definition and it's likely evenly divided between both major parties as well - with an equal mix of close minded types also.

Comparing to other countries, well no kidding. There are many countries with socialistic structures out there and they will identifiy our brand of false/twisted 'liberalism' as more socialistic adn better aligned with their concept. no brainer there. So would the communistic and facist countries too. But that doesn't make it right or better, just different.

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Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

[Channman 2]

Now Kallend, that was funny...and possibly very true, thinking of an Astronaut from South America not sure of the country developing the Plasma Engine.

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Damn, I wish he was talking about me so I could respond, but alas I am an East Coast Conservative.

Make more money? What a joke. I would be very happy to bet one month of my income agaist one month of your income Mr. Crowley.

Bred to work for us? Apparently not if you consider the political affiliations of most of the top CEO's. You statement seems to condradict the "Rich Republican" mantra your ilk is so fond of portraying. I would agree with you however that Liberals have successfully B.S'd minorities with false promises while at the same time addicting them to govt. wefare programs deigned to convince them they cannot succeed without you. I say congratulations Mr. Crowley, you must be so proud.

The rest of your post simply contradicts it's own merit. Thanks for the laugh.

Uh oh...someone seems to have missed the ENTIRE last paragraph of his post. Oh well.

Here is what I think:

Far Left = Far Right = wrong.

Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing.