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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
I wish. My high school had the nastiest pseudo-burgers I've ever had in my life.
Had to pile the condiments on those things to make them tolerable.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
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On 2012-02-16 14:18, Woland wrote: A million monkeys typing on a million keyboards for a hundred million years couldn't come up with 5 things that wouldn't be construed to fall under the Commerce Clause anymore.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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Bill Hilly Elite user 449 Posts |
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On 2012-02-16 14:33, landmark wrote: Now THAT sounds like a plan! |
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Bill Hilly Elite user 449 Posts |
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On 2012-02-16 14:38, critter wrote: Sounds like we went to the same school. It took me years to break the habit of automatically pilling them on any burger before tasting it. |
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Woland Special user 680 Posts |
LOL. And those 5 things would be construed to fall under "general welfare."
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Bill Hilly Elite user 449 Posts |
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On 2012-02-16 13:32, rockwall wrote: While I do have a problem with just about everything he posts, which is usually just to stir up trouble. Perhaps I picked the wrong day to break my rule of not reading a thread he starts and ignoring thread I had been in once he enters. I got a call from the hospital this morning saying my dad will be released tomorrow because they can't do anything for him - after a week of 24 hour observation and tests. My apologies for butting in. Butting back out now. - B.H. |
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
They’re trying everything to destroy the American Constitution.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
Tommy |
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gdw Inner circle 4884 Posts |
What. The. ****?
Am I the only one who noticed?
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
I won't forget you Robert. |
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gdw Inner circle 4884 Posts |
Anywho. Forcing kids to buy their lunch, and then there's bribing them to show up in the first place:
http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2012/02/13......-school/
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
I won't forget you Robert. |
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
Well bribery does work, if intermittent. So they're doing it wrong if that's the only goal.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
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On 2012-02-16 15:40, Bill Hilly wrote: Very sorry to hear this, Bill.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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rockwall Special user 762 Posts |
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On 2012-02-16 15:40, Bill Hilly wrote: And my opinion would be the exact opposite. For instance, I have never seen Woland do something like claim someone else's sole motivation is to stir up trouble or to attack someone personally. I have found Woland's posts, while certainly espousing a certain political viewpoint, are nearly always well thought out, informative, and politely presented and presented with strong supporting logic. I suspect that is what so many find so irritating about him. Sorry to here about your father. |
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Bill Hilly Elite user 449 Posts |
Thank you Lobo. I appreciate it.
I only mentioned that to explain my shortness of temper. These are trying times for a lot of us and I hope to remember not to post negative or critical replies when in this frame of mind. Heck, this is supposed to be one of my refuges. I don't want to alienate myself (too much). That said, I do agree that the aforementioned situation, if indeed true, is clearly going overboard. I can see something being done if a child is apparently malnourished or neglected in some other way. That would be a safety type of thing. But if the child is well and the lunch is not moldy or somesuch then it should be the parent's business. - B.H. |
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Bill Hilly Elite user 449 Posts |
Thanks rockwall.
- B.H. |
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Chance Inner circle 1385 Posts |
"If this is not despotism, what is?"
Easy. Real despotism is when a public figure betrays their sworn duty to serve and protect, and to otherwise support and defend the Constitution. The official in this story did nothing to betray the public trust or their sworn oath. It very well could be that the official overstepped their authority. The article says that the actions won't be repeated, which is good to know. But the title "despot" does NOT apply here. |
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GlenD Inner circle LosAngeles, Ca 1293 Posts |
It's government gone wild out there, and I am pretty sure the fat woman already sang but nobody noticed due to all the other distractions.
"A miracle is something that seems impossible but happens anyway" - Griffin
"Any future where you succeed, is one where you tell the truth." - Griffin (Griffin rocks!) |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On 2012-02-16 18:06, Chance wrote: Your definition seems to be at odds with that of Merriam-Webster: des·po·tism 1a : rule by a despot b : despotic exercise of power 2a : a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power : ABSOLUTISM b : a despotic state Let's check despot, to fill in the blanks: des·pot 1a : a Byzantine emperor or prince b : a bishop or patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church c : an Italian hereditary prince or military leader during the Renaissance 2a : a ruler with absolute power and authority b : a person exercising power tyrannically 2b seems about right: the guy looks like a despot to me. |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
The official looks more like a Barney Fife to me. And the fact that they told him to knock it off and he backed down, kind of undermines his "despotness" a bit.
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
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On 2012-02-16 18:30, mastermindreader wrote: That's exactly right...he's trying to create his own little Fifedom.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
The job of the government appears to be to make certain they have jobs. Lets put the above hyperbole behind us, and lets not use words like "despot" and such. Does anyone think it is the job of the state to regulate individual lunches that moms and dads pack?
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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