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#341
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Re: Human footprint maps (was: Trail(er) trash)
Earle Horton did pass the time by typing:
> Mike, I've been called an ------- before, but it has little to do with my
> hiking. Usually, people like it when I go hiking for a few days. ;^)
People are allways telling me to take a hike.
--
DougW
> Mike, I've been called an ------- before, but it has little to do with my
> hiking. Usually, people like it when I go hiking for a few days. ;^)
People are allways telling me to take a hike.
--
DougW
#342
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Re: Human footprint maps (was: Trail(er) trash)
Earle Horton did pass the time by typing:
> Mike, I've been called an ------- before, but it has little to do with my
> hiking. Usually, people like it when I go hiking for a few days. ;^)
People are allways telling me to take a hike.
--
DougW
> Mike, I've been called an ------- before, but it has little to do with my
> hiking. Usually, people like it when I go hiking for a few days. ;^)
People are allways telling me to take a hike.
--
DougW
#343
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Re: Human footprint maps (was: Trail(er) trash)
Earle Horton did pass the time by typing:
> Mike, I've been called an ------- before, but it has little to do with my
> hiking. Usually, people like it when I go hiking for a few days. ;^)
People are allways telling me to take a hike.
--
DougW
> Mike, I've been called an ------- before, but it has little to do with my
> hiking. Usually, people like it when I go hiking for a few days. ;^)
People are allways telling me to take a hike.
--
DougW
#344
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Re: Trail(er) trash
billy ray wrote:
> Social Security wasn't always a Ponzi scheme. A president from what party
> was responsible?
Close enough, they set the retirement age at about the same age most
people died!
Jeff DeWitt
>
> Bonus points for why he spent the cash..
>
>
>
> "Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:4kmgg.19479$JW5.18828@southeast.rr.com...
>
>>dan wrote:
>>
>>>Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Ahh the left doesn't pander to greed so that's why they've created all
>>>>these government handout programs?
>>>
>>>
>>>Exactly. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out why.
>>>HINT: examine the targets of the left's vs. the right's largess.
>>>
>>>
>>>>Is that why they go into absolute hysterical hissy fits when anyone
>>>>suggests doing anything to fix the Social Security debacle?
>>>
>>>
>>>Never seen this phenomenon. I DO notice that leftists do go into
>>>hysterics whenever REPUBLICANS introduce legislation claiming it will
>>>"fix" Social Security when the actual effect will be the destruction of
>>>SS, while divvying up the existing spoils amongst Republican donors...
>>
>>You need to get out more <G>.
>>
>>There have been a number of plans to do something about SS, but the
>>lefties always start bleating about how it's going to cut the benefits of
>>the poor old people (and invariably whatever the plan is does no such
>>thing, and doesn't effect current recipients at all). Fact of the matter
>>is that SS is basically a Ponzi scheme and while it CAN'T be fixed, it can
>>be turned into something that makes economic sense.
>>
>>>>While both sides do it the left has done an exceptionally good job of
>>>>learning the lesson "He who robs Peter to pay Paul can be certain of the
>>>>support of Paul".
>>>
>>>
>>>Funny, I thought that was the operating philosophy of the Republican
>>>Party, with the proviso that Paul has more money than Peter to start
>>>with...
>>
>>No, you have it backwards, that's the Democrat's philosophy, they always
>>want to raise taxes on the "evil rich" to give more to the "poor" (in
>>other words take money from one group to buy votes from the other.
>>
>>Jeff DeWitt
>>
>>
>>>Dan
>>>
>>>
>>>>Jeff DeWitt
>>>>
>>>>R. Lander wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>billy ray wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>You may have something there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If the liberals and Demoncrats could keep their pants zipped the
>>>>>>population
>>>>>>would drop severely and decent people might again populate the earth.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>People with low IQs on both fringes should go the www.vhemt.org route.
>>>>>But the far-Right is worse than the far-Left because they get elected
>>>>>more often. Why? Because most people are greedy and the Right is all
>>>>>about pandering to greed. They created the Me Generation without really
>>>>>acknowledging it. Having respect for nature is the antithesis of greed,
>>>>>hence the strong correlation between Republican "values" and
>>>>>anti-environmentalism.
>>>>>
>>>>>R. Lander
>>>>>
>
>
>
#345
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Re: Trail(er) trash
billy ray wrote:
> Social Security wasn't always a Ponzi scheme. A president from what party
> was responsible?
Close enough, they set the retirement age at about the same age most
people died!
Jeff DeWitt
>
> Bonus points for why he spent the cash..
>
>
>
> "Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:4kmgg.19479$JW5.18828@southeast.rr.com...
>
>>dan wrote:
>>
>>>Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Ahh the left doesn't pander to greed so that's why they've created all
>>>>these government handout programs?
>>>
>>>
>>>Exactly. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out why.
>>>HINT: examine the targets of the left's vs. the right's largess.
>>>
>>>
>>>>Is that why they go into absolute hysterical hissy fits when anyone
>>>>suggests doing anything to fix the Social Security debacle?
>>>
>>>
>>>Never seen this phenomenon. I DO notice that leftists do go into
>>>hysterics whenever REPUBLICANS introduce legislation claiming it will
>>>"fix" Social Security when the actual effect will be the destruction of
>>>SS, while divvying up the existing spoils amongst Republican donors...
>>
>>You need to get out more <G>.
>>
>>There have been a number of plans to do something about SS, but the
>>lefties always start bleating about how it's going to cut the benefits of
>>the poor old people (and invariably whatever the plan is does no such
>>thing, and doesn't effect current recipients at all). Fact of the matter
>>is that SS is basically a Ponzi scheme and while it CAN'T be fixed, it can
>>be turned into something that makes economic sense.
>>
>>>>While both sides do it the left has done an exceptionally good job of
>>>>learning the lesson "He who robs Peter to pay Paul can be certain of the
>>>>support of Paul".
>>>
>>>
>>>Funny, I thought that was the operating philosophy of the Republican
>>>Party, with the proviso that Paul has more money than Peter to start
>>>with...
>>
>>No, you have it backwards, that's the Democrat's philosophy, they always
>>want to raise taxes on the "evil rich" to give more to the "poor" (in
>>other words take money from one group to buy votes from the other.
>>
>>Jeff DeWitt
>>
>>
>>>Dan
>>>
>>>
>>>>Jeff DeWitt
>>>>
>>>>R. Lander wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>billy ray wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>You may have something there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If the liberals and Demoncrats could keep their pants zipped the
>>>>>>population
>>>>>>would drop severely and decent people might again populate the earth.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>People with low IQs on both fringes should go the www.vhemt.org route.
>>>>>But the far-Right is worse than the far-Left because they get elected
>>>>>more often. Why? Because most people are greedy and the Right is all
>>>>>about pandering to greed. They created the Me Generation without really
>>>>>acknowledging it. Having respect for nature is the antithesis of greed,
>>>>>hence the strong correlation between Republican "values" and
>>>>>anti-environmentalism.
>>>>>
>>>>>R. Lander
>>>>>
>
>
>
#346
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Re: Trail(er) trash
billy ray wrote:
> Social Security wasn't always a Ponzi scheme. A president from what party
> was responsible?
Close enough, they set the retirement age at about the same age most
people died!
Jeff DeWitt
>
> Bonus points for why he spent the cash..
>
>
>
> "Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:4kmgg.19479$JW5.18828@southeast.rr.com...
>
>>dan wrote:
>>
>>>Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Ahh the left doesn't pander to greed so that's why they've created all
>>>>these government handout programs?
>>>
>>>
>>>Exactly. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out why.
>>>HINT: examine the targets of the left's vs. the right's largess.
>>>
>>>
>>>>Is that why they go into absolute hysterical hissy fits when anyone
>>>>suggests doing anything to fix the Social Security debacle?
>>>
>>>
>>>Never seen this phenomenon. I DO notice that leftists do go into
>>>hysterics whenever REPUBLICANS introduce legislation claiming it will
>>>"fix" Social Security when the actual effect will be the destruction of
>>>SS, while divvying up the existing spoils amongst Republican donors...
>>
>>You need to get out more <G>.
>>
>>There have been a number of plans to do something about SS, but the
>>lefties always start bleating about how it's going to cut the benefits of
>>the poor old people (and invariably whatever the plan is does no such
>>thing, and doesn't effect current recipients at all). Fact of the matter
>>is that SS is basically a Ponzi scheme and while it CAN'T be fixed, it can
>>be turned into something that makes economic sense.
>>
>>>>While both sides do it the left has done an exceptionally good job of
>>>>learning the lesson "He who robs Peter to pay Paul can be certain of the
>>>>support of Paul".
>>>
>>>
>>>Funny, I thought that was the operating philosophy of the Republican
>>>Party, with the proviso that Paul has more money than Peter to start
>>>with...
>>
>>No, you have it backwards, that's the Democrat's philosophy, they always
>>want to raise taxes on the "evil rich" to give more to the "poor" (in
>>other words take money from one group to buy votes from the other.
>>
>>Jeff DeWitt
>>
>>
>>>Dan
>>>
>>>
>>>>Jeff DeWitt
>>>>
>>>>R. Lander wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>billy ray wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>You may have something there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If the liberals and Demoncrats could keep their pants zipped the
>>>>>>population
>>>>>>would drop severely and decent people might again populate the earth.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>People with low IQs on both fringes should go the www.vhemt.org route.
>>>>>But the far-Right is worse than the far-Left because they get elected
>>>>>more often. Why? Because most people are greedy and the Right is all
>>>>>about pandering to greed. They created the Me Generation without really
>>>>>acknowledging it. Having respect for nature is the antithesis of greed,
>>>>>hence the strong correlation between Republican "values" and
>>>>>anti-environmentalism.
>>>>>
>>>>>R. Lander
>>>>>
>
>
>
#347
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Re: Trail(er) trash
Good one..... I meant what President after 1935.
"Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:vfogg.19486$JW5.3559@southeast.rr.com...
>
>
> billy ray wrote:
>> Social Security wasn't always a Ponzi scheme. A president from what
>> party was responsible?
>
> Close enough, they set the retirement age at about the same age most
> people died!
>
> Jeff DeWitt
>
>>
>> Bonus points for why he spent the cash..
>>
>>
>>
>> "Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:4kmgg.19479$JW5.18828@southeast.rr.com...
>>
>>>dan wrote:
>>>
>>>>Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Ahh the left doesn't pander to greed so that's why they've created all
>>>>>these government handout programs?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Exactly. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out why.
>>>>HINT: examine the targets of the left's vs. the right's largess.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Is that why they go into absolute hysterical hissy fits when anyone
>>>>>suggests doing anything to fix the Social Security debacle?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Never seen this phenomenon. I DO notice that leftists do go into
>>>>hysterics whenever REPUBLICANS introduce legislation claiming it will
>>>>"fix" Social Security when the actual effect will be the destruction of
>>>>SS, while divvying up the existing spoils amongst Republican donors...
>>>
>>>You need to get out more <G>.
>>>
>>>There have been a number of plans to do something about SS, but the
>>>lefties always start bleating about how it's going to cut the benefits of
>>>the poor old people (and invariably whatever the plan is does no such
>>>thing, and doesn't effect current recipients at all). Fact of the matter
>>>is that SS is basically a Ponzi scheme and while it CAN'T be fixed, it
>>>can be turned into something that makes economic sense.
>>>
>>>>>While both sides do it the left has done an exceptionally good job of
>>>>>learning the lesson "He who robs Peter to pay Paul can be certain of
>>>>>the support of Paul".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Funny, I thought that was the operating philosophy of the Republican
>>>>Party, with the proviso that Paul has more money than Peter to start
>>>>with...
>>>
>>>No, you have it backwards, that's the Democrat's philosophy, they always
>>>want to raise taxes on the "evil rich" to give more to the "poor" (in
>>>other words take money from one group to buy votes from the other.
>>>
>>>Jeff DeWitt
>>>
>>>
>>>>Dan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Jeff DeWitt
>>>>>
>>>>>R. Lander wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>billy ray wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>You may have something there.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>If the liberals and Demoncrats could keep their pants zipped the
>>>>>>>population
>>>>>>>would drop severely and decent people might again populate the earth.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>People with low IQs on both fringes should go the www.vhemt.org route.
>>>>>>But the far-Right is worse than the far-Left because they get elected
>>>>>>more often. Why? Because most people are greedy and the Right is all
>>>>>>about pandering to greed. They created the Me Generation without
>>>>>>really
>>>>>>acknowledging it. Having respect for nature is the antithesis of
>>>>>>greed,
>>>>>>hence the strong correlation between Republican "values" and
>>>>>>anti-environmentalism.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>R. Lander
>>>>>>
>>
>>
"Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:vfogg.19486$JW5.3559@southeast.rr.com...
>
>
> billy ray wrote:
>> Social Security wasn't always a Ponzi scheme. A president from what
>> party was responsible?
>
> Close enough, they set the retirement age at about the same age most
> people died!
>
> Jeff DeWitt
>
>>
>> Bonus points for why he spent the cash..
>>
>>
>>
>> "Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:4kmgg.19479$JW5.18828@southeast.rr.com...
>>
>>>dan wrote:
>>>
>>>>Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Ahh the left doesn't pander to greed so that's why they've created all
>>>>>these government handout programs?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Exactly. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out why.
>>>>HINT: examine the targets of the left's vs. the right's largess.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Is that why they go into absolute hysterical hissy fits when anyone
>>>>>suggests doing anything to fix the Social Security debacle?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Never seen this phenomenon. I DO notice that leftists do go into
>>>>hysterics whenever REPUBLICANS introduce legislation claiming it will
>>>>"fix" Social Security when the actual effect will be the destruction of
>>>>SS, while divvying up the existing spoils amongst Republican donors...
>>>
>>>You need to get out more <G>.
>>>
>>>There have been a number of plans to do something about SS, but the
>>>lefties always start bleating about how it's going to cut the benefits of
>>>the poor old people (and invariably whatever the plan is does no such
>>>thing, and doesn't effect current recipients at all). Fact of the matter
>>>is that SS is basically a Ponzi scheme and while it CAN'T be fixed, it
>>>can be turned into something that makes economic sense.
>>>
>>>>>While both sides do it the left has done an exceptionally good job of
>>>>>learning the lesson "He who robs Peter to pay Paul can be certain of
>>>>>the support of Paul".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Funny, I thought that was the operating philosophy of the Republican
>>>>Party, with the proviso that Paul has more money than Peter to start
>>>>with...
>>>
>>>No, you have it backwards, that's the Democrat's philosophy, they always
>>>want to raise taxes on the "evil rich" to give more to the "poor" (in
>>>other words take money from one group to buy votes from the other.
>>>
>>>Jeff DeWitt
>>>
>>>
>>>>Dan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Jeff DeWitt
>>>>>
>>>>>R. Lander wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>billy ray wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>You may have something there.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>If the liberals and Demoncrats could keep their pants zipped the
>>>>>>>population
>>>>>>>would drop severely and decent people might again populate the earth.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>People with low IQs on both fringes should go the www.vhemt.org route.
>>>>>>But the far-Right is worse than the far-Left because they get elected
>>>>>>more often. Why? Because most people are greedy and the Right is all
>>>>>>about pandering to greed. They created the Me Generation without
>>>>>>really
>>>>>>acknowledging it. Having respect for nature is the antithesis of
>>>>>>greed,
>>>>>>hence the strong correlation between Republican "values" and
>>>>>>anti-environmentalism.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>R. Lander
>>>>>>
>>
>>
#348
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Re: Trail(er) trash
Good one..... I meant what President after 1935.
"Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:vfogg.19486$JW5.3559@southeast.rr.com...
>
>
> billy ray wrote:
>> Social Security wasn't always a Ponzi scheme. A president from what
>> party was responsible?
>
> Close enough, they set the retirement age at about the same age most
> people died!
>
> Jeff DeWitt
>
>>
>> Bonus points for why he spent the cash..
>>
>>
>>
>> "Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:4kmgg.19479$JW5.18828@southeast.rr.com...
>>
>>>dan wrote:
>>>
>>>>Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Ahh the left doesn't pander to greed so that's why they've created all
>>>>>these government handout programs?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Exactly. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out why.
>>>>HINT: examine the targets of the left's vs. the right's largess.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Is that why they go into absolute hysterical hissy fits when anyone
>>>>>suggests doing anything to fix the Social Security debacle?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Never seen this phenomenon. I DO notice that leftists do go into
>>>>hysterics whenever REPUBLICANS introduce legislation claiming it will
>>>>"fix" Social Security when the actual effect will be the destruction of
>>>>SS, while divvying up the existing spoils amongst Republican donors...
>>>
>>>You need to get out more <G>.
>>>
>>>There have been a number of plans to do something about SS, but the
>>>lefties always start bleating about how it's going to cut the benefits of
>>>the poor old people (and invariably whatever the plan is does no such
>>>thing, and doesn't effect current recipients at all). Fact of the matter
>>>is that SS is basically a Ponzi scheme and while it CAN'T be fixed, it
>>>can be turned into something that makes economic sense.
>>>
>>>>>While both sides do it the left has done an exceptionally good job of
>>>>>learning the lesson "He who robs Peter to pay Paul can be certain of
>>>>>the support of Paul".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Funny, I thought that was the operating philosophy of the Republican
>>>>Party, with the proviso that Paul has more money than Peter to start
>>>>with...
>>>
>>>No, you have it backwards, that's the Democrat's philosophy, they always
>>>want to raise taxes on the "evil rich" to give more to the "poor" (in
>>>other words take money from one group to buy votes from the other.
>>>
>>>Jeff DeWitt
>>>
>>>
>>>>Dan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Jeff DeWitt
>>>>>
>>>>>R. Lander wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>billy ray wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>You may have something there.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>If the liberals and Demoncrats could keep their pants zipped the
>>>>>>>population
>>>>>>>would drop severely and decent people might again populate the earth.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>People with low IQs on both fringes should go the www.vhemt.org route.
>>>>>>But the far-Right is worse than the far-Left because they get elected
>>>>>>more often. Why? Because most people are greedy and the Right is all
>>>>>>about pandering to greed. They created the Me Generation without
>>>>>>really
>>>>>>acknowledging it. Having respect for nature is the antithesis of
>>>>>>greed,
>>>>>>hence the strong correlation between Republican "values" and
>>>>>>anti-environmentalism.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>R. Lander
>>>>>>
>>
>>
"Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:vfogg.19486$JW5.3559@southeast.rr.com...
>
>
> billy ray wrote:
>> Social Security wasn't always a Ponzi scheme. A president from what
>> party was responsible?
>
> Close enough, they set the retirement age at about the same age most
> people died!
>
> Jeff DeWitt
>
>>
>> Bonus points for why he spent the cash..
>>
>>
>>
>> "Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:4kmgg.19479$JW5.18828@southeast.rr.com...
>>
>>>dan wrote:
>>>
>>>>Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Ahh the left doesn't pander to greed so that's why they've created all
>>>>>these government handout programs?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Exactly. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out why.
>>>>HINT: examine the targets of the left's vs. the right's largess.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Is that why they go into absolute hysterical hissy fits when anyone
>>>>>suggests doing anything to fix the Social Security debacle?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Never seen this phenomenon. I DO notice that leftists do go into
>>>>hysterics whenever REPUBLICANS introduce legislation claiming it will
>>>>"fix" Social Security when the actual effect will be the destruction of
>>>>SS, while divvying up the existing spoils amongst Republican donors...
>>>
>>>You need to get out more <G>.
>>>
>>>There have been a number of plans to do something about SS, but the
>>>lefties always start bleating about how it's going to cut the benefits of
>>>the poor old people (and invariably whatever the plan is does no such
>>>thing, and doesn't effect current recipients at all). Fact of the matter
>>>is that SS is basically a Ponzi scheme and while it CAN'T be fixed, it
>>>can be turned into something that makes economic sense.
>>>
>>>>>While both sides do it the left has done an exceptionally good job of
>>>>>learning the lesson "He who robs Peter to pay Paul can be certain of
>>>>>the support of Paul".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Funny, I thought that was the operating philosophy of the Republican
>>>>Party, with the proviso that Paul has more money than Peter to start
>>>>with...
>>>
>>>No, you have it backwards, that's the Democrat's philosophy, they always
>>>want to raise taxes on the "evil rich" to give more to the "poor" (in
>>>other words take money from one group to buy votes from the other.
>>>
>>>Jeff DeWitt
>>>
>>>
>>>>Dan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Jeff DeWitt
>>>>>
>>>>>R. Lander wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>billy ray wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>You may have something there.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>If the liberals and Demoncrats could keep their pants zipped the
>>>>>>>population
>>>>>>>would drop severely and decent people might again populate the earth.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>People with low IQs on both fringes should go the www.vhemt.org route.
>>>>>>But the far-Right is worse than the far-Left because they get elected
>>>>>>more often. Why? Because most people are greedy and the Right is all
>>>>>>about pandering to greed. They created the Me Generation without
>>>>>>really
>>>>>>acknowledging it. Having respect for nature is the antithesis of
>>>>>>greed,
>>>>>>hence the strong correlation between Republican "values" and
>>>>>>anti-environmentalism.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>R. Lander
>>>>>>
>>
>>
#349
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Re: Trail(er) trash
Good one..... I meant what President after 1935.
"Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:vfogg.19486$JW5.3559@southeast.rr.com...
>
>
> billy ray wrote:
>> Social Security wasn't always a Ponzi scheme. A president from what
>> party was responsible?
>
> Close enough, they set the retirement age at about the same age most
> people died!
>
> Jeff DeWitt
>
>>
>> Bonus points for why he spent the cash..
>>
>>
>>
>> "Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:4kmgg.19479$JW5.18828@southeast.rr.com...
>>
>>>dan wrote:
>>>
>>>>Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Ahh the left doesn't pander to greed so that's why they've created all
>>>>>these government handout programs?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Exactly. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out why.
>>>>HINT: examine the targets of the left's vs. the right's largess.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Is that why they go into absolute hysterical hissy fits when anyone
>>>>>suggests doing anything to fix the Social Security debacle?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Never seen this phenomenon. I DO notice that leftists do go into
>>>>hysterics whenever REPUBLICANS introduce legislation claiming it will
>>>>"fix" Social Security when the actual effect will be the destruction of
>>>>SS, while divvying up the existing spoils amongst Republican donors...
>>>
>>>You need to get out more <G>.
>>>
>>>There have been a number of plans to do something about SS, but the
>>>lefties always start bleating about how it's going to cut the benefits of
>>>the poor old people (and invariably whatever the plan is does no such
>>>thing, and doesn't effect current recipients at all). Fact of the matter
>>>is that SS is basically a Ponzi scheme and while it CAN'T be fixed, it
>>>can be turned into something that makes economic sense.
>>>
>>>>>While both sides do it the left has done an exceptionally good job of
>>>>>learning the lesson "He who robs Peter to pay Paul can be certain of
>>>>>the support of Paul".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Funny, I thought that was the operating philosophy of the Republican
>>>>Party, with the proviso that Paul has more money than Peter to start
>>>>with...
>>>
>>>No, you have it backwards, that's the Democrat's philosophy, they always
>>>want to raise taxes on the "evil rich" to give more to the "poor" (in
>>>other words take money from one group to buy votes from the other.
>>>
>>>Jeff DeWitt
>>>
>>>
>>>>Dan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Jeff DeWitt
>>>>>
>>>>>R. Lander wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>billy ray wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>You may have something there.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>If the liberals and Demoncrats could keep their pants zipped the
>>>>>>>population
>>>>>>>would drop severely and decent people might again populate the earth.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>People with low IQs on both fringes should go the www.vhemt.org route.
>>>>>>But the far-Right is worse than the far-Left because they get elected
>>>>>>more often. Why? Because most people are greedy and the Right is all
>>>>>>about pandering to greed. They created the Me Generation without
>>>>>>really
>>>>>>acknowledging it. Having respect for nature is the antithesis of
>>>>>>greed,
>>>>>>hence the strong correlation between Republican "values" and
>>>>>>anti-environmentalism.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>R. Lander
>>>>>>
>>
>>
"Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:vfogg.19486$JW5.3559@southeast.rr.com...
>
>
> billy ray wrote:
>> Social Security wasn't always a Ponzi scheme. A president from what
>> party was responsible?
>
> Close enough, they set the retirement age at about the same age most
> people died!
>
> Jeff DeWitt
>
>>
>> Bonus points for why he spent the cash..
>>
>>
>>
>> "Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:4kmgg.19479$JW5.18828@southeast.rr.com...
>>
>>>dan wrote:
>>>
>>>>Jeff DeWitt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Ahh the left doesn't pander to greed so that's why they've created all
>>>>>these government handout programs?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Exactly. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out why.
>>>>HINT: examine the targets of the left's vs. the right's largess.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Is that why they go into absolute hysterical hissy fits when anyone
>>>>>suggests doing anything to fix the Social Security debacle?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Never seen this phenomenon. I DO notice that leftists do go into
>>>>hysterics whenever REPUBLICANS introduce legislation claiming it will
>>>>"fix" Social Security when the actual effect will be the destruction of
>>>>SS, while divvying up the existing spoils amongst Republican donors...
>>>
>>>You need to get out more <G>.
>>>
>>>There have been a number of plans to do something about SS, but the
>>>lefties always start bleating about how it's going to cut the benefits of
>>>the poor old people (and invariably whatever the plan is does no such
>>>thing, and doesn't effect current recipients at all). Fact of the matter
>>>is that SS is basically a Ponzi scheme and while it CAN'T be fixed, it
>>>can be turned into something that makes economic sense.
>>>
>>>>>While both sides do it the left has done an exceptionally good job of
>>>>>learning the lesson "He who robs Peter to pay Paul can be certain of
>>>>>the support of Paul".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Funny, I thought that was the operating philosophy of the Republican
>>>>Party, with the proviso that Paul has more money than Peter to start
>>>>with...
>>>
>>>No, you have it backwards, that's the Democrat's philosophy, they always
>>>want to raise taxes on the "evil rich" to give more to the "poor" (in
>>>other words take money from one group to buy votes from the other.
>>>
>>>Jeff DeWitt
>>>
>>>
>>>>Dan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Jeff DeWitt
>>>>>
>>>>>R. Lander wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>billy ray wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>You may have something there.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>If the liberals and Demoncrats could keep their pants zipped the
>>>>>>>population
>>>>>>>would drop severely and decent people might again populate the earth.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>People with low IQs on both fringes should go the www.vhemt.org route.
>>>>>>But the far-Right is worse than the far-Left because they get elected
>>>>>>more often. Why? Because most people are greedy and the Right is all
>>>>>>about pandering to greed. They created the Me Generation without
>>>>>>really
>>>>>>acknowledging it. Having respect for nature is the antithesis of
>>>>>>greed,
>>>>>>hence the strong correlation between Republican "values" and
>>>>>>anti-environmentalism.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>R. Lander
>>>>>>
>>
>>