Position papers, speeches, voting records -- even, if you like, debate transcripts -- these are things all readily available for research and review. Words as well as actions can be accessed very easily, especially now, and you'll forgive me if I prefer to do so that way, at my own pace and in my own preferred way, rather than televised debates.
-- Ned Raggett, Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:30 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 15:33 (eighteen years ago)
Poor Ned. Never saw the "wanna buy some wood?" or "what am I doing here?" zingers live.
― Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 15:39 (eighteen years ago)
You're going in with misinformation here, Tuomas. You say "especially since it causes little good and lots of potential harm," which is just not true. Do you have any statistics of facts to back up this whale of a claim?
99% of gun owners - by which I mean people who obtain guns legally for hunting, home defense, sport, etc - are responsible, law abiding citizens.
You want an ethical argument? Then don't start by asking why a 'state' should allow or disallow me ANYTHING that does not directly impede someone else's liberties.
I'm old school in the sense that I feel that, ideally, I should be able to go to Wal Mart and buy a bundle of heroin, three hookers, and an AK-47, and until I hurt someone, stay the fuck off my property and leave me alone. But then, I'm still a wide-eyed idealist.
-- Manalishi, Wednesday, April 18, 2007 7:06 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark Link
― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:13 (eighteen years ago)
Manalishi remembers those golden "old school" years
― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:14 (eighteen years ago)
Looks like he already bought the heroin.
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:16 (eighteen years ago)
Old School as in Wild West
― Kerm, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:22 (eighteen years ago)
Manalishi = Roger Adultery, right?
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:23 (eighteen years ago)
check big_hoos.xls
― Kerm, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 23:29 (eighteen years ago)
never gonna live that down
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 28 February 2008 00:37 (eighteen years ago)
ah, those old school days when you could by smack at Wal-Mart
― latebloomer, Thursday, 28 February 2008 01:27 (eighteen years ago)
you can buy meth now if you ask nicely
― latebloomer, Thursday, 28 February 2008 01:28 (eighteen years ago)
just hang out in the parking lot
― latebloomer, Thursday, 28 February 2008 01:32 (eighteen years ago)
A lot of American political thought seems to revolve around the idea that you are either a conservative or a liberal and NOTHING ELSE. Very odd. If you're a libertarian or a socialist or anything else outside of that binary you are considered a total crank.
-- Bodrick III, Saturday, March 15, 2008 3:01 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Saturday, 15 March 2008 15:05 (eighteen years ago)
OK, overgeneralising a bit. But in the context of that Manet piece I think it's fair enough.
― Bodrick III, Saturday, 15 March 2008 15:23 (eighteen years ago)
Mamet even, lol.
Keep digging...
― Bodrick III, Saturday, 15 March 2008 15:38 (eighteen years ago)
a vote for bloomberg is a vote for bush. you vote for the thumb you vote for the whole hand. -- j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, November 3, 2005
― gershy, Sunday, 16 March 2008 00:01 (eighteen years ago)
2. Tony Blair (who was with Gordon Brown last night at a Middle East summit! really!) should go and live in Baghdad. Why not? He likes the way things are going over there. It would be interesting to see how long he stayed alive. - Actually, to put it that last way is crude and nasty. I don't want him to die, and don't want him to be a martyr, etc. But it's kind of true that if he thinks Iraq is so much better now, he should try it for a while.
-- the pinefox, Friday, 2 May 2008 20:14 (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 2 May 2008 19:20 (seventeen years ago)