The voters wanted CHANGE.

Just as a baby's diapers are changed and one observes a moment of fresh newborn aura, soon thereafter, the new diaper is deposited with 'not so fresh smelling byproduct'.


We shall see in the near future whether the normal distribution reveals any true significant differences between party-in-power behaviors and liabilities.

Remember Plato's allegory of the Cave? If I recall this correctly, this is how I view politics. Shadows and smoke is what the public sees. The cruel reality
not so obvious.(not exactly what idealistic Plato meant of course)

:dizzy2: :scholar: :stupid:

Not merely antiquated... They never should have existed in the first place.

Mike

Yes, I've followed all of the state (and many local) marijuana referendums pretty closely over the past couple of years or so...

...And I've never even smoked the stuff! Go figure! :)

I really have no desire to EVER smoke marijuana, for medical, recreational, or any other reason... It's just the principle of the whole thing that gets me so worked up.

The government has absolutely no business telling me what I am or am not allowed to put into my own body. :mad:

Mike

i killed a few brain cells back in the seventies.

but it made me paranoid though so i never did a lot.

tom w

This is mind-boggling to me. I'm with you, Mike -- the wacky tobbacy's not for me, but the powers that be sure put the fear of God into American citizens regarding weed. My folks' generation is scared to death of the stuff. That propaganda sure worked.

Maybe in the next 10 years voters will start seeing through the smoke screen (no pun intended).

Tuesday Was Good News For .... Who?...
 

Excerpted from boortz.com:


I notice that the newspaper and broadcast pundits are telling us who the winners and losers are in Tuesday's startling elections. Well ... I might as well get in the game here with everyone else.

The envelope please.

And the winners in this year's midterm elections are:

1. Islamic Fascists!

(Accepting the award for the Islamic Fascists will be Osama bin Laden)

The focal point of the war against Islamic fascism was Iraq. The jihadists were sending their fighters to Iraq, there to be killed in gratifying numbers by American and coalition troops. What was once American resolve is now American weakness. The people have listened to the politicians -- one group that wanted to finish the job, another that didn't -- and gave the nod to the quitters. Today America is weaker in the eyes of those who would destroy us. Not a cause for celebration.

2. Slackards

(Accepting the award will be Shirley Sternfaulter, a young mother of three who wants the government to pay for her child care.)

A huge percentage of the people who went to the polls on Tuesday went there to vote for a living. They feel that the purpose of government is to make sure that the basic necessities of their lives are paid for, while they spend their own money on the newest technology in flat-screen televisions, gadget-filled cell phones and subscriptions to People Magazine.

3. Illegal Aliens

(Putting down his leaf blower to accept the award is Pedro Lopez-Garcia-Menendez-Gonzalez, who pays no taxes in the U.S., and sends 80% of each paycheck back to Vera Cruz to take care of his wife and children.)

Yesterday President Bush as much as said that amnesty would be the order of the day. Now that those pesky Republicans have been kicked out of the majority in the House of Representatives, the president and the Senate will have clear sailing on their plan for amnesty for the 20 million plus illegal aliens now residing in this country. Oh .. and the border? Nothing will be done to stop the Mexican invasion, so as soon as Pedro has his paperwork Maria and the kids will be on a bus.

4. Those who want a weaker America

(Accepting the award will be Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin, sometimes known as Dominique de Villepin, the Prime Minister of France. Dominique was the leader of the Axis of Weasels before he became Prime Minister.)

A poll earlier this year said that something like 58% of Europeans wanted a weaker America. They got their wish on Tuesday. Who is going to be there to pull their candied asses out of the oven when they finally wake up and realize the great strides that have been made in the Islamification of Europe? Hello Eurabia.

The first blow to be struck in the weakening of America will be for the Democrats to get rid of John Bolton as the Ambassador to the United Nations. They'll replace him with someone who will not stand up to UN corruption and the forces who want to weaken us.

5. The Libertarian Party?

(I would be happy to accept this reward, but they don't like me all that much, because I believe that we need to defend this country from both the Islamic fascists and the Mexican invasion.)

Tuesday's vote showed that a lot of conservatives and libertarians in this country are completely fed up with the Republican Party. If ever there was a time for the emergence of a third party that would adhere to conservative and libertarian values -- without an obsessive allegiance to religious fundamentalists -- now is the time. The Libertarian Party could be just that party. We'll see if they're up to the task.

6. The leftist media.

(Accepting the award for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, The Boston Globe, Time Magazine, Newsweek Magazine and too many more to mention will be Dan Rather)

Ninety percent or more of these people vote Democrat. They engaged in a six-year campaign of demonization of George Bush. It worked.

7. Washington Lawyers

(Accepting the Award will be the President of the D.C. Bar Association)

Get ready for two years of investigations, subpoenas, hearings...you name it. Everything will be investigated, then investigated again. But the Republicans did it to themselves...every last bit of it.

Every couple of years when new propositions are introduced and voted upon, the percentages swing closer and closer towards decriminalization. Several states (California, Alaska, etc.), and several localities have done so already.

It's just a matter of time.

Eventually all of the "reefer madness" generation will die off, and most of the silly, propaganda-induced fear of the drug will die off with them.

Mike

Buy Doritos stock now. :D

I gleaned as much from the article you posted; that trend doesn't bother me one bit!

Sheesh, I just have a different opinion of how things might work out after January than you do. I'm really not trying to say that you shouldn't criticize or make predictions if you are so inclined. I'm certainly not above doing either, although I'm not sure what I've *****ed about in this thread.

I just meant to point out that it is my opinion that this type of commentary "Oh my God, not him, not her" makes up a large part of the discussion of this board, and is done by you I and others.

I'm going to go back and delete that post--I am sorry if I offended you (its been a bad week).

What, you want to end OD again?:P :D

This is the type of brilliant leadership style Pelosi can use to steer the ship towards cooperation and understanding, which would lead to the passage of meaningful legislation.

I know that biodiesel smells good coming out of the tail pipe, but you shouldn't be drinking it, man:cool:

No, I'm not offended at all.

Your first paragraph is true.

I did read your other thread and certainly understand about the bad week. I hope things are mellowing out for you and your family! Sometimes life just bites you in the a$$.

Thanks man. Baby's out of the woods and lookin good!

Or infame, perhaps.

Hey, I know -- let's have a big concert and get the Hell's Angels to do security and part of their pay will be all the beer they can drink. What could go wrong?

And ya'alls knowledge of THE NANCY extends how far? You're worried about tax and spend? Don't have a problem with borrow and spend though, eh? Just dererred taxation.

Watch out, da bogeyman/woman gonna getcha.

Better watch out with talk like that, you might get "drummed" out of the musicians union...