Snoopy: I find the idea that we are taught that we are that easily offended is crass, and someone's way of keeping a job that is not needed.

A pox on political correctness!!

Tuesday: Aye.. something like that.. also as a look back, the modern parties in the USA are young as is that the American civil war was not that long ago.

One has to ask if the laws of rebound apply to such events!

Bwild:

Bwild: hahaha

Bwild: By eck, ow does that republicans were democrats and democrats were republicans fit into thy story?

My brain hurts!!!!!!

Bwild: BRAVO!!!!

Humor depends on ones perspective. If you don't find this to be funny, it may speak of your nature. Remember, humor always has a line of truth running through it:

For those that don't know about history . . . Here is a condensed version:

Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers.
They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter.

The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer. These were the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting
of humanity into two distinct subgroups:

1. Liberals, and
2. Conservatives.

Once beer was discovered, it required grain, and that was the beginning of agriculture.
Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed.

Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to B-B-Q at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative
movement.

Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly B-B-Q's and doing the sewing, fetching, and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement.

Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. The rest became known as girlie-men. Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy, group hugs, and the concept of Democratic voting to decide
how to divide the meat and beer that conservatives provided.

Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass.

Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare. Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood and group therapists are liberals. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn't fair to make the pitcher also bat.

Conservatives drink domestic beer, mostly Bud. They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, pharmacists, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, corporate executives,
athletes, members of the military, airline pilots and generally anyone who works productively. Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living.

Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That
is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America.
They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for
nothing.

Here ends today's lesson in world history:

It should be noted that a Liberal may have a momentary urge to angrily respond to the above before forwarding it.

A Conservative will simply laugh and be so convinced of the absolute truth of this history that it will be forwarded immediately to other true believers and to more liberals just to tick them off.

when the republic, prey in the senato floor. for the senator can t make to the floor, tell me what the means?... means they sore loserrrrrrrrrrrrr..........

ewwwwwwww.......premade gravy.....its gotta be fresh and not thickened.....more like a jus...that intensifies the flavour

Artful Dodger: it happens in every walk of life somewhere down the road

Snoopy: Actually I have mentioned the corruption, several times.

Merry Christmas.

(V): and theres so much corruption going on in the UK to which you fail to mention

Artful Dodger: Exactly.

I've caught up with me games and I'm off for now.. Got some cooking to do to save time tomorrow..... The gravy!!

Merry Christmas

Artful Dodger: I think you all in the USA can agree your current litigation system needs a re vamp.. less costs for all if pay outs are reasonable.. And yet everyone wants more and it seems as the lawyers get a % they are not stopping such greed.

It's called having corruption everywhere in some form. Sometimes little changes everywhere can lead to a big change overall.

Is he now through editorial selection dictate that everything else in America is fine and dandy?

Snoopy: I'm not the only one that goes on on this board.... Guess it's the politician in all of us.

(V): but you go on and on to the point where everyone else is fed up of listening to you

Snoopy: ... Old saying you can't learn anything in heaven... And I don't see us humans having all reached enlightenment yet

(V): yep thats true to point where you make the UK sound has if its paradise

Artful Dodger: And same could be said about the lawyers that keep your legal system paying out millions, the healthcare companies saying no to treatment using disgusting little clauses just to make a buck more... I hear they bribed Hillary in some form when she tried to get reforms. And at the same time 40 million Americans don't contribute.

Your taxes are already paying for healthcare, your system in some form does need a change.

Snoopy: I've never said bad things don't happen here.. but I choose to focus on the good.

Artful Dodger: I heard that there are several layers to both parties, moderates and extremists, etc. Have your parties.. but there is always common ground and that is a good start

rod03801: Unfortunately, their strategy seems to be, "Let's just get this through, we can unruffle feathers later"


To me it is eerily similar to Bush and the Iraq war.... Most republicans wanted to take Saddam out of power, and they just said and did what they had to, just to get it done and worry about the consequences later

The BIGGEST issue I have right now is that Bam was elected to change this sort of tone and so it is worse now, when the democrats have an issue they want done, no matter the consequences, because they were elected to not be like that!

Just goes to show politics is no different, Bam is no different, democrats are no different, there has not been, nor will there be, change anyone can believe in. The democrats are more frauds than Bush ever was, because they ran on being different, at least Bush never lied to the world like the dems have!

I would love to see the likes of nance Pelosi to be out on term limits and have no benefits and have to then find a real job... it makes me sick, the entitlements that she will have the rest of her life simply for being a representative in our government!!!!

We need to make representing charity work, something someone does to be altruistic, with little or no personal gains involved, then see what happens to that smug smile on Pelosis' face, the one where she knows no matter what she is set for a privileged life simply because she is a representative in our government????

Artful Dodger: that teach me not to believe everything i hear on the BBC..lol

Artful Dodger: Amazing? My word is DISGUSTING

Artful Dodger: I was listening to something yesterday, and the guy was saying that the Dems understand they are going to lose seats, but to get this through (since most of it is impossible to get rid of once it's started) is worth the risk.

Artful Dodger: am i right in thinking just before Bush went
the USA was very close to being bankrupt
if thats the case whats happened since that they suddenly can find this money

Artful Dodger: Unfortunately, their strategy seems to be, "Let's just get this through, we can unruffle feathers later"

Artful Dodger: first item on our national news tonight
your health care bill

Snoopy:I NOMINATE YOU The best post of the year. we are all human, all countries have or had their flaws. some day... an end to nationalism.. and then I can return from the south pole.... wait... all of my posts were # 1, but yours wins 2nd

ustica tnp: Little early for that. Still has to go through the House. There could be some miracle still to keep this awful thing from happening.

And your other comments are inappropriate, and will not be tolerated. (Which ever group you choose to put in)

(V): but the point ppl are making to you yes we all love our countries but you go overboard
saying we dont have nasty things happening
in fact were no better or worse than any other country in the

"victory for the American people."
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(V): but the way you come across your the only one who does love there country

GTCharlie:

> You can have the strictest No Gun laws in the world or in history. That just creates an excellent black market.

I think that there should be no restrictions on buying guns of any kind. People should be free to go to their nearest convenience store and get whatever they want. AK47s. Uzis, M16s, any automatic, semiautomatic assault or non-assault rifle should be available. All weapons and ammunition should be available freely and legally to anyone who wants it. The only requirement would be registering the weapon under your name with a picture ID and a fingerprint. Registration would be free and it would happen over the counter at the time of purchase of the weapon.

Then, anyone who is convicted of murder or attempted murder should get a mandatory death sentence. Armed robbery and other violent crimes committed with weapons should be capital offences too. "You can buy any weapon you want, but if you train it on another human being, then you deserve the chair." Stealing a weapon should be a capital offence too, as would using any weapon not registered under your name.

At the same time, we should legalize all drugs. Ecstasy, marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine, LSD, PCP, heroin, etc. People should be free to buy anything they want for themselves. However, if anyone sells or gives any drugs, tobacco or alcohol to anyone under the age of 21 then that person should receive a mandatory death sentence. "If you are over 21, you can zonk your brains out, but heaven help you if you give anything to anyone under 21. If you provide, you get a lethal injection."

There would be next to no black market, just as there is relatively little black market for alcohol or knives. The question is, how long before half the people of the world are dead?

To pay for the legal and health costs of freely available weapons and drugs, the government should impose a very high tax on them. If you want your goodies, you have to pay taxes through the nose, because overdoses and gunshot wounds cost money to fix, and executions don't come for free.

Bwild: It would help if a crackdown on illegal guns and how they get them was done. There is no need to outlaw guns, it was a bad idea when it happened here. We had checks on those wanting a gun license and it was a good system.

Maybe an amnesty period for the handing in of illegal weapons. They do work.

Artful Dodger: Then.. party must be forgotten and a united American people march on DC.

That's what happened here over the Iraq war. Make a big stink.. make the politicians worry about their jobs. Many here didn't bother standing for re-election after the expenses business here.

Snoopy: Yes we still have no go areas, teenage pregnancy, corruption, stupid high rise flats estates that some bright architect though would solve housing but gave no room to breath.

We have immigration problems, stupid bureaucracy, MP's that need to be put in the stocks for a while.. Too much political correctness, etc, etc..

But I can't help but love my country..... It's a herd thing

Artful Dodger: from what i read and saw on the video it was all money driven
to hell with anyone else they wanted to be famous

GTCharlie: when guns are outlawed...only outlaws will have guns

You can have the strictest No Gun laws in the world or in history. That just creates an excellent black market. of course assuming its not an absolute police state, where these no gun or no anything laws are

Artful Dodger: I just saw a tv commercial that said "if real people debated the health care bill" in support of the democrats law.....

lmao, it showed a mother with a baby and a doctor and a contractor etc. all telling us "facts" about how great this law will be.... tells me exactly what democrats consider "debate" to be, them telling us what is right for us, and not letting any other opinions to the contrary be heard from!!!

Debate.... yeah right

Bernice: well apart from the fact that every time we get a inch of snow the country grinds to a halt
and makes us the laughing stock of the world

we have the second highest teenage pregancy in the world http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/big-question/the-big-question-why-are-teenage-pregnancy-rates-so-high-and-what-can-be-done-about-it-1623828.html
this is due mainly because they know has soon has they turn 16 the entitled to a coucil house, flat
which is furnished by the DSS
and so begins there life on benefits

we have a stupid goverment that tried to buy us out of recession

which now every woman man and child will be paying for
for the next 30 years

we had corrupt MPS milking a system and tax payers having to foot the bill

despite what V says we still have no go areas in some cities because of the fear of hoodies on a nighttime

should i go on..lol

(V): what an exceptional country you must live in....Everything is so perfect that nothing ever seems to go wrong...well in your mind anyway.....wake up to yourself...don't you think the people of the world get any of the UK news?