10-04-2006, 11:45 AM
10-04-2006, 11:52 AM
I was working in Portland, OR back in 2004 and a girl came up to me and said, "Help stop GWB from being re-elected." I asked her, "Why isn't the statement help John Kerry get elected?" She just looked at me.
10-04-2006, 11:57 AM
I was having breakfast a local restaurant this morning when I ran into an old high school friend. (anyone who knew me in HS is old now).
Anyway, I asked him what he was up to and he replied he was trying to Democrats elected. I invited to sit with with me and we had a very friendly discussion on several issues - global warming and related environment issues primarily. he thinks we all ought to get back to the wonderful happy life we all had before science started ruining the environment. I asked if he would mind not having airconditioning in his tepee, (he brought up the tepee) and that gave him pause - hadn't considered that. He said he coulldn't wait to get his first hydrogen car. I asked him where all the hydrogen to power the nation's fleet of vehicles would come from when we were 100% converted and he triumphantly said "water!". I then remarked that water is already short in some areas and getting more scarce. He hadn't thought of that either.
No problem. As he left, he told me that i should become a Democrat and be happy. I replied I would need a lobotomy first. We parted the same way we met - as friends, but friends who do not agree on things.
Anyhow, he would be a perfect candidate for one of those jobs, DT.
Anyway, I asked him what he was up to and he replied he was trying to Democrats elected. I invited to sit with with me and we had a very friendly discussion on several issues - global warming and related environment issues primarily. he thinks we all ought to get back to the wonderful happy life we all had before science started ruining the environment. I asked if he would mind not having airconditioning in his tepee, (he brought up the tepee) and that gave him pause - hadn't considered that. He said he coulldn't wait to get his first hydrogen car. I asked him where all the hydrogen to power the nation's fleet of vehicles would come from when we were 100% converted and he triumphantly said "water!". I then remarked that water is already short in some areas and getting more scarce. He hadn't thought of that either.
No problem. As he left, he told me that i should become a Democrat and be happy. I replied I would need a lobotomy first. We parted the same way we met - as friends, but friends who do not agree on things.
Anyhow, he would be a perfect candidate for one of those jobs, DT.
10-04-2006, 12:01 PM
OptimisticOwl Wrote:I was having breakfast a local restaurant this morning when I ran into an old high school friend. (anyone who knew me in HS is old now).
Anyway, I asked him what he was up to and he replied he was trying to Democrats elected. I invited to sit with with me and we had a very friendly discussion on several issues - global warming and related environment issues primarily. he thinks we all ought to get back to the wonderful happy life we all had before science started ruining the environment. I asked if he would mind not having airconditioning in his tepee, (he brought up the tepee) and that gave him pause - hadn't considered that. He said he coulldn't wait to get his first hydrogen car. I asked him where all the hydrogen to power the nation's fleet of vehicles would come from when we were 100% converted and he triumphantly said "water!". I then remarked that water is already short in some areas and getting more scarce. He hadn't thought of that either.
No problem. As he left, he told me that i should become a Democrat and be happy. I replied I would need a lobotomy first. We parted the same way we met - as friends, but friends who do not agree on things.
Anyhow, he would be a perfect candidate for one of those jobs, DT.
lmfao lmfao
10-04-2006, 12:17 PM
The guy sounds clueless...
Some of the ideas he brought up are good, but he has to understand the limitations. I'd love for everyone to be driving hydrogen cars, but I realize that there are some major technical hurdles to overcome before it is practical and economical.
Some of the ideas he brought up are good, but he has to understand the limitations. I'd love for everyone to be driving hydrogen cars, but I realize that there are some major technical hurdles to overcome before it is practical and economical.
10-04-2006, 12:36 PM
These are much like the discussions I had with seemingly smart people during the last presidential election.
Them: Bush is Stupid. I will not vote for him.
Me: Can you tell me why you think Bush is Stupid?
Them: Uhhh...Bush is Stupid.
Me: What do you like about Kerry?
Them: Uhhh...Bush is Stupid.
Me: You are a dentist and all you can give me as a reason to vote, or not to vote, for someone is that they are stupid.
Them: If you keep this up, I am going to go home.
Their Mother (my wifes Grandmother): Please don't talk about Politics.
Their Father (my wifes Grandfather): How could any child of mine vote for Kerry?
Them: Bush is Stupid. I will not vote for him.
Me: Can you tell me why you think Bush is Stupid?
Them: Uhhh...Bush is Stupid.
Me: What do you like about Kerry?
Them: Uhhh...Bush is Stupid.
Me: You are a dentist and all you can give me as a reason to vote, or not to vote, for someone is that they are stupid.
Them: If you keep this up, I am going to go home.
Their Mother (my wifes Grandmother): Please don't talk about Politics.
Their Father (my wifes Grandfather): How could any child of mine vote for Kerry?
10-04-2006, 01:24 PM
OptimisticOwl Wrote:I was having breakfast a local restaurant this morning when I ran into an old high school friend. (anyone who knew me in HS is old now).
Anyway, I asked him what he was up to and he replied he was trying to Democrats elected. I invited to sit with with me and we had a very friendly discussion on several issues - global warming and related environment issues primarily. he thinks we all ought to get back to the wonderful happy life we all had before science started ruining the environment. I asked if he would mind not having airconditioning in his tepee, (he brought up the tepee) and that gave him pause - hadn't considered that. He said he coulldn't wait to get his first hydrogen car.
Whoa! I am thoroughly confused. He wants to go back to a time "before science started ruining the environment" AND he wants a hydrogen car? Who's going to develop that hydrogen car?
Quote:I asked him where all the hydrogen to power the nation's fleet of vehicles would come from when we were 100% converted and he triumphantly said "water!".
What profession figured out that water was a source of hydrogen?
Quote:No problem. As he left, he told me that i should become a Democrat and be happy.
Not getting personal, but is there any proof that a person is unhappy if they're NOT a democrat?
Quote:Anyhow, he would be a perfect candidate for one of those jobs, DT.
Yup.
10-04-2006, 02:44 PM
There was so much more, you wouldn't believe it.
10-04-2006, 03:24 PM
Ninerfan1 Wrote:I was working in Portland, OR back in 2004 and a girl came up to me and said, "Help stop GWB from being re-elected." I asked her, "Why isn't the statement help John Kerry get elected?" She just looked at me.Because to some people the first statement is WAY more practical then the second one. lmfao
10-05-2006, 01:48 AM
I certainly noticed in the last election people were voting against a candidate rather than for a candidate. I thought it was pretty strange.
10-05-2006, 07:54 AM
Fanatical Wrote:I certainly noticed in the last election people were voting against a candidate rather than for a candidate. I thought it was pretty strange.
Any more I vote for the candidate who I dislike the least... generally none of the presidential candidates are people I like... so maybe it is kind of a "voting against a candidate" thing?!?
10-05-2006, 08:27 AM
uhmump95 Wrote:Ninerfan1 Wrote:I was working in Portland, OR back in 2004 and a girl came up to me and said, "Help stop GWB from being re-elected." I asked her, "Why isn't the statement help John Kerry get elected?" She just looked at me.Because to some people the first statement is WAY more practical then the second one. lmfao
lmfao
10-06-2006, 03:17 PM
Ninerfan1 Wrote:uhmump95 Wrote:Ninerfan1 Wrote:I was working in Portland, OR back in 2004 and a girl came up to me and said, "Help stop GWB from being re-elected." I asked her, "Why isn't the statement help John Kerry get elected?" She just looked at me.Because to some people the first statement is WAY more practical then the second one. lmfao
lmfao
Unfortunately, that's just a sign of the depths to which politics (on both sides of the aisle) has fallen to. It's no longer why you should elect someone, but why you shouldn't elect the other guy...which is exactly why the loudmouth clowns that dominate political talk have become so influential. Politics has become an arena for refined insult comics and not the type of people that should be moving the country forward.
10-06-2006, 03:31 PM
99Tiger Wrote:Ninerfan1 Wrote:uhmump95 Wrote:Ninerfan1 Wrote:I was working in Portland, OR back in 2004 and a girl came up to me and said, "Help stop GWB from being re-elected." I asked her, "Why isn't the statement help John Kerry get elected?" She just looked at me.Because to some people the first statement is WAY more practical then the second one. lmfao
lmfao
Unfortunately, that's just a sign of the depths to which politics (on both sides of the aisle) has fallen to. It's no longer why you should elect someone, but why you shouldn't elect the other guy...which is exactly why the loudmouth clowns that dominate political talk have become so influential. Politics has become an arena for refined insult comics and not the type of people that should be moving the country forward.
Amen.
Playing up to the media is the most important skill. Planning, leadership, etc? "Whatever."