Re: Rumsfeld visits NOLA

On 6 Sep 2005 16:00:17 -0700, longhornster@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

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>Josh Hill wrote:
>> On 5 Sep 2005 21:42:41 -0700, longhornster@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>> >We had, what was it, sixteen years of a despised government, which did
>> >everything it could to destroy the fabric of our nation, and nearly
>> >succeeded. It shafted our economy, created an enormous gap in wealth
>> >between rich and poor, ran our education and health systems into the
>> >ground and we could not get rid of the fuckers or change even one word
>> >of their legislation without practically dying for it in the streets.
>> >And when we did get rid of them, we replaced them with liars who said
>> >"Judge us on these promises", which they broke as quickly as they
>> >could. The sooner we get "None of the above" on the ticket, the better.
>>
>> Yeah, well, /we/ had, what was it, eight years of a despised
>> government, which did everything it could to destroy the fabric of our
>> nation, and nearly succeeded. It shafted our economy, created an
>> enormous gap in wealth between rich and poor, ran our education and
>> health systems into the ground and we could not get rid of the fuckers
>> or change even one word of their legislation without practically dying
>> for it in the streets. And when we did get rid of them, we replaced
>> them with liars who said "Judge us on these promises", which they
>> broke as quickly as they could.
>
>Yes, Joshy, but the point I was answering was that a parliamentary
>system is not as bad as yours. The badness of yours was not in
>question.

And my point, Davey, was that the system don't make a fucking bit of
difference. About the only things that can be said are that we turn
over our leaders more rapidly, which would be a plus if we didn't have
a brain-dead term limit amendment that has the sole function of
kicking successful Democrats out of office, and that your system has
so far avoided the election of the utterly as opposed to partially
mindless.

--
Josh

"This is a devastating storm. This is a storm that's
going to require immediate action now." -George W. Bush,
four days after Hurricane Katrina
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