11 Jun
2018
11 Jun
'18
3:27 p.m.
On Monday 11 June 2018 09:09:30 William Morder wrote:
On Monday 11 June 2018 04:16:39 Gene Heskett wrote:
That I can agree on with quite a few + votes. But then I was born in '34,
and I can still call up the vision of my grandfather crying as he turned
off the battery powered radio after listening to the 6 o-clock news the
evening of Dec 7th 1941. Born in 1898 He'd lived thru one world war, and
he knew this was day 1 of another, and many would die. Sitting down at
the dinner table a few minutes later, it took him at least 5 minutes to
say grace as he prayed for all those who would give the ultimate gift to
our country.
On Monday 11 June 2018 04:54:57 Dr. Nikolaus
Klepp wrote:
I believe that we all know what's really going on, 'nuff sed. We just
differ on interpretation, and on how to solve what's wrong. This world
is a lot weirder than the one that I grew up in, that's for sure.
This directly leads to the question: are
polititians realy humans
or are in realty some kind of highly evolved parasite?
I tend to think of most of them as parasites. They con us into
electing them, then fatten up at the public trough, and usually
stuff their pockets with lifetime pensions before we vote them out.
By that performance, I'd call them a parasite. Most have never done
a good days work in their lives. I can think of one or 2 exceptions,
but that gets into personalities and is a heck of a good way to
start a fight. This list is contentious enough w/o that. Free software is a good way to go. I don't know if
it really can make
the world a better place, but at least it seems inherently less
harmful. And if nothing else, it's a good diversion, and can open up
new opportunities for our pursuits and research and other work.
So even if I might not agree with everything everybody says on the
mailing list, I still need to pick your brains. And mostly we're all
just trying to help one another.
Amen.
I think we can all agree on some kind of amorphous
THAT. That's why
we're here, not politics or religion or anything dogmatic. None of us
wants to mess up a good thing.
Bill
Well said, Bill.
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Cheers, Gene Heskett
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