vote_for_palpatine

instead having a large government or a small government,  what about a medium sized government?

A fine idea, but what is the medium? If you put Shaq into a size medium shirt, it would either rip to shreds or kill him. Put that same shirt on Kristen Chenowith and you won't find her for days.

Also, tbh=to be honest.

I think efficiency, openness, and honesty are more important than size

The problem is, we are always promised these things in the run-up to elections, and we never get them. So we end up getting behind the rhetoric we like, and the only thing that changes is that government encroachment expands no matter who's in office.

Personally, I'd prefer things like defense and healthcare in government hands as opposed to corporate ones. I don't believe either should be looked at as an opportunity for profit

The vast majority of life-saving drugs and advanced weaponry were developed here because of the profit motive. Talented people, the people who develop these things, deserve to be compensated for their talents because there is a big demand for these things. What happens when we reduce/remove the incentive to develop the next wonder drug? The next smart bomb? They'll take their talents to someone who will pay the going rate for their labors. Maybe - hopefully - that someone will be friendly to the United States. I'd rather see us continue to produce these things and sell them to the world rather than buy them.

The reality is that we are all motivated by profit. I think a better economic system is one which integrates that dynamic rather than rejects it. The Soviet Union didn't exactly dazzle the world with its exports back when it was one of the world's two biggest superpowers.

Warbler said:

vote_for_palpatine said:

Leftists in the US used to love to rail against the government. Funny how that rhetoric changed once they got the keys.

its also funny how  the opposite happen with the Republicans once the keys were taken away from them.  ;)  

 True. And I'm glad you made the distinction between "Republicans" and "conservatives" there. I don't care who's in charge as long as the reach of the government shrinks. GOP loyalists don't mind big government as long as it's theirs.

I trust the GOP more than the Dems, but not by a whole lot.

so let's just agree to disagree ;).

I'll go a step farther - I am one conservative who believes 100% pure capitalism isn't a good thing. Some - I have to emphasize some - regulation is necessary to keep abuses of the system at bay.

I'll also say that the New Deal did have one sliver of merit to it: it emphasized the idea that people need to keep working. The LBJ model of big government dis-incentivizes work, and that is a bad thing.

I don't support Social Security either. I know this makes me an evil, selfish, rich person (In reality I am none of those things), but programs like Social Security and Medicare is more "for you, from you" narcotic designed to get you to love the state.

Leftists in the US used to love to rail against the government. Funny how that rhetoric changed once they got the keys.

The only reason I compare Obama to a communist is this: he believes in the redistribution of wealth. I admit I'm out of line here. I mean, what could be less communist than the redistribution of wealth?

Damn. The worst part is I can't even tank the season since I'm on bottom anyway. Just you wait though - once Blake Griffin is healthy, you're ALL screwed!

I'd love to, but I'm not really leaving.

I was just channeling BAK there. I loved his "OUGHTA HERE" line so much, I ripped it off paid homage here.

NO I'M NOT!! JEEZ, YOU GUYS AT OT.COM HAVE NO SENSE OF HUMOR. I'M OUGHTA HERE.

No way. He's too BadAss for that. Lucas would have crumbled at the superawesome BadAssness of Keith. Keith would have shamed Lucas into abandoning the OT and suppressing the PT. Chuck Norris named him BadAssKeith.

The OP hasn't been logged in since 3-25. We scared him away.

Who could be more BadAss than a guy leading a campaign to sue Lucasfilm over the suppression of the OOT?

I regret now that I did not feign supporting his cause. It would have been great to egg him on, to find out what his next steps were going to be.

This is better than at least 60% of the EU novels.

There arent too many pitches that don't sound dirty.

46fleetline - what is your opinion on tvbracket? Is it not the UK's number one brand for tvbrackets?

It would be cool to hear something constructive. Thanks.

15. 12-to-6 curve
16. Backdoor slider

Top Ten Baseball Terms That Sound Dirty

10. Hot corner
9. That guy's swingin' a big bat
8. Toeing the rubber
7. They've got a hammer in the bullpen
6. Day in and day out, that guy just goes out there, puts on the mask and chest protector, gets down in a squat, and catches hard stuff for three hours
5. Giants vs. Phillies
4. Big Papi mashes another one!
3. It's a day-night doubleheader!
2. There's a shot down the line - it's a fair ball! That's a long run for Haggerty down in the left field corner! One run scores - Marlowe is being waved aound from first! The throw comes to the cutoff man - there's no throw! No play at the plate! Everybody's safe! A two-out, two-run double by Jenkins ties it at five here in the top of the eighth! Are you kiddin' me?
1. Bleeder up the middle

And this is the one I don't have. Anyone else have this issue?

Oooh...yeah. Say it again, 3PX! Say it again!!

This was the first match to the Google Images search for "whatever ABC wants". What do I win?

I was supposed to pull off the first "quad". I told my dad...when I was five...I told...I-I'm sorry, dad. I broke my promise.

C3PX said:

Wooohooo!!! Quadruple post!!! Wonder if that has ever been done in OT.com history before?

 THAT'S BULLSHIT! YOU CAN'T DO THAT! GO TO HELL, C3PX!! GO TO HELL!!!

My sock is also named vote_for_palpatine. I have no imagination.

And you never see us posting in the same thread because we're in love with the same woman.

Links or it didn't happen. I am far, far too lazy to look up things that didn't involve me.

I need like twenty more hints.

P.I 3PX, please.