Opebo *Watch*!

[opebo]

Just putting things in perspective.

Thousands of people DIED in a pretty horrible way

No doubt, but the only reason we hear so much about it is they were americans.  Thousands of foreigners die in horrible ways all the time, sometimes at american hands, and of course we hear nothing about it.

In any event, the point is the way to prevent the death of any more 'little Eichmans' is to stop meddling, not to go kill a bunch of foreigners.

And we banned NixonNow? lol 

I put 'little Eichmans' in quotes. 

[opebo]

Oh I just remembered one major difference between Migrendel and Opebo. Migrendel has always participated Fantasy Elections but Opebo hasn't. So probably not same person or....

Opebo has begun participating in Fantasy Politics actually.  He ran for Mideast Governor.

Ugh, please refrain from mentioning that unpleasant experience.  And by the way, your own failure as 'campaign manager'.

[Rob]

Agreed - that way would work also.  Perhaps an economic bill of rights to protect economic freedoms and limit government interference.  At any rate I like to be called a Liberal in the classical sense - its really sad the people who usurped that name in the US.

Very well said, Opebo. I of course agree.

[Ebowed]

Oh I just remembered one major difference between Migrendel and Opebo. Migrendel has always participated Fantasy Elections but Opebo hasn't. So probably not same person or....

Opebo has begun participating in Fantasy Politics actually.  He ran for Mideast Governor.

Ugh, please refrain from mentioning that unpleasant experience.  And by the way, your own failure as 'campaign manager'.

Unpleasant?  What was unpleasant about it, losing?  By the way, the campaign manager thing was a joke if you couldn't tell.  I made a few ads and a few buttons, but didn't take it seriously...

[opebo]

Oh I just remembered one major difference between Migrendel and Opebo. Migrendel has always participated Fantasy Elections but Opebo hasn't. So probably not same person or....

Opebo has begun participating in Fantasy Politics actually.  He ran for Mideast Governor.

Ugh, please refrain from mentioning that unpleasant experience.  And by the way, your own failure as 'campaign manager'.

Unpleasant?  What was unpleasant about it, losing?  By the way, the campaign manager thing was a joke if you couldn't tell.  I made a few ads and a few buttons, but didn't take it seriously...

One would hope no one would take such an 'election' seriously.

[2952-0-0]

Yes, Opebo really did "run" for Governor and for whatever reason Philip and Went That Way voted for him.

[A18]

I just mean that there isn't a soul over at CNN that likes Bush.  They're all Democrats, like most reporters/media.

CBS?  I live abroad and haven't seen them in ages - thought they were typical Liberal Media, like all the others.  CNN - here I have to voice some skepticism!  We do get them over here, and they look just as liberal to me as ever.

This raises an interesting question - who was more unprincipled and corrupt, Nixon or Clinton.  It is a very tough choice!  I'd say Clinton, but admit its a close contest.  Anyway both were similar - unideological do-anything-to-win social climbers. 

As for Watergate, I always thought it was totally exaggerated by the liberal press, and that the resignation was absurdly out of proportion with the offense.

I voted for Reagan.  Obviously most of the presidents prior to FDR were good, since the government was small and could do little damage.  The one exception was Wilson - who is the second worst, after FDR.

Whoever wins in 2004, the economy will still be booming in 2008.  That's already 'baked into the cake'.  So if Bush wins, his successor will have a good economy to run on, and if Kerry wins, he'll almost certainly get re-elected.  Kerry would be held back from wrecking the boom by the Republican congress.   This incipient boom is one of the biggest reasons I think a Bush loss in 2004 would be disasterous.  If Kerry were re-elected in 2008 he would allow the tax cuts to expire, which would probably kill the good times.. but by then it would be too late.

France is quite socialist in an economic sense.  A few years of 'right wing' rule by Chirac doesn't wipe away centuries of centralized statist economic institutions, high taxes, welfare state, etc.  The French economy is burdened by state owned companies, high taxes, and highly regulated private industry that is also burdened with very pro-worker state interference.  Not as socialist as the U.S.S.R. was, but it'll do.

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(I don't remember the exact words, and it's a translation anyway, but you get the idea). Democracy gives us peace and wealth, and I also actually think that it promotes freedom. But democracy to me implies nothing about the size of the political sphere, only how it should be ruled. I belive political decisions should be made democratically. But how you define political issues, now that's another matter.

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Actually its Capitalism that gives us wealth. 

[Rob]

Walmart has done more to increase the standard of living - through cheap prices - than any other single organization of the last 20-30 years.

[A18]

A full list is just way too much work.

A few favorites:

George Washington, Ronald Reagan, Calvin Coolidge, John Adams (the elder), William McKinley, Grover Cleveland, G.W. Bush. 

Least favorites:

FDR, by far the worst.  Woodrow Wilson and LBJ close seconds. 

You Republicans wouldn't mind having Giuliani run as President, even though he's fairly liberal when it comes to social matters?

Though I'm just as laissez faire in social matters as I am in economic ones, I wouldn't like a moderate for fear they would compromise with the enemy too much - like Bush senior did.  Giuliani does seem tough but I would prefer Rumsfeld.

Couldn't agree more GOPman, the Dems are the masters at vote fraud. 

Its obvious that government provides worse services than private business.  Why should education be any different than any other endeavor?

[??????????]

Then of course fellows you can always get a good old "har har" out of this!! 

[dazzleman]

Then of course fellows you can always get a good old "har har" out of this!! 

Hilarious.

[Rob]

Then of course fellows you can always get a good old "har har" out of this!! 

Yes, someone showed me that... "I'm hung, horny, and hedonistic". hahahahaha

[opebo]

Then of course fellows you can always get a good old "har har" out of this!! 

Yes, someone showed me that... "I'm hung, horny, and hedonistic". hahahahaha

You are?  Me too!

[Rob]

Actually Opebo, notice the quotation marks. 

[dazzleman]

I stumbled on these quotes and thought they were pretty funny, considering what opebo is currently saying.

The top marginal tax rate on the top 1%, in addition to the Captial Gains tax rate are the rates that really matter in an economy - in terms of vitality, growth, and incentive.

I'm also ideological on taxes - I think that it is morally preferable that they be low, equal, and not redistributive.

[Bono]

I stumbled on these quotes and thought they were pretty funny, considering what opebo is currently saying.

The top marginal tax rate on the top 1%, in addition to the Captial Gains tax rate are the rates that really matter in an economy - in terms of vitality, growth, and incentive.

I'm also ideological on taxes - I think that it is morally preferable that they be low, equal, and not redistributive.

Morally?
OMG, the sky is falling!

[A18]

I'm awfully worried about the expiration of the repeal of the inheritance tax in 2011.  It will go back to a ridiculous one milllion exemption - ouch! 

[??????????]

Nah, just cowardly meddlers.

Minutemen are f****ts traumatized in the head with racism and hate!

Also, I think the US is disrespecting Mexico!

And you are disrespecting homosexuals, you intolerant wetback.

Opebo claiming not to be "racist". lol

[opebo]

Nah, just cowardly meddlers.

Minutemen are f****ts traumatized in the head with racism and hate!

Also, I think the US is disrespecting Mexico!

And you are disrespecting homosexuals, you intolerant wetback.

Opebo claiming not to be "racist". lol

The point was this fellow was lacing his post objecting to anti-mexican racism with anti-gay epithets.

[A18]

I think opebo's Chinese.

[MHS2002]

Of course I see ALL Democrats as too left wing!

My how the times have changed...

I would prefer a liberal as president.  Hillary is much to right-leaning and religious for me.

[nini2287]

I'm embarrassed to admit I hail from Gephart's district.

[Vincent]

This one is great.
Heroin Vs. The American diet, not saying the latter is particularly healthy, but geez.

Both should be legal and are harmless.

Heroin is harmless?

Obviously, prude

That's right, I surely must be a prude.  Everyone knows marajuana, ecstacy, cocaine, and heroin should be legalized.  [sarcasm]

Yes, obviously.  Heroin use by an individual is harmless to his neighbors and fellow citizens, and in fact is probably not as harmful to the user as we are led to believe by government propaganda.  In any case, I'm sure it is far less harmful than the normal American diet.

[??????????]

Vincent,

On another board he claims that STDs are rather harmless in fact. And you shouldn't have to worry about such things when traveling abroad.

[opebo]

Vincent,

On another board he claims that STDs are rather harmless in fact. And you shouldn't have to worry about such things when traveling abroad.

They're certainly wildly overhyped as a concern.  Typical American attitude.  By the way, thanks for your attention to my other contributions to the culture.