tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16773593.post8327310010347179283..comments2024-02-04T02:14:18.640-08:00Comments on Out of the Inkwell: Mike Dobbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694483252375913277noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16773593.post-76478399397060156102007-08-06T05:36:00.000-07:002007-08-06T05:36:00.000-07:00But every single thing Bush does IS wrong, Mark.But every single thing Bush does IS wrong, Mark.SRBissettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14426874992235196378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16773593.post-51279825385921778052007-08-06T05:24:00.000-07:002007-08-06T05:24:00.000-07:00Have I ever said Bush was perfect? Or even close t...Have I ever said Bush was perfect? Or even close to perfect?<BR/><BR/>I don't agree with all of his policies. Never did. You vote for the lesser asshole.<BR/><BR/>Bush is an idiot just like they all are. Although, in this matter, I suppose he's just as helpless as you or I would be to stop the train from barreling along.<BR/><BR/>You gotta get off this tick of thinking every single thing Bush does is wrong, and you gotta stop thinking that I think every single thing Bush does is right. UNITE, BABY!Mark Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04799399359022340724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16773593.post-79596220802891757122007-08-05T19:31:00.000-07:002007-08-05T19:31:00.000-07:00Neither can I...about Condi, I doubt you could age...Neither can I...about Condi, I doubt you could age fast enough to match my photo on my ID. Just write her and plead your case. She's an open, understanding person, right?Mike Dobbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694483252375913277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16773593.post-8753559496902901742007-08-05T19:05:00.000-07:002007-08-05T19:05:00.000-07:00I am serious. I'm trying to figure out how your vi...I am serious. I'm trying to figure out how your views jive in any way with the policies of the Prez you voted for, amigo. I just -- can't -- figure it out.SRBissettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14426874992235196378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16773593.post-2637602588853889212007-08-04T07:08:00.000-07:002007-08-04T07:08:00.000-07:00Nope.It's a mindset, an understanding, a commitmen...Nope.<BR/><BR/>It's a mindset, an understanding, a commitment to the goal.<BR/><BR/>Good grief, I'm not talking about abstinence programs here. Get serious!<BR/><BR/>Mikey, what about that Condi question???Mark Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04799399359022340724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16773593.post-55725488704914579432007-08-04T06:50:00.000-07:002007-08-04T06:50:00.000-07:00So, you think abstinence only programs further ZPG...So, you think abstinence only programs further ZPG in any way, shape or form, Mark?SRBissettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14426874992235196378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16773593.post-61067396813504650862007-08-03T12:38:00.000-07:002007-08-03T12:38:00.000-07:00DUH! Of course I'm for zero population growth. But...DUH! Of course I'm for zero population growth. But I can't imagine it ever being a global campaign that all countries and races and religions would subscribe to. <BR/><BR/>DOOMED I TELL YOU!<BR/><BR/>Bissette: sigh...Mark Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04799399359022340724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16773593.post-62237947155398565192007-08-03T06:49:00.000-07:002007-08-03T06:49:00.000-07:00To Mark: Huh? You support zero population growth?To Mark: Huh? You support zero population growth?Mike Dobbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694483252375913277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16773593.post-35273120180221698832007-08-03T03:01:00.000-07:002007-08-03T03:01:00.000-07:00Mark, the collapse of the bridge, like Hurricane K...Mark, the collapse of the bridge, like Hurricane Katrina, evidences the bankruptcy of the 'free market' (which isn't), privatization and for-profit philosophy. <BR/><BR/>Too many things -- like maintenance (TRUE maintenance) of roads, bridges, utility systems, health care, etc. -- simply CANNOT FUNCTION in the present 'everything privatized, everything for profit' philosophy which pretends there's no role for government when there clearly IS a communal need for the common good. <BR/><BR/>Taking care of things like roads, bridges, utilities, health care, etc. in an all-encompassing, must-be-for-profit (e.g., privatized) network is a recipe for failure -- as we continue to see. Taking care of 'things' which are inherently profitless by their very existence is essential, or we have bridges that collapse (despite clear warnings since 1990). Taking care of people who have nothing is inherently a profitless enterprise, hence unattended to -- and we have the clear failures of Hurricane Katrina rescue, relief and rebuilding. Taking care of health for all, including those with little or nothing, is either a communal need or it is a health care system destined for utter failure and eventual collapse, while draining those with means until they HAVE no means -- then getting no care, as they can afford nothing more -- as the ongoing health care crisis in the US is proving in spades.<BR/><BR/>The contemporary Republican philosophy is FAILING, and we see evidence of that failure DAILY now. Get used to it. The successful gutting of the FDR New Deal and the LBJ Great Society is complete; we either embrace a new political will and philosophy, and soon, to reverse the ongoing collapse, or suffer the consequences. <BR/><BR/>When the only Republican candidate approaching a humanist view -- Ron Paul -- also campaigns for the privatization of one of the few gov't systems still functional that we all depend upon daily -- the post office -- we're down to the brass tacks. I can't support ANY Republican candidate embracing privatization of working systems, given the clear evidence of the abject and destructive failure of that belief system.SRBissettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14426874992235196378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16773593.post-20806616701614532762007-08-02T11:49:00.000-07:002007-08-02T11:49:00.000-07:00Reject the growth and expansion paradigm. Zero pop...Reject the growth and expansion paradigm. Zero population growth. Stuff like that.<BR/><BR/>It's the only answer. But it would require all nations to cooperate and agree to do it, so it's really not an answer. Like I said. People won't accept it, and I'm not God.<BR/><BR/>So we are all doomed. DOOMED I TELL YOU!!!Mark Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04799399359022340724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16773593.post-59563840730240428482007-08-02T10:57:00.000-07:002007-08-02T10:57:00.000-07:00What is THE answer, Mark?What is THE answer, Mark?Mike Dobbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694483252375913277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16773593.post-63326376401384822582007-08-02T06:04:00.000-07:002007-08-02T06:04:00.000-07:00Oops, BJs. Mark's dreaming BJs.Oops, BJs. Mark's dreaming BJs.SRBissettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14426874992235196378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16773593.post-57100129861330444412007-08-01T18:46:00.000-07:002007-08-01T18:46:00.000-07:00I keep forgetting to return the FIRST Film Crew dv...I keep forgetting to return the FIRST Film Crew dvd - but I will!<BR/><BR/>How about that bridge falling? Everybody talks about poverty and lousy working conditions and going to hell in a handbasket now. But think about the people who actually worked 12 hours a day 6 days a week and built bridges that did not collapse, and even LOOKED good, and they lived in slums and ghettos and were out of work and back on the street when the bridge was finished.<BR/><BR/>I don't know what the answer is, Mikey, I'm just saying - look at the trade-offs. <BR/><BR/>Well, actually, I do know what the answer is... but nobody would vote for it, and I'm not God.<BR/><BR/>So here we are.<BR/><BR/>This thing about reporters and politicians feeling each other up and smooching...<BR/><BR/>Can I borrow your credentials if Condi comes to Western Mass?Mark Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04799399359022340724noreply@blogger.com