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Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
"Fiftyseven channels and nothing's on" Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
Millions of users and only a handful can read and write it would seem. |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11361 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
Karma, maybe? |
Terror Australis Send message Joined: 14 Feb 04 Posts: 1817 Credit: 262,693,308 RAC: 44 |
It's because those of us with conservative views get hidden and banned. No messages intended to annoy or antagonize other people, or to hijack a thread. If you follow the rules you don't get banned or hidden. If you put a reasonable case and make a reasonable point rather than resorting to calling those who disagree with you a "Commie F*g" or similar you will be treated with respect by those that disagree with you. It seems to me that some who profess a "Conservative" viewpoint have some very strange, very limited and unrealistic ideas. In Australia a lot of my views would be considered conservative but by the standards of some on these boards I fly the "Hammer and Sickle" from the flagpole out the front of my house. This is because I believe that a "Society" is a co-operative group, not a bunch of solitary individuals sharing a street. T.A. |
Fred J. Verster Send message Joined: 21 Apr 04 Posts: 3252 Credit: 31,903,643 RAC: 0 |
[snipped] [quote] I could not agree more, 'overblown ego's', 'power hungry', money and narcism, is killing this "socieïty", atleast Euro(pe)............ (UNwanted 'pop-ups' and words 'tagged' to a comercial message, as appears in my message) (Can/will you check if in your quote, a word is [i]linked to web-page, advertising for the new iPhone@#$%^&*. In my browser window the word lot, is used.) I call this [i]WEB-Terror!!! (This can be any word, by the way!) |
William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
Socialism is what is ruining Europe. In the past Sweden, for example, and other Scandinavian countries made socialism work because they had an ethnically common populace that had a good work ethic to go along with a proper sense of humanity . You may no longer have those ideal conditions and therefore should consider change. |
Terror Australis Send message Joined: 14 Feb 04 Posts: 1817 Credit: 262,693,308 RAC: 44 |
Socialism is what is ruining Europe. I would disagree with you on that. What screwed Europe was CDO's, dodgy "Credit Default Swaps", etc. Purchased with US dollars borrowed at artificially low interest rates. Combined with the totally falsified (by Goldman Sachs) accounts of the Greek government which gained Greece entry into the Eurozone. European banks were caught by the "Wall Steet Disease" and the European governments, prompted by their bankers, made the mistake of bailing them out instead of letting the "Free Market" run its course. Bankrupting your country by borrowing money from the corrupt sleazebags that started the whole mess to bail out other corrupt sleazebags is not Socialism. It's chickens coming home to roost and unfortunately its the general population that will carry the can on this for generations to come. Maybe it is a form of Socialism, but it's the debt that has been socialised while the profits have always been privatised. T.A. |
BarryAZ Send message Joined: 1 Apr 01 Posts: 2580 Credit: 16,982,517 RAC: 0 |
I understand the 'locational socialism' -- When I lived in Connecticut back in the 70's, I was a moderate Republican (in the context of New England politics), I moved to Arizona and found that I was, by local standards, something of a left wing radical. Since then, while politics have varied a bit over the years, this state has swung even further to the right. Nationally, notwithstanding the rants of the TeaPublican party partisans, the Democratic party has moved quite a bit toward centrist views. Budget proposals coming from Obama in the summer included something like a 30% revenue hike and a 70% budget cut - though most of that cut was more in prospective reductions of increases that have already been legislated. The position of the TeaPublicans has consistently been for major cuts in entitlements and no tax changes (except those which shift the tax burden from the 'overburdened' wealthy to the 'freeloading' poor and middle class. Recently, the Democrats have begun to react to the intransigence they encounter by suggesting approaches less centrist -- figuring that extremes met with compromises haven't yielded agreements. What I hear from the flock of TeaPublican candidates for the TeaPublican party nomination is largely right wing sound bites not in the least responsive to the issues at stake -- so I've gotten a bit more strident myself.
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BarryAZ Send message Joined: 1 Apr 01 Posts: 2580 Credit: 16,982,517 RAC: 0 |
One thing that is causing major problems in Europe is demographics -- whether that be from immigrants, or from the significant aging of the native population, it is clearly a challenge. Another issue is tax evasion of the existing tax structure (particularly true in southern Europe countries such as Greece and Italy). I suspect that tax evasion is actually focused on those 'ethnically common' folks as they have the money to hide. A third issue (and this applies to countries such as France, Italy and Spain, is the disincentives to hiring permanent employees -- this increases unemployment and thus undermines growth. But to say that socialism is ruining Europe is both an oversimplification and an exaggeration of the role of socialism in the economic ailments of Europe. Socialism is what is ruining Europe. |
soft^spirit Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 6497 Credit: 34,134,168 RAC: 0 |
Fred, you might want to check your browser add ons and bars. I have none of the symptoms you seem to be experiencing. I have had in the past things install themselves to try and "help"(with help like that who needs hinderance). Janice |
bobby Send message Joined: 22 Mar 02 Posts: 2866 Credit: 17,789,109 RAC: 3 |
But to say that socialism is ruining Europe is both an oversimplification and an exaggeration of the role of socialism in the economic ailments of Europe. Aww, why challenge dogma with facts? Of course it's socialism's fault, that's why Swedish bonds attract such lousy interest rates (10 year Government Bonds have a 2.51% yield), compared to the US (2.29%) and the UK (2.56%). Clearly the markets have decided that socialist Sweden is a risky place to invest ... Blast, looks like those numbers may be a little out of date. More Googling. From the Financial Times: Sweden 1.71% US 1.97% UK 2.26% The lower the yield, the less the market is charging the respective government to borrow money, i.e. the more comfortable the market is with prevailing economic conditions ... I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that ... |
BarryAZ Send message Joined: 1 Apr 01 Posts: 2580 Credit: 16,982,517 RAC: 0 |
It just means that Italy under Berlustconi ended up being more than four times more socialist than Sweden. Oh wait....
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William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
Zounds ! It means that the socialist policies of entitlements and handouts in the US has created proportionately more debt than even Sweden which does not pretend to be other than socialist. |
bobby Send message Joined: 22 Mar 02 Posts: 2866 Credit: 17,789,109 RAC: 3 |
Zounds ! It means that the socialist policies of entitlements and handouts in the US has created proportionately more debt than even Sweden which does not pretend to be other than socialist. Perhaps it's the difference in taxation policies that have created the greater debt in the US than Sweden... I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that ... |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
Zounds ! It means that the socialist policies of entitlements and handouts in the US has created proportionately more debt than even Sweden which does not pretend to be other than socialist. He's correct but the socialism that he is talking about is the handouts to the wealthy. The poor have little to do with the debt problems in this country other than being burdens with paying it instead of those that can most afford to do so. In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
Zounds ! It means that the socialist policies of entitlements and handouts in the US has created proportionately more debt than even Sweden which does not pretend to be other than socialist. "Fiftyseven channels and nothing's on" REally 190 posts in and you're already complaining? perhaps you should look at other projects and see how lively their forums are. Besides if your eye offends thee pluck it out. Or failing that entertain us and yourself with what you deem important. I'll admit that at times the forums can be a bit slow but I fail to see any reason to slam people because we don't entertain you the way you want us to do. In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
Well, at least you responded to my post. I was a member of the community at Space.com until they decided to pull the plug on their forum site and become part of facebook. You are right, no one is forcing me to participate in these forums. And I wasn't criticizing as much as just making an observation about the lack of relevant subject matter. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
Again... relevant to who.. or is it whom? In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
One reason I have a low post count is that I don't post just to get my numbers up. If I read a post and have nothing to contribute to the discussion I just move on to another. It just seems to me that there are quite a few posts that have nothing to do with the topic at hand and lead threads off the original poster's subject matter. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
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