The issue before the invasion was, "George is determined to punish Saddam."
There is a long history there, and people can produce a cassus belli from any number of sources. But, bottom line was, George and company were determined to HAVE a cassus belli. No one with a brain and access to the internet really believed that Iraq had a stockpile of WMD. In the months before the invasion, I spent a LOT of time researching. Nukes were the trump card in George's hand. There were rumors that Iraq had one, and that they could deploy it in an incredibly short time.
Sadly, all of the people who ONCE WERE part of a nuclear program in Iraq were very much alive, and visible throughout the world, doing things that were completely UNRELATED to any nuclear weapons program. I located many of the key players, BEFORE the war. The CIA certainly located the ones that I couldn't.
The invasion of Iraq was pure bullshit, and the CIA would have been happy to tell the president that - but he wasn't listening to ANYONE who didn't help to stroke his ego. In fact, at least one statement by the CIA was published, in which they proclaimed that Iraq was NO THREAT to the United States.
Millions of Americans have to justify that invasion to themselves, so you go on believing in Saddam's WMD capabilities. Take it for granted that Saddam had the dehumidifiers and dehydrators necessary to make anthrax stable for 100 years, and all of that. My country, right or wrong, right?
Given an infinite number of monkeys hammering on typewriters, it is an absolute certainty that eventually, they will reproduce the library of congress.
Absolute certainties are for the religious - like the man-made global warming crackpots.
"Passengers originating at or transiting through airports with a poor screening record would be denied entry to the US."
Well - there's a little bit isolationist in me. I say we don't NEED all that shit the world has. A bit of self sufficiency would do the states a lot of good.
But - if your reasons for closing the border involves fear of the bad guys, then the terrorists have won. Since the terrorists have beaten you, you might as well stop at the hardware store, buy some plywood, and nail it over your windows. Get some iron bars for the outside. Get some metal fireproof doors for your home, and just weld the damned things shut. Build a faraday cage around your home to keep out the NSA, FBI, CIA, and the Martians. Build a fallout shelter under your home. Stock up on survival gear - 50 years supply of water, crackers, etc. You're just not SAFE out in today's world. Oh, don't forget the tinfoil. With discipline, I guess a tinfoil hat might last a month, so get lots of it.
Ahhh. A breath of fresh air. Respect. Respect for other people is so rare these days. The closest I ever came to committing an unjustified homicide, was when some fool just dismissed me, my opinion, and my right to exist, because "I make 10 times what you make!" Freak.
Keep that grip on reality. It will serve you well.
A guild and a union are not precisely the same thing. I would sooner join a guild than a union - but I'm not a joiner to start with. I'd have to watch it, and see how it worked before I was willing to join. Today's unions in the US of A are mostly dead. They'll stay dormant, until the market improves. And, one other thing. My part of the country never was union. These "Right to work" states don't recognize a right to a fair wage, or a decent living standard. Union members might brag of $20 to $40 per hour in Chicago, or New York, but people doing the same job around here get $10 to $15 per hour. Phhht. That's your "trickle down" economy. Most of us have to wait to be pissed on to realize any benefit of a good economy. If and when the economy is good, that is.
Do what I do. Bring your own coffee pot to work. Seriously. The pot sits out, all the time. The coffee and sugar get locked up. When I arrive at work, EARLY every day, I brew a pot. That first cup is ready about the time I clock in. I have Chief's finger, yeah, but that's one of the hazards of the trade. No biggy. And, no I do NOT wash my cup. If ever there is a coffee shortage, I can just add water to my cup & microwave it to get coffee. That should last for a couple months.
The last job that I walked off of was due to a disagreement with the boss. He said I couldn't "cook" on the job. I warned him. "If the coffee pot goes, I goes. I'm a loyal kind of person. That coffee pot treats me good, and I'm loyal to it."
You're betting. The posts above weren't betting, they stated as fact that smokers cost more than nonsmokers. There are plenty of headlines out there - not that I believe them all.
BTW - where do all these people over 100 who have smoked all their adult lives, and are as healthy as anyone fit in?
It isn't the dollar, stupid. Your dollar means little more than the song I pirated yesterday. It's the MILLIONS of dollars from the MILLIONS of customers, each and every day, for the many, many songs that should already be in the public domain. How many songs have you paid a dollar for? How many of them are "Golden Oldies?" Have you paid for anything older than 1995 lately? You fool! Older than 1990? 1980? DUHHHH!!! You were ROBBED!! They had no right to take your dollar, or the billions of other dollars they've taken from idiot little kids this year! Candy from a baby? Yep, that's it, exactly.
That's exactly it. I've read stories about how good the Geek Squad USED TO BE. And, I've read more stories about what they are now. All they have is an almost completely automated boot CD with which they activate a half dozen antivirus and some system testing tools. A couple of cleanup tools. It takes ages to run the full suite of tools, which is why people bring their computer in on Monday, and it's still not done on Friday. Googling for MRI-5.1 might be informative. You might even find an ISO to explore.
MRI has basically good tools on it, I won't badmouth the CD - it's worth having in your toolkit. But, tools can't make a craftsman out of a novice.
I guess we went to different schools. My lessons included, "Never explain or apologize. Your friends don't need it, and your enemies won't believe it." I think that was in Social Studies. Or, maybe Sunday School. I dunno, but I heard it somewhere.;^)
Dude - errr - Monkee, It's no big deal. Some people are jerks, and need to be made fun of. They don't stop being jerks or being funny just because they are dead. You loved your (mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, dog or whatever) before he/she died, right? You still love him/her? See, nothing has changed, except you can't hug them or talk to them. Same deal here. The village idiots are still the village idiots. Dead village idiots are even better than live ones, because the manner of their deaths is usually educational. Just read, and enjoy.
As Dr. Chuck Bunsen points out - a smoker's lifetime health care costs less than a non-smoker's. The smoker is more likely to just DIE before he uses a zillion dollars worth of health care.
AC replied to Dr. Chuck, asking for citations. I'll refer you to the controversy in New York regarding the proposed taxes on "fat foods". It seems that a lot of New Yorkers have stopped smoking, started eating, and have become diabetics. Solution? Punish those ex-smokers by adding exorbitant taxes to the foods they've started eating.
But, hey, it's all good. A new generation of fresh faced law students have a new cause to fight for. Bunch of wannabe martinettes have a goal in life now.
What would I have China do? Exactly what they are doing.
The problem is, the rest of the world is rolling over and giving China what they want. As you say, this has happened time and time again throughout history, and we can be sure that it's happened in prehistory. We don't learn from history though.
China should have what China requires - I don't begrudge them that. When China moves to corner markets, our mindless politicians and business leaders SHOULD BE in the thick of it, carving out bits and pieces of the pie for their own countries.
Again, I'll point out that the US has dominated the trade market for better than 100 years, and England before us. Everyone resented that - but they seem content to allow China to become dominant.
No one wants to be an EQUAL PLAYER?!?
Here, you can see the potential roots for the next world war. Study history, before you scoff at the idea.
Alright - we need to draw a distinction here. Cocaine and crack cocaine aren't the same thing. Crack is supposed to be addictive after just one high. Powder cocaine is much, much less addictive.
A huge number of famous people have used cocaine, without ruining their lives. A huge number of people have ruined their lives with cocaine - George Dubya Bush comes to mind as part of that latter group.
So, you see, it's not all cut and dried.
As for helping people - well, those bleeding hearts who are in charge now are happy to bleed me of money, to punish me for my vice. $35/carton of ultra-cheap cigarettes on the Indian reservation is simply ridiculous! Please, I don't need or want any help. Nor do most addicts who are addicted to the hard drugs. Just turn your head, walk on by, and pretend the addicts don't exist.
Gotta HAVE kids, before you can educate kids. White Americans are to preoccupied with gay marriage, peter puffing, and fudge packing to have kids. But, hey, when they aren't being queer, the redneck element runs around proclaiming their superiority. Truth in advertising, right? It must be true. And, all the superior asswipes will die out soon.
No, I'm not Black, Asian, Latino - I'm a mongrel mixed breed. I can badmouth ALL the ignorant bastids, 'cause I'm related to them.
Stupid cocksuckers deserve to lose whatever strength in numbers that they've enjoyed for the last couple centuries. When the Latin Americans finally become a majority, you can bet all those queer bastards will lose whatever silly "rights" they have voted for themselves. Then, once again, life will become more normal, and a queer will be called a queer.
Of course, you see the same thing in Europe - declining fertility rates, increasing foreign populattions, etc.
The end of the "White Man's Dynasty" is approaching. And, they'll be remembered as a bunch of peter puffing assholes, much as we remember ancient Greece.
Hypocritical? Yes. I do indeed want to control the resources that I need. In the past, the US has controlled the resources that the US needs, along with the resources that the WORLD needs.
I'm O.K. with allowing the WORLD to control the resources that the WORLD needs. I'm not O.K. with allowing China to control the resources that the US needs, along with the resources that the WORLD needs. IF there is to be a monopoly, I want the monopoly. But, breaking up the monopoly just to allow someone else to take over that old monopoly can't be very good for very many people.
Think about it.
Or not. No one else bothers to think. Corporate America is quite happy to sell anything and everything to China, so the rest of the world might as well follow their lead. Mindless twits.
Concrete is not, and never was, on the list of "strategic minerals". Which part of "strategic" do you not understand? Maybe this will help: https://www.dnsc.dla.mil/default.asp Browse around, and note those materials considered to be "strategic" in nature. Note those materials that are NOT listed anywhere - like water, gravel, clay, silica, sand, cellulose - I could go on and on.
I could make this easy for you, but I don't think your attitude merits the effort on my part.
Jesus, I could go along with any number of schemes - provided that they were RATIONAL. Your scheme is rational. Not necessarily a scheme that I might like - but rational. Scroll up to the poster who thinks that my health is any of his business. He simply doesn't understand that I have one life, and that I am going to die one day, by one method or another. I'm going to pay taxes til I quit working, then I'll be a financial burden on society. If I choose to participate in an activity such as smoking which will almost certainly SHORTEN those retirement years, so be it - he actually benefits. But, no, he begrudges my vices, needs, independence, free will, or whatever else we choose to call it. Call it self destructiveness, for all I care. Whatever it is, it's between me, and my maker. (With your nick, you'll appreciate that, lol) It's simply NONE OF HIS BUSINESS.
Joebagodonuts states very well what I'm trying to say: the worst vice in the world is the vice that leads people to tell other people what they may and may not do.
The taxation thing, I can go along with, to an extent. One problem with taxation, though, is with all these people who feel that the taxes I pay on my tobacco should pay for whatever health care I might require in my old age - then they pass new laws so that they can steal that money to indoctrinate kids to think like they do. We'll see the same if Mary-J is ever legalized - or any other drugs.
But - yes, you're on the right track. We can quibble over taxes and specific penalties for violating rational laws from now til eternity, and people will do so. The most important thing is to move drug laws into the realm of rationality, and stop shooting and incarcerating people who wish to indulge.
Botox? Yep, it's probably among the deadliest of poisons out there. It should be restricted. But, if some fool really, really, really wants to experiment with it as a recreational drug, I say let him. When the botulism has eaten his body to the bones, we shovel him into a body bag and incinerate him. If he's so terribly wrong, he can discuss it with God on judgement day.
There should be no schedule 1 drugs, or schedule 2, or any other schedule. Prohibition gained this country nothing but rum-runners and armed gangs in the 1920's, and the war on drugs has gained us the same thing since the 1940's. Prohibition is for morons, fools, and zealots - and there is no proven method to separate the groups.
Prohibition has not only killed tens of thousands of American citizens, it is today killing thousands of Mexican citizens, and destroying the poor excuse for a government that they enjoy.
Legalize and/or decriminalize drugs, let the potheads and crack addicts have all they want. Can't you hear Darwin? "Those fools have nothing to offer society anyway - let them kill themselves!"
If John Q. wants to blow 10 kilos of cocaine, LET HIM!! It's his right to die from an overdose if that's what he wants to do. Stop wasting resources on keeping him alive, just so we can persecute him for being a coke fiend!
As for my caffeine and nicotine addictions, I'll deal with them myself, in my own good time. I'll stop smoking some day. Probably the day the doctor pronounces me dead. And, it's none of YOUR business.
Tobacco? You're out of date and out of touch. 3 decades ago, tobacco was one of the biggest scams in the US. Today? Not much. They deliver precisely what they say, without being overly hyped. Scam? They tell you right on the package, "This shit can kill you!" How is that a scam?
scam [skæm] Slang n a stratagem for gain; a swindle vb scams, scamming, scammed (tr) to swindle (someone) by means of a trick
My recommendation for you, is reading comprehension 101. Somewhere, you've failed.
Today, the biggest scams involve the defense industry, diet foods and drinks, pharmaceuticals, insurance, and the "War on Terra" along with the "War on Drugs". Please, don't allow your obsessive/compulsive hatred of tobacco confuse you.
In your wildest delusional dreams. Any sumbitch that gets a girl pregnant, then kills her is hardly the best of anything. If Kennedy really were the best, then I would have to cry for the United States. Fortunately, you're wrong. His own brothers were far superior to that sniveling swine. I had problems with both of his older brothers, but at least they were men. Ted? Phhht. The best part of him ran down Jack's leg - if there ever was a best part.
BTW - when you start saying "best ~ ever had", you are also comparing him to all senators throughout our 200+ years of history. You're comparing that scumsucker to a lot of good men and women who have gone before. An awful lot. Are you prepared to qualitatively and quantitatively back up your assertion? Or, does your post begin and end with your delusional fan-boy statement?
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The issue before the invasion was, "George is determined to punish Saddam."
There is a long history there, and people can produce a cassus belli from any number of sources. But, bottom line was, George and company were determined to HAVE a cassus belli. No one with a brain and access to the internet really believed that Iraq had a stockpile of WMD. In the months before the invasion, I spent a LOT of time researching. Nukes were the trump card in George's hand. There were rumors that Iraq had one, and that they could deploy it in an incredibly short time.
Sadly, all of the people who ONCE WERE part of a nuclear program in Iraq were very much alive, and visible throughout the world, doing things that were completely UNRELATED to any nuclear weapons program. I located many of the key players, BEFORE the war. The CIA certainly located the ones that I couldn't.
The invasion of Iraq was pure bullshit, and the CIA would have been happy to tell the president that - but he wasn't listening to ANYONE who didn't help to stroke his ego. In fact, at least one statement by the CIA was published, in which they proclaimed that Iraq was NO THREAT to the United States.
Millions of Americans have to justify that invasion to themselves, so you go on believing in Saddam's WMD capabilities. Take it for granted that Saddam had the dehumidifiers and dehydrators necessary to make anthrax stable for 100 years, and all of that. My country, right or wrong, right?
Given an infinite number of monkeys hammering on typewriters, it is an absolute certainty that eventually, they will reproduce the library of congress.
Absolute certainties are for the religious - like the man-made global warming crackpots.
"Passengers originating at or transiting through airports with a poor screening record would be denied entry to the US."
Well - there's a little bit isolationist in me. I say we don't NEED all that shit the world has. A bit of self sufficiency would do the states a lot of good.
But - if your reasons for closing the border involves fear of the bad guys, then the terrorists have won. Since the terrorists have beaten you, you might as well stop at the hardware store, buy some plywood, and nail it over your windows. Get some iron bars for the outside. Get some metal fireproof doors for your home, and just weld the damned things shut. Build a faraday cage around your home to keep out the NSA, FBI, CIA, and the Martians. Build a fallout shelter under your home. Stock up on survival gear - 50 years supply of water, crackers, etc. You're just not SAFE out in today's world. Oh, don't forget the tinfoil. With discipline, I guess a tinfoil hat might last a month, so get lots of it.
Ahhh. A breath of fresh air. Respect. Respect for other people is so rare these days. The closest I ever came to committing an unjustified homicide, was when some fool just dismissed me, my opinion, and my right to exist, because "I make 10 times what you make!" Freak.
Keep that grip on reality. It will serve you well.
A guild and a union are not precisely the same thing. I would sooner join a guild than a union - but I'm not a joiner to start with. I'd have to watch it, and see how it worked before I was willing to join. Today's unions in the US of A are mostly dead. They'll stay dormant, until the market improves. And, one other thing. My part of the country never was union. These "Right to work" states don't recognize a right to a fair wage, or a decent living standard. Union members might brag of $20 to $40 per hour in Chicago, or New York, but people doing the same job around here get $10 to $15 per hour. Phhht. That's your "trickle down" economy. Most of us have to wait to be pissed on to realize any benefit of a good economy. If and when the economy is good, that is.
Do what I do. Bring your own coffee pot to work. Seriously. The pot sits out, all the time. The coffee and sugar get locked up. When I arrive at work, EARLY every day, I brew a pot. That first cup is ready about the time I clock in. I have Chief's finger, yeah, but that's one of the hazards of the trade. No biggy. And, no I do NOT wash my cup. If ever there is a coffee shortage, I can just add water to my cup & microwave it to get coffee. That should last for a couple months.
The last job that I walked off of was due to a disagreement with the boss. He said I couldn't "cook" on the job. I warned him. "If the coffee pot goes, I goes. I'm a loyal kind of person. That coffee pot treats me good, and I'm loyal to it."
Dumbass thought I was kidding, LMAO
You're betting. The posts above weren't betting, they stated as fact that smokers cost more than nonsmokers. There are plenty of headlines out there - not that I believe them all.
BTW - where do all these people over 100 who have smoked all their adult lives, and are as healthy as anyone fit in?
It isn't the dollar, stupid. Your dollar means little more than the song I pirated yesterday. It's the MILLIONS of dollars from the MILLIONS of customers, each and every day, for the many, many songs that should already be in the public domain. How many songs have you paid a dollar for? How many of them are "Golden Oldies?" Have you paid for anything older than 1995 lately? You fool! Older than 1990? 1980? DUHHHH!!! You were ROBBED!! They had no right to take your dollar, or the billions of other dollars they've taken from idiot little kids this year! Candy from a baby? Yep, that's it, exactly.
That's exactly it. I've read stories about how good the Geek Squad USED TO BE. And, I've read more stories about what they are now. All they have is an almost completely automated boot CD with which they activate a half dozen antivirus and some system testing tools. A couple of cleanup tools. It takes ages to run the full suite of tools, which is why people bring their computer in on Monday, and it's still not done on Friday. Googling for MRI-5.1 might be informative. You might even find an ISO to explore.
MRI has basically good tools on it, I won't badmouth the CD - it's worth having in your toolkit. But, tools can't make a craftsman out of a novice.
I guess we went to different schools. My lessons included, "Never explain or apologize. Your friends don't need it, and your enemies won't believe it." I think that was in Social Studies. Or, maybe Sunday School. I dunno, but I heard it somewhere. ;^)
Dude - errr - Monkee,
It's no big deal. Some people are jerks, and need to be made fun of. They don't stop being jerks or being funny just because they are dead. You loved your (mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, dog or whatever) before he/she died, right? You still love him/her? See, nothing has changed, except you can't hug them or talk to them. Same deal here. The village idiots are still the village idiots. Dead village idiots are even better than live ones, because the manner of their deaths is usually educational.
Just read, and enjoy.
As Dr. Chuck Bunsen points out - a smoker's lifetime health care costs less than a non-smoker's. The smoker is more likely to just DIE before he uses a zillion dollars worth of health care.
AC replied to Dr. Chuck, asking for citations. I'll refer you to the controversy in New York regarding the proposed taxes on "fat foods". It seems that a lot of New Yorkers have stopped smoking, started eating, and have become diabetics. Solution? Punish those ex-smokers by adding exorbitant taxes to the foods they've started eating.
But, hey, it's all good. A new generation of fresh faced law students have a new cause to fight for. Bunch of wannabe martinettes have a goal in life now.
What would I have China do? Exactly what they are doing.
The problem is, the rest of the world is rolling over and giving China what they want. As you say, this has happened time and time again throughout history, and we can be sure that it's happened in prehistory. We don't learn from history though.
China should have what China requires - I don't begrudge them that. When China moves to corner markets, our mindless politicians and business leaders SHOULD BE in the thick of it, carving out bits and pieces of the pie for their own countries.
Again, I'll point out that the US has dominated the trade market for better than 100 years, and England before us. Everyone resented that - but they seem content to allow China to become dominant.
No one wants to be an EQUAL PLAYER?!?
Here, you can see the potential roots for the next world war. Study history, before you scoff at the idea.
"I have no idea how this nonsense got modded as "funny." It's nothing but flamebait at best."
Depends on the audience, dude. Where men are men, and sheep know it, my post would be hilarious - the guys would be rolling around the pasture.
Where men are men and the women know it, I'd be modded insightful.
Where men aren't men, and no one's sure, I'll be modded flamebait or troll.
Where men aren't men, and everyone is willing to admit it, I'll be funny again.
The moderations are insightful, in and of themselves. You can learn what "culture" the moderators share, or hope to share, or wish they shared.
Hope that helps.
Alright - we need to draw a distinction here. Cocaine and crack cocaine aren't the same thing. Crack is supposed to be addictive after just one high. Powder cocaine is much, much less addictive.
A huge number of famous people have used cocaine, without ruining their lives. A huge number of people have ruined their lives with cocaine - George Dubya Bush comes to mind as part of that latter group.
So, you see, it's not all cut and dried.
As for helping people - well, those bleeding hearts who are in charge now are happy to bleed me of money, to punish me for my vice. $35/carton of ultra-cheap cigarettes on the Indian reservation is simply ridiculous! Please, I don't need or want any help. Nor do most addicts who are addicted to the hard drugs. Just turn your head, walk on by, and pretend the addicts don't exist.
Gotta HAVE kids, before you can educate kids. White Americans are to preoccupied with gay marriage, peter puffing, and fudge packing to have kids. But, hey, when they aren't being queer, the redneck element runs around proclaiming their superiority. Truth in advertising, right? It must be true. And, all the superior asswipes will die out soon.
No, I'm not Black, Asian, Latino - I'm a mongrel mixed breed. I can badmouth ALL the ignorant bastids, 'cause I'm related to them.
Stupid cocksuckers deserve to lose whatever strength in numbers that they've enjoyed for the last couple centuries. When the Latin Americans finally become a majority, you can bet all those queer bastards will lose whatever silly "rights" they have voted for themselves. Then, once again, life will become more normal, and a queer will be called a queer.
Of course, you see the same thing in Europe - declining fertility rates, increasing foreign populattions, etc.
The end of the "White Man's Dynasty" is approaching. And, they'll be remembered as a bunch of peter puffing assholes, much as we remember ancient Greece.
Hypocritical? Yes. I do indeed want to control the resources that I need. In the past, the US has controlled the resources that the US needs, along with the resources that the WORLD needs.
I'm O.K. with allowing the WORLD to control the resources that the WORLD needs. I'm not O.K. with allowing China to control the resources that the US needs, along with the resources that the WORLD needs. IF there is to be a monopoly, I want the monopoly. But, breaking up the monopoly just to allow someone else to take over that old monopoly can't be very good for very many people.
Think about it.
Or not. No one else bothers to think. Corporate America is quite happy to sell anything and everything to China, so the rest of the world might as well follow their lead. Mindless twits.
Concrete is not, and never was, on the list of "strategic minerals". Which part of "strategic" do you not understand? Maybe this will help: https://www.dnsc.dla.mil/default.asp Browse around, and note those materials considered to be "strategic" in nature. Note those materials that are NOT listed anywhere - like water, gravel, clay, silica, sand, cellulose - I could go on and on.
I could make this easy for you, but I don't think your attitude merits the effort on my part.
Jesus, I could go along with any number of schemes - provided that they were RATIONAL. Your scheme is rational. Not necessarily a scheme that I might like - but rational. Scroll up to the poster who thinks that my health is any of his business. He simply doesn't understand that I have one life, and that I am going to die one day, by one method or another. I'm going to pay taxes til I quit working, then I'll be a financial burden on society. If I choose to participate in an activity such as smoking which will almost certainly SHORTEN those retirement years, so be it - he actually benefits. But, no, he begrudges my vices, needs, independence, free will, or whatever else we choose to call it. Call it self destructiveness, for all I care. Whatever it is, it's between me, and my maker. (With your nick, you'll appreciate that, lol) It's simply NONE OF HIS BUSINESS.
Joebagodonuts states very well what I'm trying to say: the worst vice in the world is the vice that leads people to tell other people what they may and may not do.
The taxation thing, I can go along with, to an extent. One problem with taxation, though, is with all these people who feel that the taxes I pay on my tobacco should pay for whatever health care I might require in my old age - then they pass new laws so that they can steal that money to indoctrinate kids to think like they do. We'll see the same if Mary-J is ever legalized - or any other drugs.
But - yes, you're on the right track. We can quibble over taxes and specific penalties for violating rational laws from now til eternity, and people will do so. The most important thing is to move drug laws into the realm of rationality, and stop shooting and incarcerating people who wish to indulge.
Botox? Yep, it's probably among the deadliest of poisons out there. It should be restricted. But, if some fool really, really, really wants to experiment with it as a recreational drug, I say let him. When the botulism has eaten his body to the bones, we shovel him into a body bag and incinerate him. If he's so terribly wrong, he can discuss it with God on judgement day.
Horse Shit.
There should be no schedule 1 drugs, or schedule 2, or any other schedule. Prohibition gained this country nothing but rum-runners and armed gangs in the 1920's, and the war on drugs has gained us the same thing since the 1940's. Prohibition is for morons, fools, and zealots - and there is no proven method to separate the groups.
Prohibition has not only killed tens of thousands of American citizens, it is today killing thousands of Mexican citizens, and destroying the poor excuse for a government that they enjoy.
Legalize and/or decriminalize drugs, let the potheads and crack addicts have all they want. Can't you hear Darwin? "Those fools have nothing to offer society anyway - let them kill themselves!"
If John Q. wants to blow 10 kilos of cocaine, LET HIM!! It's his right to die from an overdose if that's what he wants to do. Stop wasting resources on keeping him alive, just so we can persecute him for being a coke fiend!
As for my caffeine and nicotine addictions, I'll deal with them myself, in my own good time. I'll stop smoking some day. Probably the day the doctor pronounces me dead. And, it's none of YOUR business.
Should have fed them a politician. Al Gore comes to mind.
Msge to fleet command: Avoid the 3rd rock, the inhabitants taste like shit!
Tobacco? You're out of date and out of touch. 3 decades ago, tobacco was one of the biggest scams in the US. Today? Not much. They deliver precisely what they say, without being overly hyped. Scam? They tell you right on the package, "This shit can kill you!" How is that a scam?
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/scam
scam [skæm] Slang
n
a stratagem for gain; a swindle
vb scams, scamming, scammed
(tr) to swindle (someone) by means of a trick
My recommendation for you, is reading comprehension 101. Somewhere, you've failed.
Today, the biggest scams involve the defense industry, diet foods and drinks, pharmaceuticals, insurance, and the "War on Terra" along with the "War on Drugs". Please, don't allow your obsessive/compulsive hatred of tobacco confuse you.
Oh. Sorry. I've seen very little of the Simpsons - quotes are lost on me.
http://www.spike.com/video/donkey-sex-caught-by/2696584
Drama queens caught on film, warming up for the next act.
In your wildest delusional dreams. Any sumbitch that gets a girl pregnant, then kills her is hardly the best of anything. If Kennedy really were the best, then I would have to cry for the United States. Fortunately, you're wrong. His own brothers were far superior to that sniveling swine. I had problems with both of his older brothers, but at least they were men. Ted? Phhht. The best part of him ran down Jack's leg - if there ever was a best part.
BTW - when you start saying "best ~ ever had", you are also comparing him to all senators throughout our 200+ years of history. You're comparing that scumsucker to a lot of good men and women who have gone before. An awful lot. Are you prepared to qualitatively and quantitatively back up your assertion? Or, does your post begin and end with your delusional fan-boy statement?