I can has too many cheezburgers!
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5...Zk5xnYygW1W67w
We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK," Obama said.
"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves, in the course of time, a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it."
- Fred Bastiat
It's true that Americans need to consume less, overall. For our own soul's sake even, I think.
“Some people who attend the University of Oklahoma seem to represent different values than some people who attend the University of Texas.” -- Mr. J. Mcfarland
"[Christian Scott]'s off the team the day of the incident and I guarantee you he won't be back." -- Typical Dallas horn fan
True, but it ain't the nanny state's job to make it happen.Originally Posted by 47straight
"ESPN and Texas are now one and the same." -Stewart Mandel
That's the lender's job.
"If your dream ain't bigger than you, there's a problem with your dream." -Deion Sanders
they also shouldnt be giving people tax credits who choose to buy the biggest suv on the market either
i make my guitar weep, but my champagne cry
if you want to live in gluttony, you should have to face the brunt of those choices yourself.
i make my guitar weep, but my champagne cry
Hey. I resemble that statement.
My new Armada suits my family of five just fine btw.
"The true genius shudders at incompleteness and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should Be."
-Edgar Allan Poe
I agree that meaningful changes comes down to personal conversion.
On the other hand, many things like our tax system are set up to encourage consumption and not saving. The gub'mint can do a lot in just how it does its business it was gonna do anyway.
“Some people who attend the University of Oklahoma seem to represent different values than some people who attend the University of Texas.” -- Mr. J. Mcfarland
"[Christian Scott]'s off the team the day of the incident and I guarantee you he won't be back." -- Typical Dallas horn fan
What about when your "personal choices" effect everybody else?
I'm not happy until you're not happy.
Just keep repeating...you know, monotonally, and somewhat zombie-like: TO EACH ACCORDING TO HIS NEEDS, FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS MEANS. TO EACH ACCORDING TO HIS NEEDS, FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS MEANS.TO EACH ACCORDING TO HIS NEEDS, FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS MEANS.TO EACH ACCORDING TO HIS NEEDS, FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS MEANS.TO EACH ACCORDING TO HIS NEEDS, FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS MEANS.TO EACH ACCORDING TO HIS NEEDS, FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS MEANS....
"Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever they can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser; in fees, expenses and waste of time." -- Abraham Lincoln, (1809-1865) Lawyer and President who saved the United States.
"Without opportunities on the part of the poor to obtain expert legal advice, it is idle to talk of equality before the law"-- Justice Chas. Evans Hughes
I confess: I am a Marxist.
You tell me it's the institution. Well, you know, you'd better free your mind instead.
(Shoo-bee doo-wah)
I'm sure you meant "affect" (the verb)so please define it. That's a slippery slopt, the thin edge of the wedge, etc.
Every choice has far-reaching effects (noun), so you have to be ready to set some hard limits or you'll open up the door to all kinds of oppression based on how my acts affect others.
You tell me it's the institution. Well, you know, you'd better free your mind instead.
(Shoo-bee doo-wah)
Effect is also a verb, and affect is also a noun, but yes I meant affect the verb.I'm sure you meant "affect" (the verb)
Your toothpaste brand or underwear color is a personal choice. The car you drive is not. It not just "your" gasoline you're using, or "your" air you're polluting, or "your" lives you're endangering in collisions, or "your" pavement you're destroying.
I'm not happy until you're not happy.
I'm sure you meant "affect" (the verb)
Every choice has far-reaching effects (noun), so you have to be ready to set some hard limits or you'll open up the door to all kinds of oppression based on how my acts affect others.
a slippery slopt?
Whenever a boy comes you should always have something baking.
That's what happens when you have too much lube. Ask Harry Beanbag.
I'm not happy until you're not happy.
The whole Nation will be in bad trouble if that sob is elected.
posse member
This is one of the weakest arguments you've ever made.
Exactly. You have to be careful with that stuff.
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