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The Mensa thing was a joke - I have neither the time nor the inclination to join, mostly because they are far too obsessed with things such as puzzles and riddles. There is an old saying for people lacking mental prowess, "You aren't bringing the potato salad to the Mensa picnic.? I thought it was more widespread. As for age, I'm only barely under 30. The Venice comment was tongue in cheek as well.
 
6thGen said:
My concentration in my graduate degree was in economics, so I know the basics (cue 30Gay response). First, monopolies are near impossible to exist without government intervention, which I’ve repeatedly stated that I am against. Second, monopolies would not exist if they did not offer a product in demand at a price that consumers were willing to pay. I never said that monopolies were the most efficient of industries, but it doesn’t relate to the discussion because this isn’t the late 19th century.

Why can’t the lower and middle class shop energy prices? The reasons behind the war do not exist in a vacuum, nor do the proprietors and enablers of terrorism exist only in Afghanistan. The draft comment is completely bunk. And why should I give up the railroad and pharmaceutical discussion? You’ve proposed further government regulation and I’ve shown examples where it did far more harm than good. I agree that “big oil” should have less importance, but the method is less regulation rather than more.[/QUOTE6thGen, you brought up the railroads, not me. Reread the definition of a monopoly and oligopoly, and see if any American Industry submarkets ring a bell with you. Proposing economic incentives for alternate energy competition is not regualtion of the oil industry. Making wasteful consumer products more expensive will ultimately affect the likes of Exxon-Mobil, but is not regualtion of the oil industry. Regarding oil and the Middle east vs. terrorism issue, I can't help you there. Perhaps the perspective of time will impress upon you the validity of my statements when your mainframe has more hours. I suspect you have no military service,and I can assure you that the U.S. Army is rather frantically accepting about 1/4 of it's inductees currently those folks for whom a high school degree was too much an obstacle. These people are not country club material. God bless 'em, but voluntary military service has and will continue to be a draft on those who need a paycheck, and hopefully a way upward economically. You just sell your body to Uncle Sam for a length of time.
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Your example not direct regulation (the industry already has plenty of that) but it falsely inflates one industry at the expense of another. As for conscription army vs. a force of volunteers, your perspective must be defined by your perception of the state. Supporters of conscription must believe that the state is innately good, and would not abuse its power as the state has far more power to impose unpopular foreign policy with a force of draftees. If you are making arguments for a draft, you are arguing for a more centralized state, a more powerful state, and a state less responsive to its citizens. The issue of wealth and class is misdirection. A military force is necessary, that?s beyond question. The choices that have been presented are limited to conscription by force, or enlistment by choice.
 
6thGen said:
The Mensa thing was a joke - I have neither the time nor the inclination to join, mostly because they are far too obsessed with things such as puzzles and riddles. There is an old saying for people lacking mental prowess, "You aren't bringing the potato salad to the Mensa picnic.? I thought it was more widespread. As for age, I'm only barely under 30. The Venice comment was tongue in cheek as well.
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And might you also be lacking in somehting else???

This is an informative thread. I am impressed with the quality of the posts and enjoy pondering many.

As has been mentioned previously though, truly intelligent people do not need to go through the posturing that you have been doing 6th.
 
6thGen said:
The Mensa thing was a joke - I have neither the time nor the inclination to join, mostly because they are far too obsessed with things such as puzzles and riddles. There is an old saying for people lacking mental prowess, "You aren't bringing the potato salad to the Mensa picnic.? I thought it was more widespread. As for age, I'm only barely under 30. The Venice comment was tongue in cheek as well.
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I'm familiar with the saying. It's not exactly a "joke," though, because you wouldn't use it if you weren't making it clear you feel mentally superior to those who are disagreeing with you. So maybe I should have just said, "People might listen to you if you stop acting like a jerk." :idontno: Maybe that is too simplistic.
 
TFT,
I was responding to this
"6th Gen - you bring up a few points, but none of them worthy of the time it took to read them. good god, what a waste of board space."

I responded to Bob with the respect that he granted, and likewise to Tootsie.
 
30A Skunkape said:
Well, that headline might not shock many, but I thought this item from the BBC was interesting.:lol:

Castro hits out at US biofuel use

Cuban President Fidel Castro has strongly criticised the use of biofuels by the US, in his first article since undergoing surgery last year.
He said George W Bush's support for the use of food crops in fuel production would cause 3bn deaths from hunger...

Mr Castro's article appears in Thursday's edition of Granma, under the headline: "Condemned to premature death by hunger and thirst more than 3bn people of the world."

The sinister idea of converting food into combustibles was definitively established as the economic line of foreign policy of the United States
Fidel Castro..

During that meeting on Monday, Mr Castro writes, "the sinister idea of converting food into combustibles was definitively established as the economic line of foreign policy of the United States".

Mr Bush has set targets for an increased use of ethanol - which in the US is mainly made from corn. The US government hopes this will reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil....

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/6505881.stm

Published: 2007/03/29 09:35:51 GMT
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Actually Castro is correct.

Who would ever think that the aging and ailing Castro could be smarter than Bush!

check out this link:

http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_RJGDQTN
 
seacliffes said:
Here are some other "idiots"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePb6H-j51xE
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Ten different American companies sold Saddam Hussein nuclear technology from 1985-1990 The sales totalled 1.5 billion dollars. Our own Center for Disease Control and Prevention sent Hussein strains of all germs used by Iraq to make weapons. Anthrax, botulin and other pathogens later used to kill Iranians and Kurds were sent under U.S. government license from 1985 to 1990.
 
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