... in response to No wonder you're so unhappy and cynical, posted by BarryM on Oct 24, 2001...lol, Yeah OK, just a little.
Unhappy? Hardly. Got a good job, lotsa dough, free travel,
nice car, Harley, my own airplane, and a sweet young thing to keep me warm. (And she's not 5000 miles away.) Guess I have it all, except house payments, car payments or credit card bills. In fact, payments of any kind. Don't have any of those, darn it.
As I've said before, I've no malice in my posts and never intend to be "vicious". My problem is an honest nature that manifests itself as a lack of tact. I'm working on it, so don't take it personal.
I wasn't refering to the current state of affairs, we've been getting screwed for years by *all* of them. I have no affiliation with any of them. I'll admit, George W *is* an uneducated buffoon, but at least this renders him relatively harmless. I could care less about any of them.
....Haven't you had a decent life ? Haven't you had a life without hunger or poverty ? Don't you have a home ? Don't you have a job and a means of employment ? Don't you have good health ?....
Yes, to all of the above. Guess who is responsible for it all? Not God, nor the Government (in fact, it was a hindrance), but *me*. It has always been me and always will be. What's the problem, you don't have that same control?
Maybe you should stop giving some of it away. In fact, if you had as much faith in yourself as you do your God, you probally wouldn't be here at all.
....You should be rejoicing and celebrating your prosperous life, not blaming the world because you don't get your way...
Rejoicing? Yeah OK. Thats one word for it, but not the one I'd use. I don't blame anyone for me not getting my "way", but thats not a typical senario. I do what it takes to make things happen *without* hurting anyone. Can't say the same for the IRA, Palestinians, Jews, Muslims, abortion activists, tree huggers, etc.
Religion is the source for most of the world's misery, past, present and future. All of you think your way is God's only way and won't budge a twit on it. Give me a break. I'm not an Uzi toting, Islamic hating fanatic who's beliefs and political preesures are half the reason we're in this mess in the first place.
Like WmGo, I agree completely that the principles of the Constitution are worth dying for, all the more reason to focus on it's *true* enemy. You make a great case for the "We The Sheeple" point of view.
I'm not against the current action. After all, we were attacked. I was simply pointing out the gu'ment made it easy for them. Funny, I don't see anyone in the Intel or FBI community stepping down or even admiting any wrong doing in the face of such a debacle. Hey, don't preach to me. I've got people dead in this, and the blame is far from being totally 'ole Bin's fault. Forget it, I see the point of my original post was lost on you.
DE can wave his flag. He's certainly not alone in his delusion. (lol...I didn't press for stronger cockpit doors and that somehow makes *me* responsible. About what I'd expect from a private holder.) I'm far from unpatriotic, on the contrary, I just think patriotism needs to stand for something more than supporting a bunch of fools and criminals.
A recent poll showed the people's faith that the government can always be trusted to do the "right thing" has risen 70% in the last year. Like they did at Ruby Ridge, where they gunned down a woman and her child for no reason whatsoever. Like they did at Waco, where they fabricated lies to cover their gross misconduct. (Say, I bet you also didn't recognize that "church" or "religion" either)
Of course, like I said before, the civilians involved in these incidents were just "nut cases", right? Just an isolated few, the rest of us are happy as clams. If all that doesn't worry you, nothing will.
It's OK. You believe what ya want. Me too. I guess that's one thing they haven't tried to take away from us....Yet.
