*** VD 13 Commentary Thread ***

[heyelander]

It's a brave New world...

I'd prefer a philly new world.

[heyelander]

I wonder if the Amish could build a barn a mile high?

and cause us to speak all new languages? No thank you.

[The Feral Slasher]

Possibly... you weren't playing the game.

Global thermonuclear war ? Vs. Wopr ?

[heyelander]

ezeagle never had days like this

This was a slow day for the eagle.

[heyelander]

I wasn't even drinking.

not even PEpsi?

[heyelander]

30 second timer....keeping out bots and seitzers since 2008

fixed

[heyelander]

To be meaner, there is a lot of denial of how much slavery and the attendant and subsequent racial discrimination has shaped our society.

GOod post

[heyelander]

I found it so interesting that Baldgriff thought that having municipalities bid for companies to bring jobs to their area was in any way the free market at work. How can anyone not see that the net affect of that is that large companies are subsidized and given an unfair advantage, which is the exact opposite of Libertarian theory and free markets.

I heard an interview with a governor about this a while back... She was talking about how absurd it was that states bid against each other to bring in jobs to the detriment of themselves and the benefit of large corps. She said the country needs a better, more unified plan.

That's probably not news, but it was the first time i thought about it at all.

[heyelander]

*fling

good edit. "Throw" really hamstrung your argument.

[heyelander]

People in the rural areas tend to see more of the need for individualism, and people in the cities tend to see more of our interdependence. I think there is value in a balance. (That doesn't mean I think the truth lies halfway between the current Republican and Democratic platforms.)

I see this just dealing day to day with people here in Cali after growing up on the east coast. People here are a lot friendlier, once they are forced to deal with you, but they would rather you just didn't exist. No one stops their car to let you walk across the parking lot, holds doors for you, or the like. People will just stop in the middle of isles in stores to talk or look at their phones oblivious that they are blocking other people (I regularly want to kill multiple people on any trip to Costco). People here are friendly, but not courteous. Back east, with more people living in a more concentrated area, no one wants to talk to you, and would rather keep conversations short and to the point, but they are aware of their surroundings and how their movements effect others. They are courteous, but not friendly.

[heyelander]

but in a plain and not too exuberant manner

Do the Amish have buttons on their keyboards or mice?

[heyelander]

But it will require the individual commitment and personal dedication to quality.

I disagree

[heyelander]

Freshman year of college Michelob was considered premium beer. I remember an ad for $8 for a full 24 pack at Mike's Market in Terre Haute Indiana. Good Times.

yep, we were either bush or millwaukee's best all the way.

[The Feral Slasher]

yep, we were either bush or millwaukee's best all the way.

Does Milwaukee's Best leave you feeling like crap ?

[heyelander]

Only 71 posts to go. I don't know if I have it in me.

not looking forward to reading them TBH.