Comments on: Odd http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/16/odd/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:00:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Dugger http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/16/odd/#comment-30655 Dugger Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:04:20 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1801#comment-30655 midder ok dugger midder

ok

dugger

]]> By: midderpidge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/16/odd/#comment-30654 midderpidge Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:04:26 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1801#comment-30654 Right Dugger, it's shifting from the not-wealthy, to the wealthy. If everyone is better off, great! When it comes at the expense of the working class, not great. Right Dugger, it’s shifting from the not-wealthy, to the wealthy. If everyone is better off, great! When it comes at the expense of the working class, not great.

]]> By: Frank_D http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/16/odd/#comment-30653 Frank_D Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:04:02 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1801#comment-30653 bushwacked - You're just proving my point. Always more to say <i>about</i> me than <i>to</i>me. Keep it up, you're doing fine. I'm no victim, you dolt. I find it very interesting that all I have to do is decribe the treatment I receive most of the time -- just describing it, mind you, and I'm called a "whiner" and a "victim". What the hell would you call me if I actually complained? And I should ask you, What good would commenting do, if no one disagreed with you? bushwacked – You’re just proving my point. Always more to say about me than tome.
Keep it up, you’re doing fine.
I’m no victim, you dolt. I find it very interesting that all I have to do is decribe the treatment I receive most of the time — just describing it, mind you, and I’m called a “whiner” and a “victim”.
What the hell would you call me if I actually complained?
And I should ask you, What good would commenting do, if no one disagreed with you?

]]> By: Dugger http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/16/odd/#comment-30652 Dugger Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:04:14 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1801#comment-30652 midder, Would you agree, at least, with the concept that the wealthy getting wealthier is not in and of itself a sin, especially if the poorer are getting less poor? Dugger (I would argue that people earn wealth and its shifting is a product of the free market forces) midder,

Would you agree, at least, with the concept that the wealthy getting wealthier is not in and of itself a sin, especially if the poorer are getting less poor?

Dugger (I would argue that people earn wealth and its shifting is a product of the free market forces)

]]> By: midderpidge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/16/odd/#comment-30651 midderpidge Wed, 19 Apr 2006 05:04:48 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1801#comment-30651 It isn't exactly the economy I'm worried about Dugger, it's shifting the wealth to the wealthy. It's removing enforcement form the SEC and the EPA. It's having business regulate itself. It's anti-labor. It's the Bush philosophy that taking good jobs overseas is a good thing. It's the lack of accountability in government contracts. It's influence peddling. As for the techno-bubble that stuff happens from time to time. The problem today seems to be the US is not trying to be on the leading edge of the next wave of technology, whatever it may be. It isn’t exactly the economy I’m worried about Dugger, it’s shifting the wealth to the wealthy. It’s removing enforcement form the SEC and the EPA. It’s having business regulate itself. It’s anti-labor. It’s the Bush philosophy that taking good jobs overseas is a good thing. It’s the lack of accountability in government contracts. It’s influence peddling.

As for the techno-bubble that stuff happens from time to time. The problem today seems to be the US is not trying to be on the leading edge of the next wave of technology, whatever it may be.

]]> By: Bushwacked http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/16/odd/#comment-30650 Bushwacked Wed, 19 Apr 2006 03:04:41 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1801#comment-30650 Commenting on this blog has become a waste of pixels& - Then why are you wasting you time here? Could it be that rather the experience of an "honest thoughtful" exchange of ideas, it is more fun having the sense one is tormenting them? Commenting on this blog has become a waste of pixels&
- Then why are you wasting you time here? Could it be that rather the experience of an “honest thoughtful” exchange of ideas, it is more fun having the sense one is tormenting them?

]]> By: Dugger http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/16/odd/#comment-30649 Dugger Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:04:50 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1801#comment-30649 midder We just disagree.I think he has done a good job with the economy - post techno-bubble. Dugger midder

We just disagree.I think he has done a good job with the economy – post techno-bubble.

Dugger

]]> By: midderpidge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/16/odd/#comment-30648 midderpidge Tue, 18 Apr 2006 18:04:43 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1801#comment-30648 My view of corruption includes letting industry insiders (Ken Lay for instance) the power to appoint personnel to the regulatory bodies that oversee their industries. His economy has largely been a success for rich people. I don't view Bush as a moderate, I view Bush as an extremist corporate elitist. Class warfare and all that. My view of corruption includes letting industry insiders (Ken Lay for instance) the power to appoint personnel to the regulatory bodies that oversee their industries. His economy has largely been a success for rich people. I don’t view Bush as a moderate, I view Bush as an extremist corporate elitist. Class warfare and all that.

]]> By: Dugger http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/16/odd/#comment-30647 Dugger Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:04:57 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1801#comment-30647 Midder, No mindless devotion. Like his tax cuts. He's too wishy washy on the environment (too accommodating to politicized 'scientists'). His 'corruption' is an invention of political oppponents. The Iraq war may well be a mistake. His economy has been, largely, a success. Otherwise he is an uncharismatic, weak personal leader. A good middle ground Democrat who could have convinced the American people that his party was serious about fighting, vice understanding, terrorists woulda/shoulda beat him. Thank God you picked wooden liberal Senators both times. And I noticed you avoided the point about progressives excess in hating a mere moderate. If you hate a moderate like Bush, what about an extremist? Dugger Midder,

No mindless devotion. Like his tax cuts. He’s too wishy washy on the environment (too accommodating to politicized ‘scientists’). His ‘corruption’ is an invention of political oppponents. The Iraq war may well be a mistake. His economy has been, largely, a success. Otherwise he is an uncharismatic, weak personal leader. A good middle ground Democrat who could have convinced the American people that his party was serious about fighting, vice understanding, terrorists woulda/shoulda beat him.

Thank God you picked wooden liberal Senators both times.

And I noticed you avoided the point about progressives excess in hating a mere moderate. If you hate a moderate like Bush, what about an extremist?

Dugger

]]> By: midderpidge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/16/odd/#comment-30646 midderpidge Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:04:31 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1801#comment-30646 It's the flight suit, isn't it, Dugger? It’s the flight suit, isn’t it, Dugger?

]]> By: midderpidge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/16/odd/#comment-30645 midderpidge Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:04:04 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1801#comment-30645 What about Bush has gained your mindless devotion Dugger? Is it his Iraq Blunder? His tax cuts? His environmental policies? The honor and integrity he has brought back to the White House? Enronism? His ability to step forward during a crisis? Honesty? His bold stance against cronyism? Election reform? His bold immigration policy? The way his admionistration has kept faith with the Indian nations? His ability to protect our national secrets? His bold ability to classify so much as national secrets? The bold way he hoards his national secrets? His record on Civil Rights? His ability to be a uniter not a divider? His ability to write slogans? Compassionate Conservatism? His economic policies? His love of cheap labor? President DeLay would be even worse than Bush, frothing mouth corruptionism just isn't appealing. I could at least respect Buchanan. President Duke, you'd like that would you? What about Bush has gained your mindless devotion Dugger? Is it his Iraq Blunder? His tax cuts? His environmental policies? The honor and integrity he has brought back to the White House? Enronism? His ability to step forward during a crisis? Honesty? His bold stance against cronyism? Election reform? His bold immigration policy? The way his admionistration has kept faith with the Indian nations? His ability to protect our national secrets? His bold ability to classify so much as national secrets? The bold way he hoards his national secrets? His record on Civil Rights? His ability to be a uniter not a divider? His ability to write slogans? Compassionate Conservatism? His economic policies? His love of cheap labor?

President DeLay would be even worse than Bush, frothing mouth corruptionism just isn’t appealing. I could at least respect Buchanan. President Duke, you’d like that would you?

]]> By: Dugger http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/16/odd/#comment-30644 Dugger Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:04:03 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1801#comment-30644 Bushwacked, "I just hate their policies." Is it possible that your hate comes a little too easily? Is there any prespective to it? I mean there's no place to go when you reach hate and you reached your end with a relatively moderate Bush. So Pres Frist or Pres Delay or Pres Buchanan or Pres Duke would be no worse or just as hateful? Or do you have varying degrees of hate? Dugger, Just Wondering about the Progressive Mindset - to which hate seemingly comes so easily. Bushwacked,

“I just hate their policies.”

Is it possible that your hate comes a little too easily? Is there any prespective to it? I mean there’s no place to go when you reach hate and you reached your end with a relatively moderate Bush. So Pres Frist or Pres Delay or Pres Buchanan or Pres Duke would be no worse or just as hateful? Or do you have varying degrees of hate?

Dugger, Just Wondering about the Progressive Mindset – to which hate seemingly comes so easily.

]]> By: Frank_D http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/16/odd/#comment-30643 Frank_D Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:04:25 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1801#comment-30643 Commenting on this blog has become a waste of pixels... I'm more likely to get insulted then I am to get an honest, <i>thoughtful</i> response... But I have to say that the way liberals toss around the epithet "moron" is ludicrous. Repack, you probably couldn't manage a video store, but the man you're calling a moron, runs the Department of Defense, an organization that most likely has more employees than the population of your hometown, and operates in more countries than you've even heard of. Commenting on this blog has become a waste of pixels…
I’m more likely to get insulted then I am to get an honest, thoughtful response…

But I have to say that the way liberals toss around the epithet “moron” is ludicrous.

Repack, you probably couldn’t manage a video store, but the man you’re calling a moron, runs the Department of Defense, an organization that most likely has more employees than the population of your hometown, and operates in more countries than you’ve even heard of.

]]> By: Repack Rider http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/16/odd/#comment-30642 Repack Rider Tue, 18 Apr 2006 04:04:18 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1801#comment-30642 <i>Dick Cheney may have actually been a better Secretary of Defense than Donald Rumsfeld is.</i> Rumsfeld has set the competence and ethics threshhold SO LOW that EVEN DICK CHENEY would be an improvement? Congratulations for finding a way to complliment Dick Cheney, even if it is damning him with faint praise. I would have bet the rent that no one could have done that, but I never thought about using Rummy as a baseline. BTW, I heard Rummy on Rush today. What a moron! Rummy I mean. What the hell. Both of them. Dick Cheney may have actually been a better Secretary of Defense than Donald Rumsfeld is.

Rumsfeld has set the competence and ethics threshhold SO LOW that EVEN DICK CHENEY would be an improvement?

Congratulations for finding a way to complliment Dick Cheney, even if it is damning him with faint praise. I would have bet the rent that no one could have done that, but I never thought about using Rummy as a baseline.

BTW, I heard Rummy on Rush today. What a moron! Rummy I mean.

What the hell. Both of them.

]]> By: Bushwacked http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/16/odd/#comment-30641 Bushwacked Tue, 18 Apr 2006 03:04:27 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1801#comment-30641 No, midder, I m saying that Rummy-hate is merely a subset of Bush hate. And as always, nobody hates with as much intensity and vitriol as a compassionate progressive. I consider myself a progressive, however I am not not sure about the "compassionate" part. (If it's anything like a "compassionate conservative", I dont want any part of it.) Anyway, I dont hate Rummy or Bush. I just hate their policies. It would be impossible to hate Rumsfield anyway, because, when he smiles, I can't help thinking of a truly great republican president, Theodore Roosevelt. No, midder, I m saying that Rummy-hate is merely a subset of Bush hate. And as always, nobody hates with as much intensity and vitriol as a compassionate progressive.

I consider myself a progressive, however I am not not sure about the “compassionate” part. (If it’s anything like a “compassionate conservative”, I dont want any part of it.) Anyway, I dont hate Rummy or Bush. I just hate their policies. It would be impossible to hate Rumsfield anyway, because, when he smiles, I can’t help thinking of a truly great republican president, Theodore Roosevelt.

]]> By: midderpidge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/16/odd/#comment-30640 midderpidge Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:04:33 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1801#comment-30640 No, that is your sycophantic devotion to Bush talking there. No, that is your sycophantic devotion to Bush talking there.

]]> By: Dugger http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/16/odd/#comment-30639 Dugger Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:04:22 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1801#comment-30639 No, midder, I'm saying that Rummy-hate is merely a subset of Bush hate. And as always, nobody hates with as much intensity and vitriol as a compassionate progressive. Dugger No, midder, I’m saying that Rummy-hate is merely a subset of Bush hate. And as always, nobody hates with as much intensity and vitriol as a compassionate progressive.

Dugger

]]> By: midderpidge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/16/odd/#comment-30638 midderpidge Mon, 17 Apr 2006 23:04:18 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1801#comment-30638 So what you're saying Dugger is that Bush is the incompetence behind Rumsfeld. So what you’re saying Dugger is that Bush is the incompetence behind Rumsfeld.

]]> By: Dugger http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/16/odd/#comment-30637 Dugger Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:04:00 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1801#comment-30637 I doubt anyone here has a clue as to what the standards would be for measuring any SecDef's performance. Bottom line is Rummy works for Bush and 'compassionate' progressives hate all things Bush with every fiber in their body. His job is to serve the CINC. Dugger I doubt anyone here has a clue as to what the standards would be for measuring any SecDef’s performance. Bottom line is Rummy works for Bush and ‘compassionate’ progressives hate all things Bush with every fiber in their body. His job is to serve the CINC.

Dugger

]]> By: Newport 9 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/04/16/odd/#comment-30636 Newport 9 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:04:23 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1801#comment-30636 Ironically, Donald Rumsfeld was also a better SecDef than Donald Rumsfeld (he held the post under Ford, remember). This supports my theory that the top Republican leadership was replaced by pod people sometime during the Clinton administration. Ironically, Donald Rumsfeld was also a better SecDef than Donald Rumsfeld (he held the post under Ford, remember).

This supports my theory that the top Republican leadership was replaced by pod people sometime during the Clinton administration.

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