bornright

Are there any other states that you wish to give away? If Texas was to be given to Mexico it would become too competitive for a liberal country under an Obama administration. You would be trying to swim the Red River to come work as there would be no jobs where you are now.

cheapseats

Observe the proactive...nay, determined...insertion of race into what is unmistakably a generational argument.

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cheapseats

The market is more than expected to be volatile for the next four years...in a very real manner of speaking, speculators are banking on it.

Americans have short memories, I expect you've noticed.

Part of the gist of the article is that younger people even have many of the memories that warrant dusting off at this time.

You think things are bad now? I promise you, the worst of the fallout of the Bush Administration policies will not fall on the Bush Administration personnel...they're Bad Guys, not Stupid Guys.

The worst of the fallout of the Bush Administration policies will fall on the next president's watch. The buck stops here.

Be it McCain or be it Obama, he is very likely that he will be the fall guy of a hapless, hamstrung, scape-goat, do-nothing, one-term presidency.

If Obama fucks up...and things are bad enough, I cannot see how the next president will NOT be perceived as a fuck-up...it bespeaks eight more years of Republican stronghold. The neoconservatives are liable not yet to be dead.

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cheapseats

I do not think you are typical of your generation Do YOU think you are typical of your generation?

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Danimal

Right, 'cause the Bush admin. has been such a boon for the Employment rate not to mention wages.

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I don't hate people, I just like it better when they're not around. -Charles Bukowski

bornright

The unemployment rate in Texas is relatively low but hey you want to give Texas to Mexico. In many areas of this country there are a lot more jobs than there are people seeking a job.

guest1234567

How about Idaho. I don't really eat a lot of potatoes anyway. I do eat rice though, so let's swap out Idaho for Puerto Rico so we won't have to change the flag.

xav8terx

What do you mean "if"...it's "when" he does.

So what are expecting exactly? Are you afraid he wont invade another country and refuse to borrow money from our enemies to pay for it? Will you miss the little nuggets bush left us with like: Fool me twice..oh wait, fool you once...oh forget it!! Obama does actually think before he speaks so i can see how that would create issues for you. Did gaining our allies back become a bad thing?

cheapseats

Thinly veiled sarcasm doesn't become you, separately from being a Moderator. As a Moderator, understand this is personal opinion and requires no response, I should think you would particularly aspire to a communication style and content that speaks to wisdom and leadership.


This much certainly seems to be in our genes: each generation is determined to make the same mistakes their own way.


My experience says that each generation thinks it is superior to the generation that preceded it.

THAT, my friend, was the American Dream.

With how many generations are you acquainted? Three, or four?

The Baby Boom generation...that'd be roughly your parents' generation, I'm guessing...was raised being told and believing that we were meant to be better-read-that-better-off than our parents' generation, the Depression People. And we were.

Fabulous Fifties, ay what?

Things were so good, in fact, we were so busy having such a good time and buying such neat-o stuff, that we didn't think to pay any attention to whether our government was robbing us blind and whether criminals were transacting business willy nilly.

Plus, because MY people's Depression-era parents were so, well, depressing, we swung way the other way, turning our children...YOUR people...into pampered, protected, orchestrated Trophy Kids who can't think for themselves. Unless we abandoned them completely...just left a huge sector of a whole generation of whipper snappers to fend for themselves, we did...without nutrition, education, healthcare, prospects or encouragement.

There is no doubt about it, the Baby Boom generation dropped the ball.

In Alcoholics Anonymous, they're big on "What's your part?" This goes wrong, that goes to hell...what's your part, find your part. If you had no part in it, you probably can't do anything about it. Once you find your part, you can look at what to do differently.

I have a lotta hope for my Baby Boom generation, that it can be persuaded to knock this political bullshit off, focus on the tasks at hand, roll up their sleeves and get 'er done. I don't have any confidence that your ADD/MTV generation can do it. I do, however, think that we are to blame for your-not-your ineffectuality.

What's hilarious is that if the Baby Boomers should solidify behind McCain, which would cause Obama to lose, we will see the Temper Tantrum of all time.

No worries. We've raised teenagers.



Define "progress of a species" and define "progress of a country."



When you're done raising your daughter, lemme know if your views are the same.

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cheapseats

Pretend you're not playing to your audience on a left-leaning message board but, rather, to the daughter who is looking to the man she most trusts for honest answers.

Would you maintain that none of the following have substance?

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