ANY VALUE IN SPORTS ?

OmSigDAVID wrote:

Montana wrote:

What are we going to do with you, David?

The KEY consideration to remember,
at all times,
is that I AM WONDERFUL.
David

You certainly are something else, David.

dagmaraka wrote:

i'm on board, if those with guns shoot each other out.
there should be a 5 days long street war.
only outside, those who do not want to partake, stay home.
all the rest is free to shoot each other's brains out.
that would do a lot of good to this country.

Well, u advocate a lot of unnecessary carnage & chaos.
There is no reason for us to co-operate with that.
You are not a good philosopher, Dag.
YOUR leadership is QUESTIONABLE.

I support a well armed citizenry,
for purposes of self defense from criminals and from government.

A well armed citizenry gives rise to a sense of personal independence,
rugged individualism, libertarianism, anti-socialism and keeping government on a short leash.

This restores the principles upon which America was founded.
David

dagmaraka wrote:

i'm on board, if those with guns shoot each other out.
there should be a 5 days long street war.
only outside, those who do not want to partake, stay home.
all the rest is free to shoot each other's brains out.
that would do a lot of good to this country.

Well, u advocate a lot of unnecessary carnage & chaos.
There is no reason for us to co-operate with that.
You are not a good philosopher, Dag.
YOUR leadership is QUESTIONABLE.

I support a well armed citizenry,
for purposes of self defense from criminals and from government.

A well armed citizenry gives rise to a sense of personal independence,
rugged individualism, libertarianism, anti-socialism and keeping government on a short leash.

This restores the principles upon which America was founded.
David

"There is no other definition of socialism valid for us than that of the abolition of the exploitation of man by man." - Ernesto Che Guevara

happycat wrote:

David - Today Cal Ripken, Jr., was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He is from Aberdeen MD, and Ripken Stadium is literally 5 minutes from my house. Cal is a god around here.

In his induction speech today he quoted his father, Cal Sr., that "everything that happens in baseball happens in life, and everything that happens in life, happens in baseball."
You would be hard pressed to find any boys around here that haven't at some point played Little League or been to games at Ripken Stadium.
It's a way of life. It gets kids out of the house, away from tv and video games and

I don 't think much of seeing who can
run around in circles better.

I know socialism a lot better than I desire to have known it.

OmSigDAVID wrote:

happycat wrote:

David - Today Cal Ripken, Jr., was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He is from Aberdeen MD, and Ripken Stadium is literally 5 minutes from my house. Cal is a god around here.

In his induction speech today he quoted his father, Cal Sr., that "everything that happens in baseball happens in life, and everything that happens in life, happens in baseball."
You would be hard pressed to find any boys around here that haven't at some point played Little League or been to games at Ripken Stadium.
It's a way of life. It gets kids out of the house, away from tv and video games and

I don 't think much of seeing who can
run around in circles better.

Quote:

David, it's not about who can run around in circles better. Cal played 2132 consecutive games.
His nckname is Ironman.
He teaches kids to keep on keeping on.
The strive to be better. To not give up in the face of defeat.

Tenacity can be good;
depending upon what u r being tenacious ABOUT.

Quote:

Baseball teaches life lessons while running around in circles (as you say.)[/color]

How does it accomplish THAT ?
( I hope that u r not going to tell me to experiment with it empirically. )

There survives a letter from Thomas Jefferson to his 12 year old nephew,
whom he counsels to always take his gun with him,
whenever he goes for a walk, and to practice with it.
He was of the opinion that gunnery practice builds character.

OmSigDAVID wrote:

I know socialism a lot better than I desire to have known it.

care to say more? I'm just curious, as I grew up in a communist country.

Those were different times David.

dagmaraka wrote:

OmSigDAVID wrote:

I know socialism a lot better than I desire to have known it.

care to say more? I'm just curious, as I grew up in a communist country.

From the 1940s thru the collapse of communism ( almost ),
I feared that the commies wud succeed in conquering the world,
because some of our leaders ( like the Kennedys ) were very weak, timid
and some of them secretly admired collectivism and communist slavery.
I believed that there was a good chance things wud get so bad
that I 'd have to put a gunshot thru my mother 's head, and then thru my own head
to save us from communist battle tanks, as thay rolled down the street,
as the weakness of liberals is a temptation to aggression.

I used to be an Anti-communist spy for the US House Committee on un-American Activities,
in an effort to injure communism in America. I was a friend of Herbert Philbrick.
David

I figured youd be less perplexed to answer this post as to the one before it.

Before I mentioned the word Socialism you weren't sure if or what to attack.

OmSigDAVID wrote:

dagmaraka wrote:

OmSigDAVID wrote:

I know socialism a lot better than I desire to have known it.

care to say more? I'm just curious, as I grew up in a communist country.

From the 1940s thru the collapse of communism ( almost ),
I feared that the commies wud succeed in conquering the world,
because some of our leaders ( like the Kennedys ) were very weak, timid
and some of them secretly admired collectivism and communist slavery.
I believed that there was a good chance things wud get so bad
that I 'd have to put a gunshot thru my mother 's head, and then thru my own head
to save us from communist battle tanks, as thay rolled down the street,
as the weakness of liberals is a temptation to aggression.

I used to be an Anti-communist spy for the US House Committee on un-American Activities,
in an effort to injure communism in America. I was a friend of Herbert Philbrick.
David

Ok, that did it. I'm done here.
It's been interesting talking to you David.