Spill baby spill, slippery politics

Glad to see Pope Spendi handing out the beatifications. I wonder if he has ever seen New York by night..., or London, or Manchester, or Glasgow,... or Paris.

You guys are all talking to Massagato again?

I was until I figured out that it was him today :/

Cycloptichorn

Swimpy- Have you ever heard the phrase--"Rob Peter to Pay Paul". Well, that's what I think is happening under the Obama Administration.

The rationale is simple--If there are more Peters( lifelong welfare types; illegal immigrants who somehow get to vote-If you think this does not happen, you have never been to Obama's city-Chicago; bleeding heart crytpo Communists; dedicated professional Socialists; and the brain dead loaded into buses, given a ten dollar bill on election day) than Pauls, why then we why not legitimatize the illegals.

But Obama has met the fury of hard working, self-reliant, productive Americans.
After November, his Socialistic measures will get nowhere unless they are tempered by true Bipartisanship.

When you talk about Selfishness, you know nothing about the true meaning of the term until you examine the fiscal piggishness of Obama's friends in Chicago--The impeached governor Blagovich; the convicted Rezko--referred to by the Chicago Tribune lead columnist-John Kass- as Obama's "real estate fairy" who helped cut $30,000 from Obama's home purchase in Chicago; and the candidate for Democratic Senate-Giannolous-who allegedly used his bank as the conduit for loans to the Mafia.

THAT, Swimpy, is selfishness. And they did not work very hard for their Millions so you really must forgive me for taking what I know I earned honestly and fairly.

Plain old me- I am grateful to you for teaching me something I had not realized.

Western Civilization is based on "sacrifice". I must have missed something in all of my readings. Do you have a source for that idiocy? Western Civilization is based on sacrifice? Do you mean all of Western Civilization is totally based on sacrifice?

I have heard and read about the "Enlightenment". You obviously have not.

The Enlightenment was,among other things, a seventeenth and eighteenth century movement, which promoted the use of human reason, became more interested in science, promoted religious toleration and, ultimately, worked to construct governments free from tryanny.

You really should work to define your terms or else your posts will appear to be the rantings of an unschooled adolescent.

You also jump to conclusions, plain old me. You may think I am like the ugly American but you do not know that I am not American. Again, you really do not know what you are talking about.

Why don't you do some research before showing us how incredibly shallow you are?

One of the reasons why Americans do not walk as much as Europeans is that we have more Automobiles. A little research would have shown that to plain old me.

Plain old me is inordinately fond of anecdotal evidence. Anecdotal evidence is almost never acceptable and is used by the unschooled.

Below are the statistics on automobiles per person:

Amount
# 1 United States: 765 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 2 Luxembourg: 686 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 3 Malaysia: 641 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 4 Australia: 619 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 5 Malta: 607 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 6 Italy: 566 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 7 Canada: 563 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 8 New Zealand: 560 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 9 Austria: 558 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 10 Japan: 543 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 11 Portugal: 537 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 12 Iceland: 522 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 13 Norway: 494 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 14 Belgium: 484 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 15 Spain: 471 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 16 Cyprus: 450 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 17 Lebanon: 434 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 18 United Kingdom: 426 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 19 Netherlands: 417 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 20 Slovenia: 413 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 21 Denmark: 408 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 22 Czech Republic: 399 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 23 Qatar: 378 motor vehicles per 100 p
# 24 Ireland: 359 motor vehicles per 100 p

Poor Old Europe:

They say that the French Troops practically soiled themselves when they knew they would be facing the Wehrmacht. I am continually reminded of the cowardice of the Europeans when I go on my frequent trips. No entreprenurial spirit--Wanted to be cared for from "cradle to grave" but most of all, incapable and unwilling to stand up to any critique of their Socialistic governments' failures.

I've already said that we are nearly as bad and would be as bad if we were as rich as you. It's a psychological problem George. As leaders you set the pace. Which you carry on doing by taking the piss out of my mild praise of Cyclo's efforts.

I have a theory about our governments burning money for no other reason than to stop us getting our hands on too much. We are frighteningly efficient. Maybe the move to get rid of nukes is so we can go back to old fashioned wars.

Not that this is new news --- just newly released.

a dead kat is a dead kat is a stinky kat

I liked the phrase "practically soiling themselves". It's amazing what 18 years of expensive educational procedures in one's native language can accomplish.

I presume it means a successfully choked off twittering nipsy.

Or a cost effective way of growing tomatoes.

I was talking about you. When you take no personal responsibility for wasteful living, and we are all guilty here, you leave yourself open. Changing the subject and piling a bunch of unrelated issues together is typical right wing BS.

Spendius--The pusillanimous French were described by the great Historian who wrote about the Third Reich(namely William L. Shirer). Despite Hitler's General Staff, who predicted that the German war machine could not hold out against 100 French Divisions in 1938, Hitler ordered that his troops go into the Sudetenland.

The French,even though numerically superior to the Nazis, did not stir.

I think you could place that also under the category of soiling an entire army's underdrawers.

Can't we get the same people that put out the hundreds of oil well
fires in Kuwait and repair all of the leaks fix this single leak in the gulf?

What advantages would they have got from "stirring" compared to what they ended up with?

Previously posted in another thread:




The Community Organizer will be addressing the nation tonight about the oil spill.
During His Excellency's speech Obama is expected to push for a "comprehensive energy bill."
The "never let a good crisis go to waste" mindset in action.


THE OIL SPILL: THE CRISIS THAT WILL NOT GO TO WASTE


Will Obama convince the rest of the world (Cuba, China, etc...) to stop drilling in the Gulf of Mexico?

Damn, but it's hard to put out an underwater fire.

...Aaaaaaand the oil recovery ship caught fire.

BP: Ship fire halts oil capture from well in Gulf