111. I think conservatism (the classic American version) and liberalism (the classic American version) are two sides of a coin. Through honest dialog, and fair elections, accommodation can be met and a nation run very well.
112. I think Obama has all the necessary qualities to be President of the USA.
113. I think Toyota cars are a wonder of the world.
114. I think chicken is my favorite meat.
115. I think hot tea of most any kind, is the best drink of all.
116. I think sardines are good, no matter how you eat them- -from the can; in a sandwich; salad- -whatever.
117. I think grapes have a hold on me for several reasons- -I was a kid in grape country; they are delicious; also healthy, particularly red seeded varieties.
118. I think Hillary will get my vote.
119. I think there are too many lonely people in the world.
120. I think my grandchildren are more beautiful and smart than your grandchildren.
edgarblythe wrote:116. I think sardines are good, no matter how you eat them- -from the can; in a sandwich; salad- -whatever.
Have your ever had the bristling sardines in olive oil? They're the small wee ones. Very tasty, indeed!
Reyn wrote:edgarblythe wrote:116. I think sardines are good, no matter how you eat them- -from the can; in a sandwich; salad- -whatever.
Have your ever had the bristling sardines in olive oil? They're the small wee ones. Very tasty, indeed!
Of course I have. Wonderful, those dead little fishes.
121. I think cold weather is for the young.
122. I think music is as near a language of a soul as humans will get.
123. I think 60s music was so great in part because the artists were free to experiment; they could do anything they wanted to.
124. I think many persons "see flying saucers" for much the same reason the religious see angels, wheels in wheels, etc.; seeking to be whole, to be rescued by a higher being . . .
125. I think suckers are born at a much higher rate than one every minute.
126. I think Marat/Sade, the movie, is a good primer for the play, but the stage production (with The Royal Shakespeare Company) was much better.
127. I think My Fair Lady was at least as good as the orginal, Pygmalian.
128. I think it is a bit frightening the products the government is allowing into the American food chain.
129. I think the new nuclear agreement with North Korea will not be effective.
130. I think Edward G Robinson should not be forgotten. He was in the Ten Commandments, but, before that, he made some great films.
I think if the rest of the stories are as good as the first two the book was more than worth the price.
I think scotch is a taste worth aquiring.
I think coffee can never be too strong.
I think the middle of the road offers a good vantage point.
I think the sign on my grandfathers desk was the best advice you can get, it only said THINK.
I think too many people don't.
131. I think scotch is a better idea than substance.
132. I think coffee is a life starter to the newly awakened.
133. I think adherance to a moral code is essential.
134. I think the death penalty is not viable, in light of mistakes made, overzealous prosecuters.
135. I think Edwards will not get the Dem. nomination.
136. I think too many doctors are raking in kickbacks on designer drugs to practice medicine.
137. I think the groundhog's been smokin' the wacky baccy.
138. I think Americans are too preoccupied with violence.
139. I think Vietnam was in many ways less destructive to our nation than Iraq.
140. I think red wine is what makes ole edgar healthy wealthy and wise this night.
edgarblythe wrote:139. I think Vietnam was in many ways less destructive to our nation than Iraq.
From a strict:
- annualized % of US GDP
- number of US lives lost
comparison?
Iraq is costing us more friends, destabilizing the area we depend on most for energy, taking the lid off a Pandora's Box of Muslim enmity, bogging us in a land it gets harder to disengage from.
1) Where is the cold-war arms race, as exemplified by the Vietnam war? Not present due to the Middle East conflict.
2) Where is the US high-inflation / mega-debt triggered by the cold-war arms race, as exemplified by the Vietnam war? Not present due to the Middle East conflict.
3) Where are the comparable number of US deaths in the Middle East conflict vis-à-vis the Vietnam war? Not present due to the Middle East conflict.
4) Shall I go on?
There is a simple enough economic (at least partial solution) to such heavy reliance on unstable Middle East Oil, that being:
a) Giving up the obscenely-prevalent, gas-guzzling, one-person one-behemoth SUV / Mega-truck, to be replaced with practical small cars and car pooling.
b) To rid the US of diesel-guzzling tractor trailers and revitalize the much-more-fuel-efficient rails.
c) Shall I go on?
The US is a victim of its own success / excess brought about by needless petrochemical reliance. Need I say more?
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Of course Canada is perfect and suffers none of these short-sighted ills.
I don't want to turn this into a single topic thread. The damage to us from the middle east is going to fester and eat away at our well being a lot longer than Vietnam.
Changing tenses can be pretty tense, carry on carrying on!
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1) Where is the cold-war arms race, as exemplified by the Vietnam war? Not present due to the Middle East conflict.
I think the real arms race has never ended, just changed titles.
141. I think finding a fly at the bottom of a bottle of wine is not so strange, but it took me by surprise yesterday.
142. I think my son writes better song lyrics than I ever could.
143. I think Sophia Loren is one of the world's true beauties.
144. I think Cyrano de Bergerac brought much of it on himself.
145. I think Hooversvilles may become the wave of the future.
146. I think globalism can be good, but it needs more civilized rules of engagement.
147. I think John McCain was a great soldier, but I can't embrace his politics.
148. I think the moon is a great place to take a stroll, but I would not like living there.
149. I think the Ghost Rider is a ridiculous concept.
150. I think somebody is going to have to pay for sticking me with a car that has a salvage title. (Paid four years, got a notice at time of final payment the state was swapping my normal title for a salvage one).
151. I think, unlike many folks my age, I need a little LESS exercise.
152. I think Anna Nicole Smith is dead.
153. I think Leonard Cohen's The Traitor has become my favorite song.
154. I think it amusing that a label, made in the USA, is on the front of our new key machine, while on the maufacturer's plate on the back, it says, made in Canada.
155. I think John McCain's campaign may already be self-destructing.
I think I should have bookmarked this thread when I first found it. If I did, I wouldn't have had to search for it high and low today until it jumped back among new posts. Serves me right.
