Everything is just fine

[Robroy]

[rose-colored-coolaid]

[Markor]

[biliruben]

Yeah, all those students and grey pony-tails were so "out-there" and way off-base marching against the war. No wisdom among that crowd. WTF?

Anyone NOT marching against the Iraq war should be pondering why they weren't and what tropical island of foolishness their wisdom was vacationing at while recovering from a tequila and jingoism cocktail hangover.

Pigeon-holing and marginalizing your fellow Americans because of what they look like rather than what they are saying is as pretty close to the opposite of wise that I can think of.

That said, Siddha. Dude. Reel it in.

[Robroy]

[Robroy]

[uwp]

I thought this thread was about the blog The Big Picture . (Pretty good macro-view stuff)

Instead, it's... well, I can't really figure out what it's about.

[biliruben]

Heh. Okay, Robroy. You've pretty much proved my point for me.

I was down in that march you were scoffing at, along side a doctor, an economist, a veterinarian, and a lawyer. None students, none with pony-tails (though I have a bit of grey), and we were generally of the consensus that before we go off to conquer a country we should know a few things before doing so, to justify the conquest, the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocents, the destruction of millions of lives and the bankrupting, both morally and economically, of our great nation.

This isn't the thread to hash it out, and you have already essentially declared wisdom to be your weak-suit, so I don't have much interest in debating the point with you. I appreciate your confession, however, and wish you immense frustration in your unfulfilled imperialist vision.

[Markor]

[Robroy]

[Robroy]

I think we did a good job of hijacking the thread. I apologize for my part. Carry on as normal.

But to be fair. If anyone wants the last word, feel free. I will stay on topic in this thread from here on.

[Lake Hills Renter]

Can we combine this thread with the conspiracy theory and global warming threads? They've all become the same topic, it seems.

I kid, I kid...

[biliruben]

Maybe you're just a wee bit wiser than I gave you credit for, RR.

Whatever the actual topic of this thread is, I wholeheartedly endorse staggering back to it.

[Robroy]

I believe that if most of us here actually MET and discussed issues other than what we do here, we would find there was a lot to like (and probably dislike) and a lot of shared interests. Heck, my friend I've done the STP with for 14 straight years is politically diametrically opposed to me. We love to jibe each other with this stuff, especially on 200 miles of blacktop at 23 mph. It breaks the monotony.

I also suspect semi-anonymity allows many of us to let down our guard and say things or use a tone that we would not use when participating in face to face discourse. E.g. If I was saying rather than typing that last sentence I would have said. "Shoot! I wouldn'ta said that stuff to yer face!"

Does this site have "get-togethers" at all? I think it should. I do a lot of work with clients around the country and it is AMAZING what difference it makes in our conference calls once I've flown out to actually meet them. The meeting of the minds thing goes into hyperdrive. They know when I'm kidding, etc.

'Course, it could also turn into a "know-it-all" fest. And as I've said many times before, those who think they know it all really annoy those of us who do.

[siddha99]

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

My mistake. Let's all just take the blue pill.