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I get the distinct feeling that you lot think I should sell off my bodyparts and see if I can buy a sixpack of diet Dr. Pepper with the results.

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Happy Birthday fable old chap. I guess this means you were born in 1951, right? Hey, that makes you a child of the sixties, doesn't it? Let me see... you must have been 11 during the Cuban Missile Crisis, around 13 when Kennedy was assassinated, something like 20 when Hendrix performed at Woodstock, and 28 when I was born. Man! I wish my generation was as exciting as yours.
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You could probably get more than some Dr. Pepper; I hear that they're paying $500 for a kidney in India.Originally posted by fable:
<STRONG>I get the distinct feeling that you lot think I should sell off my bodyparts and see if I can buy a sixpack of diet Dr. Pepper with the results.![]()
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Well we had the CrankeysOriginally posted by EMINEM:
<STRONG>Happy Birthday fable old chap. I guess this means you were born in 1951, right? Hey, that makes you a child of the sixties, doesn't it? Let me see... you must have been 11 during the Cuban Missile Crisis, around 13 when Kennedy was assassinated, something like 20 when Hendrix performed at Woodstock, and 28 when I was born. Man! I wish my generation was as exciting as yours.</STRONG>
I'd have to get drunk every night and talk about virility...And those Pink elephants I'd see.
Hmmm. He also had flares and D!ck [for heavens sake!] Van Dyke.
Our generation isn't so bad.
I was 3 during the winter of discontent.
I was too young to really know what New Romantics were in the 80's but I listened anyway.
Sting was fab.
The muppets were fab.
I was 15 during the Gulf War.
I lived through a recession.
I was 18 when "Cigarettes and Alcohol" became an anthem and Oasis were bad.
I was 25 when our world defining moment occured. I'll never forget where I was on September 11th.
[ 12-13-2001: Message edited by: Gruntboy ]
Our generation isn't so bad.
I was 3 during the winter of discontent.
I was too young to really know what New Romantics were in the 80's but I listened anyway.
Sting was fab.
The muppets were fab.
I was 15 during the Gulf War.
I lived through a recession.
I was 18 when "Cigarettes and Alcohol" became an anthem and Oasis were bad.
I was 25 when our world defining moment occured. I'll never forget where I was on September 11th.
[ 12-13-2001: Message edited by: Gruntboy ]
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I'll do without **** van Dyke, thank you.
As to my generation, they differed in really only one big way from what's come since. They held to the European idea that government could be made to work for people, and against corporate might. The Kennedy/Johnson years involved quite a few major political gaffs, but they also saw the first concerted American effort at low income housing, the establishment of a legal tier to help the indigent, the creation of a volunteer, government-run service to assist in developing nations (the Peace Corps), and the creation of Medicaire as a medical net for the aged. The employment programs during LBJ's years got more legit-aged Americans in jobs than any president since.
But hey, why create employment programs, when you can simply give everyone a check for a small amount of money and let the country slide deeper into debt! Dubbyah, you rule!

But hey, why create employment programs, when you can simply give everyone a check for a small amount of money and let the country slide deeper into debt! Dubbyah, you rule!
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Indigent?Originally posted by fable:
<STRONG>the establishment of a legal tier to help the indigent</STRONG>
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I would also like you to meet my alternate personality, Mistress 9.
Mistress 9: You will be spammed. Your psychotic and spamming distinctiveness will be added to the board. Resistance is futile. *evil laugh*
Ain't she wonderful? ¬_¬
I knew I had moree in common with BS than was first apparent~Yshania
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Happy Birthday Fable
Know here is the tired old cliche
Don't think about it as getting older just more mature, like a fine wine gets better with age.
Of course some wines get really bad with age, oh well where was I Oh yes Happy birthday Fable don't ever get any older than you are.
Know here is the tired old cliche
Don't think about it as getting older just more mature, like a fine wine gets better with age.
Of course some wines get really bad with age, oh well where was I Oh yes Happy birthday Fable don't ever get any older than you are.
I care not for endings or beginnings, but for the eternal and infinite spaces of the universe, and for the endless exploration of eternity, and mysteries which I will find plumbing the infinite depths.
"Do not turn inward to find peace and wisdom, turn outward instead to find liberation from the narrow boundaries of self", quote from Gary Paul Nabhan, paraphrased of course
"When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong" quote from Arthur C. Clarke, thought it was interesting.
Tips on living longer: eat right, exercise, and yes castrate yourself, eunuchs live longer then normal people.
"Do not turn inward to find peace and wisdom, turn outward instead to find liberation from the narrow boundaries of self", quote from Gary Paul Nabhan, paraphrased of course
"When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong" quote from Arthur C. Clarke, thought it was interesting.
Tips on living longer: eat right, exercise, and yes castrate yourself, eunuchs live longer then normal people.
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The problem for the Kennedy/Johnson administrations was that they tried to do too much. The Great Society was the culmination of the activist government envisioned by FDR in the 1930s where government not only worked for the people, but actively involved itself in their lives for their betterment. We can see the New Dealers fingerprints all over the Kennedy/Johnson years; hell, Johnson himself was one of the movers and shakers among the liberal Democrats.
Unfortunately, the Great Society tried to have its cake and eat it, too. We can trace the downfall of the activist government directly to Vietnam; if the Great Society had existed on its own, and Vietnam did not cast its shadow over Johnson's historical legacy, we would probably feel very differently about its effects.
Beginning with Ike, and continuing through Kennedy and Johnson, our involvement in Vietnam had disaster written all over it. Unfortunately for Johnson, we were in way too deep in 1963 and he couldn't feasibly pull out. Plus, he felt that it was his duty as the big American brother to bring enlightenment to our neighbours in southeast Asia.
Since he tried to fight the war in Vietnam and realise the New Dealers vision of American government at the same time, Johnson failed at both. Subsequently, we have a distrust of government resulting from being lied to about Vietnam, and we feel that given the chance, government will go back to its tax-and-spend ways (which is not necessarily true, but it makes for a good sound byte, especially if you're a Republican).
Happy Birthday anyway, fable!
Unfortunately, the Great Society tried to have its cake and eat it, too. We can trace the downfall of the activist government directly to Vietnam; if the Great Society had existed on its own, and Vietnam did not cast its shadow over Johnson's historical legacy, we would probably feel very differently about its effects.
Beginning with Ike, and continuing through Kennedy and Johnson, our involvement in Vietnam had disaster written all over it. Unfortunately for Johnson, we were in way too deep in 1963 and he couldn't feasibly pull out. Plus, he felt that it was his duty as the big American brother to bring enlightenment to our neighbours in southeast Asia.
Since he tried to fight the war in Vietnam and realise the New Dealers vision of American government at the same time, Johnson failed at both. Subsequently, we have a distrust of government resulting from being lied to about Vietnam, and we feel that given the chance, government will go back to its tax-and-spend ways (which is not necessarily true, but it makes for a good sound byte, especially if you're a Republican).
Happy Birthday anyway, fable!
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The poor and needy, as opposed to the rich and needy.Originally posted by Sailor Saturn:
<STRONG>Indigent?</STRONG>
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Yes, I have a dictionary, but what I should I look it up when I can get you to do that for me?Originally posted by Georgi:
<STRONG>indigent adj in need, esp. of means of subsistence
What, you don't have a dictionary?![]()
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Protected by Saturn, Planet of Silence... I am the soldier of death and rebirth...I am Sailor Saturn.
I would also like you to meet my alternate personality, Mistress 9.
Mistress 9: You will be spammed. Your psychotic and spamming distinctiveness will be added to the board. Resistance is futile. *evil laugh*
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Real men love Jesus. They live bold and holy lives, they're faithful to their wives, real men love Jesus.~Real Men Love Jesus; Herbie Shreve
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I would also like you to meet my alternate personality, Mistress 9.
Mistress 9: You will be spammed. Your psychotic and spamming distinctiveness will be added to the board. Resistance is futile. *evil laugh*
Ain't she wonderful? ¬_¬
I knew I had moree in common with BS than was first apparent~Yshania
[color=sky blue]The male mind is nothing but a plaything of the woman's body.~My Variation on Nietzsche's Theme[/color]
Real men love Jesus. They live bold and holy lives, they're faithful to their wives, real men love Jesus.~Real Men Love Jesus; Herbie Shreve
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One of the advantages of being Queen.Originally posted by Georgi:
<STRONG>Why you lazy...
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Besides, I was busy trying to finish all of the homework assignments for this semester, all of which happen to be due today.
Protected by Saturn, Planet of Silence... I am the soldier of death and rebirth...I am Sailor Saturn.
I would also like you to meet my alternate personality, Mistress 9.
Mistress 9: You will be spammed. Your psychotic and spamming distinctiveness will be added to the board. Resistance is futile. *evil laugh*
Ain't she wonderful? ¬_¬
I knew I had moree in common with BS than was first apparent~Yshania
[color=sky blue]The male mind is nothing but a plaything of the woman's body.~My Variation on Nietzsche's Theme[/color]
Real men love Jesus. They live bold and holy lives, they're faithful to their wives, real men love Jesus.~Real Men Love Jesus; Herbie Shreve
Volo comparare nonnulla tegumembra.
I would also like you to meet my alternate personality, Mistress 9.
Mistress 9: You will be spammed. Your psychotic and spamming distinctiveness will be added to the board. Resistance is futile. *evil laugh*
Ain't she wonderful? ¬_¬
I knew I had moree in common with BS than was first apparent~Yshania
[color=sky blue]The male mind is nothing but a plaything of the woman's body.~My Variation on Nietzsche's Theme[/color]
Real men love Jesus. They live bold and holy lives, they're faithful to their wives, real men love Jesus.~Real Men Love Jesus; Herbie Shreve
Volo comparare nonnulla tegumembra.