birdog1960

Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war: neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But after all it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or fascist dictorship, or a parliament or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peace makers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” Hermann Goring heramnn goring

the answer is 64…or NOPE.

dennis kucinich and bernie sanders are gadflies. they know their purpose. they are not grandiose. and i agree, they're honest.

You have the trade issue, which is important. You have health care issues, which are very important. You have war and peace issues, economic priority issues, which are very important. And on those issues you can bring together coalitions, which redefine the normal paradigm which a lot of the corporate media creates when they talk about liberal and conservative. Bernie Sanders http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/dec/10/bernie-s/bernie-sanders-viral-speech-says-top-1-percent-ear/

have quit two partner track jobs before the end of my first year contract. one was a practice where the senior partner was bonking the office manager, there was a ridiculous buy-in and the deck was clearly stacked against junior partners. i did er/urgent care work for a year and interviewed all over the country. eventually joined another private group with partners only a bit older than me. turns out they were borrowing money every month to make payroll while paying themselves way too much. quit after 8 mos and opened my own practice. not a single one of them is still in that practice. it's closed long ago. if you have a strong work ethic, it's unlikely anyone will do it better than you can do yourself.

12 genesis sedan: 30 highway, 23 city- pretty pleased with that for a big car yet hyundai sends me a credit card at intervals to reimburse their initial mpg overestimate. first one was $250. 05 subaru legacy gt turbo: 22 overall

like the article says, bernie will force her to make more progressive statements in the primaries. whether she backs away in the greneral election is the question.

go bernie!

what percentage of income did romney report in taxes when he was running for prez? i don't think he's atypical for his wealth and income level. it was a hell of alot less than the percentage i paid. i suspect some of the numbers he's looking at are capital gains, the vast majority of which are garnered by wealthy folks. both. i think they should have done more. absolutely. there are very few in washington not beholden to big business and big banks.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/nobel-prize-winner-stiglitz---three-steps-to-solving-income-inequality-153834471.html. another expert weighs in on income and wealth inequality, its causes and possible solutions. btw, he has a nobel prize but don't you far righties hold that against him. In his new book, “The Great Divide: Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them,” Stiglitz traces the modern divide of inequality back to the Reagan era. Though inequality was a huge problem at the turn of the last century and in the lead up to the Great Depression, Stiglitz says the income divide in the U.S. was reduced after World War II and that the country “grew at its fastest pace” and “grew together.” He says the turning point was the Reagan Administration and its rolling out of supply-side economics, deregulation, and lower tax rates. The goal of these policies was to spur economic growth overall and make everyone wealthier. Stiglitz says it caused a divide instead

never got past intro poetry but i remebered this interpretation and frost himself backs it up: Yet Frost had written Untermeyer two years previously that "I'll bet not half a dozen people can tell you who was hit and where he was hit in my Road Not Taken," and he characterized himself in that poem particularly as "fooling my way along." He also said that it was really about his friend Edward Thomas, who when they walked together always castigated himself for not having taken another path than the one they took http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/frost/road.htm

firstly, frost's poem is "the road not taken". secondly, while we all interpret things (especially poems) differently, i think it's primarily about regret, not laziness. here's another art form that i feel captures the essence of that poem: http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+darrell+scott+sha+na+na&FORM=VIRE1#view=detail&mid=1258F542BA27CCB84EA41258F542BA27CCB84EA4 more to the point, i've given evidence of desire and willingness to sacrifice for personal betterment (ie military, student loans from predatory "school"s) and you all have countered with an example of a welfare queen.

the military analogy is evidence of the likelihood. there are cvlearly many poor people that are wiling to risk their lives for an opportunity at upward mobility. i think it's fair to say that many more would jump at this opportunity if risking ones life wasn't a prerequisite. Asch alluded to the fact that “the military tries to attract high school graduates who are looking for job training, good benefits and help with college tuition — and that a high percentage of black women fit that bill, as a possible explanation of the discovery

i did address it. you give people hope and a light at the end of the tunnel and their motivation and work ethic are very likely to change

why don't we investigate the premise made here that public vocational programs are abundant and accessible. If that were true, then why do for profit schools like this http://www.consumerfinance.gov/newsroom/cfpb-sues-for-profit-college-chain-itt-for-predatory-lending/ attract students? why would anyone choose to borrow $20k to obtain an associates degree? because there are very limited choices for these people. because the above premise is ungrounded. because very few such public programs exist for people over 18. these are folks from the same background as many of the young people that comprise our volunteer military. many join for the same reasons i just stated. it's their best option. and guess what? the recruiters offer educational opportunities and job training. what if we offered those things without joining the military? what if we brought in successful tradesmen to talk to groups of would be students about the earning and lifestyle potential of their fields? and in a few years, you bring in alumni that have succeeded. and it becomes logarithmic growth. and you chip away at an under class and an expensive and wasteful cultural problem. but then again, who would function as cannon fodder?

actually education on universal precautions would be very important in that instance. ignorance is often dangerous and almost always undesirable.

education is a pretty broad term. i believe there's a book called a dictionary that can offer a concise definition. in this instance i mean formal or even informal learning that prepares people for the work force. ("pure"- as opposed to applied- research and learning certainly have their place but that's not the discussion here. So i'd propose more vocational programs, state run technical schools and polytechnics as part of the solution. how they would help this problem is self evident.

um wait. wasn't proper use of to/too a predictor of work ethic earlier in the thread? seems an ocean of difference between limp wrested pu$$ies and normal pu$$ies. in fact, seems a world of difference between average joes and marines by your definition. are you suggesting that avg joes are pu$$ies? you're not real, are you? nope. definitely not. steinbeck, anyone? not readers digest but still...

they're not gonna get it at home. it's multigenerational in many cases. wishing that wasn't so doesn't change anything. outside intervention is required, be that through incentives, disincentives or surrogate parents (ie schools and teachers). the kids need role models. they need to see that they can succeed. if they feel they're predestined for menial labor for a lifetime, it will continue to result in the quality of workers you are complaining about. oih, and imprisoning a large percentage of them or their parents isn't working out too well either. that's what we're doing now.

so what is the solution? i suggest it's more emphasis on education. and the vehicle for most of the folks mentioned here will be public schools. we need to demand more from the students and the institutions. and if a student doesn't want to be there, let him go. spend the resources on motivated kids.

my first thought as well. the curse is gone.

just shows how bad we were at TE and nothing was done for years to fix it. could well be a very nice guy. just not a nice TE.

ultimately, it all devolves to this mindset: http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/201/7/5/goering_s_greatest_quotes_by_vladimirseyer-d7rghxd.jpg

n now there's a mental image we could have done without.

cool. seems like the robots would be guided by the same radio frequency tech that underground dog fences are. why not change the frequency?