OT Rant

On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:52:54 -0800 (PST), the infamous Robatoy scrawled the following:

So buy the tee to go with it!

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On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:46:47 -0800, the infamous "LDosser" scrawled the following:

He said "meek", not "wimp", suh.

-- The Smart Person learns from his mistakes. The Wise Person learns from the mistakes of others. And then there are all the rest of us...

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On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:21:01 -0500, the infamous Greg G. scrawled the following:

The "why" is clear to me from his behavior: He flipped into fanatical Muslim mode. Y'know, "crazier" than normal, but totally premeditated mass murder and an act of terrorism, pure and simple.

As to why his superiors didn't notice, have you ever met a psychologist or psychiatrist? I think it's mandatory that you are broken to become a shrink. Every one I've known is downright odd, including my half-sister with her Stanford degree. When folks avoid you because you're weird, they hardly notice your changes. If he'd talked to his neighbors and let them know he was torn over being sent to the ME, they might have overlooked any extra oddness, don't you think?

I think it's sad that he survived. Now it will cost millions of dollars to try him and every one of the victims' families will be left with feelings of disgust, moreso than if he'd been killed, no matter what the outcome of the trial. And the perp'll be forced to house the guilt for the rest of his life, too. Sitrep: Lose/Lose.

-- The Smart Person learns from his mistakes. The Wise Person learns from the mistakes of others. And then there are all the rest of us...

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We're already seeing that with Pelosi-care -- $250k

Isn't it ironic, a US citizen put in jail but Illegal Aliens allowed to flood this country and no jail time. The sooner this rank amateur is gone the better off this country will be.

How many Hockey Teams have we taken?

If the justice system worked, I believe that we would not have to be asking some of the questions that you mentioned above. The killers have learned to work the system. If they knew that being seen doing the act would speed them to their punishment rather than become make them a celebrity of sorts they would think twice about trying to pull a stunt such as this. Or perhaps convey their message in a more civilized way, maybe. Anyway, swift justice in no longer a result.

When Obama and his socialist buddies are done, it won't be a shake, barely a nudge....

From what I understand, none of the warning signs were missed. They gave him bad reviews and moved him around. They did not miss the signs, they simply had to be PC. PC does not allow you to assume or treat differently a person that produces substandard results. You have to treat all people as you might treat your children. You can no longer treat fellow workers as adults, you might hurt thier feelings.

See above. You have to have proof that they will kill. Until they kill you don't have proof. You are not allowed to take precautions, that might hurt someones feelings.

You are probably absolutely correct , but, you should not say that because some one might get their feelings hurt. ;~)

The kind of number that idiot civilians like to throw around. Coast Guard ships have neither the speed nor the armament to deal with purpose-made warships. They can't run away, they can't close the range, and their weapons are outranged, so all they can do is sit there and take hits. And that's the ones that _have_ weapons. More than half of that number is buoy tenders and tugs and other classes that were never intended to get in a fight.

The Coast Guard is superb at what they do, but what they do is not fight wars.

Well, now, let's see, after those navies have wiped out New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia and Phoenix they're at your 20 million, and they still have over 1400 warheads to use up, that they can put _anywhere_ in the US.

Oh, and between them the British, German, and French navies have the Coast Guard nicely outnumbered, and that's just counting British, German, and French combatant warships against _everything_ that the Coast Guard has that's longer than 65 feet.

Really, you're coming across as a clueless jingoist here.

Was it because his neighbors referred to him as "number 9" ???

Yes we can. (Sorry, couldn't resist) Speaking as an economist, the only way out is to increase aggregate demand and there's only three things that can do that: increase exports, increase private investment in capital goods, or increase government spending. The alternative to government spending is to pray that Chinese demand increases enough so they start importing from the rest of us. Private spending on investment goods ain't gonna happen until things are profitable again.

Government spending increases is how we got out of the 1930s depression. Economies remained stagnant throughout the 1930s until government spending was massively increased starting with Germany from

Luigi

Government spending is how the 1930s Depression was lengthened beyond its natural lifecycle.

Economics is called the "Dismal Science" for a reason - economists never allow reality to intrude on their cute littler theories (as witnessed above).

To fools and children (and moochers)...

me.

He offers oppression, slavery, and economic ruin that appeals to the shiftless, indolent, lazy, and mooching classes.

S*it, they will Baker Act you in a heartbeat around here. You just have to scare the right people, or find the right people who have something to hide at your expense. In my ignorant youth I told some Kelly Bundy type she was a diamond in the rough and ended up in jail for arson, so anything is possible in this place - but I wasn't a Muslim...

There is a good chance that some kind of intervention, a candid conversation or a friend, could have stopped this. Based on what I've read, I don't think the guy set out to commit this crime - it was the pathology of rejection, fear and loneliness that set him off. There are plenty of sick, desperate people in the world.

Oh, shucks.

Greg G.

Oh, please. This is a long discounted canard.

No fan of economists here, but our current situation was caused by the wholesale export of jobs and factories, thieving bankers, K-street, financial con-men and rocketing energy costs. War profiteers and energy monopolies coddled by the government haven't helped either.

Greg G.

Hardly. How long did it take for the stock market to recover to pre-'29 levels?

It took you a while, but you finally hit the nail with your last four words. ...and you want even more.

I can't find the link right now, but a new movie is being made. It was on Yahoo earlier this week. In the movie, they destroy the White House, the Vatican, many other recognizable buildings, but they skipped the Muslim building for fear of reprisal from the peace loving people.

Forgive me for being dense, Ed - but would you please clarify who "they" are and the relevance of this fictional work to the real events being discussed?