ouch, that hurts

Someone played that song on the jukebox at a pool hall last night...I've lost all hope in pop culture.

I love this song. I like old-school songs for the dancefloor. Dancefloor songs BEP do bestest.

I've said it before, and no amount of indie kids whining is going to change my opinion.

I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but I know a lot of whiny indie kids that like that song.

As I've said before, I don't like mainstream rap with the exception of outkast.

I do understand that stuff being used for dances/clubs, and don't get me wrong, I have no problem with people liking it. I don't mean to diss the song itself or anyone that listens to it - I hate when people think everyone needs to have the same taste. It's just not for me. Especially while I'm trying to play pool.

wow, we have diametrically opposite political leanings. laissez-faire all the way.

Ha ha....you do it to yourself, you do....and that's why it really hurts, you do it to yourself.:D

I think there is a fine balance between laissez-faire and government regulation. If you have 100% laissez-faire- you get all kinds of dirty dealings, kickbacks, monopolistic practices, etc. If you have too much government regulation, you can hurt the profitibility of a business.

There are benefits and drawbacks to all political systems. Ultimately, in politics, I want to see people who understand this and understand balance in this imperfect world where idealism is foolishness.

It is like this in every aspect of government. If abortion was illegal, girls would attempt it themselves and die. It would be just like prohibition in this day and age.

The real question of politics is: what is the best we can do? I have no fricking clue even how to start answering that question, as most people do- because people either base their politics off of idealism or fear.

Let me put it down this way.
Every pick up line i've used hasn't worked. But you know this is offcourse the pick up line's fault pfuh yeah.

Jeffery Wigand dominated Brown & Williamson without the government. It's not necessary to have the goverment deal with it, but it is safer. I'm for laissez-faire, but it's not perfect.

And I changed my mind, politics is a really bad pick up.

without delving too far into politics yet again . . . coercive monopolies can only occur under a system that allows government regulation. one company might have a de facto monopoly under laissez-faire at any given time, but that does not preclude companies who make a better product or have a more effective marketing strategy from coming in and gaining market share even with a behemoth as competition. on the other hand, with the force of the government behind it a corporation can essentially do whatever it wants to bully competitors out of business -- all it would need to do is appeal to congress to, er, regulate its competitors out of any chance of profitability. and the only way it can do that is to pour a zillion dollars into congressional campaign funds . . . see below.

the only companies that would want government favors under laissez-faire are the ones that are having the shite beaten out of them by the competition. if we didn't allow that the mediocre companies would fail (as the market says they should) and we would be left only with the successful companies, who again would have no reason to pour funds into the coffers of politicos so long as they didn't negatively interfere with their affairs by . . . er, regulating their business.

so yeah, different strokes.

hah, i bet you get TONS of chicks with that kind of talk :D

more than you could ever imagine.

she wants you

ha. in all honesty, i do have to learn to be a tad more . . . superficial. it's a problem -- i care about people's ideals and dreams and aspirations and values and everything that makes them uniquely human, not what quantity of alcohol they had the previous night or what kind of dionysian debauchery is most conducive to their ephemeral pleasure. i think i scare the hell out of most people . . . except maybe bay buchanan or judy woodruff :rolleyes:.

sorry. i was just picking on you for what you said about baltimore. :p

no prob -- now go wrench your hands off in the zinc before you go in the ambalants to the hawspil in anarunnel. jeet? nojew? ok, i'll make you some aigs and wooder, or maybe we can go to litlitlee, but first i have to warsh up in the shar.

Are you here waiting for me ??**

do you want a root?

do you mind laying down while I have one..... :-)