FiveGoodMen's Journal - Democratic Underground http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 19 May 2013 03:12:33 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:12:33 "traditions and customs" Fuck all traditions. The fact that your ancestors did stupid things is no excuse.

Fuck all customs. The fact that your peers are doing stupid things is no excuse.

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/57 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:06:01 From where I sit it looks like the global economy consists largely of meaningless IOU's that the financial sector has forged and now expects US to pay.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/56 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:31:02 "or we go off world to some place else and let those who remain on earth die" Thing is: we can't get most people to another planet.

Even if, say, Mars was habitable we'd be lucky to get a few dozen folks over there.

Sure, THEY could start populating and before long Mars would also be crowded, but none of that would affect the majority of the existing human race, which i... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/55 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:08:48 "abundantly clear that voluntary regulation does not work" There is no such thing as voluntary regulation.

Never was.

Never will be.

Anyone who tells you differently is a goddamned liar and is taking you for a fool.

Imagine football where there are no penalties for intentionally injuring another player (roughing the kicker, etc)

No rule, no p... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/54 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:24:27 "How can Americans continue to tolerate this kind of crap?" The $64,000 question!

As long as we DO tolerate it, I think they DO represent us.

If and when those people are shunned by everyone who meets them...

When they can no longer call ANYONE friend without being rebuffed...

When average Americans stand on street corners and shout "FUCK THE TEA... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/53 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:41:37 We are the base of the party that we THOUGHT stood for humanitarian values However, we have NO control over that party's activities. And they clearly don't give a shit about us.

No matter how much we give, it'll be a drop in the bucket. But we can still hand them our money, go broke, and be told that if we'd been more careful we wouldn't need the Social Security that ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/52 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:11:44 Well, I've been living with it for a long time (whatever that tells you) But really, at this point hope = insanity.

We have no representation in government.

The very worst things that can be done are being done.

And perhaps worst of all: Obama fucks us again and again and again and this site's admin and many of its posters continue to support him!

How in the ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/51 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:27:11 Different theory: Obama has been colluding with the right since the beginning.

They graciously allowed him to win without putting up serious opposition (knowing the public would elect a Dem after 8 years of Bush-fatigue).

His main purpose in office is to keep the left out of the way.

He pretends to be agains... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/50 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:41:36 That list deserves a permanent place on the front page ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/49 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:46:17 There, they found all the post-2012 calendars Turns out they switched to fold-outs with pictures of scantily clad Mayans.

Hoping to sell as many of the old-style units as possible -- to recoup some of the money spent on a ridiculously optimistic order several centuries ago -- they've kept the new ones under wraps till now.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/48 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:04:38 OH MOTHERFUCKING HELL NO! That's how the Middle East became the way it is.

Not knocking you for asking the question, but I'd gladly declare war, pick up a gun, and start mowing down ANYONE who would answer yes.

America is NOTHING without that separation.

[b]Nothing.[/b]... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/47 Thu, 19 May 2011 14:10:08 They worship a god who tortures everyone forever unless we believe that he got himself tortured to death on purpose to 'save' us.

They wear little representations of a torture/killing device around their necks.

They are never NOT obsessed with torture.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/45 Fri, 06 May 2011 13:31:12 This attack is more aggressive and coordinated than anything in the past And that includes the years when pukes held the White House, the Senate, and the HoR.

Protest non-votes may have made this easier for our enemies, but I don't accept that this is merely the result of a switch in majorities.

Look at all the similar crap going on simultaneously in many states.
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/44 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:39:14 It all depends on what you're tolerating Someone uses language you don't like -- be tolerant.

Someone looks funny to you (or AT you) -- be tolerant.

Someone's sex life is good for them but wouldn't work for you -- be tolerant (at least!)

Someone tries to steal other people's life savings, take away their civil rights, deny them he... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/43 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:13:23 We, the people, have lost control of everything. Our government is no longer concerned with what is good, what is right, what is healthy, what we want.

We have lost it all.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/42 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:07:29 The entire point of privatization is to take power and resources out of the hands of democratically elected governments and put them in the hands of dictatorial corporations and very rich individuals.

It is treason.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/41 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:22:58 I, for one, have NO DESIRE to satisfy both parties. One party is racist, fascist, utterly dishonest, anti-constitutional, just plain evil.

They will only be satisfied in a world that Hitler envisioned. (FUCK GODWIN)

[b]I do not want them to be satisfied in any way whatsoever![/b]... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/40 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:52:44 The worst part: This dark age began when Bush took over the White House, but didn't end when he left That's what really worries me.

The dragon was defeated, but something is still breathing fire on all of us.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/39 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:24:07 The pukes want slavery back, plain and simple. It doesn't have to be along racial lines, it can be all about economic class instead.

The important thing is that someone has to do all the work, hand [b]them[/b] all the money, and [b]know their place[/b] while they're at it.

That's what all conservative politics is about.

Sadly, this horr... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/38 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:04:21 "supposition that politicians – politicians! -- will save us" They may never save us, but we can't save ourselves. (Many, many pep talks not withstanding)

Anyone who runs for office is a politician.

Anyone who doesn't has no direct power.

We can tell our elected officials what we want until the cows come home, but if they don't [b]do[/b] what we want ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/37 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:22:42 Perhaps one day soon we'll have mandatory blood testing equipment in our homes All networked to Central Authority.

When the buzzer goes off, we'll have to prick our fingers and submit to the analyzer, which will look for drugs, banned foods, and anything that might qualify as a pre-existing condition.

That info will be instantly relayed to C.A. as well as to our Designat... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/36 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:26:33 Well, I wouldn't get unsettled about it At some point when you were little, you learned that it hurt to bump into hard things, that some things were runny (like water) and that something that you couldn't even see could hold a kite off the ground.

At some later time you found out that lots of very tiny things called atoms and molecules... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/35 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:17:10 In fact, I DO care. I grew up in a Christian home, and although I decided long ago that I didn't buy the story, I was still pretty sure that Christians really wanted to follow the teachings attributed to Jesus.

Then came 2003 and Bush's plan to attack those who had never harmed us.

I fully expected churches all a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/34 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:35:06 The incentive to privatize ANYTHING is to remove any trace of democracy. Corporations are not democratic and no one expects them to be, so...

Take all important public functions and give them to private companies.

After that, let the public vote any way they want; it won't make the slightest difference.

And we won't have the slightest say in how our country real... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/33 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:13:18 "Is there some sort of factory in China?" Not in China.

The factory you're referring to is the Southern Baptist Church.

They start with the very young and condition them to have a fucking orgasm every time they stare reality in the face and deny that it exists.

By the time they're adults, these conditioned individuals are addicted ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/FiveGoodMen/32 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:04:24