Thread: I have changed my view.

Originally Posted by CableDawg

Is it really the government's job to:

force the banks to keep the money that was "loaned" to them?
tell me that I can't shoot heroin into my veins or snort cocaine?
tell me the size of my car or the size of the engine that makes it move?
discourage me from drinking soda by taxing the living hell out of it?
discourage me from smoking by taxing that, too?
discourage me from buying a land yacht by excessive gas tax?

You forgot the part about making me flush the toilet 3 times !!

because we all know that 1.6 x 3 = < 2.5 x 1

Offtopic: don't you have toilets with 2 levers for flushing?
Over here, they are more or less the norm with new installations. That way you can 'FLUSH' if a 'flush' does not suffice.

that way you can save money while still having the option of a big flush.
Btw, there is no government legislation behind our flushing strategy.

I haven't read all the posts in this thread, but I'll say that GW and Cheney had 8 years to communicate with us as to why their policies were justified and they failed to do it. I think part of it was that they didn't want to spend the political capital required for true leadership. They also didn't trust our capacity to do the hard things that needed to be done. As a Republican, I see their administration as a failure.

Oh, and the election - that was over when the economy tanked. It wouldn't have mattered who McCain picked for VP. An economy like that is going to kill ya every time.

Jordan

Originally Posted by Bruno

Offtopic: don't you have toilets with 2 levers for flushing?
Over here, they are more or less the norm with new installations. That way you can 'FLUSH' if a 'flush' does not suffice.

that way you can save money while still having the option of a big flush.
Btw, there is no government legislation behind our flushing strategy.

Yes, ironically the free market in Europe has found many conservation techniques are actually cheaper for the producers! We're a little retarded here in North America thanks to the corporate lobby.

X

you had me at

Originally Posted by xman

free market

Originally Posted by gratewhitehuntr

You forgot the part about making me flush the toilet 3 times !!

because we all know that 1.6 x 3 = < 2.5 x 1

I thought about putting that in but decided to leave it out because the post you originally made about it is a classic!

Originally Posted by Hawkeye5

Cheney is off the leash and may express his views now that he is no longer part of an administration.

Cheney is off the leash, I take it this implies that George W. Bush controlled Cheney? If Cheney was on a leash it was more like him dragging george down the street on the end of the leash.