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Whatever happened to Thicke? I liked him. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

You know you are dealing with nothing but fluff when the first adjective used by a source that supports her is "darling." Not intelligent, not effective, or insightful, or pragmatic, or anything that might be construed as adding to the ability to govern - but darling. Chosen for their last ticket because she was relatively unknown and sorta cute. A classic window-dressing candidate. They probably should have listened to her talk first. Truly pathetic. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Imagine the cow is a sphere. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

And yet there are those that continue to deny. Proof that many (IMO most) humans are emtional creatures that think, not thinking creatures with emotions. I think it is the other way araound. Anyone can accept and believe in things simply because they are told so; it takes discipline, awareness, and objectivity to examine something and make up your own mind. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Unless deBeers establishes a business office in this country - how could such a suit go anywhere? " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

had to be a legendary Kawi Tripple.....typical 2 stroke..nice power..nice power...OH SHIT!!! You street guys will probably laugh; but I remember that same feeling on my Combat Wombat. It was a friends competition bike (very abused). I bought it from him for a couple hundred bucks and got it back in nice shape. First time on it I wound out 1st gently, very cool. Wound out 2nd gently, again very cool. Hit 3rd and pegged the throttle and holy crap, the thing almost came over backward on me. Unbelievable power out of a 125. (This was before the Japanese bikes got quick). " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Yes, alot of people on the sidelines right now. Many at or near retirement age are out of work and have either retired only because they can not find a job they want or coasting without really looking very hard. Actual unemployment is probably nearly double the official figure - best guess is around 15 to 17%. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

sounds like it would be difficult to hire people to covers areas of current weakness, then. At least not openly. Exactly. Over the years a lot changed about our operating envirnment. We of course did not can existing staff for not being able to meet every new demand; plenty of stuff to keep everybody busy. But it really handcuffed us in trying to make ability to use new tools and processes part of the criteria for new hires. It was quite the dilemma becaue we did not want to can valuable experienced staff, but couldn't require new skills for new staff. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Near the end of my time as a hiring/firing manager (late 90's) it was becoming very difficult to implement hiring criteria of any kind. The advice of our legal staff was that any criteria had t be "normalized' against existing staff. In other words, any criteria had to be run against existing employees. If you wanted to list something along the lines of "must be able to type 40 wpm" then we had to prove that all existing staff met that standard. It was worse than using that type of logic to fire people. To fire someone we had to show we had fired everyone else that exhibited same behavior. That was cumbersome but doable. On the hiring end it was even more cumbersome and quite expensive to do in an operation with hundreds of employees. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

That's cool. We won't have to wait a year for them to learn the Rules of Order. They will know the required procedures for getting things done; but will have the clear message that if they resort to the same BS as the current bunch of total fucking losers - they will be out in the street. I think we should look at them as a competitive team; friendly competition for positions, but once the selection process is over, total commitment to generate positive results. IMO, they are about 4-132 since the first Bush was elected. Time to clean fucking house. And it should start at the top. (But don't get me wrong, they are so dismally bad we're better of dumping the franchise and starting with a draft of all new players). " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Exactly! And the new bums get one term to make real progress. If not, can all their pathetic, wishy-washy asses. 2 cycles of that would only take 8 years. No big deal. I mean, it's not like our government has made a single fucking lick of progress in the last 8 years. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

I've often spoken to friends about the need for a grass-roots movement: VOTE! Vote Out The Elected Vote out all incumbents; they are failing us miseerably. Needed insurance reform is a biggie. Financial tools and institutions reform is another. (How many people are aware that there have been no significant changes to the rules that got us into the current mess; just a bailout and back to business as usual). Vote them all out and the message would be loud and clear. Party affiliations, partisanship, and the degree of polarity they have led to are getting us nowhere. We need to send a clear signal that the public does not feel it is being served, and that the careers of politicians are secondary to the good of the public - not the other way around. The only reason they keep up the same BS is because the public has allowed them to do it without consequence. Fanning of the flames by extremist celebrity talking heads from both sides only makes things worse. Let's give them a real hotfoot by firing their asses wholesale. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Capitalism is not a sentient being that can agree or disagree with anything. Language. Get to know it. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Actually there is a long-standing tradition that the president of the United States doesn't bow to ANYONE. Of course, B.O. doesn't seem to care much about tradition...except that whole facing east thinig. Maybe a few more longstanding traditions need to be scrapped. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

see? I learn something every day I thought it was Irish bashing, or picking on young flying elephants I thought maybe there was an African dignitary in town. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

I'm with you there. If anything, I go to Comedy Central. At least then you get a side of laughs with the BS. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Can't open the link; it keeps locking up my IE. But in response to the OP: The public. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

But, the religious folks in the "Jesus" thread are telling us we should "turn the other cheek" and not fight back against evil! It should be enough for us to know that god will punish these evil girls when they die, some 50 years in the future, and therefore we should endure all their bullying and do nothing. Because violence never solves anything. They aren't "evil". They're teenage girls with an extremely poor upbringing and an extremely misguided sense of their own import in the world. Maybe by the time they hit college, they'll get a little dose of reality and the impact of what they've done will hit them square in the chest. Agree on the first part; and almost always the result of, or lack of, parenting. Ignoramuses pretty much raise ignoramuses. For the immediate need though, a kid getting bullied needing to protect themselves - a good ass kicking works well. Most bullies are wimps underneath. Their lack of confidence and insecurities is what takes them down that path to begin with. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Agreed; but I think he stole the storyline from Man from U.N.C.L.E. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

It's so hard to defend that none of the big fans of HC reform here have even tried. I'm an advocate for reform. The entire system from care delivery to financing care needs overhaul; and is much reliant on reform of tangent activities (cost of schooling, tort reform, etc). What we are seeing isn't meaningful reform. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

The buy offs continue. This was a hard task to begin with, but but sacrificing any sort of integrity, he's turning into a complete disaster. The pain of this transition should be shared by all. Yep, they are just rewriting the same old bullshit mess. Special provisions for politicl subdivisions, special provisions for unions, special provisions for employers of certain size, and on and on. What a fucking joke! " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Correct. That is why it is a different case out of four those provided by lawrocket. Nope. Everyone also paid for a bunch of other stuff, not related to their own care in any way. For example, we paid for 4M salaries for CEOs. I said "in a nutshell." You do know what that phrase means, right? If you want to get into the nitty details, then yes, it is far more complicated. I don't see CEO salaries as a worthy detail though. The same negative BS could be thrown at every single business entity out there. Shop at WalMart - you're not just paying for the goods, you're paying a whole shitload of big salaries. Hospitals have CEO's, real estate companies have CEO's, airplane manufacturers have CEO's, etc. It's part of admin, and every organization has it. Do you think CEO's should all work for nothing? Would you work for nothing? Stop whining. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Post of the Decade Award! Well, the decade is young; but thank you. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Actually been enjoying winter myself. Maybe they need to take up some winter sports. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

I wonder if you go to the site.. if you are put on a watch list. Don't matter. I'm sure they are already watching you. " . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley