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Re:
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 6:25 pm
by mickthinks
I don't need ...
- protecting
I think you'll find you do. - educating
Maybe not now, but I think you'll find that's because when you did, you were. - enlightening
On the contrary, that seems to be a sore need.
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:03 pm
by henry quirk
Mick,
"Protecting: I think you'll find you do."
I'm 51...local law enforcement hasn't done diddly for me in all that time.
Insofar as I can tell: nether has national 'peacekeeping'.
Prove otherwise.
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"Educating: Maybe not now, but I think you'll find that's because when you did, you were."
I was privately educated...Not a dollop of 'public education'.
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Enlightening: On the contrary, that seems to be a sore need.
Speak for yourself...
Re: What should we ask candidates for office before we vote?
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 6:56 am
by prof
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Optimism is a political act. Those who benefit from the status quo are perfectly happy for us to think nothing is going to get better. In fact, these days cynicism is obedience. --- Alex Steffen
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 3:41 pm
by henry quirk
From 'The Liberty Mainfesto', by P.J. O'Rourke...
There are just two rules of governance in a free society:
Mind your own business.
Keep your hands to yourself.
'nuff said.
Re: What should we ask candidates for office before we vote?
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 8:56 pm
by prof
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You may want to check this book out: Hedrick Smith,
WHO STOLE THE AMERICAN DREAM? At Amazon you will find 265 reviews of this book, which has stirred quite a bit of interest. It also discusses Business Ethics.
http://www.amazon.com/Stole-American-Dr ... ewpoints=1
This (8/08/14) news item tells about Arthur T. Demoulas, a C.E.O. who
really knows how to run a business !! It explains how he did it, and now continues doing it. This company, Market Basket, really sets a good example of Applied Ethics, Business Ethics.
Its story should be in every business ethics classroom. http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/201 ... story.html
How many corporations do you know of where the workers, at the risk of losing their jobs, would go out and picket, and
demonstrate, to demand the return of their C.E.O. who was dismissed? And what a great
public boycott was organized to protest his firing by his cousin in a family feud
This New England food chain does not have a union for its workers, but what a remarkable story it has to tell! See the
details here:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/201 ... story.html
He won the loyalty of his employees who benefited from
solid wages, regular bonuses, and a generous profit-sharing plan. More than a hundred of the staff refused to work until he was reinstated as president.
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Re: What should we ask candidates for office before we vote?
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 9:11 pm
by prof
And rather relevant to the topic of this thread,
see
http://www.amazon.com/Billionaires-Ball ... 26+Ballots
Don't miss this little booklet. It's dynamite !
Re: What should we ask candidates for office before we vote?
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 1:54 pm
by Alchemyst
Ask the candidate for a written definition of his or her duties as a representative and a signed pledge to carry out those duties. Alternatively:
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 3:12 pm
by henry quirk
HA!
I'm partial to Cthulhu myself.
Why vote for the lesser of two evils?
Re: What should we ask candidates for office before we vote?
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 3:34 pm
by Ginkgo
Well, it's a good thing you are a constitutional republic rather than a democracy.
Re:
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:40 pm
by Impenitent
henry quirk wrote:HA!
I'm partial to Cthulhu myself.
Why vote for the lesser of two evils?
you'd be mad not to...
-Imp
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:06 pm
by henry quirk
HA!
Thing is: Cthulhu don't give a crap if a body votes for him or not.
He's gonna eat the world no matter what.
Re: What should we ask candidates for office before we vote?
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 10:04 pm
by bobevenson
prof wrote:Vote early if possible.
And often.
Re: What should we ask candidates for office before we vote?
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 3:00 pm
by Arising_uk
How about, 'Barring yourself who would you vote for for this office?'.
Re: What should we ask candidates for office before we vote?
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 12:01 am
by bobevenson
Arising_uk wrote:How about, 'Barring yourself who would you vote for for this office?'.
Stupid question if you consider that all the other candidates are related to Satan (why don't you see if you can get this topic locked too?).
Re: What should we ask candidates for office before we vote?
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 1:00 pm
by Arising_uk
bobevenson wrote:Arising_uk wrote:How about, 'Barring yourself who would you vote for for this office?'.
Stupid question if you consider that all the other candidates are related to Satan (why don't you see if you can get this topic locked too?).
Why would it have to be the other candidates?
I actually asked for it to be deleted but what the hey!
Tell you what, why not see if you can control your monomania and this thread stays open. So what is this 'Satan' you talk about bob?