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bobevenson wrote:

Hobbes' Choice wrote:

Hobbes Choice wrote:First of all, the government under the AEP has plenty of assets in the form of tax receipts.

PLEASE DON"T MISQUOTE ME.

For a second there, I thought you had suddenly wised up.

A government without employee has no tax revenue

Sorry, Hobbes, my bad. I lifted Bob's quote out of your quote and thus it just came out like that as if you had said it. I should have been more careful because I don't reckon I'd like to have Bob's words put into my mouth either. Or anything else of Bob's if it comes to that!

Hobbes' Choice wrote:A government without employee has no tax revenue

I'd like to nominate you for non sequitur of the year.

bobevenson wrote: I don't want to hurt you, Leo, but you're pushing your luck, little man.

What are you trying to say, mate? Does this mean I'm not going to get my propeller beanie?

bobevenson wrote:

Hobbes' Choice wrote:A government without employee has no tax revenue

I'd like to nominate you for non sequitur of the year.

We've all nominated you for idiot of the century, so I'll take that as a compliment.

Obvious Leo wrote:

bobevenson wrote: I don't want to hurt you, Leo, but you're pushing your luck, little man.

What are you trying to say, mate? Does this mean I'm not going to get my propeller beanie?

You want a propeller beanie vs. a Société de Bonnet Rouge cap? I'm afraid I can't let somebody like you into the organization, Leo. I'm sorry, I really am.

Hobbes' Choice wrote:

bobevenson wrote:

Hobbes' Choice wrote:A government without employee has no tax revenue

I'd like to nominate you for non sequitur of the year.

We've all nominated you for idiot of the century, so I'll take that as a compliment.

I'm sorry, but I think you came into the wrong room. I believe you're looking for The Forum, where the thread currently being discussed is "insults," led by your friend Philosophy Explorer.

Bob, what is this AEP thing?

You appear to be strongly conservative (or economically liberal = neoliberal?) and so I'm guessing that your take on any government with regards to economy is to completely limit government capacity to be involved in any realistic way here. Is this correct and why?

Bob. You can't back out of your promise about the red bonnet at this late stage of the game. I have already incorporated it into my ensemble for the spring racing carnival as a fetching accessory likely to make the young men swoon with desire.

I shall set my aspirations for the propeller beanie on hold for the time being and merely hold you to your earlier commitment. However I am a man of balls and ambition, Bob, and you haven't heard the last of me yet.

Obvious Leo wrote:Bob. You can't back out of your promise about the red bonnet at this late stage of the game.

You know something, I think you would look cute in a red bonnet, a really frilly one, now that you mention it.

bobevenson wrote:

Obvious Leo wrote:Bob. You can't back out of your promise about the red bonnet at this late stage of the game.

You know something, I think you would look cute in a red bonnet, a really frilly one, now that you mention it.

Aw shucks! I bet you say that to all the boys.

Scott Mayers wrote:Bob, what is this AEP thing? You appear to be strongly conservative (or economically liberal = neoliberal?) and so I'm guessing that your take on any government with regards to economy is to completely limit government capacity to be involved in any realistic way here. Is this correct and why?

The American Energy Party (AEP) is my theoretical political party whose modus operandi is the Champagne Sherry Principle, which involves getting people to vote for you and not the candidate. A college friend at the University of Wisconsin had a girlfriend named Sherry who was running for prom queen. Her posters had a picture of two bubbly champagne glasses and the slogan "Vote for Champagne Sherry." I wouldn't have walked across the street to vote for anybody for anything, but he was able to figuratively drag me across the campus to vote for her. She did win the election, and while I'm sure it wasn't due to my vote, I later became cognizant of the fundamental political truth embodied in the Champagne Sherry Principle. The AEP will be unlike any other political party on Earth in that all candidates are selected by AEP headquarters, which also gives all elected officials their marching orders. Other political parties are merely associations. The AEP will begin by selecting the ideal State, and within that State the ideal County, and within that County the ideal town. The logo of the AEP is a circle with three partial inner circles, reminiscent of a combination of the Eiffel Tower and the Mercedes-Benz logo. On the bottom circle there will sometimes be a baby gorilla (transposition of AEP to APE) sitting on the circle and holding on to the left and right circles. This mascot will be especially attractive to young future AEP members, The formal logo will be worn at one of the points of a shirt collar. The AEP flag will be an abstract white star in the upper left quadrant on a field of red with shards of light streaming from the points to the borders of the flag. We will take over the state, town by town and county by county. At that point, we will probably demand secession from an international stage.

Bob. As you know I can't wait to join up and I'm busy processing the paperwork even as we speak. You may wish to consider affiliating our party with the Monster Raving Loony Party of Great Britain which appears to be pursuing a similar agenda, although sadly without the guns.

bobevenson wrote:We will take over the state, town by town and county by county. At that point, we will probably demand secession from an international stage.

This party sounds familiar to history. Hmmm....now what could that have been?