right wing re-acts

[Psycho4Bud]

No, a Technical College. I have a degree in Fluid Power Technology and am going for a vocational in R-HVAC. I did the "elitist" crap with 11 years of outside industrial sales and didn't really care for the attitudes of the snobs I had to deal with. Guess I'm more of a hands on type, they can take their gulf courses and stick them where the sun don't shine!:S4:

Nice thing about this program, I get to learn how to control an inside environment; Heating, air conditioning, holding humidity levels, air exchanges......wonder what I can use this new found knowledge for?

Have a good one!:s4:

[dragonrider]

As for myself, I've been a bit busy since September. This old fart decided to go back to school for a second degree. Between the homework and labs, time has been a very valuable thing. Got the BIG test coming up in the first week of December; the EPA 608 Certification test. This degree kind of falls hand in hand with my last one so it should work out cool. Guess you could say that I'M Joe the Plumber. LOL

NOW, I hope SOMEBODY picks up the slack for me in here dealing with these left wingers. LMAO!

Have a good one!:s4:

Ha ha! I'm sure someone will pick up the slack! Of course, now that the election is over, my interests will probably move on from politics. Oh well, fun while it lasted...

Good luck with the studies and the tests! I'm sure you will put your new knowlege to good use. Maybe you can bump yourself up into a new exhorbitant marginal tax rate!

Seriously though, good luck with it. Knowlege is power....

[Dutch Pimp]

It's been reported that ..."George Wallace...has turned over in his grave!...once to the right, twice to the left"..:thumbsup:

[maladroit]

hey psycho: you can thank al gore for inventing global warming...your skills are going to be in high demand!

ever hear of geothermal heating and cooling? it uses a fraction of the energy of conventional heating/cooling...it's expensive to start up, but it's cheap to run:
Welcome to NextEnergy - How It Works

[Psycho4Bud]

hey psycho: you can thank al gore for inventing global warming...your skills are going to be in high demand!

ever hear of geothermal heating and cooling? it uses a fraction of the energy of conventional heating/cooling...it's expensive to start up, but it's cheap to run:
Welcome to NextEnergy - How It Works

The "high demand" issue is one of the major reasons I took this program. Supply and demand; this could be a very profitable field of work.

Geothermal heating and cooling SHOULD be looked into much more than it is now. We went through this energy crap back in the late "70"s and our leaders sat on their collective thumbs! That's about the only thing that concerns me with the drop in oil prices; once again they'll look the other direction instead of tackling a future problem.

Have a good one!:s4:

[JakeMartinez]

Ok.....Obama may have sound idea's and in theory they work but its important to continuously remind yourself that power corrupts. Yesterday, America voted for Obama and basically said "You know what? America is fucked up, we have lost our ways, and the whole World is going to shit. Obama, you sound like the man with the plan so we will vote for you. What you want place more governmental control on us? Well thats fine as long as the control is used for all the right reasons like spreading the Wealth and improving our economy. We're so shell shocked by Iraq and 9/11 and the bush regime, that we're willing to take that risk because at this point we're all desperate".

So given the fact that History has proven that power corrupts almost all of the time, don't you feel a little worried that the government could use a socialist country to their advantage? Maybe Obama will do a lot of good for this country. Perhaps he isn't part of the Corporatocracy. Maybe he will produce good change. But the one thing that could never be disputed is, now that Obama is placing so much governmental control on America, there's a good chance future leaders could use this at our disadvantage.

There was a reason why our founding fathers wanted a democracy....to give the power to the people. Obviously absolute democracy with a free capitalistic society doesn't fully work as the 1800's proved, but with limited government intervention and a relatively free capitalistic society, I think we could find a happy medium. Too much government intervention lends itself too much power to take advantage of the people. Too little government intervention allows the people to become vulnerable to other powerful entities that were not predicted back in 1776, like massive corporations. We need the government in place for our protection but it is imperitive to have a limit on that protection. Think of limited government intervention to be a system of checks and balances between the people and the government. If the government has full control, then who could stop them if they ever decided to do something that we didn't want? Sure they can insure every kid a good education and they can provide tax breaks for us. Shoot they can even tell its citizens how bad Pot is by sending us to rehab. But whats going to happen if Obama decides he wants to go to Iran? What if he wants to re-enact the draft? His policies could easily backfire on us and move south very fast.

The founding fathers didn't believe in anywhere near as much democracy as we have in the u.s. now. Originally, congressmen were selected by state legislatures. Presidents were elected by the Electoral College, who were also appointed by state legislatures. And, if I remember right, state legislatures didn't have to be selected by a democratic election. I might be wrong on the latter but everything before that, I'm sure of.

Democracy is slow and wildly inefficient. However, it keeps tyrants in check.
Republics are very fast and extremely effective at reaching their goals, but it's often the goals of the representatives, not the goals of the people.

The founding fathers hoped to balance that out, and the system worked for a long time. However, I think it's greatly outdated and the amendments outside the bill of rights have really compromised the balance between the democracy and the republic.

However, that imbalance pales in comparison to the way corporations, capitalism, and banking have siphoned a lot of power away from the government...Personally, I think the constitution is moot if it doesn't protect us from the people who give us the money to feed, clothe, and house ourselves...

Sorry, I kind of rambled on there lol

[rebgirl420]

The conservative voices on THIS forum are noticably quiet right now. It's a weed forum, so you might expect it to lean a little bit toward the progressive. But when I first started posting in here about a year ago, this was called The Lion's Den, and the most aggressive and confident voices were the conservative ones. Sometime in the mid summer, that started to throttle back a bit, and by the conventions it had quieted down a lot. The last two weeks it was almost silent, and now it is just plain gone.

C'mon guys, where are you? You can't have a politics forum without both sides. I already promised not to gloat too much!

Sorry I've been gone, school has kept me busy.

I voted on election day (Republican and Libertarian) and it was my first time doing so. I just wish they would have gaven me an "I voted" sticker.

I watched the state vote be counted and I watched Obama win. It was exciting. I wish McCain would have won but I also look at the bright side of things.

I have social views that do not match with the current Republican values (Like pro choice, pro gay marriage, pro drug, anti-religion) so at least these things can progress under a Democratic majority (though I don't like the idea of any party having that much control, Republican or Democrat).

I think it's pretty nifty that we have an African American in office, even if most of his views aren't on the same page as mine. I'll be a gracious loser. Maybe this will get the Republican party back to their Libertarian roots.

Congrats Dems, Liberals, and anyone else who voted for Obama.

[GoldenBoy812]

Maybe this will get the Republican party back to their Libertarian roots.

BULLSEYE

:jointsmile:

[dragonrider]

I'll be a gracious loser. Maybe this will get the Republican party back to their Libertarian roots.

BULLSEYE

:jointsmile:

This is what I would hope too. I hope the Republican party can reshape itself into something I can respect again.

[zeitgeist]

I just wanna know why Sarah Palin keeps showing up on my television!!!