tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post3832752021697524913..comments2023-11-03T05:34:26.880-05:00Comments on The Whited Sepulchre: A Failed Fisking Of Pat BuchananThe Whited Sepulchrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-21237615355714778132009-01-12T09:37:00.000-06:002009-01-12T09:37:00.000-06:00Whited,On the "robbing Peter to pay Paul" analogy,...Whited,<BR/><BR/>On the "robbing Peter to pay Paul" analogy, my mother always told me, when I overspent my budget;"robbing Peter to pay Paul makes Peter sore and anyone knows it's hard to do business with a sore Peter". Just thought you might enjoy this analogy from a 90 odd year old mother to encourage her daughter not to bet on the come, with funds earmarked for elsewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-73603572051994903172009-01-11T22:12:00.000-06:002009-01-11T22:12:00.000-06:00TLG - re: inflated CEO salaries. In this day and a...TLG - re: inflated CEO salaries. <BR/><BR/>In this day and age of overlapping, intermarried Boards of Directors, I would argue there is more "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" than competency that goes into salary decisions. After all, if the CEO where you sit on the board gets a gazillion dollars a year, it makes it a little easier to ask <I>your</I> board for a gazillion. Especially if Dr Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315005375209513833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-55719476946567252142009-01-10T22:34:00.000-06:002009-01-10T22:34:00.000-06:00Several points:First an official welcome to The Wh...Several points:<BR/>First an official welcome to The Whited Sepulchre into the 'Skull and Bones Dark Chamber' of SLECT as Co-Overlord District 10 Representative. <BR/><BR/>I was so proud of you at the double secret initiation ceremony, I almost cried a tear out of the eyehole of my ornate harlequin mask, removed my hood, dropped my torch and hugged you. But of course, at that point, the ancientTarrantLibertyGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11624121038065257931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-42852557147239109052009-01-10T17:57:00.000-06:002009-01-10T17:57:00.000-06:00I would have to agree that your heart just wasn't ...I would have to agree that your heart just wasn't in it. You pointed out inaccuracies but there <BR/>were no real chalenges to these. <BR/><BR/>I never new there were other depressions until reading about them in Laura Ingalls Wilder's writtings. Back then they just toughed things out and lived with the "use it up, wear it out, make it do, do without" mentality. Just think how many future Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13503096710901190795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-88598131243355945232009-01-10T17:41:00.000-06:002009-01-10T17:41:00.000-06:00Nick,If you hadn't been able to pay us back, we co...Nick,<BR/>If you hadn't been able to pay us back, we could've arranged another bailout. <BR/><BR/>Browncoat,<BR/>No, sir, you are the one who is awesome. Either way, we shall do awesome things together inside and outside Texas State District #10, for the Libertarian Party, our districts, our neighbors, OUR STATE, OUR COUNTRY, AND THEREFORE THE WORLD !!!!<BR/><BR/>TO THE BARRICADES !!!!<BR/><BR/The Whited Sepulchrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-36020804384569625852009-01-10T13:23:00.000-06:002009-01-10T13:23:00.000-06:00NickM: re: blowing it -- the alternative could wel...NickM: re: blowing it -- the alternative could well be rising job loss, swelling the ranks of the unemployed and fueling desire for fiscal release -- I mean relief.Dr Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315005375209513833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-12989471790377765342009-01-10T13:00:00.000-06:002009-01-10T13:00:00.000-06:00I dunno Dr Ralph...I'm not above suggesting the po...I dunno Dr Ralph...<BR/><BR/>I'm not above suggesting the porn bail-out would be a golden opportunity for the gubbermint to blow it all. <BR/><BR/>Personally. I see no probs with gubbermint being responsible for roads. A privatised road network would be a nightmare of toll-booths and whatnot. Of course in the future with better tech and stuff then privatised roads and seemless charging could workAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-60549512265553584242009-01-10T12:00:00.000-06:002009-01-10T12:00:00.000-06:00NickM - I too noticed where the porn industry is l...NickM - I too noticed where the porn industry is looking for a handout (wait--that sounds wrong). Nice catch.<BR/><BR/>WS - after a few weeks of being vaguely snotty (layoffs in the military-industrial complex; they've got us all a little edgy), I vow to play nice.<BR/><BR/>My sympathies for the failure of your fisking. It didn't seem as if your heart was truly in it. <BR/><BR/>Re: your statementDr Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315005375209513833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-4856969183219612352009-01-10T09:30:00.000-06:002009-01-10T09:30:00.000-06:00AwesomeAwesomeBrowncoat Libertarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17382947284829092569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-14488268665948095842009-01-10T07:28:00.000-06:002009-01-10T07:28:00.000-06:00Good point about US/UK trade in the late '30s. We ...Good point about US/UK trade in the late '30s. We only finally paid you back a couple of years ago! Basically we formed a purchasing commision and if it flew, floated or fired we bought it. By mid-war the US aviation industry was enormous but a lot of those plane designs were originally to British specs. <BR/><BR/>Gordo over here is planning on qunatitive easing which is a cute way of telling theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com