Financial Shakeup this weekend

[emayer]

ccm911 wrote:

Best eight years I have ever seen.

What was it you didn't like? The prosperity, or the Peace?

You mean the quiet before the storm?

Easy to sit tight and do nothing while the storm clouds gather....

[dmano]

Life in 1967 verses life in 2007 . . .


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[b]Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.[/b]


[b]1967 [/b][b]- Vice principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his own shotgun to show Jack.[/b]



[b][b]2007[/b][b] - School goes into lockdown, the FBI is called, and Jack is hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors are called in to assist traumatized students and teachers. [/b][/b]



[b]Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school. [/b]
[b]1967[/b][b] - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.[/b]



[b][b]2007[/b][b] - Police are called; SWAT team arrives and arrests Johnny and Mark. They are charged with assault and both are expelled even though Johnny started it. [/b][/b]



[b]Scenario: Jeffrey won't sit still in class, disrupts other students. [/b]
[b]1967[/b][b] - Jeffrey is sent to the principal's office and given a good paddling. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.[/b]



[b][b]2007[/b][b] - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra state funding because Jeffrey has a disability. [/b][/b]



[b]Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt. [/b]
[b]1967[/b][b] - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.[/b]



[b][b]2007[/b][b] - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has an affair with the psychologist. [/b][/b]



[b]Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some Aspirin to school. [/b]
[b]1967[/b][b] - Mark shares Aspirin with the school principal out on the smoking dock.[/b]



[b]2007[/b][b] - Police are called and Mark is expelled from School for drug violations. His car is searched for drugs and weapons.[/b]



[b]Scenario: Pedro fails high-school English.[/b]
[b]1967[/b][b] - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, and goes to college.[/b]



[b]2007[/b][b] - Pedro's cause is taken up by local human rights group. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that making English a requirement for graduation is racist. US Civil Liberties Association files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English is banned from core curriculum. Pedro is given his diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.[/b]



[b]Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover Independence Day firecrackers, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up an anthill. [/b]
[b]1967[/b][b] - Ants die.[/b]


 


[b]2007[/b][b] - Homeland Security and the FBI are called and Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. Teams investigate parents, siblings are removed from the home, computers are confiscated, and Johnny's dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again. [/b]



[b]Scenario: Johnny falls during recess and scrapes his knee. His teacher, Mary, finds him crying, and gives him a hug to comfort him.[/b]
[b]1967[/b][b] - Johnny soon feels better and goes back to playing.[/b]



[b]2007[/b][b] - [/b][b]Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces three years in a federal prison. Johnny undergoes five years of therapy[/b]

[ccm911]

In a funny way, that really points to the sad reality of life today in the USA.

Thanks David, that was really on the mark.

[AMoore]

catchacab wrote:

If the problems started with Reagan, why didn't Clinton correct them?

Uh . . . Republican congress?

[catchacab]

AMoore wrote:

catchacab wrote:

If the problems started with Reagan, why didn't Clinton correct them?

Uh . . . Republican congress?

Then why hasn't our current Democratic Congress corrected it?

[catchacab]

ccm911 wrote:

Best eight years I have ever seen.

What was it you didn't like? The prosperity, or the Peace?

Prosperity was limited. In my profession managed care dominated. I personally earned $17.32/hour as a doctor in Y2k, and Hillary wanted socialized health care. If she is elected, I may have to quit, and work at Whole Foods, to pay my bills.

[nplenzick]

catchacab wrote:

AMoore wrote:

catchacab wrote:

If the problems started with Reagan, why didn't Clinton correct them?

Uh . . . Republican congress?

Then why hasn't our current Democratic Congress corrected it?

Uh....Republican president?

[nplenzick]

Wellardmac wrote:

Tell me again why these people should be trusted with anything?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080402/ap_o...rveillance

That's another thing that gets me going about this current administration. The right is all for supporting the " free market" while also supporting taking our freedom away, so long as you don't touch their guns !

[catchacab]

So according to Aaron and Nick, we can blame a  Republican Congress that served under a Democratic President, and a Republican President that served with a Democratic Congress for this country's ills.  So basically you are saying that Democrats are ineffective.

[emayer]

catchacab wrote:

So according to Aaron and Nick, we can blame a Republican Congress that served under a Democratic President, and a Republican President that served with a Democratic Congress for this country's ills. So basically you are saying that Democrats are ineffective.

+1!

Man, this fuzzy logic is making my head spin!....

All I know is that Congress was handed to the Democrats on a silver platter and we have an unpopular President, yet nothing has changed. Heck, at this rate they will lose the Presidential election in what should be a freebie.

Until we realize both parties have fatal flaws which are collectively hindering any meaningful progress in this country we are screwed....