Re: [MBZ] 85 people own half the worlds wealth and 99% of the old citizens

2014-01-29 Thread Tim Crone
On Jan 28, 2014 11:03 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: Last 10 elections I've voted in I wished most strongly for a choice at the ballot that said NONE OF THE ABOVE .. if none of the above got the most votes, they could never run for or hold public office again in their lifetimes..

Re: [MBZ] 85 people own half the worlds wealth and 99% of the old citizens

2014-01-29 Thread G Mann
With all respect for your opinion, I still believe we need to vote them off the island to take a reality show phrase. We have a potential candidate pool of some 312,000,000 citizens to choose from, why mess around. Part of the problem presently is that we the people have gone soft and allowed the

Re: [MBZ] 85 people own half the worlds wealth and 99% of the old citizens

2014-01-29 Thread Dieselhead
With all respect for your opinion, I still believe we need to vote them off the island to take a reality show phrase. We have a potential candidate pool of some 312,000,000 citizens to choose from, why mess around. Part of the problem presently is that we the people have gone soft and allowed

Re: [MBZ] 85 people own half the worlds wealth and 99% of the old citizens

2014-01-29 Thread Mountain Man
Grant wrote: Part of the problem presently is that we the people have gone soft and allowed the people we voted in to represent our interest to operate without being held responsible. Partially true. Don't forget to factor in the realty of the dumbing down of 312M people, of which, probably

Re: [MBZ] 85 people own half the worlds wealth and 99% of the old citizens

2014-01-29 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com
There seems to be a population size at which the law of diminishing returns slowly reduces the efficiency and viability of a population as the population exceeds a certain size. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diminishing_returns Populations that exceed that size due to uncontrolled immigration

Re: [MBZ] 85 people own half the worlds wealth and 99% of the old citizens

2014-01-29 Thread Curt Raymond
I don't think Marie had distain for people, remember she didn't say let them eat cake she in fact said brioche which is a kind of sweet bread quite different than cake.  She wasn't disdainful she was out of touch, she'd never been hungry and never had to work. She had no clue there were people

Re: [MBZ] 85 people own half the worlds wealth and 99% of the old citizens

2014-01-29 Thread Rich Thomas
cake was the burnt crumbs that stick to the pan after baking bread, usually tossed out or to the pigs, or serfs or peasants or whatever the freenchies called them. --R On 1/29/14 6:24 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: I don't think Marie had distain for people, remember she didn't say let them eat

Re: [MBZ] 85 people own half the worlds wealth and 99% of the old citizens

2014-01-29 Thread Dieselhead
I don't think Marie had distain for people, remember she didn't say let them eat cake she in fact said brioche which is a kind of sweet bread quite different than cake. She wasn't disdainful she was out of touch, she'd never been hungry and never had to work. She had no clue there were people

Re: [MBZ] 85 people own half the worlds wealth and 99% of the old citizens

2014-01-29 Thread Mountain Man
Dieselhead wrote: Except I'd argue that both are aware that there are people who don't know where the next meal will come from, but only want to use them for their own political advantage. That seems to be the gig. Imagine you are there - you don't know where the next meal will come from. Are

Re: [MBZ] 85 people own half the worlds wealth and 99% of the old citizens

2014-01-28 Thread G Mann
'll add another line in the suggested chapter since we don't like war and bloodshed. How about no health care for people older than 65. The challenge is to live to age 65 in such a way that you have no health issues. Lose the boomers, more jobs for the unemployed youth that have education debt,

Re: [MBZ] 85 people own half the worlds wealth and 99% of the old citizens

2014-01-28 Thread Mountain Man
Grant wrote: Individual choice, or states choice, who owns the individual, that individuals life and work effort? It is a question debated in each generation, isn't it? Why? Why? - because we all want more, not less. Shall we start the less-for-me political party? Does anyone want to join?

Re: [MBZ] 85 people own half the worlds wealth and 99% of the old citizens

2014-01-28 Thread G Mann
Last 10 elections I've voted in I wished most strongly for a choice at the ballot that said NONE OF THE ABOVE .. if none of the above got the most votes, they could never run for or hold public office again in their lifetimes.. Wouldn't that be good? On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Mountain

Re: [MBZ] 85 people own half the worlds wealth and 99% of the old citizens

2014-01-28 Thread Mountain Man
Grant wrote: Wouldn't that be good? That ballot initiative has my yes vote. But it ain't gonna happen. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] 85 people own half the worlds wealth and 99% of the old citizens

2014-01-28 Thread Curt Raymond
I've been espousing the idea for awhile. I have 2 steps though. If a plurality of people vote for none of the above we just run the election again but none of the previous candidates can run again since they obviously were unwanted. If 3/4 of people vote none of the above we run the election

Re: [MBZ] 85 people own half the worlds wealth and 99% of the old citizens

2014-01-28 Thread Dieselhead
Last 10 elections I've voted in I wished most strongly for a choice at the ballot that said NONE OF THE ABOVE .. if none of the above got the most votes, they could never run for or hold public office again in their lifetimes.. Wouldn't that be good? Hear HEAR! Sign me up! Many times I write

Re: [MBZ] 85 people own half the worlds wealth and 99% of the old citizens

2014-01-27 Thread Hendrik and Fay
Latest polling suggests you are losing the grey vote Hendrik who still has a fair way to to until 65 On 28/01/14 13:26, Mountain Man wrote: HF wrote: Hmmnh, sounds familiar. Obviously you'll need wars for all these heroes to shed blood in, perhaps set them on the non citizens? Perhaps for