Gloom And Doom Hits Home.

[fishinwrench]

The only way to effect THEM is by sudden mass non-compliance.... But you'll never get enough folks on board with the balls (or the desire) to pull the plug. All of the folks that matter are comfortable and content with what they "feel blessed" to have.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Apathy isn't a superstition. I do agree it, apathy, is the root of most of our problems. The real problem is we took too long to wake up. The government is either already in control of groups who expect others to support them or they soon will be. The notion of poor, middle class and rich is a scam. There are many poor that are that way because they live as they want to live and don't expect help, the so called middle class is between the poor and the rich and has no other classification. The rich is anyone who is comfortable economically, or has the magic million dollars or more in assets.

The government is only corrupt because it has been allowed to be, board members pay themselves obscene amounts because stockholders allow it. No one votes for individual peers anymore, they vote in the contest between Democrats and Republicans.

The last election was a real bell ringer. Whether you like Obama or not, he did nothing he promised and had no accomplishments except enriching certain voter blocs. Those blocs who voted for what they could get legally from someones labor other than their own determined the election.

By the time the next one rolls around there will be millions more who will be standing in the free line and the plummet will begin. The only hope is that a large enough group will throw aside any other concerns and break the chain of socialism and allow the country to go back to a liberal/conservative social society that can be maintained for all.

[hank franklin]

I am just asking a question.

[hoglaw]

"Oh, and JoeD is an idiot"

" Your inbred hillbilly dumbass willfully ignorant logic may not be all of what's wrong with this country, but it's an awfully big part of it."

Shoot you sound like a real good attorney....... you sound a tad sensitive about someone critquing your alleged profession......http://youtu.be/B65mtE2TN1w

No, I'm not sensitive about my profession at all. It's my calling. For some of you I suppose that's a statement on my character, but I'm darn good at it and I'm in high demand. It's easy to be selfish and feel good about that, but I genuinely like the fact that I provide a value added service to my clients - as in, they are money ahead for having utilized my services than had they gone elsewhere. I wake up every day loving what I do. I guess I'm blessed.

I'm as quick to make lawyer jokes as the next guy. How do you know you have a GREAT lawyer? He gets your sodomy charge reduced to following too closely.

The entirety of my animousity towards JoeD comes from a post he made where another member was selling custom painted warts, and Joe was pimping the wares of someone else in the same thread. I thought that was pretty classless. I suppose I should let it go. I'm a bigger person than that, but I couldn't help myself since he'd been scarce around the threads I had posted in lately. Once someone says something that shows their true colors it's hard to forget, you know?

You form impressions of everyone on a message board based mostly on a name, their avatar, and what they post. My impression of you is a fairly mellow guy who catches some nice fish. My impression of some others not to be named is that they are pot stirrers in threads I usually avoid. My impression of JoeD is that he's a classless guy who will slight others for no particular reason. That's probably not a fair impression. I'm sure he's a nice guy, but it is what it is.

Of course my girlfriend's been a little mad at me as of late. Probably had something to do with it.

[Mitch f]

I don't think that was JoeD who did that

[ness]

I think we've all got the picture hoglaw. Glad to hear how wonderful you are. Sometimes on the web you can't tell until someone up and tells you a few times.

[jdmidwest]

Whew, that was a burst of energy. 8 and running......

At least we don't have to worry about drones hovering overhead now with a hellfire missle aimed at us for starting a thread that belittled our worthless leaders.

[hoglaw]

I don't think that was JoeD who did that

darn Mitch, you're right and thank you for pointing it out. I feel like an butt. That was some guy named Jerry Rapp. I feel bad now and I am truly sorry JoeD. I still disagree with your opinions about lawyers in general as there are a lot of us who do a good job and make the world a better place (at least for our clients), but I was out of line to say the kinds of things about you that I did. Way out of line. I'm glad you were the bigger man and took the high road. I really am sorry.

Ness, I'm sorry for offending you as well. I guess I shouldn't say anthing about being thankful for the status quo in a thread about gloom and doom. I'm not sure why I bothered you so much. I'm sure it had something to do with feeling a little defensive about my livelihood and my mark on the world being impugned. But anyway, I'll go ahead and bow out of this one now.

[fishinwrench]

Once someone says something that shows their true colors it's hard to forget, you know?

Hard to forget what was said?.... or who said it? LOL

[Flyflinger]

“You cannot solve a problem from the same consciousness that created it. You must learn to see the world anew.”--Albert Einstein

There is is in a nutshell. Those of you who still want to to try and work the problems we face, while trapped inside the system that created the problems to begin with, will never find a real solution.

Good luck.