Fairweather

Is Bill Gates 'exploiting others'?

I'm loading four of my 19 (...or is it 20?) guns, packing extra mags, booby trapping my secondary entrance with flash/bangs, sharpening my Kershaw Amphibian (I just love knives...so beautiful, so elegant), and painting up my face as we speak. I'll be in the juniper on the south side of the house. See you soon.

You threatening me, BitchGoat?

I'm glad you support the abolition of welfare, state support of university students, etc! You're making real progress. But it's sad that you would supplant human drive, spirit, innovation with a government hammer and chains. Stupid statements you made, really. Maybe even top ten material!

Main Entry: ca·dence Pronunciation: 'kA-d&n(t)s Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old Italian cadenza, from cadere to fall, from Latin -- more at CHANCE 1 a : a rhythmic sequence or flow of sounds in language b : the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity 2 a : a falling inflection of the voice b : a concluding and usually falling strain; specifically : a musical chord sequence moving to a harmonic close or point of rest and giving the sense of harmonic completion 3 : the modulated and rhythmic recurrence of a sound especially in nature Oh well. Read; oratory from your own definition. I've never heard the word used to describe writing. And that still doesn't excuse his butchery of your/you're. That's, like, fourth grade... and all the while beating up Stefan for the same.

Josh, I have never supported a free market void of government regulation. That would be plain stupid. You need to understand that guys like prole/j_b, and to a lesser degree, SC, support a very dark solution to inequities that have existed since the beginning of time and are only addressed to any degree under our present system. Gut the current order and you'll likely lead the world into another dark age, and this is exactly what anarchist types want. The pendulum swings both ways. A system tweaked more to your liking will be along before too long.

The link, Fairweather, the link? Short memory, eh? http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/462663/page/0/fpart/3/vc/1 A couple of things in response. Marx's work is enormous and varied. His critique of contemporary political economy offers concepts for understanding capitalism and society that went far beyond the existing analyses of Smith, Ricardo, et al. Marxian and non-Marxian scholars alike recognize the usefulness in these concepts. An analysis which puts capitalism at the fore in its methods seems to me to be more relevant than ever when capitalism has been extended across the planet. It is telling that when most people think of Marx, and "real world trials of experimentation with Marxist concepts", totalitarian police state tactics, loss of personal freedom, huge bureaucratic apparatuses, environmental degradation on par with capitalist countries, deprivation, bad architecture, etc. generally spring to mouth. I will not defend or apologize for "actually existing Socialism". I will say that these societies do not represent "implemented Marxist concepts", the historical reality is far more complex. Marx wrote virtually nothing about what post-capitalist society might look like. (Utopianism is exactly what Marx critiqued the Anarchists for. To do so would be pure folly, as Fairweather points out stuggles would be very intense, possibly violent, and outcomes would be historically dependent on how those struggles played out. Revolutionary tactics and organization fell to the likes of Lenin and Trotsky and others in countries with virtually none of the characteristics that Marx thought would be necessary for a transition from capitalism to socialism. These countries' (most often of the "third world" variety) attempt to develop productive capacites rapidly in the face of military aggression and capitalist competition as well as sustain social revolutions domestically resulted in what we superficially understand as Socialism. Anyway, the history of the Left is not confined to the horrors of the gulag, Pol Pot, etc. Left and left influenced struggle have been instrumental in, among other things, the 8-hour workday, throwing off the yolk of third-world colonialism, the right to bargain collectively with employers, civil rights, anti-censorship, relatively high standards of living and universal benefits among workers in European countries where the left has been historically strong, anti-fascism, and on and on. What has the Right done for you lately? So no, I don't only espouse Marxism for its analytical capabilities, but that it part of a solid and longstanding tradition committed to social justice, the breaking down of social hierarchies, and human liberation from oppression. Things that continue unabated on an even greater scale, weak and nonsensical appeals to "human nature" notwithstanding. NOW do you remember? So mired in the glory of academia that you don't recall your own thoughts? Please spare me any of your typical "reading comprehension" attacks. I think what you were saying here is pretty plain to see.

"tits-for-beads"

So is yours, bitch. Also, cadence refers to voice and/or music, but never to the written word.

IN Canada? The US? The world? Here, anyway, it will come in 2006 and 2008. When we vote. If you would like your revolution sooner....bring it on!

I'll put this one in my ammo box to you later. What a stupid statement, even if you made it in jest.

Of course, this must also apply to your earlier stated belief that Soviet and Maoist-style attempts to implement Marxist ideals were merely "applied improperly".

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Not completely true. Do you realize the degree to which public universities are subsidized by taxpayers? Ever looked at out-of-state or private school tuition? That said, I don't completely disagree with your premise. There is a gulf that exists. But I don't necessarily believe it is widening.

Why, j_b! I wasn't attacking anyone in particular. Why would you think that? Unless, just maybe, the shoe fits. BTW; keep your five dollars. Buy yourself some ramen noodles, or something that harkens poverty.

The minimum wage is certainly not a living wage. Nor is it intended to be. My daughter is earning minimum wage working summers between the school year. She is gaining valuable real-world experience that she can use at a future time to demonstrate she isn't just another lazy kook from acedemia who believes she has all the answers to the ills facing society....a society in which some (read: ivory tower; tenure) have so obviously never really participated.

Friend of mine's husband got killed by a DUI driver, so I'd suggest you take it as a serious lesson and not write it off as merely "stupid." This happened years ago, and I never met him, so it's not some personal trauma. It is a notch closer to home than a story in the paper, and it has happened several times in the last year on roads I frequently drive. I think it deserves felony status. I agree 100%.

I already cancelled my climbing plans for some mountain biking at 7am, then helping one of my wife's hottie nurse friends move into her new house. Snow level tomorrow is 6000 feet. I only climb in fair weather.

...We'd have to act all civil toward one another. That wouldn't be much fun, would it?

That's you're and don't, Einstein.

You sound bitter, Whidbey. But I'm glad you have a Yale B.A. and a M.B.A from Harvard all the same. The only president in US history to hold a masters, I believe. (?) It's also quite satisfying that your GPA was higher than Kerry's. I'm glad you're so smart. I just wish you could put that whole anger thing behind you.

Economic Left/Right: 0.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.10 Good Lord! I'm right near the center along with...Gerhard Schroder? I think their methodology is askew.

As you can read here, prole, not too many folks are interested in your version of class and race baiting. (Chelle being the predictable exception.) I suspect that most of the people in that nice neighborhood acheived their 'status' either through hard work, or by risking limited capital. I'm sure a few of them are living on inherited wealth...you'll just have to deal with it. By the way! Where's j_b these days? This may sound strange, but I can smell him every time I read one of your posts, your use of WSJ notwithstanding. ....Could it be???[/b]

Gary, your thread title does not match your solution. Main Entry: 2corporal Function: adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin corporalis, from corpor-, corpus body -- more at MIDRIFF 1 obsolete : CORPOREAL, PHYSICAL 2 : of, relating to, or affecting the body <corporal punishment> - cor·po·ral·ly /-p(&-)r&-lE/ adverb Corporal punishment involves the physical. I support a return to this practice in our schools. I believe teachers need this valuable tool to maintain order within their classes without fear of a parent seeking litigious retaliation in kind. I still have one teen in school, and if he was so deserving I would have NO problem with a teacher using this type of corrective action.

Dave, I rode Suntop on Saturday and finished it off by riding out Skookum Flats. Done by noon. Yoga is for girls. Bumbershoot is for freaks.