How many pols go broke in government and how many end up wealthier than when they entered? Isn't politics a profit center and once you enter you leave much much much much much much... moreHow many pols go broke in government and how many end up wealthier than when they entered? Isn't politics a profit center and once you enter you leave much much much much much much much better off? Why else would it be filled with so many inept ones who have so little to offer and so much to gain? It isn't what they have to give but what they expect to get that drives them and who can blame them? It is the way of the world. It is what opportunists and profiteers do. They just want their cut of it. Whatever it takes is what they do. Politics circa 2017. SIGH less
So we use drones and missiles, nuclear included, since nothing is off the table. All we need are operators to send them to the right targets. Thousands of them worldwide protected ... moreSo we use drones and missiles, nuclear included, since nothing is off the table. All we need are operators to send them to the right targets. Thousands of them worldwide protected by distance engaging in war and going home at night to their families. Sounds ideal. Like a Norman Rockwell painting.That allusion means nothing to youngsters. Only to us oldtimers! :)
Dating/marrying the guy that is a known player/cheater/liar/conniver because you KNOW you will tame him because he really loves you and you are special to him. RIGHT! How oft... moreDating/marrying the guy that is a known player/cheater/liar/conniver because you KNOW you will tame him because he really loves you and you are special to him. RIGHT! How often is that true?What makes people really think they are so special others will change their spots because of that specialness? Is it an inborn thing or developed by being told how wondrous fair we are by our parents so we get a distorted view of what reality is? America believes we are special and will overcome anything other countries could not. Well maybe we are, may be we aren't but I sure don't want to test it. Do you? less
The sky has clouds and lightning and sun and rainbows and stars and constellations and galaxies and universes and paradoxes and infinite possibilities. As for the sea the Marianas ... moreThe sky has clouds and lightning and sun and rainbows and stars and constellations and galaxies and universes and paradoxes and infinite possibilities. As for the sea the Marianas Trench alone is a great mystery. Then you have all that lives below...flora and fauna and other things we do not know exist because they haven't been discovered yet. What is there on earth worth discovering that can possibly compete? We've given it many chances and still it cannot, does not, will not make sense. Perhaps it never was meant to. less
Ever made ice cream? In the olden days before electric ice cream machines were invented you had to hand crank and crank and crank and crank. Built muscle. Nowadays machines do ever... moreEver made ice cream? In the olden days before electric ice cream machines were invented you had to hand crank and crank and crank and crank. Built muscle. Nowadays machines do everything for you. I had homemade peach ice cream once upon a time very long ago. The best peach ice cream I ever tasted! If you make ice cream at home do you have a signature flavor that your family/friends request often? If so what is it?
Some things you can do alone on your own. Getting drunk or high for example. You can also be a racist when you're home alone but its effectiveness is greatly diminished. You need t... moreSome things you can do alone on your own. Getting drunk or high for example. You can also be a racist when you're home alone but its effectiveness is greatly diminished. You need to get out and about with others to make being a racist really exciting! Some things are best kept private though. Do you have examples of other things done out in the open that makes them so much better than if they were done out of sight? Like what?
Strict. Dour. Sour. Purists. Where are the funny folks? The ones who look for the silver lining and see something funny therein? Why do they only share what no one wants? Like a te... moreStrict. Dour. Sour. Purists. Where are the funny folks? The ones who look for the silver lining and see something funny therein? Why do they only share what no one wants? Like a teacher standing over you with a ruler ready to strike your hand if you get out of line or are impertinent or make fun of the absurd. Did they all go to Catholic Schools and learn from Nuns how to keep people on the straight and narrow? I dunno. Some folks seem to be grim 24/7. Are you grim a lot? What about?
Ignorance can be remedied. However it takes desire and effort to do so. Simply relying on what you think you know rather than checking it out can get embarrassing. What... moreIgnorance can be remedied. However it takes desire and effort to do so. Simply relying on what you think you know rather than checking it out can get embarrassing. What kind of dictionary to you have and do you use it often?
DRUNKSecond definition. The first one has to do with alcohol intoxicationHere's number two2.Overcome or dominated by a strong feeling or emotion. "Drunk with power. Drunk with joy."
You can get drunk on needing attention or being loved or feeling important. You can get drunk on being popular or being pretty or having a great body or attracting attention.
When confronted with awful and evil and gross and whatever negaative is happeningThe roll-overers take the easy way out. They were not the likers to begin with but they just don't ... moreWhen confronted with awful and evil and gross and whatever negaative is happeningThe roll-overers take the easy way out. They were not the likers to begin with but they just don't have any fight in them at all so they quietly accept and sometime defend the status quo no matter low it goes. Their opposites gear up and fight harder and louder and oftener and form groups and get stronger. The original likers/supporters never have a problem deciding. They embrace whatever and enable more of it. They go the way the wind blows them. We call them tumbleweeds. Which way do you go? Why? less
Optimist positive. GOOD. Pessimist negative. NOT SO HOT. Are your glasses rose-colored, dark or are you glass-free? Is it your mission to make people feel better or worse for havin... moreOptimist positive. GOOD. Pessimist negative. NOT SO HOT. Are your glasses rose-colored, dark or are you glass-free? Is it your mission to make people feel better or worse for having engaged with you? Is every day the same for you goal-wise or are you hither and yon, here and there, up and down, everywhere changing changing changing changing changing? Does anyone ever really KNOW you? Do people seek you out or avoid you?
That particular version of "Rainmaker" historically was a lawyer turned politician who left public service and returned to practice law attracting high-powered clients to tha... moreThat particular version of "Rainmaker" historically was a lawyer turned politician who left public service and returned to practice law attracting high-powered clients to that firm simply due to the "prestige" he brings with him (or her). Now there are Rainmakers in all professions. They bring clients, money or respect to an organization based solely on association.
A Medicine Man has rituals and incantations that seek to cause rain. A Rainmaker uses science to seed clouds with silver iodide crystals from planes. I don't know what the pe... moreA Medicine Man has rituals and incantations that seek to cause rain. A Rainmaker uses science to seed clouds with silver iodide crystals from planes. I don't know what the percentage of effectiveness is for either method. But like a faucet. If you can turn it on why can't you turn it off or lower the speed/volume?
It must have at least two syllables, and must rhyme not just a part or portion of the word 'moniker', but the entire word. For instance, the words 'honker' or 'bonkers' would not do.~
I don't see too much hating going on here, maybe it's me. I think the only thing hated is people who leave this site, hating the site. Do you love blamers? &... moreI don't see too much hating going on here, maybe it's me. I think the only thing hated is people who leave this site, hating the site. Do you love blamers? Do you love people who get on a site and message everyone about what is wrong with the site to get them to leave the site?That kind of sounds like the only hating going on around here.
