What were you guys saying about circle jerks earlier?

And I'm not even taking part in the discussion....

LaoPo

Plenty of room LaoPo, plenty of room.

The biggest circle jerk ever devised is the one that got the unthinking to believe

they had a side. While they call themselves left or right .... TPTB stand aside & laugh as they

control both equally well. Yet they have achieved their goal by age old divide & conquer techniques.

Or in this case allowing the kids to believe they had a side to defend.

What were you guys saying about circle jerks earlier?

And I'm not even taking part in the discussion....

LaoPo

Plenty of room LaoPo, plenty of room.

The biggest circle jerk ever devised is the one that got the unthinking to believe

they had a side. While they call themselves left or right .... TPTB stand aside & laugh as they

control both equally well. Yet they have achieved their goal by age old divide & conquer techniques.

Or in this case allowing the kids to believe they had a side to defend.

care to explain ?

LaoPo

And I'm not even taking part in the discussion....

LaoPo

Plenty of room LaoPo, plenty of room.

The biggest circle jerk ever devised is the one that got the unthinking to believe

they had a side. While they call themselves left or right .... TPTB stand aside & laugh as they

control both equally well. Yet they have achieved their goal by age old divide & conquer techniques.

Or in this case allowing the kids to believe they had a side to defend.

care to explain ?

LaoPo

For the answer brother, let us turn to the good book. Bob: Chapter 4, Verse 8

Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats

Too noble to neglect

Deceived me into thinking

I had something to protect

Good and bad, I define these terms

Quite clear, no doubt, somehow.

Ah, but I was so much older then,

I'm younger than that now.

Hallelujah!

care to explain ?

LaoPo

Elephants & donkeys all controlled by the same ring masters.

Yet it is easier to control a mixed herd

Ah, but I was so much older then,

I'm younger than that now.

Chai

Brother Bob has a way with words

and have a 'blog which the powers that be, in their wisdom, have made hard to find.

Give us a clue.

and have a 'blog which the powers that be, in their wisdom, have made hard to find.

Give us a clue.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?au...&blogid=566

You know until you asked I never knew folks had blogs here....

I will have to take a look later

Is English your second language?

As a product of one of the world's best education systems you must be a constant embarrassment to your fellow countrymen.

Hey, I apologize. I don't know you. I can only make assumptions based on your postings. I haven't read anything to lead me to believe otherwise to be honest. It works both ways. You don't know me either yet that doesn't stop you from calling me names ("<deleted>" for one) and attacking me for having different political views than you do. Now you are also attacking my intelligence. Talk about irony.

OK, accepted.

As you like links find the one where I attacked you personally for your political views. I've avoided addressing you personally for a while now so it will be a long way back if there is one.

As you very well know - your unprovoked attack has all been deleted by the powers that be. We are going to be dealing with each other for a long, long time so I can let things be for now.

The biggest circle jerk ever devised is the one that got the unthinking to believe

they had a side. While they call themselves left or right .... TPTB stand aside & laugh as they

control both equally well. Yet they have achieved their goal by age old divide & conquer techniques.

Or in this case allowing the kids to believe they had a side to defend.

care to explain ?

LaoPo

Now let us turn to the good book. Willie: Chapter 6, Verse 9

I'm crazy

crazy for feeling so lonely

I'm crazy

crazy for feeling so blue

I know

you'd love me as long as you wanted

then someday

leave me for somebody new

(bridge)

worry

why do I let myself worry

wondring

what in the world did I do

crazy

for thinking that my love could hold you

I'm crazy for crying

I'm crazy for trying

I'm crazy for loving you

Alleluia!

Buddha give me strength.

The personal attack was over your "I like Western/farang women" topic. Nothing to do with politics.

Why do you think your fellow conservative Chuckd has been reduced to defending his Thai wife on this forum? I wasn't anything I said I can assure you.

Why didn't you post the topic in Bedlam? If it was meant to be tongue in cheek then that was the proper place for it.

Well, if you thought my Tuco gunfighter avatar was just for show you know different now.

Edit: This post is in answer to Koheesti, UG rudely interrupted while it was typing, part of a right wing plot no doubt.

Now let us move on to Garbage: Chapter 6, Verse 66

I fall down just to give you a thrill

Prop me up with another pill

If I should fail, if I should fold

I nailed my faith to the sticking pole

I think I'm paranoid

Manipulated

I think I'm paranoid

Too complicated

Why do you think your fellow conservative Chuckd has been reduced to defending his Thai wife on this forum?

Not to be argumentative but, I don't feel I am defending my wife at all. She requires no defense.

What I was trying to point out were the inaccuracies and less than intelligent posts by a couple of members attempting to twist my words into something they were not.

I hate it when somebody "thinks" I said what I didn't actually say.

Argue all you like Chuckd, that's what I'm here for.

Our wives shouldn't require any defence, regardless of their race, religion or political beliefs. That was the whole point my posts.

I hate it when somebody "thinks" I said what I didn't actually say.

I know the feeling. I started a harmless thread that got hijacked by one of those people which resulted in it being closed just because they suffer from some sort of inferiority-psychosis that caused them to imagine hidden meanings in an otherwise straight-forward post.

I hope students of internet forums took note of that textbook example of "how to shut down a thread in one easy step".

If I didn't suffer from inferiority-psychosis I'd be quite proud of that.

I hate it when somebody "thinks" I said what I didn't actually say.

I know the feeling. I started a harmless thread that got hijacked by one of those people which resulted in it being closed just because they suffer from some sort of inferiority-psychosis that caused them to imagine hidden meanings in an otherwise straight-forward post.

spot on

I hope students of internet forums took note of that textbook example of "how to shut down a thread in one easy step".

If I didn't suffer from inferiority-psychosis I'd be quite proud of that.

Well as much as...[inflammatory remarks deleted]... I must say I am impressed. You stated your objective out in the open, made a mountain out of less than a molehill, wrote things that should have gotten you a suspension yet here you are and the thread has been cleaned & closed. You must really know how to [yet more text deleted].

wrote things that should have gotten you a suspension

Come now if that were true you would have been long gone after the pedophile comment...yes later claimed to be a joke<sic>

That aside....

I just thought of your thread today when I saw this on CNN Tech ....

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/02/01/sex.rob...dex.html?hpt=T2

She does satisfy two of your requirements ( conversation & no cultural differences) right off

I hope students of internet forums took note of that textbook example of "how to shut down a thread in one easy step".

If I didn't suffer from inferiority-psychosis I'd be quite proud of that.

I have to admit that you managed that one most masterfully.

I hope students of internet forums took note of that textbook example of "how to shut down a thread in one easy step".

If I didn't suffer from inferiority-psychosis I'd be quite proud of that.

I have to admit that you managed that one most masterfully.

All that time spent on the dark side and TLF weren't wasted after all General.

wrote things that should have gotten you a suspension

Come now if that were true you would have been long gone after the pedophile comment...yes later claimed to be a joke<sic>

Talk about mountains and molehills. You are such a crybaby it's ridiculous. It makes everyone wonder why you're so sensitive to the subject. Get busted once?

"whining" would have been a much more appropriate forum nickname than "flying" for sure.

Talk about mountains and molehills. You are such a crybaby it's ridiculous. It makes everyone wonder why you're so sensitive to the subject. Get busted once?

Sorry not able to be lumped into your world of thoughts....None are sensitive.... it is a matter of your insensitivity & slander that drew comments from all.

Go back & look

"whining" would have been a much more appropriate

See what I mean about that school yard kid trying to look cool & yet failed.....

Sorry to lump you & K's posts together but it seemed appropriate since one rides the others posts like a puppy.

Also wastes less space.

Sorry that we are not as witty and clever as you are Mr. Da Vinci.

Sorry that we are not as witty and clever

No need to lump others into your pen.... You stand alone in that regard....But stay strong

If you say so Mr Da Vinci.

Back on the subject of Obama, I saw a humorous post today that explains things very clearly.

RECESSION...is when your neighbor loses his job.

DEPRESSION...is when you lose your job.

RECOVERY...is when Obama loses his job.

I'll rest my judgement of Obama until after he has been in a full four years. It's very difficult to undo all the damage done by the previous Bush administration. And, nobody can work miracles.

Blame Bush? If the Bush Administration had gotten it's way back in 2003, we could have avoided this whole economic meltdown:

The New York Times

September 11, 2003

New Agency Proposed to Oversee Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae

By STEPHEN LABATON

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10—

The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago.

Under the plan, disclosed at a Congressional hearing today, a new agency would be created within the Treasury Department to assume supervision of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored companies that are the two largest players in the mortgage lending industry.

The new agency would have the authority, which now rests with Congress

, to set one of the two capital-reserve requirements for the companies. It would exercise authority over any new lines of business. And it would determine whether the two are adequately managing the risks of their ballooning portfolios.

The plan is an acknowledgment by the administration that oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- which together have issued more than $1.5 trillion in outstanding debt -- is broken.

A report by outside investigators in July concluded that Freddie Mac manipulated its accounting to mislead investors, and critics have said Fannie Mae does not adequately hedge against rising interest rates.

''There is a general recognition that the supervisory system for housing-related government-sponsored enterprises neither has the tools, nor the stature, to deal effectively with the current size, complexity and importance of these enterprises,'' Treasury Secretary John W. Snow told the House Financial Services Committee in an appearance with Housing Secretary Mel Martinez, who also backed the plan.

Mr. Snow said that Congress should eliminate the power of the president to appoint directors to the companies

, a sign that the administration is less concerned about the perks of patronage than it is about the potential political problems associated with any new difficulties arising at the companies.

.....

''These two entities -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- are not facing any kind of financial crisis,'' said

Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee.

''The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.''

Representative Melvin L. Watt, Democrat of North Carolina, agreed.

''I don't see much other than a shell game going on here, moving something from one agency to another and in the process weakening the bargaining power of poorer families and their ability to get affordable housing,'' Mr. Watt said.

I have highlighted in mauve the other pertinant bits to this article.... so Congress had the authority, and Bush appointed the directors....and look what happened.

Of course, the question remains, as this article was produced to show how great Dubbya was, aside from making the reccomendation....what else did his administration actually do about it? What was the result? A result that Obama has to try to mop up.

The article is opinion based on assumption.

If I'd jumped in my time machine and gone back and stopped the crucifixion with my communist supplied AK47 the Christians would still have found a reason to bother us all.

The article is opinion based on assumption.

If I'd jumped in my time machine and gone back and stopped the crucifixion with my communist supplied AK47 the Christians would still have found a reason to bother us all.

It's an interesting OTB topic...."What if the crucifixion had not occurred? What would the world be like now?"

There's a whole series of "what if's" in terms of what the world would be like now......"What if Muhammad had died as an infant?", "What if Marx had won the lottery?", "What if Einstein had become an alcoholic?"....