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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 11:00 AM Original message |
Twenty Years From Now, You Will Lie To Your Children |
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daleanime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. If you check their schools... |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. HA! I've outsmarted Green |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, but at least we have the decency to be consistent by lying to ourselves, too. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. It is my fervent hope |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I don't want to be an economic unit |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. You'd still be an economic unit, |
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StarfarerBill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Unless you live in a post-scarcity society... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. . |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. When this happens they send in troops |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. It would only take 10% - 20% to break the system. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. And what would we eat? |
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LatteLibertine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
8. A great way to |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. The best way to be green is to starve to death. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Can I start smoking again if I choose this plan? |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #19 |
34. Only if you're on fire. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Twenty years from now, they will call you an hero. n/t |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Why should my kids take care of you... |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. We pay taxes. We're paying for their education. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Obviously you didn't read my whole post |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Yawn |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. "Those kids suck up resources everyone else pays for" |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. K&R. I wonder how many lie awake at night, trying to ignore their conscience? n/t |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. Not new |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
15. can't lie to kids you don't have. |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
16. 20 years from NOW? The boomers already fucked us hard and long. |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. wow, did you mean to pick a fight? |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Individuals are intelligent, mobs are dumb. Unfortunately we are all lumped |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. Not I. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #26 |
40. You might want to rethink your categories. |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #16 |
32. just by existing, we all participate |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. Resent your parents much? |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
17. While I tend to agree on the problem |
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Caretha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 09:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. + 1 |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
20. Twenty years from now, if you leave your dorm room, you might be a reality based adult. nt |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Is this you demonstrating your 'adulthood'? |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
21. Twenty years from now AI computers will run everything |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 12:45 AM Response to Reply #21 |
41. Maybe then our gate will close properly. |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
27. I don't understand the RW's anger |
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jimmil (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
29. Does anyone think we will pay the national debt? |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Too bad the Clinton surpluses weren't continued |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-15-09 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
35. The legacy of the Boomers will be "I'm sorry IF..." |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-16-09 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
42. Point well taken, though I'm 54 with no children to whom I may lie. |
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