Comments on: Russia better be careful

By: Eri

Eri — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:01:48 +0000

I just told you. Gin soaked olives with a little vermouth in the gin.

By: TB

TB — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:50:54 +0000

Whatever you’re on, I want some!

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:33:11 +0000

History doesn’t repeat, but sometimes it rhymes.

By: Eri

Eri — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:23:56 +0000

…he opined.

By: Eri

Eri — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:21:36 +0000

Yes, it does, because we create it. It prays to us: “O Creator, please leave us in peace instead of pieces.”

By: Eri

Eri — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:20:04 +0000

Nature has a reality? I wonder if it’s the same reality I’m in or another reality. Really.

By: Eri

Eri — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:15:53 +0000

And why didn’t you? That is what this thread is about.

I think.

Wait. I’ve lost track of what I was saying.

Where am I?

Time for a martini.

Stay out of my way to the kitchen or I’ll stuff you with gin soaked olives.

By: Eri

Eri — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:13:01 +0000

Santayana was a socialist gay radical middle of the roader espousing creationism while evolving into a mongrel monkey?

By: Eri

Eri — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:10:20 +0000

Scientology is a pattern of corruption that has invaded the inner chamber of Hollywood and therefore, Russia’s oil conglomerate, so it must be exterminated lest we all face alien invasion which would break our morale and our economy. Not to mention nap times and lunch breaks.

By: TB

TB — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:02:24 +0000

“Ownership class?” Ah. “Bourgeois truth.”

I wonder how much you have to own to become a member of the “ownership class.” Does it vary by state? Does real estate count?

Be careful about who you plug into these categories. Last time I looked, average world per capita income was something like $7,000. There are an awful lot of rungs below you on the ladder.

Some of the data behind that video is here if you need specifics.

I welcome any discussions of the definition of “economic freedom” that do not obliterate either the word “economic” or “freedom.”