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Griff · 05-05-2010, 05:01 PM

Finally, we should all probably calm down about politics. Most of the proposals we argue about so ferociously will have only marginal effects on how we live, especially compared with the ethnic, regional and social differences that we so studiously ignore.

This is the smart middle-right. I'd vote for it.

classicman · 05-05-2010, 05:34 PM

I like it.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-05-2010, 07:34 PM

Social fabric? I ain't got no social fabric. I ain't even got social threads. If I promote your social fabric, will you ensnare me in it, or will you leave me the fuck alone?

squirell nutkin · 05-05-2010, 07:49 PM

Is it too late to be Swedish?

Griff · 05-05-2010, 08:46 PM

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Is it too late to be Swedish?

It is for me, but it wasn't too late for my kids, that's why I threw in with team Sweden. Even an Irishman can be rational if there is a snappy Swedish chick involved... yeah right, rational,... I believe I was thinking a little further down the brain stem.

spudcon · 05-06-2010, 05:32 AM

good culture and good human capital programs.

Who determines what "good culture" is? I find the culture and human capital much more humane away from the northeast centers of education and urban "sophistication."
I do like the Swedish Bikini Team though.

DanaC · 05-06-2010, 05:46 AM

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Therefore, the first rule of policy-making should be, don’t promulgate a policy that will destroy social bonds. If you take tribes of people, exile them from their homelands and ship them to strange, arid lands, you’re going to produce bad outcomes for generations.

This is important, for those people who think the civil rights abuses of yesteryear don't affect life chances today for those groups involved.

Spexxvet · 05-06-2010, 08:13 AM

I propose a constitutional ammendment that all American citizens must become Asian.

classicman · 05-06-2010, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

This is important, for those people who think the civil rights abuses of yesteryear don't affect life chances today for those groups involved.

But but but. . . .

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Roughly a century ago, many Swedes immigrated to America. They’ve done very well here. Only about 6.7 percent of Swedish-Americans live in poverty. Also a century ago, many Swedes decided to remain in Sweden. They’ve done well there, too. When two economists calculated Swedish poverty rates according to the American standard, they found that 6.7 percent of the Swedes in Sweden were living in poverty.

Spexxvet · 05-06-2010, 10:01 AM

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But but but. . . .

I don't remember that Jim Crow laws targetted Swedes.

squirell nutkin · 05-06-2010, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

I don't remember that Jim Crow laws targetted Swedes.

Revisionist history

squirell nutkin · 05-06-2010, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

It is for me, but it wasn't too late for my kids, that's why I threw in with team Sweden. Even an Irishman can be rational if there is a snappy Swedish chick involved... yeah right, rational,... I believe I was thinking a little further down the brain stem.

See, I went German. Then I find out that Swedes are Germans in human form.

Flint · 05-06-2010, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

I propose a constitutional ammendment that all American citizens must become Asian.

Take THAT, premise of this article!

Sheldonrs · 05-06-2010, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Social fabric? I ain't got no social fabric. I ain't even got social threads. If I promote your social fabric, will you ensnare me in it, or will you leave me the fuck alone?

True. Unlike his diseases, Bruce's fabric is NOT social.

squirell nutkin · 05-06-2010, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

True. Unlike his diseases, Bruce's fabric is NOT social.

Social disease? Who says that anymore? You're dating yourself Shel.
(Just don't get drunk and take advantage of yourself.)

05-05-2010, 05:01 PM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Read This Finally, we should all probably calm down about politics. Most of the proposals we argue about so ferociously will have only marginal effects on how we live, especially compared with the ethnic, regional and social differences that we so studiously ignore. This is the smart middle-right. I'd vote for it. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I like it. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-05-2010, 07:34 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Social fabric? I ain't got no social fabric. I ain't even got social threads. If I promote your social fabric, will you ensnare me in it, or will you leave me the fuck alone? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	good culture and good human capital programs. Who determines what "good culture" is? I find the culture and human capital much more humane away from the northeast centers of education and urban "sophistication." I do like the Swedish Bikini Team though. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

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Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	I propose a constitutional ammendment that all American citizens must become Asian. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

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