Hi all...just introducing myself...good to be here. Looking forward to chatting with some/all of you. Thx.
Hi, new person here...
Sun, 2009-02-22 06:57
#1
Hi, new person here...
Sun, 2009-02-22 07:01
#2
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Sun, 2009-02-22 07:17
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Maysie
Welcome gulcher. What topics, issues are you interested in?
Sun, 2009-02-22 15:48
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M. Spector
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Welcome to babble, gulcher.
I see you've discovered the double-post function already!
Sun, 2009-02-22 15:50
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Sven
I see you've discovered the double-post function already!
And what a useful function it is!! 
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Sun, 2009-02-22 15:59
#6
M. Spector
"Try to think of it as a feature"
- official motto of the New Elbbab™
Sun, 2009-02-22 17:42
#7
Hi Maysie...I'm not sure if I really have any pet issues to speak of, meh...I suppose we all do, but in lieu of anything else - I think this famous quote about sums me up.
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."
Sun, 2009-02-22 17:49
#8
Sven
Hi Maysie...I'm not sure if I really have any pet issues to speak of, meh...I suppose we all do, but in lieu of anything else - I think this famous quote about sums me up.
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."
Uh-oh. That's sounds suspiciously libertarian. >:)
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Sun, 2009-02-22 17:53
#9
haha, yes...well, embarrassing to say, but I did that out of confusion more than anything...
After I'd posted my first comment, there it was, this field at the bottom of my screen saying "Post a Comment"...and I thought "I just did that, but ok...I'll do what it's telling me to do" and yeah, "..." seemed the safest thing to type in case I was being a moron and double-posting. :)
"Dave...what are you doing, Dave?"
Sun, 2009-02-22 17:56
#10
Hi Maysie...I'm not sure if I really have any pet issues to speak of, meh...I suppose we all do, but in lieu of anything else - I think this famous quote about sums me up.
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."
Uh-oh. That's sounds suspiciously libertarian. >:)
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haha...
Well, I suppose I've been called worse.
Sun, 2009-02-22 19:42
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M. Spector
Uh-oh. That's sounds suspiciously libertarian. >:)
haha...
Well, I suppose I've been called worse.
Uh-oh. There aren't many things worse than right-wing libertarianism, and if you've been called them, that sounds very ominous indeed...
Sun, 2009-02-22 21:17
#12
Uh-oh. There aren't many things worse than right-wing libertarianism, and if you've been called them, that sounds very ominous indeed...
Wow...haha...I have no idea how to respond to that. Thanks...I guess?
Sun, 2009-02-22 21:47
#13
I think this famous quote about sums me up.“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."
Umm, that would be the American constitution.
And the quote is from Patrick Henry, of whom Wikipedia says:
As a wedding gift, his father-in-law gave the couple six slaves . . . Historians today observe that Henry was known to have used fear of Indian and slave revolts in promoting military action against the British. . . During the war, he served as the first post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776-79, an office he held again from 1784-86. During his first stint as Governor, he presided over several invasions of Cherokee Indian lands. . . During the five years Henry lived at Leatherwood, from 1779 to 1784, Henry owned 75 slaves.
Mon, 2009-02-23 09:50
#14
So Patrick Henry used the Constitution to restrain the government from restraining people like Patrick Henry.
Hey - slavery, colonial conquest, aboriginal genocide, restrained government - it's messy, but it's Amerika!
Mon, 2009-02-23 10:17
#15
Welcome gulcher. As you can see, there's a lively crowd here on babble. :) Have fun!
Thu, 2009-02-26 00:11
#16
I think this famous quote about sums me up.“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."
Umm, that would be the American constitution.
And the quote is from Patrick Henry, of whom Wikipedia says:
As a wedding gift, his father-in-law gave the couple six slaves . . . Historians today observe that Henry was known to have used fear of Indian and slave revolts in promoting military action against the British. . . During the war, he served as the first post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776-79, an office he held again from 1784-86. During his first stint as Governor, he presided over several invasions of Cherokee Indian lands. . . During the five years Henry lived at Leatherwood, from 1779 to 1784, Henry owned 75 slaves.
Yes, well you could probably also legally marry your sister or even a goat in the 1780s so I won't pretend a society that existed over two hundred years ago traveled many moral high roads.
The quote, from Patrick Henry - the American - spoke to a level of personal freedom that resonated with me...don't read too much into it.
Thu, 2009-02-26 00:13
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Welcome gulcher. As you can see, there's a lively crowd here on babble. :) Have fun!
Thank you Michelle, I'm having fun already! :)
Thu, 2009-02-26 16:30
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M. Spector
Uh-oh. There aren't many things worse than right-wing libertarianism, and if you've been called them, that sounds very ominous indeed...
You heard it here first, folks.