Common sense
Jul 15, 2012 16:38:00 #
JBTaylor
Loc: In hiding again
billypip wrote:
At the end of the day it is those in power that have ANY say whether we decide to vote or not. Personally, I would like to go back in time and give Guy Fawkes a nuke !!! I would also allot Oliver Cromwell all of our Elite fighting forces............brutal yes, but they were men with vision, i fear its too late now because money has its evil grip and as we know.............money equals POWER !!!
Maybe I'm naive but I thought I had a say in whether I decide to to vote or not. It's seemed to worked that way for years now.
Jul 15, 2012 21:29:59 #
johnr9999
Loc: Carlton, OR
Yes you have a right to vote on those chosen by those in power. Get rid of the lawyers and millionaires. Why 2 parties? Why not 4 or 44?
Jul 15, 2012 21:34:25 #
johnr9999 wrote:
Yes you have a right to vote on those chosen by those in power. Get rid of the lawyers and millionaires. Why 2 parties? Why not 4 or 44?
A very succinct and valid point. Every four years we have the right to choose between two candidates, both of them financed by plutocratic interests.
Jul 16, 2012 15:58:17 #
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Aug 2, 2012 03:12:55 #
frenchcoast wrote:
What newspaper did he say it came from? The article came from here in the states originally.
billypip wrote:
Frenchcoast.............I dont recall reading any Brit belittling the colonies in this particular post , are we on the same page ???????
What newspaper did he say it came from? The article came from here in the states originally.
The Indianapolis Star on Sunday, March 15, 1998 by Lori Borgman ( http://www.loriborgman.com/the-death-of-common-sense.php ).
I've been diong a Google search to find this article and tell fans of it that she has made a short book of the column, and itÂ’s even greater than the original! http://www.loriborgman.com/books
Glad I found this site, since I hope my post will quell any argument ;-)
Aug 2, 2012 08:24:20 #
115 people lost there jobs in Miami, Oklahoma do to stupid people winning stupid law suites that should have been thrown out. They were making gas cans, but not now, too many stupid law suites by stupid people. One law suite [that won] was because this idiot poured gas out of that gas can onto a fire and burn himself up. And there were several law suites like this one. I say too bad, so sad. Let the stupid genes get weeded out. But the judges award people for there stupidity. Where has common sense gone?
Aug 2, 2012 09:47:05 #
stevenelson wrote:
115 people lost there jobs in Miami, Oklahoma do t... (show quote)
Plaintiffs have the right to a jury trial in any civil case, so verdicts should not be up to the discretion of judges. Due process cannot guarantee justice; only the bast chance for it.
Aug 2, 2012 09:49:35 #
PNagy wrote:
quote=stevenelson 115 people lost there jobs in M... (show quote)
Let me also add that only a very tiny percentage of malpractice and other damage-seeking law suits ever make it to court. most of the time when a corporation or a professional practitioner harms someone, the person is out of luck, and sometimes dead. A favorite right wing tactic is to seek out and to distort the cases where it seems that the lawsuit was frivolous, yet won. The purpose is "tort reform," which is intended severely to limit the amount of damage that could be sought to a negligible sum compared to the harm the person suffered.
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