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Jeff Bridges – American.

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Jeff Bridges – American.

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paddyoh: obviously this is a really old thread, and there’s no way I can match the Green Eggs and Ham poetry.

But I just want to say I disagree with you completely and you’re on the wrong track.

You sound like you’ve gone beyond political correctness and are now on the slope to McCarthy-ism. Who decides which commericials are American-enough for actors to participate in? You?

Will you next say that certain books shouldn’t be endorsed, or written, or even read?

To explore your scatterbrained idea a bit further: would you be opposed to Americans acting in a Mercedes commercial? How about that guy who does commercials for BMW on the radio? Should we mount a petition against that bastard? Maybe find out where he lives?

What about Danish teak furniture? Do you feel that it is a threat to the Amish? Perhaps we should ban its importation – also Italian furniture while we’re at it I guess. Could you make a website for that please?

Mephisto makes some damn nice shoes – should we put a stop to that?

Perhaps none of us should travel outside the U.S. where we’ll spend tourist dollars aiding some other economy. (Not to mention the environmental damage of our flight overseas – the horror!) Maybe you could chair some committee that would decide which countries we’re allowed to travel to.

Yeah – that sounds really American to me.

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paddyoh: obviously this is a really old thread, and there’s no way I can match the Green Eggs and Ham poetry.

But I just want to say I disagree with you completely and you’re on the wrong track.

You sound like you’ve gone beyond political correctness and are now on the slope to McCarthy-ism. Who decides which commericials are American-enough for actors to participate in? You?

Will you next say that certain books shouldn’t be endorsed, or written, or even read?

To explore your scatterbrained idea a bit further: would you be opposed to Americans acting in a Mercedes commercial? How about that guy who does commercials for BMW on the radio? Should we mount a petition against that bastard? Maybe find out where he lives?

What about Danish teak furniture? Do you feel that it is a threat to the Amish? Perhaps we should ban its importation – also Italian furniture while we’re at it I guess. Could you make a website for that please?

Mephisto makes some damn nice shoes – should we put a stop to that?

Perhaps none of us should travel outside the U.S. where we’ll spend tourist dollars aiding some other economy. (Not to mention the environmental damage of our flight overseas – the horror!) Maybe you could chair some committee that would decide which countries we’re allowed to travel to.

Yeah – that sounds really American to me.

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paddyoh: obviously this is a really old thread, and there’s no way I can match the Green Eggs and Ham poetry.

But I just want to say I disagree with you completely and you’re on the wrong track.

You sound like you’ve gone beyond political correctness and are now on the slope to McCarthy-ism. Who decides which commericials are American-enough for actors to participate in? You?

Will you next say that certain books shouldn’t be endorsed, or written, or even read?

To explore your scatterbrained idea a bit further: would you be opposed to Americans acting in a Mercedes commercial? How about that guy who does commercials for BMW on the radio? Should we mount a petition against that bastard? Maybe find out where he lives?

What about Danish teak furniture? Do you feel that it is a threat to the Amish? Perhaps we should ban its importation – also Italian furniture while we’re at it I guess. Could you make a website for that please?

Mephisto makes some damn nice shoes – should we put a stop to that?

Perhaps none of us should travel outside the U.S. where we’ll spend tourist dollars aiding some other economy. (Not to mention the environmental damage of our flight overseas – the horror!) Maybe you could chair some committee that would decide which countries we’re allowed to travel to.

Yeah – that sounds really American to me.

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paddyoh: obviously this is a really old thread, and there’s no way I can match the Green Eggs and Ham poetry.

But I just want to say I disagree with you completely and you’re on the wrong track.

You sound like you’ve gone beyond political correctness and are now on the slope to McCarthy-ism. Who decides which commericials are American-enough for actors to participate in? You?

Will you next say that certain books shouldn’t be endorsed, or written, or even read?

To explore your scatterbrained idea a bit further: would you be opposed to Americans acting in a Mercedes commercial? How about that guy who does commercials for BMW on the radio? Should we mount a petition against that bastard? Maybe find out where he lives?

What about Danish teak furniture? Do you feel that it is a threat to the Amish? Perhaps we should ban its importation – also Italian furniture while we’re at it I guess. Could you make a website for that please?

Mephisto makes some damn nice shoes – should we put a stop to that?

Perhaps none of us should travel outside the U.S. where we’ll spend tourist dollars aiding some other economy. (Not to mention the environmental damage of our flight overseas – the horror!) Maybe you could chair some committee that would decide which countries we’re allowed to travel to.

Yeah – that sounds really American to me.

[KSMountain]

paddyoh: obviously this is a really old thread, and there’s no way I can match the Green Eggs and Ham poetry.

But I just want to say I disagree with you completely and you’re on the wrong track.

You sound like you’ve gone beyond political correctness and are now on the slope to McCarthy-ism. Who decides which commericials are American-enough for actors to participate in? You?

Will you next say that certain books shouldn’t be endorsed, or written, or even read?

To explore your scatterbrained idea a bit further: would you be opposed to Americans acting in a Mercedes commercial? How about that guy who does commercials for BMW on the radio? Should we mount a petition against that bastard? Maybe find out where he lives?

What about Danish teak furniture? Do you feel that it is a threat to the Amish? Perhaps we should ban its importation – also Italian furniture while we’re at it I guess. Could you make a website for that please?

Mephisto makes some damn nice shoes – should we put a stop to that?

Perhaps none of us should travel outside the U.S. where we’ll spend tourist dollars aiding some other economy. (Not to mention the environmental damage of our flight overseas – the horror!) Maybe you could chair some committee that would decide which countries we’re allowed to travel to.

Yeah – that sounds really American to me.

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So now we’re going to start begrudging folks who served the city/state/fed for 20-30 years of their lives the benefits that we promised to them?

I imagine many of these folks, over the course of their career, evaluated whether to stay or go into the private sector for more money, and the pension package was part of their calculations.

We pay the salaries we pay in order to lure good candidates, and to offer something enticing for others lower in the hierarchy to aspire to and work hard for (and some will). Basically it is a hamster wheel system, but I think it’s a system that works to a large extent.

Would this be a better system?:
Just pay everyone 50 grand a year – period. Heart surgeons, those despicable CEO’s, baseball players, dentists, engineers, teachers, firemen, actors, fast food window workers. Then no one will be envious of anyone else.

Now what to do when it becomes obvious that some heart surgeons (or baseball players or engineers) are better than others?…

Or, what about a person that works two jobs. Or three?

$123k “for life” might seem like a lot of money, but in the grand scheme of things it is not (especially after taxes). I know nothing of what this woman did and endured to get to her position, but my initial guess would be: she probably earned it.

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So now we’re going to start begrudging folks who served the city/state/fed for 20-30 years of their lives the benefits that we promised to them?

I imagine many of these folks, over the course of their career, evaluated whether to stay or go into the private sector for more money, and the pension package was part of their calculations.

We pay the salaries we pay in order to lure good candidates, and to offer something enticing for others lower in the hierarchy to aspire to and work hard for (and some will). Basically it is a hamster wheel system, but I think it’s a system that works to a large extent.

Would this be a better system?:
Just pay everyone 50 grand a year – period. Heart surgeons, those despicable CEO’s, baseball players, dentists, engineers, teachers, firemen, actors, fast food window workers. Then no one will be envious of anyone else.

Now what to do when it becomes obvious that some heart surgeons (or baseball players or engineers) are better than others?…

Or, what about a person that works two jobs. Or three?

$123k “for life” might seem like a lot of money, but in the grand scheme of things it is not (especially after taxes). I know nothing of what this woman did and endured to get to her position, but my initial guess would be: she probably earned it.

[KSMountain]

So now we’re going to start begrudging folks who served the city/state/fed for 20-30 years of their lives the benefits that we promised to them?

I imagine many of these folks, over the course of their career, evaluated whether to stay or go into the private sector for more money, and the pension package was part of their calculations.

We pay the salaries we pay in order to lure good candidates, and to offer something enticing for others lower in the hierarchy to aspire to and work hard for (and some will). Basically it is a hamster wheel system, but I think it’s a system that works to a large extent.

Would this be a better system?:
Just pay everyone 50 grand a year – period. Heart surgeons, those despicable CEO’s, baseball players, dentists, engineers, teachers, firemen, actors, fast food window workers. Then no one will be envious of anyone else.

Now what to do when it becomes obvious that some heart surgeons (or baseball players or engineers) are better than others?…

Or, what about a person that works two jobs. Or three?

$123k “for life” might seem like a lot of money, but in the grand scheme of things it is not (especially after taxes). I know nothing of what this woman did and endured to get to her position, but my initial guess would be: she probably earned it.

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So now we’re going to start begrudging folks who served the city/state/fed for 20-30 years of their lives the benefits that we promised to them?

I imagine many of these folks, over the course of their career, evaluated whether to stay or go into the private sector for more money, and the pension package was part of their calculations.

We pay the salaries we pay in order to lure good candidates, and to offer something enticing for others lower in the hierarchy to aspire to and work hard for (and some will). Basically it is a hamster wheel system, but I think it’s a system that works to a large extent.

Would this be a better system?:
Just pay everyone 50 grand a year – period. Heart surgeons, those despicable CEO’s, baseball players, dentists, engineers, teachers, firemen, actors, fast food window workers. Then no one will be envious of anyone else.

Now what to do when it becomes obvious that some heart surgeons (or baseball players or engineers) are better than others?…

Or, what about a person that works two jobs. Or three?

$123k “for life” might seem like a lot of money, but in the grand scheme of things it is not (especially after taxes). I know nothing of what this woman did and endured to get to her position, but my initial guess would be: she probably earned it.

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So now we’re going to start begrudging folks who served the city/state/fed for 20-30 years of their lives the benefits that we promised to them?

I imagine many of these folks, over the course of their career, evaluated whether to stay or go into the private sector for more money, and the pension package was part of their calculations.

We pay the salaries we pay in order to lure good candidates, and to offer something enticing for others lower in the hierarchy to aspire to and work hard for (and some will). Basically it is a hamster wheel system, but I think it’s a system that works to a large extent.

Would this be a better system?:
Just pay everyone 50 grand a year – period. Heart surgeons, those despicable CEO’s, baseball players, dentists, engineers, teachers, firemen, actors, fast food window workers. Then no one will be envious of anyone else.

Now what to do when it becomes obvious that some heart surgeons (or baseball players or engineers) are better than others?…

Or, what about a person that works two jobs. Or three?

$123k “for life” might seem like a lot of money, but in the grand scheme of things it is not (especially after taxes). I know nothing of what this woman did and endured to get to her position, but my initial guess would be: she probably earned it.

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What the CIA was owning up to as of Feb 08:
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/TheLaw/story?id=4244423

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What the CIA was owning up to as of Feb 08:
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/TheLaw/story?id=4244423

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What the CIA was owning up to as of Feb 08:
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/TheLaw/story?id=4244423

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