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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 12:32 PM
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There is NO BUTs, but, but, but, but, but.................................
We Humans are screwed. We screw ourselves with bad manners, bad attitudes, and bad choices.

Because:

We cannot tell right from wrong, fantasy from reality.

Those that can, are far outnumbered.

We Americans can hardly take good care of our bodies much less our Gov't.

We rape the Earth and plunder the Sea. Fuck Sustainability, fuck the future.

Either we wake up or we slowly fade into the sunset of miserable existence.... like the other half of the world.

Are we so arrogantly conceited that we cannot cope with self awareness?? Self improvement?

Or are we that lolo, that we cannot even comprehend the problem?

The real answer solution lies in the direction of Kaneohe. Come, we go drink while we can. We go smile, eat, sing, enjoy........
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HalfManHalfBiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 12:35 PM
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1. Rape the earth?
LOL
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 12:37 PM
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2. WE should ask HER while we can
She is in the Hospital as we speak in the ICU
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 12:42 PM
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5. Yep RAPE the earth!
Edited on Sat Aug-16-03 12:44 PM by Hubert Flottz
Snoop around here on this link and you'll see what my friend means!

http://www.ohvec.org/

Too tired to read??? Well go here and look at the pictures!

http://eces.org/gallery/index.shtml

Come, we go buy the Mother Of All Duct Tape!
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 12:48 PM
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8. Much Mahalos for the backup and Pics
been missing you and your wisdom my friend.

Come, we go bar, on me all night
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JNelson6563 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 12:37 PM
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3. sometimes perspective can help
to deal with the reality.

As a serious student of history I have learned to apply a historian's perspective to our current situation. It can help to distance one's self from the whole nightmare emotionally, even if just for a time.

Julie--who marvels at our parellels with Rome
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 12:44 PM
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6. Romans had bad Leaders in the end, unable to cope with reality
much less Sanity.

Weakened by bad choices she succumbed to the forces of the day and the Dark Ages prevailed for 859 years.

We are in sim times, the Fall is Near, the signs are clear.
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Clete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 12:46 PM
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7. Not only Rome, but every Empire since.
An incomplete list here:

Byzantium

Russia under the Czars

France under Napoleon

Queen Victoria's British Empire

Soviet Russia

Hitler's Germany

Ottoman Empire

All were characterized by absolute rule by a dictator. The wealthy aristocracies lived well on the backs of a down-trodden underclass. All invaded, subjugated and robbed other nations.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 12:50 PM
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9. Perhaps it was contagious or habit forming, and/or inspirational?
oh well,
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44wax Donating Member (272 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-16-03 12:40 PM
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4. nice rant very much appreciated
And he said I am not your But Daddy.
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