Let's talk politics.

[corageon]

I think you may have something there. Republican women are much better looking than democrat women. Case and point Hillary and Nancy. They dont' set the bar very high.

[CUSP82]

Sarah Palin would look great in a red teddy and Michelle Bachman in a black thing? Wow!

[namsokiek]

JonPop closed it I think.

OK boy genius, ta53ora was correct and you are wrong on the closing the thread bit. How about you grow a couple more brain cells and look at my post here: https://www.pegym.com/forums/gym/907...ml#post1134578

Yes, he did close it. I know bc I was trying to make a post when he shut it down. I assume bc I made comments about white males. Since I'm a white male I dont' think it can be racist. Several guys thought it was funny. That's all it was intended to be. Some ppl cant' take a joke. Look at my profile pic and the other pics I've posted. You should be able to tell I'm a white male. Someone gave me a negative reputation comment and someone else gave me a positive rep comment for the same posts. WTH? And even one of the mods was entertained by the whole thing. I think if Jon Pop would have read the whole thing he would have realized that I was just messing with everyone. It was definitely in the spirit of the original post which was facetious and sarcastic and fun.

Wait...first you thought he closed it, now you know?!? How is that possible when it wasn't him in the first place? The reason I know this is that as an administrator I can look that stuff up.

I don't know who left the rep comments bc I don't know how to find them again. It's not like I'm trying to get a position as a mod or something so no big deal. You can't offend me. No apology is necessary. What is the subject? The original post was very general. There was no particular subject. The OP left the subject completely open.

If you bothered to look at the comments I gave, I neg repped you because you asserted the thread was closed as a tool for censorship.

That's a pretty big accusation based upon nothing but your ignorance and your wild imagination. Ask anyone, extreme stupidity is something that I neg-rep without fail...hence your neg-rep.

It was namsokiek. I guess he doesn't have much of a sense of humor. Ta53ora, thanks for the positive rep comment.

Congratulations, you've figured out how to scroll the page on your control panel. Perhaps when you figure out how to click on the thread title, you might be able to connect the dots.

BTW, I have a great sense of humor, I picked up your sarcasm on the second "liberal/progressive" post (hint: too many words that trigger republican ire to be anything else), I thought it was risque but toed the line well.

Then you accused us (or more precisely, JP) of censorship and you climbed right onto my NVC list.

[JonPop]

I DID NOT close this thread. Only gave a warning about racism.
Don't jump to conclusions.

[mulkey]

I DID NOT close this thread. Only gave a warning about racism.
Don't jump to conclusions.

I dont' know why else it would say thread closed if someone didn't close the thread.

[longerlastingnoob]

I dont' know why else it would say thread closed if someone didn't close the thread.

It was closed by me, by mistake, as tamora and namso said earlier.

[KMWylie]

Some years back I decided on a bit of a career change and was working as an accounts manager looking after building companies accounts and had to visit sites regularly. There was a phase where one of my biggest problems was finding anyone on site that could speak English.

House building slowed down and exchange rates changed between those migrant countries and the UK...all of a sudden their money wasn't worth as much. Many of those migrants didn't stay to improve the economy at that time...they went back home.

If the EU is going to have freedom of movement between differing economies what do they expect? It doesn't work! Reap the rewards when things are good and then bugger off when it's bled dry onto the next thriving economy. It's the same for all "wealthy" economies worldwide.

ta53ora - I think it's a very interesting challenge that actually is a precursor to what is truly becoming a globalized world. No longer are their country economies operating in isolation. Even the most closed countries are affected by minor (and major) shifts in economies of nations sometimes thousands of miles away.

I don't know what the answer is to these challenges, but I believe it somehow has to start with a paradigm shift to global thinking. That whole "butterfly effect" now applies to economics.

[mulkey]

OK boy genius, ta53ora was correct and you are wrong on the closing the thread bit. How about you grow a couple more brain cells and look at my post here: https://www.pegym.com/forums/gym/907...ml#post1134578




Wait...first you thought he closed it, now you know?!? How is that possible when it wasn't him in the first place? The reason I know this is that as an administrator I can look that stuff up.



If you bothered to look at the comments I gave, I neg repped you because you asserted the thread was closed as a tool for censorship.

That's a pretty big accusation based upon nothing but your ignorance and your wild imagination. Ask anyone, extreme stupidity is something that I neg-rep without fail...hence your neg-rep.



Congratulations, you've figured out how to scroll the page on your control panel. Perhaps when you figure out how to click on the thread title, you might be able to connect the dots.

BTW, I have a great sense of humor, I picked up your sarcasm on the second "liberal/progressive" post (hint: too many words that trigger republican ire to be anything else), I thought it was risque but toed the line well.

Then you accused us (or more precisely, JP) of censorship and you climbed right onto my NVC list.

Are you trying to tell me there is no censorship here? I guess I can say what I want then. Ive seen censorship several times on this site. The funny thing is that I got your goat more than anyone if you took all that time to admonish me. I dont' see any advantage in getting pos rep comments. I became a senior member the first day. I assume you could be an administrator in about 3 days. If your going to be insulted that easily maybe it just isn't the place for you. You can bump me right back to beginner if you want. Or if you really want to pump up your ego you can kick me off.

[Tamora]

Well...all I know is that LLN's Ukulele has a lot to answer for...either that or he should change his name to Sasquatch!

[ATP]

...I don't know what the answer is to these challenges, but I believe it somehow has to start with a paradigm shift to global thinking. That whole "butterfly effect" now applies to economics.

I personally think it's laudable to imagine a well functioning global system. Only through our thoughts and imagination can we hope to achieve our desires. However, my opinion is that such a goal is so lofty as to be unattainable (at least in a form that respects the individual rights of mankind).

In the only global body that we have, the main actors are still tribalist at almost every turn. One thing I believe we fail to recognize is that "the state", like the family, like the locality, is representative of the people that inhabit it. Each has its individual identity. Therefore, to change that structure, you must also change the way in which humans define themselves.

Not a task I would envy, and one that regularly ends up badly for those who do not accept the change. Just ask the 100 million or so that couldn't change when communism required them to.