Drive fast, live hard, no regrets... Sorry Penske

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I bet not, because if you were that 1 in 1000 you would realize that criticizing others doesn't help.

I used to think you criticized me because you had my best interests at heart and genuinely wanted me to be the best I could be. Now I see that you were just saying all of those hurtful things out of pure spite. I hope you're proud of yourself.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by nononono
It is? Why don't I see it?

Ask RT.

[nononono]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
girls don't get to play under Penske's rules.

Is this how insurgencies get started?

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
It isn't schtick. I personally find it terrible that people do so little to help kids have a chance at a better life. Doing something more than writing a check. Maybe you do something in that regard. If you do you are about 1 in 1000. I bet not, because if you were that 1 in 1000 you would realize that criticizing others doesn't help. That is, if you aren't putting time into kids in need you really shouldn't criticize other (including society in general), and I just think those that are quick to criticize aren't helping, because if they were helping they would realize how few people help and how futile criticism is. Sore topic, and I'm off my soapbox- oh, and I think you went down the road before anyone posted about saving dogs.

I almost got persuaded by all the wailing boo hoos on these boards that I should donate some token amount - maybe $50 - to the hurricane relief fund or whatever it is. Then I realized how useless that would be. You live below sea level in a hurricane-prone city, you take your chances. And now you want me to bail you out? Forget about it. And that goes double for the starving little kitties or whatever. So I took the fifty bucks and went to the liquor store after spin class and bought a bottle of Aberlour A'bunadh. I'm going to crack that baby open in about a half hour when a few colleagues swing by my office. If I am feeling charitable, I may offer a toast to all the fine music that has come out of the Big Easy.

Note to San Franciscans - it is only a matter of time for you all too.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by ironweed
I used to think you criticized me because you had my best interests at heart and genuinely wanted me to be the best I could be. Now I see that you were just saying all of those hurtful things out of pure spite. I hope you're proud of yourself.

don't soccer teams play every other night or something? Even my kid's did. Did Celtic shut down, or did you give up following them?

[mmm3587]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
And please tell me, what does it illustrate?

What was that that you said last night? Oh, here it is:

"Do you really think anyone gives a crap about the "poor, uneducated underclass"? Do you really think I do?"

I think that it illustrates how true that is. You've tried to backpedal and tapdance a couple of times when you realized how you sounded (What was it: "My comments about the poor uneducated underclass (or whatever it was that mmmm called them) really had nothing to do with the folks on the Gulf Coast and were more sweeping generalizations about the poor uneducated underclass all over America."), but it's pretty clear from your priorities that you are more concerned about animals, who you may perceive as helpless, than you are about some humans, who you may perceive as being responsible for their own positions and undeserving of empathy, compassion or assistance in a situation like this.*

* See, for example: "Here's the thing that pisses me off about that mentality. There's a way out of being the "poor, uneducated underclass" in this country. Anyone can join the armed forces and bootstrap their way to a better life. And yes, I say this as the soon-to-be ex-wife of a US Army officer....I think that a lot of the "poor, uneducated underclass" thinks they are entitled to a hell of a lot. And that sense of entitlement bewilders me."

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
If she said that you are correct. The school is private, of course, I don't believe in public education (pb topic), and is so liberal it makes Ty look like a republican. I am deep deep undercover with my politics.

You'd have to be. There are only 2 of you in the city.

Wait, your private school is not Catholic? They allow that?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
I almost got persuaded by all the wailing boo hoos on these boards that I should donate some token amount - maybe $50 - to the hurricane relief fund or whatever it is. Then I realized how useless that would be. You live below sea level in a hurricane-prone city, you take your chances. And now you want me to bail you out? Forget about it. And that goes double for the starving little kitties or whatever. So I took the fifty bucks and went to the liquor store after spin class and bought a bottle of Aberlour A'bunadh. I'm going to crack that baby open in about a half hour when a few colleagues swing by my office. If I am feeling charitable, I may offer a toast to all the fine music that has come out of the Big Easy.

Note to San Franciscans - it is only a matter of time for you all too.

If Frisco goes, will Minneapolis be the new gay mecca?

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Note to San Franciscans - it is only a matter of time for you all too.

Right, but that's more because God hates fags.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
No. You're trying to count Adult- and it's not certified because its not open to all. But, good try! You do have a solid work ethic.

I just got the Regionals down to southern. 16-afecta. you lose. again. 17-afecta with adult.

Penske has obviously taken RT's absence as license to engage in a crime wave of frenzied antisocial posting behaviour, more evidence of his total lack of anything resembling morality or self-control. I demand an immediate mobilization and his confinement to an overflowing bathroom stall in Mr. Bings.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by ironweed
Penske has obviously taken RT's absence as license to engage in a crime wave of frenzied antisocial posting behaviour, more evidence of his total lack of anything resembling morality or self-control. I demand an immediate mobilization and his confinement to an overflowing bathroom stall in Mr. Bings.

Is that where happy hour is tonite?

[mmm3587]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
It isn't schtick. I personally find it terrible that people do so little to help kids have a chance at a better life. Doing something more than writing a check.

This is an excellent point. Money is valuable, but there are major programs in every city and state where you can get involved in volunteering your time with programs to work with the poor, elderly, undereducated, infirm, etc. Unless one is giving shitloads of money, that kind of time spent with people is far more valuable to them than a check that you might write.

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
That is, if you aren't putting time into kids in need you really shouldn't criticize other (including society in general), and I just think those that are quick to criticize aren't helping, because if they were helping they would realize how few people help and how futile criticism is. Sore topic, and I'm off my soapbox- oh, and I think you went down the road before anyone posted about saving dogs.

A fair point. If I were not doing the kinds of things that you talk about, it would be incredibly hypocritical for me to criticize anyone. That aside, look back at what I wrote. I criticized someone for saying, essentially "One small way that you can help is by helping animals." That offends me personally, and I spoke up. I've already talked about why that offends me. Before that, I only said, essentially "Look, we need to address issues like this in our society. We have a significant underclass which is this close to suffering and mob action and third-world conditions, because they are poor, live in poor conditions already and don't have the ability to evacuate when they obviously should." If we have a situation where the sick elderly are left to die when there is a natural disaster, I think that is a societal and a governmental problem.

I did criticize bnb for suggesting aid be directed towards animals. I stand by that; it's a judgment call, and it's abrasive to criticize someone's charitable efforts or suggestions (even if I don't agree with them, she is advocating legitimate charity), but I just felt like I needed to say something.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
I just got the Regionals down to southern. 16-afecta. you lose. again. 17-afecta with adult.

last year some guy broke the world record for the mile. 2 years before that some other nameless guy did it. People remember Bannister because he proved it was possible to break 4 minutes. Once that was proven, moving beyond is easier.

[nononono]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
If Frisco goes, will Minneapolis be the new gay mecca?

Google tells me Minneapolis/St. Paul is already 10th for gay male couples and 5th for women, by population.