>  GP> You ask the 1% to increase wages by 5% so we can live slightly 
better,
 >  GP> & they reply, "Piss on yas!"

 >   They lament they can't survive on $250,000+ a year...they don't have a
 > clue.

They don't mean in an absolute sense (lkiuve or die) but relaticve to heir
deired standard of living.  I say if you didn't put ourself so high to start
with, you'd hsave had less distance to fall!

I also point out how, Constitutionally, they are equal to e, so either I
should be able to live like they were, or they should be able/willing to live
like myself (below poverty line by a good shot)

Of course, not enough resources for both to live high on thehog, so I'd 
prefer we both evened out somewhere near "Enough" (key word that nobody pays
attention to any more.)

Like JC said: If you have a roof over your head, a place to lay your head, & 
a bowl of food, you have enough.  [seeking] anything more than that is from
the evil one. (i.e. Love of money)

Naturally, I seek to have a bit more comfort than literal enough, but I don't
NEEED it & I get that.  I'd rather help someone worse off be more comfortable
first before I go up another level.

If pastors went back to that attitude (as they had in the Dirty Thirties, 
when they earned their taxation-free status)

If politicians grew it, to serve, as is the intent of our system. . .

I don't want a blinking ruler in the capital -- I want a servant-leader!

I determined that if I were ever a pastor or politician, that my income 
should be $1/year less thgan the poorest member of the group I'm leader for.

If I want more, then I must increase the average income, including the porest
person's.

I deem this proper for all so-called leaders.

Leadership always was about servant status.  It comes from war terminology;
the leader led the way("took point") into dangerous territory; after the war
was done, they were acknowledged as leaders who put others ahead of
themselves, and asked to lead the population collectively.

 >  > ... How long should we practice sex before it's safe??

 >  GP> Practice makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, so I see that as proof
 >  GP> positive I should just keep going. . . you want to help me convince 
my
 >  GP> wife of this logic?

 >   I think we should put this thread to bed. 

You were ill -- I hope you did go to bed!

 >  GP> Or my girlfriend (J/King--I can't afford a wife, kids, AND a
 >  GP> girlfriend!)

 >   Or like the little kid noting the king lived with several porcupines
 > (he couldn't think of the word concubines) .

I love those lists of little kid answers to simple questions that circulate
occasionally. . .

Fdound this one I think y ou'll enjoy:

The Children were asked questions about the Old and
New Testaments. The following statements about the Bible
were written by the children. They have not been corrected
thus ( the incorrect spelling is their own ). I hope you enjoy
what the children wrote.....

1. In the first book of the bible, Guinessis, God got tired of
creating the world, so he took the Sabbath off.

2. Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree.
Noah's wife was called Joan of Ark. Noah built an ark which
the animals come on to in pears.

3. Lot's wife was a pillar of salt by day, but a ball of fire by
night.

4. The Jews were a proud people and throughout history they
had trouble with the unsympathetic Genitals.

5. Samson was a strongman who let himself be led astray by
a Jezebel like Delilah.

6. Samson slayed the Philistines with the axe of the
Apostles.

7. Moses led the Hebrews to the Red Sea, where they made
unleavened bread, which is bread without any ingredients.

8. The Egyptians were all drowned in the dessert.
Afterwards, Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten
amendments.

9. The first commandment was when Eve told Adam to eat
the apple.

10. The seventh commandment is thou shalt not admit
adultery. [I suspect the pastor called that kid's dad in for a talk]

Your friend,

<+]:{)}
Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM
--- SBBSecho 3.14-Linux