"Dave Drum -> Ed Hulett"  wrote in
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 DD>> Not fucking hardly, sport.

 EH>> I'm not your sport and I don't appreciate your use of gutter
 DD>   language EH> when addressing me.

 DD> And you're not a sport, either. So, I was wrong about that - as you
 DD> were wrong in assuming that I meant that you were MY sport. Further, I
 DD> barely care what you do and do not appreciate about the use of one of
 DD> the most useful words in the American lexicon.

 DD> http://tinyurl.com/32kcwbx

 DD> Perhaps one of the most interesting words in the English language
 DD> today, is the word fuck. Out of all the English words that begin with
 DD> the letter 'f' ...fuck is the only word referred to as 'the f word...
 DD> It's the one magical word. Just by its sound can describe pain,
 DD> pleasure, hate and love. Fuck, as most words in the English language
 DD> is derived from German ...the word fuieken, which means to strike.

 DD> In English, fuck falls into many grammatical categories:

 DD> As a transitive verb for instance ...John fucked Shirley.
 DD> As an intransitive verb...Shirley fucks.

 DD> Its meaning is not always sexual, it can be used as...

 DD> An adjective such as ...John's doing all the fucking work.
 DD> As part of an adverb ...Shirley talks too fucking much.
 DD> As an adverb enhancing an adjective ...Shirley is fucking beautiful.
 DD> As a noun ...I don't give a fuck.
 DD> As part of a word ...absofuckinglutely -or- infuckingcredible.
 DD> And as almost every word in a sentence ...Fuck the fucking fuckers.

 DD> As you must realize, there aren't too many words with the versatility
 DD> of fuck...such as these examples describing situations such as:

 DD> Fraud ...I got fucked at the used car lot.
 DD> Dismay ...ahhh fuck it.
 DD> Trouble ...I guess I'm really fucked now.
 DD> Aggression ...Don't fuck with me buddy.
 DD> Difficulty ...I don't understand this fucking question.
 DD> Inquiry ...Who the fuck was that?
 DD> Dissatisfaction ...I don't like what the fuck is going on here.
 DD> Incompetence ...He's a fuck-off.
 DD> Dismissal ...Why don't you go outside and play hide and go fuck
 DD> yourself...

 DD> I'm sure you can think of many more examples.

 DD> With all these multi-purpose applications, how can anyone be offended
 DD> when you use the word. We say use this unique, flexible word more
 DD> often in your daily speech.

 DD> It will identify the quality of your character immediately.
 DD> Say it loudly and proudly... FUCK YOU!

 DD> Transcribed from a Monty Python skit.

Eric Idle from Monty Python had some fun with "fuck." 

http://tinyurl.com/2qnn5l

 DD>> You, like many, are stuck into the narrow two party political
 DD>   view of DD> politics.

 EH>> You, like some, think that somehow a viable third party will
 EH>> miraculously form out of thin air.

 DD> Who was talking about a third party? Toss the bastard out within their
 DD> own party. Like the antediluvian wing of the Utah Elephants did to
 DD> sitting Senator Bob Bennett.

More like the Troglodyte Faction in that party.

 DD>> I merely meant that the electorate should rise up and throw the
 DD>   bums out.

 EH>> I agree, but I'm also a realist and understand that there is no
 DD>   viable EH> third party to choose from.

 DD> Which fits into your narrow view of politics. Sort of like the phrase
 DD> from that Middle Eastern religion "As it was in the beginning, is now,
 DD> and ever shall be." You're the one ringing in third parties. Not that
 DD> it's impossible to get a "third" party going. Or even a fourth.
 DD> Difficult, but, not impossible.

Very occasionally, a third party can have some success.
I still remember how both the democrats and republicans in Minnesota
were stumbling around in a daze after Jesse Ventura beat them.

But, Ventura's gone off the deep end too nowadays.

 DD> What does your talking point have to do with the subject at hand. You
 DD> begin to sound like Sarah "I Quit" Palin. I could have cited P. A.
 DD> Woertz at ADM (2009 compensation $15,466,064) or C. Robert Henrikson
 DD> at Metlife (2009 compensation $11,600,338). Probably should have as
 DD> that would not give you an opportunity for an unrelated talking point
 DD> interjection.

 DD>> Congresscritters pay should come from and be set by their home
 DD>   district. DD> Or their own pocket - except that would open a whole
 DD>   new keg of nails as DD> only the uber-rich would be able to afford
 DD>   to be a congress critter. And DD> we all know what sort of oligarchy
 DD>   that leads to, don't we?

 EH>> I think there should be some pay for elected officials, but it
 DD>   needs to EH> be limited to their support while in session. I think
 DD>   it obscene that EH> someone can enter elective office poor and after
 DD>   a number of years EH> leave with millions in wealth.

 DD> "I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune
 DD> during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are
 DD> empty." -- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)

I'm for a means test for Congress and the President.

If a politician is rich enough, he doesn't need all those goodies, free
health care like Crashcart Cheney got, free office space, etc.

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