BS: where 'war' comes from..

Subject: BS: where 'war' comes from..
From: Bill D
Date: 19 Mar 03 - 11:28 AM

in today's paper was this cartoon

I though it needed to be seen.....

Subject: RE: BS: where 'war' comes from..
From: wysiwyg
Date: 19 Mar 03 - 12:11 PM

(hi bill)

Subject: RE: BS: where 'war' comes from..
From: *daylia*
Date: 19 Mar 03 - 12:34 PM

Good one, Bill!

How bout Wealthy Aristocrats Rule!!

Hmm, maybe When Asininity Rules?

Or Weakminded American Routine?

daylia

Subject: RE: BS: where 'war' comes from..
From: Bill D
Date: 19 Mar 03 - 12:46 PM

(hi Susan)

yeah, *daylia*....creative variations welcome, but Wiley is a genius at what he does, and my print copy is going up on the fridge today!

Subject: RE: BS: where 'war' comes from..
From: Bill D
Date: 19 Mar 03 - 12:48 PM

(remember...he made the point that it was a universal acronym...)

Subject: RE: BS: where 'war' comes from..
From: *daylia*
Date: 19 Mar 03 - 01:18 PM

Yeah Bill, I know. I was just having fun ... venting a little steam I guess. I'm feelin a bit RAW today - hey, that's WAR backwards!

daylia

Subject: RE: BS: where 'war' comes from..
From: katlaughing
Date: 19 Mar 03 - 01:20 PM

thanks, Bill, that's a classic

Subject: RE: BS: where 'war' comes from..
From: Little Hawk
Date: 19 Mar 03 - 06:26 PM

Yup, that's the crux of the matter, alright. "We Are Right!"

I read a psychology book once about a character type called the "Right Man".

He is a guy who cannot tolerate disagreement from anyone on anything. If you disagree with him, you are not just his "enemy", you are BAD, BAD, BAD! Evil, in fact. He gets really mad when things don't go his way. He is inclined to yell, threaten, use violence, blackmail, slander, lies, illegal acts, and ultimately even to commit murder when things don't go his way.

He's very determined and focused, and that makes him highly effective.

He figures he is right and most other people are wrong...unless they happen to agree with everything he says and share all his values and never question them in any way. He also figures he's the smartest guy around, without question. He sees himself surrounded by idiots and weaklings.

He demands absolute loyalty from family members and people who work for him.

He tends to terrorize his family, and usually his neighbours too, not to mention his employees.

He is impatient and short-tempered.

He holds grudges over the smallest matters, and never forgets a perceived slight (whether or not it was intentional).

He thinks life is a competitive battle for survival, and only the strong shall prevail. He is proud to number himself among the strong. He despises the weak, the gentle, those inclined to compromise. They are "losers" in his book, and for this guy there is simply nothing worse you can be than...a loser.

He plays to win, and only to win. Winning is everything. His strategy is to attack, attack, attack until he is totally victorious over his "enemies" and they are not just beaten, but completely humiliated, ruined, and crushed.

He is highly unlikely to have a successful marriage, unless his partner is a masochist.

All of the above pretty accuratelu describes Karl Rove except for the "murder" part...I am not aware that he has personally murdered anyone in the physical sense...he has destroyed a great many people in the career sense.

Karl Rove is the key political advisor to George Bush, and it is upon his advice that Bush has made virtually every political move from large to small since well before he was elected governor of Texas. Most of those moves have been very successful.

Read all about it in "Bush's Brain - How Karl Rove Made George Bush Presidential" (now a bestselling book in North America)

- LH

Subject: RE: BS: where 'war' comes from..
From: Bobert
Date: 19 Mar 03 - 09:57 PM

Hi, Bill. Ya' makin' purdy stuff on your laithe?

Yeah, L.H., sure does describe Rove. And poor ol' Bush, who doesn't really have a brain, has to take all this weight? The shame of it!

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: where 'war' comes from..
From: Bill D
Date: 19 Mar 03 - 10:14 PM

yeah, Bobert...I am...got these two little experimental things made of arborvitae..*grin*(snow melted off 'em)...pics soon

Subject: RE: BS: where 'war' comes from..
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 19 Mar 03 - 10:16 PM

Looks like Dubya got his war. The shootin's started.

Subject: RE: BS: where 'war' comes from..
From: Bill D
Date: 19 Mar 03 - 10:41 PM

yep...they 'thought' they might have an idea where Saddam was. But I wouldn't bet on it....

Subject: RE: BS: where 'war' comes from..
From: alanabit
Date: 20 Mar 03 - 09:28 AM

Interesting profile there LH. Of course there is a way of only ever talking to folks who agree with you. The trouble is, it means you end up talking to yourself.

Subject: RE: BS: where 'war' comes from..
From: Little Hawk
Date: 20 Mar 03 - 10:35 AM

Like Hitler in his bunker...

Subject: RE: BS: where 'war' comes from..
From: katlaughing
Date: 20 Mar 03 - 11:52 AM

Anyone think how ironic is was that when the shrub gave up on the UN it was characterised as pulling out for fear of failure? Wonder how many times his wife has endured that one!

Subject: RE: BS: where 'war' comes from..
From: *daylia*
Date: 20 Mar 03 - 12:01 PM

:-)   Kat thanks for the laugh!!

luvyatoo - daylia

Subject: RE: BS: where 'war' comes from..
From: Little Hawk
Date: 20 Mar 03 - 04:11 PM

LOL! Oh, man...
Well, it's nice to have something to laugh about today.

War comes from fear. And it is fear that underlies the agitated mind of the "Right Man" (or woman).

Subject: RE: BS: where 'war' comes from..
From: Rustic Rebel
Date: 21 Mar 03 - 12:38 AM

more humor?

Subject: RE: BS: where 'war' comes from..
From: *daylia*
Date: 21 Mar 03 - 09:18 AM

Rustic that just brightened my day! Thanks!

daylia

Subject: RE: BS: where 'war' comes from..
From: Bill D
Date: 21 Mar 03 - 10:29 AM

when I clicked on that link, I got a blank page. I went to the 'view source' menu and see that it uses 'Macromedia flash/shockwave' embedded in the HTML.

For various reasons, I do not HAVE that installed. Pox upon those who do that (well, maybe one pok) without explaining what you should expect. ...and I do wish that when posting such a link, people would note that it don't work without special software installed!.

thankyewverymuch