29 Sep 19 - 10:56 AM (#4011054) Subject: BS: What we should do From: Donuel We should give Human rights to Nature We should be taught nursing as a required subject we should pursue genetic medicine like a Space program. We should give a head start to kids instead of debt |
29 Sep 19 - 11:04 AM (#4011058) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: Mrrzy Within reason on that first one. One doesn't want to have to pay for funerals for each dead leaf in one's yard. Or for miscarriages, for that matter. I'm with you on the others. Biology should be taught starting in grade school. We should not equate religious belief with actual factual knowledge, either. |
29 Sep 19 - 11:09 AM (#4011061) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: Mrrzy Ooh and it would make even vegans cannibals. I, personally, like eating. |
29 Sep 19 - 11:11 AM (#4011062) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: Donuel Aside from good ideas to pursue... I made my basement sacred. I hung drapes to appear that large windows are behind the curtains until you pull back the curtains to epose a solid wall. To me, that is what many religions are all about |
29 Sep 19 - 11:14 AM (#4011063) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: Donuel I am thinking that burning down the Amazon forest is murder. Go ahead and nourish yourself organicly. |
29 Sep 19 - 12:11 PM (#4011075) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: Mrrzy Food is organic, donuel. And food comes from nature, plants, animals, fungi. All organic. And so is alcohol, yay! I'd hate to give my mojito human rights, or even just the mint. And yet, burning down the Amazon feels a lot like murder... |
29 Sep 19 - 06:35 PM (#4011131) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: Donuel We should make better integrity examinations for high office |
30 Sep 19 - 02:53 AM (#4011167) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: Mr Red We should be able to buy Staffordshire Oakcakes in at least one supermarket in every town. Oh wait, Sainsbury's (UK) tried that. Then 2008 happened and they found Staffordshire people are thin on the ground in some areas. Oh well, I guess "Faggots & Paes" are out of the question then................ (Don't worry America, a lot of Brits wouldn't understand) |
30 Sep 19 - 03:16 AM (#4011169) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: lefthanded guitar -We should have a national living wage. -We should teach business classes from grade school on . -We should make securing the health of our planet for future generations a first priority. And I suppose we should never lose our sense of humor so... -We should make telling a proper banjo joke a requirement for everyone who appears at an open mic ( eg: he came back to his car and found two banjos) I' m not sure if this would actually be a good thing, but it may winnow out a few of our.....lesser singers....at open mic night. - We should bring back levers on our voting booths. And car windows you can roll down without using a computer. And I myself would be happy to have a radio with knobs! - Litterbugs should be sentenced to having to sit through an entire open mic night in an unheated church basement in January ....with banjo jokes. |
30 Sep 19 - 03:53 AM (#4011177) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: Ebbie lefthanded guitar, I made up my own banjo joke: "The problem with listening to banjo playing is that you can't tell if it's being played well." Never fear- I like banjos. |
30 Sep 19 - 09:16 AM (#4011200) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: gillymor Free civics lessons for adults, I'm assuming they're still teaching it to teenagers in school or has Betsy DeVos reallocated the funds to provide MAGA hats for public school students. |
30 Sep 19 - 11:21 AM (#4011214) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: Stilly River Sage Gilly they haven't been teaching it in school, that's why we're in the fix we're in. |
30 Sep 19 - 11:53 AM (#4011225) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: Mrrzy Hee hee I saw a guy bringing a banjo to a winery... Oh, said I, I didn't know we were having a bonfire! |
30 Sep 19 - 02:34 PM (#4011250) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: Mossback Stilly, its not just civics that isn't taught any longer in U.S. schools & hasn't been for years- its also history, economics, music many other victims of the Common Corpse Curriculum being shoved down preople's throats. DeVos is also busy teaching Creation "Science"{NOT} and privitising education. Its no wonder we now have a Trumpist Cult of morons: the Republican's 30-year campaign of budget cuts to education & promulgation of the "my ignorance is just as valid as your education" & branding anyone with a full set of teeth and a brain as "elites" coming home to roost. |
30 Sep 19 - 03:40 PM (#4011259) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: Mrrzy Brainiacs and eggheads and that there book-larnin. I'm with Mossback on this one... |
30 Sep 19 - 06:43 PM (#4011287) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: Donuel We should have an immediate summary impeachment of any President who threatens civil war and violence if they don't get their way. |
01 Oct 19 - 10:40 AM (#4011388) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: John P Mrrzy: food is organic, donuel. And food comes from nature, plants, animals, fungi. All organic. Mrrzy, you seem to have missed the definition of organic food. The stuff that's in non-organic food that causes us to call it non-organic food didn't get there through any natural process, nor was it made in any natural process. Wouldn't it be nice if food that isn't organic had to be labelled as such, rather than the reverse like we have now? |
01 Oct 19 - 10:48 AM (#4011391) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: John P We should instill a love of reading in all young children. We should make it illegal to call yourself a news source if you tell lies. We should make it an impeachable offense for politicians to publicly tell lies. Everyone who has been slandered by Trump & Co. should be able to sue them for everything they have. We should tell it like it is: millions of people in the US who call themselves Christians aren't any such thing. Let's start saying so. Everytime some Chrino* starts shooting off their mouth, or trying to pass laws based on their religion, the news should refer to them as "so-called Christians" or even "non-Christians". I wish the real Christians would be more vocal about the deplorable people who are stealing their identity. *Christian In Name Only |
01 Oct 19 - 11:22 AM (#4011403) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: Mrrzy Right, I was using the definition of organic that predated the takeover of the term by marketing to mean something it doesn't. As in, organic chemistry. I also think we should prevent marketing from suborning terminology. In French that usage of Organic ic is Biological, which makes even less sense. Ah, marketing department; 2 drink minimum. |
01 Oct 19 - 02:18 PM (#4011457) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: WalkaboutsVerse I heard someone say he learnt everything he needed to know from reading War and Peace. Rather, taking far less of your precious time, WalkaboutsVerse |
01 Oct 19 - 03:49 PM (#4011477) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: Donuel John, thats the spirit Whittling definitions to a fine point is fun for some i suppose. Since we have a mind that quickly allows or rejects, we are naturally prone to call each other full of chips. Boy oh boy aren't we quick to reject what we don't understand? |
02 Oct 19 - 12:30 PM (#4011564) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: Donuel I should quit smoking again. |
02 Oct 19 - 02:20 PM (#4011588) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: Mrrzy Also stuff that just grows naturally is not considered Organic. We should only use Literally to mean Literally- not Figuratively. Screw the dictionary. We should try harder to use appropriate prnonouns, including the singular They, especially for nonbinary folk like me. That is now in the dictionary. Yay the dictionary. We should be less inconsistent? |
02 Oct 19 - 04:43 PM (#4011612) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: John P Even worse than "literally" is "virtual". It seems to mean both "nearly the same" and "completely unreal". |
02 Oct 19 - 05:10 PM (#4011620) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: Donuel pornonouns? |
02 Oct 19 - 07:05 PM (#4011644) Subject: RE: BS: What we should do From: Mrrzy Yes, quit smoking again. An admirable thing. |