Age 65- Born 1944 to present destroyed America

[fob727]

Is Yogi alive?

Great post, so many people don't know what they don't know.

Jeeez, I thought Yogi was dead.

 

[Kugelblitz]

Just call me boo- boo.

 

[BlueYonder]

Come on guys! The Kugelblitz manifesto is a bunch of leftist psychobabble. You have to ignore the pretty words and read between the lines.

Anti-business, anti-military, anti-America, anti-religion.

I'm surprised that "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need" wasn't thrown in also.

 

[PuffDriver]

Sweet Jesus have you revealed a lot about yourself!

And not in a good way. Here's a tip: don't bring this up at an interview, in the cockpit or in real life.

Yep. when you are in the cockpit, make sure to just sit there and stare straight ahead in silence. Or think about what other ratings you can post on your profile on FI.

 

[waka]

Come on guys! The Kugelblitz manifesto is a bunch of leftist psychobabble. You have to ignore the pretty words and read between the lines.

Spoken like a true right wing whacko.

Anti-business, anti-military, anti-America, anti-religion.

Please explain exactly how Kugelblitz is anyone of these.....

I'm surprised that "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need" wasn't thrown in also.

Yes, I too am surprised as those are wise words for which a society should strive. Very good!

 

[GogglesPisano]

I'm surprised that "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need" wasn't thrown in also.

Curiously enough, this statement describes early Christian secret society under Roman rule.

 

[N2264J]

...Or think about what other ratings you can post on your profile on FI.

Hidey ho, Poindexter!

Please don't let my vast aviation experience intimidate you.

Take a break from alphabetically arranging your collection of scented bath oils and tell us exactly how many ASA pilots you flew with in calendar year 2008. We all want to know.

 

[Kugelblitz]

Come on guys! The Kugelblitz manifesto is a bunch of leftist psychobabble. You have to ignore the pretty words and read between the lines.

Anti-business, anti-military, anti-America, anti-religion.

I'm surprised that "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need" wasn't thrown in also.

I suppose anyone who wants to change the status quo is a 'liberal'. I suppose anyone who wants to elevate the worth of a human being, even the 'poor' over the value of a dollar or a business transaction must be some sort of "leftist-whacko". Anyone who would stand-up for the individual and not the institution has his 'values' wrong..... we truly are a lost cause.

Off the topic for just a moment: Have you ever heard of the Drake Equation? It is a theoretical model used to predict the ubiquity of life in the universe. There are obviously many unknowns, one of the variables that we cannot quantify are the number of civilizations that survive their 'technological adolescence'. It would seem as far as humanity is concerned we are on the path to providing a negative to that variable. I wonder if it is possible for a civilization to move beyond race, religion, nation-state politics, mindless so-called patriotism, and general evolutionary group survivalist mentality? The future history of the earth does not portend well for an answer to those questions.

It is troubling that those who suggest a better way are hysterically shouted down as trouble-makers, liberals, communists, race-traitors, or whatever moniker you may wish to insert. Based on the sarcasm of your last statement I suppose you are perfectly okay with living in a society where people are left in utter privations if they cannot 'pull their own weight'. Actually you already live there, amongst the many factors that show how heartless our society is, we have an infant mortality rate in the US that ranks below El Salvador. We rank 38th in successful infant deliveries amongst the rest of the world. Given that we are so busy giving un-accountable trillions to the top 1/10th of 1 percent of our society you can see how we cannot afford to take care of our own.

At the end of the day it is the age old pilot-union mantra of "F. you, I got mine!!" Unfortunately, on a macroscopic level this will ultimately lead to an unravelling of our industry, our country, and perhaps the rest of the world. It certainly isn't a humane perspective, and if we don't have that we really don't have anything. You can be rest assured that if your neo-conservative friends have their way, and to "maximize share holder value" they are able to relinquish the laws governing ownership of US airlines, our foreign counterparts will treat us with due "consideration". We have already essentially sold the rest of the country off, part of you, or at least your debt, is owned by China. Who is the sell-out commie now? Me or Mr. Bush? What does it mean to be a 'patriot' when your country is owned by everyone else? How do you go to war against those whom you owe in excess of 1 trillion dollars too? (Since our defense industry is our #1 budgetary expense, we will go to war.)

I think people like yourself are so immersed in this culture of warfare and Laissez Fare Capitolism that you can't think for yourself. Or, perhaps you hide behind these notions to mask a sociopathic hatred you have for others. Only you know, and only you and millions like you had better figure out how to deal with it before we all end up in the gutter....or worse.

 

[cocknbull]

I think people like yourself are so immersed in this culture of warfare and Laissez Fare Capitolism that you can't think for yourself. Or, perhaps you hide behind these notions to mask a sociopathic hatred you have for others. Only you know, and only you and millions like you had better figure out how to deal with it before we all end up in the gutter....or worse

Unfortunately the alternative is a government that thinks for you. Most people who believe in laissez-faire economics are very free thinkers. The fact that you suggest they are not just shows how myopic you are. Liberty and individual thought are the cornerstones for a free republic; government control and status quo are not.

On a side note: If you live the rest of your life worrying about stuff like this you will die a sad and lonely person. There are drugs you can take for paranoia and depression.

 

[PuffDriver]

Hidey ho, Poindexter!

Please don't let my vast aviation experience intimidate you.

Take a break from alphabetically arranging your collection of scented bath oils and tell us exactly how many ASA pilots you flew with in calendar year 2008. We all want to know.

I actually flew with an old school Comair just recently. Knew you by name. Laughed at the RJDC folk, by name. Great guy, and I'm glad we have him. If there was a shred of doubt as to the true agenda of the RJDC pukes, he completely removed it. Enjoy your rj, and the pittance of craft you claim to have flown.

You should give up now, and return to the regional board. Or stay here and continue to get smacked around. Whatever.

 

[cybourg10]

Come on guys! The Kugelblitz manifesto is a bunch of leftist psychobabble. You have to ignore the pretty words and read between the lines.

Anti-business, anti-military, anti-America, anti-religion.

I'm surprised that "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need" wasn't thrown in also.

Thanks for jumping on the anti-intellictual bandwagon. When did it become un-american to be smart and use "pretty words?" Why do so many neocons bash the smart people and use words like elitist or anti-american to label those that are more intelligent than they are? Its like the dumb kid at school making fun of the smart kids, when did the dumb kids become the social norm? In no way was his post anti-american, I know its hard to believe there are other people that do not think like you do but it does not make them anti-american.

 

[GogglesPisano]

BlueYonder, nice job summarizing the last 8 years of Rush-inspired, Hannity-propogated, White House-supported anti-intellectual dumbed-down proganda in this country.

You want some Freedom Fries with that?

 

[Kugelblitz]

Unfortunately the alternative is a government that thinks for you. Most people who believe in laissez-faire economics are very free thinkers. The fact that you suggest they are not just shows how myopic you are. Liberty and individual thought are the cornerstones for a free republic; government control and status quo are not.

On a side note: If you live the rest of your life worrying about stuff like this you will die a sad and lonely person. There are drugs you can take for paranoia and depression.

I already addressed that sad and lonely stuff of yours earlier, please refer to the appropriate post.

I don't think the only alternative is a government that thinks for you, however if the government is truly acting with the consent and intention to benefit ALL of it's constituents, then so be it. I am not accusing you of defending our present administration, but we certainly have moved more towards the government you fear than at any other time in our country's history. Most free-thinkers I know would not tolerate societies that incorporate an economic model of 'it sure sucks to be you...oh well at least I am good." Myopia, or at least insensitivity, would be to suggest things are just fine the way they are, or that status quo you mention.

We seem to constantly be inundated with rhetoric that would tell us it is one stark choice or another, no in-between or better alternative. Take healthcare for example. We can either continue to pay the highest healthcare expenses in the world (and get the poorest care) or we could socialize it and then be faced with waiting months for life-saving operations and be faced with doctors who don't care because they can't own 6 car garage homes. It is as though the army system is the only way to socialize healthcare with all of it's problems and pitfalls.

Believe it or not, the system doesn't have to be one or the other and there are plenty of examples around the world where people get extraordinary healthcare, don't get shuttled to 'poor' hospitals due to a lack of coverage, and have doctors that genuinely care about them (those doctors do well financially also). Not that our media, controlled by big business, would ever let you know that.

As for the paranoia and depression; well if you think that NAFTA, Open Skies, and other initiatives that have devalued the middle class and denuded the organized labor movement in this country and further concentrated wealth is just my paranoia, okey-dokey. Perhaps like John McCain and Phil Gramm you think that our economic depression we are in is mentally induced by a bunch of whiners, not by Wall Street profiteers who have virtually everyone in our Federal, State, and even local governments on their payroll.

Note where the president-elect wants to shuttle 350 billion..... time to payoff those that got him in office.
As I said earlier, everyone in our government in on the payroll of big business. Call that paranoia if you wish. It sure as hell is depressing.

 

[waka]

Unfortunately the alternative is a government that thinks for you. Most people who believe in laissez-faire economics are very free thinkers. The fact that you suggest they are not just shows how myopic you are. Liberty and individual thought are the cornerstones for a free republic; government control and status quo are not.

History as well as current events have demonstrated over and over that the market cannot regulate itself nor can it dictate public policy. Laissez faire capitalism would be insidious to liberty and it is just as bad as communism. This shows your myopia......not free thinking at all.

 

[N2264J]

You should give up now, and return to the regional board. Or stay here and continue to get smacked around. Whatever.

Edgy retort, Poindexter!

So does the ambivalence stem from the fact that you have neither the means nor the authority to boss me around or are you just generally indecisive?

 

[PuffDriver]

Edgy retort, Poindexter!

So does the ambivalence stem from the fact that you have neither the means nor the authority to boss me around or are you just generally indecisive?

Oooooh, the "G.D. Captain" asserts himself. Fill out a little more of that profile why don't you.

I prefer you stay actually. It's funny to watch the wannabes troll on the majors board, and easy to spank 'em.

Have fun in La' Puke 'Ah.