Politics

Quote from ethanedwards

Personally, I like to keep out of these discussions

I've been a political junkie all my life. It's funny - I hate politicians and obtrusive government but politics are one of my favorite topics of discussion. And as you know, I'm verrrrry opinionated on the subject. :teeth_smile:

Now religion is not a subject I care to argue about. I'm more or less an agnostic. However, I'm not hostile toward religion itself as many people are. I'm a strong believer in religious freedom but just don't like religious fanatics of any kind, Islamic or otherwise. And don't like people proselytizing me. That's a sore subject between my sister and me as she's always trying to "convert" me.

Quote from DukePilgrim

Hi Stumpy

I had a suspicion it would be Jefferson & Reagan.

In terms of importance and what they achieved I would rate Washington Jefferson both Roosevelts and Reagan. Andy Jackson should also get a mention as he was the last one to clear the national debt!!

Religion should be like the example of US School system "outside the remit" of this forum.


Mike

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I think my favorite Democratic president was "Give 'em hell" Harry Truman. It took one helluva backbone to make the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan (which ended WW2). I can't think of another president during my lifetime who would have had that brass, even RR.

Quote from ethanedwards

have to agree with stumpy, about Mr. Churchill,

I'd bet everything I own that Winston would not have tolerated those Muslim fanatics in the UK who threaten more bombings and violence against the British people. He would have ran their butts back to the Middle East.

I have a question that has nothing to do with politics but was wondering if perhaps some American on the board might know the answer to. (I just don't wanna initiate another thread).

Has anybody else noticed that when renewing magazine subscriptions, so many of them are renewed in either Colorado, Florida or Iowa. Why is that?

For instance, I have a subscription to the magazine "Texas Highways", which is published by the Texas Department of Transportation in Austin. But when it comes time to renew the subscription, my renewal notice is always sent from Boulder, CO and that's where I send my renewal fee. The same with "Consumer Reports"; I don't think the magazine is based in Colorado but again, the renewal paperwork and fee is sent to Boulder.

I also have a subscription to "Shotgun News", the gun magazine (or newspaper), which I think is based in Nebraska. But at renewal time, the transaction is from someplace in Florida.

Weird......

Quote from DukePilgrim

Same as all our call centres like NTL being based in India and when you eventually get through you cant understand them or they cant understand them.
Mike

We have exactly the same problem over here, Mike. A couple of years ago I had an internet connection with AT&T's DSL service. Every time I had a connection problem and called for help, I got hold of someone I couldn't understand. I finally got so mad at the situation that I wrote a very nasty letter to one of the head office people in AT&T, threatening to sue them for poor service. A few days later I got a personal phone call from the man to whom I wrote reassuring me that I'd have no more connection problems and if I did, to call him personally and he'd take care of it. I had hardly any problems with connectivity after that.

I think the denizens of Hollyweird should keep their political opinions to themselves. Not that I'm saying they shouldn't have political opinions - I just don't think they should express them in public because let's face it, celebrities get much more attention from the news media than ordinary people and therefore, celebrity's political opinions are gonna be widely broadcast to the world and will sway the opinions of people unable, or unwilling, to think for themselves. People like us will never get that much attention and can therefore not have as much influence on public opinion.

That's what I liked about Gregory Peck and Burt Lancaster. They were notoriously liberal (as is Paul Newman) but you'd never know it from watching their movies, nor from most of their public pronouncements. My ideology is 180 degrees from theirs, yet they were (and in Newman's case, are) three of my favorite actors. Yet jerks like Fonda, Streisand and Penn are constantly broadcasting their political opinions and trying to influence other people to their points of view.

Quote from chester7777

Good to see someone out doing it.

Chester

Amen....should be required viewing by those jerks in Congress.