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drail · December 18, 2012, 02:42 PM

While almost anything is possible I think we'll see the same people roll out the same stupid crap they did in '94. They don't know how to do anything else. They will then stand around and pat themselves on the back and "feel good" about what they "did". Theodore Roosevelt put it best - "What can we appear to be doing about the problem without really doing anything?" Just like the "War on Drugs" and the "War on Poverty" and Prohibition. Those worked out really well. I feel so much better knowing there's no more drugs on the streets and no poor people and no more alcoholism. Don't you?

December 18, 2012, 02:42 PM	#59
drail Junior member Join Date: February 2, 2008 Posts: 3,150	While almost anything is possible I think we'll see the same people roll out the same stupid crap they did in '94. They don't know how to do anything else. They will then stand around and pat themselves on the back and "feel good" about what they "did". Theodore Roosevelt put it best - "What can we appear to be doing about the problem without really doing anything?" Just like the "War on Drugs" and the "War on Poverty" and Prohibition. Those worked out really well. I feel so much better knowing there's no more drugs on the streets and no poor people and no more alcoholism. Don't you? Last edited by drail; December 18, 2012 at 02:47 PM.