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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 04:24 PM Jan 2013

I'm all for Hegel as Defense Secretary...



He's philosophically sound and his work directly inspired Marx.

And I suspect he'd be extremely reluctant to use force recklessly.

He might be metaphysically disqualified, though.

OH...were you talking about somebody ELSE?
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I'm all for Hegel as Defense Secretary... (Original Post) Ken Burch Jan 2013 OP
he wears fur dlwickham Jan 2013 #1
It'd be worth it just to see Lindsay Graham and PETA holding a joint press conference. n/t. Ken Burch Jan 2013 #9
I'd pay to see that dlwickham Jan 2013 #16
bertrand russell would make an excellent secdef datasuspect Jan 2013 #2
LOL leftstreet Jan 2013 #3
ROFL malaise Jan 2013 #4
And livelier than a few of 'em, as well. Ken Burch Jan 2013 #15
You Kant be serious? n/t Fumesucker Jan 2013 #5
Hume are you to say that? n/t leftstreet Jan 2013 #6
Weil Popper me Oakeshott n/t Fumesucker Jan 2013 #10
I'm kind of partial to Hobbes because of his optimism pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #7
Better Hobbes than Calvin. Ken Burch Jan 2013 #8
Amen! I saw what he did to his snowmen. pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #11
I saw that one coming ellisonz Jan 2013 #12
Racist old fuck GWF Hegel??? alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #13
It's kind of hard to say "I'm sorry" when your lips and tongue have decomposed. Ken Burch Jan 2013 #14
The comb-over is worst that Donald Trump's. nt. bluestate10 Jan 2013 #17

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
7. I'm kind of partial to Hobbes because of his optimism
Sun Jan 6, 2013, 05:28 PM
Jan 2013

And because a SecDef needs a really good sense of humor.

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