Exhausted, ask me anything

[JohnKleeb]

Christ, I shouldn't go in to GD because I know damn well I am a poor debator and I dont always have my research with me.

[da_chimperor]

1. Get caught up in some flamefests?

Those can be fun, especially when there's a few pizzas involved. :D

[JohnKleeb]

2. quite a few

Its tough trying to find a middle ground, I swear I am a partisan left wing nut but there's a part of me that always seeks the common ground. Ahh the flamefests I was in, didn't get any pizzas, fuck.

[da_chimperor]

7. That shows you're open to compromise

That's necessary in politics, and you'll need it for when you become a senator. I may even carpetbag just to vote for you. Assuming I'm not a citizen of Monaco by then. :)

[JohnKleeb]

10. hah Monaco

Thanks heh, I was told by a friend I should run for president after he heard my weed policy, hey I am a non pothead for sensible pot laws.

[da_chimperor]

13. Who knows what the future will be like. Aim high and see what happens

I'm planning on being a charitable, socially and environmentally conscious billionaire. I'd even settle for multi-millionaire.

[JohnKleeb]

15. I just want to graduate from college

[da_chimperor]

18. Me too

I've heard rumors that the bastards in the financial office are doubling tuition for non-EU students for my last year. If it's true, with the weakening dollar I'm gonna have to pursue some creative financing options if I'm going to graduate on schedule.

[JohnKleeb]

20. Ive already come a long way

I am not trying to say I grew up poor but my parents worked hard for where we are now.

[da_chimperor]

22. It's been mixed

My family never had a lot of money growing up. We were pretty well off the last few years and now things are going downhill. It'll get better soon enough, but it sucks that we always have to worry about money.

[JohnKleeb]

23. We're obviously not as rich as some people I know

If it wasn't for my mom, we'd be living in an apartment I think. I was with her last night getting groceries and apparently there's this upscale grocery store. Hell, some people I know, their parents owned resturants, my dad, he was a waiter for the longest time, really made me appreciate the service industry and because he worked with immigrants a lot, be tolerant of immigrants.

[da_chimperor]

24. My mom is still in the service industry

She worked with all sorts of people, same as your dad. Immigrants, black, white Latino, Chicano, gay/bi, etc. There's not a prejudiced bone in her body. She brought me up the same way. She's getting into real-estate soon, and as hot as the local market is, I know things will work out.

[JohnKleeb]

25. Right

but my dad I think got what he got from his dad. My dad wasn't poor really, he did make a lot of mistakes like not going to college and stuff. Good luck to your mom btw.

[da_chimperor]

26. Thanks

My family has made more good than bad decisions, but the bad ones were still enough to mess things up. Things will work out as they always have. What doesn't kill you makes your stronger . . . or leaves pretty cool scars. :)

[JohnKleeb]

27. Yeah, heh what dont kill me will only make me stronger or leave scars

hah, Ive learned a lot from my own mistakes really.

[da_chimperor]

30. Yeah, like last week I wasn't paying attention when I was cutting

some veggies for dinner . . . and I managed to slice off the tip of my thumb. Now THAT will leave a cool scar.

[JohnKleeb]

31. I got a cool mark on my right arm from last week

What I get for standing up to 14 year old tyrants. Heh, it hurts like a bastard but being hit with that pool cue was worth it.

[da_chimperor]

32. You got smacked with a pool cue?

Ow . . .

[JohnKleeb]

33. yep in my forearm,

[Padraig18]

3. I thought you looked singed.

You're alive, John--- that's what counts.

:hug: ;)

[JohnKleeb]

5. I was

Thanks, I am alive and well, and viewing a football game now. Thanks man, its tough.

[LDS Jock]

14. looks like you tried to stir up trouble as well

with your pro life pro choice post.. I'm reading it now, expecting the worst.

I loved your original post with it though. I could have written it, its just what I think as well.

[Kellanved]

4. oh that's all right

GD is all about pretending to have your research with you.

I can understand you all too well :hi:

[JohnKleeb]

6. Thanks for understanding

I admit it I am partisan but I just have a different way of thinking than many in GD, and that I don't think people get.

[McKenzie]

8. you are obviously way younger than most of us

do many of your contemparories participate in political discussion? I guess not many do, not if they were like I was when I was a young man. I'd be interested to know though.

[JohnKleeb]

11. hey I am not that young

Ok so I am, but yes many of us my age do discuss politics but not in depth, I take a political science course.

[Padraig18]

9. GD can be 'bizarro world'

Where else would :tinfoilhat: theories be considered 'mainstream', and 'mainstream' theories be considered 'drinking the Kool-Aid'?

:shrug:

[JohnKleeb]

12. hah

The irony is I can be so extreme if I want to be, you know how I am on the hotbutton issue that you and I share. I just choose to have a more moderate rhetoric.

[Fenris]

16. Oh, please, John. You should know the secret of GD by now.

No one has any research. You just have to stick to whatever stupid point you make and keep defending it with ad hominem attacks until you wear your opponent out.:D

[JohnKleeb]

17. I always research

I am just exhausted from it all, in the meanwhile I am gonna go purge someone for not conforming to what I believe :D.

[Fenris]

19. How very Stalinist!

:D

[JohnKleeb]

21. hah

telling ya, the lounge is the best part of the board.

[RagingInMiami]

28. even if means arguing why Clark or Dean is the better candidate

as if we're still approaching the democratic primaries.

[JohnKleeb]

29. haha

you know to be honest, while I would have supported either of those two if they were the nominee, I wasn't a big fan. I liked the so called party establishment sans Lieberman, but I liked Kerry, Gep, and Edwards a bit and Kucinich as well. Yes, I have a lot of paradoxes in me. I admit it, I wasn't keen on the DU favorites but I am a yellow dog democrat, they would get my work and time for them if they were the nominee.