The Silencing: How the Left is Killing Free Speech

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Not 57 maladies but neither does wes. :roll:

In my 20 years experience in advocacy yes trouble often piles on to more trouble. People with health issues are susceptible to additional health issues especially if immune compromised. Duh. Ask any family physician how many patients she has who have suffered multiple major health issues - I'm sure the answer will be many. Illness is more normative than exceptional in American society. Add financial insecurity and the woes pile up very quickly. 75% of Americans are just a few paychecks from financial distress, if even that many.

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Wes, if you're telling the truth about your physical conditions, then I apologize and you have my sympathy. (It just seemed like an awful lot to me.)

In any event I enjoy your participation on this board, and I do not care to have an ongoing feud with you over this.
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Jim, there is no feud. I m not angry anymore. sympathy is not required or desired. empathy might be of more benefit to you. but I like you too jim, that s why you pissed me off so bad. if I didn t value your opinion, it would not have bothered me.

that by the way, was a half assed apology. if you ever get around to a real one I will certainly accept it.... :)

anyway, I know you tried.....

so thanks

wes

eta-jim, as I said , there is plenty more I could have told you about. my life has not been a boring one, until recently. hell, I could write a couple books of with what I haven t told you. "wesw, the migraine years" or "wesw, the crackhead years" hell, I only went out on Fridays, but after a good night at the poker table or pool table and a few too many jim beams to lower my self control, it was hard to tell where I would end up by morning. if you want to see some really horrible things, join the crack world for a few years.....

what did john cougar sing? "i ve seen it all in a small town....."

or the other one , I wore the cassette "uh huh" out. from the song "Pink Houses" "but what do they know know know, go to work in some high rise, and vacation down at the gulf of mexico . awww , but ain t that America. little pink houses for you and me....."

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bigsky , your above post is 100% correct, from my anecdotal observations...

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hey jim, that wasn t very gracious of me. of course I accept your apology. (half-assed tho it was) :)

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LJ's not capable of the humility required, wes. With him that's as good as it gets and you were lucky to get it. :roll:
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LOL :D

The next example of humility that issues forth from you will be the first....

If the lesson for the day is "the virtues of humility", I'm hard put to imagine a less qualified teacher...
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I recall eating crow, expressing straightforward apologies and even (gasp!) acknowledging my wrong-headedness expressed through prior opinions on several occasions both here and CSB.

I don't recall you ever a apologizing for anything except for being so colossally wrong about Gwen.
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well, in jim s defense, he did once apologize once when I mentioned the contributions of the Scotch-Irish of Appalachia to the founding of this nation, he even admitted a bit of elitism .

yee haw.. long live ethan allen and the green mountain boys.....

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wesw wrote:well, in jim s defense, he did once apologize once when I mentioned the contributions of the Scotch-Irish of Appalachia to the founding of this nation, he even admitted a bit of elitism .

yee haw.. long live ethan allen and the green mountain boys.....
We should be happy that lord Jim consorts with the lower classes. We have to admit our noble lord is not a snob. I believe that he is wealthy and makes his substantial living in his PJs and never leave his house until he desires to do so. I wonder when he speaks of driving down town , is he is referring the his chauffer driving him.

My guess is that Jim is an investor or some type of writer or analyst.
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sorry. I didn t mean to start a dog pile on jim. my criticism of him was highly exaggerated, probably, if I even exist..... :)

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that s why you pissed me off so bad
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Let it go.

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liberty wrote: My guess is that Jim is an investor or some type of writer or analyst.
Good guess. He once told me in a PM that he is an analytic investment writer and he rides around downtown San Francisco wearing pajamas in a chauffeured limousine.

I told him I wouldn't reveal anything that he wrote to me in a PM so don't share this with anyone.

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Jim is an software app, which I developed to give right wing answers to posts here, as the forum was too heavily left biased. Works well, I'm thinking of patenting it.
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Joe Guy wrote:
liberty wrote: My guess is that Jim is an investor or some type of writer or analyst.
Good guess. He once told me in a PM that he is an analytic investment writer and he rides around downtown San Francisco wearing pajamas in a chauffeured limousine.

I told him I wouldn't reveal anything that he wrote to me in a PM so don't share this with anyone.
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wesw wrote:liberty, my brother, that is a very dangerous view you have about working. I had a similar view.

:)
You don’t need to worry about me Wes, other than a little sleep deprivation my job is not negatively effecting me. My health is actually quite good at least physically. I am an old man approaching seventy and take no medication except baby aspirin. In that, I think I am lucky I have a considerable amount of Indian and Mexican ancestry, but no diabetes. My mother has high blood pressure, but so far I have not developed it; I am fanatical about avoiding salt in my diet. She also has a condition called Diverticulosis and I did develop that condition, but it can be control by avoiding nuts.

And I have never used alcohol or illicit drugs of any kind; I have never even smoked.
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good for you liberty.

have a bacon sammich man! live a little!!!

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Good job liberty.
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Gob wrote:Jim is an software app, which I developed to give right wing answers to posts here, as the forum was too heavily left biased. Works well, I'm thinking of patenting it.
Wait for the beta version, this one needs work. Failed the Turing test.


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Well, if no one else is going to respond with the obvious.....

[quote]She also has a condition called Diverticulosis and I did develop that condition, but it can be control by avoiding nuts.[/quote]


.... I'll have to. For goodness sake, Lib!



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