Only in America
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Is that Gaelic? I'm guessing that it's Gaelic.
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hehe Murican rednek
anyone explain this???
anyone explain this???
as a Eec.phd on the subject
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I think phd stands for "post hole digger".
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Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
And my gin!
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BS
MS- more of the same
PHD- piled higher and deeper
MS- more of the same
PHD- piled higher and deeper
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Expert - the guy from out of town with the clean shirt.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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fuck '''
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macdoc turning revolutionary socialist!
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always have been .....economic disparity is a recipe for social unrest and allowing free reign predation on shelter is just plain wrong.
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Capitalism will save the day.
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Agreed, but where we probably differ is that I would contend that capitalism, by its nature, almost always drifts towards predatory behaviour and extreme wealth disparities unless reined in by significant government action, backed by a society that recognises the need for such action. Some degree of such controls exists in most places, but is often only modestly effective, the Nordic countries being a possible exception.
And I have said in the past that innovation, an entrepeneurial spirit and personal freedoms are aspects of capitalism that can and should be retained...
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Define entrepeneurial spirit. Sounds like woo to me.
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It's the illusion that we can all make it. You only have to believe...
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It is probably partially hyperbole, but to me, it also captures something of the way that personal motivation, curiosity and dogged determination have pushed boundaries in technological development...
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
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John Howard, a former, very conservative Australian Prime Minister, called it "incentivisation".
Appearances to the contrary, I agree with JimC on this: We need a judicious mix of capitalism and socialism.
A well regulated society, being necessary to the welfare of the people, laissez faire capitalism and command style communism shall be comprehensively infringed.
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