Can Truth ever be Absolute? Probably not. Fact becomes the metaphor of poets, science replaces itself, each mind has a different point of view.
On Dec 3, 5:33 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > Jane Austen- that mistress of happy endings: "Seldom, very seldom, > does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it > happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little > mistaken." > > On Dec 3, 2:36 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I used to run 'assessment centres' some years back - the only purpose > > (other than me getting paid) I noticed was to prove over and over that > > senior managers were generally fuckwits. IQs often not in to top 30% > > and critical reasoning scores well below that. The accountants were > > above this and the bwankers below. I wouldn't mind running them again > > for our politicians - I can only suppose I'd have to invent a BozoQ > > test. > > Over here, my guess is Blair and Mandleson are CIA, but I can't > > explain why Brown is so anti-sensible for Britain. I think we need to > > bring the lot back into selection through the board. I don't think we > > can have half-wits in leadership positions, but otherwise believe > > selection and voting in is more dangerous than chance. We actually > > need far fewer of the bastards than we have now anyway. > > Remember that statements about Vietnam in the 60s? Obama just did > > that over again. That psycho CIA boss Angleton used to say the > > Chinese and Russians were killing themselves to distract the West back > > then. Maybe the Soviets haven't dismantled and are just waiting for > > us to bankrupt ourselves? Personally, I'm inclined towards a Franco- > > German collusion to step in with the Force de Frappe and a bunch of > > resurrected storm-troopers after we are fatally weakened - you Yanks > > should know the strategy, it used to be yours. > > > On 3 Dec, 02:40, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Who's to say they didn't? I long suspected the entire thing was a setup > > > from > > > one side of the house or the other; the GOP to bring him down, or the > > > Dems, > > > to distract from domestic security and foreign policy errors in the > > > Clinton > > > administration. > > > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 9:35 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm surprised the Russians didn't ply the White House with Monicas. > > > > > On 3 Dec, 00:58, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 6:15 AM, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > You know people for as long as I can remember have called me > > > > > > strange, > > > > > > and for as long as I can remember my normal response as been 'No I'm > > > > > > quite normal, it is you lot that are strange'. I say this > > > > > > jokingly, I > > > > > > have always regarded it in a joking manor, for I know that not all > > > > > > people want to think deeply (and some not even shollowly) about > > > > > > things > > > > > > and not all people 'get' where I'm copming from. > > > > > > > Increasingly though I really do think people are strange. Like this > > > > > > little gem from Don. > > > > > > > 'Sure she deserves derision for contributing to the soiling of the > > > > > > American Presidency' > > > > > > > She deserves derision for saying yes to the most powefull man on the > > > > > > planet when he wanted sexual favours of her? > > > > > > > Well bugger me, what a strange attitude to have. > > > > > > I thought I was being chivalrous by not calling her what she was. A > > > > > whore. She was flashing her g-string in the corridors and e-mailed > > > > > her friends about "putting on her Presidential knee-pads" before she > > > > > even met the guy. I've long since recognized I live in this world > > > > > with folks that have different opinions on what is right and what is > > > > > wrong. Hell, I even refrain from judgement as much as possible > > > > > especially when I don't know the full facts. The recent T. Woods > > > > > episode comes to mind. But what we're talking about is well > > > > > researched and documented. The girl was a skank. Maybe she's grown > > > > > up now and handles herself better. I hope so for her sake. It's in > > > > > all our natures to be selfish but banging the teenaged chippy intern > > > > > in the Oval Office antechamber seems a bit extreme. Why not get a > > > > > hotel and a real call girl? His lack of discretion was appalling and > > > > > proves what little respect he has for the Office and, for that matter, > > > > > his wife. Shameful all the way 'round I'd say. > > > > > > Your attitude is, however, not uncommon. I see it as more evidence > > > > > that our western culture is going down the crapper. Of course these > > > > > things happen all the time in business but in the past it was > > > > > considered a shameful weakness when you got busted. Now it's cool to > > > > > be the Dawg. Makes me ill. > > > > > > -Don > > > > > > > On 1 Dec, 22:17, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> I'm biased? Well yeah. Duh. It might be worth your while to > > > > > >> reread > > > > > >> your post here when you're feeling a bit calmer. A little bit of > > > > > >> the > > > > > >> pot calling the kettle black I think. I disagree on Monica's > > > > > >> motives. > > > > > >> Women are collectors just as much as men are. It's part of the > > > > > >> groupie mentality. A cum stained dress is one hell of an > > > > > >> autograph. > > > > > >> Clearly it was a memento. You are missing the point when you blame > > > > > >> the girl. Sure she deserves derision for contributing to the > > > > > >> soiling > > > > > >> of the American Presidency but that hardly removes guilt from > > > > > >> Clinton. > > > > > >> She initially lied herself about the affair. She only came clean > > > > > >> when the FBI told her Clinton was meeting privately with Ms. > > > > > >> Mondale > > > > > >> and keeping her waiting at a security check point. Jealousy had > > > > > >> her > > > > > >> wagging her tongue; not political motivation. I bet Arch can back > > > > > >> me > > > > > >> up on this one. The wife or girl friend will lie themselves into > > > > > >> prison for their man until they think he's cheating on them. Then > > > > > >> it's pay back time. Let's use Occam's Razor here and keep the > > > > > >> emotions in check; shall we? > > > > > > >> For the record I'm glad he wasn't removed from office. Except for > > > > > >> being a sorry excuse for a man he was a pretty good president. He > > > > > >> had > > > > > >> a MUCH better grasp on economics then the current resident of 1600 > > > > > >> Pennsylvania Ave. From your earlier post you seem to agree with > > > > > >> former president Nixon. "If the president does it; it's not > > > > > >> illegal." > > > > > >> I still think perjury is a very serious offense. I'm sorry you > > > > > >> apparently disagree. At least if that president is a Democrat. > > > > > >> Something tells me you wouldn't be so forgiving if that president > > > > > >> was > > > > > >> a Republican. > > > > > > >> Don't forget I'm an individual. In your off the rails diatribe you > > > > > >> seem to be lumping me in with every conservative you've ever had > > > > > >> cause > > > > > >> to hate. I have no enmity towards you personally and I hope you > > > > > >> hold > > > > > >> none towards me. It's your reasoning I have issues with. I have > > > > > >> been > > > > > >> ashamed about many things over the years but not about speaking > > > > > >> truth > > > > > >> to power. Nor am I ashamed of publicly expressing my support for > > > > > >> keeping as much of my money as I can. How, when or even IF I use > > > > > >> my > > > > > >> money to help others should be up to me and no one else. Democracy > > > > > >> seems to be turning into some kind of nightmare 'mob rules' > > > > > >> scenario > > > > > >> where the productive people with useful skills work for all the > > > > > >> deadbeats. This kind of society is doomed to fail. > > > > > > >> Sorry I went off the reservation myself there a tad. The purity > > > > > >> police will be displeased. > > > > > > >> -Don > > > > > > >> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Justintruth > > > > > >> <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > >> > Your so totally biased in your viewpoint Don. > > > > > > >> > You know that an extraordinary amount of money was spent trying > > > > > >> > to > > > > > >> > "get Clinton". The special prosecutor remember? Whitewater? etc > > > > > >> > etc > > > > > >> > etc etc. Years of attempted distortions and abuse of the legal > > > > system. > > > > > >> > Finally they "got him" in one of the oldest traps in the books - > > > > > >> > its > > > > > >> > called a honeypot - they trapped him with a woman. > > > > > > >> > Now you can tell this is true by reflecting on one point and one > > > > point > > > > > >> > alone. What woman do you know, who after getting a cum stain on > > > > > >> > her > > > > > >> > dress during a blow job, will, instead of rapidly getting it > > > > cleaned, > > > > > >> > preserve the stain? What possibly would make her do that? There > > > > > >> > is > > > > > >> > only one possible explanation. She wanted evidence. That was what > > > > she > > > > > >> > was there for. This was an operation conducted by Linda Trip > > > > > >> > running > > > > > >> > her operative Monica. > > > > > > >> > Now Clinton was trying to evade this massive trap and cornered > > > > > >> > tried > > > > > >> > to evade with semantics under oath... so now you "got him" ... > > > > > >> > suddenly you don't care about sex because you don't need it.... > > > > > >> > you > > > > > >> > got him on perjury... or so you thought....you masked your shame > > > > > >> > in > > > > > >> > your audacity... you went for impeachment... it was a "high crime > > > > > >> > or..." Right? > > > > > > >> > I am not distorting here. This is the truth. A blind man could > > > > > >> > see > > > > it. > > > > > > >> > And you accuse *him* of distortion? Talk about taking a splinter > > > > > >> > out > > > > > >> > of someone else's eye when you have a log in your own! > > > > > > >> > What you are saying is just such a complete distortion. You > > > > > >> > want to > > > > > >> > see a liar or a bullshitter, guy? Just look in the mirror. The > > > > > >> > real > > > > > >> > problem is the destruction of peoples lives that you have cost > > > > > >> > and > > > > the > > > > > >> > weakening of the ideals we require to remain free. This stuff has > > > > had > > > > > >> > consequences. Line the innocent dead up and drive by them in a > > > > > >> > car > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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