tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11560235.post115600480365715174..comments2024-01-26T10:25:48.047-08:00Comments on shrimplate: Don't Shootshrimplatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347542266047278227noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11560235.post-1156049225720636162006-08-19T21:47:00.000-07:002006-08-19T21:47:00.000-07:00After airway, breathing, and circulation, sometime...After airway, breathing, and circulation, sometimes it gets a little dicey for me.<BR/><BR/>But I do love my (immediate) family and I would do anything for them, and suffer any discomfort if it would give them benefit.shrimplatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08347542266047278227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11560235.post-1156046390074188992006-08-19T20:59:00.000-07:002006-08-19T20:59:00.000-07:00You sure your family is only number 5 on the list?...You sure your family is only number 5 on the list? I mean, those other things are nice too, but for example, if one of my kids starts smoking as a teenager I will be very disappointed by it, but I won't kick her (I've only got girls) out of the house because it's interfering with my clean air (though I might ask her to not smoke in the same room I'm in).Eli Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11560235.post-1156045933642492452006-08-19T20:52:00.000-07:002006-08-19T20:52:00.000-07:00I actually think he is a little smarter than you a...I actually think he is a little smarter than you are giving him credit for.<BR/><BR/>There was one time when I interviewed for a job with a large company (many, many years ago) and they asked me a question that could only be interpreted as 'will you be our S.O.B.?' I answered the question truthfully that I would consider doing what they asked in the hypothetical scenario to be unethical. I didn't get the job.<BR/><BR/>Now, I believe that Reagan really was that ignorant, as you describe. The reason he was so good at getting his point across was because he actually believed what he was saying. Bush, on the other hand, if you have seen him asked a tough question at a press conference, shifts his eyes for a moment, as if he is thinking, 'Well I can't tell the truth about that, so how can I obfuscate the question so that I avoid answering it, or if I have to answer it then I know that I will lie, so how do I phrase the lie so it will sound plausible and fit together with what truth is known and any other lies I've already told on the subject.'<BR/><BR/>In other words, someone asked him somewhere along the way the 'Will you be our S.O.B.' question, and he said, 'Yes.'Eli Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.com