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Re: What is your favorite government program?

Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:58 pm
by jester
Frost wrote:Alright, I am willing to discuss federally backed student loans, GI bill, CMP or even the military, but I would prefer it not be the military. That is less likely to be a productive conversation I think. Just let me know if you are willing to discuss one of those at length as well.
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=teMlv3ripSM[/youtube]

Re: What is your favorite government program?

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 12:19 am
by Frost
C-dub wrote:And I'm also a little disappointed that you don't think that there is a significant tangible benefit to having a strong Navy.
I said that the benefit of road programs, roads, are more tangible then the benefit of a Navy, defense. Roads are more tangible then defense.
C-dub wrote:You ask about government programs and then say that you cannot discuss the constitution and are also unable or unwilling to discuss anything regarding the military.
I said that I cant have a conversation with the constitution, so I asked bdickens what his opinion was. Because I can have a conversation with bdickens. I specifically said that I was willing to have a conversation about the military, but that my preference was for the other topics.


Anyone want to have a conversation related to the topic of this thread?

Re: What is your favorite government program?

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 7:27 am
by gigag04
Weirdest. Thread. Ever.

Re: What is your favorite government program?

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 7:30 am
by Purplehood
How lengthy should our response be? Is this like an essay or a thesis? Are we limited to any particular channel?

Re: What is your favorite government program?

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:31 am
by USA1
gigag04 wrote:Weirdest. Thread. Ever.
Are you sure about that?

Re: What is your favorite government program?

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:32 am
by The Annoyed Man
Purplehood wrote:Are we limited to any particular channel?
You may only wear Chanel No. 5. :mrgreen:

Re: What is your favorite government program?

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 10:08 am
by Purplehood
The Annoyed Man wrote:
Purplehood wrote:Are we limited to any particular channel?
You may only wear Chanel No. 5. :mrgreen:
That is certainly a relief.

Re: What is your favorite government program?

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 11:29 am
by bdickens
Frost wrote:
bdickens wrote:Bridges and roads are in the purveiw of the federal government according to the Constitution.
I cant have a conversation with the constitution, do you think that bridges and roads should be done by the government?
The Constitution is the highest law in the land; nothing supercedes it.

Re: What is your favorite government program?

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:32 pm
by Cobra Medic
"To establish Post Offices and Post Roads"

Re: What is your favorite government program?

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 7:44 pm
by Frost
Purplehood wrote:How lengthy should our response be? Is this like an essay or a thesis? Are we limited to any particular channel?
You could just let me know what it is and I can ask you some questions about it. If you want you can start by briefly describing the benefits that the program creates and why it should be in the purview of the government.
Cobra Medic wrote:"To establish Post Offices and Post Roads"
Is that something that you would like to discuss with me?

Re: What is your favorite government program?

Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 8:07 pm
by C-dub
USA1 wrote:
gigag04 wrote:Weirdest. Thread. Ever.
Are you sure about that?
I saw the OP's question and didn't go any further before. That was weird.

This one feels the same. I tried to resist this one, but it finally sucked me in.

Re: What is your favorite government program?

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 3:52 pm
by Frost
If you guys think this is a trap or something you can send your response in a PM and we can discuss it through PMs. I have simply been introduced to a new idea concerning political discourse through this speech:

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=cmSjAupRe80[/youtube]

and i wish to have a discussion or two to see if it rings true.

Re: What is your favorite government program?

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 7:05 pm
by nitrogen
Clean air act
Clean water act
Interstate Highway System
Rural Electrification Act

That's about 10 seconds of thinking about a few good ones.

Re: What is your favorite government program?

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 7:30 pm
by Beware of Doug
My favorite government programs are 911 and my local emergency services.

Re: What is your favorite government program?

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 11:58 pm
by Frost
nitrogen wrote:Clean air act
Clean water act
Interstate Highway System
Rural Electrification Act

That's about 10 seconds of thinking about a few good ones.
Beware of Doug wrote:My favorite government programs are 911 and my local emergency services.
Cool, let me know if you would like to discuss them.