Mary Anne on the Flame Board! Gonna be a GOOD day!

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Mary Anne on the Flame Board! Gonna be a GOOD day!

Tom Brosz — 4/30/2002 4:52:07 PM (archived)

For the record, I don't think Mary Anne personally falls into the "Evil Mr. Rogers *" category that we are talking about, although there are far too many people in power, and that would like to be in power, that do.

*Another favorite quote from "Demolition Man," spoken by an underground rebel against the Nanny State:

John Spartan: I guess you weren't part of the Cockteau plan.

Edgar Friendly: Greed, deception, abuse of power; that's no plan.

John Spartan: That's why everybody is down here?

Edgar Friendly: You got that right. You see, according to Cockteau's plan, I'm the enemy because I like to think. I like to read, I'm into freedom of speech and freedom of choice. I'm the kind of guy that could sit in a greasy spoon and wonder gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs or the side order of gravy fries. I want high cholesterol. I would eat bacon and butter and buckets of cheese. OK. I want to smoke Cuban cigars the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section. I want to run through the streets naked with green Jell-O all over my body reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I might suddenly feel the need to. OK? Pal, I've seen the future. Know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his pajamas, sipping a banana-broccoli shake, singing 'I'm the Oscar Meyer wiener'. You live up top, you live how he wants. Your other choice: come down here and maybe starve to death.

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A comment from the middle class. - RNE - 4/26/2002 12:26:58 PM
- Re: You can fight the future but you'll lose - SM - 4/30/2002 2:50:10 PM
- Re: A comment from the no class. - Bowser - 4/26/2002 4:52:26 PM
  - If the Left were really concerned about dependence on foreign companies... - Larry J - 4/26/2002 6:54:14 PM
- The other middle class - Mary Anne - 4/26/2002 2:11:45 PM
  - Only in America... - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2002 6:47:11 PM
    - Re: Another reason . . . - D. Spires - 4/26/2002 7:08:19 PM
  - Alternatives - Larry J - 4/26/2002 3:09:14 PM
    - I would ride a bus if there were one... - Mary Anne - 4/26/2002 9:51:14 AM
      - Mass transit works best in densely populated areas - Larry J - 4/26/2002 10:13:42 AM
        
        Re: Mass transit works best in densely populated areas - Nick Hoffman - 4/27/2002 2:58:03 PM
        
        Re: Pretty sure it’s 100 percent . . . - D. Spires - 4/30/2002 10:46:34 AM
        
        Not necessarily - Tom Brosz - 4/30/2002 11:31:04 AM
        
        Re: Well, California is the exception to many rules . . . - D. Spires - 4/30/2002 12:21:16 PM
        
        Re: You can get tolled to death in Florida. - Marcia - 4/30/2002 1:48:47 PM
        
        A question for you, Larry - Mary Anne - 4/26/2002 10:47:22 AM
        
        Most of the time, it isn't a problem - Larry J - 4/27/2002 4:50:07 PM
        
        The Old Order Amish should live around you - Mary Anne - 4/27/2002 9:33:26 AM
        
        Maybe we should let public officials make all of our decisions - Larry J - 4/29/2002 6:12:16 PM
        
        What, couldn't find a pop song to quote? - Mary Anne - 4/29/2002 3:59:25 PM
        
        I'm surprised at such a superficial and shallow response from you, Mary Anne - Larry J - 4/30/2002 3:21:06 PM
        
        Mary Anne on the Flame Board! Gonna be a GOOD day! - Tom Brosz - 4/30/2002 4:52:07 PM
        
        See you at Flame (n/t) - Mary Anne - 4/30/2002 4:25:27 PM
        
        The times, they are a'changing... - Tom Brosz - 4/29/2002 5:05:23 PM
        
        Public property - Tom Brosz - 4/27/2002 11:31:01 AM
        
        Re: "If the roads were private property, the Amish situation would be a simple property rights issue." - Mary Anne - 4/27/2002 1:06:43 PM
        
        Re: Say what? - Tom Brosz - 4/27/2002 2:02:46 PM
        
        History lesson - Mary Anne - 4/27/2002 4:13:24 PM
        
        Re: History lesson--very informative, thanks! - Tom Brosz - 4/28/2002 12:11:34 PM
        
        Re: History lesson - Publius - 4/28/2002 10:25:40 AM
        
        Pork - Tom Brosz - 4/28/2002 11:59:05 AM
        
        Re: Alot of people actually believe that . . . - D. Spires - 4/26/2002 1:30:04 PM
        
        Mildly surprised, and enlightened - RNE - 4/26/2002 3:45:37 PM
        
        What it boils down to: - Tom Brosz - 4/27/2002 7:56:16 PM
        
        Judging by the number of times you have used words like - Mary Anne - 4/27/2002 10:13:59 AM
        
        Re: Judging - Tom Brosz - 4/27/2002 11:45:32 AM
        
        Sunshine - Larry J - 4/27/2002 8:57:43 AM
        
        Time wasted - Mary Anne - 4/26/2002 10:29:12 AM
- Exactly - Larry J - 4/26/2002 1:45:52 PM

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