05/19/2005 12:33:07 PM PDT
· 12 of 25 MrBeach
to Kenny Bunkport
Ahh...but you missed the point....
If I choose to employ an uncertified, contractor to perform work on my house with no guarantees, then I assume the risk of the results.
What is the purpose of government sponsored licenses? To guarantee quality of workmanship? To protect me from harm? Or to simply generate another revenue stream for the government?
The more we rely on government to protect us from the consequences of poor decisions the less skilled we become in evaluating the quality of the decisions we do make.
Not possible.... The BBV Bev scandal got shrugged off... They will excuse it away and claim the moral high ground.... "at least we help our own"... etc.
04/21/2005 12:00:47 PM PDT
· 8 of 9 MrBeach
to schwing_wifey
Aw...too bad but completely understandable.
I just finished the whole document, thank you for the afternoons diversion from the day to day stuff. I enjoyed it greatly. It sounds like you really "lucked" out getting two locals to take you under their wing and not get shafted.
Having traveled internationally a great deal I know how nervous you can be when first visiting a new country and getting offers from locals that would be unusual back here in the US. I remember being at a night club in Korea recently and being asked to dance by men several times. The automatic response for an american is "they are gay" but this was just our cultural bias. In fact they where simply trying to be courteous.
We all lobby for the "2005 Ex-Patriot Act" A.K.A. the "DUmmie Draft" bill.. They will all need to report to Havana Cuba before April 1st for processing.