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NOV 23, 2006 03:48 PM
Zarth said:
What the hell kind of cheap-ass, uppity young-punk crack is that? I ought to box your ears, you little whippersnapper! And get off my lawn, you damn kid! And no you can't have your frisbee back!
In all seriousness, though, do you really think ashergrey checked the congressional record before saying that? Granted, neither have I, but I do dimly recall through the gathering haze of senescence that the Contract With America got off to a pretty quick start, and I don't recall hearing anything about the Democrats leaving the incoming majority with a half-trillion dollars' worth of unfinished business. And given the political climate at the time, I'm pretty sure I would've heard about it if we'd done it. Not certain, but pretty sure.
Because those guys were nothing if not a horde of fat, pink-faced whiners, and anything they squall about, they did.
No, I think his remark was off the cuff and dumb, but I'm not a fan of the "you weren't alive so you wouldn't know" argument (I know, that wasn't precisely what happened here, but the general idea applies). I understand that a lot of the emotion that goes along with the political landscape is lost on people who weren't alive or aware when events occured, but the simple facts are sometimes easier to grasp when you're learning about something in the past, as opposed to as it happens.
In this particular case I suspect he made a childish outburst based on the "all politicians suck dewd" attitude prevalant amongst people my age. Or maybe it stemmed from some half-remembered story about a particular congressional change his American History teacher mentioned. I get those things once in while myself. I completely agree that it probably wasn't from a real grasp of the facts. That didn't stop me from making my almost-witty remark 
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NOV 23, 2006 02:23 PM