Have you been to see The Wonderful Wizard yet?

No, seriously I didn't. It was meant as a parody. And oh yes, the free market is all about getting what you can by crapping all over those people around you who can exploited. That's why none of what takes place within the markets is cooperative and volunatry…it's just shrewd people taking advantage of one another at the expense of everyone involved. This is why there's no satisfaction — ever! — and NO ONE keeps cooperative partnerships and comes to agreements. I think we're best served if governmet takes over the role of mediator — in EVERY transaction — so that we can finally negotiate with each other and progress (COLLECTIVELY).

And if the worst are falling off the end, I propose that we flip the scenario on its head and reward the worst and punish the best because it sounds like such a good idea. Oh, wait…we're already kind of doing this. Should we just AVIS this then…"yes we can!"

You've got some gull, sticking your beak into the business of organized government er…crime.

You mean the pigeon mafia is after me? Oh shit! I think the Good Feathas are pecking at my door!

I kill pigeons without entertaining the notion of even feeding them to my cat, much less eating the filthy, shit-eating squab myself.

And LMAO @ pigeonholing the shooters as insensitive!

I shoot pigeons every chance I get. I run them over in the street at every opportunity. I'll poison all of them in my neighborhood if I ever find a pigeon-specific poison. If they became extinct tomorrow, I'd drink a toast in celebration.

Yes, pigeons are the Sixteenth Amendment of the animal kingdom. The sooner we're rid of both, the better. :p

I feel ya, Gil, Darwinian survival is using a pack-like mentality to do as Marx advocated: overthrow the bourgeoisie in a violent manner…for civility and social stability, of course.

With that attitude, it's no wonder that you deny natural law. Just sort-of repeat after Dorothy as she clicks her heels only making a small alteration, "There's no place like yourhome! There's no place like yourhome!"

No; just one. I'll leave you alone once you, Dorothy, and the rest of the gang reach The Wizard and you finally get your brain.

http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL256586320080625?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews&rpc=22&sp=true

As some one who lives in Louisiana, I am just flat out insulted by the arrogance of the Scallaywags and left wing Carpetbaggers that think they are so much better than the hard working productive population of Louisiana. The facts are there is far more acreage in Louisiana under timberland and more acreage under marshes then there is of river valley "plantation" land. The only poverty that does exist in Louisiana is directly caused by the liberal policies and mindsets of the arrogant elite who make such an effort to brainwash the that population into relying on their historically proven failed policies. Everybody else manages to lift themselves beyond that.

"Emotional energy" is free.

You can only care about so many things at a time to varying degrees, so I would dispute the notion that it's free.

Gadzooks! Am I reading Seuss?