Mr. Happy Is Important

[Wisoki]

www.jibjab.com you've probably seen it, but it's political humor of the BEST kind. It should be on "whatsthebestpoliticalhumor.com."

[Ricky]

"Fightin' liberals is a 24/7/365 job. The world is a dangerous place and liberals are just wrong and can't be trusted. World peace and freedom we enjoy today is in peril. The war on terrorism needs to be handled by the U.S.M.C. not some world court. God Bless the American Soldier! God Bless America!........ "


I'm sorry for extending the politics on this thread but this guy among other Neanderthals just doesn't get it.
Please read the following Mr. Happy and respond if you can.


A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JIM REPUBLICAN
Jim gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with
water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is
clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal
fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his
first swallow of coffee, he takes his daily
medication. His medications are safe to take because
some stupid commie liberal fought to insure their
safety and that they work as advertised.

All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his
employer's medical plan because some liberal union
workers fought their employers for paid medical
insurance - now Jim gets it too. He prepares his
morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Jim's bacon is safe
to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws
to regulate the meat packing industry.

In the morning shower, Jim reaches for his shampoo.
His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient
and its amount in the total contents because some
crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he
was putting on his body and how much it contained. Jim
dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The
air he breathes is clean because some environmentalist
wacko liberal fought for laws to stop industries from
polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for
his government-subsidized rid e to work. It saves him
considerable money in parking and transportation fees
because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable
public transportation, which gives everyone the
opportunity to be a contributor.

Jim begins his work day. He has a good job with
excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid
holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union
members fought and died for these working standards.
Jim's employer pays these standards because Jim's
employer doesn't want his employees to call the union.
If Jim is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll
get a worker compensation or unemployment check
because some stupid liberal didn't think he should
lose his home because of his temporary misfortune.

Its noontime and Jim needs to make a bank deposit so
he can pay some bills. Jim's deposit is federally
insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal
wanted to protect Jim's money from unscrupulous
bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great
Depression.

Jim has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage
and his below-market federal student loan because some
elitist liberal decided that Jim and the government
would be better off if he was educated and earned more
money over his lifetime.

Jim is home from work. He plans to visit his father
this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets
in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest
in the world because some America-hating liberal
fought for car safety standards. He arrives at his
boyhood home. His was the third generation to live in
the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration
because bankers didn't want to make rural loans. The
house didn't have electricity until some
big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't
belong and demanded rural electrification.

He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His
father lives on Social Security and a union pension
because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made
sure he could take care of himself so Jim wouldn't
have to.

Jim gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns
on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that
liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He
doesn't mention that the beloved Republicans have
fought against every protection and benefit Jim enjoys
throughout his day.

Jim agrees: "We don't need those big-government
liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm a
self-made man who believes everyone should take care
of themselves, just like I have."

[Wisoki]

BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH, By your statements, the liberals have saved the world! What would we do with out them? Lets take the liberal point of view that this war is about oil. Hmmm, OK well if the liberal tree huggers would have allowed drilling for oil in an UNINHABITED, save a few caribou and polar bears, frozen tundra of Alaska, we would not have had need to go there to fight for oil, therefore, the fight in Iraq is to be squarely blamed on the liberals. I dont subscribe to either of these points of view, but your previous diatribe was a little skewed.

[Ricky]

Who says the liberal reason we're there is for oil???

Do you want to know the real reason why we are there??

Do you have a real clue???

I'll fill you in then....

Look at your atlas,,,,,

Notice, we've been in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Look whose right inbetween them.

Nuclear "wannabe" Iran.

This isn't about any friggin oil

We can buy oil anywhere anytime.  

This is about letting those fanatic bastards in Iran know that they're on notice.  They wanna mess around a build a nuke?   They'll be next.


That's why we're in Iraq.  

I'm neither a liberal nor a conservative.   There are alot of us out there too,  neither that is.   We just see things as they are and not through some skewed selfish point of view.  

I posted the above story about Joe Republican because it is so true regarding the tons of narrow minded fools who go about their day blaming the woes of the world on "treehuggers".  

The story is not skewed either.  It is plain fact and it is plain fact that Republicans are all about big business rights and protecting the wealthy's money first and foremost.  

That is plain wrong.

Yes, the "liberals" have a history of "socialism",  "giving too many free rides",  but I do believe it was Clinton who cut back unemployment/welfare benefits last term, was it not?  

If only the people of this country could just wake up, open their eyes for a minute,  we would be well on our way with sticking a knife into the 2 party system.  (Really one party).   They have outgrown their usefullness as well as the Electoral College system.  

[ndabunka]

Right on, Ed.

I'd like a legitimate Haven spa owner to participate in this forum.  I've got to believe that someone out there who owns a Haven and can discuss their spa objectively.  Mr. Happy doesn't cut it, since he's just Arjuna or one of his loyal followers posing as a Haven customer.  

Brewman

I don't BELIEVE there are that many "happy" Craven owners that they would actually have any type of "pool" of objective users. At one time, we thought that this dog-walking guy called "Water Weasel" may have been an actual owner.  Since he "claimed" it we initially took him at his word. Of course, it only took about a month before it became obvious that Weasel was just another one of Jim's mulitple personalities. Maybe we should start calling him Cybil. It DOES seem to fit him quite well.  Yes, an independent Craven owner would be an interesting charcater that I am certain would add a great deal of fun and merriment but alas, it's like trying to find a virgin on a college campus now-adays... It just ISN'T going to happen...IMHO

[ndabunka]

Ricky - I like to call myself "politically agnostic". This PISSES off both the left and the right because NEITHER of them are correct.  After all, it's not the popular vote that wins an election or else Bush would never have been in there (But some of this is changing for the better). Bush has political motives. THATS why we are in IRAQ. It was 'smoke and mirrors" with the (now proven) false WMD arguments. After all, it wasn't IRAQ or IRAN that ran planes into those towers, it was a group of extremist (their religion is in-material here). Bush does have some good points but the war is not one of them. I am a registered republican but even I can see that it's time for some common sense to be brought back into the management of this country. Of course, until there is a TRUE independent leader, we only have two choices. One is bad, the other has proven that he is worse by his poor management of the government these past 3.95 years.  Afterall, he was NEVER suppose to have been there in the first place based on the popular vote.  I personally hope that this election is a close one and I will do my part to make it so....engage!

[ndabunka]

Your first three words say it all!

Very good.... for a four year old. If you want to debate your REALLY going to have to do better than that!

[htfun]

I would love to offer you debate. Unfortunately though you are too ignorant and unable to cite any fact on any argument you present.

Jim (or Jim wanna-be) - Put a sock in it!!!

[ndabunka]

I would love to offer you debate. Unfortunately though you are too ignorant and unable to cite any fact on any argument you present.

I too would debate you but it would be like putting out a match with a fire truck.  I see your still only 4. To prove your age, why don't you go ahead and get in the last word...

[Jordy]

Mr.Happy,
I am only myself not "htfun"- I don't understand your confusion or the basis of your insinuation. I am not afraid or shy about expressing myself openly and honestly to you or anyone else. If you have something else to say directly to me, feel free to send me an email.

[Brewman]

Jim (or Jim wanna-be) - Put a sock in it!!!

Bullseye!!!!!!
Brewman

[Brewman]

I don't BELIEVE there are that many "happy" Craven owners that they would actually have any type of "pool" of objective users.

 Your are probably right, but there's got to be at least one out there somewhere.  The problem is that "Cybil" has polluted so many spa boards with fake identities, that no real Cavein owner would stand a chance anyway.  We'd all think it was another faker.


At one time, we thought that this dog-walking guy called "Water Weasel" may have been an actual owner.  Since he "claimed" it we initially took him at his word. Of course, it only took about a month before it became obvious that Weasel was just another one of Jim's mulitple personalities.

 I remember that Weasel crap.  Wasn't he eventually ferreted out as that LP guy?  

Maybe we should start calling him Cybil. It DOES seem to fit him quite well.

 Great Idea!!

 Yes, an independent Craven owner would be an interesting charcater that I am certain would add a great deal of fun and merriment but alas, it's like trying to find a virgin on a college campus now-adays... It just ISN'T going to happen...IMHO

[ebirrane]

Keep in mind that the majority is quite often wrong. It's the minority that causes change and very often improvements in products and in general the quality of our too short lives.

Fascinating. Working for a researchy place, I can tell you that (with tangible products, not philosophy) the majority is stable, but not always perfectly efficient.  However, for every 1 honest improvement there was often more than 1 failure or unintended side-effect. Honest innovators refine. Dishonest innovators get good enough then look for profit.

There really are some people who sell the idea of innovation without the actual innovation. That's different than, say, those who sacrifice stability in favor of some desired optimization. Some people (we call them early adopters) enjoy the tradeoff.  Others do not.  Glad I didn't by a first generation LCD tv.

Those who peddle in false (as opposed to incomplete) innovation paint the "majority" as complacent. The majority is not often wrong by simple definition of being the majority. That makes no sense.  The implication is that the majority gets some sort of lock on the "genre" and gets complacent.  Complacency *does* often miss valid innovation.

With all of the debate going on amongst the majority in hot tubs (FF vs TP, ozone or no, jet or circ pump, to name a few) I don't think you can really accuse the majority of complacency. Those that do are most likely trying to sell you something.  It is that belief that places the likes of Mr. Arjuna closer to a conspiracy theorist and hobbyist than a peer in the industry.

-Ed

[ndabunka]

Fascinating. Working for a researchy place, I can tell you that (with tangible products, not philosophy) the majority is stable, but not always perfectly efficient.  However, for every 1 honest improvement there was often more than 1 failure or unintended side-effect. Honest innovators refine. Dishonest innovators get good enough then look for profit.

There really are some people who sell the idea of innovation without the actual innovation. That's different than, say, those who sacrifice stability in favor of some desired optimization. Some people (we call them early adopters) enjoy the tradeoff.  Others do not.  Glad I didn't by a first generation LCD tv.

Those who peddle in false (as opposed to incomplete) innovation paint the "majority" as complacent. The majority is not often wrong by simple definition of being the majority. That makes no sense.  The implication is that the majority gets some sort of lock on the "genre" and gets complacent.  Complacency *does* often miss valid innovation.

With all of the debate going on amongst the majority in hot tubs (FF vs TP, ozone or no, jet or circ pump, to name a few) I don't think you can really accuse the majority of complacency. Those that do are most likely trying to sell you something.  It is that belief that places the likes of Mr. Arjuna closer to a conspiracy theorist and hobbyist than a peer in the industry.

-Ed

BINGO - EXTREME APPLAUSE!!!