www.CostaRicaTicas.com

I understand where you are going with this ELC but what a change, Hookers to light bulbs

It seems that the SJ chicas are the least green. They shower (often at some length) before and after, and use up your towels as though they were tissues. I have to regularly bribe the maids to give me an ample supply of towels.

To back up Brother El Ciego's point about "creeping totalitarianism", there's a recent book on the subject by a well-respected political theorist Sheldon S, Wolin called Democracy Incorporated warning of the gradual but near-inevitable takeover of democracy by corporate interests using "inverted totalitarianism. This is not some hysterical rant by a fringe-type but "...a brilliant, nuanced and detailed dissection of the abject failures of the American political system...".
Here's a full review of the book from the Philly Inquirer:
www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/41201447.html

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"A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind"--Dr. Johnson
"Amen, brother"-ED

a brilliant, nuanced and detailed dissection of the abject failures of the American political system...".
usually with a qoute such as this it would seem to be a book that you agree with...

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I know nothing, nothing!

Brother Cariden--Actually I haven't read it yet though I've requested my library to buy it. That is a quote (which I should have attributed in the Post) from the review I linked. The review's author is himself a respected political theorist. But just from having read the lengthy review I most likely do agree with the intent and conclusions of Mr. Wolin's volume.

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"A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind"--Dr. Johnson
"Amen, brother"-ED

There is of course a difference, Mark...

One can *unscrew* a lightbulb.

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Pura Vulva! Wandering through the dark, I am El Ciego.

lol

You are correct mi amigo. I speak from experience with the 'system'.
It is indeed mostly about the money now.

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"In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upwardly mobile, and the rest of us are phucked until we can put our acts together; not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely"...Hunter S. Thompson (RIP)

...And don't get me started about those cameras at selected stop lights. Humungo bucks and how do you prove it wasn't you driving the car?

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"A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind"--Dr. Johnson
"Amen, brother"-ED

Here I go with another back-to-back post, this one just for Brother El Ciego:
www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/world/europe/24bulbs.html

By the way, there is another choice not previously mentioned: the Full-spectrum bulb or Ott light. It delivers as the name says the full spectrum of light and is thus necessary if one is matching dye colors or wants the exact color demonstrated when minute differences can make huge price differences (think: collectable postage stamps). They also have the salutary effect of making reading easier because they heighten the contrast between the printing ink and the paper (especially if optical brighteners have been used on the paper)--the printing just jumps out at you. OTOH, women hate it because like HD TV/ movies every little defect shows when for example putting on make-up.

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"A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind"--Dr. Johnson
"Amen, brother"-ED

OMG, my first back-to-back-back posts--can this nutjob ever be silenced? Anyway more on light bulbs, this one from the Wall Street Journal (no left-wing bias here no no):
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124355510568364629.html
Replete with 167 count'em 167 comments.

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"A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind"--Dr. Johnson
"Amen, brother"-ED

And lastly about incandescent bulb alternatives (I promise--everybody's near boredom on this) is this NYT editorial:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/10/opini ... 0sun4.html << Warning: This edges a bit into the political.

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"A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind"--Dr. Johnson
"Amen, brother"-ED

Speaking of light bulbs....

Does anyone know how many Marxists are required to screw in a light bulb?

None. Why?

Within the light bulb are the seeds of its own revolution.

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You know you woke up a thread that had a last post over 5 years ago.

And was started 8 years ago.