axiomata
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And for my part I may have overreacted a bit. Apologies for that. And I agree with you on the drone bit. I was hoping to see that too. But overall, I did still find the vid interesting and entertaining, and was really hoping that somebody around here could add some pertinent info. Like I said, I'd never heard of "Mel's Hole" and I get a kick out of these kinds of mysteries. Would get an even bigger kick if one of these damn videos or TV shows actually DID explain the damn things tho! Cheers brother.

Holy shit! Why the hell are you guys so uptight about one stupid video? It's no better or worse than hundreds of "unexplained phenomenon" shows aired on TV over the years. I'd never heard of this "Mel's Hole," but I HAVE heard of Art Bell so I figured maybe somebody else had heard about it. Most likely just another yarn spun by some nutcase, but no worse than innumerable tales about Big Foot, the Bermuda Triangle, the Loch Ness Monster and on and on. Lighten up, will ya?

Just thought it was interesting. Apparently you didn't. To each his own.

“Maybe the guy’s a Republican.”

Back on track, here’s another fave of mine from the 70s:

Yarite.. Next he’ll be complain’ about Oww! My Balls!

You got something against asses? Don’t be a ‘tard.

Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet:

I know we've basically been focusing on TV shows, but I don't suppose including a movie or two from the 70s will hurt. My favorite war movie of all time, from 1970:

Since nobody else seems to be biting I'll take a swing at this and guess that one of the faves you're alluding to would be Mork and Mindy.

Bob Newhart was awesome. Wasn’t Hec Ramsey crammed in there somewhere for a little while?

I know, right?

You mean this one? Directed by Steven Spielberg no less.

McCloud, with Dennis Weaver.

ROTFL! "We need another VietNam to thin out their ranks a little." ROTFL! Classic.

I used to believe this but then, well … look around.

Another good one. So far every show was one my family watched regularly. Space 1999 Moving On Kung Fu (of course) Rockford Files

Ok, you sucked me in. I NEVER missed an episode of this one. My hands down favorite 70s TV show ever, bar none.

What? No more Kolchak fans?

It’s one of my faves too. I rewatch it every now and then when I’m feeling nostalgic for the 70s.

Looking around this forum lately I’d say we don’t need governments for that. We’re doing a pretty damn good job of it ourselves.

Man, you just don’t get it. We’re going to TAX our way to prosperity and security. Oh wait, we’ve got to do one more thing. Maintain a rigidly enforced hegemony. You know, looking at that again, it kinda reminds me of something.

Your first comment is patently false and there is an abundance of real life evidence and experience to demonstrate that fact. I’ve presented just a tiny little bit of it above, which, if past experience with you is any guide, you’ll probably just blithely dismiss as “not compelling.” Your second line above merely amounts to saying “let them eat cake.” I guess it’s always nice when you can offload most of the suffering necessary in the attempt to reach your own glorious view of the way things ought to be onto others. It makes it so much easier to make those “difficult” decisions, I’m sure.

Now see? There IS a market based solution for almost every problem!

Here are a couple more quick ones: Kidney stones are a pretty common medical issue here in the US. Every year about a quarter million people are hospitalized for kidney stone treatment. In 1985, 1149 died due to complications arising from kidney stones. Well, back in 1984 a West German company had developed-ed a new lithotripter machine that could be used to destroy kidney stones from outside the body using shock waves. The procedure is much less invasive, painful and dangerous than then traditional kidney stone surgery. In order to “protect” US medical equipment manufacturers, not a single one of which was even contemplating a machine like the West German lithotripter at the time, the US slapped a hefty tariff on the machine. One hospital, upon importing just one lithotripter paid a tariff, just the tariff of $189,964.32?!? As one might imagine this insane tax discouraged a great many from quickly adopting this life-saving technology and as a result there were many unnecessary deaths and many many more patients had to endure the much more painful and invasive traditional treatments. Another:

Good call. Can’t wait to pay even more for everything so a bunch more indolent dullards can be made safe and secure in their brand new government jobs!

Tell that to the American poor and middle class who at the moment are burdened by levels of price inflation that are really putting a bite on them. I’m sure they’d be delighted to pay even higher prices for the goods and services they need every day in order to accommodate the protectionist tariffs you and Swordy delude yourselves into believing will help them out. “In the long run,” of course. If they survive intact to see it.

ROTFL!