Bill Clinton just said he was such a Calvanist he couldn't take a day off from

[applegrove]

work because it made him too anxious. I'm like that too.

[Taverner]

1. It depends - how much beer is involved?

[applegrove]

5. Oh I'd love to take a day off and drink beer. Unfortunately I'm already an alcoholic. So I don't

have that to fall back on.

[Taverner]

6. Ahhh gotchya

I like beer but like pot much better

My problem is I drink when there's (a) beer in the fridge and (b) I'm bored

If I'm busy, or there's no beer in the fridge - I don't drink

Kinda weird that way :silly:

[applegrove]

8. I never liked pot. But figured if it became legal I would try it (I'm in Canada and they were going

to decriminalize it a few years ago). I have quit smoking now and would love some drug that wasn't addictive and is recreational. Don't know if I would enjoy pot now. For now I'll have to rely on coffee.

[Taverner]

10. Yes, pot isn't addictive

And if vaporized or eaten, has no health risks

Well, except the raiding of the pantry :)

[applegrove]

11. I guess it wouldn't help me diet. LOL!

[Taverner]

12. Well that depends

If you decide that you're going to lift weights and just get ripped, it does help you choke down those endless protein and egg white shakes you have to do.

There's a reason Arnie smoked pot in his 'Pumping Iron' days.

And if you're willing to lift weights, there is a way to eat your way to healthiness.

And one more thing - weightlifting is strangely fun when you're high. Something about "WOW! Where the heck did those Endorphins just come from!?!?!" that just makes it fun.

But yeah, if you're trying to lose weight, you might want to lock that refrigerator after you toke up.

Don't worry though, you can distract yourself with other things. Like, say, DU ;-)

[applegrove]

13. I don't have to worry about it because it looks like pot isn't going to be legal

in Canada any time soon.

[Taverner]

14. You guys just have to get that Fuckwad Harper out

And swimming in the Hudson Bay without a life preserver :)

I KEED I KEED!!!

[applegrove]

16. I hear you Triumph the insult dog. Up here we prefer "Ed the Sock"

[Taverner]

18. Triumph is a genius, no?

He says everything we can't :)

[applegrove]

21. Ed the Sock was the original straight talker. Triumph is a phony ... phony truth teller.

[Captain Hilts]

2. Bubba was on the job 24/7. No one's ever questioned that. nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. I'm glad I'm an agnostic. I took off every day I could away with.

Working is a highly overvalued pastime.

[applegrove]

4. I wish I could relax like you.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

7. To quote Nike, "Just do it."

As an employee assistance counselor, I had to deal with a lot of stressed out (sometimes suicidal people) who took their work way, way, too seriously.

I used to advise them to call in sick when they weren't sick, just to find out if the company was all that dependent on their services.

It's just a friggin' job.

[Dover]

9. "WORK!!!!"

Maynard G. Krebs (Beatnik on Dobie Gillis c. 1959-63)

[KG]

15. guess that explains why he got his BJs right in the OO, rather than take off for afternoon delite.

[applegrove]

17. This started out as a positive thread - what happened?

[donco6]

19. It's a metaphor for Calvinism in general. n/t

[Starry Messenger]

20. Predestination. n/t

[Captain Hilts]

22. That's kinda right. GWB wouldn't even have been in the office at that hour. nt

[tiptoe]

23. Clinton's 'relief by work' is more than offset by anxious, jobless Californians via K Lay enablement

Clinton never undid Gramm's changes...Enron used artificial shortages, bogus deals, and total knowledge of the market AS SOLE OWNER OF ITS OWN ONLINE MARKET to TREBLE California's energy bills.




I'm bitter that Bill deep-sixed BCCI matters for Poppy in the 90s and we got stuck with Bush2

And 1.3 million Iraqis were killed for Texas Oil interests...War crimes and murders paid by and in the name of the American people.


Good job, "Humanitarian" "People's President" DLC Bill. Keep up that "work ethic" in the interest of "helping people" via corporate "donors" to the "foundation".

 

[hedgehog]

24. Bill Clinton considers himself a Calvinist?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-b7RmmMJeo

[applegrove]

25. I love the little guy in the Princess Bride. He's so cute. I'd fall in love with him if I was

the type to fall in love with celebrities. But I am not.

Yup Clinton called himself a calvinist and said he had to work every day or he felt nervous.

[AndrewP]

26. Me too. I can take a morning off, tops. Then I'm restless

[applegrove]

27. I hate the days I don't work. Thank god for the DU keeping me busy on

those days off.

[Canuckistanian]

28. He's just a Type A personality

Calvinism has nothing to do with it.

[applegrove]

29. He described himself as calvanist. Being one too I can tell you a type

A personality is not necessary to feel nervous when not working. I have what I've called a zed personality (really I'm probably whatever an easygoing but conscientious personality is) but I still get anxious on days when I'm not working. I like to feel fully functional and I like to work. At home I can only relax if it leads to something: I can read if it is bedtime. I can blog if I feel that is pushing the liberal agenda ahead. I don't needed a spotlessly clean apartment...cleaning doesn't make me feel less anxious. But I am in no way a Type A personality. Just a calvanist. So though Bill Clinton could be an A type personality he could also be a calvanist. An A type personality probably gets as much out of running 5 miles as they do out of working for 8 hours. A calvanist not so much.

[Canuckistanian]

30. My point is, it has nothing to do with your faith, just your personality

Call it Type A or Type Zed, I don't care. It's just not a trait that can be embedded into a system of faith or even a societal norm. It's just personality.

And Calvinism doesn't even specify such modes of behavior - look it up:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvinism

[applegrove]

31. Calvanist work ethic does imply such behaviour. And that is what Clinton was

responding to. The question was would he enjoy being a househusband to Hillary. He said I'm a calvanist and not working makes me feel nervous. (not verbatim but the question was definitely work related).

[Dappleganger]

32. It's an old phrase...

not too many younger people identify with that any longer.

[applegrove]

33. I agree it is an old phrase. People are likely not brought up that way as

much as they were in the past. It is more either evangelical, fundies or agnosticism in the USA.

[applegrove]

35. I should have said "protestant work ethic" . Aw well. Same thing.

[JVS]

36. JESUS CHRIST, the word is CALVINIST, not calvanist,

[KG]

37. !

:rofl:

[applegrove]

39. LOL!

[applegrove]

38. I should have used spell check.

[Juche]

34. Supposedly he barely slept

Don't know if its true or not, but I was reading some writings of people who met with him and they said he would only sleep a few hours a night.

Not that I'm in favor of that (sleep deprivation destroys concentration, judgement and memory). But if Clinton was just genetically prone to not needing much sleep, damn. Good for him.