When politicians say stupid shit...

[Griff]

Put it here.

“It has not been easy for me. It has not been easy for me. I started off in Brooklyn. My father gave me a small loan of a million dollars," Trump remarked. "I came into Manhattan, and I had to pay him back, and I had to pay him back with interest. But I came into Manhattan and I started buying properties, and I did great."

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/1...#ixzz3pixZ8OxR

[Lamplighter]

Oxymorons Anonymous:

If my right to free speech causes you actual harm, it becomes time to curtail my speech.

[xoxoxoBruce]

But he's right the qualifier being actual, not perceived harm or insult. That's why you can't yell fire in a theater.

[DanaC]

I think it deserves the full quote:

Of all the wonderful freedoms that characterize life here in America, freedom of speech is one of the most important. This was most dramatically demonstrated in a recent Supreme Court decision, which upheld the rights of members of the Westboro Baptists Church to display extremely offensive signs and shout obscenities during funeral services for veterans. They are an intolerant hate group that despises homosexuality and are angry with the military because gays are allowed to serve. There is almost no one who agrees with the Westboro Church, but because of the Supreme Court's decision to strictly interpret the Constitution, the rights of the church members could not be denied.

I actually have some doubts about that legal decision, because the signs, obscenity, and noise infringe upon the rights of other Americans to assemble peacefully for the burial of one of their loved ones. If my right to free speech causes you actual harm, it becomes time to curtail my speech.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Griff

When politicians say stupid shit...

Well its either that or they're simply lying to your face.

[DanaC]

Or both.

[Happy Monkey]

From 1998:

Originally Posted by Ben Carson

“My own personal theory is that Joseph built the pyramids to store grain,” Carson said. “Now all the archeologists think that they were made for the pharaohs’ graves. But, you know, it would have to be something awfully big if you stop and think about it. And I don’t think it’d just disappear over the course of time to store that much grain.”
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“And when you look at the way that the pyramids are made, with many chambers that are hermetically sealed, they’d have to be that way for various reasons," Carson said. "And various of scientists have said, ‘well, you know there were alien beings that came down and they have special knowledge and that’s how-’ you know, it doesn’t require an alien being when God is with you.”

[Lamplighter]

That graduation speech/sermon will soon get a lot of play in the media

... for good reason !

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