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09-09-2016, 12:15 PM | #16 |
Read? I only know how to write.
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09-09-2016, 01:53 PM | #17 |
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A slavish devotion to 'moderation' when surrounded by the aggressively immoderate is kinda like askin' Bogs Diamond not to sodomize you. That is, you're fucked.
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09-09-2016, 02:27 PM | #18 |
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There are no moderates any longer as we have all shifted to one side or t'other:
But voter turnout isn't DOWN: |
09-09-2016, 07:08 PM | #19 | ||||
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Greater participation just gives the consent of more people. It does not improve the quality of persons elected, nor the likelihood that they will really represent their "constituents". Quote:
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However, they mostly just pretend to oppose each other to keep their minions hyped up. When there is something truly odious to do, they cooperate greatly and pass it as bi-partisan, with hardly any fanfare. All the worst stuff gets passed without publicity. Quote:
"Wacko Extremist" is a term used by those who are mired in their moderate myrmidon training, and can't find any rational reply to threads of new thinking.
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They're turning out to be a lot like the emperor's new clothes. Last edited by sexobon; 09-09-2016 at 09:56 PM. Reason: Sp. |
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09-10-2016, 02:02 PM | #21 |
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If you ain't got the option to say 'no' to every one runnin' then all you got is Hobson's Choice.
You don't have a hiring process, you don't have an election. But, yeah, I'll vote (for Trump) cuz I like the idea of doin' violence without actually hittin' people; I like that nimrods will screech about my bad choices and blame me for all manner of woes and ills cuz that's all they can do (screech and cry and kvetch); I like my America imperial and adventuristic and Trump promises to pull the Big Stick out of the closet and hit a whole whack of folks (some who even deserve it!) up-side the head; and -- mebbe, possibly -- four years down the road there may be fewer regs to navigate, smaller taxes to pay, more cash in my pocket, and more opportunties to put cash in my pocket. |
09-10-2016, 05:18 PM | #22 |
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I wonder what issues are consistently left / right besides guns and abortion?
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09-11-2016, 12:29 PM | #23 |
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Environment, immigration, unions, healthcare?
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