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What are you talking about? We're fighting in the wars.
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I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891 -
Ted!
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(I kept waiting for the Bush daughters to stumble through their speech and say something like "...but the most important thing we learnt from Daddy Bush is....Cocaine and Heroine are GREAT ways to forget we're this buffoon's kids! Just remember kids, NEVER mix your drugs!" (insert stupid bush daughter nervous laugh here)
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Arnold's speech = 100% fluff, 0% substance.
Nothing about the issues...all vague references to why America is so cool, and then somehow magically transferring said coolness to the Shrub.
I shuddered when I saw all those "four more years" signs, too.
What are they putting in the water?
FOUR MORE YEARS? You gotta be kidding me!
In that length of time we'll have started at least one more war, not gotten out of the other two, and completely alienated the last of our friends.
No thanks.
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EDIT: To say nothing of the state of the economy after four more years of high tech job losses being replaced by Mickey D's Fry Cooks....Comment
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Gepap is a TROLL: Thinks Republicans Only Like LibertarianismOriginally posted by GePap
True Republicans do believe in protecting the environment, supporting civil rights etc...
You mean true republican believe in the heavy hand of the state putting onerous regulations on poor property and business owners? Or that they back quotas that increase racism instead of fighting it?
Originally posted by John McCain
Our adversaries are weaker than us in arms and men, but weaker still in causes. They fight to express a hatred for all that is good in humanity.
We fight for love of freedom and justice, a love that is invincible. Keep that faith. Keep your courage. Stick together. Stay strong.
Do not yield. Do not flinch. Stand up. Stand up with our President and fight.
We're Americans.
We're Americans, and we'll never surrender.
They will.Originally posted by germanos
What a demagogue
Is this the same guy that was a 'candidate' for a Kerry/McCain ticket
I heard this in the morning, and it made me sick.Translation for Euros:Originally posted by alva
Yesterfay it made me sick too, but I think it's because we aren't used to this. I have yet to see anything like it in national politics, the only group that comes within a 1000 miles of it are called extremists.
Perhaps we shouldn't take it too serious and see it for what it is...
“Once more into the breach”Old posters never die.
They j.u.s.t..f..a..d..e...a...w...a...y....Comment
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Americans politics is largely about emotions. Rational arguments don't sway people from one position to another. Repugs will be Repugs and Dumbos will be Dumbos. Moderates will pretend to be morally superior to both, but really have their thumb up their asses just like everyone else.Originally posted by Velociryx
I shuddered when I saw all those "four more years" signs, too.
What are they putting in the water?Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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except the libertarians.,"Everything for the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State" - Benito MussoliniComment
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No, that's emotional also. You just think you have reasoned positions, when in fact all you do is rationalize your greed.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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Like your positions are reasonedWe the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham LincolnComment
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To spell it out for you, that was a crack on Bush who avoided Vietnam.Originally posted by DanS
What are you talking about? We're fighting in the wars.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett KavanaughComment
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My positions are reasoned, but I hold them because they resonate with me emotionally.Originally posted by Ted Striker
Like your positions are reasonedChristianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Americans politics is largely about emotions. Rational arguments don't sway people from one position to another. Repugs will be Repugs and Dumbos will be Dumbos. Moderates will pretend to be morally superior to both, but really have their thumb up their asses just like everyone else.
/me is Moderate who pretends to be morally superior! w00t!"You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran
Eschewing silly games since December 4, 2005Comment
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So Adam Smith would you hit it or not?
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham LincolnComment
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Gotta disagree with you, Che.
Sure, emotionality plays a role. Undeniably. And I'll even agree that appeals to emotion are a powerful means of persuasion....But to say that the only reason we hold this or that position is because of those emotions....not buying it.
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And what did you expect? The democrats convention was equally lacking substance. That's what conventions have evolved into. The only difference between the two is that the democrats paint a negative picture because they want change. i.e. their man to be president. The republicans paint a positive picture because they want no change, i.e. their man to be president.Originally posted by Velociryx
Arnold's speech = 100% fluff, 0% substance.
Nothing about the issues...all vague references to why America is so cool, and then somehow magically transferring said coolness to the Shrub.
Anyone that expects anything else to happen is naive.
Mindless pratter to play on emotions.
My issue is the ugliness of the demonstrators. It's one thing to dissagree but it's another to threaten, obscenely insult, and all the other ugly things they have done. It's a black eye on NYC and the Democratic party.It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
RIP Tony Bogey & Baron OComment
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My issue is that it shouldn't BE that way.
All that money wasted for THAT?!
We got more important stuff to do with the cash...if that's all they're gonna use it for, let's skip the conventions and do something useful with the coin.
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(and I agree with you, re: the protesters)Comment
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