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Starman
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 Posted - 02/22/2006 : 05:39:59 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by filthy
I am not in favor of capital punishment, but I'd happily make an exception for this pack of totalitarian assholes and call it a job well done.
Give them some guns, some booze and send the whole bunch of em' on a hunting trip and let nature have its course. |
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
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Snake
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 02/22/2006 : 14:53:17 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
Snake snapped:
[quote]That Republican party, the party that 'freed the slaves', ok they also promoted womens right to vote.....no body is perfect. But the Democrats had William Jennings Bryan which seems to me a bit of an irony considering what many people think of religions here.
Oh well! Maybe someone will understand.
>Yeah, but the Republican Party has put all that embarrassing old >stuff like Lincoln, etc., into their ancient history circular file >now. Now they are dominated by a slick combination of corporate >greed, Neocon ideology, propagandistic lies, doublespeak, contempt >for learning and science, and religious fervor. Moderate >Republicans have almost no say in their Party at present.
One could point out many example of other political partys where the same is true.
The Republicans at least have a 'platform' of ideals, it's just certain people within the party that are at odds with them. I don't know what the Democrats are trying to do. They have more people there who are on the far end of rational than the republicans, from what I see.
>People make fun of Cheney because they hate and fear the bastard. >It's better than crying or shrieking. I always hear the Darth Vader >theme playing in my mind when I see the SOB. A pratfall like him >shooting another Republican provides a bit of needed comic relief.
What is it that makes people hate him? Compared to Bush he's highly intelligent. When he speaks he's clam and knowledgeable of issues so he can make informed decisions.
I don't think being a businessman making money should be a hateful thing.
>It also gives an opportunity to see what kind of folks he hangs out >with: Big surprise, it's not with people like you or me, but with >rich Republican donors and cronies.
Oh, I see! So how was your dinner the last time you hung out with Kennedy?
>And if right-wing conservative, anti-science theocrats seem a bit >thin among the skeptics here, I think that is kind of self->explanatory.
Thanks for the explanation. What I see rather than where someone skepticaly asks questions, it is a mutual admiration society where posters only want to hear from people who agree with them. Questions and opposing opinions are not 'allowed' (tolerated, appreciated, etc., put whatever word you like) because it sounds like snippy or angry answers are the replies for the most part.
(with apologies to some who do answer or question politely)
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
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Posted - 02/22/2006 : 15:09:49 [Permalink]
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Snake struck: quote:
I don't know what the Democrats are trying to do. They have more people there who are on the far end of rational than the republicans, from what I see.
I agree with the part about wondering what the Democrats are up to. A real leader with a clear alternative agenda is yet to emerge among the Democrats. But come on, now, do you really think the Demos are nuttier than the neocons and the theocrats who presently run the GOP? You gotta be kidding!
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 02/22/2006 : 15:22:59 [Permalink]
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Snake said:
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I don't know what the Democrats are trying to do. They have more people there who are on the far end of rational than the republicans, from what I see.
There are plenty of irrational loons out there on both sides.
But I would have to disagree that the left has more than the right.
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Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson
"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
Hope, n.
The handmaiden of desperation; the opiate of despair; the illegible signpost on the road to perdition. ~~ da filth |
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
3834 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2006 : 15:28:09 [Permalink]
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| It's a Republican talking point when confronted by failures and corruption, point out the Democrats are no better. Today, in the current situation, the Democrats pale in comparison to what the Republicans have done with corruption, croneyism, incompetence and hypocrisy. |
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Starman
SFN Regular
Sweden
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Posted - 02/22/2006 : 23:32:20 [Permalink]
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There will always be kooks, fools and sociopaths in both parties (not to mention the minor parties), but that does not mean that both parties or the even same party at different times are/is equal.
There is plenty of evidence that the current ruling bunch sets a new standard of incompetence (war in Iraq, Katrina response, hunt for Osama...), arrogance (foreign relations since 9/11), corruption (DeLay, Abramoff..), cronyism ( NASA, FEMA...), crime (illegal wire taps, lying about hunting accident...)and just plain evil (swiftboat, Plame gate, torture)
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
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Posted - 02/22/2006 : 23:44:11 [Permalink]
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Starman summarized: quote:
There is plenty of evidence that the current ruling bunch sets a new standard of incompetence (war in Iraq, Katrina response, hunt for Osama...), arrogance (foreign relations since 9/11), corruption (DeLay, Abramoff..), cronyism ( NASA, FEMA...), crime (illegal wire taps, lying about hunting accident...)and just plain evil (swiftboat, Plame gate, torture)
Wow! You got it all, in just a few words!
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Starman
SFN Regular
Sweden
1613 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2006 : 01:35:57 [Permalink]
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Far from it I´m afraid, please feel free to add to the lists.
I don't mind discussing dishonesty and/or incompetence of Democrats, but apart from their incompetence when it comes to preventing the Bush regime from gaining and keeping power, it is not especially important today. |
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 02/23/2006 : 15:46:30 [Permalink]
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| Good posts Starman. I haven't been mentioning the evil. |
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Snake
SFN Addict
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Posted - 02/24/2006 : 12:34:34 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Starman
There will always be kooks, fools and sociopaths in both parties (not to mention the minor parties), but that does not mean that both parties or the even same party at different times are/is equal.
There is plenty of evidence that the current ruling bunch sets a new standard of incompetence (war in Iraq, Katrina response, hunt for Osama...), arrogance (foreign relations since 9/11), corruption (DeLay, Abramoff..), cronyism ( NASA, FEMA...), crime (illegal wire taps, lying about hunting accident...)and just plain evil (swiftboat, Plame gate, torture)
You have a good perception of what's going on. Except for the evil part and possibly the torture I agree with it all.
IMO nearly all politicians are out of touch. I'd say more but the FBI might knock on my door. |
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Snake
SFN Addict
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Posted - 02/24/2006 : 12:57:56 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dude
There are plenty of irrational loons out there on both sides.
But I would have to disagree that the left has more than the right.
Yes, the loonies are out, here and there and everywhere.
But tell me, you wouldn't put Al Sharpton on a higher loony scale than Bush? Therefore giving him more points and a higher score for the democrats even though it's a one to one comparison.
At least Bush has some creditability. Sharpton has none and is just an instigator. He was running for president! How does that look when someone thinks about what party to choose. There are more example but I can't think of as many in the republican party to match that. Even the rightest of right have some merit to their arguments. I might not agree with them but they are at least rational. |
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GeeMack
SFN Regular
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Posted - 02/24/2006 : 13:36:18 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Snake...
At least Bush has some creditability.
I hereby nominate this post as the most hilarious piece of irony posted on SFN so far in 2006! You cracked me up with this one, Snake!
i·ro·ny n. 1. The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 02/24/2006 : 14:57:17 [Permalink]
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| I find it absolutely amazing that anyone thinks Bush credible, yet millions do. It's a sad state of affairs when millions of humans are so easily duped. |
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Snake
SFN Addict
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Posted - 02/25/2006 : 22:48:29 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by GeeMack
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Originally posted by Snake...
At least Bush has some creditability.
I hereby nominate this post as the most hilarious piece of irony posted on SFN so far in 2006! You cracked me up with this one, Snake!
i·ro·ny n. 1. The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
I was going to ask if you are an idiot but I decided not to stoop that low as others who make snide remarks.
However, I think you would be happy in China or N. Korea where everyone is forced to think alike. Or maybe even you should go be with the terrorists who blow people up who don't think the way they want them to.
You don't seem to understand how to view another POV. Sorry for your lack of discernment. |
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