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- Habibi
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We have the capability to make San Jose's first Cup Champion.
The Sharks could be that Champion.
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tek79 posted:Edit: And everyone knows real men use pick-axes. Reagan's got a chisel. What kind of poo poo is that?
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May 3, 2011 19:08
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- Habibi
- Dec 8, 2004
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We have the capability to make San Jose's first Cup Champion.
The Sharks could be that Champion.
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Boondock Saint posted:
I always love how these things are always signed by a "law student", because you know a law student is that much more credible than say, a lawyer maybe? That and the names are so clearly fake and made up.
Forget 'more credible than,' I always get a kick out of seeing 'law student' because whoever wrote that crap for some reason believes that they should be accorded any credibility, whatsoever. Most of the lawyers I met when working as a paralegal I wouldn't consider 'credible' when it comes to stuff like this, let alone the numerous law students I've met who've convinced me beyond all doubt that changing my mind about going to law school after I had already submitted all of my applications was the best decision I ever made (excepting, perhaps, knocking up my wife).
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May 3, 2011 19:46
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- nm
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"I saw Minos the Space Judge holding a golden sceptre and passing sentence upon the Martians. There he presided, and around him the noble Space Prosecutors sought the firm justice of space law."
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Kubrick posted:
Honestly guys, I think we should take this.
We'll keep the universities (not that they'd want to fund those Ivory Tower elitists) and high tech companies, deal?
Also, law students are goddamn stupid. Law students who sign "Law Student" are even more stupid.
(Lawyer)
I've been trying to figure out who he is and if he exists and forward it to his employer. So far the only lawyers with his name I've found have been out fo law school for 20+ years.
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May 3, 2011 20:42
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- Anubis
- Oct 9, 2003
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It's hard to keep sand out of ears this big.
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nm posted:
They can have the Scientology.
We'll keep the universities (not that they'd want to fund those Ivory Tower elitists) and high tech companies, deal?
Also, law students are goddamn stupid. Law students who sign "Law Student" are even more stupid.
(Lawyer)
I've been trying to figure out who he is and if he exists and forward it to his employer.
We will also take all the public libraries, public education, NASA and all of it's assets, all the money currently owed to the Medicare and Social Security funds that were borrowed against for military spending and also Vegas since it's a Godless place of hedonistic behavior.
They can have Bob Jones University.
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May 3, 2011 20:48
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- nm
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"I saw Minos the Space Judge holding a golden sceptre and passing sentence upon the Martians. There he presided, and around him the noble Space Prosecutors sought the firm justice of space law."
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Anubis posted:
We will also take all the public libraries, public education, NASA and all of it's assets, all the money currently owed to the Medicare and Social Security funds that were borrowed against for military spending and also Vegas since it's a Godless place of hedonistic behavior.
They can have Bob Jones University.
Who gets Austin?
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May 3, 2011 20:49
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- Habibi
- Dec 8, 2004
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We have the capability to make San Jose's first Cup Champion.
The Sharks could be that Champion.
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Corbet posted:
I think the US should be divided in the most fair manner - all the states that voted Obama go to the liberals, all the states that voted McCain go to the conservatives.
Have fun with North Dakota, Alabama, and every other useless state!
edit: Sorry, Austin. 
If we just divvy it up by Red state v Blue state, given the enormous disparity between money tax $ contributed to the Fed between the two, Redstateland will have every chance of collapsing into a psuedo-3rd world nation within a year. I'm totally alright with this. Then we can be all like, "Foreign aid? Sorry - we just spent this year's budget on making sure our citizens all have health insurance, jobs, abortions, gay marriages and, what was that last thing? Oh yeah, that electrified perimeter fence with laser cannons that our government-funded universities just came up with."
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May 3, 2011 22:10
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"I saw Minos the Space Judge holding a golden sceptre and passing sentence upon the Martians. There he presided, and around him the noble Space Prosecutors sought the firm justice of space law."
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crime fighting hog posted:
Can Omaha become a province or something?
You'd have to join Iowa.
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May 3, 2011 23:39
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Armyman25 posted:
Check out this craziness:
A lot of Republicans made it into office in the last midterm election, promising to focus on the economy and getting Americans back to work.
What have they done since taking office?
* Restrict/ban abortion
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3/show
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/541115/
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2011/03/24/whats-behind-the-surge-of-abortion-bills/
* Redefine rape
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3/show
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://theweek.com/article/index/211685/is-the-gop-redefining-rape
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/31/AR2011013105755.html
* Recategorize cold-blooded murder of abortion doctors as "justifiable homicide"
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Intro/LB232.pdf
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2011/Bill.aspx?File=HB1171HJU.htm
* Eliminate net neutrality
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h96/show
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i8b5e29fcc8c446c21cdce4fc165961f5
* Ban gay marriage
-Citation Info: Over 20 individual citations can be found at the wiki article about it. Citations cover State and Fed
-Citation: (WIKI – DIRECT BILL TEXT LINKS) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-s...same-sex_unions
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/50987.html
* McCarthy-esque "muslim" hunt
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...V3BQ_story.html
* Ban already-non-existent Sharia law
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill.asp?session=27&bill=hb88
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.azleg.gov//FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/50leg/1r/summary/h.hb2582_02-14-11_jud.doc.htm&Session_ID=102
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Bills/SB97.pdf
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202480459397&slreturn=1&hbxlogin=1
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://gaveltogavel.us/site/2011/01/27/an-examination-of-2011-sharia-law-international-law-bans-before-state-legislatures/
-Citation: (WIKI – DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Nebraska_International_Law_Amendment_(2011)
* Restrict the voting ability of college students
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2011/HB0176.html
* Investigate secession from the union
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7458701.html
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.freerangelongmont.com/2010/07/25/tennessees-gop-rep-wants-to-secede/
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/324636/texas_gop_leaders_want_to_secede_from_medicare,_social_security/
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/272508
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.veteranstoday.com/2009/05/01/republicans-want-georgia-to-secede/
* Investigate ways for states to ignore federal mandates
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h1101/show
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h663/show
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h154/show
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h21/show
* Demand yet another birth certificate
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1503/show
-Citation: (FACTCHECK.ORG) http://factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-07-27-obama-hawaii_N.htm
* Eliminate collective bargaining agreements
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s572/show
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h807/show
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h658/text?version=ih&nid=t0:hi:2015
* Repeal Union Rights
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704629104576191003890014010.html
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9M6G1601.htm
* Repeal health care reform
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2/show
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h1186/show
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h364/show
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h397/show
* Defund Obama's teleprompter to save money (seriously)
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/02/obamas-teleprompter-escapes-budget-ax/1
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://reddogreport.com/2011/02/house-moves-to-defund-obamas-teleprompter/
* Defund public broadcasting
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s492/show
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h68/show
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/150415-house-on-cusp-of-passing-gop-bill-to-defund-npr-
* Defund education
-Citation: (HORSES' MOUTH) http://www.americanindependent.com/163896/n-c-rep-virginia-foxx-to-head-house-subcommittee-on-higher-education
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2011/mar/04/state-budget-shortfalls-may-prompt-legislators/
* Defund Planned Parenthood despite government money already cannot fund abortions, thus only impacting health services mainly for women
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h1/show
* Defund EPA
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h1/show
* Decry energy efficient light bulbs
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h6144/show
* Return to using Styrofoam cups in the congressional cafeteria
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20040771-503544.html
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/02/house-styrofoam-cups-wurtz_n_830536.html
* Deny food stamps to families of workers who go on strike
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h1135/text
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.salon.com/technology/how_the_world_works/2011/03/24/the_gop_declares_hunger_war
* Death Penalty for miscarriages
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display.aspx?Legislation=31965
* Decry breastfeeding awareness
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Michelle+Obama+breastfeeding+advocacy+reveals+cleavage+between+right/4310733/story.html
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.politicususa.com/en/bachmann-palin-breast-feeding
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.inhabitots.com/michelle-obamas-breastfeeding-initiative-draws-criticism/
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.haiboss.com/health/michele-bachmann-slams-michelle-obama-over-breastfeeding-does-she-have-a-point/
* Decry healthy eating initiatives for children and schools
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-icons-in-national/rush-limbaugh-attacks-michele-obama-for-having-ribs-for-dinner
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE & HORSES' MOUTH) http://mediamatters.org/research/201009170003
* Claim that oil companies will collapse without government subsidies
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE & HORSES' MOUTH) http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/03/barton-free-market-oil-subsidies-necessary-to-keep-exxon-from-going-out-of-business.php?ref=fpblg
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/02/gop-proposes-16-billion-cut-to-epa-budget-defends-4-billion-in-oil-subsidies.php
* Decry 'pork' while simultaneously seeking 'pork'
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.pensitoreview.com/2010/1...heyve-been-had/
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20101109/pl_yblog_upshot/republicans-conflicted-over-earmark-ban
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2010/11/04/the-future-of-bloated-defense/
* Decry federal stimulus dollars while accepting/seeking it and taking credit for the things it pays for
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110314/ap_on_el_ge/us_barbour_economy
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/schwarzenegger-slams-gop-stimulus-hypocrisy
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://money.cnn.com/2011/01/23/news/economy/texas_perry_budget_stimulus/index.htm
* Push for creationism in schools
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=13724262&clienttype=generic&mobilecgbypass
* Chastise Natalie Portman 'glorifying' (by existing, apparently) pre-marital pregnancy while simultaneously defending Bristol Palin
* Get between women and their doctors by forcing them to get sonograms before abortion
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20040146-503544.html
* Attempt to get a completely unwanted second F-35 engine (coincidentally to be built in Speaker Boehner's state) funded over the protests of the military, department of defense, and secretary of defense
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2010/11/04/the-future-of-bloated-defense/
* Convincing the people earning $30,000 that the person making $250,000 is too poor and the teacher making $60,000 is too rich
* Condemn the NYC multicultural center and mosque because muslim = terrorist, despite having been an avid supporter of the IRA for years
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/us/politics/09king.html
* Explain that the reason you cheated on two of your wives, one who was in the hospital with cancer, was because you were extremely passionate for America
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/09/gingrich-says-he-cheated-on-his-wives-because-he-was-passionate-for-this-country/
* Half-jokingly suggesting that the illegal immigration problem can be solved like the feral swine problem -by shooting them from helicoptors; in defense of comments: "I was just speaking like a southeast Kansas person."
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kansas-rep-fire-comparing-illegal-immigrants-feral-hogs/story?id=13223497
* Lower a state minimum wage
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.wgme.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wgme_vid_7279.shtml
* Call an emergency meeting to again try to de-fund public broadcasting in the wake of a heavily-edited and exceedingly misleading video
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/16/house-panel-votes-to-defund-npr-after-emergency-gop-hearing/
* Blame an 11 year old girl for being gangraped by 18 people for several hours because she had dressed like a "prostitute"
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/16/republican-lawmaker-blames-11-year-old-victim-of-alleged-gang-rape/
* Reaffirm "in god we trust" as the national motto
* Protect creationists (and nobody else) from workplace discrimination
-Citation: (DIRECT BILL TEXT) http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=82R&Bill=HB2454
* Strongly advocating for intervention in Libya before Obama gets involved, sharply criticizing intervention after
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2011/0327/Newt-Gingrich-s-flip-flops
* Abusing the freedom of information act to try to harass and/or discredit a university professor who wrote an op-ed in his personal time questioning a Republican governor
* Loosen child labor laws
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.pressherald.com/opinion/dont-weaken-child-labor-laws_2011-04-01.html
* Lament that your $172k salary isn't as much as it sounds because you have a family, loans, bills, etc. and that you have trouble paying your bills then go on to support cutting public sector compensation packages
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/03/gopers-demand-sean-duffy-salary-tape-be-pulled-from-the-internet.php
* Complain that Democratic congressmen keep asking where the jobs are
* Speak to a Christian organization event during a taxpayer-funded trip to Kenya (which has stricter abortion laws than the US) to rail against a new provision in their constitution allowing abortions when the mother's health is at risk
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/30/chris-smith-african-anti-abortion-adventure_n_842652.html
* Scold a Democrat for using the word 'uterus' on the house floor because young pages might hear
-Citation: (NEWS SOURCE) http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/content/democrat-chastized-saying-uterus-house-floor
* Accuse the president of going to war with Libya to deplete our armed forces to he can call up the private army written into the health care reform bill (seriously)
-Citation: (LIVE RECORDING) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMstz2k56dM&feature=player_embedded
How many jobs will all this create? How will any of this help the economy get going again? Or is claiming to focus on jobs secret GOP code for "pander to our base with social wedge issues and culture war fronts"?
So I posted this in a note on my profile and got the following response from someone who is well educated and whom I respect though often disagree with:
Facebook Buddy posted:
rape: I agree that the feds shouldn't be making rules about what kinds of health services should be provided and which shouldn't, however to suggest that we should expect a political organization to be apolitical in any moment meets the definition of insanity. Paul Ryan's plan for a voucher system would not specify which services would fall within the purview of medicaid. That idea, to extend liberty to those on government welfare by transforming bureaus into transfer machines, should be afforded to all people. want to abolish this political maneuvering? minimize politicians' discretion, unless you think it's possible to abolish Republicanism.
net neutrality: is only 'neutral' by name. giving an office the power to control content on the internet is a bad idea mostly because there has never been a reason do to it. the law, in general, is necessarily reactive to preserve personal autonomy. if we legislated against every theoretical danger, we would have a country full of paternalists. I don't like that idea, especially when at any moment the people could elect a John McCain or Mitt Romney to office.
federal mandates: are different from rights afforded everyone under the 14th amendment. mandates are usually optional interventions in which the feds essentially say that they don't want experimentation and variety. they assume that they are smarter than the millions of people within the states who know their particular situation better than a remote office manager. it was states' rights that allowed desegregation and it will be states' rights that allow further liberation of LGBTs and other hated minorities (for example). One master plan is one master's plan.
union rights: unions don't have a right to force free persons (who want to sign contracts with companies under their own terms, both parties agree with) to have to join their organization in order to participate in a common profession. this is not a 'right.' individuals should be allowed to join together all they want under the 1st amendment and form whatever group or company. the question is: should these groups be able to force non-participants into joining them? I support the general direction of "anti-union" repeals which say individuals shouldn't be forced to associate with people they don't like or of whom they disapprove.
minimum wage: setting the lowest price at which labor can be purchased ensures unemployment rates that are higher than market. I need only refer you to the Hong Kong example in which unemployment was a seasonally adjusted 1.3% in 1991 and 7.3% in 2002 under a new regime of minimum wage courtesy of the Chinese govt. set a minimum price for anything and you will find a surplus, and artificially killing others' prospects is immoral.
Wondering what would be the best things to cite in response to this. Also, I totally agree with that splitting up the union email, that sounds fantastic.
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- Pornographic Memory
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quote:it was states' rights that allowed desegregation
Maybe I'm not as familiar with the civil rights movement as I should be, but where did this come from? Generally the history of civil rights is cited as a strike against the idea of "states' rights" as far as I know. Is he saying if not for states' rights the South would have foisted Jim Crow on everybody or something?
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- Dr Christmas
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Berninating the one percent,
Berninating the Wall St.
Berninating all the people
In their high rise penthouses!
🔥😱🔥🔫👴🏻
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Anubis posted:
We will also take all the public libraries, public education, NASA and all of it's assets, all the money currently owed to the Medicare and Social Security funds that were borrowed against for military spending and also Vegas since it's a Godless place of hedonistic behavior.
They can have Bob Jones University.
They get to keep rugged outdoorsmen, we get the outdoors.
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Pornographic Memory posted:
Maybe I'm not as familiar with the civil rights movement as I should be, but where did this come from? Generally the history of civil rights is cited as a strike against the idea of "states' rights" as far as I know. Is he saying if not for states' rights the South would have foisted Jim Crow on everybody or something?
The states were so good with the civil rights movement that the federal government had to send in the national guard, multiple times to enforce the law.
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Strength and speed, that's why you're a special agent.
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quote:Wish we had some politicians with the balls to issue this.
NOTICE TO ALL FOREIGN CITIZENS and THEIR GOVERNMENTS!
(EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY)
1. As a sovereign nation, you have the same rights to govern your nation as we have. Whether freely elected or despotic tyranny, how you run your government and DOMESTIC affairs is between you and your leaders. If you people don’t like how your government is behaving, we suggest you read some American history for the period between, say, 1774 and 1789. The world is awash in various sorts of small arms and other weapons. Getting enough to turn out your tyrant-du-jour ought not be a problem. Yes, many people will die (just as they did HERE in the late 1700s). It’s the price of freedom. But — and this is important to us — our SOLDIERS will not be among the dead. And even MORE importantly, MY kids and grandkids won’t be there. And trust us when we tell you that the casualties of your revolution will pale compared to those you will suffer should we be forced to invoke Clause 3!
2. Please pay SPECIAL attention to the word “domestic” in number 1.
3. The MINUTE we become privy to firm, corroborated intelligence that you have plans to harm the United States or one of our recognized allies — or, worst case — DO, in fact carry out such an operation, the United States and any such allies who wish to assist will come to you and request that you cease and desist. If you refuse to do so, we will TURN MOST OF YOUR LAND INTO A SMOKING RUIN. If you’ve never seen RUBBLE BOUNCE, it’s quite a sight. Just as the Japanese saw that in 1945, we saw a good bit of that on 9/11 – and will never forget it. The Japanese never forgot it – and neither will those of you who survive! We include in this list of threats AIDING, ABETTING, HARBORING, TRAINING OR SUPPLYING THOSE WHO, ALTHOUGH NOT CITIZENS OF YOUR NATION, MAKE PLANS TO HARM US OR AN ALLY.
We wish to live and have peaceful, honest and fair trade with all peoples — BUT harm us or injure/kill American/allied citizens AND YOUR WORLD AS YOU HAVE KNOWN IT WILL SIMPLY GO AWAY — FOREVER. No more PC “Nation Building” crap. Our military will be employed ONLY for those tasks for which they have been traditionally trained throughout history: TO KILL ENEMY TROOPS AND DESTROY ENOUGH OF THE ENEMY’S “STUFF” TO CAUSE THEM TO QUIT THE FIGHT. If some of you think we need “Nation Builders,” send in the UN — from which America will have withdrawn and “off-shored” to somewhere in Europe (and good luck with these clowns).
(If you have never seen it, slide on down to Blockbuster and rent “The Day the Earth Stood Still” with Arabic/Farsi or Chinese subtitles, of course. REREAD 3 AND THINK “GORT.”)
And also remember that, since we have pulled our guys out of other nations and closed those bases – horribly costly activities with which we are no longer burdened — we have devoted those diverted resources to new, more effective human intelligence gathering methods using many of YOUR citizens as paid snitches (no more stupid Church Amendment!) so we WILL KNOW when you’re up to no good. And don’t forget that those freed up resources will allow development of more devastating weapons should we need them. Trust us when we tell you that they’re really cool.
Speaking of “cool,” we’ll send all the Kool-Aid you might request but the FOREIGN AID FROM HERE IS OVER. Yep, the gravy train is out of fuel. Since so much of it has wound up in the Swiss accounts of your local despot (or back in a few international banks to cover their crappy “loans” to your dear leader to support his regime), your citizens probably won’t even miss it.
4. Once those smoking ruins have sufficiently cooled – and the radiation levels have fallen — we will put boots on the ground, clear any remaining resistance and seize your former property for the benefit of those who participated in the neutralization of the threat you posed. Casualties among our troops should be very limited because, as we think you have seen, the weapons possessed by the United States will leave very few to resist. REREAD 4 AND THINK 51st STATE!
Call us with any QUESTIONS. Or visit our web site at https://www.bendoverandkissyourassgoodbye.gov
Thank you for your support in this vital matter.
The SANE People of the United States of America (all 30 of us).
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Crazy Tea Party Member posted:
Interesting to say the least.
TEN POOREST CITIES
City, State, % of People Below the Poverty Level
1. Detroit, MI
32.5%
2. Buffalo, NY
29.9%
3. Cincinnati, OH
27.8%
4. Cleveland, OH
27.0%
5. Miami, FL
26.9%
5. St. Louis, MO
26.8%
7. El Paso, TX
26.4%
8. Milwaukee, WI
26.2%
9. Philadelphia, PA
25.1%
10. Newark, NJ
24.2%
What do the top ten cities (over 250,000) with the highest poverty rate all have in common?
Detroit, MI (1st on the list) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961.
Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1954.
Cincinnati, OH (3rd) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1984.
Cleveland, OH (4th) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1989.
Miami, FL (5th) has never had a Republican mayor.
St. Louis, MO (6th) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1949.
El Paso, TX (7th) has never had a Republican mayor.
Milwaukee, WI (8th) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1908.
Philadelphia, PA (9th) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1952.
Newark, NJ (10th) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1907.
Einstein once said, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.'
It is the poor who habitually elect Democrats yet they are still POOR!
"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves."
William J.H. Boetcker
This is the first conservative e-mail I don't have a good reply for. Any ideas?
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May 4, 2011 02:48
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pwnyXpress posted:
Wondering what would be the best things to cite in response to this. Also, I totally agree with that splitting up the union email, that sounds fantastic.
For the Net Neutrality thing, just Google "violations of net neutrality". There are multiple instances of companies blocking certain things because they don't like it.
Hell, AT&T terms of use was scrutinized for this:
quote:AT&T may immediately terminate or suspend all or a portion of your Service, any Member ID, electronic mail address, IP address, Universal Resource Locator or domain name used by you, without notice, for conduct that AT&T believes (a) violates the Acceptable Use Policy; (b) constitutes a violation of any law, regulation or tariff (including, without limitation, copyright and intellectual property laws) or a violation of these TOS, or any applicable policies or guidelines, or (c) tends to damage the name or reputation of AT&T, or its parents, affiliates and subsidiaries.
They can terminate your service if you talk bad about them.
Edit: Corbet posted:
This is the first conservative e-mail I don't have a good reply for. Any ideas?
Rich people don't tend to live in large cities by and large. They live in suburbs. New York, LA, Chicago, none of those are on the top 10 list.
Virginia Beach, Virginia is.
But the richest city: San Francisco. The bastion of gay liberal abortionists.
Push El Burrito fucked around with this message at 02:57 on May 4, 2011
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I'd first find a list of the ten cities with the lowest % of poverty level and see how they fare compared to this.
EDIT: It also appears that mayors don't have listed political affiliations, so I suspect that e-mail is garbage.
the fucked around with this message at 02:55 on May 4, 2011
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Well, in Cincinnati's case it's true, but the City Council is split pretty evenly, Boehner is from a neighboring district, and Cincinnati's district house representative is a Republican (Jean Schmidt).
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Corbet posted:
This is the first conservative e-mail I don't have a good reply for. Any ideas?
First blush I'd say that most of those cities fall into rust belt cities that have had a slow death since their industry outsourced to China and/or are immigrant cities where most of the residents that are poor are either immigrant or their recent descendents. Both of those things which are for the most part out of the control of the city itself.
vvvvvv Also I wonder if all of these cities still have partisan mayoral elections to even say if they elect a Republican or Democrat at all.
Dameius fucked around with this message at 03:05 on May 4, 2011
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May 4, 2011 03:02
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Also, how does it stack to republican governors and state houses?
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Berninating the one percent,
Berninating the Wall St.
Berninating all the people
In their high rise penthouses!
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Corbet posted:
This is the first conservative e-mail I don't have a good reply for. Any ideas?
quote:You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
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You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
It needs to be pointed out over and over againt that the rich aren't being "destroyed" no matter how big of a CommuNazi they think Obama is. The "job creators" are making more than ever. Obama's "persecution" of Wall Street involved giving them trillions of dollars.
quote: You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
Someone help me finish this sentence: "The Koch brothers recieve more welfare than every food stamp and Medicaid recipient in _____ combined."
quote:You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.
If every single unemployed person applied to every job they could find, gave stellar and charismatic interviews, got glowing recommendations, and crafted well-made resumes tailored to ephasize their greatest strengths for every job, there would still be just as many unemployed. Teaching a man to fish may feed him for life as they're so fond of saying, but that won't mean poo poo if he doesn't have fishing equipment. All the thrift, gumption, and hard work in the universe won't do a thing if there is no where to put them to work.
I've heard Rush Limbaugh saying that "encouraging dependence" on welfare is "cruel" (This from a man who masturbates to the sobbing of a laid-off Detroit autoworker learning he'll have to sell his house to pay for his son's chemo). Everyone in America is already dependent, on money. Saying the unemployment should be kicked off of welfare in a jobless climate because they shouldn't become dependent is like strangling someone to help them cope with their oxygen addiction.
Dr Christmas fucked around with this message at 03:39 on May 4, 2011
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May 4, 2011 03:27
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I alone can see through the media bias.
I'm also stupid on a scale that can only be measured in Reddits.
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I generally let 100+ replies build up in this thread and then read them all at once. It instills a not entirely unpleasant feeling of creeping insanity like the kind which Lovecraft was fond of writing about. This time I read about 250 and the effect was more pronounced, the offered "divorce agreement" seemed like a plausible and, indeed, fantastic idea. Can we seriously do this? There is a segment of my country with which is impossible for me to relate to on any level. And they're actively trying to drive us all into the ground. I would much prefer to have them at the comfortable distance of a psycho ex.
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Strength and speed, that's why you're a special agent.
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This months British GQ had an article stating that political discourse in America has gotten to the point where the gun debate doesn't even pretend to be about hunters anymore. Now they openly admit that they have guns to scare liberals and threaten to overthrow the government.
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TerminalSaint posted:
I suspect that's partly due to the "Why would you need an X to hunt?" arguement. The easy answer is "The 2nd amendment isn't about hunting."
The 2nd Amendment isn't about hunting.
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May 4, 2011 13:17
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Corbet posted:
This is the first conservative e-mail I don't have a good reply for. Any ideas?
Urban decay is more a function of segregation and white flight than anything to do with politics.
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Mooseontheloose posted:
Also, how does it stack to republican governors and state houses?
Let's look at break down of poverty rate by state!
List of U.S. states by poverty rate
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Be careful, while they may be "red" states, a little research will show:
The ratio is Democrat to Republican governors from about 1850 to now. I was surprised myself.
Tennessee 15.0% (22:6)
South Carolina 15.0% (25:5)
Arizona 15.2% (16:10)
West Virginia 15.4% (20:15)
Oklahoma 15.6% (22:4)
Texas 16.2% (39:6)
Alabama 16.7% (52:6)
New Mexico 17.9% (19:12)
Louisiana 18.3% (40:10)
Mississippi 20.1% (31:5)
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- RoboChrist 9000
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pwnyXpress posted:
So I posted this in a note on my profile and got the following response from someone who is well educated and whom I respect though often disagree with:
RoboChrist 9000 fucked around with this message at 19:19 on May 4, 2011
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- Dameius
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York_M_Chan posted:
Be careful, while they may be "red" states, a little research will show:
The ratio is Democrat to Republican governors from about 1850 to now. I was surprised myself.
Tennessee 15.0% (22:6)
South Carolina 15.0% (25:5)
Arizona 15.2% (16:10)
West Virginia 15.4% (20:15)
Oklahoma 15.6% (22:4)
Texas 16.2% (39:6)
Alabama 16.7% (52:6)
New Mexico 17.9% (19:12)
Louisiana 18.3% (40:10)
Mississippi 20.1% (31:5)
Be careful you don't fall for the trap aswell of Democrats at the state level in the South vs. the national party. Dixiecrats locally and Republicans federally is still S.O.P. in many southern cities/states.
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