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Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

ded posted:

the problem is no one worth a poo poo actually wants to run

Anyone special you had in mind?

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KirbyKhan: Mar 20, 2009; Soiled Meat

Satan

# ? Sep 26, 2015 00:57

Mike-o: Dec 25, 2004; Now I'm in your room
And I'm in your bed; Grimey Drawer

KirbyKhan posted:

Satan

# ? Sep 26, 2015 01:03

EBB: Feb 15, 2005

Hail Stan

# ? Sep 26, 2015 01:05

Marshal Prolapse: Jun 23, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

Hail Stan

# ? Sep 26, 2015 01:07

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

KirbyKhan posted:

Satan

I meant someone who isn't already in charge.

# ? Sep 26, 2015 01:12

anne frank fanfic: Oct 31, 2005

i'm writing in Anne frank Fanfic from the Somethingawful Forums

# ? Sep 26, 2015 01:21

sharknado slashfic: Jun 24, 2011

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

Hail Gay Stan

# ? Sep 26, 2015 01:24

Whip Slagcheek: Sep 21, 2008; Finally
The Gasoline And Dynamite
Will Light The Sky
For The Night

anne frank fanfic posted:

i'm writing in Anne frank Fanfic from the Somethingawful Forums

Sorry I'm firmly in the Weedlord Bonerhitler camp.

# ? Sep 26, 2015 02:26

Syrian Lannister: Aug 25, 2007; Oh, did I kill him too?
I've been a very busy little man.; Sugartime Jones

ded posted:

the problem is no one worth a poo poo

# ? Sep 26, 2015 02:29

Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

Whip Slagcheek posted:

Sorry I'm firmly in the Weedlord Bonerhitler camp.

# ? Sep 26, 2015 02:35

Mike-o: Dec 25, 2004; Now I'm in your room
And I'm in your bed; Grimey Drawer

Whip Slagcheek posted:

Sorry I'm firmly in the Weedlord Bonerhitler camp.

Satan/Weedlord Bonerhitler 2016, change we can believe in.

# ? Sep 26, 2015 02:35

Baloogan: Dec 5, 2004; Fun Shoe

heil trumpler

# ? Sep 26, 2015 02:45

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

I'll write in W88 warhead for president.

# ? Sep 26, 2015 02:58

EBB: Feb 15, 2005

EbolAIDS 2016

# ? Sep 26, 2015 03:04

Godholio: Aug 28, 2002; Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

Statler/Waldorf '16

# ? Sep 26, 2015 03:08

ded: Oct 27, 2005; Kooler than Jesus

Stultus Maximus posted:

Anyone special you had in mind?

your mom

# ? Sep 26, 2015 03:45

Soylent Pudding: Jun 22, 2007; We've got people!

I'm still a fan of Deez Nuts.

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2015/PPP_Release_NC_81915.pdf

# ? Sep 26, 2015 03:46

Riot Carol Danvers: Jul 30, 2004; It's super dumb, but I can't stop myself. This is just kind of how I do things.

ded posted:

the problem is no one worth a poo poo actually wants to run

The problem with US elections at any level for the entirety of American history

I think we just need to start electing people who don't want to run for any public office like ever

# ? Sep 26, 2015 04:24

OMFG PTSD LOL PBUH: Sep 9, 2001

What if Boehner jumped into it?

I mean.. gently caress, why not? He hates the GOP at this point. Suddenly being number 2 to trumps hilarious number one by way of being the only thing slightly resembling a sane and reasonable candidate. Trump sincerely can't be allowed to win the nomination, and neither can nor should Carson. HP Chick is s non starter, and that leaves Christie, Graham, Paul and motherfucking Cruz.

Boehner could get the GOP nod. He really could.

I'd vote Boehner over Clinton.
I'd vote Biden over any GOP candidate.

Not a huge Sanders for president fan TBQH. I'd rather see a sea of Sandersesque Stars rise in the Senate... The head of the executive branch is a little too big league for anyone calling themselves a socialist, however.

Socialism was forever left at the kiddie table in the year of our lord nineteen hundred and ninety one.

Socialism, as understood by the public, (don't make me foot stomp this qualifier) is not popular with Americans.

Could it be? I dunno. In a world of completely rational actors behaving accordant to reason and logic? Maybe. Maybe it could.

But we're talking about Americans here. We're literally a dream factory that's fueled by pervasive subtle and not so subtle exploitation of as many other people as possible to grow our magical dream factory ever more powerful and efficient.

It's been this way for a long time, after all. We've only been locked into it semi permanently since the time we achieved Mutually Assured Destruction with our last true existential foreign threats.

Socialism collapses like.. Well like the loving Soviet Union when tasked to keep pace with a literal loving dream factory fueled by the widespread pervasive exploitation of as many individuals as possible.

And we're never gonna slow down, that's just not how we do these things. You all know I'm right, even if you don't like the conclusions that come from this truth.

Socialism isn't ready for prime time here in the U.S.

And that's okay. Socialism wouldn't have given us legends of the hidden temple, the Internet, or 1080p pornography at the tip of your fingers anywhere, anytime.

Sure maybe socialism would have solved the issue of homelessness and income inequalities and labor exploitation instead of making GBS threads out disposable silverware, Mountain Dew code Red, and personal computers.

But for my money, I'll take our way over true or practical socialism any day.

P.S:
Say what you want about the tenants of national socialism, at least it's a loving ethos.

# ? Sep 26, 2015 04:42

EBB: Feb 15, 2005

OMFG PTSD LOL PBUH posted:

P.S:
Say what you want about the tenants of national socialism, at least it's a loving ethos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC9RP2CSfpo

# ? Sep 26, 2015 05:18

Sir Lucius: Aug 3, 2003

Gay Satan would send us to war against Russia, and it would own

# ? Sep 26, 2015 05:56

Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

OMFG PTSD LOL PBUH posted:

What if Boehner jumped into it?

I mean.. gently caress, why not? He hates the GOP at this point. Suddenly being number 2 to trumps hilarious number one by way of being the only thing slightly resembling a sane and reasonable candidate. Trump sincerely can't be allowed to win the nomination, and neither can nor should Carson. HP Chick is s non starter, and that leaves Christie, Graham, Paul and motherfucking Cruz.

Boehner could get the GOP nod. He really could.

I'd vote Boehner over Clinton.
I'd vote Biden over any GOP candidate.

Not a huge Sanders for president fan TBQH. I'd rather see a sea of Sandersesque Stars rise in the Senate... The head of the executive branch is a little too big league for anyone calling themselves a socialist, however.

Socialism was forever left at the kiddie table in the year of our lord nineteen hundred and ninety one.

Socialism, as understood by the public, (don't make me foot stomp this qualifier) is not popular with Americans.

Could it be? I dunno. In a world of completely rational actors behaving accordant to reason and logic? Maybe. Maybe it could.

But we're talking about Americans here. We're literally a dream factory that's fueled by pervasive subtle and not so subtle exploitation of as many other people as possible to grow our magical dream factory ever more powerful and efficient.

It's been this way for a long time, after all. We've only been locked into it semi permanently since the time we achieved Mutually Assured Destruction with our last true existential foreign threats.

Socialism collapses like.. Well like the loving Soviet Union when tasked to keep pace with a literal loving dream factory fueled by the widespread pervasive exploitation of as many individuals as possible.

And we're never gonna slow down, that's just not how we do these things. You all know I'm right, even if you don't like the conclusions that come from this truth.

Socialism isn't ready for prime time here in the U.S.

And that's okay. Socialism wouldn't have given us legends of the hidden temple, the Internet, or 1080p pornography at the tip of your fingers anywhere, anytime.

Sure maybe socialism would have solved the issue of homelessness and income inequalities and labor exploitation instead of making GBS threads out disposable silverware, Mountain Dew code Red, and personal computers.

But for my money, I'll take our way over true or practical socialism any day.

P.S:
Say what you want about the tenants of national socialism, at least it's a loving ethos.

it's gonna be romney again

# ? Sep 26, 2015 07:37

goatsestretchgoals: Jun 4, 2011

Two Finger posted:

it's gonna be Romney! again

seriously though if you dont recognize the fact that trump is the president america deserves then youve been watching too many ronald reagan movies

# ? Sep 26, 2015 09:08

Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

buttcoinbrony posted:

seriously though if you dont recognize the fact that trump is the president america deserves then youve been watching too many ronald reagan movies

oh yeah i mean i'm not arguing that point at all

but it is loving hilarious to watch

# ? Sep 26, 2015 10:59

smertrioslol: Apr 4, 2010

Everyone I work with think Trump is God's Gift to America. I can't get away from active duty fast enough.

# ? Sep 26, 2015 13:01

Nostalgia4Infinity: Feb 27, 2007; 10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING

the GOP base loving hates boehner.

he isn't running for president, he's probably just tired of dealing with the insane people.

# ? Sep 26, 2015 13:47

TCD: Nov 13, 2002; Every step, a fucking adventure.

Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

the GOP base loving hates boehner.

he isn't running for president, he's probably just tired of dealing with the insane people.

He should run as an Independent and high five Hillary on election night.

# ? Sep 26, 2015 17:25

Mustang: Jun 18, 2006; “We don’t really know where this goes — and I’m not sure we really care.”

It's kind of surprising how many LT's aren't diehard Republicans like a lot senior officers I've met have been.

# ? Sep 26, 2015 17:45

TCD: Nov 13, 2002; Every step, a fucking adventure.

Mustang posted:

It's kind of surprising how many LT's aren't diehard Republicans like a lot senior officers I've met have been.

The liberal ones get out. At least that seems to be my experience working with a few parts of DoD.

# ? Sep 26, 2015 17:51

MrYenko: Jun 18, 2012; #2 isn't ALWAYS bad...

Sir Lucius posted:

Gay Satan would send us to war against Russia, and it would own

Don't worry, so will President Trump.

:ironicat:

# ? Sep 26, 2015 18:10

EBB: Feb 15, 2005

MrYenko posted:

Don't worry, so will President Trump.

In the words on Tom Lehrer, I'll see you when the war is over an hour and a half from now.

# ? Sep 26, 2015 18:23

bird food bathtub: Aug 9, 2003; College Slice

TCD posted:

The ~~liberal~~ smart ones get out. At least that seems to be my experience working with a few parts of DoD.

# ? Sep 26, 2015 19:03

Godholio: Aug 28, 2002; Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

Almost all the liberal officers I know got out. But so did the most die-hard Libertardian I've ever known.

# ? Sep 26, 2015 20:53

OMFG PTSD LOL PBUH: Sep 9, 2001

The most senior liberal officer I ever worked remotely closely with was Stan McChrystal. He was a big Clinton supporter, which I suppose explains some of the friction with Obama. But really the man just wasn't politically savvy at all, just one of our greatest operational commanders ever. That's the whole reason he never wanted to take SOCCOM, it wasn't an operational command. Same for Central Command. ISAF was, however, an operational command.

I was in the room when he said he'd never take the SOCCOM or CENTCOM jobs off hand before an ops Intel synch VTC. He wasn't kidding... This was near the end of the Bush era, after he had already elevated his previously 2 star command to a 3 star command. With him having that third star.

He had some pretty serious and thorough disdain for Patreaus.. Though I never heard him say that, just 3rd and 4th hand from O types that heard him speak way more freely in some of those meetings I wasn't at.

In reality McChrystal had no issue letting the force do literally anything needed operationally and then telling MNF-I or CENTCOM to suck a Dick if they didn't like it, saying essentially "we're here to loving kill Zarqawi and by God will. Shut the gently caress up and color."

That son of a bitch is good and dead, too. For the record.

It really is too bad how McChyrstal's tenure ended so unceremoniously considering everything that man gave and did for this country. But that's the cost of playing high stakes political poker and going all in with 7, 2 off suit before the flop. Which is essentially what our greatest modern general did, and it played out pretty predictably.

Only loving Curtis LeMay was less politically savvy than Stan McChrystal. Seriously.

There seems to be an inverse relationship between operational effectiveness and political savvy.

Shocked, I tell you. Shocked.

Don't be shocked if HillDawg brings him onboard sooner rather than later. Especially if Biden jumps in. I don't think anyone on earth wants to see Biden not be president more than Stan McChrystal. And Clinton could really use those national security chops on her team that he can bring., especially with ~1k new emails headed to the soon to be permanent subcommittee on Bengahzi. Him being PNG with the current White House is practically irrelevant already, doubly so if Diamond Joe jumps in.

I'd be surprised if he hasn't already given a max donation to her campaign. Seriously.

Then again, I have no idea how things changed for him after the very public very humiliating sacking. Maybe he's done with the DNC including Clinton or just politicians in general

I still think bringing him info the Climton camp is a net win, though.

# ? Sep 26, 2015 22:50