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Can't wait to see breakdowns of spending when the money dries up. How many pony-obsessed "political engineers" can $5 mil hire for "consulting" contracts? Time will tell.
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Mayor Dave posted:Literally burning the money would be more of a solution, how can they possibly spend 5 million dollars in a way that reduces the influence of money in politics, it is a tautology Buy bitcoins, cause end of US dollar as reserve currency. Usher in end of federal government.
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Ofaloaf posted:I don't even remember how on got on the MoveOn.org mailing list, but I got some wonderful email today: So they're just gonna keep pretending that MayDay, despite the capitalization, isn't a references to a filthy socialist holiday (that as good Americans they of course want no part of).
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I had totally forgotten who crazy he was. I'm just watching some of his youtube videos now, and I cannot believe how much stuff there is under his real name. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuk-KLISp0g Political Whores fucked around with this message at 13:00 on Jul 6, 2014 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuk-KLISp0g Let the smooth tones of a Brian Boyko voiceover soothe you.
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:There's also the Greens which aren't that far behind, but on the other hand they love to screw over any other vaguely left wing third party and good luck getting any of the minor American leftist parties to stop bickering about petty rifts long enough to put together an actual voting bloc. Do you think that would change under a PR system though? FPTP creates an incentive structure that party institutions learn from. It probably wouldn't shift immediately, but its hard to predict what parties would look like under a different electoral system.
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OwlBot 2000 posted:Yikes. I thought I was being pretty clearly sarcastic, and even if you couldn't tell I was the guy who did this: This is just like the bitcoin thread. You're the best troll, Owlbot 
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Smiling Knight posted:I just got into an argument with a friend-of-a-friend on Facebook about this silly PAC. Eventually I put forth a big old effort post (as both a poli sci major and actual activist) on why this is a lovely idea, and how if people want to make a difference they should be donating to candidates/to charity/go out and volunteer. The other part responds saying that she is lazy and doesn't want to put in the effort required, so she just was going to give money. I honestly did not know what to say; how do you engage with someone like that? (rhetorical question) Why give money to this, even if that's all you want to do?
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McDowell posted:The end goal for oligarchs like Koch and Abramoff is just to have a big sign at every polling place 'Abandon All Hope, Ye who enter here' - things like this MayDay scam are meant to drive disillusionment. Tell us more about the century of the self and the NWO.
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Man I just read that poo poo for the first time. What is applecest? Is it a tree self-pollinating? Or like two IPods doing it? I know it's not, I know it's probably something unspeakable. I'm just having trouble understanding what it could mean. Political Whores fucked around with this message at 19:07 on Jul 7, 2014 |
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Honestly a tea party on the left that held government hostage in some way would be interesting to see. I don't know whether default would ever get floated again, but half the reason to fear it under the tea party was that if poo poo hit the fan, it's not like they would have been willing to bring in relief measures for the poor. If it was "nationalize the energy industry, or we'll force you to anyway", well maybe that would work better.
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