hjmick
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Intervention? Hell, an enema would be more like it...
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There's a wide gulf between "good cross section" and "representative". Obviously this forum, Twitter, Facebook, etc, are "representative" of America, but it's also representative of the foreigners here too. Russians, Brits, etc.Are you saying that Twitter or FaceBook is also "not representative" of America? You just witness the hijack of a major party and nearly successful hijack of the other. Is CNN, Fox, MSNBC representative of America? As a whole -- not individually. Just like the NYTimes is no longer by itself -- representative of America...
C'mon. Highly paid talking heads are embarrassing the fuck out of themselves parsing the latest gaffs, scandals and partisan sniping.. And we're mincing around with why the social media is FLOODED with crap politics? Stop being a partisan and LOOK at the carnage that's around you. And what WILL accelerate regardless of the ClinTrump election..
Do you DENY it gets exponentially WORSE when EITHER is elected??
I said some time ago that conservatives like myself will look back on Obama in 10 or 20 years and think of him as a decent moderate President. Keep in mind I despise the man.
No -- that's why I'm suggesting America in political time out. In the freaking penalty box. In the corners with the dunce caps ------------------ for about 4 years. And then we'll re-evaluate the patient's progress.
Or maybe the people who want to be free quit taking the shit of the statists and start warming up the helicopters.
IMO, the time for playing nice is over. Progressives are disinterested in playing nice.
Hoppe FTW.
No breakthrus with you are there? Just have another sangria and play along. In the meantime realize that Pinochet Helicopter rides are in NO WAY compatible with spouting off about being free.. People will learn about free the hard way if this intervention does not work.
Everyone wants freedom. The problem with freedom, however, is that people abuse others around them with their freedom.
That is the conundrum. The only fix is to focus on morality. People must govern their own moral compass if they want to be free, or others will do it for them and they will lose their freedom.
It's really not about economics and redistribution and starting wars.
Freedom doesn't work without tolerance. NOBODY speaks to tolerance anymore. That's part of the mediation. To restore the concept of TOLERATING others exercise of freedom and not RUN to legislate that requirement.
Morality might be a big part. Given what we are seeing. But all government can do is ACT morally and competently and set an example. To do that IN THIS ENVIRONMENT --- you have to separate the warring partisans --- put them in "time out" and stop EXCUSING immorality and ethical violations and CRIMINAL ACTIONS in govt by saying that "Both Parties Do IT" !!!!! Give a mediation team a chance to demonstrate. One that doesn't have a HUGE corporate style of corruption built into it..
If true, then we did it to ourselves as Alexander Tytler predicted in 1854:What is representative of Americans? That is a good question, especially since the mix is constantly increasing across our borders.
It is more like, American has been transformed to the will of the central planners.
^^ RW insanity. Bring back the Fairness Doctrine. Say 2 minutes of sanity every hour on Rush, Savage, Sean etc etc etc...
Welcome to democracy -- actually to our form of it which is a democratic republic -- a hybrid of the Greeks and Romans.The country needs a mediation team to detoxify the political environment. To separate the rapidly descending childish fights. pranks, gaffs and hissy fits and put the rabid partisans in "time out". I would say 4 years with a leadership team that will FOCUS ALL Americans on the issues and not on the side show.
The intervention is not only for the partisans, it is also for the media, who seem to thrive on baiting, trolling, and polarizing the public with tantalizing scandals and gaffes. Each one more outrageous than the previous.
Where are we going? We're headed straight to partisan HELL if either of the Dem/Rep candidates win. That would be like hitting the accelerator, when we should be braking and slowing down the inevitable meltdown. This is actually a National Leadership crisis. America just does not know it yet.
We are facing a ClinTrump victory that would seal America's demise as a "great country" -- regardless of the rhetoric. Because EITHER candidate is MORTALLY flawed, completely arrogant, unpredictable, and LARGELY disliked and not trusted.
What kind of mediation team would defuse the situation? A team like Johnson/Weld. Get America desensitized to partisan cross-blaming. Refuse to use the words :" they hit me first". Step into the middle of fights with a calm 3rd voice that solves problems --- not throw fuel on the fire. Two experienced "moderate" Governors that are ASKING for your vote -- not EXPECTING it. A team that only wants to see AMERICA win.
Four years of that would restore some calm to the shit storm we wake up to everyday now. Expecting both candidates to WIN or eventually go down in flames. And at the end of those four years -- you are welcome to start the brawl all over again. AFTER the intervention shows the love and respect that is DUE to this cherished process.
Aristotle warned everybody about democracy -- he said it can become a tyranny of the masses over the rich.
The Founding Fathers speculated that the Republic would only last as long as society had any real moral fiber to it.
For you see, a moral society spends its money wisely and helps those who are in need.
Now that morality has vanished from society and been replaced by secular humanism, it is all a mad scramble over materialism and government redistribution, a never ending conflict.
^^ RW insanity. Bring back the Fairness Doctrine. Say 2 minutes of sanity every hour on Rush, Savage, Sean etc etc etc...
Welcome to democracy -- actually to our form of it which is a democratic republic -- a hybrid of the Greeks and Romans.The country needs a mediation team to detoxify the political environment. To separate the rapidly descending childish fights. pranks, gaffs and hissy fits and put the rabid partisans in "time out". I would say 4 years with a leadership team that will FOCUS ALL Americans on the issues and not on the side show.
The intervention is not only for the partisans, it is also for the media, who seem to thrive on baiting, trolling, and polarizing the public with tantalizing scandals and gaffes. Each one more outrageous than the previous.
Where are we going? We're headed straight to partisan HELL if either of the Dem/Rep candidates win. That would be like hitting the accelerator, when we should be braking and slowing down the inevitable meltdown. This is actually a National Leadership crisis. America just does not know it yet.
We are facing a ClinTrump victory that would seal America's demise as a "great country" -- regardless of the rhetoric. Because EITHER candidate is MORTALLY flawed, completely arrogant, unpredictable, and LARGELY disliked and not trusted.
What kind of mediation team would defuse the situation? A team like Johnson/Weld. Get America desensitized to partisan cross-blaming. Refuse to use the words :" they hit me first". Step into the middle of fights with a calm 3rd voice that solves problems --- not throw fuel on the fire. Two experienced "moderate" Governors that are ASKING for your vote -- not EXPECTING it. A team that only wants to see AMERICA win.
Four years of that would restore some calm to the shit storm we wake up to everyday now. Expecting both candidates to WIN or eventually go down in flames. And at the end of those four years -- you are welcome to start the brawl all over again. AFTER the intervention shows the love and respect that is DUE to this cherished process.
Aristotle warned everybody about democracy -- he said it can become a tyranny of the masses over the rich.
The Founding Fathers speculated that the Republic would only last as long as society had any real moral fiber to it.
For you see, a moral society spends its money wisely and helps those who are in need.
Now that morality has vanished from society and been replaced by secular humanism, it is all a mad scramble over materialism and government redistribution, a never ending conflict.
Perhaps we should have started with a prayer Brother Votto? Just stop using religion as a wedge tool. BOTH sides. Like there are no religious Dems or agnostic Reps. Burn that stuff. It's toxic.
Morality can't find a foothold with this much anger and hate. You got to pull the plug on the brawling first.
Carter was incompetent, Clinton was and is cancerous.Listen to Brother Votto Testify. Let's link hands, take a moment of silence and WISH JFK was available for a draft.
Don't think we'll feel that way about Carter or Clinton tho. Although EITHER of them was far less risky than the current choices.
A) GOP BSNo -- that's why I'm suggesting America in political time out. In the freaking penalty box. In the corners with the dunce caps ------------------ for about 4 years. And then we'll re-evaluate the patient's progress.
Or maybe the people who want to be free quit taking the shit of the statists and start warming up the helicopters.
IMO, the time for playing nice is over. Progressives are disinterested in playing nice.
Hoppe FTW.
No breakthrus with you are there? Just have another sangria and play along. In the meantime realize that Pinochet Helicopter rides are in NO WAY compatible with spouting off about being free.. People will learn about free the hard way if this intervention does not work.
Everyone wants freedom. The problem with freedom, however, is that people abuse others around them with their freedom.
That is the conundrum. The only fix is to focus on morality. People must govern their own moral compass if they want to be free, or others will do it for them and they will lose their freedom.
It's really not about economics and redistribution and starting wars.
Freedom doesn't work without tolerance. NOBODY speaks to tolerance anymore. That's part of the mediation. To restore the concept of TOLERATING others exercise of freedom and not RUN to legislate that requirement.
Morality might be a big part. Given what we are seeing. But all government can do is ACT morally and competently and set an example. To do that IN THIS ENVIRONMENT --- you have to separate the warring partisans --- put them in "time out" and stop EXCUSING immorality and ethical violations and CRIMINAL ACTIONS in govt by saying that "Both Parties Do IT" !!!!! Give a mediation team a chance to demonstrate. One that doesn't have a HUGE corporate style of corruption built into it..
Tolerance? Should we have tolerance for leaders who blatantly lie and who are blatantly guilty of violating the law, only to be dismissed by the corrupt infrastructure that supports them? Should we tolerate gun violence in our cities like Chicago, while turning a blind eye to it that has cost over 2000 black deaths? Should we tolerate leaving American servicemen to die in Benghazi because it was the politically expedient thing to do?
I'm sorry, but a lot of the problems I see today is a result of too much tolerance.
You mean the party that just got caught disenfranchising their voters, disrespecting their constiuentcies and had a soft coup d'etat?
When you parrot lunatic conspiracy theories like that, it's impossible to take you seriously. All you demonstrate is that libertarians need an intervention, where everone informs them they aren't in touch with reality.
So, nice try with the phony equivalence fallacy. To bad nobody is buying it. We've got one party, the Democrats, who are acting like grownups, and Republicans, Libertarians and Greens who aren't.
I'm trying to tell him that there is only one party now, but he just won't listen.
Geesh.
A) GOP BSOr maybe the people who want to be free quit taking the shit of the statists and start warming up the helicopters.
IMO, the time for playing nice is over. Progressives are disinterested in playing nice.
Hoppe FTW.
No breakthrus with you are there? Just have another sangria and play along. In the meantime realize that Pinochet Helicopter rides are in NO WAY compatible with spouting off about being free.. People will learn about free the hard way if this intervention does not work.
Everyone wants freedom. The problem with freedom, however, is that people abuse others around them with their freedom.
That is the conundrum. The only fix is to focus on morality. People must govern their own moral compass if they want to be free, or others will do it for them and they will lose their freedom.
It's really not about economics and redistribution and starting wars.
Freedom doesn't work without tolerance. NOBODY speaks to tolerance anymore. That's part of the mediation. To restore the concept of TOLERATING others exercise of freedom and not RUN to legislate that requirement.
Morality might be a big part. Given what we are seeing. But all government can do is ACT morally and competently and set an example. To do that IN THIS ENVIRONMENT --- you have to separate the warring partisans --- put them in "time out" and stop EXCUSING immorality and ethical violations and CRIMINAL ACTIONS in govt by saying that "Both Parties Do IT" !!!!! Give a mediation team a chance to demonstrate. One that doesn't have a HUGE corporate style of corruption built into it..
Tolerance? Should we have tolerance for leaders who blatantly lie and who are blatantly guilty of violating the law, only to be dismissed by the corrupt infrastructure that supports them? Should we tolerate gun violence in our cities like Chicago, while turning a blind eye to it that has cost over 2000 black deaths? Should we tolerate leaving American servicemen to die in Benghazi because it was the politically expedient thing to do?
I'm sorry, but a lot of the problems I see today is a result of too much tolerance.
B) Legalize and tax pot. More treatment for hard drugs.
c) BENGAZEE!!!!!! BS...
The country needs a mediation team to detoxify the political environment. To separate the rapidly descending childish fights. pranks, gaffs and hissy fits and put the rabid partisans in "time out". I would say 4 years with a leadership team that will FOCUS ALL Americans on the issues and not on the side show.
The intervention is not only for the partisans, it is also for the media, who seem to thrive on baiting, trolling, and polarizing the public with tantalizing scandals and gaffes. Each one more outrageous than the previous.
Where are we going? We're headed straight to partisan HELL if either of the Dem/Rep candidates win. That would be like hitting the accelerator, when we should be braking and slowing down the inevitable meltdown. This is actually a National Leadership crisis. America just does not know it yet.
We are facing a ClinTrump victory that would seal America's demise as a "great country" -- regardless of the rhetoric. Because EITHER candidate is MORTALLY flawed, completely arrogant, unpredictable, and LARGELY disliked and not trusted.
What kind of mediation team would defuse the situation? A team like Johnson/Weld. Get America desensitized to partisan cross-blaming. Refuse to use the words :" they hit me first". Step into the middle of fights with a calm 3rd voice that solves problems --- not throw fuel on the fire. Two experienced "moderate" Governors that are ASKING for your vote -- not EXPECTING it. A team that only wants to see AMERICA win.
Four years of that would restore some calm to the shit storm we wake up to everyday now. Expecting both candidates to WIN or eventually go down in flames. And at the end of those four years -- you are welcome to start the brawl all over again. AFTER the intervention shows the love and respect that is DUE to this cherished process.
Not going to happen.The country needs a mediation team to detoxify the political environment. To separate the rapidly descending childish fights. pranks, gaffs and hissy fits and put the rabid partisans in "time out". I would say 4 years with a leadership team that will FOCUS ALL Americans on the issues and not on the side show.
The intervention is not only for the partisans, it is also for the media, who seem to thrive on baiting, trolling, and polarizing the public with tantalizing scandals and gaffes. Each one more outrageous than the previous.
Where are we going? We're headed straight to partisan HELL if either of the Dem/Rep candidates win. That would be like hitting the accelerator, when we should be braking and slowing down the inevitable meltdown. This is actually a National Leadership crisis. America just does not know it yet.
We are facing a ClinTrump victory that would seal America's demise as a "great country" -- regardless of the rhetoric. Because EITHER candidate is MORTALLY flawed, completely arrogant, unpredictable, and LARGELY disliked and not trusted.
What kind of mediation team would defuse the situation? A team like Johnson/Weld. Get America desensitized to partisan cross-blaming. Refuse to use the words :" they hit me first". Step into the middle of fights with a calm 3rd voice that solves problems --- not throw fuel on the fire. Two experienced "moderate" Governors that are ASKING for your vote -- not EXPECTING it. A team that only wants to see AMERICA win.
Four years of that would restore some calm to the shit storm we wake up to everyday now. Expecting both candidates to WIN or eventually go down in flames. And at the end of those four years -- you are welcome to start the brawl all over again. AFTER the intervention shows the love and respect that is DUE to this cherished process.
What we need is to take away the powers, perks and immunity that Congress has over the years voted itself; give power back to the states that originally belonged to the states; get rid of entrenched politicians whose goal is to remain on the take and continue enriching themselves and their friends; outlaw lobbyists and foreign contributors to campaign funds; change the rules of congress so that no irrelevant amendments or attachments can be made to any one bill and LEAVE OUR CONSTITUTION UNTOUCHED!
The problem with our government is rooted in the corruptibility of politicians by way of unlimited tenure. We need term limits and a method by which the public can have politicians removed without congressional approval.
We need to get rid of the political machine that has taken over a government which was and still is intended to be BY THE PEOPLE and FOR THE PEOPLE.
Nowadays we are passing laws that 70% of the people do not want just because some asswipe liberals like Obama,Pelosi and Reid that think the people need it and will get it, but Congress and their staff will not be burdened with it. The perks have to stop.
We need to systematically execute a massive OIL CHANGE in Congress by getting rid of every single one of the existing members, one or two at a time for the next few decades and putting in fresh blood with term limits and a lengthy time-out wait before re-election.
The most crucial phase is to rid Congress of the pay-for-play syndrome that drives Congressmen to vote for whatever lines their own pockets. That is exactly what Trump stands for and his Presidency would be a good start.
Commies aren't funny. Murica has been trying to play nice with them for over a century. There comes a time to quit playing nice.Guess you get a trip thru the metal detector. And a seat in the "secure" area..![]()
Or maybe I'll be at the charter desk, helping to coordinate the free helicopter rides.
View attachment 85105
Could be funny but it's not. I'm sure Anarchos are good at something !
You going to wait until the gun is literally in your face?
No -- that's why I'm suggesting America in political time out. In the freaking penalty box. In the corners with the dunce caps ------------------ for about 4 years. And then we'll re-evaluate the patient's progress.
Time outs? There are no time outs. Have you seen the way Obama has governed? It is a never ending series of pushing the envelope to the left as he dares anyone question him about over reach or being unconstitutional.
Progressives used to move slower, but now they just hit the accelerator with no fear.
You will see this with Hillary as well. And who is gong to stop her? Will her stooge SCOTUS members stop her that she will personally appoint to do her bidding? Will it be the stooge FBI or CIA that works for her? Who exactly will stop her?
He is the exact reason I call for a new Pinochet and helicopter rides.You -- the paid shills for continuing the demise of America politics -- please report to the overflow room. Sit in the appropriate jeering section please.
The country needs a mediation team to detoxify the political environment. To separate the rapidly descending childish fights. pranks, gaffs and hissy fits and put the rabid partisans in "time out". I would say 4 years with a leadership team that will FOCUS ALL Americans on the issues and not on the side show.
The intervention is not only for the partisans, it is also for the media, who seem to thrive on baiting, trolling, and polarizing the public with tantalizing scandals and gaffes. Each one more outrageous than the previous.
Where are we going? We're headed straight to partisan HELL if either of the Dem/Rep candidates win. That would be like hitting the accelerator, when we should be braking and slowing down the inevitable meltdown. This is actually a National Leadership crisis. America just does not know it yet.
We are facing a ClinTrump victory that would seal America's demise as a "great country" -- regardless of the rhetoric. Because EITHER candidate is MORTALLY flawed, completely arrogant, unpredictable, and LARGELY disliked and not trusted.
What kind of mediation team would defuse the situation? A team like Johnson/Weld. Get America desensitized to partisan cross-blaming. Refuse to use the words :" they hit me first". Step into the middle of fights with a calm 3rd voice that solves problems --- not throw fuel on the fire. Two experienced "moderate" Governors that are ASKING for your vote -- not EXPECTING it. A team that only wants to see AMERICA win.
Four years of that would restore some calm to the shit storm we wake up to everyday now. Expecting both candidates to WIN or eventually go down in flames. And at the end of those four years -- you are welcome to start the brawl all over again. AFTER the intervention shows the love and respect that is DUE to this cherished process.
What we need is to take away the powers, perks and immunity that Congress has over the years voted itself; give power back to the states that originally belonged to the states; get rid of entrenched politicians whose goal is to remain on the take and continue enriching themselves and their friends; outlaw lobbyists and foreign contributors to campaign funds; change the rules of congress so that no irrelevant amendments or attachments can be made to any one bill and LEAVE OUR CONSTITUTION UNTOUCHED!
The problem with our government is rooted in the corruptibility of politicians by way of unlimited tenure. We need term limits and a method by which the public can have politicians removed without congressional approval.
We need to get rid of the political machine that has taken over a government which was and still is intended to be BY THE PEOPLE and FOR THE PEOPLE.
Nowadays we are passing laws that 70% of the people do not want just because some asswipe liberals like Obama,Pelosi and Reid that think the people need it and will get it, but Congress and their staff will not be burdened with it. The perks have to stop.
We need to systematically execute a massive OIL CHANGE in Congress by getting rid of every single one of the existing members, one or two at a time for the next few decades and putting in fresh blood with term limits and a lengthy time-out wait before re-election.
The most crucial phase is to rid Congress of the pay-for-play syndrome that drives Congressmen to vote for whatever lines their own pockets. That is exactly what Trump stands for and his Presidency would be a good start.
...and who will be doing the re-evaluation, your people or my people?Commies aren't funny. Murica has been trying to play nice with them for over a century. There comes a time to quit playing nice.Guess you get a trip thru the metal detector. And a seat in the "secure" area..![]()
Or maybe I'll be at the charter desk, helping to coordinate the free helicopter rides.
View attachment 85105
Could be funny but it's not. I'm sure Anarchos are good at something !
You going to wait until the gun is literally in your face?
No -- that's why I'm suggesting America in political time out. In the freaking penalty box. In the corners with the dunce caps ------------------ for about 4 years. And then we'll re-evaluate the patient's progress.
He is the exact reason I call for a new Pinochet and helicopter rides.You -- the paid shills for continuing the demise of America politics -- please report to the overflow room. Sit in the appropriate jeering section please.
They will never quit. There is no dealing with them.