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ncrockclimber
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The Desert Oven
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Oct 31, 2014 - 01:58pm PT
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Wow. That operator has some amazing skills. Amazing!
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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Oct 31, 2014 - 01:59pm PT
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You might be a republican if:
You think "proletariat" is a type of cheese.
You think Huey Newton is a cookie.
You once broke loose at a party and removed your neck tie.
You've ever called a secretary or waitress "Tootsie."
You don't think "The Simpsons" is all that funny, but you watch it because that Flanders fellow makes a lot of sense.
You scream "Dit-dit-ditto" while making love.
You argue that you need 300 handguns, in case a bear ever attacks your home.
You point to Hootie and the Blowfish as evidence of the end of racism in America.
''It looks like the Republicans are going back to the strategy of 2008 where Obama is characterized as a celebrity. Says the party who is gay for Ronald Reagan. Come on, you can't worship Ronald Reagan and then attack Obama for being a celebrity. That's like running Chris Christie and saying Obama has a fat ass.'' —Bill Maher
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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Oct 31, 2014 - 01:59pm PT
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Pickup lines for democrats:
Lets go back to my place so we can hike up your taxes and bash some Bush
Can I get someone else to buy you a drink?
Is the money in your pocket inflated or are you just happy to see me?
I wanna ride you like a Prius
Let me buy you a glass of Blame Bush, its my favorite red whine
You know what they say about guys with big carbon footprints....they have big private jets
"You had me at Mao!"
I get nude for animals. How about you?
Whats a Nice Girl like you doing in an Abortion Clinic like this?
If I told you you had a nice Pelosi, would you hold it against me?
My parents aren't home right now."
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ncrockclimber
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The Desert Oven
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Oct 31, 2014 - 02:06pm PT
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ok... is that supposed to be Palin or Pelosi? To me it looks like it could be a caricature of either.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Oct 31, 2014 - 02:12pm PT
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Larry, it's good to read posts demonstrating the ability to see the foibles of both sides. Thanks much.
John
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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Oct 31, 2014 - 02:41pm PT
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Thanks John,
To paraphrase a famous quote: I am a humble man, with much to be humble about.
I guess this montage sums up my philosophy:
Here is an interesting link:
"Essentially, it appears as if partisans twirl the cognitive kaleidoscope until they get the conclusions they want, and then they get massively reinforced for it, with the elimination of negative emotional states and activation of positive ones."
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-01/euhs-esl012406.php
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crankster
Trad climber
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Oct 31, 2014 - 02:52pm PT
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Foibles of both sides...with no solutions offered, nor a path to get there. Nuts, the Libertarians.
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Norton
Social climber
quitcherbellyachin
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Oct 31, 2014 - 03:15pm PT
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ah yes, the "libertarians"
at first glance it sounds like such a nice group, even puppies are in favor of "liberty'
the problem is that once someone actually takes the time to read up on what Libertarians really "stand for" most people would want to puke
just ask some well known "Libertarians" and find out that they want only enough government to defend the US against an attack on our soil only and they would "do away" with programs that lift tens of millions of Americans out of poverty, along with the Department of Education, the EPA, on and on and on
but hey, it sounds cool to be a "Libertarian" doesn't it? and that is what really matters
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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Oct 31, 2014 - 03:24pm PT
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Hey Crankster,
The British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury once remarked to Her Majesty Queen Victoria:
"Change, change, why do we need more change? Aren't things bad enough already?"
But I do have solutions...and they're nearly as old as the hills:
“The budget must be balanced, the Treasury must be refilled, public debt must be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom must be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands must be curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.”
Cicero, 55 B.C.
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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Oct 31, 2014 - 03:31pm PT
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Norton wrote:
and they would "do away" with programs that lift tens of millions of Americans out of poverty, along with the Department of Education, the EPA, on and on and on
Hey Norton,
How's that war on poverty going anyhow? 40 years? Or is it 50 years?
Kinda like that war on drugs?
How are those school test scores going? Getting worse? Yikes?
Sounds like job security for bureaucrats.
And just remember, it was those evil republicans that started the EPA.
Ironies abound on both sides. That's the main point I'm making.
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ncrockclimber
climber
The Desert Oven
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Oct 31, 2014 - 03:35pm PT
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but hey, it sounds cool to be a "Libertarian" doesn't it? and that is what really matters
I don't think it is all that "cool" at all any more. I honestly think less of the libs than I do of the repubs, and that is saying a lot. At least the repubs are offering something of substance, vile though it is. The libs are all just smoke, mirrors and bs that is TOTALLY unrealistic and damaging.
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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Oct 31, 2014 - 04:35pm PT
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Locker:
LMAO...I always appreciate your humorous and irreverent take on it all.
Norton:
I know you are passionate in your views, and you articulate them very well.
I am not in favor of abolishing welfare, public education, medicare, SS, or EPA... but more accountability for results would be nice.
I call myself a libertarian because I am a social liberal and fiscal conservative, and have voted for candidates in both major parties. Call me what you like. Character is a trait I look for. It's hard to find in the Washington DC bubble of self-serving narcisists.
Some like to mistakenly call libertarians anarchists. Well, I once was an anarchist. Disdain for my parents (I actually spit on them a few times) and did not recognize any governmental authority over any of my actions... then I turned three.
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Norton
Social climber
quitcherbellyachin
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Oct 31, 2014 - 05:29pm PT
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Larry, thanks for your comment
nowadays the term "fiscally conservative" has a different meaning that it had in the past
fact is, IF one is truly disturbed about "irresponsible spending" such as the monumental waste of taxpayer dollars in our over bloated military then one should change their self definition to "fiscally liberal", because it is the Repub who are both responsible for the most contribution of growth to the National Debt but are also the party most rigidly against trimming any spending from the military, while the Democrats are made numerous attempts through the years to try to reach agreement with the Repubs without success on ways to reduce military spending.....
as far as any perceived excess spending on other Federal programs such as SS, Medicare,
and anti poverty programs, both parties are pretty much equally taking the credit for their success while ignoring the real fiscal "fixes" to curb spending such as raising the employer and employee contributions to SS and Medicare
it used to be that people screamed that adding to the National Debt was just a terrible thing to do.....because they would say...it would make interest rates go up
but that "theory' stated as fact for decades was blown out of the water right now when we have a 17 trillion dollar debt and the lowest interest rates in 70 years
Chicken Little has been proven wrong about "spending"
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Jingy
climber
Somewhere out there
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Oct 31, 2014 - 09:22pm PT
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^^ funny... I thought of how the repubs like to pass laws that keep people from voting when I read the lines above...
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Oct 31, 2014 - 11:50pm PT
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So here we have the Maine nurse, who successfully exercised her rights under the Constitution not to be imprisoned, after all the medical people testified that she was not even a remote risk.
The Repubs come out in support of the Gov't ability to lock her up, with no evidence to support the action.
Showing their true colors.
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crankster
Trad climber
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Larry, I have no complaints with Cicero.
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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... but more accountability for results would be nice.
Should we apply that to tax cuts as well?
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Jingy
climber
Somewhere out there
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
Oct 31, 2014 - 11:50pm PT
So here we have the Maine nurse, who successfully exercised her rights under the Constitution not to be imprisoned, after all the medical people testified that she was not even a remote risk.
The Repubs come out in support of the Gov't ability to lock her up, with no evidence to support the action.
Showing their true colors.
 +1
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Tvash
climber
Seattle
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"This selfish entitled b___ has lots and lots of consequences coming your way, trust me. Not just from "locals" who hate her guts, but she's been acting unethically--people are campaigning to have her license revoked. She won't be able to show her fat ugly face anywhere in Maine, without hearing a few things about herself. She should pack up for Uganda."
Never go full psycho.
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