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Exterminator

#720
March 04, 2016, 07:34:05 AM
Quote from: me on March 04, 2016, 12:14:41 AM
Wonder how much he paid her to do that. I'd say that was scripted just the way she was speaking.....To be honest I was prepared to defend this but...oh this hurts......she does come across as a crazy bitch.....I'm sure hell froze over a bit just now...I just know it did....I've got to go to bed and try to sleep now...Can I get over agreeing with you long enough to drop off to sleep????? Please, please tell me this was just a dream and I'm gonna wake up and it didn't really happen.....Oh this hurts....

LMAO!  It'll be ok...just let it happen.   :biggrin:
Arguing with Christians is like playing chess with a pigeon.  No matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut around like it's victorious.

The truth is slow, but relentless. Over time it becomes irresistible.

me

#721
March 04, 2016, 08:36:48 AM
I slept quite well and things appear to be normal this morning so I guess agreeing with Ex wasn't too terrible. However, if he agrees with me at some point, and would admit it, there may be something to worry about.  :yes: :biggrin:
Trump 2020

Bo D

#722
March 04, 2016, 09:55:59 AM
Quote from: me on March 04, 2016, 08:36:48 AM
I slept quite well and things appear to be normal this morning so I guess agreeing with Ex wasn't too terrible. However, if he agrees with me at some point, and would admit it, there may be something to worry about.  :yes: :biggrin:

:biggrin:
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."  Carl Sagan

Locutus

#723
March 04, 2016, 11:20:42 AM
"My party is committing suicide on national television." -- Jamie Johnson, a former aide to Rick Perry

;D

:yes:
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

libby

#724
March 04, 2016, 05:08:26 PM
Quote from: Locutus on March 04, 2016, 11:20:42 AM
"My party is committing suicide on national television." -- Jamie Johnson, a former aide to Rick Perry

;D

:yes:
:eek: :yes:
All of life is a process of testing and initiation, always preparing for a higher level of consciousness -- and illumination. -- John Horn

Palehorse

#725
March 04, 2016, 05:13:51 PM
Quote from: Locutus on March 04, 2016, 11:20:42 AM
"My party is committing suicide on national television." -- Jamie Johnson, a former aide to Rick Perry

;D

:yes:

The GOP Tea Billies !  :spooked:
R.I.P. - followsthewolf - You are MISSED! 4/17/2013

That which fails to kill me. . .should run!

Any "point" made by one that lacks credibility, is only as useful as toilet paper; and serves the same purpose. ~ Palehorse 4/22/2017

May you find charity when it is needed, and the ability to extend it when it is not. ~Palehorse 7/4/2012

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.~Herman Melville

The Troll

#726
March 04, 2016, 08:46:19 PM
Quote from: Palehorse on March 04, 2016, 05:13:51 PM
The GOP Tea Billies !  :spooked:

  This is all the Republicans have to run, people full of bullshit and blubber.   :rant:  I don't think the Republicans have anyone to run that hasn't have committed crimes. lied and have to many skeletons in the closets, no one.  :spot:   :repub: :bsflag:

Locutus

#727
March 05, 2016, 12:48:30 PM
This is a very interesting read that supports some of what Y has said about authoritarians.  It explains in detail about authoritarians and their support of the Trump candidacy. 

The Rise of American Authoritarianism
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Y

#728
March 05, 2016, 02:06:06 PM
What these authoritarians want and what they're willing to do is some scary shite - and unbelievable detrimental to the country and our society.
©  Whamma-Jamma - all rights reserved

Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.  ;)

"You've probably noticed that opinion pollsters go out of their way to include as many morons as possible in surveys ... I think it's dangerous to inform morons about what their fellow morons are thinking. It only reinforces their opinions. And the one thing worse than a moron with an opinion is lots of them." -- Scott Adams

In other words: Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.  ;)

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair

"Hitler is gone, but if the majority of our fellow citizens are more susceptible to the slogans of fear and race hatred than to those of peaceful accommodation and mutual respect among human beings, our political liberties remain at the mercy of any eloquent and unscrupulous demagogue." -- S. I. Hayakawa

Locutus

#729
March 05, 2016, 02:20:19 PM
Yup!  I hope ole' Hank reads that whole thing. 
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Y

#730
March 05, 2016, 02:24:28 PM
I read the entire piece and bookmarked it for future reference.
©  Whamma-Jamma - all rights reserved

Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.  ;)

"You've probably noticed that opinion pollsters go out of their way to include as many morons as possible in surveys ... I think it's dangerous to inform morons about what their fellow morons are thinking. It only reinforces their opinions. And the one thing worse than a moron with an opinion is lots of them." -- Scott Adams

In other words: Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.  ;)

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair

"Hitler is gone, but if the majority of our fellow citizens are more susceptible to the slogans of fear and race hatred than to those of peaceful accommodation and mutual respect among human beings, our political liberties remain at the mercy of any eloquent and unscrupulous demagogue." -- S. I. Hayakawa

Locutus

#731
March 05, 2016, 02:25:40 PM
I figured you would be the one person that appreciated its contents the most. ;D
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Y

#732
March 05, 2016, 02:27:55 PM
Yup!  I've been ringing the alarm bell for a long time.
©  Whamma-Jamma - all rights reserved

Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.  ;)

"You've probably noticed that opinion pollsters go out of their way to include as many morons as possible in surveys ... I think it's dangerous to inform morons about what their fellow morons are thinking. It only reinforces their opinions. And the one thing worse than a moron with an opinion is lots of them." -- Scott Adams

In other words: Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.  ;)

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -- Upton Sinclair

"Hitler is gone, but if the majority of our fellow citizens are more susceptible to the slogans of fear and race hatred than to those of peaceful accommodation and mutual respect among human beings, our political liberties remain at the mercy of any eloquent and unscrupulous demagogue." -- S. I. Hayakawa

Locutus

#733
March 05, 2016, 10:07:18 PM
Quote from: Henry Hawk on March 02, 2016, 05:07:06 PM

I'm more than willing to see him get a chance rather than Hillary Clinton, who is under FBI investigation, one of the most untrustworthy people that has been in the political world since Nixon....

Quote from: Y on March 02, 2016, 05:14:44 PM
"Prove It!(TM)"

Unless you can show any actual illegal activity - and specifically what law(s) she's violated - then you're simply a liar like the rest of you Repug false accusers.

He can't prove it, obviously, because Hillary Clinton isn't under any FBI investigation.  There is no FBI investigation of Clinton, and there never was one. The FBI has publicly said as much.  They have explicitly said that Hillary Clinton is not a target of the investigation.  However, you can't expect those that get their news primarily from Fux News to know that.  Hank is once again just spewing some BS talking points from his favorite conservative news outlets.   :rolleyes:

Link

From that article:

Law enforcement officials have said that Mrs. Clinton, who is seeking the 2016 Democratic nomination for president, is not a target of the investigation, and she has said there is no evidence that her account was hacked. There has also been no evidence that she broke the law, and many specialists believe the occasional appearance of classified information in her account was probably of marginal consequence.
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Exterminator

#734
March 13, 2016, 04:06:46 PM


This is H. Ross Perot. Born to an upper-middle income family in Texas in 1930, he worked odd jobs and delivered newspapers as a youth to earn money. In 1949, he enrolled in the U.S. Naval Academy and, after serving as the class president in both his junior and senior years and graduating with honors, served in the U.S. Navy until 1957. In 1962, he founded Electronic Data Systems as a one-man data processing operation that would eventually employ 70,000 people in high-paying tech sector jobs. In 1979, Perot organized and sponsored a team of prior special forces operatives who successfully rescued two EDS employees that had been arrested and were being held by Iran. EDS was sold to General Motors in 1984 for $2.5 billion and continues to do business today as HP Enterprise Services with 140,000 employees in 60 countries.

In 1988, Perot founded Perot Systems, an IT service provider that ultimately employed 23.000 people, again in high-paying tech sector jobs, and had an annual revenue of $2.8 billion. It was sold to Dell in 2009 for $3.9 billion.

Perot is a successful, self-made businessman who, with a net worth of approximately $4.1 billion, remains one of the richest men in America. He has been married to the same woman for 60 years. He believes in hard work and has made his own children work for what they have in life as well.

In contrast, we have Donald Trump. Born a millionaire, he never truly worked for anything, nor have his children. He has a string of failed businesses, most notably his casinos, which have been forced into bankruptcy four times, racking up hundreds of millions of dollars in debt while his competitors reaped record profits. Most of the jobs he has ever created have been minimum wage in the service sector. He has become fabulously wealthy by paying himself huge salaries while bilking investors out of their money.

Trump is not a successful businessman, he is a con man.

In 1992 Perot and again in 1996, Perot ran for president. Everything he said would happen as a result of NAFTA did. People mocked and laughed at him. Many of the same people who did so then are Trump supporters now. This is what's wrong with the United States. Think about it.
Arguing with Christians is like playing chess with a pigeon.  No matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut around like it's victorious.

The truth is slow, but relentless. Over time it becomes irresistible.
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