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  • Posted by $ Susanne 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It is NOT nonsense - you can have it one way, you can have it the other, but you cannot have it both ways... A is DEFINITELY A. Anything else is delusional.

    (Edited for clarification of the point.)
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Neal Boortz retired at age 66 to Naples, FL. He still substitutes for Herman Cain once in a while.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Wow! What happened to Boortz? I always thought he was the true 500 pound gorilla and another long gone favorite was the Black Avenger and his egg sucking dogs line. My how the years zooooom by. Time to use the new computer and catch up.
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  • Posted by BobFreeman 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    EXACTLY. If voting were effective at helping to facilitate lasting peace, prosperity and freedom, it would be illegal.
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  • Posted by BobFreeman 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Dr. Ron Paul was the only honest politician in several decades. Sonny Boy is more "practical" (compromising on principles) typical politician.
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  • Posted by MagicDog 10 years, 2 months ago
    I like Donald best. He is not afraid to express his opinion and not afraid of the idiots in the news business.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Willhave to agree to disagree. Only difference between what the Republicans are and could be is a lot. Similarities with their comrades in the Government Party a lot! One half is socialist statist the other half is socialist corporatist. The differences between the two half other than amount of military personnel killed off is not much.

    If the got rid of the RINO's and publicly declared the center is the Constitution it would be one thing. What they do as the yippy yappy lap dogs of the left is .....revolting. Too many lies too much giving in until Republican In Name Only maybe more true than we would hope but it also means Republic In Name Only. Methinks thou must try harder to support what are straight up left wing socialists with a fascist mindset. Fascist for the uneducated is government control of citizens by any and all means.

    So? I have agreed to disagree but if you truly want to flush your vote wing! Republican or Democrat. See? They even give you a choice like Henry Ford's cars and their paint job.

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  • Posted by term2 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The real cure is to make it so that no matter who gets elected, cronyism cant happen. Hard to do, though. Its been around since the beginning of the country unfortunately, but its gotten out of hand now. Why on earth invest $200m to elect a president if he cant get that money back for the supporters somehow. We need an administrator to do the few things federal governemnt does, NOT an arrogant king like Obama. Ha, if I was king I would cancel out a LOT of federal agencies my first day, and probably get assassinated the next.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It follows then the cure for soft money buying elections being banned except to those who can vote and then only collected in and spent in their own precincts (districts, states, nation depending on which level is involved) campaigning for or against an issue or candidate would solve the problem. Simplistic starter idea. Would mean TV/radio couldn't carry political ads but that's a good thing and the internet system is another issue.

    Still citizens especially registered voters are the only one's with a valid geo-political interest and some schmoozer fronting for a group from the other end of the country has no valid reason to try and influence the vote in my precinct. Bingo... Soft money is banned from the vote buyers. Doesn't mean a ban on freedom of assembly. For that you have to depend on how the Government Party interprets or ignores the Constitution. Add None of The Above as an automatic candidate or choice and make sure every state has the Recall - it's a start - and a return to multi-party system of government.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Left Right started with the French Revolution about the same time as our Constitution. When the Left which was the party of the people originally added the powers of the right in the form of an elitest ruling group it left the playing field of the right open. But the definition was rule by divine right so the only change is citizens replaced Kings as the supreme power.

    Previously it was strictly and up and down definition King on top cannon fodder and baby factories on the bottom. In modern terms the Government Party whose center is the center of the Left refers to the rest of us as fly overs as they look down. Those of us in fly over country look up as they pass and think " Look at all the a--holes."

    Trick is to define the true center.l For us it's the Constitution. For them it's their center - not ours. Ergo sum Democrats are the left wing of the left and Republicans the right wing of the left as they both hold that Government controls citizens. We take the opposite viewpoint as a divine right constitutional right.

    100 years of being told he opposite and worse having so many agree. As the philosopher said
    Dictators don't take power it's given to them. Or in the words of P.T. Barnum You only need to fool most of the people most of the time. With the education system, most of the the media spouting the current party line we end up where we are. As many of the left have said from Lenin to our own home grown version Anything said that supports or promotes the party is the truth."

    Add it all up and looking up I truly like the observation "What as bunch of amazing A--holes.) Then I go back to reality as part of the 30 or 40% of disenfranchised looking for a home and trying not to support evil.

    Ditto on electronic money. It's whatever they say it is. Hate to say it but even after a bankruptcy they just printed more and have the ability to do so. Which makes T Bills paid off in full but in devalued buying power a lot safer than FDIC if your in that bracket.


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  • Posted by Non_mooching_artist 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Support is support. You gave monetary support to that particular candidate. Of course you furthered their politial goal! And no, it doesn't make them do what you say, however you must agree with them enough to endorse them with your time and money. Intentionally. A=A.
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  • Posted by khalling 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "in the same league as Mamaemma's strawman below that I made intentionally contradictory claims."
    yes, cg, you make intentionally contradictory claims all the time. A is A
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "Citizens over government one side - the right. Government over citizens on the other - the left."
    I think I see it the same way but just reversed definitions. Since by my thinking "right wing" means rights flowing from the gov't to the citizens, instead of the other way around, I see us as having two rightwing parties. This is one reason the left/right thing is meaningless. We should just use the gov't thing.

    I don't see the value of the USD as being related to this since it's very easy to raise prices. The old notion of "menu costs" to update all your paperwork is hardly an issue anymore. You can raise prices electronically to maintain a constant value.
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    Posted by CircuitGuy 10 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    This is rubbish. Voting for people and going their fundraisers does not make them do everything you say, and it doesn't make you responsible for everything she does. It's just patently absurd, in the same league as Mamaemma's strawman below that I made intentionally contradictory claims.
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  • Posted by Zenphamy 10 years, 2 months ago
    Until we're willing to face up to and admit that those elected don't actually run our government and can have almost no impact on those that do, we're just headed down the same rabbit hole. Keep on getting sucked into the reality show of elections and political parties and we'll continue on to slavery and rule of the looters and moochers.

    I like Paul, but I have no hope that he'll make any significant difference.
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