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Originally posted by rogue06 View Post... He does it to troll.
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The scary part is it works for him a lot of the time."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
"Forgiveness is the way of love." Gary Chapman
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Originally posted by Teallaura View PostSure - but from a Dem POV back then we were sure 'history' would see things our way."I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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Originally posted by Teallaura View PostI was a Democrat then.
I don't think I am - I think a lot of Democrats are waking up to find the party has moved away from them and they are tired of chasing it.
We'll see.
Each day comes a new revelation. Did you know that scientists with federal funding who have completed their research and have peer-reviewed results to publish are now required to publish their findings as "preliminary" until they are reviewed by designated politicians and deemed acceptable? I just learned that today. Shades of the Soviet "political officers" of yesteryear. Politicians screened scientific findings under Bush Jr., and here we go again. If you want to control a population - control the information. It's why we have "fake news" levied at any outlet that dares to criticize this administration, and cozying up to a news outlet and small collection of pundits, and all of the other ways that information is being throttled.
Fortunately, in the age of the Internet - truly throttling information is a very difficult thing to do. Eventually - information gets out. Someday, perhaps when Trump is out of office, I hope there will be an investigation into his shady dealings. I'll be very surprised if he is not the first ex-president to do jail time. Or maybe I'm just engaging in wishful thinking...The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostCarpe, MOST of that will depend on who the Democrats put up for election. If they were to actually run a centrist - somebody who wasn't an extreme leftist nutjob, I don't think Trump would have a chance. It is every bit as much the fault of the Democrats as it is Trump or his supporters.Geislerminian Antinomian Kenotic Charispneumaticostal Gender Mutualist-Egalitarian.
Beige Federalist.
Nationalist Christian.
"Everybody is somebody's heretic."
Social Justice is usually the opposite of actual justice.
Proud member of the this space left blank community.
Would-be Grand Vizier of the Padishah Maxi-Super-Ultra-Hyper-Mega-MAGA King Trumpius Rex.
Justice for Ashli Babbitt!
Justice for Matthew Perna!
Arrest Ray Epps and his Fed bosses!
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Originally posted by Teallaura View PostYeah, I'd have bet money that no one would remember the Reagan Admin favorably - let alone look back on it with nostalgia. Democrats couldn't stand the guy. I still have major issues with Iran-Contra. But, the reality is, he did a darn site better than we were willing to credit at the time.
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Originally posted by Adrift View PostMy family adored Reagan. Unlike Trump, he was incredibly likable, and extremely charismatic. I agree that he was heavily disliked by the other party, but I don't feel it's anything like what we've seen with Trump (at least I don't remember it that way).I've never seen anything like what we're seeing today.
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Originally posted by Adrift View PostMy family adored Reagan. Unlike Trump, he was incredibly likable, and extremely charismatic. I agree that he was heavily disliked by the other party, but I don't feel it's anything like what we've seen with Trump (at least I don't remember it that way). I've never seen anything like what we're seeing today.
The Internet makes matters worse - it takes time for rumors to flow around the water cooler circuit but no time at all for stupid crap to hit the Internet. That makes things seem more immediate and more dire than they really are.
The left is going into lala land with no end in sight. The right is letting them do it - actively pushing in some cases (this likely includes Trump). Rhetoric is WAY out of hand - and the right is actually more taking a 'fine, drive off the cliff, see if we care' approach than I've ever seen before (including Bob Dole's comical presidential run).
I suspect we're finally seeing a new party system beginning (only thirty years overdue). The Democrats can't go on like this much longer - they have got to have a centrist message and soon to even have a shot at the presidency. Four FRESHMEN congressmen are driving the platform - that is so beyond the pale insane I haven't words for it. If Pelosi doesn't get them under control and soon, the Democrats will lose more than the presidential election in 2020. And I haven't even started on that insanely large field of candidates...."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
"Forgiveness is the way of love." Gary Chapman
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostBe watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
1 Corinthians 16:13
"...he [Doherty] is no historian and he is not even conversant with the historical discussions of the very matters he wants to pontificate on."
-Ben Witherington III
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Originally posted by Teallaura View PostNo one has - the country has gone insane. But Trump isn't the cause - might have set it off but he didn't bring the powder keg.
The Internet makes matters worse - it takes time for rumors to flow around the water cooler circuit but no time at all for stupid crap to hit the Internet. That makes things seem more immediate and more dire than they really are.
The left is going into lala land with no end in sight. The right is letting them do it - actively pushing in some cases (this likely includes Trump). Rhetoric is WAY out of hand - and the right is actually more taking a 'fine, drive off the cliff, see if we care' approach than I've ever seen before (including Bob Dole's comical presidential run).
I suspect we're finally seeing a new party system beginning (only thirty years overdue). The Democrats can't go on like this much longer - they have got to have a centrist message and soon to even have a shot at the presidency. Four FRESHMEN congressmen are driving the platform - that is so beyond the pale insane I haven't words for it. If Pelosi doesn't get them under control and soon, the Democrats will lose more than the presidential election in 2020. And I haven't even started on that insanely large field of candidates....
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Originally posted by Teallaura View Post
The scary part is it works for him a lot of the time.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by Adrift View PostI agree that it takes two to tango. I believe that decades of PC culture, identity politics, and "progressive" policies foisted upon at least half the nation (and especially pushed by the media) largely resulted in Trump's election, and the emboldened nationalism we're seeing. Trump does nothing but add bricks to the fire, which isn't helpful.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by Raphael View Postoddly enough the link isn't even available in NZ
found this:
http://www.greenstonetv.com/our-prog...border-patrol/
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/border-patrol
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