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  • #76
    Originally posted by mikewhitney View Post
    Do you have a prettier name for what the Dems are doing to destroy the nation?
    Being sane and rational?

    You might as well call the Dems "Cucumber" as call them "Communist". It's equally nonsensical.
    "I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
    "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
    "[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein

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    • #77
      Originally posted by mikewhitney View Post
      So anything that reveals their true rotten intents (as I am talking only to Dems in the House and Senate) is fake news?

      What else do you call a group who wants to overthrown the President elected by the people and who will set up secret tribunals against him?

      What else do you call people that want to take some people's money and hand it out as favors to other people (if there is enough money remaining)?

      What else do you call a group that despises godly morals in favor of state-doled rights?

      What part of communism are they not advocating?

      Maybe we just need a different name for their form of communism?
      What would you call a group who wants to overthrow the House majority that was elected by the people?
      Like others have said, your knowledge on communism is severely distorted. Read up on it and then ask yourself what else you've been lied to about.

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      • #78
        Originally posted by mikewhitney View Post
        Do you have a prettier name for what the Dems are doing to destroy the nation?
        So funny.

        The Dems are trying to save the nation and the Constitution from Trump and his supporters who are riding roughshod over it. From stonewalling congress’s constitutional duty of executive oversight to pressuring foreign leaders to interfere in the US elections against his political rivals.
        “He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.

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        • #79
          Originally posted by mikewhitney View Post
          Do you have a prettier name for what the Dems are doing to destroy the nation?
          Gullibility.
          Jorge: Functional Complex Information is INFORMATION that is complex and functional.

          MM: First of all, the Bible is a fixed document.
          MM on covid-19: We're talking about an illness with a better than 99.9% rate of survival.

          seer: I believe that so called 'compassion' [for starving Palestinian kids] maybe a cover for anti Semitism, ...

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          • #80
            Originally posted by Roy View Post
            Gullibility.
            I think, in my ~20 years of discussing/arguing with hundreds or perhaps thousands of people on internet forums, mikewhitney on the topic of politics wins the prize of all time craziest when it comes to having not the slightest clue what he is talking about. Including not even being able to use the most basic terms correctly. And yet somehow he seems to believe he's nailing it, and furthermore that he knows the correct answers to fix the nation's politics.

            I am honestly confused as to whether it is gullibility on his part as you suggest, actual insanity plain and simple, some sort of really serious brainwashing... or perhaps it's a consequence of the speed of light possibly changing as it passes through water as your sig suggests.
            Last edited by Starlight; 11-13-2019, 03:41 AM.
            "I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
            "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
            "[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein

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            • #81
              Originally posted by Tassman View Post
              So funny.

              The Dems are trying to save the nation and the Constitution from Trump and his supporters who are riding roughshod over it. From stonewalling congress’s constitutional duty of executive oversight to pressuring foreign leaders to interfere in the US elections against his political rivals.
              It is pretty ignorant thing to say that the Dems are protecting the Constitution. I would it hard to find anyone in the House or Senate that was trying to adhere to the Constitution. The Dems mildly less adhering to it than the Reps.

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              • #82
                Originally posted by mikewhitney View Post
                It is pretty ignorant thing to say that the Dems are protecting the Constitution. I would it hard to find anyone in the House or Senate that was trying to adhere to the Constitution. The Dems mildly less adhering to it than the Reps.
                President Trump is trampling the Constitution, abuse of power, attempted bribery, inviting foriegn interference in U.S. elections, emoluments violations, obstructing justice, obstruction of Congress etc. etc. and the republicans are complicit in their defense of that trampling. The Dems are standing fast against that, i.e. they are defending the Constitution.

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                • #83
                  Originally posted by Starlight View Post
                  I think, in my ~20 years of discussing/arguing with hundreds or perhaps thousands of people on internet forums, mikewhitney on the topic of politics wins the prize of all time craziest when it comes to having not the slightest clue what he is talking about. Including not even being able to use the most basic terms correctly. And yet somehow he seems to believe he's nailing it, and furthermore that he knows the correct answers to fix the nation's politics.

                  I am honestly confused as to whether it is gullibility on his part as you suggest, actual insanity plain and simple, some sort of really serious brainwashing... or perhaps it's a consequence of the speed of light possibly changing as it passes through water as your sig suggests.
                  My guess is that it's a bit of brainwashing. He's simply mouthing right wing talking points without, as you said, having the slightest clue what he's talking about. It's like the christian apologetic who has little actual knowledge of the bible. They're believers because they grew up in the tribe, though they don't really understand any of it, their brains were impressed with the talking points, and they can no longer see outside of that box.

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                  • #84
                    Originally posted by mikewhitney View Post
                    It is pretty ignorant thing to say that the Dems are protecting the Constitution. I would it hard to find anyone in the House or Senate that was trying to adhere to the Constitution. The Dems mildly less adhering to it than the Reps.
                    The Dems are protecting the Constitution by adhering to their duty of holding the president accountable for asking Ukraine's president to investigate past and future political opponents for his own personal political gain. This is in violation of the constitution.
                    “He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.

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                    • #85
                      Originally posted by Starlight View Post
                      The Republicans don't appear to have plans... remind me what the Republican proposal to fix healthcare is again?
                      I hear that Trump wants to pursue an effective strategy, which is not 'spread the massively overpriced costs around'.
                      Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.

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                      • #86
                        Originally posted by Starlight View Post
                        The Republicans don't appear to have plans... remind me what the Republican proposal to fix healthcare is again?

                        And the US doesn't have any communists, nor would I support them if it did.
                        You mean when Obama came up with his horrible one? yes they had ideas once that Obama never let come to the table. tort reform(get rid of frivolous lawsuits against healthcare providers that caused higher rates in malpractice insurance), transparency of costs(I.E. letting folks know what they were being charged for aspirin) , allowing people more choices for insurance by allowing people to go with health insurance from out of state they felt gave them more for less, plus letting folks keep their insurance when they changed employment.

                        any other foolish questions you want to ask those of us who know what was and is going on in OUR own COUNTRY and watched the democrats attempt of taking over 1/3 of our economy?

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                        • #87
                          Originally posted by Starlight View Post
                          The Republicans don't appear to have plans... remind me what the Republican proposal to fix healthcare is again?

                          And the US doesn't have any communists, nor would I support them if it did.
                          CPUSA (Communist Party of the United States of America) has been here since 1918 following the split within the Socialist Party of America. Back in the day they were a key player in the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) which latter became part of the AFL-CIO (the largest federation of unions in the U.S.). Much more recently they decided not to run their own candidate and with a bit of reluctance backed Hillary Clinton in 2016.

                          I'm always still in trouble again

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                          • #88
                            Originally posted by Starlight View Post
                            I think, in my ~20 years of discussing/arguing with hundreds or perhaps thousands of people on internet forums, mikewhitney on the topic of politics wins the prize of all time craziest when it comes to having not the slightest clue what he is talking about.
                            He's a distant third on TWeb for me, behind JohnMartin and Magellan.
                            I am honestly confused as to whether it is gullibility on his part as you suggest, actual insanity plain and simple, some sort of really serious brainwashing... or perhaps it's a consequence of the speed of light possibly changing as it passes through water as your sig suggests.
                            I think it's misplaced trust, ignorance and laziness. Some-one told him the Democrats were wannabe communists, just like some-one showed him those creationist videos, and he didn't know better and didn't check.
                            Jorge: Functional Complex Information is INFORMATION that is complex and functional.

                            MM: First of all, the Bible is a fixed document.
                            MM on covid-19: We're talking about an illness with a better than 99.9% rate of survival.

                            seer: I believe that so called 'compassion' [for starving Palestinian kids] maybe a cover for anti Semitism, ...

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                            • #89
                              Originally posted by RumTumTugger View Post
                              You mean when Obama came up with his horrible one? yes they had ideas once that Obama never let come to the table. tort reform(get rid of frivolous lawsuits against healthcare providers that caused higher rates in malpractice insurance), transparency of costs(I.E. letting folks know what they were being charged for aspirin) , allowing people more choices for insurance by allowing people to go with health insurance from out of state they felt gave them more for less, plus letting folks keep their insurance when they changed employment.
                              I fail to understand.

                              What is wrong with having healthcare providers issue itemised bills so that patients can see how much they're being charged for aspirin?
                              Jorge: Functional Complex Information is INFORMATION that is complex and functional.

                              MM: First of all, the Bible is a fixed document.
                              MM on covid-19: We're talking about an illness with a better than 99.9% rate of survival.

                              seer: I believe that so called 'compassion' [for starving Palestinian kids] maybe a cover for anti Semitism, ...

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                              • #90
                                Originally posted by JimL View Post
                                President Trump is trampling the Constitution, abuse of power, attempted bribery, inviting foriegn interference in U.S. elections, emoluments violations, obstructing justice, obstruction of Congress etc. etc. and the republicans are complicit in their defense of that trampling. The Dems are standing fast against that, i.e. they are defending the Constitution.
                                None of that is true except "President Trump"...
                                That's what
                                - She

                                Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
                                - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

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