The Current Crop of Candidates - Page 8

xoxoxoBruce · 08-25-2007, 06:08 AM

Bad link.

Griff · 08-25-2007, 06:13 AM

Thanks Bruce. All fixy.

TheMercenary · 08-26-2007, 08:06 AM

Interesting to note how many blacks I have spoken with are just absolutely convinced that Obama is going to win the nomination and get into the White House. NPR did a great piece the other day how when polled many blacks, and a majority in some states, say they are most likely voting for Hillary Clinton.

yesman065 · 08-26-2007, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Interesting to note how many blacks I have spoken with are just absolutely convinced that Obama is going to win the nomination and get into the White House. NPR did a great piece the other day how when polled many blacks, and a majority in some states, say they are most likely voting for Hillary Clinton.

I've not spoken top one person who is "absolutely convinced" of that. I have talked to many who would love that and are hopeful, but thats totally different.

Urbane Guerrilla · 08-26-2007, 11:20 PM

You know, Bruce, there are times when a signal-to-noise ratio gets too low. "Squealing like a piggie, eee, eee" is a fair example of not much signal and plenty noise. So are inadequate, childish responses like the above.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-27-2007, 02:36 AM

Yes, my fuhrer.

Yo Wolf, live one in post #110... better bring the jacket and dart gun.

Urbane Guerrilla · 08-27-2007, 10:50 PM

So when Bruce doesn't want to answer a "Why are you thinking that way again?" question, somehow I'm the one who's ... off? Sorry, Bruce: I can see you fudging.

Ibby · 08-28-2007, 12:42 AM

UG, I think just about everyone here, with the probable exception of Merc, agrees with Bruce here.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-28-2007, 04:10 AM

Merc, while definitely a backer of the military, is at least basically reasonable and rational. UG, on the other hand, wants to make men "squeal like a pig". Cue banjos.

Happy Monkey · 09-17-2007, 01:22 PM

I feel sorta bad for McCain. I think the last election broke him, after years as a POW didn't.

Urbane Guerrilla · 09-18-2007, 10:52 AM

Ibbie, if you're trying to evoke George Orwell's 1984, why not quote George directly? He did write out the false-logic sentence about whether majoritarianism determines right or wrong. I'm sure you can find it, mark, learn, and inwardly digest it.

The fatuous, Bruce, are in effect already just squealing, for all the worth their ideas have. Me, I just give pain to the stupid. The wise generally do not suffer.

Hey, this is handy: 1984 is an ebook. I'd have to give it more than the quick skim I gave it to find the thing I'm looking for, but that's where to look.

skysidhe · 09-18-2007, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Meanwhile back on the election trail, Guilianni endorses perpetual war.

lol

...and yes Guilianni scares me.

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

I feel sorta bad for McCain. I think the last election broke him, after years as a POW didn't.

I would have voted for him at the time but now he is but a shadow of what he portrayed before. He seems to be towing the party line and I hope this is strategy on his part.

Ibby · 09-18-2007, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Ibbie, if you're trying to evoke George Orwell's 1984, why not quote George directly? He did write out the false-logic sentence about whether majoritarianism determines right or wrong. I'm sure you can find it, mark, learn, and inwardly digest it.

The fatuous, Bruce, are in effect already just squealing, for all the worth their ideas have. Me, I just give pain to the stupid. The wise generally do not suffer.

Sanity is not statistical. I know it well.
But policy, within reasonable constitutional limits, should be statistical. Not to mention reasonable and rational. None of which has anything to do with your position.

Urbane Guerrilla · 09-18-2007, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Ibram

Sanity is not statistical. I know it well.
But policy, within reasonable constitutional limits, should be statistical. Not to mention reasonable and rational. None of which has anything to do with your position.

And by you, what's rational?

I say that rational is "reduce the Gap." I think Thomas Barnett has that one right. This is exactly what the Bush Administration is trying to do, and what the Clinton Administration never saw how to do, nor, I suppose, that it should.

Flint · 09-18-2007, 12:25 PM

Please, get Barnett on here to argue with us.

08-25-2007, 06:08 AM	#106
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Bad link. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-25-2007, 06:13 AM	#107
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Thanks Bruce. All fixy. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-26-2007, 08:06 AM	#108
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Interesting to note how many blacks I have spoken with are just absolutely convinced that Obama is going to win the nomination and get into the White House. NPR did a great piece the other day how when polled many blacks, and a majority in some states, say they are most likely voting for Hillary Clinton. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

08-26-2007, 11:20 PM	#110
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	You know, Bruce, there are times when a signal-to-noise ratio gets too low. "Squealing like a piggie, eee, eee" is a fair example of not much signal and plenty noise. So are inadequate, childish responses like the above. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

08-27-2007, 02:36 AM	#111
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yes, my fuhrer. Yo Wolf, live one in post #110... better bring the jacket and dart gun. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-27-2007, 10:50 PM	#112
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	So when Bruce doesn't want to answer a "Why are you thinking that way again?" question, somehow I'm the one who's ... off? Sorry, Bruce: I can see you fudging. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

08-28-2007, 12:42 AM	#113
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	UG, I think just about everyone here, with the probable exception of Merc, agrees with Bruce here. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

08-28-2007, 04:10 AM	#114
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Merc, while definitely a backer of the military, is at least basically reasonable and rational. UG, on the other hand, wants to make men "squeal like a pig". Cue banjos. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-17-2007, 01:22 PM	#115
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09-18-2007, 10:52 AM	#116
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Ibbie, if you're trying to evoke George Orwell's 1984, why not quote George directly? He did write out the false-logic sentence about whether majoritarianism determines right or wrong. I'm sure you can find it, mark, learn, and inwardly digest it. The fatuous, Bruce, are in effect already just squealing, for all the worth their ideas have. Me, I just give pain to the stupid. The wise generally do not suffer. Hey, this is handy: 1984 is an ebook. I'd have to give it more than the quick skim I gave it to find the thing I'm looking for, but that's where to look. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course. Last edited by Urbane Guerrilla; 09-18-2007 at 12:24 PM.

09-18-2007, 12:25 PM	#120
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