"losers" with "no life" on Saturday night - Page 4

MaggieL · 08-10-2006, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

Unlike the current administration, which has determined that no one should have any for our own good?

Is the liberal cause well-served by such defensive, mindless hyperbole every time Clinton is mentioned? "Yeah, Clinton, but Everybody Knows Bush is Satan Incarnate" is not a very convincing argument unless you're already a cult member.

Griff · 08-10-2006, 06:49 AM

UG mentioned the real deal with Clinton and Elspode noted w's similar contempt for civili liberties, where do you find any mindless hyperbole?

Pangloss62 · 08-10-2006, 07:46 AM

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...don't make sad faces, dude. I hate that.

Is neutral OK?

Thanks, Flintrock.

MaggieL · 08-10-2006, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

...where do you find any mindless hyperbole?

"no one should have any"...demonstrating that after all these years, the word that follows "knee-jerk" is still "liberal".

glatt · 08-10-2006, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by MaggieL

demonstrating that after all these years, the word that follows "knee-jerk" is still "liberal".

and the word that follows "conservative" is simply "jerk"

Griff · 08-10-2006, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by MaggieL

"no one should have any"...demonstrating that after all these years, the word that follows "knee-jerk" is still "liberal".

That is hyperbole not mindless hyperbole. Bush has given his detracters just as many reasons to fear his administration as Clinton ever did. They are two men cut from the same statist cloth.

MaggieL · 08-10-2006, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

That is hyperbole not mindless hyperbole.

Oh, forgive me. It's clearly calm, well-considered hyperbole that only sounds hysterical. That said, the rest of the comment (including the question that is rhetorical only because I don't expect an answer) stands.

Pangloss62 · 08-10-2006, 09:14 AM

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The downside of being a "progressive" is you end up beliveing their propaganda.

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...unless you're already a cult member.

Methinks Maggie sees anyone who criticizes W. as slavish, unthinking dupes. Could our country have been more duped than we've been by the current administration? Really.

KinkyVixen · 08-10-2006, 10:10 AM

The problem is...it doesn't matter who the president is, republican or democrat...he'll never be good enough for EVERYONE...or make the right decisions to benefit EVERYONE. People gotta bitch about something, otherwise, they have nothing else to do.

MaggieL · 08-10-2006, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Pangloss62

Could our country have been more duped than we've been by the current administration?

Yes.

Flint · 08-10-2006, 11:14 AM

Is ^^^that^^^ like in Animal Farm, where the pigs convince you that your own memory is faulty?

Pangloss62 · 08-10-2006, 11:36 AM

...to vilify as immoral a bold and noble enterprise and to brand as an ignominious defeat what is proving itself more and more every day to be a victory of American arms and a vindication of American ideals.

Like father like son.

MaggieL · 08-10-2006, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Is ^^^that^^^ like in Animal Farm, where the pigs convince you that your own memory is faulty?

Which narrative you think is The Big Lie pretty much determines who you think those pigs are.

Flint · 08-10-2006, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MaggieL

Which narrative you think is The Big Lie pretty much determines who you think those pigs are.

In a nutshell: the primary source of entertainment for an oberver of "us versus them" politics.

Elspode · 08-10-2006, 01:05 PM

The Dems want our lives and money, the Reps want our souls and money. Not a real big difference there.

I can still deal better with a president who has a loose Johnson than a President who is waging war to line the pockets of his cronies and calling it protecting the country.

Saddam is done, hand the shithole over to its people and let 'em duke it out. I think we've made our point by now. Or does anyone reasonably think that we are safer now that we've whipped the Arab world into a complete frenzy?

I suppose the fact that we found all those WMDs has made us a little safer, but...what? There weren't any? Okay, well, at least we've nailed the people responsible for 9-11...what? We haven't?

Well, its good to kill and be killed anyway. And Maggie...how well received would a person with your history be at the next White House dinner? Isn't this the administration whose adherents are doing everything they can to deprive people like you of your rights? Isn't it people like me who are calling that kind of prejudice and immoral legislation bullshit?

08-10-2006, 06:49 AM	#47
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	UG mentioned the real deal with Clinton and Elspode noted w's similar contempt for civili liberties, where do you find any mindless hyperbole? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-10-2006, 10:10 AM	#54
KinkyVixen Marching In! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 580	The problem is...it doesn't matter who the president is, republican or democrat...he'll never be good enough for EVERYONE...or make the right decisions to benefit EVERYONE. People gotta bitch about something, otherwise, they have nothing else to do. __________________ "Smile before bed.You'll sleep better."

08-10-2006, 11:14 AM	#56
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Is ^^^that^^^ like in Animal Farm, where the pigs convince you that your own memory is faulty? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

08-10-2006, 11:36 AM	#57
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	...to vilify as immoral a bold and noble enterprise and to brand as an ignominious defeat what is proving itself more and more every day to be a victory of American arms and a vindication of American ideals. Like father like son. __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

08-10-2006, 01:05 PM	#60
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	The Dems want our lives and money, the Reps want our souls and money. Not a real big difference there. I can still deal better with a president who has a loose Johnson than a President who is waging war to line the pockets of his cronies and calling it protecting the country. Saddam is done, hand the shithole over to its people and let 'em duke it out. I think we've made our point by now. Or does anyone reasonably think that we are safer now that we've whipped the Arab world into a complete frenzy? I suppose the fact that we found all those WMDs has made us a little safer, but...what? There weren't any? Okay, well, at least we've nailed the people responsible for 9-11...what? We haven't? Well, its good to kill and be killed anyway. And Maggie...how well received would a person with your history be at the next White House dinner? Isn't this the administration whose adherents are doing everything they can to deprive people like you of your rights? Isn't it people like me who are calling that kind of prejudice and immoral legislation bullshit? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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