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Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#97751: Aug 5th 2015 at 7:51:09 AM

Elizabeth Warren shouldn't run for President, because she's already more influential in the Senate and Sanders is covering that angle.

Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
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#97752: Aug 5th 2015 at 7:59:51 AM

[up][up][up]I don't know if that says more about Germany or Hitler himself, at least he had the excuse of syphilis and Parkinson's.

But Margret Sanger was perfectly normal and healthy yet some of the stuff she's said does not make her worthy of anything let alone an award.

"As an advocate of birth control I wish … to point out that the unbalance between the birth rate of the 'unfit' and the 'fit,' admittedly the greatest present menace to civilization, can never be rectified by the inauguration of a cradle competition between these two classes. In this matter, the example of the inferior classes, the fertility of the feeble-minded, the mentally defective, the poverty-stricken classes, should not be held up for emulation.... On the contrary, the most urgent problem today is how to limit and discourage the over-fertility of the mentally and physically defective."- The Eugenic Value of Birth Control Propaganda October 1921, page 5.

edited 5th Aug '15 8:01:03 AM by Skycobra51

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FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#97753: Aug 5th 2015 at 7:59:51 AM

[up][up][awesome]

I kind of want Jim Webb to do better than he is, because I feel like the blue dogs need someone to represent them.

edited 5th Aug '15 8:00:00 AM by FFShinra

TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#97754: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:00:31 AM

An argument about Sanders or Warren as contenders is really an argument about policy. I'm always happy to argue about policy, but people who like to consider those two crazy lunatics aren't, because the popular conception supports that view, but an actual policy discussion doesn't.

By keeping the domain of discussion out of specifics and instead on the minds of the electorate, one is able to maintain one's position, in direct contradiction to facts.

BAFFU Since: Dec, 2012
#97755: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:15:53 AM

[up]

so you are saying Warren and Sanders are lunatics?

BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The Mod with the Migraine
#97756: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:16:58 AM

Why not put the unemployed to work on the fence instead like FDR did with his public work programs?
What? Start up a government program for the sole purpose of providing those lazy, worthless, poor unemployed people with jobs and livelihoods? What are you, a Commie?
So if someone is against Planned Parenthood they're against womens rights?
There's a large, possibly complete, overlap between the politicians ranting about Planned Parenthood and the politicians who regularly try to defund women's health care, ban birth control, and stop paid maternity leave. Also, many of the politicians currently preaching about the sins of "selling" fetal tissue have repeatedly voted in favor of legal research using said tissue. Including both Senate and (edit)House of Reps(/edit) current Republican leadership.

edited 5th Aug '15 8:18:28 AM by BlueNinja0

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw
Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#97757: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:18:16 AM

[up] I'll take Fascist for 500 Alex tongue

edited 5th Aug '15 8:20:18 AM by Skycobra51

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BAFFU Since: Dec, 2012
#97758: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:19:41 AM

[up][up]

No you dont get it. He will employ illegal immigrants to build it. Thus making good on his promise to have Mexico build the wall.

[[youtube:gmmKzEKYvdM]]

edited 5th Aug '15 8:22:48 AM by BAFFU

BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The Mod with the Migraine
#97759: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:22:44 AM

[up][up] But that's not Fascism. Of course, technically it's not Communism either, it's some strain of Socialism, which we all know is all really Communism anyway.

But seriously, Republicans are against starting a job program and employing tens of thousands of Americans to do anything, if it's funded by the government, even if it would save money and improve the economy, because ... I dunno, Obama or something? Or they can't stop sucking on Kochs long enough to ask them to pay the corporate taxes they (and many other companies) have owed for years?

edited 5th Aug '15 8:23:35 AM by BlueNinja0

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw
BAFFU Since: Dec, 2012
#97760: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:23:20 AM

[1]

Mother, should I run for president?

Mother, should I trust the government?

Mother, will they put me in the firing line?

Ooooh aah, is it just a waste of time?

Just take this song and replace "mother" with the "free market".

edited 5th Aug '15 8:25:09 AM by BAFFU

BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The Mod with the Migraine
#97761: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:24:39 AM

[up] Care to summarize for those of us who can't view youtube at work?

(edit)[nja](/edit)

edited 5th Aug '15 8:26:37 AM by BlueNinja0

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BAFFU Since: Dec, 2012
#97762: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:25:49 AM

its just a pink floyd song that has the line

"mother should I build the wall?".

lyrics here:

[1]

carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#97763: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:27:13 AM

Webb is an odd one, and that's saying something even considering the current crop of candidates between the parties. Given some of the more colorful moments in his past, I don't think he'd make it very far against the others.

Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#97764: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:27:58 AM

[up][up]I prefer Run like Hell, and Waiting for the Worms myself tongue

edited 5th Aug '15 8:28:31 AM by Skycobra51

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Lost in Space
#97765: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:28:18 AM

Republicans are against government hiring people to do anything, unless it's to go die in a war, expel undocumented immigrants, or invade people's bedrooms to make sure they aren't having unapproved kinds of sex.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#97766: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:30:21 AM

[up]Better hide my extravagant and somewhat illegal porn stash (4 gigs worth), and call off the orgy ala Eyes Wide Shuttongue

edited 5th Aug '15 8:35:50 AM by Skycobra51

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TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#97767: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:38:23 AM

You call 4 gigs extravagant?

Pfft.

Come back when you're up to 40. And I hope by "illegal" you mean digital piracy, 'cause admitting otherwise on teh internetz might have some people wanting a word with you!

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Lost in Space
#97768: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:38:31 AM

Actually, I should expand that a bit. Republicans want government to spend money on:

  • Tanks, planes, guns, bombs, etc., for our military to expend in wars or sell to other nations, as long as they are Made in the USA by their pet defense contractors.
    • But not to pay soldiers decent wages or support them after they leave the service.
  • Immigration police to round up undocumented workers and ship them back home.
    • But they still want them because they are cheap and easily abused labor, so those deportation efforts can't be too effective.
  • A big wall around our country to keep out anyone we don't like, unless we want them as cheap and easily abused labor.
  • Bedroom/bathroom police, to make sure we aren't having gay sex or using the wrong toilet for our birth-assigned gender.
  • Abortion police, to make sure that all the teens who are denied contraception and sex education carry their unwanted, out of wedlock babies to term so they can join the ranks of kids in poverty.
  • Ghetto police, to make sure that blacks and Hispanics and other minorities remain safely locked up in jail for whatever offenses we can think of.

Did I miss anything?

edited 5th Aug '15 8:43:19 AM by Fighteer

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BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The Mod with the Migraine
#97769: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:41:07 AM

[up] Police to surround any school with white children in it, to protect them from the fully automatic weapons available in any vending machine in the country.

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw
TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#97770: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:41:07 AM

With the exception of true libertarians, they're also okay with firefighters, hence why the police and firefighter unions tend to vote Republican.

Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#97771: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:42:02 AM

Haven't seen any black vans yet, so I'm good. And its all legal if a bit...strange, honest, for now at least until until new laws say otherwise.

edited 5th Aug '15 8:43:37 AM by Skycobra51

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probablyinsane Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#97772: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:43:48 AM

Well, they seem to be fine with Asians as their doctors and programmers.

And speaking of programming, if you have trouble finding a job or you have loved ones having job troubles, get into it (now). And I do not just mean getting a loan to get a coding degree. Don't be afraid to read the manuals.

Right now, coding is a blue ocean.

Plants are aliens, and fungi are nanomachines.
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Lost in Space
#97773: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:44:51 AM

Many fire departments are staffed by volunteers, so they aren't even paying for the labor.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#97774: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:44:55 AM

I actually tried getting a Masters of Computer Science, but the program at my school was a joke, so I'm back to Health Service Admin.

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A procrastination in of itself
#97775: Aug 5th 2015 at 8:45:04 AM

[up]X7 Police are also for protecting rich neighbourhoods and they are also massively underpaid and over stressed.

edited 5th Aug '15 8:48:42 AM by Silasw

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