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Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#99276: Aug 24th 2015 at 12:55:32 PM

Josh Duggar 2020.

If his wife can forgive all the shit he has done, so can you

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#99277: Aug 24th 2015 at 1:08:45 PM

[up] No just no. If we are going to elect sister fuckers we should at least elect a funny one, like Jamie Lanister[lol]

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#99279: Aug 24th 2015 at 1:18:01 PM

Honey Boo Boo, of course. And the rest of the cabinet will be the Duck Dinasty peeps.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#99280: Aug 24th 2015 at 1:20:10 PM

[up] Who? Do I have to be American to know these people?surprised

We learn from history that we do not learn from history
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#99281: Aug 24th 2015 at 1:20:42 PM

It might be better that you don't know.

Oh really when?
3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#99282: Aug 24th 2015 at 1:21:43 PM

[up][up]Naw, go watch Pro 7 MAXX at the wrong time and you will be "Educated" tongue

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DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#99283: Aug 24th 2015 at 1:22:40 PM

I know that React once showed Honey Boo Boo to people, but the thumbnail didn't really motivate me to watch it - probably for the better. :/

[up] I only watch TV when visiting my family - my mother likes to watch Krimis. I didn't even plug my TV in when I moved into my current flat half a year ago. Most of the program is shit anyway, so why bother.

edited 24th Aug '15 1:25:27 PM by DrunkenNordmann

We learn from history that we do not learn from history
Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#99284: Aug 24th 2015 at 1:25:55 PM

I pass thru a hospital on my way to work and in itpasses those programs a lot. Hence how I learned of them. Against my will.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#99285: Aug 24th 2015 at 1:50:01 PM

[up]*tries to picture the reasons behind that channel choice* Get well quickly so you can 1) change the channel, 2) aim a vase of flowers at the TV and hit, 3) run away screaming?

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#99286: Aug 24th 2015 at 1:53:59 PM

[up]4) Kill off the patients to save money?tongue

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#99287: Aug 24th 2015 at 1:54:45 PM

Thanks Obama?

Obamacare Tv Death Paneling?

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Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#99288: Aug 24th 2015 at 1:54:55 PM

Nah those are only for the waiting rooms. The hospital rooms have their own T Vs.

It is a private hospital, btw, not a public one.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
nightwyrm_zero Since: Apr, 2010
#99290: Aug 24th 2015 at 4:26:10 PM

[up]Not just Josh Duggar. The entire Quiverfull cult movement should be wiped out.

JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#99291: Aug 24th 2015 at 4:36:16 PM

[up] And fast, apparently if every Dugger has 19 kids, by the end of the century their will be a significant voting block composed entirely of Duggers.

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#99292: Aug 24th 2015 at 4:38:57 PM

That doesn't mean all those people will vote the same way or even care about the rest of the family.

TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
No longer a forum herald
#99293: Aug 24th 2015 at 4:41:00 PM

I'm pretty sure this is the U.S. politics thread, not the Dig Duggar thread.

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#99294: Aug 24th 2015 at 4:48:52 PM

Eric Erickson made a point like that, suggesting that conservatives would outbreed liberals, which would be true if he were only considering white conservatives and white liberals, but the growth demographics in this country are almost locked in for Democrats (at least, until the Republican coalition collapses and they have to start ignoring the racists.)

nightwyrm_zero Since: Apr, 2010
#99295: Aug 24th 2015 at 4:50:59 PM

[up]x4 Honestly, seeing how their system is faring when exposed to reality, I'm not too worried about them becoming a huge voting bloc. I'm more concern with them screwing up a bunch of kids who deserves better.

edited 24th Aug '15 4:51:14 PM by nightwyrm_zero

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#99296: Aug 24th 2015 at 4:56:05 PM

The problem with the idea of conservatives out breeding liberals is that it assumes that all kids vote like their parents. Sure some do get screwed up enough to do so, but seeing how much younge people lean Democrat we can see that the idea that the kids of conservatives vote Republican simply isn't true.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#99297: Aug 24th 2015 at 4:57:48 PM

I don't know enough about the Duggars but if their parents are the kind of lunatics they seem to be it might scare a few of the kids into not voting like them.

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#99298: Aug 24th 2015 at 5:22:19 PM

[up][up] And that also assumes that something doesn't come along to massively upset the equilibrium.

SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#99299: Aug 24th 2015 at 5:23:39 PM

Fundamentalism needs to be destroyed, plain and simple. It's disgusting that these bigoted, holier-than-thou shitheads are still allowed to spread beliefs that encourage hatred and hypocrisy on an inhuman level.

Trump says that if people that he rounds up are good, then he will release them back into the U.S. I don't want to go into too much of a rant, so I'll say it quickly-look at the criminal records first instead of deporting first. Not that any aspect of Trump's immigration policy are feasible, but that specific part simply doesn't have an ounce of sense to it.

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#99300: Aug 24th 2015 at 6:34:20 PM

The simple fact is that the party will, within the next generation, need to realign away from being the party of pissed-off white people. The question is when and how the story unfolds.


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