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Cpt_pineapple wrote:Wake the

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Wake the fuck up  

whoa!  yes, good morning, darling.


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 A filthy rich, black,

 A filthy rich, black, one-percenter  telling us to fear a filthy rich, white, one-percenter. Good production values though.


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDTT1yRNsFE&feature=youtu.be

 Interesting ad for Obama by Samuel L Jackson

Yeah. I saw that last week. It was funny until I got in trouble for having my speakers on at work.


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no sane person who has woke

no sane person who has woke the fuck up would vote for bama. 


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Beyond Saving wrote:no sane

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no sane person who has woke the fuck up would vote for bama. 

Since we both know Johnson won't win (just like we know Stein won't win) what choices do we have?

You, at least, will win with either Obama or Romney.

"I do this real moron thing, and it's called thinking. And apparently I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions."
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jcgadfly wrote:Beyond Saving

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no sane person who has woke the fuck up would vote for bama. 

Since we both know Johnson won't win (just like we know Stein won't win) what choices do we have?

You, at least, will win with either Obama or Romney.

What use is winning when it doesn't make you any better off? Is there virtue in winning for the sake of winning? I don't believe there is. 

If, if a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy.- Malcolm X


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Beyond Saving wrote:jcgadfly

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jcgadfly wrote:

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no sane person who has woke the fuck up would vote for bama. 

Since we both know Johnson won't win (just like we know Stein won't win) what choices do we have?

You, at least, will win with either Obama or Romney.

What use is winning when it doesn't make you any better off? Is there virtue in winning for the sake of winning? I don't believe there is. 

Again, you will be better off no matter who wins. If Obama wins nothing will change and you will not lose money. If Romney wins you'll get more money.

How will you not be better off?

"I do this real moron thing, and it's called thinking. And apparently I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions."
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jcgadfly wrote:Beyond Saving

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Beyond Saving wrote:

jcgadfly wrote:

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no sane person who has woke the fuck up would vote for bama. 

Since we both know Johnson won't win (just like we know Stein won't win) what choices do we have?

You, at least, will win with either Obama or Romney.

What use is winning when it doesn't make you any better off? Is there virtue in winning for the sake of winning? I don't believe there is. 

Again, you will be better off no matter who wins. If Obama wins nothing will change and you will not lose money. If Romney wins you'll get more money.

How will you not be better off?

 

nothing changes no matter who wins.  the differences between the democrats and republicans are purely cosmetic.

"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
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jcgadfly wrote:Beyond Saving

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Beyond Saving wrote:

jcgadfly wrote:

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no sane person who has woke the fuck up would vote for bama. 

Since we both know Johnson won't win (just like we know Stein won't win) what choices do we have?

You, at least, will win with either Obama or Romney.

What use is winning when it doesn't make you any better off? Is there virtue in winning for the sake of winning? I don't believe there is. 

Again, you will be better off no matter who wins. If Obama wins nothing will change and you will not lose money. If Romney wins you'll get more money.

How will you not be better off?

If Romney wins, Romney will get more money. FTFY

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Beyond Saving wrote:no sane

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no sane person who has woke the fuck up would vote for bama. 

LMAO. Romney is a better choice? That's like saying eating shit from an elephant is better than eating shit from a donkey.

Wake the fuck up? You are definitely in need of an alarm clock.


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ex-minister wrote:jcgadfly

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jcgadfly wrote:

Beyond Saving wrote:

jcgadfly wrote:

Beyond Saving wrote:

no sane person who has woke the fuck up would vote for bama. 

Since we both know Johnson won't win (just like we know Stein won't win) what choices do we have?

You, at least, will win with either Obama or Romney.

What use is winning when it doesn't make you any better off? Is there virtue in winning for the sake of winning? I don't believe there is. 

Again, you will be better off no matter who wins. If Obama wins nothing will change and you will not lose money. If Romney wins you'll get more money.

How will you not be better off?

If Romney wins, Romney will get more money. FTFY

You forget about Romney's friends who will get more tax cuts than they have now...

"I do this real moron thing, and it's called thinking. And apparently I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions."
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digitalbeachbum wrote:Beyond

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no sane person who has woke the fuck up would vote for bama. 

LMAO. Romney is a better choice? That's like saying eating shit from an elephant is better than eating shit from a donkey.

Wake the fuck up? You are definitely in need of an alarm clock.

No I don't think he is, I don't support Romney. It is dumbasses who need alarm clocks that keep voting for the two large parties because they believe otherwise is "throwing away" their vote so they choose which shit they want to eat. The only reason voting third party is "throwing" away your vote is because no one is throwing away their vote. I don't think it is sane to eat shit just because you get to choose what kind you want. 

If, if a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy.- Malcolm X


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It certainly would be good

It certainly would be good if we had more than 2 choices. I don't know how we got into this. Is it religious - there is god and satan? The dialogue seems to be just like that. How good it would be if we could scare both parties with a third party vote. And does the third party have to be a crazy person?

Anybody like a third party candidate?

Do the two parties have us by the short and curlies? 

 

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ex-minister wrote:It

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It certainly would be good if we had more than 2 choices. I don't know how we got into this. Is it religious - there is god and satan? The dialogue seems to be just like that. How good it would be if we could scare both parties with a third party vote. And does the third party have to be a crazy person?

Anybody like a third party candidate?

Do the two parties have us by the short and curlies? 

 

i think it has something to do with the fact that we have majority elections rather than proportional elections.  in most european countries (including slovakia, where i now live), they have at least a partially proportional election.  what that means is you can't vote across party lines: when you go to the polls, you choose a balliot according to which party you support, then choose four or five people from that party you really want to see in parliament.  therefore, more parties have a chance to make it into parliament.

i'm actually against the proportional system, as it allows a lot of unknown mediocrities to get into parliament pretty easily.  also, it doesn't really eliminate bipartisan thinking, since you still end up with a government and an opposition.  in slovakia, unless a party gets 51% of the vote (which very rarely happens), a coalition government must be formed, and then the premiership and the ministry of the interior pretty much always go to the strongest party, and none of the other parties in the coalition is realistically ever going to go against them.

i think bipartisanship in politics is unavoidable--except in a one-party system.  i've never seen anything in history to make me think otherwise.

i also think the US government is designed well.  the fact that our president is the head of the government and his department and elections are totally separate from the legislature is a good idea.  the only thing i think needs serious overhaul is the judicial branch.

"I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright. . . . Or maybe 'stupid' is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. . . . And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots."
--Hunter S. Thompson


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Beyond Saving wrote:No I

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No I don't think he is, I don't support Romney. It is dumbasses who need alarm clocks that keep voting for the two large parties because they believe otherwise is "throwing away" their vote so they choose which shit they want to eat. The only reason voting third party is "throwing" away your vote is because no one is throwing away their vote. I don't think it is sane to eat shit just because you get to choose what kind you want. 

I can agree with that in a sense it makes me concerned that this is a "two party" system. Where is the democracy in that?

I don't vote for the platform of either party and I wish there was more parties down at the local level rather that at the federal level. I think that is where the change needs to start.