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Old 05-01-2012, 01:16 PM
 
Location: Geauga County, Ohio
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Originally Posted by 2nd trick op View Post
One major difference between the two parties:

With some exceptions, the Tea Party doesn't swallow the ideolgical drivel whole.

On the other hand, the hard-core failures at the center of the Democrat-Liberal-Radical Axis would believe the moon is made of gold, if someone named Kennedy told them.
No, he's got it right.

 
Old 05-01-2012, 01:19 PM
 
Location: The Land of Reason
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I think I already commented that your article is also worthless.



Root cause: trickle down economics started by Regan.



Where else would they come from? The moon?



Welcome to the world of tomorrow. You don't attain higher education (trade school or college) then you're not going to be desired by employers. Its a part of the natural evolution of economies. The less skilled workers are needed less and less.

I have to go back to writing a paper on the "invisible hand" compared to the "visible hand" of economics but if you would like me to further counter point your failures at economics, or to some extent just common sense, I can check back later.

But at the rate that they are going only the wealthy can afford to get an higher education
 
Old 05-01-2012, 01:25 PM
 
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So you mean this Mike Lofgren!

Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult

Among the GOP base, there is constant harping about somebody else, some "other," who is deliberately, assiduously and with malice aforethought subverting the Good, the True and the Beautiful: Subversives. Commies. Socialists. Ragheads. Secular humanists. Blacks. ****. Feminazis. The list may change with the political needs of the moment, but they always seem to need a scapegoat to hate and fear.
 
Old 05-01-2012, 01:34 PM
 
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Nope, you failed to do that. And you are spitting into to the wind to refute basic economic research if you do. I can understand I might have hurt your feelings, when I characterized the wp oped, as just that. That it really didn't break new ground. But, your childish response of, "Yours is too, is unworthy of adult conversation." Wait a minute, I may have just hit on something.
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I think I already commented that your article is also worthless.


Unsupported opinion
Root cause: trickle down economics started by Regan.



Where else would they come from? The moon? Unleash the economy. Don't try to centrally plan it, regulate and guide it in a particular direction. As in the green jobs. Speaking of which, Germany which has for many years subsidized the green economy, creating jobs and giving the illusion of success, just recently cut government subsidies for green energy companies. Guess what, green compnaies cannot stand on their own feet. You can google "germany green energy subsidies", to find plenty to support what I just typed.



Welcome to the world of tomorrow. You don't attain higher education (trade school or college) then you're not going to be desired by employers. Its a part of the natural evolution of economies. The less skilled workers are needed less and less. Duh! But, President Obama said things were going to change, that it was all someone elses fault. He has no answers that involve enabling this economy to grow unfettered.

I have to go back to writing a paper on the "invisible hand" compared to the "visible hand" of economics but if you would like me to further counter point your failures at economics, or to some extent just common sense, I can check back later.
As to your last comment, I'm sorry to hurt your feelings again, but this just underscores your inability to refute anything that was said in the article with information based arguments.
 
Old 05-01-2012, 01:42 PM
 
Location: Long Island, NY
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I saw this article last week and the following paragraph quickly reminded me of the typical workflow from our resident "holier than thou" collective at C-D when contemporary republicanism is questioned:
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“Both sides do it” or “There is plenty of blame to go around” are the traditional refuges for an American news media intent on proving its lack of bias, while political scientists prefer generality and neutrality when discussing partisan polarization. Many self-styled bipartisan groups, in their search for common ground, propose solutions that move both sides to the center, a strategy that is simply untenable when one side is so far out of reach.
Amen!
That's the false equivalence we live in. If a presidential candidate were to declare that the earth is flat, you would be sure to see a news analysis under the headline "Candidates differ on shape of Earth."
 
Old 05-01-2012, 01:47 PM
 
Location: Hoboken
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But yet the party as a whole does not like him Rather you believe it or not if it was not for the monetary backing we would not be talking about him at all.

Here is the breakdown of the republican party:

romney represents the wealthiest republicans
santorum represents the religous extremist
gringrich represents the nutjobs (teabaggers)
cain/palin/bachman represents the (un)dereducated and misinformed (teaparty)

I did not mention ron Paul since he is not a real republican and only ran on that ticket in order to be heard
Huh? You post makes no sense on any level. Of course the party as a whole wants him, he's the nominee.

The rest of your post is gibberish.
 
Old 05-01-2012, 01:51 PM
 
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Well spoken, err written. Can't refute the arguments, so what we get is, "Your's is not as good as mine, nah, nan, nah." Typical.
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Huh? You post makes no sense on any level. Of course the party as a whole wants him, he's the nominee.

The rest of your post is gibberish.
 
Old 05-01-2012, 01:56 PM
 
Location: Pluto's Home Town
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Originally Posted by Versatile View Post
So you mean this Mike Lofgren!

Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult

Among the GOP base, there is constant harping about somebody else, some "other," who is deliberately, assiduously and with malice aforethought subverting the Good, the True and the Beautiful: Subversives. Commies. Socialists. Ragheads. Secular humanists. Blacks. ****. Feminazis. The list may change with the political needs of the moment, but they always seem to need a scapegoat to hate and fear.
That is the core premise of talk radio dude!

Why improve yourself when it is always someone elses fault! WE could never be fat, bankrupt, and ignorant louts, it is the feminazis that are holding us back!!!!
 
Old 05-01-2012, 01:58 PM
 
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Mitt Romney is on record saying that it was not worth moving heaven and earth to find bin laden.
and he called obama nieve for saying he would go into Pakistan. The ad is legitimate.

Bush is on tape saying he didnt really care where bin laden is,and Cheney disbanded the CIA
unit that was suppose to look for Bin Laden.

also John Mccain said that the information to catch Bin Laden was not retrieved with water bordering.
 
Old 05-01-2012, 01:58 PM
 
Location: The Land of Reason
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I truely believe that the republican party has been misdirected by the teabaggers that they have created. Why do I call them teabaggers? Well because if they believe everything that they say, would'nt they be non-partian? Lets see they are against big government but yet none of them ever spoke up against the Patriot Act which was the biggest epansion of the government in modern times. Ok, they are against govermental spending so why are silent against the fail drug war?

You all have to agree that excessive spending and failed policies are done on both sides so why is the teaparty considered to be republicans? Because they are not! They are not a grassroots organization they are funded by the koch brothers who are part of the wealth disparity probelm as well as what is wrong with our political system as a whole.
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