General Political Thread

[Winston Legthigh]

The best part of the story, to me, is that he had moved in with her! Not only had he landed a new girlfriend, but she had taken him in! She was packing his shit up - and he locked her out of HER apartment!

[Mr. Heartbreak]

The best part of the story, to me, is that he had moved in with her! Not only had he landed a new girlfriend, but she had taken him in! She was packing his shit up - and he locked her out of HER apartment!

He's got cojones...at least when he is armed and/or confronted by an angry woman or teenager.

I consider myself a real peacenik, but I'd personally like to punch the guy in the face just once on behalf of all women everywhere.

[Atticus]

How quickly y'all forget

[tinnitus photography]

seems like the bigger question is why people on a Wilco message board would be assholes to each other over the domestic squabbles of people they've never met. 

to score political points, of course.

 

 

 

is that a foreign concept to you?

[NoJ]

I think the biggest question is: why has Bob Dylan refused to speak out or denounce his nephew?

 

 

Because Bobby D is a staunch supporter of concealed carry and Stand Your Ground, thats why.

[Mr. Heartbreak]

Okay, well, here's a nice segue back into regular politics, courtesy of the "comments" section on HuffPost:

 

 

Amazing how the same people who believed in Zimmerman's innocence in the murder of Trayvon Martin, are the ones that mostly believe that the Affordable Care Act is a ploy to collapse our government.

How's that?

[Guest Jules]

stupid?

[Mr. Heartbreak]

stupid?

You sure have a high % of being wrong. I would imagine it is frustrating being you.

[John Smith]

George Zimmerman, always the victim, always holding the gun, go figure.

 

And now for something completely different

 

Rob Ford... Political scandal? Tom Sizemore wannabe? Or just good fun entertainment?

[Tweedling]

 

Okay, well, here's a nice segue back into regular politics, courtesy of the "comments" section on HuffPost:

 

 

How's that?

 

 weak

[IRememberDBoon]

"I’m sure if we open up the dictionary, we could prove that with semantics that are various, we can prove that there is a definition of slavery that absolutely fits the bill there, when I’m talking about a bankrupt country that will owe somebody something down the line if we don’t change things that is, we will be shackled. We will be enslaved to those who we owe."

Sarah Palin today

 

[Atticus]

However inarticulate, that's a fair point.

[lost highway]

It's a terrible point.  Comparing bankruptcy to slavery could only work in a really good poem, and she's no poet. It's just another paint by number hyperbolic political comment, all she needs is to figure out how to compare the administration's spending to Pearl Harbor, Hitler, and Stalin.

[Mr. Heartbreak]

George Zimmerman, always the victim, always holding the gun, go figure.

 

And now for something completely different

 

Rob Ford... Political scandal? Tom Sizemore wannabe? Or just good fun entertainment?

I see Rob Ford as more of a Matt Foley figure.

 

As for Sarah Palin: it's hard to imagine anyone with an IQ over 70 taking her seriously. Might as well listen to Glenn Beck or Limbaugh.

[John Smith]

I know many people who take her seriously and think that what she says makes total sense. Several have traveled hundreds if miles to see her speak and would gladly vote for her for president. But I live in a very rural very conservative region.

 

I just see her as an opportunist taking advantage of every opportunity to keep her profile high and grab the cash. I wonder what happened to the Palin they tried to paint her as when she worked on bipartisan stuff in Alaska. From the moment she took the stage with McCain she's been a fire breather. So I give her credit for seeing where the path to cash was. I guess that's something.

[Atticus]

It's a terrible point.  Comparing bankruptcy to slavery could only work in a really good poem, and she's no poet. It's just another paint by number hyperbolic political comment, all she needs is to figure out how to compare the administration's spending to Pearl Harbor, Hitler, and Stalin.

 

If a democrat were making the point that our economic collapse could result in really horrible circumstances under which we could be beholden in uncomfortable ways to foreign powers, it would get heralded on this board.  Even with some nice hyperbole thrown in for dramatic effect.

 

Palin is an idiot, but our economic status is not failsafe by any means.

[Atticus]

Hitler would have been better, btw.

[Winston Legthigh]

The best part of Palin's quote is the first phrase: IF we open up the dictionary. 

[Guest Jules]

You sure have a high % of being wrong. I would imagine it is frustrating being you.

 

You think that statement is accurate?  And cut the snark.

Amazing how the same people who believed in Zimmerman's innocence in the murder of Trayvon Martin, are the ones that mostly believe that the Affordable Care Act is a ploy to collapse our government.

 

This statement is stupid, poorly written, nonsensical, etc. etc.

[John Smith]

Hitler would have been better, btw.

Better than Palin?

[Mr. Heartbreak]

You think that statement is accurate?  And cut the snark.

 

This statement is stupid, poorly written, nonsensical, etc. etc.

If you think you've got the right to tell me what to do...well, you've got another think coming.

 

I have read many of your posts on this board, and most of them are monosyllabic snark at best or obnoxious crap at worst. You think you are hilarious, I'm sure, but you only come across as thoughtless, arrogant, entitled, and immature. I have zero respect for you as a human being, so don't think for a moment I'm going to do anything you suggest. Feel free to put me on permanent ignore, as I have told you before. I don't need or want any response from you to anything I post in any thread.

[Doug C]

  And cut the snark.

 

Gee, there is a Wilco song that applies here. If only I could remember the name...

[bleedorange]

If you think you've got the right to tell me what to do...well, you've got another think coming.

 

I have read many of your posts on this board, and most of them are monosyllabic snark at best or obnoxious crap at worst. You think you are hilarious, I'm sure, but you only come across as thoughtless, arrogant, entitled, and immature. I have zero respect for you as a human being, so don't think for a moment I'm going to do anything you suggest. Feel free to put me on permanent ignore, as I have told you before. I don't need or want any response from you to anything I post in any thread.

 

Dumb.

[lost highway]

If a democrat were making the point that our economic collapse could result in really horrible circumstances under which we could be beholden in uncomfortable ways to foreign powers, it would get heralded on this board.

 

Yet the way you paraphrased it was already a big improvement on the argument.  And I agree; no economy is fail safe.  Ever.

[KevinG]

However inarticulate, that's a fair point.

 

You know it would be a fair point if she supported tax increases, which she does not.  The thing about the GOP is they decry the debt and the horrible things it will bring.  But the only way they see to solve our debt crisis is to decrease spending, but really on things they don't like.  And it should be noted that government spending is way down under Obama and yet the debt is increasing.  So if you believe the deficit spending is bad you have to do a mixture of decreasing in spending and revenue increases (aka taxes).  But you will never every see Sarah Palin or any GOPer say that.  So really it is just talk, the TEA party doesn't care about the debt, they just don't want the government to spend money on things they don't like.  So they use the hyperbolic statements of fear.