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Posted by the breeze on Sep. 22 2015,1:21 pm

> Subj: This is why
>
> This is why Trump is zooming ahead. He is at least talking about issues that most Americans are concerned about. My mantra about Trump is this: I am in agreement with most of what he says. I just wish someone else was saying it.
> We are getting older and our tickers aren't what they used to be...so here is Our Special
> Bucket List for 2015,16...
> HERE IS ALL WE WANT..
> 1. Hillary: in prison!
> 2. Put "GOD" back in America!!!
> 3. Borders: Closed!
> 4. Congress: On the same retirement & healthcare plans as everybody else .
> 5. Congress: Obey its own laws NOW!
> 6. Language: English only!
> 7. Culture: Constitution, and the Bill of Rights!
> 8. Drug Free: Mandatory Drug Screening before & during Welfare!
> 9. NO freebies to Non-Citizens!
> 10. Balance the budget.
> 11. Stop giving away our money to foreign countries! Charge them for our help! We need it here.
> 12. Fix the TAX CODE!
> 13. IMPEACH the DICTATOR!!
> And most of all.
> 14. "RESPECT OUR MILITARY, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR FLAG!!"

Posted by Glad I Left on Sep. 22 2015,4:15 pm

Trump is like a pair of Zubaz. Seems really cool at first but after a few months you realize how loud and obnoxious they really are.

Posted by Self-Banished on Sep. 22 2015,5:59 pm

Could be worse, could be stroke lady, she never was and will never be cool. I think she knows it too.

Posted by Glad I Left on Sep. 23 2015,12:53 pm

I dunno. when the argument starts with.. could be worse.. you know you are just choosing between different colored turds.

Posted by Self-Banished on Sep. 23 2015,1:57 pm

ain't that the truth.

Posted by Rosalind_Swenson on Sep. 23 2015,2:51 pm

I think somebody already posted this in the forum awhile back.

The central point that emerges from our research is
that economic elites and organized groups representing
business interests have substantial independent impacts
on U.S. government policy, while mass-based interest
groups and average citizens have little or no independent
influence. Our results provide substantial support for
theories of Economic-Elite Domination and for theories
of Biased Pluralism, but not for theories of Majoritarian
Electoral Democracy or Majoritarian Pluralism.
....

When the preferences of economic elites and
the stands of organized interest groups are controlled for,
the preferences of the average American appear to have
only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant
impact upon public policy.
....

When a majority of citizens disagrees with economic elites
or with organized interests, they generally lose. Moreover,
because of the strong status quo bias built into the
U.S. political system, even when fairly large majorities of
Americans favor policy change, they generally do not get it.

< http://scholar.princeton.edu/sites...doc.pdf >

Posted by stardust14 on Sep. 24 2015,1:05 am

(Glad I Left @ Sep. 22 2015,4:15 pm)

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Trump is like a pair of Zubaz. Seems really cool at first but after a few months you realize how loud and obnoxious they really are.

Posted by stardust14 on Sep. 24 2015,1:17 am

Hippies, then Yuppies, then Teabaggers, now Trumpies. The vast backwater of the Silent Majority has a way of giving life to some bizarre strange creatures. But we must accept evolution with all its experiments and mutations.

Posted by Self-Banished on Nov. 03 2015,5:50 pm

It seems the Donald is at it again

< http://www.cnbc.com/2015...st.html >

Posted by stardust14 on Nov. 04 2015,11:51 pm

"The basic imperatives of casino capitalism - extending from eliminating corporate taxes and shifting wealth from the public to the private sector to dismantling corporate regulations and insisting that markets should govern all of social life - have become the new common sense. Any viable notion of the social solidarity and shared democratic values are now viewed as a pathology, replaced by a survival of the fittest ethic, the celebration of self-interest and a notion of the good life entirely tied to a vapid consumerist ethic. Casino capitalism has created a dead zone of the imagination that even Orwell could not have envisioned.

The "dreams" that Donald Trump and many other demagogues running for president are trying to evoke are really racist illusions that comfort followers, but ignore the realities of white supremacy. They are a mirage, hiding the ongoing reality of a historical nightmare."

From: Truthout.org

Posted by stardust14 on Nov. 05 2015,12:17 am

(Rosalind_Swenson @ Sep. 23 2015,2:51 pm)

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When a majority of citizens disagrees with economic elites
or with organized interests, they generally lose. Moreover,
because of the strong status quo bias built into the
U.S. political system, even when fairly large majorities of
Americans favor policy change, they generally do not get it.

"In matters of conscience, the majority have no place"

Ghandi

“Revolution is a spectators sport. The majority will sit in the stands and watch the factions fight. At the end they will choose side with the team that is winning. ”

George Rockwell

The purpose of a constitution is to protect a minority group from the wrath of the majority.

Due to complex human nature a majority is most likely wrong on any one issue. Although this does not preclude the minority elite being right. Both can be wrong.

PS Starve the barstool trolls.

Posted by Self-Banished on Nov. 05 2015,4:25 am

Posted by Self-Banished on Feb. 24 2016,4:16 am

Trump takes Nevada

< http://www.cnn.com/2016...robbins >

CNN opinion piece says it's pretty much over, Trump's the nominee.

I guess we should prepare for a Trump presidency. :cool:

Even Batsh!t is starting to rip on Trump. :rofl:

Posted by Liberal on Feb. 24 2016,10:21 am

Wait until the press starts doing some investigative reporting on Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho. Or when Hillary destroys him in a debate, we've already seen how worked up Bush got him, Hillary will make him go ballistic on national TV.

Posted by Expatriate on Feb. 24 2016,10:25 am

Posted by Self-Banished on Feb. 24 2016,3:47 pm

(Liberal @ Feb. 24 2016,10:21 am)

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Ummmm, yeah, Trump's the front runner, Bush pulled the plug. How's that work?

Posted by Liberal on Feb. 25 2016,3:09 am

How does what work?

Posted by Self-Banished on Feb. 26 2016,2:31 pm

Humpy Dumpy endorced Trump,
What a world :popcorn:

< http://variety.com/2016...1716080 >

Posted by grassman on Feb. 26 2016,4:05 pm

What a CHUMP. Hey Donnie baby, al dem tings I said while runnin, you know, just ear candy. Ya know what I mean. :laugh:

Posted by Self-Banished on Feb. 26 2016,5:51 pm

^^
Better be nice, he's most likely to be pres, if Tuesday go his way and nothing stupid happens (though what could happen that he wouldn't be able to bullsh!t his way through I can't imagine) he's in. :oops:

Posted by Botto 82 on Feb. 26 2016,7:27 pm

(Self-Banished @ Feb. 26 2016,5:51 pm)

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Not going to happen. Trump winning the White House is about as likely as the Vikings winning the Superbowl.

The results of tireless Trump opposition research has yet to make much of an appearance. When it does, the race becomes a bloodbath, with ~~Stroke~~ Teflon Lady coming out on top.

People will cave at the last minute, and vote establishment, no matter what they told their friends they were doing. That almost always happens.

Posted by stardust14 on Feb. 27 2016,12:10 am

Trump's fake college (he won most times being sued :rofl:

), his fake Made in America line, Trump Tower built with help from illegal immigrants (sued again by unions) :rofl:

Surprised that weak-kneed GOP candidates waited so long to attack the man with orange skin. Shows their fear of big money thugs and frothing voters.

A moral micro-midget persuading voters to further down-size an already minute conscience.

Posted by Self-Banished on Feb. 27 2016,4:50 am

^^^^ With the alternative being stroke lady? An incompetent, probably soon to be indicted idiot. Twink speaks of bankrupt entities, did anyone die as a result? A Batsh!t crazy loser that will tank our struggling economy. No thank you there either.

I'm scared of Trump, sure we'll probably do better economically (that won't take much) but what about foreign policy?

This coming Tuesday will decide, if Trump has a strong showing, he's in. I guess when it comes down to it I'll vote for the candidate that "best" represents my views.

Posted by Self-Banished on Feb. 27 2016,5:53 am

< http://opportunitylives.com/states-...in-2016 >

Posted by Expatriate on Feb. 27 2016,6:25 am

Lindsey Graham: ‘My Party Has Gone Bat**** Crazy’

Posted by Self-Banished on Feb. 27 2016,7:38 am

Lindsey Graham :rofl:

Posted by Rosalind_Swenson on Feb. 27 2016,3:31 pm

(Self-Banished @ Feb. 27 2016,4:50 am)

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I guess when it comes down to it I'll vote for the candidate that "best" represents my views.

And what are your views? What do you think our biggest problems are as a country?

Stardust:

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Surprised that weak-kneed GOP candidates waited so long to attack the man with orange skin.

What is with that skin color? Fake tan? One of the last debates, I tried messing with the tint and color on the TV before I realized it was just Trump who had the wacky color going on.

Posted by Botto 82 on Feb. 27 2016,5:57 pm

Posted by stardust14 on Feb. 27 2016,7:32 pm

Trumpies = apes in transition.

Posted by Self-Banished on Feb. 27 2016,7:42 pm

(Rosalind_Swenson @ Feb. 27 2016,3:31 pm)

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And what are your views? What do you think our biggest problems are as a country?

:rofl:

What is with that skin color? Fake tan? One of the last debates, I tried messing with the tint and color on the TV before I realized it was just Trump who had the wacky color going on.

What are my views? How about,

Not being taxed exorbitant amounts just because I work hard to build my own business (and yes, I built it, not some whining Senator Pochantas who thinks no one built anything)

Being told what and how much Health ins I must buy, paying more for mine because some idiot down the road thinks the opening of the movie "Idiocracy" is a life plan.

How about the second amendment being what it is instead of what some leftist "thinks it should mean.

We can start there, many more issues that stoke lady gets wrong.

And Roz, I didn't think you were a bigot but I guess you are. :blush:

Posted by stardust14 on Feb. 27 2016,7:49 pm

(Rosalind_Swenson @ Feb. 27 2016,3:31 pm)

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What is with that skin color? Fake tan? One of the last debates, I tried messing with the tint and color on the TV before I realized it was just Trump who had the wacky color going on.

Not sure about Trump's color distortion. His white supremacist supporters should look into his genetic background.

It must be hilarious to watch Trump debating in Spanish Language mode.

"Yo mono muy grande!!. Yo mono muy grande!!"

Posted by Rosalind_Swenson on Feb. 28 2016,12:40 am

(Self-Banished @ Feb. 27 2016,7:42 pm)

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(Rosalind_Swenson @ Feb. 27 2016,3:31 pm)

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And what are your views? What do you think our biggest problems are as a country?

:rofl:

What is with that skin color? Fake tan? One of the last debates, I tried messing with the tint and color on the TV before I realized it was just Trump who had the wacky color going on.

I still think water shortages, meddling in other countries and the lying mainstream press are three of our biggest problems. But, for what you consider problems,
Sanders has no intention of hitting the likes of you with "exorbitant" taxes. You also wouldn't be paying more for healthcare because others are "losers".
Sanders has also been very much in favor of gun rights of citizens. I'm pissed that he's caved under pressure and is talking about possibly holding gun manufacturers responsible. I'm hoping he'll change his mind back again.

You honestly think Trump is good for this country??

I'm only a bigot when it comes to orange people.

Stardust:

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Posted by Self-Banished on Feb. 28 2016,6:18 am

^^ I'm already paying more because of Bustercare and Batsh!t want to expand Medicare? :dunce:

He's pandering to the gun control people, do you realize what would happen to the shooting industry if the legislation went through to sue manufacturers because their product DID WHAT IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO!? :dunce:

No Roz, you're not abigot, you're one of the many people in this country that thinks you're a victim when you're not, one of the jealous crowd that thinks you're entitled to other folks hard work, pathetic.

Posted by Self-Banished on Feb. 28 2016,7:25 am

Also Roz, do I think Trump will be good for this country?

He'll be much much better than stroke lady.

Posted by Rosalind_Swenson on Feb. 28 2016,8:58 am

(Self-Banished @ Feb. 28 2016,6:18 am)

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Goodness, after five years of me yammering about the corruption in government and pointing out exactly how it's corrupted, you revert back to saying anyone who wants to change the whole corrupt system is a lazy jealous free-loader.

From the topic:
Government not corrupted by banks and corps?

In response to this comment

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Distilled down, this whole mess might sound like this:

"I do not support Romney or Obama. They are both bought off by the same cabal of international corporations and banks. George Bush and Cheney should be tried for war crimes and Obama should be impeached. Remember they work for us we do not work for them."

You said this
SB:

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^ so you've come to the realization that you're just one of the rats in the maze???

In response to this comment

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Ros, just stop it. As long as someone makes huge sums of money, it's ok. There's nothing wrong with our military laying down their lives to clear the way for profits to be made by Corporate America. They been doing it for years. Just close your eyes, hum KOOM BYA and buy stocks in that company. :sarcasm:

You said this
SB:

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Yep, and the Dems are just as guilty as the Repubs, just look back to Johnson and Bell helicopter. Personally, I think there is no difference anymore between the two parties. At 52, I don't think I'll live long enough tomsee a change, maybe my children will.

Of course you won't live long enough to see a change, when you vote to keep the same corrupt system in place, and you lie about and bash the one and only person who wants to actually get rid of the corruption.

Posted by Self-Banished on Feb. 28 2016,12:57 pm

^^so you want to flush the whole constitution down the toilet? :dunce:

There are all sorts of rats, some work harder than others some just live off the sweat of others. One just needs to be smart, work hard and remember one thing...

Life's tough Buttercup.

Posted by Rosalind_Swenson on Feb. 28 2016,5:16 pm

(Self-Banished @ Feb. 28 2016,12:57 pm)

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^^so you want to flush the whole constitution down the toilet? :dunce:

There are all sorts of rats, some work harder than others some just live off the sweat of others. One just needs to be smart, work hard and remember one thing...

Life's tough Buttercup.

Are you trying to make me regret saying that I don't think you're stupid?

Flush the whole constitution down the toilet??

How about we just try getting back the first three words of the constitution?:

QUOTE

Its first three words – “We The People” – affirm that the government of the United States exists to serve its citizens.

< http://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm >

The citizens. Not corporations, not banks, not money. The citizens.

Posted by stardust14 on Feb. 28 2016,6:31 pm

Those complicit in Wallstreet crimes---shareholders, investors--prefer the status quo. They will feed from the devil if it's easy money. Their bitching about "lazy moochers" is a ruse to deflect attention from their pact with criminals.

Does anyone here with investments know where, when, how their dollars are being used? A good chance some is being used to suppress justice, wages, and voting rights. The middle class is hedging their own demise.

Posted by Botto 82 on Feb. 28 2016,8:30 pm

Monied fat cats and middle-class prosperity cannot coexist.At least that's what the "If you're poor, it's because you're stupid and lazy" crowd of morons would have you believe.

What idiot would argue that the rich weren't making money fast enough when the top tax rates were 80-90%, and there was a firewall between investment banks (think gamblers) and commercial banks (think George Bailey)?

These pieces of fecal matter have been shooting craps with loaded dice since Reagan. Don't have the audacity to call their money "hard-earned," especially given the number of people that lost real "hard-earned" money when these deadbeats burned Wall Street to the ground, and not one of them went to jail. NOT ONE. Christ. A kid taking money for Girl Scout cookies and then not delivering said cookies would get into more hot water than any of these a-holes did.

Nobody wants to flush the Constitution, save maybe the Sixteenth Amendment. But the Wall Street casino needs to go.

Posted by stardust14 on Feb. 28 2016,10:35 pm

We can only hope investment banking collapses once more, this time left to eat their own losses. And execs jailed long term, as in Iceland.

There is another way. So far the public, it's hand in the till along side bankers, refuses to divest, reject, or change laws. It's how long the public is willing to bow and take it in the !ss which is unknown. So far whoring themselves out to Wallstreet is not beyond their dignity.

I still say Wallstreet is a symptom in many ways, not the essential problem--a willing stab-another-in-the-back public.

Posted by Marneman on Feb. 29 2016,12:37 am

If Trump does get the most delegates going into the Republican convention it should make some interesting tv veiwing. With the Republican establishment (machine) already hinting at a brokered convention to oust Trump.
Cue the fireworks!

P.S. Botto stop with the negative waves! I don't support Trump, but damnit the Viking will win the SuperBowl one of these days!!(Hopefully before the apocolypes)

Posted by stardust14 on Feb. 29 2016,1:26 am

It's about time the RNC begins manipulating their POTUS candidate selection. Way behind RNC corrupt practices. We can hope both Parties have brokered conventions. Stir up these boys clubs, toss out rotten apples in both Parties. Hope the people in Cleveland and Philadelphia welcome Party officials with bricks & beer cans.

Posted by Rosalind_Swenson on Feb. 29 2016,2:45 pm

Yesterday the Vice Chair of the DNC resigned because of what she sees as rigging of the system in favor of Clinton, and now she's endorsing Sanders. Yesterday Marco Rubio stated that (paraphrasing) the rest of the republicans are going to start coming after Trump with both barrels.

SB

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Lazy moochers, lazy unmotivated moochers. Corrupt government...ooops :lalala:

I mean, lazy unmotivated moochers. :lalala:

Batsh!t stroke lady batsh!t stroke lady batsh!t batsh!t stroke lady. Lazy lazy free loaders. :lalala:

Posted by Self-Banished on Feb. 29 2016,4:12 pm

^^ are you editing my posts now
Careful, what's good for the gander...

Posted by alcitizens on Feb. 29 2016,5:59 pm

Posted by Botto 82 on Mar. 01 2016,12:25 am

^And you thought the Tea Party was dead...

Posted by Expatriate on Mar. 01 2016,9:03 am

The Party of the Tards has flipped out...your Presidential Candidate at his best..

Posted by Rosalind_Swenson on Mar. 01 2016,9:22 am

Gosh, Trump's hair didn't move even a little bit during that tussle. Reminds me of the play dough barber shop I had when I was little. Turn the crank and the play dough "hair" comes out of the holes in the head, then press a plastic mold around it and voila, Trump hair.

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Even before Hillary Clinton beat Bernie Sanders by a wide margin in the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, the political and media elites that police American democracy were busy writing Sanders out of the running.

This is what happens in American politics. From the earliest stages of the primary process, pundits and political operatives try to wrap things up in tidy little boxes of conventional wisdom. Again and again, the message is delivered: Everything is finished but the final counting up of delegates, despite the fact that the vast majority of states have not voted. The pressure to conclude the competition disempowers voters and damages the discourse, and candidates have every right and reason to resist the rush to shut the competition down before it has really begun.

But resistance is futile if a candidate gets no encouragement to challenge the emerging narrative.

That is one of the reasons why a once-crowded Republican presidential race is a whole lot less crowded these days.

Something has upset the rush to write off Sanders, however. It seems that a good many Democrats, including several prominent partisans who just endorsed the insurgent, are disinclined to embrace the conventional wisdom.

< http://www.thenation.com/article...ampaign >

Posted by alcitizens on Mar. 01 2016,6:06 pm

< View on YouTube >

Posted by Botto 82 on Mar. 02 2016,2:36 am

Scenario: Trump vs. Sanders - I vote Sanders, because I want to stick it to Wall Street types that caused the 2008 meltdown.

Scenario: Trump vs. Hillary - I vote Trump, because it's obvious nobody cares, and we're all secretly waiting to see what it looks like when the world burns.

Posted by Self-Banished on Mar. 02 2016,4:26 am

(Expatriate @ Mar. 01 2016,9:03 am)

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The Party of the Tards has flipped out...your Presidential Candidate at his best..

You do know that wrestling is fake, right? :dunce:

Posted by stardust14 on Mar. 02 2016,4:03 pm

(Botto 82 @ Mar. 02 2016,2:36 am)

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Won't vote Hillary or Trump or any other Wallstreet puppet.
My conscience will not allow it. Let the Trumpies bury themselves if the occasion arises.

Trump's VP pick may come into play if the jerk is elected, when GOP congress gets fed up and surgically removes(impeaches) its own tumor.

Just in: Republican Party decimated. Evangelicals sell last of their soul to Satan.

Posted by Self-Banished on Mar. 02 2016,4:10 pm

^^You fed how many with a single loaf of bread? :sarcasm:

Posted by Rosalind_Swenson on Mar. 02 2016,6:39 pm

(Botto 82 @ Mar. 02 2016,2:36 am)

QUOTE

Posted by alcitizens on Mar. 04 2016,2:03 pm

Posted by Self-Banished on Mar. 09 2016,5:22 am

< https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/second-amendment-rights >

Well this is encouraging

Posted by Expatriate on Mar. 09 2016,7:00 am

^^^found a picture of you and Trump...

Posted by Self-Banished on Mar. 09 2016,7:34 am

Your so mean, and stupid, and old, and... :rofl:

Posted by grassman on Mar. 09 2016,7:36 am

Actually, Trump makes a lot (not all) of very good points. His delivery is his downfall. The run that he and Sanders is making is proof that we want something different than the same ol crap. The trouble with Trump is his history. Bernie I don't agree with everything he is for either but....

Posted by Self-Banished on Mar. 09 2016,9:54 am

^* nope, Batsh!t's policies are pure lunacy :crazy:

Trumps on the other hand are about split, excellant and scary as hell.

Posted by grassman on Mar. 16 2016,12:49 pm

...as Little Rubio learns that his own state has no faith in him, he exits stage left. :rofl:

Posted by Self-Banished on Mar. 16 2016,12:55 pm

Poor little Marco

Posted by Self-Banished on Apr. 22 2016,4:39 pm

< https://www.facebook.com/UncleSamsChildren/videos/480259972170007/ >

If that doesn't work, this should

< http://youtu.be/W9tcswoomvM >

This guy still scares me but it seems he's going to be our only choice.

Posted by Expatriate on Apr. 23 2016,7:30 pm

Posted by Self-Banished on Apr. 24 2016,6:52 am

^^ of course this is what you (for lack of a better word) think. You spent your political capital over the last six months supporting a loser, this is what your guy is, a loser. He's been a loser his entire life and this is probably what he'll continue to be.
Do I support Trump? Well, it's like eating a sh!t sandwich, everybody has to now and then, at least this one doesn't have nuts. The other choice? Your loser candidate has pushed her so far to the left that it'll become easy to beat her. The NRA (yeah I know, you consider them crazy, weak, stupid or whatever other nameplate you hang on them) is over six million strong and hasn't even begun ripping into her and there are several other organizations that will go after her.
So unless the Repubs screw the pooch and rig the primary it looks like we're stuck with Trump.
Oh well after 8 years of Buster we won't be disappointed going without entertainment. :cool:

Posted by Expatriate on Apr. 24 2016,11:26 am

@ the Idgit..You have ONE candidate who's NOT beholding to the oligarchy, but you jump on the bandwagon for the Banksters...

< View on YouTube >

Posted by Self-Banished on Apr. 24 2016,4:08 pm

(Expatriate @ Apr. 24 2016,11:26 am)

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@ the Idgit..You have ONE candidate who's NOT beholding to the oligarchy, but you jump on the bandwagon for the Banksters...

< View on YouTube >

It's not so much jumping on the bandwagon as voting against a woman who's incompetent, a liar and just might (though doubtful) rightfully be indicted.

Now I know this is hard to get through the thick, slow-working brain of yours but America is a business and should be run as such.

Posted by Expatriate on Apr. 26 2016,8:09 am

idgit quote:

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but America is a business and should be run as such.

Posted by Self-Banished on Apr. 26 2016,10:30 am

^^ funny

a union hack pulling the constitution out of his ass.

Posted by Expatriate on Apr. 28 2016,6:03 am

^^ America is a Union, you idgit..

Posted by Self-Banished on Apr. 28 2016,7:19 am

(Expatriate @ Apr. 28 2016,6:03 am)

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^^ America is a Union, you idgit..

No, America is a representative republic. Do yourself a favor, go see if they have a remedial civics class at on of the colleges. Besides being a bastardized use of the word your little"clubs" you form are nothing more than mob rule, screw the rights of the individual.

Nothing but thugs

Posted by Expatriate on Apr. 28 2016,10:52 am

^^The Union defeated the Confederacy in 1865, the plantation based economy is over..that's slavery to an idgit like you..

Your scab mentality would have US all indentured servants to the system...

You're a nickle and dimer who will be replaced by technology shortly.. :dunce:

Posted by Self-Banished on Apr. 28 2016,11:15 am

Technology? Driverless trucks? Bring it on! We've had this "discussion" before, sit at home on a laptop routing trucks, yeah baby! Trouble is it'll take another 10-15 years to be perfected. As for now, they just put trailers on trains and ship them cross country with a minimal train crew, an engineer and a helper.

Oh! Oh! I know! Let's go back to the drone thing where you think( :rofl:

) they'll put 25 tons of freight in the air! :rofl:

That'll work about as good as running a socialist for prez. :rofl:

PS, I heard ol' Batsh!t's laying off people now, what happened to "work for everyone"? :rofl:

Posted by grassman on Apr. 28 2016,11:42 am

(Self-Banished @ Apr. 28 2016,11:15 am)

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PS, I heard ol' Batsh!t's laying off people now, what happened to "work for everyone"? :rofl:

Well Mr. Smart Business man, you should recognize, needed manpower for the job. The number of states left to go to has become a short list. Why keep on an excess of manpower? See, thinking like that could make a big difference on how much money is spent on projects. To have an army of people just because you can, is idiotic and not penny wise. :thumbsup:

Posted by Self-Banished on Apr. 28 2016,1:33 pm

^^ manpower? The idiot needs all the help he can get. But what I was missing there is this :sarcasm:

Sorry, I'll make it more simple for you next time.

Posted by Common Citizen on May 04 2016,8:04 pm

(Expatriate @ Apr. 28 2016,10:52 am)

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America is not a Union in the same sense the term was used during the civil war. :dunce:

I should come back more often to get a laugh. :rofl:

You know what SB means. We are a republic...at least we are suppose to be unless you're a donk...because then your're Union. :dunce:

Posted by alcitizens on May 05 2016,12:12 am

My daughter lived in Atlanta, Georgia for her first 24 years until she moved to Albert Lea, Minnesota with her kids three years ago..

She got her GED first thing and has been going to college for over 2 years.. She has went from working at Walmart to being a full-time associate at GoMobile making a good living..

Her kids are getting the best education and a quality of life that she didn't think would ever be possible..

She just needed a chance to succeed.. Minnesota gave her that chance..

The Union is still kicking a$$.. :boxing:

Posted by Self-Banished on May 05 2016,4:55 am

^^ Sounds like your daughter kicked ass on her own, good for her :thumbsup:

Posted by alcitizens on May 05 2016,6:09 am

(Self-Banished @ May 05 2016,4:55 am)

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^^ Sounds like your daughter kicked ass on her own, good for her :thumbsup:

It never hurts having a supportive village that will guide them in the right direction..

The old Confederate State of Georgia will point them in the direction of the homeless shelter..

Thanks SB, I couldn't be more proud of what she has accomplished so far..

A Bachelor's Degree in Human Services in about a year and a half is her ultimate goal.. :woohoo:

Posted by hymiebravo on May 07 2016,9:57 am

Zooming ahead? He appears to be a media darling, more than anything. Good click bait. Hard to think of anything else that is getting the heavy saturation that this guy has gotten.

The local newspaper sites had some Trump story run for what seemed like weeks. When you clicked to go to the sites. The first thing you saw, in the upper right hand corner was a Trump Story. "We've Run The Greatest Campaign Ever".

How can you even tell if there was anyone else running? *chuckle

And - Is that really a 'story' or is that a perpetual Trump campaign ad?

Posted by Self-Banished on May 07 2016,10:20 am

^^ like him/hate him he is a master of media manipulation, and very likely our next prez. All a matter of tapping into herd mentality.

Posted by hymiebravo on May 07 2016,6:05 pm

So you are admitting you are just part of the 'herd' (As you put it)

I don't like or hate him. If you're so sure of your speculation you should put some money on it.

Giving him credit for being a master media manipulator at this point. Seems akin to calling any; if it bleeds it leads story a savvy media manipulator.

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Posted by hymiebravo on May 07 2016,8:23 pm

I saw part of some cable bit one night a few weeks ago. I think Geraldo Rivera was on it. And they were sitting around talking about some anti-Trump rally or something. And there were like two guys with signs.

The whole city of New York was completely oblivious to this giant event. But it was deemed worthy fodder for this cable news show.

For all we know those two guys were paid by Geraldo for effect and ambiance.

Gotta luvv the way the 24 Hour News drives every story into the ground.

But apparently people watch it. Just like we obviously need/needed 24 Hour coverage of what Jody Arias does.

Posted by Self-Banished on May 08 2016,7:01 am

If you really want to know what I'm thinking about this election this guy comes really close to my views

< http://youtu.be/djHIjRKtSOg >

Warning! Vial truck driver language used.

Posted by irisheyes on May 09 2016,3:56 am

(Self-Banished @ May 08 2016,7:01 am)

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If you really want to know what I'm thinking about this election this guy comes really close to my views

< http://youtu.be/djHIjRKtSOg >

Warning! Vial truck driver language used.

He says he was (is) a Republican, but he once saw a flier (at a Republican rally, no less) and decided he'll call himself an independent from then on; even though he's voting Republican regardless. When he tries to explain why, there isn't a single point where he brings up any of the actual issues. Instead, he trails off into a story about monkeys, bags of crap, genitals, but he's voting for Trump because somehow there might be a crap covered Rolex in there somewhere. :dunce:

^I'm not making this up, those were the Yankee Marshal's reasons for voting for Trump: "The bag of crap might have a Rolex in it, but he's worried the monkey might rip off his genitals." :rofl:

Posted by Self-Banished on May 09 2016,4:48 am

^ ummm, metaphors? But what it comes down to we're going to eat a sh!t sandwich one way or another. Will Trump pick the right SCOTUS? Will he fix our tax system? Will he be the one we trust with the 3:00 am phone call? Maybe.

Should we trust Stroke lady? Fot me, absolutely not.

I subscribe to this guys channel mostly because of spot on gun reviews :thumbsup:

Posted by Expatriate on May 11 2016,5:33 am

Posted by Self-Banished on May 11 2016,5:37 am

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Obviously not a supporter of the 2nd amendment, from your political picks , the whole constitution either.

And yes, we are heading for (if not already starting) a recession, we didn't really come out of the last one due to our current prez.

Posted by Expatriate on May 11 2016,6:18 am

that same tired song and dance..idgit

Posted by Self-Banished on May 11 2016,6:38 am

^^ I realize someone like you doesn't pay too close attension to the economy, either because you're retired or you're just oblivious. Our last two quarter GDP figures came in at 1.4 and .05%. Our "cooked" unemployment number somewhere around 5% yet our labor participation rate is at an all time low of 62%. People are tired of being poor, they're tired of a mismanaged economy.

Posted by Botto 82 on May 11 2016,6:50 am

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Well then they should get off their government-cheese-eating asses and get a job.

Posted by Self-Banished on May 11 2016,2:55 pm

Posted by Expatriate on May 13 2016,5:55 am

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more FOX Noise lies debunked...idgit.. the end Obama's second term we seem to be rolling in clover compared to the Bush Great Recession at the same point in Bush's second term or Bush's first term where he squanders OUR surplus on tax cuts for the rich and needless wars... We're still gaining jobs not losing them like the Bush final year...And I don't particularly like Obama after he pushed the Republican TPP to give Vietnam our jobs...but he's still far better than any Republitard...

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Posted by Self-Banished on May 13 2016,7:52 am

^^ our debt is 104% of our GDP,yep, this is substainable :sarcasm:

Not that I'm crazy about Trump, he does provide a better choice than the crook the JHC is going to put in the general. We're in for a bumpy ride for the next decade or so. Partly the fault of the repubs but mostly due to liberals thinking along the lines of your entitlement mentality.

It's growing more and more apparent that Trump will beat stroke lady this fall.

Posted by Botto 82 on May 13 2016,8:56 am

I've had it with the Tolerant Liberal Social Justice Warrior crowd, arguing bathroom law for a statistically insignificant demographic while they try to sneak $hillary past the goalie. This election cycle may well prove to be the end of the corrupt two-party monstrosity.

Posted by Expatriate on May 13 2016,9:32 am

Elizabeth Warren seems to be ripping tRUMP a new one..

< https://twitter.com/elizabethforma?lang=en >

Posted by Glad I Left on May 13 2016,9:51 am

People care about about her? She's as relevant as Bachman.

Posted by Botto 82 on May 13 2016,10:47 am

Comparing an educated U.S. Senator to Ms. Golly Gee Willikers? Seriously?

Apples and carrots, man.

Posted by Self-Banished on May 13 2016,12:07 pm

(Botto 82 @ May 13 2016,8:56 am)

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This election cycle may well prove to be the end of the corrupt two-party monstrosity.

Woo Hoo!!

Posted by Self-Banished on May 13 2016,12:49 pm

(Expatriate @ May 13 2016,9:32 am)

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Elizabeth Warren seems to be ripping tRUMP a new one..

< https://twitter.com/elizabethforma?lang=en >

Pocahontas,what a joke. :rofl:

Posted by Self-Banished on May 23 2016,7:10 am

I hope this doesn't come back to bite us on the ass.

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But I guess it's better than the alternative, Stroke lady wants to end the 2nd. Her appointment of a SCOTUS judge would mean the Heller decision being overturned.

Posted by Expatriate on May 30 2016,6:33 am

tRUMP/Sanders debate: outcome- tRUMP grew feathers..

Posted by Self-Banished on May 30 2016,11:39 am

^^naw, it just doesn't pay to hang around losers like Batsh!t.

Posted by Self-Banished on May 31 2016,11:47 am

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