Comments on: Am I a bad person because I basically hate everyone?

By: SemiConscious Dot Org » Blog Archive » I Am Spartacus Mr. Tarquin Biscuitbarrel

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:43:30 +0000

[...] a campaign to endorse, nay, to believe in. Maybe, just maybe, Kucinich/Paul is that campaign. The argument is compelling: Because while each one of them is, respectively, a wee bit flaky or crazy, I’m pretty sure [...]

By: GoatBoy

GoatBoy — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:16:44 +0000

Once a Bircher…

By: Dayv

Dayv — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:40:19 +0000

Nathanael Nerode said:

But you see, then I could just move to Vermont. :-) There are a few state governments I trust to protect my civil liberties relatively well, and at this point freedom of migration within the US is pretty safe. If he starts threatening that, on the other hand….

Well now, there’s an idea that scales well. And it works so well for the poor, too!

Are you completely blind to the fact that you’ve just regurgitated the “love it or leave it” argument, but applied it at the state level instead of the national one? Moron.

By: GoatBoy

GoatBoy — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:54:09 +0000

That first skirmish of this battle commenced 230 years ago and Paul’s side lost. It lost the campaign entirely 60 years later.

By: bago

bago — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:11:28 +0000

But that’s the point, isn’t it. Devolvoing power into the people who actually spend time dealing with their citizens at a face to face level.

By: GoatBoy

GoatBoy — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:51:14 +0000

So now I have to get a U-Haul for your ideological purity?

You want the revolution. You move.

By: Nathanael Nerode

Nathanael Nerode — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 10:51:14 +0000

“Ron Paul cares fuckall about my civil liberties, as long as it’s my state and not my nation that’s infringing on them.”

But you see, then I could just move to Vermont. :-) There are a few state governments I trust to protect my civil liberties relatively well, and at this point freedom of migration within the US is pretty safe. If he starts threatening that, on the other hand….

By: Dayv

Dayv — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:26:38 +0000

Dayv said:

Has Kucinich actually expressed interest in this pairing?

Crickets said:

Chirp chirp!

Yeah, that’s what I thought.

By: Balloon Juice

Balloon Juice — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:07:13 +0000

[...] From the Bradrocket: [...]

By: GoatBoy

GoatBoy — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:41:23 +0000

I repeat, for double emphasis:

~~Lyndon LaRouche~~ Ron Paul cares fuckall about my civil liberties, as long as it’s my state and not my nation that’s infringing on them. That’s not flaky. That’s a dominionist in an Ayn Rand mask.

No sale.

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:59:35 +0000

Gravel/Paul

Said it before, say it again.

BUMFIGHT!

By: Dayv

Dayv — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:39:49 +0000

punkinsmon said:

But if all this isn’t enough to convince you, take a moment to reflect on the fact that [Kucinich] thinks so highly of Ron Paul that he wants him on a “unity” ticket even without his consent.

Has Kucinich actually expressed interest in this pairing?

By: DAS

DAS — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:16:14 +0000

Dude, you’re confusing the monkeys with the organ grinders. – freejack

The problem is that some monkeys go around pretending they’re organ grinders. AIPAC comes to mind. Of course, call AIPAC an organ grinder and they’ll tar and feather you as an anti-Semite …

By: freejack

freejack — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:17:32 +0000

“too fearful of offending their overlords at AEI, Brookings and the Washington Post”

Dude, you’re confusing the monkeys with the organ grinders.

Lockheed Martin – organ grinder
AEI- monkey
Boeing- organ grinder
Brookings- monkey
Northrop Grumman Corp- organ grinder
New York Times- monkey
Ratheon- organ grinder
Washington Post- monkey
TRW- organ grinder
Dick Cheney- monkey
General Dynamics- organ grinder
Clinton (pick one)- monkey

By: punkinsmom

punkinsmom — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:47:53 +0000

Speaking as someone who has been familiar with Kucinich for his entire political life, please do not let him represent our country. The actual ideas are wonderful, his implementation SUCKS. And based on the d’oh-ness factor of this guy on a national stage, I have to guess that it will continue to suck.
Don’t get me wrong, he’s a great Representative for his district, arguing some fine points. But just because you say what you believe and even attempt to pursue some of it, does not make you fit to lead a nation. But if all this isn’t enough to convince you, take a moment to reflect on the fact that this guy thinks so highly of Ron Paul that he wants him on a “unity” ticket even without his consent.

By: Patkin

Patkin — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:44:24 +0000

Anastasius: Well, on the other hand, Jillian’s got me seriously contemplating the Socialist hopeful, so some of us are free and clear of the Paul-mania.

By: Anastasius

Anastasius — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:02:47 +0000

It’s like in Body Snatchers. The Ron Paul Internet Crazies are taking us over one by one. No one is save.

By: (Lex) Skink Tyree (Azagthoth)

(Lex) Skink Tyree (Azagthoth) — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:47:23 +0000

Washington’s Farewell Address is always helpful in times like these. No one likes my political party, the Tea Party, or rather they like the idea but can’t implement it.

Face it, we’re stuck with “two party thinking” in a two party system. Rephrased from the above mentioned “Wrath of Khan”, so someone here ought to get it. We’re stuck with divisive politics (as everyone knows) by a system that keeps people divided on more simple issues that frequently never come to a vote but rather appeal to “the culture wars” and thus keep the incumbents in office rather than allowing change, hence 3rd party wackos rather than splinters from the main parties, etc, etc. ad nauseum.

Everyone here knows this, I just put it in Lex Terminology. Now there is NO chance for a splinter because of fear of the winning of the lesser of the given two evils.

Then again, our current admin. is much more Lovecraftian than I had previously thought. It’s actually exactly like “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”. Bush is Obed Marsh, and who the heck did anyone think this unrunnable VP was all this time but some emissary of Dagon?

By: Nimrod Gently

Nimrod Gently — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:07:39 +0000

Tear down the system and rebuild it from scratch. Repeat every 75 years or so.

By: RandomObserver

RandomObserver — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:18:55 +0000

The answer to the title question is no, or alternately if so then so am I.