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Thread: How Bad is it for Republicans?
yule_liquor
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How Bad is it for Republicans?
Posted: 6/18/2013 5:46:56 AM
^ at enig
to do nothing or to do something that is the choice, when the Government overreaches and ignores the will of the people they have a choice rebel or become oppressed..
I dunno where you live in; but where I'm at; I can tell you that the will of the American Ppple is to have choice, access & a level playing field in all life's endeavors.
When you give a free pass; to big business to do whatever they wish to maximize profit (under the false pretext of creating jobs)at the expense of limiting choice and price gouging (ie; the oil industry & health insurance industry); that is a form of oppression!
yule_liquor
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Looking for
Posted: 6/17/2013 7:20:15 PM
I noticed that it's mostly blonds who get asked ... when they are in a group. That's why I put the "redhead" question in there. As in ... "If you aren't a blond ... is that part of the reason."
It might seem easier for a man to approach women who are in a group because it is obvious that they are unattached; whereas a lone woman just sitting at a table is not clear cut. She could be waiting on a date or maybe she's there for something else. As far as blondes are concerned? I'm less sure, but maybe its because they seem less threatening or less likely to turn somebody down; or maybe they are perceived as being easier to bang!
yule_liquor
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Should the US give aid to Syrian rebels?
Posted: 6/16/2013 7:39:12 PM
Why can't we just stay out of it, for a change?
This is a no win situation!
If the rebels win; they'll usher in the extremists/Jihadists, and we'll have another problem on hand.
If Assad wins, he'll just be another in a many of US hating dictators
What else is new!
yule_liquor
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Not sure if this girl is playing games or just needs space
Posted: 6/16/2013 7:31:43 PM
Im trying to figure out if shes playing games or needs space because Im not even texting her every day or anything and on our dates,
Maybe neither; if she's still on-line she might be too busy sending "tit" pix to other guys she hasn't met yet.
yule_liquor
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How Bad is it for Republicans?
Posted: 6/16/2013 7:18:38 PM
@aries
Lesser of two evils. Being responsible and accountable to your own path and actions in life vs supporting the Government as forgiver and savior of transgressions.
Has anyone ever considered that the left liberal democrat position is creating in reality everything "liberal values" would be against. Loss of liberty, equality, and brotherhood. Not the creation of it but the loss of it.
Lesser of 2 evils?
Ohhhhh; you mean like what Nixon did when he was in office:
1) When he instituted his 'disastrous' price controls (which no Democrat would have done)
2) establishment of the EPA
3) Advancement of affirmative action to new heights
4) end the Gold standard
5) planning for a Universal health care plan (had he been able to complete his 2nd term)
6) cozying up to the red chinese (if either LBJ or JFK had done this they'd been tarred & feathered as leftist traitors).
Or maybe ^ this is why the GOP made a sharp right turn; because they felt a guy like Nixon wasn't worthy of being a Republican despite having won a 2nd term decisively.
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@Hammer
Republicans are the GREATEST threat to personal liberties.
Not only are they the biggest threat to our freedoms; they've been the biggest obstacle to upward mobility for the lower & middle class since the post-Nixon era.
yule_liquor
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Tebow Time
Posted: 6/12/2013 8:32:09 AM
The starting quarterback normally takes every snap in practice during the week of a game. Nothing can cause a blown lead faster than putting in a back-up quarterback who hasn't practiced with the starting offense since they broke training camp.
Leads can be blown way easier in Baseball (often by relief pitchers) than in any other sport. If you allow 2-3 men on base you can lose a comfortable lead in one swing of a bat by a good hitter. I don't see that to be the case in the NFL since it is your defense that will blow a lead rather than your offense. As a back-up Qb, all you have to do is keep possession and run down the clock; (a privilege you don't get in Baseball) and from what I can tell in my limited knowledge, you don't need your starting Qb to do that.
(IMO)It seems foolish & idiotic to me that backup Qb's don't practice with the starting offense after training camp. They ought to find time to have him practice with the offense at least a few days each week on basic plays. WTF is he getting paid for otherwise! What would happen if the starting Qb got hurt late in the season?
Lastly, the best way to keep your backup Qb from getting rusty is to give him a bit of play time once in awhile.
yule_liquor
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Tebow Time
Posted: 6/12/2013 6:33:53 AM
Patriots should use him as 'relief QB', I wonder why football never use the term.
If partiots lead by 20 points after 3 quarters, there is no reason to tire old Brady down
This is a good point!
Being a "baseball" guy I often wondered why would an NFL team leaves their starting Qb in for the whole game when they are well ahead is beyond me given the risk of injury as the game progresses.
yule_liquor
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Tebow Time
Posted: 6/11/2013 5:13:00 AM
Tim going to the Patriots?
He simply wasn't good enough and a lot of Christian don't want to accept it instead they're insisting that someone lets him play because he is a Christian
I don't think that Bill Belicheck is picking up Tebow solely because he's a christian!
Unlike the morons who run the Jets; Belicheck is no dope!
He sees something in Tebow that few if any other teams have yet to figure out.
Maybe its his versatility or his motivation which is second to none.
yule_liquor
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How Bad is it for Republicans?
Posted: 6/11/2013 5:03:17 AM
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not at all...that is in no way the job of the Government
It isn't? Then whose job is it! The private sector maybe?
That would be like putting in the foxes to guard the hen house.
What do you think it would be like now if the Gov't hadn't stepped in to break up Mamma Bell's monopoly
to level out the playing field for other spin offs to compete against!
yule_liquor
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Why can't I let him go?
Posted: 6/10/2013 6:56:55 PM
But why do I want to hang on?
Because you have esteem issues!
But part of you seems to be fed up with him, so you changed to something he doesn't like
Use some common sense and don't look back, he did you a favor that you haven't realized yet
If he comes calling you in the future; don't answer; because he's looking for the same ol, same ol!
yule_liquor
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Posted: 6/10/2013 6:43:46 PM
When does the number of people that have an opinion make that opinion the true one?
This would be a valid statement to make if what was largely presented to you were opinions rather than facts.
The premise that the government can be all controlling in economics and create an mythical 'equal playing field' is just unrealistic. It sounds all nice and comforting but you completely leave out the part that it just doesn't and will never happen.
^ Now this is what is called an "opinion" (which you are entitled to have). In actuality, this is just what exists in the Scandinavian countries (and other Euro nations to a lesser extent); and it works fairly well; though I never maintained that there was a "perfect" (or Utopian) methodology, as each system has certain flaws inherent, but as long as the overall benefits outweigh the short comings.
I gave you an example (on a micro-cosmic level) of how successful an industry can be when the governing body employs controls and regulations that "level out" the playing field; but as usual, you chose stick your head in the sand and proceed on with the kind of prattle (as above) that you are prone to composing.
On the flip side, if you want a good example of what happens when there are scanty (or ineffectual) gov't regulations on an industry; just read the June 2nd NY Times article of the comparative Costs of healthcare in the US.
They are politicians. They are greedy and seek power and control.
All the more reason why controls need to be instituted; so as to prevent or stave off said politicians from being corrupted even more!
A central command and control without accountability.
Another one of your stupendous opinions! How much accountability did the banking system demonstrate in the wake of the 2007 fiasco? Or even today? What do you think the state of quality control would be like in the Airline industry without regulations.
What you fail to understand is that the Gov't (whether they show good accountability or not) is a non for profit entity! This is a fact! What ever revenues it collects it (should) put back into the system. This is NOT the case with private enterprise. If you'd take a survey of say, 1000 pple and ask them: who would you entrust with your healthcare or your financial security; a) a private firm with NO accountability, or b) the US gov't with NO accountability. What do you think the results would come out as? {hint: this is a major reason why Romney lost the election}.
The notion that the private sector has or employs accountability is but a chimera fabricated by those whose pockets have been filled to carry out their respective agendas. Example: the Health-insurance industry upon lobbying the GOP in their effects to kill the PPACA.
How many politicians got rich out of this? Do you really get what happened here? Regardless of party. Ignore party. Both hands did this and just because something is claimed in the name of "privatization" and "deregulation" doesn't mean that was the case or the result.
Naturally, when one creates an "artificial" body of water, every bird of all species is gonna try to get his beak wet in it! The real question is how that artificial body of water got made and how easy (how was it facilitated) was it to make, and for whose ultimate benefit. If this artificial body of water represents privatization (and deregulation thereof), the GOP would wanna make you believe that this is the "end all, be all" in the quest for economic prosperity; at least that was was expound to the public in the Reagan years. This clearly turned out NOT to be the case; in that the true beneficiaries was big Industry, with little or paltry "trickle down" , because (by a nod & a wink) they were siphoning off the water when no one was looking. This is (and has been) the Hallmark of the system that you seem to expound; yet you would have us believe that "less gov't" is good (gives us more freedom {you say!}), at the same time big enterprise (to whom the gov't has given tax breaks/incentives, etc) is altruistically supposed to act in the best interests of the populace (rather than its share holders, CEO), with little or no regulation. I guess all those off shore banks in the Cayman Islands stuffed with Trillions in deposits (that should have been re-invested in the US) must be an illusion!
You also left out the Bush rebates where he sent everyone a check.
Are you truly that dense? This was the pretext by which he was able to give big Business the kinds of breaks they got; Gwb had to show that the tax break was for everyone, and while throwing us a "bone", he was throwing a fortune to his benefactors.
The more you ask what they can do for you the less you do for yourself.
Its amazing how you conflate concepts and principles in order to gratify your vanity. I'm wondering if you do this subconsciously or if you cultivated it chronically through evasive practices. Here is the deal! Let the gov't level the playing field (which is what their job is via the legislatory process); and then let me roll up my sleeves to be able to do things for myself in an atmosphere of fair-play!
yule_liquor
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How do you get over someone who wasn't real?
Posted: 6/9/2013 9:16:30 PM
By the way you've romantacized it all
Outta desperation, you made her out to be a Goddess in your mind's eye
that when the tell-tale signs hit you in the face, you basically brushed it all off
and went back for another ride on the proverbial motorcycle without a helmet
In short, you fell for someone who you created,
You didn't use all the pieces of the puzzle to make a clear picture, only these ones you saw fit
Now you wanna keep believing in the fantasy you synthesized of her.
BPD is real; she was real (if she had this condition)
IMO, you are the one who wasn't "real".
yule_liquor
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Posted: 6/9/2013 2:08:29 PM
Let me know when you wake up into reality.
Whose reality are talking about; yours or everyone elses! There is a wide rift between the reality you are in and that of everyone else on this thread.
1. then this would not require a large amount of employees.
2. how severe and draconian do the punitive measures need to be to force compliance
3. how severe (what $ amount) is sufficent to force a review of a regulation when that regulation is likely a few degrees away from the area that is negatively impacted?
4. who makes the rules? It isn't by committee, vote, or agreement. It isn't a role of the federal government either.
It would be analagous to the way the banking industry was regulated; you can find out yourself how draconian it was; or how severe the fines would be; and how the rules got made (and by whom).
Natural is survival of the fittest. You want a kinder and gentler unnatural world of equality and happy thoughts.
I gave you a quick example of the pro-sports industry and how regulation of its members has produced a thriving financial environment through competition on a level playing field but your vanity has refused to acknowledge it; and now you say that I am for an "unnatural" world.
Tell me what is "natural" ? Is paying $108 for a bottle of Nasonex(a commonly prescribed allergy nose spray) in the
US, when the same item can be had for $ 21 in Spain? {source: NY Times article; "the 2.7 trillion medical Bill" of June 2nd 2013}. What would you think if I owned a team in the NFL, but because of political chicanery, I would have to pay a top notch player like Peyton Manning $ 50 mil/season, but my nearest competitor from a nearby city would only have to pay him no more than $25mil/season!!! Sounds crazy right!!! But this is exactly what the US consumer has to be faced with as it concerns big Pharmas & their products!
In the short run, I just have little faith that much of what is asked for in the Democratic platform has ever really been thought through by those claiming to vote in that direction. The entire basis seems predicated on the immediacy of a false perception of a class that may or may not exist. A Cabal. The Democratic platform is based on the existence of a cabal.
Towards the end of the Clinton administration, the GOP got what they wanted when the Glas-stiegal act was over-turned(something that HW Bush was leery of doing). Less than 10 years later (2007) all HELL breaks loose in the banking & financial sectors; yet you say the Democratic platform if based upon a "Cabal"!!!
The GOp has refused (via obstructionism) to even consider re-instituting any kind of regulatory measures, since the financial melt-down and low and behold in the 2012 presidential campaign Romney hatchman, Herr Paul (von) Ryan wanted to shunt social security into the hands of the private sector (along with Medicare for those under 55); the same miscreants who had their grubby hands involved in the 2012 debacle; but according to someone like you, doing so would NOT be a "cabal" of sorts, right!
If it was possible to look at what you want and the reality of the world and reconcile the problems with probable outcomes, potential ideological problems, as well as the impact of the power and role of Government in the decades to come.
....Ronald Reagan would never have gotten elected!
The republican platform is on the prevention of a future one.
GOP underhandedness has been at the "heart" of this country's financial debacles. At the end of the Clinton administration, Gwb is given a surplus and the first thing he does is to give big business a tax break; thereby depleting the treasury (the rest is history). All I can say is that you've got to be mad as a hatter, to think that the GOp is preventative of any "down-turns", when history illustrates that it is just the opposite.
yule_liquor
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what is Time?
Posted: 6/8/2013 5:39:58 PM
What is time, really?
Time isn't something whose nature you can contemplate; why? because it is a physical manifestation of something borne of another dimension.
Space, Mass (energy) and Time, are all the same (in a singularity=infinity). Outside of a singularity, you cannot have one without implicating the others.
Thus you will know what Time is once these 3 meld together (upon your exit of this Universe); which will be in the realm of "infinity" where none of laws or the principles of physics apply!
To otherwise try to understand time; is truly a "waste of time"!
yule_liquor
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Top ten happiest countries
Posted: 6/8/2013 7:45:44 AM
vlad
Ill nominate scotland.
Yeah, as long as your umbilical cord stays connected to England.
Its easy to drink and be happy as long as your overlords are paying the tab!
yule_liquor
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Posted: 6/8/2013 7:29:57 AM
aries
How do you get around the problem of picking winners?
Let the the smartest & nimblest company rise to the top!
Look at how it is in Pro-Sports in the USA.
The league institutes strict regulation amongst its participant franchises
There are wage & salary/spending caps so one does not get an unfair advantage over another.
The END result; it that you have a level playing field and the sports industry is profiting enormously.
Unlike if 1 or 2 teams were able to spend unlimited funds to bolster their respective squads in order to remain "on top".
You'd have nothing more than a monopolization (or du-opoly, or tri-opoly) of that industry.
The gov't can effect the same results, if it instituted the same degree of regulations
When the playing field is made level; true competition develops!
And of "orphan drugs" (for orphan diseases); if a drug company wishes to undertake a genuine interest this endeavor
then special considerations should be given (perhaps a tax break in some respects) in order to provide some incentives
Profits that you consider excessive.
The NFL rakes in 9 billion/year in a regulated setting; a handsome profit by any standard!
Can you explain how this would be accomplished and how you would prevent them from sidestepping rules.
Regulations & punitive measures for violations; just like anything else.
If you do lock them down how do you keep them in business? Growing?
When you institute a level playing field; then they'll have to get their management to figure out what to do to stay competetive; some will fail and go under; some will survive and some will rise to the top; its natural! Thise that fare well will do so because of effective & efficient management and not because of chicanery!
yule_liquor
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Posted: 6/3/2013 7:57:43 AM
They are coming here because of profit but also because this is where the resources are and the resources are here because of profit.
The bottom line is that "resources" are facilitated by the political climate; where the involved parties are being bought off (AKA; political contributions--> that are indirectly being paid for by the US consumer through greatly inflated prices) by pharmas because they know that they can sell off their products without price caps. A practice that they could not do in their own countries of origin because those gov'ts will not "sell out" on their own citizens.
Thus a product that is sold in the US for a massively high premium, can be had at a lower cost from Canada (hence, the many online Canadian pharmacies being used by the American public of all ages); and can be had at an even lower cost through Asian countries. In other words, the American consumer is (again) getting shafted; being used by big business to maximize their profits while having to sell the same product at a much lower price elsewhere. If you wanna find out yourself then go online to see what newer drugs retail for (such as Xarelto; just to name one of many)in the US. The point is that only a small percentage of Americans are able to afford these newer agents whether by out of pocket {the rich}, or through a deluxe insurance plan {which few Americans now have}. If they are LUCKY, they can opt for a generic alternative.
The solution is! To level the playing field internationally for these corporations. So instead of making OBSCENE profits in the US, they'd be making conscionable profits world-wide.
Is the plan to remove greed from the world while on the way to your utopian village?
See above response!
You can't change human behavior.
Glad to see that this is finally sinking into your head; which is why we need strict regulation on these behemoths.
they tend to go to places that pay them well for their scarce knowledge.
Its one thing to be "paid well" for "scarce knowledge; and a whole different thing when those that are "being paid well" go on to manipulate the system under which they are thriving for their own financial advantage.
Why does it hurt you so much to acknowledge that the most research comes from the most accumulation of scarce resources which naturally moves towards rewards.
It ain't much of a reward when most pple can't afford the high costs of these newly developed meds; is kinda like living in a block that is populated by lovely super-models; all beautiful to look at, but none of which would give you a second look because your pockets aren't deep enough for them! Wow, what a reward!
Or do you now consider all research professors, students, scientists, and everyone in this field to be deviant to your moral and ethical social standards?
Get real! What is deviant from my standard is when "greed" enters into the equation!
Yule_liquor
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Posted: 6/2/2013 6:06:46 PM
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All those advances in medicine, those life extending treatments, those complex problems being addressed... Where are they occurring and why? Why would nationalized health countries invest in US medical tech companies in the US rather then operate them in their own countries?
You are joking right?
Big pharma from other countries operate here for the same reason that toy manufacturers operate their businesses in China. Just because toys made in China are relatively cheap here in the US doesn't mean that they are EQUALLY cheap in China where they are made!
Big pharmas are here because this is where they can turn the biggest profits from their products (once they are FDA approved), because they can sell these products at astronomically high costs (which GwBush made sure that they would continue doing when he enacted Medicare Part-D program); they they would not otherwise be allowed to do in their country of origin for obvious reasons
What happens if this changes?
Then big pharmas will have NO PLACE to go to reap the kinds of massive profits they are now making; which is why it won't change because they have too many politicians from both parties in their pockets!
What happens if our health system changes and disincentivizes this engine?
What you are talking about has little to do with the ACA
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Posted: 6/2/2013 5:26:16 AM
All I can hope is that in 2014; that the voters across this country will flush enough of these GOP low life rat-basturds outta office like the worthless obstructionist terds that they are. I don't care who they cast their vote for (Dems, Libertarians, socialists, green party, etc) because any vote against the GOP will be a vote against hypocrisy & deceit!
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Posted: 5/30/2013 9:46:39 PM
@aries
You don't seem to realize that everything you said can be turned around and said about democrats.
Not if you look at the facts!
The only difference is the Republicans are right and the democrats are the blight on society.
Sure, for those who been brainwashed ad-nauseam by Fox news & Rush Limberger!
You don't believe that the central government with ability to determine what you can and can not believe is totalitarian in nature and will never allow real freedom.
Not sure what you are trying to say here but as long as I know how to discern facts , no one can exert influence over what I can or cannot believe.
You do not believe that a big company that competes aggressively is a much tamer animal to deal with then a monopolistic government that regulates all of the economy based on rapidly changing public opinions.
Big companies that aren't regulated, strive to become bigger so they can eliminate their competitors; hence a "monopoly". There are numerous examples where the gov't (correctly) breaks up a large entity (Bell), so as to prevent a monopoly from taking place. Most recently the Feds blocked ATT from purchasing T-mobile for that same reason. The moral is that gov't control is needed!
You don't really seem to get that their is no truth in politics and it's foundation is just not what you think.
"Truth" is not the benchmark by which I state my case; it has more to do with deceit & hypocrisy than anything else!
This is an absolutely despicable thing to say about your.......
Man, drop your sanctimonious pretense! You know exactly what my analogy represents; you just don't have a retort for it other than an ad-hominem remark! And if it went over your head; then I'm sorry because I can't simplify it any further for you! Rebus & Pictograms are not possible here!
Why? Because they are not necessary.
So gun control isn't necessary? We'll just let any Tom, Dyck & Harry buy weaponry then, right! And why limit it to fire-arms alone! Why don't we make hand-grenades, mortars, and stinger missiles available for the public to purchase (without back-ground checks). After all; the USC does not specify which arms the public can or cannot have! Doesn't that sound like a "smart" GOP proposition?
See what happens.
Its already happened!!!!
Greed takes over; its just human nature!
We obviously have different ideas of freedom. To me...
And "to me" the freedom given to Big business to oppress others is NOT freedom! This was the very reason unions were established back in the early 1900's....to keep the ravenous big industries from moving closer and closer to the practical enslavement of its workers!
Just try to think about it. WHO TURNS DOWN FREE MONEY?
Umm, I think Ford motor company did; and scores of other business who didn't make the headlines.
Because only the "too big" can afford the damn expense of regulation so you have less competition and with less competition the few powerful get bigger. There is no other possible outcome.
This is just one of very many statements that you've pulled out of your rear-end (again). There are scores of small and mid-size businesses who've done quite well with gov't regulations (such as OSHA & American disability's act--> PASSED by HW Bush!!!). Whether or not a company survives is more a matter of management and branding then anything else.
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Posted: 5/29/2013 6:38:30 PM
@aries
Wow, That is really just a bizarre world you live in.
wake up! You live in it too; And the party you support has had a big hand in shaping it to its present form (unfortunately).
You are going to seriously say that Republican men and women, farmers, businessmen, grandmothers, grandfathers, and many normal christian families in suburbs and small towns are actively opposing the liberty and freedom of all of the nation?
No, not actively or intentionally! There are (staunch) Republicans in all strata that simply and effectively compartmentalize their reality into believing that whatever is good for them (or their businesses) is good for the entire nation. There are those who favor the GOP by simple default because they may harbor disdain for those of other races; or that they feel threatened by those of other religions. There are also extremists who vote republican because of one dominating issue such as the pro-lifers; and gun nuts! And many are just dis-illusioned xenophobes!
You really going to tell me that your line of thinking makes sense and that these are all evil despicable people?
These pple are no more evil then the German population who avidly supported Hitler in his rise to power in pre-war Germany. They simply strived to have the kind of prosperity and happiness that all their neighbors were enjoying, and what Hitler was promising them. None of these pple sided with Hitler because they hated Jews or actively wanted death or destruction on the massive scale that unfolded. They just wanted to get back on their feet. Thus they bought into his rhetoric much like many pple today buy into the GOP's "wet dream" aspirations entangled in concepts like trickle-down economics. It didn't work for Romney in 2012 (promising the creation of 12--14 million jobs in his 1 st term; and cutting taxes drastically) because you can't fool all the pple all of the time!
What the left has successfully done is to demonize the right while the right blocks stupid ideas from the left.
Its statements like this that keep reminding me that folks like you are virtually hopelessly in denial!
So according to YOU; the job creation bill was "stupid"! The gun back ground checks at gun shows and the internet is "stupid"? Health care reform (so as to prevent Insurance companies from 'cherry picking' their members; and prevent pple from being gouged because they are unfortunate enough to have fallen ill in some way) is "stupid"???
Gives us an example of what you feel is "smart"? Is it giving tax breaks to mega millionaires so that they can squirrel their profits in overseas accounts! Is is denying public assistance to the poor while giving copious amounts of money in the form of gov't contracts to businesses that don't need it like it did to Paul Ryan's father (construction business)! Or is it to deny the right to abort for some woman who doesn't want to bring a child into this world; while at the same time try hard to deny that very child public assistance once he/she is born. You tell us!!!!
The progress being blocked is social progress towards left ideals of bigger government because it isn't a bright future.
And just what do you define as a "bright future"?; Putting my social security benefits (which I am forced to pay into) in the hands of private profiteers? Or letting my healthcare be decided by a bunch of board members whose only allegiance is to the company profit margin?
Its quite funny that big enterprise doesn't think the gov't is too big when they convene to ask for "bail out" money! It only gets "too big" when they are over-regulated, right!!!!
Everything you attributed to the right is basically a total distortion.
^ If that is what your 'political' vanity wants you to believe; then just bask in it and keep ignoring everything that every competent poster has presented to you about the "far-right" in all these threads. Just keep on thinking and believing that the GOP are the last bastion of freedom, glory and prosperity. That is exactly what they want you and your minions to accept & believe without question!
This is hijacking a republican point of view and claiming it as your own.
Hardly!
The type of republican who made this statement would in NO WAY be accepted into the GOP mainstream in this day & age! He would be ignored & emarginated by the GOP even more than Ron Paul. And this is why I put up his quote; because it would be totally incongruous with today's GOP agenda!
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Posted: 5/29/2013 6:38:57 AM
@Aries
Please describe and explain direction in which things 'should' be progressing towards that was set back and harmed. Please then describe and explain the origins and expected future outcome of that direction.
You can not honestly claim a harm and set back without having a path defined.
First off, I agree with msg 1704; well said!
Domestically, the modern GOP has been against virtually all forms of legislation that promoted freedom and up held the rights of individuals (down to this day), such as civil rights, voting rights, womens's rights; right to choose, etc. They've shot down the jobs creation act; gun control legislation for gun expos & internet sales(their most recent act of depravity, which has made even some faithful republicans that I personally know of ashamed of their party).
They claim to endorse states rights; yet they endeavor to dictate reproductive rights on a Federal level. They want smaller gov't but not when it comes to corporate welfare! Thus they've been co-opted by the elitist & big enterprise to mind their interests, while at the same time trying to convince the populace that it is all for the betterment of the nation's economy!
On an international setting, their performance is no less ignominious! In the post Korean war era they've embarked (via the eisenhower admin) in gov't toppling(brought to new heights during the Nixon era) whose effects still haunt us today! They did so via the pretext to stop communism by installing oppressive fascist regimes in a multitude of countries not realizing that Communism itself thrives on by repressive and corrupt leaderships in themselves.
The Path? Is one in which allows this country to move forward towards a "more perfect union"; which is something that the GOP has been obstructing since the post WW2 era.
Just like Pres Lincoln had said:
" Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves"
So it is written!
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Useful, but also unconstitutional?
Posted: 5/27/2013 9:59:12 PM
Problem with Liberals is there is no Black or White its all grey,
Sure, and the "problem" with the Neocons is that anyone who does not agree with their interpretation of the USC is a "liberal" with no principles!
Right and Wrong don't exist..you want to amend the Constitution in accordance with your World view with no regard for the founding principles..
Kinda like the "patriot" act (enacted by a GOP POTUS)!
Anyone with basic common sense can see that (besides the obvious) the USC is open to interpretation (which is why we have constitutional law & judges); and in that sense is NOT unlike the BIBLE!
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Posted: 5/27/2013 9:43:32 PM
from msg 1693
I am a MODERATE and MOST Americans are EITHER LEFT WING OR MODERATES
I think MOST republicans are CRAZY and OUT OF TOUCH ... Tea party and their kind are BAD For the USA.
Strike 3 for the Republicans
The Topic is How Bad is it for Republicans? ,,, and NOT what is bad for democrats..
I couldn't have put it any better; but to the twisted mind of a Republican, anyone who doesn't see things his/her was is a "liberal".
The current shin-digs of the GOP well defines them as what they really stand for; as obstructionists as they come.
They are trying to sand-bag the POTUS on the Benghazi issue, when they well know that it could have happened the same way regardless of who was in office. They are doing to Obama the very same they did with Clinton with the Lewinski scandal. It always amazes me on how the Republicans skirt over the Iran-contra debacle in the Reagan years as they laud him as being as divine as they come!
The fact is that the GOP is insanely jealous that the economy (and stock market) has been on the upswing, and they are left baffled as to how it could be!!!
They put their agenda first regardless of the fall-out and would rather gloat in face of national misery rather than see improvement under the helm of a Democratic president!
Not that the Democrats are Saintly (they are far from it); but the GOP's longstanding disingenuity & insincerity has made them into nothing less than a blight in the fabric of the American political experience. One in which(on the whole) has caused more collective harm & setbacks to this society than any other outside power would have ever been able to do!
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Are nerve blocks for neuralgia worth the risks?
Posted: 5/27/2013 9:22:56 PM
What other things can cause this type of nerve pain?
I dunno how the hell medicine is practiced where you live, but did anyone ever do an MRI of your neck? If so you didn't mention it, nor did you say what was thought of it!
Is your doctor a neurologist or neuro-surgeon?
If this is truly your disc then you might be a good surgical candidate,
which is the most definitive was of relieving a compressed nerve.
If haven't already done so,
do yourself a favor and get a 2nd opinion with an appropriate specialist!
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gall bladder removal
Posted: 5/27/2013 9:11:53 PM
Just dont like the idea of loosing a body part.
You are playing with fire!
A ruptured gall-bladder can kill you in a matter of hours, if untreated.
You don't need a gall-bladder in this day & age!
It was useful back in the ice age or when man ate uncooked fatty meals
when an outpouring of bile acids were needed to digest certain foods quickly.
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UEFA Champions League
Posted: 5/27/2013 9:00:54 PM
I agree it was somewhat exciting;
but was marred by lots of 'diving', that tarnished that game
Though the ref did a surprisingly good job officiating through it all.
Robben showing he still has it!
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Thoughts on Recent Pope-Parody News Story
Posted: 5/13/2013 9:50:52 PM
On the quiz, the student received a 100% for answering questions like 'The earth is billions of years old' and 'Dinosaurs lived millions of years ago' with the answer: 'false.'
When asked what day God made the dinosaurs on, the child answered '6th.'
In the mind of the teacher this was exactly correct.
According to the Bible: Dinosaurs first existed around 6,000 years ago.
God made the dinosaurs, along with the other land animals, on Day 6 of the Creation Week (Genesis 1:20–25, 31).
I'm not sure what this ^ bit of diatribe has to do with what the OP was alluding to
But just a note to the ignorant; the RCC usually takes a Pro-Science stance on Geological matters
The above tenets usually stem from the camp of the conservative Pentacostals.
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Is their a possibility of the universe itself being God?
Posted: 5/13/2013 9:35:12 PM
One of my theories of life and the Universe is that the universe itself is God
And if so, then "we" too are part (or) of the fabric of the Universe, it must follow that we too are 'God'
Which, Btw is not incongruous what what Jesus was quoted as saying.
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Modal Ontological Argument for God
Posted: 5/12/2013 6:12:49 PM
If so, then what does it mean that you say "logic does not apply"?
Logic is a means by which we deduce issues, events, occurrences; that take place within our temporal realm. When this very logic we use (as means to make sense of our lives and everything around it) is employed to analyze (or for exegesis) of something which is purported to be based outside the confines of our universe (whatever or where-ever that may be); then it is something that is of no use; kinda like using a philips head screw driver to remove a flat head screw! Secondly, to assume that whatever may lie outside our realm (if anything) is supposed to behave likeor have equivalent properties to all physical matter is fallacious thinking. To give a brief example of what I'm trying to bring across here is: Infinity is not logical; Singularity isn't logical.
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stopped communication? what to make of it
Posted: 5/11/2013 4:48:25 PM
When "desperation" is perceived, the door is open for all the scumbags to come and take advantage.
^ well said!
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Modal Ontological Argument for God
Posted: 5/11/2013 4:20:12 PM
@msg 3
This is so convenient when scientific evidence is lacking.
If something were scientifically provable, it would not be of the supernatural!
thus "evidence" is not a means by which you can prove or disprove a diety
Moreover, logic does not apply!
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Just Friends...no 'Sprinkles'
Posted: 5/11/2013 4:13:58 PM
In short, you can't be friends (unless you want to be his FB or have a FWB deal) with someone who wants you emotionally/sexually like you say he does. Keep in mind that friends is just want it is supposed to mean and they dont end up going to bed at the end of the night!
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the un elected appointees
Posted: 5/10/2013 7:34:20 PM
What are you doing, if anything, to retain/get back some sense of control of your government? Or have you given up? Think it's good as is? Good enough? Better than...?
Fraid its way too late to "get back control of gov't" as you'd wish to have it
Its kinda like getting the cat back into the proverbial bag once he's been let out...ain't gonna happen!
Its kinda like trying to straighten out a tree that has grown crooked as a sapling...ain't gonna happen!
The failure to demand accountability of our elected official from the outset has set the precedence for what we have now.
The fate of a country as massively complex as the US; will be somewhat akin to that of the Roman Empire. We will decompose from the inside (pssst!. Its already started) out until all societal function grinds to a crawl.
As established pillars of our society collapse; a rogue under culture of subterfuge is positioned to supplant it under the guise that it is just a "new and improved' version of what was previously there! Example:
The state Motto of New Hampshire is" "live free or die"
The NEW (de facto) state Motto of NY is: "show me the money"
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Women have it easier than men!!
Posted: 5/6/2013 8:09:45 PM
So my question is this, why do women still try to make it seem like the world is so hard on them.
Because that is what has been pounded into their minds over and over since entering grade school. Of course this stems from the many years of gross inequality that women were subject to prior to the 1960's.
Its basically the same reason why many African-americans (and some other minorities) still perceive that times are just as rough as it was before the civil rights era; and cite stats showing how pple of color are still "oppressed" in this society. Of course we all know that stats can be manipulated!
Not to say that there isn't any misogynism (or racism) at play at any given moment but the impact it has in deciding someone's fate in society is far less than what it had been in the pre-civil rights era.
However, pple will always look for an "out" because in this society, its easier to victimize oneself in order to achieve certain goals than it is to confront the truth.
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I just ended a relationship, and I think I've made a terrible mistake...
Posted: 4/28/2013 6:41:30 PM
If that is the case then why am I hung up on her.
If you were 24, I guess you could be excused for posting this kinda thing.
But at 34, there is no good excuse, as you should know the meaning of "honeymoon" very well.
We shared no interests or hobbies. But we did share values and morals.
In other words, you dumped her for superficial reasons( the "things" she couldn't give you) not withstanding that you both had a common core/foundation.
Why do I feel I made a terrible mistake?
Because the part of you that has common sense; (your subconscious) is telling you.... that you dropped the ball on this one!
Good luck on finding your everlasting honey-moon here on POF!
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A .22 saved my life...
Posted: 4/27/2013 11:25:11 AM
Just one shot to my girlfriend's kneecap was all it took.
Not the greatest joke but it was decent!
Don't listen to some of these stuck-up pple who put you down
they have no real sense of humor
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Such a turn of is when a man.....
Posted: 4/26/2013 8:45:00 PM
later you receive a picture of his package.......really?
And what exactly do you expect to find on a free- site?...really!
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Premier League Football...There are 92 clubs in the league!
Posted: 4/26/2013 7:55:21 PM
Why any fan would waste their money & time watching a team that is given no hope of winning is beyond me!
^^^ thats what u put yule
And I stand behind it!
Except that you misunderstood my point.
And that is, teams in the mid table or lower have virtually little chance of winning much within their domestic league, because teams from big money club owners will be the ones having the funds to buy the "best" players; and hence finish on the upper table, year in and year out (ie; MC, MU, Chelsea; PSG, BM, RM, Barca, ACM, Juv, etc). All other less financially endowed clubs don't stand a chance; unless a wage cap is imposed.
Tournaments like the Europa league is designed for the less qualified teams to compete; thus is a second rate spectacle contrived by FIFA.
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Premier League Football...There are 92 clubs in the league!
Posted: 4/25/2013 6:31:43 PM
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see being American u give up when the going gets a bit ruff
1950--> USA 1; England 0
2010--> USA 1; England 1
Try beating us first, and then talk! Bragging rights must always be earned!
manchester united and liverpool played on and won the game's when people like yourself said just give up manchester and you liverpool you can't win so dont even try to win,but being Stubborn we decided to give it ago --and we won both matches.
Being English, I figured you'd have a good command of your own language! I dunno how you come up with this nationalistic drivel because all I said was that the top teams in the top Euro leagues have the deepest pockets, and that is why they end up on top most of the time. Whether one such top team beats another top team of a different country is immaterial. Btw, the Europa league is a redundant joke!
so yule--plz dont be offended when i say,you give up when it look's hard --us English we will fight till the bitter end
I guess somebody in charge forgot to tell that to Brit Gen'l Cornwallis; who promptly surrendered all of his forces to an under powered US continental army (headed by George Washington) back in the late 1770's.
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Does Religion cause Wars
Posted: 4/19/2013 9:03:29 PM
War starts with hate
wrong!
War starts with national interests(land grabs, political & geopraphic hegemony)
Religion and political idealogies are but pretexts to persuade the masses.
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Posted: 4/19/2013 4:02:03 PM
I'm afraid they qualify as "home grown" terrorists.
No, the ties are too close to home & radicalism
The deceased brother took on radical Islam in 2008--09
neither was shed of their "culture"
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Posted: 4/19/2013 6:10:18 AM
A couple of Jihadists from Chechnya
Who were given student Visas for their own edification
I guess this is the newest way for terrorists to get their foot inside the door.
Actually I don't understand why anyone hated Bush?
2 fruitless wars fought on credit
the mega rich (ie haliburton) winning jack pot after jack pot
Declining economy culminating in the 2007 debacle
I don't have time to go on and on!
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discrimination or just Jack-pot justice?
Posted: 4/18/2013 8:11:04 PM
A case in which an Asian customer of CVS is suing the chain (for $1 million) because a 'racially insenstive' term was scribbled on her photo envelope by a CVS clerk, when she went to pick up her pix.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/suit-phrase-mocking-asians-nj-153656348.html
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Church is parading the fake shroud relic again
Posted: 4/17/2013 5:59:59 PM
parade a false relic at this time?
Not a "false" relic! You do not know what you are rambling about; watch the History channel about it!
It is deemed to be a 2 dimensional representation of a 3 dimensional figure by the scientific community
How this image got made is not explicable by the scientific studies that were recently done
Some have said that it was done by exposing some type of paint to the sun on a facial figure and covering it with a cloth but this was dispelled.
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How Bad is it for Republicans?
Posted: 4/17/2013 5:24:32 PM
The GOP has again showed its ignominious standing as it concerns the issue of "gun control"
For anyone to vote against back-ground checks for purchasers of guns via gun-shows and internet;
and to somehow make an argument that it is an infringement on the right to bear arms;
is as INANE as it can get.
The NRA has again shown to be a force of darkness; manipulative lies & deceit.
I can only only hope that in 2014, many of these GOP miscreants get knocked out by the voters as hard and fast as Mike Tyson got knocked out by Buster Douglas.
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80's music!
Posted: 4/14/2013 8:19:45 PM
@Dj
The 80's were a creative time for many genres of rock-music, and especially for Brit bands
However, this kind of 80's music from the UK had no staying power.
The bands you've named are basically has beens, playing to the faithful disciples who are well beyond middle age
The only exception is that of Rap music, which is still in existence today all over the world
and keeps reeling in new recruits.
IMO, rock music has been in a state of stagnation for the past 15--20 years, and don't see much in the horizon!
What it needs is a whole new genre!
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YANNI
Posted: 4/14/2013 8:08:52 PM
Yanni is the unusual kind of artist that pple either love highly or hate completely.
There are few pple who are in the middle about him, of which I'm probably one.
Technically, he is very sophisticated; has a complex ensemble of performers who play well
His music is for the most part a one size fits all generic instrumentalization; alittle bit of everthing!
There have been some good pieces that I've heard, but nothing that I find stirring or innovative.
I think he purposely does not wish to be placed into a certain catagory (other than a new age musician)
in order to keep his following of fans who are open to more exotic less media driven & less commercial artistry.
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Well I just said NO to a offer of friends with benefits
Posted: 4/14/2013 3:38:56 PM
We don't need to be naked to enjoy each others company, which is kind of key in a FWB thing...
@Msg 81
Do really believe what you are saying?
For a man; the word "friends" is just figurative; in other words he knows that there has to be some kind of non sexual type of interaction as you describe in a FWB situation, in order for him to get the "prize' at the end of the day.
No normal man would consider a woman he is just banging as an authentic friend! If he says he does, then in all likelyhood he is LYING, though there might be rare exceptions!
There is a big difference between acting as a friend (which many men do quite well when the incentive is to get SEX) and actually being a friend!
If you wanna know if your friend is really a friend then cut off the sex completely (unless that is your reason for being with him too!); and see what happens to him!
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Premier League Football...There are 92 clubs in the league!
Posted: 4/12/2013 9:07:17 PM
they need to cap the wage limit to £30,000 a week to every team in the world.... If they done this football would be a better game for the fan, full stadiums and a more secure footballing life for many thousands of clubs.
To us Yanks; the EPL (as well as the major Euro leagues) are a JOKE!
In each top division, you have the same 3-4 teams winning year in and year out,
because the wealthiest owners have no limits on how much they can spend;
In essence they are "buying" championships, that most other teams cannot afford to do.
Fans should demand 'salary caps' that each team must stay under
so the playing field will be level for all the clubs in each division
Why any fan would waste their money & time watching a team that is given no hope of winning is beyond me!
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