[notty]

I have some questions:

What's all this about grenades and machine guns? And what's the relevance?

Hugeboobfan, do you equate reaching across the isle with reaching out to "religious right-wing crazies?" If so, shake your head, it's empty.

Zookie, how do you find all of these inane news articles?

[Hugeboobfan]

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What's all this about grenades and machine guns? And what's the relevance?

Dearc was afraid that Obama was going to take his heavy weaponry away.

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Hugeboobfan, do you equate reaching across the isle with reaching out to "religious right-wing crazies?" If so, shake your head, it's empty.

Yep.  I think most of the republicans in congress are religious right-wing crazies.  Some of the democrats too, for that matter.  

Empty like a fox!  

[TheZookie007]

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notty: Zookie, how do you find all of these inane news articles?

I don't know about them being "inane" but I find the news the same we all do: from teh internets.

[mofoapoo]

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Yep.  I think most of the republicans in congress are religious right-wing crazies.  Some of the democrats too, for that matter.  

I have to politely disagree.

I don't think that the most of the republicans are crazies.  hell, i doubt most of them are religious, and only use religion to rally people behind them.

Republicans just seem to all stick together, and go against anything the democrats do, all the time, even if it is something that a conservative would endorse.

[Hugeboobfan]

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I have to politely disagree.

I don't think that the most of the republicans are crazies.  hell, i doubt most of them are religious, and only use religion to rally people behind them.

Republicans just seem to all stick together, and go against anything the democrats do, all the time, even if it is something that a conservative would endorse.

I don't give a lot of them that much credit, but I'll concede that a number of politicians who appear to religious right-wing crazies could just be hypocritical manipulative bastards.

[notty]

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What's all this about grenades and machine guns? And what's the relevance?

Dearc was afraid that Obama was going to take his heavy weaponry away.

I'm sure we all weep for Dearc. Unless civilization crumbles and/or the U.S. turns into a war zone, such items are more of a hazard than a benefit.

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Hugeboobfan, do you equate reaching across the isle with reaching out to "religious right-wing crazies?" If so, shake your head, it's empty.

Yep.  I think most of the republicans in congress are religious right-wing crazies.  Some of the democrats too, for that matter.  

Empty like a fox!  



I disagree. That would be like me saying that most of the liberals who post in the Obama thread are morons, when clearly only a few of them are moronic. However, to the casual observer (ie, you), it might seem a higher ratio because the morons have greater visibility.  

[Hugeboobfan]

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I disagree. That would be like me saying that most of the liberals who post in the Obama thread are morons, when clearly only a few of them are moronic. However, to the casual observer (ie, you), it might seem a higher ratio because the morons have greater visibility.  

I guess I haven't seen very much evidence that the less visible republicans aren't religious crazies/manipulative bastards.  Given their voting record, it seems better to go with the asumption that the majority of them are bible-thumping extreme right-wing nutjobs.

[Real]

gasp!  you mean a country where, among a laundry list, half the "progressive" party fights against gay rights for the sake of some fairy tale book is skewed to the religious right???

lol, seriously its interesting to watch; as self absorbed as a super power is bound to and can be i guess you can re-invent the definition of terms like "centrist" (or socialist or wmd)to be applied strictly within your borders, and not have to care what such words actually mean.

meanwhile south africa has lapped you on social progression...

[notty]

Hey, Real, did you know there are two shift keys on your keyboard?

As for the Republicans, there are some backward fuckers in the party. Regressive, you could say. As long as national platform rails against LBGTQ rights and abortions and evolution, etc, etc, I can never grow sympatico with this iteration of the GOP.

[notty]

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notty: Zookie, how do you find all of these inane news articles?

I don't know about them being "inane" but I find the news the same we all do: from teh internets.

You're right. Only half of them are inane. Cindy McCain vs. Laura Ingraham?

[Dearc]

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Dearc was afraid that Obama was going to take his heavy weaponry away.

I'm sure we all weep for Dearc. Unless civilization crumbles and/or the U.S. turns into a war zone, such items are more of a hazard than a benefit.

Afraid?  No.  Concerned.  Sure.  Either way, I don't need empathy or sympathy, and in this place, sarcasm is the only emotion worth having.  Besides, I'm sure Pres. Obama has more important things to worry about right now.  Attorney General Eric Holder says things that concern me.  Their voting records prove their anti-gun stance.  The idea that criminals won't commit the crime without the weapons is beyond idiotic.

I'm sure we can all agree that we ABSOLUTELY DO NOT NEED assault rifles, including myself.  I just WANT one.  I'm not going to make my last residence in a bell tower or a grassy knoll.

To add to the facts, I collect weapons.  Every other year or so I go to the Renaissance Festival, or order online, and pick up something.  Currently, I own a sword, battle axe, battle flail (spiked ball on chain), Sioux tomahawk, and a war hammer.  This year, I'm looking for a halberd.  At my desk, I have a combat knife, and a Buck knife in my work bag.  I'm all about personal security.  Relying on the gov't to actually protect your person and/or property is the ultimate in utter stupidity and gullibility.  If you can wait for the groundbreaking of Utopia's Government and Cultural Center, fine.  I can't.

Civilization crumbling?  It's very likely; it's happened before.  At it's peak, Rome had over a million people living within it's very walls.  At it's fall, less than 10,000, and most in poverty.  It would be centuries before another city would make such a claim.  But a post-apocalyptical world isn't my concern, either.  I really don't think it'll get that bad.

What I can't figure out is why there's so much negative response to this.  I'd have figured that by now many people would just shake their heads, sigh and move on.  Having to explain it further would be futile, but this is something I'm willing to put behind me.  After reading many of the posts here, it just solidified my resolve to do what I need to.  Believe it or not, I'm more afraid of you people than you are of me.

[TheZookie007]

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Dearc: After reading many of the posts here, it just solidified my resolve to do what I need to.  Believe it or not, I'm more afraid of you people than you are of me.

What I can't figure out is why there's so much negative response to this.

Hearing about a determined paranoid with a large cache of weapons will do that sometimes

Anyhoo, let's have a moment of levity (or inanity, in notty's words):

YouTube: "Obama Wins The Hearts & Minds of the KKK"

[Real]

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Hey, Real, did you know there are two shift keys on your keyboard?

ah grammar police.  the last tried and true bastion of message board snarks with no on-topic rebuttals to make.  good one, you got me.  when do i get pancakes?...

[gOOber]

 

[TheRover]

Sometimes I think I'm the only one on here who can't particularly stand either party.  They both interfere way too much in the lives of the average citizen, just over different things.  Big-government conservatism and big-government liberalism are equally repulsive, in my view.