bought somes it up, don't it bandito. you're like a rapella, only in your mind...in reality, a mini-marshmello. Sure is working around these parts thou, getting lots of bites.
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ILM...Independent Lives Matter
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I was promised girl-in-girl tongue kissing - where was it???Brooklyn wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 10:43 pm Yeah we know their values such as public drunkeness, girl-on-girl tongue kissing, advocating abstinence but having children out of wedlock, domestic violence - that's some legacy to be proud of.
http://blowpoppalin.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... -only.html
https:/,www.politicususa.com/2014/07/08/sarah-p ... icans.html
STILL somewhere back in the day....
...and waiting/hoping for a tinfoil hat emoji......
...and waiting/hoping for a tinfoil hat emoji......
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this is the problem - particularly in the US. The rampant consumerism, that our media and political leaders promote because it is "good for the economy" is a rat wheel we can't get off.DMac wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2019 8:31 amThink you've got to define scraping by and eeking out. I think the folks in Norway, for example, are living fairly comfortable and happy lives.
I saw a show quite a number of years back about this subject. Can't remember the country but it was a doctor and his wife being interviewed. When it came to money (eek out/scraping by) his response was, look around you at how we live (was a very nice place he/they had). I remember him saying, sure, in the US we might have a bigger house (all about the image, ya know), two Mercedes and a Denali in the drive way rather than just one BMW, but we're pretty happy with what we've got. Paraphrasing there, but that's pretty much what he said.
Study after study prove that "happiness" is relative. and that the more that your neighbors have, the more you need to be "happy".
That 5,000 sf house, and the two Mercedes plus a Range Rover in the driveway (for 2) is benefiting the folks selling you stuff, not you.....
STILL somewhere back in the day....
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...and waiting/hoping for a tinfoil hat emoji......
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HooDat wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 10:31 amthis is the problem - particularly in the US. The rampant consumerism, that our media and political leaders promote because it is "good for the economy" is a rat wheel we can't get off.DMac wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2019 8:31 amThink you've got to define scraping by and eeking out. I think the folks in Norway, for example, are living fairly comfortable and happy lives.
I saw a show quite a number of years back about this subject. Can't remember the country but it was a doctor and his wife being interviewed. When it came to money (eek out/scraping by) his response was, look around you at how we live (was a very nice place he/they had). I remember him saying, sure, in the US we might have a bigger house (all about the image, ya know), two Mercedes and a Denali in the drive way rather than just one BMW, but we're pretty happy with what we've got. Paraphrasing there, but that's pretty much what he said.
Study after study prove that "happiness" is relative. and that the more that your neighbors have, the more you need to be "happy".
That 5,000 sf house, and the two Mercedes plus a Range Rover in the driveway (for 2) is benefiting the folks selling you stuff, not you.....
Living below the poverty line may be considered eeking out an existence....but I suppose it depends on the person.... My message to my kids growing up? ....... don't be a "consumer".... and the goal in life is not to "have things".... "things can be a byproduct but should not be the goal"..... Hopefully they listened. My kids learned early on that the the goal of TV programming is to hold your attention just long enough to sell you something..... it was so effective, that for years, TV was "free"..... I mentioned that having the opportunity to sell them something is so powerful, that advertisers paid for TV programming.......
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You were? Didn't ya know, Palin's moral majority folks took those pics out of the internets in order to try to sanitize the clan's image. But it couldn't get all the bad news out of the spotlight:
https://www.google.com/search?q=palin+f ... e&ie=UTF-8
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Why doesn't AOC use this for ammo in her childish twatter war with Pelosi?
https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot ... cycle=2008
WHAT? Wait a minute, Pelosi gets political donations from CCA, corrections corp of America? A for profit prison that details children, families, WHO KNEW !!!!
Deb WasserMan schultz TOO
https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot ... cycle=2008
WHAT? Wait a minute, Pelosi gets political donations from CCA, corrections corp of America? A for profit prison that details children, families, WHO KNEW !!!!
Deb WasserMan schultz TOO
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Why do we even bother having thread titles ? What the heck does Palin have to do with AOC?Brooklyn wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 11:43 amYou were? Didn't ya know, Palin's moral majority folks took those pics out of the internets in order to try to sanitize the clan's image. But it couldn't get all the bad news out of the spotlight:
https://www.google.com/search?q=palin+f ... e&ie=UTF-8
ILM...Independent Lives Matter
Pronouns: "we" and "suck"
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entertaining to see how you've dumbed down the definitions to fit your leftist agenda.a fan wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2019 9:58 pm "Socialism was viewed favorably by 18% of the voters and unfavorably by 69%," Axios added, whereas "capitalism was 56% favorable; 32% unfavorable."
Oh, this should be great.
Hey Bandito: give me two examples of capitalism in America, and two examples of socialism in America.
Not things that are proposed---examples that are in place and operational.
Should be entertaining to see what you think the words socialism and capitalism means.
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Uhhhhh. What definitions? I merely asked what Bandito's definitions are. I didn't give one.
But since you brought it up, this may shock you, but I use a dictionary.
Oxford English Dictionary: Socialism: A political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
A Federal park is socialism. Public libraries. So is the University of Virginia. Or our public roads. Or public transportation. Public sidewalks. Have a look at the definition....all of these things are "owned or regulated by the community as a whole". Socialism.
You, laughably, think these things "don't count as socialism".
Your definition of socialism is: "anything the Dems want. Unless, of course I want them, too. Then, it's like totally cool".
How'd I do?
But since you brought it up, this may shock you, but I use a dictionary.
Oxford English Dictionary: Socialism: A political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
A Federal park is socialism. Public libraries. So is the University of Virginia. Or our public roads. Or public transportation. Public sidewalks. Have a look at the definition....all of these things are "owned or regulated by the community as a whole". Socialism.
You, laughably, think these things "don't count as socialism".
Your definition of socialism is: "anything the Dems want. Unless, of course I want them, too. Then, it's like totally cool".
How'd I do?
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Here you go sport. Your king has you fooled: https://www.thoughtco.com/difference-be ... ism-1954486ftstick wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 5:54 pmentertaining to see how you've dumbed down the definitions to fit your leftist agenda.a fan wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2019 9:58 pm "Socialism was viewed favorably by 18% of the voters and unfavorably by 69%," Axios added, whereas "capitalism was 56% favorable; 32% unfavorable."
Oh, this should be great.
Hey Bandito: give me two examples of capitalism in America, and two examples of socialism in America.
Not things that are proposed---examples that are in place and operational.
Should be entertaining to see what you think the words socialism and capitalism means.
You have been brainwashed like most.
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So that means by definition, that we are already a Socio-Capitalistic Democracy. Seems like we are all good, if only AOC would shut up and get to work instead of complaining every darned day.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” -Soren Kierkegaard
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She can get on a boat and go back to Africa too...Good Riddanceyouthathletics wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 8:01 pm Pot....meet kettle.
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Been saying that for years. No one will listen. Least of all guys like 6ftstick who thinks that he, and he alone, gets to decide what the word Socialism means.youthathletics wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 7:43 pm So that means by definition, that we are already a Socio-Capitalistic Democracy.
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Nah, guys like 6ft aren’t deciding anything ‘alone’.a fan wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 8:14 pmBeen saying that for years. No one will listen. Least of all guys like 6ftstick who thinks that he, and he alone, gets to decide what the word Socialism means.youthathletics wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 7:43 pm So that means by definition, that we are already a Socio-Capitalistic Democracy.
Not when someone else, like Fox News, can tell him what to think.
Sorry, 6ft, couldn’t resist.
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Rep Omar has been a US citizen 6 years longer than Melania. However, we have never seen Omar nude with another woman on the front page of a newspaper. What’s an Evangelical to do?
Former GOP Chairman Michael Steele: “Evangelical (leaders)...spent the last 40 yrs telling everyone how to live, who to love, what to think about morality. And then this motherf**ker comes along defiling the White House & disrespecting God’s children at every turn...”
Former GOP Chairman Michael Steele: “Evangelical (leaders)...spent the last 40 yrs telling everyone how to live, who to love, what to think about morality. And then this motherf**ker comes along defiling the White House & disrespecting God’s children at every turn...”
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The AOC v. Orange Duce Twitter Tweet rounds are turning into a heavyweight championship bout.
She might be out-Tweeting the Master of the Twitter Universe!
She might be out-Tweeting the Master of the Twitter Universe!
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