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terminal_concept Donating Member (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 02:59 PM
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What is going on?
What is going on? It has been seven years since I remember the confusion of the election of 2000.I turned off my t.v. a few months ago.I don't think it's coming back on this time. Television could have been a great source of knowledge, even education but it went for profit instead.I think the net will fall to greed eventually too. I found an article by Alex Jones recently praising libertarianism. Alex Jones of all people. The man who talked about right wing conspiracy turns even farther right than the conspirators. I have heard the opinions of Libertarians and made my judgments of them. When Republicans gained a majority I thought maybe they could clean up some of the stuff on t.v..While I'm not anti abortion I think it should not be abused because their are 2 individuals involved.Abortion is a complicated issue and a medical procedure and besides I'm not a woman. Turns out Republicans only use those issues to gain power and build their base. Libertarians don't seem to hold any moral bias one way or the other.So far they appear to lack them altogether.Their economic opinions are even more disturbing.They think taxes should be illegal.They say they believe in the constitution,except for the sixteenth amendment .I have heard them say there should be no public schools or even libraries and the minimum wage should be zero dollars,this effectively repeals the thirteenth amendment too.In my discussion I have heard so much obvious psychological b.s. and dirty tricks. Like the "class warfare" slogan they used while cutting programs to help the poor,or the way they tried to call other people fascists, or the way they preempted their takeover of the media with accusations of liberal bias in the media. Always calling names ,always nitpicking. Isn't that always the case these days? A republican wants to take our rights away and no one says a word ,but a Democrat makes a stupid joke and everyone runs around screaming like lunatics. Sort of like global warming. Where I'm at we got maybe a month of winter so far .And when winter shows up 1-1/2 to 2 months late everyone says "see, no global warming".Just forget the facts that pollution is a bad thing and oil is a finite resource and most scientists say it's happening. I'm kind of disappointed in democrats.Not that I think they should play dirty. Why are they not making "good points" in their debates and public speaking. I know they have good opinions. Is their heart really in this? I've been waiting for a leader. Is it Barrack Obama?Hilary Clinton?Al gore?I think there is strategy playing out here. I think it's a plan by very smart people. Experts at manipulation that will use race or region or religion to their advantage. Then when we realize what they are only using us they take the opposite label. And if we don't agree they just tell us we do agree ,faking public opinion. They have made Americans their enemy. They have formed a strategy and we must be prepared. We must form our own strategy. Be prepared and when the situation permits take the advantage. Why stick around here? What do you accomplish by repeating the same thing to each other? GO TELL SOMEONE ELSE.
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Red Zelda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 03:18 PM
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1. And thus we have the NFL passer rating formula!
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terminal_concept Donating Member (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 04:13 PM
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9. uh, ok
Thus do many calculations lead to victory, and few
calculations to defeat: how much more no calculation at all!
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demrabble Donating Member (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 03:21 PM
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2. See That Big Button on the Right of Your KeyBoard?
Do you see that big button on the right of your keyboard?

The Button that says "Enter"?

Press it from time to time.

Paragraphs will happen.

And your posts will be much easier to read.

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OPERATIONMINDCRIME Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 03:24 PM
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5. The B In Board Shouldn't Be Capitalized, 'The Button That Says Enter' Is A Fragment,
The B in button shouldn't be capitalized either, 'And' should never start a sentence and the whole phrase "and your posts will be much easier to read" is a fragment as well.
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demrabble Donating Member (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 03:27 PM
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6. I Was Trying to be Helpful
But thanks for nit-picking.
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 03:40 PM
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7. So Was I.
:rofl:
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 03:21 PM
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3. Though You Need To Work A Bit On Your Delivery, Good Post Anyway.
Though I'm not sure if you've been here a while or not since your profile's blocked, if you are indeed new then WELCOME TO DU!

:toast:
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 03:22 PM
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4. Wow.
nt

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ClintonTyree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 04:09 PM
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8. If we didn't stick around here........
we'd miss scintillating posts such as this. I know that's why I check in every day. :shrug:
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walldude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 04:15 PM
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10. So you wrote a post and then told people they shouldn't be
sticking around here to read it? Welcome to DU! You're gonna fit right in!
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 04:16 PM
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11. I think a lot of people here are politically active off DU.
Edited on Tue Feb-20-07 04:17 PM by mainegreen
It just that DU serves as home base.
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