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2nd Term Part VIII - The Thin Red Line

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Priceless said:
It isn't just that GWB did it, but when he did it you didn't hear the OUTRAGE that is out there today. The Tories sure as hell wouldn't criticize Fearless Leader and liberals knew GWB wasn't saying he was a dictator and the government belonged to him. Clinton also called it "my government" from time to time and even though they hated him with a passion the right wing loons didn't go nuts over it. Now they are. Why is that you suppose?
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There wasn't anything GWB did that didn't generate outrage around here. This place has never shown a fraction of the outrage toward Obama that went on during the Bush years. No matter what Bush did, people went nuts around here. Hadn't seen that toward any president before or since.
 
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Bob Gray said:
There wasn't anything GWB did that didn't generate outrage around here. This place has never shown a fraction of the outrage toward Obama that went on during the Bush years. No matter what Bush did, people went nuts around here. Hadn't seen that toward any president before or since.
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A William Jefferson Clinton is on line 1...
 
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It's always outrage when directed at one's own party and it's appropriate criticism when directed at the others. It allows one to be hypocritical without the guilt.
 
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Bob Gray said:
There wasn't anything GWB did that didn't generate outrage around here. This place has never shown a fraction of the outrage toward Obama that went on during the Bush years. No matter what Bush did, people went nuts around here. Hadn't seen that toward any president before or since.
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Is this really a surprise though?

Look at this thread:
board.uscho.com/showthread.php?98529-What-is-your-political-stance

Of the 47 respondants, 28 were at least leaning left. The vast majority were also libertarians.

Among those on the right, there was a total of what? Six or seven that regularly post in the politics threads?
 
dxmnkd316 said:
Is this really a surprise though?

Look at this thread:
board.uscho.com/showthread.php?98529-What-is-your-political-stance

Of the 47 respondants, 28 were at least leaning left. The vast majority were also libertarians.

Among those on the right, there was a total of what? Six or seven that regularly post in the politics threads?
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I'd been meaning to ask that again.
 
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Priceless said:
So I can expect these same people to go absolutely bonkers the next time a Tory is POTUS.
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Yep. I want three equal branches of the government.
The more the government runs by Executive Orders, the easier it is to take a final leap into a despot, benevolent or not.
 
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Priceless said:
I'd been meaning to ask that again.
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I knew I had the spreadsheet with the graph saved on my HDD somewhere. I just couldn't find it at first.

I'd be curious to find out if there's an updated version and whether anyone's (or even the average poster's) views have changed.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
I knew I had the spreadsheet with the graph saved on my HDD somewhere. I just couldn't find it at first.

I'd be curious to find out if there's an updated version and whether anyone's (or even the average poster's) views have changed.
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I still have the graph. Maybe I'll start a thread and compare the results.
 
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Priceless said:
I still have the graph. Maybe I'll start a thread and compare the results.
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Do you remember which posters had the "fake" results? I remember aparch (or was it ameherstblackbear?) tried to see if (s)he could get a certain score but later flagged it as such.
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
Yes, I do. The Congress should get them off the books. Clean the **** up.
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But I think he doesn't enforce them because he doesn't like the laws, but Congress, for whatever reason, chooses to not get rid of them.
 
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Bob Gray said:
But I think he doesn't enforce them because he doesn't like the laws, but Congress, for whatever reason, chooses to not get rid of them.
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So, we're not enforcing rape law because we don't like it? Oh, yeah, I forgot. The Women's body has ways to just shut that **** down.
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
So, we're not enforcing rape law because we don't like it? Oh, yeah, I forgot. The Women's body has ways to just shut that **** down.
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Try not to be so hysterical. Most rapes are local not federal crimes. So the blame for backlogs rightly belongs with your pal Rahm in Chicago and the other democrat mayors in our big cities.
 
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Old Pio said:
So the blame for backlogs rightly belongs with your pal Rahm in Chicago and the other democrat mayors in our big cities.
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That kind of generalized statement usually comes from Mr. Gray, not you, Pio.

By "backlogs" do you mean cases that are being or will be prosecuted but are not moving through the system? My reason for asking is that DAs in my neck of the woods fall all over themselves prosecuting sexual assault and drug cases. It's the fraud, theft and other cases that require manpower but have less marquee value that are treated like poor cousins.
 
SteveP said:
Meanwhile, feminist heads explode when Miss Nevada/Miss USA says women should learn self defense to prevent rape

http://spectator.org/blog/59541/miss-usa-suggests-self-defense-women-twitter-loses-it
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So 2 or 3 people on twitter = the whole feminist movement? Does that mean I can point to 2-3 racists and say they represent all the Tories? Haven't we reached consensus that Twitter attracts the lowest common denominators in almost every walk of life? Like those bigots from Toronto the CBC said were from Boston attacking PK Subban?

I am a feminist and I would encourage women (and men) to learn self-defense. I doubt everyone would become a 4th-degree black belt...
 
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Old Pio said:
Try not to be so hysterical. Most rapes are local not federal crimes. So the blame for backlogs rightly belongs with your pal Rahm in Chicago and the other democrat mayors in our big cities.
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You realize that none of us actually live in or anywhere near Chicago, right?


Why this fascination with the Windy City?
 
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