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America did this to itself

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by dangolegators, Nov 7, 2024.

  1. gator_jo

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    That book enraged me as much as The Bridges of Madison County (which is a ******* LOT.) Maybe more because it was so much longer.

    I'm going to apply and consider these theories, now that the poison has reentered my consciousness.
     
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  2. CHFG8R

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    It would be far better if she lost the sad attempts at narrative and just focused on the political/economic philosophy. I'm not sure you could create a more boring and unsympathetic protagonist.
     
  3. CHFG8R

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    Also, it's not without merit, just like her White Whale Marx. I look at her followers much like his: People who've built a world view around a fantasy. Why devote yourself to things that are so utterly and obviously theoretical and could never be implemented in the real world with real humans?
     
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  4. gator_jo

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    I got dislike nagged by Bluke about a comment on a book he's obviously not capable of reading. :)

    To go along with the 5-10 negs I see every time I log on, from both Gaterz and Blukenquest. :) :)

    Still consumed by impotent rage when they should be basking in the sweet sweet victory of their rapey traitor criminal.
     
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  5. Orange_and_Bluke

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  6. tilly

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    Some democrats. That cant be debated. Some make everything about identity. Certainly not all.
     
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  7. reformedgator

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  8. vegasfox

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    I'm not sure what you said and I don't think you know either
    Trump changed the game. Class politics >> identity politics (for now)

    Unifying the populist left and populist right by teaming up with RFK Jr was a strong move (facillitated by Robert Barnes). Signing up 80,000 Amish in Pennsylvania was big (thanks to Amos Miller lawyer Robert Barnes). And thank you Robert Barnes for helping to get Trump to pick JD Vance as VP.

    And thanks Barnes for saying Trump would sweep MI, PA and WI when it paid 10:1. And thanks for predicting (in July) that Trump would win the popular vote by 4 million back in July/August (as I posted at the time).

    Who advised JD Vance not to support the Ukraine war? Barnes. Who will play a key role in weeding out FBI and DOJ corruption. Who will be advising the prosecutors who will go after Trump's corrupt and lawless persecutors at DOJ/FBI? Who will help gut the State Dept neocons and CIA scum? Who will make sure the security clearances of lots of intel/former intelligence personel are taken away? You know
     
  9. CHFG8R

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    So, if you want to know what our "friends" in Russia want for us, look no farther than this unhinged piece of nonsense. Especially that last paragraph. Our FSB friend really shows his colors there.
     
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  10. vegasfox

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    You hate Russia but you can't figure out why. Your opinions were assigned to you.

    I can see hating Russia/USS4 when it was communist. Older MAGA people certainly did. I suspect many older Democrat posters here wanted the US to be more like the USSR, which it now because people like you vote for warmongering authoritarian leftists.

    The Soviet Union broke up in 1992. Reagan and Gorbachov wanted us to be friends. Why would you want us to.be enemies?

    If you respond, try to be logical
     
  11. homer

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    Social issues are the point of the democratic spear.
     
  12. CHFG8R

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    It hasn't always been. And there is no reason to beat a dead horse, especially when its clearly losing.
     
  13. CHFG8R

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    And yet, the more things change the more they stay the same. Maybe, you know, if Putin/Russia didn't behave like such a cliché.
     
  14. workemsillyg8rs

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    And we are so glad we did!
     
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  15. vegasfox

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    5hat's all you got?
     
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  16. workemsillyg8rs

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    It is called a mandate for a reason! You are in the minority. It feels good to finally tell these jackasses that!
     
  17. mdgator05

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    A pretty good explanation for why you are spending your days after winning so angry and focused on the need for validation.

     
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  20. CHFG8R

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    Yeah. You're not worth any more effort than that.