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Symmetry wrote:Pirlo wrote:
All thing?
notyou2 wrote:radiojake wrote:Example of partisanship to a stupid degree -
My mum has a very good friend who lives in Virginia and who travels to Washington DC quite often for work. I was talking to her once about American politics and specifically (what I considered) a stupid amount of partisanship that seems to be totally counter-productive.
She told me a story that seems to sum up the ridiculous state of domestic politics in the USA - She had two of her younger cousins (or neice or nephew - doesn't matter) come and stay with her for a couple of weeks who were from a different part of the US. She took them into DC to check out the nation's capital because they were both politics students, and they hadn't been to the nation's capital before. Anyway, they got to the Whitehouse and she asked them if they wanted to go on the tour.
(The following conversation has been paraphrased)
'Oh, God no. We can't go into the Whitehouse!'
'Uhh, why not?'
'Because we are Republicans! We can't walk in there while Bill Clinton is President!' (obviously this was a few years ago)
'You wont go visit the Whitehouse because there is a Democrat in the Presidency?'
'No way!'
Obviously these two twats are not entirely representative of all Americans, and I'm no way suggesting that. I just think this type of partisanship (which seems very evident on this board), is completely counter-productive
I agree. It's not like Coke is trying to murder it's rival Pepsi.
So why is American politics so virulent?
Woodruff wrote:Symmetry wrote:Pirlo wrote:
All thing?
Seems too perfect, doesn't it? <laughing>
Symmetry wrote:But yes- conservatism isn't the rejection of intellectualism, it's an intellectual position in its own right. The problem with a lot of modern day conservatism, especially in the US, is the shutting down of intellectual conversation. The number of litmus tests a prospective candidate has to go through in order to simply be nominated is staggering. Liberals do it too, but I would say to a lesser extent.
You think this is a change?Symmetry wrote:It looks increasingly like the best candidates for office are the ones who have the least background, commit to nothing, and look pretty. And yes, that applies to Obama too.
Its about education and information dissemination. Control the youth, control what people see and you control them.Symmetry wrote:Still- the stuff going in on Wisconsin with the targeting of that History professor who criticised Walker's plans is pretty disturbing.
Mr_Adams wrote:You, sir, are an idiot.
Timminz wrote:By that logic, you eat babies.
spurgistan wrote:IN RESPONSE TO THE OP:
It takes eight (8) conservatives to change a light bulb. It takes five (5) witches to form a coven in order to ask Ronald Reagan what to do, one (1) man to ignore that, and then one (1) Koch brother to tell John Boehner what to do. Eight.
saxitoxin wrote:Your position is more complex than the federal tax code. As soon as I think I understand it, I find another index of cross-references, exceptions and amendments I have to apply.
Timminz wrote:Yo mama is so classless, she could be a Marxist utopia.
MeDeFe wrote:spurgistan wrote:IN RESPONSE TO THE OP:
It takes eight (8) conservatives to change a light bulb. It takes five (5) witches to form a coven in order to ask Ronald Reagan what to do, one (1) man to ignore that, and then one (1) Koch brother to tell John Boehner what to do. Eight.
I count nine persons there.
5 Witches
1 Ronald Reagan
1 man who ignores it
1 Koch brother
1 John Boehner
So who's not conservative?
Chariot of Fire wrote:As for GreecePwns.....yeah, what? A massive debt. Get a job you slacker.
Viceroy wrote:[The Biblical creation story] was written in a time when there was no way to confirm this fact and is in fact a statement of the facts.
Mr_Adams wrote:You, sir, are an idiot.
Timminz wrote:By that logic, you eat babies.
PLAYER57832 wrote:You think this is a change?Symmetry wrote:It looks increasingly like the best candidates for office are the ones who have the least background, commit to nothing, and look pretty. And yes, that applies to Obama too.
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