Tea Parties

Originally posted by scherzo
It's a comedy show that spoofs off news.

As I said Jon would be a perfect fit for our Debates Forum.

Originally posted by no1marauder
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Whodey the partisan shill blathers on again. I missed all this complaining about deficit spending when GWB was President. Now with the economy in severe recession, you and a bunch of other conservatives have become born agains ranting about the deficit. Never mind that reduction of government spending in a recession could quite possi ...[text shortened]... to give this administration's economic policies a chance. That's what the people voted for.

I believe that I mentioned both "W" and Obama at the beginning of the thread as being one in the same, however, here we go again playing the partisan card again.

I am beginning to become more and more convinced that the two party system in this country is tantamount to poison. Take your eyes of the parties and understand that both have done and are doing pretty much the same things.

Originally posted by whodey
People just don't get it. These tea parties are not simply about taxes, rather, they are about government spending. Of course, if spending continues as it is and has taxation is not far behind. In fact, how could it not be the case? YOu pay now or you pay later. It seems to me that no one wants to raise our taxes to pay for what they want to pay for so t ...[text shortened]... nts goodbye. With a gun to your head, you are more likely to surrender your hard earned money.

To say that the country is going to essentially go to Hell in a handbasket is a generous dose of hyperbole. There's nothing wrong in and of itself with a government being in debt (basically every government is in debt). The problem again is whether the spending that is putting us into greater debt is actually going to cause the economy to recover faster than if it were left alone. Personally, I suspect that to a certain degree it does (did). The bailouts for the banking sector were critical to avoid a serious collapse (or at least massive slowdown). A lot of the spending now is about providing credit in a case where the market is not providing it to a sufficient level. I suspect that this too is a good idea. It's spending on industrial sectors that I'm dubious about. For instance creating high-speed rail lines. It will create some jobs for sure, but I'm not sure that in the long run investment in high-speed rail lines is a wise one because I don't think that the demand is there to support it.

Anyway, tea parties are just a few right-wing conservatives getting together and bitching because they've been losing elections.

Originally posted by whodey
I believe that I mentioned both "W" and Obama at the beginning of the thread as being one in the same, however, here we go again playing the partisan card again.

I am beginning to become more and more convinced that the two party system in this country is tantamount to poison. Take your eyes of the parties and understand that both have done and are doing pretty much the same things.

*race card spoiler alert* How is it that a Black president can be seen as simply the continuation of the same hive mentality that saw Bush in office for 8 years, but dare suggest that Bush and Clinton had anything in common and hackles rise?

Originally posted by kmax87
As I said Jon would be a perfect fit for our Debates Forum.

Yes. And I would lambast him.

Originally posted by scherzo
Yes. And I would lambast him.

LOL. I think you'd be out of your league. Hell, you'd be out of your league with Porky Pig.

Originally posted by Sleepyguy
LOL. I think you'd be out of your league. Hell, you'd be out of your league with Porky Pig.

And in my league with Hassan Nasrallah. What's your point?

Originally posted by scherzo
And in my league with Hassan Nasrallah. What's your point?

You just made my point beautifully. Thanks.

Originally posted by Sleepyguy
You just made my point beautifully. Thanks.

They say irony and satire are lost on the average American, I suppose doubly so for anyone applauding extremist causes!

Originally posted by Sleepyguy
You just made my point beautifully. Thanks.

Anytime. 😕

Originally posted by no1marauder
I think we've had this discussion. http://www.redhotpawn.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=110095&page=1

Maybe I misread but you seem rather blas'e about the whole thing.

Do you think involuntary service is a good idea or not?

Originally posted by Thequ1ck
Maybe I misread but you seem rather blas'e about the whole thing.

Do you think involuntary service is a good idea or not?

I'm blase about the "whole thing" for the same reason I'm blase about Bigfoot. Neither exist.

Originally posted by kmax87
They say irony and satire are lost on the average American, I suppose doubly so for anyone applauding extremist causes!

As opposed to anyone applauding centrist causes?

Originally posted by no1marauder
I'm blase about the "whole thing" for the same reason I'm blase about Bigfoot. Neither exist.

That's not even a valid analogy.

Don't the parallels with pre-war Nazi Germany worry you at all?

Or even the thought of a heavily armed and severly undertrained
personal army send shivers up your spine?

Maybe even the potential of a domestically liberated US army?

Scares the hell out of me.

And what of the cost of near doubling military resources? The military
machine is a hungry one.

Originally posted by Thequ1ck
That's not even a valid analogy.

Don't the parallels with pre-war Nazi Germany worry you at all?

Or even the thought of a heavily armed and severly undertrained
personal army send shivers up your spine?

Maybe even the potential of a domestically liberated US army?

Scares the hell out of me.

And what of the cost of near doubling military resources? The military
machine is a hungry one.

That's all hysterical right wing BS, as was shown by comparing these ridiculous claims to what the actual proposal in Congress was.

You're showing your deranged side again.