25 Sep 10
Originally posted by USArmyParatrooperYou said I implied pollies had no power.
Yes. If you're going to run away from substance and resort to ad hominems by insulting my intelligence you might want to actually spell your insults correctly.
Ok, Ok, you're right. I bow down your ability to be an internet troll. I'm SO "embarassed."
I asked you "Where did I imply that?"
Your best course of action would have been let it go, no one would have thought more nor less about it. The next best thing would have been to fess up. It's such a small mistake and now you've built it into very embarassing situation for yourself.
25 Sep 10
Originally posted by USArmyParatrooperIt is a position of power, but does that mean we want people in those positions as having power. I do not like the fact that polticians have become the new class.
It IS a position of power, period. There are many sectors of public service that involve all different kinds of power.
Politicians affect legislation that affects our lives.
Police officers have the power of arrest.
The military yields massive amounts of lethal force
The FDA has the power to decide what drugs and foods can be legally sold.
The list goes on.
25 Sep 10
Originally posted by WajomaOpining politicians should not be given power IS implying they don't already have it.
You said I implied pollies had no power.
I asked you "Where did I imply that?"
Your best course of action would have been let it go, no one would have thought more nor less about it. The next best thing would have been to fess up. It's such a small mistake and now you've built it into very embarassing situation for yourself.
All the boasting in the world about how I'm (misspelled) "embarassing" myself isn't going to change that fact. Neither will any other smokescreen you undoubtedly will try to throw at me.
25 Sep 10
Originally posted by USArmyParatrooperThe only power they have is what we give them. When they take a mile after we've given them an inch, it is about time we excercise our right given to us by the right to bear arms.
Opining politicians should not be given power IS implying they don't already have it.
All the boasting in the world about how I'm (misspelled) "embarassing" myself isn't going to change that fact. Neither will any other smokescreen you undoubtedly will try to throw at me.
25 Sep 10
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Originally posted by USArmyParatrooperThis is utterly ludicrous that you keep pursuing this.
Opining politicians should not be given power IS implying they don't already have it.
All the boasting in the world about how I'm (misspelled) "embarassing" myself isn't going to change that fact. Neither will any other smokescreen you undoubtedly will try to throw at me.
People might vote away their right to make choices regarding their own health care. They vote that decision into the hands of pollies, the pollies then have that power to force that on people that did not vote for them.
That's not to say the pollies had no power before to make a whole bunch of other decisions for people that didn't vote for them.
The amount of power is not quantified in the quote.
So once again I ask; "Where did I imply pollies had no power?"
25 Sep 10
Originally posted by EladarIf you expect an armed revolution because the government has adopted programs that endorse universal health insurance or regulate the financial sector more closely or even raise the rich's taxes a wee bit (though still leaving them far below historical levels) then I'm sure you're going to be disappointed.
Eventually we might, although I doubt it.
25 Sep 10
Originally posted by no1marauderYou are such an idiot. Go back and read the first post. I think I'll rename you no1moron.
If you expect an armed revolution because the government has adopted programs that endorse universal health insurance or regulate the financial sector more closely or even raise the rich's taxes a wee bit (though still leaving them far below historical levels) then I'm sure you're going to be disappointed.
25 Sep 10
Originally posted by WajomaGuess who's actually casting the votes to decide issues involving healhcare. The politicians.
This is utterly ludicrous that you keep pursuing this.
People might vote away their right to make choices regarding their own health care. They vote that decision into the hands of pollies, the pollies then have that power to force that on people that did not vote for them.
That's not to say the pollies had no power before to make a whole bunch of othe ...[text shortened]... t quantified in the quote.
So once again I ask; "Where did I imply pollies had no power?"
Yes, in a Democratic Republic we vote for our politicians. But once candidates become politicians, guess what.... they already HAVE the powers granted to them in the Constitution. From that point there is nothing you can do to "give" them more power than they already have. The power they have is already defined in the Constitution.
At best you can protest or try to influence them, put the power is already in their hands.
25 Sep 10
Originally posted by EladarSorry, dude. As much as I can't stand no1 - an "armed revolt" because you don't like taxes or laws passed through the legislative process as outlined in the Constitution is absurd.
You are such an idiot. Go back and read the first post. I think I'll rename you no1moron.
25 Sep 10
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Originally posted by USArmyParatrooperGo back and see what I said and see how no1moron framed it. You'ved been duped, but seeing as you are a lefty it is easy to see why.
Sorry, dude. As much as I can't stand no1 - an "armed revolt" because you don't like taxes or laws passed through the legislative process as outlined in the Constitution is absurd.
25 Sep 10
Originally posted by USArmyParatrooperYou poor sap.
Guess who's actually casting the votes to decide issues involving healhcare. The politicians.
Yes, in a Democratic Republic we vote for our politicians. But once candidates become politicians, guess what.... they already HAVE the powers granted to them in the Constitution. From that point there is nothing you can do to "give" them more power th ...[text shortened]... est you can protest or try to influence them, put the power is already in their hands.