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Re: Divide & Conquer
It seems to me that that is what two party system is all about; get the common folk fighting among themselves so that they don't band together & direct their efforts against the aristocracy.
Seriously, I am starting to like the Tea Partiers - they know that Republicants and Democrats both did the free-trade bleeding of our economy. The unreal issues motivating them are race and socialism. The real issue motivating them is jobs, jobs, jobs - I believe their rank and file is very protectionist and would sign a pledge to restore tariffs and to penalize offshoring jobs.
Convergys closed a call center here last week - I have spent hours and though still finding closures, I find that they have moved thousands of jobs from US and Canada to the Phillipines. Convergys went from 0 to 20,000 jobs in the Phillipines in the last five years while closing call centers all across the US and Canada. Marife Zamora, the vice-president and country manager of Convergys Philippines, said and a huge call center opening in Cebu last year that 'most clients of Convergys Philippines are English speakers from Australia and the US'. Their clients include credit card companies (9 of 10 majors - all except Citi?), AT&T, DuPont, etc.
Let's encourage the Tea Partiers to Converge on Convergys!
@mstaggerlee
...and of allowing more reasonable, centrist types to gain positions of power. Sounded like a reasonable idea to me. Opinions?
Centrist democrats, like Max Baucus, who arrested single payer advocates rather than give them a seat at the hearing? Centrist Republicans, like Arlen Spector, who would switch parties for electoral expediency? In my view we'd be better off without both.
Yellow stripes and dead armadillos, as Jim Hightower would say, are found in the middle of the road.
Is this what God meant by “rendering to Caesar what Caesar wants?”
http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/covering_up_american_war_crimes_fro...
Real threats against Democrats, fueled by hate radio and hate TV, and lies from Eric Cantor. Just another day in the news.Haha. "Real threats", going for the NLP techniques again and providing a good example of a pleonasm. Thom it is either a threat or not and Cantor felt it was a threat. We really do not know who fired the bullet and why. So to call it a lie only makes you look like a liar. But do not let truth stop you from bashing...
godknows
I'm having a long discussion with a friend who is a very successful lawyer, but seems to believe lies that are quite senseless. His approach to health care is that we should only have catastrophic coverage.
My quick line (besides telling him he's wrong) is another of my hastily thought out patented similes:
A health care system that only cares about catastrophic illness is akin to an airline that does not perform any maintenance. Both kill people; lots of 'em.
Obama Zombies, indeed. The audio clip of Rep. DeMint talking of Waterloo and breaking Obama sounded like a Zombie or a hypnotist.
I have had far too many experiences with right wing Republican't radicals who start SCREAMING and just can't stop. Rather like a two year old in a temper tantrum.
Once again, the wrong wing radicals are PROJECTING their own behaviors and hatred on others.
maybe its time for protectionism again is it time to demand american corporations to protect american jobs is it time for strong tariffs its time to become a production economy again. america was at its best when we protected our comerce
Vinnie wants to sign the oath, but will he follow through? Maybe he should start a blog. Oh, what am I thinking, the internet was developed by the military.
Nice to hear Thom quoting John Dean's book Conservatives Without Conscience when describing the Tea Party followers. I haven been saying this same thing on this site starting about six months ago when Thom was saying that Progressives can work with Tea Partiers on economic issues. As Thom now realizes, this is not possible.
Google The Authoritarians to read more about them online where you can read a free book on the topic by Bob Altmeyer. Altmeyer's studies of Authoritarians over the last 30 years was the basis of Dean's book.
RNC refuses to sign joint statement with DNC asking for public civility.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/35096.html
Also on Face the Nation yesterday, DNC chairman Tim Kaine stated that he faxed a draft of a the joint statement to the RNC on Friday, and that on Saturday afternoon, the RNC simultaneously faxed the DNC a rejection to sign the joint statement, and issued their OWN statement calling for civility.
David Noziglia, hahaha.
You ever attend a predominantly black attended church. I would assume not since you are a "practicing rationalist". They stopped being churches long ago according to your definitions.
Here is an idea, why not convince your wife to attend another church??? One that makes her feel better. Where killing unborn babies are not frowned upon...
godknows
Keep in mind that "opt-ing out" of Social Security and Medicare can easily play into the Republican't privitization arguments. Perhaps the pledge should be that the anti-socialist would refuse to receive the socialist benefits.
@rewinn..never sit under a cage...birdcage or otherwise. Watch out for the guacamole drops.
(oops: "Good" pledge, not "God pledge") :)
LeMoyne,
God pledge, but too snarky to fool even your average teabagger. Some rewording similar (identical?) to what Thom used is in order.
@mstaggerlee...
I would disagree with Schieffer's premise of the widening gulf between the two corporate parties.
Sure the volume goes up with increasingly inane argument, however the basic premise of militaristic American exceptionalism to international law goes unchallenged, neither party dares to prosecute torturers, or the march to conflict based on prevariacation.
What a hypocrite, Thom?
I listened enough to see that you have just as much hate speech as the next wingnut on radio. If you dropped this “con” or that ” con” wants to steal your money and make your children like “The Jungle” then you might have a point. Otherwise you are just like the rest Thom.
Just wondering Thom. Where were you when all the protests in Seattle happened? How about the violence perpetrated on Marine recruiting offices in San Fransisco??? You surely have selective attention!!!
godknows
you
Customer reviews of the "Voyeurs" club where Mr. Steele laid down more than a grand of RNC money ( according to http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/29/high-flyer-rnc-chairman-steele-suggest... ) include comments like
"There are topless "dancers" acting out S&M scenes throughout the night on one of the side stages, there's a half-naked girl hanging from a net across the ceiling and at one point I walked to the bathroom and pretty much just stopped dead in my tracks to watch two girls simulating oral sex in a glass case.
Really understated elegance here."
"On the bar, on the stage, and above my head I find myself staring at female dancers wearing nothing but a mask and underwear. The crowd is beautiful and trendy for the most part."
" Beware of the ladies hanging above you in nets - they whip the occasional unsuspecting drunkie. "
More reviews:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/voyeur-los-angeles
"signthepledge.org" is taken, but currently hosts no site.
Current owner: "donordigital.com"
Sunday night NBC nightly news led the 5:30 newscast with 6 minutes of the Sarah Palin tea party rally in Nevada. 6 MINUTES. Then less then 1 minute on the Presdidents recess appointments. What a joke.
An anti-socialist pledge on the web:
http://www.bloggingformichigan.com/diary/4752/will-you-take-the-antisoci...
@harry ashburn I must not have been paying attention. At any rate, I love that I can stream Thom for free and anything he has to do to keep that coming is OK with me.
Thom, if you are interested:
signthepledge .net/.us/.info/.biz are all still available.
more socialist programs:
overtime pay
child labor laws
weekends
retirement pensions
but like I said, no point in arguing logically, they don't proccess that way.