Tonight’s Democratic debate in Flint, Michigan, is being live-streamed at cnn.com, and is just starting as I write this. Here’s our first live-blogging thread for the evening.
arrggg! Reposting from downstairs:
Ok… um right now Bernie Sanders looks like he just randomly walked out on stage and doesn’t know where he is… #DemDebate
— Aaron Booth (@ActorAaronBooth) March 7, 2016
That’s not a good looking suit on #HillaryClinton #DemDebate
— Ana M Cabrera (@AnaMCabrera) March 7, 2016
everybody’s a critic…
:)
DON LEMON?! Haven’t the people of Flint, Michigan been through enough already?
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) March 7, 2016
Bernie Sanders says Michigan governor should resign. #FlintWaterCrisis #DemDebate #Decision2016
— Nadine Comerford (@NComerfordTV) March 7, 2016
I don’t see what the point of these things are anymore… Berners gonna Bern, all he can do is lose supporters from here on out. That’s how it feels, anyway.
When do we get to the fun part, when Hitlery carves off Trump’s yuge manhood and hands it to him on camera? //
The Flint disaster is a prime example of the end result of modern GOP governance. Democrats should talk about it at every opportunity.
@HillaryClinton also calling for the resignation of Michigan’s governor. Boy he is never going to invite these two back again. #DemDebate
— Gryphen 2009 (@Gryphen2009) March 7, 2016
re: #2 jaunte
Au contraire.
I will give Hillary lots of money if she announces her dick is bigger than Trump’s.
I would give Bernie less money for the same announcement, but only because it would be way less funny.
re: #5 Pawn of the Oppressor
I don’t see what the point of these things are anymore… Berners gonna Bern, all he can do is lose supporters from here on out. That’s how it feels, anyway.
When do we get to the fun part, when Hitlery carves off Trump’s yuge manhood and hands it to him on camera? //
I remember when there weren’t enough debates.
HRC is owning this issue while Bernie blamed the problem on billionaires.
re: #5 Pawn of the Oppressor
I don’t see what the point of these things are anymore… Berners gonna Bern, all he can do is lose supporters from here on out. That’s how it feels, anyway.
When do we get to the fun part, when Hitlery carves off Trump’s yuge manhood and hands it to him on camera? //
Trump: “No man born of woman can destroy me!”
Hillary: “Uhhh…”
re: #10 The Ghost of Bork Bork Bork Bork
Au contraire.
I will give Hillary lots of money if she announces her dick is bigger than Trump’s.
Maybe rude to say, but maybe you should get your checkbook out… now.
While we’re fixing the pipes…
#DemDebate You want the people of Flint MI to regain confidence in government ..? Prosecute and jail somebody. They knew. #FlintWaterCrisis
— Victor Looklook (@zoomarang) March 7, 2016
Snyder is tweeting during the debate:
This was never about money. This was a failure of government at all levels that could be described as a massive error of bureaucracy.
— Governor Rick Snyder (@onetoughnerd) March 7, 2016
re: #12 b.d.
HRC is owning this issue while Bernie blamed the problem on billionaires.
Again another reason why I like her more than him. She sees the big picture of the issues.
re: #16 Backwoods_Sleuth
Snyder is tweeting during the debate:
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The buck stopped with you there Snyder. Fuckwad.
re: #11 Belafon
Seems like there’s two a week now. They don’t “debate” anything though.
At least this one is in Flint? That’s good. This is one time where I wish Obama WAS an evil Kenyan commie dictator, because he’d have rounded up everyone responsible and had them shot or sent to farm snow*.
*farming snow is my imagined equivalent of “counting trees” in Siberia.
Sure, appoint a city manager and then blame “bureaucracy.”
re: #16 Backwoods_Sleuth
Snyder is tweeting during the debate:
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The party of personal responsibility tweets again.
re: #16 Backwoods_Sleuth
Snyder is tweeting during the debate:
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Come on, get your game on Snyder. Everybody knows it’s Obama’s fault. One of your party’s pres candidates said so.
re: #21 b.d.
The party of personal responsibility tweets again.
Personal responsibility is for poor,black people silly.
re: #16 Backwoods_Sleuth
Snyder is tweeting during the debate:
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Bureaucrats do what they’re told to do by leadership. This was a failure of leadership.
re: #22 Skip Intro
Come on, get your game on Snyder. Everybody knows it’s Obama’s fault. One of your party’s pres candidates said so.
It’s either Obama’s fault or it is too early for the blame game, he hasn’t decided yet.
re: #25 b.d.
Since when has it ever been too early to blame Obama?
re: #21 b.d.
He wants to make clear what he didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it!
Was Wall Street taking over Flint an option?
— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) March 7, 2016
The real question for the candidate should be: Quick, name the head of the EPA.
— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) March 7, 2016
re: #29 b.d.
Now the federal government should be involved.
re: #16 Backwoods_Sleuth
Snyder is tweeting during the debate:
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I almost blew an Outrage Gasket on reading this (fortunately, mine are heavy-duty) - I;m glad I’m not on Twitter, because the urge to tweet something along the lines of:
“Fuck you, you lame prostituted hack! MONEY was all the Flint water crap was EVER about!!!!!”
Anderson Cooper calls out the Magical Balance Fairy to say the EPA is equally responsible with the GOP administration of Flint.
NOPE. Not the same.
re: #32 Charles Johnson
Anderson Cooper calls out the Magical Balance Fairy to say the EPA is equally responsible with the GOP administration of Flint.
NOPE. Not the same.
I’d be curious to see just how under-funded the EPA is nowadays.
LOLOLOLOL
I’m taking responsibility as our value system says we should. My track record is getting things done, and I want to get this done. #FlintFWD
— Governor Rick Snyder (@onetoughnerd) March 7, 2016
re: #34 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOLOLOLOL
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Taking responsibility on Twitter isn’t taking responsibility.
Bernie talking about himself in the third person. Always an encouraging sign. #DemDebate
— goddamnedfrank (@goddamnedfrank) March 7, 2016
re: #33 JasonA
I’d be curious to see just how under-funded the EPA is nowadays.
I imagine very much so given the Congreses Obama has had for of his presidency.
re: #36 HappyWarrior
Taking responsibility on Twitter isn’t taking responsibility.
And he didn’t even take responsibility on Twitter.
re: #35 The Ghost of Bork Bork Bork Bork
Like fucking crazy. And understaffed.
As is the FDA.
After all these years of a Republican Congress I have to imagine they check our rivers and streams for loose change when they test the waters.
Sanders: “President Sanders would fire anybody who knew about what was happening [in Flint] and did not act appropriately.” #DemDebate
— Mic (@micnews) March 7, 2016
ok, then…
re: #33 JasonA
I’d be curious to see just how under-funded the EPA is nowadays.
My sister was an EPA lead specialist forced out by GOP sequestration austerity! #DEMdebate #GOPGovsGotToGo #ArrestGovSnyder #LeadCriminal
— RB Blair (@TuxcedoCat) March 7, 2016
re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth
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ok, then…
Okay that’s nice. But how do you prevent future Flints? From what I’ve been reading there are many other cases like this.
This debate is 15 minutes in and still discussing Flint and lead pipes. Remember when the Republicans spent a whole 30 seconds on it?
— Lonnie Scott (@LonnieScott) March 7, 2016
re: #44 jaunte
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That doesn’t surprise me at all, “Small government” at all costs. Fuck everyone else.
re: #32 Charles Johnson
Anderson Cooper calls out the Magical Balance Fairy to say the EPA is equally responsible with the GOP administration of Flint.
NOPE. Not the same.
When Ted Cruz is pres they won’t have that excuse any more because there won’t be an EPA or FDA or OSHA or ………….
re: #37 goddamnedfrank
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Brings back memories of a particular troll that used to be here.
So, how does “running the government like a business” look in light of the Flint water crisis?
re: #47 b.d.
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The Republicans were too busy focused on the important issues like how anti-gay bakers should be able to be dicks and their candidates member size.
re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth
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ok, then…
Sounds kind of like Trump to me. The pres can fire state employees? Who knew?
re: #52 jaunte
So, how does “running the government like a business” look in light of the Flint water crisis?
A bit like the Ford risk management of Pinto gas tanks.
re: #42 JasonA
As a business owner, it’s one of the things that makes me spit-take about the whole “run government like a business” line.
You design a project, then create both funding and staffing projections to get the job done right within a projected timespan.
The mandate of the EPA and the FDA isn’t altered…people haven’t voted that in. Yet the people doing the accounting and staffing are cutting in way that make the “job” harder to do, take longer, and each failure means costs. This is not good business.
re: #16 Backwoods_Sleuth
Snyder is attempting to shift blame from himself where it rightly belongs to others. I’m now wondering how long it’ll be before he tweets, “OBAMA’S FAULT!!!!” I sent him a tweet and added a #1CowardlyNerd hashtag because he is trying to avoid taking primary responsibility for something preventable that happened on his watch. I remember when dems talked about Flint in a previous debate, his tweet was asking us to not assign blame to anyone. Party of personal responsibility? I think not.
Dear Dark_Falcon,
For your information and your literalness.
From Merriam-Webster online
Full Definition of war:
1
a (1) : a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations (2) : a period of such armed conflict (3) : state of war
b : the art or science of warfare
c (1) obsolete : weapons and equipment for war (2) archaic : soldiers armed and equipped for war
2
a : a state of hostility, conflict, or antagonism
b : a struggle or competition between opposing forces or for a particular end
c : variance, odds 3
war*less play -ləs\ adjective
You can apologize for your stupid comment in the last thread at any time. And maybe do some reading. You need to expand your vocabulary.
re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth
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ok, then…
Wait—what? Since when do presidents have the power to “fire” state governors?
re: #59 CuriousLurker
Wait—what? Since when do presidents have the power to “fire” state governors?
They don’t.
re: #52 jaunte
or Louisiana, Wisconsin, Kansas, Florida NJ etc.
re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth
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ok, then…
Does he think we’re stupid or something? What a dumb response.
re: #60 HappyWarrior
They don’t.
I mean seriously, can you imagine? Every time a new POTUS was elected… e gad.
The reason I watch these debates is because some asshole will simplify it down to “Hillary had a good night because she didn’t have a melt down.” and people will read that as a win.
re: #59 CuriousLurker
Wait—what? Since when do presidents have the power to “fire” state governors?
Poor Sanders answer. He could fire any Fed agency personnel that dropped the ball, but that’s playing into Snyder’s dodge.
re: #32 Charles Johnson
Anderson Cooper calls out the Magical Balance Fairy to say the EPA is equally responsible with the GOP administration of Flint.
NOPE. Not the same.
That there is a big slab of USDA Prime Brahma Bullshit.
GOP ruling hacks made all pertinent decisions, while the EPA may have screwed up its advice.
Advising and ruling are two very different things.
re: #65 darthstar
The reason I watch these debates is because some asshole will simplify it down to “Hillary had a good night because she didn’t have a melt down.” and people will read that as a win.
Well, yeah, that’s basically true. Sanders needs to fundamentally alter the landscape of the election. Clinton can absolutely win merely by keeping the status quo intact.
re: #70 Testy Toad T
Well, yeah, that’s basically true. Sanders needs to fundamentally alter the landscape of the election. Clinton can absolutely win merely by keeping the status quo intact.
Well, that was almost always the case.
re: #45 HappyWarrior
Okay that’s nice. But how do you prevent future Flints? From what I’ve been reading there are many other cases like this.
Don’t elect Republicans is a necessary condition for preventing repeats of Flint.
re: #73 EPR-radar
Don’t elect Republicans is a necessary condition for preventing repeats of Flint.
True.
re: #71 gwangung
Well, that was almost always the case.
As long as no one grabs their crotch, the night is a Democrat win.
My auto industry job is due to the GM bailout. Thanks Obama! Banking bailout came later. #DemDebate
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 7, 2016
Clinton slams Sanders as a one-issue “Wall Street Wall Street” candidate. Sanders responds by attacking Wall Street. https://t.co/tPyCJmVya9
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 7, 2016
The damned transcripts yet again. Give it a rest, Bernie.
“Excuse me, I’m talking.” @BernieSanders to @HillaryClinton. The audience - and Twitter - didn’t like that reaction. #genderwatch2016
— Gender Watch 2016 (@GenderWatch2016) March 7, 2016
I have better things to do tonight than watch this debate, like the laundry, but I really hope this and tomorrow’s “town hall” will end Bernie’s pointless “challenge.”
RIP Ray Tomlinson. The man who invented and sent the first email. You are a modern day hero. pic.twitter.com/kkNhQ1r6Nl
— Historical Pics (@HistoricalPics) March 6, 2016
re: #78 Charles Johnson
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He’s a broken record on this issue. Wall Street is NOT the only issue.
Bernie is coming off as a man-splaining ass.
re: #79 Targetpractice
The damned transcripts yet again. Give it a rest, Bernie.
People do things and then get paid for them. Donnnnnnnnn’t care.
But the Bernbagger base will eat it up.
“Excuse me I’m talking” … every woman in America cringed at that one
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) March 7, 2016
re: #83 Charles Johnson
Bernie is coming off as a man-splaining ass.
Explains the antics of some of his more rabid followers.
I’m still trying to understand what an Independent is doing in a Democratic debate.
re: #83 Charles Johnson
Bernie is coming off as a man-splaining ass.
So he’s not all that much unlike his followers.
re: #86 Testy Toad T
Explains the antics of some of his more rabid followers.
Dammit. Out of my head, you.
re: #87 Skip Intro
I’m still trying to understand what an Independent is doing in a Democratic debate.
I think he is officially a Democrat now.
re: #90 HappyWarrior
I think he is officially a Democrat now.
He might hang a little ‘D’ by his name, but actions speak a lot louder than words.
I wonder if he’s started trying to raise money for downballot candidates yet lol no I don’t, of course he hasn’t.
OK—I’m only watching 25 more minutes, then on to Downton.
Bernie really seems to be losing his shit.
“Wall Street” is a bad shorthand for U.S. business in general.
re: #91 Testy Toad T
He might hang a little ‘D’ by his name, but actions speak a lot louder than words.
I wonder if he’s started trying to raise money for downballot candidates yet lol no I don’t, of course he hasn’t.
I know. That’s one of the things that upsets me most about him. It’s like he thinks all we need is him and that’s enough. Nope not at all.
FYI, I’m not watching. Following here religiously of course, but keeping my got damn Sunday sane.
Even if it’s the Dems. I feel so saturated.
Charles Johnson,
I feel bad that I wasn’t able to start watching this from the beginning.
I want to continue to reiterate that I totally respect somebody if they engage in a reasonable, fact-based evaluation of the two Democratic candidates and then come to the conclusion that they think Sanders is more representative of their views or would be a better candidate for them to vote.
There is just a frustratingly large population out there that wouldn’t say the same of a Clinton supporter, and that’s really grating.
Which super pac paid for this bus, @SenSanders? #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/Xk1KXCUVqg
— HailSnow (@hailsnow) March 7, 2016
re: #83 Charles Johnson
Bernie is coming off as a man-splaining ass.
What do you mean? I wasn’t able to start watching this until about a minute ago?
re: #96 Stanley Sea
FYI, I’m not watching. Following here religiously of course, but keeping my got damn Sunday sane.
Even if it’s the Dems. I feel so saturated.
Imma waiting on Walking Dead… (not to be confused with a GOP debate)
Yikes, Bernie’s letting his normally polite tone get away from him. First “I’m talking!” now some pretty condescending sarcasm. #DemDebate
— Jonathan Scott (@J_Scott_) March 7, 2016
re: #101 Backwoods_Sleuth
Imma waiting on Walking Dead… (not to be confused with a GOP debate)
Me too. Going to be brutal. Trying to eat dinner before. Or maybe not, then I’ll skip & have a diet night!
re: #101 Backwoods_Sleuth
Imma waiting on Walking Dead… (not to be confused with a GOP debate)
I don’t even care about the GOP debate, because I wouldn’t vote for any of the Republican candidates. Also, at this point its looking more and more certain that Trump is going to be the nominee.
That one is gonna hurt. Sanders just admitted that he’s on the same side as Ted Cruz on trade.
They need to cozy up to the Ricola lobby. @DavidCornDC
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 7, 2016
re: #106 Bill and Opus for 2016!
That one is gonna hurt. Sanders just admitted that he’s on the same side as Ted Cruz on trade.
Oh brother. Thanks for watching this for me
re: #90 HappyWarrior
In January 2016, his official Senate website still referred to him as an Independent,[181] and the following month his press releases omitted party affiliation[182] or described him as an Independent
#DemDebate Bernie smiles when he’s fed a question about the Export-Import Bank. You could see him mentally rub his hands in glee.
— Antonia Barry (@antbpottery) March 7, 2016
Bernie hits the Ex-Im Bank as corporate welfare to large, successful companies. #DemDebate
— The National Memo (@NationalMemo) March 7, 2016
The commentary I can handle
I like Anderson’s tie.
— Petey RobLowe (@jteeDC) March 7, 2016
re: #109 Skip Intro
My mistake. Thanks. Sigh. Honestly that’s why I laugh when I hear about how “bad” the DNC is treating him.
Bernie is right that Ex-Im Bank money largely goes to Boeing. But that’s your high-paying manufacturing jobs right there.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 7, 2016
re: #112 HappyWarrior
His website makes no mention of his party, unless it’s buried somewhere.
To rephrase this, he wants Americans to pay more for cars and in the process subsidize US car companies
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) March 7, 2016
I doubt we’re going to see commercials for “Ark Encounter” during this debate.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 7, 2016
re: #114 Skip Intro
His website makes no mention of his party, unless it’s buried somewhere.
Thanks.
re: #114 Skip Intro
His website makes no mention of his party, unless it’s buried somewhere.
In a sense, it reminds me of the dark days of the early 2000s when we got afraid of our labels.
I’m a goddamned proud Democrat. I stand behind the platform and I generally stand behind the people I help elect. Fucking come at me.
So far I think both Hillary and Burning are making some excellent points, and I’ve only been listening for a few minutes.
Well, it is pretty clear Bernie is not a Democrat. Go figure.
Bernie Sanders really needs to knock off that finger-wagging thing.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 7, 2016
re: #118 Testy Toad T
In a sense, it reminds me of the dark days of the early 2000s when we got afraid of our labels.
I’m a goddamned proud Democrat. I stand behind the platform and I generally stand behind the people I help elect. Fucking come at me.
He reminds me of those people who insist they’re the base but look for any reason to vote against Democrats.
I don’t really dig the “protectionist ignoramus” look. The economy of 2016 looks a lot different from the one I grew up with. That’s scary, but there just isn’t any going back.
re: #121 Charles Johnson
A post-modernist painting based on the trail Bernie Sanders’ finger traces in the air as he is speaking
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) March 7, 2016
re: #116 Charles Johnson
@Green_Footballs You’re probably right. Democrats usually except the reality of evolution. Than again, Ken Ham wants your money.
— CriticalDragon1177 (@CriticalDragon1) March 7, 2016
re: #124 JasonA
Love these Purge ads.
Every time I see one I have to doublecheck to make sure that they weren’t paid for by the Donald Trump campaign.
re: #58 ObserverArt
No, I don’t think I’ll apologize. Attacking you for saying American states wage war on their own people is not something I’m sorry I did. I stand by that attack no matter what.
[nails First Navy Jack to the mainmast]
re: #110 Backwoods_Sleuth
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That should disqualify anyone from being POTUS. Bernie is an economic illiterate if he thinks that’s what the Ex-Im Bank is.
I get the feeling Sanders would be willing to rant and rail about how the internet killed off Borders if he had the opportunity. Yeah, that’s a real bummer, and people lost jobs and I really am sad that they suffered, but by most objective metrics the system we have now simply works better. Proclaiming you’re going to put that genie back in the bottle is simply magical thinking.
How many times can Hillary possibly name drop the President? #DemDebate
— Chris Laverdiere (@Claverdiere1800) March 7, 2016
Maybe because he’s a Dem, she’s a Dem, and she supports his policies.
RedState commenters on the Dem Debate are pretty tame:
This is weird-I’m streaming the debate on my Yamaha RX-2040 on SiriusXM and the PAD data during commercials is changing colors/flashing. Never seen that behavior before.
re: #129 MsJ
That should disqualify anyone from being POTUS. Bernie is an economic illiterate if he thinks that’s what the Ex-Im Bank is.
He identifies some real structural problems with this country, but I never get the feeling he’s particularly well-versed on what has caused those problems.
At least in his speeches and his policy proposals, he indicates very simplistic thinking.
re: #10 The Ghost of Bork Bork Bork Bork
Au contraire.
I will give Hillary lots of money if she announces her dick is bigger than Trump’s.
I would give Bernie less money for the same announcement, but only because it would be way less funny.
She sure has bigger huevos than Trump…
Waiting with baited breath as to how Bernie Sanders turns a question about gun violence into a screed about Wall Street.
re: #114 Skip Intro
His website makes no mention of his party, unless it’s buried somewhere.
I thought I had read that he is running for his senate seat as an independent - but I can’t find the link anywhere.
A whole lot of drivers are going to be unemployed in fifteen years when autonomous cars really take off. It’ll be a problem we’ll have to deal with. But if you’re going to declare you’ll save those jobs by banning aforementioned cars, or something, that’s the sort of capital-S Socialism that simply will never ever ever fly for 80% of the population of this country.
And you can count me in that number.
re: #136 Bill and Opus for 2016!
Waiting with baited breath as to how Bernie Sanders turns a question about
gun violenceany subject at all into a screed about Wall Street.
Fixt .
re: #138 Testy Toad T
Riddle me this-why hasn’t that happened with airline pilots already?
good lord, he’s still tweeting:
Detroit is stronger than it has been in decades. We came together to pass the bipartisan Grand Bargain & help Detroit’s families
— Governor Rick Snyder (@onetoughnerd) March 7, 2016
re: #138 Testy Toad T
A whole lot of drivers are going to be unemployed in fifteen years when autonomous cars really take off. It’ll be a problem we’ll have to deal with. But if you’re going to declare you’ll save those jobs by banning aforementioned cars, or something, that’s the sort of capital-S Socialism that simply will never ever ever fly for 80% of the population of this country.
And you can count me in that number.
You start by gradually reducing drivers’ hours to less than 40, rather than the double-book BS truckers are forced to work now.
re: #128 Dark_Falcon
No, I don’t think I’ll apologize. Attacking you for saying American states wage war on their own people is not something I’m sorry I did. I stand by that attack no matter what.
[nails First Navy Jack to the mainmast]
Mighty big of you Dark. You are the definition of taking oneself too serious.
re: #128 Dark_Falcon
No, I don’t think I’ll apologize. Attacking you for saying American states wage war on their own people is not something I’m sorry I did. I stand by that attack no matter what.
[nails First Navy Jack to the mainmast]
Then you seem to be OK with Republican governments poisoning their own people.
You’re incredibly blase about the delays.
re: #134 Testy Toad T
He identifies some real structural problems with this country, but I never get the feeling he’s particularly well-versed on what has caused those problems.
At least in his speeches and his policy proposals, he indicates very simplistic thinking.
Exactly. I wonder who he thinks is going to finance billion dollar deals for goods like aircraft.
It all sounds so good…blame WallSt for everything. He’s the left’s version of Mexican Rapists and Muslim hordes. Blame someone, scapegoat someone.
What’s worse, I don’t think anyone broke laws before the crash. So who are we going to throw in jail…and for what? (And, yeah, that sucks.) But feeling good by chucking SOMEONE in jail doesn’t solve problems.
Lip service. That’s what Bernie offers. No real thought, analysis or understanding. Populism - just aimed at a different group.
re: #138 Testy Toad T
A whole lot of drivers are going to be unemployed in fifteen years when autonomous cars really take off. It’ll be a problem we’ll have to deal with. But if you’re going to declare you’ll save those jobs by banning aforementioned cars, or something, that’s the sort of capital-S Socialism that simply will never ever ever fly for 80% of the population of this country.
And you can count me in that number.
Sam Harris was describing an extension of the situation that you mentioned. What happens in the future as technology displaces the need for labor? To the extreme, what if all design, development and manufacture were automated? Wouldn’t that be the case where everyone should be guaranteed a living salary to pursue life?
Giving legal immunity to gun makers has been a big mistake.
re: #140 Eric The Fruit Bat
Riddle me this-why hasn’t that happened with airline pilots already?
I dunno. I think probably because you can’t hit the pull-over button at 35,000 feet.
- Senator, what do you think about Trump’s proposal to build the wall?
- I think we should rather tear down walls. Especially Wall Street.
re: #145 JasonA
Anderson’s tie is incredible.
I told my wife everyone likes Anderson’s tie. She said, “Well, it matches his lips.”
re: #147 Ming5000
It’s definitely something that keeps me up at night. It’s coming. But I don’t think Sanders would have a sensible clue about what to do about it.
re: #147 Ming5000
Sam Harris was describing an extension of the situation that you mentioned. What happens in the future as technology displaces the need for labor? To the extreme, what if all design, development and manufacture were automated? Wouldn’t that be the case where everyone should be guaranteed a living salary to pursue life?
As work becomes a scarce good, we share it out equally. Enjoy your 3-day week.
When do they start calling each other “little Hillary” and “big Bernie?” https://t.co/tPyCJmVya9
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 7, 2016
gun manufacturers only manufacturers in America who aren’t held responsible for their products
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) March 7, 2016
re: #153 Testy Toad T
It’s definitely something that keeps me up at night. It’s coming. But I don’t think Sanders would have a sensible clue about what to do about it.
Oh! Cripes, no. I didn’t mean to imply that. :-)
I was just saying overall we all need to figure out how to play together. The world is changing and we need to evolve.
Psst. It is about to start. The last episode of Downton Abbey.
I’m watching my beloved curling. Thanks for keeping me current. I’m too burned (Berned) out to deal with politics.
re: #161 MsJ
I’m watching my beloved curling. Thanks for keeping me current. I’m too burned (Berned) out to deal with politics.
I wonder when we can have our “burn” back. I still say “Linsane”
Wow. Bernie Sanders really came off badly in that exchange about gun manufacturers.
We should make a BernieBot bingo. Well, those of us with strong livers.
Let’s start with Wall Street, oligarchy and military-industrial complex.
Making guns safer will absolutely not “end gun manufacturing in
America.”
I filled out my absentee ballot for the Arizona (D) primary.
I voted for Hillary Clinton.
It was a tough choice, but Bernie’s bros and his tone-deafness on racial issues pushed me over the edge.
Yet another reason why Donald Trump sucks.
BUYER BEWARE: investor who got scammed out of $240G by Donald Trump warns the nation https://t.co/45rR0Iu6I0 pic.twitter.com/ddubLJmwi2
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) March 7, 2016
re: #163 Charles Johnson
Wow. Bernie Sanders really came off badly in that exchange about gun manufacturers.
He’s on tilt. I’ve been there myself in the casino, and it will only end when his pile of chips, or checks from the BernieBros, is completely gone.
Don Lemon? Really? Haven’t the people of Flint suffered enough?
re: #163 Charles Johnson
Wow. Bernie Sanders really came off badly in that exchange about gun manufacturers.
I agree, he definitely could have done a lot better, than he did. Hillary is just pounding him on gun control.
Always odd to see reporters act like mass incarceration began with 94 Crime Bill. Started far earlier, in the states, both parties pushed it
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) March 7, 2016
Presumably all of Bernie’s retirement savings are in savings and CD accounts.
Hillary Clinton definitively won that exchange on gun manufacturers.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 7, 2016
re: #109 Skip Intro
So, Bernie is a Democrat now, except when he isn’t.
Explains why he hasn’t been working to support the Democratic downticket races to this point, doesn’t it?
Well this question seems tailor-made for a former Sec of State.
re: #174 TedStriker
So, Bernie is a Democrat now, except when he isn’t.
Explains why he hasn’t been working to support the Democratic downticket races to this point, doesn’t it?
Yes, it does. Pretty opportunistic of him.
2. Clinton looks at him when he talks. Sanders looks at the moderator when she talks.
— Cheryl Rofer (@CherylRofer) March 7, 2016
Not sure what that means but it doesn’t sound good.
So my Mom says Bernie is being an ass. I haven’t been able to watch. I heard Hillary briefly and she sounds like she’s losing her voice.
re: #175 Nyet
Bernie basically ignored Clinton’s push for forcing manufacturers push to make smart guns.
Its funny how life imitates art [SPOILER ALERT FOR HOUSE OF CARDS]
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Bailed out on debate to watch The Walking Dead but I agree with this tweet:
HRC has him. He’s toast.
— Stuart Rothenberg (@StuPolitics) March 7, 2016
“I marched with Dr. King!” We know, Bernie.
re: #183 b.d.
Bailed out on debate to watch The Walking Dead but I agree with this tweet:
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From your lips to God’s ears.
“What racial blind spots do you have?”
The unanswerable question.
The fact that Bernie Sanders was arrested fighting for desegregation is actually pretty impressive. He is willing to stand up for what is right even if means risking his well being to do so. That’s a big plus for Bernie.
If you tweet something from The Intercept at me saying Hillary Clinton is cozying up to the NRA, I’m just gonna block you. Fuck that shit.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 7, 2016
re: #188 CriticalDragon1177
The fact that Bernie Sanders was arrested fighting for desegregation is actually pretty impressive. He is willing to stand up for what is right even if means risking his well being to do so. That’s a big plus for Bernie.
The fact that he did absolutely nothing for civil rights in the 52 years between then and now, rather less so. He loses the nonwhite vote by downright Republican margins, and his inflation of his extremely peripheral role in the CRM is probably a big reason why.
re: #183 b.d.
Bailed out on debate to watch The Walking Dead but I agree with this tweet:
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I’m watching the Downton Abbey finale. I’ll watch Walking Dead later.
re: #188 CriticalDragon1177
The fact that Bernie Sanders was arrested fighting for desegregation is actually pretty impressive. He is willing to stand up for what is right even if means risking his well being to do so. That’s a big plus for Bernie.
It is admirable but it’s tiresome that it’s his whole argument on Civil Rights.
re: #175 Nyet
Can somebody sum up the gun control exchange?
I wish I could explain Bernie’s, but I really can’t.
Hillary was classic soft stepping Democrat. We need to look why we need guns, should we have certain types of guns, implement everything we can about background checks, etc.
It remains a topic we really can’t talk about. Political death for both parties.
Abortion can be outlawed because of the sanctity of life. Guns can’t be touched.
re: #192 Big Beautiful Door
I’m watching the Downton Abbey finale. I’ll watch Walking Dead later.
I heard that they are basically the same show but with different costumes.
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re: #189 Charles Johnson
@Green_Footballs I don’t think I even heard of that blog until you mentioned it here.
— CriticalDragon1177 (@CriticalDragon1) March 7, 2016
re: #195 b.d.
When the herd comes up from the village, they’ll send Barrow out.
re: #185 Targetpractice
“I marched with Dr. King!” We know, Bernie.
Hugh Murray was *taught* by MLK and took part in the sit-ins.
Now he’s a far-right MRA and a WRA. (W is for whites)
.@BernieSanders… pic.twitter.com/N2Ty6uDGNm
— Charles Wade (@akacharleswade) March 7, 2016
Not sure how the Sanders line that white people in America “don’t know what it’s like to live in the ghetto” will land. #DemDebate
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) March 7, 2016
Shockwave Flash just crashed on me and video stopped playing. so annoying. Time to reload it.
re: #87 Skip Intro
Maybe the DNC has learned their lesson to keep guys like Bernie out of their ranks.
re: #185 Targetpractice
MLK was my cousin through marriage. My mom and Coretta were cousins through their great grandparents. She and the kids used to come to our family reunions in Tuscaloosa. There’s one coming up this August. Having said this, it amazes me when some others try to “share” in his work as if they were right there on the front lines with him in every endeavor. I’m not trying to disparage Sanders’ civil rights creds. His work is laudable, but most of us who lived through the era and had much more at stake than he did/does, revere MLK as more than someone to hold up to appeal to blacks for votes. IMO, fighting for the civil rights of all Americans [minorities, LGBTQ persons, atheists, etc] is something that goes beyond elections and should be ongoing. I like candidates that I don’t have to guess where they stand on civil rights at any time. If they want my vote, it takes more than paying lip service to me. It takes, as I said, a demonstration of ongoing advocacy.
Nobody mentioning in this debate that Boeing took all that import-export bank $, moved a factory from WA to SC to avoid a union. #DemDebate
— Micah Uetricht (@micahuetricht) March 7, 2016
Bernie Sanders keeps circling back to Wall Street like…
No, I think I’ll forego that simile.
re: #201 CriticalDragon1177
Shockwave Flash just crashed on me and video stopped playing. so annoying. Time to reload it.
Something about LGF causes shockwave to crash.
re: #201 CriticalDragon1177
Shockwave Flash just crashed on me and video stopped playing. so annoying. Time to reload it.
That’s why it’s called Shockwave Flash.
And there you have it. Bernie Sanders turns a discussion about the 1990s Crime Bill into Wall Street.
re: #207 stpaulbear
Something about LGF causes shockwave to crash.
Nope. There’s nothing special going on with LGF. Flash is just terrible, buggy software that needs to go away.
re: #164 Nyet
We should make a BernieBot bingo. Well, those of us with strong livers.
Let’s start with Wall Street, oligarchy and military-industrial complex.
“he marched with MLK!”
Flash crashes all the time on all kinds of websites. Should call it Shockwave Crash.
re: #167 CriticalDragon1177
Yet another reason why Donald Trump sucks.
It’s no secret that Trump is a scam artist, but “industrial psychologist” is a new one on me.
re: #200 jaunte
Hell, I’m black, over 60, and I don’t know what it’s like to live in the ghetto. It ticks me off that millions of Americans think all blacks either live, or lived, in ghettos. It’s just not true. Put Raging Furby and myself in a real ghetto, and we’d both be very uncomfortable because we’d be in “the undiscovered country.”*
*H/t to Star Trek. Yeah, I’m a liberal and a Trekkie.
re: #207 stpaulbear
Something about LGF causes shockwave to crash.
Nice to know its not just me: maybe OT in a Bernie/Hillary-slugfest thread, but yeah; I LURVS me my LGF; but it IS one of the most crash-prone sites I follow.
Oh, and ad-heavy: did I mention “ad-heavy”????
I run this site without Flash and have very little issue. Once in a while an outside ad will want to run it, but for me it almost seems the ads are coming in knowing they can run the newer (HTML) code. It’s becoming more and more rare I’ll get a message to enable flash or for it to cause an issue.
re: #218 majii
I get the impression that Bernie has been more insulated than most.
re: #151 Stanley Sea
I need a photo!
Finally found a tweet showing Anderson’s tie:
WATCH: Republicans react to Bernie saying Democrats aren’t always right. #DemDebate #FlintDebate #Flint #FeelTheBern pic.twitter.com/D3mI7PP8lP
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) March 7, 2016
Under your browser settings, you can set it up so you get to choose when to run adobe flash player. Ever since I did that, LGF has run fine for me.
re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth
It does match his lips.
I went to Detroit public schools in the ‘50’s and ‘60’s and graduated from a Detroit-area university (ltu.edu)
re: #220 ObserverArt
I run this site without Flash and have very little issue. Once in a while an outside ad will want to run it, but for me it almost seems the ads are coming in knowing they can run the newer (HTML) code. It’s becoming more and more rare I’ll get a message to enable flash or for it to cause an issue.
And I should add…I do not use ad block and I so want to be a full subscriber. Pray for me!
re: #219 Jay C
If you love LGF, there’s a way to completely turn off those ads.
But unfortunately, without the ads LGF would not exist. This isn’t a charity. It costs money to keep this site online.
Uh, dude, I think that’s Reagan’s first wife, Jane Wyman. Kinda ruins your lame joke.
— Michael Malice (@michaelmalice) March 6, 2016
A nation should be judged not by the number of millionaires or billionaires that it has, but how it treats its weakest members.
Good quote Bernie.
re: #217 De Kolta Chair
It’s a field I nearly went into.
Basically, you study the interface of worker, workplace, and admin.
There’s a lot of sub-specialties.
Man-machine interface, for example, is about designing equipment and work space. Like ergonomics.
re: #221 jaunte
I get the impression that Bernie has been more insulated than most.
Well, no big surprise there: serving in the House for 16 years, and then in the Senate for another 9 as an “Independent”: maybe a bit of purely-partisan “insulation” isn’t unexpected…
I gave up watching the debate after a few minutes.
After seeing how this was going to be another example of how well can Anderson Cooper put both Hillary and Bernie on the defensive, and both of the candidates seemingly fine with the framing that comes out of Cooper/CNN, I wrote this one off.
re: #231 The Ghost of Bork Bork Bork Bork
It’s a field I nearly went into.
Thanks for the explanation.
As a reporter on GOP side, It’s adorable that the OMG moment on D side is Bernie Sanders getting mildly annoyed at being interrupted
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) March 7, 2016
How many billionaires still live in #Detroit, Bernie? They ran to Bloomfield Hills when Coleman Young said “Hit 8 Mile!” #DemDebate
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 7, 2016
Unions protecting bad teachers? STFU Anderson.
re: #230 CriticalDragon1177
Good quote Bernie.
He’s got good ideas and good principles overall. But as much as I like him, and I’ve been pushing his ideas here for awhile now, he’s not presidential material. Put him in Labor or Treasury and give him a fairly free hand under a strong Clinton presidency?
Best of Both Worlds…
More interesting to me will be Tuesday’s votes. Michigan will be a clear test to see if Kasich can get close to Trump’s turnout there. Today Kasich brought in The Terminator to Columbus to try and get out a big crowd…. it was an ok crowd. If Kasich cannot stop Trump in Ohio, it will be hard to stop Trump unless the latters YUUUUUUUUUGE ego trips him up somewhere in April or May.
re: #239 CriticalDragon1177
Didn’t know that. How Lawrence Technical University?
Great school. Better now than when I attended, when it was an “Institute of Technology”
Scapegoating teachers…go Hillary.
John Kasich. You listening? You have plenty explaining to do about your Ohio school mess and the screwed up Charter Schools that are a sham. And you went after the unions and you cut funding for public schools.
Sorry, but Bernie Sanders’ talking point about colleges being “tuition-free” is just ridiculous. It’s never going to happen.
re: #241 William Lewis
He’s got good ideas and good principles overall. But as much as I like him, and I’ve been pushing his ideas here for awhile now, he’s not presidential material. Put him in Labor or Treasury and give him a fairly free hand under a strong Clinton presidency?
Best of Both Worlds…
I disagree, based on what I know about him, I think he would make a better president than Hillary.
Does DWS have a clue?
I know it’s easy to pick on her… but WTF? Why does she set up her candidate(s) to get questions like these?
re: #229 De Kolta Chair
It is Jane Wyman, [ Wyman died in 2007] but when did that ever stop those who are quick to kiss the *sses of their “betters?” We’ve witnessed lots of sloppy work from right-wingers, from misspelled words, to placing Middle Eastern nations in the wrong places on maps, to making graphs and pie charts equalling more than 100%..
re: #247 CriticalDragon1177
I disagree, based on what I know about him, I think he would make a better president than Hillary.
I like his policy stands better, but being a President is more than that.
re: #240 Michael McBacon
I taught for 33 years in GA, a state with a constitution that doesn’t allow public employees to bargain collectively. It still amazes me that many Americans think all teachers are union members. Not true. I was a member of NEA, but NEA could only act as a professional organization in GA.
Schwarzenegger endorsing Kasich is interesting, as Trump talks often about Arnie and arranged for Arnie to take over The Apprentice.
re: #241 William Lewis
He’s got good ideas and good principles overall. But as much as I like him, and I’ve been pushing his ideas here for awhile now, he’s not presidential material. Put him in Labor or Treasury and give him a fairly free hand under a strong Clinton presidency?
Best of Both Worlds…
I’d be fine with him pissing back off to the back bench in the Senate. None of his proposals excite me.
re: #246 Charles Johnson
Sorry, but Bernie Sanders’ talking point about colleges being “tuition-free” is just ridiculous. It’s never going to happen.
Well, from the technical perspective of “we could make it happen like it was in the 60’s in California” sure, all it really takes is enough money. But from a practical perspective of “American’s raising taxes on themselves to help their children?” Forget about it.
re: #243 freetoken
More interesting to me will be Tuesday’s votes. Michigan will be a clear test to see if Kasich can get close to Trump’s turnout there. Today Kasich brought in The Terminator to Columbus to try and get out a big crowd…. it was an ok crowd. If Kasich cannot stop Trump in Ohio, it will be hard to stop Trump unless the latters YUUUUUUUUUGE ego trips him up somewhere in April or May.
Arnold is always in Columbus this time of the year. He runs his Anrold Classic™ Body Building/Fitness Competition and a Sports Health/Body/Exercise Convention for four days downtown. It’s Arnold huge!
It was easy for Kasich to drag him to wherever it was done. I haven’t seen it. GOP governors and all that stuff. No big deal.
re: #255 ObserverArt
Yes, but Arnie endorsed Kasich.
re: #248 freetoken
Does DWS have a clue?
I know it’s easy to pick on her… but WTF? Why does she set up her candidate(s) to get questions like these?
SATSQ time: 1. No.
2. God only knows.
Thank you for your support…..
I’m all for Bernie’s education idea but I just think more realistically we need to find ways to reduce tuition in the first place. I like the idea don’t get me wrong but i think an all or nothing approach will be hard to sell.
Checked out Michael Moore’s latest tweets. He’s become a talking points regurgitation machine.
re: #259 Nyet
Checked out Michael Moore’s latest tweets. He’s become a talking points regurgitation machine.
Said it the other day but haven’t been a fan of his for a while.
NRA is on delayed reaction:
Going after gun manufacturers is akin to suing Sears if one of their hammers is used in a murder https://t.co/q276wgCyyC #DemDebate
— NRA (@NRA) March 7, 2016
re: #259 Nyet
Checked out Michael Moore’s latest tweets. He’s become a talking points regurgitation machine.
Not so much talking points as just plain old nonsense.
re: #261 Backwoods_Sleuth
NRA is on delayed reaction:
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Except guns are specifically designed to kill you fuckwads. A hammer not so. So fail you gun fucking fuckers.
re: #256 freetoken
Yes, but Arnie endorsed Kasich.
I know! Good for business. Ohio is good business for Arnold. Kissing Kasich butt for a few minutes in a race where many think he is the only moderate and reasonable (shudder) is good for business for Arnold. He looks reasonable…and Trump will have to get over it. Arnold can whip him anyway.
I’d be curious to know Senator Sanders’ energy plan (that goes for Hillary as well), besides hearing him say he doesn’t take money from the fossil fuelers.
re: #259 Nyet
Checked out Michael Moore’s latest tweets. He’s become a talking points regurgitation machine.
Once upon a time he had his 15 minutes. Unfortunately that was 8 hours ago… O_o
re: #265 De Kolta Chair
I’d be curious to know Senator Sanders’ energy plan (that goes for Hillary as well), besides hearing him say he doesn’t take money from the fossil fuelers.
The hell does he have against dinosaurs???
re: #259 Nyet
Not to mention that he tends to be on the authoritarian side and denies reality at times, like when he suggested that a POTUS has the power to remove state officials from office.
re: #267 Not a Sparkly Vampire
The hell does he have against dinosaurs???
Are you calling him a self-hater?
Bad-a-Bing!
re: #262 Not a Sparkly Vampire
These are TPs:
When Bernie was in college, he was arrested demonstrating for civil rights. When Hillary was in college, she was in the Young Republicans.
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) March 7, 2016
When she called Black kids “superpredators” & said she would make them “heel,” she was NOT talking about “the cartels.” Watch the video.
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) March 7, 2016
And by this time they stink.
Glad both Hillary and Bernie are talking about the problem of climate change and neither of them are denying the unpleasant reality that its real, and human beings are causing it. I don’t think I could say that about any of the Republican candidates, especially Trump who thinks climate change is a conspiracy created by China.
The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2012
Don’t particularly like the Chi Coms, but that is pure nonsense. That insane conspiracy theory would be enough for me to vote against Trump, if not for any other reason.
re: #271 Nyet
These are TPs:
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And by this time they stink.
Simple minded talking points that obscure the truth….
re: #271 Nyet
These are TPs:
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And by this time they stink.
Well if he wants to play that game, Bernie’s last Congressional endorsement had an anti-gay record in the Hawaii state legislature. I was a teenage radical and I don’t hold what Hillary was politically as a high schooler against her because people can and do change.
re: #271 Nyet
Be that (Moore’s quest for another 15 minutes) as it may… the real problem the Democrats have now is how to package a less than shiny candidate against a GOP campaign machine that is already prepped to bring out everything from the cattle futures to Vince Foster to BENGHAZI!
re: #273 CriticalDragon1177
Glad both Hillary and Bernie are talking about the problem of climate change and neither of them are denying the unpleasant reality that its real, and human beings are causing it. I don’t think I could say that about any of the Republican candidates, especially Trump who thinks climate change is a conspiracy created by China.
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Don’t particularly like the Chi Coms, but that is pure nonsense.
Cruz or Rubio could call him on this obvious lie, but then they’d have to admit that climate change exists.
re: #249 majii
It is Jane Wyman, [ Wyman died in 2007] but when did that ever stop those who are quick to kiss the *sses of their “betters?” We’ve witnessed lots of sloppy work from right-wingers, from misspelled words, to placing Middle Eastern nations in the wrong places on maps, to making graphs and pie charts equalling more than 100%..
That tweeterer sounds like he’s more of a self-styled anarchist. (I call all anarchists “self-styled” because I don’t believe there’s any such thing as an actual anarchist, at least not on this planet.)
re: #274 gwangung
Simple minded talking points that obscure the truth….
It’s my understanding she was supporting Eugene McCarthy in 1968 when she would have been a junior in college. I don’t hold her support of Goldwater as a seventeen year old against her at all. You think the Republicans gave a shit that Reagan was a staunch Democrat until his mid 30’s?
In Michigan, candidates stop and ask people to compare #DemDebate to #GOPDebate: https://t.co/hri7SQBcg5 pic.twitter.com/STzbp93lcC
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 7, 2016
re: #271 Nyet
These are TPs:
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And by this time they stink.
Moore gets to points in his career where almost everyone hates him. It’s sad. he has some talent but he blows it by being a self-righteous ass.
re: #277 Barefoot Grin
Cruz or Rubio could call him on this obvious lie, but then they’d have to admit that climate change exists.
Yes, and than Trump would probably accuse them of working for the Chi-Coms, and his dumb wingnut supporters would probably believe him without questioning it. After all who cares about evidence and objective facts?
re: #281 ObserverArt
Moore gets to points in his career where almost everyone hates him. It’s sad. he has some talent but he blows it by being a self-righteous ass.
What annoys me about him is he has a lot of self-righteous moments but he also has his moments where he chooses pragmatism and we’re supposed to ignore i.e. his support for Wesley Clark in 2004 based on the assumption that Clark’s record would make him impossible to attack from the Bush campaign.
Oh, good grief. CNN brings out the church lady.
Bernie’s Judaism is very personal to him and not something to display in public #DemDebate #tcot #UniteBlue
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 7, 2016
Didn’t Jesus say something about not making big public displays of religiosity?
That’s a very personal question: “To whom and for whom do you pray?” That’s irrelevant to my politics!!! @andersoncooper WTF?
— Ripley in CT (@RipleyInCT) March 7, 2016
re: #289 Charles Johnson
Oh, good grief. CNN brings out the church lady.
Well she doesn’t seem to be a wingnut. I don’t really care about the candidate’s religious beliefs, through. I care more about their stances on policy.
re: #110 Backwoods_Sleuth
The Koch bros. agree with Bernie on that one. Libertarians hate the ex-im bank. I’m not not so sure it’s a necessary piece of infrastructure myself, but if it is, then calling it “welfare for successful businesses” is like calling the Interstate Highway system “welfare for successful businesses.” And maybe it is, too.
If DWS was employed by Trump… she would be fired.
re: #290 The Vicious Babushka
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Good grief. I can barely keep my own faith straight. Why am I supposed to care about how anyone else prays unless, say in the case of my priest, it helps me pray? This isn’t the GrandOldTheocrats debate, dude.
“Senator Sanders, what is your racial blind spot?”
“I don’t see black people at my rallies.”— J. Elvis Weinstein (@JElvisWeinstein) March 7, 2016
“No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States. Next question.”
*sips water*
I literally care more about whether a candidate hangs their toilet paper over- or under-handed than what skygod they prefer.
A candidates religion should be none of our damn business.
I already sent in my ballot for Bernie last week.
But if I was going to the polls on Tuesday, I’d vote for Hillary.
Watching the #DemDebate makes us all aware that America is already great
— Dean Obeidallah (@Deanofcomedy) March 7, 2016
re: #302 Not a Sparkly Vampire
A candidates religion should be none of our damn business.
I disagree. Ted Cruz’s religion is, for example, very relevant.
re: #301 Testy Toad T
I literally care more about whether a candidate hangs their toilet paper over- or under-handed than what skygod they prefer.
You’d think we would have learned after the followers of the Rabbit God and those of the Duck God annihilated each other.
re: #301 Testy Toad T
I checked but it seems Jesus was mute on this topic. Though if someone studied hard enough I’m sure they could find God’s preference.
re: #305 Nyet
I disagree. Ted Cruz’s religion is, for example, very relevant.
I mean in a normal sense.
Not for kooks who would use religion to govern.
re: #305 Nyet
I disagree. Ted Cruz’s religion is, for example, very relevant.
Good point, but only because he wants to force it on everyone else.
re: #301 Testy Toad T
I literally care more about whether a candidate hangs their toilet paper over- or under-handed than what skygod they prefer.
Over. (unless you have cats, then under)
RBS
re: #255 ObserverArt
Arnold is always in Columbus this time of the year. He runs his Anrold Classic™ Body Building/Fitness Competition and a Sports Health/Body/Exercise Convention for four days downtown. It’s Arnold huge!
It was easy for Kasich to drag him to wherever it was done. I haven’t seen it. GOP governors and all that stuff. No big deal.
Just got back to Lexington from Columbus(about 3 hr drive) My son participated in the Gymnastics events at the classic today. We drove up this morning and as we pulled into the parking lot, I see a Kasich campaign bus. I start joking with my wife about “he must be trying to get an endorsement”. Few hours later…
Sometimes religion of the candidate matters.
re: #308 Not a Sparkly Vampire
I mean in a normal sense.
Not for kooks who would use religion to govern.
I thought this was part of the GOP platform.
re: #309 CriticalDragon1177
Good point, but only because he wants to force it on everyone else.
Yep. Private religious tests are not only not bad, they’re necessary.
Yikes
like, can you IMAGINE WHAT’S IN DONALD TRUMP’S E-MAIL?
— Lindy West (@thelindywest) March 7, 2016
re: #315 De Kolta Chair
Yikes
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re: #300 Pawn of the Oppressor
“No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States. Next question.”
*sips water*
Is that an actual quote or what someone wished they’d said? I’m not watching - just following here.
re: #188 CriticalDragon1177
The fact that Bernie Sanders was arrested fighting for desegregation is actually pretty impressive. He is willing to stand up for what is right even if means risking his well being to do so. That’s a big plus for Bernie.
The fact that he decided to use the Democratic Party like a twenty-dollar whore in order to make his presidential run halfway feasible, all the while continuing to act like an “independent” in not helping out the Democrats downticket (among other things), is a huge minus for Bernie.
Obligatory MST3K reference for the evening
If Bernie and Hillary insist on talking about the 90s, where’s the Joel vs. Mike discussion? #DemDebate
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) March 7, 2016
re: #305 Nyet
I disagree. Ted Cruz’s religion is, for example, very relevant.
Heh. That’s a good answer that leaves me sputtering.
1) A candidate’s religion _should_ not be relevant
2) unfortunately when that religion is driving him in very anti-democratic directions?
3) then it does become relevant.
The real question is where and when is that trip line? Especially in the US where, as is noted above, “No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.” That is a statement no other western democracy has held to and is, perhaps, one of the most important definitions of American Democracy. It’s very important for us “US” to be careful about where that line is because of this.
I am religious. I am also far more terrified of a Cruz presidency than a Trump one. Trump is only a Mussolini wanna-be. But Cruz? Cruz would like to make Torquemada jealous. Still here in America we have chosen to be more careful about these arguments - pro and con - than others have been willing to be and it remains both our strength and our weakness.
re: #306 Feline Fearless Leader
You’d think we would have learned after the followers of the Rabbit God and those of the Duck God annihilated each other.
Alas there have to be survivors for any lesson to be passed on…
Answering the religious question is an important test of political skill. The goal is to say nothing anyone will remember.
re: #321 William Lewis
“No religious test” no more applies to a debate question than banning someone from a private forum infringes on free speech. This is not an ethical principle, it’s a prohibition to make laws that would institute religious tests.
Otherwise, I agree, religion should not matter as long as the risk of it influencing the candidates’ decisions negatively is negligible (as is the case with Bernie and Hillary).
re: #316 HappyWarrior
TheEternalJewTrumpishSubtitles.mp4
MeinKampforDummies.epub
re: #291 The Vicious Babushka
Didn’t Jesus say something about not making big public displays of religiosity?
You’d never know it.
CNN doesn’t seem to be streaming it live. Or am I missing something?
So, did anyone learn anything from the debate?
re: #326 Nyet
“No religious test” no more applies to a debate question than banning someone from a private forum infringes on free speech. This is not an ethical principle, it’s a prohibition to make laws that would institute religious tests.
Otherwise, I agree, religion should not matter as long as the risk of it influencing the candidates’ decisions negatively is negligible (as is the case with Bernie and Hillary).
But we also all know that a POTUS candidate answering “No one”* to that sort of question would be committing political suicide.
* - Which would probably apply if they answered “Allah” or any of a number of other potential specific replies.
re: #331 calochortus
So, did anyone learn anything from the debate?
Wall Street is the root of all evil in this country.
re: #332 Feline Fearless Leader
But we also all know that a POTUS candidate answering “No one”* to that sort of question would be committing political suicide.
* - Which would probably apply if they answered “Allah” or any of a number of other potential specific replies.
Sure, and that’s a sad state of affairs. Asking is not prohibited though, even if it’s in bad taste.
re: #333 Feline Fearless Leader
Wall Street is the root of all evil in this country.
Thanks. I guess that takes care of it.
In spin room, Jeff Weaver, Sanders’ campaign manager, says Clinton is a “regional candidate” that struggles to win outside the South.
— Dan Merica (@danmericaCNN) March 7, 2016
For the sake of his newspaper’s circulation, I hope he’s right. /
We have 31 states to go. Beware of people or pundits or experts who tell you that this race is over. They might WANT it to be over. It isn’t
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) March 7, 2016
re: #311 Smith25’s Liberal Thighs
Just got back to Lexington from Columbus(about 3 hr drive) My son participated in the Gymnastics events at the classic today. We drove up this morning and as we pulled into the parking lot, I see a Kasich campaign bus. I start joking with my wife about “he must be trying to get an endorsement”. Few hours later…
Cool. Good to have you in the city. Hope you had a good time. That event has gotten big!
re: #291 The Vicious Babushka
Didn’t Jesus say something about not making big public displays of religiosity?
Yep. It’s one of the most conspicuously ignored lessons in our teachings. The only thing more ignored is the only time he talks about what God really wants us to do (Matthew 25:31 - end) which is to take care of those unable to help themselves.
re: #331 calochortus
I learned that I can’t stand to hear Bernie speak, even if I once agreed with him.
Sure, if it’s the bare number of states that counted… but it doesn’t. Hack.
As my pop used to say, just because you can do or say something, doesn’t mean you should. Take this for example…
I wonder if Hillary has throat cancer… She sounds HORRIBLE— or is it from her 200k 5 min speeches… #DemDebate
— Real Erin Cruz (@WAGNERGIRLE) March 7, 2016
re: #337 Jenner7
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Doesn’t pass sniff test.
This is irritating: Sanders’ campaign tends to talk big, and doesn’t back it up.
By the way…Jamelle Bouie laid down this series of tweets…strikes me as having elements of truth…
She’s pretty good
Bernie Sanders: “EXCUSE ME!” #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/jqmXDT3goJ
— Ann Telnaes (@AnnTelnaes) March 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/GaLwmdDNHf
— Ann Telnaes (@AnnTelnaes) March 7, 2016
re: #246 Charles Johnson
Sorry, but Bernie Sanders’ talking point about colleges being “tuition-free” is just ridiculous. It’s never going to happen.
If it doesn’t happen, it is because we choose for it not to happen. Effectively, every A highschool student in Italy gets all the college she can stand.
1 Gerald Ford class aircraft carrier=1,000,000 student tuition/years at mid state university.
(Check my numbers, it scared me too.)
I voted for HRC in the primary.
re: #350 Decatur Deb
Germany has virtually free colleges too.
re: #351 Nyet
Germany has virtually free colleges too.
Raising a stone-ignorant population is a national security issue.
re: #350 Decatur Deb
Could you imagine a top-to-bottom audit of The Pentagon’s budget? It would make Rand Paul’s favorite hobby horse of auditing The Federal Reserve look like child’s play.
Is Bernie pandering on God issue? He missed his chance to become first presidential candidate to declare, “God is dead — or never existed.”
— Walter Shapiro (@MrWalterShapiro) March 7, 2016
Fun fact: we’ve had four Unitarian presidents. 4.
— Kelsey D. Atherton (@AthertonKD) March 7, 2016
ok well good bye weekend i will miss u the real battle is still ahead good bye
(orig https://t.co/ZYHBxCWBJu ) pic.twitter.com/gFZ5BCEZbc— darth!™ (@darth) March 7, 2016
niterz, lizardz!
(Walking Dead was dark tonight…that’s all I’ll say…)
re: #352 Decatur Deb
Raising a stone-ignorant population is a national security issue.
Quite possibly our biggest.
I hope people come to realize Trump is a great indicator of this issue.
Another fine night with the Lizard crew. Still impressed the Dems talk about stuff, and their differences. So much better than the GOP Squawk Tank of Dangerous Noise.
Later!
re: #271 Nyet
These are TPs:
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And by this time they stink.
But those are facts, aren’t they? They may not matter (certainly the young Republican one doesn’t), but they are true statements.
re: #355 Backwoods_Sleuth
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niterz, lizardz!
(Walking Dead was dark tonight…that’s all I’ll say…)
Oh, good, I was hoping it would be. Later!
If anyone is interested in me pissing on David Sirota
The people shocked to discover that Bernie Sanders is Jewish are going to flip out when they learn that tomatoes are fruit. #DemDebate
— goddamnedfrank (@goddamnedfrank) March 7, 2016
re: #357 jc717
But those are facts, aren’t they? They may not matter (certainly the young Republican one doesn’t), but they are true statements.
And?
Good Bye Downton Abbey with a happy ending. Good Night to my fellow Lizards.
Flavored, non-chewable pills.
Who’s the idiot who came up with that?
/rant
re: #364 Not a Sparkly Vampire
Flavored, non-chewable pills.
Who’s the idiot who came up with that?
/rant
I can ‘sorta’ see giving them some flavor if they are bitter, or something like that, but yea, I’m reaching to find a purpose for it.
RBS
re: #350 Decatur Deb
1 Gerald Ford class aircraft carrier=1,000,000 student tuition/years at mid state university.
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This. I’ve been arguing it repeatedly here - we are building and running far too many carrier battle groups. We do not need anywhere near as many as we have much less are building.
We can cut the number of carriers drastically and spend an insane amount of money on things that build the nation while not even slightly impacting our defense. Because we are spending. Way. Too. Much. Now.
We can cut our defense spending by 50% without even noticing any difference in our position in the world. That money is far better spent elsewhere.
So, apropos of nothing, I had a nice day today. Weather was nice, mid 40’s and sunny. The snow from the other day was melting (saving me the trouble of shoveling the last of it), and my brother-law-called me up and invited me to the shooting range.
Finally got the chance to try out my new pistol, a Beretta Neos .22 target pistol I had treated myself to as a 2 month quitting smoking reward. Threw a $20 red dot sight on the Neos and spent about 90 minutes happily sighting it in and putting holes in paper (exactly where I wanted to no less; very accurate!).
re: #361 Nyet
And?
And, I think that it’s pretty lame to dismiss something factual out of hand simply by calling it a talking point.
Maybe I’m missing something, but how is this different than saying ‘Oh, that’s just a talking point’ to criticisms of Trump’s history of birtherism or other nutty ideas?
re: #350 Decatur Deb
If it doesn’t happen, it is because we choose for it not to happen. Effectively, every A highschool student in Italy gets all the college she can stand.
1 Gerald Ford class aircraft carrier=1,000,000 student tuition/years at mid state university.
(Check my numbers, it scared me too.)I voted for HRC in the primary.
Totally agree. But the reality is, with America’s current priorities, tuition-free college is simply never going to happen. It would mean a major re-ordering of national priorities and major defunding of the military-industrial complex. And even though that would be a correction that’s long overdue, I just don’t see it happening in our lifetimes.
The #DemDebate in Flint showcased an out-of-touch race to the extreme left between Clinton & Sanders
— Reince Priebus (@Reince) March 7, 2016
“Extreme left” here being: “it’s bad to cause permanent brain damage to developing children.” https://t.co/AHKBitLyAZ
— sean. (@SeanMcElwee) March 7, 2016
re: #366 William Lewis
This. I’ve been arguing it repeatedly here - we are building and running far too many carrier battle groups. We do not need anywhere near as many as we have much less are building.
Quite aside from the number we actually need to keep in service, from an engineering perspective, it looks like we need to be building nuclear carriers at approximately the rate we do in order to preserve the industrial base and institutional knowledge necessary to build the damn things in the first place.
I think we blow more money than we need to on being Team America World Police, but there are other directions I’d look first for savings.
re: #369 Charles Johnson
Totally agree. But the reality is, with America’s current priorities, tuition-free college is simply never going to happen. It would mean a major re-ordering of national priorities and major defunding of the military-industrial complex. And even though that would be a correction that’s long overdue, I just don’t see it happening in our lifetimes.
Yeah. Bernie is also long overdue, and I don’t see him happening either.
re: #368 jc717
And, I think that it’s pretty lame to dismiss something factual out of hand simply by calling it a talking point.
Maybe I’m missing something, but how is this different than saying ‘Oh, that’s just a talking point’ to criticisms of Trump’s history of birtherism or other nutty ideas?
Because you’re not considering her 35+ year history as an adult.
I’m sorry, but citing her Goldwater work is just LAME.
re: #343 Nyet
Most of the older blacks I know, and that’s a lot, voted for Hillary last Tuesday here in GA, just as I did. Their kids tend to like Bernie, though. Bernie saying his blind spot is “not having any blacks at his rallies” won’t bode well for him, if these young black millennials find out about it. IMO, he shouldn’t be making comments of this sort, not if he wants to attract more blacks to attend his rallies. Just my opinion.
re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth
Finally found a tweet showing Anderson’s tie:
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My wife was right…his tie does match his lips. She’s good with fashion…though you wouldn’t be able to tell from looking at how I dress (unless I’m wearing my good tie dye).
re: #245 ObserverArt
Scapegoating teachers…go Hillary.
John Kasich. You listening? You have plenty explaining to do about your Ohio school mess and the screwed up Charter Schools that are a sham. And you went after the unions and you cut funding for public schools.
Just for some background on Johnny and charter schools
Kasich’s “Education Mess” In Ohio Just Got Messier
many other stories about his mess at that site
re: #368 jc717
And, I think that it’s pretty lame to dismiss something factual out of hand simply by calling it a talking point.
This has been dismissed on other, substantive grounds long ago, which is why it is being discussed only as talking points now, so it’s your criticism that’s lame.
re: #371 Testy Toad T
Quite aside from the number we actually need to keep in service, from an engineering perspective, it looks like we need to be building nuclear carriers at approximately the rate we do in order to preserve the industrial base and institutional knowledge necessary to build the damn things in the first place.
I think we blow more money than we need to on being Team America World Police, but there are other directions I’d look first for savings.
Disagree. There are ways to provide make work and training for them that does not cost as much as actually building yet another needless carrier.
And that’s without going anywhere near the argument that we should forget how… O_O
re: #369 Charles Johnson
Don’t overlook the fact that a college education (or lack thereof) is a powerful distinguisher between classes. There are a lot of elements in our society who would very much like to keep those distinctions in place. Allowing ‘those people’ a “free ride” upwards is something they fear immensely.
re: #379 Whack-A-Mole
Don’t overlook the fact that a college education (or lack thereof) is a powerful distinguisher between classes. There are a lot of elements in our society who would very much like to keep those distinctions in place. Allowing ‘those people’ a “free ride” upwards is something they fear immensely.
re: #353 Eric The Fruit Bat
Could you imagine a top-to-bottom audit of The Pentagon’s budget? It would make Rand Paul’s favorite hobby horse of auditing The Federal Reserve look like child’s play.
The Fed IS audited. The dumbasses mean something else - they object to the low interest rate policy because reasons. Perhaps Congress should focus on fiscal policy, the main reason for the slow recovery.
Just a thought: maybe Bernie doesn’t discuss his Judaism so much b/c anti-Semites take it the wrong way when he does pic.twitter.com/f9pRf3kOP1
— Yair Rosenberg (@Yair_Rosenberg) March 7, 2016
Was combing through thread downstairs. Dark_Falcon still being obstinate about Republicans. As sure as the sun will rise in the morning.
*shudder*
re: #378 William Lewis
Disagree. There are ways to provide make work and training for them that does not cost as much as actually building yet another needless carrier.
I don’t think I agree with that, but then we end up with dueling credentials and other stuff that doesn’t belong on the wider internet in the first place.
There’s also the (much more pervasive) viewpoint that government spending, be it military-industrial from the left or “strapping young bucks” buying their T-bone from the right, is money somehow set alight. A whole hell of a lot of jobs, white and blue collar both, spent on this sort of construction. I wish quite a bit of that money were directed toward civil infrastructure, but it’s not a complete piss-away.
re: #368 jc717
And, I think that it’s pretty lame to dismiss something factual out of hand simply by calling it a talking point.
Maybe I’m missing something, but how is this different than saying ‘Oh, that’s just a talking point’ to criticisms of Trump’s history of birtherism or other nutty ideas?
Dude, in 1980 as a high school student, I worked for the Anderson campaign even as I was learning the real economics of Democratic Socialism (which Anderson would have spazed out against). One of those things I’ve kept my whole life. Care to guess which one?
Let me offer a free clue, sans the x4, pushing Bernie without a full understanding of his major weaknesses will only help the fascist motherf****rs in the long run. They live for useful idiots. Take that as you will.
re: #382 Decatur Deb
Just gabbed the carrier because is is large and easy to quantify. The point is that it is a choice of priorities. I would like to see the DoD and educational systems both return better on the investment.
Most assuredly. People get grumpy when their jobs get termed “waste”, is all.
Doesn’t mean it’s right, doesn’t mean it’s wrong, but it sure sparks conversation!
re: #370 jaunte
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Good one. Reince really should be worried about his own damn party and their actual extreme views.
re: #388 HappyWarrior
“Reince Priebus” is becoming a synonym for “detached from reality.”
Heh. Might have been mentioned already. UpChuck, his pal Pax, or whatever, deleted a juvenile taunt they tweeted last night. Fuckin’ whatever, dudes. It’s saved here.
@Reince Are you trying to divert attention away from Trump’s penis?
— free token (@freetoken) March 7, 2016
re: #353 Eric The Fruit Bat
Could you imagine a top-to-bottom audit of The Pentagon’s budget? It would make Rand Paul’s favorite hobby horse of auditing The Federal Reserve look like child’s play.
A large part of the Pentagon budget is welfare for congressional districts, because lots of politicians only believe in Keynesianism if its weaponized.
I think I’ll invent a new word:
Trumpenis: (n) a dick which wants to be an even bigger dick than the big dick it already is.
A new word inspired by @realDonaldTrump :
— free token (@freetoken) March 7, 2016
Trumpenis: (n), a dick which wants to be an even bigger dick than the big dick it already is.
G’night ya’all. Time for this old northern boy to crawl off to bed.
re: #378 William Lewis
Just to make you feel better—The Ford has 4 Ma Deuces tucked away among all that 21st Century shit.
re: #378 William Lewis
I think what needs to happen is a massive investigation into the DOD in almost every regard that can be thought of. There is a massive corruption problem.
re: #401 Ziggy_TARDIS
And a massive religious nutcase problem.
We need to badly reform the entire DOD, and probably move the Air Force Academy.
I’m outta here too. Too much sun on my shaved head today, I’m going to put some aloe lotion on it and hope I don’t start peeling, because that would look like a horror show.
Remember, friends don’t let friends vote Republican.
RBS
Welp, this suddenly just got way too derpy.
G’night.
We also have a problem in regards to including tech on battlefield weaponry that is nowhere near ready for prime time, causing costs to balloon there too.
re: #399 Decatur Deb
Just to make you feel better—The Ford has 4 Ma Deuces tucked away among all that 21st Century shit.
< Smirk > That will be the last USA designed weapon still in service 1000 years from now … ;)
re: #228 Charles Johnson
If you love LGF, there’s a way to completely turn off those ads.
But unfortunately, without the ads LGF would not exist. This isn’t a charity. It costs money to keep this site online.
It’s six 17 cents a day at the subscription level. Well worth the 60 bones. I *never* have issues with the site, unless the server goes down or my own internet connection goes kaput.
Charles, I’m feeling generous tonight. I put another $50 in your GoFundMe. This site is awesome, it’s instrumental in my life in keeping me sane and witty.
EDITED
re: #380 Reality Based Steve
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Or, in the inimitable words of Marco Rubio,
“We need more welders and less philosophers.”
re: #410 teleskiguy
My math is horrible! It’s actually closer to 17 cents a day. Still, a pittance all things considered.
So, before I go for the night, here’s a bit of musical frustration I have…
Went to visit my son at his facility today. In the family room was a white board next to the piano that had on it a depiction of 12 bar blues (with a quick IV in the second bar and a I V for the last 2 bars in the turnaround). Now, the musicians here (guitarists especially) will probably know what that all means but John was asking what that meant. And what galled me was that we had no blues songs in common - I tried singing several standards and he looked at me with a great big “Huh?” in his eyes. Are we really losing the blues from pop music or is it just getting hidden behind the usual production crap? Or am I just an idiot who can’t teach music (and that is seriously meant. It’s quite probably I’m stupidly missing something vital even as I try to teach him “Sweet Home Chicago”. )
I wonder if I could have done better with my guitar in hand? A7, D7 E7 in the usual places for a 12 bar in A? At least I could have demonstrated some of the rhythms.
Frustrating to say the least
re: #195 b.d.
I heard that they are basically the same show but with different costumes.
//
If you want to see hideous costumes… Vinyl.
Set in the 1970’s, the decade that fashion forgot.
re: #301 Testy Toad T
I literally care more about whether a candidate hangs their toilet paper over- or under-handed than what skygod they prefer.
I actually don’t think I could vote for a candidate who hangs it underhanded. That’s just wrong. When family comes to visit and somebody hangs it underhanded, my thought is that they’re surely doing that just to piss me off ‘cause no sane person wants it dispensed from the rear.
What happened tonight? Whelp, we found out that Bernie isn’t a single issue candidate, he just think “Wall Street” explains all issues. And he wants American manufacturing and union wages back, but he doesn’t seem to know how to make it happen except by saying it louder. Yet somehow he voted against the auto bailout. And that Hillary is damned smart and tough.
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