Furthering the divide

[shortbus]

I don't consider myself to be a hateful person, but I have to admit, I am becoming engulfed with hatred for those who are so willing and eager to defend and support the person I believe truly has the potential to completely destroy the country I so dearly love.

It is magnified exponentially by the fact that those very people despise just about everything this country stands for and was built upon.

The level of respect I have for the process prohibits me from physical violence, however I have to believe that for many Americans, the line to cross is becoming pretty damn thin.

At what point does corruption at the federal level become insurmountable or has it already?

 

[HighStickHarry]

This sounds like a question for King George III. If he would have had the media and the kardashions he might not have lost the colonies.

 

[BIGOSUFAN]

The country is more divided now than the USSR was before it broke up.

 

[HighStickHarry]

We were supposed to have a limited federal government and strong local customized governments so we wouldn't have to live like syskatine and he wouldnt have to live like us. No one could resist from either party the power grab opportunities and no one reads the letters and documents from the forefathers anymore except crusty old history professors that explain exactly how this can be avoided.

 

[CBradSmith]

We were supposed to have a limited federal government and strong local customized governments so we wouldn't have to live like syskatine and he wouldnt have to live like us. No one could resist from either party the power grab opportunities and no one reads the letters and documents from the forefathers anymore except crusty old history professors that explain exactly how this can be avoided.

And why would they do that?

Hubris, personal wealth, self-aggrandizement, and self-righteousness .

 

[MegaPoke]

Anyone who thinks there isn't a breaking point or consequences to national cohesion are not good students of history.

 

[07pilt]

Complete the sentence:
_______ is enough to get people out of the comfort of their McMansions to start a revolt.

Emails?
TPP?
Political Correctness?
Taxes?

 

[MegaPoke]

Complete the sentence:
_______ is enough to get people out of the comfort of their McMansions to start a revolt.

Emails?
TPP?
Political Correctness?
Taxes?

Who said anything about a revolt? That I know is a core straw man - fat soft Americans threatening an armed revolt that will never come, but that's not what I'm talking about.

 

[ctrawick]

I also find myself getting more angry.

 

[07pilt]

Who said anything about a revolt? That I know is a core straw man - fat soft Americans threatening an armed revolt that will never come, but that's not what I'm talking about.

Keep going. What are you talking about?

I wasn't making a dig at the fat softness of Americans, just their well being. Much easier to get action out of people with nothing to lose than it is to get action out of someone who too busy taking the boat out to the lake this weekend.

 

[ctrawick]

Complete the sentence:
_______ is enough to get people out of the comfort of their McMansions to start a revolt.

Emails?
TPP?
Political Correctness?
Taxes?

I would love to buy you lunch and pick your brain some. I really want to understand how you think and I just cant. Maybe you are way smarter than me.. I am not book smart that is for sure, I am street smart though.

 

[07pilt]

I really want to understand how you think and I just cant. Maybe you are way smarter than me.

Smart AND funnier than Bill Mahr.

 

[ctrawick]

Smart AND funnier than Bill Mahr.

Who is Bill Mahr?

 

[07pilt]

Who is Bill Mahr?

I think it is some guy Mega made up.

 

[ctrawick]

I think it is some guy Mega made up.

I like you.

 

[MegaPoke]

Smart AND funnier than Bill Mahr.

If it matters, your takeaway should be that nobody takes you seriously if and when you pose serious questions - because it's hard to tell when you are being earnestly curious and when you are trying to make a point through flat sarcasm.

 

[07pilt]

If it matters, your takeaway should be that nobody takes you seriously if and when you pose serious questions - because it's hard to tell when you are being earnestly curious and when you are trying to make a point through flat sarcasm.

Damn you sarcasm! You ruined my chance to learn something from the "Hillary has weird eye problems" guy. I am not sure I can live with this much regret.

 

[Bitter Creek]

Complete the sentence:
_______ is enough to get people out of the comfort of their McMansions to start a revolt.

Emails?
TPP?
Political Correctness?
Taxes?

Eerily enough, I think that had you put something like "outlawing sports" as an option, that would probably move the needle further than any of those that you listed.

 

[07pilt]

Eerily enough, I think that had you put something like "outlawing sports" as an option, that would probably move the needle further than any of those that you listed.

Agreed.

 

[MegaPoke]

Damn you sarcasm! You ruined my chance to learn something from the "Hillary has weird eye problems" guy. I am not sure I can live with this much regret.

That's cool. Just needed to know if I ever needed to waste time puzzling over whether you are ever being sincere or not.

 

[07pilt]

That's cool. Just needed to know if I ever needed to waste time puzzling over whether you are ever being sincere or not.

If you are wasting time trying to determine if some one is making fun of you, it is time to reevaluate things.

 

[anon_xl72qcu5isp39]

I don't consider myself to be a hateful person, but I have to admit, I am becoming engulfed with hatred for those who are so willing and eager to defend and support the person I believe truly has the potential to completely destroy the country I so dearly love.

It is magnified exponentially by the fact that those very people despise just about everything this country stands for and was built upon.

The level of respect I have for the process prohibits me from physical violence, however I have to believe that for many Americans, the line to cross is becoming pretty damn thin.

At what point does corruption at the federal level become insurmountable or has it already?

Are you talking about Hillary? She hasn't even been in office the last few years. Republicans have held the house, senate and supreme court for years. I literally cannot think of a party that is more well positioned to stamp out all this corruption, but you are furious at the woman that has not been in office for years. Incredible.

 

[Bitter Creek]

Are you talking about Hillary? She hasn't even been in office the last few years. Republicans have held the house, senate and supreme court for years. I literally cannot think of a party that is more well positioned to stamp out all this corruption, but you are furious at the woman that has not been in office for years. Incredible.

I think that the Republicans are just trying to keep a corrupt person from not only not returning to office, but also from gaining the most powerful seat in the world.

 

[MegaPoke]

If you are wasting time trying to determine if some one is making fun of you, it is time to reevaluate things.

Because it takes so much time to read your post and wonder (however briefly) if you are full of shit or not? Yeah that's gonna be a life changer.

 

[shortbus]

I think it is some guy Mega made up.

This made me think, what if Sys, Up, and Pilt are just the ultimate troll job by @jeffj or @MegaPoke or another mod or anyone else for that matter?

I mean other than the obvious fact that it would mean they are completely not crazy because it's like Bob Wiley said, "If I fake it, I don't have it".

That would make me angry enough for physical violence.

Seriously though. Just thinking how angry people are getting.

And you know what angry white men with guns do? Or worse, Tim McVeigh...

Could we see something like this? The irony would be an all out smack down on the 2nd amendment and would only further control of the population and the leftist agenda.

Could also come from the ultra violent left. See fire bombing campaign offices which of course is nothing to see. Move on along. That kinda thing.

I just wonder at what point violence. Whine to happen and when it becomes widespread and commonplace.

And how does society react?

 

[CBradSmith]

If you are wasting time trying to determine if some one is making fun of you, it is time to reevaluate things.

He has the courtesy to extend you the respect of listening. Given the context of your spastic posting nature, his courtesy is the last thing that merits a re-evaluation.

 

[MegaPoke]

This made me think, what if Sys, Up, and Pilt are just the ultimate troll job by @jeffj or @MegaPoke or another mod or anyone else for that matter?

I mean other than the obvious fact that it would mean they are completely not crazy because it's like Bob Wiley said, "If I fake it, I don't have it".

That would make me angry enough for physical violence.

Seriously though. Just thinking how angry people are getting.

And you know what angry white men with guns do? Or worse, Tim McVeigh...

Could we see something like this? The irony would be an all out smack down on the 2nd amendment and would only further control of the population and the leftist agenda.

Could also come from the ultra violent left. See fire bombing campaign offices which of course is nothing to see. Move on along. That kinda thing.

I just wonder at what point violence. Whine to happen and when it becomes widespread and commonplace.

And how does society react?

pilt would be funnier if I made him up.

 

[shortbus]

Are you talking about Hillary? She hasn't even been in office the last few years. Republicans have held the house, senate and supreme court for years. I literally cannot think of a party that is more well positioned to stamp out all this corruption, but you are furious at the woman that has not been in office for years. Incredible.

Yes I'm talking about Hillary because there's proof. Blatant clear as day proof.

Republicans, many of them are probably nearly as corrupt. Some maybe even more, and as soon as there's proof I'll be burning them down as well.

 

[MegaPoke]

Are you talking about Hillary? She hasn't even been in office the last few years. Republicans have held the house, senate and supreme court for years. I literally cannot think of a party that is more well positioned to stamp out all this corruption, but you are furious at the woman that has not been in office for years. Incredible.

You simply cannot separate the republicans from the conservatives in what is happening right now can you? You use these terms (along with "the right") as though they are all interchangeable. There is plenty of blame at the feet of the republican party for the corruption we are seeing - in particular the collusion all forms of DC establishment to make sure they keep one of their own in power.

She is running for president. Her naked and vast corruption is relevant at the moment, wouldn't you say?

You cannot be this dense. It has to be an act.

 

[07pilt]

He has the courtesy to extend you the respect of listening

For that he has my eternal gratitude

 

[CBradSmith]

For a little kumbaya

 

[Headhunter]

For that he has my eternal gratitude

Ever been in social setting and there is some hipster there who thinks he's the smartest, wittiest person in the room. No one likes them but people try to ignore it or be polite. Then the hipster goes to far with the snide comments, insults the wrong person or girlfriend and some good ole boy type hauls off and bitch slaps the dog piss out of them and all the hipster can do is stand there with a disheveled look of confusion and a really red cheek, frozen with shock and fear.

I picture 07 being a hipster like that.

 

[anon_xl72qcu5isp39]

You simply cannot separate the republicans from the conservatives in what is happening right now can you? You use these terms (along with "the right") as though they are all interchangeable. There is plenty of blame at the feet of the republican party for the corruption we are seeing - in particular the collusion all forms of DC establishment to make sure they keep one of their own in power.

She is running for president. Her naked and vast corruption is relevant at the moment, wouldn't you say?

You cannot be this dense. It has to be an act.

No, because the single one thing that republicans profess to hold dear is conservatism. Conservatives have voted for them for years. Republican politicians serve up exactly what conservative voters want. Do you deny that? That's why they get the conservative voters, Mega. You lay down with a dog, you get fleas. You're trying to explain away mean, stupid, greedy, corrupt fools as something else because they have disproven the conservative movement, much like the USSR disproved communism. We have seen very clearly what we get when "conservatives" get elected. I don't care if they have misled their constituency or faithfully provided what their constituents want -- this is what you get when conservatives keep electing their preferred representatives.

The house, senate and a ton of states have fought Obama at every turn. That's all they do -- obstruct. Never create, never improve, never build, never offer shit. Just the way you like it. Resist change - the definition of conservatism.

 

[anon_xl72qcu5isp39]

Ever been in social setting and there is some hipster there who thinks he's the smartest, wittiest person in the room. No one likes them but people try to ignore it or be polite. Then the hipster goes to far with the snide comments, insults the wrong person or girlfriend and some good ole boy type hauls off and bitch slaps the dog piss out of them and all the hipster can do is stand there with a disheveled look of confusion and a really red cheek, frozen with shock and fear.

I picture 07 being a hipster like that.

Ever been around the redneck that thinks he's the smartest person in the room, and people cringe when he talks? And he's always mad? And the more he talks he self-confirms he really is that dumb and mean? And he starts a fight with the nice liberal and gets his fat ass whipped?

That's who I think of Headhunter. Fart, belch, wave flag, bomb someone. What a dick.

 

[MegaPoke]

No, because the single one thing that republicans profess to hold dear is conservatism. Conservatives have voted for them for years. Republican politicians serve up exactly what conservative voters want. Do you deny that? That's why they get the conservative voters, Mega. You lay down with a dog, you get fleas. You're trying to explain away mean, stupid, greedy, corrupt fools as something else because they have disproven the conservative movement, much like the USSR disproved communism. We have seen very clearly what we get when "conservatives" get elected. I don't care if they have misled their constituency or faithfully provided what their constituents want -- this is what you get when conservatives keep electing their preferred representatives.

The house, senate and a ton of states have fought Obama at every turn. That's all they do -- obstruct. Never create, never improve, never build, never offer shit. Just the way you like it. Resist change - the definition of conservatism.

Professing and holding are not the same thing Nancy.

 

[Medic007]

And he starts a fight with the nice liberal and gets his fat ass whipped?

So he's going to get spanked? With what? A man purse?

The proper term you're looking for is "get his fat ass kicked." You girls are an embarrassment to the Y chromosome.

 

[Medic007]

No, because the single one thing that republicans profess to hold dear is conservatism. Conservatives have voted for them for years. Republican politicians serve up exactly what conservative voters want. Do you deny that? That's why they get the conservative voters, Mega. You lay down with a dog, you get fleas. You're trying to explain away mean, stupid, greedy, corrupt fools as something else because they have disproven the conservative movement, much like the USSR disproved communism. We have seen very clearly what we get when "conservatives" get elected. I don't care if they have misled their constituency or faithfully provided what their constituents want -- this is what you get when conservatives keep electing their preferred representatives.

The house, senate and a ton of states have fought Obama at every turn. That's all they do -- obstruct. Never create, never improve, never build, never offer shit. Just the way you like it. Resist change - the definition of conservatism.

Why are you always so angry?

 

[long-duc-dong]

Ever been around the redneck that thinks he's the smartest person in the room, and people cringe when he talks? And he's always mad? And the more he talks he self-confirms he really is that dumb and mean? And he starts a fight with the nice liberal and gets his fat ass whipped?

That's who I think of Headhunter. Fart, belch, wave flag, bomb someone. What a dick.

No.

 

[07pilt]

Ever been around the redneck that thinks he's the smartest person

I don't think Headhunter is that delusional.