excellent insight..we complain about the same old same old; but all we think about is the same old same oldHHHhhmmm, I think most ppl think they still hold, believe etc the same things, but in actuality their beliefs have changed, the difference being the decisions/conclusions etc are not those they came to but their parties & pundits did, they are along for the ride..
IMHO that is made clear in many of the aberrant & hypocritical arguments we read daily.
I believe if ppl came to their own conclusions rather than just accept & profess their party lines, views would be much different, varied & span a wide & rich variety of thought..
In the information age, much is available but little is sought & utilized-most remain comfortably in the boxes~parameters set & built by pundits & politicians, & therein lies the extent of discussion & thought..
I think we are very fortunate to have a few ppl here, left & right, that think for themselves, come to their own conclusions & share that perspective from outside that box..
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evince
Truthmatters
welfare queen ??????
ronny rayguns presided over a cheating fucking party
why didnt you know that?
Good mix..
& the democrats never did???
The republicans also took part in getting rid of the crook, remember??
evince
Truthmatters
Introspection, re-evaluation, coming to terms, and trying to be honest with myself.
My support for the GOP really originated from my family's anti-communism. They felt the GOP was more committed to opposing the Soviet Union, and was more realistic in recognizing the moral depravity of Soviet communism. Having Gulag survivors in your family put communism front-and-center in one's moral universe. Of course, I had to re-appraise all that over the years, and I also had to come to terms with the fact that jokes about "welfare queens" were barely coded dog whistle's to America's racist faction.
evince
Truthmatters
there is NO like record in the courts
The republican party has cheated repeatedly and been caught repeatedly
FROM THE VERY TOP OF THE PARTY
they have also repeatedly claimed the Democrats do it too when they are caught
causing people to believe what you are claiming
Yes Democratic members have been caught cheating from time to time
and Prosecuted for it
The republican party has been caught nearly every election cheating from the top
that is what the court records show
evince
Truthmatters
In highschool I played the lead in the play One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
It was a readers theater so yes I played a male part
I never found anything republican about the ideas in the work of that great author
it was a dictatorship not true communism
which is what happens to communism in an attempt to practice it
the old saying "communism is the best from of government on paper"
because it doesn't WORK as advertised in actual practice
It was a readers theater so yes I played a male part
I never found anything republican about the ideas in the work of that great author
it was a dictatorship not true communism
which is what happens to communism in an attempt to practice it
the old saying "communism is the best from of government on paper"
because it doesn't WORK as advertised in actual practice
That is an interesting story about your connection to a Day in the Life...
Alexander Solzhenitsyn was a spiritual person who was disgusted by western capitalism in almost equal measure as by Soviet communism.
As I matured, I realized that the Republican Party's sloganeering about communism was not at all about any deep and genuine commitment to human rights, human dignity, and freedom. It was machiavellian posturing that really came down to economics and geopolitics. Jimmy Carter was the only American president of the the post-world war 2 era who correctly framed the moral dimensions of the Cold War, and showed a genuine commitment to the human rights of Soviet citizens.
Very, very good points & in the end you need to be honest w/ "thy self"...
Sadly most are either unwilling or unable.......
I always recall one particular instance/s in Texas, although it happened all over the south, Chicago etc...
LBJ lost his first run @ the house, he of course needed to join the local party & "how things were"... Anyway he lost, & it was well known why, as LBJ had known there were, shall we say, irregularities on both sides, so when his opponent out cheated him he was unable to launch a probe etc..
IMHO, they are pretty much the same in this regard...
make your politics like Bruce Lee's The Tao of Jeet Kune Do
https://blackbeltmag.com/arts/chine...entation-of-bruce-lees-path-to-personal-truth
formless, no preconceptions, adaptable for all circumstances/situation
^ almost like Buddhism - believe nothing unless you see it for yourself
https://blackbeltmag.com/arts/chine...entation-of-bruce-lees-path-to-personal-truth
formless, no preconceptions, adaptable for all circumstances/situation
^ almost like Buddhism - believe nothing unless you see it for yourself
Minister of Truth
Practically Perfect
It's probably a German plot. What other kind of diseased mind is capable of creating such a website?
I assume that is tongue in cheek? Why we made it a practice to use green text to denote sarcasm
The founders also sought to avoid democracy.
Minister of Truth
Practically Perfect
Are you offering JPP a Green New Deal?
evince
Truthmatters
unsubstantiated crap
about someone who has been DEAD DECADES
the USA court records contain cold hard PROOF the republican party cheats right from the TOP
Not decades ago
ALL DECADES in my entire life
the republican party haS HAD TO CHEAT IN ELECTIONS FRIOM THE VERY TOP FOR DECADES TO WIN POWER
DEMOCRACY HERE DOESNT WANT THEM
No one said the gop didn't cheat....... THe dems have done it as well........ You wanna deny that, I could care less.
