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Wednesday, September 27, 2017 1:22 PM
THGRRI
Thursday, September 28, 2017 3:38 PM
Thursday, September 28, 2017 3:58 PM
WISHIMAY
Thursday, September 28, 2017 5:39 PM
Friday, September 29, 2017 1:44 PM
OONJERAH
Friday, September 29, 2017 7:49 PM
JO753
rezident owtsidr
Friday, September 29, 2017 8:10 PM
JEWELSTAITEFAN
Quote:Originally posted by Oonjerah: I'm an actual, registered Democrat. But I'm not sure what the topic is. Democrats can post in here, and talk about themselves ... about why they are democrats ... or what democrats believe in? My parents were Republicans. I was an adult in my 40's before I found out I was a democrat. I didn't really know what the 2 parties stood for, so I asked a friend who loves politics what I was. Republicans tend to be conservative. Democrats tend to be liberal. Can I even say what those words mean? Not very well. Conservatives stand for law & order. i.e., Authority. Democrats believe in human rights and equality. i.e., Freedom. Anarchists believe in every man for himself?
Friday, September 29, 2017 8:44 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Oonjerah: Conservatives stand for law & order. i.e., Authority. Democrats believe in human rights and equality. i.e., Freedom.
Friday, September 29, 2017 8:55 PM
6STRINGJOKER
Friday, September 29, 2017 9:01 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6stringJoker: LOL... try opening a straight Christian only bakery in the US and see how quick that gets shut down.
Friday, September 29, 2017 10:17 PM
Friday, September 29, 2017 11:23 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Wishimay: Quote:Originally posted by 6stringJoker: LOL... try opening a straight Christian only bakery in the US and see how quick that gets shut down. Thanks to the SJW for keeping the shitty X-tians from discriminating. Discriminating IS NOT A RIGHT.
Quote:Originally posted by Wishimay: You wanna bake cakes for straight X-tians, then open a straight X-tians ONLY bakery. You don't want to?? Then you admit it's just about money and NOT about religion at ALL.
Saturday, September 30, 2017 12:32 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6stringJoker: The correct answer to the question is No. You do not use your brain before typing something.
Saturday, September 30, 2017 1:24 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Wishimay: Quote:Originally posted by 6stringJoker: The correct answer to the question is No. You do not use your brain before typing something. Ok, then tell me how I am wrong, Stud. Tell me how discriminating is the right thing to do or in any way beneficial for society. I'd LOVE to hear this one... People who are shitty to other people just for planning a wedding ARE SHITTY PEOPLE, in this case X-tians.
Quote:You wanna bake cakes for straight X-tians, then open a straight X-tians ONLY bakery. You don't want to?? Then you admit it's just about money and NOT about religion at ALL.
Quote:LOL... try opening a straight Christian only bakery in the US and see how quick that gets shut down.
Saturday, September 30, 2017 9:03 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6stringJoker: I said that they wouldn't BECAUSE it's illegal. I called you on your bullshit, then you turned it into a discrimination issue and tried to paint me to be a bad guy because you lost the argument.
Saturday, September 30, 2017 9:55 AM
SECOND
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Saturday, September 30, 2017 12:12 PM
Saturday, September 30, 2017 1:04 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Wishimay: Quote:Originally posted by 6stringJoker: I said that they wouldn't BECAUSE it's illegal. I called you on your bullshit, then you turned it into a discrimination issue and tried to paint me to be a bad guy because you lost the argument. That's just it, beer for brains...all you said was "LOL... try opening a straight Christian only bakery in the US and see how quick that gets shut down." YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT LEGAL. You implied your hated SJW would shut it down, and they do that on occasion. And as for "legal", ever heard of a GAY BAR? You CAN open a business that caters to a specific clientele and even market that in an oblique way, but cannot refuse service to others. But you probably won't get a whole lot of straight people. SO yeah, they CAN open a bakery and "Serving the Conservative Christian since 1995" because you can make your slogan whatever you want. Probably would still get a gay couple or two, but it would limit the requests. They DON'T because they know they would lose the business of the marginal and non-religious. So it IS all about money. .
Saturday, September 30, 2017 4:18 PM
Quote:Originally posted by THGRRI: I see we've attracted a couple of trolls, both with the first initial J.
Saturday, September 30, 2017 10:52 PM
Quote:Originally posted by JO753: Wu?
Saturday, September 30, 2017 10:59 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6stringJoker: I didn't imply that a bakery that actively catered only to straight Christians would be shut down by SJWs. You inferred that. Either way, that gets shut down too. Why did the democrats ban smoking from all bars instead of letting the market decide?
Saturday, September 30, 2017 11:23 PM
Sunday, October 1, 2017 10:11 AM
Sunday, October 1, 2017 1:50 PM
Monday, October 2, 2017 3:40 PM
1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.
Monday, October 2, 2017 4:35 PM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Tuesday, October 3, 2017 8:55 PM
Tuesday, October 3, 2017 10:19 PM
Quote:Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN: I voted for a Democrat once, for President. My only voting mistake.
Wednesday, October 4, 2017 6:36 AM
Wednesday, October 4, 2017 2:11 PM
Thursday, October 5, 2017 8:17 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6stringJoker: Nobody in an area that makes money off of oil is going to invest in battery storage technology for 2 reasons.
Thursday, October 5, 2017 9:06 PM
Friday, October 6, 2017 7:07 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6stringJoker: The problem is that Democrats on the other hand don't care about deficits at all. I think we have a thread about the rest of the world doing what they can to untie the US dollar from oil as a result of our deficit. Deficit spending doesn't fix anything by itself. It's only creating more problems. And don't kid yourself. People have died for alternative energy solutions before. I'm amazed that we're actually making some progress on that front now. I only believe that it is allowed to happen these days because people who control everything see the writing on the wall. Alternative energy will come, but it will be on their timetable and they will still make all the money off of it when it does.
Friday, October 6, 2017 1:25 PM
Friday, October 6, 2017 2:24 PM
Quote:Originally posted by THGRRI: I see we've attracted a couple of trolls, both with the first initial J. That said, the biggest problem with the Democratic Parties direction is that they are locked into identity politics. That's a tendency for people of a particular religion, race, social background, etc., to form exclusive political alliances, moving away from traditional broad-based party politics. This is good if you are a minority. Joining forces helps to expand your powers. It is however not right for a political party to do this. They are supposed to represent everyone not just minorities. This is why so many white voters feel disenfranchised from the party and why the party has lost a thousand legislative seats nation wide in the last decade.
Friday, October 6, 2017 3:33 PM
Friday, October 6, 2017 3:39 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6stringJoker: I will agree with that again.
Saturday, October 7, 2017 6:14 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 6stringJoker: You make some good points, but you ruin them with your partisanship. Democrats are not the friends of the "99%" you make them out to be.
Saturday, October 7, 2017 11:40 AM
Saturday, October 7, 2017 1:27 PM
Quote:Originally posted by JO753: Good article. Wen skamz and mistakes are too big, peepl cant see them.
Saturday, October 7, 2017 11:34 PM
Sunday, October 8, 2017 12:20 AM
Monday, October 9, 2017 2:08 AM
Monday, October 9, 2017 4:29 AM
Monday, October 9, 2017 5:43 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Play that out over multiple iterations of multiple businesses, and eventually you'll see that the businesses which make the largest profit are the ones who "win" the business space, because those are the rules of the game. Because there are very few ethical requirements on businesses ... and there are reasons why that's so, but I don't want to get into that now ... the least ethical will always overtake the most ethical, given time.
Monday, October 9, 2017 8:53 AM
Quote:That is because one particular party (I can't say which because saying always causes 6stringJoker to stop thinking since the conversation is now "partisan" ) despises the idea of government enforcing ethics. With that unnamed political party, it's always the "Market" that will enforce better behavior.
Monday, October 9, 2017 11:56 AM
Monday, October 9, 2017 12:40 PM
Monday, October 9, 2017 5:21 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: SECOND, I'd be the last person to say that Republicans enforce better business practices, but then - neither do Dems. All you have to do is look at the results: That xfer of wealth from the poor to the rich, which began under Reagan? It continued unabated whether the President had a "D" or an "R" after his name; and Bush's business policies continued without a hiccup under Obama. And like I said, if you don't believe me, just look at the results. There is SO MUCH systemically wrong with our entire business system, starting with fractional reserve banking, any President who attempted to reverse course on anything fundamental would be assassinated in short order. Again, not dependent on whether there was a "D" or an "R" after their name. But if you want some ideas on how to REALLY reform the system: Get rid of fractional reserve lending. Revise incorporation laws to require ethical standards in their business practices; Create a "death penalty" - i.e. forced disbandment - for corporations which fail to meet their ethical standards, in addition to punishing individual decision-makers. Either do away with the stock market entirely, or ban stock trades that take place in less than six months after purchase. I don't even know WHAT to do with hedge funds and derivatives! Reverse Citizen's United. Redefine anti-trust action as not just applying to "monopolistic practices" but also to corporations over a certain size. Revise corporate tax law to make it similar to individual income tax law; institute a Value Added Tax to be applied at the point of manufacture or assembly; eliminate most of the specialized deductions, exemptions, depreciations, and expenses which benefit mostly large corporations. Re-institute a "border tax" to promote domestic manufacturing. Nationalize certain important and infrastructural businesses, like health care insurance, electrical distribution, and energy extraction. Create a REAL national bank, not just a private bank which lends to the US government. Foster the creation of state and local banks. That's just for starters.
Monday, October 9, 2017 5:56 PM
Quote: Signym, you started with the Democrats are as bad as the Republicans. I don't believe that is true.
Quote: Politics is entertainment for the masses and Democrats are the equivalent of documentary makers, while Republicans make the equivalent of Hollywood's summer movies.
Quote:Signym's reforms all revolve around money.
Quote:You need to devise a system with less friction when returning stolen wealth. Since Firefly is science fiction, can America do away with money completely to make that happen? I think it could be done, but the cheaters would fight that change even harder than they fight to hold on to money they steal under the present system, the one they have been building all their lives.
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