Dino Rossi

[Peter_Puget]

Republicans and the idiots and scoundrels (a little over half the country) who keep voting for them.

 

~25% of the voting age population is "over half the country"?

 

your arithmetic aint 2 gud.

 

Wow Mr Math returns! Sadly your reading comprehension is far below your math skills - Although you use your typical jack boot tactics and try to smear me by suggesting that the quote was mine a discerning reader (Kevbone for example) will note that the quote you are attributing to me is really from the FT. You’re a f%%$# thug!

Edited November 1, 2010 by Peter_Puget

[j_b]

You, like FW, are pretty good at quoting. Try quoting what I actually posted, tack your statement to it, and see if it makes sense...to anyone.

 

Of course, you're not stranger to that outcome, either.

 

I did quote you exactly in my first answer to your post, then when YOU answered, you got rid of all quotes. Don't pretend I did what YOU did.

Edited November 1, 2010 by j_b

[j_b]

I guess it means that Piss Pot ran out of argument. That didn't take very long.

[j_b]

That half any voting population are morons is pretty much a statistical necessity, no?

 

People like you should have to explain how you could be advocate for the people yet be so full of misplaced disdain for common folks.

[rob]

You know who won't be voting for Rossi? Latinos. Cause they don't have cars.

[Fairweather]

just what I said: who needs baggers with Democrats like you. "GO GET A JOB, LAZY FUCK"

 

is that your best Archie Bunker imitation?

 

Nope. Bunker carped about a group he knew nothing about.

 

I've worked extensively with progressives in ways a do-nothing peanut gallery member such as yourself can only dream about. My opinions come hard earned from experience.

 

It makes sense. The progressive movement attracts carpers. It filters for them. It strokes their egos. One might argue that's pretty much all it does.

 

And you, my friend, are it's perfect poster child.

 

You two keep at it. I'm gonna make some popcorn.

[j_b]

You know who won't be voting for Rossi? Latinos. Cause they don't have cars.

 

they don't need a car to vote in Washington.

[j_b]

and most of those that don't have cars probably don't vote.

[Fairweather]

You know who won't be voting for Rossi? Latinos. Cause they don't have cars.

 

j_b says they are very hard working and industrious

[prole]

I believe that creating more jobs would have helped, which is the reason I pointed out that a bigger more relevant stimulus was needed.

 

Yes, Krugman's been harping on it for over a year. It didn't happen, it's not going to, and it's going to be a slow motion disaster. Is the broad Left (Democrat, progressive, radical) prepared for that? The Right certainly is, they've got their "Satan", "illegals", "commies", etc. to draw on. As I've said before, "gay weed" (the extension of civil rights to every corner of social life) is important, but the Democratic Party is fully implicated in the economic, environmental, and political crisis gripping the country. Beyond the voices in the wilderness (Krugman, Steiglitz, et al), where is the analysis, the program, and importantly, the narratives capable of speaking to people's real needs? Democrats aren't losing because progressives are lazy, it's because the Party has accepted neoliberal corporate capitalism implicitly, followed its dictates to the letter, while doubling down on marginal wedge issues alienating what should be its base (working people a.k.a. Tvash's "morons"). Yes, it's the economy stupid and the Democrats haven't been an opposition party in that regard in thirty years.

[Fairweather]

Gotta love TTK's new PragmaDemoMan costume. That cape is gonna give him problems though...

[j_b]

the right wing morons are trolling now.

[rob]

trolling NOW? Where have you been?

[Nitrox]

You know who won't be voting for Rossi? Latinos. Cause they don't have cars.

 

j_b says they are very hard working and industrious

 

And loyal too.

 

 

[Nitrox]

You know who won't be voting for Rossi? Latinos. Cause they don't have cars.

 

j_b says they are very hard working and industrious

 

And loyal too.

 

 

Because they have to be.

[Nitrox]

j_b says they are very hard working and industrious

 

And loyal too.

 

 

Because they have to be.

 

Cause they ain't got no car!

[Nitrox]

the right wing morons are trolling now.

 

 

 

[tvashtarkatena]

You, like FW, are pretty good at quoting. Try quoting what I actually posted, tack your statement to it, and see if it makes sense...to anyone.

 

Of course, you're not stranger to that outcome, either.

 

I did quote you exactly in my first answer to your post, then when YOU answered, you got rid of all quotes. Don't pretend I did what YOU did.

 

LOL. OK j-b, that sounds like a whole lot more work than i'd put into it, but if it makes ya feel better....

[j_b]

Ok, I am glad to read I misinterpreted what you meant. Sorry about that.

[JayB]

blah, blah, blah...neoliberal corporate capitalism

 

Thanks for making folks that can no longer differentiate between reality and marathon D&D sessions look like steely eyed realists.

 

Swap out "surplus value" and "proletariat" for "character levels" and "orcs" and you haven't compromised the fantasy-quotient one iota.

 

 

 

[ivan]

people need jobs - all the other shit is window-dressing to them, and understandbly so

 

Where are they going to come from? Buying other countries' shit in exchange for our IOUs isn't happening anymore. Get it? IT'S DONE. What's next?

armed w/ that message, you too could have an exciting, though likely brief, moment on the national political scene!

 

carter made it clear that being honest w/ 'mericans is a poor way to win their loyalty, no? the people don't want yer negaaaaaaativityyyyy man!

[JayB]

"Mercantilism is an economic theory, thought to be a form of economic nationalism,[1] that holds that the prosperity of a nation is dependent upon its supply of capital, and that the global volume of international trade is "unchangeable". Economic assets (or capital) are represented by bullion (gold, silver, and trade value) held by the state, which is best increased through a positive and healthy balance of trade with other nations (exports minus imports).

 

The theory assumes that wealth and monetary assets are identical. Mercantilism suggests that the ruling government should advance these goals by playing a protectionist role in the economy by encouraging exports and discouraging imports, notably through the use of subsidies and tariffs respectively. The theory dominated Western European economic policies from the 16th to the late-18th century"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercantilism

 

Who says "progressives" can't be overtly sentimental and backwards looking!

 

My only quibble with the definition is the inclusion of an effective end-date.

[prole]

Putting your typically bombastic horseshit about mercantilism aside, the advanced industrialized countries that have done best during the recent expansion of the capitalist global economy are those countries with coherent, forward looking industrial policies, like Germany. Unlike the Great American Globalization Junk Show & Demolition Derby wrought by a political class entirely captured by corporate cash and casino economists, these countries have managed to maintain their middle classes, remain competitive, and keep their democracies intact. Not surprisingly, they also have strong unions. Why don't you go peddle your crap to recent high school graduates on the comments section of the Stranger, Jay.

[mattp]

 

Are you guys trying to make political arguments? Most of what I see here is a bunch of jabs at "the other guy." Seriously.

 

What is your point?

[Peter_Puget]

Well my first point is the GIANTS just won the World Series!

 

My second is that I wont be able to get to Peoria this fall so no more baseball until next spring. I may get grumpy!

 

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Edited November 2, 2010 by Feck