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Started by merithyn, November 17, 2011, 09:51:19 AM

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Razgovory

I did hear that Rick Perry wants to debate Nancy Pelosi.  That's not a joke.  There is no punchline.  I have no idea why he wants to do this.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

fhdz

Quote from: Razgovory on November 17, 2011, 01:35:26 PM
I did hear that Rick Perry wants to debate Nancy Pelosi.  That's not a joke.  There is no punchline.  I have no idea why he wants to do this.

I'm pretty sure the punchline is "Rick Perry".
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Valmy

Quote from: Razgovory on November 17, 2011, 01:35:26 PM
I did hear that Rick Perry wants to debate Nancy Pelosi.  That's not a joke.  There is no punchline.  I have no idea why he wants to do this.

He is moving to San Francisco to run for Congress?  Huzzah!
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Razgovory

Quote from: fahdiz on November 17, 2011, 01:35:12 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on November 17, 2011, 01:24:50 PM
Quote from: fahdiz on November 17, 2011, 01:11:53 PM
Communism is sooooooooo 20th century.

So was a middle class.

There's still a middle class. It's in trouble, but it's there. Communism is one of those very modernist, very 20th-century throw-the-baby-out-with-the-bathwater kinds of solutions. It's an imaginary fix for a real set of problems, just like libertarianism. Communism is a pink unicorn shitting rainbows. It's an ass that fits comfortably on your head when you don't want to think about the messy business of possible solutions, compromises, and, you know, real life. I'm so sick of magical-kingdom economics on both ends of the spectrum. What a distraction from reality.

Good for you.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

crazy canuck

Quote from: Razgovory on November 17, 2011, 01:35:26 PM
I have no idea why he wants to do this.

He is so good at it one can understand why he would want more opportunities to show his brilliance.

fhdz

and the horse you rode in on

Razgovory

Quote from: Valmy on November 17, 2011, 01:59:40 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 17, 2011, 01:35:26 PM
I did hear that Rick Perry wants to debate Nancy Pelosi.  That's not a joke.  There is no punchline.  I have no idea why he wants to do this.

He is moving to San Francisco to run for Congress?  Huzzah!

I have a feeling he just doesn't understand what he's doing.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017


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fhdz

Quote from: Razgovory on November 17, 2011, 02:01:03 PM
Good for you.

And that's not even mentioning the millions of dead which have resulted from failed attempt after failed attempt to install communist governments and economies across the world. At some point don't communists have one second of self-reflection and say "you know, this keeps not working, and people keep dying or being thrust into national poverty from all the not-working. Maybe the problem's the fact that you can't implement a magical solution on a nonmagical world."

They don't stop to reflect, of course. It is far easier to blame the Other Guy than it is to admit that your pet ideology is dead fucking wrong and causes misery, death, and poverty because it is impossible but continues to be tried.

No one's tried to implement a truly libertarian "state", thank goodness, but I can only assume the results would be equally retarded, that the failed implementations would be equally full of misery and unchecked awfulness.
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Razgovory

I believe I argued that very point to a communist once.  I said that communism was like a perfect airplane.  It could fly faster, more comfortably, and for less fuel then any other possible airplane.  There is one catch though.  Everyone who has tried to build one and fly it has been killed.  Often it crashes spectacularly kill all the passengers and many people on the ground. Each person makes some modification to it that they think will fix the problem but it always ends the same way.  If someone offered you a ride on this airplane, would you do it?  Would you stop and think perhaps the problem is fundamental to the design itself?  Would it perhaps be wiser to ride an ordinary airplane with all its faults rather then ride on the airplane that has always crashed and killed lots of people.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

garbon

Quote from: Capetan Mihali on November 17, 2011, 12:42:49 PM
I'd rather elect a party than a president, really.

I'd rather just have a party!
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Sheilbh

But you say this like Communism's either a mainstream current of thought or as if the left never got over it.  Whole tomes of Socialist and Social Democratic theory emerged distinct from and critiquing Communism from a very early point.  Even if they still took some Marxist ideas as a starting point.
Let's bomb Russia!

garbon

QuoteAt her weekly news conference Thursday, Pelosi couldn't resist riffing on Perry's epic debate gaffe from last week.

She suggested she couldn't debate Perry on Monday because her schedule was booked with three events that day -- an event in Portland, a tour of labs in California and "that's two. I can't remember what the third thing is."

I hate when I like something Pelosi does. :(
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I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.