David Frum on the GOP

[fhdz]

Could be worse.  There's the off chance I might become a Judge.  Can't say the same for you.

What a shitty thing to say.

[Habbaku]

Well, Raz is a pretty shitty person.

[DGuller]

That was definitely a dirty tackle by Raz, and worthy of a yellow card.  However, it was a retaliation, it didn't come out of the blue.

[crazy canuck]

That was definitely a dirty tackle by Raz, and worthy of a yellow card.  However, it was a retaliation, it didn't come out of the blue.

Yep, they both get yellow cards.

[Barrister]

That was definitely a dirty tackle by Raz, and worthy of a yellow card.  However, it was a retaliation, it didn't come out of the blue.

Yep, they both get yellow cards.

A soccer reference?

[Valmy]

That's ultimately why the left is fundamentally stupid.  To consider what might be is fine and dandy.  To look at change to society is a noble endeavour.  But invariably the left ignores the risks of change, doesn't look at empirical evidence, doesn't consider the downside.

Unfortunately the conservatives pretty much do this in the US these days as well.  They are constantly calling for radical changes all over the place without seeming to really care about the actual unintended consequences.

You are talking about Burkean Conservatives but they are a very rare beast these days.  At least here.

[DGuller]

That's ultimately why the left is fundamentally stupid.  To consider what might be is fine and dandy.  To look at change to society is a noble endeavour.  But invariably the left ignores the risks of change, doesn't look at empirical evidence, doesn't consider the downside.

Unfortunately the conservatives pretty much do this in the US these days as well.  They are constantly calling for radical changes all over the place without seeming to really care about the actual unintended consequences.

You are talking about Burkean Conservatives but they are a very rare beast these days.  At least here.

That's because Republicans are reactionaries, not conservatives.  They don't want to keep the status quo, they want roll back the advances of civilization won over the better part of 20th century.

[Razgovory]

Could be worse.  There's the off chance I might become a Judge.  Can't say the same for you.

What a shitty thing to say.

Just can't please you this week can I, Fahdiz?

[Ideologue]

Like, the equivalent of the birtherism/"Obama is a secret Muslim" stuff would be to accuse Mitt Romney of having four underage brides he keeps locked in his basement solely because he's a Mormon, or claiming that Rick Perry is a robot based solely on that one time his OS crashed.

Or maybe that Bush did 9/11?

Ah, that's a good one.  I'm not sure that's a leftist position though; the sort of type I've seen espouse that also tend to be libertarded in the worst way.

[Barrister]

Like, the equivalent of the birtherism/"Obama is a secret Muslim" stuff would be to accuse Mitt Romney of having four underage brides he keeps locked in his basement solely because he's a Mormon, or claiming that Rick Perry is a robot based solely on that one time his OS crashed.

Or maybe that Bush did 9/11?

Ah, that's a good one.  I'm not sure that's a leftist position though; the sort of type I've seen espouse that also tend to be libertarded in the worst way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11

[Valmy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_9/11

Um....LOL?  That is not a truther video.

[Ideologue]

Yeah, that's just Michael Moore being crazy in a different, lesser way.

[fhdz]

Just can't please you this week can I, Fahdiz?

You're not required to. I'm just letting you know you are being a real asshole. If you're fine with that, by all means, carry on. God forbid this place be populated by people with class.

[The Brain]

On a forum where people regularly wish AIDS on one another making a realistic assessment of some guy's chance at judgehood is shitty?

[DGuller]

On a forum where people regularly wish AIDS on one another making a realistic assessment of some guy's chance at judgehood is shitty?

Man, rough game tonight. :books The Brain: