The DNC KenyanCommieMooselimbDidn'tBuildIt MegaThread!

[DGuller]

Sherrod Brown wants to take mine away.

I thought mental competency requirements were already part of the gun laws? 

[derspiess]

Sherrod Brown wants to take mine away.

I thought mental competency requirements were already part of the gun laws? 

Stop stalking me.

[Valmy]

I might go ahead & just vote early.  In which case I'll proudly show my very-difficult-to-obtain state-issued ID.

I find it rather pathetic the supposed small government party wants to force everybody to get a government ID in this way.  Ah well.

[derspiess]

I find it rather pathetic the supposed small government party wants to force everybody to get a government ID in this way.  Ah well.

Nobody's being forced to get an ID. 

[HVC]

I find it rather pathetic the supposed small government party wants to force everybody to get a government ID in this way.  Ah well.

Nobody's being forced to get an ID. 

[Valmy]

Nobody's being forced to get an ID. 

Heh.  Just another thing you cannot do in society without one.  You might as well be.

[CountDeMoney]

I find it rather pathetic the supposed small government party wants to force everybody to get a government ID in this way.  Ah well.

Nobody's being forced to get an ID. 

Well, he's correct in that regard;  after all, you don't have to vote.   
But that's the whole point, now isn't it?

[The Brain]

There are countries where you have to vote. We call those Belgium and North Korea.

[Ed Anger]

I am decided who to vote for. Trumpets will sound and rivers will turn to blood.

[derspiess]

I am decided who to vote for. Trumpets will sound and rivers will turn to blood.

Wait, don't tell me-- for Senate you're voting for Scott Rupert, the Independent candidate who apparently has $389 in campaign funds and works by day as a truck driver!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Ohio,_2012#Candidates_2

[Ed Anger]

I am decided who to vote for. Trumpets will sound and rivers will turn to blood.

Wait, don't tell me-- for Senate you're voting for Scott Rupert, the Independent candidate who apparently has $389 in campaign funds and works by day as a truck driver!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Ohio,_2012#Candidates_2

I have more money in my couch cushions. 

[Maximus]

Then I guess if you hand over that cheese bought on credit to an unemployed person you meet Jacob's definition of citizenship.

Am I to take from this that you're not interested in arguing in good faith?

This is silly semantics.  If the employee gets to claim partial credit for the taxes the employer pays on his profits, then the employer gets to claim partial credit for the taxes the employee pays on his wages and it all washes out.

Yes, one might say that both are contributors.

[Admiral Yi]

Am I to take from this that you're not interested in arguing in good faith?

I am interested in arguing in good faith.  Jacob defined citizenship as buying cheese for people who are down on their luck.  I disagree with that.  But it's also true that half of Americans make no net contribution to discretionary federal spending.

[Razgovory]

Wait, what?  Half of Americans make no net contribution to discretionary federal spending?

[Maximus]

I am interested in arguing in good faith.  Jacob defined citizenship as buying cheese for people who are down on their luck.  I disagree with that.  But it's also true that half of Americans make no net contribution to discretionary federal spending.

As it happens I also disagree with Jacobs definition, but I also disagree with your apparent assertion that no direct contribution means no contribution.