The Deluge of Absurdity, Ignorance, and Bad Posts

[tpfkaw]

As long as I'm the patron saint of this thread:  Why genius political analyst Peter Brower believes Scott Walker is "wildly unpopular."

I think that people are scared to admit that they loathe him to a pollster now. There's nothing that he has done to win support... but many interests have created a climate of fear in Wisconsin. Whether that translates into voting is a different matter.

[tpfkaw]

Islamic Republic of Persia.

No more wrong than saying "Federal Republic of Germany" instead of "Bundesrepublik Deutschland."  In fact, it's probably better not to mix and match languages.

[tpfkaw]

Islamic Republic of Persia.

No more wrong than saying "Federal Republic of Germany" instead of "Bundesrepublik Deutschland."  In fact, it's probably better not to mix and match languages.

Not the same thing. Its Iran in modern English, Persia is no longer correct, its like saying Mesopotamia instead of Iraq.

Well yes I know that their government prefers "Iran" to "Persia" in English, but I was just thinking about what I think should be the general rule.

(Also not quite the same; Mesopotamia is the name of a region but Persia has always been used to denote a government).

[tpfkaw]

Intrepid investigative reporter Peter Brower brings us new updates on Scott Walker's Stalinist dictatorship.

Quite high of course. The new voting patterns in WOW will give him a solid shot.

Romney wins the state only if President Obama collapses overall as a leader (no sign yet) or Governor Scott Walker rigs the statewide election.

[tpfkaw]

One man's "completely indefensible or undeniably ignorant" is another's obvious common sense.

[tpfkaw]

One man's "completely indefensible or undeniably ignorant" is another's obvious common sense.

What do you think "common" means? And if you're talking about people like Bushie or Teddy, they aren't normal at all.

Well, for example;

Blue Avatar:  "Most people on welfare are life-long moochers who wouldn't take employment even if it were available."

Red Avatar: *posts in this thread*

It might be considered "common sense" on this forum that Blue Avatar's statement is "absurd," but if you did a poll of the American public odds are that you'd find a substantial majority agreeing with Blue Avatar.

[tpfkaw]

The point is that not only would a majority of people not find Blue Avatar's statement "absurd," they'd actually agree with it.  You cannot, therefore, claim it's a violation of "common sense."

[tpfkaw]

Pretty sure this one qualifies for all three:

Argentina is clearly better off since the Kirchners took over. I don't know her policies very well, but I'm pretty sure I'd vote for her in the context.