I see a country by Reaganfan

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

If you want a brief plot summary about the BushOklahoma saga, it basically starts out with Bushie quitting his not very high paying but steady and stable job for an obviously illegal scam operation from Australia.

What happens after that is an epic tale for the ages.

[Simfan34]

If you want a brief plot summary about the BushOklahoma saga, it basically starts out with Bushie quitting his not very high paying but steady and stable job for an obviously illegal scam operation from Australia.

What happens after that is an epic tale for the ages.

  Thank you.

[King]

If you want a brief plot summary about the BushOklahoma saga, it basically starts out with Bushie quitting his not very high paying but steady and stable job for an obviously illegal scam operation from Australia.

What happens after that is an epic tale for the ages.

No, he quit it so that he and Susan can have more money to live off.  Their IHOP dinner date and sudden engagement was what started it all off.

[memphis]

Mock Naso and Bushie at your peril, Atlas Forum. Their views are much more mainstream than yours. They are what Democracy looks like.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I am offended at people who think this rivals the Update thread. I spent all Sunday afternoon reading over all of them and stuff like that just cannot be replicated.

[Nym90]

"'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"
- Reaganfan

Yeah, the Iraqis weren't big fans of us saying that when our government employees arrived over there, true enough.

This whole idea that Republicans are somehow the anti-government party is just plain wrong. Both parties support government intervention, just in different ways and different areas. And as you know, many people who love to hate "government" in the abstract are more than happy to reap the benefits of it when it comes to Social Security, Medicare, roads, schools, police protection, fire fighters, the military, etc.

[Nym90]

One of the fundamental principles that America was founded on was the idea that we all have equal opportunity to succeed; where success is determined by how hard we work and how creative we are in coming up with new ideas and concepts.

Unregulated and unbridled capitalism destroys that by giving a huge advantage to those with money and access to capital and making it nearly impossible for anyone who doesn't already have that to get ahead and succeed.

Our increased focus on individualism at the expense of community or any cause greater than ourselves is what is destroying the fabric of our nation. Ideas like "it's my money, I deserve to keep it", when you would never have earned even a tiny fraction of "your" money without the aid of countless others in ways that aren't even fully realized by the vast majority of people (I'm not just talking about government here, but the fact that our economy is vastly larger and more productive than it was 100 years ago and so is our government is not a coincidence).

[memphis]

One of the fundamental principles that America was founded on was the idea that we all have equal opportunity

No. Early America was a slave society. We've come a long way. No need for a mythic past. America has perpetual self-improvement.

[greenforest32]

Drivel

The country is getting less white, less religious, and less inclined to blindly obey the owners.

None of those changes is good news for Republicans.

[King]

People with red avatars trying to get through to Naso? My sides!

[Хahar 🤔]

There was another part that I made but deleted (to drop BushOK's post count because he kept bragging about being over 10k), however I did in fact save a PDF copy of it beforehand. PM me if you want it.

Is your new username a Neutral Milk Hotel reference, BRTD?

April Ludgate's favorite band!

[Grumpier Than Thou]

"'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"
- Reaganfan

Yeah, the Iraqis weren't big fans of us saying that when our government employees arrived over there, true enough.

This whole idea that Republicans are somehow the anti-government party is just plain wrong. Both parties support government intervention, just in different ways and different areas. And as you know, many people who love to hate "government" in the abstract are more than happy to reap the benefits of it when it comes to Social Security, Medicare, roads, schools, police protection, fire fighters, the military, etc.

Ouch!

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

So Naso last night I was at a show and ran into a guy from my church's band. However like most people at the show, he was very wasted and I overheard him talking with his buddy about getting more weed. So uh, how exactly do you reconcile this with the way you like to categorize people as "good Christians" and "bad weed users"?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Mock Naso and Bushie at your peril, Atlas Forum. Their views are much more mainstream than yours. They are what Democracy looks like.

I contemplate and pray over this fact every day.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Of course Naso and Bushie are unusual in that their type of outlook is extremely rare in people under 40.

[All Along The Watchtower]

Of course Naso and Bushie are unusual in that their type of outlook is extremely rare in people under 40.

Eh, you'd be surprised.

[Reaganfan]

So Naso last night I was at a show and ran into a guy from my church's band. However like most people at the show, he was very wasted and I overheard him talking with his buddy about getting more weed. So uh, how exactly do you reconcile this with the way you like to categorize people as "good Christians" and "bad weed users"?

To quote a 1980s film, "Lethal Weapon".

                             MURTAUGH
               The girl was smoking  pot  in  the
               house.  She's grounded!

                            RIANNE
               Next time I'll just  take  a  beer
               instead.  Why can I have  a  beer
               and not  a joint?  It's not coke,
               you  know, Dad.


                          MURTAUGH
               'Cause right now, beer's legal and
               grass ain't.  Right or wrong.

That's my mentality. If it's legal, it's okay. If it is illegal, you don't do it.

[Lief 🗽]

Naso, you're getting too old for this shit.

[LastVoter]

What is update?

Read at your own peril:

Prequel: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=98807.0
Main Event: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=109091.0
Interquel: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=120859.0

Last thread is like watching a slow-mo trainwreck. and I am abstaining from reading the middle thread because I sh**t to do.

[Antonio the Sixth]

So Naso last night I was at a show and ran into a guy from my church's band. However like most people at the show, he was very wasted and I overheard him talking with his buddy about getting more weed. So uh, how exactly do you reconcile this with the way you like to categorize people as "good Christians" and "bad weed users"?

To quote a 1980s film, "Lethal Weapon".

                             MURTAUGH
               The girl was smoking  pot  in  the
               house.  She's grounded!

                            RIANNE
               Next time I'll just  take  a  beer
               instead.  Why can I have  a  beer
               and not  a joint?  It's not coke,
               you  know, Dad.


                          MURTAUGH
               'Cause right now, beer's legal and
               grass ain't.  Right or wrong.

That's my mentality. If it's legal, it's okay. If it is illegal, you don't do it.

Eichmann had a similar worldview, I guess.

No, I'm not calling you a nazi. Just wanted to demonstrate how ridiculous your position is.

[k-onmmunist]

So Naso last night I was at a show and ran into a guy from my church's band. However like most people at the show, he was very wasted and I overheard him talking with his buddy about getting more weed. So uh, how exactly do you reconcile this with the way you like to categorize people as "good Christians" and "bad weed users"?

To quote a 1980s film, "Lethal Weapon".

                             MURTAUGH
               The girl was smoking  pot  in  the
               house.  She's grounded!

                            RIANNE
               Next time I'll just  take  a  beer
               instead.  Why can I have  a  beer
               and not  a joint?  It's not coke,
               you  know, Dad.


                          MURTAUGH
               'Cause right now, beer's legal and
               grass ain't.  Right or wrong.

That's my mentality. If it's legal, it's okay. If it is illegal, you don't do it.

That's nonsense. If something sucks, change it.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I wonder if Naso read a single book in his life.

[King]

I know a couple hardcore Evangy right Christian, including a delightful conspiracy theorist mom of 5 in her fourties. They both think the drug war is a joke. 

Politicians are a few years behind the American public on this issue. Naso also being a faux politician, of course.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Ignoring Naso's rather hilariously simplistic point of view here (so then he has no problem with people who were smoking synthetic marijuana substitutes while that was legal? Or using "bath salts" when they were legal which are 10000x far more destructive than marijuana ever could be?) he still completely missed the point of my post.

[k-onmmunist]

If conservatism was made illegal tomorrow, would you stop being one, Naso?