The Deluge of Absurdity, Ignorance, and Bad Posts

[Simfan34]

The majority are freedom houses that should be subdivided into tenements and turned over to the people, unless there is specific reason to keep this particular house as a museum, in which case this is what should of course be done.

Stuff like this makes me want to be an Objectivist.

[Simfan34]

Economic Issues

Taxes: A flat tax of about 10% on income is the only major tax I'd support. I also support taxes on tobacco and alcohol and would support heavily taxing marijuana if it became legal.

Health Care: I do not support a Government takeover of healthcare and instead support keeping it private. Allow insurance companies to compete across state lines to drive down prices.

Regulation: Some regulations are needed. Worker safety regulations are necessary, but other regulations such as environmental regulations are unnecessary. Any regulation makes it more difficult for businesses to operate, thus causing economic struggles.

Trade: I support free trade and fair trade, with a slight preference towards free trade. Economic globalization is a good thing.

Stimulus Spending: Government spending on the economy does not solve economic struggles. However, some spending can help at certain times. I do not support a balanced budget amendment for this reason.

Overall Spending: Cut it quite a bit, but not drastically. Anyone who proposes cutting Government spending by more than 30-40% max is nuts.

Welfare: I do not support a federal welfare program, instead leaving it up to private charity. I support drug testing for all welfare recipients.

Foreign Aid: Cut it by a significant amount. Foreign aid money almost always ends up getting cut off by tyrannical Governments and pocked.

Minimum wage: Fine where it is. See Government regulation, as forcing companies to pay their employees a certain amount makes it more difficult to operate.

Social Security: Allow Americans to invest in their own social security funds privately.

Social Issues:

Abortion: I do not morally support abortion, however, I believe it should remain legal. I do not support having taxpayer money go to abortion and believe it should only be legal for cases of rape, incest, mother's life or severe deformity.
 
Gay Rights: I believe all gays should have the right to marry and should also be legally permitted to adopt. I believe gays are entitled to all of the same rights as straight people.

Drugs: I believe all drugs should be legal and heavily taxed and regulated. Treat drugs just like alcohol or tobacco.

Gun Rights: I am a fervent supporter of the 2nd amendment, but I believe some logical restrictions on guns are necessary, such as putting safety locks on all guns and banning certain bullets.

Education: I believe each state should set their own curriculum and give parents the option to opt out of certain classes. I do not support increasing federal education spending.

Environment and Oil: See my position on regulation, though I do support some investment in green technology, though I mainly support drilling domestically for our own oil.

Immigration: I'm sympathetic towards immigrants, but I only support legal immigration. I do support making the process quicker and easier.

War and Defense

War: I believe diplomacy is a better way of achieving world peace. Bombing other countries will never be a better way of achieving peace than diplomacy. I support withdrawing from the Middle East. War for humanitarian reasons varies from case to case.

Defense: I believe in cutting defense spending, but not by very much. Having a strong national defense is a good option.

[Simfan34]

Sedentary, and proud to be.

Why would someone be proud of that?

I am proud because I'm free from the totalitarian dominance exerted by the "fitness" dogma and by the absurd cannons of modern society. Because I'm not brainwashed into doing something painful and time-consuming simply because the society tells me it is a good thing to do. Because I'm fine with my current body and I don't feel the need for an overly muscular one, especially if the price to pay for it is daily torture.

Being free from totalitarian dominance will not help you get girls.

[Simfan34]

Did I break the Deluge? I hope so.

[Simfan34]

The whole thing is pretty ridiculous, but the bolded part stands out the most:

I can only concur.

I always said Rick was more electable than Romney for precisely this reason. Mitt's just so easy to attack.

Ditto, except I've always said that Romney was the easiest GOP opponent for Obama to beat.  That's why the MSM made him the candidate.  (Santorum, because he's so socially conservative and sort of an economic-liberal, would have been the second-easiest for Obama to beat, which is why the MSM left him to last.)

This is hardly absurd, are you trying to tell me Santorum is some kind of social-democrat?

[Simfan34]

Frankly, this is the moment to reconsider your position on the whole sexuality thing. I mean, not actively going out after other men is one thing, but when the fruits of love fall in your lap, ypu'd be a fool not to think it over,...

[Simfan34]

The whole thing is pretty ridiculous, but the bolded part stands out the most:

I can only concur.

I always said Rick was more electable than Romney for precisely this reason. Mitt's just so easy to attack.

Ditto, except I've always said that Romney was the easiest GOP opponent for Obama to beat.  That's why the MSM made him the candidate.  (Santorum, because he's so socially conservative and sort of an economic-liberal, would have been the second-easiest for Obama to beat, which is why the MSM left him to last.)

This is hardly absurd, are you trying to tell me Santorum is some kind of social-democrat?

Sort of. He'd be easy to imagine on the technocratic old right of any western European major center left party if he'd just shut the inks up about gays.

Fair enough, but I'd hardly call whyterain's assertion absurd by any measure. Also, Belge, don't take it personally. It's just absurd.

[Simfan34]

At least 90% of this thread.

Even more absurd: Winfield is not in that 90%.

[Simfan34]

This is depressing because there's nothing human made and existing.... let's say food diversity... no... I can't think of anything substantive.

We've invented nearly everything in the past 150 years.

Care to refute the point?

I said I misspoke.

[Simfan34]

wow:

There were some questions if Obama was a covert agent for the CIA after college

Excellent. Simply excellent.

Has J.J. pre-ordered his copy of 2016 yet?

He did say it was a positive. I'd take it as a positive.

[Simfan34]

My big problem with the South is not past racism but past treason, and the fact Southerners idealize such treason, boast about it, and have made an integral part of their entity. What the South needs is a German-style attitude towards the Civil War, and I used to think I'd wish that on no one.

For example, the Confederate Battle Flag is a treasonous symbol, and ideally it would be treated much like the NSDAP flag is treated in Germany.

...I don't see the problem with this.

Er, that is to say I agree, not that the response belongs here.

Well, put it in the Gallery...

[Simfan34]

Hopefully, state rights will have been eliminated in 10 years.

oh no please god no

oh yes please God yes

[Simfan34]

Someone's drunk and thought it would be funny to make a sock.

[Simfan34]

As am I. I'll admit to having invented part of it, and it's the most exciting part too.

[Simfan34]

So which was funnier this past week: Texas, where 4 veterans died when the parade float they were on was hit by a train, or Egypt, where 50 or so school kids died when the school bus they were on was hit by a train?

I would say the one with the veterans. School kids likely didn't have the time to kill anybody, so we can actually be sad about them dying.

Hey, the man's an actual communist. Though I would have expected this from someone like FallenMorgan, actually.

[Simfan34]

I have insider information on the Democratic side.

Is it a "bad post"? Sure. But is it untrue? It is not.

[Simfan34]

If you guys weren't so new, you'd know I was serious. But Grumps should have known!

[Simfan34]

That looks similar to what we had at our office pre-Thanksgiving potluck earlier this week (my workplace is predominately African-American).  

The household is predominantly African, so I don't know what you mean.

He means american blacks and africans put out similar spreads.

Looks awesome btw

No, we don't.

[Simfan34]

Hopefully they don't exist.

I don't like the thought of my ghostly relatives being around when I watch porn or masturbate for example.

And if they exist, hopefully they have other stuff to do in the meantime.

[Simfan34]

High turnout is not a good thing if a bunch of ignorant and uninformed people are voting.  I'd rather there be just 30% turnout if the 30% are very informed and engaged on the issues.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this post. Of course, in such a scenarios Democrats would always win 55%+, but if all voters are informed, it is worth is.

[Simfan34]

Keeping in mind the possibility that the next Veep may not have been elected to office yet (see Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew and Sarah Palin), or may not have risen to prominence yet (see Paul Ryan).

Hillary's qualifications are impressive enough that she doesn't need to make up for any shortcomings. And she can have her pick of middle-aged to old white guys. I don't think she'd choose a woman, or anyone from New York/ Arkansas.

The long list would include...
Mark Warner- Because of his combination of business/ executive and legislative experience, as well as his help in a crucial swing state.
Tim Kaine- Same reason. He's also slightly younger than Warner.
Charlie Crist- May help in Florida. Will allow Clinton to depict the Republicans as a group of crazy radicals.
Julian Castro- Can excite Latinos and younger voters. Executive of a city with a population greater than New Hampshire.
John Hickenlooper- Swing state Governor.
Martin O'Malley- Does no harm. Currently under Fifty.
Brian Schweitzer- Politically talented.
Jon Tester- Survived two close elections. Appeal to rural white voters.
Gavin Newsom- The most prominent white guy under fifty (in 2016) the Democrats seem to have. Possible Governor of California.

So why are you excluding Gov. Deval Patrick? 

Frodo's obsession with black people is getting downright weird. Just because he happens to be an incumbent officeholder does not qualify him or anything.

[Simfan34]

For starters $95k/year is quite far from the average US household income.

tbf it is Simfan though. Anyone earning under $5 million per annum is clearly a peasant.

I suppose this makes me a true Rockefeller Republican.

[Simfan34]

glad I'm not poor.

Absurdity.

[Simfan34]

Sbane is from California and therefore understandably has a slanted opinion on public unions.

[Simfan34]

Very stupid. He did nothing wrong.

He broke the law.

So did Rosa Parks.