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11/18/2007 7:52:44 PM
has anyone noticed that the war/anti-war choice has changed fromleave Iraq <-> stay the course in Iraqtostay the course in Iraq <-> Stay in Iraq and invade IranWell, at least for the major candidates.
11/19/2007 12:51:49 AM
OMG the candidates are flip-flopping Everything out of the front candidates mouth is strategically plotted verbal diarrhea in order draw the most % of their target voters. I do not buy half the shit spoken and will only judge candidates on the route i think they will take and what they actually do in office. George W said a lot of shit during his campaign in 2000 then did the exact opposite or failed to follow through on a lot of topics. Realistically I do not think Hillary is irresponsible enough to adopt the so called "baby bond" for every born child getting $5000 at birth. This I think is just lip service to appeal to the working class and minority groups who are all about free handouts. Billy Bob getting $5000 at birth means that Mary Beth can upgrade to that double wide instead of saving that money to send Billy Bob to community college at 18.
11/19/2007 9:32:48 AM
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11/19/2007 3:19:56 PM
I've heard multiple poor people in Raleigh talk of this revolution.I could really see some of them dragging politicians out into the street and murdering them in a bloody revolution. Those are some crazy motherfuckers.
11/19/2007 5:17:20 PM
Oh yeah, don't get so carried away with the war in Iraq that you forget about the war that we're fighting at home against our own people.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7102054.stm
11/19/2007 6:14:11 PM
^Gee I wonder why our prison systems are so fucked up? Maybe it has something to do with the ridiculous social welfare system in this country that keeps people impoverished and punishes them for trying to become self-sufficient? Or maybe the complete lack of help for repopulating inmates once they leave prison? Or maybe the stigma our federal and state governments put on ex-cons, making it all but impossible for them to become equal standing members of society again?The prison system, much like most of our other social systems, shows how complete the failure really is, and how our tax money is being thrown down the toilet.
11/20/2007 1:43:49 AM
^ You would have a hard time appealing to the public, particularly the right, on the basis that we're treating criminals and excriminals too harshly.
11/20/2007 2:32:49 AM
^you'd do it by showing that they're not really "criminals", but "unjustly incriminated citizens" you know, by using whatever logic is being used to forgive EX-CONVICT rush limbaugh for his drug CRIME
11/20/2007 8:13:41 AM
11/20/2007 11:23:14 AM
^^ You don't have to convince me.I know someone personally who believes that no criminal should have any luxury. THey should spend the entirety of their term in jail, no TV, no exercise, eating bread and water. Obviously, this person is a conservative as well. And what's even more screwy is that this person has done more illegal things that most people, just never got caught. His justification is that they are criminals and it's their punishment. It boils down to whether people believe prisons can serve as rehabilitation, or if they are purely for punishment. I've never seen anything to indicate that prison for punishment only is the best way. Some people are beyond help, but I bet the majority of people in prison can reform.
11/20/2007 11:32:27 AM
I think they should be treated a little worse in prisonnot inhumane or what not...but I also feel like once they have served their time they should no longer be "ex cons"... they should be able to vote, and in some circumstances, be able to own or possess firearms (defense of ones family & home)
11/20/2007 12:13:12 PM
yeah the one thing i severely disagree with in our current system is how once you fuck up you are pretty much severely hindered from progressing in society which leads many ex-cons back into crime or prevents them from fully meeting their potential in society. Once convicted of a felony you have to list it on every job application hence forth.I can understand companies not wanting to hire someone who is a convicted thief or with a criminal history in violent crimes. On the other hand someone who say was caught with 3 oz of pot as a stupid 18 yr old his now severely hindered and pretty much a casualty of the system. These days even getting convicted of a DUI can often prevent you from getting a lot of jobs.
11/20/2007 12:27:20 PM
^ so then what you are saying is not that felonies should be treated harshly; rather, you are saying that we've got too many bullshit things that are felonies.I think that having a felony should be a serious thing and that it should preempt you from certain privileges that others enjoy. But, I don't think that 3oz of pot should be a felony.Furthermore, I think that inmates should EARN their keep. What better way to rehabilitate a man than to show him that he must earn his shelter, bread, and water? Prisons right now are nothing more than a highly structured resort stay. Inmates sue for not getting enough KOOL-AID, for fuck's sake. Then, to make it worse, inmates who normally aren't violent are forced into the ways of violence in order to survive in prison, what with the multitude of gangs and shit. What are our prisons really accomplishing? Absolutely nothing.
11/20/2007 6:16:03 PM
11/20/2007 6:38:41 PM
we will pass 9 million today!!!
11/21/2007 11:11:23 AM
11/21/2007 11:06:39 PM
The man wants a return to the gold standard.I
11/22/2007 12:42:39 PM
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11/22/2007 2:31:47 PM
Yes, I was 100% talking about all criminals, unconditionally.
11/22/2007 2:32:51 PM
^I'm not saying there shouldnt be educational and vocational training and work in prison.There shouldn't be the down-time activities though, they need to be working to pay for their own incarceration. But it doesnt matter how much you rehabilitate while someone is in prison if you drop them out on the street without resources or fallbacks once they get out of prison.
11/22/2007 9:11:08 PM
people say that law enforcement alone can't round up all of the illegalsso we should get the very citizens who want the illegally-filled jobs to do the rounding upthere should be some non-profit organization that serves ex-cons that can't find work by assisting them in going around "busting" illegal immigrant workersand after the illegals' arrest and deportation, the ex-cons would immediately fill the now available jobso that it can't be reclaimed by the illegal, should they returnsounds good, eh?
11/23/2007 7:36:50 AM
no b.c then i would pay higher costs for a variety of shit that cheap illegal immigrant labor current helps to make/pick/clean.
11/23/2007 11:34:19 AM
^^ that's just it. We don't HAVE TO round them all up. That's a huge fucking strawman. But, what we do is we DEPORT THEM IMMEDIATELY when we find them, end of story. The po-po picks up a guy and he turns out to be an illegal alien? DEPORT HIM. This isn't fucking rocket science here. And then, how do you pay for the deportation? CHARGE THE COMPANY THAT EMPLOYED HIM. That company aided and abetted a criminal. Let it pay for the criminal's deportation.Gee, but that makes too much fucking sense...
11/23/2007 9:36:50 PM
Illegal immigration by mexicans only hurts the working and poor classes. On the other hand the middle and upper classes have a net benefit. aaronburro is some wetback stealing your construction or berry picking job; is this why you have such hatred toward illegal mexican immigrants???http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_immigration_to_the_United_States[Edited on November 25, 2007 at 1:51 AM. Reason : l]
11/25/2007 1:51:26 AM
the reason i dont like all this illegal immigration is that its too quick and it brings up a problemmexican come here, work hard, have kidsthe kids will go to public school where they mix in with other kidsand when they graduate what do you think they'll wanna doconstruction? heck no, they'll wanna be like all their buddies, in a cubicleand in one generation the millions of illegal immigrants dissapear from low wage jobsthen what? let more in? no this aint gonna work
11/25/2007 2:04:33 AM
11/25/2007 11:41:59 AM
Obviously it would be much better if they were a permanent underclass as determined by birth.
11/25/2007 2:05:22 PM
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11/25/2007 2:26:43 PM
is it worth it? no.
11/25/2007 2:28:49 PM
deyy tukkk err jerbsss right aaronburro
11/25/2007 7:13:31 PM
Good Washington Post article on Paul, his campaign's performance, the term "libertarian", and his supporters' alienation from the two parties.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/23/AR2007112301299.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
11/26/2007 9:22:00 AM
^
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^cont'
11/26/2007 9:51:45 AM
I guess someone doesn't like Ron Paul. Just saw this in the coliseum parking deck about an hour ago.
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11/29/2007 9:57:17 AM
This, though, is the most important segment.That's the kind of look one deserves to get for saying our isolationism gave rise to Hitler's power.[Edited on November 29, 2007 at 12:41 PM. Reason : a]
11/29/2007 12:34:57 PM
EarthDogg say it isn't so!!! Are you saying the liberal democrats led by Bill Clinton in the 90's shrank the size of gov't and practiced fiscal responsibility. Whereas the "conservative" republican president has exponentially bloated the size of gov't (espicially when it come to DoD and gestapo type policing agencies) and run us into a serious debt. [Edited on November 29, 2007 at 12:46 PM. Reason : a]
11/29/2007 12:46:26 PM
^^I've never seen someone get owned by a facial expression like that.
11/29/2007 3:05:26 PM
McCain pretty much proved Godwin's Law last night
11/29/2007 4:07:20 PM