The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by JWBear

So where is the ourage over Halliburton, Blackwater, and that company that was hired to guard the embassy in Afganistan? Billions of dollars of government money paid to companies that do far more illegal things every day than what ACORN has been accused of. Where is the right-wing outrage over that?

Oh... that's right... they are Republican owned and supported companies. My bad.

My oh my! I get lambasted here if I dare point out something done on the left (when the discussion is what is bad on the right) because I'm told that I'm saying "well, your guys do something worse!". Is that where you are taking this? Shocked.

Where's your outrage over the tax cheats in the administration? Or Charles Rangel? We can play this game all day.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

My oh my! I get lambasted here if I dare point out something done on the left (when the discussion is what is bad on the right) because I'm told that I'm saying "well, your guys do something worse!". Is that where you are taking this? Shocked.

Where's your outrage over the tax cheats in the administration? Or Charles Rangel? We can play this game all day.

I'm not denying that both Democrats and Republicans do immoral and illegal things; it's just that the Republicans seem to do a much better job of getting away with it.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by JWBear

I'm not denying that both Democrats and Republicans do immoral and illegal things; it's just that the Republicans seem to do a much better job of getting away with it.

Where's the - -....surely you jest.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

Where's the - -....surely you jest.

No, I'm pretty sure he's not.

Go on and name me any of the large scale corruption matters on the Democratic side. I'm pulling a blank.

Of course, most large corporations are de facto Republican supported, so that's not a fair standard I suppose. The banking industry leans Democrat supported. Lots of bad business there, but pretty much all of the corruption cases were on individuals, not corporations.

The Telecom industry is heavily Democrat supported. I can't think of any corruption scandals there. I believe those are the two industries more supported by the Dem party than the Republican.


On the political side, sorry but again all the big corruption scandals seem to be on the Republican side. I've got to be missing something, because I'm sure the Dems are not averse to corruption. But examples??? I'm again drawing a blank.

[Alex]

The straight dope on prostitutes and filing taxes.

Interesting to learn that you can list your profession as Prostitute and the IRS wouldn't do anything about it since the IRS is not able to share tax returns with law enforcement on their own but rather only when it is requested as part of an existing law enforcement investigation.

Though the article should have mentioned what is put on the form by legal prostitutes in Nevada.

[BarTopDancer]

I touched on this earlier but I'm not sure what I was trying to say came out right.

Racism is alive in this country (if anything needs a "death panel" it's racism and bigotry in general). We're lucky we live in areas that it is not experienced to the blatant extent that it is elsewhere.

Do I think everyone who opposes Obama is a racist? Absolutely not.

Do I think some people are opposing Obama based solely upon his race? Yup.

Do I think they are in the majority? No.

Do I think the extremists who oppose him based upon fear mongering are in the majority? Sort of. They are the vocal majority but I don't think they are the true majority of opposition. I wish that the non-extremists who oppose Obama's plan would speak up in a rational manner and silence the vocal extremists.

Extremists hurt causes on both sides of the fence.

I really fear we are going to be a country divided, forever. Acting like children when our candidate doesn't win, throwing a vocal tantrum, counting down until the next election forever. Behavior like this doesn't help anyone, or the country. I completely believe that if a Republican wins the next election the "left" will be behaving just as bad as the "right" is now.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Wow, if this doesn't sound like someone in serious closeted denial, I don't know what does.

All porn is gay porn and it makes you gay.

Lemme guess what "logic" was used here:

"I looked at porn, I liked seeing the penises in porn, I became gay. Therefore, porn made me gay!"

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

"I looked at porn, I liked seeing the penises in porn, I became gay. Therefore, porn made me gay!"

They're obviously looking at the wrong porn then.

Or is lesbian porn still acceptable?

[Alex]

If you're getting penis with your Playboy you bought the wrong magazine.

I think the logic is that the raison d'etre of pornography is masturbation which, apparently, is a form of homosexuality or moves you down that road. Since onanism is frowned upon by many religious groups I wouldn't be surprised if such a connection has been made ("we think masturbation is bad and we think homosexuality is bad therefore there must be a connection between the two.")

For me as a youngish boy, though, pornography (I was in 6th grade when I traded a VHS copy of Wrestlemania for some Playboys) mostly made me realize that it might be a good idea to head to bed earlier than I otherwise might have.

[The Lovely Mrs. tod]

Does this mean that masturbation means you're gay, or masturbation makes you gay? Or does porn make you gay? Because I really enjoyed "Flesh Gordon" and I'm wondering if I should continue to wait for the gay thing or if I can just carry on as usual?