Loved the speech. Looking forward to seeing it put in action, and making sure that action is taken.
Feb-25-2009 04:34
winston
ultraviolet catastrophe
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: Yggdrasill
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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Though de Tocqueville was remarkably brilliant, some could say that Congress has just discovered that it needs to stop bribing powerful lobbies (Wall Street, rich people, agribusiness) with the public's money.
what is your view on this new guy from the republican party?
Feb-25-2009 04:34
bas
Stronger Lover
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Here I Am Baby
quote:
Originally posted by winston
what is your view on this new guy from the republican party?
He reminds me of someone from the Player Haters Ball sketch on Chappelle's Show. I'm expecting him to end his speech with "now if you'll excuse me I gotta get home and change the water in Obama's mother's bowl!"
*hate hate hate hate hate*
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Feb-25-2009 04:37
winston
ultraviolet catastrophe
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: Yggdrasill
quote:
Originally posted by bas
He reminds me of someone from the Player Haters Ball sketch on Chappelle's Show. I'm expecting him to end his speech with "now if you'll excuse me I gotta get home and change the water in Obama's mother's bowl!"
*hate hate hate hate hate*
he has a southern accent too
Feb-25-2009 04:38
The17sss
C.R.E.A.M.
Registered: May 2008
Location: Charlotte, NC
quote:
Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Though de Tocqueville was remarkably brilliant, some could say that Congress has just discovered that it needs to stop bribing powerful lobbies (Wall Street, rich people, agribusiness) with the public's money.
Don't forget democrat stalwarts like the unions and the trial lawyers in that powerful lobby list of people being bribed... it ain't all Republicans. I doubt there is much disparity anymore between who's "richer" (dems/repubs) anyway. The class envy stereotype is worn out. Besides, more people in the upper income tax brackets swayed Obama's way in this election. It's all inclusive.
The quote is still money though.
Feb-25-2009 04:39
pkcRAISTLIN
arbiter's chief minion
Registered: Jul 2002
Location:
quote:
Originally posted by The17sss
"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money."
-Alexis de Tocqueville
Some could see it coming in the 1800's
oh look, trancer-x is back!
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Feb-25-2009 04:40
LeopoldStotch
Suapremae tranecadictt
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Yawbs,Giaks,and Automobiles
quote:
Originally posted by winston
what is your view on this new guy from the republican party?
what? Bobby Jindal? I think he gave a good impersentation of a M. Night Shyamalan movie ..... tries to deliver the punch, and drop the big surprise at the end, and ends up in a failure.
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Feb-25-2009 04:40
Renzo
where am i
Registered: Jan 2004
Location:
I don't know about you guys, but I think Bobby Jindal was brilliant in Slumdog.
Feb-25-2009 04:41
LeopoldStotch
Suapremae tranecadictt
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Yawbs,Giaks,and Automobiles
quote:
Originally posted by winston
he has a southern accent too
he's born and raised in Louisiana. I guess that's what happens to Indians who live in the boondocks. They end up like him.
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Feb-25-2009 04:42
whiskers
old skool
Registered: Sep 2001
Location: in your dreams
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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Really? Because there were at least three initiatives that were never even mentioned on the campaign, and several that I had pegged as abandoned long before Nov. 4.
Reforming agricultural subsidies... I'm curious to see where that is heading.
aren't you an alt?
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Feb-25-2009 04:44
Lebezniatnikov
Stupidity Annoys Me
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: DC
quote:
Originally posted by winston
what is your view on this new guy from the republican party?
Jindal?
He's probably the Republicans' best hope in 2012... seems fairly competent, and he's a Rhodes Scholar to boot... but his history with strange religious practices doesn't bode well for the Christian Party.
Originally posted by The17sss
Don't forget democrat stalwarts like the unions and the trial lawyers in that powerful lobby list of people being bribed... it ain't all Republicans. I doubt there is much disparity anymore between who's "richer" (dems/repubs) anyway. The class envy stereotype is worn out. Besides, more people in the upper income tax brackets swayed Obama's way in this election. It's all inclusive.
The quote is still money though.
The difference being that the rich people voting for Barack Obama don't mind taking a hit on taxes in order to further the greater good.
