Unlimited "Glenn Beck is a nutter" thread

[Earthbound Spirit]

I don't listen to talk radio...

[Salty]

The only presidents I feel comfortable estimating are Andrew Jackson (asshole) and Clinton (horndog).

But if it's true that Carter put a wood stove in the oval office, he gets my stamp of approval for, if nothing else, putting his money where his mouth was.

Wait no. I'm sorry, I was wrong.

Reagan was an asshole too.  

Alty,
has no political nuance but knows what he likes.

[Requia ☣]

They were all assholes, the question is what kind of asshole.

[Salty]

WHY DO WE KEEP ELECTING ASSHOLES?!
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Is it because we, too, are assholes?

[Iason Ouabache]

WHY DO WE KEEP ELECTING ASSHOLES?!
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Is it because we, too, are assholes?

To get to the top of the heap and be elected to the highest position in the land you have to be an asshole. They can't just turn it off and stop being an asshole once they are in office.

[AFK]

Its assholes all the way up. 

[Jenne]

Its assholes all the way up. 

AND DOWN.  I keep pointing to the local politicians in this subforum, because it really TRULY starts there.  They let corruption seep into your neighborhoods, your local businesses, your local taxes, and your schools.  We are always quick to look at the state governments and the federal, but how often do we get to really KNOW what our council members, mayors, board of education folks and the like are DOING out there?  WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY DOING?

[BabylonHoruv]

Its assholes all the way up. 

AND DOWN.  I keep pointing to the local politicians in this subforum, because it really TRULY starts there.  They let corruption seep into your neighborhoods, your local businesses, your local taxes, and your schools.  We are always quick to look at the state governments and the federal, but how often do we get to really KNOW what our council members, mayors, board of education folks and the like are DOING out there?  WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY DOING?

Local government is a lot easier to effect too, we should probably be focusing on them more.

[Doktor Howl]

I don't listen to talk radio...

Okay.

So where do you get these weird ideas about Carter? 

[Requia ☣]

They are everywhere Roger.  You can't escape them.  Hell I believed them until I actually looked at the employment numbers.

[Earthbound Spirit]

I think we've been over this before, but new job creation numbers are just one factor in determining economic success where as the double digit inflation rates, very high interest rates, and double digit unemployment rates would imply to me that Carter was a economic failure.

[Doktor Howl]

I think we've been over this before, but new job creation numbers are just one factor in determining economic success where as the double digit inflation rates, very high interest rates, and double digit unemployment rates would imply to me that Carter was a economic failure.

No links, no nothing.  More Rush Limbaugh jabbering.

TRANSLATION:  "NO AMOUNT OF FACTS WILL GET ME TO CHANGE MY RELIGIOUS BELIEFS CONCERNING POLITICIANS.  GOOD NIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR COMING."

[Doktor Howl]

They are everywhere Roger.  You can't escape them.  Hell I believed them until I actually looked at the employment numbers.

Difference is, you were able to process the data and alter your POV.

With most of these people, it's a fucking religion, and no amount of facts will get them to move their POV one iota...for the same fucking reason a non-rich person would sign on with the right wing nutjobs in the first place.

[Earthbound Spirit]

I went to get the unemployment numbers and the fact of the matter is, I'm not going to be able to produce them.  It doesn't seem they were as high as I remembered.  I am wrong on that point. 

[Shibboleet The Annihilator]

A libertarian basing their political views on things that are not facts?

Holy shit! Really?

Its assholes all the way up.  

AND DOWN.  I keep pointing to the local politicians in this subforum, because it really TRULY starts there.  They let corruption seep into your neighborhoods, your local businesses, your local taxes, and your schools.  We are always quick to look at the state governments and the federal, but how often do we get to really KNOW what our council members, mayors, board of education folks and the like are DOING out there?  WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY DOING?

Ask your local public affairs reporter/read your local paper. If they aren't covering it, write angry letters encouraging to do their fucking job. Encourage everyone you know to do the same. Threaten to unsubscribe.


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