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NH GoP state House Speaker wants to remove voting rights from college students..

Started by Luna, March 09, 2011, 01:58:24 PM

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Suu

#45
March 10, 2011, 03:05:41 PM
Quote from: Hover Cat on March 10, 2011, 12:12:59 AM
Quote from: Luna on March 09, 2011, 06:25:46 PM
Hey, we could take it back to when only landowners got a vote, I suppose...
My stepfather, a Tea Bagger in denial, has suggested as much. I pointed out that I'd loose the right to vote and he just shrugged. I should really remind him that he spent a good portion of his adult life (and most of my parents' marriage) renting. That is, when he wasn't living on a base someplace.


While your at it, remind him that his taxes pay for all of his fellow servicemen's paychecks and benefits. That's always a good way to make some of them explode. I've seen it.
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#46
March 10, 2011, 03:21:26 PM
The troops are also government employees.  Do you support them?

Muhaha
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Juana

#47
March 10, 2011, 05:03:32 PM
Quote from: Princess Suu the Apostate on March 10, 2011, 03:05:41 PM
Quote from: Hover Cat on March 10, 2011, 12:12:59 AM
Quote from: Luna on March 09, 2011, 06:25:46 PM
Hey, we could take it back to when only landowners got a vote, I suppose...
My stepfather, a Tea Bagger in denial, has suggested as much. I pointed out that I'd loose the right to vote and he just shrugged. I should really remind him that he spent a good portion of his adult life (and most of my parents' marriage) renting. That is, when he wasn't living on a base someplace.


While your at it, remind him that his taxes pay for all of his fellow servicemen's paychecks and benefits. That's always a good way to make some of them explode. I've seen it.
He's aware of it, having been in the Army. I don't really understand him. He's smart and generally a nice person, but he's still a Tea Bagger.
"I dispose of obsolete meat machines.  Not because I hate them (I do) and not because they deserve it (they do), but because they are in the way and those older ones don't meet emissions codes.  They emit too much.  You don't like them and I don't like them, so spare me the hysteria."

Doktor Howl

#48
March 10, 2011, 06:07:46 PM
Quote from: Hover Cat on March 10, 2011, 05:03:32 PM
He's smart and generally a nice person, but he's still a Tea Bagger.

These are mutually exclusive terms.
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Juana

#49
March 10, 2011, 06:19:31 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 10, 2011, 06:07:46 PM
Quote from: Hover Cat on March 10, 2011, 05:03:32 PM
He's smart and generally a nice person, but he's still a Tea Bagger.

These are mutually exclusive terms.
I suppose I should say he's nice to my family, but yeah, you have a point. I don't think I would ever allow him to met my gay, Muslim, or Middle Eastern friends. He'd probably make them horribly uncomfortable, even if he didn't make a bigoted remark.
"I dispose of obsolete meat machines.  Not because I hate them (I do) and not because they deserve it (they do), but because they are in the way and those older ones don't meet emissions codes.  They emit too much.  You don't like them and I don't like them, so spare me the hysteria."

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#50
March 10, 2011, 06:23:59 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 10, 2011, 03:21:26 PM
The troops are also government employees.  Do you support them?

Muhaha

No, but they do support the contractors and 'security contractors' that those troops justify having.  After all, big business is good, even especially when its business getting massive handouts from the government (as long as its the right side of the aisle passing out the money).
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Doktor Howl

#51
March 10, 2011, 06:24:28 PM
Quote from: Hover Cat on March 10, 2011, 06:19:31 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 10, 2011, 06:07:46 PM
Quote from: Hover Cat on March 10, 2011, 05:03:32 PM
He's smart and generally a nice person, but he's still a Tea Bagger.

These are mutually exclusive terms.
I suppose I should say he's nice to my family, but yeah, you have a point. I don't think I would ever allow him to met my gay, Muslim, or Middle Eastern friends. He'd probably make them horribly uncomfortable, even if he didn't make a bigoted remark.

I have met nice, stupid teabaggers who joined up because they thought they couldn't be Good Americans™ otherwise, and I have met smart, amoral teabaggers who joined up because it gave them someone to hate and excuse to unload the terrible burden of thinking.

I have never met a smart, nice teabagger, nor do I ever expect to.

By supporting the tea party, a person is indulging in evil, whether by design or by stupidity.
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Juana

#52
March 11, 2011, 03:42:09 AM
Design, in his case, I think.
"I dispose of obsolete meat machines.  Not because I hate them (I do) and not because they deserve it (they do), but because they are in the way and those older ones don't meet emissions codes.  They emit too much.  You don't like them and I don't like them, so spare me the hysteria."

Cain

#53
March 11, 2011, 02:09:01 PM
When I was at Uni, I still had to be registered at my "permament" address.  Which was really fucking stupid, as for all the reasons pointed out ITT (ie; I spent money and used services in Scotland, not my home constituency).

Luna

#54
March 11, 2011, 02:18:29 PM
Quote from: Cain on March 11, 2011, 02:09:01 PM
When I was at Uni, I still had to be registered at my "permament" address.  Which was really fucking stupid, as for all the reasons pointed out ITT (ie; I spent money and used services in Scotland, not my home constituency).

The instructions for the US census (upon which all sorts of federal cash-flinging is based) is that you list yourself where you're sleeping when the count is taken.  It's taken during the school year... so students are counted at school, not at their permanent residence.
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#55
March 11, 2011, 02:21:24 PM
If you're spending more than six months at a residence, it should count as your "permament" residence regardless of where the hell you are sleeping.

Luna

#56
March 11, 2011, 02:22:52 PM
Quote from: Cain on March 11, 2011, 02:21:24 PM
If you're spending more than six months at a residence, it should count as your "permament" residence regardless of where the hell you are sleeping.

Agreed.  Get me started on the people around here who have a P.O. Box in Florida that they list as a "permanent" address...  Mostly the blue-haired old ladies who keep their residence there to keep a Florida driver's license, because they can't pass the tests, here.
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Quote from: The Payne on November 16, 2011, 07:08:55 PM
If Luna was a furry, she'd sex humans and scream "BEASTIALITY!" at the top of her lungs at inopportune times.

Quote from: Nigel on March 24, 2011, 01:54:48 AM
I like the Luna one. She is a good one.

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