If anyone wants to talk about the debates, or anything else vaguely political, have at it here!
Also, I’m not exactly sure why someone wanted to make wax Romney and Obama heads, but I figured I’d put these up in case any of you were ever wondering what that would look like.
@ ttf – Come on, diogenes already settled this! Health care is a high status consumer good, like a Rolls-Royce. Not dying is a luxury! Having teeth in your head is a luxury! Bah, liberals want the nanny state provide everything these days. If people would just put in an honest day’s work, they could pull themselves up by their bootstraps, and then they could afford their pricey insulin. And don’t give me that crap about not having any boots in the first place. I saw a really nice, simple pair at Gucci the other day. It’s not like there’s an armed guard keeping you from walking into the store to buy them. Geez… being right all the time is exhausting.
Anyone else need something to distract from the depressing rage of everything being shitty? I bring you… LASER CAT!
AHHHHHH, THAT’S TERRIFYING!!
And how dare people talk about taxes on large sodas without mentioning Parks and Recreation.
This is so good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxD9nGL3NLY
And yes, the exploited Ferengi workers finally do realise that it’s in their interest to form a union and go on strike…
I like how the laissez-faire-capitalist Ferengi society is treated as an anomaly in the Star Trek universe. 😀
Shade: There are two things that everyone loves, cats and lasers!
@blitzgal,
I like the Deadwood analogy. They also forget that the real-life Swearingen ended up being murdered on a Colorado street, and the killer was never found. Poetic justice, and not exactly an informercial for libertarianism.
Shade, I’d be terrified except that I have two cats, and one is a Siamese mix. (Very sweet kitty.) His Siamese blue eyes give him eyeshine that is RED! Blazing red. In low light, it can get creepy.
Totally OT. I am just so sick and tired of the political shit. I don’t believe there are all that many undecided, the election is already over except for the voting part, and I am disgusted.
And since I like to post video links, this:
I’m a Libertarian who came from a poor family. I’ve seen family members milk the system and make no attempt to become self-sufficient even though they were perfectly capable of it. It’s unfair to those truly in need of our safety nets. When they mooch it’s bad enough, but rich moochers are the worst. No more corporate welfare!
Ruby. Go away.
Ruby’s a libertarian? Wow, that’s…not at all surprising, actually.
Truthy, I deleted your prison rape joke and you’re going on moderation for it.
My impression of the Libertarian answer: “Blah blah, personal responsibility, blah, blah, no one FORCED that man to come to the country blah, blah, our role is not to be the world’s caretakers, blah, blah – WHAT? Someone like me has been victimized?! Fascism! Coercion! Obviously having a government composed of three representatives, a head of state, four cops and a police dog is TOO MUCH! Statism runs rampant again and steps on the rights of the common man! What we need is a privatized police force, where officers will be accountable for their actions and can be fired at will! Free market! Liberty! Howard Roarke!”
Sorry that I’ve been so sour today. Libertarianism, as my great-grandmother used to say, makes my butt want to dip snuff.
Can I request that Ruby stay at her usual ‘drop a soundbite then run away’ level today? I’ve seen her wax lyrical about libertarianism and why poor people don’t deserve healthcare before and it makes me barf.
@Fitzy DING DING DING WE HAVE A WINNER.
Thank you David.
LOL, Fitzy, my mind immediately went to the butt chugging story when I read “makes my butt want to dip snuff.”
Well now I think it would be fun to say schtick’s name in random articles and see if he appears
thanks Dave (re: moderating the rape joke person). I wanted to point them out earlier but I had to get to class.
@blitzgal – Y’know, from the stories I’ve heard about my great-grandma, that might have been something she’d have found amusing, too.
@ttf – That’s fun! See how quickly you can get him to hit his three comment max. 🙂
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
Tick, tick, tick goes the timebomb.
Eastern Europe did the old communist/socialist/marxist route. Everyone was left in poverty. Communism is designed to fail. It does what’s it supposed to do, demoralize, depopulate and destroy the will of the people. When the wall fell, the leftist communist elite didn’t go away, they set up shop in the western world.
Things are soooooo much better now than 50 years ago. Actually they’re worse in every measurable way. That being the case, a smart person would realize everything that’s been done, needs to be completely undone. Probable time to total economic collapse. One year.
There is one out though. A good old fashioned world war. The producer and directors of the world stage seem to be gearing up for just that particular scene. Good times are just around the corner.
@lowquacks
Can you opt-out of it? If you can’t then thats a problem. I don’t see anything wrong with a privately funded social safety net, but I don’t get why everyone is opted in.
I would much rather have the money I earn now, so I can invest it, and actually have something for retirement. Social security isn’t going to do that.
Ok, so rich people are wankholes. Whatever. I’m not concerned for them because they can take care of themselves. My question has still not been answered.
As far as a social safety net is concerned, I don’t see why it has to be administered by the government. not to sound mercenary, but I also don’t see how someone else being homeless costs me anything.
I think you answered your own question.
If nothing else, diogenes, you have the displeasure of hearing their screaming as they die of their shark bite wounds. That RUINS EVERYTHING. Take it from Leonardo DiCaprio.
Also, go look up “mercenary”. What you said doesn’t sound mercenary, it sounds heartless.