The Deluge of Absurdity, Ignorance, and Bad Posts

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I put Politico permanently on ignore about a week ago and have resisted the urge to click 'show,' but that's rich.

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Great patriots.

Context.

Gotta love it when the hacks flat out expose themselves.

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There are a lot of Black youths in Virginia.  They are probably blaming the Bloods and the Crips, LOL.

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I actually think is a good thing. Americans generally have no idea how public policy can affects the lives of people, themselves included. At least this way, they get a pretty good lesson of why politics matters. Voting should never merely be an issue of conscience, like how American culture tries to paint it as.

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Well, unless you're about 90 years old now, there will be plenty of white Presidents in your lifetime.  In fact, I believe Obama will be the only non white President for some time to come.

Just sayin'.

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Well, unless you're about 90 years old now, there will be plenty of white Presidents in your lifetime.  In fact, I believe Obama will be the only non white President for some time to come.

Just sayin'.

I don't see why that's a ridiculous prediction. Black candidates who are elected to non-black/VRA districts are rare. Which is part of what made Barack Obama so unique. Unless you're interpreting "some time" to mean a century.

There is absolutely nothing that can be used to predict when we will have another non-white president.  It is an ignorant statement.

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There is absolutely nothing that can be used to predict when we will have another non-white president.  It is an ignorant statement.

There are often barriers for African-Americans seeking statewide office (for a variety of reasons that aren't particularly relevant right now). Which is why we have no African-American senators. VRA districts and all. Remember, Barack Obama's stint into a VRA district ended in disaster.

There are very few, if at all any, black politicians as of right now who could make even a plausibly successful run for President. Simple as that. And even if there are (I'm looking at you Cory Booker), they're only one of many many plausible candidates. So unless being black makes you 50x more likely to win a primary election, it is exceedingly unlikely that we will have another non-white President in the next few years.

It is exceedingly improbable for the next president, or the president after that

No it isn't.  Demographics have been changing for decades now and just because there aren't any African-American senators doesn't mean there won't be in two or four years.  Yes, we have Cory Booker.  We have Deval Patrick, as well.  Republicans have Marco Rubio and Bobby Jindal.  No one can predict exactly how many white presidents there will be in the future just as no one could have predicted the election of an African-American president ten years ago.

It is an ignorant and baseless statement.  I can't believe I'm actually having an argument about this.

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Joe Biden is no Catholic.  You cannot spend 40 years supporting abortion in public office and be Catholic, period.

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Some of you guys live in solid democrat counties.  At least in a competitive districts, they mean something.

Believe it or not, a vote cast in a solidly Democratic county has the same weight as one cast in a swing county. Who knew!

I mean, if you're a Republican voting in a solid Democrat county, what's the point of voting? Might as well live somewhere else.

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The race feels like 2004, but the election turnout on election night will be 1980.

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The race feels like 2004, but the election turnout on election night will be 1980.

How is that a bad post?  What if the result happens?

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2012 is headed to be a close election for either side, at the moment.  If it's a 1980-like result, I swear to never look at a single poll again until the week before the election.

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Not saying this is possible, but what if this is the map on election day?

If that was the map, I'll be happy the R/R ticket won but I'll have a good reason to move out of CO for good.

colorado will be a better place without you. who will have the misfortune of having you?

CO was better back in the 1980s before 'everybody' and their mom's dog decided to move here. I'm sorry, but if your state failed miserably (California) due to high taxes, standards of living, regulations and of that sort, don't come here and change the demographics with your voting habits. They're blinded by belief and reality escaped a long time ago.

I hate to say this, but alot of Democrats are like vermin cockaroaches, they take over an area, spew their dirty political garbage, walk all over you and move on to the next state. It's an endless cycle and needs to be halted. The blue blood bleeds over and turns the healthy into infected victims.

This guy's on a roll tonight.

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It's about time Billy Graham saw the light and was man enough to admit to this.

Good for him.

Sincerity and humility at its' best.

Billy Graham is to be highly commended for this move.

He did the right thing.

Because apparently it's cool to abandon your morals and backtrack on your past deprecating of religious groups for political reasons.

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That's not good. If it's that close of an election, the Republicans will steal it, especially since they control most of the likely closest states.

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I see the left is in full bash Rasmussen mode. Rasmussen now shows, state by state,  Romney winning [McCain+IN,NC,FL,VA,OH, CO, and NH] with WI and IA in play. His swing state tracker, and national poll has implied this fact for some number of days.

For all the bluster about Rasmussen having a "house effect" for the Republicans, the reality is that it is the polling industry that shows a "house effect" for the Democrats. Obama came nowhere near his final RCP average. Given how heavily Ohio has been polled, it is converging to the industry consensus. Subtract the industry "house effect" for Democrats, and Ohio is lean Romney, or tied. So much for the Ohio firewall BS.

On the other hand, Rasmussen called Obama's final margin within one point. Go ahead and deny facts.

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These fresh polls quite clearly show that Barack Obama has attacked his own religion as well as the people's values.

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here are my political views

Abortion:Leave the way it is.

Gay Rights:I oppose Civil Unions & Gay Marriage & Domestic Partnerships. And i oppose Adoption Rights & Hospital vists & all rights. My plan is to restore our policy on gays that we had in the 60s and 70s.

Environment:Global warming is fake & gay i hate it repeal all environmental legislation abolish the EPA and Drill baby drill open up all areas for drilling.

Israel & Palestine:I hate Both of them we need to help Palestine and kick out the Israelis like David Duke say but next we kick out the palestnians and we take over & make that area our 52nd state.

Patriot Act:I fully support for everybody but whites.

Campaign finance:I support at a national level however at local levels it is the states choices

Death Penalty:Strongly Strongly Strongly Strongly Support Expand & Make Bigger

School System:Let each state make there own laws on education

States rights:I am 100% for states rights if a State wants to get out of america okey go for it i support states rights over the federal government BY FAR

Healthcare:No Universal or Healthcare Reform. Cut Medicare and Medicade to if someone wants Healthcare go to your church for that or a private doctor which you pay for no government health care at all.

NSA:I want to X the funding of NSA by 10 we need to colonize saturn & mars.

Taxes:A 10% flat tax is the way to go. But if states want to change this then they can. Ether they create there own Tax plan or follow the national. Generally state by state but i believe 10% flat tax is the only smart way progressive tax is gay & dume.

Social Secuirty:This is dume & stupid if you benifits go to a church or your local group.

Welfare:let each state create there own welfare plans no federal government involovement each state makes there plans.

Washington DC:I support DCS state right so we can move blacks from Virginia there.

Miltary:We need more money support our troops we need more money going to the trops.

Immigrants:Ban all immigrants all of them and kick out all minorties america needs to be white only just whites.

Affirmative Action:simple kick out all the blacks,jews,mexicans and make america what it is a all white nation problem solved.

Corperate Tax rate: 5% tax

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Happier than ever to be a homosexual backing Romney.

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I knew I was gonna get criticized for posting that.

Broadly speaking yes, although I'd dispute some of the specifics. If you're a serious Christian you're taking a serious gamble putting your kids in the public schools. I know I'll be homeschooling mine.

Not sure how one can justify this, though.

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I knew I was gonna get criticized for posting that.

Broadly speaking yes, although I'd dispute some of the specifics. If you're a serious Christian you're taking a serious gamble putting your kids in the public schools. I know I'll be homeschooling mine.

Not sure how one can justify this, though.

Why would that be absurd? I don't agree with it, but why is that in here? Isn't it obvious why he would consider it a gamble to send kids to public schools? The schools aren't allowed to teach Christianity so he likely views the moral code they would be teaching his children to be flawed in some way.

And Scott, why do you post so many things in here that aren't absurd just because you disagree with them?

Personally, I've never had a problem with the public schools I've gone to and rarely do I hear talk of sending someone's kids to them to be more of a 'gamble' than if the child learns in any other type of school, so the remark came off as weird to me.  I see no reason why someone can't learn the traditional curriculum in public school alongside religious studies privately and I really don't have a problem if someone goes to either a public or private school, as long as the science curriculum isn't modified so that students are taught certain things which, quite simply, can't be backed scientifically.

If I find a post absurd, I put it here.  What constitutes as absurd varies by individual.  But if we have to be politically correct about everything, maybe next time I'll post them in the Comedy Goldmine or something like that.

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I knew I was gonna get criticized for posting that.

Broadly speaking yes, although I'd dispute some of the specifics. If you're a serious Christian you're taking a serious gamble putting your kids in the public schools. I know I'll be homeschooling mine.

Not sure how one can justify this, though.

Why would that be absurd? I don't agree with it, but why is that in here? Isn't it obvious why he would consider it a gamble to send kids to public schools? The schools aren't allowed to teach Christianity so he likely views the moral code they would be teaching his children to be flawed in some way.

And Scott, why do you post so many things in here that aren't absurd just because you disagree with them?

Personally, I've never had a problem with the public schools I've gone to and rarely do I hear talk of sending someone's kids to them to be more of a 'gamble' than if the child learns in any other type of school, so the remark came off as weird to me.  I see no reason why someone can't learn the traditional curriculum in public school alongside religious studies privately and I really don't have a problem if someone goes to either a public or private school, as long as the science curriculum isn't modified so that students are taught certain things which, quite simply, can't be backed scientifically.

If I find a post absurd, I put it here.  What constitutes as absurd varies by individual.  But if we have to be politically correct about everything, maybe next time I'll post them in the Comedy Goldmine or something like that.

When did he say anything about science?

Not the point.

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I knew I was gonna get criticized for posting that.

Broadly speaking yes, although I'd dispute some of the specifics. If you're a serious Christian you're taking a serious gamble putting your kids in the public schools. I know I'll be homeschooling mine.

Not sure how one can justify this, though.

Why would that be absurd? I don't agree with it, but why is that in here? Isn't it obvious why he would consider it a gamble to send kids to public schools? The schools aren't allowed to teach Christianity so he likely views the moral code they would be teaching his children to be flawed in some way.

And Scott, why do you post so many things in here that aren't absurd just because you disagree with them?

Personally, I've never had a problem with the public schools I've gone to and rarely do I hear talk of sending someone's kids to them to be more of a 'gamble' than if the child learns in any other type of school, so the remark came off as weird to me.  I see no reason why someone can't learn the traditional curriculum in public school alongside religious studies privately and I really don't have a problem if someone goes to either a public or private school, as long as the science curriculum isn't modified so that students are taught certain things which, quite simply, can't be backed scientifically.

If I find a post absurd, I put it here.  What constitutes as absurd varies by individual.  But if we have to be politically correct about everything, maybe next time I'll post them in the Comedy Goldmine or something like that.

When did he say anything about science?

Not the point.

Then what is? You want to prevent him from being able to teach his kids his religious beliefs? Or you want to put him in a situation where he would have his kids potentially being taught two different moralities, one at home and one at school? When you ban religion from everywhere else, you also effectively ban some people from those things as well.

And you don't even need to bother quoting this into the Deluge since it's already here.

TJ, I'm surprised at you.  I've never seen a post strawmanned so brutally.  I just said I don't have a problem whether parents send their kids to public or private schools and I especially don't have a problem with parents teaching morality to them.  However, fearing public schools on the basis that 'it's a gamble' is highly irrational (as you seem to agree, somewhat) just as it would be to fear private schools for carrying any potential risks.  Banning religion?  What?

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Scott, for many people ethics should not be something compartmentalized but something that is part of the whole day.  Sending your kids to a public school where there is no 'one true religion' would be exposing your kids a different set of values if you were one of those for whom the first question in deciding whether something is moral is "Does my god approve?" rather than "Does this hurt others?"  While in most cases the two questions will lead to the same definitions of right and wrong, it doesn't always do so.

Kids are going to be exposed to various religious and moral viewpoints throughout life, and the school a person goes to doesn't change that.  Learning ethics which do not exclusively stem from religious teachings doesn't make the experience of public schooling any more of a "gamble," nor should it make religious ethics any less valid, either.  If, for a religious person, applying the wisdom of both those questions to moral concepts isn't ideal, then you've lost me there.  The only gamble that exists is one that's imagined, and to suggest that it's just "serious Christians" taking any kind of risk is downright absurd.

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BRTD beat me to it.