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Tonto 1
You may see me if you go to the DZ.com boogie, and maybe a 1 day visit to my friends in Perris and Elsinore. Other than that - its an in and out visit.
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It's the year of the Pig.
Tonto 1
I won't be in Houston. Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll divert my flight due to an "Orange" threat warning or something! If they do - I'm going to mail you!
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It's the year of the Pig.
> Do you exclude the other side of your political fence from your social circle? <
No, political ideology in the long run doesn't matter. Personal friendships are what count.
No, political ideology in the long run doesn't matter. Personal friendships are what count.
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"From the mightiest pharaoh to the lowliest peasant,
who doesn't enjoy a good sit?" C. Montgomery Burns
"From the mightiest pharaoh to the lowliest peasant,
who doesn't enjoy a good sit?" C. Montgomery Burns
gjhdiver 0
QuoteMy closest friends (in fact, all but one or two) are hardcore leftists. I'm a right-wing libertarian
That's maybe because in the political spectrum, libertarians are closer to the far left and vice versa that most people would believe. There are only a few core issues that separte them. For instance, as a leftist who supports the second amendment, I could throw a rock and hit you from by position I think.
I'm also a lefty who supports the second amendment.
It's about the only thing I disagree with the ACLU on.
I'm all for personal freedom. If you're not hurting anyone by doing it, go ahead. (this is why I can't vote republican...they're too mired in making everyone adhere to their narrow-minded value system)
I'm also all for social programs, but feel they should be privately funded by the people who believe in them. (why I grudgingly vote democrat. I don't like that my tax dollars are given to social programs, but since I'd give voluntarily anyway, and I can't bring myself to vote for someone who wants to take rights away from me and others, I feel I have to vote democrat, because third parties don't have a snowball's chance)
So, I'm a social liberal and an economic moderate.
It's about the only thing I disagree with the ACLU on.
I'm all for personal freedom. If you're not hurting anyone by doing it, go ahead. (this is why I can't vote republican...they're too mired in making everyone adhere to their narrow-minded value system)
I'm also all for social programs, but feel they should be privately funded by the people who believe in them. (why I grudgingly vote democrat. I don't like that my tax dollars are given to social programs, but since I'd give voluntarily anyway, and I can't bring myself to vote for someone who wants to take rights away from me and others, I feel I have to vote democrat, because third parties don't have a snowball's chance)
So, I'm a social liberal and an economic moderate.
gjhdiver 0
QuoteSome of the people I like the most have political views that are often the polar opposite of mine.
Gareth Holder is the clear frontrunner, but he's in the company of Quade and the vonNovaks
This is because most political debate tends to focus on the core wedge issues to divide people. You'll see that in the posts here. They devolve into propagandising almost immediately. However, you'll find that even if you're sat out far left like me, you'll have way more in common with a conservative than you have differences. If more people concentrated on the commonality, rather then the differences, the tone of politics in this country would be much more civil. The word compromise might suddenly become a valued item in the discourse, instead of being considered a weakness. I blame Reagan for starting that trend, but then it's pretty well documented that I blame him for just about everything, including the Spanish Civil War, and male pattern baldness.
While this country is comprised on one half trying to "take back" the country from the other, you're just going to see more of this nonsense.
There is one exception to this rule, and that is religious fundamentalists. Those I would place on a remote Island.
Then I would blow that island up.
Then I would shoot that island into the sun.
Then I would blow the sun up.
That should cure that problem.
Jimbo 0
QuoteI'm all for personal freedom. If you're not hurting anyone by doing it, go ahead.
Define 'hurting' as you've used it here. Is it causing bodily harm, or making someone sad?
QuoteI'm also all for social programs, but feel they should be privately funded by the people who believe in them.
So you vote Democrat?
QuoteI feel I have to vote democrat, because third parties don't have a snowball's chance
Not as long as people hold that attitude, they don't.
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Jim
"Like" - The modern day comma
Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
Good bye, my friends. You are missed.
I would define hurting as something that is measurably painful, rather emotionally, physically, or financially.
if someone steals money, stalks someone, or physically harms them against their will, they should be legally responsible.
If someone wants to marry someone of the same sex, that has nothing to do with anyone but the two consenting adults, and the state, therefore, has no business regulating it.
if someone steals money, stalks someone, or physically harms them against their will, they should be legally responsible.
If someone wants to marry someone of the same sex, that has nothing to do with anyone but the two consenting adults, and the state, therefore, has no business regulating it.
Deuce 1
QuoteI blame him for just about everything, including the Spanish Civil War, and male pattern baldness.
QuoteThose I would place on a remote Island.
Then I would blow that island up.
Then I would shoot that island into the sun.
Then I would blow the sun up.
Have your blood tested. Your meds are balanced perfectly today.
-Dude, you are so funny.
Political, religious, money, and sexual discussions can always get people hot under the color. But, just because a person's viewpoint is different than mine, doesn't exclude them from friendship. It just makes the discussions that much more interesting.
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