Illegal Aliens Openly Promote Communism at Atlanta Rally
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Except from just most accounts it was no where near 2-3 million, that's what random people who were in the crowd guessed it was. I believe the police estimate was around 100 to 200 thousand. Possibly three. And 3% is hardly enough to start a revolution. You're using the percentage of Americans who fought in the revolutionary war correct? That'd be a small fraction of those who supported the revolution and the rest of those people were required to support those soldiers(to the little extent that they did). But really, do you want to start a revolution with your 3% when 97% of the country doesn't want your ideals? That's just as oppressive as anything you claim to be against.
Distind wrote:
But really, do you want to start a revolution with your 3% when 97% of the country doesn't want your ideals? That's just as oppressive as anything you claim to be against.
That seems to me to be a core point. It IS fair to say that if 3% of people turned out, that there's more who support it but didn't. Is 3% based on 2-3 million ? Then 100-200 thousand being the real number ( or even say 300k ), I'd say that makes 3 million a fair estimate, so we're back to 3%. Anyhow, you know that people who organise things are always going to exaggerate the turnout.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LHRzxgAxRo&feature=player_embedded[^] The recent pro-illegal alien rally in Atlanta would shock most Americans. These people are openly promoting the destruction of Capitalism along with their hatred of America. Their answer to all problems is the establishment of Communism in the United States. An outright Atheistic pure Communistic government. Why does this story not make the News anywhere in the Mainstream Media? The absence of media coverage speaks to the great advances that Anti-American forces have made in controlling a once venerable profession. Note how they blame Capitalism for Americas debt as Obama, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi spend the country into oblivion. Watch this video, think about it -and pass it along. Then think about Obama’s rush for Amnesty for Illegal Aliens and what it means for America!
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"I see a civil war in the future." I do not. For a start, people are, for the most part, lazy and complacent. In any case, a civil war happens when one section of a country fights another. Riots in the streets, across the country, is not a civil war. It's an issue which I also don't think will happen, but if it did, it's not a war, it's not two sides facing off and fighting to control the whole. "They aren't going to give up power that easy, and they plan on securing more power." CSS talks constantly as if the government is run by an evil shadow group that wants to put us all in work camps. He's explicitly said that. That's crap. The left may have different goals to you, but they have a vision of a country at peace and working together, if you agree with it or not. No-one is looking to enslave anyone. That sort of talk just makes people appear crazy and invalidates anything else they have to say. "We see this with all the current legislation and the illegal aliens being used as a political weapon against grassroots Americans of all races." Again, this is just not true. The facts are that your society NEEDS illegals to do your dirty work for you, that's why the government doesn't just kick them out. Their agenda may be different to yours, but I doubt they are setting up to give the country away and to attack 'grassroots' Americans for the sake of it, or to make slaves, or for anything else. "We also have a lot of government and MSM race baiting to promote a race war." I'd like to see examples. I wonder if any of them are as racist as the things CSS has said in the past. I don't see how that is possible. "Freedom Watch is a good show, but the info war can only go so far, force will be used." A bunch of people on the fringes watching a bunch of outright lies on the internet is no indication that 'force will be used'. The debacle over the deliberate lies told about how airport scanners work and what they can see, is all I need to know, without even looking at the other drivel CSS has posted from those sites. That people like CSS, people with no jobs, no capability for intelligent thought, no ideas of their own, are sponges for conspiracy theorists is nothing new. That they dream of the moment that the people who beat them up in high school, got wives and jobs and live happy lives are proven to be sheep, and they get shown to society to be the ones who were smart and right, is an obvious fantasy, but I see no reason to believe in it. "If after november things don't change
I'm always amazed at how much gloom and doom people are willing to listen to in a time of relative peace. (I'm talking about their immediate sphere or where they live.) For some arguing is their way of contributing to society I guess, regardless of it's connection to events. You can't reason with them and they won't admit when they're wrong if their prediction goes wrong they just change their meaning or put a later date on it. Do you think people who believe in a cause, whether real or not, believe that since they're a part of this cause that they are infoulable and righteous?
That's called seagull management (or sometimes pigeon management)... Fly in, flap your arms and squawk a lot, crap all over everything and fly out again... by _Damian S_
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I'm always amazed at how much gloom and doom people are willing to listen to in a time of relative peace. (I'm talking about their immediate sphere or where they live.) For some arguing is their way of contributing to society I guess, regardless of it's connection to events. You can't reason with them and they won't admit when they're wrong if their prediction goes wrong they just change their meaning or put a later date on it. Do you think people who believe in a cause, whether real or not, believe that since they're a part of this cause that they are infoulable and righteous?
That's called seagull management (or sometimes pigeon management)... Fly in, flap your arms and squawk a lot, crap all over everything and fly out again... by _Damian S_
wolfbinary wrote:
I'm always amazed at how much gloom and doom people are willing to listen to in a time of relative peace.
I think that is human nature. My dad has predicted the imminent end of the world for most of my life.
wolfbinary wrote:
Do you think people who believe in a cause, whether real or not, believe that since they're a part of this cause that they are infoulable and righteous?
I'm not sure about infallible, but I do believe that they get satisfaction from thinking they have higher knowledge and are part of a greater purpose. CSS definitely falls in to this category.
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josda1000 wrote:
This is a line that is extremely common with you, and you seem to never have anything productive to say.
Not to CSS, no. You'll note that when I try to engage him, he ignores me, abuses me, or tries to threaten me.
josda1000 wrote:
Personally I agree with him on each point. Would you care to try to back up your claim on it having no basis in reality?
To you, yes. To him, no. I have to go back and read what he said in order to write a reply.
josda1000 wrote:
Ever hear of the word revolution? Or do you just not like the idea of revolution and guns so much that you just wish to dismiss it?
A small percentage of people demonstrating is a long way from revolution. And I am all for revolution, if the will of the people is not being expressed to a degree that makes people feel the need for it. I have no problems with guns, although I do have an issue with the stupidity of people having guns in their homes because of some fantasy that that keeps the government honest, and a blind view to the shooting deaths it causes in this country.
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Christian Graus wrote:
Not to CSS, no. You'll note that when I try to engage him, he ignores me, abuses me, or tries to threaten me.
I hear you.
Christian Graus wrote:
To you, yes. To him, no. I have to go back and read what he said in order to write a reply.
lol yeah you do.
Christian Graus wrote:
A small percentage of people demonstrating is a long way from revolution.
This is definitely a matter of perception. Find out stats, and tell me I'm wrong.
Christian Graus wrote:
And I am all for revolution, if the will of the people is not being expressed to a degree that makes people feel the need for it. I have no problems with guns, although I do have an issue with the stupidity of people having guns in their homes because of some fantasy that that keeps the government honest, and a blind view to the shooting deaths it causes in this country.
I understand your position. I agreed with you once. And now I disagree. We've been over the reasons why before, and I wish to not get into that right now.
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Christian Graus wrote:
Not to CSS, no. You'll note that when I try to engage him, he ignores me, abuses me, or tries to threaten me.
I hear you.
Christian Graus wrote:
To you, yes. To him, no. I have to go back and read what he said in order to write a reply.
lol yeah you do.
Christian Graus wrote:
A small percentage of people demonstrating is a long way from revolution.
This is definitely a matter of perception. Find out stats, and tell me I'm wrong.
Christian Graus wrote:
And I am all for revolution, if the will of the people is not being expressed to a degree that makes people feel the need for it. I have no problems with guns, although I do have an issue with the stupidity of people having guns in their homes because of some fantasy that that keeps the government honest, and a blind view to the shooting deaths it causes in this country.
I understand your position. I agreed with you once. And now I disagree. We've been over the reasons why before, and I wish to not get into that right now.
Josh Davis
Always looking for blackjack. Or maybe White Frank. One of the two.josda1000 wrote:
This is definitely a matter of perception. Find out stats, and tell me I'm wrong.
The stats when this was happening and discussed, made it very much a small minority of people in the US. I did not assume that every interested person showed up, I multiplied by 10 or something, it's fair to say that for every person who shows up, 9 do not. It's also fair to say that asking the people running the movement how many people showed is not a great way to get a 100% honest answer. Or even that someone standing in the middle of it, was able to do an accurate head count.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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"I see a civil war in the future." I do not. For a start, people are, for the most part, lazy and complacent. In any case, a civil war happens when one section of a country fights another. Riots in the streets, across the country, is not a civil war. It's an issue which I also don't think will happen, but if it did, it's not a war, it's not two sides facing off and fighting to control the whole. "They aren't going to give up power that easy, and they plan on securing more power." CSS talks constantly as if the government is run by an evil shadow group that wants to put us all in work camps. He's explicitly said that. That's crap. The left may have different goals to you, but they have a vision of a country at peace and working together, if you agree with it or not. No-one is looking to enslave anyone. That sort of talk just makes people appear crazy and invalidates anything else they have to say. "We see this with all the current legislation and the illegal aliens being used as a political weapon against grassroots Americans of all races." Again, this is just not true. The facts are that your society NEEDS illegals to do your dirty work for you, that's why the government doesn't just kick them out. Their agenda may be different to yours, but I doubt they are setting up to give the country away and to attack 'grassroots' Americans for the sake of it, or to make slaves, or for anything else. "We also have a lot of government and MSM race baiting to promote a race war." I'd like to see examples. I wonder if any of them are as racist as the things CSS has said in the past. I don't see how that is possible. "Freedom Watch is a good show, but the info war can only go so far, force will be used." A bunch of people on the fringes watching a bunch of outright lies on the internet is no indication that 'force will be used'. The debacle over the deliberate lies told about how airport scanners work and what they can see, is all I need to know, without even looking at the other drivel CSS has posted from those sites. That people like CSS, people with no jobs, no capability for intelligent thought, no ideas of their own, are sponges for conspiracy theorists is nothing new. That they dream of the moment that the people who beat them up in high school, got wives and jobs and live happy lives are proven to be sheep, and they get shown to society to be the ones who were smart and right, is an obvious fantasy, but I see no reason to believe in it. "If after november things don't change
Christian Graus wrote:
"I see a civil war in the future." I do not. For a start, people are, for the most part, lazy and complacent. In any case, a civil war happens when one section of a country fights another. Riots in the streets, across the country, is not a civil war. It's an issue which I also don't think will happen, but if it did, it's not a war, it's not two sides facing off and fighting to control the whole.
That's true: "a civil war happens when one section of a country fights another." New England and the pacific would probably end up fighting the rest of the country, if such an event were to occur. This is also true: "Riots in the streets, across the country, is not a civil war." I don't think he was saying that. We already see two factions being created, which would promote such a war. This is terrible perception, but I'm used to it already: "it's not a war, it's not two sides facing off and fighting to control the whole." We were talking about tea parties vs this communist movement he was talking about. I would rather call it, violent idiots that don't want guns that use other weapons. And yes, they are trying to control the whole. Maybe not directly, but both sides want to change the political system of the country, which may or may not be good overall.
Christian Graus wrote:
"They aren't going to give up power that easy, and they plan on securing more power." CSS talks constantly as if the government is run by an evil shadow group that wants to put us all in work camps. He's explicitly said that. That's crap. The left may have different goals to you, but they have a vision of a country at peace and working together, if you agree with it or not. No-one is looking to enslave anyone. That sort of talk just makes people appear crazy and invalidates anything else they have to say.
I agree.
Christian Graus wrote:
"We see this with all the current legislation and the illegal aliens being used as a political weapon against grassroots Americans of all races." Again, this is just not true. The facts are that your society NEEDS illegals to do your dirty work for you, that's why the government doesn't just kick them out. Their agenda may be different to yours, but I doubt they are setting up to give the country away and to attack 'grassroots' Americans for the sake of it, or to make slaves, or for anything else.
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Christian Graus wrote:
Not to CSS, no. You'll note that when I try to engage him, he ignores me, abuses me, or tries to threaten me.
I hear you.
Christian Graus wrote:
To you, yes. To him, no. I have to go back and read what he said in order to write a reply.
lol yeah you do.
Christian Graus wrote:
A small percentage of people demonstrating is a long way from revolution.
This is definitely a matter of perception. Find out stats, and tell me I'm wrong.
Christian Graus wrote:
And I am all for revolution, if the will of the people is not being expressed to a degree that makes people feel the need for it. I have no problems with guns, although I do have an issue with the stupidity of people having guns in their homes because of some fantasy that that keeps the government honest, and a blind view to the shooting deaths it causes in this country.
I understand your position. I agreed with you once. And now I disagree. We've been over the reasons why before, and I wish to not get into that right now.
Josh Davis
Always looking for blackjack. Or maybe White Frank. One of the two.You realise I posted a second time, to answer the points raised, right ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Except from just most accounts it was no where near 2-3 million, that's what random people who were in the crowd guessed it was. I believe the police estimate was around 100 to 200 thousand. Possibly three. And 3% is hardly enough to start a revolution. You're using the percentage of Americans who fought in the revolutionary war correct? That'd be a small fraction of those who supported the revolution and the rest of those people were required to support those soldiers(to the little extent that they did). But really, do you want to start a revolution with your 3% when 97% of the country doesn't want your ideals? That's just as oppressive as anything you claim to be against.
Distind wrote:
Except from just most accounts it was no where near 2-3 million, that's what random people who were in the crowd guessed it was. I believe the police estimate was around 100 to 200 thousand. Possibly three.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tea_Party_protests,_2010[^] You're right, it does seem to be a few thousand. But also, think of how many people had to work that day and can't afford to miss, but also think of how they were spread all across the country. I still think that bias is a big play here, for both sides.
Distind wrote:
But really, do you want to start a revolution with your 3% when 97% of the country doesn't want your ideals? That's just as oppressive as anything you claim to be against.
I never said I wanted to start a revolution. This is a revolution of ideas, if anything. But if violence continues to pick up, I won't be surprised. But this is what my show is about as well. "The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable. And so, if he is a romantic, he tries to change it. And even if he is not romantic personally, he is apt to spread discontent among those who are." - H L Mencken
Josh Davis
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You realise I posted a second time, to answer the points raised, right ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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josda1000 wrote:
This is definitely a matter of perception. Find out stats, and tell me I'm wrong.
The stats when this was happening and discussed, made it very much a small minority of people in the US. I did not assume that every interested person showed up, I multiplied by 10 or something, it's fair to say that for every person who shows up, 9 do not. It's also fair to say that asking the people running the movement how many people showed is not a great way to get a 100% honest answer. Or even that someone standing in the middle of it, was able to do an accurate head count.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
I just posted a wikipedia link to some reply on this thread. I don't know where lol find it, because it shows that I'm a little skewed, though it did state how the protests are growing all over the country. Of course, the link I posted just showed stats for 2010 though.
Josh Davis
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Christian Graus wrote:
"I see a civil war in the future." I do not. For a start, people are, for the most part, lazy and complacent. In any case, a civil war happens when one section of a country fights another. Riots in the streets, across the country, is not a civil war. It's an issue which I also don't think will happen, but if it did, it's not a war, it's not two sides facing off and fighting to control the whole.
That's true: "a civil war happens when one section of a country fights another." New England and the pacific would probably end up fighting the rest of the country, if such an event were to occur. This is also true: "Riots in the streets, across the country, is not a civil war." I don't think he was saying that. We already see two factions being created, which would promote such a war. This is terrible perception, but I'm used to it already: "it's not a war, it's not two sides facing off and fighting to control the whole." We were talking about tea parties vs this communist movement he was talking about. I would rather call it, violent idiots that don't want guns that use other weapons. And yes, they are trying to control the whole. Maybe not directly, but both sides want to change the political system of the country, which may or may not be good overall.
Christian Graus wrote:
"They aren't going to give up power that easy, and they plan on securing more power." CSS talks constantly as if the government is run by an evil shadow group that wants to put us all in work camps. He's explicitly said that. That's crap. The left may have different goals to you, but they have a vision of a country at peace and working together, if you agree with it or not. No-one is looking to enslave anyone. That sort of talk just makes people appear crazy and invalidates anything else they have to say.
I agree.
Christian Graus wrote:
"We see this with all the current legislation and the illegal aliens being used as a political weapon against grassroots Americans of all races." Again, this is just not true. The facts are that your society NEEDS illegals to do your dirty work for you, that's why the government doesn't just kick them out. Their agenda may be different to yours, but I doubt they are setting up to give the country away and to attack 'grassroots' Americans for the sake of it, or to make slaves, or for anything else.
josda1000 wrote:
But, it's not like we literally need them
True - you could just pay more for services.
josda1000 wrote:
What should be done to prevent such outrage is to get rid of the welfare state (because everyone's so attached to the government that they can't think straight), and then get rid of the law prohibiting illegal persons.
Well, this would work, in the sense that people who have no welfare might well accept jobs that it's not possible to live on, because they'd have nothing and it would take them longer to starve to death that way. If you got rid of welfare, you'd HAVE to raise the minimum wage, people on minimum wage qualify for welfare, that's why they are not dead.
josda1000 wrote:
I'll find the clip where Maddow chews out Rand Paul, because it really is a clear example of spinning.
If you're talking about the media, that's something else. I thought he was talking about government policy. Sure, the media likes to get you radicals fired up and set the cameras rolling, it's good for ratings.
josda1000 wrote:
I'd love for you to watch it, but it seems that you have plenty of bias already against it.
I start off biased against all media sources, that much is true.
josda1000 wrote:
And this is why I know you're a statist, and don't care to listen to anything but your mainstream media; you can not think for yourself, Christian.
Given how much I despise the mainstream media, I find this statement hilarious. I don't trust ANY media, and I double don't trust anything that CSS likes, he has that affect on me. As I've often said, if you're right, CSS is your worst enemy here, because he makes your beliefs look stupid, by attaching them to himself.
josda1000 wrote:
Nevermind the fact that I BROUGHT UP THE SHOW in conversation, but you nail CSS with the idea that he likes it, therefore it is insanity. Think again.
I'm sorry. Years of his abuse makes me predisposed to bias. If I had a chance to watch it, I'd give it a chance, but until I do, all I know is that if the Columbus retard likes it, the odds are good that it is biased and flat out ludicrous.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LHRzxgAxRo&feature=player_embedded[^] The recent pro-illegal alien rally in Atlanta would shock most Americans. These people are openly promoting the destruction of Capitalism along with their hatred of America. Their answer to all problems is the establishment of Communism in the United States. An outright Atheistic pure Communistic government. Why does this story not make the News anywhere in the Mainstream Media? The absence of media coverage speaks to the great advances that Anti-American forces have made in controlling a once venerable profession. Note how they blame Capitalism for Americas debt as Obama, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi spend the country into oblivion. Watch this video, think about it -and pass it along. Then think about Obama’s rush for Amnesty for Illegal Aliens and what it means for America!
Invisible Empire: A New World Order Defined (High Quality 2:14:01)[^] Watch the Fall of the Republic (High Quality 2:24:19)[^] The Truthbox[^]
commies are evil scum of the earth, illegals unamerican
If I have accidentally said something witty, smart, or correct, it is purely by mistake and I apologize for it.
modified on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 11:15 AM
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commies are evil scum of the earth, illegals unamerican
If I have accidentally said something witty, smart, or correct, it is purely by mistake and I apologize for it.
modified on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 11:15 AM
I hope you're keeping these for an eventual book ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Christian Graus wrote:
Given the epic fail of your last two posts, and your inability to answer anyone who pointed out how stupid your comments were, why would anyone bother to readview this one ?
FTFY lol
Josh Davis
Always looking for blackjack. Or maybe White Frank. One of the two.I wish I could give this a 5.
If I have accidentally said something witty, smart, or correct, it is purely by mistake and I apologize for it.
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josda1000 wrote:
But, it's not like we literally need them
True - you could just pay more for services.
josda1000 wrote:
What should be done to prevent such outrage is to get rid of the welfare state (because everyone's so attached to the government that they can't think straight), and then get rid of the law prohibiting illegal persons.
Well, this would work, in the sense that people who have no welfare might well accept jobs that it's not possible to live on, because they'd have nothing and it would take them longer to starve to death that way. If you got rid of welfare, you'd HAVE to raise the minimum wage, people on minimum wage qualify for welfare, that's why they are not dead.
josda1000 wrote:
I'll find the clip where Maddow chews out Rand Paul, because it really is a clear example of spinning.
If you're talking about the media, that's something else. I thought he was talking about government policy. Sure, the media likes to get you radicals fired up and set the cameras rolling, it's good for ratings.
josda1000 wrote:
I'd love for you to watch it, but it seems that you have plenty of bias already against it.
I start off biased against all media sources, that much is true.
josda1000 wrote:
And this is why I know you're a statist, and don't care to listen to anything but your mainstream media; you can not think for yourself, Christian.
Given how much I despise the mainstream media, I find this statement hilarious. I don't trust ANY media, and I double don't trust anything that CSS likes, he has that affect on me. As I've often said, if you're right, CSS is your worst enemy here, because he makes your beliefs look stupid, by attaching them to himself.
josda1000 wrote:
Nevermind the fact that I BROUGHT UP THE SHOW in conversation, but you nail CSS with the idea that he likes it, therefore it is insanity. Think again.
I'm sorry. Years of his abuse makes me predisposed to bias. If I had a chance to watch it, I'd give it a chance, but until I do, all I know is that if the Columbus retard likes it, the odds are good that it is biased and flat out ludicrous.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Christian Graus wrote:
Well, this would work, in the sense that people who have no welfare might well accept jobs that it's not possible to live on, because they'd have nothing and it would take them longer to starve to death that way. If you got rid of welfare, you'd HAVE to raise the minimum wage, people on minimum wage qualify for welfare, that's why they are not dead.
According to the wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_States[^]: In the United States, there WAS no minimum wage until 1912, in Massachusetts. Not to mention that this was the year before the Fed was established, and two years before the income tax was established in 1914. "In 1912, Massachusetts organized a commission to recommend non-compulsory minimum wages for women and children. Within eight years, at least thirteen U.S. states and the District of Columbia would pass minimum wage laws. The Lochner era United States Supreme Court consistently invalidated compulsory minimum wage laws. Such laws, said the court, were unconstitutional for interfering with the ability of employers to freely negotiate appropriate wage contracts with employees." This obviously is to the history of the minimum wage. It was considered unconstitutional, because it inhibits free negotiation between two parties, and creates further unemployment. And people are worried about unemployment in California... get rid of the minimum wage!
Christian Graus wrote:
If you're talking about the media, that's something else. I thought he was talking about government policy. Sure, the media likes to get you radicals fired up and set the cameras rolling, it's good for ratings.
True.
Christian Graus wrote:
Given how much I despise the mainstream media, I find this statement hilarious. I don't trust ANY media, and I double don't trust anything that CSS likes, he has that affect on me. As I've often said, if you're right, CSS is your worst enemy here, because he makes your beliefs look stupid, by attaching them to himself.
That is flat out bias then, Christian. Whether he's "crazy" in your eyes or not, he may have valid points. He just likes to throw them right in your face, rather t
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Distind wrote:
Except from just most accounts it was no where near 2-3 million, that's what random people who were in the crowd guessed it was. I believe the police estimate was around 100 to 200 thousand. Possibly three.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tea_Party_protests,_2010[^] You're right, it does seem to be a few thousand. But also, think of how many people had to work that day and can't afford to miss, but also think of how they were spread all across the country. I still think that bias is a big play here, for both sides.
Distind wrote:
But really, do you want to start a revolution with your 3% when 97% of the country doesn't want your ideals? That's just as oppressive as anything you claim to be against.
I never said I wanted to start a revolution. This is a revolution of ideas, if anything. But if violence continues to pick up, I won't be surprised. But this is what my show is about as well. "The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable. And so, if he is a romantic, he tries to change it. And even if he is not romantic personally, he is apt to spread discontent among those who are." - H L Mencken
Josh Davis
Always looking for blackjack. Or maybe White Frank. One of the two.josda1000 wrote:
You're right, it does seem to be a few thousand.
And this is why I can respect you and not CSS.
josda1000 wrote:
I never said I wanted to start a revolution. This is a revolution of ideas, if anything. But if violence continues to pick up, I won't be surprised.
These ideas have been around for a bit. When I was stamping Rep on voter ballots they were close to my and the party's ideals. The problem is that the far right polarized the party and took it over from the true conservatives and moderates that had made the party at least tolerable in the 80s. My problem with the Tea Party is that they seem to be under the influence of the same folks they are railing against. Sarah Palin has never been about small government, personal liberty/responsibility or, well, intelligence. And she's being propped up as the poster child for this party with the help of Fox News, a news corporation best described as "loonies with microphones and a captive audience."
If I have accidentally said something witty, smart, or correct, it is purely by mistake and I apologize for it.
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Christian Graus wrote:
Well, this would work, in the sense that people who have no welfare might well accept jobs that it's not possible to live on, because they'd have nothing and it would take them longer to starve to death that way. If you got rid of welfare, you'd HAVE to raise the minimum wage, people on minimum wage qualify for welfare, that's why they are not dead.
According to the wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_States[^]: In the United States, there WAS no minimum wage until 1912, in Massachusetts. Not to mention that this was the year before the Fed was established, and two years before the income tax was established in 1914. "In 1912, Massachusetts organized a commission to recommend non-compulsory minimum wages for women and children. Within eight years, at least thirteen U.S. states and the District of Columbia would pass minimum wage laws. The Lochner era United States Supreme Court consistently invalidated compulsory minimum wage laws. Such laws, said the court, were unconstitutional for interfering with the ability of employers to freely negotiate appropriate wage contracts with employees." This obviously is to the history of the minimum wage. It was considered unconstitutional, because it inhibits free negotiation between two parties, and creates further unemployment. And people are worried about unemployment in California... get rid of the minimum wage!
Christian Graus wrote:
If you're talking about the media, that's something else. I thought he was talking about government policy. Sure, the media likes to get you radicals fired up and set the cameras rolling, it's good for ratings.
True.
Christian Graus wrote:
Given how much I despise the mainstream media, I find this statement hilarious. I don't trust ANY media, and I double don't trust anything that CSS likes, he has that affect on me. As I've often said, if you're right, CSS is your worst enemy here, because he makes your beliefs look stupid, by attaching them to himself.
That is flat out bias then, Christian. Whether he's "crazy" in your eyes or not, he may have valid points. He just likes to throw them right in your face, rather t
josda1000 wrote:
This obviously is to the history of the minimum wage. It was considered unconstitutional, because it inhibits free negotiation between two parties, and creates further unemployment. And people are worried about unemployment in California... get rid of the minimum wage!
This continues to be stupidity. So long as the minimum wage is so low that it qualifies you for welfare, so long as people cannot live on it, there is no weight to any argument that it creates unemployment. People on minimum wage are not fully employed !!! As for negotiation, I've explained why that is just plain stupid. People who are paid minimum wage are, by definition, not workers who are in a place to negotiate. As for there being no minimum wage, that's true. That's why there were workers who were taken advantage of, even more than today. Also, back then, if someone needed to eat, they were more likely to be able to find farm land to work, as a serf if nothing else. City life robs people of access to options for food beyond paying money for it.
josda1000 wrote:
Whether he's "crazy" in your eyes or not, he may have valid points
He may, but he blankets them in abuse, and ignorance. Are you claiming that when you see the name of the person who has replied to you, it DOESN'T give you some idea of what they might say, and how they might say it. I am not saying that I'll NEVER accept ANYTHING CSS says, no matter what the evidence. I am talking about initial bias, which is unavoidable, esp when dealing with someone as extremely unbalanced as he is.
josda1000 wrote:
As if you're not. Get it?
Sure, we all have preconceived ideas. I think I work harder than most to challenge mine, but CSS isn't ever going to do it, not without a personality transplant.
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josda1000 wrote:
You're right, it does seem to be a few thousand.
And this is why I can respect you and not CSS.
josda1000 wrote:
I never said I wanted to start a revolution. This is a revolution of ideas, if anything. But if violence continues to pick up, I won't be surprised.
These ideas have been around for a bit. When I was stamping Rep on voter ballots they were close to my and the party's ideals. The problem is that the far right polarized the party and took it over from the true conservatives and moderates that had made the party at least tolerable in the 80s. My problem with the Tea Party is that they seem to be under the influence of the same folks they are railing against. Sarah Palin has never been about small government, personal liberty/responsibility or, well, intelligence. And she's being propped up as the poster child for this party with the help of Fox News, a news corporation best described as "loonies with microphones and a captive audience."
If I have accidentally said something witty, smart, or correct, it is purely by mistake and I apologize for it.
ragnaroknrol wrote:
My problem with the Tea Party is that they seem to be under the influence of the same folks they are railing against. Sarah Palin has never been about small government, personal liberty/responsibility or, well, intelligence.
It sounds as if you're like me then... I'm not saying you are, but maybe you are more libertarian. Because yes, I'd agree with that statement, for the moment. I do see Paul's numbers growing, and this is the kind of person that I can get behind. Palin is obviously totally against what I'm about, when it comes to legislating morality. Paul doesn't want to dictate your life, and he doesn't want to take your money to help those who don't help themselves.
ragnaroknrol wrote:
And she's being propped up as the poster child for this party with the help of Fox News, a news corporation best described as "loonies with microphones and a captive audience."
Yes, they are described that way, and I'd heartily agree, except for Napolitano and Stossel. They think precisely the way I think, with a few exceptions on the part of Stossel.
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