Hanging with Palin

#52
#52
DAVOL said:
Only on the Volnation political board would a story about a Halloween prank get more play than an actual assassination plot to kill one of the candidates.:eek:k:
http://www.volnation.com/forum/politics/57953-feds-charge-2-plot-against-obama.html
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Not exactly - I bet it's much easier for people to discuss this topic - an actual assassination attempt on a public figure hits a bit too close to home. Nobody (Lord, I hope not) wants that to be anything more than a lame ass attempt by a couple of deranged, lost souls. And discussing it makes it somehow more legitimate. It's easier to comment on the ethics of a mannequin display.
 
#53
#53
TennNC said:
Not living in NW Arkansas, I doubt it. But perhaps you travel to liberal areas when you get out of the region.
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you don't know much about me or my past.

By the by, the city I live in is the bluest of blue towns. The university crowd sees to that.
 
#55
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BigPapaVol said:
you don't know much about me or my past.

By the by, the city I live in is the bluest of blue towns. The university crowd sees to that.
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nor do you about me. unless you're deceptively investigative.

fayetteville?

bluest of the blues? Compared to Durham, Austin, and DC - maybe more like baby blue - Carolina blue, we'll call it.
 
#56
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TennNC said:
nor do you about me. unless you're deceptively investigative.

fayetteville?

bluest of the blues? Compared to Durham, Austin, and DC - maybe more like baby blue - Carolina blue, we'll call it.
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fair enough. I've lived in Austin and my wife got a masters from UTA. Can you concede that I've seen some liberal folk in my otherwise sheltered life?

I'll assure you I'm not investigative. Don't care that much.
 
#59
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BigPapaVol said:
fair enough. I've lived in Austin and my wife got a masters from UTA. Can you concede that I've seen some liberal folk in my otherwise sheltered life?

I'll assure you I'm not investigative. Don't care that much.
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I don't doubt you have. I do think, however, that if you knew a bit more about me, you would see how moderate I am. I am pegged on this board, and that's fine with me.

Hell, I just voted for a libertarian governor in NC.
 
#60
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TennNC said:
I don't doubt you have. I do think, however, that if you knew a bit more about me, you would see how moderate I am. I am pegged on this board, and that's fine with me.

Hell, I just voted for a libertarian governor in NC.
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considering the other two choices, I don't blame you.

you get pegged because you rarely criticize Obama's policies, and when you do, it's covered in sarcasm in an effort to mollify us right-wingers.
 
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TennNC said:
I don't doubt you have. I do think, however, that if you knew a bit more about me, you would see how moderate I am. I am pegged on this board, and that's fine with me.

Hell, I just voted for a libertarian governor in NC.
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and I honestly believe you would think I'm far more moderate than I appear in my commentary here. Fiscally and economically, I am as conservative as they come, but aside from that, I'm ambivalent enough that I shake out all over the map.
 
#62
#62
BigPapaVol said:
and I honestly believe you would think I'm far more moderate than I appear in my commentary here. Fiscally and economically, I am as conservative as they come, but aside from that, I'm ambivalent enough that I shake out all over the map.
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I know. Socially we're closer than most I bet. And I know you have heart for Austin, so that tells me something.

Live and let live.
 
#63
#63
BigPapaVol said:
and I honestly believe you would think I'm far more moderate than I appear in my commentary here. Fiscally and economically, I am as conservative as they come, but aside from that, I'm ambivalent enough that I shake out all over the map.
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I think most people are fiscally conservative in the sense that they want the government to do more with less, or at least to do what it does now with no more.

But its not the same thing to say you are fiscally conservative and that you believe in trickle down economics. Which I maintain you do.
 
#64
#64
lawgator1 said:
I think most people are fiscally conservative in the sense that they want the government to do more with less, or at least to do what it does now with no more.

But its not the same thing to say you are fiscally conservative and that you believe in trickle down economics. Which I maintain you do.
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it's an economic fact that if people have more money it creates more jobs. it's also an economic fact that far higher tax rates for the rich encourage fraud and discourage the rich to bother making more money. when the max tax rate was over 80% before reagan we saw this very clearly when we saw massive inflation and very high unemployment.
 
#65
#65
lawgator1 said:
I think most people are fiscally conservative in the sense that they want the government to do more with less, or at least to do what it does now with no more.

But its not the same thing to say you are fiscally conservative and that you believe in trickle down economics. Which I maintain you do.
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Don't be absurd. Obama and his ilk aren't remotely interested in fiscal responsibility. He's interested in garnering votes via the Robin Hood strategy. Giving away money to help this economy from the bottom up is pure stupidity and can only work in very limited bursts.

I absolutely believe trickle down economics is the only theory that works, but I don't believe the government needs to intervene for it to happen naturally. It can work on its own and needs no gov't help to continue the cycle.

I believe in gov't regulation of some markets and that some intervention is necessary, but only to a limited degree and certainly not in redistributing funds. Trickle down economics is not about helping the wealthy and giving them anything. It's about not burdening them to the point that they're no longer interested in playing. See the point you miss is that help the other way actually reallocates earned money. Limiting burden allocates nothing but the expense of the nation evenly across the population, as it should be.

Your belief taxing the wealthy to make sure that we have money to give away to those "less fortunate" is nothing but socialism.

See, trickle down economics is self-perpetuating. Bottom up trash is long-term self defeating. That machine simply cannot last. Frictional expense would eventually stop the train. It makes no sense, except in vote getting, to move toward a system that has to fail in the end. It cannot be productive in any way.
 
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TennNC said:
Not living in NW Arkansas, I doubt it. But perhaps you travel to liberal areas when you get out of the region.
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NW AR is being overrun by immigrant workers. Somebody has to pack Wal-mart trucks and pluck Tyson chickens.
 
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lawgator1 said:
I think most people are fiscally conservative in the sense that they want the government to do more with less, or at least to do what it does now with no more.

But its not the same thing to say you are fiscally conservative and that you believe in trickle down economics. Which I maintain you do.
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Nope, I want them to do less with less.
 
#69
#69
UT IE 95 said:
NW AR is being overrun by immigrant workers. Somebody has to pack Wal-mart trucks and pluck Tyson chickens.
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the RE downturn has heavily stemmed that tide, but this place, especially Springdale, has a sizable Hispanic population.
 
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