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Professor Bruce · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject: A New Day, A New Knight

If all goes well, in 48 hours the U.S. contingent of Knights will have a President that won't be a global embarassment and will work, I believe, to make us citizens of the world again. On behalf of a lot of us, thanx for putting up with Bush's shit for too long now. We're working on it.

...and to my fellow Knight, the poet who posted "The Night Before...", the biggest socialists in my lifetime were Nixon, Reagan and W. Why is it "socialism" when someone tries to cut the average person a break and not socialism when we bail out Wall Street for 850 billion dollars or give corporations no-bid contracts as a license to steal?
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Yankton · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 6:09 pm Post subject:

Neither of our two major parties are anything and haven't been for a long time. They are red vs. blue. petty, conniving and dishonest. They are both so far on the bottom of the political spectrum that they are two sides of the same coin. No matter which of them comes out on top tomorrow, the rest of us all lose.
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mohrorless · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 6:40 pm Post subject:

It appears we have a Democrat as a new knaggit. Don't believe everything you read Bruce. The all too liberal media (for years) has said nothing good about conservative people and nothing bad about liberal people.

Politicians are like diapers. They should be changed often and for the same reason.
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Sir Hamster of Elderberry · Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:52 pm Post subject:

Welcome Professor Bruce! Or, in my usual style Sir Professor Bruce!! It it OK if we just call you Bruce instead of Bru... ooo oh wait, you are already called that ... can we call you Sheila instead? Very Happy

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"The Night Before..." as well as "Dear Fellow Business Owners" are political posts making the rounds of all the conservative sites and anywhere else. I made some effort to track down the original, but apparently these folks aren't big on attribution. I strongly suspect there is a group of people actively trying to spread these things around as a weird sort of campaign effort. More evidence of conservative frustration.

This hasn't been such a great campaign for the conservatives, and I've read that this may be part of the larger political cycles turning back to the liberal side (pay attention to what Matt Moon writes - not the gnashing of teeth in the comments).

I am sorely tempted to rant about the Republican party letting down their side of the two-party system. They (the party) ought to be doing better, but have let themselves get bogged down with issues that ought not to be political, and have lost sight of what used to be conservative principles.

But what do I know - I just repeat what the squirrels tell me. Wink

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mohrorless · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:47 am Post subject:

Sir Hamster of Elderberry · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:46 am Post subject:

Anyone remember when the Republicans used to be the party of fiscal responsibility? Now they spend as much as they accuse the Democrats of spending, and run up the deficit instead of paying as we go (Reagan started that). "Read my lips ..." did hurt Bush (the Elder), but that sound bite wouldn't have stuck except for the runaway spending and it's effects on the economy, which left Bush with no real choice but to raise taxes. Bush (the Younger) did essentially the same things (for aurguably different reasons), and this policy has come back to bite them twice now. The Democrats (Clinton) took over the responsible position for themselves, as even "Tax and Spend" is more responsible than "Don't Tax and Spend Anyway".
As an aside - Freakonomics has some interesting graphical comparisons of McCain and Obama tax plans.

In addition to his Habitat for Humanity work, Carter has been really outstanding in the role of Elder Statesman through The Carter Center and other activities. I rather agree with Sir Mohrorless about Carter, "nice" isn't really a quality that makes a good president.
I would suggest, without knowing quite how to say it, that we ought to consider just what sort of nastiness makes a good leader, and be willing to tolerate it in our political candidates.

KWSN Im Not Dead · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:15 am Post subject:

At this point i'd be happy with someone that was given a sword at a lake by a slightly moist woman!
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Sir Hamster of Elderberry · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:28 am Post subject:

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Professor Bruce · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:55 am Post subject:

Fellow Prisoners:

Like Chris Matthews, I have a tingling feeling in my leg, but, alas, it may have only fallen asleep. To respond to the responses, the Knights don't have a new member that is Democrat - I voted Green (in a Red state), with ample apologies to Red Green.

Secondly, I am pleased to be part of this online community dedicated to the Pythons and wish to remind you that there is really no telling what an agnostic can do if he really doesn't know whether he believes in anything or not.

Crack the tubes - and vote Very Silly Party.
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Yankton · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:16 pm Post subject:

Well you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

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KWSN Im Not Dead · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:29 pm Post subject:

Well the Redskins lost last Night meaning the Dems will win: <<link>>
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mohrorless · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:01 pm Post subject:

Holds no water. Read your own link. Being a 'Skins fan I happen to now of the myth and also know that they LOST their last home game before the 2004 election. Bush won the elsection.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Washington_Redskins_season
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KWSN Im Not Dead · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 6:26 am Post subject:

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Al Dente · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:04 am Post subject:

Is it safe to turn the TV on yet?
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mohrorless · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:10 am Post subject:

No
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Yankton · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:03 am Post subject:

Not for at least another four years, and even then, you'd just be looking at the aftermath of the disaster.
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Old woman(mann, sorry) · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject: TV turn-on

Sport, films, documentaries, comedy are the only things I turn it on for and I'm very selective about those.
I have averaged about 2 hours of tv per week for more than a year now.
Try it, it's easy.
Just don't turn it on.
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Sir Hamster of Elderberry · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:17 pm Post subject: