Interesting read (long)

[Eecen]

^Yes I did, buddy.

Hey. I'm not your buddy, friend.





I do agree with you that it's biased towards anti-Republican. But this dude was writing about his experiences with the Republican party. I don't think he can write about his experiences with Democrats since he was never in that party...

I'm sure Democratic candidates get campaign money from shady sources too, and cater to those "share-holders" to the same extent as Republicans.




You're getting bent out of shape over the whole republican this, democrat that...Personally I think that article was more about the influence corporations (READ: their greed) have over the "democratic" world, then a "flame away on republican behavior".

Pull your head from thia ass, brah

[joshh]

Hey. I'm not your buddy, friend.





I do agree with you that it's biased towards anti-Republican. But this dude was writing about his experiences with the Republican party. I don't think he can write about his experiences with Democrats since he was never in that party...

I'm sure Democratic candidates get campaign money from shady sources too, and cater to those "share-holders" to the same extent as Republicans.




You're getting bent out of shape over the whole republican this, democrat that...Personally I think that article was more about the influence corporations (READ: their greed) have over the "democratic" world, then a "flame away on republican behavior".

Pull your head from thia ass, brah

The guy was clearly a wolf in sheep's clothing after reading his article. If he simply wanted people to know about how bad the Republicans are then he'd just write about that with nothing about Democrats. But since he's actually trying to compare the two he just utterly fails miserably. He is making the comparison, or trying to.

[CorvallisBMW]

What a fucking joke this guy is. That was a waste if time.

Typical Democrat/Progressive and nothing else. He fails at even seeing how bad the Democrats are.

For those who didn't want to read this nonsense....

"Boohoo Republicans....Democrats aren't all that bad." Sums up the entire thing.

Apparently you missed the part about the guy BEING a Republican.... and calling out his own party for the shit they pull.

[mrsleeve]

^
Being a R dose not mean you are not a Progressive, many of them are and they infest both parties. Its why there is a problem with BOTH parties and this dude is one of those minded individuals

[joshh]

Apparently you missed the part about the guy BEING a Republican.... and calling out his own party for the shit they pull.

That really means nothing these days.
And if that was all he did, he'd look a lot sweeter and much more credible. But because he admits he was/is an Obama supporter and that he tries to make any comparison to Republicans to Democrats, he loses all face. He basically admits he was an Obama supporter while still working for the Republicans. Que actor that does commercials for the money and not because they support the product.
I'm not even arguing that Republicans are/aren't an immoral half of the Government. ..

[Eecen]

I am not a supporter of Obama and object to a number of his
foreign and domestic policies. But when he took office amid the
greatest financial collapse in 80 years, I wanted him to succeed, so
that the country I served did not fail.

Guess you skimmed over a few things.

[joshh]

Guess you skimmed over a few things.

And that proves you fail at understanding everything else he said....And that he said this, is supposed to give him all that credibility back....not quite.

And I love Obama...see i can say it.

[Dozyproductions]

Josh, this guy is calling out the Republican party in such a way not because he hates it so much but because he loved it so much. Why do you have to make this a democrat(progessive) vs republican issue. And don't claim that's not what you're doing.

You're the very embodiment of this paragraph:

Ever since the
bifurcation of electronic media into a more or less respectable "hard
news" segment and a rabidly ideological talk radio and cable TV
political propaganda arm, the "respectable" media have been terrified
of any criticism for perceived bias. Hence, they hew to the practice
of false evenhandedness. Paul Krugman has skewered this tactic as
being the "centrist cop-out." "I joked long ago," he says, "that if
one party declared that the earth was flat, the headlines would read
'Views Differ on Shape of Planet.'"

As for my view on this. I agree with this man when he cites the self made hysteria and politically driven 'crises' are crippling the forward progression of this wonderful country.

[frankenbeemer]

Sure is an article full of sensational boogeymen. Big Pharma! Wooah. Darn drug pushers!

I couldn't get through the first paragraph without getting jaundice. I guess I'll try again tomorrow. I hope there is more to it, my first impression is that the author makes Bill O'Reilly look professorial. I don't think that's a good thing.

[Dozyproductions]

An honest question. Why do people always think political and economic sabotage is way too far fetched of an idea to be reality? Some of the 'crazy' is nothing new.

[frankenbeemer]

An honest question. Why do people always think political and economic sabotage is way too far fetched of an idea to be reality? Some of the 'crazy' is nothing new.

I don't know? Could you be more specific? Who are these people that *always* think this way. I would like to avoid them. Seriously.

[joshh]

Josh, this guy is calling out the Republican party in such a way not because he hates it so much but because he loved it so much. Why do you have to make this a democrat(progessive) vs republican issue. And don't claim that's not what you're doing.

You're the very embodiment of this paragraph:




As for my view on this. I agree with this man when he cites the self made hysteria and politically driven 'crises' are crippling the forward progression of this wonderful country.

Dozy, the guy isn't just calling out the Republican party....and he loves it....BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....

He is making it a Republican vs Democrat thing if you haven't noticed. And being very one sided about it.

And well done on quoting him while he's sighting a very Progressive (Krugman) person. Your failure is not being able to see this guy was never really a Republican. He just happened to work for them.

[Pantless Spency]

tl;dr, only long thing i read is adventures of a sweeper.

[joshh]

An honest question. Why do people always think political and economic sabotage is way too far fetched of an idea to be reality? Some of the 'crazy' is nothing new.

Why do you even have the idea other people don't already know this? The question becomes from which party? And if you don't answer with "both" your totally fucking ignorant. Which is exactly what's wrong with this author.

[CorvallisBMW]

Well, sabotage usually involves trying to destroy or delegitimize something, i.e. Gov't is bad, gov't is too big, gov't is the problem, gov't needs to be reigned in, etc. We don't like government, so elect us to run the government and we'll dismantle it! yeah! (see Encyclopedia of American Politics 2000-2006 and see how the "party of small gov't" did on that record)

Vs the other side who says gov't can be a useful tool to improve the lives of it's countries' citizens, to make a more perfect union, to create a better, more prosperous and more just place to live and ensure that all Americans are given a voice and a chance. <--- Doesn't sound much like sabotage to me...