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Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post...............
The American system, the utimate triumpth of style over substanceBored.Comment
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Originally posted by Bagpuss View PostI think they have a system where you won't win unless:
a/ you keep mentioning God
b/ you are good out soundbites
c/ you are bankrolled to the tune of tens of millions
The American system, the utimate triumpth of style over substance
It seemed to suggest that the winning candidate received more money but not that the candidate with the most money wins. The evidence seemed pretty convincing on the surface.
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Originally posted by Advocate View PostI read an economic article recently that suggested the cause and effect of cash in an election is not as obvious.
It seemed to suggest that the winning candidate received more money but not that the candidate with the most money wins. The evidence seemed pretty convincing on the surface.
But a candidate with little money won't win, which is counter to my understanding of democracyThe court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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Originally posted by Bagpuss View PostBut a candidate with little money won't win, which is counter to my understanding of democracy
a) not raise much money, and
b) not win.
One is not causing the other.Comment
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Originally posted by Bagpuss View PostImagine America with immigrants destroying the indigenous culture.
Yours
Chief Cybertory speak with forked tongueComment
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Originally posted by cailin maith View PostI am so glad you said that, I thought it was just me being mean!!! I saw him do it last night and he just looked like some old Grandad trying to be cool!
Now then, Mr McCain seems an honourable chap, brave war hero and all that, but I can’t help thinking that there’s a dose of stupidity in his years of public service. My grandfathers both went to war, got their medals and were undeniably brave men, but it turned them into pacifists. Both were pretty schocked when my Dad joined the army, and the one remaining grandfather is very pleased that I’ve never volunteered to put my ass in the way of bullets, because he’s seen what it does to people.
In short, I wouldn’t want as president a guy who has been through all the horrors of war yet puts across a message that young people should go and join the army. I share the view of Wilfred Owen;
If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori.
Right then, back to the laughing and joking.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post...
Now then, Mr McCain seems an honourable chap, brave war hero and all that, but I can’t help thinking that there’s a dose of stupidity in his years of public service. My grandfathers both went to war, got their medals and were undeniably brave men, but it turned them into pacifists. Both were pretty schocked when my Dad joined the army, and the one remaining grandfather is very pleased that I’ve never volunteered to put my ass in the way of bullets, because he’s seen what it does to people.
In short, I wouldn’t want as president a guy who has been through all the horrors of war yet puts across a message that young people should go and join the army. I share the view of Wilfred Owen;
If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori.
Right then, back to the laughing and joking.Comment
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Originally posted by Advocate View PostI read an economic article recently that suggested the cause and effect of cash in an election is not as obvious.
It seemed to suggest that the winning candidate received more money but not that the candidate with the most money wins. The evidence seemed pretty convincing on the surface.
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