How are u posted:

Bravo. I almost wish I had a slew of idiots posting this stuff on my facebook so I could respond with this and some of the other wonderful edits in this thread.

Newsbusters posted:

UNBELIEVABLE! A LIBERAL said something on one of those 3 liberal media networks! Can you believe they said that! How shocking and dumb! Because LIBERALS are always wrong about stuff! LIBERALS. LIBERAL MEDIA. LIBERALS. Conservatives never say dumb things. No Siree. Never. Its always LIBERALS. And we are the watchdog over those 3 LIBERAL MEDIA networks that are LIBERAL. We're one of the 5 million websites dedicated to telling you about those like, maybe, 12 LIBERAL media outlets that you should be scared of because we said so and confirmation bias and whatever.

NatasDog posted:

He must be getting tired of getting sniped by me though, because he posted this

NatasDog posted:

The problem with that approach is that you'll never change anyone's mind by ignoring them.

Bruce Leroy posted:

1. Economics is a bit more complicated than, "Pfft, the government is so stupid, if they raise my taxes, I'll just charge more for my goods/services." A business owner couldn't simply keep raising prices to compensate for increases in taxes, as not every product or service has perfectly inelastic or even mostly inelastic demand. At a certain point, depending on numerous other factors (e.g. substitute goods, quality, brand recognition, etc.), increasing prices is going to lead to decreases in demand and, eventually, decreases in revenue and profits.

pillsburysoldier posted:

Ror posted:

If anyone is curious what their "Index of Dependence" score means:

And now I found out that the Heritage Foundation is the worst and made a GIF with an invisible background.

It's from the 2012 report.

bobkatt013 posted:

I thought it was due to it being made by the Heritage Foundation?

Wang_Tang posted:

opinion. Why do they still fall the way they do?


The average age between both cities is what drives my inquiry.

Sean Archer posted:

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vyelkin posted:

Yep, the British Empire ended in 1781 and home invasions are no longer a thing. Good job, Gun Owners.

Skeevy Mcgee posted:

I knew it would only be a matter of time before I started seeing this type of poo poo.

Bo-Pepper posted:

I didn't know exactly where to go so I figure this thread is as good as any. I got into a conversation with my father where he dropped the bomb saying there have been no cases where people from the right have tried to shut down incidents of left leaning people speaking their mind publicly. Whereas lefties try to shout down right wingers all the time. My mind melted a little bit as I couldn't believe his rose colored glasses towards this idea of the noble conservative willingness to hear out liberal speakers wherever they may find themselves. When I told him I couldn't believe there were no incidents of conservative censorship of liberal speakers, he demanded examples.

I have none at hand but I intend to bring him some. Any examples you can help out with? Or where would be a good place to look?

RagnarokAngel posted:

Forced conversion is generally frowned upon in most major religions.

OAquinas posted:

The internet has got to be the worst development for debate ever. Because no matter how batshit your beliefs are, you can find "proof" for them somewhere on the net and then you feel reassured and vindicated and cling that much stronger to them.

At this point you're arguing against people's beliefs, and that's akin to trying to disprove god. Good luck!

Mo_Steel posted:

To expand upon this with program data instead of first hand accounts, here

KillerJunglist posted:

She posted this on facebook yesterday:

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I-95 and I-75 will be jammed for the next month or so with druggies and deadbeats heading North out of Florida , because this is the first state in the union to require drug testing to receive welfare!

Hooray for Florida ! In signing the new law, Republican Gov. Rick Scott said, "If Floridians want welfare, they better make sure they are drug-free."

Applicants must pay for the drug test, but are reimbursed if they test drug-free. Applicants who test positive for illicit substances, won't be eligible for the funds for a year, or until they undergo treatment. Those who fail a second time will be banned from receiving funds for three years!

Naturally, a few people are crying this is unconstitutional.
How is this unconstitutional? It's a legal requirement that every person applying for a job has to pass drug tests in order to get the job, why not those who receive welfare?

Forward this if you agree!
Let's get welfare back to the ones who need it, not to those who won't get a job.
I AGREE, DO YOU?

Handsome Ralph posted:

Get a friend to dress up as an AC-130 but have them stand at the other end of a room at a party telling people they can't get permission to cross the room to help you.

Dr. Arbitrary posted:

I think I'm going to write my own version, "National Guard fires on Occupy Boston, five killed, six injured"

I'm conflicted though, part of me wants to portray the protesters in a positive light, on the other hand, it'd be funny to do a "Goddamned Liberals stirring up poo poo, threatened the national guard and got their own dumb asses shot in self defense" article. The fact that Sam Adams was basically a crime boss is really swaying me towards a negative version.

Radish posted:

It's also what makes the white people freakout about how dare we have a conversation about how race affected every aspect of this incident while at the same time wringing hands about how SOMETHING about this kid they just can't articulate points to him attacking Zimmerman unprovoked as concrete fact so frustrating.

SaltLick posted:

I need to move out of Texas already.

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Back in September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock , did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks out of her classroom.

When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks.

'Ms. Cothren, where're our desks?'

She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn the right to sit at a desk.'

They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.'

'No,' she said.

'Maybe it's our behavior.'

She told them, 'No, it's not even your behavior.'

And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period. Still no desks in the classroom.

By early afternoon television news crews had started gathering in Ms. Cothren's classroom to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of her room.

The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the deskless classroom, Martha Cothren said, 'Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he or she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I am going to tell you.'

At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it.
Twenty-seven (27) U.S. Veterans, all in uniform, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall. By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned.

Martha said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. Now, it's up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education. Don't ever forget it.'

By the way, this is a true story. And this teacher was awarded Teacher of the Year for the state of Arkansas in 2006.

Please don't forget that the freedoms we have in this great country were earned by U. S. Veterans. Always remember them and the rights they have won for us.

Inaction Jackson posted:

For the most part, you can't go around and pick and choose which hospital you go to and which surgeon you get. You certainly can't sit down and talk to every single potential provider about the costs of every single possible procedure and make a well-informed decision about which ones you think are worth paying for.

FactsAreUseless posted:

I just found this in a Craigslist rant and rave and I'm not sure where else to post it. It is a seriously huge pile of weird nonsense.

Me in Reverse posted:

Facebook.txt

Tomahawk posted:

Some idiot my friends know:





Ah yes, this is my health insurance policy: a gun and some antibiotics. He's also vegan, so he plans to just "forage for plants" when Obamacare finally brings down this once great and free nation.

Wanderer posted:

I've been trying to come up with a comment on this article all day that isn't just "What? No."

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A bunch of loving poo poo

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Something liberals will never ever learn, or ever understand for that matter.