Wake up, Brandon!
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wrote on 2 Nov 2021, 14:47 last edited by
Who takes Snopes seriously, anymore?
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@jolly said in Wake up, Brandon!:
Who takes Snopes seriously, anymore?
Snopes hires the rejected Facebook fact checkers.
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@klaus said in Wake up, Brandon!:
I find all these attempts to paint Biden as an idiot who can't spell his name a little pathetic and, frankly, boring and predictable. Isn't there enough material to attack him on actual issues? I think there is. This "smearing" style of political discussion is not going to win any hearts and minds; it's only deepening the rift.
Agreed.
And it's nothing new. Just remember when "Sir" Paul McCartney appeared in the Obama White House, and said "It's nice to have a leader who knows where the library of the White House is." (Paraphrasing here).
He ignored or was ignorant of (I'll chose the latter) the facts that a) The First Lady was a librarian and b) The President had a reading contest with his deputy chief of staff (and the books were more than 3rd grade level).
I'm sorry for the "whataboutism" post, but what people are complaining about goes back to the earliest days of the nation. So, today's criticisms about the lack of civility ring kind of hollow.
wrote on 2 Nov 2021, 19:37 last edited by Doctor Phibes 11 Feb 2021, 19:47@george-k said in Wake up, Brandon!:
@klaus said in Wake up, Brandon!:
I find all these attempts to paint Biden as an idiot who can't spell his name a little pathetic and, frankly, boring and predictable. Isn't there enough material to attack him on actual issues? I think there is. This "smearing" style of political discussion is not going to win any hearts and minds; it's only deepening the rift.
Agreed.
And it's nothing new. Just remember when "Sir" Paul McCartney appeared in the Obama White House, and said "It's nice to have a leader who knows where the library of the White House is." (Paraphrasing here).
He ignored or was ignorant of (I'll chose the latter) the facts that a) The First Lady was a librarian and b) The President had a reading contest with his deputy chief of staff (and the books were more than 3rd grade level).
I'm sorry for the "whataboutism" post, but what people are complaining about goes back to the earliest days of the nation. So, today's criticisms about the lack of civility ring kind of hollow.
Hey, if you want to bring up outspoken rocks stars, I'll see your Paul McCartney, and raise you the American equivalent - Ted Nugent. Obviously, Sir Paul lacks "Lord" Ted's ready wit and sophistication, but I believe he's been a little what Copper would refer to as "impolite" on occasion.
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wrote on 2 Nov 2021, 21:21 last edited by
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@george-k said in Wake up, Brandon!:
@klaus said in Wake up, Brandon!:
I find all these attempts to paint Biden as an idiot who can't spell his name a little pathetic and, frankly, boring and predictable. Isn't there enough material to attack him on actual issues? I think there is. This "smearing" style of political discussion is not going to win any hearts and minds; it's only deepening the rift.
Agreed.
And it's nothing new. Just remember when "Sir" Paul McCartney appeared in the Obama White House, and said "It's nice to have a leader who knows where the library of the White House is." (Paraphrasing here).
He ignored or was ignorant of (I'll chose the latter) the facts that a) The First Lady was a librarian and b) The President had a reading contest with his deputy chief of staff (and the books were more than 3rd grade level).
I'm sorry for the "whataboutism" post, but what people are complaining about goes back to the earliest days of the nation. So, today's criticisms about the lack of civility ring kind of hollow.
Hey, if you want to bring up outspoken rocks stars, I'll see your Paul McCartney, and raise you the American equivalent - Ted Nugent. Obviously, Sir Paul lacks "Lord" Ted's ready wit and sophistication, but I believe he's been a little what Copper would refer to as "impolite" on occasion.
wrote on 2 Nov 2021, 21:25 last edited by@doctor-phibes said in Wake up, Brandon!:
I'll see your Paul McCartney, and raise you the American equivalent - Ted Nugent.
You actually said that Nugent is the equivalent of McCartney.
You actually said that.
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@doctor-phibes said in Wake up, Brandon!:
I'll see your Paul McCartney, and raise you the American equivalent - Ted Nugent.
You actually said that Nugent is the equivalent of McCartney.
You actually said that.
wrote on 2 Nov 2021, 21:37 last edited by@george-k said in Wake up, Brandon!:
@doctor-phibes said in Wake up, Brandon!:
I'll see your Paul McCartney, and raise you the American equivalent - Ted Nugent.
You actually said that Nugent is the equivalent of McCartney.
You actually said that.
No, I said he's the American equivalent of McCartney.
A bit like American Top Gear being the American equivalent of The Benny Hill Show.
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@george-k said in Wake up, Brandon!:
@doctor-phibes said in Wake up, Brandon!:
I'll see your Paul McCartney, and raise you the American equivalent - Ted Nugent.
You actually said that Nugent is the equivalent of McCartney.
You actually said that.
No, I said he's the American equivalent of McCartney.
A bit like American Top Gear being the American equivalent of The Benny Hill Show.
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wrote on 2 Nov 2021, 21:58 last edited by Doctor Phibes 11 Feb 2021, 22:03
@george-k said in Wake up, Brandon!:
@doctor-phibes said in Wake up, Brandon!:
I said he's the American equivalent of McCartney.
"Baron" Donald Trump never invited that guy to the White House.
Or if he did, PS didn't show up.
I should probably have said 'the conservative equivalent of Paul McCartney'.
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wrote on 2 Nov 2021, 23:03 last edited by
Quit digging...
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wrote on 2 Nov 2021, 23:14 last edited by
@jolly said in Wake up, Brandon!:
Quit digging...
My point was that singling out much-loved musical icon Paul McCartney for being impolite is a bit much if you look at some of what followed.
Obviously, nobody in their right mind would think that the draft dodging musical buffoon was in any way comparable to a former Beatle.
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@jolly said in Wake up, Brandon!:
Quit digging...
My point was that singling out much-loved musical icon Paul McCartney for being impolite is a bit much if you look at some of what followed.
Obviously, nobody in their right mind would think that the draft dodging musical buffoon was in any way comparable to a former Beatle.
wrote on 2 Nov 2021, 23:16 last edited by"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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wrote on 2 Nov 2021, 23:19 last edited by
@george-k said in Wake up, Brandon!:
@doctor-phibes said in Wake up, Brandon!:
draft dodging musical buffoon
Well, OK, then.
You won't get any argument from me. That whole saxophone thing was all a bit embarrassing.
Still, at least he didn't shit himself to avoid the draft, like one I could mention. And ever since then he's been over-compensating in the worst possible way.
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wrote on 2 Nov 2021, 23:25 last edited by
@george-k said in Wake up, Brandon!:
@doctor-phibes said in Wake up, Brandon!:
draft dodging musical buffoon
Well, OK, then.
Why go with him and not President Bone Spurs? He's more recent.
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@george-k said in Wake up, Brandon!:
@doctor-phibes said in Wake up, Brandon!:
draft dodging musical buffoon
Well, OK, then.
Why go with him and not President Bone Spurs? He's more recent.
wrote on 2 Nov 2021, 23:27 last edited by@aqua-letifer said in Wake up, Brandon!:
Why go with him and not President Bone Spurs?
You misspelled asthma.
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wrote on 2 Nov 2021, 23:33 last edited by Doctor Phibes 11 Feb 2021, 23:37
I don't actually have a huge problem with people avoiding the draft. I believe that being forced by a government to fight and die in a war is an example of genuine tyranny, much greater than vaccinations or mask-wearing could ever be. Old men who fail in their job send young men to pay the price of their failure. I know, I'm a hippy.
What I do find rather vomit-inducing is for the dodger to then go on to wrap themselves in jingoism and faux-militaristic bullshit.
I was only joking
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wrote on 16 Nov 2021, 02:11 last edited by
@doctor-phibes said in Wake up, Brandon!:
I don't actually have a huge problem with people avoiding the draft. I believe that being forced by a government to fight and die in a war is an example of genuine tyranny, much greater than vaccinations or mask-wearing could ever be. Old men who fail in their job send young men to pay the price of their failure. I know, I'm a hippy.
What I do find rather vomit-inducing is for the dodger to then go on to wrap themselves in jingoism and faux-militaristic bullshit.
I've yet to talk to a single Marine who thinks a draft is a great idea.
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I don't actually have a huge problem with people avoiding the draft. I believe that being forced by a government to fight and die in a war is an example of genuine tyranny, much greater than vaccinations or mask-wearing could ever be. Old men who fail in their job send young men to pay the price of their failure. I know, I'm a hippy.
What I do find rather vomit-inducing is for the dodger to then go on to wrap themselves in jingoism and faux-militaristic bullshit.
wrote on 16 Nov 2021, 03:02 last edited by@doctor-phibes said in Wake up, Brandon!:
Old men who fail in their job send young men to pay the price of their failure.
It depends on the circumstances.
On September 16, 1940, the United States instituted the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, which required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register for the draft. This was the first peacetime draft in United States' history. Those who were selected from the draft lottery were required to serve at least one year in the armed forces. Once the U.S. entered WWII, draft terms extended through the duration of the fighting. By the end of the war in 1945, 50 million men between eighteen and forty-five had registered for the draft and 10 million had been inducted in the military.
