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Re: Rationalskepticism,lol part III.

Post by Seth » Mon Jan 04, 2016 9:12 pm

rEvolutionist wrote:She fits in now. The dems are largely a right-wing party.
You do understand that "neoconservativism" originated in the Democrat party do you not? It consists of former hard-left Democrats who became disillusioned with the foreign policy of the non-interventionist Democrats in the 60s. What "neocons" actually are are Marxists. They were "social democrats" until they realized that they couldn't prevail without control of and the use of force, particularly in international relations, so they abandoned the idealistic parts of Marxism and went pretty much down the path of Stalinism, tempered somewhat because they don't particularly like "communism" but they do dearly love the authoritarian central-planning Soviet state model.
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Post by Seth » Mon Jan 04, 2016 9:13 pm

Strontium Dog wrote:Neocons grew out of the left-wing of politics. That's how come they advocate top-down regime change. The idea that you can alter things from the top downwards is plucked straight from Marxian doctrine.
Yup.
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Post by Seth » Mon Jan 04, 2016 9:15 pm

Svartalf wrote:Neocons have always been Republican as far as Merkin politics are concerned, that is, the far right.
You are absolutely wrong.
Neoconservatism (commonly shortened to neocon) is a political movement born in the United States during the 1960s among Democrats who became disenchanted with the party's domestic and especially foreign policy.
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Post by piscator » Mon Jan 04, 2016 9:15 pm

"Illegal foreign invasions" heh

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Post by Svartalf » Mon Jan 04, 2016 9:18 pm

so basically, hily clinton is still better than trump, rick perry, or any republican canidate I can think of
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Svartalf wrote:so basically, hily clinton is still better than trump, rick perry, or any republican canidate I can think of
Not really. I'd much rather have Trump than Hillary. At least Trump is interested in the economic success of the US because it is in his vested self-interest to do so. I can understand and treat with someone whose motives are economically driven. I cannot abide would-be queens or kings who lie and shove a knife in my ribs as they smile and pat me on the shoulder, which is what Hillary most certainly will do, and which both Hillary and her husband have actually, factually commissioned murderers to do in the past to cover up their corruption. People around Hillary and Bill who have knowledge of their peccadillos, as far back as his tenure as Governor, die like flies in mysterious ways. They are the modern Borgias in that respect.
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Post by Svartalf » Mon Jan 04, 2016 9:57 pm

Trump is interested in the economic success of Trump, as multiple ventures he launched and got out of to let them go down into bankruptcy prove eloquently... he'd send the US toward bankruptcy so fast even the bush the younger era and the early Obama era would look like times of plenty and dlourishing economy...

As for the mysterious deaths around the clintons, I send you to Galaxian, that's his domain of expertise... I notice that nothing ever happend to a certain Monica and that tells me all I need.
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Post by Hermit » Mon Jan 04, 2016 9:57 pm

Seth wrote:like her husband, she's a megalomaniac, congenital, pathological liar, a leftist Progressive power-seeker, a control freak, nascent tyrant and just about as evil and self centered a person as has ever existed on this planet, that's why, so she fits well with the rest of the Democrat party who have similar intentions for the rest of us.
Of all your rants this is the best emulation of Richard Dawkins's description of the god of the old testament yet.

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Post by Seth » Mon Jan 04, 2016 10:18 pm

Svartalf wrote:Trump is interested in the economic success of Trump,
Correct, just as I am interested in my economic success and you are interested in your economic success. So what? Who else should anyone be primarily interested in? Trump's interest in his economic success benefits me because he provides companies and jobs that allow individuals to look to their own economic success by working for him or working WITH him if they have an idea that will benefit both Trump and the individual. That's exactly how the free market works.
as multiple ventures he launched and got out of to let them go down into bankruptcy prove eloquently...
That's what bankruptcy is for. He's still got plenty of money and plenty of successful business ventures under his belt, which I doubt you have. Nobody hits a home run every time.
he'd send the US toward bankruptcy so fast even the bush the younger era and the early Obama era would look like times of plenty and dlourishing economy...
The President doesn't control the budget so no, that's not the case.
As for the mysterious deaths around the clintons, I send you to Galaxian, that's his domain of expertise... I notice that nothing ever happend to a certain Monica and that tells me all I need.
Bill was outed before he had the chance to set it up, which is one of the reasons that Monica et. al. did so, precisely so that she couldn't be "disappeared" before the scandal broke.

Can you say "Vince Foster?"
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Post by Seth » Mon Jan 04, 2016 10:19 pm

Hermit wrote:
Seth wrote:like her husband, she's a megalomaniac, congenital, pathological liar, a leftist Progressive power-seeker, a control freak, nascent tyrant and just about as evil and self centered a person as has ever existed on this planet, that's why, so she fits well with the rest of the Democrat party who have similar intentions for the rest of us.
Of all your rants this is the best emulation of Richard Dawkins's description of the god of the old testament yet.
The distinction being that the existence of Hillary Clinton can be conclusively proven and she's no God, although evidently she thinks she is.
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Post by Hermit » Mon Jan 04, 2016 10:34 pm

Seth wrote:
Hermit wrote:
Seth wrote:like her husband, she's a megalomaniac, congenital, pathological liar, a leftist Progressive power-seeker, a control freak, nascent tyrant and just about as evil and self centered a person as has ever existed on this planet, that's why, so she fits well with the rest of the Democrat party who have similar intentions for the rest of us.
Of all your rants this is the best emulation of Richard Dawkins's description of the god of the old testament yet.
The distinction being that the existence of Hillary Clinton can be conclusively proven and she's no God, although evidently she thinks she is.
Your distinction is irrelevant. In Dawkin's rant the issue of whether god exists does not even come up, nor does it need to. For proof of the validity of his description of the god of the old testament all you have to do is to, um, read the old testament.
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Post by Brian Peacock » Mon Jan 04, 2016 10:54 pm

And if she could achieve half of what her hubby did as Pres she'd still leave office with a better record that Bush.

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Post by piscator » Mon Jan 04, 2016 11:30 pm

Hillary comes off cold on TV, but I've been in the same room with her, and she's a fucking powerhouse IRL.

She'll probably have to roll a few heads in the Pentagon, Secret Service, and CIA, but they need it and she argued privately with Bill to let TF Ranger finish the job in Mogadishu after Aidid was on the ropes from the Night of the Rangers.

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Hermit wrote:
Seth wrote:
Hermit wrote:
Seth wrote:like her husband, she's a megalomaniac, congenital, pathological liar, a leftist Progressive power-seeker, a control freak, nascent tyrant and just about as evil and self centered a person as has ever existed on this planet, that's why, so she fits well with the rest of the Democrat party who have similar intentions for the rest of us.
Of all your rants this is the best emulation of Richard Dawkins's description of the god of the old testament yet.
The distinction being that the existence of Hillary Clinton can be conclusively proven and she's no God, although evidently she thinks she is.
Your distinction is irrelevant. In Dawkin's rant the issue of whether god exists does not even come up, nor does it need to. For proof of the validity of his description of the god of the old testament all you have to do is to, um, read the old testament.
Well, he can rant and rave about Sauron and the Ring of Power if he likes, but if neither Sauron nor the Ring of Power exist it's just the ravings of a delusional old man, isn't it?

On the other hand, Hillary exists and her misdeeds are legendary and many-fold.
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Post by Seth » Tue Jan 05, 2016 12:47 am

piscator wrote:Hillary comes off cold on TV, but I've been in the same room with her, and she's a fucking powerhouse IRL.
Most demagogues and tyrants appear that way to the ignorami, usually precisely because they are smooth-talkers who lie without batting an eye and tell a convincing story to whatever audience they face, without the least regard for consistency in their policies. Both Clintons are smooth talkers who are inveterate liars and charlatans. But like HItler and Mussolini, they talk a good game and sound convincing, and then do nothing they promised and instead enslave and oppress everyone around them once in power.

That's the antithesis of Donald Trump, whom I admire for his willingness to say exactly what he thinks without trying to pander to anyone. You might not like what he says, but at least he doesn't lie to your face and tell you only what you want to hear. I can respect that. Indeed, I INSIST on that in a President. I can forgive a president schtupping an intern so long as he has the balls to say "Yeah I fucked her and she gives great head too, and man, can she make a cigar erotic, but so what...have you seen my ugly bitch of a wife?"
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