Second cup of Coffee Talk

[sabresfaninthesouth]

^^^Better or worse than Roy Moore?

I feel like that's having to choose between dick cancer and ball cancer.

They both fucking suck.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Shame on you! You should never associate something as wonderful as Lt. Frank Drebin with jackass Trump. No matter what the circumstances.

I hope a tiger attacks you.

 

[elocomotive]

DC council voted today to add a publicly-funded campaign finance system. They joined a few other cities/counties that have such a program. More here.

This should be the long-term trend in government elections. Get the private money out of the process and you will see laws that better serve the public, less corruption, and more candidates interested in running without the hurdle of needing money to get involved in politics.

Good stuff.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

DC council voted today to add a publicly-funded campaign finance system. They joined a few other cities/counties that have such a program. More here.

This should be the long-term trend in government elections. Get the private money out of the process and you will see laws that better serve the public, less corruption, and more candidates interested in running without the hurdle of needing money to get involved in politics.

Good stuff.

I like the general idea, but until there's a way to defend against the Citizens United style Super PACs, I don't know how you affect real change in the system.

 

[Darkstone42]

Pardoned former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio announces Senate run

Seems just like Trump's kinda guy. Jesus H. Fuck!! Where do they find these people??!?!

A Phony Murder Plot Against Joe Arpaio Winds Up Costing Taxpayers $1.1 Million

I will campaign for whoever runs against him. In the primary, in the general, whatever. I never campaign for anyone, but I will absolutely campaign against this jagoff.

 

[thedddd]

Pardoned former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio announces Senate run

Seems just like Trump's kinda guy. Jesus H. Fuck!! Where do they find these people??!?!

A Phony Murder Plot Against Joe Arpaio Winds Up Costing Taxpayers $1.1 Million

Candidates that would be better that Joe Arpaio:

Richard Nixon
David Duke
Sarah Palin
Anthony Weiner
James Traficant
Newt Gingrich
Joseph McCarthy

 

[Comeds]

As funny as it was it should not be done. Like drinking a spoonful of Draino; sure it'll clean you out but it'll leave you hollow inside.

I know it's just a joke on a message board, and maybe the problems on a message board don't amount to a hill of beans. But this is our hill. And these are our beans!

 

[Comeds]

Dash, I looked for what you wanted, this is the best I could find.

Edit: oops, please disregard. This was supposed to be a pm.

 

[dare2be]

Dash, I looked for what you wanted, this is the best I could find.

Edit: oops, please disregard. This was supposed to be a pm.

Bareback Mountain?

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

DC council voted today to add a publicly-funded campaign finance system. They joined a few other cities/counties that have such a program. More here.

This should be the long-term trend in government elections. Get the private money out of the process and you will see laws that better serve the public, less corruption, and more candidates interested in running without the hurdle of needing money to get involved in politics.

Good stuff.

I'm not a big fan of public-only campaign finance. Get the corporations out of it like we did and limit the shit out of individual contributions and it should do the trick.

 

[forty_three]

OK, can we please shut up with the Oprah for President bullshit, please?

I get it, she read a speech well. And she seems to be, as celebrities go, a decent person. And she has repeatedly answered jstew's prayers. But for fuck's sake, haven't we learned the lesson yet about what unqualified people do when elected to public office by people who like their movie or TV show?

Jesse Ventura
Arnold Schwarzengunner
Al Franken
Donald Trump

We need to look at the fact that we are so starved for leadership that we get all excited when someone, ANYONE, says something positive and relatable. Try and fix that.

But for the love of God, no more TV stars. Especially not the one who sprung Dr Phil AND Dr Oz on the world.

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

I'm not a big fan of public-only campaign finance. Get the corporations out of it like we did and limit the shit out of individual contributions and it should do the trick.

That's what we tried (half-assedly) and that's what turned the corporations are people too Citizens United debacle.

 

[forty_three]

Exactly which passage in the Bible mentions the President of the United States? I must have missed that one.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

That's what we tried (half-assedly) and that's what turned the corporations are people too Citizens United debacle.

In which case I couldn't imagine legislation outright banning private contributions possibly withstanding a similar challenge.

 

[scoutyjones2]

OK, can we please shut up with the Oprah for President bullshit, please?

I get it, she read a speech well. And she seems to be, as celebrities go, a decent person. And she has repeatedly answered jstew's prayers. But for fuck's sake, haven't we learned the lesson yet about what unqualified people do when elected to public office by people who like their movie or TV show?

Jesse Ventura
Arnold Schwarzengunner
Al Franken
Donald Trump

We need to look at the fact that we are so starved for leadership that we get all excited when someone, ANYONE, says something positive and relatable. Try and fix that.

But for the love of God, no more TV stars. Especially not the one who sprung Dr Phil AND Dr Oz on the world.

So only the Ben Carson's of the world?

 

[forty_three]

So only the Ben Carson's of the world?

Those are the only two types of people that exist to you?

 

[elocomotive]

I like the general idea, but until there's a way to defend against the Citizens United style Super PACs, I don't know how you affect real change in the system.

I agree. Citizens United is up there with Dred Scott among the most absurd Supreme Court decisions of all time.

Oddly enough, both center around what a person is. In Dred Scott, the Supreme Court gave no standing to a person by saying they were not a person. In Citizens United, the court said that corporations are people.

Apparently the Supreme Court is able to navigate difficult labor laws and rule on abstract matters of citizenship and free speech, but they still can't figure out what a person is.

 

[Comeds]

OK, can we please shut up with the Oprah for President bullshit, please?

I get it, she read a speech well. And she seems to be, as celebrities go, a decent person. And she has repeatedly answered jstew's prayers. But for fuck's sake, haven't we learned the lesson yet about what unqualified people do when elected to public office by people who like their movie or TV show?

Jesse Ventura
Arnold Schwarzengunner
Al Franken
Donald Trump

We need to look at the fact that we are so starved for leadership that we get all excited when someone, ANYONE, says something positive and relatable. Try and fix that.

But for the love of God, no more TV stars. Especially not the one who sprung Dr Phil AND Dr Oz on the world.

In one of Nostradomos's quatrains he predicted a 'round mound of rebound in the house of white'.

So I assume we have President Charles Barkley in our future.

 

[scoutyjones2]

Those are the only two types of people that exist to you?

Nope, I'm not the one putting my personal bias on who can run for president...

 

[dash]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't the Republicans currently control everything?