I’m tired of the phrase, “Flip-flop”. You know, a politician could change his mind on an issue because he learned something new, and not simply to pander to the
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I’m tired of the phrase, “Flip-flop”. You know, a politician could change his mind on an issue because he learned something new, and not simply to pander to the
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Key 1: Image
The first thing to understand is that the majority of Occupation Protestors want to address an injustice, or more accurately, they want to take on the image of a fighter for justice. But
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I’ve got a quick rant. I was listening to NPR, and they were doing one of their pro-interviewee interviews of this lady who was running a book store at the Wall Street Occupation.
At the end, the interviewer lets the Occupation librarian explain her philosophical thoughts. She explained that she doesn’t like the way our country treats our weakest members, minorities, etc. Not unreasonable, right? Then she goes on to explain that her biggest issue, the thing she think is the priority, is to transition to a carbon neutral society, and that the reason we aren’t is because the ‘oil companies’ are preventing it. lol
It’s this kind of utterly ignorant thinking that makes my teeth itch. Earlier in the interview she was saying that the library
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“North Korea” and “rationality” should never be spoken in the same sentence.
– Condoleezza Rice
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Right, that’s one thing that improves our competitiveness. Some modern factories can run all night with no people there. It’s like a big copy machine, you just set it up and let it go. Annoyingly, last time I had a conversation with someone who repairs robots, which was a couple years ago, the robots came from Europe. That seems like something we should make.
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Dana Vashon said something interesting on Red Eye a few weeks ago, It’s not a lack of demand, it’s a drought of good ideas, and it’s got me thinking.
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I had an epiphany today, about hillbillies. I thought – well, wait a minute, let me back up…
So the other day, I’m outside doing some work. Down the street, one of my hillbilly neighbors is using a leaf blower
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The Dumbest Things You’ve Ever Heard
October 11, 2011 by Noisy Dove
Rules:
1. They don’t have to be exact quotations, although that would be cool. Paraphrases are ok, as long as they’re summarized fairly.
2. Indicate who said the phrase, as best you can, and give a short description of why the quote is so utterly ignorant.
3. And no Daily Show style cheap-shots or hear-say Liberal/Conservative narrative. Read more... (576 words, 1 image, estimated 2:18 mins reading time)
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