Political Forums  

Go Back   Political Forums > Politics
Register FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

We appreciate your help

in keeping this site going.
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #91  
Old 01-12-2021, 11:20 AM
BlueStreak's Avatar
BlueStreak BlueStreak is offline
Area Man
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: The Swamp
Posts: 27,451
Quote:
Originally Posted by bobabode View Post
I keep hearing the word 'insurrection' used to describe the goings on down at the Capitol today.

Pbbbbt... please, peckerwoods.
Come on, Bob. They're just trying to protect us from all of the imaginary boogeymen that haunt their minds. They're tearing down Democracy and installing a Dictator in order to free us from tyranny.

What don't you understand?
__________________
"When the lie is so big and the fog so thick, the Republican trick can play out again....."-------Frank Zappa
Reply With Quote
  #92  
Old 01-12-2021, 11:22 AM
Not Insane's Avatar
Not Insane Not Insane is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 2020
Location: South Central KY
Posts: 1,694
Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueStreak View Post
Come on, Bob. They're just trying to protect us from all of the imaginary boogeymen that haunt their minds. They're tearing down Democracy and installing a Dictator in order to free us from tyranny.

What don't you understand?
Actually, I think that is what they are trying to stop. This whole thing reminds me of what Fred Reed said about the US a couple of decades ago: We seem to be on track to becoming the first "Dictatorship without a dictator".
Reply With Quote
  #93  
Old 01-12-2021, 11:37 AM
BlueStreak's Avatar
BlueStreak BlueStreak is offline
Area Man
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: The Swamp
Posts: 27,451
Quote:
Originally Posted by Not Insane View Post
The crowd on the 6th was HUGE. Yet the damage was incredibly sparse. And no buildings burned, no cars burned, no dumpsters burned, and nobody got free TV's.

There was violence, but it was absurdly sparse. And why did the police simply move the barriers out of the way for the crowd to enter?

I'm not justifying the violence by a few (very few).

And watch what happens in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEkBMHjrj6I

I don't know who the guy was that was bashing the window, but it certainly appears the crowd was at least somewhat self policing. There seem to be some adults there.
The California woman who was shot received her fatal wound while climbing through a busted window....

Sparse......at the moment. On Inauguration Day? We shall see.

Over the weekend, I watched quite a bit of footage taken by those on both sides. It is unmistakable what is going on in DC, Trump is clearly trying to force his way into a second term..

Yes, massive crowds of chanting people bearing flags with the Dear Leaders image and name on them as he bellows through speakers from his bunker, clearly spewing bile, "....there are some very bad people in there....", while his legions use sheer crowd size to overwhelm and intimidate law enforcement as they push their way into the Capital Building.....

....is a sign of good things to come.

How?
__________________
"When the lie is so big and the fog so thick, the Republican trick can play out again....."-------Frank Zappa

Last edited by BlueStreak; 01-12-2021 at 12:00 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #94  
Old 01-12-2021, 12:17 PM
donquixote99's Avatar
donquixote99 donquixote99 is offline
Ready
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 19,931
@Not Insane. You have latched on to big lies, and will not let go. It's not your fault, humans are wired to do this. It makes civilization possible, actually. Civilization is lots of people all cooperating in sophisticated, adaptable, non-mechanistic ways. We are like bees, except for the last part--bees are very rigidly programmed. Chimpanzees have most of our capabilities, except the large-scale cooperation part. Chimps cooperate with a dozen or so intimate acquaintances, we cooperates in groups of millions. And how do we do it? This guys say we do it by being all willing to believe BIG LIES together:

https://www.ted.com/talks/yuval_noah...guage=en#t-163
__________________
By Any Means Necessary

Last edited by donquixote99; 01-12-2021 at 12:19 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #95  
Old 01-12-2021, 12:25 PM
donquixote99's Avatar
donquixote99 donquixote99 is offline
Ready
 
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 19,931
Quote:
Originally Posted by Not Insane View Post
Actually, I think that is what they are trying to stop. This whole thing reminds me of what Fred Reed said about the US a couple of decades ago: We seem to be on track to becoming the first "Dictatorship without a dictator".
Oooo, that's very Zen, 'dictatorship without a dictator.' But very silly. I think it means "I dream of a world where everyone MUST act like me and my tribe, but neither I nor anyone has to be the one forcing them to."

Another case of "The sleep of reason brings forth monsters."
__________________
By Any Means Necessary
Reply With Quote
  #96  
Old 01-12-2021, 01:10 PM
Chicks Chicks is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 14,448
__________________
"In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -
George Orwell
Reply With Quote
  #97  
Old 01-12-2021, 01:28 PM
Oerets's Avatar
Oerets Oerets is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Derby City U.S.A.
Posts: 8,936
Tonight on PBS...............
Rerunning from earlier in the season.
Frontline
""United States of Conspiracy""


https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/f...of-conspiracy/

Last edited by Oerets; 01-12-2021 at 01:34 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #98  
Old 01-12-2021, 02:19 PM
Chicks Chicks is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 14,448
Barbara Starr @barbarastarrcnn

Just in: Joint Chiefs of Staff preparing rare message to entire force of reassurance: reminding them the job is to support & defend Constitution and reject extremism. Its a significant step. JCS have sought to stay out of politics. Statement due to gravity of events.

11:49 AM · Jan 12, 2021·Twitter Web App

----------

To all the idiot Insane clowns: no, the military won't support your Dear Leader's little coup.
__________________
"In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -
George Orwell
Reply With Quote
  #99  
Old 01-12-2021, 03:00 PM
bobabode's Avatar
bobabode bobabode is offline
Admin
 
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Behind the Orange Curtain in California
Posts: 38,330
Peckerhead militia members are getting fired for their participation in the ransacking of our Capitol building. Let's hope they'll be getting three hots and a cot soon to boot.

Any of those idiots who laid hands on a police officer there deserve 25 to life. Whoever took a fire extinguisher to Officer Sicknick's head should be hung, drawn and quartered and fed to a pack of feral hogs.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us...?ocid=msedgdhp
Reply With Quote
  #100  
Old 01-12-2021, 03:34 PM
Oerets's Avatar
Oerets Oerets is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Derby City U.S.A.
Posts: 8,936
So have any of the arrests been linked to Antifa?

Zerrooooo!
Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:00 PM.



Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.6
Copyright ©2000 - 2026, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.