Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo — Page 633

CatBus said:

TV’s Frink said:

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Possessed said:

TV’s Frink said:

None of it means anything in relation to the current topic.

I don’t know, my name is Jacob and I do in fact use ladders from time to time.

Ok but I need to know if you’re a Rush fan, a Huey Lewis fan, or an Adrian Lyne fan.

That’s like Sophie’s choice, man. Harsh. Sometimes bad is bad.

These are 1/3 of fighting words.

Oh, so I’m walking on a thin line, am I?

WRONG 1/3

If this is it, please let me know.

The men who hold high places must be the ones to start.

You crack me up.

Be cool or be cast out.

I said cool is the rule.

I was at this obligatory social event with a friend once. We didn’t really want to be there, so we entertained ourselves by inventing a game. While we were having conversations, every time one of us named a band from the 80’s, we’d get a point, but only if nobody else noticed what we’d done – i.e. if it worked relatively well in the conversation and nobody said, “Hey, wasn’t that a band from the eighties?” There were lots of easy ones – the Police, for example. I was particularly proud of working the Dead Milkmen into normal conversation without anyone noticing.

Not sure what made me think of that. And no, I’m not suggesting it. Yet.

Aha ha ha ha. That sounds fun.

Mrebo said:

Today the FBI admits it failed to investigate after someone close to Cruz called the FBI about Cruz’s guns and desire to kill people. This appears to be on top of the reporting by the youtuber of Cruz’s comment online about wanting to shoot at a school.

If we want to talk about obvious non-controversial steps we can take to prevent mass shootings, how about figuring out how law enforcement can be more effective/competent?

We can do this and make it harder to get guns that can kill 50 people in one minute.

Mrebo said:

Anyway, Hispanic doesn’t necessarily mean non-white.

true, but how many white Hispanics are members of white nationalist groups?

TM2YC said:

Rask40 said:

removing guns (or certain type of guns) from millions of law abiding citizens… would be illegal.

Make it legal then. Laws are changeable, they aren’t “written in stone”, like commandments handed down from God. If the 2nd Amendment is an outdated and unhelpful piece of law, just get rid of it, or rewrite it to introduce an element of sanity and/or common sense.

passing an amendment is not exactly easy.

Warbler said:

Mrebo said:

Anyway, Hispanic doesn’t necessarily mean non-white.

true, but how white Hispanics are members of white nationalist groups?

Why are you even still on this track? Why do these questions even matter if it’s been confirmed he’s a white nationalist?

CatBus said:

chyron8472 said:

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Warbler said:

Mrebo said:

Maybe the focus on ineffective broad proposals is the problem. Raising the age to own a firearm to 21 would be more focused and I think legally defensible.

the inevitable argument would be “whoa, I’m old enough to be drafted to carry a weapon in a war, but not old enough to buy one myself???”

Raise the draft age. Or, even better, eliminate the draft.

We did that. The United States military is a 100% all-volunteer force. No one is drafted ever anymore because of the response by the anti-war movement during the Vietnam War.

Carter (no, not Carter USM – President Carter) resurrected the draft in 1980, one of his nastiest legacies. Nobody’s been drafted since due to lack of need, not lack of ability.

I think the draft is a necessary evil. It might be needed in dire situations.

Mrebo said:

NeverarGreat said:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/16/politics/mueller-russia-indictments-election-interference/index.html

And there it is. What’s Trump gonna do about Muller now?

Congratulate him?

Somehow I doubt that.

DominicCobb said:

Warbler said:

Mrebo said:

Anyway, Hispanic doesn’t necessarily mean non-white.

true, but how white Hispanics are members of white nationalist groups?

Why are you even still on this track? Why do these questions even matter if it’s been confirmed he’s a white nationalist?

I was not trying to argue that the nut is not a white nationalist.

Mrebo said:

Today the FBI admits it failed to investigate after someone close to Cruz called the FBI about Cruz’s guns and desire to kill people. This appears to be on top of the reporting by the youtuber of Cruz’s comment online about wanting to shoot at a school.

This quote from the movie Hopscotch comes to mind “Now I know what the FBI stands for. ‘Fucking, Ball-busting Imbeciles’!”

SilverWook said:

In the 21st century, what sort of dire situation is going to allow time for mass quantities of civilians to be drafted and trained for combat? Short of World War 3, which would be over pretty quickly and badly for everyone involved.

Don’t know, but I think the option should be kept in place, just in case. But it should only be used in the most extreme cases where absolutely necessary to survival of the country.

TV’s Frink said:

Mrebo said:

Today the FBI admits it failed to investigate after someone close to Cruz called the FBI about Cruz’s guns and desire to kill people. This appears to be on top of the reporting by the youtuber of Cruz’s comment online about wanting to shoot at a school.

If we want to talk about obvious non-controversial steps we can take to prevent mass shootings, how about figuring out how law enforcement can be more effective/competent?

We can do this and make it harder to get guns that can kill 50 people in one minute.

except with making law enforcement more effective/competent, we might get enough support from the other side of the aisle to get something done. Obviously this is unfortunately not true for making it harder to get guns that can kill 50 people in one minute.

probably, but not certainly.

Warbler said:

DominicCobb said:

Warbler said:

Mrebo said:

Anyway, Hispanic doesn’t necessarily mean non-white.

true, but how white Hispanics are members of white nationalist groups?

Why are you even still on this track? Why do these questions even matter if it’s been confirmed he’s a white nationalist?

I was not trying to argue that the nut is not a white nationalist.

Great. End of this discussion then because there’s no point.

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

DominicCobb said:

Warbler said:

Mrebo said:

Anyway, Hispanic doesn’t necessarily mean non-white.

true, but how white Hispanics are members of white nationalist groups?

Why are you even still on this track? Why do these questions even matter if it’s been confirmed he’s a white nationalist?

I was not trying to argue that the nut is not a white nationalist.

Great. End of this discussion then because there’s no point.

TV’s Frink said:

Ok.

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

DominicCobb said:

Warbler said:

Mrebo said:

Anyway, Hispanic doesn’t necessarily mean non-white.

true, but how white Hispanics are members of white nationalist groups?

Why are you even still on this track? Why do these questions even matter if it’s been confirmed he’s a white nationalist?

I was not trying to argue that the nut is not a white nationalist.

Great. End of this discussion then because there’s no point.

Exactly.

oh good grief