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My dad is a nutcase.

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notfred

Lifer
You know Dale Dribble from "King of the Hill"? He's my dad. My dad is a conspiracy freak.

I sent him a link to an article that talked about spending in government, and how supporters of less government spending should vote for Kerry, because historically the US government spends significantly less when Congress and the President are of opposing parties.

Now, it's not whether my dad disagrees with the article, but the way he responds.

This is what he said:
Whats wrong with a deficit when it is part of the economic design?
If the government was interested in a balanced budget they would change their economic model. The whole discussion about the deficit is bogus and designed to distract the general public from the real machinations of the global elite and their immune corporations, That is to reduce the independent minded to chatel as effectively and quickly as possible.

If you want to get to the heart of these matters you need to read something more than the Cato Institue dispite what they say about themselves.
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Now, I couldeven live with that, but every trime I visit I have the pleasure of listenen to a lecture about the "New World Order" or the Trilateral Commission, or how The people of ancient Syria interbred with space aliens to create the jewish race (I'm not making that up.... he actually said that, maybe it wasn't Syria, but somewhere else... but the alien thing was real).

My dad actually started a militia, and then got kicked out of it (think "Michigan Militia", or Something Tim McVeigh would have belonged to, but smaller and not insane enough to actually kill anyone).

 
Ya.. your dad is a nutcase..

But your justification for voting Kerry is nutty too.. The whole reason you want someone to vote Kerry as this country's next president is so the government doesn't spend as much? I'm sorry, but the entire amount of money Bush spent in his last four years (including the war) is less than the amount Kerry proposes as his 'start in office'.

 
Originally posted by: brxndxn
Ya.. your dad is a nutcase..

But your justification for voting Kerry is nutty too.. The whole reason you want someone to vote Kerry as this country's next president is so the government doesn't spend as much? I'm sorry, but the entire amount of money Bush spent in his last four years (including the war) is less than the amount Kerry proposes as his 'start in office'.
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Woah chief, save it for P&N before you get a hernia....
 
Originally posted by: brxndxn
Ya.. your dad is a nutcase..

But your justification for voting Kerry is nutty too.. The whole reason you want someone to vote Kerry as this country's next president is so the government doesn't spend as much? I'm sorry, but the entire amount of money Bush spent in his last four years (including the war) is less than the amount Kerry proposes as his 'start in office'.
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It's not anyone's view on Kerry except the guy who wrote the article. I merely thought the article as interesting so I passed it along to my dad. Besides the idea is that with Kerry in office and a republican congress, Kerry can propose as much spending as he wants, but congress wont approve it, so not much will actually get spent. That was the point of the article, but is not the primary issue in this thread, nor is that my justification for voting any particular way in the upcoming election.
 
Originally posted by: brxndxn
Ya.. your dad is a nutcase..

But your justification for voting Kerry is nutty too.. The whole reason you want someone to vote Kerry as this country's next president is so the government doesn't spend as much? I'm sorry, but the entire amount of money Bush spent in his last four years (including the war) is less than the amount Kerry proposes as his 'start in office'.
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It's fairly well documented that when the president and congress majority are of different parties, relative fiscal prudence abounds. It's checks and balances in action.
 
Originally posted by: Hankerton
What does your Dad do for a living?
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He's an electrical engineer. He designs alarm/surveillence systems. He sells them to people like police departments and federal agencies.
 
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: Hankerton
What does your Dad do for a living?
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He's an electrical engineer. He designs alarm/surveillence systems. He sells them to people like police departments and federal agencies.
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Do you think him being in the security business caused his paranoid thoughts or the other way around?
 
whoa...wtf did the "Master Member" come about? And when can we expect a "Big Member" designation to be introduced?
 
Originally posted by: brxndxn
Ya.. your dad is a nutcase..

But your justification for voting Kerry is nutty too.. The whole reason you want someone to vote Kerry as this country's next president is so the government doesn't spend as much? I'm sorry, but the entire amount of money Bush spent in his last four years (including the war) is less than the amount Kerry proposes as his 'start in office'.
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But the money from the Kerry campaign might actually benifit someone.
 
Originally posted by: Hankerton
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: Hankerton
What does your Dad do for a living?
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He's an electrical engineer. He designs alarm/surveillence systems. He sells them to people like police departments and federal agencies.
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Do you think him being in the security business caused his paranoid thoughts or the other way around?
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I actually don't remember him being insane when he started in that business. But I was a little kid so maybe I just didn't see it. I'm not sure they're related though. His real passion is radio rather than security (he builds wireless security systems that send messages directly to police radios and things). He actually has a theory about radio waves (and other EM radiation) being the manifestation of some sort of god-like force that units the universe.
 
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
I like your dad's opinions & would like to subscribe to his newsletter😀
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He used to have a talk radio show, no newsletter though.
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LOL. I was just telling Pliablemoose he doesn't have a newsletter, he broadcasts through "god-like radio waves" but the message timed out. I was right!
 
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
I like your dad's opinions & would like to subscribe to his newsletter😀
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He used to have a talk radio show, no newsletter though.
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I had this feeling...

Used to have a bud that'd rant on about the Trilateral Commission, etc, gets old after about 1/2 hour. I feel for you notfred...

 
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