Were Conservatives played for fools?

[JSt0rm]

Again, ironic that the only way this nightmare of yours will happen is if you get your way and allow unlimited islamic immigration (all while telling yourselves how wonderful you are for 'saving the refugees'...)

You are a russian.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

It was. I just wanted to know the name of a conservative Texas newspaper that you mentioned. Thanks for giving me 2 California papers. Your help is much appreciated.

I have command of my own language, and my tongue can be sharp, Bro. Wasn't sure what you meant. I apologize, if you were offended about the cucumber!

This point of it -- That's a whole chain of newspapers (Belo) from Providence RI, to one of the Dallas papers, to the PE which they sold to OC Register. Corporate HQ was in Dallas. We're awash in "Right-wing Media" here in So-Cal.

to elaborate only slightly, I was doing some research about Belo back in 2003, when Bush gave the marching orders. The board of directors included several people who met on other boards with Raymond L. Hunt, son of H. L. Hunt and brother of the two who precipitated the great Silver crisis of (I think) the late 70s. These included PEPSICO, EDS, Halliburton, Centex, . . . three or four Dallas-area non-profits linked to Texas Instruments, when Christi Todd Whitman was on TI's board. So Hunt was meeting with these people -- as many as 8 or 9 -- as often as they were convening at Belo HQ.

H. L. Hunt had owned a whole string of right-wing radio and TV stations that stretched throughout the southwest and into King County (?) Washington.

And -- you're welcome!

 

[imported_tajmahal]

I have command of my own language, and my tongue can be sharp, Bro. Wasn't sure what you meant. I apologize, if you were offended about the cucumber!

This point of it -- That's a whole chain of newspapers (Belo) from Providence RI, to one of the Dallas papers, to the PE which they sold to OC Register. Corporate HQ was in Dallas. We're awash in "Right-wing Media" here in So-Cal.

to elaborate only slightly, I was doing some research about Belo back in 2003, when Bush gave the marching orders. The board of directors included several people who met on other boards with Raymond L. Hunt, son of H. L. Hunt and brother of the two who precipitated the great Silver crisis of (I think) the late 70s. These included PEPSICO, EDS, Halliburton, Centex, . . . three or four Dallas-area non-profits linked to Texas Instruments, when Christi Todd Whitman was on TI's board. So Hunt was meeting with these people -- as many as 8 or 9 -- as often as they were convening at Belo HQ.

H. L. Hunt had owned a whole string of right-wing radio and TV stations that stretched throughout the southwest and into King County (?) Washington.

And -- you're welcome!

Thanks, it was a real question on my part. I can give some snappish answers of my own from time to time.

 

[Victorian Gray]

Again, ironic that the only way this nightmare of yours will happen is if you get your way and allow unlimited islamic immigration (all while telling yourselves how wonderful you are for 'saving the refugees'...)

Liar

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Liar

Is it not amazing, that Thomas Jefferson had a well-annotated Quran in his library and had no fear of the "Musselmen," but you see this chicken-little fear of "The Other" afoot in places which have less chance of being hit by a terror attack than being struck by lightning on a clear day?

 

[agent00f]

Is it not amazing, that Thomas Jefferson had a well-annotated Quran in his library and had no fear of the "Musselmen," but you see this chicken-little fear of "The Other" afoot in places which have less chance of being hit by a terror attack than being struck by lightning on a clear day?

The funniest part is blue_max is canadian, who's evidently easy influenced and hangs out too much on /pol/ or voat type places. He's the perfect illustration of the unfortunate side-effects of the internet.

 

[HeXen]

....* pointless wall text*..

And I'm satisfied with my conclusion that he is the most disgusting human being I've ever seen on TV. I knew him well ten years ago, five years ago, through the Birther frenzy, and at the beginning of the campaign.

Keep the hate strong bro.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Keep the hate strong bro.

What would anyone expect? He was disgusting then, and a veneer of High Office doesn't change anything.

Some time around 2012, I went grocery shopping at the local mall as the family "purchasing agent." I walked by Mexican restaurant I frequent on occasion, and noticed a bright, red F350 truck parked in front.

It had the Stars & Bars and the Marine Corps flag propped up on poles at the tailgate to flutter proudly in the breeze. For the latter, when I see the decal on a car window, I usually think "thank you for your service."

This time, a thought briefly flashed in my mind as I touched the Zippo in my pocket. The tinder I had in mind wasn't the honored Marine Corps flag. Withdrawing my hand quickly was not a moral act: it was a civil one.

But I never fully understood the sentiment behind the truck-owner's bold demonstration. As much as I may understand a good part of it even as a so-called "white" person, it took a while for it to work on my brain.

So another flash of a fantasy crossed my mind just today. Mark Twain is one of my favorites, and I remember "Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." The real meaning of that story -- set at the dawn of the Middle Ages, points to 1860.

And I thought about the deal-making behind the presidency of Rutherford Hayes. Today, I don't quite like that outcome: I wish they'd left the federal troops in Beulah-land, extended Reconstruction, and followed the inclination of Thaddeus Stevens.

It occurred to me if there really were such a thing as a Time Machine with two seats in it, I might be able to -- first -- go back to a time when Apprentice appeared on TV, ask Donald Asshole to take a ride with me, ferry him back to the presidential election of 1876, and get him to negotiate my preferred terms.

But knowing the Donald for more than a dozen years, even Donald would be hard-pressed to negotiate such an avenue with himself.

And -- for sure -- with mission accomplished -- I would've jumped in that old Time Machine and left Donald Fuckstick stranded in the Past.

But -- he IS -- stranded in the Past, and he aims to take all of us back with him.

So -- Kum-bayh-yah? F*** YOU, ya Tory Traitor A**HOLE!

 

[Jhhnn]

Again, ironic that the only way this nightmare of yours will happen is if you get your way and allow unlimited islamic immigration (all while telling yourselves how wonderful you are for 'saving the refugees'...)

Bullshit. Nobody has advocated unlimited Islamic immigration.

 

[Zaap]

What would anyone expect? He was disgusting then, and a veneer of High Office doesn't change anything.

Some time around 2012, I went grocery shopping at the local mall as the family "purchasing agent." I walked by Mexican restaurant I frequent on occasion, and noticed a bright, red F350 truck parked in front.

It had the Stars & Bars and the Marine Corps flag propped up on poles at the tailgate to flutter proudly in the breeze. For the latter, when I see the decal on a car window, I usually think "thank you for your service."

I'm curious what point you are trying to make. The hell has a Mexican restaurant got to do with anything? Are you actually triggered by the mere mention of "Mexican..." and automatically juxtapose it with things around you? Was there something in the story you're leaving out, because as is, it sounds idiotic. But I'll give you the benefit of the doubt if there's something left out here.