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bernie
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 12:13 pm
by dead man walking
for president!
Re: bernie
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 5:12 pm
by dead man walking
“Today, 99 percent of all new income is going to the top 1 percent,” Mr. Sanders said in a news conference in the Capitol to introduce legislation that would break up the banks that are deemed “too big to fail.”
“The top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent," he said.
“If an institution is too big to fail, it is too big to exist, and that is the bottom line,” Mr. Sanders said.
Re: bernie
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 5:26 pm
by Kazuya Mishima
Already enough Jews in Washington...how do you think things got this fucked up? I guess it's a bunch of Iowa farm boys, and their distant cousins from Harlem and Mexico running Wall Street, the Federal Reserve System, the congressional lobbying system, etc?
Nyet.
Re: bernie
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 7:22 pm
by dead man walking
. . . during his inaugural campaign appearance on ABC News' "This Week With George Stephanopoulos" . . . Sanders cited Denmark, Norway and Sweden as exemplars of the democratic socialism to which he subscribes. Stephanopoulos said, "I can hear the Republican attack ad right now: 'He wants America to look more like Scandinavia.'"
"That's right. That's right. And what's wrong with that?" Sanders asked, highlighting the region's economic strengths.
Re: bernie
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 7:28 pm
by Turdacious
Re: bernie
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 7:29 pm
by TerryB
dead man walking wrote:“Today, 99 percent of all new income is going to the top 1 percent,” ....“The top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent," he said.
Bernie is going nowhere and everybody knows it.
What boggles my mind is how Hillary is going to run based on those facts. She was part of the problem she now says need to be solved.
Re: bernie
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 7:46 pm
by Koko, Beware
He's old enough where this is his last run and he's not going to win ergo...
There is no reason for him to not begin referring to himself as "The Sandman" and cutting heel promos on Hillary. I'd like him to walk out to Enter Sandman at all campaign appearances but that might be something he needs a little time to get used to doing.
Re: bernie
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 8:43 pm
by bennyonesix
E2>200 wrote:dead man walking wrote:“Today, 99 percent of all new income is going to the top 1 percent,” ....“The top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent," he said.
Bernie is going nowhere and everybody knows it.
What boggles my mind is how Hillary is going to run based on those facts. She was part of the problem she now says need to be solved.
Because that is not what she is running on. She is a tribal representative for all the non-straight-white man tribes. And her plank is taking power from the tribe she doesn't represent, assuring the availability of abortion, reducing the cultural power of traditional Christianity and distributing tax revenue to the blacks and hispanics.
Re: bernie
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 8:53 pm
by Pinky
dead man walking wrote:Stephanopoulos said, "I can hear the Republican attack ad right now: 'He wants America to look more like Scandinavia.'"
"That's right. That's right. And what's wrong with that?"
He's racist.
Re: bernie
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 9:01 pm
by bennyonesix
He's right. But the thing they miss that cultural uniformity is the reason for the season. No Euro country with even a third of our diversity has made that system work. And even then, the model students in Scandy are all moving to the center if not the Right.
What political system wouldn't "work" if the given country was 99% racially, culturally and religiously uniform?
And Japan works just fine as far as the Japanese are concerned.
Re: bernie
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 9:30 pm
by dead man walking
The only authentic guy on the Democratic side of the ledger is the one declaring his candidacy today. . . Bernie Sanders
the only authentic guy, period.
Re: bernie
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 9:35 pm
by TerryB
bennyonesix wrote:E2>200 wrote:dead man walking wrote:“Today, 99 percent of all new income is going to the top 1 percent,” ....“The top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent," he said.
Bernie is going nowhere and everybody knows it.
What boggles my mind is how Hillary is going to run based on those facts. She was part of the problem she now says need to be solved.
Because that is not what she is running on. She is a tribal representative for all the non-straight-white man tribes. And her plank is taking power from the tribe she doesn't represent, assuring the availability of abortion, reducing the cultural power of traditional Christianity and distributing tax revenue to the blacks and hispanics.
reductio ad absurdum
Re: bernie
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 9:37 pm
by bennyonesix
DMW,
You don't think Carson, Santorum and Kasich are "authentic"?
Re: bernie
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 9:39 pm
by bennyonesix
E2>200 wrote:bennyonesix wrote:E2>200 wrote:dead man walking wrote:“Today, 99 percent of all new income is going to the top 1 percent,” ....“The top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent," he said.
Bernie is going nowhere and everybody knows it.
What boggles my mind is how Hillary is going to run based on those facts. She was part of the problem she now says need to be solved.
Because that is not what she is running on. She is a tribal representative for all the non-straight-white man tribes. And her plank is taking power from the tribe she doesn't represent, assuring the availability of abortion, reducing the cultural power of traditional Christianity and distributing tax revenue to the blacks and hispanics.
reductio ad absurdum
She's going to win Terry
Re: bernie
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 10:27 pm
by Pinky
bennyonesix wrote:And Japan works just fine as far as the Japanese are concerned.
Japan is a demographic nightmare and the Japanese are very worried about it.
Re: bernie
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 10:29 pm
by bennyonesix
Pinky wrote:bennyonesix wrote:And Japan works just fine as far as the Japanese are concerned.
Japan is a demographic nightmare and the Japanese are very worried about it.
They don't believe that is a political issue. The machine works fine, they just can't find the fuel.
Re: bernie
Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 12:14 am
by dead man walking
bennyonesix wrote:DMW,
You don't think Carson, Santorum and Kasich are "authentic"?
neither carson and santorum are elected. nor will they be. they are fruit loops. if you are crazy, you can't take credit for who you are.
kasich is not a candidate.
bernie has been bernie ever since he was the socialist mayor of burlington.
Re: bernie
Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 12:34 am
by bennyonesix
dead man walking wrote:bennyonesix wrote:DMW,
You don't think Carson, Santorum and Kasich are "authentic"?
neither carson and santorum are elected. nor will they be. they are fruit loops. if you are crazy, you can't take credit for who you are.
kasich is not a candidate.
bernie has been bernie ever since he was the socialist mayor of burlington.
Well there you go. Internally consistent at least.
Do you consider your definition of "authentic" to be idiosyncratic?
One that has been generally accepted for a considerable length of time?
Or one that has only recently gained popular acceptance?
I ask because it seems to me that we are in a time of conceptual and definitional fluctuation driven by the Cultural/New Left.
I am about as far from that position as it is possible to get but I have been wondering if people of the Left perceive the same thing...
And if they do, if it is an intentional untethering or a more organic occurrence.
Re: bernie
Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 12:53 am
by dead man walking
i'm more of an american heritage guy than a webster's third
Re: bernie
Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 1:14 am
by DrDonkeyLove
bennyonesix wrote: Because that is not what she is running on. She is a tribal representative for all the non-straight-white man tribes. And her plank is taking power from the tribe she doesn't represent, assuring the availability of abortion, reducing the cultural power of traditional Christianity and distributing tax revenue to the blacks and hispanics.
The new Rant is 1,000% better than the old Rant. This tribal shit is the true knowledgez shit.
Re: bernie
Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 1:14 am
by DrDonkeyLove
bennyonesix wrote: Because that is not what she is running on. She is a tribal representative for all the non-straight-white man tribes. And her plank is taking power from the tribe she doesn't represent, assuring the availability of abortion, reducing the cultural power of traditional Christianity and distributing tax revenue to the blacks and hispanics.
The new Rant is 1,000% better than the old Rant. This tribal shit is the true knowledgez shit.
Re: bernie
Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 1:55 am
by Turdacious
bennyonesix wrote:
She's going to win Terry
O'Malley has a real shot.
Re: bernie
Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 2:07 am
by Protobuilder
I'm not sure what Bernie gets out of this. When somebody like Huckabee or Sharpton run it's obviously to promote their personal brands. I've heard people say that Bernie will push Hillary to the left but he probably will be overspent 5:1.
A perfect storm could defeat Hillary but it's hard to picture her team making that many mistakes.
Re: bernie
Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 2:42 am
by Testiclaw
It's going to be hilarious watching conservatives pull out their usual, "the most far-left candidate in history" for Hillary when Bernie is gunning for the Democrat nomination.
Re: bernie
Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 2:45 am
by nafod
dead man walking wrote:.
“If an institution is too big to fail, it is too big to exist, and that is the bottom line,” Mr. Sanders said.
I can't hate that idea