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I agree with you that the Democrats broke the system."Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf -
Yep. And I will continue to highlight the problems with the current system!Originally posted by Bo Diddley View Post"...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
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Ha! I am so glad that evil Mormon democrat Harry Reid is gone.Originally posted by Moliere View Post"Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism" - Joseph Smith Jr.Comment
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You serious Clark? The Dems are going to break the country up? JesusOriginally posted by USUC View PostComment
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Yeah, strange talk. It ignores how Trump has abused federal police force and how Barr is acting like a criminal accomplice. It's hard to take Libertarians serious when they are just more hard right instead of 3rd way.Originally posted by Now who’s the dean? View Post
Then again, the Koch brothers have had a ton of influence over the Libertarian Party and pushed it in that direction. The are the biggest backers of the Reason Foundation (which is responsible for the not-exactly non-partisan Reason Magazine).
Libertarian is like communism. It sounds like good on paper and has some worthy principles, but applied in the most extreme form is unsustainable. I want meat inspectors, the FDA, safety regulations etc. Look no further than prisons to see that privatization can often make government programming worse.
Also, let's put to bed the notion that a group of primarily autonomous states could actually function. Someone is definitely an American before they are a Rhode Islander. We've thrived as a unified nation not a bunch of fiefdoms. There's an argument for more local control and states rights (Trump is horrid on this master, just look at his efforts to strong Dem govs. regarding covid response) but 50 little countries is idealogical foolishness.Last edited by frank ryan; 09-19-2020, 11:47 AM.Comment
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Uh, no. I didn't say the Dems will break it up. I say break it up. Look, at heart I am a Hayekian libertarian. But that reality ain't happening anytime soon. So in practice I guess I am a federalist. Right now we have 2 parties vying to control and micromanage the population as monolith. And it can't govern on such a grand scale. Congress has abdicated it's role to the executive. And the executive is dependent on the courts to essentially legislate on it's behalf. With so much polarization, how can we get out of this mess? Allow for decision making to occur close to home and less in Washington. But I still think we should break it all upOriginally posted by Now who’s the dean? View Post
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Fix your shit, man. No other success can compensate for failure in the home.Originally posted by Moliere View PostPrepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss
There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese. --Coach FinstockComment
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Interesting tweet thread on the history of Supreme Court vacancies right before and after an election:
https://twitter.com/profbriankalt/st...123492425?s=21
If those numbers are right, there has been 16 vacancies between the March preceding the general election and Inauguration Day. Of those 16, 7 vacancies were filled during the lame duck section.
The political “elites” in the media will tell you otherwise, but there are no “norms” when it comes to filling Supreme Court vacancies. The only norm that matters is that people with political power will exercise it ... every time. And why shouldn’t they?Comment
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They should. Unless they set the new rules last time this happened. Specifically set the rules for this exact scenario with this exact President at this exact time.Originally posted by UVACoug View PostA man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. - Mohammad AliComment
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Yeah, I saw something similar to that today. If the GOP replaces RBG and they do it within the rules, I can’t blame them. Both political parties bend the rules to get what they want.Originally posted by UVACoug View Post
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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It would be one of the greatest, most blatant acts of political hypocrisy in history.Originally posted by Moliere View Post
Mitt has vowed to wait on a vote. Good for him."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
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I hadn't seen that but I'm not surprised. Glad he said that. I think that makes three R senators that have stated they won't support any nom, right? So they need one more I think.Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post"Seriously, is there a bigger high on the whole face of the earth than eating a salad?"--SeattleUte
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I would wager that the vast majority of mormons in Utah, at least, will pull the lever for Trump. For a religion that fancies itself on being God's first string, it's hard to imagine that so many of them are morally indifferent.Originally posted by Harry Tic View Post"The mind is not a boomerang. If you throw it too far it will not come back." ~ Tom McGuaneComment
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Really wish there were already three. So, with the constitution hanging by a thread, Mitt could ride in as the fourth.Originally posted by Lost Student View PostPrepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss
There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese. --Coach FinstockComment
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