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In response to ""Keep Your Government Hands Off Mah Affordable Care Act Exchanges!" Heh. -- nm" by con_carne

I'm in love with Mel's imagery of a dragon guarding its stash. That is the GOP and its allied interests exactly.

Posted by TWuG Oct 1 '13, 11:19

"I've got mine. And if you touch even a single cent I WILL BURN THIS SHIT DOWN!"

Responses:

I'm even more cynical than that... - Mel Profit Oct 1, 11:25 24
- I don't think so - it's just human nature to credit yourself for your successes, and devalue the contributions made by others. - Roger More Oct 1, 11:46 9
  - Your IM is one of the reasons I fear for our brand of democracy, frankly. "Free speech" means spreading bad information is protected - con_carne Oct 1, 11:54 6
    - It's protected from government ban, but it's not protected from other free speech. - Roger More Oct 1, 12:18 3
      - I'm going to invent a Mecha Free Speech Robot to do battle with the BS-Robot. - Mel Profit Oct 1, 12:20 2
        
        I like BS-Bot - it implies a kneejerk response that isn't interested in alternate views -- nm - Roger More Oct 1, 12:25 1
        
        (while lots of robots - Data, Johnny 5, the T-800 - suffer Pinocchio syndrome and want to be human) -- nm - Roger More Oct 1, 12:27
    - with multiple cable news channels, the ability to select your own totally biased editorial views is returning us to the yellow journalism of the 1800' - zeitgeist Oct 1, 12:14 1
      - I can loan you a proofreader if you like. -- nm - William Randolph Hearst Oct 1, 12:21
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    - Yeah, I suppose I'm thinking more about ordinary people than the leadership/interest groups that started the convo -- nm - Roger More Oct 1, 11:53
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- and... - znufrii Oct 1, 11:27 12
  - and... - Mel Profit Oct 1, 11:29 11
    - *sends their kids to public school, votes for people who make sure no one else gets public school* The list goes on and on. -- nm - con_carne Oct 1, 11:47 3
      - Did you mean "sends their kids to private school, votes against school vouchers"? - Dr.Vermin Oct 1, 12:25 2
        
        Oh, there are lots of votes against public schools. They happen at the local level and are votes against - TWuG Oct 1, 12:32
        
        I don't see the problem in that, as they are still paying for public schools. -- nm - Reagen Oct 1, 12:30
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      - the latter seems to me to be more of a "I get mine first" attitude. -- nm - Reagen Oct 1, 12:28
      - because there are so many out there who are the latter...that's worse. - Mel Profit Oct 1, 11:43 1
        
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    - and... - znufrii Oct 1, 11:34 2
      - and... -- (link) - znufrii Oct 1, 11:36 1
        
        my desire to set the entire thing alight is diminished. thank you. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 1, 11:40
yup. - znufrii Oct 1, 11:21

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I'm in love with Mel's imagery of a dragon guarding its stash. That is the GOP and its allied interests exactly.

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