CMRivdogs Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 I will add this. There is a small but growing movement among a small group of politician's led by Utah Gov Spencer Cox and Jared Polis of Colorado. It's called disagree better. We've reached the point here the parties are talking past each other. Heck, it goes back to Washington who was opposed to political parties... This may be the first step. I admit to being a bit hopeful in finding our better angels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said: Personally my biggest fear is over the country simply becoming less and less able to think intelligently. The educational system, the media, and even the business establishment, are failing miserably at producing, preparing, a population capable of making rational self-governance decisions. If we keep losing that, we are toast on all the other fronts anyway. yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 4 hours ago, Tiger337 said: If you want a binary answer - either expecting the inevitable civil war or blissfully thinking everything is just fine - then you will be disappointed. I think I have my answer. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, gehringer_2 said: Personally my biggest fear is over the country simply becoming less and less able to think intelligently. The educational system, the media, and even the business establishment, are failing miserably at producing, preparing, a population capable of making rational self-governance decisions. If we keep losing that, we are toast on all the other fronts anyway. You touch on something here that's been discussed before: TPTB, for lack of a better label, don't want people capable of self-governance for the same reason they don't want people capable of critical thinking: it doesn't serve their interests. George Carlin pointed this very thing out toward the end of his career. The way he put it was, TPTB don’t want a population of well-informed, well-educated citizens capable of critical thinking. They want obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork, and just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly ****tier jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime and the vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it. The problem with that is, once people get to a point where they have been led to believe they have nothing left to lose, that's when they're gonna start acting out. As good as the media tells us the economy is, it's not going to be good enough for a people who are being told over and over that, despite that they have a decent income, a nice place to live, a nice new Ford F150 gas-guzzler to drive, electronics out the ying-yang, and more than enough food to eat and games to play, that they are actually living through the worst economy in the history of economies, courtesy of Crooked Joe Satan. They don't believe their lying eyes. They believe Lying Donald Trump and all his lying flying monkeys in the media. Donald Trump is the one icon in these people's lives for whom they would gladly, GLADLY, throw Jesus Christ completely out of their lives, if Trump would merely say how unfair Jesus is to him. And if you think it's bad now, just wait until Trump is dead. They might even create a whole new bible just for him. Edited November 14, 2023 by chasfh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 20 minutes ago, chasfh said: I think I have my answer. thanks. I've got mine too. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatkoVarda Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Univision's new Cuban owners, friends with Jared, really want Trump to be president Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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oblong Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 2 minutes ago, chasfh said: it's about pulling the ladder up behind you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tiger337 Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 As I've said before, the media is going to do what it can to legitimize Trump leading up to the election. They need him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted November 16, 2023 Author Share Posted November 16, 2023 I think they may also be trying to avoid libel suits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 making plea deals does wonders 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Motor City Sonics Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 At our radio station (and all radio stations) we are not allowed to refuse any political ad, even if it's absolutely offensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMRivdogs Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 25 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said: At our radio station (and all radio stations) we are not allowed to refuse any political ad, even if it's absolutely offensive. If I remember correctly it's an FCC regulation. I am assuming you could deny it if the ad used one of the seven words you used to not be able to say on the radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted November 18, 2023 Author Share Posted November 18, 2023 6 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said: At our radio station (and all radio stations) we are not allowed to refuse any political ad, even if it's absolutely offensive. That’s because you are a broadcast station, not a cable network, which as you know operates under completely different and looser rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted November 18, 2023 Author Share Posted November 18, 2023 5 hours ago, CMRivdogs said: If I remember correctly it's an FCC regulation. I am assuming you could deny it if the ad used one of the seven words you used to not be able to say on the radio. I dont know if that’s true. There was a famous political commercial from I think one of the third party candidates, maybe in the 1980s, that used the word close to “bullshirt” and the stations had to take the spot, or at least there was a controversy about it? I remember the story was on the network news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 6 hours ago, CMRivdogs said: If I remember correctly it's an FCC regulation. I am assuming you could deny it if the ad used one of the seven words you used to not be able to say on the radio. We're allowed to beep out a word that could get us fined. But if a politician had an ad where they said the N word, we'd have to air it, and with the nutballs out there now, who knows............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMRivdogs Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 21 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said: We're allowed to beep out a word that could get us fined. But if a politician had an ad where they said the N word, we'd have to air it, and with the nutballs out there now, who knows............. I'd consider supporting passing along the fine to the candidate. But then they'd probably scream censorship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 2 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said: We're allowed to beep out a word that could get us fined. But if a politician had an ad where they said the N word, we'd have to air it, and with the nutballs out there now, who knows............. MAGAs would probably like that ad. Of course none of them would say that word and each one has a black friend who supports Trump, but "if Blacks can say ******, why can't we?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMRivdogs Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 If you complain about books and schools being "Too Woke" but allow your offspring to wear FJB shirts and hats, don't ever talk to me about taking US morals back. As a parent you're a giant hypocrite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIguy Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 (edited) Trump supporters really are some of the worst people on the planet. Like is it really too much to ask that you support a Republican who isn't completely awful in every way? Edited November 19, 2023 by MIguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted November 20, 2023 Author Share Posted November 20, 2023 On 11/19/2023 at 4:40 PM, MIguy said: Trump supporters really are some of the worst people on the planet. Like is it really too much to ask that you support a Republican who isn't completely awful in every way? He's giving them permission to be their worst selves in public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 I always liked Nia Hill. I love her now ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted November 21, 2023 Author Share Posted November 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Motor City Sonics said: I always liked Nia Hill. I love her now ! It happens to all the right people in that party. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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