Why the Republicans shouldn't use new media

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  1. Funkfoot

    Funkfoot Member+

    May 18, 2002
    New Orleans, LA
    Back in the 80s I knew a (white, not foreign looking) guy who had gone to Iowa State to get a masters degree, and he told me that some restaurants wouldn't serve him because he had a beard. And this was in the college town, which you would expect to be more liberal.
     
  2. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    Well, maybe more like Global Exceptionalism. The world was becoming a better place ... we had learned from the mistakes of our elders, etc.



    Nah, we didn't learn. Not a ********ing bit.
     
  3. ToMhIlL

    ToMhIlL Member+

    Feb 18, 1999
    Boxborough, MA
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    Is this from the Westminster dog show? I didn't realize they got so worked up about their favorite breeds. Then I saw a guy in a viking costume with a Danish flag and "Great Dane" written on it, and then they all got in a row with the guy in a kilt who was a Shetland Sheepdog supporter. Total chaos, I tell ya! The sad thing is, these people are not real dog people, they are just a bunch of louts out looking for trouble! They wouldn't know the difference between a working dog and a... um, dog that lays around the house watching TV all day!

    And here I was, thinking the Chess Hooligans were bad!
     
  4. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
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    Well, it is an ag college, more or less. Iowa City and Cedar Falls ( Northern Iowa) were much better and a bit better (respectively) as college towns back then.
     
  5. Sudžuka

    Sudžuka Moderator
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    Jan 27, 2013
    842835996253274112 is not a valid tweet id
     
  6. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Only Jews back then, F#ckhead. :thumbsdown:
     
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  7. taosjohn

    taosjohn Member+

    Dec 23, 2004
    taos,nm
    That's one fail-- but that book is full of other stories whose sole apparent purpose is to make it clear that in fact he is talking about the poor in general...
     
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  8. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    And if you want to convert Jews & Muslims, yer message must be universal. Duh, Erick Von Erickson.
     
  9. taosjohn

    taosjohn Member+

    Dec 23, 2004
    taos,nm
    Well, to be fair, there weren't any muslims to speak of back then; so I don't think converting them was part of the editorial aspiration at the beginning.

    Now Pharisees...
     
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  10. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    No I mean now! Isn't that part of the deal for End Times to come?
     
  11. spejic

    spejic Cautionary example

    Mar 1, 1999
    San Rafael, CA
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    Luke 10

    25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
    26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
    27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
    28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
    29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
    30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
    31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
    32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
    33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
    34 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
    35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
    36 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?
    37 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
     
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  12. taosjohn

    taosjohn Member+

    Dec 23, 2004
    taos,nm
    Yeah, that would be the big one.
     
  13. russ

    russ Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
    Canton,NY
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    Replace "Samaritan" with "Iranian" to feel the full effect of the story in a modern sense.;)
     
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  14. chaski

    chaski Moderator
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    Mar 20, 2000
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    A North Carolina Republican lawmaker is under fire after comparing Abraham Lincoln to Adolf Hitler in a Facebook comment.
    http://time.com/4737751/larry-pittman-north-carolina-abraham-lincoln-adolf-hitler/
    o_O

    Larry Pitmann, a representative in the North Carolina General Assembly, is apparently not familiar with Reagan's 11th Commandment.
     
  15. The Devil's Architect

    Feb 10, 2000
    The American Steppe
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Ni99a, what?

    Should be drowned...

    Interestingly, I watched some documentary the other day about the Sanhedrin and it was pretty favorable on the actual Pharisees, talking about their sticking up for the poor and such and pretty low on the Sadducees as a part of the Jewish ruling class that were in essential collaboration with the Romans.

    Then I had a couple of beers
     
  16. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
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  17. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
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    Chicago Fire
    Well, that should insure that Gianforte wins the run off.
     
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  18. dapip

    dapip Member+

    Sep 5, 2003
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  19. taosjohn

    taosjohn Member+

    Dec 23, 2004
    taos,nm
    No, that's boddhislam; a muslim who accidentally reaches Nirvana by mistake.

    However, if you meet a boddhislam on the road...
     
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  20. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    His campaign already released an insane statement saying Jacobs, a "lib'rul journalist" (read between the lines), was pushy (read between the lines), shoved a recorder in Gianforte's face and the bodyslam was a reaction to that vicious provocation.
     
  21. Gamecock14

    Gamecock14 Member+

    May 27, 2010
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    They know that other people saw it and that the audio is already released ... right?
     
  22. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Sure. But they're armed with alternative facts.
     
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  23. Sudžuka

    Sudžuka Moderator
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    Jan 27, 2013
    Interestingly, a Fox news crew witnessed the assault and collaborated Ben Jacob's account of what happened. The sheriff who is investigating the assault (and has yet to arrest Gianforte) is a donor.
     
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  24. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Home, home on the range
    Where Republicans bodyslam lib'rul journalists all day
    Where seldom is heard
    A truthful word
    And Obama's comin fer our guns so let's pray
     
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  25. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
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    United States
    They're just to get through the next 24 hours. I thought the statement was pretty much the best they could do under the circumstances.
     
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