... Just like when he was trying to woo average auto-industry workers by saying that his wife drives a COUPLE of Cadillacs...
It's not what he says so much, as it is how he says it and when not to say too much.
For instance, he could have said that as a wealthy american he owns several cars, so he can keep some at different houses, but even though he is wealthy they are all american cars.
why is a natural contraceptive okay but one used by choice not?
What about condoms as prevention of disease transmission between married partners, one with HIV?
There are so many reasons for allowing people to make their own choice, rather than have it decided by some religious group trying to impose their values on everyone while everyone else allows them to behave according to their values.
Making condoms available does not mean forcing people to use them.
[b]HAWAII[/b] 99% in 17 delegates full results March 14
Mitt Romney 45% 4,250
Rick Santorum 25% 2,369
Ron Paul 18% 1,712
Newt Gingrich 11%
(not Romney) 55%
[b]ALABAMA[/b] 99% in 47 delegates full results March 13
Rick Santorum 35% 212,343
Newt Gingrich 29% 179,919
Mitt Romney 29% 178,601
Ron Paul 5%
Uncommitted 1%
(not Romney) 71%
[b]MISSISSIPPI[/b] 99% in 37 delegates full results March 13
Rick Santorum 33% 93,182
Newt Gingrich 31% 88,676
Mitt Romney 30% 85,922
Ron Paul 4%
(not Romney) 70%
Curiously, I'm rather surprised the numbers are so low. We're talking areas of the south where freedom riders were brutally murdered, and that was less than a generation ago, in an area that prides itself on long memories of perceived injustices from the civil war to modern day.
I had a boss that said he wished they'd bring back slavery so he could use a whip to increase productivity.
But I've also seen racism alive and flourishing in Michigan and Indiana -- all you need to do is get out of the city.
Some people mock the afghans etc for living such primitive lives, yet living conditions in the south for many (black and white) are not much better.
One of the reasons I could not wait to leave MS was that they were 2nd from the bottom in education and our son was just entering school. Almost makes a case for home schooling.
But of course it is all about "family values" right? Or is "family values" just code for "our family" ... our group ... race?
It seems that idiocy is strong with Teapartyists. ...
Agreed, as I have not seen any teaparty person that does not display some level of stupidity. Of course this may just be that the vocal ones are the idiotically inclined.
This, of course, is a good reason for the GOP to have run screaming away from the TPers, rather than embrace them and letting them take over the house.
Although I consider myself a peaceful person, statements like that make me wanna raise my fist. Unbelievable.
But not all are republicans.
I've also seen some stupid people that seem to be democrats, and I'm sure a list of stupid democrat positions can be compiled, I just think there are more in the republican party, especially when you get to "hick" country.
Then there is the issue of how many people are stupid compared to those that actually apply logical objective reason to their political positions.
On the other hand, I am not using a 110 baud teletype over dialup any more.
I use an air card to get online ... so I am dependent on getting good coverage. Where I am the coverage is lousy - barely adequate for phone conversation, and my phone lists it as 1x (it tells me when I have 3g or 4g available).
Overall I usually get good coverage, it just happens that this place is a luddite hole.
quote:Wisconsin State Senator Glenn Grothman, the Assistant Majority Leader and a close ally of GOP Governor Scott Walker in the effort to destroy collective bargaining in the Badger State, is taking crazy to new levels.
Grothman has introduced a bill that would require the State of Wisconsin to officially deem single parenthood to be a contributor to child abuse and neglect and to put the same into statutory laws of the state.
... The bold lettering represents the amendments to the existing law that Senator Grothman has proposed for addition:
Section 1. 48.982 (2) (g) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.982 (2) (g) 2. Promote statewide educational and public awareness campaigns and materials for the purpose of developing public awareness of the problems of child abuse and neglect. In promoting those campaigns and materials, the board shall emphasize nonmarital parenthood as a contributing factor to child abuse and neglect.
Section 2. 48.982 (2) (g) 4. of the statutes is amended to read: 48.982 (2) (g) 4. Disseminate information about the problems of and methods of preventing child abuse and neglect to the public and to organizations concerned with those problems. In disseminating that information, the board shall emphasize nonmarital parenthood as a contributing factor to child abuse and neglect.
I guess when you elect whacko nutjobs to congress, you get whacko nutjob legislation.
... Intelligent and educated people recognize when a boogie man is used and they just go along with it with a grain of salt. ...
Curiously, IMHO that is one of the biggest piles of bovine excrement that I have seen in some time, and no, I do not "go along with it" grain of salt or no.
You may ask why I use the boogie man at all on the construction workers. For me, it just makes my life easier. ...
So you regularly lie to your workers and expect them respect you?
... Or I can pretend to be on the phone one moment and then tell them they need to do this or do that because the "big boss" says so. ...
Yeah, I know a guy like that here ... always "on the phone" with his bluetooth in his ear -- he is roundly mocked behind his back by the workers around him.
So you regularly lie to your workers and expect them respect you?
Again, such is the fact of life ...
So we've established that you are a regular liar. Why should anyone trust anything you say?
I'm sorry, RAZD, but everybody does this. For me, I tend to point my finger to "someone" higher up so I don't have to deal with explaining things to people. ...
No, everybody does not do this. If you want to build trust with someone, you don't do it by lying, you do it by telling the truth.
" ... everybody does this ... " is the logical fallacy of appeal to (assumed) popularity. In addition to being logically false, the claim "that "everybody does this" does not make it good or proper -- it is just your justification of your behavior. It is the lie you tell yourself.
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