"Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson made it clear that he has no idea what the city of Aleppo is, which is rather problematic for someone who is running for president. The former governor of New Mexico was asked Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” what he’d do about the catastrophic situation in the besieged Syrian city. “What is Aleppo?” he responded." Thanks idiot. So I read this article and decided to contact his campaign about it. Bunch of morons to not prep/teach him better than to say that. Of course Trump could say it and have it look like he truly couldn't give a shit. Because he doesn't However it's sure not a good thing to be compared to Trump's ignorance on foreign policy issues. So much for the third leg of the stool...
Dude is not a third leg. He is the guy you vote for so you can pat yourself on the head believing you are still doing your duty voting even when the voting system is 100% rigged and you know it and yet you cant break away from the addiction to the safety rail that is the idea that you and your vote mean anything to anyone.
On the thread of world politics I read today more about the Syrian streaming pile of shit Aleppo is the second largest city and east Aleppo was overrun by a group of Turkish, Kurdish, Chechnyan and Arab rebels all seeking to oust Bashar Assad. They are being funded primarily by Turkey from reports I've read. Meanwhile the Assad regime is being propped up by major funding from Russia and Iran. Oh good there's two we can trust to seek global peace. And the US? You know were doing more than just letting US Army gamers play Drone-O-Death on the locals. It turns out that DC is funding a different faction in Syria... sitting down? We're funding Al Queada in our effort to support the ouster of Assad. Ponder that a moment... could DC get ANY stupider? We ship lunatic radicals in Iran some $400,000,000.00 in cash and then weeks later provide them with $1,700,000,000.00 via wire transfers?? Dumb and Dumber meet the US gubberment, check. and Mate. OMG could we (DC) be ANY stupider? I mean really is it even mathematically possible?
rather like you can't break yourself from the addiction that "why bother? nothing ever matters, there was nothing that I could do anyways, it's a rigged game" baloney. Acting powerless is a privilege you earned being an American citizen. Just like my acting powerful. You choose your own plight friend. Choice is the real drug buddy. Giving up without trying? Well, enjoy the opiates
Johnsons is way more human than the other 2 dudes running for president. Being honest to not understanding the question or knowing the name of the city in question is human. Trump would have blowharded his way through trying to change the topic reshaping the question. Clinton would have lied about dropping in on a chopper to be on the ground in aleppo. Whats sounds dumber?. Not knowing the name of this town or saying that you didnt know having a secret email server in your bathroom was illegal? I wont post any example from Trump because well Trump says stupid things almost on purpose it seems.
Yes THIS. All of this. Damnit Rube we're not supposed to agree you know, it's gives people the wrong idea.
You are confused. I dont believe any of that you keep saying all the time about me. Everything you do matters. Im the farthest from a cynic you could be. I dont go to Vegas. Not just because i know its a rigged game but because its fucking evil as fuck. Like Washington. If you know something is evil, and you arent particularly addicted to that evil, then why continue to promote/defend/participate in it? And if you do then your only excuse could be that you just dabble in it. You know its evil and you dont really like it but every once in a while you just go along with it because meh. You could say that about voting. Hey, its tradition, we vote. Like going to church one or twice a year for Easter or Thanksgiving or Christmas. But im not really into it. Like lots of people stopped going to mass and defending the church when all the pedophile priests news become too loud to ignore. Well now you have had JFK killed by LBJ, you have had the fecklessness of the following decade of presidents followed by old man Reagan who half of us grew up loving even though he traded guns and drugs with terrorists and cartels. Two Bushes, Obama/Clinton and now we have Clinton/Trump to look forward to and you still think that this shit is profitable for us? At some point you need to see it for what it is and break the addiction.
I see it clearly We differ only in that I make an effort to bias it to my favor whereas you repeatedly defend not making any effort. I don't HAVE to go to Vegas I have no choice but to have elected officials And since I'm permitted a say in those elections I participate. Fully. Whereas you do not. That's all. You can leave out all the "JFK killed by LBJ" tin foil hat stuff unless you were trying to change the conversation
You are right about the JFK/LBJ bit, it was off the topic. But i think you overestimate your bias by a metric shitton. I make a ton of effort. You see me talking about this shit dont you? I know folks around me vote and i try to give them as much information as i can. I ask my people why they are voting for such and such dude. When talking to the Salvadorian family visiting this week the conversation always ends in a communists vs capitalists situation. You gotta support the capitalists or else the communists might win they say. But the communists already won i say. Which they dont want to hear. I tell them they have lost. Their system is broken and has been co-opted by the enemy. Now any support of that system is not a support for what you think you are supporting, its actually bolstering the enemy. Then i tell them that its the same thing here and they dont understand. This is america they say. If you vote for Clinton or Trump... the communists win i say. They dont understand. I tell them its ok, folks here dont understand either.
Nice analogy If you vote for Clinton or Trump it isn't the communists winning though it's the 1% BIG difference. Huge. Structural difference. Not that our plight is so wonderful in any meaningful comparison.. except quality of life. Go elsewhere for awhile and try not to be thankful when returning to America. Our system might be broken, but it's not by communism...not by a long shot.
Communism isnt Communism anymore. Just like it wasnt in Russia and Trotsky had to GTFO. Or in China when Mao went nuts. Forget about the grand political ideologies. It all breaks down into the same thing in the end. Do they want to take away guns, do they want you to talk/think a certain way that is 'correct'? And how do you know when your country has turned communist? When the young generation has bought in to what the Gov is doing. If the kids are rebelling then all is right with the world. When they finally buy into the programming... shits too late. Communism is NEVER the same as it was before. It ALWAYS has a new face and new name and new style for every age and nation it rears its ugly head on. Here comes the part with language you might not like (and dont worry eventually this language will be called 'not correct'. Communism is the antichrist. The Christian ideal is a utopia. A utopia that only Christ can bring forth. Let that sink in for the rest of your life. I should have gone all caps on the word ONLY. No president can do it, no nation can do it, no church can do it, no religious leader can do it, no corporation can do it, no CEO can do it. No MAN can make it happen. Whenever mankind tries to do it the shit hits the fan. That is the spirit of the antichrist. To try to do what only Christ can do. Its is the most presumptive thing any Man can do. And no matter whatever 'good' intentions the Man has it is all a giant pile of bullshit. Unless he eats his own bullshit (puts the genie back into the bottle aka repents/turns back from his plan) that man that system that nation is the antichrist. The bible is not a feel good book. There is a lot of fucked up shit in there. And its no accident. Its all about teaching you cause and effect on every scale imaginable. If you do this, then THIS will happen, inevitably. God lays down the immutable laws of the universe. If you do things to your society, then these are the consequences. What we have done to our society has lead us to choose the path of communism. And like it said about the Jews complaining to Jesus about the Romans defacing their temple and wanting to revolt. Jesus says "what for? only bloodshed and misery will come from that, the time to do something was a long long time ago before you chose to enslave yourselves willingly to the Roman way of life, you had a great way of life given to you by your founding father and you simply gave it away after the shiny new thing after all the sacrifices your ancestors made so you could be free... look at this coin you use and tell me whose face and name are on the coin?.. that is your god now" Communism isnt new. There is nothing new under the sun.