OT Coronavirus: America in chaos, News and Updates. One million Americans dead and counting

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  1. Phatguysrule

    Phatguysrule Well-Known Member

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    This is an intriguing concept.
     
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    Watch out, @riverman! Do you know Lenin wrote in What Is To Be Done? that salary of top government officials should be no more than that of a skilled worker? And in Cuba (contrary to what you might have heard they have elections) every candidate gets equal amount of public funding with no other fundraising allowed?
     
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  3. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    When you went into the navy, were you at that time wise enough to be a good, effective US senator?
    Seems like we'd end up being governed by 19-year-olds, which might not be a recipe for success.
    I'm not arguing the current system is working any better than that, though.

    barfo
     
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  4. riverman

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    I'd have fixed it all and rounded up all the pirates...made them cabinet members....nah...not 19 year olds...more like mid twenties or 30s with degrees in political science...y'know...people who know things like geography! Nobody wants me in government....it's a different level of public service...building a house doesn't qualify you for much other than building a house...my point is term limits people won't be in govt for 50 years and they can go make the nest egg....I don't think people running for office should be old enough for retirement benefits...let's set that parameter.
     
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    Wait....I think I could've done better than Marjorie Taylor Green or Matt Gaetz at the age of 12
     
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    MARIS61 Real American

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    Yes there is.

    It means letting loose.

    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/loosing
     
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    As in loosing a violent mob of Trumpers on the Capitol January 6.
     
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    Yea the police holding the doors open for them looked real frightened.
     
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    The problem is that some police were in on it, at least in the beginning.

    Which resulted in a mob scouring the capital with restraints for members of congress...

    That's a big fucking problem IMO.
     
  10. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Wouldn't an uptight person loosen up?
     
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    Loosen up Lanny! That's the proper way to use that form of the verb.....you'd be hard pressed to find the spelling loosey in any english literature...if it's an accepted spelling its rare...I've only heard it used as slang when people say "loosey goosey" which probably comes from Looney tunes lingo
     
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  13. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Damn, I swear you guys relish beating me up.
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Et tu, Brute?
     
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    Not a guy.
     
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    I see what you did there.
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    I've heard women refer to each other as guys and that's the only time I've used that expression to include women. Yes, I'm an inclusive gal.
     
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    I hear you guys addressed to mixed groups and to women but can't resist poking at Lanny. It means I like him.
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    I've got a big assed grin all over my ugly face.
     
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