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82-T/A [At Work] JAN 12, 04:57 PM

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Originally posted by williegoat:

To be fair, I have taken online tests that say my IQ is 139 and others that say I am severely autistic, so there is some room for doubt.




Ahahaah! That's awesome.
randye JAN 12, 06:15 PM

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Originally posted by williegoat:








First pick a color and then pick a number and it will tell you what political ideology you are.




Seriously though, if someone has to take an online quiz to try to figure out what political ideology they supposedly align with then they don't really have a clue what they actually believe.

They would do better to consult an astrologer or a palm reader.......or a folded paper game from a grade school child.

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theBDub JAN 12, 06:19 PM

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Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
I took that one too... (NOLANCHART.com or something)... and it paints me as a radical Libertarian... haha...




Even as much as I agree with my result, the test is skewed Libertarian:


I prefer iSideWith, though it has issues as well. Their answer options are incomplete. I only answered the questions on the first page without asking it for more questions. This is with 25% of the total questions answered, though I'd guess I go down and left a bit with more questions:


EDIT: Just to show how skewed Nolanchart is:

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randye JAN 13, 10:54 PM
Since the young "Dub" succeeded in, (temporarily), driving the ship of this 2022 Midterm Elections discussion onto the dumb rocks of his so-called "libertarian" views, it's only fair that we all take a closer look at the "somber, seriousness" of this "impressive" party that never gets more than 1-2% of the vote in any national election:



Hurry up kids. Take the "oath", pay your money and be a "card carrying member" of the comedy club of political parties and happily waste your vote at every election.

Here is Gary Johnson, (2016), who was described as "one of the most normal" of libertarian presidential candidates:



Nothing says failure like HALF A CENTURY of libertarian goofiness and pure DUMB.

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theBDub JAN 14, 10:25 AM

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Originally posted by randye:

Since the young "Dub" succeeded in, (temporarily), driving the ship of this 2022 Midterm Elections discussion onto the dumb rocks of his so-called "libertarian" views, it's only fair that we all take a closer look at the "somber, seriousness" of this "impressive" party that never gets more than 1-2% of the vote in any national election:



Hurry up kids. Take the "oath", pay your money and be "card carrying member" of the comedy club of political parties and happily waste your vote at every election.

Here is Gary Johnson, (2016), who was described as one of "the most normal" of libertarian presidential candidates:



Nothing says failure like HALF A CENTURY of libertarian goofiness and pure DUMB.




LMAO - Completely agreed. There are a ton of nuts at every level. Supporters, candidates, and even successfully elected officials.
williegoat JAN 14, 10:38 AM
I usually believe that voting for a third party candidate only helps the one who is farthest from my position, but I did vote for Ron Paul once, '88 I think it was. It was a safe bet that Dukakis didn't stand a chance.
sourmash JAN 14, 10:50 AM
There's no way I could've thrown my vote and humanitarian values away by voting for John McCain, Mitt Romney or George W Bush for a 2nd time.

All of them deserve eternal damnation in a lake of fire, along with the Clintons.
82-T/A [At Work] JAN 14, 11:08 AM

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Originally posted by sourmash:

There's no way I could've thrown my vote and humanitarian values away by voting for John McCain, Mitt Romney or George W Bush for a 2nd time.

All of them deserve eternal damnation in a lake of fire, along with the Clintons.




So much frustration.

I was conned with John McCain. I don't think he's a bad guy, he spent a lot of time as a POW and I have no place to question that. I don't know anything about his flight deck incident either. But I do know that while he was in office, I got the impression he became part of the establishment, willingly... and by that I mean, I felt as though he no longer had the United States in the best interest, but that of his own interests... or perhaps an inconsistent sense of what that would be.

Mitt Romney, somewhat feckless, and I wasted my vote as well. Not because he lost, but because I see that he tends to pander to whomever or whatever he thinks will get him power. The dinner with Trump, when he grovelled back to him (even though I like Trump), makes me realize he does what he does to gain power.

George W. Bush... I think he was a nice guy, but I really don't understand the connections there with Iraq, and why we went in there. Iraq turned out for the best... only after Trump surged (no one remembers this)... and it's a stable government. I think he was fantastic in his first year, and I still don't think going into Afghanistan was wrong. How it ended... I don't want to get into it again. But I was not happy with George W. Bush in his second term because I felt like, particularly near the end, he basically went along with whatever nonsense Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid sent to him. You look at the bills he passed, and they were ridiculous...


I liked Jeb Bush also... he was fantastic for Florida, and that shouldn't be understated. He took a state that was basically a **** -hole, and completely turned it around. He eliminated a lot of the outrageous tax schemes we had (impact tax, etc.), and eliminated the safety and emissions testing requirement, which literally ONLY hurt poor people. He rejuvinated Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach, and invested excess tax dollars towards the everglades, commercial ports, and tourist venues... which resulted in a dramatic increase in tax revenue. Education was improved... literally everything across the board.

... but after he got out of his governorship, things changed... and he started to use his prior influence to get contracts for the companies he was a board member on. I don't like to see that...


I want to understand what causes people to go from being well-intentioned, to lining their pockets for personal gain.
randye JAN 16, 10:03 PM

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Originally posted by theBDub:


LMAO - Completely agreed. There are a ton of nuts at every level. Supporters, candidates, and even successfully elected officials.





Well, as the old saying goes: "You are known by the company you keep.", so seeing as that's the company you claim that you've "pitched your tent with" no other self-indictment from you is really necessary.... I rest my case.
theBDub JAN 16, 10:14 PM

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Originally posted by randye:


Well, as the old saying goes: "You are known by the company you keep.", so seeing as that's the company you claim that you've "pitched your tent with" no other self-indictment from you is really necessary.... I rest my case.



Well, I, for one, am thrilled that you’ve finally rested your case.