Will Republicans lose control of Congress

Just me, playing Devil's advocate. Bazza

 

Couple more years and he'll be gone anyway. I think the Democrats are coming back in a big way. I don't think the Republican scare tactics will work this time.

 

Hey sibeer how where your holidays in nirvana (aka West Kootenays) Ainsworth Hot Springs, should be down there in a bit, have to wait till the Rain washes away all that snow.

 

I think we need a Queen

 

I wish all politicians would lose office..

 

Four more years! Four more years! Republicans Rock!Bush for God!

 

At least the ones who are there now.

 

Trust me la2pent....you don't!!!

I'm with Rikky.......although not for God I'm perfectly happy with the awesome God we already have, thanks

 

I aim to please

 

ROFL...all hail the almighty Kodo

Holy heck...lord help V3.0

 

Just to be clear add a hint of sarcasm to my post,were you being sarcastic Lev To say I diagree with most of the republicans policies is the understatement of erm? History Playing Devils advocate

 

Me?? Sarcastic??? Never

I guess living in liberal-hippy-fetish Eugene (and Mankind will second the truth of that statement), I've had enough flip-flop policy to last a lifetime. Having said that, I was Republican long before I ever made it to the US

 

I can only judge on the policies put forward by the party I have no notion of what it means to be a republican or democrat,one policy which alone which lead me to dislike bush and the republicans was using the billions Clinton had saved for elderly healthcare for taxcuts for the rich,then theres the Iraq war which I disagreed with from the beginning I remember having a long a consversation with my dad over the issue and I said then it'll end up like Vietnam and Iraq was no threat to the west,saying 'I told them so' doesnt make me feel any better about the situation

 

Well, thanks to Bush's and the UN's intervention in terrorist activity you (and many others) still have the freedom to express that opinion Some countries don't

 

There are tens of countries around the world who have evil dictatorships and regimes much worse than Iraq,from an idealogical point of view 'free the people' cant be used as validity for the invasion thats not why we went in there anyway it was to get the WMD's the evidence of which seems to be in the republican parties imagination

How have the republican parties actions affected free speech in England Do you mean the republican party of the past,I'm only talking about the current party,freespeech in America has been erroded by the republican party,peaceful demonstrations against policy can now be considered terrorist activities and are spied on by the cia with bugging equipment ,since the patriot act people have been arrest by the fbi for calling Bush an ass,we are now more at risk from terrorists than ever because of the Iraq war,the reason for there being terrorism at all is because of our unjust policies toward palestine,wheres our ideoligy there?

I agree something had to be done about afghanistan and the taliban its the motives for doing it that that has me bothered

 

BC, go here. http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=106562

 

I'm surprised that my thread didn't generate more heat.
Guess us MG' ers are as political as I thought they would be. Bazza

 

Psssssst Bazza were over here plotting on Major Geeks ruling the world

 

Some of the points presented in this thread are, um, interesting to say the least.

Right now, it's mostly Democrats bitching about the job the Republicans are doing. After the election, give it time...I guarantee it will be the other way around. It always is. It was when it went from Johnson to Nixon, Nixon2(Ford) to Carter, Carter to Reagan, Bush1 to Clinton(Billary), and Clinton(Billary) to Bush2.

As long as imperfect people try to run an imperfect country, the end result is predictable. And someone send up a flare if you really think it's ever going to change. People find whining to be a less exerting task than actually doing something about anything.

Now, back to my studies; I sure as hell don't want to end up in Iraq.

 

So true. Nothing changes but the last names.

Steve

 

all I have to say is:
Tenacious-D song 21

 

From EITHER party, this is all too common. I REALLY wish truth-in-advertising laws applied to politicians.

 

The troop that did this picture is mainly from Minnesota. In fact, the thrid one from the right is the son of a woman I work with. .....He sent her the picture and she has emailed it to everyone. It has also made many papers.

 

Ouch!

 

Of course not, you'd have to be a moron to vote Democrap. But then, you'd have to be an idiot to vote Reprobate. Statistically, there are a lot more idiots out there than morons.

"Keep doing what you've always done, and you'll keep getting what you've always gotten."

"One definition of insanity: Doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result each time."

"sElections by Lottery - Government by Telethon" (c)me, Fall 2006. Do you really think we would have worse federal gov't if we chose names for the positions at random from the white pages??? I truly doubt it.

.bh.

 

Lottery means "random selection" not the Power Ball... :roll:

..bh.

 

Love both those attached images. FOFLMAO. Bazza

 

They better lose control, viva le Democrats

 

Oh, were we in danger of losing that freedom???
hahahaha ... that's the first time I've heard that argument.
abri

edit: an after thought ... the only person who has truely threatened those freedoms was Bush.

 

Originally Posted by Lev
Well, thanks to Bush's and the UN's intervention in terrorist activity you (and many others) still have the freedom to express that opinion Some countries don't

I am with Lev on this . . . and it is not the first time I have heard this statement. I try to listen to all sides of an issue, not just what I want to hear. Nor do I believe everything that I read just because it reinforces my opinion, nor discount data for the opposite reason.

A practice that some souls in this thread might benifit from.

I also agree with the poster who said just wait a few months, and the tide of whining will shift once more . . . it always does, in pretty much any political situation. Politics is people, and people aren't perfect . . .

@Ricky - reference your statement that people have been arrested for calling Bush an ass - where did you get this information? I can't seem to find any reference to this - can you post a link or something? I'm intrigued . . .

Natakel

 

(Will Republicans lose control of Congress )
one can only hope!

 

Absolutely. I also think you have to live the life to really engage in both sides of the debate. Listening from a far-off vantage point via media speculation only serves to provide a strongly-biased opinion; one I spent years listening to and former shallow opinions from. Things are quite different once you get walking the walk

 

Totally agree,only reason I'm interested at all in American politics really is the Iraq situation,I do quite a bit of research on the subject the hardest part is sifting through the crap

I can understand also due to me living outside America that I havnt really got the right to remark on politics,especially on an american Forum,bit trollish,but this is the only forum I visit and its what people are talking about

Maybe arrested was the wrong word,he wasnt charged with anything,

in this version

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/06/27/BAG0T7CUHP1.DTL

I have seen him say on film the fbi agents as I recallsaid after he said "He thought bush was worse than binladen" they said "are you going to stop saying it?" and he said "no" and they left it was on FH\911 if I recall,looking over the guy and who he was though it does look like hes on a bit of a mission so I'm not sure what the exact truth is,I doubt I'll research it any further though.

I dont know if I'v provided enough for the statement to stand,I shouldnt have used the word arrested

 

Control of the "House" has gone to the Democrats, and 1 seat remains undecided in the Senate. If the Democats win that, then they gain control of the Senate, too.
Interesting times ahead in USA politics, I reckon. Bazza (from afar )

 

Rumsfeld just resigned......

 

I'ts like watching a revolution take place great stuff

 

It's a "controlled" revolution.

Steve

 

I think if you check there was a link about a Washington State School Bus driver that lost there job after "Fingering" the "Bush Limousine" right here on "Off Base" on Major Geeks.

Bush has used Fear to manipulate the world, but fear is a fickled pet
that usually turns on its owner, but in the mean time the damage to the American Image abroad is horrendous.The erosion of both Human & Legal Rights under his leadership is nothing short of criminal, but time will set that straight(already started actually Google Supreme Court docket)

Good Read for anyone is "Michael Crichton's" - "State of Fear" which gives the reader a good insight into "Political Popular Opinions"

Like another poster has said the pedulum swings both ways, I just wish it would not swing as darn far as it does.

 

Heres a great page,the guys on thew frontline tryna stop the Gov getting too much power overriding the constitution and the bill of rights

http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/17203leg20030214.html

 

It went on to say she lost the job for doing that with a bus load of kids.
An adult in her position should to think of the kids first.

 

Right, I was aware of that one - but that had nothing to do with the FBI. From what Ricky stated, people (plural) have been arrested by the FBI for calling Bush names . . . I had never heard that, and I certainly imagine if it were true it would have been in the major papers since the vast majority of the media in the US is anti-Bush.

The Bus driver was fired by school authorities for acting in an inappropriate manner in front of children that were in her care.

 

Your right bad form on my part,"a guy was spoken to by the fbi"Whenever I let my guard down and start typing like I'm in a conversion I screw up

 

lol - I can relate to that, Rikky

You know, overall I'm just glad the elections are over for now, come what may, so I don't have to sit through all the political ads on TV for a while . . .

 

This is probably the sentiment of a lot of those boys.

 

just received another reply from all our hardworking public servants in congress. I'm touched that they could take a little time out from their unbelievably busy schedules to thank me for getting out to vote and to let me know what they personally feel, deep down in their hearts.

 

I love this, all I get in my email is crap on how happy and proud the guys are over there. It's the pics. of them hanging their heads in sorrow that never get circulated. I'm stealing this and mailing it , to everyone. Thanks

 

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