Comments for The Sunshine Empire http://www.thesunshineempire.com Clear political commentary | Debate | Humor and Sports Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:06:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on The Real Threat To America: Jay Leno Fans by LilTesla http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2010/03/02/the-real-threat-to-america-jay-leno-fans/comment-page-1/#comment-22730 LilTesla Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:06:49 +0000 http://www.thesunshineempire.com/?p=3590#comment-22730 I'm with CoCo. I’m with CoCo.

]]> Comment on Just Pass It With Reconcilliation Already And Get On With It by Biggus Rickus http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2010/02/26/just-pass-it-with-reconcilliation-already-and-get-on-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-22719 Biggus Rickus Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:48:05 +0000 http://www.thesunshineempire.com/?p=3583#comment-22719 The pledge to televise negotiations was dumb, because backroom deals and the like are how bills get passed. That the Republicans took advantage of Obama's silly rhetoric was just good politics. So Obama tried to thorw it back at them and look like the reasonable statesman, and he failed by all accounts. And really, who was taking this seriously at all? Obama rolled out an alternate bill while Democratic leadership in the Senate was talking about reconcilliation on the current bill in the leadup. It was obviously poltiical theatre. There's not some collusion on proper spin between the Republicans and and the scare-quoted liberal media. Also, another option would be to shelve the bill rather than pass it with reconcilliation. I don't think there are the votes in the House to pass it anyway, so if they want to go ahead and piss more people off, I don't mind. The pledge to televise negotiations was dumb, because backroom deals and the like are how bills get passed. That the Republicans took advantage of Obama’s silly rhetoric was just good politics. So Obama tried to thorw it back at them and look like the reasonable statesman, and he failed by all accounts. And really, who was taking this seriously at all? Obama rolled out an alternate bill while Democratic leadership in the Senate was talking about reconcilliation on the current bill in the leadup. It was obviously poltiical theatre. There’s not some collusion on proper spin between the Republicans and and the scare-quoted liberal media.

Also, another option would be to shelve the bill rather than pass it with reconcilliation. I don’t think there are the votes in the House to pass it anyway, so if they want to go ahead and piss more people off, I don’t mind.

]]> Comment on Is The Tea Party An Inadvertently Moderating Force? by Biggus Rickus http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2010/02/23/is-the-tea-party-an-inadvertently-moderating-force/comment-page-1/#comment-22715 Biggus Rickus Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:45:18 +0000 http://www.thesunshineempire.com/?p=3574#comment-22715 Congressmen being concerned about their futures had they supported health care reform stalled it. As to Crist, the tea parties represent conservative discontent, so while the tea party label may not have been affixed when Crist's support started to lag, it's the same thing. Congressmen being concerned about their futures had they supported health care reform stalled it. As to Crist, the tea parties represent conservative discontent, so while the tea party label may not have been affixed when Crist’s support started to lag, it’s the same thing.

]]> Comment on Is The Tea Party An Inadvertently Moderating Force? by Dutch http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2010/02/23/is-the-tea-party-an-inadvertently-moderating-force/comment-page-1/#comment-22714 Dutch Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:15:32 +0000 http://www.thesunshineempire.com/?p=3574#comment-22714 The health insurance lobby stalled health care, and there was conservative discontent brewing against Christ long before the first tea party was held here. The health insurance lobby stalled health care, and there was conservative discontent brewing against Christ long before the first tea party was held here.

]]> Comment on Is The Tea Party An Inadvertently Moderating Force? by Biggus Rickus http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2010/02/23/is-the-tea-party-an-inadvertently-moderating-force/comment-page-1/#comment-22713 Biggus Rickus Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:39:08 +0000 http://www.thesunshineempire.com/?p=3574#comment-22713 Ignoring the electoral politics of the tea party movement, they stalled health care reform, and I think ultimately it will die. That's a pretty big accomplishment. And they have helped more conservative Republicans in primaries thus far, such as Rubio over Crist. Ignoring the electoral politics of the tea party movement, they stalled health care reform, and I think ultimately it will die. That’s a pretty big accomplishment. And they have helped more conservative Republicans in primaries thus far, such as Rubio over Crist.

]]> Comment on Radical Right Wing Terrorism by Biggus Rickus http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2010/02/19/radical-right-wing-terrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-22712 Biggus Rickus Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:36:06 +0000 http://www.thesunshineempire.com/?p=3563#comment-22712 Okay. I'll be logical. The Fort Hood shooter was a muslim who expressed solidarity with jihadists for some time before he shot up the base. It was not an act of terrorism in my estimation, but he was poisoned by the same ideology that fuels Islamic terror. The Austin guy had a personal beef with the IRS, understandably to some extent if you take his manifesto at face value. He also wrote in favor of nationalized health care, criticized the War on Terror and quoted fucking Marx while criticizing the Capitalist system at the end. It is a false comparison to say that oversimplifying this all-over-place rant is the same as oversimplifying the Fort Hood shooters morivations. One's ideology fits a general narrative. The other doesn't fit comfortably into any ideological subgroup. Okay. I’ll be logical. The Fort Hood shooter was a muslim who expressed solidarity with jihadists for some time before he shot up the base. It was not an act of terrorism in my estimation, but he was poisoned by the same ideology that fuels Islamic terror.
The Austin guy had a personal beef with the IRS, understandably to some extent if you take his manifesto at face value. He also wrote in favor of nationalized health care, criticized the War on Terror and quoted fucking Marx while criticizing the Capitalist system at the end.
It is a false comparison to say that oversimplifying this all-over-place rant is the same as oversimplifying the Fort Hood shooters morivations. One’s ideology fits a general narrative. The other doesn’t fit comfortably into any ideological subgroup.

]]> Comment on Radical Right Wing Terrorism by Dutch http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2010/02/19/radical-right-wing-terrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-22710 Dutch Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:04:18 +0000 http://www.thesunshineempire.com/?p=3563#comment-22710 Rickus I've come to find out that I feel most right whenever I can get you to resort to simple name calling. In a way I agree, but it only means that you agree with me. I used the same simple bullshit reasoning that conservatives applied to the Ft. Hood shotting case. You are right, in that the situation is much more complicated than that, but so was the Ft. Hood shooting. When it comes to the left, the right is all for oversimplification on a grand scale. But when the same logic is applied the right suddenly has a come-to-Jesus moment with nuance. Rickus I’ve come to find out that I feel most right whenever I can get you to resort to simple name calling. In a way I agree, but it only means that you agree with me. I used the same simple bullshit reasoning that conservatives applied to the Ft. Hood shotting case. You are right, in that the situation is much more complicated than that, but so was the Ft. Hood shooting. When it comes to the left, the right is all for oversimplification on a grand scale. But when the same logic is applied the right suddenly has a come-to-Jesus moment with nuance.

]]> Comment on Radical Right Wing Terrorism by Biggus Rickus http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2010/02/19/radical-right-wing-terrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-22709 Biggus Rickus Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:54:18 +0000 http://www.thesunshineempire.com/?p=3563#comment-22709 You're ignoring a host of nonsense that doesn't fit your radical right-wing version of events. Fuck it. You'll delete this after I type this, but this post is dumb. It's talking points. It's nonsensical. You’re ignoring a host of nonsense that doesn’t fit your radical right-wing version of events. Fuck it. You’ll delete this after I type this, but this post is dumb. It’s talking points. It’s nonsensical.

]]> Comment on Bull Moose Indeed by jolemite http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2010/02/19/bull-moose-indeed/comment-page-1/#comment-22704 jolemite Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:06:46 +0000 http://www.thesunshineempire.com/?p=3567#comment-22704 TR's so tough he's not even worried about Palin shooting him from a helicopter. TR’s so tough he’s not even worried about Palin shooting him from a helicopter.

]]> Comment on Radical Right Wing Terrorism by Dutch http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2010/02/19/radical-right-wing-terrorism/comment-page-1/#comment-22701 Dutch Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:13:54 +0000 http://www.thesunshineempire.com/?p=3563#comment-22701 First your entire response is telling because you ignore 99% of it and argue a point I was not making. Two, you ignorantly slur progressives by saying the Church is a typical demon of the left without any basis whatsoever. Also if you read the manifesto you danced right around the first page in which he rants against the government and taxes and regulations in general. Your clumsy attempt to cherry pick and slur is a direct indictment of your argument. He was blindly anti-tax and his first DAMN line is "Well Mr. Big Brother IRS man, take my pound of flesh..." I mean please read my posts before you go commenting on them. First your entire response is telling because you ignore 99% of it and argue a point I was not making. Two, you ignorantly slur progressives by saying the Church is a typical demon of the left without any basis whatsoever. Also if you read the manifesto you danced right around the first page in which he rants against the government and taxes and regulations in general. Your clumsy attempt to cherry pick and slur is a direct indictment of your argument. He was blindly anti-tax and his first DAMN line is “Well Mr. Big Brother IRS man, take my pound of flesh…” I mean please read my posts before you go commenting on them.

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