Thread: Obama won re election

That's kind of harsh... But yeah, teenagers working for minimum wage is the lifeblood of this country

I may be a super awesome 30something now, but in my teenage years i washed dishes, dug ditches, unloaded trucks, bagged groceries, etc...

Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

Parker, you can always be a good little Republican and start your own sand-shoveling business out there in Lost Wages!
You mean to tell me that there's not a single McDonald's in all of Nevada?
No matter who won yesterday's election, I'm still retired, and will remain so. Every day is still Saturday for me. I still have to let my dog out first thing in the morning. I still have to pay my bills. I still put my pants on the same way. And SRP is still here!

TopCat, I applaud your sentiments. I'd like to believe that "Hopefully our politicians will get a clue and sense the mood of the nation this time around" but I truly doubt it. Partisanship has a nasty way of refusing to dissipate until the major proponents thereof have died. Polarization is now the name of the political game in America, and I really hope my opinion is erroneous, but it's here to stay.
Clay, Calhoun, and Webster have been spinning in their graves for the past 4 years. Congressional compromise has been dead since the end of World War 2. Now, both houses of Congress must begin re-learning the art of compromise, for failure to do so will label them as "obstructionists" come their re-elections in 2 and 4 years. But they won't change.

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

That's kind of harsh... But yeah, teenagers working for minimum wage is the lifeblood of this country

I may be a super awesome 30something now, but in my teenage years i washed dishes, dug ditches, unloaded trucks, bagged groceries, etc...

Reality is unfortunately harsh. During summers in my teen years I worked in a silver mine operating a Ticonderoga and a Northwest #2. There's always employment for teens. Not necessarily great employment, but a paycheque is always out there.

One thing to keep in mind. All of our senators/reps are career politicians. It is there main source of income.

So there main job is to get re-elected. Which probably means "Standing up to the enemy!!!!". So come election time they can bash there competition for compromising.

Slartibartfast, you hit the nail squarely on the head! A congressman's job is to become a senator. A senator's job is to become president.

Originally Posted by parkerskouson

Exactly why I said I would never go to that extreme I don't think there are many countries left that are less Liberal than ours today.

If that is what you really believe, then I think you should read up on other countries.
It is true though, that the US is more liberal than e.g. North Korea or Saudi Arabia.
Hardly an achievement

Originally Posted by Bruno

If that is what you really believe, then I think you should read up on other countries.
It is true though, that the US is more liberal than e.g. North Korea or Saudi Arabia.
Hardly an achievement

Bruno, please keep in mind that Parker's only 14 and still in high school. Let's not be too harsh on the lad.
Chin up, Parker! We still like ya!

Originally Posted by shooter74743

Two words: BOHICA again

BOHICA: Barack Obama He's In Charge Again

Originally Posted by TopCat

BOHICA: Barack Obama He's In Charge Again

Not what I originally thought it meant, but quite creative!

Guy #1: I'm going to give you someone else's money

Guy #2: I'm going to help you get a job so you can earn your own money

It's pretty hard for Guy #2 to beat Guy #1 when there are as many freeloaders as there are.

As Ben Franklin said:

"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic. "

While there have been times going back and forth where we have thought it a good idea to ignore the idea that we actually have to produce something economically, and at the root of production is the idea that individuals actually have to get out of bed and have some drive, there has always been a calibrating president that at least made the idological standpoint that it is good to solve your own problems and take care of yourself.

I think we are at a point now where people who choose to do nothing have no chance of being hungry, and those days are over, and we will be worse off for it. A large percentage of the population will do nothing productive unless they have to to eat, and the rest of us will carry them, all the while listening to them whine about a pie in the sky reason that we supposedly got ahead by taking the shirt off their backs.

Last night's election was a demonstration that a majority of the voting population no longer has any interest in dealing with numerical reality or sense, and certainly derives no satisfaction from the drive that they will take care of themselves and their families to the best of their ability.