Amazon 7 #1 April 22, 2014 Serve and Protect...Daily Newsfeed http://www.policemisconduct.net/national-police-misconduct-newsfeed-daily-recap-04-18-14/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #2 April 22, 2014 Now why would the Cato Institute foster a distrust in the government? Oh, yeah . . . I forgot. Government bad, companies good. Get the average joe to hate every person in government and it's easier to get them to vote for companies. I am seriously waiting for a right wing web site devoted to the evils of having fire protection.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick 67 #3 April 22, 2014 Hey Jeanne did you see this one it was on our local news this morningYou can't be drunk all day if you don't start early! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick 67 #4 April 22, 2014 quade Get the average joe to hate every person in government and it's easier to get them to vote for companies. well they ain't makin it to difficult to hate emYou can't be drunk all day if you don't start early! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeorgiaDon 385 #5 April 22, 2014 Rick*** Get the average joe to hate every person in government and it's easier to get them to vote for companies. well they ain't makin it to difficult to hate emFor sure! You've just gotta hate them air traffic controllers for making you wait your turn to land, those CDC folks for interfering with your constitutional right to terminal diarrhea from eating shitty lettuce, those Dept of Agriculture inspectors for picking on those poor ranchers by keeping mad cow out of the food supply... Don_____________________________________ Tolerance is the cost we must pay for our adventure in liberty. (Dworkin, 1996) “Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.” (Yeats) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #6 April 22, 2014 Rick*** Get the average joe to hate every person in government and it's easier to get them to vote for companies. well they ain't makin it to difficult to hate em I believe the vast majority of law enforcement have their heads on straight. That said, in any random sampling of people, you'll find a couple of asshats and the news is all about the asshats. Disproportionately so. You could have a hundred cases of thugs beating innocent people and it will get very little coverage compared to if one nut ball cop decides to use "excessive force" in subduing a criminal.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick 67 #7 April 22, 2014 GeorgiaDon****** Get the average joe to hate every person in government and it's easier to get them to vote for companies. well they ain't makin it to difficult to hate emFor sure! You've just gotta hate them air traffic controllers for making you wait your turn to land, those CDC folks for interfering with your constitutional right to terminal diarrhea from eating shitty lettuce, those Dept of Agriculture inspectors for picking on those poor ranchers by keeping mad cow out of the food supply... Don hey you forgot the postal workers that make my dogs bark every afternoon edit to add: you did notice the original post was about the police Quade is the one that added "everyone" in the governmentYou can't be drunk all day if you don't start early! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rick 67 #8 April 22, 2014 quade****** Get the average joe to hate every person in government and it's easier to get them to vote for companies. well they ain't makin it to difficult to hate em I believe the vast majority of law enforcement have their heads on straight. That said, in any random sampling of people, you'll find a couple of asshats and the news is all about the asshats. Disproportionately so. You could have a hundred cases of thugs beating innocent people and it will get very little coverage compared to if one nut ball cop decides to use "excessive force" in subduing a criminal. and the asshats are protected by the rest I know people here that got out of law enforcement because of the culture maybe it's a local thing IDKYou can't be drunk all day if you don't start early! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #9 April 22, 2014 Rick ********* Get the average joe to hate every person in government and it's easier to get them to vote for companies. well they ain't makin it to difficult to hate em I believe the vast majority of law enforcement have their heads on straight. That said, in any random sampling of people, you'll find a couple of asshats and the news is all about the asshats. Disproportionately so. You could have a hundred cases of thugs beating innocent people and it will get very little coverage compared to if one nut ball cop decides to use "excessive force" in subduing a criminal. and the asshats are protected by the rest I know people here that got out of law enforcement because of the culture maybe it's a local thing IDK I have a few cousins down that way in the Hillsborough County area Rick... some of them are LEO... The only reason they were never jalied as kids OR adults... is because they were never caught.. otherwisde they are just as slimy as the folks they are supposed to be proceting and serving us from. I try to stay as far away from them as I can when family reunions roll around. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Croc 0 #10 April 22, 2014 quadeNow why would the Cato Institute foster a distrust in the government? Oh, yeah . . . I forgot. Government bad, companies good. Get the average joe to hate every person in government and it's easier to get them to vote for companies. I am seriously waiting for a right wing web site devoted to the evils of having fire protection. The Cato Institute is not "right wing.""Here's a good specimen of my own wisdom. Something is so, except when it isn't so." Charles Fort, commenting on the many contradictions of astronomy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #11 April 23, 2014 Croc***Now why would the Cato Institute foster a distrust in the government? Oh, yeah . . . I forgot. Government bad, companies good. Get the average joe to hate every person in government and it's easier to get them to vote for companies. I am seriously waiting for a right wing web site devoted to the evils of having fire protection. The Cato Institute is not "right wing." You do know who holds the puppet strings of Cato right??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #12 April 23, 2014 Are you fucking kidding me?quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #13 April 23, 2014 quadeAre you fucking kidding me? Shhh... Pay no attention to the men behind the puppet strings at the Cato Puppet Show. QuoteThe Cato Institute is an American libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded as the Charles Koch Foundation in 1974 by Ed Crane, Murray Rothbard, and Charles Koch,[6] chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the conglomerate Koch Industries.[nb 1] In July 1976, the name was changed to the Cato Institute.[6][7] Cato was established to have a focus on public advocacy, media exposure and societal influence.[8] According to the 2011 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report (Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, University of Pennsylvania), Cato is number 14 in the "Top Thirty Worldwide Think Tanks" and number 6 in the "Top Fifty United States Think Tanks".[9] The Institute's website states, "The mission of the Cato Institute is to originate, disseminate, and increase understanding of public policies based on the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Sounds kinda Koch suckery to me. I guess they do not like rogue cops either.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #14 April 23, 2014 Those are just their publicly stated goals too. Look at their BoD and ties. Good lord. Not right wing?quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Croc 0 #15 April 23, 2014 Libertarian is not right anything. "Right Wing" would be the Tea Party, for example."Here's a good specimen of my own wisdom. Something is so, except when it isn't so." Charles Fort, commenting on the many contradictions of astronomy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #16 April 23, 2014 CrocLibertarian is not right anything. "Right Wing" would be the Tea Party, for example. Libertarian is how many of the right wing style themselves including the Birchers like the Koch Brothers... Who fund the Cato Institute as well as the Tea Party.. and most of the other right wing organizations. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Koch_Family_Foundations Facts matter.. no matter the linguistic games they might use to obfuscate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Croc 0 #17 April 23, 2014 I was a member of the Cato Institute for several years. Regardless who funded them, they are Libertarian and not right wing."Here's a good specimen of my own wisdom. Something is so, except when it isn't so." Charles Fort, commenting on the many contradictions of astronomy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #18 April 23, 2014 CrocI was a member of the Cato Institute for several years. Regardless who funded them, they are Libertarian and not right wing. The Scientologists call themselves a religion too. Doesn't mean they're not really a cult.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #19 April 24, 2014 quade***I was a member of the Cato Institute for several years. Regardless who funded them, they are Libertarian and not right wing. The Scientologists call themselves a religion too. Doesn't mean they're not really a cult. Libertarians have very left wing leanings and right wing leanings. That Democrats and progressives think Libertarians are right wing is a credit. That the GOP and Tea Partiers think that Libertarians are lefties is also a credit. You know the difference between libertarians and tea partiers, Paul. Hint: it has to do with "religion." Another hint: if Libertarian is just GOP, why did the GOP hate Ron Paul so much? Wants lower tax rates - democrats hate them Wants smaller government - dems and gop hate them In favor of gay rights - gop hates them Against the security state - dems and gop hate them Wants more open immigration laws - GOP hates them. Pro 4th Amendment - GOP and dems hate them Pro 1st Amendment - GOP and dems hate them Pro 2nd amendment - dems hate them Democrats hate the libertarians because they actually stand for what Dems claim to stand for. GOP hates libertarians for the same reason. I suspect that quade is a closeted libertarian. But to come out as one would be to face the scorn and wrath of his family and associates (trust me - I know plenty of them). As much as quade thinks that the NSA bullshit is out of line, for him to actually say, "The Democrats are wrong and stand against my values and I can no longer identify with them" Come on, Paul. It's okay. Do you decry assassination of US Citizens? Do you hate ending privacy rules in order to form a more secure society? Do you support free speech? How about the 4th Amendment? If so, the libertarian party is the only one that agrees with you. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #20 April 24, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKPrAjphL7M But this isn't about me. It's about the Cato Institute. So who is that? Well, let's look at who is officially in charge. President, John A. Allison IV -- Formerly of Branch Banking & Trust and a major contributor to Ayn Rand Institute. Communications Director under David Koch when Koch had personal political ambitions back in the 1980s. Chairman, Robert A. Levy -- Personally financed and was co-counsel on District of Columbia v. Heller. And, of course, David and Charles Koch own 50% of Cato. They can call it whatever the F they like. A rose by any other name . . . But when you look at what they actually -do- and who they support and give money to and for what causes, they are absolutely conservative by the classic definition of the term.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #21 April 24, 2014 quade***I was a member of the Cato Institute for several years. Regardless who funded them, they are Libertarian and not right wing. The Scientologists call themselves a religion too. Doesn't mean they're not really a cult. Cults are religions. Be that as it may, the Cato Institute is pretty much in John Birch Society land. We can pretend otherwise, but actions speak louder than textbook descriptions of libertarians. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Croc 0 #22 April 24, 2014 The Cato Institute advocates decriminalizing recreational drug use and prostitution between consenting adults, and all other victimless crimes. They do not believe the government has any business telling us whom to marry. They believe in a total separation of Church and State. They advocate for freedom of speech and of the press. Despite that, you must be right, because you always are. "Here's a good specimen of my own wisdom. Something is so, except when it isn't so." Charles Fort, commenting on the many contradictions of astronomy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #23 April 24, 2014 You are aware that the social right-wing is not the only right-wing; right? The term right-wing has its roots not in any of the social issues you've outlined, but in who controls what; the aristocracy and plutocrats (those who have inherited wealth and power) vs the common man via democracy. Kings vs commoners. This is what the French Revolution was about. This is where the terms right-wing conservatives and left-wing liberals comes from. The right was literally the people who stood on the right side of the government chambers to support the King. The people on the left side wanted to liberate the country.* Our modern day right and left is ultimately the same. Kings vs commoners. Kings of "industry" who give lip service to any cause that will garner them some additional support all the while being fiercely conservative when it comes to keeping themselves in power. A wolf in sheep's clothing is still a wolf. If a person does not believe this is what is going on at the Cato Institute with the funding of the Koch brothers . . . I kinda feel sad for their inability to detect reality. * http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/26029/what-is-the-origin-for-left-being-used-to-indicate-socialist-liberals-and-rightquade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Croc 0 #24 April 24, 2014 It is kind of you to feel sad for my inability to detect reality. In the future, when I feel the urge to think, I will quash it with the thought, "What will Quade say?" The answer, of course, will be, "You are wrong.""Here's a good specimen of my own wisdom. Something is so, except when it isn't so." Charles Fort, commenting on the many contradictions of astronomy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #25 April 25, 2014 [Reply]You are aware that the social right-wing is not the only right-wing; right? Oh. So just one feather on the right wing makes right wing. Thus, the corporate whoring of the democratic party makes it economic right wing. And the security state policing that the Democratic party wholly supports - a right wing policy - makes it right wing as well. You sure have interesting lines that you draw. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
