Romney Looks Like the Next Pres

Discussion in 'Politics' started by jem, Apr 13, 2012.

  1. Brass

    Brass

    In politics, the Right, right-wing and rightist has been defined as the support or acceptance of social hierarchy.[1][2][3] Inequality is viewed by the Right as either inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable,[1] whether it arises through traditional social differences[4] or from competition in market economies.[5][6]

    The political terms Right and Left were coined during the French Revolution, and were a reference to where people sat in the French parliament. Those who sat to the right of the president's chair were broadly supportive of the institutions of Ancien Régime[7][8][9][10] The original right in France was composed of those supporting hierarchy, tradition, and clericalism.[11] The Right invoked natural law and divine law to explain the normality of social inequalities.[1]


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_politics

    True Left Wing, by definition, CANNOT be authoritarian, except when it is bastardized for rhetorical political expediency (but then it is actually no longer Left Wing):

    In politics, the Left, left-wing and leftists are people or views which generally support social change to create a more egalitarian society.[1][2][3][4] They usually involve a concern for those in society who are disadvantaged relative to others and an assumption that there are unjustified inequalities (which right-wing politics views as natural or traditional) that should be reduced or abolished.[3]

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_politics

    People who cannot think critically generally rely on predigested labels (and charts) that free them from doing so. Enter Max, jem and Tom B.
     
    #321     Apr 24, 2012
  2. Tom B

    Tom B

    You twist words and logic to fit your ideological view. You have deluded yourself for almost 60 years. I guess it works for you.
     
    #322     Apr 24, 2012
  3. Tom B

    Tom B

    #323     Apr 24, 2012
  4. jem

    jem

    nice image.

    I think you would have to put most of these et leftists up between hitler and stalin in the stalin quandrant and most (certainly no all of the right) between ghandi and freidman in the freidman quandrant.


     
    #324     Apr 24, 2012
  5. 377OHMS

    377OHMS

    Agree. Nobody should enter into a wager with Brass and expect to be paid or have him honor the agreement. He would invent various reasons to welch.

    Of course, getting rid of him would be a very good consolation prize and possibly worth it depending on the size of the wager.
     
    #325     Apr 24, 2012
  6. Max E.

    Max E.

    LOL, right after he gets his ass kicked he will simply proclaim "I win," like a 2 year old, and then take the ball and go home... :D

     
    #326     Apr 24, 2012
  7. Max E.

    Max E.

    I was pegged to the right(obviously) just below Friedman, here is a link to the test if you want to see where you stand. (thx to piggybank for posting this site)

    http://www.politicalcompass.org/test

     
    #327     Apr 24, 2012
  8. Brass

    Brass

    Reminiscent of your anti-Keynesian, pro-supply-side arguments.
     
    #328     Apr 24, 2012
  9. Brass

    Brass

    I think it's great that you know how to spell the word. I suspect it's as close as you'll ever get to understanding it.
     
    #329     Apr 24, 2012
  10. BSAM

    BSAM

    My conservative brethren, some of you seem to be singling out brother Brass, as a high risk in the area of not making good on a bet.

    But, let me remind you that you should never place a bet with any liberal. They have proven that they can't be trusted in matters of money.

    Remember "hope and change"?
    When brother "O" said that, many didn't realize what kind of "hope" and what kind of "change" he was talking about.
    Of course, now we know.

    But, to be fair, I wouldn't trust brother John Boner any further than I could throw him.

    However, I'd come more near entering into a bet with a conservative (not a rino) than with a liberal.
     
    #330     Apr 24, 2012