*Prompter Thread* (NO personal attacks, NO trolling)

[rconverse]

Originally Posted by mdmarvich

so...uh...what's your plan?

1.) Massive decrease in government, mostly desk jobs that computers should be doing, over the span of ten years.

2.) Reduce funding to government about 50% over the span of 10 years.

3.) Term limits/eliminate lobbyists/No free HC for life or college tuition for kids/No "foundations"

4.) Immigration control/Build more prisons and enforce sentences of laws currently on the books as opposed to creating new laws that won't be enforced

Just in 4 bullets, you're saving half your money and getting an exponentially better value for said money.

Originally Posted by mdmarvich

you called me silly

No, I called EVERYONE silly. So, clearly not personal against you.

[rconverse]

Not sure how I fucked it up but....

0.) Eliminate government unions and pensions!!!!

[TheLastPig]

Build more prisons? wtf

[TwoStep2888]

hahahaha

[smudge1]

Build more prisons to fill them up.

[smudge1]

https://youtu.be/amwVyRH2B8A

[jcc522]

Originally Posted by rconverse

No. The "reason" for the ban last night was really, really silly. Not that I care but it was and there's no question about it.

Hell, the "reason" didn't even make sense. It was for some random phrase that was neither cursing nor offensive.

I get that people don't want to face their own hypocrisies. I've been banned before for calling people out on that but at least that was ban-worthy. Last night wasn't even by the most liberal, safe space ideals.

It happens, bro.

A mod got ethered by blaise, got upset, then banned me for a month for calling someone a dumb fuck because they were losing an argument

zaj, et. al. can personally attack my penis size and nothing happens, dre can make unfounded personal attacks calling me homophobic and nothing happens, but I get banned for calling someone a dumb fuck for saying the though they left was republicans

[JRS1386]

Originally Posted by jcc522

It happens, bro.

A mod got ethered by blaise, got upset, then banned me for a month for calling someone a dumb fuck because they were losing an argument

zaj, et. al. can personally attack my penis size and nothing happens, dre can make unfounded personal attacks calling me homophobic and nothing happens, but I get banned for calling someone a dumb fuck for saying the though they left was republicans

Using this phrase is pretty ban-able, IMO

[ExistenceNow]

Build more prisons, Milos? Yikes.

That's a truly terrible take.

[ExistenceNow]

Surely eliminating the drug war and decriminalizing drugs would be in Milos' save the country money plan, right?


And if we do that, definitely no need for more prisons.

[BTBaboon]

Originally Posted by rconverse

1.) Massive decrease in government, mostly desk jobs that computers should be doing, over the span of ten years.

2.) Reduce funding to government about 50% over the span of 10 years.

3.) Term limits/eliminate lobbyists/No free HC for life or college tuition for kids/No "foundations"

4.) Immigration control/Build more prisons and enforce sentences of laws currently on the books as opposed to creating new laws that won't be enforced

Just in 4 bullets, you're saving half your money and getting an exponentially better value for said money.

Eek. The Milos 2020 campaign platform needs some work.

That's too quick of a reduction of 50%. I know we've discussed this in the past, but that's a sure fire way to an economic calamity. Obviously it's purely hypothetical as you'd never be able to pass it, and it'd be damn hard to unwind the recent debt-inducing tax cuts and spending bills.

And more prisons? What's that about? Surely the Milos voting bloc can't be on board with that. And would enforcing the sentencing laws on the books include low level drug users getting locked up? Seems counterproductive.


I don't know Rog. These seem like bad ideas. Careful about floating these ideas. You could end up with a few more tallies in the loss column!

[MDPrompter]

Originally Posted by rconverse

1.) Massive decrease in government, mostly desk jobs that computers should be doing, over the span of ten years.

2.) Reduce funding to government about 50% over the span of 10 years.

3.) Term limits/eliminate lobbyists/No free HC for life or college tuition for kids/No "foundations"

4.) Immigration control/Build more prisons and enforce sentences of laws currently on the books as opposed to creating new laws that won't be enforced

Just in 4 bullets, you're saving half your money and getting an exponentially better value for said money.



No, I called EVERYONE silly. So, clearly not personal against you.

yikes...good thing you went to bed after that prison comment.

Also, your plan doesn't address the biggest fiscal issue our country faces....medicare/SS.

And that fact that you even mention "immigration control" in a top 4 to fix the country PROVES, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you are in the cult.

Also, no foundations??? WTF are you talking about. Yeah, that bill gates guy...he's doing alot of harm wtf dude.

[cazzie34]

"desk jobs that computers should be doing" with zero evidence that can be done or how much that actually saves is my personal favorite.

[MDPrompter]

Here's a start to a real top 4:

1) immediately raise SS retirement age to 65 for any benefits, 70 for full benefits...sorry boomers, you fucked us so time to pay the piper...every 5 years raise that another year until we get to 70/75. Eliminate the income cap on SS withholdings

2)Immigration reform similar to the Bush/McCain plan (registration, pay fine, path to citizenship)

3)End the war on drugs. Eliminate private prisons. Treat addiction as a disease.

4)Allow people/companies to get insurance through public option/medicare. For those under 65 and not below some income threshold, charge so that medicare breaks even on those plans. Allow medicare/medicaid to negotiate prices with big pharma.

[cazzie34]

Cut military spending by 30%. There, I just saved us 15% of our budget. And we still spend more than any other country.

[GSUdawg521]

Careful guys, if more people disagree with roger than there are rogers, he will just laugh and call you an echo chamber.

[jcc522]

This place is an echo chamber.

[cazzie34]

Feel like the actual echo chamber is people repeating the phrase "echo chamber" over and over.

[dre2142]

Originally Posted by rconverse

No. The "reason" for the ban last night was really, really silly. Not that I care but it was and there's no question about it.

Hell, the "reason" didn't even make sense. It was for some random phrase that was neither cursing nor offensive.

I get that people don't want to face their own hypocrisies. I've been banned before for calling people out on that but at least that was ban-worthy. Last night wasn't even by the most liberal, safe space ideals.

Originally Posted by rconverse

Yeah, I was put on a TO last night by someone.

yeah, no one noticed so what does that tell ya

[Lee3691]

Ech chamber: Building more prisons is expanding government; the people who work those prisons are government workers. The most powerful lobby in California politics in the prison guards union.

[dre2142]

Originally Posted by rconverse

Onto new business....As I've said before, I'm not into guns. Don't own one and really don't plan on getting one anytime in the foreseeable future.

With that said, how about these Parkland students? I have to say that their reaction and commitment has been pretty nice to see. I can't believe that there are some fucking idiots on the right attacking the students themselves. Thought the kid that put up that one girl's sponsors was fantastic.

There are a couple of pieces of low hanging fruit here. First, that's classless. Second, maybe think before doing something where the person you're going to piss off can reach a larger audience than you. Which, prior to the Internet, never was a concern so it's going to be interesting to see the dynamic change.

right on!!!

[dre2142]

Originally Posted by jcc522

It happens, bro.

A mod got ethered by blaise, got upset, then banned me for a month for calling someone a dumb fuck because they were losing an argument

zaj, et. al. can personally attack my penis size and nothing happens, dre can make unfounded personal attacks calling me homophobic and nothing happens, but I get banned for calling someone a dumb fuck for saying the though they left was republicans

maybe the mods looked back on your posts (or have been following along for the last few years) and realized I was right? even others called you out for it within the last few pages as well, so its not just me that thinks that. And if you arent, you sure do a bad job at expressing your thoughts then. Anyways...moving on. You are who you are man.

[cazzie34]

Originally Posted by Lee3691

Ech chamber: Building more prisons is expanding government; the people who work those prisons are government workers. The most powerful lobby in California politics in the prison guards union.

My cousin's husband is in that union. Huge trump supporter. Tried to show him the wages that prison guards make in republican states (wayyyyyyy less) and told him that he is able to live his life because of dem policies and that he should vote for Dems, not repubs.

Yeah, that didn't work. He wants a smaller government, his guns, and for police officers to be respected. But he isn't worried about his job because he has a strong union.

[jcc522]

Parkland students were fair game the minute they threw their hat in the ring of curtailing civil rights.

[monkeyman420]

Originally Posted by jcc522

Parkland students were fair game the minute they threw their hat in the ring of curtailing civil rights.

These kids are not trying to curtail your civil rights. They want sensible action to be taken to prevent tragedies like Parkland from happening again. If that means that you can't buy or own an assault weapon, how is that curtailing on your rights? You can still own a gun, can still own a rifle so the fundamental right that is the 2nd Amendment is therefore not curtailed. Also, the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited. Scalia made a great point in his opinion in District of Columbia V Heller (https://supreme.justia.com/cases/fed...opinion.html):

"We also recognize another important limitation on the right to keep and carry arms. Miller said, as we have explained, that the sorts of weapons protected were those “in common use at the time.” 307 U. S., at 179. We think that limitation is fairly supported by the historical tradition of prohibiting the carrying of “dangerous and unusual weapons.”

It may be objected that if weapons that are most useful in military service—M-16 rifles and the like—may be banned, then the Second Amendment right is completely detached from the prefatory clause. But as we have said, the conception of the militia at the time of the Second Amendment’s ratification was the body of all citizens capable of military service, who would bring the sorts of lawful weapons that they possessed at home to militia duty. It may well be true today that a militia, to be as effective as militias in the 18th century, would require sophisticated arms that are highly unusual in society at large. Indeed, it may be true that no amount of small arms could be useful against modern-day bombers and tanks. But the fact that modern developments have limited the degree of fit between the prefatory clause and the protected right cannot change our interpretation of the right."

[AJF_41]

(please just ignore him)

[TMoore4075]

Originally Posted by AJF_41

(please just ignore him)

No kidding. When I see a couple of people posting I just ignore it. They are just trying to get people going and it works every time. Not that hard.

[jcc522]

Yeah. The AR15 is the most popular rifle of literally all time.

It is by definition, in common use at this time.

[Tiduwho]

AK-47 isnt?

[GSUdawg521]

One down, 999,999 + millions more to go

http://thehill.com/homenews/news/380...ting-illegally