me & Mickey on the 4th

steve remchak · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:09 pm

since it is apparent that the "godless" democrats will be elected enmasse, i have decided to pack the family and head south. when the mass exodus hits i figure i will be closer to the banana boats this way. booking seaward escape to the southern continent should be easy with the assistance of my AMEX. oh wait, maybe not. but i digress.

i suspect that Mickey and Minnie will hardly hint of the forthcoming doom that awaits us all. they already understand it has been a century of make believe characters running things, and certainly one election will not likely change the status quo.

chastise me as you will, especially if i have guessed (and voted) incorrectly. 'cause that's the news and i'm outta here. :twisted:

Aaron Buckley · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:45 pm

steve remchak wrote:

since it is apparent that the "godless" democrats will be elected enmasse, i have decided to pack the family and head south. when the mass exodus hits i figure i will be closer to the banana boats this way. booking seaward escape to the southern continent should be easy with the assistance of my AMEX. oh wait, maybe not. but i digress.

i suspect that Mickey and Minnie will hardly hint of the forthcoming doom that awaits us all. they already understand it has been a century of make believe characters running things, and certainly one election will not likely change the status quo.

chastise me as you will, especially if i have guessed (and voted) incorrectly. 'cause that's the news and i'm outta here. :twisted:

Godless? You've been watching too many anti-Kay Hagan ads. Enjoy Disney World and learn not to buy into the propaganda. :roll:

- AB

Donnie Barnes · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:30 pm

Speaking of anti-somebody-or-other:

http://www.carefreeway.com/2008/10/kid- ... d-his.html

Bug zapper for thieving kids FTW! Yeah, I would have done it, too.

--Donnie

Wes Eargle · **Joined:** Mon Oct 27, 2003 9:47 am **Posts:** 3683

Donnie Barnes wrote:

Speaking of anti-somebody-or-other:

http://www.carefreeway.com/2008/10/kid- ... d-his.html

Bug zapper for thieving kids FTW! Yeah, I would have done it, too.

--Donnie

I giggled.

There's a reason why I didn't put my McCain sign right next to the mailbox by the road ...

steve remchak · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:25 pm

Aaron Buckley wrote:

steve remchak wrote:

since it is apparent that the "godless" democrats will be elected enmasse, i have decided to pack the family and head south. when the mass exodus hits i figure i will be closer to the banana boats this way. booking seaward escape to the southern continent should be easy with the assistance of my AMEX. oh wait, maybe not. but i digress.

i suspect that Mickey and Minnie will hardly hint of the forthcoming doom that awaits us all. they already understand it has been a century of make believe characters running things, and certainly one election will not likely change the status quo.

chastise me as you will, especially if i have guessed (and voted) incorrectly. 'cause that's the news and i'm outta here. :twisted:

Godless? You've been watching too many anti-Kay Hagan ads. Enjoy Disney World and learn not to buy into the propaganda. :roll:

- AB

Aaron, honey baby. it's sarcasm. but to a serious note. what makes a 9 year old take down McCain signs and replace them with that other guy's signs? his parents? peer pressure? maybe it is the fact that even a child (albeit a recalcitrant child) realized that one guy won because of TV presence.

sure, this time it was the right guy, but again i digress. late flight tomorrow, i think i shall go smoke a cigar and get drunk. peace my beaubies.

Richard Casto · **Posted:** Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:11 am

Please lets not turn this forum into the cesspool of what passes for political discussions online. We don't have a a rule explicitly against it, but we do ask people to be respectful.

Steve, if you read your comments with an open mind you will see that there is nothing that indicates that you are trying to make a joke.

I apologize in advance for locking this thread, but I am personally really tired of watching threads like this dissolve into anarchy on other forums.

Richard Casto · **Posted:** Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:58 am

After receiving an IM from an uninvolved party, I have decided that I may have overreacted and have unlocked this thread.

I am probably over sensitive to the entire topic (political threads, not one party vs. the other). Another forum that I visit frequently is now about 50%+ political discussions and despite forum rules to keep it civil, it is way out of hand. It is making me want to stop visiting that particular site.

One common problem I see when discussing touchy topics like race, religion and politics is that it is very easy for comments meant in jest to be taken the wrong way. In my opinion it’s the responsibility of the poster to make it obvious what his true intent is. People forget that normal face to face conversations involve more than just words. Tone, body language, etc. help define the intent. That is why forums have emoticons. At least one “wink” emoticon would have changed Steve’s post from “Is he joking!?” to “He is joking!”

You could also say “he was over the top in his comment, so he must be joking”. When it comes to topics like this, there is no over the top. No matter how over the top you think it is, there is someone who thinks that and people who are also willing to believe that the comment is sincere.

Feel free to discuss.

Keith Quistorff · **Posted:** Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:35 pm

I vote to re-lock it - don't know about others, but I've had way more than my fill of political BS lately and was bummed to see it invade the THSCC forums. Can't even listen to the radio or watch TV for more than a couple minutes without getting bombarded with one 'he sucks / she sucks' negative political ad after another - it's gone beyond ridiculous.

KendtEklund · **Joined:** Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:29 pm **Posts:** 1204

IATL and IBTL - that's a first.

This one was easy - Steve is *always* joking :lol:

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:06 pm

Keith Quistorff wrote:

I vote to re-lock it - don't know about others, but I've had way more than my fill of political BS lately and was bummed to see it invade the THSCC forums. Can't even listen to the radio or watch TV for more than a couple minutes without getting bombarded with one 'he sucks / she sucks' negative political ad after another - it's gone beyond ridiculous.

I don't care about Lock or Unlock but couldn't agree MORE on being sick of political ads.

Bernie Baake · **Posted:** Fri Oct 31, 2008 3:24 pm

I'm glad this thread was unlocked, censure is the right hand tool of tyranny and despots. Locking it because of what might be said, or if you don't like the subject or author is way over the top in my estimation. Each one of us has censure power over what we read. Simply don't read the thread once you're aware of the subject matter. Just my opinion. Now you can lock it again, I don't involve myself in politics either, so I won't be back here.

RobLupella · **Posted:** Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:26 pm

Bernie Baake wrote:

I'm glad this thread was unlocked, censure is the right hand tool of tyranny and despots. Locking it because of might be said, or if you don't like the subject or author is way over the top in my estimation. Each one of us has centure power over what we read. Simply don't read the thread once you're aware of the subject matter. Just my opinion. Now you can lock it again, I don't involve myself in politics either, so I won't be back here.

What he said. Don't lock the thread, Don't Lock your minds, If you don't wanna read it, don't click on it.

Todd Breakey · **Posted:** Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:57 pm

Speaking of Mickey...

I'm writing in Mickey for President and Goofy as his running mate. I figure that cartoon characters could run this country as good as either of the bumbling morons that are running for it!!!

Graham Jagger · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 12:53 am **Posts:** 1718

This sums it up for me...

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:42 pm

Todd Breakey wrote:

Speaking of Mickey...

I'm writing in Mickey for President and Goofy as his running mate. I figure that cartoon characters could run this country as good as either of the bumbling morons that are running for it!!

ACTUALLY..............

You can't do that. You can only vote for Obama, McCain, Barr, McKinney, and Nader

That's it.

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