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- joeth0
What Michael Jordan can teach us about politics
In the recent months of nasty debates over the size and role of government, we've heard words like "capitalism" and "socialism" thrown around so much that they've almost completely lost their original meanings. As if any given policy is either strictly one or the other.
Well, if we're going to over-simplify things, how about the idea that a lot of politics comes down to "competition" and "collaboration." The concept of a free market is driven by primarily by competition, which can be a very effective means for business and innovation. The more liberal policies are driven by collaboration, knowing that what's good for society as a whole is good for all of the people within that society.
Michael Jordan was a fierce competitor who was known mostly for his scoring ability. But he also knew when to pass the ball, because he certainly couldn't win championships alone. As anyone in team sports will tell you, both competition and collaboration have their merits. Focusing too much on one and not the other can only lead to defeat.
- my 2 centsjoeth
- Yes, but what can Tiger Woods teach us?TheBlueOne
- well said.DrBombay
- If we were a nation of 1, we'd probably learn a lot from Tiger. GWB was probably a big fan.joeth
- DrBombay0
Hey Deathboy, how old are you and where is your trolling ass from?
- 28 usa********
- thats more info then i know about u or care to know, as far as im concerned u may be a prepubescent child********
- 28 usa
- ukit0
deathboy, why are you hiding your true identity? Is it because it starts with a Jaz and ends with an X?
- < Actually I have no reason to believe that, just throwing that out thereukit
- this is my only account. if i seem to troll i apologize but my intentions is only to learn********
- and i appreciate the reasoning********
- ********0
DEATHBOY IS #1.
Hey, you fucktards out there... you can learn something from deathboy if you carefully consider what he has to say, you ignorant Obama loving freaks.
- lol @ 'carefully consider' - you mean get out my deathboy to english decpder ring? i am pretty sure that is dinkyBonSeff
- Who the fuck cares if he doesn't take the time to spellcheck up here in this shithole. Substance is what's supposed to matter around here hyper-boy.********
- ... supposed to matter around here hyper-boy.********
- substance is what matters... UP IN HERE, UP IN HERE!DrBombay
- what substance are you on, wil? Is it a combo of rogaine and last night's cialis?DrBombay
- ********0
Oh ya, FUCK REP. ALAN GRAYSON for being a disrespectful piece of shit. Fucking ugly, big-lipped, fat motherfucker.
- WHEEEEEE!locustsloth
- Well, the republicans really don't have a plan.DrBombay
- How exactly was it disrespectful, waterhead?DrBombay
- you know you want to make out with those big-lips, don't frontBonSeff
- Right and "Democrats want to kill your grandma" was all respectful. Got it.TheBlueOne
- Typical wingnuts, can't take what they dish out. A bunch of whiny two years olds.TheBlueOne
- It's about time someone did it back to the Repubs!!!! FUCK THEM!!!DCDesigns
- BonSeff0
the next time angrymob says something substantial will be the first.
stick to you homophobia shtick- GRAYSON DOES HAVE SOME NICE "POLE-FRIENDLY" PLUSHY LIPS THOUGH.********
- GRAYSON DOES HAVE SOME NICE "POLE-FRIENDLY" PLUSHY LIPS THOUGH.
- ukit0
You know what would be a great comedy skit? People acting in real life like they do on the internet. I'm sure it's been done though...
- TheBlueOne0
RE: Grayson's statement. Huh. A congress person saying the other party's plan will kill people. Shocking!..or not so much...
Take Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-Fla.), who said in July: "Last week, Democrats released a health care bill which essentially said to America's seniors: drop dead."
Or Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.), a doctor, who reviewed the public health insurance option in July and diagnosed that it is "gonna kill people."
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), not one to pull punches, suggested on the House floor that Congress "make sure we bring down the cost of health care for all Americans and that ensures affordable access for all Americans and is pro-life because it will not put seniors in a position of being put to death by their government."
July was a busy time for House floor death sentences. Also that month, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), noted: "One in five people have to die because they went to socialized medicine...I would hate to think that among five women, one of 'em is gonna die because we go to socialized care."
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) had a similar assessment. "They're going to save money by rationing care, getting you in a long line. Places like Canada, United Kingdom, and Europe. People die when they're in line," he said on the House floor in July.
So, when a Republican says the democratic plan is to kill old people and shit, that's OK. But when a democrat says it? Oh shit time to break out the badly spelled signs, mullet wigs and 'murican flag t-shirts and have a hissy fit in the streets.
- You nailed it! I hope all the Repubs get voted out!!DCDesigns
- Oh, to the contrary my friend, to the CONTRARY. You see, D's have all the power and are fucking it away. Voters won't take too kindly in 2010.********
- ... take kindly in 2010.********
- TheBlueOne0
Furthermore, when a congress person does something unprecedented in all of American history - say heckling a president during an address to congress by yelling out "You lie!", well, the Republicans didn't get on board with the resolution condemning it, saying, it was "politics" and saying we should "move on".
But they want a resolution against Grayson IMMEDIATELY.
Yup. Just like a two year old. What you want? Don't give a fuck. What we want? GIMME NOW OR I WILL SCREAM! WAAAAAAHHH!
- and then they'll call you a "homo" and a "fag"TheBlueOne
- grayson's apology was not what the repubs were expecting.. i thought it was soo awesome. dude is nailsBonSeff
- enjoyed him on rachel maddow last night - dude is fired up.BonSeff
- You're sooo sick.********
- please explain why I am sick?TheBlueOne
- Not you. BonerSeff.********
- Oh. Ok then.TheBlueOne
- "don't get sick"BattleAxe
- BonSeff0
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/2631…
check the grayson link next to the video
- zman0
Hemp for BIOFUEL! Stop people from going hungry to fuel trucks and boats ! Reduce industry driven war !
Listen to this guy. Hugely sustainable and useful plant and yet the hemp industry of the world is lacking to say the least.
- ********0
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RE: Grayson's statement. Huh. A congress person saying the other party's plan will kill people. Shocking!..or not so much...But Blueone, what the Rs' are all saying above is true. :-) And Grayson is still a fucking ugly, big-lipped, fat motherfucker.
Hey man, I love you though. Don't ever change.
- BonSeff0
"We're talking about 44,000 dying every year in America for lack of health insurance. My goodness, what are we in congress for of we're not in congress to solve that kind of problem."
Alan GraysonAnd you right wingers talk shit about loosing your country.. fuck you.
- < Nice talking points. Oh, check that, there are 300,000,000+ people living in the USA??? Fuck that. More people die every day because they don't have fucking healthcare you dope.********
- ... every hour of every day because they don't have fucking healthcare you dope.********
- Angrymob, you are a disgraceful person. I can't think of one redeeming thing about you. You are the single most negative person I have ever come across.DrBombay
- negative person I have ever come across.DrBombay
- that doesn't make any sense AngryMob.. I think deathboy is rubbing off on you.BonSeff
- so, 44,000 is a drop in the bucket to you? man you are an fucking tool.BonSeff
- Shit 9/11 was only 3,000 dead. Look how much we spent in reaction to that.Mimio
- national security and healthcare are two different fucking things you dingle-berry.********
- how mnay people die every year with healthcare. only fools buy into the agenda statements liek that make********
- guess what people die, some can prevented but at what cost? and to whom? they never talk of that truth.********
- Other countries that are doing better than America do it... You defeatist.DrBombay
- < Nice talking points. Oh, check that, there are 300,000,000+ people living in the USA??? Fuck that. More people die every day because they don't have fucking healthcare you dope.
- zman0
I no longer think that its local politics that the usa needs more of but more specifically less 'politics of personality' and partisan poltics and more politics of issues. Real issues not the fucking playground bullshit yall are so fond of these days.
- sadly most of it is it's driven by the news-o-tainment media.TheBlueOne
- the 'you lie ' comment was designed to play straight into the playground BS and it worked in a big wayzman
- See the US used to be a hardcore political country but its gone soft and pathetic.zman
- i think its intelligence, and not i went to college intelligence, but the ability to think and not take blind info from their sided alpha********
- alpha dog. think last page someone posted a jefferson quote about education********
- ukit0
http://www.politico.com/news/sto…
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has been quietly assembling the blueprint of a presidential campaign and will announce Thursday the support of a group of high-level political strategists and donors, complemented by a handful of top new media consultants, POLITICO has learned.
Pawlenty, under the radar of D.C.’s political community, has locked up some of the key operatives who engineered then-President George W. Bush’s reelection campaign — a significant feat for a little-known Midwestern politician.
- ukit0
This is him BTW
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- ukit0
What I don't get is why people buy into this Republican idea of letting people buy insurance across state lines. Like that would be good for the consumer? It's just a transparent way to let insurance companies relocate to the state with the most lenient laws regulating them.
Anyone who has a credit card knows what I'm talking about. The bill always comes from one of three states - because those are the places that let companies jack up their rates as high as possible.
- +1BonSeff
- +1kgvs72
- -1********
- wouldnt state lines draw more competition instead of the 4-5 companies competing in each state. think drugs and territory********
- if everyone stays with "jacked up" rates then its jsut whatever. but one of those comapneis will see by lowering prices bigger market share and econ takes the rest********
- bigger market share... pretty common sense. auto insurance... come on really********
- but anyways insurance will be gone in the next 20 years when tech makes genetic mapping cheaper.********
- be left to the individual to plan and prepare for his hereditary shiz********
- when will people take responsibility for the hand theyre dealt.********
- Why should someone be forced to drive to another state to get the affordable care that they need?Josev