http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/21/republicans-try-to-figure-out-the-problem-with-republicans Comments On: Republicans Try to Figure Out the Problem with Republicans by Paul Constant en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Curtis Interruptus]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:51:01 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Thisbe]]> Thu, 22 Nov 2012 04:39:10 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Schmapdi]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 23:04:51 -0800 The Stranger Posted by watchout5]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 22:18:31 -0800 The Stranger
The left is anti-free speech, anti-gun, and anti people keeping what they earn.

It may not seem very important in your perceived partisan utopia, but they are all necessary for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Posted by Cascadian Bacon]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:30:15 -0800 The Stranger
I long for a party that would promote:

A minimum wage that's a living wage.

National Health, like Britain's, tax-supported and free to all.

Impediments to vulture capitalism. No more financial chicanery and "parting out" functional enterprises for a quick buck.

A tax on accumulated wealth. Why wait for someone to die? Tax their worldwide holdings 2% a year. Heck, that's not much more than some of those folks are paying their portfolio managers.

Much as I hate to say it, bring back the draft. A Republican got rid of it, so maybe that was a bad idea. The chickenhawks can now drum up wars that no upper middle-class white folk have children in. Before time ends, some Romney should serve in the military.

Start busting churches. Take away their tax exemptions for electioneering. Start with Pat Robertson's "ministry."

Purge the government of all the Evangelicals that Bush packed it with. Put back that wall between Church and State.

Force "Christian" schools to teach actual stuff, not just Bible-based religious fundamentalist theory, unless it's a seminary that only graduates clerics.

Umm... And gun control. Seriously. We're a nation with a bunch of sick, fucking people running around, and you want everyone to be able to get guns? No, please.

Oh, and do something about mental health. While I'm sure we're not the most demented nation on Earth, we seem to play one on tv.
Posted by Brooklyn Reader]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:16:58 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:03:24 -0800 The Stranger Posted by beatgrl]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:12:03 -0800 The Stranger
That's pretty funny, given the GOP's recent history and this last election. You're a funny guy.

I'd much prefer GOP activists talk to my door. (I assume he means "to" and not "on", and it was a simple typo.) They're free to do so for hours, if they like. Though if the volume gets too high, I reserve the right to sic the government on them by calling the police.
Posted by Knat]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:01:31 -0800 The Stranger Speaking of Reince Priebus, if you take all the vowels out of his name you are left with only RNC PR BS, which is fitting.

@10: My god, it's almost like his parents gave him that ridiculous name on purpose, it's just that good.
Posted by MLM]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:57:59 -0800 The Stranger Posted by sarah70]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:54:13 -0800 The Stranger Posted by sperifera]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:33:05 -0800 The Stranger
More than one comment opined that the very idea of reaching out to voters is insulting, on the grounds that they're not lemmings or sheep or cattle. Only a fool can be persuaded by a rational argument or a discussion.

It's also an aspect of the scientific method that has always seemed particularly abhorrent to them. Science's core strength comes from the notion of revising an existing theory to fit new evidence, but the very idea is anathema to their world view.

Maybe the world is changing too fast now. Maybe, once upon a time, the world was simpler, the pace of progress was slower, and the time it took for society to radically change was longer than the lifetime of the average person in it. Maybe once upon a time, a person didn't need to be able to change their minds. But I think we're to the point now where you have to either adapt or be left behind.
Posted by Ben]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:22:31 -0800 The Stranger Posted by uncreative]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:16:19 -0800 The Stranger
You've already turned out all your white bitch church ladies, red neck racists and doddering old, white fools.

Every damn one of them has come to the polls, and they ain't enough anymore. At least not in Presidential elections.

But please never change your message -- it worked so well for Democrats this last go round.
Posted by judybrowni]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:00:08 -0800 The Stranger Totally agree.

There are often things I don't like about the democrat's budgets, spending plans, taxes, etc.; unfortunately, there's no alternative to even consider as long as the republicans remain firmly in the grasp of the fundamentalist lunatics.
Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:50:10 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:34:26 -0800 The Stranger I agree, the worst thing about some elements of the right is their moral stance, though the left can be considered equally guilty of pushing their morality on people.

As for defense spending I agree that it should be cut and we should not be involved in conflicts around the world. However some military spending leads directly to technological advancements that benefit the civilian population, the internet for example.
Posted by Cascadian Bacon]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:30:07 -0800 The Stranger
do you, mr. jones?
Posted by Max Solomon]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:28:13 -0800 The Stranger
For example, a small farmer want's to sell organic chickens humanly raised in his back yard at the local farmers market. This would be against the law, instead he must have a USDA approved facility that is gonna cost a minimum of $10,000 in licensing cost so that in the name of safety his chickens can be killed in a facility full of disease ridden battery hens and washed in a 10% bleach solution that contains the fecal matter of 20,000 other birds.

Don't fool yourself into thinking that regulatory bodies to protect the consumer rather than big business.
Posted by Cascadian Bacon]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:26:27 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Afreet]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:26:01 -0800 The Stranger