[ExI] Nobody can say we weren't warned

[William Flynn Wallace]

The pot is an easy Boogeyman though, so I get it.  dylan


Yeah, I have on ti for fourty years and itash don nothin to my brian.  bill
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On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 11:14 AM, Dylan Distasio <interzone at gmail.com>
wrote:

> A nice ad hominem attack that leaves little room for discussion.  He did a
> pretty good job as governor of New Mexico, and based on hearing him in
> person, I would not characterize him as fried.  The pot is an easy
> Boogeyman though, so I get it.
>
> On Oct 23, 2016 10:57 AM, "Legionara" <legionara at openmailbox.org> wrote:
>
> It's too bad Johnson's brain is fried from all the pot. How did we get
> from Paul to this?
>
> On Sat, 22 Oct 2016 11:35:39 -0700
> Chris Hibbert <hibbert at mydruthers.com> wrote:
>
> > John Clark blathered:
> > > If [... Trump ...]  why the hell did you vote for Mr. What Is
> > > Aleppo?
> >
> > I'd rather have a president who has a policy position on the Middle
> > East that doesn't call for military intervention at every turn than
> > someone who's carefully tracking the details of which faction is
> > currently in control of which region. There are more important things
> > to get right.
> >
> > My vote isn't going to change the outcome, so arguing that I *must*
> > vote for one with a certifiable chance of winning doesn't carry water
> > with me. AFAICT, the main consequences of my actions are results of my
> > speaking to acquaintances about what I believe. The main effect of my
> > vote is in the vote totals the day after the election. One more vote
> > for a demopublican is completely unnoticeable (no politician ever read
> > votes in his/her column as a vote against the other candidate), while
> > another vote for a third party candidate who broadly represents my
> > views is worth the time it takes.
> >
> > > if [... Trump ...] And yet you voted for Mr. I Can't Name A Single
> > > Foreign Leader because you wanted to make a principled stand.
> >
> > The question wasn't "Can you name a foreign leader?", it was "Please
> > name a foreign leader you respect", and as Gary Johnson pointed out,
> > if anyone you name has any warts, those become your warts. These days,
> > it isn't safe for a politician to profess respect for Thomas Jefferson
> > or George Washington. Do you think Bishop Tutu is safe? Maggie
> > Thatcher?
> >
> > Can you name a foreign leader that you wouldn't be pilloried for in
> > some circles? I'd have expressed limited respect for some things that
> > Thatcher or Mandela did, and point out that Germany's Merkel has been
> > welcoming to refugees.
> >
> >
> > And John, as far as your subject line goes, I've been warned about the
> > dangers of voting for Johnson, Trump, Clinton, of staying home, and
> > many other things. So, yes you've added to the din, but the incessant
> > harping on a single candidate you find unacceptable doesn't make this
> > a better place to have a conversation related to positive futures. I
> > wish you'd stop.
> >
> > Chris
> >    --
> > It is easy to turn an aquarium into fish soup, but not so
> > easy to turn fish soup back into an aquarium.
> > -- Lech Walesa on reverting to a market economy.
> >
> > Chris Hibbert
> > hibbert at mydruthers.com
> > Blog:   http://www.pancrit.org
> > http://mydruthers.com
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