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And what good comes from calling him 'village idiot', Bob?

A is nasty to B who is nasty to C who is nasty to A and 'round and 'round and 'round and 'round and nuthin' gets done.

*shrug*

bobevenson wrote:You said to him, "Surely you see the difference," implying that only a village idiot would not see the difference. Now, I ask you, do you think he sees the difference? If not, you are conceding he is, indeed, a village idiot, no? So, let me know if I'm in error or just second-handedly being rude to somebody owning the hallmark of rudeness.

When you figure it out, let me know. It's nap time, and I've got an early autumn cold. Blech.

Dalek Prime wrote:

bobevenson wrote:You said to him, "Surely you see the difference," implying that only a village idiot would not see the difference. Now, I ask you, do you think he sees the difference? If not, you are conceding he is, indeed, a village idiot, no? So, let me know if I'm in error or just second-handedly being rude to somebody owning the hallmark of rudeness.

When you figure it out, let me know. It's nap time, and I've got an early autumn cold. Blech.

Oh, I figured it out, and I'm letting you know. Physically, I hope you get over the cold soon, but the mental part might take a little longer.

bobevenson wrote:

Dalek Prime wrote:

bobevenson wrote:You said to him, "Surely you see the difference," implying that only a village idiot would not see the difference. Now, I ask you, do you think he sees the difference? If not, you are conceding he is, indeed, a village idiot, no? So, let me know if I'm in error or just second-handedly being rude to somebody owning the hallmark of rudeness.

When you figure it out, let me know. It's nap time, and I've got an early autumn cold. Blech.

Oh, I figured it out, and I'm letting you know. Physically, I hope you get over the cold soon, but the mental part might take a little longer.

That's nice, coming from you Bob. Thanks.

That George Carlin youtube video in the OP is spot on. We have no choices! There are Republicrats and Demians. For example, Chris Matthews (MSNBC) is pro TPP, against restraining Wall Street and makes childish insults about Bernie Sanders (he never says anything substantive, its anout Bernies hair etc). Basically, he is a Republican,pretending to be a Democrat. He criticizes Republicans but agrees with their policies. Its all part of the game,give people the illusion of choice.
The establishment Dems and Repubs are all pro Wall Street, sweat shops,low wages... That is why non establishment candidates are winning, Sanders and unfortunately Trump.
The fix is in unfortunately. Sanders keeps winning but the stories about Biden (who is not even a candidate ) are 5 times more plentiful then stories about Sanders. Why? Because Sanders wants Wall Street criminals that destroyed our economy to be prevented from repeating their crimes. Wall Street owns the media.
And the political parties.

Another example,
Obama's support for TPP is from Republicans! Low level Democrats (that still have Democratic ideals) hate it.
Hillary now says that she is anti TPP! But that is not what she believes.Its just to get votes. Chris Matthews said that Hillary should stick to her beliefs and be pro TPP and against restricting the crimes on Wall Street! Like I said Chris Matthews job is to give you the illusion of choice.