[Jack]

[quote="maverickdoc"]Republican like democrats tend to be a “loose coalition of special interestsâ€

[Jack]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jack', '
')People are adapted to recognizing short term problems - longer term changes are often invisible to us.

an absolute faith in the market

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jack', '
') Some are even speaking, with some fear, of $3 per gallon gasoline.

Perhaps we'll achieve some of the unity we experienced during WWII.

[Yossarian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'B')ut reality trumps ideology, and I have concluded that Peak Oil is reality.

[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jack', '
')
In general, and recognizing a certain amount of cognitive dissonance in what I'm about to say, Republicans have preferred less government control and more use of the free market. The belief the free market will automatically solve shortages and problems is deeply ingrained - perhaps because it has, historically, worked well.

[JoeW]

I think that the willingness to accept peak oil comes from having the ambition to find the answers, and the intelligence to understand the material. In the US, the perception is that the "blue states" are the more-educated states, and the "red states" are where the actual work gets done. I'm not making the stereotype, but just reporting the observation that this perception exists. As such, folks in the US may be inclined to think that the stereotypical New York liberal with a bachelor's degree probably has a lot more time and interest in geopolitics than the guy sitting on his tractor all day long out in Kansas.

Needless to say, there are plenty of highly intelligent, well-educated Republicans, and also plenty of blue-collar Democrats busting their humps to make America great.
But the reality doesn't change the perception.

[DomusAlbion]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', ' ')Many people simply can't imagine something this dire. In their imaginative framework, peak oil is a chicken little thing -just goofy like the bearded crank with the sandwich sign saying 'The End Is Near!'

[Carlhole]

If George Bush is good enough for Jesus Christ, he's good enough for 'Merka. I say let's appoint him Preznet For Life and make it the One and Only Party of Gawwwwd!

http://weeklyradioaddress.com/DforD_Video_medium.htm

[NEOPO]

Its a one party NEO-na-zi-on-CON system indeed.


My cards were already 99% in the bonfire but I voted anyways. Maybe we were just curious to see the machines. Maybe we just wanted something like the minimum wage hike to occur yet ultimately I am sure they will get that back at walmart, the pump or both.

I am firmly convinced that the 2000 election was stolen and that there was really no choice between either the bonesmen bush or kerry in 04'. Hmmm yeah everyone thought the Dem's were gonna get us the hell out of Iraq?~?

When they did not vote for Murtha I knew it was on 100%. Pelosi talking all nicey nicey. I was thinking "WhoTF is this bitch?!!?" Cant go back now - ashes to ashes. I am sure some people thought it would lead to a new 9/11 investigation etc etc.

[MD]

The planners want to see an opposing voice coming into play.
There will be no reductions.
There are no elections.
The are only the players and the teams.

[Kingcoal]

The easiest way for one party to win over another is to perpetuate the myth that "they are just as bad as us." Liberals are very susceptible to such a technique. Republicans have found that liberals are very easy to manipulate into disenfranchisement, which leads to them not voting...

I'm a democrat, but I'm not very liberal. I've come to the conclusion that most liberals are idiots who think they are superior. If they were so superior then they wouldn't be so easy to manipulate. The dems aren't perfect, but I like them better than the Republicans.

[Tyler_JC]

Well, all of the stuff they are planning on doing is relatively popular and some of their ideas are actually fairly intelligent. We always need new ethics reforms because Congressmen are inherently corrupt. The Democrats will cut out some little loophole that the GOP currently enjoys using. After all, it was some piece of election reform that made the politicians have to approve their campaign messages.

Raising the minimum wage is supported by nearly 70% of the population. It's a political no-brainer. Stem Cell research offers the promise of longer and healthier lives for millions of Americans. Simply put, it's the right thing to do.

The cost of a college education is far too high for many American families to afford. We will need an educated population in order to deal with increased foreign competition and in order to deal with the consequences of Peak Oil.

So on the four issues that mentioned, the Democrats are doing the right thing in the eyes of the American people. We live in a Republic so the new Democratic Congress is merely doing its job. What happens after the first 100 hours is the kicker.

[Tyler_JC]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Gideon', 'M')D, I like your posts. More evidence that there is only one party. Democrats will not block the troop increase - merely
sybolically complain. Republicrats

[gego]

One party! You better be careful about such radical statements.

The majority of socialist aholes posting on this site might have shit fits over such a revealing statement.

[Falconoffury]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')top supporting our troops in the middle of a War?

[mmasters]

Here's an interesting read:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/586965/posts

[lateralus]

America is a joke. They sell you peanuts at your own funeral and still you buy a bag, hey 50% less salt.....what a deal.
The Blue Bloods own your asses peasants. Wake up. The "largest democracy on Earth has only two parties". The left arm and the right arm...good luck with that....

[gego]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lateralus', 'T')he Blue Bloods own your asses peasants. Wake up. The "largest democracy on Earth has only two parties". The left arm and the right arm...good luck with that....

[Tyler_JC]

I was trying to channel Nancy Pelosi...

I realize that neither party is addressing the big issues of illegal immigration, long term fiscal insolvency, energy depletion, and the rest.

The American people, on the other hand, don't seem to care about those issues. If they cared about those issues, public opinion polls would indicate that they cared and politicians would change their focus.

A republic often bows to the will of its people. Thus, we get what we voted for.

The Dems ran on a platform of stem cell research, ethics reform, minimum wage hikes, and education.

The American people mostly agree with the Democrats on those issues.

Both the Democratic Party and the American People will be pleased to see those new bills get passed.

The objective "good or bad for the country" argument is interesting but not important when discussing why a political party does what it does.