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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Unread postby Plantagenet » Mon 13 Jul 2009, 14:49:42

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('evilgenius', 'T')he left could reply.....


Peak Oil issues cut across the left-right dichotomy.

For instance, should the US be spending 50 billion to bail out GM or should the US be putting that 50 billion into building electric intercity trains? ..... both alternatives involve "big government...." but only the latter really helps transform US society to deal with peak oil.

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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Unread postby evilgenius » Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:00:14

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('evilgenius', 'T')he left could reply.....


Peak Oil issues cut across the left-right dichotomy.

For instance, should the US be spending 50 billion to bail out GM or should the US be putting that 50 billion into building electric intercity trains? ..... both alternatives involve "big government...." but only the latter really helps transform US society to deal with peak oil.


Exactly, we could be talking about things like the relative merits of conventional electric rail, like Harry Reid is championing for the LA to Vegas route, vs expensive Mag-Lev, which various people think could be feasible, but Reid sees as too expensive. We could go on about how Kunstler has been going on about that same thing. The problem is that one of the righties on this sight will see that I just mentioned Harry Reid and bring on a cascade of vitriolic hyperbole against him completely obscuring the rail topic. After a few pages where rail is mentioned now and again the entire forum will be nothing but a wall of anti-Obama, NWO, the Fed is the body of the devil plaque.
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Unread postby TheDude » Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:09:20

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'h')ttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sinister

Which definition of sinister? :shock:


$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '4'). of or on the left side; left.


Always thought that was cool. Opposite is dexter.

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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Unread postby Plantagenet » Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:17:25

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('evilgenius', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('evilgenius', 'T')he left could reply.....


Peak Oil issues cut across the left-right dichotomy.

For instance, should the US be spending 50 billion to bail out GM or should the US be putting that 50 billion into building electric intercity trains? ..... both alternatives involve "big government...." but only the latter really helps transform US society to deal with peak oil.


Exactly, we could be talking about things like the relative merits of conventional electric rail, like Harry Reid is championing for the LA to Vegas route, vs expensive Mag-Lev, which various people think could be feasible, but Reid sees as too expensive. We could go on about how Kunstler has been going on about that same thing. The problem is that one of the righties on this sight will see that I just mentioned Harry Reid and bring on a cascade of vitriolic hyperbole against him completely obscuring the rail topic. After a few pages where rail is mentioned now and again the entire forum will be nothing but a wall of anti-Obama, NWO, the Fed is the body of the devil plaque.


Of course we should discuss the relative merits of nukes verus windmills and mag-lev versus conventional, and I hope we will do so.

But if we want to see anything actually be built, we also have to acknowledge that Harry Reid is Senate majority leader. Obama is the President. Nancy Pelosi is speaker of the house of representatives and the democrats are the ones making all the decisions about what the federal government should do right now. The Republicans are completely powerless---they can't pass bills or filibuster or even force a vote or schedule a debate if the dems don't allow it.

Many peak oilers want to see the government enact policies to position the US to deal with peak oil. IMHO, its inevitable that there will be some criticism by some posters of the Obama/Reid/Pelosi/Democrats and some of the government policies they are enacting, such as the huge deficits, that hurt our ability to deal with the approaching peak oil crisis. 8)
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Unread postby evilgenius » Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:24:05

Yeah, but is that any excuse to go off on tangents of ad hominem and straw man attacks directed at liberals in general and Democrats in power in particular rather than discuss the topic on hand. It seems that many people on this site see it as such an opportunity that they can't pass it up. No topic that so much as mentions a top Democratic personality makes it more than a few pages here without that thread becoming calcified with anti-liberal plaque. It is like dealing with children.
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Unread postby americandream » Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:42:50

A scientifically communal society is distinguished by the followimg:

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No migration nor the desire to migrate
Order
Greater social good
The absence of mindless trash both cluttering up our lives as well as the environment
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A human achieving their highest potential as a sentient being.
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Unread postby Plantagenet » Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:49:05

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('americandream', 'A') scientifically communal society is distinguished by the followimg: No religion, No family, No POLITICAL CORRECTNESS --snip--Political activism within ones community
Sustainable socio-economy

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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Unread postby americandream » Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:51:26

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', '[')img]http://www.affordablehousinginstitute.org/blogs/us/Huxley_brave_new_world_small.jpg[/img]

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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Unread postby americandream » Mon 13 Jul 2009, 15:58:22

The choice ultimately is either:

a Brave New World of filth, depravity, clamouring boatloads of ragged refugees, endless wars for resources, a toilet of a planet, masses stupid beyond belief, no order, incessant noise and clamouring and the lowest levels of cultural achievement, or

High human society with equity, order and sustainability and where civilisation uplifts man.
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Unread postby Plantagenet » Mon 13 Jul 2009, 16:12:41

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('americandream', 'T')he choice ultimately is either: a Brave New World of filth, depravity, clamouring boatloads of ragged refugees, endless wars for resources, a toilet of a planet, masses stupid beyond belief, no order, incessant noise and clamouring and the lowest levels of cultural achievement, or High human society with equity, order and sustainability and where civilisation uplifts man.

So if you and your like-minded colleagues take over the world, you promise to be beneficent rulers? You will save the planet and bring us all a future with the world filled with all the joy, wisdom, culture, civilization, and other wonderful things you promise?

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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Unread postby americandream » Mon 13 Jul 2009, 16:17:14

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'S')o if you and your like-minded colleagues take over the world, you promise to be beneficent rulers? You will save the planet and bring us all a future with the world filled with all the joy, wisdom, culture, civilization, and other wonderful things you promise?
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Umm..look at the choices you give us? Ignorance on steriods, depravity on viagra, and dishonesty on warp drive.
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Unread postby Pretorian » Mon 13 Jul 2009, 16:37:51

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('americandream', 'U')mm..look at the choices you give us? Ignorance on steriods, depravity on viagra, and dishonesty on warp drive.

Umm.. any of that is better than digging frozen clay 12 hours a day for a small piece of a mouldy bread?
You seemed to prefer it yourself when you chose to run to NZ instead of Cuba or North Corea.
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Unread postby AlexdeLarge » Mon 13 Jul 2009, 16:39:36

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('americandream', 'A') scientifically communal society is distinguished by the followimg:

No religion
No family
No POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
No charity
Firm discipline
No migration nor the desire to migrate
Order
Greater social good
The absence of mindless trash both cluttering up our lives as well as the environment
High culture
A human achieving their highest potential as a sentient being.
Harmony between cultural communities and regions
Political activism within ones community
Sustainable socio-economy


$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '&')quot;All our science is just a cookery book, with an orthodox theory of cooking that nobody's allowed to question, and a list of recipes that mustn't be added to except by special permission from the head cook."


I guess you see yourself in the role of head cook???

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '&')quot;And if anything should go wrong, there's soma.
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Unread postby americandream » Mon 13 Jul 2009, 16:43:00

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', 'U')mm.. any of that is better than digging frozen clay 12 hours a day for a small piece of a mouldy bread You seemed to prefer it yourself when you chose to run to NZ instead of Cuba or North Corea.

So you think digging dirt is far worse than the out of control commodification of humanity as evidenced by widespread prostitution and pedophilia in the unregulated world of global capital?

Sick, lazy and over subsidised!
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Unread postby americandream » Mon 13 Jul 2009, 16:44:04

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AlexdeLarge', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '&')quot;All our science is just a cookery book, with an orthodox theory of cooking that nobody's allowed to question, and a list of recipes that mustn't be added to except by special permission from the head cook."
I guess you see yourself in the role of head cook???$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '&')quot;And if anything should go wrong, there's soma.

Ild rather my recipe than your half baked one :lol:
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Unread postby Plantagenet » Mon 13 Jul 2009, 16:44:53

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('americandream', '.').look at the choices you give us?...


Hahaha.....I never gave you any choices---you are having another fantasy and veering into another "strawman" argument.

You should
(1) read "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley---you might find it interesting as his famous dystopia is similar to the utopia you are are pushing.
(2) Learn what a "strawman argument" is and why your repeated use of them makes you look as though you don't fully comprehend what is being discussed.
(3) Be willing to discuss the interesting issues that you yourself raise rather then veering off into repeated "strawman" arguments that are based on your projections and fantasies rather then what has actually been posted as part of the discussion.

Cheers! :)

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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Unread postby AlexdeLarge » Mon 13 Jul 2009, 16:56:40

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('americandream', 'I')ld rather my recipe than your half baked one :lol:

No, your cooking shows that you are a Epsilon who dreamed he was a Beta. ;) Now go take your Soma!
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Unread postby americandream » Mon 13 Jul 2009, 16:57:53

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'H')ahaha.....I never gave you any choices---you are having another fantasy and veering into another "strawman" argument.
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You should
(1) read "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley---you might find it interesting as his famous dystopia is similar to the utopia you are are pushing.
(2) Learn what a "strawman argument" is and why your repeated use of them makes you look as though you don't fully comprehend what is being discussed.
(3) Be willing to discuss the interesting issues that you yourself raise rather then veering off into repeated "strawman" arguments that are based on your projections and fantasies rather then what has actually been posted as part of the discussion. Cheers! :)

You are attempting to force no choices upon me in reacting acidly to my posts?

Good! Off you go then. Bye :lol:
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Unread postby evilgenius » Mon 13 Jul 2009, 17:05:32

Now, Plantagenet, don't be a deliberate ignoramus. All arguments have subtext(s). As such accepting your point of view requires a statement of choices to be accepted as well. It is perfectly reasonable. You can choose to see a logical fallacy if you must, but you will then miss the point. AmericanDream is doing well to try and understand you. Why not reciprocate? Say why you think that range of choices doesn't apply.
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Re: Where have all the leftist whackjobs gone?

Unread postby Pretorian » Mon 13 Jul 2009, 17:33:07

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('americandream', '[')So you think digging dirt is far worse than the out of control commodification of humanity as evidenced by widespread prostitution and pedophilia in the unregulated world of global capital?

Prostitution and paedofilia have allways been a part of human activities and they aren't go anywhere , Mao or no Mao. You know how they do it the Socialist way? That clay-digging worker hides his piece of bread in the snow overnight. Then when it is hard enough to be used instead of a hammer, he gives it to a woman /child and Obscenity deleted her/him as long as she/he is gnawing that bread.Needless to say of course, once he is done bread goes back to the improvised refrigerator. Hey perhaps you just can't afford a competetive rate for Obscenity deleted in NZ and hope you'll get for free during communism? Or people will not have desire to fornicate during communism?
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