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talkpoliticsGreetings, once more! As is our tradition, every 4 months we initiate our next installment of the DailyQuotes list™, this collection of wackiest of wacko lines that might or might not have inspired x'plosions of giggles and/or occasionally, deep thoughts (yeah, hope springs eternal!) A link to the DQ list will stay put on the comm sidebar, as usual.
The Dailyqote list for May-August of 2015 begins here...
30
"If you're going to use the "those other guys are bad too" argument, you'd soon run out of arguments in favour of your side's superiority over the other one. That's the boomerang effect of the overuse of the tu quoque sort of fallacy."
(abomvubuso)
"Foreign intervention is what America does because it's what the world expects of us."
(stewstewstewdio)
"And America gladly delivers. Even more than gladly. Ecstatically."
(dreamville-bg)
"Being terrible in a given respect, and having a neighbor who's much more terrible than you are in that same respect, does not negate even one bit of your own terribleness in same respect."
(luzribeiro)
"Welcome to the beautiful world of religious piety. We have cookies and kosher. And the occasional dagger."
(mahnmut)
"The one thing that's more dangerous than a bully cop is a stupid cop who believes he's smart."
(mahnmut)
"Bread and circuses are so much cheaper these days. It is just that the infrastructure that delivers the popcorn and reality shows is so much more expensive to develop and maintain."
(johnny9fingers)
"We all love to make wagers: however not all of us have political positions which oblige us to put our money on donkeys...especially when the course is a Steeplechase."
(johnny9fingers)
"Eventually, the revolution runs out of aristocrats to guillotine and start filling the tumbrels with other revolutionaries."
(policraticus)
"While not being particularly inspiring, being the lesser among two evils could prove to be a strong point for Hillary."
(nairiporter)
"People are idiots. Give them enough ground and opportunity, and they'll be sure to display their idiocy in its full glory."
(luvdovz)
20
"Speaking of deluge, can't we have those who excessively deny the climate science simply live in their Miami beach houses for the next few decades?"
(peristaltor)
"It's never about the problem; the solutions are an end in themselves."
(policraticus)
"Isn't it fascinating how if you look at any online forum, you'd be left with the impression that Bernie Sanders is about to destroy and humiliate every fucking contender that dares to cross his way on these elections?"
(mahnmut)
"Maybe Americans just hate losing too much to admit that the Confederacy lost."
(kylinrouge)
"The UK being a [US] colony is old. That's so 20th century. The new colony is Poland. "
(mahnmut)
"You know what they say. Even a clock that runs backwards is sometimes correct."
(ddstory)
"The idea that anyone even talks to Paul Wolfowitz anymore boggles me. And I mean just to talk to him. Like saying, "Hi, Paul.""
(malasadas)
"People are prone to ascribing extraordinary explanations to otherwise inexplicable natural phenomena or random occurrences, so that may be where this belief in black magick emerges from - whereas it may all be about coincidence. Or better yet, a sufficiently advanced knowledge, which, as we all know, is indestinguishable from magic."
(abomvubuso)
"I heard Ron Paul had "won the Internet" (whatever that's supposed to mean). Now I'm hearing Bernie Sanders is winning the Internet. This is beginning to sound like a curse to me at this point rather than a blessing."
(htpcl)
"And the pendulum swings on, right and left. Or as some may argue, right and wrong. Or as others may argue, backward and forward."
(htpcl)
10
"Freedom of religion means nothing without freedom from religion."
(unnamed525)
"Passive aggressive seems to be one of two default positions English people have, the other being drunken hooliganism."
(johnny9fingers)
"Letting "perfect" be the enemy of the "good" first of all requires acknowledging that the "good" is merely that. As long as we pretend that what could have been achieved was in fact impossible, we never have to worry about shooting too high."
(oslo)
"Corruption erodes democracy, and something must fill the vacuum that this leaves gaping. It's usually populist factors with "good intentions" and poor implementation that tend to thrive in such situations, with dire consequences."
(ddstory)
"People have become too complacent to go anywhere beyond some waving of protest signs for a few days and then returning to the "ordinary routine". The constant encroachment upon democracy is happening so gradually that it's either not being noticed, or is being taken as something "normal" as of now."
(mahnmut)
"Anyone who claims they have a plan for what the future should look like, is either delusional or a liar."
(luzribeiro)
"Politics is so full of liars. And the top politicians are the biggest liars - which is how they went to the top in the first place."
(htpcl)
"Politics is rarely a clean choice between good and bad, it is usually a flight from the horrible to the merely awful."
(policraticus)
"Mixed economy stuff used to be the preserve of Social Democrats...These days it is out-and-out communism."
(johnny9fingers)
"While declaring someone "Dictator for life" may be far more efficient it does come with a fair number of downsides."
(sandwichwarrior)
The Dailyqote list for May-August of 2015 begins here...
30
"If you're going to use the "those other guys are bad too" argument, you'd soon run out of arguments in favour of your side's superiority over the other one. That's the boomerang effect of the overuse of the tu quoque sort of fallacy."
(abomvubuso)
"Foreign intervention is what America does because it's what the world expects of us."
(stewstewstewdio)
"And America gladly delivers. Even more than gladly. Ecstatically."
(dreamville-bg)
"Being terrible in a given respect, and having a neighbor who's much more terrible than you are in that same respect, does not negate even one bit of your own terribleness in same respect."
(luzribeiro)
"Welcome to the beautiful world of religious piety. We have cookies and kosher. And the occasional dagger."
(mahnmut)
"The one thing that's more dangerous than a bully cop is a stupid cop who believes he's smart."
(mahnmut)
"Bread and circuses are so much cheaper these days. It is just that the infrastructure that delivers the popcorn and reality shows is so much more expensive to develop and maintain."
(johnny9fingers)
"We all love to make wagers: however not all of us have political positions which oblige us to put our money on donkeys...especially when the course is a Steeplechase."
(johnny9fingers)
"Eventually, the revolution runs out of aristocrats to guillotine and start filling the tumbrels with other revolutionaries."
(policraticus)
"While not being particularly inspiring, being the lesser among two evils could prove to be a strong point for Hillary."
(nairiporter)
"People are idiots. Give them enough ground and opportunity, and they'll be sure to display their idiocy in its full glory."
(luvdovz)
20
"Speaking of deluge, can't we have those who excessively deny the climate science simply live in their Miami beach houses for the next few decades?"
(peristaltor)
"It's never about the problem; the solutions are an end in themselves."
(policraticus)
"Isn't it fascinating how if you look at any online forum, you'd be left with the impression that Bernie Sanders is about to destroy and humiliate every fucking contender that dares to cross his way on these elections?"
(mahnmut)
"Maybe Americans just hate losing too much to admit that the Confederacy lost."
(kylinrouge)
"The UK being a [US] colony is old. That's so 20th century. The new colony is Poland. "
(mahnmut)
"You know what they say. Even a clock that runs backwards is sometimes correct."
(ddstory)
"The idea that anyone even talks to Paul Wolfowitz anymore boggles me. And I mean just to talk to him. Like saying, "Hi, Paul.""
(malasadas)
"People are prone to ascribing extraordinary explanations to otherwise inexplicable natural phenomena or random occurrences, so that may be where this belief in black magick emerges from - whereas it may all be about coincidence. Or better yet, a sufficiently advanced knowledge, which, as we all know, is indestinguishable from magic."
(abomvubuso)
"I heard Ron Paul had "won the Internet" (whatever that's supposed to mean). Now I'm hearing Bernie Sanders is winning the Internet. This is beginning to sound like a curse to me at this point rather than a blessing."
(htpcl)
"And the pendulum swings on, right and left. Or as some may argue, right and wrong. Or as others may argue, backward and forward."
(htpcl)
10
"Freedom of religion means nothing without freedom from religion."
(unnamed525)
"Passive aggressive seems to be one of two default positions English people have, the other being drunken hooliganism."
(johnny9fingers)
"Letting "perfect" be the enemy of the "good" first of all requires acknowledging that the "good" is merely that. As long as we pretend that what could have been achieved was in fact impossible, we never have to worry about shooting too high."
(oslo)
"Corruption erodes democracy, and something must fill the vacuum that this leaves gaping. It's usually populist factors with "good intentions" and poor implementation that tend to thrive in such situations, with dire consequences."
(ddstory)
"People have become too complacent to go anywhere beyond some waving of protest signs for a few days and then returning to the "ordinary routine". The constant encroachment upon democracy is happening so gradually that it's either not being noticed, or is being taken as something "normal" as of now."
(mahnmut)
"Anyone who claims they have a plan for what the future should look like, is either delusional or a liar."
(luzribeiro)
"Politics is so full of liars. And the top politicians are the biggest liars - which is how they went to the top in the first place."
(htpcl)
"Politics is rarely a clean choice between good and bad, it is usually a flight from the horrible to the merely awful."
(policraticus)
"Mixed economy stuff used to be the preserve of Social Democrats...These days it is out-and-out communism."
(johnny9fingers)
"While declaring someone "Dictator for life" may be far more efficient it does come with a fair number of downsides."
(sandwichwarrior)
