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Oh I absolutely agree that we should. I assumed that Hugo was implying that we have in the past and that our current Trumpian dystopia had thrown us off of that path. If that’s not what he was implying. Well... then fuck me I guess.

History shows that we've never actually been "for democracy" in regards to our foreign policy actions throughout the last century plus. West Germany, Korea, Israel, Vietnam, Africa, Central America, and Kuwait saw American military and/or economic action with an eye towards either protecting our newfound status as the world's chief superpower, staunching the spread of Communism and economic influence from the Soviet Union and China, or securing our own access to another region's raw resources. We can claim that we took action in all of those cases in order to "protect" or "spread" democracy, but those claim are, for the most part, empty. I'm all for championing democracy on the international stage. However, the reality that democratically elected governments may not turn a favorable eye towards the United States has kept us firmly in the business of rattling our sabers rather than truly trying to clear the way for democracy. You can look to any number of governments we've had a hand in overthrowing as proof.

I like you Hugo, but history is in complete disagreement with you here. American foreign policy since the end of WWII (and realistically, probably dating back to the 1880s) has been built around various combinations of the following: - The spread of American military and economic hegemony from regional to global. - The idea of containment in regards to Communism and actively subverting existing world governments to be used as props against the domino theory. - Securing open access to petroleum and raw materials from less powerful countries to fuel our own consumerism. Being in the "business of democracy" is a high-handed slogan to put on posters and pamphlets for the 4th of July Parade, but reality is much a starker picture.

Nothing like a good Chip Brown flashback to get the blood pressure up.

Texas 48 OU 45

I was assured by all the O&G folks that I work with that it was absolutely imperative that everyone vote R in the midterms because the Dems would wreck the price of oil and put all of us into breadlines. Weird.

Texas 30 Kansas 20

They just can't help themselves.

This is fucking great.

Texas 34 Iowa State 31

Lou Dobbs = Jack D. Ripper

For fucks sake. The 40th United States Congress held together to override Presidential vetoes for the following reasons: 1) It was an overwhelmingly Republican and/or Union-centric body adamant about preserving the political gains from the Civil War, including maintaining the establishment of the Freedmen’s Bureau, the establishment of Reconstruction in the southern states, and the passage of what would eventually become the 14th Amendment 2) Andrew Johnson was a Southern politician with southern sympathies that Lincoln incorrectly tabbed as a means to show his desire for unity among the states. He was despised by Republicans and Northerners alike and went out of his way to stoke the flames of that animosity, in the hopes of appealing to Southern Democrats. Which failed miserably. There has never been an over-arching theme of national unity in this country, and even if we came close, it certainly wouldn’t be found in the years immediately following the American Civil War.

The former.

Give me a rundown on the mechanic’s of state governments selecting senators. I’m curious because, in my estimation, it doesn’t really change anything. Some state governments seem to operate smoothly, while others are little more than party machines in themselves. The Jim Inhofe’s of the world would still be senators. But so would the Danny Goebs and the Roy Moores.

I see SlenderMan made the trip as well.

Texas 48 Tech 38

Not enough of them. Stitt beating Edmondson for governor is about the most Oklahoma thing one might expect. Anti-education with anti-vaxxer tendencies. Basically Fallin 2.0.

Even when they are clearly given assignments, they manage to blow them. See OSU's 46 year old QB running around the end on the ZR repeatedly. We refuse to play any semblance of press coverage, we can't rush the QB out of 3 down line set, and our only LBers worth a shit gets by on athletic ability rather than being put in a scheme for success. The rest may as well be fucking angel statues out of Dr. Who. Except for the imminent death, they are constantly in the wrong place, moving in the wrong direction, or showcasing their fantastic inability to get off of even the slightest block.

What a fucking dogshit performance. Defense comes up with one fucking stop the entire game.

Pretty sure Flake has unseated Cruz as the King of the anti-Trump GOP Paper Tigers.

As a kid, the entire "Dr. Z v. Peter King" SI issue where they built their own expansion teams was great. RIP to one of the few remaining great sports writers.

Punter-on-punter violence is the worst.

Your honesty is appreciated.