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The Original Greaser Bob

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  1. 27 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    Funny is subjective, but I don’t understand the satirical nature. 

    I disagree.  It's not subjective.

    If you believe it.

     

  2. Fiscally conservative means balancing the budget.  A government that spends 100 trillion and taxes 101 trillion is more fiscally conservative than a government that spends 10 trillion and taxes 9 trillion.

    Hence, I can be the most generous provider of benefits for the people in the world and still be fiscally conservative.

    Depends on how you define socially liberal.  I've always thought of that as liberal in the sense of providing freedoms to people.  I don't really think of it as one who necessarily thinks government should only be about "charity".

    I think government should be involved in charity (assisting people) when it benefits the common good.  Hence, hefty government spending for education, social security, health.   

    I'm fiscally conservative and favor a real, actual progressive tax system.

     

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  3. 1 hour ago, miguelito said:

    This is good advice.  It's a long walk over to Jefferson, but it's still cool with the tidal basin and reflections.

    When my wife were still newlyweds we went to a wedding in DC.  We didn't have time to see the monuments so the day we flew out I woke up early and did the early morning nighttime tour by myself.  Was great.  When I got back I told her no one was at the Lincoln so I had crawled up on Lincoln's lap when no one was around. 

    She was furious and lectured me for climbing up the monument.

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    Not me ^^^

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  4. Agora is fun - casual.  

    Le diplomate is great too, but really loud - try to get somewhere in the back if you want to talk.  Pastis DC over in Union Market - went there for lunch (after National Arboretum) and it was very good.  Same kind of vibe as Le Dip.  Union Market vibe just not as cool as the one over at Logan Circle.

    Daughter lives in Mount Pleasant if you want to get into the urban feel.  Not tons up there but Elle is a coffee shop during the day but a nice little intimate place to grab dinner.  A few blocks down above a dentist office is a great speakeasy:  OKPB.

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    Family likes annabelle over by the Phillips Collection but I wasn't that blown away.  Maybe my main dish.  But nice place to stroll over to if you are in Du Pont.

    I'm totally happy having a beer and eating lunch at Kramer's and just walking until my legs give out when I'm over there.  Heading over in a couple of weeks.

  5. 2 hours ago, Nivek said:

     But I hope every person drawing SS has to go through steps to prove they are real, alive, citizens, and have old paychecks to prove they paid in.   

    And I hope anyone who supports this has to deal with SS for eternity on behalf of a parent with dementia. With an SS that won't take your call or allow you to start on online account of behalf of said parent.

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  6. 11 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

    And they don't really want a shutdown. Elon may sort of think he does occasionally, but he's a fucking idiot. If there's a shutdown Trump and the GOP will get the majority of the blame because the shit they're doing right now is wildly unpopular and people want it to stop. There's a reason the GOP unified to pass this fucking thing and it's not any 4d chess shit. Trump can't even fucking play checkers, much less chess, and is already talking about supporting a primary challenge against their lone holdout. He doesn't want a shutdown. These guys are fucking bullies, which means they're cowards. There's nothing a coward is more afraid of than someone fighting back. 

    Pretty convincing. 

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  7. 5 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

    stop worrying about blame. trump and his redhats will blame everything on the dems whether we do what’s right or wrong, so might as well do what’s right. 

    I'm torn.  I'm feeling that the Maga sympathizers are feeling nervous about what Trump is doing.  (Not MAGA, they are all in no matter). 

    So 10 Dems decide voting for it is, to them, doing the right thing. 

    I do think it's a close call.  I'd want my rep to vote against it. 

     

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  8. 2 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

    Also this is the tag from the track suit I just bought. Yes I wear track suits now because I've given up on life.

    Don't kid us MIA.  You wear track suits because you're a serious runner.

     

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  9. 10 hours ago, safe sex said:

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    "And they'll know, we are Christians by our love, by our love.

    And they'll know -oh we are Cristians by our love."

    There are so many reasons why passivity is cowardice (and I'm as guilty as anyone) but for the last decades one could at least accept an argument that the business of government wasn't charity or love or care, no matter how silly that argument was.  People will try to fill in the gap if their neighbors are wanting, sure, I get the argument, even though human nature kind of proves otherwise.

    But when the laws are clearly only about engendering and acting on hate -- most of the US wasn't enacting those laws since LBJ and the Civil Rights Era.

     

    (Okay, I'm a bit hair-trigger these days.  Just because this probably won't pass doesn't mean that I should be mad at myself for remaining so passive.)

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