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2013-08-16 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by Uncle Phester 2013-08-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 He could have played 'Hearts', but NOOOOO it had to be 'Spades'. DHS is gonna be knocking on somebody's door.

Posted by Skidmark 2013-08-16 03:07|| 2013-08-16 03:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Yes we scan.

Too rich.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-08-16 09:41|| 2013-08-16 09:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Teh zero is more "Yes, we scam" IMHO.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2013-08-16 11:43|| 2013-08-16 11:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Plays spades, there's a joke there too.

For an authoritarian government to work, the media has to maintain the appearance of independence even when thoroughly in the tank. That may be impossible in this day and technology, with the greatest dissemination of information since the advent of the affordable printing press.

Second, dear leader has to have a gravitas. Even those ignorant to have never thrown a baseball or used a shotgun would compare those images to what they have seen in the movies and gone geesh. The floppy wrists on his stints up and down stairs only confirms popular agitprop of being able to control, even if the reality behind the scenes is ruthless, the complicity of such depends totally on the masses.

Then we have the soft republican selling points that if the elected body of congress, which actually represents the people of the United
States much more than the monolithic winner takes all Executive, does not play along then el prez will do it anyways. That's bullshit, and any member of congress playing along is so far in the tank the goldfish feed them.

He wants to raise taxes on everyone who buys a cell phone? Call it. He wants to decide who is and who is not legal? Call it. He wants to arm bandits with modern weapons which violates any sort of UN de-weapon program? Call it.

Get a good talking head. Buy some TV time. In the tank? At least take the field to up your price you cowards. Place the whole thing on the emperator, stop the headfire, and you'll be surprised how quick the prairie fire burns itself.

Its going to tip, and there will be howls from the greens of versaille no matter what. Damned if you do and damned if you don't, then do the right thing and be a pillar.

/rant

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-08-16 11:55|| 2013-08-16 11:55|| Front Page Top

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