WE NEED YOUR HELP! Please donate to keep ReaderRant online to serve political discussion and its members. (Blue Ridge Photography pays the bills for RR).
Current Topics
Biden to Cancel $10,000 in Student Loan Debt
by pdx rick - 05/19/24 10:52 PM
A question
by perotista - 05/19/24 08:06 PM
2024 Election Forum
by jgw - 05/17/24 07:45 PM
No rubbers for Trump
by Kaine - 05/16/24 02:21 PM
Marching in favor of Palestinians
by pdx rick - 05/14/24 07:38 PM
Yeah, Trump admits he is a pure racist
by pdx rick - 05/14/24 07:28 PM
Trump's base having second thoughts
by pdx rick - 05/14/24 07:25 PM
Watching the Supreme Court
by pdx rick - 05/14/24 07:07 PM
Trump: "Anti-American authoritarian wannabe
by Doug Thompson - 05/05/24 03:27 PM
Fixing/Engineer the Weather
by jgw - 05/03/24 10:52 PM
Earth Day tomorrow
by logtroll - 05/03/24 01:09 AM
Round Table for Spring 2024
by rporter314 - 04/22/24 03:13 AM
To hell with Trump and his cult
by pdx rick - 04/20/24 08:05 PM
Who's Online Now
0 members (), 8 guests, and 1 robot.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Newest Members
Agnostic Politico, Jems, robertjohn, BlackCat13th, ruggedman
6,305 Registered Users
Popular Topics(Views)
10,080,879 my own book page
5,017,073 We shall overcome
4,194,406 Campaign 2016
3,794,538 Trump's Trumpet
3,017,678 3 word story game
Top Posters
pdx rick 47,286
Scoutgal 27,583
Phil Hoskins 21,134
Greger 19,831
Towanda 19,391
Top Likes Received (30 Days)
jgw 6
Kaine 1
Forum Statistics
Forums59
Topics17,089
Posts313,787
Members6,305
Most Online294
Dec 6th, 2017
Today's Birthdays
There are no members with birthdays on this day.
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Rate Thread
Page 116 of 150 1 2 114 115 116 117 118 149 150
Ezekiel #292835 09/20/16 02:15 AM
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 12,129
Likes: 257
Pooh-Bah
Offline
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 12,129
Likes: 257
I would agree that acting out of evil IS pretty stupid. In the short term, you may gain some money or power but eventually we all die and people will come from miles around to piss on your grave. You spend a short time alive (100 years?) and the rest of the time you are dead. Your reputation can live on much longer than your body.

But I think there are lots more people who are just plain stupid but NOT evil.

Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 7,972
Likes: 116
veteran
Offline
veteran
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 7,972
Likes: 116
your assumption is these folks are stupid because they are ignorant and just have not been exposed to education .... the reality is they choose ignorance over knowledge

not an assumption as i know many Trump supporters personally


ignorance is the enemy
without equality there is no liberty
Save America - Lock Trump Up!!!!

Ezekiel #292841 09/20/16 10:48 AM
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 6,388
Ezekiel Offline OP
old hand
OP Offline
old hand
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 6,388
All of the Trump supporters that I know, and they count in the hundreds, are, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, bigoted, lazy and immoral. Level of education has little to do with it. Hence, they are ALL stupid. In the famous words of Mrs. Gump - "Stupid is as stupid does."
I have yet to hear any one of them make a cogent argument for supporting Trump. In fact I haven't heard anyone ever make such an argument.


"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce

"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
Dostoevsky



Ezekiel #292850 09/20/16 05:09 PM
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 6,388
Ezekiel Offline OP
old hand
OP Offline
old hand
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 6,388
Turns out the skittles shyte posted by Hitler Trump Jr. Has its origins in none other than the 3rd Reich. Appropriate I guess.

Quote
DONALD TRUMP JR.’S tweet comparing Syrian refugees to Skittles has deep roots. The concept dates back at least to 1938 and a children’s book called Der Giftpilz, or The Toadstool, in which a mother explains to her son that it only takes one Jew to destroy an entire people.

The Intercept


"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce

"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
Dostoevsky



Ezekiel #292852 09/20/16 07:07 PM
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 12,129
Likes: 257
Pooh-Bah
Offline
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 12,129
Likes: 257
Trump steals from charity!

Slate story:
Trump Used Charity Money to Settle Personal Lawsuits

This looks really bad: Apparently he did not have adequate funds to pay his own bills, so he stole funds from his own charity to pay them. This is actually more criminal than stealing from a charity you don't run.

WaPo story:
Trump used $258,000 from his charity to settle legal problems

Ezekiel #292854 09/20/16 09:25 PM
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 12,129
Likes: 257
Pooh-Bah
Offline
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 12,129
Likes: 257
Embezzlement: In California, that's a class B felony with 5-20 years in prison, pay back the money you stole, and up to a $15,000 fine.

And it is NOT just a tax matter. Nobody makes this "mistake".

Stealing is stealing, and if you don't understand that stealing from your own charitable foundation is a crime, then you are not fit to run it. This is the fundamental fiduciary duty of the officers running a foundation. I just settled a million dollar Living Trust yesterday, so I understand fiduciary duty! (It balances to the penny and every expense is accounted for.)

Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 11,991
Likes: 128
L
veteran
Offline
veteran
L
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 11,991
Likes: 128


You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
R. Buckminster Fuller
Ezekiel #292866 09/22/16 02:16 PM
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 6,388
Ezekiel Offline OP
old hand
OP Offline
old hand
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 6,388
Most of what he says is incoherent gibberish...
I know meth addicts that are more articulate.


"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce

"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
Dostoevsky



Ezekiel #292867 09/22/16 02:42 PM
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 1,672
member
Offline
member
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 1,672
Donald Trump wants the Chicago police to stop you and frisk you and TAKE YER GUNZ AWAY!!!

Those 2nd Amendment folks might want to add another name to their list.


Just a Missouri school teacher ... stubborn as a mule and addicted to logic.
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 17,985
Likes: 178
Moderator
Carpal Tunnel
Offline
Moderator
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 17,985
Likes: 178
A friend of mine just sent this letter to the editor:
Quote
I recently reread 1st Corinthians 13: “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”

What immediately struck me was how diametrically opposed Donald Trump is to each one of those biblical definitions. He is not patient or kind; he envies and boasts and is proud. He dishonors others regularly, is very self-seeking, easily angered and keeps a long record of wrongs and slights.

Do we really want a leader of our country who exhibits the polar opposite of what the Bible says are the very most important traits? Do we really think such a person can unite and lead this country, drawing on their own strengths, and moral standard as an example? This election marks a profound need for soul-searching by voters as to the character of who will sit in the Oval Office.

Chuck Ford


A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
Page 116 of 150 1 2 114 115 116 117 118 149 150

Link Copied to Clipboard
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5