Shhhh....Don't Tell Ashcroft But There's Hope For The USA

[HDPM]

Check this article out. Pot 'n Porn

Can you guess my favorite line in the article? [img]/forums/images/icons/laugh.gif[/img]

[andyfox]

"You'd be surprised how many producers and manufacturers are Republicans."?

[HDPM]

That was too easy but you win anyway. [img]/forums/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

I wish I knew how to break into the industry. The real secret is Republicans are increasingly annoying me. But I can't be a Democrat because I'm a conservative nut case in a lot of ways. And I won't join the Libertarians even though I agree with a lot of their stuff. And I'm just not so good at group joining in general. So I don't know. If I did get into the porn industry, I think I'd cater to republicans, but I don't know if I could donate my porn-created cash to them. A few local republicans have already managed to cut themselves off from more cash from HDPW and I. May be an uncomfortable occasion when one of them hits us up again, given a couple of votes in the legislature. Wouldn't want to taint them w/ where the cash came from ya know. [img]/forums/images/icons/smirk.gif[/img]

[andyfox]

"Republicans are increasingly annoying me."

Interesting, because I find Democrats incrasingly annoying to me. And I am a left-wing nut case on a lot of issues.

Maybe it's not us. Maybe after a lifetime of watching the likes of Trent Lott and Bill Clinton and Jessie Helms and Tom Daschle and Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon and Janet Reno and John Aschcoft in power it's understandable to be turned off.

[snakehead]

if you get into the business, be sure to get a hold of me. I have a good eye for talent.

[andyfox]

I'm wondering how he can tell the Democrats from the Republicans. Must be some leftward leaning or something.

[HDPM]

It's kind of like gaydar. [img]/forums/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

[Baltimore Ron]

"'Republicans are increasingly annoying me.'"

"Interesting, because I find Democrats incrasingly annoying to me. And I am a left-wing nut case on a lot of issues."

Andy,

This isn't all that surprising. The old rule-of-thumb in describing the two parties was that the republicans wouldn't stay out of your bedroom and the democrats wouldn't stay out of your wallet. It's a little simplistic, and there's plenty of overlap these days, but I think it's a good description of the two parties' respective default modes.

I suspect that most people would like a little less of both "not staying out of" and this is one of the reasons that so many people don't bother to vote. While I could never be a dem (I lean to the wallet side of things) and you could never be a repub, maybe there's another alternative in the future that can capture the great majority of people who just want to be left alone for the most part. Whaddya think?

BTW, thanks for the kind words the other day. It is true I don't post often, but then again, I try to save my poor, overworked fingers for when I have something important to contribute. [img]/forums/images/icons/cool.gif[/img] I am surprised, however, that Tommy didn't flame me over the grammar thing. Didn't I read an essay of his taking pickers of grammar nits to task?

One of these days I'll make it to the left coast and we'll sit at the bar a talk politics and trade bad beat stories. What say?

BR

[HDPM]

Hmmmm, the "Leave Me Alone" Party has a nice ring to it. The libertarians or greens aren't the answer. The Reform Party isn't. So maybe a new "third party" is the answer.

[andyfox]

I have the courtesy to correct typograhpical and spelling errors when I quote from another's post, I would appreciate you doing the same. [img]/forums/images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

I'm not sure if it's the policies that are annoying me, or the hypocrisy and disingenuousness. For example, Mr. Daschle talks about the big corporations being on the wrong side and his wife is the biggest lobbyist for the airlines. All the Dems lined up behind Clinton with much harumphing about how disgusting he was, yada-yada, but when it came to the vote, he was their guy and he could have done what he done in Macy's window and they would have voted no on impeachment. It was a disgusting spectacle.

Sometimes leaving people alone is a recipe for disaster (see American Airlines). I think a major reason a lot of people don't vote is because both parties, for the most part, circle around the middle. I mean it's not as if we have viable Communist or Libertarian parties who can win seats in the congress and take part in a coalition government or decide who our prime minister will be.

I like to post whether I have something important to contribute or not. Keep 'em all guessing.

If you do decide to come out here to left field, I'd be thrilled to talk politics and poker.

And good grammar are overrated.