What is wrong with the left in the US?

[SUBMAN1]

You guys out there in Boulder Colorado are idiots! Plain and simple!

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/poli...s=den&psp=news

That is the dumbest idea yet!

-S

[Sailor Steve]

Boy, just calling them idiots sure futhers the dialogue.

Wait, what is the dumbest idea yet - the fact that current law requires that a candidate also be a registered voter, or the fact that they're trying to change it?

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Boy, just calling them idiots sure futhers the dialogue.

No better word for them so deal with it. They should be kicked out of the country for suggesting it.

Wait, what is the dumbest idea yet - the fact that current law requires that a candidate also be a registered voter, or the fact that they're trying to change it?

The fact that they are trying to give council power to foreigners, let them spend our money, and vote in legal rulings. How far do you want to go? This is just the tip of the iceberg.

Maybe we are the global America since every foreign power wants their hand in our cookie jar.

Shear stupidity.

-S

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

The fact that they are trying to give council power to foreigners, let them spend our money, and vote in legal rulings. How far do you want to go? This is just the tip of the iceberg.

Maybe we are the global America since every foreign power wants their hand in our cookie jar.

Shear stupidity.

Ah. The article does say 'not eligible to vote'. I thought it was about being registered to vote as a requirement for office. My mistake.

I will get in one jab, though: it's 'sheer' stupidity, as in 'thinly veiled. 'Shear' means to cut something.:p

Dang, sometimes I actually have to change my mind and agree with you. That does indeed seem stupid.

[DeepIron]

Originally Posted by Mikhayl

Where in the article does it say that it's the "left" that made the proposal ?

I'd don't think you'd find a conservative proposing it...

Proponents say the change would help reach a broader group of people who can make meaningful contributions to local government.

Such as... what? I hate these kind of "blanket statements"... Specifically, I would ask, what kind of "meaningful contributions"?

Boulder resident Fred Rubin is among the critics. He urged the council not to put the proposal on the Nov. 4 ballot, saying it doesn't make sense to give people not committed to becoming U.S. citizens a role on city boards that sometimes make quasi-judicial rulings.

Ah...a voice of reason...

It's ludicrious... and just another example of the erosion of the constitution in the US...

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by DeepIron

Such as... what? I hate these kind of "blanket statements"... Specifically, I would ask, what kind of "meaningful contributions"?

How about this then? maybe they should submit their meaningful contributions to the council for review? Imagine that? Like what are they thinking?

-S

[GlobalExplorer]

This is rubbish. No one gives right to vote to foreigners.

[Wolfehunter]

Originally Posted by GlobalExplorer

This is rubbish. No one gives right to vote to foreigners.

So that means if I live there for more than a year I can vote?:hmm:

Wow their not getting local support so they now have to get outside voters... Soon Americans are owned by foreigners and decided by foreigners?

Whos the rocket scientist making this stuff happen?:rotfl:

[Hylander_1314]

Cause us redblooded Americans out here in the Rocky Mountain State refer to it as the People's Republic of Boulder. I figured by now they would be flying a modified state flag complete with hammer and sickle on it.

But it doesn't suprise me one bit.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Mikhayl

Where in the article does it say that it's the "left" that made the proposal ?

Boulder is a very liberal city, It's like San Fransisco .

[Safe-Keeper]

OP: The US is a democracy. If the citizens of an area want to let non-citizens rule them, despite your oh-so-modern-and-reformed views on, well, everything, so be it. What are you afraid of, that if we allow those smelly foreigners (would you believe it, some of them have dark skin? Dark, I tell you, daaark!) to hold public office, eventually atheists will be allowed in, too:p?

Residing in Norway, I'd have nothing against a foreigner holding public office here. Why would I? The US might have changed since I lived there, but when I did it was a democracy, where people voted. Don't want someone to take the reins of your city, regardlessly of his political abilities, simply because he's not a citizen?

Vote for the other guy.

Where in the article does it say that it's the "left" that made the proposal?

The left(n): People I disagree with, see also scapegoat. Example: "Someone proposed to let non-citizens hold office in the USA, must be commie leftists who hate Christ".

recently, a Democratic operative pointed out that when Obama holds a rally 25-30,000 people show up, whereas when McCain holds one, he only draws 10-15,000.

The Republican spokesman replied, "That's because McCain's supporters are at work."

Hilarious in the sense that it forgets that it's the poor who works, hardest, often having to take more than one job to make ends meet.

Smear against politicians I can understand, but when right-wingers say we shouldn't vote for a candidate because his voters are lazy, that takes it all to a whole new level. It's like saying, "don't vote for Obama, or you're as dumb as these people".

Uh oh, not this "back in the day" bullcrap again. Yeah yeah, back in the "old days" everyone was polite, no one raped, molested children, murdered or wrote bad checks. Politicians were 100% honest and everyone was ruff tough and hard to bluff.

Those damned Negroes couldn't vote, and neither could our child-factories, sorry, women, who also couldn't press charges for martial "rape". We could beat our kids with belts, we had nice, segregated neighborhoods and chools so we didn't have to see those damned darkies, and our teachers respected that Christianity should be taught to every student, even if it meant blatantly disregarding those little children's religions. Atheists, fags and race traitors partaking in intersexual relationships were beaten up on sight as they should be, and the rest of the world feared the might of the US Army, as commanded by Presidents who knew that the US should rule the world.

Then, liberals :sneers:.

Good post Safe-Keeper, I was feeling alone thinking I was the only liberal who liked submarines! Arnold Schwarzenegger has been a really good governor and he is from Austria.

The conservatives are in sad lot these days. Their time is over and it has been for while. Until they are able to clone Ronald Reagan they are pretty much screwed. The republicans vote their morality at the balot box, even though that isn't what voting is about. They vote against their own economic well being because they think they are sticking it to lazy welfare blacks.

The good news is the republicans got greedy under Bush. He took too much too fast and even the lowest citizen who doesn't think about politics feels the pain at the gas pumps. People have lost homes and buried their sons and daughters over the Vietraq war.

A conservative won't bat an eye when you tell them about the hundreds of thousands who are dead because of the Vietraq war, but they will fly into an emotion rage if you mention Clinton getting a blowjob.

[1480]

Originally Posted by Flamingboat

Good post Safe-Keeper, I was feeling alone thinking I was the only liberal who liked submarines! Arnold Schwarzenegger has been a really good governor and he is from Austria.

The conservatives are in sad lot these days. Their time is over and it has been for while. Until they are able to clone Ronald Reagan they are pretty much screwed. The republicans vote their morality at the balot box, even though that isn't what voting is about. They vote against their own economic well being because they think they are sticking it to lazy welfare blacks.

The good news is the republicans got greedy under Bush. He took too much too fast and even the lowest citizen who doesn't think about politics feels the pain at the gas pumps. People have lost homes and buried their sons and daughters over the Vietraq war.

A conservative won't bat an eye when you tell them about the hundreds of thousands who are dead because of the Vietraq war, but they will fly into an emotion rage if you mention Clinton getting a blowjob.

Hey Flaming, can you tell me what these numbers represent:

1950 5.3
1951 4.9
1952 5.2
1953 4.8
1954 4.8
1955 4.5
1956 4.6
1957 4.5
1958 4.5
1959 4.6

1961 4.7
1962 4.8
1963 4.9
1964 5.1
1965 5.5
1966 5.9
1967 6.8
1968 7.3
1969 7.7
1970 8.3
1961 4.7
1962 4.8
1963 4.9
1964 5.1
1965 5.5
1966 5.9
1967 6.8
1968 7.3
1969 7.7
1970 8.3
1971 9.1
1972 9.4
1973 9.7
1974 10.1
1975 9.9
1976 9.0
1977 9.1
1978 9.2
1979 10.0
1980 10.7
1981 10.3

Originally Posted by 1480

Hey Flaming, can you tell me what these numbers represent:

1950 5.3
1951 4.9
1952 5.2
1953 4.8
1954 4.8
1955 4.5
1956 4.6
1957 4.5
1958 4.5
1959 4.6

1961 4.7
1962 4.8
1963 4.9
1964 5.1
1965 5.5
1966 5.9
1967 6.8
1968 7.3
1969 7.7
1970 8.3
1961 4.7
1962 4.8
1963 4.9
1964 5.1
1965 5.5
1966 5.9
1967 6.8
1968 7.3
1969 7.7
1970 8.3
1971 9.1
1972 9.4
1973 9.7
1974 10.1
1975 9.9
1976 9.0
1977 9.1
1978 9.2
1979 10.0
1980 10.7
1981 10.3

I have no clue. *walks into trap to see what happens.....

[Morts]

Originally Posted by 1480

Hey Flaming, can you tell me what these numbers represent:

1950 5.3
1951 4.9
1952 5.2
1953 4.8
1954 4.8
1955 4.5
1956 4.6
1957 4.5
1958 4.5
1959 4.6

1961 4.7
1962 4.8
1963 4.9
1964 5.1
1965 5.5
1966 5.9
1967 6.8
1968 7.3
1969 7.7
1970 8.3
1961 4.7
1962 4.8
1963 4.9
1964 5.1
1965 5.5
1966 5.9
1967 6.8
1968 7.3
1969 7.7
1970 8.3
1971 9.1
1972 9.4
1973 9.7
1974 10.1
1975 9.9
1976 9.0
1977 9.1
1978 9.2
1979 10.0
1980 10.7
1981 10.3

lemme have a stab at it (havent checked the entire thread, so ill just guess a little)

the number % of democratic voters through those years'
dollar course ?:rotfl:
Submans IQ over time ? (Just kidding)

:rotfl: