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#2491 Mr. Roboto

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Posted 09 February 2015 - 09:58 PM

 

 

Fun fact though.  I was in Amsterdam for New Years and they have just as many McDonalds and Burger Kings as we do.  There was one every 10 miles as I drove from Holland through Belgium into Germany.  So the next time some euro-trash makes that comment, remind them that there is a McDonalds right around the corner in their back yard too.

 

 

I'd be curious what their obesity rate was compared to ours? I'm too lazy to use Google though. That or I really don't care that much. Enough to wonder out loud, but not enough to look. Yea fuck it...who cares. 


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Posted 10 February 2015 - 12:26 AM

I'd be curious what their obesity rate was compared to ours? I'm too lazy to use Google though. That or I really don't care that much. Enough to wonder out loud, but not enough to look. Yea fuck it...who cares. 

 

Anecdotal as it may be, my observation was they were much slimmer.  But I suspect that has to do with the Dutch using bicycles as their primary mode of transportation in lieu of driving.  There's no question that more Americans have a sedentary lifestyle.  


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Posted 10 February 2015 - 07:51 AM

Scott Walker and the left's premise. http://pjmedia.com/t...e-and-shove-it/


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Posted 10 February 2015 - 12:20 PM

Scott Walker and the left's premise. http://pjmedia.com/t...e-and-shove-it/


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I don't get it.  I read it twice, but I don't get it.  Apparently Walker's doing something different, but I'll be damned if the article actually says what it is instead of speaking in a mix of vague platitudes and anti-left insults.

 

Also, why is she so proud that he doesn't have a college degree?  There's a twisted logic to being anti-intellectual to the point that you frown on what for many people is a success.  Oddly enough, given Walker's efforts to gut the University of Wisconsin system, education will only become more expensive and, thus, elitist.  Additionally, tearing down something you didn't participate in strikes me as a very elitist attitude.  How can he know what's good or bad about it if he didn't go?  Because he's so elite that he knows better than everyone else!  So, the pro-elitist (in terms of wealth) party and anti-elitist (in terms of education) party manage to be the same thing and, by doing something they see as anti-elitist (reducing government to give it back to "common folks"), even if it's done in an elitist "we know better" way, they'll actually be creating an even more elitist institution.  However, if those common folks band together as a union, they stop being individuals and start being elites, so they need to be crushed.  So, yeah, that makes sense.  Just have to rename Walker's party to the GOC (that's the Grand Old Clusterfuck for you acronymically challenged non-elites).


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Posted 10 February 2015 - 12:32 PM

I think the gist of it is that the Democrats are unsure how to deal with him at this point. He doesn't fit the Romney template. I think he is going to be a strong contender in the primaries. Considering the track record of the establishment GOP presidential candidates the non-establishment GOP primary voters will want someone to beat Bush. Walker has won some tough fights and he gets things through against serious opposition. This will appeal to the Tea Party wing.  


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Posted 10 February 2015 - 01:16 PM

I'd go at him as an ideologue.  The fact that he rams things through against that serious opposition you mention is reflective of someone who values ideology over compromise.  I think most Americans are fairly tired of that..I certainly am.  My question: if he's elected President and has a Democratic Congress (a near guarantee if he served two terms) could he get anything done?  We've seen a whole lot of nothing out of government for a while now, while most people realize there are plenty of problems.  I don't see Walker as a person who can compromise and meet in the middle.  Maybe I'm wrong...I don't live in Wisconsin.


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Posted 10 February 2015 - 01:37 PM

Considering the current guy isn't very compromis-y likely more of the same. It would be nice to have someone who would work on stuff that is doable. Just solve basic issues where there is consensus. Don't create huge bureaucratic nightmares to solve a strait forward problem. 


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Posted 12 February 2015 - 03:26 PM

This man will not be president.


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Posted 12 February 2015 - 10:01 PM


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Posted 13 February 2015 - 01:44 PM

I think the gist of it is that the Democrats are unsure how to deal with him at this point. He doesn't fit the Romney template. I think he is going to be a strong contender in the primaries. Considering the track record of the establishment GOP presidential candidates the non-establishment GOP primary voters will want someone to beat Bush. Walker has won some tough fights and he gets things through against serious opposition. This will appeal to the Tea Party wing.  

He doesn't have serious opposition. The state senate & the assembly are republican majority & have been since he won office. They've all been sucking each others dicks since 2010.


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Posted 13 February 2015 - 02:54 PM

Anecdotal as it may be, my observation was they were much slimmer.  But I suspect that has to do with the Dutch using bicycles as their primary mode of transportation in lieu of driving.  There's no question that more Americans have a sedentary lifestyle.  

 

 

I had a friend who worked as an engineer, living out of a suitcase, for nearly a decade. He lived all over the world, and was a pretty fascinating guy. He said that after living in Europe for years, that Americans looked huge in comparison (and he said this probably 15 years ago.) He also said you could spot the Americans in the pot cafes because they were passed out at the tables, hahaha. 


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Posted 13 February 2015 - 04:00 PM

I had a friend who worked as an engineer, living out of a suitcase, for nearly a decade. He lived all over the world, and was a pretty fascinating guy. He said that after living in Europe for years, that Americans looked huge in comparison (and he said this probably 15 years ago.) He also said you could spot the Americans in the pot cafes because they were passed out at the tables, hahaha.


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Posted 13 February 2015 - 04:06 PM

haha

 

Edit: Although funny now, when it's going down, it feels like the end of the world.  :blink:


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Posted 25 February 2015 - 03:03 PM

Someone is getting nervous...

 

The Dangerous Candidacy of Scott Walker


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Posted 25 February 2015 - 03:16 PM

He'll be Jeb's VP pick....


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