I am not engaging in political discourse either. I speak my mind on November 4.

Just like I didn't reply to Berner on the intervals thread.

Do I even wanna know? Did he call me a "gem" again? I kinda dug that.

This kind of discussion is not allowed. And it is not recommended. But boy does it inspire great snark....like how Tony's comments reminded me of an Einstein quote about insanity...

I'm pretty sure we won't be any happier than Einstein was with the "different result" Socialism brought to his country. If we do the same thing they did, should WE expect a different result? There now - I'm sure this has changed a lot of minds. Glad I could help.

We have never had a Socialist administration.

We have had a fascist one though.

We have never had a Socialist administration.

I find it amusing that more than a dozen of our forty something "political parties" have the word Socialist or Socialism in the party name. You'd think they would team up or something. Isn't that what they do?

Politics turns people into unthinking idiots. Irrespective of ideology or political persuasion.

On the internet, I find this to be very true. But in person, I can have an intelligent conversation with someone who has different preferences than I. Last night, I talked with my dad for a good 40 minutes about politics and no one raised a voice. We're on very different sides of the spectrum, but it was very cool to have a thoughtful discussion. It's so tough to do so on the internet because tone of voice is taken out of the equation. Another thing that makes stuff like this so hard, is that the number of issues that people care about with respect to these candidates is vast, and yet we can't elect one person to tackle one issue and someone else to tackle another issue as it suits our preferences. As I heard from a comic a long time ago, "I'm just gonna vote for the guy who I think is going to screw me the least". And I hereby pledge not to discuss politics on the internet (with you guys), because it's not the place for it. Let's talk about running, boobs, beer, and Nashville.

I think my dad should be president.

Based on the URL of that red x, I wish most pictures weren't blocked at work. Though I'm thankful that Trent's picture of him and his buddies on a bed is blocked.

I can't see it either and nothing is blocked where I work. How the hell would my bosses watch porn all day if we were censored?