Guess who owns the GOP?

[tridim]

Larry freaking Flynt!



Karma's a bitch ain't it Republics? :rofl:

[Mind_your_head]

1. self-delete

[WillyT]

3. So... What You're Saying Is That You Feel Sorry For Larry Flynt ???

Or what???

:shrug:

Onedit: Where'd he go???

:hide:

[Mind_your_head]

4. Upon 're-reading'......I think I misunderstood the POINT of the OP

Frankly, I see a LOT of this here on DU & elsewhere....we start attacking each other b/c of little nuances/misunderstandings/sarcasm not identifed as such, b/c we believe in such a higher thing (and are AFRAID that others don't see the SEVERE threats that are now facing us, we the people (God love us.....)

I was guilty of doing such....that's why I deleted my post....I was wrong/misunderstood the OP and was doing my best to 'retract'/erase my stoopid comment.

Peace,
M_Y_H

[Mind_your_head]

5. That sounds like I'm 'groveling'.....which I'm not.....

I think I'm just gonna say g'nite

86% of us AGREE on a LOT of things. How come/why aren't we banding together .....we fight each other b/c of little nuances where we 'disagree'.....how stupid!

Most of the US isn't 'for' this war of aggression ....yet we're still there.

WHY???

Americans are afraid, terribly afraid of confrontation.....yet that's the ONLY thing that cleanses/set 'right' many things. Are you going to confront your spouse if they solicit 'bathroom'/or other types of sex? HELL YEAH!!!! or....there are those people who 'remain silent' and their spouse leaves them after 50-60 years b/c they never 'knew' this person they shared a bed with.....

[Greyhound]

6. You could have stopped at "Americans are afraid, terribly afraid",

that is the bottom line. Whether through 40 years of indoctrination, or genetic dilution, whatever, we have turned into a nation of cowards that are more than willing to sacrifice our freedom, our neighbors, even our children, while pleading "just don't hurt us", while we shit ourselves.

[TheMadMonk]

9. Not so much cowards, as greedy, selfish bastars unwilling to risk...

...what they have. The fear is not for themselves per se, it's for their possessions (including intangibles such as image).


Look at the risks some poor will take for minimal gain. And at the other end of the spectrum, what people are willing to do to hang onto and increase what they have, long past the point where those possessions have become just a way of keeping score.


Americans as a whole are not risk takers, they have too much to lose. But that is not the same thing as what we traditionally term cowardice. Just as strapping on a bomb and walking into a crowded market is not bravery. And having nothing to lose is almost always the first selection criteria for the position of suicide bomber.


Now fear of the unknown is a basic irrational human condition, and you have to admit that despite the garrulity and ubiquity of the warnings, they are, except for the occasional real threat based upon real intelligence, (Yes Virginia...) almost all couched in terms that are vague and seemingly designed to elevate disquiet. There is no real information, just a repeated mantra, of "There is a threat. We can't actually say what that threat is, but if you don't let us stop it, you'll know all about it when it bites you on the arse. Oh by the way the old undefined threat is getting a bit stale, so here have a new even vaguer threat." I (and the vast majority of 107,528 others) think it's stupid behaviour, but that doesn't mean it isn't understandable behaviour. KKKarl, Cheney, et al bloody well banked on it.



What we all too often forget is that half of the population is of below average intelligence. (Or below average anything (including courage)). That's just the way one of the most basic axioms of statistics works. But what it means is that we halfway intelligent people (well we fight with words rather than blunt, spiky or otherwise physically hurtful objects at least.) all too often forget that a good many of our brethren will be susceptible to Nigerian Oil, Terra Terra Terra, trickle down, etc., etc., no matter how obviously stupid those ideas might seem to us. And even right in the face of overwhelming evidence, they will cling to the vain hope of "This time it is/will be different."

[Lindsey]

2. I've been wondering if he's been behind some of the recent

incidents. Here's what I've been thinkin'. Flynt basically has a staff of private detectives and support staff. They probably started investigating the family value congressional crowd and traced their every move as far back as they could. Then, based on historicals, they calculated probable future actions/behavior and there you have it....Repug hyprocrits exposed because they're just doing what they've always done but always gotten away with it.

[hang a left]

7. If only

I don't think it's Larry that owns the GOP. He might be able to do some damage to the power elite in the beltway, but he doesn't own anyone.

I'd look to who has control over the people that deciminated data that was/is being mined from phone calls, emails et al

[OnyxCollie]

8. I had wondered when Flynt would start dropping names.

Didn't he hint to the surprising discovery of a Senatorial candidate for President? While I expect it will be a republic due to the hypocrisy element Flynt announced he would expose, it would truly be bad if it were a Dem who was involved. So far, the really serious offensives have been committed by republics and their henchmen, and maintaining a clean Dem sweep is yet another arrow in the quiver.

I watched Henry Rollins interview Flynt about his trial with Jerry Falwell. Henry told Larry how significant the trial was to the First Amendment. Larry responded if that was the case, it wasn't worth the expense because nobody seemed to care.

Although I find no reason to excuse a Dem of the same creepy behavior of Craig et al., I suspect Flynt will see that achieving a substantial Dem majority is the only hope of fixing this country.

I hope Larry Flynt can make the moral judgment to use his power for the greatest good, even if it means to hold back a Dem name (or at least hold it for later.)