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Post by djAdvocate on Jan 17, 2017 13:04:31 GMT -5
i doubt it, given that i don't know what you mean. i consider VB a friend, zib. we have never treated each other with anything other than the most light-hearted form of disrespect, and i expect it to stay that way.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jan 17, 2017 13:18:00 GMT -5
i doubt it, given that i don't know what you mean. i consider VB a friend, zib. we have never treated each other with anything other than the most light-hearted form of disrespect, and i expect it to stay that way. It has nothing to do with you. He knows what I'm talking about. see, i TOLD you i didn't know what you meant!
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Post by dondub on Jan 17, 2017 16:10:11 GMT -5
DJ,
Remember Gladys Kravitz?
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Post by djAdvocate on Jan 17, 2017 16:12:11 GMT -5
DJ,
Remember Gladys Kravitz? not until you reminded me!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2017 21:09:23 GMT -5
I do not understand. DJ and I are both basically Independents who have both said our country has too many foreign entanglements and programs destabilizing countries politically and trying to to control world politicians. We have been forced into stupid wars we have no business in, costing us trillions of dollars, thousands of American lives, as well as hundreds of thousands of civilian casualties. Time to rethink this strategy with our new President. Nato is an example. It was supposed to protect five countries from the any physical threat. How many countries are now covered over this problem? Do we really want to protect little fiefdoms from a communist take over now? on the one hand, you hear him say stuff that is mildly isolationist (which is encouraging), and on the other hand, he says he wants to bomb ISIS into the dark ages (which is pretty much the opposite). i guess i just fundamentally don't believe anything he says. i think he is a pathological liar politician. Fixed that for you... and he is now!
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Post by Value Buy on Jan 17, 2017 22:21:56 GMT -5
i doubt it, given that i don't know what you mean. i consider VB a friend, zib. we have never treated each other with anything other than the most light-hearted form of disrespect, and i expect it to stay that way. It has nothing to do with you. He knows what I'm talking about. Two things. 1. I never thought of it as disrespect. I always thought They were light hearted disagreements 2. Not sure what I have to be careful of unless she is talking about my asking for a definition of a troll on the beef thread.
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Post by djAdvocate on Jan 18, 2017 0:41:29 GMT -5
on the one hand, you hear him say stuff that is mildly isolationist (which is encouraging), and on the other hand, he says he wants to bomb ISIS into the dark ages (which is pretty much the opposite). i guess i just fundamentally don't believe anything he says. i think he is a pathological liar politician. Fixed that for you... and he is now! including the lie where he said he was not a politician?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2017 0:59:17 GMT -5
Fixed that for you... and he is now! including the lie where he said he was not a politician? Politicians lie... so I'm not sure of your conundrum... (and it's true that prior to the election he wasn't a politician... because he'd never held political office until then... but now... he's a politician whether he likes it or not)
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Post by djAdvocate on Jan 18, 2017 1:05:05 GMT -5
including the lie where he said he was not a politician? Politicians lie... so I'm not sure of your conundrum... (and it's true that prior to the election he wasn't a politician... because he'd never held political office until then... but now... he's a politician whether he likes it or not) he lies about 3x as much as the average Democrat liar. he lies about 2x as much as the average Republican liar. i know that you and Virgil are absolutists on this stuff, but if he were even an AVERAGE liar i would give him a listen. he isn't. he is pathological, imo.
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Post by dondub on Jan 18, 2017 1:36:58 GMT -5
As soon as trump declared his candidacy he became a politician. The election simply made him an 'elected' one. I know, I know, I'm hung up here on the truth and facts of a dictionary, but, damn, that's what they do....define words.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2017 21:04:27 GMT -5
As soon as trump declared his candidacy he became a politician. The election simply made him an 'elected' one. I know, I know, I'm hung up here on the truth and facts of a dictionary, but, damn, that's what they do....define words. Funny... the OED doesn't seem to agree with you. You don't become "professionally involved" until you start receiving payment (just ask any professional athlete).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2017 21:06:30 GMT -5
So funny you think he hasn't already started receiving payment...
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Post by Opti on Jan 18, 2017 21:23:14 GMT -5
As soon as trump declared his candidacy he became a politician. The election simply made him an 'elected' one. I know, I know, I'm hung up here on the truth and facts of a dictionary, but, damn, that's what they do....define words. Funny... the OED doesn't seem to agree with you. You don't become "professionally involved" until you start receiving payment (just ask any professional athlete). It doesn't define professionally involved though. It does not limit the definition to holding office either.
And this was at your link too.
US A person who acts in a manipulative and devious way, typically to gain advancement within an organization.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2017 21:39:53 GMT -5
Funny... the OED doesn't seem to agree with you. You don't become "professionally involved" until you start receiving payment (just ask any professional athlete). It doesn't define professionally involved though. It does not limit the definition to holding office either.
And this was at your link too.
US A person who acts in a manipulative and devious way, typically to gain advancement within an organization. That italicized one doesn't really fit with the usage as it's not describing action in or on behalf of a political entity. We're talking about Government. Not the Elks Lodge.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jan 18, 2017 22:03:20 GMT -5
GG: Thank you for the report. The offending posts were removed.
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Post by dondub on Jan 18, 2017 22:21:26 GMT -5
Richard,
When we went through this the last time I posted a dictionary definition of politician that you ran from because it differed from your opinion. I'm too busy to do that again. Similar to how you do that "well I have posted that before" gig.
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