I’m keeping this going because you’re entertaining me.

I’m keeping this going because you’re entertaining me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_George_Carlin_Show

George did a TV show on the FOX network.

I love his stuff, but that doesn’t blind me to the fact that he was primarily an entertainer.

Carlin was born and raised in New York City. Morningside Heights [aka ‘White Harlem’]

New York City voted 90% against Donnie.

Carlin also came out for McGovern against Nixon.

Unlike many people, Carlin could adapt and change with the times. Heck, he even did a show on Fox.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_George_Carlin_Show

Do yourself a favor and read the novels of Ross Thomas. He was a Washington reporter turned crime novelist. All his books have a strong political basis. Two of his best; “The Fools In Town Are On Our Side,” an ex-CIA hot shot is hired to clean up a small Southern city by making it so corrupt even the pimps will vote for reform; “The Porkchoppers,” a nuts and bolts look at a Union election with characters ranging from White House aides and Washington power mongers to factory line workers.

Which begs the question, why fly the Hammer and Sickle at all?

Politics is a game and if you want to win elections you should learn to play it.

Nixon hid his anti-Black agenda behind phrases like ‘safe streets’ and ‘the War on Drugs.’

Do you want to win elections or do you want to lose but be able to boast about how pure your intentions were?

Exactly. Ray Bradbury was angry that Obama never did any meaningful space exploration during his terms. After Bradbury died the Right tried to depict him as a life long GOP.

If you’re saying that the Left should vote for the Dems I agree.

I’d love to have Bernie as President, but our side dropped the ball twice and failed to get him nominated.

Actually I paid attention to history. The pendulum swung the other way a few years back; arch Conservative Ronald Reagan courted the Left by picking the first woman on the Supreme Court and making Colin Powell his Number One guy.

Like I said, if you can’t come up with anything except a comedy act, we have nothing to discuss.

Here’s a clip from his early days, proof that he couldn’t possibly have ever changed his thoughts about anything.

https://youtu.be/-sx-7NucjEk

Let me explain something you may not be aware of.

The man was an entertainer. His job was to make people laugh. I can cherry pick his work and come up with all kinds of absurd ideas he put into his act.

If the only argument you can make is based on a comedy routine, then we have nothing more to discuss.

If George was alive today he’d be begging people to vote against Trump.

Same thing applies to cardboard boxes at the liquor store. Most retailers have plenty of strong boxes and the clerks hate having to break them down for the trashman.

Right now the reality is the Donald Trump is going to take office because a lot of people didn’t vote for the alternative.

Red herring.

You’re going to have to explain that in detail. Trump got more votes. He won. How is that anything except a cold, hard fact?

If my grandmother had wheels she’d be a tea trolley.

Right now the reality is the Donald Trump is going to take office because a lot of people didn’t vote for the alternative.

All the ‘what if…?’ games in the world isn’t going to change that.

No.

Look at how the system actually works. There are two choices. Both candidates have to compete for all the people who vote. If you sit out the election that doesn’t mean either candidate will try to get your vote; they’ll ignore you and go after the people who do vote.

Someone else came up with this analogy. It’s like the trolley problem except the there’s a third option. The third choice is to throw the switch to “Neither,” but “Neither” isn’t connected and the trolley kills someone anyway.

Only the Sith deal in absolutes!

No, it’s sarcasm.

Someone talked about seeing ‘The Sting’ for the first time. They couldn’t believe that anyone in the audience didn’t know all those cons, then realized that when the movie was made, all those gags were fresh.

That’s the biggest problem with militarizing the police.

You get cops who think they are the Punisher and citizens who hate the cops on the beat.