Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RMF who wrote (845619)	3/27/2015 3:00:06 AM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo longnshort Respond to of 1575619

>> Well, I'm either nuts or I'm a psychic, but I can GUARANTEE that none of those people will EVER be presidential nominees. You cannot guarantee any such thing. Carson is a real longshot, but it is far too early to count Cruz or Paul out this early for '16. And certainly, either could well end up president in a future election. >> I'll bet ya a $1000 bucks, but I'll be dead long before those people probably leave politics so I'll make a note in my will either to pay you or send out some goons to collect from you. So, do we have a bet? No, thanks. I don't believe I'll be betting on the outcome of political races anytime soon. After what I've seen in 2008 and 2012 it is clear to me that American voters are far too stupid to bet on. Far better to bet the horses where I have at least a fighting chance. >> The Tea Party has really screwed the Republicans in the last few years and it may have made them radioactive in NATIONAL elections. I don't think so. The Dems tend to vote in lock step because that's what the Dems do. The Republicans can have splits within the party and yes, it sometimes costs them elections. But it insures the party gets decent candidates. They just operate differently. Dems don't give a SHIT about integrity. Republicans put it high on their list; so even presidents that are controversial like Bush are going to be of the highest integrity.

To: RMF who wrote (845619)	3/28/2015 7:36:08 PM
From: Joe Btfsplk	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575619

The Tea Party has really screwed the Republicans in the last few years Tea Party motivation generally comes from familiarity with a vast body of literature that our ruling class has almost excluded from public dialog. They are inheritors of attitudes about the proper relationship between government and individuals that budded with the Magna Carta and flowered with our Declaration and Constitution. Government was seen as a regrettably necessary overhead expense needing tight limits and constraints – and most certainly not as a positive good. The principles embodied once made America the greatest nation that ever existed. The reasoning involved has been under attack for a long, long while and is now almost forgotten here. It's a sad irony that the locus of libertarian economic thought has shifted. The brightest examples are now in the Orient. The young in Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore enjoy a happy trajectory. The light shining from those examples have even led the thugs ruling the Chinese to partially emulate principles that have been proving their worth for centuries. Meanwhile, opportunity here diminishes. Something precious has been highjacked. People long marinated in the drivel emanating from our dominant institutions are ill equipped to recognize trends most unpleasant. Even worse, few recognize the desirability of scrutinizing their embedded assumptions.