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For 2018, Let’s All Ratchet It Down
Townhall.com ^ | December 31, 2017 | Bruce Bialosky

Posted on 12/31/2017 6:19:40 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin
Where the main purpose of the media was to inform and educate us on the issues of the day,

I'm 67 but I don't remember this ever being the case.

61 posted on 12/31/2017 8:25:17 AM PST by libertylover (Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
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To: Kaslin

BULL! Let’s pick up the pace!!


62 posted on 12/31/2017 8:25:54 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Kaslin

Da hood ratchets be offended.


63 posted on 12/31/2017 8:30:58 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Kaslin

I think Trump should be positive Twitter, everyday he should Tweet #winning!


64 posted on 12/31/2017 8:38:51 AM PST by tiki
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To: Kaslin

The left are the ones who rachetted it up and went berserk. Only they can ratchet it down.


65 posted on 12/31/2017 8:54:04 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (The first step in ending the war on white people is to recognize it exists.)
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To: my small voice

You’re absolutely correct: one way the uniparty retains control is by perpetuating an atmosphere where everyone is at each other’s throats. Once you start talking to people calmly, you find out that the ideas and dreams people have aren’t all that different. Most people just want to be left alone in peace.

What this guy is suggesting is too difficult to implement in practice. Keep It Super Simple: politics is a scam, and given limited time and resources we’re better off ignoring it and focusing on things that matter such as our families and God. The politicians are going to do what they’re going to do. We need not volunteer to give them any more attention, time, or treasure.


66 posted on 12/31/2017 9:00:26 AM PST by RKBA Democrat (Hope and redemption are to be found in the Lord. Not in politics.)
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To: Kaslin

How’s no work for ya Bruce? We are just getting started.


67 posted on 12/31/2017 9:03:52 AM PST by Kudsman ( Anyone to the Right of Stalin is a Far Right Wing candidate to the Far Left Wing Media.)
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To: iontheball

The guy means well, but he’s a bit delusional, okay a lot delusional, under a mistaken belief that modern liberals are interested in civil discourse or argumentation based on facts, logic, and reason.

They care for none of this. They want you dead, in fact. There’s no getting around this.


68 posted on 12/31/2017 9:08:07 AM PST by Freedom4US
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

Exactly. The calls for “civility” when it is they who threw out any standards of conduct and decency and chivalry long, long ago. Who are they kidding?

F them. Don’t be fooled.


69 posted on 12/31/2017 9:10:10 AM PST by Freedom4US
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To: Kaslin

As long as there are people and organizations hellbent on seizing and maintaining power over us and destroying the sovereignty of the United States, I will NEVER back down.


70 posted on 12/31/2017 10:07:10 AM PST by 60Gunner (The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
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To: Kaslin

Where’s the fun in that?

:)


71 posted on 12/31/2017 10:10:50 AM PST by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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To: RKBA Democrat
Be thankful for and observe our most cherished political right in America; the right not to participate at all.

I respectfully disagree. Politics are part of forming our government. Who is in office matters.

We the people are the government. We must participate.

72 posted on 12/31/2017 10:18:24 AM PST by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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To: Kaslin

Nah, I wanna keep on winning. Not sick of it yet.


73 posted on 12/31/2017 11:13:23 AM PST by glorgau
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To: Kaslin

I call BS on this wimpy position. LIBS and such lunatics must be crushed to dust. Anything less is weakness and surrender. Toughen up!


74 posted on 12/31/2017 11:29:34 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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For 2018, Let’s All Ratchet It Down

Thank you Rodney King.

75 posted on 12/31/2017 1:47:14 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Fhios

BINGO!


76 posted on 12/31/2017 1:47:46 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Jamestown1630

Indeed.


77 posted on 12/31/2017 1:53:27 PM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: my small voice

On the whole I would agree with you about that, but when he started extolling the virtues of obama, even while disagreeing with him on everything, it bothered me!


78 posted on 12/31/2017 1:56:23 PM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: 2111USMC

Thanks for the reply. We respectfully disagree. In my opinion, we have a de facto one party system, a uniparty, that has controlled politics throughout my lifetime. The personalities don’t much matter.

What does matter in my view is how we lead our lives. Do we glorify God? Do we raise our children to be good people? Are we doing the things that the Bible implores us to do? Do we work with others to improve our lot? Do we work hard at our vocation? Are we making the world a better place for those who follow us?

A really smart guy who died a few years back had a very astute observation. He said (and I’m paraphrasing) that politics exists downstream from culture. And it does. If we want to make a positive and lasting impact, we have to work on the culture.


79 posted on 12/31/2017 4:17:54 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (Hope and redemption are to be found in the Lord. Not in politics.)
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To: pt17

THIS !!


80 posted on 12/31/2017 7:11:19 PM PST by snooter55 (People may doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you do)
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