Now, Elvis impersonators, that I can understand.

Skronk wrote:

alex maiolo wrote:

Skronk wrote:
And there's not one Democrat willing to invest time, effort, and money to see to that a) the poor get what they need and b) our rights aren't violated or destroyed.

And what are you doing to remedy these two things? Posting to a message board?
Go get 'em, tiger!

-A

And what are you doing? Nothing. At the end of the day you're just another cozy starbucks liberal. Progress without ruffling feathers.

Oh golly, we're goin' to pile into daddy's Studebaker y'all, and visit the pollin' station, so I can vote me in an honest democrat!

Hey man, it was an honest question. Seriously, you talk a big game and I'm wondering how you are active.
How do you spend your time giving back?
I think it's a very fair question since you were the one who brashly said that people were sitting on their hands.
I'm just (possibly) calling you out.
I'll be delighted if you give me a list a mile long because it will mean you're not being a hypocrite, and that you're giving back.
So, fair question, what did you do over the last month to further your causes, political or otherwise?
You know, besides posting on the EA Forum, which reaches literally tens of people.

You claim I am doing nothing, but you don't know that now, do you?
Shall I fill you in or would you just like to continue with the fantasy that I'm not engaged?

Here's one for starters:
Right now, I'm in Chicago, on my time, at no charge, because I'm going to speak in front of a room full of people about the healthcare crisis as it relates to musicians.
I got up this morning, flew here, and will head home at 5am tomorrow so I can get to work in time to put in a full day.

Did I pass muster or shall I tell you about the three days of fundraising work I did a few weeks ago for my local non-profit radio station?
I have many more. Just ask.

-A

Alex has set him up for the inevitable "helping is hurting" response from the Randroids.

alex maiolo wrote:
Hey man, it was an honest question. Seriously, you talk a big game and I'm wondering how you are active.

What big game? I'm telling you people you're naive to think big government will be a positive thing.

alex maiolo wrote:How do you spend your time giving back?
I think it's a very fair question since you were the one who brashly said that people were sitting on their hands.
I'm just (possibly) calling you out.
I'll be delighted if you give me a list a mile long because it will mean you're not being a hypocrite, and that you're giving back.
So, fair question, what did you do over the last month to further your causes, political or otherwise?
You know, besides posting on the EA Forum, which reaches literally tens of people.

I'm not a hypocrite, as much as you'd like to believe I am. I've signed many petitions over the past few years, about animal rights and cruelty, the death penalty, drug laws, police brutality. When I was in Providence recently, I went to a police brutality protest. Last year, I've gone down to the city for anti war protests, and I've also helped out at a local food pantry a few times. I've written my congressman, and senators, to no avail.

In less political areas, whenever I'm at a show that's having a fundraiser, I donate more than I need to. Whenever an out of state band plays, I give at least 20 bucks to them, for gas and food. If they've got gear to move, I help them. I've given blood, and I've given to charities, but in person because I don't have a credit card.

You want my shoe size, too?

alex maiolo wrote:You claim I am doing nothing, but you don't know that now, do you?
Shall I fill you in or would you just like to continue with the fantasy that I'm not engaged?

Here's one for starters:
Right now, I'm in Chicago, on my time, at no charge, because I'm going to speak in front of a room full of people about the healthcare crisis as it relates to musicians.
I got up this morning, flew here, and will head home at 5am tomorrow so I can get to work in time to put in a full day.

Did I pass muster or shall I tell you about the three days of fundraising work I did a few weeks ago for my local non-profit radio station?
I have many more. Just ask.

Kudos to you, but I don't need to read about you patting yourself on the back.

big_dave wrote:Alex has set him up for the inevitable "helping is hurting" response from the Randroids.

I'd like to see help that doesn't rely on brackets, and forms, and empty promises. You, like Rand, are full of it.

This fuxxing thread is going nowhere, tsk tsk tsk. Instead ov going to the polls we should be plotting \/!0LeNt 0v3rT|-|r0vv ov Wawshengtun DeeSee. The only real way to make a change at this point I believe. Yes Brakkwatter will come in and schute us but not if we have enough hawst1g3z.

Not that I would ever participate in such a thing but I might play a D&D Shadowrun-modification of such an event. Ahem.

Don't quote me.

Skronk wrote:And what are you doing? Nothing.

To which I replied with a few things I've done recently, Mr. Petition.

Skronk wrote:Kudos to you, but I don't need to read about you patting yourself on the back.

There's no patting myself on the back.
You said I didn't do shit, and even asked what I'm doing.
I gave you some examples of shit I do.
Now you accuse me of bragging.

The ways you mimic your hero, Señor Reuben, are nothing short of hilarious.
Clearly you've taken notes, all the way down to the way you yell "troll" at people now.
So very cute.

-A

Man, you know once a while ago I made some insinuation that the internet, and even this message board in particular, were ill-suited for meaningful political debate.

You guys sure did fuckin' show me.

Ron Paul is nice to have in the race as an idealistic rabble-rouser, albeit one whose ideals and beliefs are different than mine. Paul brings attention to some significant issues that might otherwise be ignored, and he is the sort of bomb-thrower that injects life into an increasingly drawn out and dull process of candidate selection.

That being said, Paul recites his anti-establishment view in a way that is is selectively reverent to the Constitution and at times, in my opinion, disingenous. Paul's pissy view of human nature and the government seems to be borne out of something broader than just frustration with the current system of government and policymaking in Washington, D.C. It is his essence of being.

Reactionaries like Paul can always speak in soothing platitudes and find some convenient source for systematic problems that will strike a chord in the individualistic parts of many people. These rhetorical salves do not mean it's time to turn back the clock on over 200 years of trial and error.

alex maiolo wrote:

Skronk wrote:And what are you doing? Nothing.

To which I replied with a few things I've done recently, Mr. Petition.

Skronk wrote:Kudos to you, but I don't need to read about you patting yourself on the back.

There's no patting myself on the back.
You said I didn't do shit, and even asked what I'm doing.
I gave you some examples of shit I do.
Now you accuse me of bragging.

Maybe you didn't understand the tone of my post. I really don't care about what you've done. It has no bearing on our discussion, the one you've diverted by implying I don't do anything:

alex maiolo wrote:

Skronk wrote:And there's not one Democrat willing to invest time, effort, and money to see to that a) the poor get what they need and b) our rights aren't violated or destroyed.

And what are you doing to remedy these two things? Posting to a message board?
Go get 'em, tiger!

-A

alex maiolo wrote:The ways you mimic your hero, Señor Reuben, are nothing short of hilarious.
Clearly you've taken notes, all the way down to the way you yell "troll" at people now.
So very cute.

-A

I only use it when it applies. It's obvious big dave is antagonizing Rick.

-E

Ron Paul has some new radio ads that have been posted on youtube (yeah, there's just a logo background in the video).

Here's one of them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG0oFRGwZEA

and a tv ad in NH:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0_ZCEc9bi8&feature=user