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Get Away From That!
2010-06-17, 9:16 AM #1
Anyone here from Alabama?

"Flowers and a landscape were the only attractions here. And so, as there was no good reason for coming, nobody came."
2010-06-17, 9:18 AM #2
Bahahahaha awesome. Even our (Texas) ads have more class than that. Cue George W. Bush ads anyone?
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2010-06-17, 9:20 AM #3
Ahahaha.


Also McMillan isn't prounced the same as MacMillan. :P
nope.
2010-06-17, 9:44 AM #4
Awesome. I'm not being ironic either, I mean that is legitimately awesome.
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2010-06-17, 10:10 AM #5
HOOOLEY SHEEIT, I'MA VOTE FOR JOHN MAC MILLIN
2010-06-17, 10:15 AM #6
I suppose some of the sentiments expressed in the ad are fine, but for ****'s sake dude take yourself a bit less seriously.
2010-06-17, 3:07 PM #7
If you don't take yourself seriously, nobody else will either.
2010-06-17, 3:13 PM #8
Yeah but if you take yourself too seriously, nobody else does. :P
nope.
2010-06-17, 3:24 PM #9
hence "a bit less."
2010-06-17, 3:39 PM #10
No, I do not want a whack job watching my back.
2010-06-17, 4:39 PM #11
Not to derail your thread, but it just reminded me of this:



How I love that show.
2010-06-17, 6:02 PM #12
Yeah, I heard that guy on Glenn Beck last month. He's pretty awesome.
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2010-06-17, 6:04 PM #13
Here's another great political ad:

"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2010-06-17, 7:30 PM #14
As much as I appreciate his no-BS attitude, I'm very glad he's not from South Carolina. We have enough to worry about here with politics already.
"Flowers and a landscape were the only attractions here. And so, as there was no good reason for coming, nobody came."
2010-06-17, 7:54 PM #15
LEARN ENGLISH OR GIT OUT

the idiot is the person who follows the idiot and your not following me your insulting me your following the path of a idiot so that makes you the idiot - LC Tusken
2010-06-17, 7:55 PM #16
Originally posted by Bobbert:
As much as I appreciate his no-BS attitude, I'm very glad he's not from South Carolina. We have enough to worry about here with politics already.


Only if your a well known white democrat politician because apparently you can lose to any black man.
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2010-06-17, 7:57 PM #17
Originally posted by Wolfy:
LEARN ENGLISH OR GIT OUT


Funny. I was just thinking that it would be awesome if states started to adopt official languages. Kind of follows the terrific advancements being made in Arizona.
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2010-06-17, 8:04 PM #18
One of the leading candidates for governor of CA, Whitman, if elected, has plans to adopt English as the official language, mostly due to the amount of money saved in printing bi/tri/etc/lingual materials.
2010-06-17, 8:12 PM #19
Originally posted by Wookie06:
Kind of follows the terrific advancements being made in Arizona.


:P
2010-06-17, 9:40 PM #20
was that first video of "get away from that" for real then? :omg:

I'll say one thing for southern hics, at least they aren't chavs!
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2010-06-18, 5:12 AM #21
Quote:
One of the leading candidates for governor of CA, Whitman, if elected, has plans to adopt English as the official language, mostly due to the amount of money saved in printing bi/tri/etc/lingual materials.
Even if we did have an official language (and I'm pretty sure a state can't enforce that) it would still be better for everyone to continue to print things in Spanish.
2010-06-18, 8:34 AM #22
That kind of defeats the purpose. The points is, and of course a state can enforce this, you reduce costs by having an official language that state bureaucracies operate in instead of catering to every possible language the citizens may speak. An unintended consequence, and a beneficial one at that, is that many people, finding it harder to drag an English speaking friend with them, may not utilize nearly as many social services saving even more money.
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2010-06-18, 4:29 PM #23
Originally posted by Wookie06:
Funny. I was just thinking that it would be awesome if states started to adopt official languages. Kind of follows the terrific advancements being made in Arizona.


Hey, now - oooooooooooooh, you almost got me! :neckbeard:
the idiot is the person who follows the idiot and your not following me your insulting me your following the path of a idiot so that makes you the idiot - LC Tusken
2010-06-18, 5:31 PM #24
Originally posted by Wookie06:
I was just thinking that it would be awesome if states started to adopt official languages.


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2010-06-18, 6:35 PM #25
Originally posted by Wookie06:
That kind of defeats the purpose. The points is, and of course a state can enforce this, you reduce costs by having an official language that state bureaucracies operate in instead of catering to every possible language the citizens may speak. An unintended consequence, and a beneficial one at that, is that many people, finding it harder to drag an English speaking friend with them, may not utilize nearly as many social services saving even more money.


Careful, if you do it at the state level, you might end up with some states with an official language of Spanish!
2010-06-18, 7:46 PM #26
I was thinking about that, too!
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2010-06-18, 8:17 PM #27
Quote:
That kind of defeats the purpose. The points is, and of course a state can enforce this, you reduce costs by having an official language that state bureaucracies operate in instead of catering to every possible language the citizens may speak.
Nope. Catering to Spanish speakers (Lets be honest here; there's a reason those are the two choices most places; the next most common down is far removed.) actually saves the government money. The problem here is you assume that non-English speakers are only taking from the system, because you are racist. If the government can't communicate with people, it can't help them, and they can't help the government.

Your other mistake is thinking that the government should be trying to save money by making it harder to get assistance. The government exists to serve us. All of us. Even the ones who don't speak English. Thankfully there are people in the government who actually understand this, and they know it's cheaper to print a few forms in Spanish than to hire a bunch of interpreters.
2010-06-18, 8:53 PM #28
But, JM, shouldn't these people moving from quite possibly povertous conditions in which they barely afford food and shelter, much less English lessons, instead just learn to speak the language (or, the cheaper option, gtfo our country)?
the idiot is the person who follows the idiot and your not following me your insulting me your following the path of a idiot so that makes you the idiot - LC Tusken
2010-06-18, 9:12 PM #29
I think your signature says it better than I did.
2010-06-18, 10:06 PM #30
Originally posted by JM:
...because you are racist...

Your other mistake is thinking that the government should be trying to save money by making it harder to get assistance. The government exists to serve us. All of us. Even the ones who don't speak English. Thankfully there are people in the government who actually understand this, and they know it's cheaper to print a few forms in Spanish than to hire a bunch of interpreters.


Actually, this is quite funny, especially in the context you bring up with regards to Spanish, you may find it interesting to find out that I married a foreign national from a Central American country. However, I must confess that I did so to oppress her so I still, clearly, am a racist.

Second, I didn't say government should try to make it harder to get assistance. I just think it might be a wonderful unintended consequence that some people might not take advantage of social programs (which mostly should be done away with anyway) because they will perceive it too difficult to bring an English speaker with them or help them online or completing a form. Plus, why would they hire a bunch of interpreters if they're not even going to bother printing the forms in another language. The original point is you don't do either.
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2010-06-19, 12:13 AM #31
Originally posted by Wookie06:
Actually, this is quite funny, especially in the context you bring up with regards to Spanish, you may find it interesting to find out that I married a foreign national from a Central American country.


Having a friend/girlfriend/wife of a particular race does not mean you aren't racist. Especially since that person could very well be thinking "yeah, he's a little racist but I can see past that"
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2010-06-19, 4:21 AM #32
Quote:
I just think it might be a wonderful unintended consequence that some people might not take advantage of social programs (which mostly should be done away with anyway) because they will perceive it too difficult to bring an English speaker with them or help them online or completing a form.


Why do you hate Mexicans so much?
2010-06-19, 5:55 AM #33
I'm curious to see which social programs that you think we should eliminate & why.
? :)
2010-06-19, 7:00 AM #34
It would be far easier for me to list the ones I think shouldn't be eliminated. As soon as I think of one, that is.
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2010-06-19, 7:05 AM #35
Originally posted by Deadman:
Having a friend/girlfriend/wife of a particular race does not mean you aren't racist. Especially since that person could very well be thinking "yeah, he's a little racist but I can see past that"


Yeah, I know this is sort of typical left wing thought. Just like minorities (not white males, the other ones) are seen as "self-haters" when they're conservative. I just think it's funny that people call me racist when I'm married to a hispanic and socialize mostly with hispanics. Although hispanic isn't a race, but that's another discussion.
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2010-06-19, 10:54 AM #36
Typical left wing thought? Wow, you just like to label everything don't you? I don't belong to either of your 'wings' so spare me your crap.
You also did nothing to actually counter what I said, unless you think applying a "left wing" label does the trick...
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2010-06-19, 11:01 AM #37
I'm not calling you left wing. I don't know what your ideology is. I just know that that is typical of left wing attacks. I'm not trying to counter your thoughts on racism because that may very well be true in some circumstances. Any response to charges of racism is sort of like the old "how often do you beat your wife" question.

edit - misplaced the end quotation mark
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2010-06-19, 11:18 AM #38
Eh, fair enough.
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2010-06-19, 2:24 PM #39
English
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2010-06-19, 2:43 PM #40
Originally posted by Wookie06:
Here's another great political ad:



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