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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on October 04, 2012, 09:00:48 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021472977
Oh my.
The oblate spheroid.
nadinbrzezinski (109,419 posts) Thu Oct 4, 2012, 08:29 PM
A dangerous trend, and it is coming from pure local politics.
"This is a critical election, we need to bring the locals out, it is a critical quadrennial exercise."
Here is a piece of trivia... who is good at bringing out the base in ANY election, and who is good only in November, chiefly Presidential election?
If you guessed our friends in the Right are good at this in even the special election for dog catcher, you did good. The Dems really are missing this. So even in cities like San Diego, where DEMOCRATS outnumber Republicans (and independents make the other third or so), Repubs know that if they want a shiny, they have to run it in the Primaries, or even better a special election. Why? Democrats suck at it in the off season. They really do.
So here is your exercise, after this silly season is over... ORGANIZE, ORGANIZE, and then organize some more. You want to keep whatever gains are gotten... well you cannot be off your game for 2014. (For the record, historic trends, I expect it)
AndyTiedye (22,283 posts) Thu Oct 4, 2012, 08:39 PM
1. The RW Uses Their Churches to Get Out the Vote
Haranguing them from the pulpit to vote Republican
church buses to the polls
polls often IN churches
And they use all kinds of methods to keep our side from voting.
nadinbrzezinski (109,419 posts) Thu Oct 4, 2012, 08:43 PM
2. And our side, does what?
I know all the dirty tricks. Want me to regale you with some of the local dirty tricks? They include true the vote, sign stealing and voter suppression. Oh don't get me started with the local churches
Still. Exactly what does the Democratic Party and Progressives do in the OFF season to get the vote out?
They organize, organize some more, then organize again... they know that. Do Democrats know this?
The base, your base, will not come out if you do not remind them and organize, organize organize.
I vote, even in the special election for dog catcher. As a political reporter I can tell you quite a bit of the dirty laundry, trust me, could use Mike Rowe to help me with the shit.IT IS DEEP. But the fact is, they organize.
The oblate spheroid forgets.
Democrats don't have to "organize."
They got some big old carbuncled guy sitting behind a desk at city hall who casts their votes for them, and for good measure, whips some more (D) votes up out of thin air.
LiberalAndProud (9,047 posts) Thu Oct 4, 2012, 08:50 PM
4. Very good point, nadin.
OT: I'm waiting to hear how the great chicken controversy shakes out.
nadinbrzezinski (109,419 posts) Thu Oct 4, 2012, 09:29 PM
5. Chickens have been running afoul all over this county
No, not kidding, city after city, is having people asking city councils to aprove back yard chickens. Well, El Cajon's Mayor is a tad chicken phobic (Ok he raised a good issue, the industry was destroyed with New Castle, but never quite recovered, so it is not like we have many commercial coops in San Diego county, it used to be one of the leading industries county wide)... so he voted no.
So far it is in the hands of staff and managers getting rules to make it work, since, for a change, the rest voted for it.
You could even say people are clucking about it.
In a world with climate change, where we will need to source things locally sooner rather than later, it is actually a green policy, but don't tell them. I mean, otherwise all these councils might vote it down on those grounds alone.
Oh and the Mayor is chicken phobic since he was an inspector in the 70s, when we had the outbreak. He had to do a lot of the ahem, cleanup and killing of whole flocks.
^^well, Vlada Mitty walked right into a trap without realizing it.
LiberalAndProud (9,047 posts) Thu Oct 4, 2012, 09:33 PM
6. I recently found out that I can legally have two chickens or six bantams in my backyard without a permit. Cool, right?
nadinbrzezinski (109,419 posts) Thu Oct 4, 2012, 09:37 PM
7. Very, if you chose to do that make sure you get your chickens from an approved breeder. It almost ensures not getting a rooster... and the birds are healthy.
This campfire's new, but the oblate spheroid walked even further into a trap.
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AndyTiedye (22,283 posts) Thu Oct 4, 2012, 08:39 PM
1. The RW Uses Their Churches to Get Out the Vote
Haranguing them from the pulpit to vote Republican
church buses to the polls
polls often IN churches
And they use all kinds of methods to keep our side from voting.
Actually, from my experience this is completely backwards. If a conservative church mentions anything political the IRS gets called in. The only churches who get a free pass are the ones who allow the likes of Sharpton, Wright, Jackson, etc. to speak.
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Actually, from my experience this is completely backwards. If a conservative church mentions anything political the IRS gets called in. The only churches who get a free pass are the ones who allow the likes of Sharpton, Wright, Jackson, etc. to speak.
Every time.
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How does she know the Mayor is Alektorophobic? Maybe the mayor just doesn't want the town to reek of (rather potentially toxic) chicken feces.
This woman is insane.
I wish she'd roll her Oompa-Loompa butt down to Ensenada to see what's going on down there. Inquiring minds want to know.
corrected for punctuation error.
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I wish she'd roll her Oompa-Loompa butt down to Ensenada to see what's going on down there. Inquiring minds want to know.
Me too, damn it.
Ensenada looks like a nice place to vacation; in fact, it's probably better than hanging around San Diego.
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Ensenada looks like a nice place to vacation; in fact, it's probably better than hanging around San Diego.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NE5-5_eC7U[/youtube]
And frank, the lyrics just for you:
In Ensenada
We were running
from the things that we knew best
We only took the good and left the rest
In Ensenada
Out on the border
And we knew
it was the last chance we would have
So we took the chance
and tried for one more laugh
In Ensenada
"Hold me"
She said, "Need Me"
She said, "Love me"
"And make it last until tomorrow"
Darling
You need me
The world is moving much to fast
Let's slow down and make it last
Like the first time
'Cause the first time
Never really left my mind
Came looking for the things we used to find
In Ensenada
Come looking for the things we used to find
In Ensenada
"Hold me"
She said, "Need Me"
She said, "Love me"
She said "Make it last until tomorrow"
Darling
You need me
The world is moving much to fast
Let's slow down
Come on and
She said, "Hold Me"
She said, "Need Me"
She said, "Love me"
"And make it last until tomorrow"
Darling
Believe me
Love me
We'll make it last until tomorrow
Darling
Believe me
She said, "Love me"
"Make it last until tomorrow"
Hold me and need me
She said, "Love me"
"Just make it last until tomorrow"
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I wish she'd roll her Oompa-Loompa butt down to Ensenada to see what's going on down there. Inquiring minds want to know.
For the illumination of those mystified about the oblate spheroid and Ensenada, it dates from last August.
"Vlada Mitty was embarrassed; forgot her native language"
http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,76923.0
For those who don't want to look it up, Ensenada seems a pretty nice place to visit, a city on the Baja California peninsula, down in Mexico. Wikipedia calls it "Disneyland South," or something like that.
nadinbrzezinski (107,837 posts)
Ok this was embarrasing
We are working on a story involving native people in Mexico. So I needed to send an Email to proceso, one of the top political magazines. It took me literally ten minutes to compose an email in Spanish... my native tongue.
So, the obvious thing is I NEED PRACTICE... damn I really do. So converted my IPOD to a Spanish computer and started plotting a short piece of fiction that will be done in Spanish. It will take me longer than English, but damn I need the practice. That was well, very embarrassing.
Ten minutes. Damn!
And that story better NOT involve going down to Ensenada, there are way too many personal safety concerns on that one.
Ever since then, some of us have encouraged the oblate spheroid to get down there and come back with a crunchy story, so as to solidify her credentials as a journalist.
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nadinbrzezinski (107,837 posts)
Ok this was embarrasing
We are working on a story involving native people in Mexico. So I needed to send an Email to proceso, one of the top political magazines. It took me literally ten minutes to compose an email in Spanish... my native tongue.
The Spanish language spell checker got tired of her mistakes, and put her on its iggy list. :-)
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The Spanish language spell checker got tired of her mistakes, and put her on its iggy list. :-)
:lmao: Hi5
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nadinbrzezinski (109,419 posts) Thu Oct 4, 2012, 09:37 PM
7. Very, if you chose to do that make sure you get your chickens from an approved breeder. It almost ensures not getting a rooster... and the birds are healthy.
Do we have ornithologist on the resume?
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Do we have ornithologist on the resume?
I was hoping it would go on, but alas it didn't.
The liberalandproud primitive killed the oblate spheroid's campfire, going off-topic and making the oblate spheroid look like a pompous expert on poultry. It looks intentional to me, but I was hoping there'd be some more give-and-take between the two.
If I were the oblate spheroid, I'd be wary of the liberalandproud primitive.