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Javaman

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29. I agree...

Thu Mar 13, 2014, 12:49 PM

Mar 2014

not to blow my own horn but a few of my friends had suggested I run for city council or some sort of state position.

I say no, every single time.

1) I can't lie convincingly.

2) I don't suffer fools gladly

3) have this bizarre moral and ethic streak in me that prevents me from keeping my mouth shut when I see something wrong.

4) I don't want to live in a fish bowl

5) I can't work with people who don't stand by their own convictions.

And as such, I don't think I'm the only one that feels this way. In fact, I think a great many people who honestly care about the people of this nation and would make excellent politicians, feel this way and don't want to become the spectacle of the political media machines witch hunt for the feigned non-trovercy of the week.

And that is, at the end of the day, the real issue at hand. Honest people don't want to be involved with the dishonesty of Washington or even their local political machines.

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Impressions from Politico: CIA should be shut down. Full stop [View all] functioning_cog Mar 2014 OP

And don't go to Dallas, after announcing your intention of doing so... villager Mar 2014 #1

Or be a badass who has a concealed carry permit. functioning_cog Mar 2014 #3

Not sure concealed carry would've helped in Dallas... villager Mar 2014 #6

Maybe Kennedy should have ridden in covered motorcade functioning_cog Mar 2014 #8

Now a covered motorcade would've made a difference.... villager Mar 2014 #9

I don't think you really know what you're talking about functioning_cog Mar 2014 #10

I don't think you really know what you're talking about villager Mar 2014 #12

Um, right... so we just shut down our entire intelligence apparatus? phleshdef Mar 2014 #2

No. It can be quick. President decapitates the top 6 layers of mgmt. functioning_cog Mar 2014 #4

Wow. Its like fucking Oval Office Highlander up in here. phleshdef Mar 2014 #5

The real world is what you make it functioning_cog Mar 2014 #7

No, I'm a big fan of recognizing reality for what it is. phleshdef Mar 2014 #11

Naive lumpy Mar 2014 #15

Not. Rex Mar 2014 #19

Hitting mercury with a hammer. Javaman Mar 2014 #25

LOL! Rex Mar 2014 #18

None of those agencies serve the purpose the CIA serves. phleshdef Mar 2014 #23

Politico is owned by a wingnut family; the Albrittons. MADem Mar 2014 #13

Every so often a blind squirrel finds a nut functioning_cog Mar 2014 #14

Like I said, why not mend it? MADem Mar 2014 #20

because what's required to "mend it" is the political will. Javaman Mar 2014 #26

Well, that's on We The People. MADem Mar 2014 #28

I agree... Javaman Mar 2014 #29

Ya know what? Next time the subject comes up, ask your friends if they'll still support you if MADem Mar 2014 #30

I live in Texas. Javaman Mar 2014 #31

Ya never know. I'd vote for you! nt MADem Mar 2014 #32

:) Javaman Mar 2014 #35

The voice of reason. Thanks. lumpy Mar 2014 #16

Well, to be fair, it wouldn't be much of a loss if Politico was shut down as well tularetom Mar 2014 #17

Heh, heh-ain't that the truth! nt MADem Mar 2014 #21

Of course it should. DeSwiss Mar 2014 #22

You know, I think we'd be fine if we just applied the law. Marr Mar 2014 #24

Let's just close Washington DC. JoePhilly Mar 2014 #27

It's probably past time for a new Church Committee. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2014 #33

CIA and NSA are both too big to fail institutions and like the banks, this administration will bail pragmatic_dem Mar 2014 #34

Senator Moynihan said to shut down the CIA back in 1988 FarCenter Mar 2014 #36