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Conservatives have the king of political satire sitting in the OVAL.

“I’ve noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.” – The New York Times, September 22, 1980
-Ronald Reagan

Now THIS is hilarious satire.
You win the internet!!

I was not implying that about Miller, he is one of my favorite comedians of all time, actually.

Unfortunately for you, there was no satire there.

Think about it-- as people get older and acquire more life experiences, they tend to get more conservative. The reverse is much less common.

What does it say about a political ideology when people grow out of it as they get older and wiser?

I'm surprised you haven't mentioned Alex Jones. He's a pretty funny guy in a crazy sort of way.

Thanks 40 for proving my point.

There's a war on for your mind!

See, dude's hilarious!

Yes. That .77:1 is a bogus number from one bad study for comparison. But if the study was to be redeemable, the macro trends of gender and race do show evidence of a systemic bias, if not a problem. I think hispanic women made .33 and black women made .55, with their male counterparts also making less than their white counterparts. I think white women made .88, but I haven't looked at the study in months.

That said, there are many reports now that take in many factors, including location(!) into their look. The gap is still there, but it's around 5-10 cents now. I think it's becoming less and less of a problem as women continue to outperform men in collegiate degrees.

Not all are comedians, but all are/were pretty funny -

Dennis Miller
Tim Allen
Bob Hope
James Woods
Kelsey Grammer
Leslie Nelson
Vince Vaughn
Jeff Foxworthy
Joe Pesci
Larry Miller
Rip Torn
Jim Belushi

Interesting, how all seem to have or are being blackballed by Hollywood liberal elites.

This guy was funny. I miss the chalkboard of truth.



Maybe Alex just needs a chalkboard of truth? He could probably con his listeners into buying them; I'm sure John Oliver could help him find a strategy by analyzing the videos as he did on his one recent episode.

I was always impressed with how neat his handwriting on the chalkboard was.

Because sadly as most people grow older they don’t push themselves to explore outside their comfort zone. They may travel, but they stay at an all inclusive resort where the only locals they meet are bringing them drinks. They get more entrenched in their own selves and family units. Becoming protectionist of what is ‘theirs’. They seek affirmation not information. Hence I ‘lost’ my dad years ago to Rush and his ilk. The older most people get the more imbittered they often become. They lose their youthful optimism. And with it their spark.
I’m 45. Probably more liberal now that I was growing up in the Midwest. I travel and stay off the beaten path in an attempt to see how others live. I’m liberal because I know that my experiences are mine but others have walked very different paths. I don’t wish to make them walk my path nor feel as though their path needs adjusted to fit my standard. Nor am I afraid of their path. I honestly feel like a lot of conservatism is fear based. Fear that you might have to experience something uncomfortable. Something that’s not an American run Hyatt on a Jamaican beach.

It’s like those older people who don’t do much traveling until they are retired.

"They are going to take away our healthcare and we are going to die!"

"Buttons on Nukes!"

"Russia Russia Russia"

Fear mongering is on equally on the left as it is on the right, face it, its just the politics of our country.

For real.
What’s said...
“Merle and I went to Mexico on a cruise.”

What’s reality...
Merle and Martha got into a floating mall with buffet lines and floated to Mexico. There they got off the boat and traveled no further than a mile and a half inland. Shopping for trinkets to bring their grandkids along the way. Then they returned to the ‘safety’ of the ship before the street lights came on.

Lol pretty much.

If you go to a different country and only stay in the tourist areas where everyone speaks English, then you really didn’t travel.

I dont blame them. They are old people.

...or people who go to Alaska, say they've seen Alaska, but never once traveled outside of the road system. Real Alaska rests in the bush communities.

I blame them cause they didn’t do it when they weren’t old.

Now, if he could only master writing the letter 'C'...

I'm not really trying to go to bat for anyone here, but we are all a product of a lifetime of our own experiences. Some people are more adventurous than others.

I do understand that people talk out the side of their own neck sometimes. They try to tell people how they should think and feel while they have no idea of what experiences those people have endured. They tell them racism isn't that bad anymore when they have never experienced the need to give their children "the talk", or haven't been profiled and pulled over for no reason on several occasions. I see how that can be frustrating.

But we are all a product of our own experiences. As such, we all have at least some pre conceived notions of how things are.

How do you know they didnt? My Dad did when he was younger. Now he is in his 70s and still goes to Europe. He does the river cruises. Two knee replacements limit how far you can walk.

Tim Allen and another actress (don't remember) have complained lately about getting blackballed because of their political leanings. I don't recall a tear being shed (besides their own). I also don't recall it getting all that much airtime. Tim Allen's latest show, Last Man Standing, actually had pretty stellar ratings, but was cancelled abruptly.

I do get it that Tim Allen isn't going to get much sympathy because he's already "made it". What I don't get is the side that regularly trumpets fairness and equality has no problem putting that on hold for people they don't agree with.

Hypocrites.

Pretty elitist comment. Not everyone is as affluent as the elite left and has the funds to travel. Why do dems hate poor people?

Yeah, the GOP is the party of the poor.

At least those are real threats. I work in the healthcare industry. It’s scary what the human body can do. How fragile we are. How expensive it can be to heal ourselves.
Having healthcare taken away is no joke. Having the looming threat of a diagnosis bankrupting you is a real threat. One I feel most Americans are in denial of.

Nukes? We have petulant child with a fragile ego running our country. And a similar wacko running another nuclearized country. Hmmmm guess I shouldn’t see that as a threat?

Russia? Meh. I do think they medle in our business too much. Getting into our social media and spreading mistruths. They are a threat but I don’t lose sleep.

Conservatives on the other hand see a threat in two dudes that love each other wanting to get married. Or a person born with a penis that’s lived as a woman for most of their adult lives, generally undetected, possibly peeing a stall next to them, even though they’ve likely been doing it for years undetected, as a threat. Or a woman they’ve never met, living thousands of miles away in the opposite coast, having an abortion, as a threat. Or a public business not being able to discriminate, as a threat.

I’ll stand proudly on my side of the line.

Did Merle and his wife go on a vacation, or on a mission trip?

Sorry. Should have been clear. Sex trade tourism. Thought I implied it through their turn of the century names.

That’s true Pit.

But people lack perspective and the ability to put themselves in others shoes.

For example, I’m not a woman, and I’ll never fully understand what they go through. However, I’m capable of seeing from their perspective why it is a lot of them don’t say anything about sexual harassment when they are trying to make it in their careers.

There people who either can’t do it, or refuse to look at that situation from a woman’s perspective.

Same with war in the Middle East, or any other complicated issue.

It’s one thing to not be aware. It’s another to Straight up dismiss anybody who IS aware through experience, even though their own is lacking.

I posted an article a while back saying how something like 30% of the country travels outside of it.

How is that elitist? I grew up in the trashiest neighborhood, most likely the worst of anyone on this board. Beyond poor.

I didn’t travel because I had bread. I traveled due to my job plus being able to budget properly.

And traveling has less to do about money and more to do with priority and time.

I got into this very discussion with a guy on another board. Dude said he never traveled yet always spent cash for season tickets to patriots and celtics games.

But of course a conservative like you would think EVERYTHING has to do with money.

Thats not really surprising. A lot of the country is too busy working, raising kids, and paying bills. Dragging kids to europe really isnt gonna happen for a lot of people. Going to the beach is a lot more realistic.

Don't I always hear you and others saying most people on welfare are white rednecks? So it would seem, that they are

Also, who does Wall St Fat Cat bankers donate their money too during election time? Ill wait on that too.

It was elitist because those options are just there for everyone. Did you have a family when you traveled? Did you travel because of your military experience? Did you have a sick family member you were caring for when you traveled? etc. etc. do you not think there are people that would love to get out of Detroit or Chicago for a weekend? Or get out of bum hills Alabama? Its elitist because your comment is demeaning someone for not traveling and putting "blame" for not doing so.

And who just appointed some of them to their cabinet?

If you don't understand how Wall Street plays both sides of the street, then you can't be helped.

And those poor whites? In most cases you just need to salute the flag and feed them a little BS and they'll follow.

I guess you forgot how it was Trump who said he loved the uneducated. It's easy to see why.

Wow! You really have an Elitist attitude against poor white people.

Tell us how you feel about poor black people now.

It always easy to spot a racist, they all have D next to their name on the political registries

Yeah, like Steve Bannon and Donald Trump.