From: dakidd@sonic.net   
      
   In article <4dc6d258$0$2278$c3e8da3$38634283@news.astraweb.com>,   
    John Nichel  wrote:   
      
   > On 5/7/2011 11:38 PM, Max C. Webster III wrote:   
   > > "Dr. Charles Dutton"  done said:   
   > >   
   > >> "Artisan"  wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>> Is this newsgroup for the music of the power-pop trio, or the big fat guy   
   > >>> on   
   > >>> talk radio?   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Just saying... with all the fascist talk here, people appear to think   
   > >>> this   
   > >>> newsgroup is about Limbaugh.   
   > >>   
   > >> Yes, there are quite a few right wing nut jobs here.  About 90% of the NG.   
   > >> Better to just find a better forum.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >  From the time of Neil's tragedies, this forum ceased to be so much a Rush   
   > >  forum   
   > > as it was a forum for Rush fans.  Rush was the thing we had in common, but   
   > > since everything had been talked about a bazillion times over, we started   
   > > talking about other things.  Prof was said AMR was primarily about two   
   > > things:   
   > > 1) A conversation amongst Rush fans, just not necessarily about Rush, and   
   > > 2)   
   > > ignoring Libby.   
   > >   
   > > Since we weren't all Rush all the time, and there were forums that catered   
   > > to   
   > > those who wanted that, we became the red-headed stepchild of Rush groups,   
   > > and   
   > > quite frankly, we liked it like that.  Stereotypical Rush fans kinda scare   
   > > us.   
   > >   
   > > When facebook took off, and we realized we could do the same thing there we   
   > > were doing here, but with pictures and other gewgaws, AMR started circling   
   > > the   
   > > drain.  We're still here, checking in from time to time, but it's most the   
   > > schizophrenic ranting of Libby or the bombastic political rants of a few   
   > > maladjusted nuts.   
   > >   
   > > So yes, this for is for the "power-pop trio," not the "big fat guy," but   
   > > don't   
   > > expect to read to much about either here.  It's mostly noise these days.   
   > >   
   > > Sadder still to watch it die than never to have known it . . .   
   > >   
   >   
   > I'm still trying to process the fact that 90% of us are "right wing nut   
   > jobs".   
      
   Color me confused...   
   I don't know my "right wing" from my "left", so would someone care to   
   clue me?   
      
   Let's see if "my wing" can be labeled based on my "off the top of my   
   head" politics:   
      
   The 2nd amendment isn't about duck/deer hunting, target shooting, or   
   even (strictly speaking) self defence. It's about making sure that "We   
   the people" have the ultimate authority over government. Gun control   
   means having the training and skill to hit your target, not preventing   
   "Joe and/or Jane Nextdoor" from having one.   
      
   The government is WAY too big, FAR too nosey, and nearly totally   
   unresponsive to the actual desires of "We the people".   
      
   The individual woman involved should be the *ABSOLUTE* authority on   
   whether or not she has an abortion. *Nobody* else's opinion on the   
   subject is worth anything whatsoever. You don't like abortions? Don't   
   have one.   
      
   Anyone accumulating idiotic (Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, similar) levels   
   of wealth should have their own tax bracket: "Hoarder", which should be   
   taxed at 90% of gross.   
      
   Corporations are not people, and should not have *ANY* of the rights of   
   people.   
      
   Related to the above, political contributions from corporations should   
   be forbidden.   
      
   Congress/senate seats should be "2 years and out - PERIOD". The "Good   
   ol' boy" network we're currently stuck with is pure poison to anything   
   like representative government. Never mind the idea that Congress/Senate   
   membership should be a term of office, not a lifelong career.   
      
   Who gives a damn where Obama was born? For better or worse, he got   
   elected. Don't like him? Write your congress-critter and get him   
   impeached, or wait 'till the next election and boot him out of office.   
   Until then, shut the fuck up and get on with what passes for your   
   pitiful excuse for a life.   
      
   Why are we in Iraq? And why isn't it a glow-in-the-dark parking lot?   
      
   Ditto Afghanistan.   
      
   The terrorists didn't "strike a blow" at America on 9/11 - They flat-out   
   won the war. They accomplished their goal - namely, changing how America   
   lives. You doubt? Try getting aboard a plane. Or walking into a Rush   
   concert. Then try telling me that nothing has changed. (Hint: Pre-9/11,   
   I was never patted down to walk into a concert, nor did I have to worry   
   about whether my shampoo bottle held more than 3 ounces, or get x-rayed   
   prior to boarding.)   
      
   The war on drugs is a lost cause.   
      
   So, based on that handful of political ideas, am I right wing or left?   
      
   (Believe it or don't, this is actually something of a serious question -   
   Some of the online "What're your politics?" quiz-gadgets claim I'm a   
   libertarian, some say Democrat, and others tell me I'm a Republican. But   
   none of them tell me which "wing" I am... Or for that matter, which wing   
   a democrat/republican/libertarian is! Personally, I think I'm a "Keep   
   the roads from falling apart, but otherwise don't bug me and I won't bug   
   you-tarian" - but that's kind of a mouthful...)   
      
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