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Thread: Corporations to Buy Elections

Here's the thing democracy or representational rule by law in republican form, abbreviated to democracy as necessary for conversational purposes in general is the most fair system we've developed so far, but I can't say that America is the finest example of it. Oh, idealistically, our goals are in the right place at least as far as founding documents, etc., go, but in practice, money and greed run the machine, which victimizes the rest of us. I don't know that we need to sweep everything away, but we need deep reforms, and much as that's a buzz-word in Washington right now, nobody's flexing sufficient muscle to force it, and that's what's going to be necessary to make the kind of changes we need. There are many ways we can safeguard our democracy, such as it is, and one of those is transparency. If everybody would publish and make available all their financial supports, all their influences, make the process of government visible, so that people are held accountable for what they do. This is something that's coming back in fits and starts not everybody is on-board as much as others, thankfully, but it's been 8 years of basically classifying every damn thing, and that takes a while to undo. Corruption thrives in secrecy, which is why transparency is important. A lot of folks have trouble with disclosure of their donors I have the 2004 edition of The Buying Of The Presidency, which couldn't give accurate donor numbers on Bush's 2004 campaign because they'd missed a number of deadlines, and their estimates kept rising and rising... the plethora of Dems in that race all turned in their lists, such as they were, but not the incumbent, but that sort of thing is the barest minimum that needs to be in place in a situation like this. Ideally, we ought to find a way to reverse this whole donor thing. It would be best if we could do something about letting businesses have the same rights as people, as that's the root of a lot of evil in American politics, but it's been more than a century of precedent for that, so I don't see that likely.
Thread: Corporations to Buy Elections

Thanks for the defining Mr. Master. Like I said, seems minor I know but I do believe it's an important point. Actually I see part of the problem being a lack of education among voters. I consider myself fairly well educated on the issues and people I vote for. I read my local paper, and the Seattle Paper, I watch several different news casts each day From CNN to BBC, listen to the BBC world news on the radio quite often Gods I love Satellite Radio. No one else I know does anywhere near as much to keep informed. But despite me spending a good 5 a day keeping up with events I still don't consider myself to have a perfect grasp of the issues at hand. Compound that with emotional stupidity that people do. For example, nine of my friends told me, in 2004 and 2008 I'm voting all democrat because I don't like Bush. Now, fine, you don't like him. He's a fuck up, he deserves your scorn. But can you tell me what voting for your state level represenatives has to do with that? Or your county? Or city? Do they even KNOW what platforms those people were running on? To a man, they had no idea of even ONE issue that said people they voted for actually ran on. ... Let this sink in. Lots of problems. Money is part of it as negative ads get a lot more play than positive ads. People learn who they Hate without understand what they're actually choosing. They let the anger from a national campaign cloud thier whole ballot, regardless of what the people involved on said ballot stand for or any transparency they try to maintain.
Thread: Corporations to Buy Elections

Well, transparency is a useful tool, I would say a necessity, but it's not a feature on its own. It's what politicians need to be forced to do, and what voters need to pay attention to. It's what that transparency reveals that's important. I merely bring it up because we got people getting hard knocks for a lot of things which might not even be heard about if it weren't for the transparency they're trying to establish, and I don't think that's right. Anyway. Yeah, informing is doubly difficult when you've got the negative ads that run on half-truths and misinterpretation. Oh, the people who make them know what the true facts are, but they intentionally phrase it like that to twist the viewer's reactions. The classic is the telephone push poll the Bush people ran during the 2000 primary campaign against McCain. I found this summary South Carolina voters were asked 'Would you be more likely or less likely to vote for John McCain for president if you knew he had fathered an illegitimate black child?' They had no interest in the actual percentages in the poll, the goal was to suggest that he had. This was particularly vicious since McCain was campaining with his adopted Bangladeshi daughter. The sight of the little dark skinned girl made the seed planted earlier grow and John McCain lost South Carolina, effectively ending his run for the presidency. That's the kind of thing voters have to deal with, and more money means more and more effective versions of this, plus media ads, and so forth. It's getting so I won't vote for a person if I see they've run an attack ad or had one run on their behalf you know how these independent organizations are just a screen to allow deniability. Speaking of voting, i do try and stay informed about the principles going on, but frankly, I'm just tired. I'm burnt out. I've been doing it since 2000, trying to pull the wool off people's eyes, to very little effect, and I'm just exhausted from it. I'm still aware of the faults of the system, but I have very little fire left. As a result, I am occasionally guilty of voting party. If I don't know anything about the candidates and that is occasionally the case, my instincts are Anti-Republican and Broaden The Playing Field, in that order. So if there's only two candidates, I'll vote for the one that's not Republican. If there's three, I'll vote for the third party, most often. That's only if I don't know anything about them. I've got nothing against conservatives as people, but GOP politicians are a different breed than your citizen voter, and that machine gets enough support, it doesn't need mine. Damn, I'm ranting again, aren't I? Sorry. The conversation seemed to be branching, and I went with it. Point is, think of how hard it's going to be to get the straight dope on all the candidates when you've got the wealthy party spewing mistruths and hatred and fear from all media avenues ads, news articles, opinion pieces, talk show hosts, etc.. That's why this decision is one of the several worst things to happen to American politics in a while.
Thread: Corporations to Buy Elections

Wealthy party reminded me of something. Old SNL Weekend Update skit from the Clinton years. The guy playing the anchor did a line about Democrats in the senate were opposed to the proposed tax cut for the wealthiest 3 of americans until they realized Wait, that's us!. And no one laughed in the audience. he had to go What, come on people, think about it. Just as many wealthy, influential people on both sides. I vote third party quite often too. I hate the Yes or No, no Grey, nature of just two parties.
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Anyone having this problem? You log in, then you're log off, but on the who's on at the bottom you see your name there.
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WhiteStar said Anyone having this problem? You log in, then you're log off, but on the who's on at the bottom you see your name there. Click to expand... Are you being logged off without clicking on logout, or logging off and expecting it to purge you right away? At the bottom is Delete all board cookies - try clicking that after you logout and restarting your browser, if you are having issues.
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I'm being logged off without clicking log out. And I tried the delete cookies link
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Gah, forgot about this. Does this occur when you try an alternate browser?
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Not sure, didn't really try it Don't really want to though
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WhiteStar said Not sure, didn't really try it Don't really want to though Click to expand... ...well if you do, let me know what happens.
Thread: Boxer (CLOSED)

In the world of underground entertainment, there is a ring of dark and crooked men who are pleased by terrible things. The latest sensation is a woman who enters a ring and boxes with men who are able to rape her during or after the fight, is to fight adult men in order to keep their dicks out of her, and in order to live to see another day! So far she has dashed off four ferocious competitors, taking them down in different ways and making them regret ever having stepped foot inside with her! Ladies and gentlemen, Sabrina Leonic!! The many in attendance cheered for Sabrina, she was a piece of work, and good at kicking ass. As much as they would love to see her stuffed by pounds of man meat, it was neat seeing her knock fuckers out.
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Re Boxer Atzura and Zombies Galore Conrad shouldered his way past a fat man with a fraying cigar and the bimbo in clingy dress that was pressed up against his side like a malignant growth. Maybe she thought that if she could metastasize enough money would form in cancerous tumors. Stranger things had happened. But that wasn't what this was about, Conrad decided before he tore his eyes away from the woman in the bubblegum pink dress her date was giving him an eye and a man with shoes that expensive could make some unfortunate things happen. He turned his attention away to the thrust of the night's festivities, what he was here to see. A woman all but lounging in her corner of the ring, waiting to take on an upcoming opponent. There had been a man who had been discretely looking for someone who knew how to fight. Maybe Severtson wasn't the first on people's lips, but he was at least the second, given his short, blazing career in west coast MMA. Back then there didn't need to be a dick to make a fight good--he just trained and trained, always managing a few extra pounds into a punch, a few hundredths of a second faster every time, all the way until his little habit reached the headlines. All downhill from there. He had bitterly argued that pill popping was America's choice past time, given how many people were doing it, versus something as boring as watching baseball. That had not gone over well. He pressed up against the railing between the crowd and the ring, taking a room temperature glass of red wine. It mixed well with the tranquilizers he had taken before he showed to ease his shaking, downshifting Conrad into a more easy to get along with state. His eyes raked up and down the scantily clad woman in the ring, waiting to see how she would fair against her opponent before making his way to his potential employer. That was part of the reason he was here, after all.
Thread: Boxer (CLOSED)

Re Boxer Atzura and Zombies Galore When Conrad saw the huge felon step onto the stage he shook his head. That seemed to him to be the kind of guy who knew his way around a prison brawl, knew enough to use his size to his advantage, his extra reach. The fighter grabbed an unfiltered cigarette from a pack on the inside jacket of his pocket. He had been trying to quit when he got in prison two and a half years ago, so he figured he would continue the process when he got out a week ago. Conrad felt that it was important for him to continue with old habits that would ingratiate him to a world removed from prison guards, shivs and sub par mattresses. One quick flick later and his Zippo had caught aflame, along with the cigarette. He watched with detached interest while Judgment beat on Sabrina, using his size advantage, his reach. But he didn't see the familiar looking referee--maybe out of RISE, one of the championships that Conrad had blitzed through in his short time. RISE would make sense, he could connect a name with a face there. He was fairly certain Stenbuck had reffed a few of his own fights in the past. The ref would therefore know that this was nothing, that while Sabrina had technique, it was ridiculous to watch her go up against Judgment. For some reason the ex-con had faith that Sabrina would win, even as she was being used as the big killer's puppet, though it didn't necessarily look that good for her at the moment. Especially not after Judgment slammed her in the gut and then stuck his ugly mug between her legs to taste the most holy of holies. How holy is something that's being auctioned off for blood? Conrad absently wandered, scratching the three days growth of stubble on his chin. He took a long drag off of the unfiltered cancer stuck, feeling the smoke settle in his lungs before he expunged it through his nose. If nothing else, Conrad's blank affect gave him the look of a dormant volcano when he smoked calm and waiting to erupt. He shot a glance at the girl in the bubblegum pink dress' tits. Can't fault a man for looking when you know she's a whore was Conrad's rational for looking at Suke's pussy du jour. It could have been Conrad's roiling resentment of authority, too. So, I beat her up, then I fuck 'er, and that's how we make our money? Conrad asked Rimo, clarifying to make sure he understood it right. I could do it fuckin' drunk off my ass, half asleep if that big motherfucker can.
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Re Boxer Atzura and Zombies Galore Conrad watched the display in front of him largely expressionlessly. He counted off the seconds that Sabrina choked the big bastard, coming to a similar conclusion Stenbuck did about the same time he did. Judgment was dead and the chick who killed him was standing up there in the ring and shimmied her beautiful ass into her purple panties, the hard stare about all that gave away she had just killed a man. He had figured that the con must have been some sort out of idiot for putting himself in that position, getting his head in between a woman's thighs without getting her pinned or otherwise restrained. Fool. But this Leonic lady? She might even present a challenge. The fighter breathed out a cloud of smoke as her gloves sailed past his head and into a drunk woman's waiting hands. She had been one of the ones who swayed and screamed and clapped at seeing the big Latino die, like it was all some fun fucking joke. Like it was summer camp, they were twelve and Sabrina had just beat an asshole at four square. Conrad turned to the fat man, Rimo Suke, So what you're telling me is that you know this bitch who don't smile, her manager is a foreigner. And that's all you know. So, tell me, what the fuck kinda crackerjack team you got that lets you know they're certain her patron is either male or female. What a fucking puke , Conrad thought, shaking his head. This was the kind of person who didn't deserve to be wealthy, the kind of person with their head apparently rammed completely up their own ass. But it was good money. Oh, and who all around here's a bookie? I got some bets I wanna place on myself.
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Re Boxer Atzura and Zombies Galore Rimo laughed, Your tiny little brain can't even begin to comprehend these things, kid. Keep your dick out of your ass and your mouth shut. Trust me, that makes it very hard to fuck yourself. You're not betting shit either. I got you a small little apartment, I keep you fed and I'll pay for your equipment. Don't fucking bet on yourself you ungrateful shitface. Shitface. Probably the best collection of english that would describe Rimo. However, all that green in his pocket spoke a different language. Rimo however knew better than to piss off his future star. He shoved the bitch that was latched onto him towards Conrad. The show's over here kid. Take Tiffany here home with you. I'm tired of knocking that cunt anyhow. Her mom's the real treasure. So I'll share those lovely tits with you. The woman was surprised at his sudden push, and instinctively gripped onto Conrad's shoulder, immediately uncomfortable, perhaps. Rimo bit down on a cigar and smirked. Do you still have the keyes to that piece of shit car I left you? The car was actually an expensive, desired, and about as beautiful as this Tiffany. Take that with you too, have a bit of fun, but don't forget this bitch... Sabrina. You're likely going to have to put holes in her. He said, turning his back and walking away, his ugly figure vanishing giving the air a better scent.
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Re Boxer Atzura and Zombies Galore Conrad reached around Tiffany's waist when she fell onto his shoulder, holding her to him. His face was largely impassive through Suke's little speech, though his thoughts were going at a million miles an hour, most of them centered around exactly what he would use his current employer's lower intestines for once he got the chance. The beetle browed fighter blew out a large cloud of smoke once his patron turned and left before dropping it to the ground and stomping it out with his heel. Come on, Tiffany, you and me are gonna have a good time tonight. His hand closed around Tiffany's and led her out of the rather impressive home the match was being bought in. Hey, Tiffany, you know what fucking pisses me off? These arrogant, rich motherfuckers who are constantly thumbing their nose at the rest of fucking society. I get nabbed for possession of a few thousand pills that weren't prescribed to me and I get sent to prison for five fuckin' years. Some asshole with his net worth over a million gets to host a boxing show where the main fucking draw is a hot bitch gettin' raped. Not to fucking mention, and I don't mean to look a gift horse in the mouth neither, but that fucking Suke puke buying my way outta prison. He shot the woman a sidelong glance mid rant, eyes skating along her tight waist and enormous breasts. At least that Suke puke knew how to pick 'em. People talk about the land of freedom and justice fuck that. It's a great justice system when you can afford to pay someone to wash your balls. By the time he had finished enumerating the variety of reasons he just could not stand rich people they were at the sleek red sports car Suke had supplied him with. Sure he got to ride in style, but it was like Immortal Technique said, better to be rich and guilty than poor and innocent. He unlocked the passenger side door for the blond and took off for the apartment Suke had so generously provided. Tiff, how'd you get hooked up with Suke? And that comment about your mother--was he for real?
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Re Boxer Atzura and Zombies Galore Tiffany gripped onto his hand tightly without a word. She hated doing what she had to do, but sucking the oils from Rimo's cheeks meant she could have anything she wanted except to note have to suck his cheese covered dick whenever the fat fuck got the itch. She listened to him complain and rant, feeling for the most part, in compliance with him. My feet are killing me... She said in a low tone of voice, it was nice to know that she did in fact talk. For a moment, it seemed like Rimo was fucking a deaf girl, which was genius. She got into the car and removed her glasses, the house was well illuminated, but now outside, the darkening skies gave her no reason to wear them. If you have the money, you have God by your side. She said, taking a look around the impressive Eruo-import. These are tough to find around here. Rimo must like you. She laid her head back onto the seat, the woman obviously troubled dispite her must-have bubbly nature around the fat fucker. How did I get dragged into this? It's very simple. My father was a rich man, but a bit of a philanthropist. He gave a lot of money to charities, churches, schools, disaster victims, you know, the whole nine yards... one day his company took a big hit when one of his trusted advisors was caught check kiting worldwide. My father was put into a deep hole... and he turned to his believed friend Rimo Suke, who was in fact, not completley hideous at that time, for money loans. Rimo helped him, but my father couldn't pay him back. Rimo then told my father, these words exactly, Keep your house, the money, and I'll buy you diner tonight at your favorite place... however, your daughter looks like she's going to have some nice tits in the next few years, so I need her to make money for me. My father immediately refused. Rimo then tossed in more money, and asked for my mother too. For some reason, probably blinded by green, my dad said ok. And here I am, fucked. Literally probably in a few minutes...
Thread: Boxer (CLOSED)

Re Boxer Atzura and Zombies Galore I'm not going to lie, Tiff, I will fuck you, he admitted, after listening to Tiff's long spun story. That seemed to fit the puke in question the T, especially about buying a man's own wife and daughter off of him. Of course, the man in question couldn't be that great either, so the blond woman was likely fucked from the get go. Conrad quickly found his way to his new apartment building, a veritable skyscraper with what looked like a killer view of the city. Definitely expensive--he had remembered hearing Suke mentioning being a partner in the builder or something. Most likely a silent partner. He drove into the underground parking lot and lead Tiffany out into the lobby where he punched a button for the elevator. The doors immediately opened and he stepped in, gently pulling his toy for the night in after him. They were soon on the twenty-sixth floor and those doors silently opened, revealing a hallway with the most ornate filigree. He lead her down to the end to his apartment which was by anyone's standards palatial. Already fully furnished with food and wine. Strip down, beautiful. I've just gotten out of prison and you will have been the first ass I've tapped in a couple years. He snapped his fingers and stripped off his clothing as he walked to the kitchen, revealing a body toned and muscular, with vicious scars across his chest and stomach to match the one on his face. He pulled out a bottle of wine and popped open the cork. As classy as the trailer he was born in Conrad took a gulp off of the red wine, Get over here. Take a drink. He moved the bottle expressively and the pendulous length framed between his muscular thighs swung as well. It turned out Conrad was nearly as well endowed as Judgment had been.
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Re Boxer Atzura and Zombies Galore Tiffany looked away when he mentioned that he would fuck her. She somehow knew that, but at the same time, didn't want to hear it. She swallowed and entered the room with him, marvelling at the sights inside. Look... I know Rimo said that I had to entertain you, but... I've been standing all day, I... She paused and looked towards him getting undressed, he seemed to already be a man of few words when it came to service.
Thread: Boxer (CLOSED)

Re Boxer Atzura and Zombies Galore Conrad did feel a bit of a pang there. But at the same time, he had been stuck in a hole with thousands of other scum bags in an over crowded state penitentiary for intent to distribute. He didn't want to distribute--he just got a bulk deal from his supplier and thought, Why the fuck not? He had not seen a woman in person for well over a year because nobody ever came to visit. When his lawyer did, they put him in a locked, private room. At the same time, he was perpetuating oppression, but she was still there to entertain. Gah. You know what? Take a load off. Here's the deal, I'll put my clothes back on, but if you're to entertain me, I want to see you naked. I haven't seen a woman in the flesh, not to mention a beautiful woman, in so long. I'll pour you a glass of wine, see if there's some music around here. With that he walked back into his boxers and pants, going so far as to put his shirt back on, leaving him barefoot but otherwise fully clothed. There was apparently more wine, given the way he pulled out two more bottles, one red and another white and put them on the table next to a glass. Conrad was busy clutching his bottle, glad to finally be free.