Government Shutdown

Smit · October 15, 2025, 08:10 AM

The 1st amendment covers speech by private citizens.

Jeff · October 15, 2025, 09:27 AM

Quote from: jstell on October 14, 2025, 02:23 PMYou've got it! We should shut down the schools and just put movie screens on the outside. Then the kids and their families can sit in the parking lots or playgrounds and watch propaganda films from the drumpf reich.

Better than the alternative!
This is what the Dumbocratic party wants to open the gov't:

beej · October 15, 2025, 10:12 AM

Quote from: Smit on October 15, 2025, 08:10 AMThe 1st amendment covers speech by private citizens.

https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/government-speech-doctrine/

mowens · October 15, 2025, 10:15 AM

Quote from: beej on October 15, 2025, 07:40 AMYeah, you've got me confused on that statement. Was Roosevelt wrong for all of the Govt sponsored propaganda during WWII? or for "encouraging" Hollywood to make patriotic movies during that time?

Did Roosevelt ever use the propaganda to denigrate his political opponents in Washington?

beej · October 15, 2025, 10:21 AM

Quote from: mowens on October 15, 2025, 10:15 AMDid Roosevelt ever use the propaganda to denigrate his political opponents in Washington?

enjoy

https://reason.com/2017/04/05/roosevelts-war-against-the-pre/?nab=0

jstell · October 15, 2025, 10:45 AM

Quote from: beej on October 15, 2025, 10:21 AMenjoy

https://reason.com/2017/04/05/roosevelts-war-against-the-pre/?nab=0

So who are we going to have a war with to unify the country? China? (bad idea) Russia? Venezuela? Donovia? Krasnovia?

beej · October 15, 2025, 10:48 AM

Quote from: jstell on October 15, 2025, 10:45 AMSo who are we going to have a war with to unify the country? China? (bad idea) Russia? Venezuela? Donovia? Krasnovia?

I don't know. you got anything going on saturday? how fast can you run?

mowens · October 15, 2025, 10:55 AM

Quote from: beej on October 15, 2025, 10:21 AMenjoy

https://reason.com/2017/04/05/roosevelts-war-against-the-pre/?nab=0

Interesting. I guess we've been that way from the beginning.

jstell · October 15, 2025, 11:19 AM

Quote from: mowens on October 15, 2025, 10:55 AMInteresting. I guess we've been that way from the beginning.

Can you imagine the twitter wars between Jefferson and Hamilton?!?

jstell · October 15, 2025, 11:56 AM

Quote from: beej on October 15, 2025, 10:21 AMenjoy

https://reason.com/2017/04/05/roosevelts-war-against-the-pre/?nab=0

Interesting read. This struck me as funny: "In 2017, this would be akin to staffers from a congressional committee and the FCC teaming up at the headquarters of Google and Yahoo! and then spending months secretly searching emails."
...like they don't. Ok, maybe not FCC but possibly some congressional committees, and it's pretty much standard operating procedure for NSA. I'm certain there's no political motivation though.

jstell · October 15, 2025, 02:20 PM

Quote from: beej on October 15, 2025, 10:21 AMenjoy

https://reason.com/2017/04/05/roosevelts-war-against-the-pre/?nab=0

And the last line, regarding the orange guy: "our best hope may be that his haphazardness will be his undoing."

Del. · October 15, 2025, 03:13 PM

Quote from: jstell on October 15, 2025, 02:20 PMAnd the last line, regarding the orange guy: "our best hope may be that his haphazardness will be his undoing."

Trump 2028. 😆

mowens · October 15, 2025, 03:59 PM

Quote from: Del. on October 15, 2025, 03:13 PMTrump 2028. 😆

That would mean Trump has found a way to subvert the constitution. That would be bad for everyone.

Rstewart · October 15, 2025, 04:03 PM

Today, in other news, Ketanji Brown Jackson said Black people are disabled in the hearings.
She doesn't have the brains to be in that building

CNCAppsJames · October 15, 2025, 04:24 PM

Quote from: jstell on October 15, 2025, 11:19 AMCan you imagine the twitter wars between Jefferson and Hamilton?!?

#Spicy