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[quote=Lotus;1012174]Not me. You underestimate the threats to our young country when Franklin said those words. They were not threats of terrorism from Afghanistan, of course, but the early USA was vulnerable in terms of security. We had no navy to repel invasion and a dysfunctional army, as the Whiskey Rebellion briefly showed.

Plus, just because Franklin was not President does not make his words prima facie untrue, as you have implied. A person can say things which are true even if they don't "have the weight of the world on their shoulders."

.[/quote]


The pictures compared the two ,I'm saying you can't .The Men are in two very different situations and two very different times. Since Franklin was or is not President in his time or this one his words are merely his opinion .....not fact .

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[quote=CultBrennan59;1012165]Yep! (But I'm not an Obama supporter, just a heads up)[/quote]

...understood, not asking for people to support but understand people are trying to do their best .What was good in 1776 might not be the same now .

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[quote=Giantone;1012139]Question , how many people were in this country when Ben was President and said that , think real hard about that .:doh:









Good for you , I knew you would get it . Ben never ran a country ,he could say what ever he wanted without consequence .You might want to admit times are just a tad different now from back then .[/quote]

What the hell are you talking about? Franklin was one of the most famous figures of his time. What he said had resonance among the public and political figures. Whether he ran things on the federal level was irrelevant. He was constantly in the fold and a part of the decisionmaking process for most historical, political or policy events of the era. The man was also the president of Pennsylvania, so he had some understanding of the requirements of governance.

What's more, Franklin had one of the first newspapers in American history; he wasn't spreading none sense without consequence. The reason why that saying remains salient today is because people actually believed in its message, and still do.

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[quote=Giantone;1012180]The pictures compared the two ,I'm saying you can't .The Men are in two very different situations and two very different times. [B]Since Franklin was or is not President in his time or this one his words are merely his opinion .....not fact .[/B][/quote]

Of course times are different. That doesn't make what was said earlier wrong.

But the most troubling part of your post is the bolded part. Your logic, in your words, is that a President speaks words which are "fact", everyone else speaks words which are merely "opinion." Are you sure about that? That means that neither Nixon nor Clinton did anything wrong, since their claims of innocence were "facts" while their accusers only had "opinions."

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[quote=Lotus;1012174]Not me. You underestimate the threats to our young country when Franklin said those words. They were not threats of terrorism from Afghanistan, of course, but the early USA was vulnerable in terms of security. We had no navy to repel invasion and a dysfunctional army, as the Whiskey Rebellion briefly showed.

Plus, just because Franklin was not President does not make his words prima facie untrue, as you have implied. A person can say things which are true even if they don't "have the weight of the world on their shoulders."

Franklin's words still apply. It is [B]sad that some of my fellow Americans do not see this[/B].[/quote]
It IS indeed......
Times change...principles do not. Or....should not.

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If anyone was looking for signs of the Apocalypse, then the concord between Lotus and I should be enough to unnerve anyone.

I am concerned that GiantOne has the same voting rights and representation as others on this forum yet continues to display an abject abeyance of intellect on so many topics.

This can't be Tomfooolery and Shenanigans as your past posting prove you're not that funny. Are you just here as a Giants ploy to lower the average IQ of the best Redskins site on the Interwebs, GiantOne? Confess!

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[quote=Lotus;1012184]Of course times are different. That doesn't make what was said earlier wrong.

But the most troubling part of your post is the bolded part. Your logic, in your words, is that a President speaks words which are "fact", everyone else speaks words which are merely "opinion." Are you sure about that? That means that neither Nixon nor Clinton did anything wrong, since their claims of innocence were "facts" while their accusers only had "opinions."[/quote]


LOL , hope you didn't pull a muscle while stretching your interpretation of what I said. So you disagree that when a President speaks his words are question examine more closely or carry more weight then another citizen ?

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[QUOTE=Lotus;1012184]Of course times are different. That doesn't make what was said earlier wrong.

QUOTE]


Wrong, maybe not for his time but as I have said before you can not compare the two and that's what I was discussing .

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[quote=RedskinRat;1012195].

This can't be Tomfooolery and Shenanigans as your past posting prove you're not that funny. Are you just here as a Giants ploy to lower the average IQ of the best Redskins site on the Interwebs,![/quote]

No , you pretty much have taken care of that.

So much for the debating part or discussion .

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[quote=Giantone;1012213]LOL , hope you didn't pull a muscle while stretching your interpretation of what I said. So you disagree that when a President speaks his words are question examine more closely or carry more weight then another citizen ?[/quote]

I didn't stretch anything. You made a truth claim above. You said when a President speaks, he speaks "fact," whereas when anyone else speaks, they speak only "opinion." Those are your words, not mine.

And your claim is patently false. Presidents offer "opinions," even "untruths," all the time. And non-Presidents offer "facts" all the time.

Ben Franklin still has wise words. It is a shame that your ears are closed to them.

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Hey Lotus, any chance you'll edit your SIG to include Giants fans also?

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[quote=Lotus;1012216]I didn't stretch anything. You made a truth claim above. You said when a President speaks, he speaks "fact," whereas when anyone else speaks, they speak only "opinion." Those are your words, not mine.

And your claim is patently false. Presidents offer "opinions," even "untruths," all the time. And non-Presidents offer "facts" all the time.

Ben Franklin still has wise words. It is a shame that your ears are closed to them.[/quote]

I'll presume this is the statement you are talking about, correct?
" [B]Since Franklin was or is not President in his time or this one his words are merely his opinion .....not fact ." If you read it I say his words .[/B]

[B] When you take a quote from someone from over 200 years ago and try to make it serve your purpose no matter how different the circumstance is , yes it's opinion not fact.[/B]

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[IMG]https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7565683712/hA91C6A44/[/IMG]

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[quote=Giantone;1012227][B] When you take a quote from someone from over 200 years ago and try to make it serve your purpose no matter how different the circumstance is , yes it's opinion not fact.[/B][/quote]

Don't you believe in God? If you do, I think you'll find the irony in that statement.

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[quote=RedskinRat;1012232][IMG]https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7565683712/hA91C6A44/[/IMG][/quote]

What are you implying with this picture? Do you think democracy or a semi-analogous system doesn't work?

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I'm saying that the current Administration is uninstalling Democracy.

Where are you getting your implication from? It's a banner that was carried in Turkey during their recent anti-islam protests in Taksim Square.

[URL="http://seanlinnane.blogspot.com/2013/06/nsa-warrantless-surveillance.html"]And it will look a lot like this[/URL]:

[I]All this kerfuffle about data and surveillance, the IRS, Benghazi, any of the improper actions of DC, it ultimately doesn’t mean a thing. It is just dancing, [B]waving the cape to distract the bull[/B]. We are very likely undergoing the process of a coup d'etat. It will not be a bloody coup - I've seen my share of those up close and personal - but there is also a phenomenon known as a bloodless coup. In a society as complex as the United States, this coup will be conducted not by soldiers and tanks rolling through the streets of the capital city, but rather by a series of policies, laws and regulations designed to constrain our freedom. Our behavior is coerced by the tax code, gun control measures, environmental policies that tell us what we can and cannot do with our own property, and ultimately Obamacare, which tells us what we can and cannot do with our own bodies.

When they want to implement the coup, first we’ll lose satellites - the Global Positioning Satellite constellation has the capability to be encrypted at the touch of a button. Only the government and military will have commo. Second we will lose electricity. Easy enough to do; the national grid is computer/satellite controlled. The masses will be in the dark literally and figuratively. Riots will ensue and effective resistance to Government control measures will be mitigated. The Powers That Be, all they have to do is sit back and wait, the populace will take itself down; after a period of time the Department of Homeland Security - think TSA, think ATF; think New Orleans after Katrina, think Waco - can walk into areas, restore order, eliminate any rebel opposition and turn the lights back on.

They can also accomplish most of this by collapsing the dollar.
[/I]

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[quote=RedskinRat;1012258]I'm saying that the current Administration is uninstalling Democracy.

Where are you getting your implication from? It's a banner that was carried in Turkey during their recent anti-islam protests in Taksim Square.[/quote]

I was just asking for clarity. I wasn't aware it came from turkey.

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[quote=mbedner3420;1012266]I was just asking for clarity. I wasn't aware it came from turkey.[/quote]

For clarity:

Not this:

[IMG]http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/007/cache/wild-turkey_765_600x450.jpg[/IMG]

This:

[IMG]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQNSnOzk3gcVTYyoU8FQQvP7FeTalO5wy1tYX2lMYU7Xa_BHqIeNg[/IMG]

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[quote=RedskinRat;1012267]For clarity:

Not this:

[IMG]http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/007/cache/wild-turkey_765_600x450.jpg[/IMG]

This:

[IMG]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQNSnOzk3gcVTYyoU8FQQvP7FeTalO5wy1tYX2lMYU7Xa_BHqIeNg[/IMG][/quote]

Yeah. I'm aware, jackass.

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[quote=mbedner3420;1012278]Yeah. I'm aware, jackass.[/quote]

I'd say you were dismally unaware, prat. Walk away while you still have a shred of dignity.

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Are you serious, guy?

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[quote=mbedner3420;1012285]Are you serious, guy?[/quote]

No, just bored and thought I'd antagonize someone.

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Fair enough. Really can't be upset at that.

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[quote=mbedner3420;1012289]Fair enough. Really can't be upset at that.[/quote]

Oh, come on!

Ahem......I hope that the next time you urgently need to use the restroom a large and obstreperous spider has build a web over the stall door, blocking your passage.

I dislike Mondays and the off season.

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[IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lJ1e-FIGOXo/UbtudAlSg4I/AAAAAAAAZuo/yiCHIF407ks/s1600/5+STAGES.jpg[/IMG]

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^
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Or as we call it around here, a GiantOne state of mind.

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[quote=RedskinRat;1012258]I'm saying that the current Administration is uninstalling Democracy.[I].[/I]
[/quote]



Ok, just exactly how are they doing this and how is it different then any and "all Administrations" before it? Please spell it out ,serous question.

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this thread got really lame.

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[quote=Giantone;1012299]Ok, just exactly how are they doing this and how is it different then any and "all Administrations" before it? Please spell it out ,serous question.[/quote]

You're clearly not paying attention to the way the process is being handled and how 'the people' are just doing what they're told, not telling the government what they are to do.

Just because a prior Administration did it doesn't make it right, even more heinous when the person elected is a Constitutional lawyer by trade.

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[IMG]https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1012771_10151658142145155_59697492_n.jpg[/IMG]

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[IMG]https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/945926_668407993186379_655938460_n.jpg[/IMG]

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[quote=RedskinRat;1012408][IMG]https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1012771_10151658142145155_59697492_n.jpg[/IMG][/quote]

What did someone say near the start of this thread? Oh, yeah: "Getting sick of atheists preaching through pictures." Make that two of us.

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[quote=SirLK26;1012415]What did someone say near the start of this thread? Oh, yeah: "Getting sick of atheists preaching through pictures." Make that two of us.[/quote]

Preaching?

[IMG]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTGS8YyG3mL2Q0rFF0xDmrkrE6cTlERuxwUAkw7eK-nUWJseQkm[/IMG]

Pointing out the obvious shouldn't be considered 'preaching', unless I've hurt your feelings?

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[quote=RedskinRat;1012420]Preaching?

[IMG]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTGS8YyG3mL2Q0rFF0xDmrkrE6cTlERuxwUAkw7eK-nUWJseQkm[/IMG]

[B]Pointing out the obvious[/B] shouldn't be considered 'preaching', unless I've hurt your feelings?[/quote]

Pointing out the obvious. Really, RR? Do you hold yourself in that high of esteem that you think your opinion is so obvious that it should be held by everyone? LOL.

And, no, you came nowhere close to hurting my feelings. There you go again, thinking one picture posted by you could hurt my feelings. :joecool:

[QUOTE=SirLK26;1012415]What did someone say near the start of this thread? Oh, yeah: "Getting si ck of atheists preaching through pictures." Make that two of us.[/QUOTE]

actually that was me, but it was in the regular picture thread. If you dare to enter this thread then you need to prepare yourself for atheistic self righteousness

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;1012428]actually that was me, but it was in the regular picture thread. If you dare to enter this thread then you need to prepare yourself for atheistic self righteousness[/quote]

I'm realizing that now. Maybe I'll steer clear from now on. Unless of course I want a laugh or two sometime. :)

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[quote=SirLK26;1012427]Pointing out the obvious. Really, RR? Do you hold yourself in that high of esteem that you think your opinion is so obvious that it should be held by everyone? LOL.[/quote]

Yes, I do.

[quote=SirLK26;1012427]And, no, you came nowhere close to hurting my feelings. There you go again, thinking one picture posted by you could hurt my feelings. :joecool:[/quote]

You're the one complaining.

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;1012428][B]actually that was me, but it was in the regular picture thread.[/B] If you dare to enter this thread then you need to prepare yourself for atheistic self righteousness[/quote]

Sigh ... third post of the thread:

[quote=Monkeydad;1008882]Great idea...getting sick of the atheists PREACHING through pictures.[/quote]

Glad you're paying attention though.

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[quote=JoeRedskin;1012437]Sigh ... third post of the thread:



Glad you're paying attention though.[/quote]

Thanks for correcting me.

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[img]http://www.wearehere.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sheeple3.jpg#sheeple%20479x216[/img]

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