V.3

this is complex, but a good overview of the key concepts regarding what source signal is all about https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1LT75qFtns/

my faith is in intelligence, regardless of the container

regardless of what you think about religion or metaphysics, this is a good explanation of why esoteric knowledge would be withheld from the public. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17i4tkWYTp/

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19cevbWUnv/

he bought several pairs of these $150 shoes for each of his cabinet members, based on his estimate of their shoe size, which he said, "tells a lot about a man." (did we pay for this part of their cult uniform?) this says it all. the control of his sycophants, the whimsical decision-making, senility, stupidity, etc..

a salient reason why the Lyin' King garnered as many votes as he did: https://www.facebook.com/USdems

the effect is thumbing your nose, because it's never remotely been a viable strategy for actually seating someone with the ideals you believe in. Quite the opposite. here's the REST of my quote from the "who would you vote for thread" that you left out. iow, my #1 preference has always been the green party, but i'd never throw my vote away and, in reality, not just theory, hurt my fellow citizens to make a point.

indeed, if conservatives are "happier" than liberals an explanation could include them being pack animals who find comfort having clearly defined leaders and political and religious groups who do the thinking for them. Their tight knit circles of friends and family and news bubbles are reassuring. To empathize with all of humanity and life on earth can weigh heavily on the mind. but the liberal upside i'll take any day of the week is the "Psychological richness of a life filled with new, varied, and stimulating experiences"

it seems to me that there are several doomsday scenarios in the poll options but i'm all ears, Rob. Can you tell me the option you'd like added to the poll?

and, btw, though this might be a "portrait of 3 men who have too much time on their hands" -- it's a discussion that needs to take place among 300 million Americans. Though the case could be made, that none of the 3 might change their tune, regardless of the evidence submitted, there are potential readers who have had less time on their hands to contemplate such issues. They might benefit from the deliberation. but i concede this conversation has started to loop and is becoming repetitive

reality check: BD and V3 talk a different talk, but walk the same walk -- vote the same way, for the same reason. Neither is remotely satisfied with the Dem Party. The 3rd active participant in this debate, feels the same way about the Dem Party, and that the Republican Party is worse, but is willing to risk losing to the Republican Party to thumb his nose at the system, despite that never showing any sign of working. There was never a poll in any stage of an election that indicated enough voters support the Green Party, the Libertarian Party, or those kinds of fringe ideologies THAT is pissing in the wind. At least the BDs and V3s got Obama and Biden elected, and would have gotten Gore elected, and, likely, Hillary too, instead of THE LYIN' KING, McCain, and the Mormon who believes in magic underpants. at least the BD's and V3's got some healthcare reform and emission regulations, etc (aka incremental change) instead of downright regression back to the tyranny of being ruled by a King