# democracy at work... 2/3rds? really? **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 7, 2012, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/democracy-at-work-2-3rds-really/264969 "2012-09-07T09:35:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![slwrthnu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slwrthnu/32/6296_2.png) [@slwrthnu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slwrthnu)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/democracy-at-work-2-3rds-really/264969/21 "2012-09-08T08:55:26Z")
> [@Anyone want to design me a web page?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-want-to-design-me-a-web-page/50687/7): > > I just disregard anyone who tries to have “discussions” about politics on car forums/facebook etc. Honestly guys I don’t know if you think you have a clue about half this shit, nor do I care, but in the end just like the conventions it’s all a bit embarrassing. People just say a bunch of shit to make themselves feel better about their affiliations and then call names or point out “lies” from the other side. > > I’ve had a lot of honest political discussions with people who are willing to put aside labels and name calling, none of them involved a keyboard. > > Regardless though, the audible voting give’s me a good chuckle every time. Anything that really matters in either platform is decided by lobbyists and their fat wallets before the convention anyway. lets go have a beer. political threads on shift make me want to go on a mass murdering spree. ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/democracy-at-work-2-3rds-really/264969/22 "2012-09-08T12:13:40Z")
> [@Price Gouging Vs the Gas Pump](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/price-gouging-vs-the-gas-pump/50688/24): > :rofl :lol :tbu ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/democracy-at-work-2-3rds-really/264969/23 "2012-09-08T12:15:14Z")
> [@Sublet Frame](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sublet-frame/50691/2): > > You think the American political system is f’ed up? > > Try being a Ukrainian citizen or one of similar ‘2nd world’ countries. > > Americans have it easy as far as politics, corruption, etc. goes. > > EASY. Your legit political leaders who seem to have their head on straight don’t get thrown in jail and charged with BS crimes to keep them there. I could give two shits about the political system of foreign countries at this moment. Comparing ours to theirs is moot at best and doesn’t make anyone feel better about what’s going on here. ---
**Author:** ![Phate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Phate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Phate)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/democracy-at-work-2-3rds-really/264969/24 "2012-09-08T14:38:43Z")
> [@So beasts car was stolen last night...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-beasts-car-was-stolen-last-night/50653/58): > > lets go have a beer. political threads on shift make me want to go on a mass murdering spree. ITT batshit republicans, batshit liberals, and sane people in the middle who are driven to drinking by the first two. ---
**Author:** ![Jammer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jammer/32/6349_2.png) [@Jammer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jammer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/democracy-at-work-2-3rds-really/264969/25 "2012-09-10T00:38:15Z")
No one cares they origionally deliberately took the word GOD off the platform… and they had to vote to allow it back in? ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/democracy-at-work-2-3rds-really/264969/26 "2012-09-10T06:40:22Z")
> [@NYSpeed / OSYN Track Days 2008 \[Next Day: Sept 13th\] \*NEW: Track Timing System!\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-osyn-track-days-2008-next-day-sept-13th-new-track-timing-system/44963/170): > > No one cares they origionally deliberately took the word GOD off the platform… and they had to vote to allow it back in? You won’t find a sympathetic crowd online on that matter. Most of the Internet social media crowd (Facebook, forums, reddit) tends to be atheists. ---
**Author:** ![Jammer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jammer/32/6349_2.png) [@Jammer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jammer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/democracy-at-work-2-3rds-really/264969/27 "2012-09-10T06:48:56Z")
> [@Wow, i'm a bit freaked out](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-im-a-bit-freaked-out/50695/53): > > You won’t find a sympathetic crowd online on that matter. > > Most of the Internet social media crowd (Facebook, forums, reddit) tends to be atheists. Broad stroke, narrow mind ---
**Author:** ![Murrdog9000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/murrdog9000/32/6391_2.png) [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/democracy-at-work-2-3rds-really/264969/28 "2012-09-10T07:14:15Z")
:popcorn ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/democracy-at-work-2-3rds-really/264969/29 "2012-09-10T09:19:46Z")
> [@NYSpeed / OSYN Track Days 2008 \[Next Day: Sept 13th\] \*NEW: Track Timing System!\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-osyn-track-days-2008-next-day-sept-13th-new-track-timing-system/44963/170): > > No one cares they originally deliberately took the word GOD off the platform… and they had to vote to allow it back in? It bothers me but I don’t expect much from democrats in the first place. I don’t understand the whole capital of Israel thing and why that’s an issue. ---
**Author:** ![Quattro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quattro/32/6660_2.png) [@Quattro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quattro)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/democracy-at-work-2-3rds-really/264969/30 "2012-09-10T10:09:45Z")
It bothers me that in a supposed secular nation any platform would use “god” in the Christian sense of the word to shape public policy that affects people of all religions or non-religion. As far as Jerusalem, the issue is that other governments and groups (Hamas) have fought to eliminate Israel and create a Palestinian state or multiple Islamic states with Jerusalem serving as their capital. Probably not a good idea to eliminate that wording from your platform when Israel is about all we got for friends in that part of the world. I really gotta stop clicking on these threads :facepalm ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/democracy-at-work-2-3rds-really/264969/31 "2012-09-10T22:14:54Z")
> [@\*Official\* Shredd & Reagan Cruise Night Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-shredd-reagan-cruise-night-thread/47806/365): > > It bothers me that in a supposed secular nation any platform would use “god” in the Christian sense of the word to shape public policy that affects people of all religions or non-religion. > > As far as Jerusalem, the issue is that other governments and groups (Hamas) have fought to eliminate Israel and create a Palestinian state or multiple Islamic states with Jerusalem serving as their capital. Probably not a good idea to eliminate that wording from your platform when Israel is about all we got for friends in that part of the world. > > **I really gotta stop clicking on these threads** Agreed. I try to stay out of this arena here completely because 99% of the time it’s like talking to a brick wall. ---
**Author:** ![silverandslow1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@silverandslow1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/silverandslow1)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 4:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/democracy-at-work-2-3rds-really/264969/32 "2012-09-15T04:45:03Z")
> [@\*Official\* Shredd & Reagan Cruise Night Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-shredd-reagan-cruise-night-thread/47806/365): > > It bothers me that in a supposed secular nation any platform would use “god” in the Christian sense of the word to shape public policy that affects people of all religions or non-religion. > > As far as Jerusalem, the issue is that other governments and groups (Hamas) have fought to eliminate Israel and create a Palestinian state or multiple Islamic states with Jerusalem serving as their capital. Probably not a good idea to eliminate that wording from your platform when Israel is about all we got for friends in that part of the world. > > I really gotta stop clicking on these threads :facepalm who said we live in a secular nation? It says in god we trust on our money. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/democracy-at-work-2-3rds-really/264969/33 "2012-09-15T05:22:41Z")
> [@Oasis24-7's bike was just stolen](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oasis24-7s-bike-was-just-stolen/50759/15): > > who said we live in a secular nation? It says in god we trust on our money. It wasn’t always like that… > Aspirations for the motto arose surrounding the turmoil and heightened religious sentiment that existed during the Civil War. The Reverend M. R. Watkinson, as part of a campaign initiated by eleven northern Protestant Christian denominations in a letter dated November 13, 1861, petitioned the Treasury Department to add a statement recognising “Almighty God in some form in our coins.”[7] At least part of the motivation was to declare that God was on the Union side of the Civil War.[8] According to Brian Burrell, the actual wording of the motto was inspired by a Union Civil War unit’s company motto.[9][10] > Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase acted on this proposal and directed the then-Philadelphia Director of the Mint, James Pollock, to begin drawing up possible designs that would include the religious phrase. Chase chose his favorite designs and presented a proposal to Congress for the new designs in late 1863.[11] Source: truth. It wasn’t always on the pledge of elegance either. ---
**Author:** ![Quattro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quattro/32/6660_2.png) [@Quattro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quattro)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 5:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/democracy-at-work-2-3rds-really/264969/34 "2012-09-15T05:47:47Z")
> [@Oasis24-7's bike was just stolen](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oasis24-7s-bike-was-just-stolen/50759/15): > > who said we live in a secular nation? It says in god we trust on our money. OH THEN CHRISTIANITY MUST BE OUR NATIONAL RELIGION I GUESS I DONT KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/democracy-at-work-2-3rds-really/264969.md?page=1)