Citizen vs. Government (Vol. 5)

Simple questions and discouraging answers

Austin Bragg and Andrew Heaton | 10.29.2020 10:40 AM

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A citizen and the government have a friendly chat about sports stadium land grabs, excessive force, and streetcars.

Written by Austin Bragg, Meredith Bragg, and Andrew Heaton; starring Austin Bragg and Heaton; produced by Meredith and Austin Bragg; cameras by Meredith and Austin Bragg, and Ben Gaskell.

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Diane Reynolds (Paul.) 4 years ago

It's funny, I have 100% agreement with these issues, but in 2020, they seem so obscure and far in the background.

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1. Sometimes Bad Is Bad 4 years ago
  
  We are literally on the precipice. If Biden should win (credibly) then it's all over.
  
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  1. Don't look at me! 4 years ago
    
    Joe Biden is a crook.
    
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    1. MatthewSlyfield 4 years ago
      
      Stop insulting...crooks.
      
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  2. Brandybuck 4 years ago
    
    We've been literally on the precipice ever since I've been old enough to be aware of politics. McGovern was going to ruin civilization if Nixon did not win. A few times we actually did go over precipice. I'm not sure how we are still alive, because Carter did get elected, and Clinton did get elected, and Obama did get elected. In the case of the latter, the warnings became so shrill that they assured me he wasn't even a citizen with long form citizenship papers, but merely a short form birth certificate such as the one I possess.
    
    I loathe Biden. I loathe Harris worse, and hope Biden lives until he's 100 because of her. But I've been hearing promises of doom since forever. They're old, moss covered, and tiresome. If Biden wins it will be very bad, but it won't be the end. If Trump wins it will be very bad too, just a different kind of bad.
    
    My fear is not that Biden wins, my fear is that we have several more cycles of truly awful presidents and presidential candidates before the citizens wise up and stop voting for the lesser of two unmitigated evils.
    
    Gawd I miss Billy (we actually balanced the budget). Gawd I miss Jimmy (we actually deregulated).
    
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    1. Diane Reynolds (Paul.) 4 years ago
      
      McGovern was going to ruin civilization if Nixon did not win.
      
      I thought it was the other way around... or wait, that was the Goldwater Global Nuclear War commercial with the girl and the daisy. Or wait, we were going to be mired in a neanderthal dark age of racism if Romney won. It's hard to keep up.
      
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    2. Diane Reynolds (Paul.) 4 years ago
      
      Billy's domestic partner is now on the electoral college of New York, so you're kind of still with him.
      
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    3. Its_Not_Inevitable 4 years ago
      
      That's funny. You've got it backwards. But trolling is fun, right?
      
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    4. CE 4 years ago
      
      The Dems are much worse now than they were in the past though. Decades of socialist indoctrination in college, and now mind control conformity through Twitter and online organizing are helping the radical far left socialist minority dominate the primaries and push forward extreme candidates with extreme agendas. They were just too splintered this time around, and Biden swept up the low information vote on Super Tuesday. But he's standing on a banana peel on the edge of the cliff, and Harris is there to steady him if he should start to teeter.
      
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  3. Chipper Morning Wood-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 years ago
    
    Do you not see how unhinged you sound? I don't like Biden and the Democrats, but we will be just fine.
    
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  4. CE 4 years ago
    
    Nah. If Biden wins he will step down in a year or so, Harris will take power and overstep and be widely reviled, and the Repubs will reclaim the House (and the Senate if they lose it this time).
    
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Compelled Speechless 4 years ago

Not that these aren't kind of funny, but leaning on a nearly 20 year old ad campaign that's already been parodied to death seems....a little lazy.

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1. 10percenter 4 years ago
  
  What? Mac/PC is not almost 20 years old, it's...damn.
  
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2. Overt 4 years ago
  
  You really made me feel depressed there.
  
  But! BUT! Now it is an homage, not a parody!
  
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3. mad.casual 4 years ago
  
  Compelled Speechless, throwing a sledgehammer through the conformist ideology of outdated ad-based political satire.
  
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  1. newshutz 4 years ago
    
    I see what you did there.
    
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    1. Diane Reynolds (Paul.) 4 years ago
      
      Compared Compelled Speechless to Steve Jobs?
      
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Jackand Ace 4 years ago

Sports stadium land grabs? Of course you ignore the grand daddy of land grabbers. I’ll let Libertarian candidate for President Jo Jorgensen explain it to you:

“The federal government gives about $15 billion annually to oil and coal companies. And this doesn’t even include the CHEAP PUBLIC LAND LEASES that disproportionately go to these companies. This is nothing but corporate welfare.“

Wow. Another Reason article giving oil a pass. They know how their bread gets buttered.

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1. Don't look at me! 4 years ago
  
  Cheap energy = freedom and prosperity. Why do you hate freedom and prosperity?
  
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  1. sarcasmic 4 years ago
    
    Because it leads to inequality. Better to be equally poor than unequally rich. Duh. Don't you know anything?
    
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2. Brian 4 years ago
  
  Come on, Jackhand Ace. You didn’t even mention the Trump administration putting children in cages.
  
  Just another comment obsessed with government revenue while ignoring the children that are suffering. Do better, Jackhand.
  
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  1. Chipper Morning Wood-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 years ago
    
    It sounds like you support putting Mexican children in cages.
    
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3. Laocoan 4 years ago
  
  "“The federal government gives"
  
  Do they now?
  
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  1. Agammamon 4 years ago
    
    War is peace, freedom is slavery, not taking is giving.
    
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4. Laocoan 4 years ago
  
  Aren't you the sockpuppet for the guy who got banned?
  
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  1. Unicorn Abattoir 4 years ago
    
    I wouldn't want to touch one of Jackoff Ace's socks.
    
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5. mad.casual 4 years ago
  
  “The federal government gives about $15 billion annually to oil and coal companies. And this doesn’t even include the CHEAP PUBLIC LAND LEASES that disproportionately go to these companies. This is nothing but corporate welfare.“
  
  If they'd stop taking $30-40B off the top from us annually for buying cheap energy from them, they wouldn't be able to hand them back $15B.
  
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  1. Diane Reynolds (Paul.) 4 years ago
    
    It it wasn't for the gas tax, we wouldn't be able to fun our bike lanes.
    
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    1. Diane Reynolds (Paul.) 4 years ago
      
      fund*
      
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6. Unicorn Abattoir 4 years ago
  
  Eminent domain is government use of force. Where's the use of force by the oil companies?
  
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7. Agammamon 4 years ago
  
  Cheap public land leases for land in areas where the land is cheap - because no one lives there?
  
  And 15 billion is bad - how much are solar and wind subsidies? And those guys can't even reliably produce.
  
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  1. Agammamon 4 years ago
    
    Finally, the value of oil and gas extraction comes from the value of oil and gas - not how much the extractors pay the government. Which will just spend the money on Piss Christ and cowboy poetry festivals.
    
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8. Union of Concerned Socks 4 years ago
  
  The federal government gives about $15 billion annually to oil and coal companies.
  
  Is that still in a briefcase full of 10s and 20s? Or do the feds give it to them in Bitcoin now?
  
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9. CE 4 years ago
  
  oil, like sunshine, is free and abundant in nature. you just have to collect it and distribute it.
  
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Dillinger 4 years ago

sportsball is always funny.

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1. Unicorn Abattoir 4 years ago
  
  Calvinball is better.
  
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  1. Longtobefree 4 years ago
    
    I have always suspected that Calvinball is where the socialists got their ideas on policy statements.
    
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    1. Unicorn Abattoir 4 years ago
      
      Calvinball is Libertarianism.
      Libertarianism is Calvinball.
      
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In addition to its large size, this species is famous for its striking plumage with bright yellow rings around the eyes. Due to this striking color, it is also called "Macau Blue". They also have a beautiful long tail and curved black plume.

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