How to Keep Peace Over Politics in the Workplace

February 1, 2016

  • February 1, 2016 at 1:28 pm
    Celtica says:
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    And then there is vote for whomever you want. End of conversation.

  • February 1, 2016 at 1:47 pm
    Realist says:
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    You could always give the Libtards a copy of the Constitution…………

    • February 1, 2016 at 1:51 pm
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      Realist, did you happen to read the article…?

    • February 1, 2016 at 2:18 pm
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      • February 3, 2016 at 3:09 pm
        UW says:
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        Agent, can you point me to the part of the Constitution allowing the supreme court to intervene in the counting of already-cast ballots and ban the state from counting these ballots in a presidential election? Also, a bunch of cases in 2000 where conservatives were angry about the supreme court doing so? Thanks.

      • February 4, 2016 at 1:42 pm
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        Just as there are likely offices with Progressives who will unite in their distaste of everything Conservative. It’s isn’t a phenomena that’s limited to the Obama years.

        Before you start the attack, I didn’t vote for Obama either time. Okay?

        • February 4, 2016 at 3:14 pm
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    • February 1, 2016 at 2:27 pm
      Ron says:
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      Realist,

      Do not forget to give a copy to Conservatives as well.

      See how I did not change the word Conservative in order to lob a cheap insult? Until you learn to be respectful towards those with whom you disagree, you will not be credible and lessen the chances that you may change their hearts and/or minds. However, you may convert some away from your beliefs.

      • February 1, 2016 at 4:53 pm
        UW Supreme says:
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        Whatever, libtard =)

        Ahhhhh……The IJ comments section. Perfect for political venting during the workday.

        • February 1, 2016 at 5:05 pm
          Agent says:
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          Supreme, Progressives don’t ever convert to Conservatism. Have you ever noticed that? It is always their way or the highway, just like their President who thankfully will be gone soon.

          • February 2, 2016 at 9:28 am
            UW Supreme says:
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            We don’t want ’em.

          • February 2, 2016 at 10:10 am
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          • February 3, 2016 at 9:07 am
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          • February 3, 2016 at 12:11 pm
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            I am they, Captain. We are the voices in Agent’s head.

          • February 3, 2016 at 1:57 pm
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          • February 3, 2016 at 3:38 pm
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            Krauthammer converted

          • February 21, 2016 at 9:44 pm
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            No shit, Agent. A thinking person isn’t going to abandon science, reason, reality, etc. to become a conservative. It wouldn’t make sense. A smart person isn’t suddenly going to become less intelligent or less educated.

      • February 3, 2016 at 1:21 pm
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        I think the Hildabeast just wants back into the White House to continue stealing the White House china and silverware from the last time. She didn’t get a few pieces.
        Stealing from the American people, still, accepting bribes from foreign governments and then making deals with them- America loses.
        Vomit

        • February 3, 2016 at 5:26 pm
          Agent says:
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          Realist, what shape would the White House servers be in after she leaves? When Slick Willy left, all servers were trashed and GW had to start off from scratch. My guess would be incineration although she couldn’t quite get rid of all those emails, 1,300 classified, many Top Secret and some above that. I bet China and Russia have been having fun reading all that and knowing literally everything for some time now.

          • February 3, 2016 at 7:26 pm
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            God you are dumb.

    • February 1, 2016 at 3:34 pm
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      • February 3, 2016 at 11:08 am
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        I would rather imagine that if you were trumpeting your love for Hilliary in your office, it would not go over very well.

        • February 3, 2016 at 12:12 pm
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          • February 3, 2016 at 1:23 pm
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            Trump doesn’t need to be President, he’s footing the bill himself. He’s trying to help America not steal from Her.
            Hildabeast is like a fat tick on a slim hound.

    • February 4, 2016 at 12:13 pm
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    • February 11, 2016 at 1:44 pm
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      Do you really believe it contributes to the quality of this discussion for you to call people you disagree with names? Come on – we can do better than that!

  • February 1, 2016 at 8:20 pm
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    • February 3, 2016 at 11:43 am
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      I’m no kin to a monkey,
      A monkey is no kin to me.
      I don’t know much about your ancestors,
      but mine didn’t swing from a tree.

  • February 2, 2016 at 12:13 pm
    BS says:
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    Although I love discussing politics with friends and family, unless I know a co-worker’s political leanings are the same as mine, I avoid talking politics in the office like the plague. It’s way too easy for it to get heated (and even personal,) and the last thing you want to do is alienate someone you have to deal with every day.

    • February 3, 2016 at 11:02 am
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      Well said, BS.

      • February 3, 2016 at 12:36 pm
        Agent says:
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        wvagt, The Democrats are mulling who they will replace Hilliary with if she is indicted. Some say they will go to the Gaffmeister Biden who will pick up Warren. What would have been wrong with picking up your favorite son Manchin? Oh, that’s right, he is not nearly far left enough. By the way, have you ever noticed that he looks a lot like Joe Theisman?

        • February 3, 2016 at 5:30 pm
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          I don’t think Biden will run, even if Hilary were to get indicted. He may have support from the establishment, but I don’t think he has the same level of support from voters. If Hilary were to get indicted or simply melt down (which is a definite possibility,) the nomination is pretty much guaranteed to go to Bernie. He’s generating the same excitement – especially with younger voters – that Obama did in 2008. I think the only one that could generate similar excitement is Warren, but I don’t know if there’s enough time for her to pull a campaign together.

          • February 9, 2016 at 4:00 pm
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            Well, we apparently have another leftist thinking about joining the fray with Michael Bloomberg, the former leftist mayor of NY. Apparently, some in the Democratic Party might think Hilliary is toast and someone needs to try to save the day. If he runs as an Independent, will that not split the Hilliary/Sanders vote and assure a bigger landslide?

        • February 4, 2016 at 4:09 pm
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          Manchin’s starting to lean even more to the left, and the voters in WV are restless. He might be sweating re-election next time. And yes, the resemblance to Theisman is definitely there.

          • February 4, 2016 at 5:11 pm
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            Silly me, I thought Mancin was upset about Obama’s war on the coal mines. If he is leaning more left in that state, he will have trouble with re-election.

    • February 3, 2016 at 5:33 pm
      Agent says:
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      BS, what do you think about the poll just taken by Rasmussen that 59% of registered voters favor a Republican as next President and only 36% say Democrat. The enthusiasm of Republican voters is much higher now than in prior elections and it showed in Iowa. The Democrats have Obama and Hilliary to thank for this result. What is the choice, a committed Socialist/Communist or a felon Socialist about to be indicted. Any Republican would be better than those choices by 100%.

      • February 3, 2016 at 5:57 pm
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        Interesting. We’ll have to see how it plays out in November. :)

        I’m going to have to disagree with your statement that, “Any Republican would be better than those choices by 100%.” Although I like Chris Christie and don’t mind John Kasich or Rand Paul, there are a couple of candidates that scare the crap out of me. I’m just hoping they get weeded out before convention time.

        • February 3, 2016 at 6:14 pm
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          Rand has already got out and several of the rest of them need to get out. You can’t keep going with 5% or less like Jeb and be a factor at all. Kasich and Christie are in that category. I think possibly Rubio or Cruz and Donald will fade. Whoever drops out may fill cabinet positions. Fiorina for Secretary of State, Carson to HHS and you can fill in the rest of the blanks. It has been an interesting experiment this year and the excitement will be in replacing the worst President in history and get this country back on the right track and away from Progressivism.

          • February 3, 2016 at 7:29 pm
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          • February 4, 2016 at 12:10 pm
            BS says:
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            Yeah, I know Rand already dropped. I was kind of disappointed by that.

            I think if Kasich, Christie or Bush can ride it out a bit longer, until more people drop, their numbers will start to rise. Right now, there are so many people in the race, it’s completely splitting the vote. Out of the 186,874 votes cast in the Republican caucus, 46,616 of them were split between 10 candidates. If all of those votes had gone to one candidate, that candidate would have ended up in second place, above Trump. Granted, those votes could have gone to the three front-runners instead, but I think it would be a much tighter race if there weren’t so many people running it.

            While I know there is a lot of anger on against the current administration, I just don’t see Cruz being able to win the general election. He’s so far right that I don’t think he’ll be able to win over many left-leaning voters. And you need some cross-overs to win a general election. I think Rubio might have a better chance of that. He’s a little more moderate than Cruz, and does better in the polls against Clinton and Sanders.

            Trump is starting to self-destruct, but I think he’s going to hold out for a long time, and possibly do a lot of damage to the Republican party in the meantime. I can easily see him start to run an “If I don’t get the nomination, then no one gets the nomination!”-type campaign. I think it could get very, very ugly before it’s all over.

  • February 4, 2016 at 12:59 pm
    Agent says:
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    BS, I appreciate your comment. You didn’t even get ugly like some of the others did. This race is going to see many more drop after New Hampshire when they continue to get their 1-5% vote. We already saw what happened after Iowa. I guess Bush just wants to use up some more of that PAC money he has before calling it a day. He has made almost no headway since he started. We are looking at Rubio, Cruz and Trump from now on and you are right, Trump is starting to implode. One thing you need to remember is that we have not had a true Conservative run in many years. Milquetoast RINO’s have not had much luck trying to attract the left leaners or the false Independents who literally cannot make up their minds up to an hour before their vote. They truly do not know right from wrong. Cruz may surprise you on how well he does because the country is so angry at Progressive Leftists, he is a breath of fresh air. The culture of corruption in the Democratic Party is so prevalent, they really are in big trouble. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, head of DNC has done such a bad job, the party is broke. She will probably have to borrow from Soros to even have a convention.

    • February 4, 2016 at 5:33 pm
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      Thanks Agent. I would prefer to discuss and even disagree with each other without trading insults.

      “Milquetoast RINO’s have not had much luck trying to attract the left leaners or the false Independents who literally cannot make up their minds up to an hour before their vote… Cruz may surprise you on how well he does because the country is so angry at Progressive Leftists, he is a breath of fresh air.”

      I have to disagree with you here. I think the country as a whole leans more towards the middle, than hard left or right. And I don’t think a candidate that leans too far to either side is viable. I think that’s what hurt McCain in 2008 and Romney in 2012. Granted, McCain had a tough battle from the start due to the excitement surrounding Obama’s candidacy. But Romney didn’t. And even with four years of the Obama administration to use as fodder, Romney still wasn’t able to eke out a win.

      But I don’t think their losses were because they were ‘milquetoast.’ Both of them were relatively moderate initially, but pulled further and further to the right during the general elections. I really think that McCain might not have lost by so much, and Romney might have even won if they’d both stayed more moderate and middle of the road. Hell, originally I liked both of them, and thought they would have been good in office. But by election day, I felt completely different and was relieved when they lost.

      It’s not that I don’t think a conservative can win the White House, but I just don’t think someone as far-right as Cruz will be able to win. I think he’ll have a hard time pulling independents and an even harder time with right-leaning Democrats.

      • February 5, 2016 at 4:40 pm
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        BS, I assume you have read Supreme’s post by now. He summed it up very nicely. Cruz is one smart individual so don’t sell him short. When the General Election comes around, he will have an appealing message to voters and by the way, a majority of Independents do lean Conservative. All Americans who have a brain in their head except for a few on this blog are sick and tired of Progressives who have basically ruined this country. It is past due that we have positive change brought on by Conservative policies. Cruz is the man for the job. By the way, most observers of Romney agree that he had the election won and backed off for the last month and tried to just look Presidential. He should have hammered Obama, but didn’t. His advisors cost him the election. He would have made a good President too.

  • February 4, 2016 at 3:20 pm
    UW Supreme says:
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    I like my politicians like my Sundays at home: boring

    I don’t want a “rock star”, I don’t want a career politician who’s entire life has been based on f-ing people in the arse and covering up their crimes to get the top seat, and I don’t want someone who can only get a deal done without drawing up any substance (aka a mouthpiece).

    We have ALL seemed to have forgotten that being President is an extreme privilege. It is supposed to be a seat held by someone who is solely DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SERVICE. Not someone who is just insanely hungry for the ultimate power trip. Not someone who will continue to rip our principles, rules and economy to shreds by furthering to create a nanny state where we become less competitive in the world and more dependent on our government.

    We need someone who is a protector of our laws and understands exactly where we came from and why we have made it this far as a democracy with a 240-year history. Not only that, but someone who will see to it that we remain equally as strong for the next 240 years.

    I want the guy that remains steadfast in his beliefs, doesn’t waiver because of a poll, listens intently and will adapt as a leader as needed while remaining strong, is a boring nerd, is not a guy I would want to necessarily grab a beer with, isn’t the most attractive person to look at, someone who is driven by the Constitution and the value set of our Founding Fathers, understands that he alone will not effect change and needs both parties and constituents behind him to fix what’s broken, someone who understands that the country is much bigger than him, and someone who has a plan and an agenda for the entire citizenry to evaluate through a transparent lens so that we can make the best decision in hiring this individual to do his duty for US, the American people.

    That person is Ted Cruz.

    • February 4, 2016 at 3:30 pm
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      Supreme, I give you 5 stars for the post. Yes, we like Cruz in Texas as well. He came from humble beginnings and was raised right by his parents. He knows right from wrong, unlike many politicians and he is driven by the Constitution, unlike some politicians in his own party and all of them on the Democratic side. This nation needs some serious cleaning up, starting in Washington DC. It is all about power politics, big money lobbyists and special interest groups getting their way. It is clearly time to go back to serving “We the People” and getting principled leadership. Rubio is not far behind. They would make quite a tandem for President/Vice President, don’t you think?

      • February 4, 2016 at 4:20 pm
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        I agree 100%. I have a gut feeling that will be the ticket, which would be absolutely amazing. Those two men together will be able to lead our country on a solid path.

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      • February 4, 2016 at 5:59 pm
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        I love it when low-information liberals run with a ridiculous sound-bite and completely miss the core point of a genuine, patriotic, WELL-informed call for a public servant who will work hard for us and us alone.

      • February 5, 2016 at 9:59 am
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        I work with a bunch of Canadians. They assure me that Cruz is ours- they don’t want him.

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