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ncgrits

(916 posts) Sat Sep 15, 2012, 08:55 PM Sep 2012

Are you better off? Great reply...

In response to an article about Ryan's speech at the Values Summit, a user on Buzzfeed (screen name OoO) posted a great reply! Good explanation that anyone--even a conservative--can understand. Might come in handy. Thanks OoO, wherever you are!

When you're promoted to captain of a plane that is already in a straight-down , and through your efforts you are able to right it and land it to make repairs instead of crashing, then yes, it could be said that the passengers are not better off than they were before the plane went fubar under the prior captain and are not where they want to be.

They're also not scattered in smoking chunks across a field. So that's nice. Thanks, Captain #2. We're starting to gain altitude once more and will get back to where we were. It will happen with enough thrust and the right attitude if we can just agree to implement those things and stick with them.

To say that we should dump Captain and crew #2 for salvaging the disaster handed off from Captain and crew #1 is not logical, especially when crew #1 wants back in the cockpit and has been sabotaging efforts to regain altitude since back when we were still in freefall.

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Are you better off? Great reply... (Original Post) ncgrits Sep 2012 OP

k&r liberal N proud Sep 2012 #1

Excellent analogy. Curmudgeoness Sep 2012 #2

I was thinking of a sinking ship analogy along the same lines bu this one is much better. DCBob Sep 2012 #3

K & R n/t KT2000 Sep 2012 #4

Great Reply. Thanks for sharing! Shae Sep 2012 #5

Great metaphor. CBHagman Sep 2012 #6

Well done, 0o0! beac Sep 2012 #7

I like the analogy :-] MrMickeysMom Sep 2012 #8

THAT is so good! SoapBox Sep 2012 #9

Written by an aviator, I presume, but good analogy. joanbarnes Sep 2012 #10

Speaking of cute ones picked up on the Internets - progree Sep 2012 #11

Ask bin Laden if he's better off. Lasher Sep 2012 #12

and the question should be.. DCBob Sep 2012 #13

liberal N proud

(60,334 posts)

1. k&r

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Sat Sep 15, 2012, 08:58 PM

Sep 2012

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

2. Excellent analogy.

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Sat Sep 15, 2012, 09:03 PM

Sep 2012

This sums it up completely. Thanks for posting.

DCBob

(24,689 posts)

3. I was thinking of a sinking ship analogy along the same lines bu this one is much better.

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Sat Sep 15, 2012, 09:20 PM

Sep 2012

Well said.

KT2000

(20,577 posts)

4. K & R n/t

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Sat Sep 15, 2012, 10:45 PM

Sep 2012

Shae

(1,108 posts)

5. Great Reply. Thanks for sharing!

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Sat Sep 15, 2012, 11:01 PM

Sep 2012

CBHagman

(16,984 posts)

6. Great metaphor.

Reply to ncgrits (Original post)

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 11:10 PM

Sep 2012

I thought the firefighter versus the pyromaniacs one was apt, but this is even more effective.

beac

(9,992 posts)

7. Well done, 0o0!

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Sat Sep 15, 2012, 11:29 PM

Sep 2012

And thanks for posting, ncgrits!

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)

8. I like the analogy :-]

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Sat Sep 15, 2012, 11:32 PM

Sep 2012

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)

9. THAT is so good!

Reply to ncgrits (Original post)

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 11:48 PM

Sep 2012

Only an idiot couldn't understand that.

Oh..."Values" crowd...ya, right.

joanbarnes

(1,722 posts)

10. Written by an aviator, I presume, but good analogy.

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Sat Sep 15, 2012, 11:56 PM

Sep 2012

progree

(10,907 posts)

11. Speaking of cute ones picked up on the Internets -

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Sun Sep 16, 2012, 12:04 AM

Sep 2012

Sorry I can't find the screen name of the person who posted the below. I've been using it quite a bit on news article comment sections. Its not closely related to "are you better off than 4 years ago" (excellent OoO / ncgrits BTW), but is my favorite when I get frustrated at the CONNEDservative goobers.

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[font color=blue] Hey, TEA PARTY fanatics, google "Koch Brothers" if ya wanna see who's really behind your so-called "grass roots" movement.....it's really an "astro turf" job.....do you REALLY think rich corporations and rich people in general actually care about you, do you think they want to hang out with you? You guys are being used, but you're too dopey to even realize it.....the rich are laughing at you; while you champion their lower taxes/no taxes, they're laughing all the way to the bank....When was the last time YOU were able to have a good laugh???? [/font]

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Three other short oneliners I like:
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[font color=blue] "Can't trust Romney on anything..he laughs at every question..what an idiot..cant wait for November bye bye mitt u...."

"Mitt RobMe. Dodged the draft in France. Keeps his money in Switzerland. Sends American jobs to China. Because he loves this country SO DAMNED MUCH!

"Republican philosophy: Unless you are a fetus, you are disposable" [/font]
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Lasher

(27,597 posts)

12. Ask bin Laden if he's better off.

Reply to ncgrits (Original post)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 03:04 AM

Sep 2012

Oh wait. You can't.

DCBob

(24,689 posts)

13. and the question should be..

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Sun Sep 16, 2012, 09:19 AM

Sep 2012

Would you have been better off if we did things the way Republicans wanted? NO
or
Is the country better off now than in 2008? YES

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