I don't watch Glenn Beck or regularly check on Fox News, but maybe you should give it a try before you give up on your friend?
From my experience reading your posts on the "Is Fox News lying to its viewers?" thread, your views are completely distorted as to the levels of "untruth" in Fox. You need to give the network more of a try and to be more tolerant towards others' beliefs. There are many Fox viewers so it makes sense at least to maintain a level of respect for the network. Many of the people on this boards seem to believe Fox is extremist and cannot concede a network with such great viewership is in the mainstream.
And I wouldn't be too unsettled by your friend calling Obama a pretentious prick. People bash politicians regularly and this is far from the worse I've heard. You can't expect everyone to bask in his glory and there are many worse things that are being said about him.
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Have you joined other communities? Play new games? Personally, I started playing Hearthstone and I go to Twitch, Reddit, and Hearthpwn.
The mods were always suspicious that so-and-so was KingCobWeb/Mike-something-Flores. TheInfamousBearAssassin was well respected in debate. And who could forget the big Sakura scandal? It feels like all the interesting people were banned.
Here are some examples of questions/topics to discuss:
What is your original username?
How long have you been on MTGS?
What is your fondest memory of Water Cooler Talk/MTGS/etc.?
I guess I'll start
Original username: sentimentGX4
Time on MTGS: 8+ years
My fondest memory of MTGS was my thread about Kim Kardashian's butt. I found the thread hilarious; though, I'm sure a lot of this board never understood my sense of humor.
Things like the topic of this thread. "Ted Cruz is not a natural born citizen." I'm not talking about in Debate or any moderated, educated discussion, BTW. The general public will throw the "racism" card often without bothering to hear or understand explanations.
My point is that this is the denominator of people politicians have to deal with and when some of these individuals happen to be your biggest proponents you would be careful not to say anything that could be misconstrued.
All the GOP has to do is scrap their anti-immigration agenda and that may be resolved and not even be an issue in 20 years. Many Latino voters will shift Republican. Also, consider that in 20 years the GOP may not need to cater to the Tea Party anymore due to the "demographic shift" that you speak of.
Ted Cruz is like Obama/Hillary but Republican. Some things you just can't say about them or you'll be labeled "racist"/"misogynist"/etc.
There is already enough America hating in the US with the antagonism toward the NSA, heroism of Snowden, distrust of police, etc. etc. I certainly would not hope for the education system to espouse more of these ideals that may have dangerous future repercussions.
I love JCPenney's sales. I would be sad to see it go. Hate Sears, though.
JCPenney's not actually comparable to Sears, Bestbuy, or Radioshack. Those are businesses where their entire business models are showing weakness. There is still a place for department stores like Macy's or Kohl's, however.
JCPenney can still survive. It just needs to revamp its image and merchandise.
As a person that sits on both sides of the fence, my perspective from when I don't initiate conversations are because 1/it doesn't feel "right" even when I'm waiting on your message, 2/ you're horrible about returning texts/messages, 3/ we talk too much, and 4/ I just don't like you that much.
For 2/, you should make yourself more easily accessible. Don't expect your friends to message you a lot if you only respond to texts 9 - 5 on weekdays.
3/ usually means that I may eventually contact you if you cease contact for long enough. I just don't have the energy to deal with you at that frequency or maybe we just have nothing to talk about. Don't appear too desperate for social interaction even if you are, OP. It may be taxing for the other person
For 4/, you should consider why your friends may dislike you. Is it your appearance? Your personality? Socioecononic differences? Popularity kind of ends in high school but people never actually stop judging you even if its on a personal level.
I guess 1/ is the hardest to explain. Usually the reason I don't engage the conversation even though I like them is because I have a deep seated, subconscious issue I have with the friend. It's like I like 90% of them but I really dislike 10% of them. Usually, they play on my insecurities so it's not an issue I want to tackle and it's not like 4/ where I dislike the friend and I clearly know why.
Some examples of insecurities may be "He/she's too good for me", "The friendship doesn't feel balanced", "He/she is too nice (insincere)", "He/she doesn't really like/care for me", and "I am very expendable to the person so I don't want to get attached".
"Brown" refers to Hispanic individuals, IMO. Middle Easterners and Indians have attempted to dissociate themselves with being "White" in the past couple decades to emphasize their minority status; but, even by that convention, calling them "Brown" feel more unnatural than "White" considering they don't actually share that close of an ancestry with Hispanic "Brown" individuals.
I do not see the reasoning behind the CIA and other international spy agencies resorting to torture if it, in fact, results in misinformation more often than correct information. Furthermore, how many actually know and have replicated the exact protocol of the CIA interrogation procedures? How can one generalize all "enhanced interrogation" into one umbrella when there are so many different techniques, often involving a variety of drugs that can alter the mental state?
The argument against the efficacy of torture, the way I see it, is propaganda. The argument cannot ever be credible due to the unknowns and gross generalization. It's well meaning propaganda against terrifying violation of human rights; but, 100% propaganda nonetheless.
When did you start being "open" with your wife?
Unless you talked about the relationships before you were married, I would argue that this would be case of your not being open enough. In this instance, if you had been open with her since the beginning then the mistrust would have emerged earlier and the two of you should have never married.
Also, even if you had not been open, the secret may have inadvertently got out through a friend, ex-girlfriend, or family member. It could be through casual conversation or your partner could be sneaky about it and talk to them behind your back. Do you really want to have relationships that hinge on keeping a secret shut?
The best approach is to have everything out in the open early in the relationship so that if the other person feels uncomfortable, they can feel free to walk away.