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2009 Dec 9, 4:50am
Tenpoundbass says: “I’ve always considered my self a Democrat, by default, because I knew I wasn’t with trampling over far off villages under Uncle Sams toe because their village was in the way of some agenda that American republicans had.â€
Welcome to the club, Tenpoundbass! I personally, when I was younger, was a liberal libertarian until I actually learned what the Democrat/leftist/socialist agenda was. It was an interesting point in my life when I had to come to grips with the fact that I was fighting on the wrong side for stuff that didn’t make any sense upon the most basic examination. It was embarassing and humbling and it’s no wonder that some people choose to put massive amounts of energy into denial rather than admit they’re wrong (it’s kind of like alcoholism or drug abuse.)
Tenpoundbass was thrown out of the tank, for not eating the Bluefish.
Sarah Palin will punish you all!
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2009 Dec 9, 5:16am
Don’t forget that this country was founded by men escaping from religious tyranny to be governed by their God (of the bible).
Poe's Law in play.
simchaland
2009 Dec 9, 10:26am
Don’t forget that this country was founded by men escaping from religious tyranny to be governed by their God (of the bible).
Poe’s Law in play.
LOL!
Yeah, this country was founded by wealthy white land owners who were tired of paying taxes to England and who were tired of not having any representation in British Government so they were without say over being taxed. Don't get it twisted.
The Pilgrims who fled religious persecution really didn't found our country. Thomas Jefferson who wrote the constitution was a very wealthy land owner and owner of many slaves. George Washington, our first president and General of the Revolutionary Army, was a very wealthy land owner and owned many slaves. These white wealthy men and other white wealthy men founded our country mainly to keep their money here in the USA and have a say over the governance of their own land.
Religious freedom was an end product of the construction of government.
Oh, and the majority of the Founding Fathers weren't Christians. They were mainly Free Masons, Quakers, and Deists. They instituted a SEPARATION of church and state because THEY DIDN'T TRUST RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS in governance. Our Constitution doesn't create a Theocracy where we are "ruled by God." Our Constitution creates the polar opposite form of governance. It's supposed to be a government "for the people and by the people." God wasn't supposed to be a part of any of it. The US Consititution is a completely SECULAR document and our government is meant to be SECULAR.
Some people really need a civics class or ten.
A recent study of longevity found that educated men now lived 14 years longer than men without high school diplomas. Women in the same groups were 10 years longer. The study found that the 5 year drop in life expectancy of the uneducated whites brought them below the life expectancy for African Americans.
All you have to do is see where you are in the pecking order.
Of course in Sweden with its egalitarian income system, the longevity differences are much much closer. So what's the problem with the less educated seeing the light?
coriacci1
2012 Sep 23, 4:41am
Some people really need a civics class or ten.
add to that: world history, economics, other languages, philosophy, etc, etc,
at free, quality, public schools.
Politicofact
2012 Sep 23, 5:06am
and on top of that education (which I have) some people should follow the news before commenting on it!
Any regulation preventing insurance companies from offering their service across state boundaries should be removed.
That is certainly a good point - even countries that have mixed systems with basic universal health care and either additional private insurance or opt-out for private insurance if desired do not place any limitations on where the insurance companies can or cannot operate.
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The American far right wing fits the 14 Points Of Fascism well enough that we should call a spade a spade.
What brought them so far to the right, when their Democratic grandfathers knew exactly who was really on their side? It's really important to understand it well so that they don't continue to be so easily manipulated into harming themselves. I think there are a few critical points which are rarely mentioned in the media:
These hidden injuries are embarassing to talk about directly, so they manifest themselves as a newfound concern about "socialism" and the constitution rather than saying what they are: anger at being ignored by policies that help their poorer neighbors, anger at their social position, and anger at the loss of jobs.
It gets recursive: as the right-wing gets more shrill and frankly loony, they get dismissed even more, making them angrier.
This anger is very skillfully used by large corporate interests to protect profits. It's gross to watch people buying into the lies of Fox News, as if ALL taxes were always bad, and as if there is some evil socialist enemy ready to pounce on them, rather than the truth that those very corporate interests that support Fox News are the ones exploiting the viewers.
So we see the bizarre and (to lefties) inexplicable scenes of poor whites turning red in the face screaming "NO! We do not want the financial security of universal health care that all other countries enjoy. We WANT to live one illness away from bankruptcy, all the time, forever! And furthermore, we demand lower taxes on the extra profits corporations make from outsourcing our jobs to China!"
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