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1faceinbook
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/21/obama-hurricane-katrina_n_3790612.html
F%^& ! It works so well !
How does anyone think anything will get fixed or move forward if this continues ? (including Gitmo which should be worked on by BOTH parties because it is important)
F%^& ! It works so well !
How does anyone think anything will get fixed or move forward if this continues ? (including Gitmo which should be worked on by BOTH parties because it is important)
2BruceCoulson
It's because 'that man' in the White House is....
Well, he's from Kenya. Or he's a socialist. Anyway, we all know he's not really an American because...well, you know why...
So of course it's always 'those people' who are responsible, even if they weren't in charge at the time.
On a related note, I'm surprised no Hollywood mogul has thought to make a movie about the secret invasion and conquest of Hawaii by Kenya.
Well, he's from Kenya. Or he's a socialist. Anyway, we all know he's not really an American because...well, you know why...
So of course it's always 'those people' who are responsible, even if they weren't in charge at the time.
On a related note, I'm surprised no Hollywood mogul has thought to make a movie about the secret invasion and conquest of Hawaii by Kenya.
3JGL53
> 2
Something like a third to nearly a half of Americans, including elected officials, are certifiably insane now. It is rather hard to stagger into the future and make any sort of progress, social or financial, with such a millstone around the nation's collective neck.
But the smaller per cent of evangelical christians who are liberals are convinced the love of god will conquer ALL evil in the end, even in America. Well, maybe they are right. One never knows for sure about these things.
Something like a third to nearly a half of Americans, including elected officials, are certifiably insane now. It is rather hard to stagger into the future and make any sort of progress, social or financial, with such a millstone around the nation's collective neck.
But the smaller per cent of evangelical christians who are liberals are convinced the love of god will conquer ALL evil in the end, even in America. Well, maybe they are right. One never knows for sure about these things.
4lriley
Seems to me that a good % of the voting public supporting either party (but moreso the GOP) just vote for their party and are vague on things like details. Every 4 years they are fed talking points and sound bites mixed in with bits of holier than thou scandal--a good portion of which will just be innocuous bullshit peddled by influential people worth sometime billions of $ but will serve the purpose for a spell to keep everything humming.
5lriley
Should mention as well if you seriously listen to imbeciles like Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh eventually it's going to rub off.
6BruceCoulson
I listened to Rush Limbaugh; for about 30 seconds. Which is a record for the speed at which someone could offend me enough to say, "No, I'm not watching this anymore."
Although I'd love to see (perhaps I should check out YouTube) Rush's one appearance on Letterman...
Although I'd love to see (perhaps I should check out YouTube) Rush's one appearance on Letterman...
7faceinbook
6
You may be able to see Mr. Limbaugh as a moderator for upcoming Republican debates. Yes! The Republicans are so desperate that they are going to put this wonderful piece of humanity out there as part of their show.
You may be able to see Mr. Limbaugh as a moderator for upcoming Republican debates. Yes! The Republicans are so desperate that they are going to put this wonderful piece of humanity out there as part of their show.
8BruceCoulson
I had to check that out; it sounded like something The Onion would put as a headline, not a real proposal. But you were right. This could be as entertaining as the most gruesome train wreck in history. I loved this part:
"They told Secrets that they are eager to bring in questioners who understand Republican policies and beliefs and who have the ability to get candidates to differentiate their positions on core conservative values."
That could be a howler. "Well, I favor hanging and then burning illeegal eemigrants and urban folks who bust loose." "No, I think hanging is quite sufficient, and further punishment should be handled by the private sector."
"They told Secrets that they are eager to bring in questioners who understand Republican policies and beliefs and who have the ability to get candidates to differentiate their positions on core conservative values."
That could be a howler. "Well, I favor hanging and then burning illeegal eemigrants and urban folks who bust loose." "No, I think hanging is quite sufficient, and further punishment should be handled by the private sector."
9nathanielcampbell
>8 BruceCoulson:: The problem with privatizing the burning-at-the-stake industry is that they would come in for EPA regulation on their toxic-smoke emissions.
10BruceCoulson
#9
No problem; all of us are in favor of removing any and all regulations that might interfere with profits. Which certainly includes the EPA.
The sad part is, this is funny and not-funny simultaneously.
No problem; all of us are in favor of removing any and all regulations that might interfere with profits. Which certainly includes the EPA.
The sad part is, this is funny and not-funny simultaneously.
11faceinbook
8
There is nothing about policies and/or beliefs in the current Republican Party. They seem to have taken the Palin path....hate....name calling....snark....and positions without substance of any sort....hence Limbaugh is a great spokes person for their party.
There is nothing about policies and/or beliefs in the current Republican Party. They seem to have taken the Palin path....hate....name calling....snark....and positions without substance of any sort....hence Limbaugh is a great spokes person for their party.
12JGL53
> 11
And republicans are now something like 100 times worse (crazier) than democrats circa 2013. Exceptions will be noted when they occur but I stick by the 100 estimate.
I point this out to let the moral equivalency crowd know they aren't fooling anyone.
And republicans are now something like 100 times worse (crazier) than democrats circa 2013. Exceptions will be noted when they occur but I stick by the 100 estimate.
I point this out to let the moral equivalency crowd know they aren't fooling anyone.
13Michael_Welch
Rush Limbaugh is a living "cartoon"; that's how he makes his money.
Personally I dislike the concept of "evil" or "bad guys" in movies and in uh "real life" although I recognize paranoia, "enemies," bad reasoning, hate, fear and so on.
At this "time" I would say that Americans are polarized almost as per the pre civil war, through and after. The obsession with maintaining a personal arsenal including assault rifles underscores for me the paranoia that contends those "black helicoptors" and that proverbial "knock at the door" are real fears; the president is after all a "foreigner" in every way (racially as well as nationally) and is therefore fully capable of seizing power and eradicating the "US" that "we" recall in the white bread days of Wonder bread yesteryears.
I think there is a "disconnect" among Americans that eight years of a man born to a white woman and a black Muslim Kenyan (mindboggling to imagine say even twenty years ago?) from the "outlying" islands of Hawaii and Indonesia!, almost mythic places for most of "US," is driving that Other Half to a fearful distraction.
Blacks, Muslims, black Muslims!, tattooed, women wearing hooker outfits, "foreign" accents in YOUR neighborhood, the "Mexican invasion" -- it's so discombobulating to that white "center" that it cannot even be "true"; it MUST be a "vast conspiracy" that has led a BLACK attorney general to "mess with Texas"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why Eric Holder is "worse" than that mangy nasty Irish punk Bobby Kennedy and his commie symp brother!
Unbelievable is the America of today! No wonder the fingers "point"?...
Personally I dislike the concept of "evil" or "bad guys" in movies and in uh "real life" although I recognize paranoia, "enemies," bad reasoning, hate, fear and so on.
At this "time" I would say that Americans are polarized almost as per the pre civil war, through and after. The obsession with maintaining a personal arsenal including assault rifles underscores for me the paranoia that contends those "black helicoptors" and that proverbial "knock at the door" are real fears; the president is after all a "foreigner" in every way (racially as well as nationally) and is therefore fully capable of seizing power and eradicating the "US" that "we" recall in the white bread days of Wonder bread yesteryears.
I think there is a "disconnect" among Americans that eight years of a man born to a white woman and a black Muslim Kenyan (mindboggling to imagine say even twenty years ago?) from the "outlying" islands of Hawaii and Indonesia!, almost mythic places for most of "US," is driving that Other Half to a fearful distraction.
Blacks, Muslims, black Muslims!, tattooed, women wearing hooker outfits, "foreign" accents in YOUR neighborhood, the "Mexican invasion" -- it's so discombobulating to that white "center" that it cannot even be "true"; it MUST be a "vast conspiracy" that has led a BLACK attorney general to "mess with Texas"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why Eric Holder is "worse" than that mangy nasty Irish punk Bobby Kennedy and his commie symp brother!
Unbelievable is the America of today! No wonder the fingers "point"?...
14faceinbook
>13 Michael_Welch:
Very well said.....the Limbaugh's, Hannity's, Beck's and Palins are smarter than many. They are making themselves very wealthy by inspiring other's to spend their hard earned money on weapons and ammo. Not to mention Beck's survival kits......a two year kit can cost upwards of $13,000.00.
I have to admit that I am just as guilty at pointing fingers....that would be at someone who would feel it necessary to spend over 10 grand on a survival kit, endorsed by Glenn Beck.
New television show..."The Survivalist's" They are building a catapult in front of their "fort"
For myself...I may just have an Uzi mounted to my kitchen counter, that way I can pretty much cover both doors of my home should the house be besieged by enemy combatants.
Biggest question ? Who wants to live this way and why ?
Very well said.....the Limbaugh's, Hannity's, Beck's and Palins are smarter than many. They are making themselves very wealthy by inspiring other's to spend their hard earned money on weapons and ammo. Not to mention Beck's survival kits......a two year kit can cost upwards of $13,000.00.
I have to admit that I am just as guilty at pointing fingers....that would be at someone who would feel it necessary to spend over 10 grand on a survival kit, endorsed by Glenn Beck.
New television show..."The Survivalist's" They are building a catapult in front of their "fort"
For myself...I may just have an Uzi mounted to my kitchen counter, that way I can pretty much cover both doors of my home should the house be besieged by enemy combatants.
Biggest question ? Who wants to live this way and why ?
15margd
>14 faceinbook: Biggest question ? Who wants to live this way and why ?
It's easy to slip into that way of thinking. Watching a tv show on likelihood of Yellowstone volcano blowing and throwing us into many years of winter, I found myself thinking of what I could do for our epileptic should his meds become unavailable. (Sunshine, fish, marijuana?) As though unavailable meds would be our biggest survival challenge!
It's easy to slip into that way of thinking. Watching a tv show on likelihood of Yellowstone volcano blowing and throwing us into many years of winter, I found myself thinking of what I could do for our epileptic should his meds become unavailable. (Sunshine, fish, marijuana?) As though unavailable meds would be our biggest survival challenge!
16RidgewayGirl
Everybody needs to have concrete plans on how to survive the coming zombie apocalypse.
17SimonW11
15> It is why American shot at each other post Katrina. while on other continents people respond to disaters by helping each other.
18BruceCoulson
#14
Fear. In World War Z one of the characters comments that fear is the most marketed, and most marketable, commodity on the planet. Make people afraid, and then offer a solution to that fear. Or, find something that people are already worried about, fan those flames, and then sell a solution.
What people are paying for is relief from a fear; even if that fear in completely unreasonable, even if you weren't afraid until you started listening to the speaker.
As a species, we aren't very good at distinguishing threats beyond the immediate 'Watch out for that sabertooth!' And there's too much money and power in promoting fear (and solutions) for leaders to be interested in training citizens in risk assessment.
Fear. In World War Z one of the characters comments that fear is the most marketed, and most marketable, commodity on the planet. Make people afraid, and then offer a solution to that fear. Or, find something that people are already worried about, fan those flames, and then sell a solution.
What people are paying for is relief from a fear; even if that fear in completely unreasonable, even if you weren't afraid until you started listening to the speaker.
As a species, we aren't very good at distinguishing threats beyond the immediate 'Watch out for that sabertooth!' And there's too much money and power in promoting fear (and solutions) for leaders to be interested in training citizens in risk assessment.
19Michael_Welch
"Paranoia strikes deep; into your life it will creep;/it starts when you'r always afraid --/step out of line 'The Man" come 'n' take you away..."
20RickHarsch
One of my kids' favorite songs
