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thenewgreen  ·  4365 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: And the Beat Goes On - Interesting Muses and Truisms

1. Circumstantial (necessary in our political environment -a non partisan thing all the d-bags do it). Doesn't make the greed any less real.

2. Discrimination is real. If the government is a representation of it's constituency it is VERY real. I drove past a restaurant in SC called Tar Baby's recently and to say that racism isn't real is retarded.

3. yeah, they all suck. This is a non-partisan thing imo. At this level they essentially all suck, just look at the guy the GOP just put up for election? Off-shore accounts etc, people will do all they can to earn as much as they can. Left, right and center.

4. Really? From what I've gathered, muslims have taken a pretty strong backlash despite the fact that historically Christians have been pretty active when it comes to terrorist activity. From where I sit, knowing that your god is the god = some horrible shit.

5. Yep, immigration is a mess. No doubt about it. That is some effed up stuff there. Good people going through the proper channels are made to wait. Not cool.

6. Hyperbole. Come on man.

7. Reform is definitely needed here. The technology exists, but let's not wait till 3 months prior to an election to do it. That's just silly.

8. What. Silly comparison. Come on, you're better than that.

9. No doubt this needs reducing but where? Most sacred cows are off the table from either party.

10. False narrative, nobody should be "accusing" anyone but the Clintonian tax levels didn't seem to disrupt our viability, why not cut spending and reinstate those levels of income?

p.s. I just got back from having some brews with my high school buddies so cut me some slack for spelling/grammar errors.

P.P.S - I like the numbered narrative, this way you can respond directly to that which I brought up and stay on topic and I will do the same. Deal?





user-inactivated  ·  4365 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Let me add some: 2. those were not or not-directly elected. Screening quickly wikipedia pics (I might be wrong on some ethnicity) I found 1 black Gov, no black Sen, about 8% non-white Reps. 3. they all suck, and not "only in America" 4. right, the media was all for Muslims, sure... 5. not "only in America" and not only about immigration 6. Article 1 of the Constitution creates... legislative powers, i.e. extending the law further 7. I had never heard you can present a driver's license to vote anywhere, except at the Triple-A (rimshot) 10. how much of the GDP do those "rich people" earn or own? If more than 86% then they are indeed not paying their fair share