The Republican Agenda

[mcrain]

The right-wing of the GOP has started to sound and feel more and more like a cult, which made me realize, I'm not sure what a cult is. So, I looked it up. There are a lot of things on this page that make me question both parties.

If you have a few minutes, it's an interesting read. Cult Characteristics

[rdowns]

Originally Posted by mcrain

The right-wing of the GOP has started to sound and feel more and more like a cult, which made me realize, I'm not sure what a cult is. So, I looked it up. There are a lot of things on this page that make me question both parties.

If you have a few minutes, it's an interesting read. Cult Characteristics

This is rich coming from a guy who thinks the Democratic Party **** doesn't stink and blames Republicans for everything.

[kavika411]

Originally Posted by mcrain

The right-wing of the GOP has started to sound and feel more and more like a cult, which made me realize, I'm not sure what a cult is. So, I looked it up. There are a lot of things on this page that make me question both parties.

If you have a few minutes, it's an interesting read. Cult Characteristics

Is it coincidence that you guys happen upon same novel idea, or do you just drink from the same Daily Kos Kool Aid pitcher?

Originally Posted by Thomas Veil

Over in another thread, Happybunny suggested that Republicans have turned into a cult.

I've kind of had similar thoughts as I see them departing further from reality. But I wondered, do they really share the characteristics of a cult? Are they that bad?

So I checked an online source. Actually, this source offered several views of what constitutes cult-like behavior. I had to pick one, and I chose this one mainly because it's concise.

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Source.

What a coinkydink. Or maybe it's a coinky-link.

[Huntn]

Originally Posted by rdowns

This is rich coming from a guy who thinks the Democratic Party **** doesn't stink and blames Republicans for everything.

I blame the GOPers for about 70% of the mess. Makes it very difficult for me to vote for one.

[mcrain]

Originally Posted by rdowns

This is rich coming from a guy who thinks the Democratic Party **** doesn't stink and blames Republicans for everything.

I specifically said in my post that I was questioning both parties. Beyond that, I think for myself. If I disagree with the Democrats, I will say so. The problems I generally have with the Democrats tend to be they aren't going far enough, or aren't doing enough to overcome the petulant resistance of the Republicans who have given up on reasonable governance.

I am far more fiscally conservative than any of the Republicans because they aren't fiscally conservative. I am far more socially liberal than the Democrats because they are luke warm at best. I don't expect the parties to do everything they want, but I do expect them ALL to go to Washington and do a job, which includes working together, negotiating, and compromising to deal with problems we face. Both sides need to work on that.

Oh, by the way, I don't think the Dems **** doesn't stink, I just think the Republicans is unbearable, while I can breathe through my mouth and tolerate the Dems' stench.

Originally Posted by kavika411

Is it coincidence that you guys happen upon same novel idea, or do you just drink from the same Daily Kos Kool Aid pitcher?

What a coinkydink. Or maybe it's a coinky-link.

Mine was the top google search, and it seemed to do a good job of aggregating multiple views on the subject. I don't read Daily Kos, and I had no idea Veil had posted that. It is bizarre that he used the same link. Anyway, coinky-link. Who'da thunk it.

[Huntn]

Mitt Romney A Bad Choice For America from the Sinister Blog.

The current public image if Mitt Romney is of a small town man, who knows what it’s like to grow up in middle America. He continually says he understand the plight of the working man, he knows how tough it is out there to make ends meet! His ads show him walking trough small American Factories while he bashes unions. Eating apple pie and sipping a coke in quant small town café, small grassroots campaigning. Romney even announced his presidency on a small farm! His current public image makes him out to be a simple Joe Shmo, all American man. Sounds like a great candidate for the next American president, only, his public persona is a lie! He is not your average American! With this blog post I intend to point that out to you, I also intend to prove that he isn’t a friend of small business, he is not a friend of middle America, he has never, and will never be middle class, or poor, and above all he doesn’t care about the debt crisis, he doesn’t care about unemployment, education, or creating a sustainable future for America.

Read more at the link...

[leekohler]

Originally Posted by Huntn

Mitt Romney A Bad Choice For America from the Sinister Blog.



Read more at the link...

I'm sorry- the grammar and spelling errors on that page are so egregious, I can't take anything written there seriously.

[rdowns]

Originally Posted by Huntn

Mitt Romney A Bad Choice For America from the Sinister Blog.



Read more at the link...

With all the typos in the part you quoted, I don't think there's anything to see there.

Oops, Lee beat me to it.

[Huntn]

Lol. Well, yeah, just don't pay attention to where the periods should be... I like what it says otherwise.

[iJohnHenry]

Originally Posted by Huntn

Lol. Well, yeah, just don't pay attention to where the periods should be... I like what it says otherwise.

Given his track record as an absolute prick, I don't know how anyone can think otherwise??

[Huntn]

Posted as a public service: How To Speak Republican

* America (United States of): A country located in the N. Western Hemisphere that is #1.
* Bible: A sacred text that provides incontestable answers when thumped.
* Birth Certificate: An official birth record required of all US Presidents, regardless of race, since 2008.
* Capitalism: A system of economic organization that has never been attempted.
* Christmas: A holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, now rarely celebrated due to persecution by atheists.
* Compromise: (uncommon) A form of political suicide.
* Coast (East): A very bad coast of the continental United States.
* Coast (West): Another really inexcusable coast.
* Communism: The belief that the government should ever do anything.
* Condescending: Accurately informed.
* Constitution (U.S.): The hallowed founding document of the United States, the text of which must be interpreted strictly and amended immediately.
* Corporations: Large people who are overtaxed.
* Deficits: 1) Fiscal shortfalls incurred by Democrats that threaten to bankrupt the country. 2) Fiscal shortfalls incurred by Republicans that don't matter.
* Democrat: A political party.
* Election: A method of selecting representatives, the fraudulence of which may be determined by the outcome.
* Elitist: Qualified.
* Endangered Species: Animals that have it coming.
* Evolution: A theory of human origins that is out there.
* Extremist (Liberal): Espousing or adhering to political beliefs that are held by only a majority of Americans.
* Fact: Information that has been verifiably posted to a RedState comment board.
* Forest (National): Trees that have it coming.
* Gut: Region of the body from which decisions should be made.
* Homosexuality: A membership-only lifestyle organization that perpetuates itself through youth recruitment.
* Hitler: A man to whom it would be inappropriate to compare President Obama in spite of the many uncanny similarities.
* Jesus: Charismatic religious leader and son of God; born in Bethlehem in the year 0; beliefs include love, charity, enhanced interrogation, privatized healthcare, elimination of the estate tax, and the right to carry concealed semiautomatic weapons.
* League (Ivy): an association of eight Eastern universities and colleges, the lack of a fancy education from which qualifies a candidate for political office.
* Liberal: A person who should be rounded up and shot but not really.
* Marxism: A political and economic philosophy developed by Karl Marx and promulgated by Paul Krugman.
* Media (Mainstream): Where you won't hear things.
* Medicare: A fraudulent, socialistic boondoggle that is sacrosanct.
* Mexicans: Brown people who have it coming.
* Mountaintops: Ancient rock formations that have it coming.
* Muslims: Brown people who have it coming.
* News: Fox News
* Obamacare: A Federally-mandated policy to address the national oversupply of grandparents through euthanasia.
* Organic: Eaten by lesbians.
* Party (Tea): A grass-roots movement of patriotic Americans fighting for the principle of "No Taxation With Representation."
* Poll: A survey used to determine, to within a margin of error, what percentage of Americans are right.
* Poverty: The condition of having inadequate financial or material resources due to not trying hard enough.
* Propaganda: The politically motivated dissemination of biased information, opinion, or data through its publication in the New York Times.
* Punishment (Capital): The legally authorized killing by the State of someone who is definitely guilty.
* Racism: A form of discrimination that typically happens in reverse.
* Regulation: Rules issued by a government agency for no reason.
* Ronald Reagan: A fictional character based loosely on President Ronald Reagan.
* Scientist: A person who employs a rigorous system of observation, experiment, measurement, and verification to perpetuate his Godless left-wing agenda.
* Social Security: A redistributionist Ponzi scheme that is sacrosanct.
* Socialism: An economic system invented by FDR.
* Taxes: Levies imposed by the government that raise more revenue the lower they are.
* Torture: A method of interrogation that does not rise to the level of torture.
* Terrorist: A person to whom a person who threatens to destroy the U.S. economy unless his demands are met should not be compared.
* Unbiased: Giving equal weight to both sides of the looking glass.
* Wealthy (the): People who earned every penny.
* Up: A direction which, depending on circumstances, is down.
* Warming (Global): An anomalous, anthropogenic increase in the earth's atmospheric and oceanic temperatures that isn't happening.
* Welfare: A government program to distribute Cadillacs to unwed mothers.
* Yes: (no translation available)

[NickZac]

Originally Posted by Huntn

America's place in the world could play part in 2012 elections USA Today

Summary: Certain Republican's are saying that Obama does not believe the USA is exceptional. While I don't believe that Obama feels this way, I'd have to ask, have we been exceptional in the last 10 years? And are we required to constantly be patting ourselves on the back especially in light of all the (some self imposed) problems we face?





There are those who have an issue with this statement?? Have you ever heard of being diplomatic?

I'm not sure where/when the concept of American exceptionalism became so big...or at least advocating in a public context. Historically, Republican Presidents have advocated the latter, such as Teddy Roosevelt, which began the 'Big Stick' ideology, which was applied to foreign affairs in general. In that sense, Obama's response was an excellent one and Teddy probably would have given him the thumbs up. It seems the ethnocentric 'big mouth' rarely results in anything positive and frequently results in things that are negative...

Now there is nothing wrong with pride. The US has had some amazing leaders who have gone against the moral majority in the name of pursuing what is 'right'. However, that is not to take away from any other country, as I am sure they have had amazing leaders too.

Can we say the US has been exceptional during the past 10 years? I don't know. It seems that previous periods can only be reflected on literally years after they occur. I mean, history could look back at the Patriot Act and the War on Terror as something that led the rest of the world to put their foot down against tyranny or oppression, or an attack against free rights, a spur for institutional discrimination, and a compromise to human rights, or something in between.

[Huntn]

Originally Posted by NickZac

Can we say the US has been exceptional during the past 10 years?

We've been exceptionally bad in the last 10 years...

[Sedulous]

Originally Posted by Huntn

We've been exceptionally bad in the last 10 years...

Our greed fueled debacles were at an all-time high!

[Huntn]

Jon Stewart on Republican Hypocrisy
regarding Obama's Afghanistan trip. "Boohoo, he's politicizing the war".

That said I'm not happy that Obama who ran on a platform of getting us out of war has signed an agreement with Afghanistan that goes through 2024! For some relative party perspective, keep in mind that the GOP considers Obama "soft" on war in general.

Edit: OK, who gave me the -1?? Was it for my GOP or my Obama critique?

[ericrwalker]

Originally Posted by Huntn

Keep in mind that the GOP considers Obama "soft" on war in general.

Well he did win The Nobel Peace Prize.

Since then he killed Osama, and signed a long agreement with Afghanistan. I'd say he's in line for a second Nobel Peace prize.

[rdowns]

Originally Posted by Huntn

Jon Stewart on Republican Hypocrisy
regarding Obama's Afghanistan trip. "Boohoo, he's politicizing the war".

That said I'm not happy that Obama who ran on a platform of getting us out of war has assigned an agreement with Afghanistan that goes through 2024! Keep in mind that the GOP considers Obama "soft" on war in general.

Actually, he ran on ending the war in Iraq and campaigned on increasing troops in Afghanistan.

[Huntn]

Originally Posted by Sedulous

Our greed fueled debacles were at an all-time high!

I'm starting to feel like part of the Roman Empire.

Originally Posted by rdowns

Actually, he ran on ending the war in Iraq and campaigned on increasing troops in Afghanistan.

Yea but a (total) 24 year commitment to a country that will most likely change back to what it was the moment we leave? I never imagined that. Simply said, the bad guys can out wait us, decades if necessary, until we are broke. In the end you have to ask, just what did we buy with all of our dead sons and daughters and our infrastructure falling around our heads? Did we get security? This is the way Bin Laden wanted to win, by causing us to spend TRILLIONS digging out rats who live on a shoe string budget.

[Huntn]

Top Romney Doner Argues We Need MORE Income Inequality:

And while investors like Conard made luxuries available to some Americans, they also bankrupted companies and left workers without jobs, pensions, or health care. Bain Capital, in fact, made billions of dollars for people like Romney and Conard while bankrupting nearly a quarter of the companies in which it invested.

I can't understand why the Haves would argue this?

[rdowns]

Originally Posted by Huntn

I'm starting to feel like part of the Roman Empire.



Yea but a (total) 24 year commitment to a country that will most likely change back to what it was the moment we leave? I never imagined that. Simply said, the bad guys can out wait us, decades if necessary, until we are broke. In the end you have to ask, just what did we buy with all of our dead sons and daughters and our infrastructure falling around our heads? Did we get security? This is the way Bin Laden wanted to win, by causing us to spend TRILLIONS digging out rats who live on a shoe string budget.

Hey, I simply stated a fact. I don't like the agreement any more than you do.

[Huntn]

Originally Posted by rdowns

Hey, I simply stated a fact. I don't like the agreement any more than you do.

We're good and were good before the clarification.

[mcrain]

The Republican Agenda.

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If you were to stroll by the House chamber today — or tomorrow, or the next day, or the day after that — you would arrive at the ideal time to see what the lawmakers do best: absolutely nothing.

It’s another recess week for our lazy leaders. Oh, sorry: “Constituent Work Week” is what they’re calling it these days, as if lawmakers were filling potholes and making calls to Social Security rather than raising campaign cash.

By the time the Republican-led House returns next week, members will have been working in Washington on just 41 of the first 127 days of 2012 — and that was the busy part of the year. They are planning to be on vacation — er, doing “constituent work” — 17 of the year’s remaining 34 weeks, and even when they are in town the typical workweek is three days.

Good work if you can get it — but the behavior is doing quite a job on the rest of us. On those infrequent occasions the House is in session, the Senate, also enamored of recess, often isn’t, which helps explain why the two chambers can’t agree on much of anything.

To call this 112th Congress a do-nothing Congress would be an insult — to the real Do-Nothing Congress of 1947-48. That Congress passed 908 laws. To date, this one has passed 106 public laws. Even if they triple that output in the rest of 2012 — not a terribly likely proposition — they will still be in last place going back at least 40 years.

Doing nothing would arguably be preferable to what the House is actually doing. Lawmakers have staged 195 roll-call votes so far this year, which sounds like a lot until you realize that boils down to only about 60 pieces of legislation, including post-office namings. Among the 60:

●The Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Act.

●The Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012.

●Legislation requiring the Treasury to mint coins commemorating the 225th anniversary of the U.S. Marshals Service.

●The World War II Memorial Prayer Act.

●The Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act.
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[Huntn]

I was listening to Morning Joe on MSNBC a couple of days ago and one of the (frequent) guests was Zbigniew Brzezinski, Mika's father. Regarding Europe one comment in particular caught my attention. Paraphrased: It was that when governments start talking of "austerity", that an austerity plan must include austerity across the spectrum of society. If austerity is perceived as being focused only on the common people, while shielding the "haves", it will lead to social dissent because the perception in a democracy is the standard should be one of fairness and equal sacrifice across the board. However instead of "equal", I'd push the idea that "relative" would be a better term to use.

Let's leave Europe for a moment and look at the U.S. If it comes down to austerity, which political party in the U.S. has a better shot of implementing a fair "sharing the pain" program? I can guarantee you that it is not the GOP who are of, and worship the value of the haves.

[Huntn]

What the heck is wrong with Fox News?

Here you go:
http://youtu.be/NeFhA_sL38c

Rev Jesse Peterson had a column on World Net Daily. He is a regular on Sean Hannity's Fox News talk show. He's frequently referred to as a "Fox News analyst" but that may be an incorrect title though he has appeared on Fox News numerous times. He has a radio show http://www.bondaction.org/content/radioshowhome

*Women can't make good decisions.
*Women can't wield power.
*Women should not have been given the right to vote.
*God gave the power to men, not women.

Hey did you know that Fox News supports The Etch-a- Sketch too?

[Thomas Veil]

Originally Posted by Huntn

I'm starting to feel like part of the Roman Empire.

Don't forget the bread and circuses.

Our bread and circuses today are junk food and Facebook, but they serve the same purpose: to keep us enthralled in trivial crap while the place falls down around us.

Originally Posted by mcrain

The Republican Agenda.

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I do hope the Republicans haven't given themselves hernias doing all that heavy lifting.

Originally Posted by Huntn

Rev Jesse Peterson had a column on World Net Daily. He is a regular on Sean Hannity's Fox News talk show. He's frequently referred to as a "Fox News analyst"...

I think their analyst needs to go see an analyst.