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Originally posted by LeoStarchild
After reading this thread .. only 1 thought comes to mind..
The left live in some weird alternate reality where they accuse the right of doing .. what they themselves are doing.
If i had to choose a side.. I would go to the right. Left-wing idiotology is just insane. Its like you people havent been around the last 3, almost 4 years.
Ignorance in denial..
I see Obama got us out of Afghanistan like he promised. Nope. Surge.
It's funny because I would say of the Right, you guys act as if reality started 3 or four years ago. YET, none of you seem to remember the economy that was losing 700,000 jobs a month in Dec 2008, the DOW @ 7,500 , the patriot act, FISA, ENRON, the California "energy crisis, GITMO, suspension of Habeas Corpus, The outing of Valery Plame, The secret meeting Cheney had with the Energy industry, Then, the fact that gas tripled during Bush's presidency $5.00 gas The WMDs that never existed The color coded terror charts Expansion of government TSA Department of homeland security Warrent-less wire taps Trillion dollar Deficits Unpaid for War #1 Unpaid for war #2 Unpaid for tax break #1 Unpaid for Tax break #2 On and On
And there are very, very few people who can spot their own biases.
That being said, it would be stupid of me to say that these media outlets are not biased in one way or the other. We all are.
. . . a potential threat to the American ideology of freedom, truth, diplomacy, empathy and courage. That may sound extreme, but we all know from history how far it can go.
I suppose Republicans are saying the same thing about Obama and the Democrats. But I've got two general questions. One, how do we know that having one extreme party will cause grave hurt to the Republic? Oh, it could, but it would have to have at least a majority of the people behind it, wouldn't it? For good or bad, our system is designed to pay a lot of attention to the wishes of the majority.
I am trying to suggest that one section of our political spectrum has swayed so far to one side that we can no longer afford to blow-off or deny it any longer.
Originally posted by pajoly
reply to post by campanionator
It's funny because I would say of the Right, you guys act as if reality started 3 or four years ago. YET, none of you seem to remember the economy that was losing 700,000 jobs a month in Dec 2008, the DOW @ 7,500 , the patriot act, FISA, ENRON, the California "energy crisis, GITMO, suspension of Habeas Corpus, The outing of Valery Plame, The secret meeting Cheney had with the Energy industry, Then, the fact that gas tripled during Bush's presidency $5.00 gas The WMDs that never existed The color coded terror charts Expansion of government TSA Department of homeland security Warrent-less wire taps Trillion dollar Deficits Unpaid for War #1 Unpaid for war #2 Unpaid for tax break #1 Unpaid for Tax break #2 On and On
Don't you know? None of that really happened? It is all a liberal lie, you know man, just like the Holocaust.
By the way, you forgot a few big things, like the 9/11 terror attacks well in to Bush's watch when the intel was clearly there. But in the alternate universe the Right inhabits, Bush kept us safe from terrorists while Obama sympathizes with them (even as he takes them out with no mercy over and over again with drones, much to the chagrin of Progressives).
That is the measure of how far gone is the Right's ability to reason -- the worst attack on our mainland soil has morphed into "Bush kept us safe." Can you imagine the apoplexy and vitriol from the Right if such an attack happened under Obama? You'd have people taking pot shots at the president at every campaign stop because they'd be convinced Obama would have been in league with the terrorists. I tell you the Right is genuinely dangerous. NOTHING is more dangerous than an armed and angry zealot.
Literally almost everything the Right espouses is 180 degrees off reality. That is not hyperbole. And like another poster just pointed out, no, the "Left" (translation, anyone sane and/or left of a McCarthy'esque mindset) does not also do it. I believe it to be genuine mass hysteria and I lay it squarely at Murdoch's feet.
....and here's the final irony...Murdoch is a foreigner and is a 50/50 partner with a major Arab media outlet...you know, those Muslims. Murdoch in the Middle East
Quite the magic act, carefully trick millions of American simpletons, indoctrinating near 1/2 of them into basically cultish irrationality to hate "the Other" while being the western world's single biggest investor in Muslim media. Really it is an amazing feat Murdoch has pulled of, playing 1/2 our population for complete fools. And his work is so complete that even this knowledge would not cause a one of them to turn the channel or think of themselves as having been one of Murdoch's rubes. No doubt he is training the other side to hate at least as well. Murdoch is basically playing a god, moving his little American pawns on one side and his Arab pawns on the other. Yes, FOX viewers, that is you, the hapless little pawns being tossed about while you love every minute of it, cheer your own manipulation on even. "Please master, f with me more! I'll believe whatever you want me to believe! Obama is a Muslim Kenyan socialist! Yes master, Obama is a Muslim Kenyan socialist!"
Astonishing.edit on 25-9-2012 by pajoly because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by LeoStarchild
After reading this thread .. only 1 thought comes to mind..
The left live in some weird alternate reality where they accuse the right of doing .. what they themselves are doing.
Originally posted by SeventhSeal
Republican voter mindsets:
War is bad unless a Republican does it.
Spending is bad unless a Republican does it.
Oppressing rights is bad unless a Republican does it.
Health care is for them only.
(same sex) Marriage is evil and will cause the world to end.
Fox News brings in more than one billion dollars a year in profit but isn't "mainstream" like the other media outlets.
This is why I'm glad to be a progressive Libertarian Democrat.
F the GOP.
Originally posted by aaron2209
Except the thread was started by a self confessed Republican and others have agreed
how do we know that having one extreme party will cause grave hurt to the Republic?
What would cause the majority to follow a party?
Originally posted by sheepslayer247
reply to post by pajoly
Unfortunately, I think that I have come to that crossroad you described. I may have to finally put my Republican badge away.
I have gone from a hardcore NeoCon myself and realized that I could not defend the ideology with truth or fact. I had to resort to lies and BS that everyone else knew was false, but I was in my own little world in which I could not be harmed.
That was some time ago and I now try to place myself at the front lines of fighting the infestation that is Neoconservatism. I was wrong and helped perpetuate it for too many years, so I try to earn my way back.
That being said, I really like Maddow because she is willing to admit when something is wrong...even her progressive cohorts. She uses straight facts and uses humor to do it.
Originally posted by axslinger
I see Obama got us out of Afghanistan like he promised. Nope.
Originally posted by SaturnFX
There is a pretty good show on HBO series called The Newsroom
Its about a news anchor, a republican, that has been basically compromising himself for years for ratings..he is trying to walk the line for ratings and seemingly "fair". Eventually he caves and decides he wants to use the desk to try and win back his party from the fringe nuts..so he goes on the attack against the republicans and their endless lies, spin, and distortions.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by HostileApostle
So, do you have an equally outrageous offending list of Left Wing lies?
You are getting all that Obama crap because he's in office. He's the top target.
When Bush43 was in office, the same kind of crap was being said about him.
Not that he was a muslim .. but other crap ... I remember reading these ...
Bush43 was AWOL from duty.
Bush43 was never actually in the military.
Bush43 was a drunkard in the White House. (I personally think he was medicated by Cheney)
Bush43 attacked Iraq because his fathers portrait was on the floor being walked on in Iraq.
Bush43 was a closet gay.
Bush43 was a satan worshipper.
Bush43 .. skull and bones .. killed a person for initiation
Bush43 uses satanic hand signals at parades and at meetings. (it was really the Texas longhorns)
Bush43 .. skull and bones .. occultist
Bush43 in allegiance with KKK
Bush43 had an affair with Condi Rice.
Laura Bush was a murderer (killed a boyfriend on purpose using a car)
Google 'em up ... you'll see it all .. like 10 years old ...
Originally posted by LeoStarchild
After reading this thread .. only 1 thought comes to mind..
The left live in some weird alternate reality where they accuse the right of doing .. what they themselves are doing.
If i had to choose a side.. I would go to the right. Left-wing idiotology is just insane. Its like you people havent been around the last 3, almost 4 years.
Ignorance in denial..
Originally posted by Ancient Champion
I'm sorry but all you guys are hypocrites, One moment saying that democrats and republicans are all the same, but then you turn around and support one party over the other. Tools
Originally posted by PvtHudson
Originally posted by SeventhSeal
Republican voter mindsets:
War is bad unless a Republican does it.
Spending is bad unless a Republican does it.
Oppressing rights is bad unless a Republican does it.
Health care is for them only.
(same sex) Marriage is evil and will cause the world to end.
Fox News brings in more than one billion dollars a year in profit but isn't "mainstream" like the other media outlets.
This is why I'm glad to be a progressive Libertarian Democrat.
F the GOP.
So let me get this straight.
-You didn't speak out against war under Bush? Are you now?
-Spending was a huge issue when Bush was president, now its not?
-Bush was always the bad guy for supposedly taking away rights. Now Obama can kill us citizens with no due process and I dont hear a peep from those same "progressive liberals". IS that because its only bad when a Republican does it? What about Gitmo?
-You do know Democrats voted down gay marriage in many states? Obama was against it last election too.
-You complain about Fox on a regular basis, but make excuses for the dozen networks who are Obama/Democrat lap dogs.
Originally posted by aaron2209
Except the thread was started by a self confessed Republican and others have agreed
You rewlize anyone can say anything on the internet, right? You do know Democrats have been in charge since 2006? Not the GOP. You're falling for classic distraction.edit on 25-9-2012 by PvtHudson because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by PvtHudson
So let me get this straight.
-You didn't speak out against war under Bush? Are you now?
-Spending was a huge issue when Bush was president, now its not?
-Bush was always the bad guy for supposedly taking away rights. Now Obama can kill us citizens with no due process and I dont hear a peep from those same "progressive liberals". IS that because its only bad when a Republican does it? What about Gitmo?
-You do know Democrats voted down gay marriage in many states? Obama was against it last election too.
-You complain about Fox on a regular basis, but make excuses for the dozen networks who are Obama/Democrat lap dogs.