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JRockABM
Wow you speak so confidently, but really don't have a clue do you?
The law was passed, and the SUPREME COURT...you know people above your pay grade, above lying rotten politicians pay grade, etc...The Supreme Court said that that the "Affordable Care Act" is constitutional!
You're being sold by the politicians on why to hate the law. Unless of course you think you are more wise than the Supreme Court of the United States.
Secondly, you speak out of your ass about "checking on the visa and passport situation". I am a world traveler, and entertainer in the business, and a colleague of mine just got stranded in NYC yesterday when he was supposed to be going to Russia for a show. He was told that due to the government shutdown his Passport and Visa was on "hold" until the government shutdown ended. SO yes, it's real.
It's OK though, they are costing the country MILLIONS each day, wasting our time, etc. The VOTERS will remember this...first Romney, now this.
The Republicans don't stand a chance in hell ever getting elected anytime soon. People will remember who's fault it was. People are smarter these days.
fripw
reply to post by XTexan
They are terrorist. They trying to defund (kill) a law that was a bill, that was passed in both houses of congress, and signed by the president. They are trying to circumvent the constitution by holding federal workers hostage.
They are similar in many ways to terrorists.
1. They are insane
2. They are willing to harm innocents to further their cause.
3. They are losers with no other way to fight than using mean little tactics to
draw attention to themselves.
4. They are the puppets of a higher power. (Billionaires instead of religious leaders)
5. They follow an illogical ideology, very cult like.
Quit watching Fox news (or Limbaugh). Free your mind. They are controlling your mind and you can't see it.
Your ideas are not their ideas. You are being manipulated. Poor people are not the problem. Rich people are.
projectvxn
reply to post by AlienScience
It's not like the Tea Party calls the President of the United States an evil Muslim Terrorist or anything...huh?
Politics is a nasty business indeed. I find, as a thinking individual, that hyperbole of this kind is highly toxic in ways we don't even realize yet.
But let's face facts...they truly are the American Taliban.
You have absolutely no idea who the Taliban really are. I, on the other hand, do. You should be ashamed of this comment as it is just such a clear example of the toxic hyperbole I refer to above.
They would love to rule this country under religious rule and put women back in the kitchen.
There are indeed examples of such a disgusting view from republicans. Much of it is political hyperbole exacerbated by opposing media without much care for the facts. I suppose all the republican women out there just can't wait to religiously rule themselves back to the kitchen eh?
The scary thing is, they say this with pride...they think one of the biggest problems with our country is that we don't base our laws on the bible and that women are educated and out in the workforce.
That is the view of zealots. Zealots are loud, but do not represent a majority.
Don't blame me or others for just pointing out that this type of thinking matches exactly what the Taliban thinks.
You have no idea what the Taliban thinks.
The "terrorist" part is from their current actions...they are using the government shutdown and the debt ceiling to invoke "terror" in the public in an attempt to get them on their side and get their way. That is exactly what terrorists do.
No. Terrorists kill people. They set roadside bombs. They murder children. They deface women for daring to show their faces. They stone women for being raped. They will kill you if they had the chance. You don't know a damned thing about terrorists, the Taliban, or any of the other hyperbolic crap you're spewing.
It is the American thing to do to stand up and call them out for what they are...not to sit silently just to be polite.
All should speak when they find injustice. But speak the truth.edit on 1-10-2013 by projectvxn because: To fix spelling errors
Willtell
Basic Morality, Common Sense and Ethics 101 continued…
If one relents to extortion one can expect to be extorted again and again and again and again
In-fact something called anarchy may result.
That would include an extreme disruption of civilized governing
In-fact those at the head of this shutdown are usually the loudest in confirming this axiom:
DON’T GIVE IN TO EXTORTION OR THE TERRORISTS
Consequently those involved in this shutdown are not only immoral and illogical but also
HYPOCRITICAL
All are invited to return for another lesson….
edit on 3-10-2013 by Willtell because: (no reason given)edit on 3-10-2013 by Willtell because: (no reason given)
fripw
reply to post by XTexan
They are terrorist. They trying to defund (kill) a law that was a bill, that was passed in both houses of congress, and signed by the president. They are trying to circumvent the constitution by holding federal workers hostage.
They are similar in many ways to terrorists.
1. They are insane
2. They are willing to harm innocents to further their cause.
3. They are losers with no other way to fight than using mean little tactics to
draw attention to themselves.
4. They are the puppets of a higher power. (Billionaires instead of religious leaders)
5. They follow an illogical ideology, very cult like.
Quit watching Fox news (or Limbaugh). Free your mind. They are controlling your mind and you can't see it.
Your ideas are not their ideas. You are being manipulated. Poor people are not the problem. Rich people are.
XTexan
More and more I am reading this everywhere. On the MSM, on blogs, even here in our little corner of the internet. People are calling the Republicans and the Tea Party Terrorists!!!
This is insane. SHAME ON ALL OF YOU. Shame on the newsites for printing this garbage, but mostly SHAME on you America, shame on every poster on this site that has posted this nonsense. To call fellow Americans Terrorists... Why? Because you disagree with them? Thats the lowest of the low, a downright shame and a slap in the face to everything this country stands for.
This is exactly what TPTB want. We are now turning on each other like rabid dogs. An entire segment is being labeled Terrorists... Where will this lead? No where I hope. But if people start being rounded up for their beliefs we only have ourselves to blame.
This is DANGEROUS, very dangerous talk guys. I can't believe I'm actually hearing Americans talking to each other like this.