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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 10/28/2009 : 11:05:22
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This is choice. And it comes from a GA, Republican politician, how is that a surprise?
It seems that Rep. Price (I'm sure he has one) wants to glorify these clowns:
Lovely, ain't they? Smart, too.
From the department of You Can't Make This Sh*t Up:
Republican Rep. Tom Price, of Georgia, has introduced a House resolution that would, if passed, express the legislative body's "gratitude and appreciation" to Tea Party members who marched on Washington on Sept. 12 to "show their love of liberty and their grievance with recent government actions."
The proposed resolution is co-signed by more than 70 members of the House.
The proposed resolution would single for praise the "hundreds of thousands of American patriots, who refuse to sit idly by as the Federal Government advances skyrocketing deficits, taxpayer-funded bailouts, pork-barrel projects, burdensome taxes, unaccountable policy czars, command-and-control energy policy, and a government takeover of health care, came to Washington, D.C, to show their disapproval ..."
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As we all know, there was nothing like the "hundreds of thousands" of teabaggers at the DC rally, so Price is a liar -- nothing out of the ordinary for the breed, really.
It'll be interesting to see where this imbecility goes.
[Moved to the Politics folder - Dave W.]
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jakesteele
New Member
USA
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 Posted - 10/30/2009 : 23:57:25 [Permalink]
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So let me see if I’ve got this right.
1. you are a flaming liberal ala socialist style
2. you are linking a flaming liberal ala socialist style website.
3. George Washington, et al., went to war and put their lives on the line for way less than is going on now.
4. you get to suck the juices out of their hard earned victory without having had to do anything to earn it (unless you were in V. Nam or either of the three recent wars, then I would withdraw that statement and salute you as a true patriot)
5. The teabaggers are practicing an in-your-face American style of civil disobedience ala Gandhi style
6. I’ll bet you you think the young, radical liberal flamers protesting the Minute Men and shutting the whole thing down, but not protesting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was, like, really cool and righteous.
Dude, wake up and smell the sewage before you drown in it.
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Posted - 10/31/2009 : 08:34:33 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by jakesteele
So let me see if I’ve got this right.
1. you are a flaming liberal ala socialist style |
What, exactly, is "a flaming liberal ala socialist style?" Someone who approves of Medicare and VA hospitals, like the Republicans do?| 3. George Washington, et al., went to war and put their lives on the line for way less than is going on now. |
The independence of the colonies from Britain is "way less than" finding and punishing a few terrorists and destroying a country which posed no threat to us?| 4. you get to suck the juices out of their hard earned victory without having had to do anything to earn it (unless you were in V. Nam or either of the three recent wars, then I would withdraw that statement and salute you as a true patriot) |
But all other points stand?| 5. The teabaggers are practicing an in-your-face American style of civil disobedience ala Gandhi style |
When the teabaggers get beaten for practicing their beliefs, then you can compare then to Gandhi. Until then, they seem to be just whining.| 6. I’ll bet you you think the young, radical liberal flamers protesting the Minute Men and shutting the whole thing down, but not protesting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was, like, really cool and righteous. |
Argument by wild speculation. Good job.  | Dude, wake up and smell the sewage before you drown in it. |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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 Posted - 10/31/2009 : 09:42:55 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by jakesteele
So let me see if I’ve got this right.
1. you are a flaming liberal ala socialist style |
No. The idea that socialism is the goal of the progressives is horse shit. Plenty of conservatives support a certain amount of socialist style programs with the knowledge that pure capitalism would be as much a failure as pure socialism, and that there needs to be some balance. Since your premise is that anything socialist is bad, apparently, I'm assuming you will not be accepting unemployment insurance if you lose your job, and so on. Also, now that the word "liberal" doesn't work for you guys anymore, you have tagged on "socialist" only to scare people in a dishonest attempt to frame the debate. Having said that, I need not comment further on your list other than with the one word answer that your list demands.
| 2. you are linking a flaming liberal ala socialist style website. |
No.
| 3. George Washington, et al., went to war and put their lives on the line for way less than is going on now. |
No.
| 4. you get to suck the juices out of their hard earned victory without having had to do anything to earn it (unless you were in V. Nam or either of the three recent wars, then I would withdraw that statement and salute you as a true patriot) |
No.
| 5. The teabaggers are practicing an in-your-face American style of civil disobedience ala Gandhi style |
No.
| 6. I’ll bet you you think the young, radical liberal flamers protesting the Minute Men and shutting the whole thing down, but not protesting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was, like, really cool and righteous. |
No again. But you would have thought that you would have at least got one thing right. Sorry, play again...
Dude, wake up and smell the sewage before you drown in it.
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An ironic statement given that you were wrong on everything that you listed. Perhaps you should take your own advice?
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt because it's Halloween. Perhaps you are dressing up and acting like Glenn Beck, which would be in keeping with the day and be really funny too!
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 10/31/2009 : 12:31:55 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by jakesteele
3. George Washington, et al., went to war and put their lives on the line for way less than is going on now. |
Really? The colonies declared war on England because the King tried to provide them with health care? I don't seem to remember learning that in history class.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 10/31/2009 : 14:45:09 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by jakesteele
So let me see if I’ve got this right.
1. you are a flaming liberal ala socialist style
2. you are linking a flaming liberal ala socialist style website.
3. George Washington, et al., went to war and put their lives on the line for way less than is going on now.
4. you get to suck the juices out of their hard earned victory without having had to do anything to earn it (unless you were in V. Nam or either of the three recent wars, then I would withdraw that statement and salute you as a true patriot)
5. The teabaggers are practicing an in-your-face American style of civil disobedience ala Gandhi style
6. I’ll bet you you think the young, radical liberal flamers protesting the Minute Men and shutting the whole thing down, but not protesting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was, like, really cool and righteous.
Dude, wake up and smell the sewage before you drown in it.
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Jake, Jake, Jake. You really should do a little research before posting. Like, f'instance, my profile.
I am indeed a "flaming liberal ala socialist style" and make no bones about it. I feel that the same health care I have been receiving from the VA since the '70s should, in some form, be available to all -- I am a disabled VN vet but please don't leap up and salute. I am in no way a hero. Also, since the blight the Bush administration and various right-wing groups have smeared upon the word, I'm not sure I like being called a patriot, either. It's the final refuge of a scoundrel, you know (actually, according to Will Rogers, it's the first. Seven decades of observation has me agreeing with Mr. Rogers).
Unlike the teabaggers, whom I suspect have little idea of what they are actually protesting and perhaps should be called; "kneejerkers," I want what is best for all of the citizens of this country. I am convinced that universal health care -- preferably single-payer like I have, but that ain't happening -- is a major part of it.
As for smelling the sewage, it's there every time I check the news.
When the teabaggers or birthers, or those dipshits that disrupted the town-hall meetings are in it, the level rises nigh to the plimsoll mark and the stench is staggering. Thus far, you see, sewage is all that they have to offer, and offer it they do, ad nauseun.
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podcat
Skeptic Friend
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Posted - 11/01/2009 : 17:48:29 [Permalink]
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| 3.George Washington, et al., went to war and put their lives on the line for way less than is going on now. |
Really? Of all the events in American history worth fighting for, you think that this is the most important? What about during the American Revolution? Or during the Civil War? Or the Civil Rights struggle? Those are "way less than is going on now"?
| 4.you get to suck the juices out of their hard earned victory without having had to do anything to earn it (unless you were in V. Nam or either of the three recent wars, then I would withdraw that statement and salute you as a true patriot) |
If by "in V. Nam" you mean "served in V. Nam" that would exclude Bush and Cheney, who did not serve.
[By the way, filthy, I prefer Mark Twain's version of patriotism: "...loyalty to the Nation ALL the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it". At least on this point, the Government may not have deserved loyalty, but it sure didn't deserve criticism.]
5.The teabaggers are practicing an in-your-face American style of civil disobedience ala Gandhi style
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Civil disobedience is a form of non-violent protest. Perhaps someone could give an example of "in-your-face" non-violent protest. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2009 : 03:08:14 [Permalink]
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Ambrose Bierce too, had some thoughts on the definition of "patriot." From the Devil's Dictionary:
PATRIOT, n.
One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors.
Indeed.... Kinda prophetic in this case, isn't it? As for "in your face" peaceful protests, these "patriots" more and more remind me of the Westboro Baptist Church and their insane, homophobic hoe-downs. But it you should ask them, I've no doubt that the Phelps' will claim "patriotism" as well.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
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and Crypto-Communist!
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Proposed resolution to honor teabagging idiots
