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Ebone4rock
SFN Regular
USA
894 Posts |
 Posted - 08/26/2011 : 04:24:15
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I don't think I have ever been so afraid for a presidential election. It sure seems that Rick Perry is going to be coming out on top as the republitard candidate. (There is still time for things to change though) He sure has a knack for rallying the religious folk. I am sure you have all read about his stance on creationism.
I know that organizing freethinkers is like hearding cats but I think it is time we actually do something about this. We can't let this go any further.
Any ideas of how to organize so we can help educate the public about how wrong he is and that beleiving in creationism in NOT some sort of virtue?
Any other thoughts?
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
USA
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Posted - 08/26/2011 : 05:52:15 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ebone4rock
I don't think I have ever been so afraid for a presidential election. It sure seems that Rick Perry is going to be coming out on top as the republitard candidate. (There is still time for things to change though) He sure has a knack for rallying the religious folk. I am sure you have all read about his stance on creationism.
I know that organizing freethinkers is like hearding cats but I think it is time we actually do something about this. We can't let this go any further.
Any ideas of how to organize so we can help educate the public about how wrong he is and that beleiving in creationism in NOT some sort of virtue?
Any other thoughts?
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I think it is already happening idependantly. This guy makes me nervous. He shows a lack of understanding of the Constitution, specifically freedom of religion, and scares the bejezuz out of practioners of non Judeo-Christian faiths (and athiests as well).
He has not learned from the Palin candidacy. Hate feeds on itself. If he tries to appeal to moderates, his base will tear him limb from limb. |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Posted - 08/26/2011 : 07:16:42 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Valiant Dancer
He shows a lack of understanding of the Constitution, specifically freedom of religion... |
It's even more basic than tricky issues like ensuring freedom without sectarian endorsements. Rick Perry is one of those ignorant folks who thinks that the 16th Amendment empowered Congress to collect income taxes. |
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
2437 Posts |
Posted - 08/26/2011 : 11:24:54 [Permalink]
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Ebone (also Dude, etc.).....
Yes.
Those liberals who are highly disappointed with Obama's performance in office (and I am one of them) to the degree that they feel that they cannot in good faith vote for him again and also obviously cannot vote for Perry or any other idiot that the GOP may end up nominating; those folks who believe and state that they must abstain from voting this time - they would do well to consider this:
| A liberal who does not vote Democratic and either does not vote at all or wastes his enfranchisement by voting for any "independent" who cannot possibly be elected, is actually contributing one vote to elect whichever fascist fundamentalist that the Republican power machine will put up for the conservative candidate in 2012 -- because he is not negating one conservative vote with his one liberal vote. |
And this coming election is going to be a squeaker!
If Obama advocated baby rape, mother murder, and free government distribution of loaded AK-47's to all American citizens for the purpose of immediate asassination of anyone who disagreed with anyone else for any reason anytime; he still would be a vastly preferable alternative to the unthinkably ignorant, stupid and savagely primitive Big Corporation lackey that the Republican tea party will nominate this time.
Anyone who is capable of elementary reasoning must conclude that ANY alternative to the conservative religious fundamentalist darlings of the right wing crazies, must be elected this time. Or all of us are truly doomed.
Any and all - for god's (purely FOS) sake don't help elect a Rick Perry or a Michelle Bachmann or a Moron Mormon Captain of Industry to the Presidency of the United States, no matter how digusted you are with Obama.
I am in the process of contributing almost a third of my after-tax income this year to the Democratic Party. Why die and leave it to my kids when I might be able to help preserve some semblance of what the US should be by preventing a Republican administration and Congress? I think it is a better legacy than mere money. I will also contribute all that I can of my time that can be effectively utilized by Internet or telephone contact, as I have in past.
I seriously request that every caring liberal here on SFN pledge some money and time to the effort to defeat the conservative thugs from taking over. |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 08/26/2011 : 11:39:40 [Permalink]
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| I agree. Obama may seem more like a moderate republican than a democrat but compared to the tea party candidates, and that seems to be pretty much all of the republican field, I"m going with Obama. The alternative is unthinkable. Those people are crazy. |
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Ebone4rock
SFN Regular
USA
894 Posts |
Posted - 08/26/2011 : 11:59:37 [Permalink]
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| Here's what I want. A fiscal conservative with Paul Ryan's skill with numbers but the balls to raise taxes on the wealthy. |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 08/26/2011 : 12:33:34 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ebone4rock
Here's what I want. A fiscal conservative with Paul Ryan's skill with numbers but the balls to raise taxes on the wealthy.
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Since when has Paul Ryan shown any skill with numbers?
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Ebone4rock
SFN Regular
USA
894 Posts |
Posted - 08/26/2011 : 13:11:50 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
Originally posted by Ebone4rock
Here's what I want. A fiscal conservative with Paul Ryan's skill with numbers but the balls to raise taxes on the wealthy.
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Since when has Paul Ryan shown any skill with numbers?
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Not that I agree with Ryan's budget proposals but I do know he works long hard hours trying to come up with solutions using real numbers rather than rhetoric.
I respect him for that. I don't want him running for president but I do like his work ethic and would prefer someone with a similar work ethic.
I have also come to the conclusion that I have no idea what I am talking about when it comes to politics. Whenever I am challenged I find myself scrambling for answers to questions that I really don't understand. I better leave politics alone. |
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
3739 Posts |
Posted - 08/26/2011 : 13:38:19 [Permalink]
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| I've been waiting for someone really scary to suddenly appear who might have a chance of beating Obama. Rick Perry might be that boogeyman. I hope not. Think we need to wait a bit longer and see how this shapes up. It's still early. |
"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Posted - 08/26/2011 : 13:42:55 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ebone4rock
Whenever I am challenged I find myself scrambling for answers to questions that I really don't understand. |
I would challenge that assertion, but I don't want your head to explode.  |
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
3739 Posts |
Posted - 08/26/2011 : 13:47:08 [Permalink]
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Ebone wrote: | Here's what I want... the balls to raise taxes on the wealthy. |
Something in economics/politics we agree on! ;-)
Seriously, it is disgusting that we have so few tax brackets and that tax-wise we treat person making a quarter of a million dollars a year the same as we treat Bill Gates. Their fair share my ass. |
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Ebone4rock
SFN Regular
USA
894 Posts |
Posted - 08/26/2011 : 13:59:37 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Originally posted by Ebone4rock
Whenever I am challenged I find myself scrambling for answers to questions that I really don't understand. |
I would challenge that assertion, but I don't want your head to explode.
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You are on a roll today Dave. Must be Friday giddiness.
The one liners are MY specialty! |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Posted - 08/26/2011 : 20:59:12 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ebone4rock
The one liners are MY specialty! |
Try your waitress. Tip the veal. I'll be here all week. |
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alienist
Skeptic Friend
USA
210 Posts |
Posted - 08/27/2011 : 11:07:54 [Permalink]
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I have mixed feelings about the danger Rick Perry poses. By running for president, the media is already showing him to be stupid and a hypocrite. Also, most Americans do not like the religious right. However, I still do not understand how Bush got elected.
The cost of Medicare is a problem, but Paul Ryan was just using numbers to justify getting rid of it by privatizing it |
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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
1990 Posts |
Posted - 08/27/2011 : 11:12:24 [Permalink]
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| Here's a bit more sleeze about Perry. |
"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
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What can we do to stop this?
