First order of Republican House business tomorrow is…..

[busybee01]

….to reverse the order hiring 87,000 IRS agents to go after small business owners and hard-working moderate earners. It’s shameful that the Democrats want to develop an army to intimidate and harass Americans, while they allocate funding for a measly 300 border agents to prevent the invasion from the southern border.

Up until now, the Democrats have treated foreigners here illegally better than honest Americans. That begins to change tomorrow when Republicans take over.

Kevin McCarthy vows GOP-led House would immediately repeal Biden admin's hiring of 87,000 IRS agents

House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy on the details of the Republicans' 'Commitment to America' plan which is designed to usher in a 'new direction' if elected in November.

www.foxnews.com

The first veto if necessary. I suspect Americans like getting their tax refunds as soon as possible. Then there is the question of why Republicans support tax fraud.

 

[GMCGeneral]

The 1950's called, they want their paranoia back. Also Joe McCarthy's corpse, we don't want to know what you were doing with that.

The HONORABLE Sen. Joseph McCarthy was right all along. And we should have followed Patton's suggestion that we flatten Moscow and Leningrad with nukes right after the Nips got theirs. but hey, FDR and Truman were butt buddies with Stalin so there's that.

 

[JoeB131]

The HONORABLE Sen. Joseph McCarthy was right all along. And we should have followed Patton's suggestion that we flatten Moscow and Leningrad with nukes right after the Nips got theirs. but hey, FDR and Truman were butt buddies with Stalin so there's that.

Wow, you really are deranged, aren't you?

 

[GMCGeneral]

COMMIES!

Everybody RUN!

Deny all you want. You will never get your far Left "utopia".

 

[GMCGeneral]

Wow, you really are deranged, aren't you?

Nope. Just historically accurate. Had Russia been destroyed, the influence of Communism would not have spread as it did, Bolshevik scumbag.

 

[Coyote]

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What do you mean by broad and denigrating ... Does that mean you would prefer I list them individually?
Or are you pretending you are Siri ... And think "I will not respond to the request" is sufficient?

Speak ... Don't say nothing and think that will ever float with me ...
I'll extend the invitation again.

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About what specifically? You and I have widely widely divergent views, you are a rightwing libertarian and I’m a left wing liberal. Neither is a derogatory label.

You seem to view (no, I’m not speaking FOR you, just trying to understand what you you have posted) the federal government as the enemy and you seem to think I or people like me view it as something one step down from God. Is that correct? If not, enlighten me.

This is what you said:

Anyone can have high ideas when they are spending other people's money,
and pretending all they need to do is vote.

Every human government that I can think of, has a system whereby people pay into in order to get the basic services a government is supposed to provide. That means no matter how you parse it, they are spending other peoples money for someone’s high ideals. We just don’t always agree on what those “high ideals” are.

And people do have more power over their state governments ...
That's why they are not all Progressive shitholes with Authoritarian Fascist ambitions.

Bull manure.
When your state is gerrymandered to hell. No.

And chicken poop on the cheap bumper sticker slogan (though I’m guilty of the same).


Fascism: Umberto Eco Makes a List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism

While Eco is firm in claiming “There was only one Nazism,” he says, “the fascist game can be played in many forms, and the name of the game does not change.” Eco reduces the qualities of what he calls “Ur-Fascism, or Eternal Fascism” down to 14 “typical” features. “These features,” writes the novelist and semiotician, “cannot be organized into a system; many of them contradict each other, and are also typical of other kinds of despotism or fanaticism. But it is enough that one of them be present to allow fascism to coagulate around it.”

1. The cult of tradition. “One has only to look at the syllabus of every fascist movement to find the major traditionalist thinkers. The Nazi gnosis was nourished by traditionalist, syncretistic, occult elements.”
2. The rejection of modernism. “The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity. In this sense Ur-Fascism can be defined as irrationalism.”
3. The cult of action for action’s sake. “Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation.”
4. Disagreement is treason. “The critical spirit makes distinctions, and to distinguish is a sign of modernism. In modern culture the scientific community praises disagreement as a way to improve knowledge.”
5. Fear of difference. “The first appeal of a fascist or prematurely fascist movement is an appeal against the intruders. Thus Ur-Fascism is racist by definition.”
6. Appeal to social frustration. “One of the most typical features of the historical fascism was the appeal to a frustrated middle class, a class suffering from an economic crisis or feelings of political humiliation, and frightened by the pressure of lower social groups.”
7. The obsession with a plot. “Thus at the root of the Ur-Fascist psychology there is the obsession with a plot, possibly an international one. The followers must feel besieged.”
8. The enemy is both strong and weak. “By a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.”
9. Pacifism is trafficking with the enemy. “For Ur-Fascism there is no struggle for life but, rather, life is lived for struggle.”
10. Contempt for the weak. “Elitism is a typical aspect of any reactionary ideology.”
11. Everybody is educated to become a hero. “In Ur-Fascist ideology, heroism is the norm. This cult of heroism is strictly linked with the cult of death.”
12. Machismo and weaponry. “Machismo implies both disdain for women and intolerance and condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits, from chastity to homosexuality.”
13. Selective populism. “There is in our future a TV or Internet populism, in which the emotional response of a selected group of citizens can be presented and accepted as the Voice of the People.”
14. Ur-Fascism speaks Newspeak. “All the Nazi or Fascist schoolbooks made use of an impoverished vocabulary, and an elementary syntax, in order to limit the instruments for complex and critical reasoning.”

A pretty good description of fascism as it applies beyond Mussolini. But I’d won’t fit on a bumper sticker, doesn’t make a good political rallying cry, and is usually inconvenient.

 

[Coyote]

COMMIES!

Everybody RUN!

Can’t help it, but this brings to mind one of my favorite movies!

 

[Coyote]

Nope. Just historically accurate. Had Russia been destroyed, the influence of Communism would not have spread as it did, Bolshevik scumbag.

You know…the whole reason the Boshevik’s rose and spread, and Communism was so attractive in theory (though abysmal in practice) was the piss poor conditions and lack of rights and freedoms for the average worker in an era ruled by the uber -rich elites. Destroying Russia would not have destroyed tbe discontent and anger that drove it.

 

[BlackSand]

About what specifically? You and I have widely widely divergent views, you are a rightwing libertarian and I’m a left wing liberal. Neither is a derogatory label.

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You can shitcan that ... You got it all wrong and I have told not to even try that crap with me.
Now let me read the rest of probably more interesting things you may have to say.

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[JoeB131]

Nope. Just historically accurate. Had Russia been destroyed, the influence of Communism would not have spread as it did, Bolshevik scumbag.

Uh, actually, no. Most countries that had communist revolutions had them because Capitalism was a shit sandwich for their people.

The only reason why we didn't have one in this country was that FDR introduced just enough socialism in the New Deal to keep the masses passified.

For the record, I think Communism doesn't work because it doesn't take into account human nature.

Capitalism doesn't work because it indulges the worst of human nature.

Maybe we should stop trying to pretend there are only two choices on the menu.

 

[BlackSand]

Every human government that I can think of, has a system whereby people pay into in order to get the basic services a government is supposed to provide. That means no matter how you parse it, they are spending other peoples money for someone’s high ideals. We just don’t always agree on what those “high ideals” are.

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At no point in the quote you were responding to did I mention government or the worthiness of high ideas ...
I simply expressed how some people have a lot of high ideas and their vote tends to count a bit more than anything they could actually provide for.

I didn't ask you if you thought it was okay to use other people's money and think beautiful thoughts ...
Nor did I suggest that a lot of people don't do it.

In fact ... It's quite popular and it's called False Altruism ...

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[Ray From Cleveland]

COMMIES!

Everybody RUN!

We wish we could run away from your type.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Tha agents aren't going after small business owners you idiot.

And you know that how, because that's what the commies told you?

 

[Coyote]

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Disproportionate means a larger or smaller portion in comparison to something else ...​

Correct. In proportion to income.

And the "something else" you referred to was a "share" ...
Which I am sure you didn't mean "share of taxes" and probably meant "share of income" ...​

Incorrect. A share of taxes.

Which leads back to the silly idea of "fair share of taxes" ...​

Nothing sily about it.

When in all seriousness ... There isn't anything fair about it.​

Sure there is. Although, I’m still trying to figure why I, a creature who works two jobs for a living, must pay more in taxes on my income than someone who lives off the income of capital gains and never lifts a finger to work. You’re right. It is unfair.

It just more Critical Theory and Class Warfare garbage meant to divide the People ...​

Hmmm…you keep bringing up CRT, though I’ve said nothing about it. I fail to see how it is relevant to taxes.

Class warfare…well, the reality is that there are those who have a lot (the Jeff Bezos etc) and those who don’t. We know who has the power to most influence the political class. That’s not garbage, just a frank statement of the way things are.

Marxism straight out of the book ...
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" ... Popularized by Karl Marx in 1875 in his Critique of Gotha Programme.​

While it was an abysmal failure as an economic theory, the idea you quote above is a good cultural template for a society that strives to go beyond survival of the fittest. In a nutshell, it is why we create meaningful employment, albeit sheltered in some cases, for the most vulnerable amongst us, instead of relegating them to a life without dignity.

This is America ... The Communist Manifesto is not our Constitution.
And you wonder why people run around calling other people Marxist ... ​

Ya. I do. It’s like fascist. It fits neatly on a bumper sticker yet means….little.

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[Coyote]

And you know that how, because that's what the commies told you?

How about giving some actual..you know..EVIDENCE that they are going after small businesses?

Everything comes down to $$$$ and this isn’t .

 

[BlackSand]

Bull manure.
When your state is gerrymandered to hell. No.

And chicken poop on the cheap bumper sticker slogan (though I’m guilty of the same).

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My State's Legislature does what it is required to do within the confines of our State Constitution.
We have a broad representation of political affiliations and elections on a regular basis ... Lots of Democrat and Republican Governors.

Did you know that we had the first African American Govenor?

If you have problem with the way my State is run ... I could suggest you move here become a resident and eligible to vote ...
But you probably wouldn't like it ... Food is terrible, people are fat and ugly, not very Progressive ... Shoot, our football teams even suck.
You would be better staying where you are ... There is actually some chicken poop around here ...

But anyway ... Thanks for the chat.

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[Ray From Cleveland]

Why are these "greatly needed" parasites looking at people with at least $600 in the bank? When did they become rich?

It has nothing to do with being rich. It's having a large enough force to punish people that dare to speak against Big Brother. We've seen how they've weaponized the FBI. With a large enough IRS, they will be doing the same with them. Post something derogatory about the Democrats on Facebook, get a letter from the IRS for an audit.

 

[GMCGeneral]

Uh, actually, no. Most countries that had communist revolutions had them because Capitalism was a shit sandwich for their people.

The only reason why we didn't have one in this country was that FDR introduced just enough socialism in the New Deal to keep the masses passified.

For the record, I think Communism doesn't work because it doesn't take into account human nature.

Capitalism doesn't work because it indulges the worst of human nature.

Maybe we should stop trying to pretend there are only two choices on the menu.

Wrong, there are ONLY two choices. Good or evil and Capitalism=good. This is why ALL socialism needs to be destroyed.

 

[Coyote]

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You can shitcan that ... You got it all wrong and I have told not to even try that crap with me.
Now let me read the rest of probably more interesting things you may have to say.

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I’ll respond to this rather than shit can it (my port a potty is overflowing).

I’m not trying any crap with you. You label things. If you are going to do that, then don’t gripe, or, better yet, enlighten me. I know what I am, so what am I wrong about?

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

It had the exact same impact on the election as the 2.3 million people in my state that voted for Trump....ZILCH

At least Trump had a good chance of winning, and probably would have without the scam of mail-in voting.