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So many long ass bloviating posts. The answer is simple....
Liberals
Amen to that! Now if you would only recognize you are one of them. Admitting you have a problem is the first step.
As to what's wrong with America, one of the many things wrong is how we're convinced of our own superiority with absolutely no statistical evidence to support such a belief. All the things we excel at are actually bad things, not sources of pride.
Right now what is one of the MOST wrong things with America, is that we had what is believed to be a terrorist attack on a power station (in San Jose, CA), which, if it had succeeded, could have crippled a very large area of central California, for months or even years. How vulnerable is our US power grid ?????
According to M. Granger Morgan, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University who led a 2012 study by the National Research Council, "..transformers, especially the higher-voltage ones, tend to be very unique. They’re very hard to replace. And they’re very vulnerable.”
The FBI has downplayed this, saying they don't know if it was a terrorist attack, but security experts disagree, and there's lots of evidence that the attackers were sophisticated and skilled in what they were doing, by cutting 911 phone lines, doing pre-attack reconnaisance, not leaving fingerprints, etc.
One thing amazing and disturbing is that this attack occured last April (2013), yet it's getting publicized only now. Looking down a list of hits on the Google box > "san jose power station attack", every article is dated Feb 5 or Deb 6, 2014. Why so long to report on this ?
According to Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), interviewed on the Justice with Judge Jeanine show on Fox News, it's a coverup. He thinks it is the power companies who don't want to be pressured to cut into their profits to pay for added security (badly needed) Together with NERC (North American Energy Reliability Corporation) which is supposed to investigate and analyze the causes of significant power system disturbances in order to help prevent future events, it looks like not enough is being done with regard to such a clear danger in such massive consequence level. NERC also has authority to enforce those standards on power system entities operating in the United States, as well as several provinces in Canada, by way of significant financial penalties for noncompliance, but where is that happening ? On December 17, 2003, President Bush through Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-7 for Critical Infrastructure Identification, Prioritization, and Protection issued a directive which broadened the definition of infrastructure, in accordance with the Patriot Act, as the physical and virtual systems that are ' so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety.' Yet we get a gunfight attack at the San Jose power station that lasted for 20 minutes, and almost succeeded in shutting down power for months, over a huge area of California.
It is mindblowing to think about what the effects could be of months-long power shutdowns all over the US. It could even partially stop the military from working.
Much more to be said on all this, but I'll let the links and public officials in them do the talking from here on out >>
Justice with Judge Jeanine | Fox News
Justice with Judge Jeanine | Fox News
Justice with Judge Jeanine | Fox News
Then WHY do you seem to defend it?I'm sure you're idea of "liberty" is allowing jihadist assholes who cut people's fingers off for smoking cigarettes to defeat US efforts to defeat them.
I suppose the Talib assholes in Afghanistan that banned TV's and forced women to wear Burgas promote liberty in your "mind".
No..
and....
No.
As to what's wrong with America, one of the many things wrong is how we're convinced of our own superiority with absolutely no statistical evidence to support such a belief. All the things we excel at are actually bad things, not sources of pride.
It has two extreme parties that don't want to fix things...No real ideas...One wants to gut and fuck and the other wants to put everyone on the shitter.
The Tea Party can and does want to fix things. But nobody wants to listen because it means relenting power. The Republicans and the Democrats don't want to return the power to the people. And the liberals in this nation don't want Constitutional government because it would mean an end to the gravy train. They would have to actually provide for themselves (God forbid).
Fearful reactionaryism, ignorance of fundamental economic facts, and the desire to pursue a discriminatory social policy, all of which are offensive to the Constitution and its case law, are in no way going to fix things.
Hey seeing as how increasing tax rates on the ultra wealth won't even HELP, lets just cut the tax rate to zero for everybody and file bankruptcy.
I mean if the people with most of the money don't give a fuck to help out. Who cares if we go bankrupt?
At least the ultra rich won't be inconvenienced paying more in income taxes.
So please explain to me why the parasite class gets the ultimate free ride (they don't have to work, they don't have to produce anything for society, they don't have to pay any taxes, and they get endless perks from government) while the wealthy get the ultimate screw-job (labor for 18 hours per day, endless pressure and stress, over 60% of their labor stolen from them, and nearly no perks or benefits from government).
Does the wealthy person who has over 60% of what they earned stolen from them get food stamps? No. Does the wealthy person who has over 60% of what they earned stolen from them their home subsidized by government? No.
So [MENTION=35352]zeke[/MENTION], can you articulate why the parasite class deserves the most while proving the least to society (as in nothing) while the wealthy deserves the least while proving the most to society? It's an honest question. One I fully expect you to either run from or be a complete dick in responding to (because liberals realize they can't explain and/or defend their irrational position).
The Tea Party can and does want to fix things. But nobody wants to listen because it means relenting power. The Republicans and the Democrats don't want to return the power to the people. And the liberals in this nation don't want Constitutional government because it would mean an end to the gravy train. They would have to actually provide for themselves (God forbid).
Fearful reactionaryism, ignorance of fundamental economic facts, and the desire to pursue a discriminatory social policy, all of which are offensive to the Constitution and its case law, are in no way going to ‘fix things.’
What does it say about you and your unhinged ideology that you consider reacting to reality to be "fearful reactionaryism"? What does it say that you consider $17 trillion in unsustainable debt to be "sound" economic policy?
Oh - and by the way - the Constitution leaves no room for any "social" policy. You would know that if you actually took the time to read the Constitution.
Returning to Constitutional government is the entire platform of the Tea Party and will solve all problems the U.S. currently faces. I guess like all liberals the fear of losing your gravy train simply wields too much power over you?
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So please explain to me why the parasite class gets the ultimate free ride (they don't have to work, they don't have to produce anything for society, they don't have to pay any taxes, and they get endless perks from government) while the wealthy get the ultimate screw-job (labor for 18 hours per day, endless pressure and stress, over 60% of their labor stolen from them, and nearly no perks or benefits from government).
Does the wealthy person who has over 60% of what they earned stolen from them get food stamps? No. Does the wealthy person who has over 60% of what they earned stolen from them their home subsidized by government? No.
So [MENTION=35352]zeke[/MENTION], can you articulate why the parasite class deserves the most while proving the least to society (as in nothing) while the wealthy deserves the least while proving the most to society? It's an honest question. One I fully expect you to either run from or be a complete dick in responding to (because liberals realize they can't explain and/or defend their irrational position).
Exactly as I predicted....no response. When the question is articulated properly, the left is completely incapable of articulating their irrational position.
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So please explain to me why the parasite class gets the ultimate free ride (they don't have to work, they don't have to produce anything for society, they don't have to pay any taxes, and they get endless perks from government) while the wealthy get the ultimate screw-job (labor for 18 hours per day, endless pressure and stress, over 60% of their labor stolen from them, and nearly no perks or benefits from government).
Does the wealthy person who has over 60% of what they earned stolen from them get food stamps? No. Does the wealthy person who has over 60% of what they earned stolen from them their home subsidized by government? No.
So [MENTION=35352]zeke[/MENTION], can you articulate why the parasite class deserves the most while proving the least to society (as in nothing) while the wealthy deserves the least while proving the most to society? It's an honest question. One I fully expect you to either run from or be a complete dick in responding to (because liberals realize they can't explain and/or defend their irrational position).
Exactly as I predicted....no response. When the question is articulated properly, the left is completely incapable of articulating their irrational position.
But you didn't articulate it properly.
Besides your silly argument that the rich people are working "18 hours a day" (psst. There are only 24 hours a day. Does that mean they are only dedicating 6 hours a day to sleep, eating, hygeine ans so on.), let's look at the "moocher class".
The two biggest "entitlement" programs are Social Security (772 Billion, or 22% of the budget) and Medicare (472 billion), which go to elderly people, most of whom have worked their entire lives.
Next you have Medicare and SCHIP- programs that are designed to provide medical insurance to people who can't get them through their jobs. Most of those people have jobs, just not jobs that pay well enough to afford insurance or offer insurance.
Okay, then you have "SNAP", the one you Right Wingers really hate. Some of you still call it "Food Stamps". Here's the thing. 72% of SNAP families have children in them, and 27% have elderly people. 40% of them have at least one person in the family that works. Big Corporations that you worship like WalMart and McDonalds have instructions for their minimum wage employees on how to apply for them.
I'm really not sure what to say to you, as any response you will give will involve the words "Marxism" and talking about how hard you work, but frankly, you and all the other apologists for the 1% can get bent.
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I have worked 18 hour days for months at a time in my life. I was working a full time third shift job in a machine shop and rehabbing houses to sell during the day. I've gone as long as 6 months working well over 100 hours a week without even a single day off.
Now I don't have to work at all if I don't want to.
I think everyone should work like that at least for a while. Maybe then they'd stop whining about working a mere 40 hours a week.
Maybe they'll learn that working more will actually improve their financial situation.
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I have worked 18 hour days for months at a time in my life. I was working a full time third shift job in a machine shop and rehabbing houses to sell during the day. I've gone as long as 6 months working well over 100 hours a week without even a single day off.
Now I don't have to work at all if I don't want to.
I think everyone should work like that at least for a while. Maybe then they'd stop whining about working a mere 40 hours a week.
Maybe they'll learn that working more will actually improve their financial situation.
Guy, here's the thing. Besides your questionable claims about "working 18 hours a day for months".
When I was in college, I worked two minimum wage jobs and was in the National Guard. And I did this to get the good college degree job after college. And for a while that worked just fine.
Then I got the job with the company that decided to chop me off at the knees when I needed medical attention.
So today I am working three jobs (well, two jobs and a side business, anyway) to pay down my debt.
And I am getting pretty fucking sick of 1% wannabees like you and Poodle making the greed of the 1% into some kind of virtue right between claiming how rich you are on the internet.
Because, frankly, given the amount of time the two of you spend here, I'm imaginging a double wide and a disability check.
So please explain to me why the parasite class gets the ultimate free ride (they don't have to work, they don't have to produce anything for society, they don't have to pay any taxes, and they get endless perks from government) while the wealthy get the ultimate screw-job (labor for 18 hours per day, endless pressure and stress, over 60% of their labor stolen from them, and nearly no perks or benefits from government).
Does the wealthy person who has over 60% of what they earned stolen from them get food stamps? No. Does the wealthy person who has over 60% of what they earned stolen from them their home subsidized by government? No.
So [MENTION=35352]zeke[/MENTION], can you articulate why the parasite class deserves the most while proving the least to society (as in nothing) while the wealthy deserves the least while proving the most to society? It's an honest question. One I fully expect you to either run from or be a complete dick in responding to (because liberals realize they can't explain and/or defend their irrational position).
Exactly as I predicted....no response. When the question is articulated properly, the left is completely incapable of articulating their irrational position.
But you didn't articulate it properly.
Besides your silly argument that the rich people are working "18 hours a day" (psst. There are only 24 hours a day. Does that mean they are only dedicating 6 hours a day to sleep, eating, hygeine ans so on.), let's look at the "moocher class".
The two biggest "entitlement" programs are Social Security (772 Billion, or 22% of the budget) and Medicare (472 billion), which go to elderly people, most of whom have worked their entire lives.
Next you have Medicare and SCHIP- programs that are designed to provide medical insurance to people who can't get them through their jobs. Most of those people have jobs, just not jobs that pay well enough to afford insurance or offer insurance.
Okay, then you have "SNAP", the one you Right Wingers really hate. Some of you still call it "Food Stamps". Here's the thing. 72% of SNAP families have children in them, and 27% have elderly people. 40% of them have at least one person in the family that works. Big Corporations that you worship like WalMart and McDonalds have instructions for their minimum wage employees on how to apply for them.
I'm really not sure what to say to you, as any response you will give will involve the words "Marxism" and talking about how hard you work, but frankly, you and all the other apologists for the 1% can get bent.
Fearful reactionaryism, ignorance of fundamental economic facts, and the desire to pursue a discriminatory social policy, all of which are offensive to the Constitution and its case law, are in no way going to fix things.
What does it say about you and your unhinged ideology that you consider reacting to reality to be "fearful reactionaryism"? What does it say that you consider $17 trillion in unsustainable debt to be "sound" economic policy?
Oh - and by the way - the Constitution leaves no room for any "social" policy. You would know that if you actually took the time to read the Constitution.
Returning to Constitutional government is the entire platform of the Tea Party and will solve all problems the U.S. currently faces. I guess like all liberals the fear of losing your gravy train simply wields too much power over you?
The problem outlined in Posts # 1291, 1306, 1307, and 1308 could be the biggest problem America has ever faced. Since you said returning to Constitutional government "will solve all problems the U.S. currently faces", that would include the vulnerability of the electric power grid. How will returning to Constitutional government solve this problem ?
I doubt the figures you use here, the rich hide a lot of their wealth. But even if you are totally correct it does not mean we shouldn't raise those taxes to take a bite out of the fiscal mess.
I have seen historic figures that show no matter what party is in office spending stays relatively constant at say 23% of GDP (cant remember the actual number but I believe it is around there) Revenue as a % of GDP has however fallen in recent years. That indicates that at least part of the problem is too low of tax rate on the rich.
